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sharged for.
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BOERS WILL GIVE
BATTLE AT LAING'S
Big Force Concentrated There
to Oppose Roberts.
Low DON, May 16.?The war office ha*
fnrnaaiinil tardy confirmation of General
Naur's movement on the Biggarsburg
tia disyntoh from General Boiler at
Keoap'a Farm as follow a:
??In aoorjrdance with instructions 0?
mmp the enemy occupied at Biggarsburg
on May 11,1 concentrated the Third
feunlry brigade of the Second division
and aome oorpa of artillery at Sunday's
drift on the Helpmaakr road and
Colonel Bethuen to advance on
with tha Bethuen moan ted
inlnntry, the Umvoti mounted rifles and
Imperial Light infantry. On May
re moved to Wasch bank and Bo
with General KUdyard from
oooupied Indoga xnoun
I
"On May IS I tent General Hamilton
with three battalions np the stoop slope
of Withock hill. The Third cavalry
brigade crowned a hill on each aide of
the main road and Bethuen attacked by
the Homeroy road from three sides. The
enemy hurriedly abandoned the position
which they had strongly entrenched
~ retired to the nek in front of Help
whence wo hope to dislodge
no many of them have retired.
Wo have gained the summit of the Berg
with the loss of only a few men
wounded. I am advancing on Beith
and Hildyard moves on Weasel's nek.
"Our small loss, I think, was certainly
due to the excellent troop leading of
General Hamilton and Lord Dondonald
and Colonel Bethuen."
A second dispatch says:
"The enemv evacuated Helpmaakr
Nek during the night, leafing a rear
gourd of about 1,000 men in front of us.
Thons we have j orced back throughout
the day under considerable difficulties,
as they fired all th ? grans on top of the
borg as they retreated, aud the wind be
inn unfavorable to us, we were scarcely
able to see at all. I halted the infantry
who marched very well through the hot
smoke at Beith.
?'We havo taken a few prison*th. Our
casualties are hi nail."
A third dispatch my a:
'Duudouald reported Int.- lost night
ho liad driven tn rear guard on to the
wu?in body of too en*my, near Buraltn
?!ca, Trh?rre they occupied in force a
strong position with three powerful
Pa Major Gough. with the compos
imdmoot, maneuvered to the rigut
around their left flank and they retired.
Dnndonald then halted. He was 2?
no the crow flies from his previous
it's bivouac and hail covered nearly
dO itika during the day in a waterless
country, moot of the time being through
?rusks. Prom prisoners I learn that the
ntsomy numbered over 1,000 at Help
snaakr and being joined by those who
hull Van .loaders pass they must total
nearly 3,000 men.
'Heldyard reports the occupation of
Nek and repairing the lino.*'
Interest Centers In Mafeklng.
Judgiug from the above diapatchea
the Britiah advance ia little more than
on arduous march. The Boers who
warn active at first later appear to have
shown the same readiness tu retreat
which is now Bnnrking the movements
of th' federals in the Fret* State.
* ffpareutly the burghers are about to
evacuate Natal and concentrate for the
defense of LainK'a Nek, northward, and
Van Reenan'a pans, westward.
The reorcupatiou ??f Dundee by thu
British pl.uv* the coal vu.mlie?. there iu
their hands. There is little niws of a
definite charact? r. Interest for the mo?
ment is slmiwr ent n?ly center* d iu Mafe
king. ww moe the wife of the m.iyor has
rsceive i a enblegrutn setting forth that
all was well on May 4.
Huller Occupies l>und? o.
The war office lias received the follow?
ing dispatch froif? General Huller at
Dundee:
?*We hare ocrU|iic*! Dundee. Alwmt
J,.V)0 of the enemy h ive left for (ilenoOO,
wh?r< they art i u r?-nc!i?-d. Their wa?
gons left by DoJnnSffl drift and tho
Dni.iilmuser mad. Their Kaffirs mid
they were going to Isiiints Nek. Almost
every house in Dun U*j is completely
looted. The naviuuM n colliery is all
right. The machinery of the Dundee
collieries is destr-e?? i. The houses of
the town are damaged, but uro struc?
turally intact."_
Boers l<o*t X"? Men.
