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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29

Kansas City, Sept. 29'-Presl-
DENTAL Candidate BRYAN is now
sneedlng on his way through inc
West. His speeches Of yeterda' al
nix Point and Mitchell! were wei
received and brought forth hearty
cheers from the large crowds tna'
stood around the tram rags
were floating everywhere and Inc
notriotism exhibited by the peo-
nle along the route showed tnc
growing prYAn sen menu. 49,,
He paid spe,i Il attention 10 tnO
hank question. saying that uhuer
the Republican system the ban rs
we're to receive the interest and
the people atlargo to pay II. -,
Mr.. Bryan also tooN up 'Da
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
MEN
CAPTURED.
We're Under Command Of Capt.
Shields, a Mississippian.

Washington, Sept. 3O.-Reports
from Manila state that Capt. Der
vean Shields and ffty-ono men OF
his company have been captured
or killed in Island Marinduqne,
lyiug south of Luzon about zoo
miles from Manila. Logan has
been ordered to the island to lc.
cate the whereabouts of Shields
and his men.
Capt. Shields was Lieutenant
Colonel of the Second Mississippi
during the Spanish war, After
the war he Joined the 29th intah'
try at Ft. Mcpherson and was
made Captain July 9Th, just be-
fore sailing for Manila. his home
is at Natchez, where his wife now
lives.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
Items Of interest
From Busy RoscdaIe'

Hon. Walter Siller5 and family have
returned from Chicago. Hon. Charles
Scott returned last week from his west
ern tour, accompanied by his daugn-
ters. Misses Neal and Charley Scott
MIR. and Mrs. w. A. Shelby and MISS
nellie Mcclure are welcomed home
from Chicago.-A. \. Scott left Friday
f,r New York.-Miss Ruth Bensit, OF
Memphis will be the guest OF Mrs
ShacklefoTa the coming week. - Mrs
A. J. Nugent. Of Benoit, is visiting hfr
ssisters ! Mrs. sssllers: Miss Annie jones
ieft sS,.day to. Quo t11a 4 a! Aesti- s
tate atsMesnplli X q
S. oven Is al honI from CAicagc.F =
Percy Basaf has 1rebdrned from ST.
I,oais-Mr. and Mrs. Shackleford re-
tnrnea Sunday from Kentuciy.-Sena'
tor and Mrs. e. II. Moore are home
from New York. -RosedaIe high schoo
has opened.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29

Miss Maud Abbott, who was last season
with Viola Allen in "The Clristian;"
Miss Mathilde Wefiiing. who playeo the
.tAdyennlress, y With Tin Murphy IN
,.The Carpet Bigger": Miss Katha iie
Dooiing, who has for the past two se'ls-
ons been creating the seubretta roles
ia nearly ali the New York produce
tions: Miss Fannie Barry Spragne,
daughter Of the famous Helen Barry, q
the Boston Theatre and one Ofthe most
powerful actresses on the stage today,
George B. Miller, who has been TOR the
three seasons playing leading heayies
in Charles Frohnan $ productlops'@seo'
r. Sptague, the well-known character
actor, Who has been in nearly all Of
w. "a. Brady 5 productions; John Cum
|berland was last season with .hlcnard
Mansfield in ''cyraDo dc Bergerac'and
Marcus Moriarty stage manager for,two
seasons with Julia Arthur. This Is
one Of the strongest companies travei-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
Whitfield's Circular.

State Superintendent Whitfield
is sending out the following clrcu-
lar:
"To the County Superintendents o1
Education and Secretaries OF Sepa'
rate School Districts:
.tThe resolution passed by The
hoard of education September 70,
to the effect that to achers OF sepa'
rate school districts were disquall-
fed as members of county text
book commlttees, has been re-
scinded."
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
Beneath the Spires
Of Many Temples,

There will be services at all the
churches In the city today. The wealth
er prophet has promised fair. plea
ant day aud the congregations in at
tendance should be large. All OF o'r
beloved ministers have returned from
their summer vacations, and enter upon
their pastoral work with renewed zeal
and earnestness. The music BY the
different choirs is always good. Every
one should attend some service. Be-
low we give tho announcements OF the
churches.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
CAUGHT BETWEEN
MOVING CARS
Street Car Conductor SeverIy
Injured.

