The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 07, 1900, Image 1
ran i cht am watchman. established
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
CIk (8Hi;rt(bm;iH anb ^outbroii
Publli?td Irary VodnoidA?,
-Br?
INT. O. Oateen,
8UMTER, 8. 0.
T0RM9 :
$1.50 per saooa.?in edvoooe.
Ose ItMrt Bret ioMrtioa.f 1 00
Svsvy sabseoneot insertiod.## 50
Ooetreets for Ibrot montbo, or longer wil
bo Ol le et red need re tee
Au comMSSioattoao which to beerte private
Interests ?III becbarged foraeadverttettentt.
Obitoarioo eod tri on tee of reepecU will be
oberged for.
TBE CENSUS FIGURES.
Tbe Population of the United
?Utee AnooQDoed at 76,
eVratB Oarohna Has 1,840 812
I
Washington. Oot. 30 ?Tbe officio I
ML<" oooflMot of tbe total populotioo
of the Uaitod States for 1900 lo 76,
186,880, of which 74,627,007 ore
eooteiaed io> tbo 48 States repreooot
tag sgptfoajssoioly Ibo popolotioo to
bo wood for apportionment porpoeee
'There lo o total of 184.168 Indiane
ojot taxed. ? Tbe total population in
t6?8, veffb wBteh Iba aggregate
popoletiop of the preoent oenous
eboold be compared, woo 63,169,756.
Taking tbe 1890 population aa a
Doom, tboio baa been a gain in popu
lotion of 18,886,464 daring tbo pact
16 jeere, representing on increaee of
neatly 81 par cent.
Following la tbo official announce*
gaomt of tbo nopalotion of the United
Stolen ia 1906 by Stotoo Tbe
'goreo in too 6rat column represent
tbo eooooa for 1900 sod tbe second for
1886, nod tbo third column the
aossber of Iodlaoe not taxed :
Alabama, 1,813,017 1,229,697
Arkeaeat, 1,311,664 1,110,17t
OeHfavale, 1,400,053 1,100,130 1,649
* Osesrade, 030,700 413.100 69T
Ottstotlost, 906,356 740,100
Dataware, 184,780 169.413
Flsrtoa, 031,843 801,433
Oesfffia, 8,310,810 1,837,1483 ,
lOaee, 101,771 74,805 1,107
lllieo?, 4,811,650 3,810,261
ladles*, 3,610.403 3,103,404
Iowa, 3,181,810 1,011,896
Keoeee, 1,409,400 1,427,094
Keateetr, 3,147,174 1,858 635
Loeutsoe, 1,381,027 1,110,607
?elee, 094,306 001,086
MaejIesO, 1,109.048 1,042,390
MeeeeebeeoMe, 2,905,340 2.238,943
B.ebigse. 1.419,782 1,093,800
Utaweeeu, 1,701,300 1,301,020 1,708,
sl?es?seipp:, 1,651.372 1,289,000
Htatouri, 8,107 119 2,079sl84
Moaiaas, 843.3)9 132.159 10,746
tfesvaoka, 1,000,001 1,050,910 /
Be****, 41 880 46,701 2,66s
8. Beasebire, 411/88 371,630
Hew Jersey, 1,003,000 1449,661
Hew York, 7,100,009 6,997 851 4,711
Vth Oereltee, 1,8)1,881 1,017,047
Bib Dakote, 819,049 188,718 4,011
Obio, 4,167,643 3,071,810
Oregon, 418,831 313,707
Poeoeylfeeie, 0,801,306 6,158 014
ttbode IileeO. 488.688 846,600
8hbOaroliae, 1,310,313 1,161,148
Btb Dekote, 401,010 918 000 10,933
3,033,718 1.:01,6I8
3,048,888 J,133.623
170,606 107,90) 1,471
848,041 S38.411
1,664,184 1,066,983
617.671 348.300 2,531
West Virgioie, 909,900 IOJ'784
Wtecooeta, 3,088,9)3 1,696,960 1.657
W 7 easing, 01,631 00,001
Total
45 8teiee, 74,017,007 02,110,911 41,017
TBBR1TUKI6?, BTU.