Mafskiko, May 10 ? The Boers iiat
urday openod lire on the Kaf?r location
a at Mafeking. They were in turn at?
tacked during the night of Saturday
and on Sunday found themselves sur
nmnded. The Boers lost seven killed
and 18 wounded. The Britiah loss is re?
ported to have been heavy.
Concent rating at the Vaal.
Kroomstadt, May 16.?It is reported
the whole of the Boer forces are
trating on the Vaal, drawing
mrsburg and southwestern bor
computed that not more than
I
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April. 18iO.
"Be Jus
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CRUCIAL TEST WILL
COME AT VAAL RIVER
Mr. Wessels Says Boers Will
Show Their Strength.
_
PEACE DELEGATE TALKS
Says Retreat of Boers la Only Carry? |
tug Out Their Plan of i 'ainpaigii.
Harmony Prevails Between Trans*
vaalers and Free Staters.
New York, May 17.?Beyond a drive
through Central park and the local
places of interest no program was ar?
ranged for the Boer envoys. They spent
the forenoon in answering telegram?
and letters from more than 60 cities in
the United States from where they had
been received.
An effort is being made to so arrange I
a plan that tho envoys can visit a ids
jority of the cities. C. H. Wessels, oue j
of the envoys, discredited the cable dis
patch to tho effect that President Steyn
of the Orange Free Slate is said to have
lashed the Free Staters to make them
hght.
Mr. Wessels was also asked concern?
ing the English advances and successes
reported iu recent cables. He said:
"Everything in general is according
to the plan of action prepared for some
time. Every time we fail back it in
given out aa a British success, but it is
all a preconcerted plan and does not
hurt ns iu any way. The final crisis
has not yet come. What I consider the
crucial test will be- at the Vaal river
near Pretoria. I do not think that the
stories published about the British suc?
cesses are neutral mews, but highly opti?
mistic from a British standpoint."
Reception la Washington.
Wj shinqton, May 17.?No one con?
nected with the Boer delegation in New
York has yet commun cated with the
state department in relation to the re?
ception of the delegates in Washington
by the authorities. Only by indirect
means has it become known to the offi?
cials that the delegates will reach here
within the next three days and that a
public demonstration is lading arranged
in their honor. _
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT. j
Boer Envoy* Are Regarded aa Play
thing* For Amerieaaa.
London, May 17.?The afternoon pa- I
pers pay some scant attention to the re-!
eeptiou accorded to the Boer delegates
in New York.
Tho Pall Mall Gazette dubs them as
"playthings of Americax. politicians," I
and The Evening Staudar I says:
"The proceedings certainly showed j
unfriendliness to Great Britain, but no j
deeds will be forthcoming to provo the '
sympathy of the United States. Had |
American statesmen previously taken j
any interest in President Xruger's offer
to bribe them with a protectorate would
have finally settled tho matter."
PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET.
Southern Assembly to < c uvene In At?
lanta- Northern In SI. Louis.
Atlanta, May 17.? The?General Pres?
byterian assemby of the southern Pres?
byterian church will meet in this city
tomorrow. Delegates are arriving on
every train and the attendsnco promises
to be very large. The pn feedings of
the convention will bo the most inter
eating for many years, as much business
of importance will come up for consid?
eration. _
Northern Aaaembly to Meet.
St. Louis, May 17.?The Presbyterian
general assembly will convene tomor?
row. The first important business to be
transacted after the presentation of the
credentials will be the election of a mod?
erator, for which position there ore a
number of candidates,
I' < uswberlniid funeral Assembly.
Chattanooga, May 17.?Tho Cum?
berland Presbyterian general assembly
will convene in this city tomorrow.
Death From Wood Alcohol.
