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voi; vi BALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY,: AUGUST 29. 1900 No 73 LIKE RATS IN A TRAP Present Situation of the Al lied Forces in Pekin ENEMIES ARE CLOSING IN TflzrphConimUtUa I. Cut Off, and the Railroad to Tien Tsin He- j .croxed-Au Army at tne North En- . . . - . - race tae Aiianuon oi sue " i nationals While a Stronger Force la .Ipproaehins from tbe Soatli ... K no Tf -.iniif-- Washington, Aug 28 -It was admit- t, ,l this morning by W ar Department i-iiieials that a message had been received j :i midnight last night from General Chaffee and that the fears that the j allied forces had bVeu flanked and were ; in danger of being overcome by an over- t-nlv too well grounded. The message received a snatch .from M. 1'icnon. burgher8 are being driven out, and, it a . , . trench minister to China, the message .. , ... . . , , said to contain alarming news, in faring date August 10th. This is taken . 13 believed, will eventually be forced that an army of 25,000 Black Flags to indicate that all the reports and ore- into a position where a-decisive battle has followed up the advance of the bodings in regard to the impaired lines can be fought. t .rce of 2,000 Germans to Pekin, and communication in China -are true and . Buller's command has taken Bergendal, fcas completely cut off communication hthief ek strong position wtheast of the Dal with Tien Tsin and the naval forces . through telegraph or eouried service. imanutha Railway station, suffering fifty a i Taku. ' ' The delayed message of M. Pichon has or sixty casualties. The greatei nuin- Thfs army is said to be very close tol0" ' feeling akin to alarm in Paris ber 0f losses fell upon the Second Ride the imperial city, ami that an ambush ayin eLmenlu Brigade, although the Inniskilllns took v.a prepared by still another force of! ivkin. There is everv reason to believe Pa,t n ne advance, which was across Chinese advancing from Shantung prov-! that many messages ent bv the foreign about three thousand yards of open ii . ,.. While the Litter force is attract- ministers and. military leaders f rom . coAm.tr3V . J I ., ::ic the attention of the a lies by en-nvkin since August 10th, have been in- ,lhue burghers suffered I heavily, many Rising thvro about eight miles north of tereepted by the Chinese. The couriers f them been klIle1 by the ex- IVwm. the larger torce, it is feared, who ha tTarried telegrams have, in all Plowoii or lyddite on a rocky knoll, i Meadily advancing and carrying all j 1ro)l)abuity. hostile bands of Boxers 9U August Jb Rundle made a recon b'ire them. j ' vi,,j. flari T-.ai ani noissauce in the Brandewater basin, cap- While the message was not given out, ! hrered f nd the telega n-h svem If 'me senteeu Boers and killing one. f.x reasons known to the officials, it is f aA3!,, Jm-i T SSii 11 is casualties are not stated, ntiamted by them that the military tele- " 6tX Tult. V?nft?Z J Xjlstroom has been occupied by Baden- L-rai.h line has been completelv destroye.1. ' open to the representaUres of fxreign poweJ1 withont opposition. ;.nd that every vestige of the railroad . 6 mi;;; , , . 1 (leueral Itoberts' dispatch to the War l is leu removed from the countrv tvoen Tien Tsin and I'ekin. This, with ?rttl" " ."""it"" was dated at Belfast, August '21, 7:0 :he cutting of the northern telegraphic V011 from theeapital of later ate than p. m and f0nows: iite. has lert the allies completely in, A"Sist 19h f awaited with interest. : -Qur movements have been necessarily I lhe generals agreed in unanimous ac- i slow on nmmnt nf the errant- ortont QnA through the primitive me'thod of em-' cord b diplomatic body not to en- difficult nature of the country ' over l ioying runners from the capital to Tien I ter tl,e imperial palace and drive out the w hich we are operating, but today we Tsin. While General Chaffee does not S remaining Chinese troops, but to content made a satisfactory advance and met i nrrorert his former judgment in hav- themselves with marching through the with decided success. The work fell en in' stated that no more troops were palace, not remaining encamped therein, i tirely upon Bnller's command, and re-i..