Alaeka (ett'm'O) 44,000 32,061
Art?ns. 111,111 69,423 24,0 44
Dtet of Coloaibie 379,119 230,393
Bewail, 194 001 99,990
IsOiae Territory, 801,000 130,162 C6 033
BJewMeiloe, 163,777 163,693 2.937
Okieboaia 309,245 61,834 6 927
Pereeee ie eervlee
of V 8 station
e4 abroad, (to*
oaeateO) 84,400
ladieot, etc et
lsdiee reeer vs
tioo, tieept la*
e Territory 143,282
Total for 7 Terrt
tonee, 1,000,313 932 943 89,681
Tbo Alotkso figoroo ore derived from
ptritel date only, aod all retaroa for
Alstka eod for eertoio militery organi
gotioav ttotiooed obroid, prioeipally
is ibe Pbtltppioe*, beo oot yet beeo re?
solved
BoiletiuN svtli bo it?oed for tbe vari
oo? minor nivil divisions in tb?> d' J r- r t
8 ?loa sod Terriiorieo at U?? ?6 possi?
ble Tbe cotiro number if M OSBOOl
si. Wiill oe r*sdy for the fublio Bat 80?
(ore tbe first of J ?noerj
? ' ?sasssm* ?*>?? ?sssaas?f? ??
Jocko >nviiit< Km. Nof 1 Whs!
wore officially proooOBCtd in Jt?ck
sonville lo be earthquake eliocke
developed today to have been the
oooouooion csuscd by boavy biseting
oo tbo tbe 4? John's river nest Ibe
toiitc
April, 1860.
Be Jus
SUM1]
BRYAN IN NEW
YORK STATE.
Visited a Strong Republican
Section Speaking to
Many.
Dunkirk, N Y., Ost 30 ?W. J
Bryan concluded tbe final day of his
last oempeigo tour in tbie oity tonight.
He begaa the day at the towo of
Addieoo, and spoke at a oomber of
pieoee, all of ?hieb are io tbe south
weitem pert of the 8tate end heve been
etroagly Rcpublieen io too pest. The
meeting* of the day were generally
well atteoded eod somo of them quite
enthusiastic. Mr Bryan left lets to
night oa tbe Lake Shore railroad for
Ohio, cipsetiog to begin a one
day tour of that State with a epeeoh et
Toledo tomorrow morning et 11 o'clock
All told, be had made about 110
epeeebee to this Stats Before lee?iog
here 'ooigbr Mr Bryeo made a brief
statement firing hie impressions of iba
situation to New York He eaid :
"If the representations wbieb oome
from tbe various ooohties where polls
have been made eao be takeo ae repre
?eating tbe general sentiment through
oat tbe State we bave more than an
even ohaooe of earryiog the State7'
???Si^S?? ' "
ROOSEVELT DOB8 NOT
LIKE IT
Klmira, N. Y , Oot 30 ?Tbe Roose
veil purty made en eerly start westward
today. Tbe general conversation of
the party waa of tbe riotous times of laet
night. Governor Roosevelt said tbei
tbe first etteei oo the earriege in which
ha and Senator Fasset! wse riding oeme
from email boys. "1 isw ths boye fire
the vegetablee and deeayad frit/' seid
the Governor." eod a few sticks were
also throws. It wee a body of growo
men, however, who pushed op ageioet
tbe aerriaga and throat l.itbogrephs of
Stanohleld in my faee Several times
it looked as if U was tbe totention of
ths orowd to men oa oot of ths eerriege,
hot a aamber of men oo horsshaok gath?
ered eroucd aod prevented thai I did
oot see tbe fretas io whtsh |tbe men
wars injured "
The Corn tog Club, whiob got into a
fight io attempting to defeod ite benner
from attack, soffered severely ; six men
were quite btdly wounded with stones
aod etioke and blood flawed quite freely,
they wsro finelly eeoorted to tbe etetioo
by tbe poliee end pot eboard their
special train. 1
ALVORD IN THE TOMBS.
