The News and Observe—
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 32.
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OFF AGAIN TO-DAY!
BUT VALKYRIE AND VIGILANT,
IT IS FEARED WILL HAVE
SATURDAY’S WEATHER.
THE TALENT HOPING FOR A BLOW.
Vigilant a Fair-Weather Yacht—The
Fall Mail Gazette Says She is Too
Fussy—John Bull Groans in Spirit,
anti Finds Sin :II Comfort in »he Re
sult for Eugli h Yachtsmen—Sun
day’s Account as Given by the As
sociateii Press.
New York, Sept. 9 —Tbe chief discus
siou among yachtsmen to day was the
weather for to morrow. All hoped for
a good breeze for the triangular race so
as to try the vacht3 in conditions as dif
ferent as possible from those of Satur
day. The weather bureau, however,
held out small hopes, the prognostics
tion being for fair weather with light to
fresh winds, generally southeasterly
wind*, and slightly cooler. Tuere were
no signs of winds from westward and
the indications were for about the same
conditions as on Saturday, except that
there will be less sea.
Valkyrie stock was decidedly dowu to
day and few could be found to venture
an opinion that the boat would succeed
in getting even one of the races. It was
thought that with smooth water, how
ever. the British yacht might do better,
but that the difference between her and
Defender was too great to be overcome.
Not only the followers of the challenger,
but those who have pinned their faith on
the Defender are anxious for a blow.
James C. Bergen, rear commodore of
tbe New York Yacht Club, who is in
charge of the patrol fleet, has issued
another circular, in which he has re
quested the c«p'ains ot the various ex
cursion boats to be more careful than
they were on Saturday. Ha draws atten
tion to the fact that the race is to be only
ten miles long, and that it is absolutely
necessary for the yacht to have plenty of
room to turn.
New York, Sept. 9.-In reporting the
international yacht race on last Satur
day between the Defender and Valkyrie,
the Associated Press provided itself with
all available facilities to obtain accurate
and prompt report of the movements of
the two yachts. In addition to maintain
ing a special leased wire from the Nave
sink Highlands on the Jersey coast, from
which the principal observation can be
made from the land, it had special look
outs and telegraph stations at four other
points on the Jersey and Long Island
coasts, and leased wires directly connect
ing with its New York offices and had a
tug following the yachts over the course.
In addition to this it had a special
wire from the cable ship Mackay-Ben
nett, which had been brought here from
Nova Scotia by the Commercial Caole
Company to provide facilities to report the
race on the ocean at Sandy Hook Light
ship eight miles from shore, from which
point it was expected that each would
start. Owing to the nature of the wide
Saturday's race was started from Sea
bright on the Jersey coast, south
of Navesink Highlands, and the coarse
was fifteen miles to sea and return. The
land observation was only possible for a
few minutes after be yachts started
owing t j the haze. It was only from the
cable boat that it was possible to get the
accurate movement of the yachts, as
they passed tbe cablesbip almost at
right angles, pointing out to sea.
The Associated Press reported the po
sition of the two yachts, noting every
movement accurately until they were
nearing the outer stake boat, when they
began to be lost to view in thick haze.
The Valkyrie led nearly all the way to
(fee outer mark, and was pointing and
oat-footing the Defender during the first
half o ! the race, which facts were veri
fied by the official reports of the race, as
made by the experts who followed the
two yachts on the tugs.
The lead maintained by ihe Valkyrie
on the outward run was verified by the
representatives of the New Y'ork World,
New Y'ork Herald, New Y'ork livening
Post, the Boston Herald and other lead
ing newspapers having representatives
od the cable boat. When the two yachts
were nearing the outer stake boat the sky
had become darkly overcast and the racers
could only be faintly seen. The lookout
in the rigging of the cable boat reported
that the ValKyrie had rounded tbe out
er mark ahead, which proved to be an
error and was the ouiy inaccurate report.
When the yachts nearly completed the
first half of the run, a tug dispatched
from the course by the New Y'ork World
arrived at the Cable boat and verified
ftie lead of the Valkyrie as made by the
look ut of the cable boat.
Oa the run home, the shadowy forms
of the yachts were only dimly outlined
and their identity could not be defined.
