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. THE MORNING NEWS, i
ESTABLISHED 1850. INCORPORATED 1888. V
] J. H. ESTIEL. President. \
[HINA’S CRUSHING DEFEAT.
Japanese Win a Decisive Battle Rout
ing the Enemy.
Terrible Loss on the Part of the Chi
nese Troops Enframed—Of 20,000
Who Went in Action, Some 16,000
Are Reported Killed, Wounded or
Missing—Uttar Rout and Discomfit
ure of the Chinese Army.
London, Sept. 17.—A Central News dis
patch from Seoule dated 6 p. m. Sept. 16,
W ys: “A great battle lias been fought at
ping Vang between Chinese and Japa
nese troops, in which the former were
utterly routed. On Thursday a Japanese
column from Pong San made a reeonnois
jance in force, drawing the fire of the
C hinese forts, and thus ascertained their
positions. The column then fell back in
good order with little loss. By t riday
night all the Japanese were in
position for a combined attack upon
the enemy. The Geusal column
threatened the flank of the Chinese, the
Pong-San column threatening the Chinese
center, while the Whang Ju column oper
ated against the right, which had been
re inforced the day before by a detach
ment of marines from the iioet at tne
mouth of the Tarton river. The Chinese
had utilized the old defenses at Peng \ an
and had thrown up new works, making
the position an exceptionally strong one.
The battle was opened Saturday at day
break by a Japanese cannonade of the
C hinese" works, which was continued
without cessation until afternoon, the
C hinese responding, working with heavy'
guns and showed good practice. At
about'J o’clock a body of infantry was
thrown forward by the Japanese and
maintained a rifle fire upon the enemy'
until dusk. Throughout the day only the
Pong-San column was engaged. The
Chinese defenses had suffered
greatly, but the losses on either
side were small, both Chinese
and Japanese having taken advantage
of all the shelter available. The Japanese
troops, however, had gained some ad
vanced positions. The firing continued
at intervals during the night and in the
meantime two Japanese Hanking column.,
had formed a cordon around the Chinese.
At 3 o’clock in the morning an attack was
made by the Japanese columns, simul
taneously and with admirable precision.
The Chinese lines which were so strong
in front were found to be weak in rear
and here the attack was successful. The
Chinese were completely taken by sur
prise and were thrown into a panic.
Hundreds were cut down and those who
escaped death finding themselves sur
rounded at every point, broke and tied,
some of Viceroy Li Hung Chang’s Euro
pean drilled troops stood their
ground to the last word and
were cut down to a man.
The Pong San column, swarming over the
defenses in front, completed the route.
Half an hour after the attack opened the
positions of Peng Yang were in posses
>siou of the Japanese. It is estimated that
20,000 Chinese soldiers were engaged in
the battle. The Japanese captured im
mense stores of provisions, munitions of
war and hundreds of colors. The Chinese
loss is estimated at 16,000 killed, w'ounded
and taken prisoners. Among those cap
tured by the Japanese are several
Chinese commanding officers, includ
ing Gen. Tso-Fune. commander in-chief
of the Manchurian army, who
was severely wounded. The Japanese
loss is only thirty killed and 270 wounded
including eleven officers. Most of the
i asualities among the Japanese occurred
the first day’s fighting and very tew re
sulted in the night attack. The Japanese
forces are in active pursuit of the fugi
tives who have thrown away their arms
and really yielded themselves prisoners.
Desultory war may be carried on for
some time to come, but unless China shall
succeed in getting another army into the
peninsula. Korea will undoubtedly re
main in possession of the Japanese.
CHINESE MUCH EXCITED.
A dispatch to the Central News from
Shanghai says the Chinese are fearfully
excited over the news of defeat and great
slaughter of the Chinese army at Piug-
Yan Friday and Saturday.
CONFIRMED AT LONDON.
Uondon, Sept. 17.—Advices received at
the Japanese legation in this city offici
ally confirm the report of the absolute
and crushing defeat of the Chinese in the
recent engagement at Ping Yang.
A WONDERFUL VICTORY.
A Central News despatch from
Seoul says: Within ten hours
after the conclusion of the bat
tle the military engineers had com
pleted a field telegraph line from here to
I’ing Yang. A large number of prisoners
were brought into the Japanese camp
from houses where they were hidden.
