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Newspaper Page Text11 '•■■■■ - **r ( ~~~ '"*'*■* ' ■ >sir-^a*-wy5T^ W ^--^ THE MACON TELEGRAPH. MACON. GA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 12. 1891. SluglM Oopy f |ft Ceuta. V TOM WATSON BACKED DOWN — Ho Refused to Accept the Challenge of Joe James for a Joint Debate. VERY POINTED CORRESPONDENCE It Looked for a While Like a Personal Kneoanfar Would Follow, but It Waa Happily At*tied—Other Capital City Kent, nr?**' 'Atlanta-, Getpt. 11.—(Special.)—Thire was no Joint debate at Canton today between 'Dll&tfet (Attorney Joe Jdfnes and Hon. Tam Wuteam, the bombustic oracle of nhe Populists. Both had ap pointments to speak ait Canton toduy and Col. James had challenged Watson So divide time. But Wait son declined, and today Cod. Jaimes received a tele gram -ft-ocn tots Canton friends notify ing Mm tl*W tot* engagement had been declared off. Therefore, Col. Jumes did not gv> to Canton. Had he gone there would have been $ very hot time, al though the speaking would not have hean from the same plait form. Last night when Cot. James askid Mr. Wat son for a final decision as ko a division of time today, he sent he following letter In reply, mMOh has been a po litical sensation here today: ‘'Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10, 1894.—Hon. J. S. James, Diktribt lAiOborney United States Court—SSt: Your note has Just ■been handed me. As I sta'tnl In the ©ally Press of Friday last, I am willing Uorateetany member at the Democratic party who holds the same position In the partly which I hold in mine. I will • meet Mr. Clay or any Democratic nominee for congress w any of the •gentlemen who an* candidates tor the senate, K they with. I would not meet you under any cfrmfcus'tunces, simply because you do not come tip to the rule wihloh respect for my party and respect for myself suggosm at the proper one. "There Is. however, a special reason why your challenge Is peremptorily de clined. It Is that you have vtHfled me ' in the moot unprovoked and ungentle- m-inly manner through the hired tra- ducer who runs your paper, and be come you have publicly repeated the falsehoods of 'this campaign j-urnmaker In a speech made by you at Forsyth. "To these charges of yours end his I have replied through the Daffy Press, denounotng hhem In the language they deserved. "la the Atlanta Journal Of today you practically reufflnm the churgcs, which 1 had denounced uo false. "These charges concern my Integrity us a man. If true, I am not an honor able man. You Wove made the charges and I have denounced them as false, Tnerdfore It seems to me that the de- hat between you and me would be sim ply oi personal quarrel, and, perhaps, a personal collision. "I cannot have any relations with a man wtmo charges me wlih dlshc i-.esty. I cannot have at public debate with a man 1 would not speak to on Hit a street. While this charge of yours stands unre- tractctt you must know that “• of meetings between us wouoo lv» U» a series of piraonal quarrels, beta which the pulbllo sliould not he drawn. At a great mass meeting of tjw people, where men, women and children meet to hear governmental principles fairly and decorously discussed, I' can khlnk Of nothing more discreditable to ua than to Involve them In consequences of a personal rancorous dispute be- it ween yv>u and mo and In the collision Which en'jtfhil follow. ... •T\\Then on tssue between two premie- men reaches the stage where the He has been passed there Is nothing ko debate—so far as public Joint discus sions uro concerned. "You have oald <1 have' acted dis honestly. You have been charg<d wUh the 'Now, one of two things •things you should do: Prove the charges nhrotftfh the <putMo prints, •wihere your hireling first made it, or prove yourself a gentleman by. rtlirhci- inb *he Charge-Yours, ^c*. “Ithomas E. Wattson, -"Chairman. P. P. Ex. Com." •Mr. James' reply was one that must have been hard for Col. Watson to swal low. The district attorney Is not as pro ficient In the art of vituperation and Blimoslinglng as the Populist dictator, but he nude hlmsstf lAainly under stood. He says Watson’s choree Is ab solutely and unconditionally false, ana then concludes: "I challenged you tor a Joint debate In each of the several congressional dis tricts of the state. This J did because of the unwarranted, malicious, false and low-bred-, attack made upon me by you In tho Dally Press ct last Saturday; and I state to you Ubw. that the editorial