The Associated Press sent a second tug
from lhe cable b at to the course, which
brought back the news that the Deftnker
had passed Valkyrie near the stake boat
and was in the lead on the run home
In the meantime the Associated Press
lookout a: the highlands telegraphed
the fact that the Defender could be seen
through the haze as having crossed the
finish line. As this was the intimation
that the Defender had taken the lead,
the Associated Prets sought to vt-rifj
from the cable boat, and when this had
been doiie, as disclosed by the Associated
Press tug almost simultaneously at that
point, the result was announced".
Tbe United Press bulletined through
out tbe entire ra e that the Defei d r
was leading the Valkyrie. This was a
fa’se and misleading statement and
demonstrated that that agency bad no
facilities to accurately report the race.
The Associated Press proceeded on the
theory that either yacht might win and
it did not proceed blindly to state that
Defender would win. It told the truth
as the race proceeded, and properly re
ported the Valkyrie as leading, which
the British yacht did until nearing the
outermark.
London, Sept. 9. —Tbe Pall Mall Ga
zette, in its comments this afternoon on
tbe international yacht race of Saturday,
savs:
We fear there is no America’s cup
this year for Lord Dunraven. The bet
ter boat, won, as it is likely to win every
time. The chief defect of Valkyrie, to
which we have on several occasions
alluded, is the fuss she makes goiDg
through the water. The conditions of
the first match, therefore, were much
against her. With a calm surface, she
may do better, but in stronger winds she
is not likely to do so well. English
yaehGmen may console themselves as
best they cau with recollections of Bri
tannia’s triumphs over Navahoe and
fa other place the Pall Mall Gazette
says that the excursion steamers follow
ed the yachts and behaved even more
•disgracefully than usual but that there
is no suggestion that they hampered one
of the boats more than the other.
“Perhaps the most disappointing fea
ture,” adds the Pall Mali Gazette, “is
the Defender’s gain on the broad reach
home, when there was no rough water.
All the London papers dwell upon the
crowding of the course by excursion
steamers.
The Sun says:
There is no nation that we would
rather take a beating from then America,
especially as probably no other could ad
minister it.
The Star says that the defeat of v al
kyrie is far from being a disastrous one,
and that there is no need to lose hope.
The Evening News does not see much
hope that Valkyrie will win in the com
ing matches. This paper also comments
upon the enormous expense of building
and equping the Defender, whose suc
cess, it says, is another triumph of the
almighty dollar.
The Globe says: “The EDglishman
generally will be ready to echo the
straight forward verdict ot Lord Dun
raven representative that we were fairly
Toe St. James Gazette finds small com
fort for English yachtsmen in the result
of the first heat.
JUDGE STARBUCK ARRIVES.
Important Case Against Mrs. Summer
field— Aeparture of Rev.Mr, Zellers.
Special to tLe News and Observer.
Durham, N. C., Bept. 9.
J udge Starbuck did not reach here un
til after mid day and court was called at
2p. m The grand jury was drawn and
charged. Mr. R. J. Emerson was made
foreman. Several cases were disposed
of, none of which were of any importance.
Considerable interest will be taken in the
case of Mrs. Lena Ellen and M. Sum
merfield, charged with embezzlement,
and which will be the first case taken up
to-morrow. Able counsel has been em
ployed and the case will be bitterly
fought.
Rev. J. H. Zellers who has been in
charge of St. Phillips Church for eight
months and has greatly endeared him
self to the people of that congregation
will leave to morrow for his home in Le
banon, Pa.
Dr. M. H. P. Clark is at home from a
visit to Franklinton.
KILLED THE LITTLE FELLOW.
W. M. Hull, the Five-Year-Old Son ol
John D. Huff, was Playing with the
Pis|ol--His Pathetic Parting Words.
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston, N. 0., Sept. 9.
William Miller Huff, the five year old
son of John D. Huff, a prominent citi
zen of East Bend, met with a sad death
la3t Saturday while in the room alone.
The little fellow f..ur.d a loaded pistol in
the bureau drawer. He took it out, and
w r <as playing with it, when it was acci
dentally discharged, the ball entering
the abdomen and coming out in the
small part of the back. He suffered in
tensely uatil 3 o’clock in the afternoon,
when he died. After the accident he
r in to his sister and told her that he had
shot himself, but that he did it acci
dentally. He then called for each mem
ber of the family, saying that he wanted
to kis3 them all good bye before he died.
