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- ! ' v 7 i. i : v PRICD:$S.co Per Year. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY WORKING, JUNE xa, x$oo. :.SV !if ii', OS THE SIDOFTHE BOXERS. mam chops us km. BXOBG AXIZATIOX OX A BOXEB BASIS. The Esipreae Ha Leaser Stake a Freteae ef C casting B AaU-rerelra PelirT - ' Tha Frateetaata la resia Erect a Iter rkadalaFraatef the Belldlag la WkVa They Have Tikn Befage-Street Flgat r Uf Bm Baea Golag aa Slaea Saaday Aftwiin Ths French Minister Tsle ; graphs That a Crisis to Isanataeat-The Tnrboleaee Spreads to the Capital. '. 'London, June IX S a,' nu The lat message out of Peklntb reach Londcn, left there yesterday morning' at n o'clock, ruing fcy way of the Russian telegraph, tha Tfen-Tsln line being cut. ! . . fl - M . . I IT w v ik u u iwk)i; Tjenerni tuns;, a aao- hammedan, extremely hostile to for - efgners, arrived here this morning ami had a long audience with Prince Tuan, father of the heirT apparent, ha Is ; seemingly '; friendly to 7 the Boxers. ' Prince Tuan has been appointed chief :: of the Foreign Office over Prince Chiug. mho la more friendly toward the for :: elgners. The dispatch of mow marines was In response to a telegram from the ministers to the consuls at Tlen.TsIn for additional troops. Conveyances have left Pekln to meet the troops coming , by the first train. , v . 7 t "-hearrivalTsf the EmpressTJowSger has rendered the city omewhat more quiet than It had been recently. "Tin Protestants have erected a barricade before the building in which they have taken refuge, and they have a small guard. The Catholics are concentrated north of the Cathedral under the pro tection of a French guard of 35 men, who will hold out to the end. I am con- vlneed that Pekln, especially the Tartar city, la safe. "At Tlen-Tsin the Viceroy finally con sented to furnish transports for a re lief fore of 400 "tinder an American commander. The partial restoration of the railway Is expected to be effected by to-morrow. More- massacres of Christians are reported." Shanghai, under yesterday's date, ca bles that there has been street fighting In Pelcln since early Sunday afternoon. . The Russians are making large pur chases of canned provisions at Shang hai, and everything points to an out break of hostilities.:,, 4 The Shanghai correspondent of The Dally Telegraph Jn' a dispatch dated . ' yesterday at 1:45 p.' m., says: "Reports from the Tun Nan Fu district say that the French minister has telegraphed that a crisis is imminent and that he Is advising all foreigners to evacuate Tun Nan." 'All the telegrarriB indicate- that the . situation hat not In the least Im proved. On the contrary, the disorder has spread from the neighborhood of Pekln to the-capital,. Itself, which 13 ' growing turbulent in anti-foreign dem onstrations. In addition to the burning of the Pekln Club, the secretary of th Belgian legation has been roughly nan died In the streets. Hostile crowds con- tlnue to demonstrate against the lega tions. The United States, according to dis patches, have given "hearty adhesion" ' to the scheme for a European demon stration. The Russian minister Jn Pe- ,. kin, who also acts as the envoy of Den mark, is credited with, having sent a dispatch' to the DanlBh Foreign Office ' to the effect that a demonstration has been planned, under the leadership of England and Russia, In which all the great powers and several of the small- r will take part. The latter are not called upon to send troops, as there ara enough on the spot; but they are to be asked to delegate the right to hoist their flags to the great powers In or der that a demonstration may be made, , . or a battle fought, under the flags of all Europe. Japan - and the United States have been Informed and agree to the arrangement : . A SKW gtrcrruc.' ' Waag Twsg Ho Beads s Message to the reopto ef the West-Hls scheme, for rot ting as Bad to the Balgn ef Anarchy Wants the Foreign Powers to Tars Oat - the Present Government and Foaad i ' Hew Capital. " i .London, June 12, The Shanghai cor respondent of, The Dally Express, tele am phlug yesterday, says: "WengTung " Ho,, Emperor Kwang Hsu's tutor and confidant, who was dismissed by the '' Dowager Empress after the coup 'd eUt In 19, lends with the special sanction . ot the Emperor and his party. Including . Ihree Viceroys, a message So the peo pie of the west. In part It Is as follows " ' "Hls (Majesty is convinced, through . amply inutworthy sources, .that the loyal support ot many acures ot mlllloni of the Chinese iwlll be accorded to his .'proposals for putting to ."an ' end the aral ot anarchy brought about by th - actfoa of th empress Tsl TaL '- , O -" mra govwrnmenl of China being vlr luaii-v non-existent, the mperor pro tmsm thai the foreln powers whose rnnna itnmfnat the CSDltSj Shall rt- move his Imperial person from the par se e in which Ills Majesty Is confined a . .prisoner, shall declare Empress Tsl Tsl i and her nresent ministers to be usurp- era and bring Emperor Kwing Hsu U ' Nanking. Wudhlnr or