Johnstown, Pa., May 17.?Three men
and one woman are dead at South Fork,
uenr hen*, and another man will die as
a result of ?Inuking wood alcohol at a
picnic last S mday. Lawrence Smith,
Fet?t Krocck Joe Poloszinki and the
latter's ?not In * are dead and Joe E.
Smith is in a critical coudition and may
die at any time. All were Poles.
Battle* Williams' Future
Gukknvii.i.k, S. Ol, May IS?A. B.
Williams has returned from Richmond,
In reference to the htutciucu'., published
that he was working for tl < Rich'.ttond
Dispatch uml would later take n Mwition
with the fleaboa id Air !**>< be aavs
theta ia no troth la either, tie has 1 n
elected president of the stock oniujatny
which will publish the Richmond news,
an aftcru<H)ii pApar,
Wheat Crop Promising.
Four Woktii, May 18.?H. O. Stin?
nett of nhsiaaan, M. T. Kaufman of
Dall-s, Frank BoCslaf ol Galvcston and
K. A. McClellun of this city, all mcm
Im ts of list Flouriug Mill association,
have returned from an inspection of the
wheat OtOO in the Panhandle. They
any that such a crop as indications point
to iu that section has not lieeu grown for
mauv venrs. .
Insurgent* Defeated.
Panama, May is.?An official cable
from the government of Caaca rej)orts
that a victory was obtaiued by General
Pr"*poro Piuzoii over the revolutionary
force* cotuajiBfef hy Urbitsat Lsbriaa
I) man
it and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou 1
[TER. 8. P.. WEDNEi
ANOTHER REPORT OF
MAFEKING'S RELIEF
Statement Is Made by Refu?
gees Roaching Marquez.
BOERS TO SUE FOR PEACE
Report From Pretoria That Overtures
Will Be Mude to England to End the
War?Commandant Botha Cuptured.
Buller Takes Many Prisoners.
Lorenzo Marquez, May 19.?Fivo
hundred refugees who have arrived
here agree in stating that Mafeking ha*
been relieved. The end of the war ii
anticipated by the queen's birthday
May 24._
London, Mav 18 ?There is a lack ol
fresh news from South Africa this morn*
ing,' but details of post operations tend
to confirm the view that the end of the
war is within measurable distance.
From Krooustadt comes a story, attrib?
uted to excellent authority, to the effect
that a peace party is being formed at
Pretoria, while reports at Pretoria itseli
indicate discouragement at the recent
reverses and the possibility of an early
suing for peace.
There is nothing to throw light oil
the mystery of Mafeking. The usual
crop of rumors were stored on the Stock
Exchange and elsewhere, based mostly
on the fact that this day, May 18, is the
earliest date on which Lord Roberts held
out to Mafeking the prospects of relief.
The national anxiety is strained almost
beyond endurance, although nowhere ifl
there the slightest doubt that Colonel
Baden-Powell will keep the union jack |
flying.
On the line of Lord Roberts' advance,
the only important news is that the
Boers have blown up a bridge over
the Rhenoster river, 17 miles north of
Kroonstadt.
Lord Roberta' Report.
The following is the text of Lord Rob-1
?arts' dispatch from Kroonstadt to the I
war office:
"Methuen has entered Hoopstadt un?
opposed. Generals Du prey and Daniels
and 40 men have surrendered.
" Broad wood occupied Lindley after
alight opposition. Only two of our men
were wounded. Steyn was not there, as
his government officials hod left lost
Sunday. j
"H?ttoni mounted infantry surprised
and captured, about So miles northwest
of this place, Commandant Botha, Field
Cornet Gansen, five Johannesburg po?
licemen aud 17 Boers. There were no
casualties on our side.
??Buller reports that several Natal
fanners are handing in arms."
Commandant Botha C iptlircd.