CLEVELAND WOULD DECLINE.
So Thinks Chairman Win. F. Ilarrity,
Who Says the President Goes not
Wish to be a Candidate.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 9.—National
Democratic Chairman Wm. F. Harrity
was to day skown an interview with
Senator Gray, who says he favors Presi
dent Cleveland fora third term. Ms.
Harrity says:
“I personally think Mr. Cleveland doe?
not wish to be a candidate, and would
decline the nomination.”
When asked who be favored with Mr.
Cleveland out of the race, Mr. Harrity
said he was very busy aud had no time
to talk pol ties.
Killed in n Hull-Game.
Washington, D. C , Sept. 9.—Benja
min F. Myers, twenty years old, was al
most instantly killed today ia a ball
j game. He was sliding to second base in
I an amateur match when the baseman
I sprang into the air to catch a thrown
j bad. 11dropped on Myers, his body
: falling oa the young man’s n ek and dis
■ locating his spine.
RALEIGH. N. C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1895
A CONQUEROR S HEEL
THE CASTILIAN DEVIL-FISH
PFTS ANOTHER ARM AROUND
THE CUBAN.
FIVE THOUSAND WEN LANDED.
The Reports Come Curiously Colored
With Deaths and Losses by Insur
gents Only, Captain Redo Being
Among the Number—The Troops
Get a Splendid Reception at Ha
vana—lmprisoned lor Distributing
Revolutionary Proclamations.
Havana, Sept. 9.—The steamer Luzon
has arrived here with six hundred sol
diers of the Engineer’s Corps. The
steamers Montevideo and Buenos Ayres
have also arrived, having on board bat
talions of the Soria, Alava, Barcelona
and Galicia regiments, comprising 140
officers aud 4,100 men. They were given
a splendid reception by the people of
Havana.
During a skirmish near Santa Cruz,
the insurgent captain Serafin Recio, was
killed. Oa the side of the troops two
soldiers were wounded. The insurgents
have burned the plantations of Antonia
and Ojo Agua.
The forces under Col. Oliver, near
Mazantini, Santo Domingo, have had
another fight with the insurgent band of
Fernandez, which numbers 400. The in
surgents were repulsed and left ten
killed.
The insurgents have attacked the de
tachments at Condado, Trinidad. Major
Villares marched to the relief of the gar
rison and reports that he routed the in
surgents who left nine killed, fifteen
wounded, five prisoners and many sad
dled horses.
* In Santo Domingo two men have been
imprisoned for disturbing revolutionary
proclamations.
DOW N TO THE *98,000,000 MARK.
*1,200,000 of Gold Withdrawn Yester
day for Export—Will the Syndicate
Make Good the Deficiency?
Washington, D, C., Sept. 9--The
gold to day was further depleted by the
lO6S of $1,200,000 withdrawn for export
from the New Y'ork sub Treasury.
This leaves the reserve at the
close of business $97,710,772. The
treasury officials have received no
information of contemplated gold de
posits by New Y'ork banks as reported,
yet they have no doubt that the syndi
cate very soon will make good the losses
below $100,000,000. For this reason
when questioned they say they have no
apprehensions for the future. As to the
real purposes of the syndicate with re
spect to speedy action they have no offi
cial or reliable information.
New York, Sept. 9.— Gold to the
amount of $1,200,000 was withdrawn
from the sub treasury today for ship
ment to Europe to morrow. W. 11.
Crossman & Bro took }$ 1,000,000: Ness
lage & Fuller, SIOO,OOO, and C. L Irisn
& Co, SIOO,OOO. These withdrawals
brought the treasury’s gold reserve down
to about $97,300,000. It was expected
that the Belmont-Morgan syndicate
would make a rarge deposit of gold in
the sub treasury restoring the reserve to
$100,000,000, but no deposit was made.
It was reported to day that the Chase
National Bank furnished the syndicate
with $500,000 last Friday in exchange
for greenbacks, and that other banks will
do the same thing in like proportion to
their gold holdings. This course, if
adopted, would fortify the syndicate
with sufficient gold to maintaiu the re
serve against almost any possible with
drawals for a month to come.