Shanghai, which- , over the said forelrn powers dem to be the most suitable situation for Iht " new capital of the Chinese empire, un der the new conditions. - It Is propo! by His Majesty and his advtsers that the foreign powers annuij avur a Joint pramnorate and ainaenaae Jha tut of governing us 1 eon n try til m setf." "The message surti lhal Ihe DM tectorat should abolish certain boards In Pealn; appoint nnw ministers; abol ish the existing so-called armies: -ea taiiiish gendarmlwi und-r f.)nelm con trol; establish a sjnirarm curreniT1; re adjiut taiatioa aad las are the freedom of rrlx.oa, Weng Tung Ha, n bo predicts a peace ful acceptance of such a rfinw, ras ea t sy: -China is ripe Ur the ehanre of tldi which the reactionaries iar seek U stem. If 11 is so that the furrtn powers senooijy coBtemplata the dismember ment of the Chinese empire, they hare before them the hug task of facing dense millions who. although lacVing la training sad whs make but eoatemptl Ma sildiera, possess hoondleas powers of passive resistance, and would be able O wear out the patience of any Euro pean rulers seeking to gorern. them without regard ta the prejudices ot the oldest cfrUliaUotf. : " Thequesilonof I he division sod con quest of China would be possible with 100,004 troops, but k retals the govern ment would require 1,000,000 soldiers and centuries of work. . - - . " 'His ddajeaty and his advisers beg America and Japan to pause before re sorting to dismemberment, which can be deferred at least until the Emperor's efforts to govern his people and to re store the happiness of this great divis ion of the human race have proved ab ortive. If the people are assured that the powers are guiding and protecting His Majesty, ami do not intend to swal low the county place-meal, they and the soldiers will return unqnestionably . to thealleglance from which the Empress diverted' than." . ; , COKQEB ASKS FOB nrSTBCCTIOXs. - r ' v He Is Ordered ta Act Iadepeadently as Far as Possible No Troops Can' be Spared from the Philippines, Washington .June lWMr. Conger's doubt as to the permanence of the Chi nese sklMy to protect the missions is In line With his previous expressions of oplnhin, Indicating-a iwllef in his mind that the few Chinese generals who are disposed, to protect the foreigners are to be overcome by the element at the Chinese court which Is favorable to the Boxers. The. attitude of the United States government respecting the Boxer troubles bavlng been misrepresented in. certain -quarters, It can be stated au thoritatively that up, to this point not the first step has been taken toward sending any troops from General Mac Arthur's army in the Philippines to China. It was derided last week that none of the troops cdijld be spared, If wanted, and that none would be spared even if they could toe, for such a pur pose In the present aspect of the Chi nese trouble. Mr. Conger asked for further Instruc tions, and was directed to proceed with energy in the protection oi American interests and more1 especially with the protection of the American citizens in China. He was warned, however, not to be a party to any alliance or combination of groups of powers. He was to act lndepedently whenever this was practicable, although he was not forbidden to take, concurrent action with other diplomatic representatives If sudden necessity should arise for It. He was to do nothing to commit; the United States In their future action. The traditional policy of the United States in this respect was to Je strlct lw rfhserved. . Secretary Long this afternoon stated that he had sent no direct answer to Admiral Kempff, nor was such answer necessary in view of the subsequent ca blegram to Admiral Remey, at Manila, The re-enforcements In the shape of 100 additional marin.es, iwhich will come to him from Manila In the course of a week, would indicate the Department's position sufficiently. It will take the Solace a full week to make the trip, ac cording to the estimate ot the naval of ficers, for It is about 2,000 miles from Manila to Taku. It is evident that Ihe Navy Department approves all Ad miral Kempff has done up to this point at least, as Is shown by the disinclina tion lo hamper him by Instructions. AMERICAN MI8SION fll'BNED. The German Embascy Will Probably be Attacked Next. Berlin, June 11. The German Foreign Office has received a dlspaLch from Pekln, dated Sunday afternoon, saying the Amer can mission House at Tung Chow, the river port of Pekln, has been burned by natives. The officials of the Foreign Office suppose this happened Saturday ot Sunday morning. The dis patch further says the International Club, butslde a gate of Pekln, has been burned and that the Belgian secretary of legation was attacked by Chinese soldiers. .The Foreign Office interprets the latter news as confirming the seri ous view It has taken of the situation and expresses fear that the German embassy will be next attacked. An offi cial of the German Foreign Office called attention to a remark ascribed to Col. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, to the effect that the United States could not enter Into an alliance with the powers regarding China and added: '''There Is no question or an alliance, which is unnecessary, but only of a political combination for a specific purpose. There la rro political question, but a ponce question. The case involves the Interest of no tingle nation, but of all, In caromon' f It was further added at the Foreign Office thai there art now 650 foreign soldiers In Tleo-Tsln. Of the 1.500 now on the way tn Pekln, 100 are German. They will repair ths railroad as needed. probably reaching Pekln to-day, One of the , two telegraph wires lo Pekln, which was destroyed, has been restored. The German gun-boat Tiger has been ordered to sail for China Immediately. The German government of Tslnt Tow has been ordered to co-operate In quell ing tne disturbance. ,, Foar Bpaclal Trains remmaadeered. Tien-Tain. June 1L The captain In rharge of the defenses tiers con-man deered a third special train yesterday and a fourth to-day, for the transport of US lUiaslana and two guns and B French marines, with stores and one gun for the British. The International torces are near Lang Fong. miles from rekla, but It Is doubtful It they nkcn me capital Dtrore Tuesday. ' ' Bead of s Faralgaar aa a ratlag. London, June IL A special dispatch from Shanghai, dated to-day, stys: "All ths naval forces except tm Rus sians, are acting under the orders ot the British admiral. It la reported that the head ot a foreigner has been ex- nosed tin a paling nurtha eat of Th-n Tsln. The Chinese are fleeing from Pe kin and Tlen-Tsin to Shanrhal. 'There are ominous Indications of outbreaks In Yang-Tse district. All rlswva of nstlves In-the north disptsy Intense hostility toward forlgners and ths Chinese soldiers point their guns St Lforelgnen as they pasa" III KJf TRESS TBBOWS OFT THE HAS TheTsaag U TasMa Kwrgaalaea' te as AaU-renlga FeUcar Loados, Jaae li The IVkia cor respondent ot The Tirnis, telegraphing yesterday,' says: .Changes bave beea made la the Tsung U Tamen. One thinee hai ben rvtirxl and fiHir Manchni, rigidly conservative, havs heenappointed. Prlnoe Chlng. th only member with a knowledge ot for iga affsira. has been - superseded by Prinese Tuan, a rHnre-rful supporjer ef th'eltox brotberaood. - The Trmea, commenting upon the re organisation of the Tiung IA Tames, considers its significance unmistakable ami says: "It means that the Empress Djwager has finally throws off the mask and has resolved to stake everything on her antl-torelgn policy. Prince Tuan to creature of the Cmpreai, one ot the thief patrons of the (Boxers ao J a repre sentative of the most reactionary part? In China. If the empress la to hav her way, theposltion of no foreign pow er in vnma win oe wortn a mjntn's purchase, and Western civilisation win disappear from the country altogether. Oae Headred Marinas Ordered to Join Admiral KempsV Washington, June 1L The Navy Dc-1 partment has received the following ca megram from Admiral-Kempm Tong Ku, June U. "Secretary of the Navys , "in ease all communication Pekln cul, not able to go alone; if other na tions go will Join to relieve Americans pending Instructlona Situation serious, Ittatttllfin .i Mai4.ua .nM Manila ka.. I Hattalion of marines from Manila has been uigently requested. Answer. "KTKMPFF." tUpon receipt, of the above Secretary Lbng sent the following cablegram to Admiral llemey, at 'Manila: i, NavyDepaxllnenU June 11. "Jtemey, Manila:-;: 1 f - i "'Sen4 by (Solace Immediately all dis patch to ke'mprT 100 marines, arranging- if prafclicable that after landing Solace anau continue homeward voyage as previously ordered. LO.VO." The foHowtng undated dispatch has been received at the Navy Department: "Secrjfflary ot Navy: 'iForeea landed by different nations. Opening ctcnffiunlcatlon lo Pekln. Americana joined. "KEMPFF." An Urgent Message to MrKlnley. New York, June 11. The following cable from Pekln was received to-day at me jaetnoaist episcopal board: "Pkln, June 8. "'Massacre native Christians. Hltua lion foreigners ciltical. Press Wash ington. "DAVIS, "GAMEWT3UL." This came direct from the missionary aociery at ifekin, of which Messrs Uavu and Gamewell are In charge. A copy of Ihe message was Immediately sent to resident McKiniey. In read ing the cable to the President the cnis sionary secretary added: "This means our people are in great danger and greatly In need of such protection as our government can afford." A Force Dispatched to Tong Shan. Tlen-Tsin, June 10. Telegraphic com munleatlon between here and Pekin was Interrupted this morning. "A special train left at 5 o'clock this evening with 30 British troops to guard Tong Shan. It Is considered that the number will be inadequate. If trouble arises in Ton at Shan, all the Northern China Railroad wtTl be at a standstill. Owing to diffi culty In securing the Viceroy's permis sion for a third special train to start for Pekln, the foreign troops occupied cars, whereupon the Chinese engine driver ran away with his locomotive, The crowd