-e.led. by asking for aid he intimates "One of the chief sources of anxiety is suited in the capture of Bergendal, a .hat his position is a serious one. and the establishing of communication vHth very strong position two, miles northeast paves the matter to the War Depart- Tien Tsin by railway and telegraph. The of the Dalmunutha Bailway station, vent. It is easily shown that the allies insecurity of the roads renders the work "I met Buller- at Bergendal shortly re within an ace of beimr caught like difficult, but there Is nrgent need for its; after our forwn arrived there, and was rats in a trap, and can be overcome byf mere force of numbers. inis is ine present situation as under-i i . . i ffood by the authorities, and they are more seriously alarmel todny than at "Pekin has 'been divided Into police ' thousand :yrds, and because of the de my time since the siege of the legations ! districts for each bodv of troops, under ; tlM'""mHJ st.a""?Pf thc enemy, rgan. A conference was held over the j the command of the respective generals. ! T"e Inmskillins and the Second Rifle message tonay nv secretary uoot, Adju- prat fears which exist, yet it isVealizedi n,n.t that speedy and effective action taken if the American troops now ons now ! IVkin are to be saved. Several of the officials admit; that it is now too late: to save the allies in Pekin from at-! tack, but that reinforcements, if sent ! ut one jce might prevent a massacre i Two other messages were received from China today by the War Depart ment. One of these came also from 'reiicral Chaffep- and refers to an escort to Baroness Von Ketteler. the, widow ' f th German minister who was mnr 'tered by the Boxers in Pekin. The dis !'p.tch. which is undoubtedly eight or rine days old, is as follows, and is with-it date: Taku, China. ArHutant General. Washington: Tlave offered assistance to Baroness Vr.n Ketteler: will furnish transporta tion and escort Tien Tsin few davs; pro ofTAr transportation accommoda tion to Nagasaki also. Answers f tUe Powin is admitted at the State Depart Ti-."nr that ont of the four rep-He so far r.crired to the notP to the oowers. all ' them ?tate clearly that unless fc.arl I-i can produce some credentials proving 'har he represents his government no. iace neovktifltimi trill b flrranflred with! 7;nt oenerai ornin. Acting secretary ; not rmentioTiel in my .first telegram arej "V1 i , lupKrew ions. f State Adee and Assistant Secretary j two sailors, one vounteer, and Captain ' . General Bnller could not give me - f the Navy Hackett. What the de-: Labrousse, who were killel before the the number of casualties, but I hope that ciions reached were have not been . troop arrived. Th total killed while de- ey ull not exceed fifty or sixty. A c.ven out, but it is realized that the j f ending the legation was therefore four-jfJ, mnJ J1'" "v.1116 Af T rated States are in an extremelv em- tppn riet Sanr ve were killed in- them on a rocky knoll, by lyddite. A l arrassing position, and that the' officials linK htntmnnt llii pompon was capture.1 on our left. Lanlly know which way to turn to ex-i i?"!! iiIll': ,J. 'General French advanced to Swartz- tricate the government intfce Bna5 Iwnd kopS' ?5 the -WP road. P'" In this way the military situation has! n1cffir mred the ,way for the movement of xgain come to the fore, while the diplo-, TJth legation with Sferoreter AIo? i,ole"CarfW.K ?,T1S, tomorr-. Rn" matie statns, muddled as it is, has. for i S J Wh-S-S TiAJi2V? The ?Ie reports that he made-a recfonnoissanee the time, been relegated to the rear. It! n,?e n? hanP5u;)r. e'ht?- ,The in the Brandewater basin, August L6. U not deemed good policv to admit the 1 rst-remain mentis left of the lega-;and snffered some casualties. One Boer im. This is the attitude taken by! continued, onera Ho n.s on the 15th. bom- Harrison aid.ClereIud IrtIUA to ;" manv. Japan. Italy and Russia.! barding the imnerial city and portions! Accept Position on the Board. 'ar Britain has not yet neen heard of the Ralace. The French troops enter- Washinirton Aueo 28 The TTnited frMn. as Ird vSalisbury absent from ed Pekin on the 16th after a bril iantj stJf of the first of the Seat I-v.