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GREENSBORO, N. Q TUESDAY, SEPl'EMBER 25, 1900.
Price Five Cents
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SAYS WE WILL BE ISOLATED.
AY IS A LITTLE XUrcXKD.
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Ofllcfrs Say That Our Bplj Ie Not
inwr Their Propoaltlont und That
jjcKinl'T WoB,t Trut Conjer-AUo Sy
jist American Troops Tflll Bar to go
jafk to Tekin Soon After Learing
Tbfre-The United States Reply Ckafle
Ordered to Withdraw.
3y Wire to The Telefrram. "
Berlin, Sept. 25. Government offl
6ay that the American note does
cot reply to the German proposal that
ibe miui?1"8 at Pekin select those
iitv ft outrages against foreigners,
r. -s added that President McKinley
won't tl'ust Minister Conger as the lat
wris politically his opponent. Offi
cials think the United States will now
jje isolated so far as China is con
cerceii. It is beleived that the Ameri
ca troops will be obliged to return to
pekin soon after leaving there.
The appointment of Prince Tuan as
me President of the great coancil is
oijially confirmed and this is said
here to account for the decision of the
United Statas to leave 1,500 men at
PeKin.
CHAFFEE
ORDERED TO
TROOPS.
WITHDRAW
Washington, Sept. 25 Instructions
were cabled Gen. Chaffee to withdraw
i-oops from Pekin. A legation guard
of infantry and four troops of cavalry
and one light battery will remain un
der the command of Chaffee. Other
troops will be withdrawn.
CONGER TO BE MEDIATOR.
Washington, Sept. 24. The position
of the United States' in China, as made
known in the notes made public yes
terday, is receiving the earnest con
sideration of the other powers and
their representatives here. There has
been no word, however, from any of
the governments concerning their
vie of the American position, and
it is expected that some days will
elapse before ary new move is made.
There is reason to believe that
t:e American note was con
sidered! at Berlin yesterday by
taose chief in authority, but this has
brought no positive developments thus
fir.
In accordance with the statements
caie to Germany to the effect that the
United States Government is about to
authorize Mr. Conger to enter forth
with into conference with the duly au
thorized representatives of the Chinese
Gavernment with a view to bringing
about a preliminary agreement, act
ic? Secretary of State Hill spent
soxe time vesterdav framincr the
direction to Mr. Conger. In view of
peculiarly delicate nature of the
4sk to be confided to Mr. Cog-
t-r. -"us is a work requiring mucn
thought. The language of the note
professing to state what Mr. Conger is
do is unusual and seems generally
to indicate that he is really about to
---ertae to brincr the Powers and
' Q r.a toirthei : in actuality, he is to
Jrv ; a mediator in part, least.
P'i imably will arrange with the
'--:c-v representatives, Li Hung
an; prince Ching, as to the
ret-.ev are willing to meet
' !-r tatives of the Powers to
J a. tinitl s-ettlement and try to
"' i iain broad principles that
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mu-st be submitted to the
- - usct.Ttaki if they are willing
pro.
"J a- it. If so, then it may be that
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in the nature of xa joint
al neace commission will
hi Chinese representatives.
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v understood that General
military force will be n -about
1,500 men. This con-fj-inor
snprnallv knon as a
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' nation juard, will not be subject to
-ord. t , fJf anv one save the United
tes Minister resident, as made
j',vD ti'.rtjugh the senior American
JiUry commander, either General
,tGa?ee ,,r General Wilson, probably
fatter, and not being part of the
military forces, will not be un-
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SENATOR PALMER DEAD.
Died at His Residence at Springfield Thi.
Morning:.
By Wire to The Telegram.
Springfield, 111., Sept. 25-General
J. M. Palmer, ex-United States Sena
tor died at his residence in this city
this morning.
CAPE NOME STORM.
Rrd for Two Day. All Along: the Shore
and Five Hundred People Are Home
leu. Bv Wire to The Telegram.
Seattle, Sept. 25. The information
comes from Cape Nome of a disastrous
storm of two days all along the shore.
The wind and water levelled tents and
mining machinery. One man is known
to have been drowned, and several
seamen and captians of mall tugs are
believed to be lost. Five hundred peo
ple are homeless and the property loss
is a half million. The heaviest loser
is the Alaska Commercial Company,
The government reservation is thrown
open for the benefit of the homeless.
A SPLENDID LECTURE.
Miss Kearney Delighted a Large Audience
Last Jilg:ht An Effective Speaker.
