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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY.
Believed That the Critical Stage Has
Now Been Passed

Washington, April 24.-It can be stated
on authority that negotiations respecting
the American missionary claims are pro-
crossing in the most satisfactory manner.
in the view of the government. The de-
partment has received from MIR. Griscom,
the United States charge, q cablegram an
nouncing that the Porte has undertaken to
meet all of the engagements made with the
United States minister respecting the pay
ment Of the claims set up Oh account OF
the destruction Of the American mission
property in Turkey. 1t is not stated when
the payments will be made, and it is sur
missed that owing to the many obligations
of greater magnitude pressing upon the
Porte, some time may yet elapse before
the money is actually in hand.
The charge also confirmed the press re-
ports as to the publication by the Porte of
an trade authorizing the rebuilding of the
destroyed missions.
This action Of the Turkish authorities
is regarded as Of an importance far ex-
ceeding the mere payment of $4,000 on
account of property destroyed by a mob.
1t amounts to recognition of right of
missionaries to build their schools in
Turkey, and insure them against what
they regarded as a gradual but absolute
exclusion from the dOuIains of the Sui
tan. Under the Turkish law, buildings
DESTROYED under the conditions surround
ing those at harpoot can he reconstructed
only by special permission Of the Porte.
In the case of the Harpoot schools and
ROBBERS College, the applications have
been pending for several years before the
Porte, and several Americans have vain
ly tried to forward them.
Once all application went SO far that
it received the approval Of the Sultan,
but by some mysterious means it was
made way with by some one connected
with the Porte, and never having been
officially promulgated was, of course, of
no force.
On the whole, the officials here regard
Mr.. Grscom's cable az marking the safe
passage Of what might have been re-
garded as a critical point in the negotis'
tions, and feel confident that in addition
to this notable concession the United
States will secure all of their just claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
STATE NEWS.

G. H. Taylor has heen appointed post
master at Keeling, Pittsylvania county,
vice T. B. Stone, resigned.
A. E. White, proprietor Model Steam
Laundry, at Staunton, made an assign.
ment Monday; liabilities, 81, QUO.
George Williams, alias Tom Ghost, is
dead at Portsmouth, shot by another col
ored boy, Bill jenkins. Alleged cheating
at craps caused the murder.
Mr.. SeIigman Schwartz, of Richmond
died Monday, aged II. He was native
of Germany, but came to Virginia wher
quite young. He was once in business in
Rockbridge county for short while.
The barn of Mr.. William b. Huffman,
who lived about three miles South o
Luray, was destroyed 10y fire on last Mon
day morning. A large lot Of feed and
seven horses were destroyed. The build
ing was insured for $500, but there val
no insurance on the horses and feed.
One of Clark county's most distinguish
e. citizens, Mr.. Thomas Bnrwell Ran
d"lph, died Monday afternoon at Powha
tan, the summer home, near Millwood, ot
Mr. Peter Mayo, of Richmond, Va, aged
81. The cause Of his death was hemor'
rhage of the brain. Mr.. RandOlp ph be-
longed to the illustrious family of Vir.
ginia Randolphs.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
BUTTE'S DEADLY MALADY.
People Stricken BY Hundreds With A
Sort of Plague.

Butte, Mont, April 22.-A strange
malady, which the Health Board believes
is new form Of pneumonia, but which
the panic'stricken persons of this city call
plague, has killed more than $50 persons
since the middle of March.
There are now 250 i'll with the disease,
which has proved fatal in nearly every in
stance. Those who are able are fleeing
from the city.
Death ensues within four days after the
attack, and in the majority of cases much
sooner than that. Many have died within
"a hours, and the average is within three
days. Bodies of the victims turn black
almost immediately after death.
Hospitals are crowded to oveThOwing.
There is a great lack of nurses, although
many have been brought TO Butte from
other places. Physicians are working day
and night, and are almost exhausted
Funerals crowd the streets Ut the city.
In the Sisters Hospital A out of 4S
cases proved fatal, and the other hospitals
report the same alarming per centage.
William Dixon, son of former Congress
man Dixon, was one of the first TO sue
cumb. Richard Trembath, one of the
editors of the Inter Mountain, died within
"a hours, and his mother, who was strick-
en- with him while nursing, died in two
days.
Among the other victims are Hay z.
Lee, prominent mining authority, OF
Denver; j. A. Adams, Colorado capital
ist; J. P. O'Brien, a newspaper writer from
Philadelphia, and j. p. Powers, of Virgin
ia City.
The lungs are apparently the first af'
fected. There are frightful pains in the
head, and great difficulty in respiration
Then the heart is attacked, and death fol-
lows quickly.
Most persons in Butte are convinced
that the disease is a form of plague brought
from the Philippines by returning soldiers
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26