New York, Oat 30 ?Cornelius L
Alvord, tbe bank < tnbeitler,* passed e
restful night in a oell at polio* heed
quertore Tbiw rooming he wee allow?
ed the privilege -of tbe oorridor, eod
eat oat to hie ebirt sleeves, reading the'
moroiog papers sod emoking.
Alvord wss arraigosd io Polioe
Court aod remended to polioe beadquar
tore till 3 o'elook thie efteroooo, io
order to give Iba leget aothoritiee time
to deetde whether be ebeil be tried
before the United Stetes or State
Courts. Alvord wss aeoompaoied by
hie eoaoeel.
Pits Lee Ordered From Cuba
Washington, Oot 29?An order wee
issued today by direction of the Prsei
dent, discontinuing tbe division of Cube
ead the eastern eod weetern depart
mente of that division, and establishing
the department of Cuba. Gen Leonard
Wood ie pleoed io command of tbe new
department Gen Fiiihugb Lee is
ordered to command the department of
Missouri, with headquarters et Omaha
Geo Klwell 8 0'is bee been ordered
to Cbioago to command tbe department
of tbe lebe?
Tbe dcpti.tmeot of tho Missouri bes
been under command of Geo Merriam
aod tbe department' of tba lake*
ooder tbe oommaod of Gen Wade,
both of whom bave bed oommaod tem?
porarily
ALLEGEDADVIG S OF CHOKER
Rochester, N Y , October 30
Governor Roosevelt wss shown this
sfternoon Mr Croker'a statement
running ss follows :
??My edvice to Democratic voters
tbe country over is to congregate
about tbe polling placea on the even?
ing of election day, count nose*, and
thru if the eleotion returns fot Bryan
do not tally with .their count to go
into the polling places snd throw
those frllows in chsrge of tho n tut hh
into iho strret "
Governor aV> OOP flit said: "Mr.
Oroief hccimm not Io woderataild that
if ihia leeiteosont to riot aod mob
violrnco at ihr poiie aboold bear froiw
bo would bo oa ooooaaoff before ihr
fact Tho flection Iuwh, 1 i k t* all
othrr Uwh, apply to Mr t'rokef ami
to OVOrWOM 0l00| atnl Ml OfobOl and
eveiyon? dar must anil will obey
them "
?ea> ? * ? ? ^m*m?? ?
Window Glats. alt sues, also Putty, for
Is Hardware Store.
it and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou I
?ER. S. C WEDNES]
ENGLISH.ADOPT
WEYLER METHODS.
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All Over 14 Years Old Adja?
cent to BloemfoDtein
Arrested.
Bloemtootein, Friday, Oot 26 ?The
telegraph lines are still interrupted and
mail* delayed owing to tbo Boers de
railing a train 10 miles sooth of Edon
burg
All Boers over 14 years of age liv
ing outHido a radius of 10 miles from
Bloemfonteio are being surrounded by
British troops and brought hero to pre?
vent their rejoining tbe oommaodoes.
TAKING STRONG MEASURES.
Oradook, Cape Colony, Oot 30 ?
Tbe Dutoh oburoh is tbe only building
left standing in Bjthaville, owing, it is
reported, to the stroog British meas?
ures
More Boer womeo bare beeo deport?
ed from Jagersfonteio. Tbey were
sent to Bloemfooteici, where they are
imprieooed with others a few milee out
side of tbe city.
OUTBURST OF BOER ACTIVITY
Loodoo. Oe< 31 ?Tbe Cape Town
correspondent of The Daily Mail com?
ments opoo tbe "astooisbiog outburst
of Boer aotivlty" aod points to the
possibility of tbe Boers having beeo
considerably retoforced Complain ts
are beiog beard io Cape Town, be as?
serts, regarding the "prematoro die
banding aod dispensing with tbe eer
vioes of the various volonteer foroes M
Italian Miners in Pennsylva?
nia Turn Highwaymen.