tried to' pull ud the track. but the troops cleared the rabble away at the point or the bayonet and seized the engine. On learning of this the Viceroy granted permission and the train left at 6kl6 p. m. with about 500 men. The force was made up of 350 Ger mans, 80 British and the rest French troops. The British Force Preponderate. Tlen-Tsin, Sunday, June 10. It, la learned that but for the flrmnesa of the United States consul and Captain Mc Calla, of the Newark, In charge of the American landing party, and the Brit Ish consul, there would have been fur ther delay In dispatching the Interna tlonal Guards to Pekln, and the major Uy of the forces would not have been British. At a meeting of the consuls and commanders of troops, last even ing, When the necessity for the Immt dlate dispatch of troops was consider ed, the representatives of two Eu ropean powers questioned th necessity and afterwards disregarded the Idea that the British forc should prepon derate. The Anglo-Americans, however, In. slated and carried their point. The Americans generally deplore the small ness of the United States force here. A the same time they are ready to defer to whatever may bp considered best at Washington. AU the Mlsalonary Stations Abandoned. London. June 11. The special dls patch from Pekln under date of June 10, says: 'The situation Is growing steadily more alarming. The missionary stations were ail abandoned yesterday Fifty American and English mission aries are gathered at the American Methodist mission, surrounded by 300 native pupils, whom It was Impossible to send to their homea They sre wait ing with a few revolvers, and guarded by ten Americans, for re-enforcements to take them to the coast. A missionary who has returned from the country to the east, says the populace are assert Ing that they must have a new Km peror." AnxUtr as to the Fata of Forelner 1 Pehla. Tien-Tsln, June 11. An American of fleer, who baa just arrived from the front, reports that his forces sre re pairing the track between Lo Fa and Larg Fang, lie caught a Boxer last, evening who was attempting lo set fir to a btldre and h aaw several corpses. evidently the bodies ot men killed by troops of Oenersl Nleb The fifth train left at i p. m., to-day with provisions. Q real anxiety is fell here rewpectlng the fate of foreigners In Pekln, Ths Ironps cannot reacn tne capital oeror ua- day night and the fear la that an at tack will be mad before then. It la reliably asserted that ihe Russian will land over 1 teamen wRh artrery to night, provided they can get transport over the Taku Bay. ... The F.mprea He parted ta Bare Fled. London. June 1L-A special dispatch from Tlsn-Tstn seys li l raportaa ins Dowagtr Empress has fled to (h Hits' . ' . siaa legation at roun. Mra Ola da teas Has a fcetspaa. London, June ItMrs. Gladstone ha suffered another relapee and Is now an-! conscious. 7 , AS DURE REGIMENT LOST. A rxEkH DlkAlTKM TO THE SKITfsa. The tkattlag Of at tUrd ntiam' Caaiaia atoatlaa With tae Oata Wartd Attaaded by a aariaas LaM ef Ufe-Tae Kawe track taadaa Ue a (Mi traaisCetr Shy-A Mtm Rrvana al Baadavat Uaataaaae jCcUmH llatrd-Oaagtos sad Ueetaaaat lUalty AaxMf ike KDJad Gaaetal raraettar-Valkarli DtapaMMS Mat Baaatartag. t Losdon, June ll-Lleutensnt Oeneral Sir , Frederick forest ler -Walker, la comma hd of the laei uf communica tion In South Afrky, r'rrti that la the disaster to the twops n June 7th, at Hoodevat, ner ihe lUiers cuLlLord Roberts' line ot irommunkatlon. the Fourth Battalion jot Derbyshire r t) i , .it wni.,.1 . . a made prisoners- fxctpt U tnllsted men. Two officer! and lj men were killed and five' officers and 7! o&n were wounded, .many of tb' in ifverely. ' The Doers returned the wounded to the British. The olficers killed were Lieutenant ColoRel Boird-DougUs and Lieutenant Hawley, The wounded In elude Colonel Wilkinson and Lieutenant Blanchard, of the Canadian Infantry Gen. Forestler-Walkcr report says: "Cape Town. Jan, W.-The following telegram n received from Chai. Unnv 'L'.nR.t:l T'. .11 r . Knox: 'Kroonatad,'--Th.' following ca sualties, reported frjom Hoodeval, June 7th, received from 8onrhan, command ing the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, dated Rhenoster Jtlyer, June IT, receiv ed; hereby rflagftf: truca June 10"The Fourth iBattallon or the Derbyshire Regiment (the Sherwond Foresters) Killed Lieutenant Colonel Balrd-Doug las and Lieutenant lluwley and 11 ot the rank and file; 'wounded. Col. Wll klnson, Capt. Bailey, Lieutenants Hall, Lawder and Blanchard, and &9 of, the rank and file; the Shropuhlre Light In fantry one; Cape Pioneer Hallway Reg. lment seven; Ammunition Park, Royal Marines and Imperial Telegraphs one eacn. sroneman reports that many were severely wounded and the remain Ing of the Fourth Derbyshire and de - tans or prisoners, except six of the rank and file, are in his camp, All the wounded are in his camp, lately oecu pled by the Fourth IVrbyshires. In qulrles are being made as to the names." It Is Inferred that the Boers capture over 500 rsen and as! lute