-lon. It is believed, however, that engagement in which the . Bussiana .i J ;a Xw good fifth in clrfrhig nl; of the replies will contain the above British and Japanese particinated, I lont the proTisi(nTf the treaty of tne s:i'iatKn. - i assisted therein, beln- accomplished by Hague looking to the universal arbitra- . The situation at Araoy is brighter thjn members of the legation including M De- tion Qf inrernsational differences. Each t v3P. and .it is thought that all dis- Anthonard. who h"i"i,?hdviSs2 f the parties to the treaty was authorize 1 TMi-hsnreK have been queKe.1 by tha from Tien Tn. tte tered t,P?lce to appoint four memDeI4 of n interim. Japanese marines. The Castine haa ar- gardens where General Frey established tionaj board of arbitration Tjnder tnis rived at Amor from Shanghai, and will provisional headquarters. 1 he emperor anthority President McKinley has re parrol the coast in that vicinity for a and the empress, with some of the mem- nueflted former Presidents Harrison and t:ase. I bers of the government Jled after Cleveland to aecept a ointments on The State Department does not accept executing five or six members of the this boanJ. Responses are expected at the proposttion for an international ad Tsung a Yamen who were less hostile the xyhite House, when the two other ri'inisTration of the customs of China in fho foreigners. The actual whereabouts mmbei.s qf the foard will be selected ttv gAod faror. It is said that such a of the emperor and empress is unknown. The sei'on of the two highest citi 'i could onlv lead to looting, jealousies zen8 of country, next to the Presi- "1 com plication-. xaval Commandr an 1.1 IlnnarCnans dent himself, would give a standing" to The War Department Is now certain wRn?nrton. Aug; 28. Adimral Conr- this country on an international board that its messages to General Chaffee are ' Ju. French commander in Chi- that could net be surpassed bv anv other iw being delivered. In a cablegram re- '.ters has cabled his government! country. The fact that there are pos "ived from General 'Chaffee last night fX council of the admirals hassnofi-i nihilities of trouble among the European snvs he has received, nothing from the f.i!rn lezations at Pekin that It" countries may be taken into considera- "Trrary of War ince the T4th. The 1a of his communication is unknown. s undated ana secretary xiooi aiu toiar that nothing has been receivel undated and Secretary Koot ia 'roni wen era i inanee tvuu-u. juuiiwn -at he has received tbe department nnirtions to always date bis. dis- 4 -hes, The absence of a ' date . on f'haffee' communications is believed we -ine to the Chinese onerators in GPnersl Chaffer's declaration that he has received nothing from the War De pmment since the lftn of August. t lie importance of that part of General' nrrol the line from Cbefoo to Shanc'mi T'CTii the Pei Ho, the for- tnat uora vvoiseiey, cominander-in-chief This line runs overland and can easily JLX-st Taku, at that time, the of -the British army, has definitely de tampered with. War Department of ' ei,m5JreitatiTW -of theSr govern- coded to resign at the expiration of his i' i:.ls do not believe General Chaffe rfln"PhV n-sn-'tation of war to de- term f active service in November, be fn.ls his dispatnehes undated and they mVne thJ . ouestion as to the amount of.ase of the state of his health and dis insist that further evidence that tha e o be allowed to Li in oommuni-satisfaction with the new conditions pre v.bWrm are tamnerevl with is found frdoniiowr. .Mfl,tiM -t pkin. i vailing n his office as the outcome of Chaffee's message which relates to his failure to receive dispatches from tne War Department, was recognized at the cabinet meeting today, that being the principal subject under discussion. As sistant Secretary Hackett, of the Navy Department was called on for . plans looking to the establishment of a dis patch boat service between t'hefoo and Shanghai, with the object of doing away with the -espionage of Chinese official over the dispatcnes which now pass over the imperial lines between these two points. I As General Chaffee has received noth-' ing from the Secretary of War since the that none of the mes ul uuuc uic jin-- i "iixi-s scut oy rue various governments, t . j i s gone mronga. The situation diplomatically is thus said to be in statu quo until Pekin can be