E. Oelrieb, ex-director of the miot,
and cashier of the National Union Bauk,
speaking of the matter to day, said he
was strongly in favor of the banks giving
up some of their gold for the mainten
ance of the Treasury gold reserve. He
thought it would be a good plan for all
of them to turn into the Treasury at
least 25 percent, of their gold holdings.
There was no question that as soon as
the cotton and grain bills begia to come
forward gold would flow int* the Treas
ury and the banks could then, if neces
sary replenish their own holdings.
THE REGULATION ALIBI.
Durrant has One on the Way With all
the Up-to-date Frills.
San Francisco, Cal , Sept. 9An
evening paper prints a sensational story
about the defense which wil ! be offered
iD the trial of Theodore Durrant for the
murder of Blanche Lara Hit. This state
ment is credited to a person connected
with the defense:
“The alibi will be strong but the de
fense has witnesses to show that Dur
rant not only did not commit the raur
der but will indicate who did it. There
will be more than oue implicated in the
murder. Witnesses will testify they
saw the girl enter the church on the fatal
afternoon w ith a certain man aud at that
time a second man was in the church.
There the defence will rest its inquiry,
it will not attempt to prove that these
parties did commit the murder. Tbe
statements as to this are so direct that
they will leave no ground for the prose
cution to stand on, so far as Durrant is
concerned.”
| The Manassas Industrial School open
j td ia 1894-1895 with two teachers and
seven pupils and closed with six teach
! era, who served without salaries, and
I fifty five pupils of whom twenty two
i were boarders. The coat per day h r
i boarding students was fifteen cents.
THEY GREET THE GRAY
THE G. A. R. MEET IN THEIR
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT IN
LOUISVILLE.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS POUR IN.
And are Atked to Wear Their Huttons
as a Passport to Welcome—The Wo
man’s Reliel Corps Will Pro
bably be United With the G. A. R.-*
Thousands Coming In From Every
where, Specially From the South-
Royal Blow-Out In the Cyclone City..
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 9.—The twen
ty-ninth encampment of the G. A. R.
was opened with a fine parade on the
airival of Commandei-in Chief Lawler
and staff at 7:30 a. m. Gen. Lawltr
and the Columbian Post of Chicago and
other organizations on the escort special
train were met at the Union depot by
members of the committees on invitation
and the reception in carriages. The
Kentucky National Guard, local posts
and other civil organizations were
formed on Broadway awaiting the arrival
of the special train, which was on time,
to the satisfaction of the multitudes
assembled along the line of march from
the Union Depot on Broadway, Third
and Main street to the Galt House. In
the first carriage, with Commander in-
Chief Lawler, was Col. 14 W. Kelly,
editor of the Louisville Commercial and
commander of the G. A. R. department
of Kentucky, and the chairman of the
Invitation and Reception Committees.
The Louisville Legion was a feature
of the parade. At the Galt House the
headquarters of the national officers are
beautifully decorated and elaborate
arrangements were made for receptions
during the day. While the reception
of the commander in-chief and his staff
was the most imposing event of the day,
the receptions at the depots of G. A. R.
posts and veterans arriving in
other groups were equally interesting.
Special trains arrived as fast as they
could be handled in the depots and the
local escorts were kept busy. Many
veterans recognized old comradts at the
depots. From early morning and through
out the day drum corps were heard in all
directions, as the veterans were being
escorted to their respec ive headquarters
on their arrival.
The post of many State Departments
are quartered in school houses and other
buildings about the city. The schools
were dismissed this week and all school
buildings are used by the veterans.
The regimental reunions will be held
in the State headquarters to-morrow.
The brigade and other reunions are as
signed to various hotels, public offices
and halls.
Gov. McKinley, of Ohio, is among the
last of the Governors who will arrive.
He cannot be here till to-morrow night.
The following is a copy of invitation
sent to members of the Confederate As
aociations:
“Dear sir:—At a meeting of the com
mittee of Camp fires held at G A. R.
headquarters on Friday evening, Sep
tember C, the undersigned were
appointed as a special committee to
extend an invitation to your society
to attend all the camp fire exercises
to be held in this city during the
evenings of the eleventh, twelfth and
Thirteenth instants, at Music Hall,
Phoenix Hill and National Park. These
exfltci es, we believe will interest and
entertain you. As ex Union soldiers who
did their humble part in the great strug
gle of the late war, we cordially and
earnestly invite you to be present. So
come and let us shake your hands, and
as far as possible, introduce you to cur
northern brethren, who will join us in
bidding you a hearty welcome.