as Juno 10th held positions cutting off the British forces north of Kroonst id from re-en furcements. Another dispatch from General For estler-Walker says General Methuen was fighting within ten miles of Hell bron on June th, as follows: "Cape Town, June 10-Kelly-Kenny reports from Bloemfonteln this morn 1ng that MethuenjKjthtfm greater, part of his division, was fighting early In the morning of June Kth ten miles south of Hellbron, where Oolvllle was re ported to be with the Highland Brig ade. Methuen left Lindley June Oth with ample supplies for himself and Colville, leaving Paget to hold Lindley with a sufficient force and sunolles. Kelly-Kenny has ordered Knox ,to press in the enemy's outponts, believ ing the enemy's strength to be exag gerated. All ,is quiet and there I no anxiety as regards the district to the south. Communications north of Kroonstad have been cut since June 8." The news that the Shutting off of Lord Roberts' communication with the outer world was accompanied with such a serious loss came like a bolt from a comparatively clear sky. In London, when the news came. It was thought that the destruction of the railroad was accomplished by free Staters, who were avoiding rather than annihilating the British detachments stationed at the point attacked. Nor are General Foreatler-Walker's vague statements regarding Methuen and the situation at - Hellbron looked upon as reassuring. The Boers appear to be in sufficient strength to complete ly separate all the British forces north and south of a line stretching some 60 miles between Roudeval and Hellbron. Methuen' march upon th latter place seems somewhat In the na ture of a movement for the rellei of Colville. The, only British officer left at Roodeval appears to be the doctor In charge of the hospital, which Is full of wounded. TUB NEW CAPITAL. - Mscbadorpi a snmll Tows, Swells Into a City 80,000 British After the I toon Worth of Kroonatad Drabaat Raid to llave Takea la 1 .BOO BoersThe Derby- shires Lost Over AOO Mta. London, June 12, 3:30 a m. Fifty thousand British troops are within half hundred miles of the marauding Boers north of Kroonstad, and they are expected, of course, to make short work of them. Nevertheless, outside of the slender War Office telegrams no one knows what is going on. South of Kroonstad there ia A wide gap. Ths railroad Is only partially defended, and si General Kelly-Kenny has hurried all the available troops north, the assump tion Is that there is danger of a sec ond raid. The lots of the Derbyshire Is estimated at front 100 to 700 men. A dispatch from Maseru, dated Jane IL says: "Fifteen hundred Doers serren- dered to Genera! Brabant in the ricks burg district." Machadorp has been officially pro claimed capital of the Transvaal. A Lortnso Msrque dispatch aays that the village has swollen Into a small city, the majority ot the new Inhabi tant living In lent. An official Bort . I ... - . Ik.l L . I . I fc. .... Mtm. uh -on.i,1.P,hU tnaa at I ft aaw ta ta aatUa astree- Ity at the Free state, tan miles from I V? 1. .a Tt to. a lliaiiatil Ikla Norvar pont. It ws thought this a let r let had been cleared of Boers, and rebel long ago. The Boers still cling to Lslng't Kek, bul Oenrral Butler's force sre still working far around la thai direction. Lord llobert ta wlrtd Cap Tow a that prior lo Wednesday he liberated 1U offlars sad 1-00 of Ihe rash and la The Doers consequently saly took off to. Mr. gchrelaer. the Cape Premltr, hid supporters est ot M at a called cau cus meet ie to consider the ministerial programme, J, X. Merrlmas. Treasur er, and J. W. tUaar, CemmlMlonesef Public Works, have ree!gned from the rabinet, and Mr. chrelner's own rest. nation Is believed to be Imminent al though he may reconstruct the minis try aith the aid of the opposition. The cabinet situation Is ao Interesting that sir Alfred M liner will postpone his trig; norm. m Food Is still scarce at Mafektnt. but the railroad Is nearly repaired. Seven-ly-tae rebels have beea srrested In the Vryburg and Mafeklng districts. 'Six ty-five were marched Into Mafeklng by two of their late prisoners st Host la. All of Qeneral Harrington's force had landed at Belra a week ago. The or ganisation to Invade the -Transvaal from the north Is already advanced. A Boer deserter who arrived1 at Maseru yesterday asserts that 7,000 lioera par tlclpated In the Kooekrants engage ment: that General Olivier was killed and General DeVllllers mortally wounded.. The American young women who are nursing In the hospital at Ladyarsnd have been lighted by the Boer women who are nursing live lioer sick in me same hospital, and have been mads the objects of unpleasant remarks beoauae the Americans are nursing the Kngiisn, A Bepurt from Huller, . London. June 11.11:30 a, m. The fol lowing roport from General Bullcr bat been Issued by the War umee: "Headquarters. In Natal, Juno It. The force concentrated on the KHp river at Its Junction With the Gans valel, last night. We anticipated at that defile a force of the enemy about 3. WD strong who had, I