The Greensboro public is under ob
ligations to the ladies of the W. T. C.
U. for an opportunity to hear two
such splendid lectures as were.delivered
by Miss Kearney the past two evenings.
She is splendidly equipped for her
work and is a lecturer of much more
thau average ability. Not only this,
but she deals with undisputed facts,
paying more attention to conditions
as they exist than to empty platitudes
and uninteresting statistics.
West Market Street church was well
filled last night, many who had heard
Miss Kearney the previous night being
present. Her lecture was different
from the one delivered at Centenary
church though it was fully as interest
ing. The speaker told of conditions as
she had found them in all parts of the
country and plead for the only effective
remedy against the liquor traffic total
prohibition. She believes in building
up such a strong moral sentiment in
favor of temperance as to make it
easy to enact and enforce prohibitory
laws.
An interesting feature of the service
was some special music arranged un
der the direction of Dr. John H.
Wheeler la addition to the music
rendered by the choir, a solo by Mrs.
Claxton and a quartette by Misses
Carraway and Wood and Messrs.
Crawford and Bradley were greatly
enjoyed.
THE HORSES ARE COMING.
Prospects for the Races at the Fair Grow
Brighter.
Whatever may be aid of the ap
proaching Fair, and everybody knows
it will be a success, there is no doubt
but that the horse racing will be all
that anyone has ever claimed for it.
Horsemen all over the country are
interested and will be here vtith fast
steppers.
Mr. A. E. Woodell arrived from
Danville today with five horses, and
Secretary Walsh has information to
the effect that fifteen or twenty will be
here from Norfolk. There will also
b? twelve horses here from Marion,
Darlington and Greenville, S. C. In
addition to this, a number of North
Carolina horses will of course be en
tered. All t' e sta'ls u the race track have
been engaged and it has been found
necessary to build several more.
Got Satisfaction.
An agent of the Southern Stock Mu
tual Fire Insurance Company and the
Underwriters of Greensboro was in a
neighboring town recently, and was
told of how a business man of that
place satisfied himself about where he
would place his insurance. An agent
of a foreign company had told him he
had better withdraw his business from
the abovre mentioned companies, and
put it in a "strong" foreign concern.
On the strength of this the gentleman
decided to divide his business, but be
fore doing so, made atrip to Greens
boro and investigated the home com
panies, without their knowledge. Go
ing back home, be withdrew his decis
ion to divide his business, and gave it
all to the two home companies.
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STRIKERS AREJTILL AHEAD.
"WHOLE BUSINESS YET PARALYZED.
Peace Reigns im Sheaandoah aad Miners
Are Leaving: Wilkesbarre to Take Johs
in Bituminous Mine Less Than a Dozen
Collieries in all the Vast Anthracite
Region Attempted to Work This Morn
ing:. By Wire to The Telegram.
Wilkesbarre, Sept 25. On an early
train this morning, five hundred
miners left for bituminous regions,
with jobs and good wages promised
them. Fully 5,000 men have left for
the bituminous regions since the strike
began. A dozen agents of the bitum
inous mines are here making up par
ties to go to Ohio and Indiana mines.
PEACE IN SHENANDOAH.
Peace reigns in Shenandoah and
neighboring towns. Less than a doz
en colliers in the vast anthracite field
attempted to work this morning.
MARKLE SAID TO HAVE GIVEN IN.
It is reported at Hazelton that Mar
kle has granted all the demands of the
miners.
A mining superintendent telegraphs
that Markle denies that he has acceded
to the demands of the miners.
DIDN'T RESPOND TO WHISTLES.
Samokin, Sept. 25. The officials of
Cameron colliery endeavored to start
this morning, but no miner responded
at the blowing of the whistles. Fruit
less attempts were made to resume by
several other colliers between here and
Centralia, but the men remain away.
OPERATORS PLAYING A MEAN CARD.
New York, Sept. 25. A Journal
special says the Hazleton operators
ars today playing another, and what
the strikers declare is their last, card.
They will flood the mines and abandon
them, they say.
DEMAND OF THE MINERS.
The demands of the miners have
been briefly summed up as follows:
Wages to be paid semi-monthly in
cash.
An advance of 2ft per cent, in wages
less than $1.50.
An advance of 15 per cent, in wages
of $1.50 and less than $1.75.
An advance of 10 per cent, in wages
of $1.75.
Abolition of the sliding scale of
wages.