It has just been officially announced
that General Methuen has entered
Hoopstadt unopposed, and that Genends
Duprey and Daniels and 40 meu have
surrendered and that General Broad
wood also occupies Lindley. |
It is further announced that Hntton'n
mounted infantry surprised and cap?
tured Commandant Botha and 23 other*
?0 miles northwest of Kroonetadt.
Buller Takes Prisoners.
Dannhauser, May 19.?General Bul?
ler has found a number of rebels at their
homes and arrested them. The Boers
north of Newcastle ore falling bock on
Amajaba. The Boers thought the two
doctors had an ambulance here.
EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON.
lOaer Envoys Met In New York by
Committee.
New York, May 19.?The Boer dele?
gates left this afternoon for Washing?
ton. The committee appointed by citi?
zens of Washington to escort the visitor*
to the national capital have arrived aud
v.'ero received by the envoys. The dele?
gation was composed of Senator Allen
and Congressman Robinson of Nebraska,
Representatives Rogers and Daly of New
Jersey, and Sulzer of New York, and O.
T. Bride of Washington and Cornelius
Yauderhoef of Baltimore.
After they had been introduced to the
Boor delegates Mr. Sulzer formally iu
vited them to Washington and Mr.
Fiseher made a brief response.
Mr. Yauderhoef invited the delegates
to visit the west.
One of the delegates shaking in refer?
ence to the report that the Boon were
in this OOUhtry under the auspices of the
Boer government said:
"The envoys are not here under any
body's auspices. They come with cre?
dentials from the Transvaal and Orange
Free State. _
HE DREW TWO PENSIONS
Sard er is Arrested (a Ualveston
Charged With Fraud.
GaLVKSTOX, **ny 18.?Theodore Snv
der lias been an fed here charged with
making false claim for pension. It is
charged here that after serving his first
term as a volunteer during the civil war
he re enlisted in a different regiment
and that he subsequently applied for
und was granted a pennon as an ex
member Of the other regiment. It was
discovered about a year ago that two
panaions were being mid to the .'ame
man. s-*:ia! Agent Hoguoof the pen?
sion bureau traced Bynder to Missouri,
then to Palestine, Tex., and lastly to
Qalveston. Snyder is from Pittsburg.
In the Queen*S Presence.
London, May 18.?The son of the
Duke nml Duchess of York (who was
born March :JI last and who, it is an?
nounced, was to be christened Patrick)
was christened '
Windsor or
anO
Ums't at, be thy Country's, thy God's i
BDAY. MAY 83. lbOC
PEACE DELEGATES
I ADVISE SURRENDER
Defeat of the Boers at Vaal
May End the War.
ARE STILL MOVING NORTH
Bullcr Reports the Enemy's Retreat.
Treachery Is Alleged? Boers Plying
White Fla? Attack British Foragers.
Battle Reported From Mulcking.
Lorenzo Marquez, May 17.?A Por?
tuguese official dispatch says an encoun?
ter has occurred at Mafeking and that
the Boers have been repulsed with heavy
losses.
London, May 17.?The most impor?
tant developments today is the state?
ment cabled from Capo Town announc?
ing that the Boer delegates had advised
the Transvaalers to surrender if de?
feated at the Vaal. This remarkable
announcement is vouched for on good
authority and evidently obtains more cre?
dence in Cape Town thau would a mere
rumor.
I The occupation of Gleucoe was merely
a logical result of General Bailer's ad?
vance. As usual the Boers are reported
I to be flying precipitately, but also as
usual the accounts add that their trans?
port trains were removed in safety,
whioh is a contradiction of any state?
ment that the Boers were panic stricken.
Nothing further has been heard from
Maf eking and it is reasonable to suppose
that the conditions there are unchanged.
The prolongation of the siege only in?
tensifies Great Britain's anxiety to hear
of its relief.
About 1,100 more troops have arrived
at Beira, Portuguese East Africa.
Among them is Lord Dun raven, who ac?
companies the Craven sharpshooters.
Apparently Lord Roberts is still wait?
ing at Kroonstadt, preparatory to mak
I ing a swift movement on the Vaal river.