think," Intended t' Occupy it and he retired as soon as our heavy guns opened, which were very smartly brought into action by Major May, of the Royal Artillery, ana cap tain Jones, of he Royal navy, The South African Light Horse and the Second Cavalry brigade were smartly engaged, while covering our left front. Our casualties are about six killed and 7 wounded." Randte Kecelvat the lloer I'tace Delegation London, June 11. Reports from Ma seru, Itasutoiand, June tn, say mat the Boers refuse to surrender and se vere flKhtlng Is expected, though a dls patch, June 8th, from Hammnnla, which Is only a few miles rrom ficks bur?, says the situation In the south east corner of the Orange 'River Colony Is unchanged: thatiGeneral Rundle has received the Boer delegates sent to ne gotiate peace terms and that the result of the negotiations are not Known. Kruger's Illg Body Guard. London, June 12. The Lorenso Maraues correspondent of The Times aivs: At MachedorD. President Kru a-er has a body guard of 1.000 burghers, Store are being moved aa quickly as possible from thai point of Lydcnburg. The Portuguese authorities sent a fur ther body of troops to the border to day. SAO Boers Surrender. Ventersdorp, June 11. Two hundred and fifty Boers hav surrendered to General Hunter and the remainder In this district have promised to give up their arms. THK FRRY OF POLITICIANS. Governor Wood Advised That the Govern ment la doing Too Fait In the Direction of Independence for Cuba. Havana, June 11. Of late Governor General Wood has had many caller- among them lawyers, bankers, mer chants and even two members of the former cabinet who have taken the position that the United States govern ment is going ahead too fast In the di rection of granting Independence to Culm. Those who take this ground as sign It as the reason for the decision not to Join In the coming elections. They point out that there Is not a sin gle candidate In the Island who Is not professional politician,' and they ar cue that to turn t;uia over to men or this class would mean her absolute ruin. These visits and statements were the result of an Interview with General Wood published by The Dlacusalon, in which he was reported as saying that In all probability a constitutional con ventlon would be canen: m nepiemDtr next, consisting- of all Ihe mayors elect ed. Business circles were thoroughly alarmed by this announcement, al thoush there Is no doubt that a great majority of the people received It With favor. Jones In I'fltrago. Chicago, June ll.-Henator James K, Junes, chairman, arrived In Chicago to day to remain for several days, look- ins over the preliminary work of the coming campaign. Wedneadsy Wm. J, Bryan will meet Senator Jones here for a final conference before the Kansas City convention. Senator Jones said "There Is absolutely no truth In the report that I will endeavor to persuade Mr. Bryan to consent to the dropping of the 1 to 1 plank from the Chicago platform. There will ih no a nan a an ment of any Issue of the Chicago plat form." Bala Falls la India. London, Jane 11. -The Viceroy of In dia ha cabled to the f rttary of Stale for India, announcing that rain has fallen In southern India and that tture have been scattering shower elsewhere. The tiot weather, however, still pre. vails, and the famine re'Jef situation has not altered. There are now about 6,101,000 person receiving rellei large Shlpmeata of Gold Espeeted. .New Tork, June ll.-Ther wa talk In banking circles to-dsy of several gold exports on the French steamer leaving this port on Thursday next. The amount of these shipment wa variously estimated at from IS, 000,000 lo ll.2M.ooo, The names or tne pruu able ahlDDers were not disclosed, f , aMaMMaawaaMaMaMvaaWaafta, 'Balls Bay. U Coafsdsrau Ipy. Dead. XUbourne, Tfla, June JL-Bell Boyd, Ih female spy of Confederal fanrf, died suddenly ef heart disease, at Kit bourne, to-Right, where sh had gone t lecture, Use was M years ot ar sn4 shown all over ths oounrry.. ONLY TWO THINGS TO EE DON F- tbi roxsrmi AMgJTDaaST. rtMSpeeial Lagadntfee Casnsaltlee Oaeldas ta Add I IWIn That Ike M ran re hall f taadaa Fan as a Whale and to Strike Oat the Ward QnaU aed" e Ap plied ta Vetera-akes f taa Lagla hUare Faartag ta-There are Tory Few BepobUeaeeThe Leglslntars Meets at Mean Te-Pey-Chalnana Stamens Bears frees Da. Heard a ta tae gaeeaa at Urahdaaa's CaaatltaUaaat Aateedaeat The Vaaee State Will . he ravelled Aagnet ttad-Taa napes ma Caart De cides la Favor ef the Stat Traaaarar Against a Charlotte Firm. - v- Observer Bu'mtl, , , U West llargt Hireet, ' Raleigh, June IL The committee on Ihe Vance status met this afternoon. Richard IL Hauls presided. The other members present were It. H. Rueiaht. 1. D. lUmahall and Joseph O. Brown, of the state commit tee, and A. A. Thompson, of the local committee. After thorough discussion as lo the time best suited for the cere monies or the unvel ins. Wsdnesdav. August S2d. was deckled upon.