referred to was not only false, but showed a desire on your part, to conceal from the public the truth of history, and a palpably apparei* desire to pre varicate and smother the truth. I rave not said in public speech anywhere anything against your private charac- ter. I have only dealt with you as you are related to the public, and as your public acts affect the people. The truth of the matter Is. Mr. Watson, I have often seen a* flippant and high-sound ing and word-palntln* ftfllows ax you Imagine youneelf to be. held down to the proper level and. (despite the ego, an imaginary force that you suppose yourself to posse*, shown up before the pdbllo iu their true light.’’ Ool. Jamea and Mr. Watson did not cross each others paths today. When they meet It Is not Improbable there will be a coMsfon. Watson is evidently BpoRktt (or t> light with some good Democrat. He would doubtless like to pose as a martyr Tor awhile. Col. James, in referring lb the mat ter today, said he Intended to denounce Wat«>n every time he speaks. He has an appointment at Tftcsneeton tohior- row and will send up the first rockets there. (At Carrollton on Saturday Watson ami Hon. Charlie' Moses wtil meet In lint dUwueMon. Wabran has an appoint ment there and Mr. Moses has taken Mm at hla word and will offer to meet tlm. campaign appointments tor the remain der of the week, subject to addition for any other rallies that may be arrange! for. September 12—Thom as tan: J. S. James ami H. W. J. Mam. lAimericus—Sneaker Criop and Gen. Evan*. Edatmaiv—Robert Whitfield. MUirHvlUe—Murry Reed. September IS—Elberton: A. 8. Clay. Sept. 14—Fayetteville: J. S. James. 'September 15—iN«wnan: F. G. duBlg- non. Dahlanega—Governor Northen. Waynesboro—H. W. J. Ham and T. H. Lewis. Fayetteville—Charles Bartlett, Wash- Ingon Dessau. Dupont Guerry. Vienna—tA. S. Clay. Dalton—Hoke Smith. H. G. Turner, J. W. Maddox and W. C. Glenn. Cochran—S. P. Gilbert,George Bright. iRHlfiivlIlri IA it Dowkuii tui.it 'Palmetto—(B. J. Cbnyero. Dawson—Carter Ttste. SHOWING UP HINES. Affidavits Being Produced That Nall Him to the Wall. Atlanta, Sept. ll.-(Spectal.)-lf there li a man In Georgia who deserves the right eous contempt end condemnation of the colored people that man IS Judge James K. Hines, tbs Populist candidate for gov ernor, who Is now miking evefy effort ,n hie power to elicit the vote, of the people he has traduced, to gain a politi cal office. , , Every day some new proof showing the real feeling of contempt that Hines has for tho colored people, comes to light. Here Is the latest. After reading It no self-respecting negro can think of voting far him: The Stiteboro Star of August 10. ISM. charged Judgo James K. Hines, Populist nominee for governor, with saying In a public speech that a negro was a brute and their women were common prosti tutes f To this Judge Hines addressed the fol lowing card to the Bulloch County Ban ner, a red-hot third party sheet, published at Statesboro, the curd appearing hi the Isaue of A ugust 10, 1891: Editor Banner: My attention has been called to the fallowing extract from the Statesboro Star: "Rev. J. H. Anderson, colored, Informs us. that after duo consideration, he has decided that it behooves the colored peo ple of this county to act with the Demo cratic party In county and state elections. He informs us that he had at first ex pected to voto the Populist ticket, but after hearing that Judge Hines, the Pop ulist nominee for governor, has raid In a public speech that the negro was no more than a common brute, and denounced the women of the colored race in such terms that If wilt not admit of public print, he himself will not vote for a man of this hind and cannot see how any other of his race can do It It Is absolutely false, that I said In a public speech that the negro Is no more than a common brute and that I de nounced the colored women so that it would not do to go Into the public prluts. Neither In public or private utterance have I-used such language nr anything like It. Rev. J. H. Anderson has been Imposed upon. I would bo glad If he would furnish his authority. Yours truly, J. K. Hines. Atlanta, Ga.. August 13, 1891. G Ho KOI A—nullin'h County. Wc, tho undersigned citizens of said county, de hereby certify that we heard Judge J. K, Hines, in a opoech In the court house In Stntcboro, On, on October 28,' 1891, say that It would ba eg difficult to com mit an outrage on a tar barrel or railroad tunnel us on a negro woman; intimating that they were already prostituted. C. A. Sorrier, S. L. Moore. Jr., J. T. Brady, T. A. Waters, Coroner B. C. W. Atkins, M. D. Olllff. 