Mr.. Campbell, one of the conductors
on the city street car line, suffered q
severe and painful accident at the
car sheds Thursday morning. While
standing on the track, behind his car,
connecting the trolley pole to the wire
in some unaccountable way car behind
broke loose and started toward him.
Before he was aware of it he was
caught between the two cars and one
of his legs very badly jammed. He
will be disabled for some time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
THE GERMAN IDEA
MAY BE OPTED.
Propositiun Gaining Favor Among the Powers
and a Settlement of the Chinese Trouble
Is Now in Sight

" ashIu5ton, Sept. 20. The
alignment Of the powers on the
German proposition to mike tho
punishment Of the Chinese ring
leaders a condition precedent 10
negotiations may now Be stated as
follows:
Great Britain, Russia and
France stand with the United
States is regarding tlis PROPOSE
ticp as inexpedient. Japan occn-
pies d middle attitude. She Is
willing to follow Germany's lead,
|it all the other powers are agree
able, but only for the sake Of pre-.
serving harmony among the pow-
ers, and not from o belief IN the
wisdom Of the German proposition.
Austria and Italy stand shoulder
to shoulder with Germany making
the Dreibund to head front The
first named two powers 40 hot Att
tempt to argue the herman prop.
ositiun. and their answers make Il
apparent that they have accepted
|sit without much consideration.
Nothing Is known hers officially
of the alternative proposition
which is reported tobe preparing
In Europe. If it contains tte
same feature as to prior punish
ment as the original proposition "
fjs not likely to receive approval
here.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29

stockholders of the company, but
will in no wav effect the busi-
ness of the concern, as the usual
routine was resumed Thursday
morning, and all orders were filled
promptly, Just as though nothing
had happened.
The building burned was a cor
rugated iron structure.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
THE GRAND
PLAY HOUSE,
Season Opens Well and Other
Attractions Are Booked.

The theatrical season has now opened
in earnest. Mr.. March, the clever and
obliging manager Of the opera house,
has booked about seventy shows for
the season. There is not company
on the road that cannot be staged here,
and many of the largest and best COM
panies travelling have engagements at
the Grand.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
A Poor Relation.

Frank Keenan,, who will appear here
next Thursday night in Sol Smith
Russell great play, "a Poor Relation"
is supported by one Of the most evenly
balanced and finest supporting compa.
nies seldom seen outside of New York.
The company includes such names as:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
State University.

Oxford, Sept. 3O.-The Unlyer-
sity has almost completed their
new department of civil and elec.
trlc engineering. Prof. Douglass
Anderson, of Tulane University,
will have charge this year.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
Notice 10 Stockholders.

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Greenville Opera House
Association viii be held at the Opera
House next, Monday, October ist 1900,
at D. M Election Of Board Of Direc-
tors. ~ HOLLAND 0eo'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
YER COMPANY
\ BY FIRE.
warehouse Destroyed and the Loss Will
A,nroximate $3O,OOO.OO, With Very
Little Insurance.

II warehouse standing at
ssst corner of the main
a The Goyer Company's
grocery was almost to-
troyed by fire on last
by night
,Lout $50 o'clock in the
when The fire was discov-
The blaze had gained
avsy when the fire de-
arrived that the burning
vas soon abandoned and
sn turned their attention
saying the main building
Hal other warehouses in
hiding was filled with cot
ling and other inaamable
4 and made one OF the
. Land warmest fires ever
treenyille.
Eemen worked heroically,
fearlessly into the flames
hing with all their strength
Ethe ravishing fire. -Four
We're kept up for hours
In when the worst was
bboys did not cease their
J.
N Taylor, the manager OF
bsny, estimates the loss at
but several days time
consumed in arriving at
Bite figures. Very little
d from the building, and
K was only insured for
Ihich loss is sustained by
es represented by II. L.
Isurauce agent of this city.
who are in charge OF the
departments of the Dusl-
. no idea of the origin of
] 1t was we'll under way
covered and the cause OF
ger will probably never be
Dors Of the building were
intervals during the day
rye crowd of culored eX-
It's from Natchcz were
D tho vicinity and loung
he platforms, Some Of
has been suggested, might
rown a lighted cigar or
'through u crack in the
r carelessIy into waste
, shayiugs. This might
for hours before
the contents of the build
we heard it stated that a
utes before the fire an en-
sed the building throwing
, sparks, SO 1t might have
rom this. And yet some
have fred it.
'ss IS q heavy one to the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
st. James Episcopal.