Boers Resort to Tieachery.
London, May 17.?The war office has
posted the following from Lord Roberts:
"Two officers and six men of Prince
Alexis guards, while out a few miles
from Kroonstadt, visited a farm flying
a white flag, the owner of which surren?
dered himself with arms and ammuni?
tion. They theu approached another
farm also flying a white flag, when
within 40 yards of the enclosure they
were fired upon by l? or 16 Boers con?
cealed behind the form wall. Two of
tho men were killed, Lieutenant F. B.
Walton was wounded and Lieutenant
W. B. De verton and two non-commis?
sioned officers were taken prisoners.'
Bullcr Occupies Glencoe.
London, May 17.?The war office has
I posted the following from General Bui
: ler: 44 We havo occupied Gleucoe. The
Transvaalers havo now evacuated Big
garsburg. The Free Staters on the
Drakensborg are much reduced in num?
bers. The Carolina Lydenborg and Pre
I toria commandoes trekked north from
I Hlatikulo on May 13 and 14 with 11
guns. The guns were entrained at
Gleucoe. The hist train with ambulance
left thene at dawn May 15."
ALABAMA COAL IN DEMAND.
Several Companies to Be Formed?New
Fields to Be Opened.
Birmingham, Ala., May 17.?There i9
a very heavy demand on the coal mines
in this district. The reports from Cin?
cinnati, Louisville and other points that
coal famines are likely to result if the
rivers go down and prevent the ship?
ments to large towns of coal from Penn?
sylvania do not give much encourage?
ment to the operators hi Alabama, for
the latter have as much business as they
can handle.
I New companies are being organized
and other preparations being made to
keep or increase the production. Miners
are in demand at several of the collieries
in this state- Other companies are to
be organized shortly.
CAT CAUSES SERIOUS FIRE.
Upsets Lamp In the Residence of R. K.
L. Miller.
Atlanta, May 17.?A cat turned a
lamp over in a second story bed cham?
ber of R. E. L. Miller's residence, 04
East Ellis street, with tho result that
the upper portion of the house was badly
damaged by tire and the adjoining resi?
dence of W. R. Lipscomb on the left
and that of Mrs. William Benson on the
right were also considerably burned on
the roof.
The occupants of the house were
asleep, and those In the Miller residence,
who included live children, had a nar?
row escape.
Two Days' Crime Record.
Montoomkry, Ala., May 17.?follow?
ing is a record of two days' crime in this
community: Leonard Whitten, a negro
hack driver, was assassinated by a negro
passenger. Hush Zeigler, u Montgomery
negro, was killed at Tallassee. Bob
Diokson of Lowudesboro shot and Killed
a negro. A white man named Coles
was knocked in the head on Commerce
?treet and is in a critical condition. A
citizen of Sandy Ridge was knocked in
the head and robbed of money and val?
uables.
Talbotton ltoud In New Hands.
Talbotton, Ga., May 17.?The Tal?
botton railroad has changed hands again.
Edgar T. Smith, temporary receiver, re
t ring and W. T. Dennis of this place
taking charge of the road as superin?
tendent and general manager, succeed
jug Captain F. S. Thornton, former su
^endent before the receiver was ap
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AN OBJECT LESSON
OF THE CONVENTION
Product of Industrial Schools
and Textile Exhibits.
GOODS FOE THE EAR EAST
An Interesting Comparison Is Stade of
American and English Made Cloths.
Progress of the Negro In Evidence by
Normal School Exhibit.
Chattanooga, May 17.?The South?
ern Industrial convention in a body, ac?
companied by a large delegation of
Chattanooga citizens, devoted the fore?
noon to an inspection of the industries
located in this city.
General Joseph Wheeler has arrived.
He will deliver an address on "The
South and Its Relations to the Trade of
the Philippines and the Orient." The
great object lesson of the convention is
the exhibit in the auditorium, where the
sessions are held, of products of indus?
trial schools and the textilo exhibits by
the Philadelphia Commercial nHiseuni.