reached bv courier or tele?rflnh and , . ,- . - . - . ' IT n Ives rwPirftl ri v tho x-n rmns mTcrn. ments to questions that must be answer er! before the powers will agree to act in concert. , General Chaffee's messages and Min ister Conger's, received since the last cabinet meeting, were all gone over to- .ptner with adviccs oaKthe attitude! j e po--prg. MINISTER PICHON'S MISGIVINGS France Takes Alarm on Account of Ad- vices irom eitin. Paris, Aug. 28. Today the foreign of- uwu 1S accomplishment, ia fears exist of -the arffressive return of the Boxers and retr- niars. ma rang it necessary to taKe serious . . ' precautions Additional Josses of the French legation t5rm and in ibhorin. Shines hotisesJwns lulled -and Keventeen were captured The greater portion of the city as a mass ne aiso secured 700 head of cattle. of rums.. . -; news r.zency uspai.cn irom ouang- nai of todi? date ays tnat, according to Chinese officials, the emperor and empress are in the neighborhood of Taiyan Fu. They are accompanied toy Prince Tuan It is announced that no news has been received 8y the French government res pecting the alleged sensational defeat of the afues at Tekin. The French consul at Hankow has in formed Foreign Minister Delcasse that he learns that the emperor and the em- press, accompanied by Prince Tuan, have reached Shen-Si. The paragraph in M. Pichon's dispatch I, catteries: iJineen and isniiivan: liaw in regard to the anxiety for the re etab- j and Grady. Lmpire, bwartwood. iishment of railway and telegraph com-' Anf, $eore: - It. H. E. munication with Tien Tsin is taken here ??klyn 95i t 10. H ? as a prophecy of the serious develop-,1 la. . . m . . . O O 1 3 0 Q 1 1 0 t 10 5 ments that have in all probabilities oc- a"l?rJes:1 tson and Farrell; Frazer curred since the ,dispatca was sent, and McFarland. Umpire, O Day. There are many hlghfficials who regard COre' a n n n a n n a o o n n the silence of the forces at Pekin as fhlC" ' AftS?nnS??o I ? ominous and who fear that returning .StiJuI? ' V.l.iifl0A. I.1-3,.5 1 Boxers have eiven batt'e either within' rriVir w wm.iT ' " the cirv's walls or at the sates of the,ana -rier empire, ii.mslie. camtar. - . M. Pichon's dispatch to the foreign office follows: "The allies arrived Aueust 14. Thev y red to hold Li Hung Chang hin uatil the opening rf uego-; til the opening rf nego- j r;n hitween the powers and China. Kp,teen the powers and IJluiia. tlue gtate Department has heard noth- . -- intention to mterrere wrtn uie ,nf" - L . Tji Tr,Tng Chang." The re- "r" the French admiral at Taku ! caung that the ad- At w-- . rContintied oa Page Fire. 1 - flUflM . : . ' General o the foiitrary w situa- r irui L. . . . u - - . p, inciaenx Tf - ,yh JA R . London, . . li .- i iiiii da J. - . A . T l : i I ' 1 1 Q nrt 1 1 n no on ..mn atPi a Visit to x-trKiu uy ; " BRITISH PUSH BOERS Roberts Hopes to Force a Ue r cisive Battle. ENGLISH ARE HAMPERED - - . . wt favorable for Military Operations Bailer Takes Bergendal, Inflictinz Serious Ijosses on tne Burghers General Be Wet Reported in tbe I Vicinity of Ilellbron 1 . T T . OQ , London, Aug. 28.- from General Robert The latest advices Roberts shows' that the campaign in South Africa is becoming ; more aggressive and the British are Imaking a determined advance against tne Boers. The English are hampered jby lhe rough character of the country over which they are moving, but the Office, describing the latest operations. glad to find that the occupation cost less than had been feared, on account of the .u A 4- i r a ; i" im-r posiuon oemg across an open glacis for two or three . 4 101 "T1 V1PL anar-King ,pany. 'General Baden-Powell reports that he occupier! yistroom unopposed, his troons and those of General Paget after- ward returning to Pretoria." ? A dispatch from Pretoria of vester- day s date says that General IeWet is reported ty be in the neighborhood of ileilbron. NATIONAL LEAGUE The score: It. H. E. ostn 999919 0-4 7 New lork . . . 