Rev. Quincy Ewing will take as his
text for this morning service Judges iv:
17-sond verses. The Rector would like
to meet at Sunday school this morning,
all members of the class in Christian
Ethics,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29

onr vouno amatuers who presented
sRev Dicltn at the Opera House Aug
,,st soth. played at Lake Providence,
f,a.. four nights last week, pleasing
large audiences,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29

PekiD, sepl. 90 Tbe Manchu
assassin Of Baron Won Kettler has
been tried by court martial and
found guilty The sentence will
he pronounced later.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29

Services at II a IN. and 1880 p. m.
Sunday school $3.50 a. M, Samuel
Br wn. superintendent.
Mid-week meeting Wednesday 7:3o
p. N.
JOHN W. PRIMROSE, D. D., Pastor.
Baptist.
Rev. VIM. Burr, pastor, text our
Savior's present activities for his peo-
pie. . for morning service. The text
for NIGHT service will will be announced
at the close of the morning service.
Methodist.
Rev. B. c. Trigg who is in the city,
will preach in Rev. J. Z. Thomas place
Mt the Methodist church at the morn
ing and night services.
Day of Atonement.
The Day OF Atonement, the greatest
of the Jewish holy days, begins on
Tuesday night, Oct End, lasting until
sunset on Wednesday. There will be
services in the Synagogue OF the he
brew Union. beginning on Tuesday eve
ming at 7:3O O'Clock, and on Wednesday
morning as 10 o'clock. Memorial ser
vices for the departed will be held OF
Wednesday at u o'clock noon.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-29
STRIKE MAY
BE SETTLED.
Price of Coal Has Declined One
Dollar Per Ton.

Philadelphia, Sept. aO.-Ihe
great coal strike in the Anthracite
region is now thought to be p rae,
tically settled. The advance agreed
on will be satisfactory to the strlk-
ers. 1t is claimed that Mark
Hanna is the power behind the
settlement. The advance to be
made will be about 10 per cent
New York, Sept. 29.-Anthra-
dite coal was quoted one dollar per
ton cheaper today than 1t was Two
davs ago. This is taken as an IN
J,cation that the railroads and
others with stocks OF coal on n
hand regard an early settlement OF
the miners strike Us probable
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.
Say not, the struggle naught availeth,
The labor and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not, nor faileth,
And as things have been they re-
main.
If hopes were dupes, fears may be
iiars:
1t may be, in yon smoke concealed.
Your comrades chase cen now the fly
ers.
And, but for you, possess the field.
For while the tired waves. vainly
breaking.
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets
making.
Comes silent. flooding in. the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes. comes in the
light,
In front. the sun climbs slow. how
slowly.
But westward. look, the land is
bright.
Arthur Hugh Clough.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
SANS POWERFUL NEW GUN.

of dynamite i've the shore, und .
cover of night. The noise of its ca,
p%losions was terrifying, but it is not
recorded that any damage was done.
Then long before there was the Pa
linski gun. the invention of an Amer
lean army officer, which finally was
placed in position in one of the fort
of New York Bay. There were great
air compressors on each side of 1t. and
the gun itself was long, clumsy and
unwieldly. But as the pioneer Of a
type it Is entitled to remembrance.
With the addition of Gathmann guns
the defenses of American harbors will
take a long stride toward impregna-
bility. Most American seaports are
already we'll protected, the Delaware
being particularly provided with pro-
lection in the shape of three ten-inch-
gunf, mounted on disappearing car
riages at Fort Delaware. Unfortunate
ly the ar~tillerymen are mostly absent
from the country on duty as soldiers
in the Philippines, Cuba and now in
China. Many Of the siege guns have
likewise been taken abroad. Thus the
men, instead of learning how to man
and work the ten-inch rifles. as they
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

my's shots. But in practice they are
rarely hit, when mounted in fortitica-
ions and properly masked. Moreover
the effectiveness of a gun mounted in
a fixed position is generally calculated
at six times that of one on a moving
platform, such as the deck of a bat
tleship. When target and gun are
both in motion the chances of an eff
fective shot rapidly diminish-when
only the target Is in motion the
chances of a shot striking home are
at one multiplied. With a gun firing
a charge of guncotton, the element of
accuracy is vastly increased by reason
of the fact that no penetration is
needed-the projectile doing it's work
by the explosion of it's charge. A low
speed, just about sufficient to reach
the target, is best.
Guns firing projectiles charged with
high explosives are by no means new
ideas. but heretofore their propelling
force has been compressed air and
their radius of action very small. The
most familiar type is that of the We
%suvius, which was in action at San
tiago, and ~"coughed" great quantities
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
General Fitzhugh Lee.