“Y'our Confederate button will entitle
you to recognition and a place around
our camp fires.”
The railroads anticipate their rush
will be during the next twelve hours, as
most of the visitors will be here for the
national parade to morrow morning.
The big parade of the Grand Army of
the Republic occurs on Wednesday morn
ing.
All the headquarters of the State De
partments are open and those of Minne
sota and Colorado are very hospitable in
the contest for tbe local convention of
the next encampment at St. Paul or
Denver. While the influx from Northern
States is tremendous, yet it does not
surpass the tide from the South.
All railroads from the Southern States
are running trains as close together to
day as possibles or safety, and their re
ports indicate that the demand for pas
sage will continue all night. The atten
dance of Confederate veterans is very
large and they are active in helping the
people of Louisville entertain the “Yan
kees.” The decorations were thought
to be completed last Saturday, but meD,
women aud children were busy every
where to day putting out more fi tgs.
The city is literally covered with folds
of red, white and blue.
Commander-in-Chief Bundy, of the
Sons of Veterans, is quartered with
Lawler, and the Sons of Veterans will
spend the week here en rouse to Knox
ville as well as many who are eu route
to the meeting of the army of the Tennes
see and the dedication of the Monu
mental Park at Ciiickamauga.
The weather is very pleasant and
everything eu the opening day is tavor
able for the entertainment, of the boys in
blue by thsir brothers in gray.
Prob bly the.most important business
that will be transacted at the present
enema; ment win bo the joining ot the
; women’s relief corps and the ladies of
1 the G. A. 14 in one ortftr. While it has
not been fully determined to do this, it
is recommended and the sentiment in
favor of it is so great that there
is hardly a doubt of its consummation.
The women’s relief corps has expended in
the neighborhood of a million dollars in
charitable purposes. It works through
all channels while the other body, b ing
confined in its labors to the wives and
relatives of the veterans, is necessarily
limited. If the proposed plan is carried
out the work will be on a greater scale
than has been known before.
CON I)ENSE I) TEL EG R A MS.
John A. R, Varner, Chinese inspector
for the port of Portland, Ore., died at
Lexington, Va., Sunday night.
The Acting Postmaster General has
directed a full postoffice sub station to
be established at the Atlanta Exposition
grounds.
W. L). Whitney, who is a traveling
man for B F. Collier, the New Y'ork
publisher, and who lives in Chattanooga,
Tenn., was robbed Sunday night in
Omaha, Neb , of SIOO in currency and
$8,500 in certificates of deposit by an
unknown colored woman.
Tbe Ajax and Canomcus, two of the
siDgle turreted monitors which have
been lying for years at Norfolk, tied up
yesterday at the League Island navy
yard. This makes four monitors that
have arrived here in the past two weeks,
the Lehigh and Catskill being the first
to reach the navy yard. Two others, the
Mahoped and Nantucket will soon be
brought her*.
Buz Lack was sentenced at Fort
Smith, Ark., yesterday, in the United
States Court, to be hanged on Tuesday,
October 9, next, for the murder of Dep
nty Marshal Lorie in the Creek Nation
last December. The condemed man was
a member of a gang of train robbers and
wreckers. Luck is the one hundred and
fifty-first person sentenced to death by
Judge Parker.
Mrs. N. J. McGruder, of Atlanta, Mo.,
sister of Dr. Fraker, has arrived in Rich
mond, Mo., and if any doubt existed as
to the identity of the man now in jail, it
has been dispelled by his meeting with
his sister. She recognized him at once.
The meeting was a very affecting one.
After the meeting in the jail Mrs. Mc-
Gruder was seen at her hotel and said
tbe prisoner was Dr. Fraker beyond
doubt.