lately occurred is attributed to the compe'
tition of two great japanese emigration
societies, and laborers are said to have
been deluded with stories of untold op-
portunlties for work at great wages. Ihe
japanese governments action is based on
a desire to protect its people. 1t is said,
he wever, that the government would never
contemplate with eQuanimity legislation by
the United States directed exclusively
against Japanese immigration, and such
discrimination would have most disastrous
effects upon the large and growing trade
between the United States and Japan.
The position of the Japanese government
upon that point is that the japanese emf
grant is not for a moment to be classed
with the Chinese coole, and is in fact of
better character and more desirable than
large number Of immigrants that reach the
United States, while as to numbers, it Is
asserted that the entire Japanese immigra-
ton into the United States appears incon-
ouential when compared with the figures
showing the immigration of laborers OF
like class at the Atlantic seaports.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
THE PLAGUE IN MANILA.
Market a Source of Infection and Will be
Burned

Manila, April 22.-The sudden deaths
of Filipinos and Cinnamon in Quiapo
market have led to an investigation, show
ing that fifteen cases of the plague, four
teen of which were fatal, have occurred
within a week.
The market is located in the center ol
the city. In black, rotten, wooden build
jngs the keepers of the stalls live there
with their families, huddled together in
great filth. Some of the victims were
stricken and died within an hour. There
have been several deaths in other sections
of the city, recently, which have been
traced TO infection from the market.
After all the market people had gather
ed together today, the health officers threw
a guard around the buildings, and viii
keep the inmates quarantined there for
fortnight. They will then burn the market
The total number of bubonic deaths are
119 Cinnamon and 66 Filipinos. The
plague elsewhere has been suppressed
Not one infected person has been In the
Chinese district for ten days past.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
S. W. VIRGINIA
LOCAL ITEMS.
WHAT HAS RECENTLY TRANSFERRED
IN THE COUNTIES OF THIS
SECTION.

Mr. Frank p. Harman, Purchasing
Agent of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
Company has rendered his resignation to
take effect the 30th inst
The boiler makers employed in the Nor
folk and Western shops, at Roanoke, went
out on a strike on Wednesday of last week.
The trouble was settled to the satisfaction
of all parties and the men returned to
work on Monday morning.
Robert Moore, while cutting timber for
tan bark, was instantly killed near Big
Stone Gap on last Friday afternoon. A
tree fell on him, crushing him to death.
He was about thirty.fve years old and un'
married. During the late war with Spain
he served in the United States Army and
was wounded at the battle of San Juan
Hill. He had been discharged from the
army and was drawing a pension at the
time of his death.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Martin Mschine is opposed to the
election of U. S. Senators by the people.
50 is Clark, of Mon ana.
Mr.. Bryan denies that he is in i'll or fail
ing health. His case is one which proves
conclusively that person cannot talk
themselves to death.
The bubonic plague now prevalent at
Manila seems to be killing Cinnamon and
Fiiipinos and not the Americans. This
looks like the natives do not stand the
climate as we'll as do the whites.
A Richmond correspondent of the Roam
oke World says that at the State Demo
cratic convention "An interesting. if not
bitter fight, will be against the selection OF
Senator Martin as one of the delegates at
large to the National Convention"
If there is anything that can or will
bring Senator Hoar to his senses it Is the
slobbering of the Democrats over him.
Praise from Democratic, partisan news
paper ought to convince any Republican,
who receives it, that be is on the wrong
road.
Now comes the news that Admiral Dew.
ey is to take the stump, and is making
plans for a campaign through the South
and West. He will find that the feat OF
walking on a stump is more difficult, If not
as dangerous, than standing on the bridge
of battleship.
The Richmond News says: "The DEM
ocrats of Kentucky seem to be proceeding
on the line that the only safe place for the
Republicans is in jail" They seem to be
proceeding on the line that the safety OF
the Democrats depends upon putting the
Republicans in the place where the Goe-
bel Democrats ought to be, in the peni'
Tertiary. This is not the first time the
real cuprits have escaped by crying, stop
thiefw
The Dwight Cotton Mills, of Alabama
City, Ala, on the 2lnd inst, made ship
ment of seventeen car loads of cotton
cloth TO different points in China. This
is the largest foreign shipment Of cotton
cloth ever made from the South. Of
course the policy Of the present Admins
tration in the Orient has had nothing to
do with bringing about such commercial
relations with China.
Our contemporary, the Lynchburg
News is changing its position as to the
reasons why constitutional convention
should be held. The first reason 1t as
signed as a necessity for such convention
WAS to relieve the State from an Office
holding despotism. Now 1t says: There
ls one consideration alone that ought to
be sufficient to induce every patriotic Vir'
pinisn to favor the call for convention.
Ii cannot be dem 4 that corrupt political
methods have been widely prscticed IN
this State" 1t is only recently that most
of the Democratic newspapers have bern
admitting that corrupt election methods
have been widely praciced in Virginia;
and we fear the admission is nov made
not in the interest Of purity OF elections,
but from fear that their continued prac'
tice will eventually destroy the Democratic
party. We also fear that all the anxiety
expressed for a new constitution is 10
maintain Democratic supremacy. rather
than for the welfare If the people Of the
State.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26