Several thousand Chinese tied toward a
valley to the northwest, and upon finding
their retreat in that direction cutoff, sur
rendered in a body.
Ding Yang is now being searched in the
belief that a number of important Chinese
o dicers are in hiding in the city under
the protection of friendly Koreans.
the number of Chinese who wero killod
in the battle is estimated at 2JSOO.
Ihe walls of Ping Yang were badly
s - ‘tti red by the cannonade which was
poured upon them by the guns of the
Javanese, but the city itself is only
Slightly damaged. The Japanese emperor
has telegraphed from Hisperma, where
the headquarters of the army are located,
congratulating Marshal Count Yamagata
upon the success of the Japanese army.
A flying column of the Japanese army
> s Pushing northward with the object of
taxing possession of the mountain passes.
A Proclamation has been issued promis
ing full protection to the Koreans if they
"ill refrain from acts of hostility to
ward the Japanese. On the other hand,
h are informed that if they give shel
_" r to or engage in traffic with the Chinese
ltlev will be summarily dealt with by
process of martial law.
A dispatch from Tokio says continuous
artillery salutes are being fired in celo
hr mon of the victory of the Japanese.
I he Ping Yang Mercury prints a spe
" o edition and in an editorial comments
J ll the results of the battle, expressing
fc appreciation of the crushing defeat
a i great slaughter of the picked troops
comprising the Chinese army engaged.
Jno paper dilates upon the consequences
' : the disaster to the Chinese arms, and
‘‘D "'osses well grounded fears of a speedy
Japanese invasion.
FOUR OENERALS CAPTURED.
\ Central News dispatch from Tokio
■' J that four Chinese generals, together
''‘Hi 14,MH) other officers and men, were
it ,in prisoners by the Japanese at Ping
i-iiig. -[T, e j a p anese outnumbered tho
t-uinese three to one.
THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
Washington. Sept. 17.—Official confirm
ation has been received at the Japanese
■ovation of a general engagement between
•ue Chinese and Japanese forces at Sing
iJn, near the north frontier of Korea, on
Hie IH.otttittg Meto^
Sept 15. resulting in a decisive victory
for the Japanese. Details of the engage
ment are expected by officials of the lega
tion and looked forward as of much im
portance. as promising first authentic of
ficial news of the fighting in Northern
Korea, respecting which so many con
flicting reports have been published.
Mr. Myaoka. secretary of the legation
here, who has been transferred to Berlin,
not to Vienna as reported, took leave this
morning and will sail on the steamship
City of New York for his new post of
duty. He will be succeeded here by Mr.
Amano, a man older than the minister,
who speaks with more or less fluency En
glish, French, German, and reads
Italian and can write in Russian,
and has been secretary of the legation to
the governments of each of these coun
tries. No official information has yet
been received at tho legation of the
progress of the fightiug in the vicinity of
Pekin.
TRIAL OF THE PASHAS.
Sirdar of the Egyptian Armies Dia
satisfied With Its Result.
Cairo, Sept. 17.—Brig. Gen. Kitchener,
sirdar of the Egyptian army, is dissatis
fied with the result of the recent court
martial of the two pashas, who were ac
quitted of the charge of purchasing slave
girls, and ho has demanded that two
British officers be added to the court
martial which is to try Ali Sherif Pasha,
president of the council, who is charged
with the same offense.
The Strike in Collapse.
Edinburg. Sept. 17.—The strike of the
Scotch miners has collapsed. Ten thous
and miners descended into the pits this
morning, and the pickets who had been
stationed about the works were with
drawn.
ITS GLOOM DISPELLED.
Hinckley Once Again a Busy Place.
Free Excursions.
Hinckley, Minn., Sept. 17.—Excursion
ists flocked to this region from every di
rection yesterday. The rain of Friday
had put out all the forest fires and the
air was clear and tho day was fine.
Trains were supplied free and excursion
ists did as they pleased. A party of them
from St. Cloud contributed over 11,000 to
the relief fund. The gloom of this region
has been dispelled to some extent and
Hinckley is the busiest place in Minne
sota. A large amount has been appropri
ated by the state commission to the uses
of the people of Hinckley, and more than
half of it is being expended in rebuilding
this place.