Pittsburg, Po, Oot 30 ?Four Ital?
ian miners attempted to rob Pay
Clerk Wm floater of tbe Southwest
Conoellsville Coke company, while
making bis trip between this city
and Alvorton with tbe pay roll of tbe
Alverton and Tarr Works, amounting
to $4,000
Mr Hosier ia dead, bia companion,
Harry Burgess, messenger of the
oompany, is wounded ; two of the
Italians are dead; a third fatally
wonnded and tbe fourth io jail
Hosier and Burgees left this city
at 1 o'clock this afternoon with the
eafe containing the money to pay off
tbe men at tbe Alverton aud Tarr
Works Tbey reached the summit
of the long bill above Morewood,
just below which lies Alverton,
a large coketow n, without a second
warning, the four Italians fired a vol?
ley from their hiding place and
sprang forward tiring as tbey ad vane
ed Mr Hosier fell dead, at the first
volley t
Young Burgess, though wounded,
was sble to return their fire with
.effect and one of the number at the
horaebeads fell dead A second late
he fired his revolver in the very face
of another, and aa he fell bia remain?
ing companions became terrified and
leaving tbe dead oue set oot with
tbe wonnded one over tbe bill to the
south in tbe direotion of tbe Allice
mines
Borgeas managed to drive on into
Alverton with the body of Mr. Hosier
and tbe safe, where he gave the
' alarm. Mount Pleaaant and vicinity
with the clerical force of the coke
oompany turned out 500 strong head?
ed by Lieut John G Thompson, of
j Company E, and soon corraled the
two, who bad concealed themselves
in a field on the Duratine farm, a
mile or ao from this town
A summons to surrender was an?
swered by a volley iu which one of
tbe posse received a slight wound on
the cheat Tbe outlaws, from tbeir
fortified position, made a fierce stand
for a few minutes until one of the
posse succeeded in getting in the
rear. He shot one through the bead,
killing bim instantly. Tbe other
surrendered and was brought to the
office of Squire Rhodes aod remanded
to jail
In the meantime another division
of the poo8e overhauled tbe third
would be robber, who bad received a
ghastly wound The ball, entering
his mouth and penetrating his bead,
I came out at the back of bis neck.
He is r*t expected to recover
Greenville, Nov 1 ?There is a
uosp"' lily of gold mining be?
coming ouo of Greenville'* pay
lug industries On Tyger River,
fifteen miles northwest oi this city,
a number ol gold nuggets have been
found, Bonne as large as hickory nuta
Tbeae nnggeta have been aubroitted
lo oi pert a tit Dablonega, (I?, who
pronoaooe the metal purest' quality
Acting on ibis information O K
Taylor baa l><'?'n investigatii g ibe
Boot ion where tbe nuggeti were"
found ti"d Inis dioOOVered two VoitlS
which be thicks will richly pay
developing He in in correspond
ence with the owners of Ibl Dablooe?
ga mines concerning the formation
1 of a company to develop the ?nd.
ftltU I
dms't at, he thy Country's, thy God's .
DAY. NOVEMBER ?.
THE GOEBEL MURDER.
Witness Says He Committed
Perjury in Testimony
Against Powers.
Louisville, Ky, Oot 30 ?The Louis
villc Evening Post today prints au affi
davit of Finley Anderson, a telegraph
operator, upon whose testimony Caleb
Powers was connected with complicity
in the murder of Qov Goebel, in which
Anderson swears bis story told on the
staod at Georgetown was perjured.
After telling of a conversation with
Attorney Campbell at Cincinnati in
oooneetton with the Goebel ease, he
Bays : "I remaioed in Cinoinnati after
this oonversatioo with Campbell, and
some time after that Arthur Goebel, in
bis store on the fourth floor, where I
bad gone at bis request, asked me if
Powers bad oot, in my presence at
Barnoorville in January, said to me in
Bubstanoe these words, referring to
Wm Goebel. "they say be wears a ooat
of mail, but it won't do bim any good,"
or something similar to that. I told
Goebel that Powers had oever said
anything of that sort in my presence
to the best of my knowledge He told
me to think aod see if I dould oot re?
member it. I eould not remember
snob a remark, and I know that Powers
never did make snob a remark, or any
thing resembling it, in my presence ;
but being urged by Arthur Goebel. I
finally concluded to state that he did
make euoh a statement aod so swore
upon the trial( which testimony was
false.