courtroom few minutes after it had re-
tired, it was at once known verdict had
been reached, and an acquittal was looked
for. There was no demonstration, how
ever, until Special Judge Herndon, who
had been designated by Judge Cantrill to
receive the verdict, said
Gentlemen of the jury, have you made
a verdict ?"
"We have" responded one of the jury
men, at the same time handing a slip of
paper to Sheriff Suter.
Circuit Clerk Ford had not finished
reading the verdict, which read : eve,
the jury, find the defendant not guilty" "
till the crowd in the courtroom, catching
the import of it, broke into wild cheers.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
BOERS CONTEST
EVERY STEP.
Long Range Fighting Near DeWetS
DOrp.
METHUEN ALSO ENGAGED.
General RundIe'S Force in Action Both
on Friday and Saturday-The British
Casualties Said TO HaYe Been Light.

Bloemfontein, April N.-Continulng
their march on Friday, Generals Cherm'
side and Runde came into contact with
the Beers near Dewets Dorp at noon.
The fighting continued until dark, and
was principally carried on by the artillery
which temporarily silenced two of the
BOer guns.
Bloemfontein, April 81. The British
command the hills for miles around the
Beers, who are reported to hold strong
positions, but are probably retiring.
The casualties on the British side were
slight and most of them occurred among
the yeomanry and mounted infantry
The firing was at long range. None OF
the British troops were killed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
COLS0N NOT GUILTY.
The Slayer of Scott and Demaree Walks
Forth Free Man.

Frankfort, KY, April 2l.-David q
Colson. ex.Uongressman and Colonel of
the Fourth Regiment, Kentucky Volun'
teer Infantry, in the Spanish War; and on
trial here for four days past charged with
murder, was acquitted this evening. The
verdict was returned by the jury at 627,
after being out only seventeen minutes.
The verdict had been generally anlicipat'
ed till the last minute of the trial of the
case. Commonwealth Attorney Frank
lin closed the argument for the prosecu-
ton with a speech which was pronounced
the supreme effoit of his life, and its eff, CT
on the jury occasioned fear among Colonel
Colson's irie ids TIL the verdict vas re-
turned. When the jmy filed into the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
Japan CHECKS EMIGRATION.
Would Not Relish Legislation by the
United States.

Washington, April 23.-InfOrmatlon has
reached Washington to the effect that the
Japanese government itself and without
waiting the request from the United States
is about to take steps to restrict the emil
grafton of japanese coolies to the United
States.
II is asserted that there are really not
more than 1900 or 10000 japanese
within the limits of the United States out
side of Hawaii. Sucl emigration as has
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
METHURN's MEN IN A FIGHT.

Boshof, Orange Free State, April 2l.-
At midday yesterday General Metein
was ordered to return to Boshof. 1t Is
extended over six miles. The escort
took up position on hill commanding
the road just in the nick of time, as a
force of 1000 Beers with two guns and a
pompom suddenly appeared in the vlclnl-
tv and opened a very heavy fire. The
British, however, held them in check un'
til the column reached point of safety,
when they retired The British had sew
eral casualties. The. Beers must have
suffered considerably, as they once ad-
vanced to within three hundred yards OF
the hill, whence a concealed detachment
of the British opened heavy fusllade on
them.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
A Horrible Outbreak.