'F. D. Olllff, J. W. Waters, O. P. Rountree, J. R. Groover Sworn to and subscribed before me, August IS, 1891. J. W. Rountree, J. P. GEORGIA—Bulloch Cbunty. W. the undersigned citizens of said county, do hereby certify that wo heard Judge J. K. Hines, In a speech in the court house In Statesboro, Ga., on April 26. 1*H, characterize a negro os "an otri- mal,” and other similar expressions con cerning the race. Harrison Olllff, Clerk. 8. C. B. C.; J. R. MMler, (editor Statesboro Star; C. C, Atkins, X,. O. Akins, M. D. Olllff, H. B. Davis, F. D. Olllff, W. T. Womack. Sworn to ond eubscrled before we. this August 16, 1S9I. J. W. Rountree, J. P. The affidavits were gotten up In about one hour, and MO or more of the beat citizens of Bulloch county can be added to them, should the judge deroan them. After tho appeanneo of the affidavits In the Statesboro Star on August the 17, 1891, the same Populist sheet, ths Bull och Banner, referred to above. In Its next Issue, on August tho 23, 1894, cams out In Its editorial columns, and said: "Mr. Star, we arc forced to believe the affidavits are true." SAYS IT IS NOT SO. Chairman Clay Denies That He Has • 'Received tlio Resignation of Mar'uu Harris. * Atlanta, Sept 11.—(Special.)—Chair man Clay this afternoon said lio had not received tho resignation of Marion Harris of Macon as a meinher of the executive committee. Watson's paper tcidny declares that Mr. Harris 1ms re signed bccauso tho Populist demand for Populists at tho polls was given no consideration by tho oxocutlvo commit- -tec at Its-meeting last week. (POLICE INVESTIGATIONS. New York, Sept. 11.—Tho hwestifcu- tlon of ttie police department by tho Lex»w committee and Mr. Goff was re sumed today iwlth all the flags and a big head of steam on. William C. Applegate, the young ex- green goods man, -whose, sister. Lou Applegate, ho says, ts now living with King McNally In (Patio, svub reculled ns tho -first witness. Applegaie swore that central office detectives aiddl the swindlers and that Detective Han fey waa the go-between. WMness-stso came out flait-roated and told how he had paid money ko Wanlman Charlton and Dipt. Meikln. Applegate said that he had another telegraph operator "-, V •• Rlnndger, In the offloe on One-Hundred and Twe-mty-flft’i eftreet. He-also re ined that the green good* men had police offlcjrs In Connecticut and New Jersey fixed and declared that the green goods men ojuld snap their fingers in the faces of the victims and defy arrest. Postofflce employes “from the mana ger down,” said- Applegate, were "right.” (McNaMy, he declared, had paid 1800 for each 1.000 ciretflUrs sent -through the malls. Applegate, In the course «yf further testimony, said that Dipt. Price wau also paM money for protection by the green goods men. Several other witnesses were lexitm- hed before the committee adjournVJ, but Hotle eg aaeiuaitlonal character was wrdm^. One witness, Alexander Howefl. caused something of a stir by menaonlng the name of dipt. Wtlilims ss a recipient of bribes, but he Imme diately declared that ho was not telling the truth. MAJOR BACON’S GOOD SHOWIMG Later Advices From Walker Counfy Show That He Received 712 Votes, HIS VICTORY NEARLY FIVE TO ONE Mr. Gordon Lee Was Nominated for the Lrgtelnture by a Handaome Ma jority-Democrats Hold n » Primary Election, (Later advice* from Walker county show that we were tn error as to our statement of the vote of that county In the recent senatorial' primary. The ulfl- clal report of the vote shows ‘an even more gratifying result to the.frlends of Maj. Bacon than.' stated In our Issue of yesterday. The exact figures are as fol lows: The -total vote coAt was...... 858 Of tlicoe MnL (Baron received....-...712 Mr. Gaffonl ]» Mr. Turner 12 Mr. Walsh 0 From this statement it wilt bo seen thst Mai. Bacon carried Walker county by neariy live to one over all the other candidates combined. Mr. Gordon Lee. a young, progressive and Influential farmer, was nomtoited for representative by a very ba-ndaaiaa majority. Air Lee has been especially conspicuous 4n (level ping the rtuoui-tn of his Cbunty and -will prove a most valuable member of the next .house. BACON 'ATT LUMPKIN. He Makes a Masterly Effort for the Cause of Democracy. Lumpkin, Sept HI.—(Special.)