"Before making my statement to
Campbell, Wharton Golden told me to
make it as strong as possible, as they
(referring to Camphell aod Goebel)
would take esre of me aod protect me.
"I have siooe soob oonversatioo with
Campbell aocl Arthur Goebel reoeived
from Arthur Goebel vorious sums
aggregating about (300, and upon one
oooasion $10 from Justus Goebel. The
last sum I reoeived was on Tuesday,
Oot 23, 1900. wbioh was $5, given to
ma by Col Campbell at bis office io
Cincinnati.
REPUBLICAN BLUSTER.
New York, Nov 1 ?The Republi?
can national committee today issued
a formsl statement to voters, as fol?
lows :
"Mr Croker, the bead of the Dem?
ocratic organization in New York,
has ordered bis subordinates to
gather io force at the polls next
Tuesday and, in case tbey see tbe
result of the count going against
them, to eject the election officers
and take possession of the ballot
boxes by force. This astounding
anarchistic order has been approved
aud endorsed by Senator Jones, the
chairman of tie Democratic national
committee
"The Republican party has always
stood squarely for a fair vote and an
honest count. A dishonest election
is possible only through violence
such as is now threatened by the
Democratic leaders, because an equal
number of inspectors from both
political partieii is present at every
polling place, and so long as these
inspectors are not interfered with tbe
voting must be conducted fairly.
Tbe Democratic plan, officially de?
clared now, ia to overpower the
inspectors, whenever their party
exigencies appear to require violent
interference
"Notwithstanding the announce?
ment of this democratic policy of
terrorizing voters and burglarizing
ballot boxes, tha Republican national
committee desire to state to the pub
lie that tbe Republican managers,
national, State ttnd local, have taken
measures to insure the protection of the
rights of every voter in the pending
election and that the votes shall be
properly counted and recorded as
cast. The committee,therefore,admon
ish all voters that they must nut be
deterred by these threats 11 the
Democratic leathers from exercising
tbe right of suffrage on Tuesday
next ; for every citizen is entitled
by law to piotection in this, his
highest privilege, snd we shall see
to it that his vote shall also be pro
tected, at all hazirda "
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GEORGIA LEGISLATORS
FIGHT WITH KNIVES.
Atlanta, Ga . Nov 1.?A special
from Veldosta, Gr?, says:
It leaked out today that a 6ght oc?
curred last night on tho special train
bringing the Georgia legislators hero to
attend the State fair Thi?ro v?ni a
difficulty between nomn of tho members
and tt ii understood that Mr llardin of
Wi k' -* wan stabbed by S o;itor Ham
riok
"Mr Hnrdin wss put i ff tho irsin a*
Poreyth for mndioal treatment S-vrr il
o ber t ember*, including Mr Canu ni
Chatham, recf-ived Might injuries in lbs
eflf.u-t to scptrste the belligerents 1?
i. ?aid ibai iit" men wets tin* best
frit od? and win kny is y tea as the
f?mjs ? of ibe trouble Th ? par'y vry
much ' regret tho tfLir and none of
them oeo be ioduoed to talk about it.
andVTr?th's." thk
1900. Xe?
A Shocking Accident.
THE REV. JOHN OWENS
SHOT BY WALTER
SMITH
Special to the State.
Johnston, Oot 31? The Rev John
Oweo9, a well known Methodist preach?
er, was seriously and perhaps fatally
shot near his home at Johnson Tuesday
afternoon. The sad and terrible affair.l
was purely aooidental, aod Mr WaUer
Smith, at whose hands it happened, is
prostrated with grief and in dang?; of
losing bis mind.
MrO wen is a former presiding elder
of the South Carolina conference, and
is now a teaoher in the Johnston lobti.
tote aod pastor of Harmony, Johnston
and Spann's ohurohes.
He was out buntiog Tuesday after
noon with Mr Waiter Smith, sou of Mr
Qamewell Smith. Tbey bad agreed
that Mr Owens was to shoot to the left
and Mr Smith to the right away from
each other. Uofortonately tbey walked
right into a oovey before it was flashed
end the birds got up rather behind
them.