"Of large sores on my little daughters
head developed into a case Of scald head
writes G.. ID. Isbll OF Morganton, Tenn,
but Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely
cured her. It's guaranteed cure fol
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum, Pimples
Sores, Ulcers and Piles. Only 25c at JOHN
E. JACKSON, Druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
Card of Thanks.

We take this method of expressing our
most sincere thanks and profound graft
tude to our neighbors and friends for the
great kindness and sympathy shown to us
during the sickness, and death of our little
Annie Lee, and our sincere prayer and
wish is, that Gods richest blessings may
rest upon each and all OF you.
Very gratefully and sincerely.
J. II. STUART AND FAMILY.
April "a, 1900.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
Varnish Makes Oevos's Varnish
April "a, 1900

Floor Paint cost Sc. more quart; makes
it look brighter and wear fully twice as
long as cheaper floor paints. Sold by
John Z. Jackson, the druggist,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
HOW BoER REPORTS PUT 1T.

Kimberly, April 2l.-Boer official no
tices have been found placarded at Camp
bell and elsewhere saying that in the re-
cent battles the Beers captured l3,OOO
troops. IS cannon aud 800 wagons, and
setting forth that the burghers were full
of valor, that the outlook was bright, and
saving confirmation had been received
of the report that Russia had invaded
India with two and a.half million men.
Another official Boer notice appoints
General LisbenbuIg to command Grl'
oualand. West and warns all bnrghers to
Join under penalty of punishment in ac'
cordance with the martial law OF the
Free State.
London, April 81. A letter from a
nurse in the hospital at Cape Town cor
roborates an unpleasant feature of the
war. The writer says the medical officers
for sanitary reasons forced number OF
the Boer prisoners to bathe in the river
behind the hospital Two of them abso'
utely refused to strip, and when forced
to do SO, it was found they were women
in mems clothes.
The writer adds Quite number OF
the dead on battlefelds have been found
to be women similarly disguised, and,
worse than all, it has often been these
women who have been guilty of atrocl'
ties, such as killing the wounded"
RUMBLE ENGAGED AGAIN.
London, April 2l.-6:lS P. M.-The
War Office has received the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts
"Bloemfontein, April 2l.-Rundle's
force came in contact with the enemy
Yesterday four miles southwest of De-
vets Dorp. They occupied strong po'
sitions covering the town. The yeoman'
ry and mounted infantry seized another
poei ion, which enabled Rumble to keep
the enemy off and occupy the high
ground the enemy had been holding
Bundle advanced this morning early,
and is now engaging with the enemy.
Our casualties yesterday were two men
severely wounded and Lieutenant OCon-
ner and seven men slightly wounded"
Pretoria. April 2l.--President Kruger
has received through President Steyn an
official report rent General Dewet under
date of April 20, to the effect that the
latter still surrounds General Brabant's
Colonials at Wepener, and that he has
captured eleven persons, including the
chief artillery officer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
HONOR ROLL.

Third and Fourth Grades-Peery Ham
kns, Flora Baylor and Louise Higgin'
botham.
Fifth Grade-Mabe Mays and Jerusha
Lester.
High School Department Bessie
Peery, Carrie Mcclure. Mamie Higgin-
botham, Nora Whitaker, Pearl Nc
Guire, Stella Steele and Chapman Wlngo.
2. X. ALLEN,
Principal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
OUAY'S CLAIMS
ARE REJECTED.
He is Denied the Right to a Seat in the
United States Senate.
BEATEN BY ONE VOTE.
Brilliant Argument of SpOOner and Fiery
ElOquence If Daniel Heard in Favor
of Admitting the Pennsylvania.