—By In vitation of the executive committee of this county, MaJ. A. O. Bacon delivered an address hero last Saturday in the Interest of the cause of Democracy. While (Mad. Bacon la a candidate foe the senu/te, his •neoch was nut Intended to advance Ida own esuse, but was sim ply for the benefit of bis party. That It accomplished the purpose Intended there can be jm doubt. It waa indeed on able preseijitaition of tho principles of Democracy, and MaJ. Bacon clearly Bhomed that the evils which we are now Buffering are attributable to Re publican misrule. Ill* references to the Populists, while delivered In a kindly manner, wens such that must have con vinced-them of their errors, and the speech will undoubtedly came numbers of them to return to the Democratic P^. y - d'one-.tbe party great good ana he certainly lesar.’eu the gratitude of the people of this cunty. There .were 1,000 neple present, and nothing -but the highest praise or tho speech can bo -heart! from any of them. At the conclusion of MaJ. Bacon’s ud- di-ess an Intermlwtbn was had for din- ner, after which the crowd was ad- 1 V - 3 1 layette,the- Dem. S2J * 1 * «P* ,ln e« for the legislature, and r™ ¥k. L - ® ve f«rtt. ex-rcprescntatlve, frwnthls county. Both made able "peaches and contributed greatly to tho he'sh^wu 1 if^J? em i OCratl0 party ’ will October 1 th * eleoU ' >n <o bo held In Mr. Boyette's flpexh was particularly to^oK?Ji 0 . nv £ cln *- wm certain mikt th >® "S? 1 h<,usc aTul w,! ' valuable member. Our K&™KSKi“ THE JAPANESE CHINESE WAR Conflicting Reports as to the Position and Condition of the Oppos ing Forced JAPAN STILL HOLDS THE SEAS An Attempt Drlng Slade la Concentrate the Chinese Fleet-Ui!n* , « Army- In Cerea in nn At moat Starr ing Condition. STORY FOR THE SENATE. Tie Vote for Indorsing Turner for the Federal Upper House. JAIbiny. Sept. ll.-(Sp«fixl.))-rhe convention md. acre this morning, p. m. Heath Lee county was made chairman [111,1 J. C. Casslty of ’D 0 ugher:y, so5?o ar y Hon. W. L. Story of Wtortti was unan- tmously nbmlnutod for the state Ben- h t, V" b0 ove TW*mlmIng?y slactsd. Ho Is ono of -ohe best and aiT, , <nm , tl1 lthe district or any other - A fs—rtutlon to Indorse Mr. Turner, for tho Uni-tied Btultes sena/te '^voledUown. The votHSsTue! rtHon h ® ch’alrmun voted with «he oppo- DEMOORACY IN PIKE. Milner, Sept. 11.—(Special.)—The Populists held tttdr primary for county officers Ln this county last Saturday. f y vrtln* mliMirs, negroes u-nd every- tlilnig: else iVhvy could evrr.'ipe up they •managed ko poll 1,125 vor.es. At tola -precInA they polled 107. Toduy tho Democrats held their primary. At this precinct ’they polled 121 votes, any ev ery one strictly white. Wo halve every reason to believe tha t (all the precincts In Dhe county h-ave rolled op a larger majority chan thte one. as the Popu lists seem to make tt a point to poll more votes hi this -precinct than the Democrats could poll.. But we are ahead, when they have tall the default ers on their side, which «M be chal- lerfgdl on the final day, when you m-ay bot on old Pike rolling up a large ma* Jortty for Dedcracy. ■> DEMOCBATO AT IRWINTON. Irwin ton .Segrt. 11.—(Special.)—There was a big •Democratic rally here today. Hon. J. C. C. Black, Hon. It. L. Berner asid Hon. H. W. J. Ham ad dressed a large crowd In the court house and also a vaJt throng who could find no room listened from the outside. Col. Berner was eloquently Introduced by Cell. John Lindsay, and made the m-jr: effective aa.-ack upon the Populist platform and third party vagaries we have ever baud. Mr. Ham followed In a speech replete with argument, wJ. and humor. Col. Black made a mas terly defense of national Democracy and toe work of the late congress. These speeches have done much good an 1 will surely Increase tfie Democratic majority tn the county. THE L. AND N.’S REPORT. New York, Bept. 11.—It ts Intimated thit the l/iulsvllle and Nashville re port to be submitted to the stockhold ers at the annual meeting will show that the tosses sustained by the com pany 111 Its efforts to control the South Carollnt railroad have been charged to profit .nuil loss. The amount lias been variously stated. The exact sum however. Is not far from 31,200,000. The report will ocso show that ths floating Indebtedness of the company has been reduced to lets than $1,250,009, all of which Is carried on time.. London, Sept, 11.