Mr Smith whirled to shoot, but tam?
ed the wroog way. He did oot folly
oook bis gun aod his thumb slipped.
The contents of the barrel were poured
into the right side of his devoted
pastor.
Mr Oweo said, "Walter, you have
killed me." Mr Smith laughed aod
said he supposed not, but be bad missed
tbe birds. Even tben be was not aware
that Mr Owen was wounded
Tbe mioister pointed to his side, and
when Mr Smith saw the blood he started
for help, bot Mr Owen stopped him,
saying that he would probably be dead
io a few minutes, and be wanted Mr
Smith to stay with him. He also
excused Mr Smith from all blame aod
begged him not to feel badly over the
terrible aooident
Mr Owen lived and was still living
up to last night It waa thought that
he might be taken to Augusta to tbe
hospital yesterday afteroooo, bat bs
was too weak for tbe trip.
The entire load penetrated his right
side and loosened two lower ribs.
There was a hole larger than a dollar
made where tbe load entered. Tbe
physicians removed the gonwads aod a
number of shot. The shot did not
perforate tbe stomach but peoetrated
the liver.
Everything is being done chat oan be
done by both mcdioal aid and loving
friesds.
The accident took plaoe about 5 30
o'clock yesterday afteroooo. Mr Owen
is thought to be dying at this hour, 0
p. m All of his family has been tele
graphed for. The Rev Mr Owen is
pastor of the Johnson Methodist oir
ouit, and is a devoted man to bis fam
ily and work. Everybody extends
sympathy to both families.
Was Conscious Until tbe Last,
Signed Statement Exoner?
ating from Blame Mr.
Smitb.
Johnston, Nov. 1.?Rev. John Owen
died at 6 o'clook this afteroooo. All
of bis family was present. Revo.
Hodges, Robinson, Hudson, Davis aod
Anderson were with him in his last
moments. He suffered very little paio
sinoe he was shot At 11 o'oiook to?
day be made a statement in writiog,
stating that Mr. Walter Smith was oot
to be blamed in the least?that it was
an aooident. Ho will be buried at Mt.
Olivet cemetery at 11 o'clock tomor?
row.
It is one of the saddest aoeideots that
ever happened in this oommunity. Mr
Owen was perfectly conscious until the
last minute He expressed himself
willing and ready to go.
Tbe Election Has Been Won.
Chicago. Nov 1?Cbairmao James
K. Jones, of tbe democratic national
committee, issued tbe following address
today to "all who favor tbe republic
aod oppose tho empire :''
"The eleotion is already won We
dow have only to maintain our present
position. I nrge that cvory man inter?
ested in preserving the principles of
government which have oome down to
us from tho fathers shall consecrate the
entire dav on Tuesday next to the great
cause Let each go to the polls early,
either singly or as a member of a club,
vote promptly, and then give tbe
remainder of tho day to whatever may
bo necessary to be dooo.
"Lst those who can do eo place teams
und vobielsa at tho disposal of the com?
mittees to bring tho old and infirm to
th^ polls Sen Iba' everyone is remind
ed of the dny and orged to voto
* !, those whose duty it is to watch
ibe polling aod oouottog do so for
every instant of time, from tbe begin
Ding to lbs end, from lbs op oiog ?I
tho ballot box in tho morning until
tho returns :?rc rigoed and sealed a*
night, and all wili be wrli.
"James Iv J<?ncs,
"Chairman Demooratio Notional
Committee."
rIII K SOUTMR?N, Established Jone 1SC6
y Series?Vol. XX. No. 15
THE ALIGNMENT
I OF THE POWERS.
All Except Russia and France
Acquiesce in Proposed
Anglo-German Agree?
ment.
Washington, Nov 1 ?The align?
ment of tbe ponrtrs on tbe British
German agreement is now eomplete.