-, Thu chief reasons for the selection sre that iy mat time the excitment ot the campaign and election wilt be . ended and the heavy work of the farmers wilt De over, a the crops will have been laid by. Chairman Battle was given authority to appoint a committee of nve on plan and soopa. it will have general directions and will he sub- divided Into subordinate enmmiitaea nn ceremonies, programme. Invitation and nnance. me Dronse tab et to be d seed upon the base will bear the followln inscription, which the committee ac cepted: "Eebulon Italrd Vance, May Id, aprtir:r: m, fBtr-lliator, Member United eUata Ilousi of Rerir: sentatives. Thrice Governor of North Carolina. Four times elected United Slates Senator... The great tribune of the people," The dite "1900" will bo ............ I. ,t - . ' - T vi ru in me sranite vase, It Is ascertained that a book company n as sent to ino members of the Leg islature who have been re-nominated circulator marked "confidential and private," offering to sell them preferred stock in the company at sneclal rates. There Is no evidence that any member nave omen at this halt. Much Indiana. tkin Is expressed by members at ths receipt or the circulars, JudgePurnoll will next week hold the term or the District Court at Wllmlng. ton, !; ,,,;.,' ,.'...:-.'. ' Member of the Legislature poured In on the af ternoon train, nearly every one democrats. Tjiey went to the cap- uoi, wnere tne committee on the con stltutlonat amendment wa In session They all heard the discussion by the committee, and In fact some partlclpat ed in it. Oeorge Rountree presided. The committee read what It had pre viously dona at sitting during the past rew oays. it was agreed "by the com mittee by vote, that only two things eeu ce done as to the amendment. that la to add a provision that it shall stand or fall as a "whole and to strike out the word 'qualified" as applied to voters, so It will simply provide for a. . . rattficatlcm by a majority of the vote cost. : , Ileutenant Governor ' Reynold la here. iHe says very few Republican members Came, as there is no general Dunnes to tie. done, (but that if they were here they would all vote aaalnst what the Democrat do. There is more than a quorum of the Legislature now here. Thisiwas shown by the attendance this 'afternoon. At the Democratic caucus to-night 85 Senators and 77 Representatives an swered to the roll-call. More will ar rive to-night. Senator Rklnner presld ed at the caucus, and H. McD, Robin son was secretary. It was decided that no private legislation Tie taken up and no other public legislation until after the constitutional amendment and election law are disposed of. The com mlllees on those matter meet early to-morrow. The Legislature meet at noon. It will quickly adjourn and the Democrats will go Into a caucua Among the leglslstor who arrived this afternoon were W. II. Carroll, D, R, Julian, C. M. Thompson, T. J. Red ding. W. C. T.iylor, W. L. William, R. A. P. Cooley, W. I. White, C. A. Whit field, S. T. Hartaell. Locks Craig. R. L. Leather-wood, W. J. Cocke, Lee a. Over man, R. L. ftmlth, W. Lambert. Herlot Clarkson, S. 'M. Gattls, dl. A. Foushee, F. K. James, C. W. Davis, U. 8. Wll lard, W. W. Carraway, J. B. W. Sugg, W. I. Davis, J. II. Bellamy, II. A Gil liam, J. Floyd Brown. D. B. McNeill, H. W. Btubbs, B. W. Edwards, J. W L. Robinson. The Supreme Court In the case axalnst a Charlotte firm decides In fa vor of the State Treasurer that dealers n piano and organs must pay $10 an nual license for each agent tt has In tb field. The Republicans are making much of the re-nomlnatlon In Brunswick coun ty of JeT.McNelll, who voted against the constitutional amendment. To-night a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Democratic convention which re-noml- nated McNeill was received here. Th resolutions say that tlw convention ex presae Us approval of the Democratic platform, Including the constitutional amendment, and demand that lis nom inees support tt. The Republicans are circulating ' a circular claiming that In his Inaugural address Governor Heard, of Louisiana, said thst the new constitutional amend ment of that Stat disfranchised Illit erate white men, as well aa Ignorant nesroe. Chslrmsn Simmon - sent a copy of the circular La Governor Heard, axktng If he meant to Imply that any w rite man had been disfranchised, and alio what had bens the effect of the amendment In Loulsisn. Governor Beard' statement I to tb effect that the charge that the Democratic party had deprived any white people la Louislsns of ths rlsht of tuffrar Is not true. Section I ot tha law opened the door to practically every whit man In the State, whether rich or poor, edu cated or Illiterate, la reference to the beneficial effect of the uffrage In his Inaugural address, he consider that from a general standpoint- ther ha been a vast Improvement In ih elec torate of the State since the elimina tion of a targe miss of ths negro rot era He regret thst "nyone outside of Louisiana should have used my re mark to misrepresent the action ol the peinm ratio party f tt Bute, aKI.H has ever been the true friend of all classes of white people within her bor ders." The following rertiflrsts eccom psnle Governor Heard' latter: , Wa Ih undersigned members ft Conrress from tautiUna stats that lb eufTrara amendment t the c ir,'itvitlon Is giving grest satHfacttm to t.v J - cttet;it a t i a!. it hit gro vote, a r t Bnedjca t U r Iignr-JJ Al- Mi A' ." i.