On board the North German Lloyd
steamer Fulda, which arrived in New
York yesterday afternoon, from Bremen
and Southampton, was J. Arther Brand
with his 15 foot sloop, Spiuce IV. It has
sailed in several English races and was
brought over to compete for the interna
tional cup offered by the Seawauhaka
Y'acht Crab, whose yacht, Ethel Wynn,
was picked out in the recent trial races
to defend the cup.
Mr. Cramp, the builder of the Indiana,
in reply to Secretary Herbert’s invita
tion to dock that battleship in the new
Port Royal, S. C., dock, has asked that
he be furnished plans of the dock, giv
ing length, breadth and depth. This in
formation has been sent to him showing
that the dock is quite large enough to
receive the Indiana if she can cross the
bar in the harbor. It had been purposed
to send tbe ship to Halifax.
YVashington, Sept. 9. —The following
assignment of officers has been made to
the battleship Maine, which goes into
commission on the 15th: Captain, A. S.
Crowningshield; Lieutenant Commander,
A. Morix; Lieutenants, G. F. W. Hol
man, F. F. Fletcher, G. W. Don field and
R. H. Galt; Easigns, W. H. Ward and
F. W. Jenkins; Surgeon, J. O. Neilson;
Passed Assistant Surgeon, V. C. B.
Means; Assistant SurgeoD, T. W. Rich
ards; Paymaster, E. N. Whitehouse;
Chief Engineer, A. W. Moiley; Passed
Assistant Engineer, F. O. Bowers; As
sistant Engineers, W. Proctor, M. E.
French and M. B. Peugnet; Chaplain, J.
P. Chadwick.
The President has approved the record
of naval examining boards, promoting
the following officer.-: Rear Admiral Les
ter A Beardslee; Commodore, John A.
Howell; Lieutenant Commanders, Geo.
W. Tyler; Perry Garst, James K. Cogs
well, John H. Shipley; Lieutenants, Jno.
Hood, Charles C. Marsh, J ohn B Blish,
Charles W. Jungen; Lieutenants Junior
Grade—Guy W. Brown, Marbury Johns
ton, Harry A. Field 1 Albert M. Beecher,
Frank K. Hill, Roger Wells, Jr.; Medi
cal Directors—Thos. O. Walton, George
H. Cooke, George H. Woods; Passed As
sistant Surgeon, Louis L. Y'oung; Passed
Assistant Paymaster, Saiauel McGowan;
Pay Inspector, Henry T. Wright; Passed
Assistant Engineer, Ward P. Wiuchell.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
At Baltimore: it. h. e.
Baltimore, 10610 200 * — 4 (i 3
Cleveland, 0 o 1000000— 1 4 l
Batteries: Hotter and Clarke; Young and
Zimmer. Attendance, 9,000.
At Philadelphia (first game): R. h. v.
Philadelphia, 01 3 13009 3—13 18 2
Louisville, 00 0 0 1 0 11 1- 4 10 4
Batteries: Taylor and Clements; Weyliing
and Spies. Attendance, 10,512.
At Philadelphia (second game): it. h. e.
Philadelphia, 500020100—8 10 2
Louisville, 00 9 0700**— 913 1
Batteries: Carsey and Clements; Holmes
and Warner.
At New York: it. n. b.
New York, *OO2OOOO *— 4 9 2
Cincinnati, 000100000— 1 4 5
Batteries: Clark and Wilson; Rhinos and
Vaughn. Attendance, 1,500.
At Brooklyn: it. it. e.
Brooklyn, 010000 2 0 0— 3 7 4
Chicago, 0 0 0 ugo 1 02— 5 7 2
Batteries: stein and OSffti; Terry and
Donohue. Attendance, 2,000.
At Boston: r. h. k.
Boston, 00100 203 *— 6 9 1
St. Louts, 00(I 0 0 000 O— 0 3 1
Batteries: Dolan and Ryan; Donohue and
Piet 2. Attendance, 700.
At Pittsburg: it. n b,
Pittsburg, 11002 5 0 0 *— Dit 1
Washington, 0 0 060 0 0 0 1— 1 0 6
Batteries: Hawley and Merritt; Boswell,
Anderson aud McGuire. Attendance, 800.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
IS CHINA TO BLAME?
THE AMERICO-ANGLO COMMIS
SION THINKS ITS CONTEN
TION ILL-FOUNDED.