vi
Washington, April 24.-Hon. Matthew
S. Quay was today refused seat in the
United States Senate on the appointment
of the governor of Pennsylvania by vote
of SO to 80. The galleries were thronged
with multitudes, while other mutitudes
were unable to gain admission. On the
floor of the Senate WAS every member oil
the body now in the city, and scores OF
members of the House of Representatives.
The great throng paid deep attention to
the brilliant argument of Mr.. Spooner in
favor of seating the former Senator, and to
the Democratic and fiery eloquence OF
MIR. Daniel, of Virginia, who appealed to
his colleagues to do what, on his oath as
Senator, he deemed right, and to vote to
do Justice to him who was knocking at the
Senate doors. Mr.. Daniel concluded ten
minutes before the hour fixed tor the vot'
ing to begin.
The excitement in the Senate by this
time was intense There was hush IN
the chamber as Mr.. Frye, in the chair, an
nounced at 4 O'Clock that the hour for the
final vote had arrived, and that the ques-
ton was the pending motion of MIR.
Chandler to strike out the resolution de-
clarine Mr.. Quay not to be entitled toa
seat the word "not" Amid suppressed
excitement Mr.. Chandler demanded the
yeas and nays, and the secretary Of the
Senate began to call the roll.
THE VOTING BEGUN.
At 4 o'clock the chair announced the
hour of voting had arrived, and the
pending question as Mr.. Chambers mo-
ton to strike out the committee reso'
luton declaring that Mr.. Quay was not
entitled to a seat in the Senate, the word
mot" Mr.. Chandler asked for the yeas
and nays.
The motion was defeated, as follows
Yeas-Allison Baker, Carter, Chand-
Ter, Clark, of Wyoming; Cullom, Dan
iel, Davis, Deboe, Foraker, Frye, Gear,
Hansbrough, Jones, Of Nevada, Nc
Comas, McLaurn, Mason, Morgan, Mel
son, Penrose, Platt, Of New York; Scott,
Sewell, Shou?, Spooner, Stewart, Suli'
van. Taliaferro. Warren, Wetmore, VOL
cott-32.
Nays--Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate, Ber'
ry, Butler, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson,
Hale, Harris, Heitfeld, Hawley, Jones,
of Arkansas; Lindsey, Mcbride. Nc
Cuber, McEnery, Mcmillan, Martin.
Money, Platt, of Connecticut; Proc
tor, Quarles, Ross, Simon, Teller, Till
man, Turley, Turner, Vest, Yelling
ton-33.
Pairs were announced as follows, the
first. in each instance being IA
vorable TO Mr.. Quay and the second OPP
posed to him Pritchard with Galin-
ger; Depew with Hanna; Foster with
Kean; Lodge with Thurston; Kenny
with CafIery; ElkIns with Chiffon;
Fairbanks with Mallory; Hoar with Pet
tus; Kyle with Rawllns.
The following Senators were impaired ::
Aldrich, Beveridge, Clark, Of Montana,
and Pettigrew.
The question then recurred to the orlgl'
nal resolution and it was adopted by a
vote of SO to 80, the former vote being
exactly reversed on this question. Thus
Mr.. Quay was denied seat in the SEN
ate on the appointment Of Governor
Stone.
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Cedar Bluff High School.

This report covers both seventh and
eighth months. Honor roll includes Du-
pills who have neither been absent nor
tardy and who deserve special mention
in department and class work done.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26

President Mckinley is nov at Canton
Ohio, but will return to Washington to-
day.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-26
CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE,
LAWYERS,
TaEsVell, Virginia.

CouKrs:-Tazewell and Russell counties,
Va, Court of Appeals at Wytheville, Va,
and Circuit Court of Mcdowell county, W.
Va. Loans negotiated on personal or rea
estate security. and for this purpose titles
examined aud reported upon.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-05
TIIE BoARD or HEALTH.

Six cellars in BoSart's row on Craw-
ford street will have to be filed Up
within 80 days to ahate a nuisance. THIS
wac decided upon last night 1T meet
ing OF the Board OF Health. y repor,
as to the condition of the Bogart pro-
perty was made by the Sanitary In
spector last week. and the cellars were
said To be full Of water.
Tho board VIII communicate with the
C!iy Council requesting that the buck
stel5 market be put in better condl-
zion on account Of broken pavements.
Sanitary Inspector Murden reported
four nuisances abatcd and one una
bated. The annual sanitary inspection
is preceding rapidly. 3,565 lots having
been visited. leaving a part OF the Fifth
Ward uninHpsct e1. The CITY Is IN good
sanitary condition. five cases of measles
being the only contagious disease ex-
isting
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-05
MUSICAL AND LITERARY.

vii be given at the residence of Miss
Nettie Noel In Randolph street Thurs
day night.
Some of the best local talent has been
secured and n most excellent program
has been arranged for the occasion.
Among those who will take part will
be Mrs. Etheridge, Miss Flo. Martin,
Mrs. Christine King. Miss Maggie Cas-
kins and MIR. Wamslcy. The entertain
ment is given under the auspices Of the
Epworth League OF Wright Memorial
Church.
Cake and cream VIII he served at the
conclusion of the exercises.