- BBTAV AM Tae Ohio DemoeraU ' . ' Ticket a Sauet-t I. S Karepe Bo as got to I ' meat. Being Deary' I r Columbus, O,, Jui- 11 eratle Slate convent; in, to-morrow, f illow ih re rolral Doey, of Lvt w- i: on tlm proposed t, fc .iv S Dewey her during the c rather hol4-th convent: . 1 i while he wa hers.-but t lulM-rlber to ths Deatf c : fund objected and the I'm ai dined. There ut much ti k a ! and Dewey being nominal at 1. City on Ihe same ticket. I i.. agitation for Cryan and y a coming men for the rational t there 1 on man wanted hete a other at this time, and that r John IL MoLeao, the last D . ni ,- cafididate Tor Oovr rn r, and th. . knowledged leader of the Ohio D r. racy. Out all call for McLean fa.i i . get favorable response. Tie h i a -mvunoed that he must sail for Uu with his ramlly next Saturday mori trom New Tork, ahd furthermore, t hecannot return In time to atti n l i natlonaLfonyenUort Jn .Kansas - Cw, three weeks hence, die would 1m pi i . at Ihe head of ths Ohio delegation t Kansas City If he would give a sin ' word ot consent hut he declines abso lutely. - , 'As he 1 a brother-in-law of Ado,'.: , DCwcy, his friends any that he d"s r t want lo appear In the role of family referencen, but they insist that If U i- mirai Lsrwer is put on the t cket w un Bryan : without his pernai efforts. he will return from Einvue at nniA mi devote himself exclusively to the cam paign In the. Interest of iBryan an l Dewey. All who are ; aaltatinir . Brvan anl Dewey as the tk-ket, think there is n.t uuuui iiuui uie aumirai accent n r. There Is a diversity of oolnion as t . whether this convention should take ttw Initial step In endorsing Dewey as well as wryan, tor tns n4tiimai ticket. TUB HEW CEMTCRT MOVKMEXT. j As Important Question to b Iilienaaed by eua soorataries or the Baptist state Mission Board. " ' Atlanta, June lLThe state Uries of the Baptist State mission board throughout the Southern f tates wm ,o here 1,,. ,fc ,, , W"1 , ' her. "-morrow for the annual nAn rasa naa -aatlasa a . a. t conference with the home mission hoard ot the Southern "Baptist Inven tion. Rev. W. W. Landrum. D. !.. president of the horn mission board. will preside. Toe-member of the home mission board will hear and consider the plan of the secretaries, The most interesting -subiect i.i l. discussed will be the new century , movement. :Thl contemplates a mure effective organisation of mors than 13, 000 BaptUt churche. with the view of increasing their contributions to mis sion and education home and abroad. The point at issue seems to bthat heretofore each Stats has managed its own missionary work through its own organised channels. .The change pro posed Is that ths committee on co-operation of the Southern (Baptist Con vention should solicit funds and di rect sll the contributions of Southern Baptists without regard to State lines. Great Importance Is attached to a set tlement of thl question. ' The seretari. s of the home mission' boards of Ala bama, Arkansas, District or Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis sissippi, Missouri. North Carolina, Ok lahoma, Booth Carolina, Tenness. ., Texas and Virginia are expected to l present, VIRGINIA BKACII SOLO. Bought by Philadelphia and Atlantic tit? . . cgpitt!,!, fM. s)itg,0O0. i Norfolk, Vs., June 11. On Saturday a contract wa signed in Phlladelphi consummating tha largest transfer -real estate that ha occurred in t section for many years, Prart:. r ths entire Virginia Beach proper passed from the hands of the Norf ft Southern Railroad Into the pose?: ;i a of a stock company composed of ca; ! tallsts from Philadelphia and Atlan, city. ' The property comprises 1.300 .v r Including the entire holdings tr t railroad company, the whole tr k land known aa and extending f. the life-saving station to the thnt i qua grounds. Virginia Beach, with t exception of one or two very ssn Slats and the Princess Anne 11 1 : avlng been the property of the folk ft Southern, Is of course Iih : In tha irsnsrer. The price ri I ' lia.000. The capital stoik of th- i company Is IO.ooo. The tlold DeaMxrata. Kw Tork, -June ll.-Gerg F Feabody, chairman of the nat committee of th gold Democn . dar mad the following stt,iic reference to Ihe meeting In In '. Ha on July 3th: -Tbs quw: third ticket must stand in u until after the two conv : been held and the plaif .r r, i i f : publlcsn and Democrat! " r Oltely announced. For tW reason Ihe r r tee, which Ferrctary Jn . i Inll.tr, i. has been sue- Ws set f T July Kth. laaliUU a. til iu. ahelber ths Cont,t by tha various Sc ipcdicnt or ti t. 1 ' cl I t r rail s r r'atf rm a !I t t r- i ' I I r 1 ) ! t F , " Urui i.. j .:
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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