—A dispatch to the Times from Wel-Ha-UWel ‘today says that u committee composed of foreign ers, after examining the incidents of •Che naval fight of July 20, declares that the Japanese were the aggressors. The OhUnese, the committee* adds, were csn-rul to <avi>:‘J I9he appearance of pro- vooaitlon, but the Japanese mUyhrtd the Chinese, selctotlng a good position. Tho Chinese senior ship escaped, making a running fight, while greatly damaging ‘her purnusr. Tho wound Chinese ship fought unfll her ammunition was ex thaurtted and bwo of her guns were de stroyed. The same mcmlng, It appears, the Juipunese arrived ft-am Seoul und at- backed the Chinese -at AShan. These operations were evidently well con- Tiro Chinese fleet, according to tho Times dtsfzrtch. It now collected- nt Wel-Hot-Wel and Is th perfect fight ing (trim. The Chln-Yuen bas been re paired a-ad ts receiving seamen freely. An excellent 'esprit do corps exists among tho Chinese sailors ortd they ore awaiting orders to enable them to es- ssrt ths supremacy of China la Corson waters. Comlnulng, the Times correspondent cables that both ’the Chinese and Jap anese armies In Corea are seemingly In active. Tbs Japanese have ordered-the Ooreana to cut their bulr us ft token of subject Pen: The Ooreans refused to do so, preferring to fight for their lib erty. t ■ A dispatch received here from Shang hai says -!9>:K advices received there from various sources say that the Chi nese army In 'northern Corea Is in ft deplorable V'li lili'.ii. Thv Chine:-: g.-n ends are regurted to.huwe proved thm- selves udterly incocnpetent 'and theolfl oers of fthe lower grades are discontent ed and disheartened, while -the rank, and file of 'the Chinese army are ex- •haustd and dlsplrinpU. .tY'hwt roads itu-re were hi that por tion of tlhe country a moivih ago htive been wituheid ,i>vuy 'by tlhe floods und been washed iijray 'by ehe floods anu osnoeqirenlfly Vt Is Impossible to trans port guns, munitions and. food htrougU Mtvn'lchura Into Coroa for the Chinese army. Quantities of guns and ammunt tlon and food .previously sent south- ward h-ave been blocked ln different parts of the country by Hie bad rt'alo of 'the nyaUs, and lthe food and nmmunt- Xlcn are catd to be Bpolllug all along the route southward. As a result food Is becoming very scarce In tlm Chinese army, (although they are doing their best to live on the country’s products. But the couritry is poor, and nlthough the Coreans express willingness to help ths Chinese 'they send In very little in tho way of supplies. According to the dispatch referred to the preteaae of 'the Chinese naval ac tivity 13 absurd. The Japanese are said to be maintaining such a strict block ade of the Core.m coast tha t not even tlie smallest vessel jean get through. Hundreds of Chinese soldiers are re ported to have died of want nnd ex- posuro and tnutoh alckneps Is Ha ^ ®jd»t ln ‘fhtlr ranks. Oin 'the oth«r hand, the japeneae are ealdlto he much better pnpared (or active operations, /rhey L... In Ifpi-n'nir tnclr II 110.4 GORDON AND THE G. A. R. Tlie Gallant Georgian Given an Oration at Pittsburg nml Union Veterans Cheer His Utterances. Plttabmg, Pa„ Sept. 11.—Well on to ward midnight last night that, which, to the members of the Union Veteran Legion attending the G. A. It. encump- nii'iit, uid tin- I'lttsburg iiii-mln-ix "f the organization, waa, perhaps, tho most remarkable scene alnco the close of the rebellion, took place when Gen. John B. Gordon, one of the leading cummaudi rs rf the l-unfedecate army, appeared before the vast number of fist- H-.'.l K'ddlera "11.1 rais'd Iks vulre t'-.r tlie oblltenitlon of sectionalism and for a united America. To say that the old union soldiers aero responsive to Senator Gordon's plea, gives no mlequntc Idea of tlie re- rlpr-ieul feeling manifest'd by the thun derous clieeni and hearty baud grasps with which the cx-Com'ederato general was received. It was the regular meeting night of tho Union Veteran Legion, nnd tho hall was thronged. Gen. Gordon was the first member of tho Confederate army to ever enter the hall. The great crowd give three very hearty cheew.. Gen. Pearson ln a few happy remarks Introduced the great rebel general, whm many present had "met” at the surrender of Appomattox. Gen. Gordon said: "I and all rt*bt thinking men of any section would always admire men who fought.” Turning to the Union flags which pro- fuscly covered I he sneakers’ stand, he delivered a vety eloquent apostrophe, pledging hie devoltlon and that of the ex-Oonfederattes of the South to that banner and alt that It symbolizes. (Ho addressed lire soldiers as com rades and countrymen, ami every timo tlie general. In hla calm, deliberate tones, used these