LARGE SUMS FOR RELIEF.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17.—Kenneth
Clarke, treasurer of the state fire relief
commission, has returned from Hinckley
and announces that the total amount he
has received for the sufferers is £40,451.
Besides this, the St. Paul relief commit
tee has in its hands $24,184, which has
not yet been turned over to the state com
mission. Also $4,000 has been collected
at Stillwater.
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
All Indications Favor Mr. Morton’s
Nomination for Governor.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 17.—Unless the
hard work that has been done by candi
dates to-night and early to-morrow has a
very great effect on the situation the re
publican state ticket will read like this:
Foy governor, Levi P. Morton ; lieuten
ant governor. Francis Hendricks: judge
of the court of appeals, Albert S. Hight.
Within the past ten hours to-day there
has been a very decided change in senti
ment for lieutenant governor, and the tide
has changed so much in Sexton's favor
that there seems to be but little doubt
that he will be nominated.
As to Mr. Morton's chances the senti
ment seems not a bit changed by the
active strife for lieutenant governor, and
Mr. Platt, who is himself in favor of
Morton, is perfectly confident and smil
ing.
OHIO COALMINERS
Think They Can Maintain Actions for
Damages Against Contractors.
Columbus, 0., Sept. 17.—The wage
agreement by which the long strike of
the coal miners beginning April 21, was
ended, is in danger of being broken.
The miners at Turtle Creek and Sandy
Run, Penn., have gone to work
for the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal Company at 55 cent per ton,
after a long liold-out, and many
members of the railroad coal association
have become dissatisfied as the re
sult, and threaten to cut below the scale
too. Speaking of the matter today
Secretary Patrick Mcßryde said tho
agreement did not require the miners’
association to see that the agreement
was universally recognized by the oper
ators, and be thought the miners could
maintain an action against such operators
as violate the agreement for damages.
THE FIFTH IDLE WEEK.
Operatives United in Asking That
Their Old Wases Be Restored.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 17. —To-day be
gins the fifth week of the idleness of the
operatives and first of an united attempt
of all the department employes to make a
successful strike against a reduc
tion in wages. The four weeks
just passed were weeks of a vol
untary vacation as far as the weav
ers were concerned uud an enforced
vacation in the other departments. By
Saturday’s vote 611 of the ojieratives are
united in asking tlie restoration of the 10
percent, reduction ordered six week3
ago. To-da.v the Kerr thread mill acceded
to the operatives, and it is working in
full There is not the slightest indica
tfon of an early endiug of the strike so
far as the cloth mills are concerned.
OFFICERS AMBUSHED.
District Attorney and Sheriff Assas
sinated While Conveying Prison
ers.
New Orleans, Sept. 17.—The Picayune's
Abbeville, La., special sa?s great excite
ment was created there this morning
when it became known that District At
torney M, T. Gordy and Sheriff A. 1,.
Blanc were fired into from ambush by
unknown parties while tlicv were convey
ing six prisoners to jail. Two of the pris
oners were killed. Bloodhounds have
been put on the track of the assassins,
ami a largo posse of deputy sheriffs have
gone in pursuit of the murderers.
Fifty Houses Blown to Atoms.
Perry, Okla., Sept. 17. A terrible tor
nado passed through Jennings and Min
ing to-day. and blew fifty hou-es to atoms.
A young lauy and two children were
killed, and several people injured. Sev
eral houses caught fir© at Mining and a
conflagration followed.
SAVANNAH, GA„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, IS!4.
BRECKINRIDGE GIVES UP.
The Nomination in the Ashland Dis
trict Will Not Be Contested.
The District Committee Members An
nounce Positively That They Will
Not “Go Behind the Returns” in
Canvassing the Vote—Much Excite
ment, However, Prevailed for a
Time, and the Republicans Began to
Talk Big.
Lexington, Ky.. Sept. 17.—1 t looks very
much as if Breckinridge’s supporters
would contest the nomination. They
claim that enough illegal votes were cast
Saturday to overcome the small plurality
of Owens. Col. Barney Treacy,
president of the Owens Club,
claims that his man has a clear
lead of 400 votes over Breckinridge
and he is in no way afraid that Owens
will lose. The Breckinridge people, on
the other hand, say Owens’ lead is barely
150, and that the committee will give
them the nomination sure.