Aside from Italy and Austria, whose
adherenoe to tbe agreement was expect?
ed, owing to their political relations
with Germany, Japan is the only one
of the powers wbieb bas given uncon?
ditional assent to tbe agreement As
the matter now stands, five of the pow?
ers are united in all 'the terms of the
agreement, vis: Great Britain, Ger?
many, Italy, Austria aod Japan ; three
of the powers, United States, Franoe
and Russia, aooept tbe olaoses relating
to the open door, aod the territorial in?
tegrity of China, but withhold action
on the third elauee relating to future
prooeedure in ease any power seises ter?
ritory. Tbe regard to tbe third clause
Russia referred tbe two contracting par?
ties to the Rassiao eireular of April 25,
sayiog that she would modify her atti?
tude according to circumstance?.
Tbe ebief effect of the exchange bas
been to bring five of the powers to an
agreement to respeot tbe "open door"
I aod tbe integrity of China, and to con.
! suit among themselves es to tbe future
course io ease any of tbe elder powers
sought to take Chinese territory . These
"other powers," as tho negotiations
have now been shaped, are the United
States, Franoe and Russia. As to the
United States, there is of course, no
possibility of so initiative in taking ter?
ritory, so that the terms of tbe third
olause would apply to Franoe and Rus?
sia, and would bring about ooocurrent
action of the five powers io ease either
of these two sought to extend their
domain io China.
BARBARITY IN CHINA.
Berlin, No? 1 ?Considerable im?
patience at tbe meageroess of the news
from China in finding expression here.
Tbe inference is tbst German censor?
ship over such infomatioo is very
striet.
Letters from privates io Chios begin
to fiod their way into the social demo?
cratic papers showing that tbe German
troops give no quarter. The Bremen
Baerger Z?iiung publishes a letter from
a soldier in Pekin, who said be witoesed
the fallowing scene :
??Sixty eight cap'ives, some of them
not yet adults, were vied together by
their pigtails, beaten boldly by tbe
Germane, compelled to dig tbetr own
graves and then shot en masse "
The Halberstadter Volks Z?itung
prints a oommuoioation from Pekin in
wbioh tbe writer says :
"No prisooers are taken. All are
shot or, preferably, sabred to save am*
monition Sunday afternoon we h id to
bayonet 74 prisoners. They had killed
one of our patriotic men e An ntire
battalion pursued them and captured
74 alive. It is eruel It was inde?
scribable "
Political Assessments.
Washington, Ootober 30 ?The civil
serViOe oommissioo bas just completed
investigations of charges of violations
of oivil serviee law. mostly of poli'ieal
assessments and coeroion, against Fed?
eral officer*, whose names are withheld,
io Philadelphia, Louisville, Cincinnati,
Topeka, Birmingham, Jersey City and
in Iowa. In some of these cases tbe
oommission bas reeommended to the
various executive departmeots to wbioh
the aooused cffisials belong tbe prosecu?
tion aod dismissal of the latter.
SALISBURY TO RETIRE.
London, 05*31 ?The following im?
portant announcement appears this
morning in The Daily Telegraph :
"We understood that, after mature
consideration, Lord Salisbury has de
oided to resigo tbe foreign secretary?
ship, wbioh will be transferred to tbe
Marquis of Lacdtdcwne hAlthoid
tbe health of the prime minister gives
no cause for anxiety, we believe that be
is largely influenced by tbe counsels of
his medical ajvisors 99
REORGANIZED "CABINET.
London, Nov 1 ?Queen Victoria has
approved the appointment of L">r? Sal?
isbury as premier and lord privy seal ;
the Marqoii of Lansdowoe as seereterj
of ?t?te far foreign affairs, Mr William
St Jehu Brodiok as seoicts.ry of state
fas war, the cirl ;^f Scifcurno as 6r6t
lord of the admiralty, and Mr C T.
Ritchie ss secretary of stuta for h rue
affairs.
Aeeoreiog to this list of appointments,
Mi Georgs J Gosen to., the Bret' 1 ?rd of
the admiralit) io Lord Salisbury's: ia&t
eabioet ; Sit- Matthew Weita l?dley,
wh.) has been secretary of state for
r cmo affairs anu VtsaoOAt Cross, who
was lord privy seal, have been dropped
io tbe formation of tbo new eabioet.