endearing terms, the nudlence was vfclblv affected, nnd at the end of his eloquent address three tn-unendous cheers wore given. Corporal Tinner responded in an ad dress of no Irek ierv4d eloquence, pledg- ln * loo, respect nnd admiration of oil real Union soldlore who fought a Ad suf- ,,, ror » eurtl ,oyaI - Patriotic men and soldiers retoresen-ted by Oen. Gordon. Crpor.ll Tanner’s remarks were deliv ered most earnestly nnd eloquently. Ho a ®‘rt*d In a chair, Tecent aniputa- «>*» “mlis nrevontlng him from standing bn his feet. ropresenCaldves of tho surviving yoDcrana oTstihe Un'low <airoiy RiiiMcrr'l fiwm mrartyjtyveny atmte and territory ■mar-ahad lflU#<morni/n^ ithroug-h the t*vln Pit tabu fltod AMeg*hen.y end roocaved Hbm plaudits nnd homaae of more tnan a lohtrd off the million, spec catarv. Promptly at 10.-50 O’clock the senior uld-de-cajmp, iSIlxs Burton, reported so Commaailder-lnChlef Adams that tho flrat division was ready to move. There ■was n rctar of cannon, a burst uf trump ets «md then an eco.ldng platoon of -police, tho pick and (pride of Pittsburg, and astride magntd.-ent anl-mnls, moved down Smrdltfleld strsrtL spanning the roadway. 1 as mouniicd staff of tlie commander ln-chlef moved ln columns of fours. It had cub a special escort Gen. Lyons Post No. 5 of Lyren, Mass., and tho post haU In, turn a mounted 03cort of nearly 200 local members of -tho order. By virtue of sen-Mrttry the Illlnola dl vlsloii ’hud .the -rJjh't of -Mne, btrt it point at numbers did not make the np- -pearonoo that h-ad been; expected. Judge Long at Michigan has with drawn from 'the race for G. A. R. com- mander-Jn-chh-f. In a loiter to be pre- aenl.od itomonuw (he stated tltft't his withdrawal Is to prevent discord or tho -possible introduction bf tiny political question. THE TROUBLE AT BLUEFIELDS S. Lampton, Ono of - the Exiles, Gives Out a Report as to tho Treatment Received. ALLOWED ONLY ONE HOUR’S TIME 1« Which to Fricndi nnd WlndUp Their Bnilntu AfTolra—Property I Will Bm Conflaoatid by tho / Gorarnmants hav succeeded in keeping their lines of communication open and have puttied their forces forward until they •arc now 'threnKonlnfi? the Chinese flunk. The •positron of the KbCter, with wlhler rapidly advawcin'ar, ‘threatens to become untenable. Rerardlnir the naival opemtlons of the Chinese, the Shanghai dlspaitch says that orders wept sent from Pt-kln over a fortnight ivgo for nil the Chinese Sliu-lrons to concentra-to to -t'he Gulf l»r Pe-Chl-D, but it mppeaw that .three or dors wore never carried out nnd It Is announced that theChlrv-ne naval plans have again been modified. I'eremptory orders having been sent for three of the ustst powerful ve«o)3 bf the South ern squadron to Join Admiral Ting's fleet In the nartlh without delay. When these rdnfonoemento tu-rtve tt Is also asserted the Chinese fleet will com mence operations In real earnest against Japan. No confidence, however. Is felt ln Admiral Ting’s ability to hold even the Gulf of Pe-Chl-Ll 'against tho Japa nese fleet, and consequently many steamera belonging to Chlnreo firms are being trareiferred to tho BrlUsh flag. The malatiig of money for war pur- pceesproceeds and the Mandarins com manding tho provinces -and dlatvtbts ure l*;■;--1 (.*» b-- oiuv.-zlng the untuti. note Chlncrte without mercy. Traders and others poroesetng prop erty are receiving particular attention upon the part of tlie Mandarins. Three merchants t< Shan Tung, who showed some lies Hatton In complying with tho official demands, had thetr property confiscated. RAILROAD SOLD. Tho Middle Georgia and Atlantic Was Sold In Sayan nan yesterday. Savannah. Sept. 11.—Tho Middle Georgia and Atlantic railroad was sold at public outcry before the court house hero today under for OCR'S UTS by tho Oglclharpo fi.-ivlug.aud Loan Company lo satisfy a mortgage executed to kc- enrq an Indebtedm-ns of about (UtUOU, loaned by ft syndicate composed mostly of stockholders of the properly, Tlie road was bought for the pooling com mittee of tlio syndicate by Ilcrmay Meyers, whoso bid was $11)3,000, The total Issue df bonds Is $71(2 and those, with the stock of tho rodd, which was owned by tlio Seaboard company, and all other assets, wet* sold under mort gages. For the present tho road will be operati-d as heretofore. HE KILLED JWO MEN. (TTaynevIlle, Ala.. Sept. 11.—Robert Dickson, H-i , charged with tho killing of James and Lnumr Anderson of Lc- tolmtehle. on necuunt uf a dog trad-;, and who himself wag badly wounded, has partly recovered and today surren- a MAINE REPUBLICANS. They. Carry itho State by an Over whelming Majority. „ Dewlaton, Mo., Bept. 11.