LATER.
Breckinridge will contest tho election
of Owens in Saturday's primary. A gen
tleman who talked with him last night
says he has written letters to the chair
man of the county committee to that
effect.
OWENS’ NOMINATION CONCEDED.
Everything is quiet to-night, the nomi
nation of Owens being conceded. It has,
however, been a more exciting day than
any for a week. W’hen the Oweus men
claimed the nomination by a decisive ma
jority Saturday night, the Breckinridge
men stood pat. Yesterday they worked
harder than ever. To-day it became known
that representatives had been dis
patched intc different parts of the dis
trict to get all the evidence with a view
of contesting the nomination before the
democratic congressional district commit
tee which meets at Frankfort next Sat
urday. and which is the returning board
that makes the official count and decla
ration as to who is the nominee. This
committee is composed of one member
from each county. Fayette county, the
home of Breckinridge, lias two legisla
tive districts, and hence two members of
this committee, each of the other seven
counties having one. The member of the
state democratic committee for the
Seventh district is the tenth member of
the committee, which was known to stand
six for Breckinridge and four anti-Breck
inridge. As this committee has doue
everything in its power for Breckin
ridge in fixing a late date tor the pri
maries, adopting the challenge rule, and
everything else he wanted, the Owens
men were alarmed to-day on finding out
that the BrecKinridge agents were at
work with a view of presenting evidence
for a contest before this committee next
Saturday. They learned of letters sent
to the committee of the agencies at work
in different counties, working ujftbe case,
and believed there was a well planned
purpose to throw out the vote of certain
precincts on the ground of irregularities,
and declare Breckinridge the nominee.
ft was promptly announced that four
members of the district committee would
make a minority report Saturday and ap
peal to tho democrats. This meant that
Owens and Breckinridge would both bo
candidates and fight to a finish in Novem
ber. Meantime the republicans, who
hold their convention here Sept. 26, be
gan to regard their unnamed nominee as
the favorite, and there was much ex
citement. The tide was turned in the
afternoon when B. J. Welsh, the
committeeman from Breckinridge’s
home and one of his strongest
supporters, announced that he would
never vote to go behind the returns when
the committee met at Frankfort. As
this would leave the committee a tie. or
five to five in any event, and as other
Breckinridge men on the district com
mittee, who had stood by him to tha last,
weie not disposed to go behind the re
turns, the old guard of the silver tongued
orator gave up the struggle. They
will not, however, concede the plu
rality of 526. which the Owens
men claim to-night, from complete re
turns. Among Breckinridge’s strongest
friends are the nominees hero on the
county ticket, and they, as well as other
county candidates, were not disposed to
hazard their interests by assisting in
throwing out any of the Owens precincts
at Frankfort next Saturday. It is not
likely that there will be any more agita
tion. Col. Breckinridge will serve till
next March.
BAIL REFUSED
For the Good of the State Lynchers
Must Be Punished.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 17.—This morn
ing Judge Dubose rejected the motion to
admit M. Strickfaden, charged with
lynching, to bail. He also rejected a
similar motion as to E. T. Armour, who
is In jail under an indictment charging
lynching. Armour’s supposed arrest is a
surprise He was with the faction opposed
to tlie party suspected to have done the
lynching. Some say ho was indicted by
friends of the lynchers iu order to break
tho force of the anti-lynching crowd.
Governor-elect Clarke oi Arkansas was
in Memphis to-day, and ne denounced the
lynching and expressed the opinion that
the lynchers, for the good name of the
south, must be brought to punishment.'
Judge Cooper has instructed the new
grand jury to continue the investigation.
DROWNED WHILE DRIVING.
A Mrs. Tye of Atlanta Meets Death in
a Swollen Branch.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17.—While out
driving this afternoon, Mrs. Drew Tye
was caught in a swollen branch in the
western suburbs of the city and drowned.
She was crossing the stream, but at
tempted to turn back when in the middle
s*nd her buggy was overturned. A negro
who was with her swam out, but Mrs.