010000022-5 8 3 INTERNATIONAL. ARBITRATORS y tion in te otter tnat has been made, and lends significance to tne action of -the; ends sign iTesiaent. TfOLSKLEY WILL RETIRE Tfcere Tlas Been Friction fn urtfi.i. Office a Lops Time ' - Aug. 28. The Manchester thority for the statement the war iu feouth Africa. Smce the out4-eak of the Boer war 1 there have been intermittent' yeports ci friction an the administration of the Brit - ish war office. In its issue of March 21, London Truth asserted that Lord Wolse - leywouldy retire at the end of his five years term, aiext November. The Man chester Guardian now seems to have secured ronfiirmation of this earlier re port and supplemented it with the rea wn tkat have impelled the commaner-in-chief to reach this decision. i RftLIC AS TO ASSESSMENTS Nnmtrbns Witnesses Tsstlfy In Rserd Uo the Tiro-tblrds Rule. Asheville, N. C, Aug. 28. Special. Judge. Jas. E. Shepherd, master in chan- .jjai. eery in the United States Circuit Court, owgau examinaxion oi witnesses r'xaesquadron in those waters, various railway companies m the United i 'ri,. i,, ni.i,. r State court room today The witnesses examined were Sheriff Williams of Hen dei-son, Sheriff Maney of McDowell, J. H.rGiles, register of deeds, W. B. Bury, chairman of county commissioners,- D. B. Mull, treasurer and K. B. Blaywell, all of Burke county. All the witnesses testied that it is a long established rule j to assess property at two-tniras or its real" value. Captain Charles Price appears for the Southern Railway, George Rountree for the Atlantic Coast Line, .Maor John D. Shaw for the Seaboard Air Line, Col. John W. Hinsdale and J. C. L. Harris for the governor. Goroporation tjommis-j "on rios or apam. Tne tneft of the sionersMcXeill and Rogers are present, ' ?hot was never, investigated by the Brit but have no counsel. The hearing will ish officials at Hong Kong, and the last a r week. Onlv the railroads will ian, wo left his post was never pun- 1 ColoneOHinsdale was prepa-red with a lot of statistics for this purpose. BRI AN IS PLEASED Ponnllat Partr Strengthens Its Cause fby Endorsing Stevenson. todar5XpresSd' highly gratiJ nf lmSTK ff0nal ;re . General Miles. Duke fied over the action of the opulit Na- J,;6"! lemocrate Club which was o'Arcos, Miss' Clara Barton, Acting tional Commrttee at Chicago in endorsing (iPllfld fjf5fextwe&k 8?.d"lt wa.; Governor Warder and Mayor Harriet, the nomination of Mr. Stevenson for. 5hL. 0 a? P k the meeting untilf At u o'clock, preceding the. staituitf Vice-President. He said: i XtfjJS" t 'll?"'!1 CDf,eren? ?ni Parade' tlie army arch ia "fai! very glad that Mr. Stevenson J WUS P.?8tPned la: Court, oi Honor was dedicated. The pa has bei endorsed bv the Populists. He S? :t!i te suggestions made; raie staa.ted at 10 o'clock. Owing to the set forth in the Kansas City platform :;7.Ii. rTtni.m - - KT I and deserves the surfbort of ail who be- lieye in those principles. m t 'in rs i ft nv uiimii natod any one else '.::.Vi r7rt j WOU1U XLAVt? CttaCUOl the ticket. The Populist organization . r- i ; triumph of principles above partisan- ship." LIFE. TAKEN FOR A LIFE Slay n f MIIU U donl DM Or Ot (VI lllS H. rlaCK nlU- i Jl I f) . . 1 1 i v i n on uirn nimciTc l miuu viik.ii uuiiumi An ex-It eprosentatlvo of Ratherford 'Vktjii3nnVdred la Cold Blood -by His Negro Renter Mob - Takes Swift Vengeance Rutherfordton, N. 0., Aug. 2S. Spe cial. Mills H. Flack, ex-State represeh tative, was shot and instantly killed atl his plantation at 9 o'clock this morning near forest Citv. seven miles from here. . . . r, week, it is expected that First Vice by his negro renter, Avery Mills. His Presiidetnt 11. E. Buntfoigton-" will be slayer was taken from the officers while elected president to fill the vacancy ou their way to jail and carried 100 yards mused by the dath of his unle, Colb's from the main road and riddled with Huntington The ame f Charles H. . , , , . . , Tweed, one of the vice presidents and bullets by a mob of about twelve, though general counsel of the Southern Pacific there were fifty or more followers. ; system., has ibeetn mentioned in connec- Mr. Flack and son Otto went to the tion with the presidency, but Mr. Tweed farm this morning to pull fodder. They n-di-JS!: were halted by Mills, who said they had f'.ri S tS iTt Siefl threatened to shoot his wife snout soma Tf? p1 nlrlSrf, fruit being taken from the orchard. ' fJr,Cl ' 5SSSJS n?' 5iSrtS Mills' wife brought h:m a pistol and he ffiaJ !Jf!J deliberately shot Flack, the ball entering ?aJJh2s:S control a ma just below the heart. Flack then shot ority of the stock. the negro with his shot gun and brose! . it to pieces over his head. Young 'lack i Gnidato Be Kent Rack to Enrop then took the pistol and shot tne negro! 