One of the best exhibits is made by
the Agricultural and Mechanical col?
lege of Normal, Ala., an institution for
negroes, which is sustained, partially,
by government appropriation. In this
college are now about 500 students from
30 different states and several from Af?
rica, of both sexes. In its 25 years of
existence the college has graduated 584
students from its mechanical depart?
ment and 299 from the literary.
The President of the college, Professor
W. H. Council, will address the conven?
tion on a phase of the race problem. The
delegates were deeply impressed with
the progress shown among the negro
students along this industrial and other
lines.
The Philadelphia museum has a large
exhibit of textile, such as the southern
manufacturers can produce in competi?
tion with other countries. Dr. Wilson,
in charge of the museum, and Dr. Green
will appear before the convention and
explain their plan of gaining and dio
seminating information to those want?
ing to branch out into foreign markets.
Among the articles displayed are tex?
tiles made in England for the Chinese
trade, dress goods made in Turkey,
English made goods for the Turkish
market, samples of goods made in
America aud offered in the Smyrna
market, but refused on account of in?
ferior fl.uish, English textiles made for
Australia, Germany yarn fabrics and
many others, which it is claimed are
inferior to the products of the southern
textile mills and the exportation of
which the American manufacturer has
not profitably engaged.
Hon. James A. Wilson, secretary of
agriculture, addressed the convention on
"The Agricultural Interests of the
South." _
WIPED OUT BY YELLOW FEVER
All Hut Three Members of an Opera.
Company Dead.
Rio de Janeiro, May 17.?One of the
most disastrous accidents that ever befeU
an opera company was the almost com?
plete destruction by yellow fever of an
Italian opera company which gave per?
formances recently in the city of Ma
noria, Amazonias, and other cities on
the Central Brazil.
Signor Alotink was first taken with
the fever. Shortly after his death the
leading prima donna, Theresa Zceichi,
developed symptoms of the fever, which
frightened her into hysterics. In a
paroxysm she bit her tongue through
and bled to death.
Twelve members of the company were
then taken with the fever and died, three
only surviving. Those who escaped
took their departure from the country
for Genoa.
STRIKERS WILL NOT YIELD.
They Demand the Reinstatement of
All Old Employe*.
St. Louis, May 18.?Although the
basis of settlement of the street railway
strike, which was agreed to by the
grievance committee and the Transit
company officials, has been rejected by
the executive committee of the street
railway employes an early settlement is
looked for.
The ix)i;it which caused the executive
board of the employes to reject the prop?
osition was the clause iu regard to the
reinstatement of the old men. The com?
pany offered simply to rein state all the
old employes, but the executive board
decided that this oiler should be amend?
ed so that the old employes should be
reinstated to the position held whon the
strike was declared. The Transit com?
pany, however, claims that some mem
bow have been guilty of criminal acts
sine ? the si like.
Tli i Transit company has only be >n
able to ^ri" into operation a few more
than mill its 22 lilies and these are not
running the full number of cars ha udh j
'for ? tiii- trouble began.
Mot Her 104; Son SO.
Pn kens, s. C:, May is.?Mrs. Jennie
Crane of this place will bo 101 years old
next month. Her son Jip Crane, who
lives near Easley, Is ivist SO years old.
Mrs. Crane is in good health, eats heart?
ily, sleeps well aud is able to be about.
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Series?Vol. XIX. No. 43
RAGE PROBLEM IS
FULLY DISCUSSED
Compulsory Arbitration Also
Before the Convention.
NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED
Governor MacCorklc Resign* und H.
H. Hargrove Chosen to Succeed Him.
New Orleans Is Selected as the Next
Meeting Place.
Chattanooga, May 18.?Two of the
most important features of the In?
dustrial convention was the discussion
of the race problem and the question of
compulsory arbitration.