THERE IS NO GENERAL REVOLT
The Commission Reports That Even
a Few of Them Went Through the
Country Without Molestation, and
are Disposed to Chide England aud
America as Lacking in Prompt Ac
tion--The Conclusion Puts the Blame
Upon Chinese Oificials.
Victoria, B. C., Sept. 9.- Private let
ters from Shanghai just received here
announces that the commission appoint
ed by the British and American govern
ments to investigate the Ku Cheng mas
sacre of August 1, reached Foo Chow on
August 13, Suiko, two days later and
Ku Cheng on August 17, without a
shadow of molestation from the barbar
ous hordes alleged by Chinese oificials
to have established a reign of terror
throughout the Province.
The commhsion consisted of the British
consul, Mr. R. W. Mansfield; the Ameri
can consul, Col. J. Courtenay Hixson;
the British vice consul, E. L. B. Allen,
from Anchorage; Lieutenant Evans, of
the United States steamship Detroit; the
Rev. W. W. Bannister, representing the
Eoglish church missionary society, and
Dr. Gregory, of the American M. E.
church, and an escort of but one hun
dred of the viceroy’s ill-armed
and poorly disciplined soldiers,
a circumstance which supports but
feebly the Chinese contention that the
massacre was entirely beyond official
prevention, owing to the country being
in revolt. This defence is regarded by
all British and American residents in
Chinese territory as quite as farcical as
the commission, unsupported as it is by
any display of British or Amerean
force, and indignation runs high at
the apathy displayed by these govern
ments in regard to the massacre. It is
argued that the official defense is untena
ble, as under the Chinese law a system
of mutual responsibility prevails, all
public officials being held personally re*
sponsible for the commission of crimes
within their jurisdiction, whether they
are legitimately blameable or not, ana
are visited with the penalties attached in
the event of their failing to apprehend
and punish the criminal in person.
The commission had, at last advices,
received the statements of three wit
nesses, Dr. Gregory of the American
mission at Foo Chow, the Rev. H. E.
Phillips and Miss Harman of Ku CheDg.
The latter two having been eye witnesses
of the fearful scenes of August I.
SOUTH CAROLINA CONVENTION.
VV ill try to Provide Measures tor Elimi
nating the Negro Vote.
Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 9. —The con
stitutional convention meets to morrow
at noon. It is composed of 110 reform
Democrats, 44 Conservative Democrats
and six negro Republicans. The Demo
crats secured its calling for the purpose
of adopting a constitution which would
free the State from danger of black supre
macy by provisions which would eliminate
the negro vote as much as possible with
out violating the 14th and 15 amend
ments to the Federal constitution. Var
ious plans looking to this end have been
proposed, the most popular being such
a modification of the Mississippi
constitution as would accomplish
the results it accomplishes without
placing too much power to manip
ulate elections in the hands of the
executive. Gov. Evans will be elected
president of the Convention without op
position. Congressman Talbert and
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Jon'es were candidates for the position but
withdrew to-night in deference to what
may be considered a precedent in this
State, that where the Governor
was a member of such a convention he
was elected its presiding officer. A very
short session is expected as the major
portion of the present constitution, which
was adopted under the reconstruction
acts in 1868, is generally acceptable and
will be readopted without material
change.
The Catholic University will Admit
Women.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 9.—The
Catholic University has decided to admit
women as pupils in all the higher
studies, embracing courses of science,
philosophy aud the arts. The Univer
sity, heretofore, has been available for
priests alone. With the opening of the
institution on October 1, women students
also will be accorded admission to the
lectures and studies in the regular and
special courses, though not pei mitted to
matriculate and secure degrees.
A Little Tin-Goddess on Wheels.
Clinton, Ia , Sept. 9.—Miss London
berry, the lady cyclist, who left Boston,
June 25th, 1894, to make a tour of the
world within fifteen months, arrived
here this afternoon from the west. Two
of the conditions of the tour were that
she was to finish with $5,000 over and
above all expenses and that she must
travel at least 10.000 miles on a wheel.
The wager is SIO,OOO. She leavos for
Chicago to morrow.
The Natioual flag was raised Sunday
with appropriate ceremonies in the pres
ence ot several thousand peopde at Camp
Daniel S. Lamont, ( triekamauga Chat
tanooga National Military Park.