'aw Yvrlc - -Anir. 28. 'The Ttslian. in tho hip, but did- not seriously injure' him. Mr. Flack died in one hour. The negro and fcis wife were started ort to , iail. when a mob overtook them half , way, overpowered the officers with thej result as stated. The woman is in jau. ; Anotner Version of the Tragedy Charlotte. N. C. Aug. 28. A negro named Avery Mills was taken from the officers near Forest City, is. u., at noon today . and riddled with (bullets by a mob which sought to avenge the death of Mill's H. Flack, an ex-member of the legislature and well known citizen of "Rutherford coiintT. who was shot and! unieri Hv Afiita niKnnrf- ft a' clock this morn-1 in.- About three 1ats aeo Flaclc went i to his pQantation which is rented to Mills, t or who is by some a'greement, making a i crop this year, to get some -f rudt, .where upon Mills wife ordered him off. He re fused to go and she went ito. tn'e House and secured a pistal and went back the second time and ordered him to leave. He left rather than have a difficulty. This .morning at 9 o'clock Mr. Flack, his son Otho and another boy went to the plantation in 'a wagon to pull fodder. Mills' house is about 100 yards from the road. He appeared and halted Mr. lacK and began to renew the talk about the! fruit, when Mills wife -brought him has ; pistol. He took it and deHiberately shot Mr. Flack under the. heart; Mr. Flack shot the negro in the shoedder and then -took the gun and pounded thene gro over the head , with it -until it was broken. The negro attempted to shoot Mr. Flack's son, but he hit the negro in the head with a rock and took 'his pistol from Mm and shot him in the hdp. The negro is not hurt badly. Mr. Flack died in less than an hour. The news soon spread and the Forest City people gath ered at the scene. The negro and his Air. Flack said to wife were arrested ku rtenils ifore ha liel that he could not. live long, that the negro had killed ! him and that he wanted him hanged and wanted his friends to see it done. His dyfing wish was carried out - to the letter. NEW ONE ON DEWEY W mm Ila nw.l.l. lmmn. nitS on nt Hqng Kong, Boston. Ansr. 281 A storr is Dublished hv Th Traveler tonisht. tn the effect that i Admiral Dewey stole ammunition from the British arsenal in Hong Kong the night before he sailed for -.Manila to i terview: "Dewey's last point of communication with his government. Hong Kong, is a British , port. It ,was from this port that Dewey sailed for Manila and it was well known there that 'Dewey did not have .sufficient ammunition of a cer tain calibre, to feed his guns in a big fight, such as was surely expected, and this fact is substantiated by the know ledge that Dewey ceased action for a period of twenty5 minutes .to find out just how the ammunition was holding out. Here then is the point I am eet- i a j m i . . . . ,lanuA ,2 ir ZlT we" British arsenal for supplying the British The" last night that Dewev was in Hong Kong the man who was at watch over one of the pockets or magazines in which was kept just the calibre of shot that Dewey most needed was mys teriously spirited away from his post and it was afterwards said he had gone on a visit to a friend on the other side of the city. Under cover of night a number of coolies went to the pocket and took ft-om the magazine a great many rounds of shot. They were put on"board the small boats and taken out to the American fleet. Next day Dewev sailed for Manila and on May 1 England helped ; the gallant commodore to puncture the DEMOCRATIC CLUBS How It Happened that tho National meeting Was Postponed. Indianapolis. Auz ' '' When "Rrvnn ! was here tr, fArmallv cratic nomination he held a conference quarters show that the effort to orgs mm n n Frfit'a t y- 11T O-fttA -t-. z fZr"., . r:rr- '-j eL1oull? -"as uwu ttiienum wilu UDDreeiaoie re- . . - suits and today Uhairnian Maftm of th Cjifti,. sT-., Z.,. n i it - ' - ' -w-w mu v v. u van iui t n rr; AirtrcLitiK uuu ur.uiiizuuon or rnp n mnst. luh party are anxious to nut iorm a stronge effort in the compaign. THIS BJLLTIfiaitB IN SCOTliAND Realistic Explanation of a Rifle Given by a Sailor. Grenock, Scotland, Arag. 2S. The T Vre Tf-' United states cruiser Baltimore, Rear Admiral W a-tson s flagship in the Philip-1 .nines, wiiw-nis mabrw a .hriprf n-c haw pines, which is making a brief stay here I : ' ; r " . : on Her nomewara vovase. w.is' vwitwl Uv vru net aiujxieiwrii vv.vgtr, 'was TiJel toy .1 1. , 1 . -: . 