Abolition of the company doctor
system.
Abolition of the company store
system.
A ton of coal to be actually 2,240
pounds, and not as now, over 3,000.
Price of powder to be $1.50 a keg,
and not as now, $2.50. The company
gets It for 90 cents .
Negro Laborers for Wilson.
Twenty-six negroes passed through
this morning on their way from Ashe
ville to Wilson, where they go to work
in a tobacco factory. A special car
was attached to the Raleigh train for
their accommodation.
The man in charge of the party said
there was just now a scarcity of labor
in Wilson, occasioned by the increas
ed demand of the tobacco industry at
that place.
The Bootblack Nuisance.
The bootblacks are again making a
nuisance of themselves around the
Southern passenger station. They
congregate along the sidewalk, when
a policeman is not in sight, and sol
icit customers, often blocking the side
walk. Only this morning a lady was
forced to take the street in passing.
The ordinance in regard to loitering
around the station seems to have no
terrors for the bootblacks.
- Alec. Jarrel Couies Back.
Alec. Jarrell, who escaped from the
county roads over a year ago, is said
to be in the city. He was sent to the
roads for breakinginto a store and es
caped after serving only one day of
his sentence. Since that time he has
been dodging about from place to place,
and last night returned to the home of
his wife in this city.
Cotton Market.
New York, Sept. 25. Cotton:
Sept. 10.9, Oct. .13, Nov. 9.83, Dec.. 70.
Jan. .69.
A marriage is scheduled to take
place in the Westend on October 12th.
THE FIGHT IN ROCKINGHAM.
Col. Webster Tells of the Warm Senatorial
Contest in His County.
Col. John R, Webster, of Reidsville,
who spent the forenoon here, stated to
The" Telegram that the Senatorial ques
tion was just now the all-absorbing
topic in Rockingham. The majority
of the Democrats, he said, would sup
port either Carr op Simmons, and they
are lining up for their favorites. The
county chairman, it seems, formerly
held office under Simmons and is ef
fecting a good organization for that
gentleman. On the other hand, dev.
Carr is not without influential irie ids
who are doing good work.
Col. Webster is a staunch frieDd of
Gen. Carr and is warmly supporting
him with his paper, the Weekly. He
has kept tab on Mr. Simmons ever
since he entered politics, as he does all
other public men, with the result that
a part of that gentleman's past record
is being unfolded to the world.
BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS.
Committee on Exhibits at the Fair Desires
Potted Plants.
The members of the committee on
exhibits for the Fair are putting forth
special efforts to make a most attrac
tive place of Exhibition Hall. The
hall is to be beautifully decorated, and
they wish to secure for this purpose
any potted plants that is to be had in
the city. A note to Col. W. H. Os
born, stating what can be furnished,
will be appreciated.
The committee will take all responsi
bility of properly handling and re
turning the plants in good condition.
A competent man will be engaged to
care for the plants while they are in
possession of the committee.
It is hoped that the ladles of Greens
boro who can spare plants will inform
Col. Osborn of the fact.
WILL RUN A STOCK FARM.
Mr. Arrasmith Buys Mr. Eckel's Farm and
Will Raise Fine Horses.
It is reported that Mr. Eugene Eckel
has sold his farm, just east of the
city, to Mr. T. W. Arrasmith, who
will engage in stock raising. The lo
cation is a most excellent one for a
stock farm.
Mr. Arrasmith is a well-known
horseman, of considerable experience
in all branches of the business. He at
one time had charge of the stock on
Gen. Julian S. Carr's Occoneechee
farm, near Hillsboro. A few years
ago he went to Kentucky and later to
New York. Mr. Arrasmith is one of
the few men that have been able to
make money In the hor9e business.
MORETROUBLE THREATENING.
Twenty Thousand Fierce Triads are Join
ing: the Boxers and Threatening: Re
bellion. By Wire to The Telegram.
Hong Kong, Sept. 25 The peaceful
aspect of the Kwang Chung district is
threatened frequently. Anti-christian
riots have occurred and have not been
checked. The viceroy's army of 20,
(00 Triads, fiercely anti-foreign, are
being associated with the Boxers and
have established a base at Chung
Chien. They are threatening Canton,
and preparing for rebellion. The
Chinese threaten to destroy the French
gunboat Avalanche now at KumChuk,
above Canton.
SMASHED VANDERBILT'S WINDOW.
Rock From a Blast Destroys Bric-a-Brac
and Nearly Hits Some of" the Old Masters.