Fitzhugh Lee, a Virginian, 65 years
old, graduated from West Point in
1856. In 1861 he resigned from the
United States service, being at the time
cavalry instructor at West Point, and
entered the confederate army. In 1861
ne was a lieutenant colonel; IN July,
1862, he was made a brigadier general,
and In the following year a major gem
eral. At the battle of Winchester he
mad three horses shot under him, and
was dangerously wounded. After the
war ne remained in retirement for sew
eral years. In 1875 he delivered an adj
dress at the celebration of the Bunker
Hill centennial which was one of the
earliest efforts of the leading men on
either side to lay aside the irritating
memories of the lost cause and unite
he whole country in the bonds of ma
tional union. Gen. Lee was elected
governor CT Virginia MISS, and serv-
ed until 1890, when a constitutional
provision prevented his further re-
election. President Cleveland sent him
10 Havana in 1895 to fill the extremely
important Office Of consul general.
What he has done since that time is
a matter OF contemporary history
Chicago Tribune.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
PRAY WHILE FIGHTING.
Beers Are Exemplary Men as Well IA
Good Soldiers.

Beers Are Exemplary Men as Well as
Good Soldiers.
The Boer army is the most interest
ing body of men l have ever seen,
There are two classes in 1.-THE old
Beers and the young Beers. The Beers
are essentially farmers, and long to
get home to their fraus and their chill
dren. The young Beers are aspiring
fellows, and have lots of fight in them
as well as enterprise. They are afraid
now that if England wins she will con-
fiscate their farms, or make taxes SO
heavy that 1t will be impossible for
them to live any longer in the Trans
vaal. Many of the young Beers tell
that If England wins they will turn
their faces 70 America and try life out
on our western farms. They would
make fine Americans. They are the
cleanest, heartiest, most whole-soule1
fellows n could anywhere meet. No
profanity, or gambling, or question
able stories are ever known. around
the Boer camp fires, and in fighting
line, or on the long trek, OR in the
barrsek-room, l never heard complaint
Of any kind. These men are forging
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
Unnaturalized Englishman's Greed.

The frugality of an unnaturalizad
foreigner living at H~ackensack, N. r.,
caused his deportation to England the
other day and put him to double the
expense he wished to save. Joseph
Jones, an Englishman, lived at Hack
ensack for ten years without getting
his papers. Recently he heard that an
inheritance of $4,000 awaited him in
England. He sailed over and got the
money. He sent all of it to his wife,
except barely enough to carry him
back across the Atlantic. When he
arrived pennies at New York, the au-
thorities laughed at his story of for
tune and promptly sent him back to
England. Now he will have to writ
to America for the money and do ii
all over again.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
THE CHINAMAN'S INFERENCE

The Chinese in Australia would, as
a rule, probably have something to
say about outlanders' grievances. Still,
in the eyes of the law, they are tpeat-
ed as the white mans equal. and the
greatest severity is shown to those
who ill-rse them. This is exemplifed
by a case that was tried some time e
by a magistrate sitting in an up
country township near Brisbane. The
accused, Scot by birth, was a prosper
ous hotel keeper. In 1879 he had been
ole OF d party. Of excursionists who
had visited Hawarden and been priv
LEGGED to witness Mr.. Gladstone fell a
lime tree. He was fortunate enough to
secure a good-sized chip. which he aft
erwards treasured up as one of his
most sacred possessions. When he en-
igrafed to Queensland and became a
fourishing inn-keeper the chip was
kept on the mantel-piece of his sitting
room. and was regarded by him with
much the same feelings as the Luck
Of Eden Hall is by the ancient family
who own that fatal glass. One day.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
A Youthful Scout.