0-- . . . , One or tier sailors, in explaining toi lengage the Spanish fleet.. The name of 1 the man furnishing the information is j not ; printed, but here is the quoted in- the visitors the mechanism of one of the ot ram(ie before 8 o'clock this morning shrp s i rifles, ...accidentally inseirtexT a ! W by the time the first platoon ot loaded cartridge and fired the gun. The i police-arrived in the-van of the marcn bullet "narrowly mwsed the saator and th-streets were so . packed that penecrateti xne rmex steei piaung, or tlie ship, ..which.' was immediately closed to " thepaibiic. x-' ' ' Tlie cruiser will sal for ,ew York to- morrow ' Probable Successor of Huntington New York," Aug. 28.-r-At the meeting of the directors of the" Southern Pacific Railway, to be held in thisiity next Guida, who arrived in -this countrv two weekp ago on the Kaiser Wilhelm'll. in companv with . the alleged anarchist, iaresen nther Ttfllinn. w ni-efed excluded today on instructions from the Treasurv Department. He will be de- I ported to Europe. . Maresea's case has ! not been decided. Guida" and Maresca were suspected of being anarcmsts when they-arrived in this country, and there were renorts that Maresca had come to kill President McKinley in accordance with a plot hatched m Italy. The men have been detained on Ellis Island. Porto Kfeo's Claim Affaln Cuba San Juan, Porto Rico. Aug. 28. By tomorrow's mail Governor Allen will for ward to eecretary oi wtate nay a state- ment.of the claim of jrorto Rico against Cuba for '4,204,869 pesos, and a request for tm' payment" of the running account from April 21, 1871, to October 10, lttt, which comprises advances made to Cnba in accordance with decrees of the Span ish government to aid in suppressing Cuban rebellions. " Last Leap Blindfolded New York; A.ug. 28. After blindfold ing herself o that er courage would rwif- -foil : at flh ' last moment. Mrs. Ida Ginck leaped from thereof of tie six 6tory tenement at 30d Bast Third street today and felhfco the street below. She turned in the air, struck on her back and was instantlv killed.' xae woman was sixty years old. Illness and the resulting despondencey are supposed to nave caused her act. ' Woodrnff Will Not Down New York, Aug. 28. Hon .Timothy L. Woodruff, lieutenant governor of the State, -will jnot down. According to the very Ibest authority today Mr. Woodruff .still believes that he is to be nominated for arovemOr. toy the Republican State convention which is to assemble at Sar- atoga September 4th. Dondon, Aug. l28. The outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow is more seri ous thanvwaa thought at first. Anot)er death has occurred and the families have been removed to the reception house for i r J ",- - - I FwnkfoW Nat' Howard, f Butler county, t&is after- ODServaUOO- f , Howard, noon . f rtrnashed a botid . for Harland i Whitaker, charged with being accessory, in. the Goebei murder. Whitaker ivas released. GRAND ARMY PARADE Thirty-five Thousand Veter ans March in Chicago- CRUSH WAS T REM EN DO U b Fifty Regimental Flags Carried by Ne "ITarlc Troops Durlag.the War Fsrmsd a Feature sf the Procession Seven Thoasand Grand Army Posts . Had Representation in the Line The Enthusiasm Was Unbounded- Chicago, Aujf. 28. The Grand Army Veterans formed here today in what proved to be the greatest iparade in the history of the organization. Grand Mar shal J. A. Wood estimated that-35,000 veterans marched through : the Avenue of Fame! into the Court of Honor. The parade required ' four, hours to pass a given point. In the opinion of Com-mander-dn-Chief Albert D. Shawr this parade was the veterans' last great march. . President McKinley was represented by Lieutenant General Miles, who ar rived this morning. Governor Tanner, who is in the west, was represented by governor aner arucr. xiib