—The Lewis ton Journal bus received rdturns fro-m 205 Itawna. whlchi give Henry B. Cleaves, Republican, 59,724; Charles F. Johnson, Democrat, 25,835; L. C. Bate man, Populltt, 3,013; Ira G. Horsey, ProhlblUorlst, 1,825. -Republican plural ity 3,889. In 1892 tho tamo towns guvo a Republican plurality of 11,682. 'itho majority of Dln-gley, Ropubllcnn, over McGlltlcuddy, Democrat, will reach ulbout 9,000, ugalnnt 4,016 two years ugo. ComJpicto returns from li'ho Fourth M'.ilno district cleots Boukelle by the phenomenal plurality uf 10,000 over HImpsun, Democrat. This la doubtless the largest plurality ever known (n the Ulatrlot- CONORE8SIONAL NOMINATIONS. (WUiihlnglpn, 8opt. 11.—The following coivgri.-DsSonal nomlrwlttons -wore made toduy ifor represenUiJilves: Hatch, Dorn- ocrav Flrot Missouri dlalrlot; John P. Tracy, Republican, Seveatih Missouri district; Thomas F. DattkOtworth, Dem- crat, Uecond Mlcfafgan district; Lewis Stewart. Democrali, Eighth lllnola dis trict; 'M. R. Baldwin, Democrat, Sixth Minnesota, dlutrlct: Ixnv Warner. Dem ocrat, Thlrtcenlth IPlIana district: W. C. Naiggny, Democrat, Twelfth Ind’.'anu district; E. O. Carlrton. Democrat, Bov- enth Michigan 'dlatrict; Edward Cook KsonSdy. Democrat. Tenth Wisconsin dlstridt; Edward McrrlfltM, Democrat, Eleventh Pennsylvania, district. THE CONTEMPT CASES. TMo Contempt Trial Has Resumed Against the A. R. U. Ofllclali. New Orleans. Sept. 11.—'Hto TImi»- Democrat has the following; Llmon. Costa Rica. Tuesday, Sept. 4 — The following exiles from Blucflelds, eleven ln bumbor. arrived In this purl via (Puntnrcnns this aifternoun: E. D. Hatch (English), acting HI. B. M. vice consul; O. S. 3Iodgson (native), clerk supreme court: S. A. Hodgson (native), Judge supremo court: Washington Glov er (English), clerk: (A. Mnrkland Taylor (English), editor and ownor Blucflelds Messenger:G. B. Wlltbank (American), p!anterCW. -H. Brown (English), mer chant; J. S. Lampoon (American), plant er: Cha-rles (Patterson (native), vice president: J. W. Cu-t-hbert (English), nt- torney general, amd J. O. Thomas, En glish), Judge supremo court. These ore all prominent business men In tho reserve, most of them leaving considerable property behind. They am undecided aa to their future movements, their Intentions at present being to re main 'hero until eomo definite action hi regard to their arreut nnd detention him been -taken by tholr respective govern ments. They all exprera themselves ai highly indignant at tho reports of somt of the American ipapem to the effect that thslr actions are tn a way respan- slblo for the uprising of July 5. This they emphatically deny, uml they say that tho foreigners who were nt all im plicated ln this uprising left the coun try Immediately after they found that the partthey had played made them sub ject to lamest bv the Nicaraguan gov ernment. nnd after -being refused pre lection by -their respective consuls anti the captains at tho war vessels. They say that during tho whole trouble but two lives have -been tost, and these were of two 'Nicaraguan soldlero who word killed OH Uift evening nt July ti. The following ds a verbatim report of tho account given by Mr. J. 8. Lamp. (i'll of their arreut August Pi anil their treatment toy tho Nicaraguan authori ties since that dole. The utatement la ■ made tn the pre.vence of "E. D. Hatch, W. H. Brown. G. B. Wlltbank nnd oth er members of tho nutty, who corrob orate It ln eve-y particular. They nay, that no accurate report has yet been sont toy the realdent reportem in Idlui- flttfas bn account of tho fe.ur they enter tain of tho Nicaraguan authorities. Tho data at thp* account is furnished toy Mr. Taylor at tho Blueflelda (Messenger, who apparently has gone to great pains ■ ln kcoplnie records of every UetjW. Mr. igmipton says; "On the morning of August 16 twelve of us. all residents of Blueflelda, Nicaragua, business men of more or less prominence, were notl- , lied toy the chief of police In tho flei-vlew ryf the Nicaraguan government, that Dr. Juee Madris, special cuimnlhsloncr fan tho Ucscrttito reserve, desired to seo us. This call was willingly answered. It being tho oolnlon that it waa the com missioner's tleslro to seo us on matteril appertaining to the> causes that brought about tho -troubles ln tho reserve. On arrival at tho government building wo were mot at tho head of tho stairs by