By Wire to The Telegram.
New York. Seyt. 25. .Pieces of rock
from a blast were thrown through the
windows of the drawing room of George
W. Vanderbilt, on Fifth avenue, thi9
morning. Costly bric-a-brac was de
stroyed. Fortunately the stones miss
ed the picture gallery in which hangs
pictures of old masters of priceless
worth.
Hid Its Face in Shame.
The clock in the waiting room at the
Southern Passenger station has been
stared out of countenance and has hid
its face in shame. It has been keeping
irregular time of late and a piece of
paper has been placed across its face
to prevent the public from being misled
as to the time of day.
In a Critical Condition, j
The condition of Miss Lizzie Leigh
Dick, who . has been ill of typhoid
fever for several weekst is critical in
the extreme. Her death is expected at
any time.
CAIIG WELLS INVESTIGATED
RESULT OF VISIT TO REIDSVILLE
An Abundance of the Best Water Supplied
by a Well Situated Two Miles from
Town While the Capacity is Only 300,
OOO Gallons Daily, the Engineer Says He
Could Have Furnished 1,000,000 WoulcL
Such a System Supply Greensboro ?
The gentlemen who visited Reidsville
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
inspecting the water system of that
town were well pleased with what they
saw. The system is a beautiful one
and furnishes an abundance of water,
which is clear as crystal and abso
lutely pure. Several of the gentlemen
brought back samples of the water in
bottles.
As has before been explained
Reidsville's water is supplied by a
well. This is situated about two miles
out of town, in a meadow and near &
small creek about the size of North.
Buffalo. The well is about 20 feet in
diameter and 27 feet deep, with a
cement wall. From the bottom of the
well 3-inch pipes ( "feeders") run out
in every direction for a distance of
about 100 feet. These are perforated,
the perforations being covered with a
wire gauze.
From the well the water is pumped
up town to a stapd-pipe 150 feet high
and holding 75,000 gallons. (Greens-boro'8stand-pipe
holds 96,000gallons. )
The capacity of the plant -is 300,000
gallons of water daily, the consump
tion being about 50,000 gallons. When
the well was bored the town asked for
a capacity of 200,000 gallons daily.
Mr. H. E. Knox, who made the sur
veys and bored the well, gave the peo
ple a capacity of 300,000 and says he
could have made it a million had it
been desired.
The greatest) ad vantage to be derived
from wells of this kind is in the ab
solute purity of the watar In addi
tion to this, a fjlterer is not re
quired and the supply is unfailing,
which is not always the case when a
water supply comes from .the surface.
This system might not furniBh an
adequate water supply for Greensboro
but it could be used to augment any
other system. The amount of the aupply
could only be determined by investiga
tion, Mr. Knox believes, however,
that a good supply could be obtained,
especially south of the city, where the
earth is more favorable. He says
that in the vicinity of Brown Summits
wells could be bored which would
furnish an unfailing supply of from.
4,000,000 to 5,000,000 gallons daily.
This would be a sufficiency for the
needs of Greensboro for many yeara
to come.
Mr. Knox was one of the engineers
who had charge of boring the wells
for Brooklyn, N. Y.. and says this
city's supply is 95,000,000 a day. Tren
ton and other towns in New Jersey
bave wells furnishing them abundant
supplies.
The Board of Aldermen will meet
Friday night, when the water question
will come up for consideration. The
most interesting feature of the meeting
will be the report of Alderman Boyd,
who was appointed to investigate the
books of the Greensboro Water Sup
ply Company. It is rumored that
some important disclosures will be
mide.
FIVE ENTERTAINMENTS.
A Fine Course Arranged by the La dies ot.'
West Market Street Church.
Mr. Frank C. Boyles, manager of
the course of entertainments to be giv
en by the ladies of West Market Street
church, has arranged the dates for five
very fine entertainments, three of
which are musical.
The first entertainment Albert
Armstrong's picture play will be
given in November. In December the
Temple Male Quartette and the Met
ropolitan Star Quintette will appear.
During the month of April there will
be a performance by the Smith Sisters'
Sextette and a lecture by Dr. A. A.
Willits, the apostle of sunshine.
The Smith Sisters have been here be
fore and delighted the people who heard
them.
The performances will be given in
the Academy of Music, and tickets for
the entire course will be sold for $1,
$1.25 and 1.50, the latter being the
price of the reserved seats. The tick-
ets will be put on sale Thursday.
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