The Natal Mercury tells the follow
ing about a lad of 16, who is an imme-
date relative of George Biddington, OF
st. John, N. B.: Probably the young
est volunteer now serving his country
at the front is Trooper Stephen Louis
Biddington. He was engaged in the
Dundee branch of the Natal Bank, and
on the outbreak of the war was trans.
ferred to the city branch, but resigned
his position to join F. Squadron OF
Colonial Scouts, for which his physique
and bearing made him readily accept,
able, although short of the prescribed
age. He is the eldest son of the popu-
lar stationmaster Of Dundee, who was
himself present at the battle of Dun
dee, where he rendered valuable and
a~ppreciative service to the artillery"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17

Reviewing the work of the ield guns
in South Africa, the Engineer says:
The more we test it the more satisfied
we become that little real effect is pro-
duced by a field gun at ranges over
5000 yards. 1t is indeed conceivable
that if we could ignore moral effect
it might pay to draw the enemy fire at
long ranges and thus waste ammuni-
ton previous to a fierce attack at real
fighting ranges. Experience, we be-
lieve. however, teaches that this al
not be done without serious moral loss.
The impression is produced that our
guns are inferior to those of the eneply,
that they can fire on us when We cali
no reply and confidence in our own
fire is destroyed. Confidence is. after
all, the principal thing. Marmont used
to say that a battle was won not by the
number of men killed, but by the num-
Der of men frightened, and it has been
laid down that some troops are stopped
by a loss of 10 per cent, some 20, and
all by about so per cent" There are
exceptions to this rule. as experience
shows.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
is sent on it's ~errand-and the work is

is sent on it's errand-and the work is
over.
Six hundred pounds of guncotton
bursting upon or even alongside of a
warship would almost inevitably put
it out of action. But guns and gun
ners are by no mean infallible-the
gun may miss or not fire true, or the
charge fail to explode. Here comes
another provision. Dependence is not
placed upon one alone-there are
to be many such in position in every
harbor, The same contact which no.
titles the crew of one gun of the pres
ence and location of an enemy can as
easily notify several or a hundred.
There may be a rain of shells upon
the ship, but one striking and eX-
ploding will be sufficient.
Taking Fort Delaware, for illustra-
ton, standing at the head of the bay
and at the entrance of the river, an
area of twelve miles in radius would
be dominated by such a gun placed
there. That is to say, that for a dis
lance Vi lW6lNe HllltS ~ lIo olSAlllA6
course an enemy's ships would be con-
| stantly subject to bombardment by
high explosive shells. If at extreme
range the shells were to miss the tar
get every foot the ship advanced near
er the fort would make its danger
greater. It's chances of safety would
be still poor if by any means 1t actual
Y did pass the forts. For another
twelve miles it would continue to be
in danger-and all this upon the sup
position that out one such gun were
mounted to Cypress it. There might
be many guns hidden along the shore
or placed upon islands, every n of
which would infinitely a%ggravate the
danger to a hostile ship.
Only once before in the history of
American ornaments has there been
an attempt to build e~ighteen-inch
guns. More exactly such guns were
built, but were found unserviceable.
The former guns were cast solid, after
the old fashion of making such wea-
pons, and then bored out. The great
l. Weight VI IlSldl at the muZZle caused
the guns to sag and lose their shane.
For years there was a tendency to d.
minish the size of the bore. This
tendency was, moreover, facilitated by
the adoption of the rifling system.
which vastly increased the effective
ness and range of artillery OF every
sort. Then came the principle of
building up" guns, making tube
jackets and rear of separate pieces
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-11-17
How the Earl Was Killed.

1t is curious to note that the earl of
Airlie met his death, not by a stray
or chance bullet, but by a shower of
lead sent at him through the reflection
of the suns rays on to his field glass,
having practically photographed to the
enemy's sharpshooters the position of
a British officer of some condition. 1t
was said at the time that Sir George
Colley lost his life on the crest of Ma
juba hill in the same way and that the
bullet which killed him drove some of
the glass into the fatal wound. 1t is
notorious that since the British officers,
whom the Boer sh~arpshooters have
special instructions to pick off, have
dressed themselves down as far as pos
sible to the appearance of ordinary
soldiers the enemy have kept their eyes
open for men using field glasses and
have already secured numerous victims
in this way.