armed soldiers, who demanded to know 1 our buslitcHH lin'd on learning It tho in cur in commajtd carried up our ren;>cc- live Cards and we were at once adroit- tcU into the council chamber. Here we were notlfled to consider ourselves as prisoners of Nicaragua, and tho decree wav read to tho effect that wo would have lo proceed at unco to Managua to answer certain changes, and ln ejee of refusjl to do so we would be expelled from the country. On Inquiring the :na- turo of theilo chargee, the Nicaraguan mln-istiv at war told us that he was ,111- ahle to glvo them, upon which eight of t,he twelve (Including E, D. Hatch,Will iam AI. Drown nml O. B. Wlltbank) elected to leave the country bn tho ground* that tho Atlantic coast haul been declared toy tho Nicaraguan gov ernment to toe under martial law, and therefore they wero entitled to too tried anil prepared at the placo of their ar rest—Blueflelda. Tho others agreed to go to Minaoun to answer whatever charges might bo brought against tlum. Wo then naked for rime to wind up uur affairs, but tt wan ugreert by the attor ney general that three days should ba given us for that purptre, -After consid eration toy tho Nicaraguan officlntoi.how- ever, title conceuslon wan countenn-iml- ei! nnd ws were given one hour only to consult with our.people, end this had to toe done In writing with copying ink .— .. .. ,, y I,, gen toy the Nicaraguan Chicago. Sept 11.—William Kirtoy, a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy trail, manter. was tho first witness today Ir. the contempt case against Doha ot al. to even Indirectly connect any of the officers or directors at the American Railway Union with net- of violence committed during the strike. -Mr. Kirby took the atand early In the afternoon ntsslon. He related h'ow a train on which he was riding wna stopped, end continued: "I was seized toy two or three switch men whom I knew and told to get off the engine. .1 said to the men: ’’-to away and leave my alone; I am acting under orders of my superiors.’ To this they replied: ’We are acting umiar or ders. too.' When 1 asked them wtioee orjens they answered: ’Under Debs’ or- dsrs.’" On objcctibn of'counsel for the de fense, Judge Woods ruled: "I will ad mit the testimony, tout I .will say une quivocally that untats It Is toorne out by further evidence I will not consider it as detrimental to Mr. Debs' cans.’’ Judge Woods also said: “I am willing to state this much at the present stags of the cam-—that I will not bold theso defendant* responsible for acts commu ted toy their constituents while the de fendants were ln power, tven though they stood t»r a nd saw these thlngi done and did not Interfere, tout tonly for such as they themselves directly Instigated or took part In." CAPT. TURNER DEAD. Richmond, Bept. lL-CSpL John T. Tur ner, for ten years th* yardmaster of the Richmond and I’etiratour* railroad. In Manchester, fell from tbs top of a oar list night and received Injuries from which he died corlyt his morning. and government. At this timo we were ail rcnnllere und without extra clothes or bedding. This fact wj.i treated with perfect indifference by the Nloaraguan authorltPe. We wero taken to Mana gua. From this point we were sent to Punt.t Aronas. We have never been in formed at any charge or charges against us; in fact, wo are Just as well inform ed no when wo left Blucflelds.” 1 NEW YORK POPULISTS. Saratoga. N. Y., Sept. 11.—Dio Pop. iff hi: convention an it today and elected C. It. W-hKe of Millers Corners. On tario county, penm-aeient chairman. Thaddeus IJ. Wcckmun reported the 'pl.vtfurm prepared toy the commrtteo on resolution*, wtoich 'won adopted. The Platform reafllrm-# Thu cardinal doc trines of Popull.-mi as contained In the Onubi 'pla-th-rm of 1692. The nomtndgfoo uf v. ntate ticket wa* then prow led -with. Ctkirles B. M-it- •thuws of Buffalo toM nominated for governor by «oclint-u;Lon; Robert C- Howson of Penn You was nominated for for lieutenant governor und ThtiJ- tdeu* 11. Weckman of New York city, •was named for Judgu of tho court of appeals. ONE GERMAN LODGE OUT. ImHtoldpolls. Kept. llv-Ytoo first ef fect of Iho ktauil takes by tlie Knights of I’ylhluH In ri-gurd lo ili>- German ritual was felt last night, when Kcrner Lodge No. i) Voted unanimously to sur- reiiUrr Its ebafter. It had -.-.'a, meta- ir-rs. The liK-nibcrs then urganizi-d a benevolent order whtcli they named the "Indiana Zeituug Rood." It was one of the oldi-st and most Influential ..lodges In the state.