srreat asre of tne veterans, the route se- - lor-th parade was , very stiort. Foiuning at Michigan Avenue ana ttan dokh street, the procession moved west to iState street south in State to Adama, ' west in Adams to Franklin, thence by, a detour of a blook to Maiiket, south in" Market to Jackson boulevard, east to Michigan Avenue, then through tha Court of Honor and past the reviewing stand to the disbanding point, a shot t distance south. The entire route was ibut twenty-seven blocks, Jong, and iu consequence the veterans were able t make the trip Those who were unable to walk were provided with carriages. , On account of tne sii3 the criwds ,parade were necessi . - n. n- On account of tne shortness ot tne tine wniclL viewed tne arilv ennptmfci'aieil tvq-. n h msh nJonsr the . OUIUJ1 BF-v. . . ,nM gm-iii sngce. x nthni.iom ! was marked. v' V - ' nv;is n'hisflnAs of neonle lined the route M;7 thmm-nds were Enable even tu ,teh a irlimnse-of the veterans. A num her of prostrations from the heat, weru rnmtsA - - . -siarsnal J. a wooa, wnn uis a:.!:.-:, Colonels Diarchy Stuart and ; Young, led the procession. .Commander-in-chief Shaw of the Grand Army, with a numerous staff, came , next. Follow ing them was a band of sixty pieces. The front of the rank and file was formed, by LaFayette Post No. 140 of New York city, under Commander Allan C. Bakewell. , , , . . Major-General Daniel E. Sickles led the First division. Bradley Winslow and Capt. B. F. Nourse commanded his escort of honor. Twelve heralds in cos tume, bearing long trumpets, announced the coming of what was called the "pageantry of -patriotism." This was an allegorical representation of Colum bia, the nation and its defenders. This was followed by what to many people was the feature of the parade. Fifty . regimental flags, borne by New York reg iments during the civil war, were car ried in a huge square by members of Columbia Post of Chicago. The forma tion was in four platoons, under com mand of M. W. Diffley Behind . the New York flags came national, state , and city executive offi cers in carriages, and following them ' were their wives and. members of tht Woman's Relief Corps, headed by Mrs. Harriet J. Dodge, the national president. Mrs. Julia P. Shade, national president of the Ladies of the Grand Army; Mrs. Ada Johnson, national president of the Army Nurses,, and Mrs. 'Elizabeth Kim ball, national president of the Daugh ters of Veterans, headed delegations fronfl their respective organizations in car riages. Following came a long line of various' posts of the Grand Army, those of New York and Chicago vieing witn.each other -in numbers and appearance. The reap guard was formed by, Gen. William E. Strong Post of Ravenswood, 111. - It did not pass the reviewing stand until -2 o'clock. Seven thousand posts of the Grand Army had representation ia the column. V ' Other features of the day included a grand reception to the veterans t JIemo rial Hall this afternoon, the illumina tion of the Court of Honor, a: war-son concert at the Coliseum, and a realistic representation of the'battle of.Santlago on the lake front. u '11; BAD MEN BAGGED Police of Wilmington Arrest Two Can' . dldates for the Penitentiary - Wilmington, N. C, Ang. 28. Special.- Officers here .bagged two bad men today. One of them is Frank Dee Craft, arrest el on a warrant charging him with steal t ing $69 in New Bern, and skipping, a bond of a hundred dollars for Ma - ap" Eearance at trial. He J secured ' V work ere as a painter, and -had been here for several weeks under the name r of Charley Johnson. He , will be aent ta New Bern. ' ' : Henry Seals, colored, was arrested fof stealing the horse of Mrs.'F. W. Boeger at Whiteville. He-sold the stolen animal and waited on the purchaser for part of the money. A letter written over an assumed name, asking for. payment, let to his detection and arrest, panlards Will Rsmaln Spsnlsk Madrid, Aug. zs. rxu vwipan constuar report ; that SSS&JSF tion an, Cuba has . Madrid, Aug. 28. "Th Cuban consoJaf masse - to -accept uicsu uusiup. nd- tnat .'Jf ; the5 "J the legisters at s I j Iff ivycii l mi , . 1 1 .i . i o ar i r ' Y fj o
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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