The free and open discussion of the
race problem was inaugurated by this
convention at its first meeting in Huutr.
ville, Ala., six months ago and the in?
terest created was such j*s to produce
wide comment and a general demand
that the discussion along the same line
should be continued at future meetings
of the body.
Speeches were made by leaders of the
negro race, Professor W. H. Council,
principal of the Agricultural and Me?
chanical college for negroes, at Normal,
Ala., and H. T. Keating, editor of The
A. M. E. Church Review of Philadel?
phia. On the part of the whites the
subject was discussed by Rev. W. J.
Cole.
Compulsory arbitration proved to
be one of the most interesting subjects
before the convention. Papers were read
by Hon. J. W. Faxon, cashier of the
First National bank of this city; John T.
Wilder, pension agent for the southern
district, and N. F. Thompson, secretary
of the Southern Industrial convention.
Mrs. Duncan of the International
Board of the Young Woman's Christian
association addressed the convention at
night on features of the industrial work.
The election of president and selec?
tion of place for the next meeting were
special orders of business before the
Southern Industrial convention this
morning. The resignation of Hon. W.
A. MacCorklc as president was accepted
and Hon. H. H. Hargrove of Shreveport,
La., was elected to the position by accla?
mation.
A short address of acceptance was
made by him in which he stated that
the Tork of the development of the
sout. " u states must Ixj along business
lines m not by sentiment and that it
can be done by unity of action.
New Orleans was chosen as the place
for the next semi-annual meetiug, the
contest in the convention being between
that city and Knoxville.
President Hargrove took charge of the
convention immediately upon his elec?
tion.
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Manning Given Death Bantenec Dnn?
can Sent Up For Life.
BUtMDfGHAX, Ala., May IS.?After be?
ing out nearly 20 hours Hie jury in
the aase of Frank Duncan and John
Manning, alleged safe crackers, charged
with the. murder of Policeman J. \V.
Adams on the night of March 07 last,
has returned a verdict of guilty, lixiug
Manning's punishment it death and
giving Duncan a lifo sentence. The
men will now be tried for the murder of
Policeman G. C. Kirkley. Both officers
were killed at the same time. The safe
of the Standard Oil company had been
robbed and the two officers had arrested
Manning and Duncan on suspicion of
being members of the robber baud.
While on the way to the police station
the prisoners broke away from the offi?
cers oud began shooting. Both officers
were killed. Adams identified both men
before he dieJ.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
Alabama Kepubllcairs Carry Their
Fi?ht to Court.
MoNTtiOM-OtY, Ala, May 17.?The Re?
publican fight for the State >xmator>hip
continues unabated, and growing out of
that light one of the lactions has had a
warrant sworn out against the other for
conspiring with each other to commit
an assault and murder. The case ha*
been brought before Justice of the IV.ice
J. L Williams, who has issued warrants
ag.unst some of the leaders of the Bing*
ham faction end made returnable May
80. The affidavit was made by J. EL
Scott, one of the Vnnghn adherents, and
charges "that on April 10, 1900, fc rank
Morange, Warren tteeso, Julian EL
Bingham, J. W. Ferryman, J. A. King,
Neety King and Thomas Kenn 'more,
unlawfully and maliciously, conspired
and agreed togethi r and with each otht i
to assault, beat, bruise, injure and shoot,
Taylor Scott, J. O. Thompson, F. F.
Conway, J. A. Stone, s. P. Hunt r. and
othsrs whose names are unknown."
Warren 8. Reese, who is districl at?
torney for this district, when h.> hoard
of th.' proceedings went to the justice
Office and made bond in the BOTH of I
.). W. Perry man and Thomas Keune
inoro also made bond in the sum . i 13 K).
Native Christians Mosaaorecd.
TlKN TSIX, China, May 17.?Mom
"Boxer"'outrages are reported 00 miles
north of Tien Tsin, where a number of
native Christian! have been lnassaeroed
The British admiral has arrived here
and proceeded to Peking.
URE
kious and wholesome