T.ve’s body was swept on down tho
stream, and has not been recovered up to
midnight.
Mrs. Tye was the wife of a large whole
sale butcher aud packer.
BISHOP OF TRENTON.
Bishop O’Farrell, of That Diocese,
Succeeded by His Vicar General.
Trenton. N. J., Sept. 17.—Tho Very
Rev. James A. McFaul, of St. Mary's
cathedral, this city, has received word of
his appointment to tho bishopric of the
Catholic diocese of Trenton, to succeed
the late Bishop O’Farrell, under whom
he was vicar general. Father McFaul is
at present administrator of the diocese.
Put Out in Three Rounds.
Chicago, Sept. 17. Joe Cho.vnski of
California Knocked out Mike Boden of
Chicago in three rounds at Tnltersall's
to-night. Boucn was uever in it.
IS JONES A JUDAS?
The Nivada Republican State Com
mittee Answera in the Affirmative.
Carson, Nev., Sept. 17,—Senator John
P. Jones of Nevada has been requested
by the republican state centra! committee
to resign his seat in the United States
Senate to which he was elected by re
publicans. This request is made in a
long letter which was drafted by Chair
man Trennorcoftin and approved by the
state central committee at a meeting held
in this city. The letter exhaus
tively reviews Senator Jones'
letter of Aug. 2d, to tho
former chairman of the committee Enoch
Strother, in which Jones announces that
he has left the republican party to join
the populists, and severely criticises his
course of action. The main points of the
letter are as follows: “You say that you
have not changed your principles —well
and good. Does it follow that you have
merely changed your name, and instead of
calling yourself a republican you will here
after term yourself a populist! Po the shin
ing examples of populist influence (con
spieuous among others that of your own
colleague) with whom you are'duilv and
hourly confronted in the Senate, justify
the belief that such a change will add to
your prestige and power as a member of
that ho ly ! Do not the eases of Sumner
and Schurz, and Trumbull and many
others furnish the most painful remind
ers that the clay upon which a brilliant
and distinguished party leader breaks
away from the organization in which ho
has won al! liis fame marks the beginning
of his political decline! Can you rea
sonably then expect a different result! But
by what mental processes you arrive at
the conclusion that the great “principle”
involved requires you to part company
with the Republican party of Nevada,
your letter entirely fails to disclose. You
concede that we are true to the cause of
silver. Then why should you abandon
us if we are true to silver? Why does not
devotion to that “principle” of which you
write so eloquently require you
to remain true to us.' Not
only have we been true to
the cause of silver hut we have beau true
to every other great principle that you
hold dear, and more than all, we have
been fidelity itself to you. Then, wo ask
again, why do you abandon us! The silver
party does not accept your name, while
the populist party does not accept your
creed, so that with e”ery recognized po
litical principle you are literally left
without a party in the state of Nevada.
“Tile publication of your letter has not
caused even a waver in the ranks, and no
defection of any leader, however great and
distinguished, will cause them to swerve
a hair's breadth from what they believe
to be their duty.
"In conclusion, we desire, to remiudyou
that you were elected to the United
States Senate as a republican aftd by the
Republican party. In the strictest sense
the office is a political one and the Repub
lican party is entitled to representation
for the full term of six years from March
4, 1691. As you announce that you canqot
act with the party that elected you, every
consideration of propriety and delicacy
and decency requires you to resign. In
the name of the Republican party of Ne
vada, we respectfully ask you to do so.”
FUN FOR THE BOYS.
A Rich Incident of the Anti-Tillman
Convention.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 17.—A rich side
issue of the anti-Tillman convention de
veloped during the preliminary confer
ence to-night, nnd furnished intense
amusement to some of the newspaper
men. About fifty feet above the floor of
the hall in which the conference was held,
is a galvanized iron ceiling with a glass
surface in the center. One of the panes of
glass had been removed, and it was sus
pected that somo Tillrnanites might he
lurking in the stygian darkness above, bent
on catching any stray straws that might
show which way the anti-Tillman wind
was blowing. Accordingly several
sturdy conferees were appointed to in
vestigate. They found the door to the
loft barricaded and broke it open, finding
a quasi-crazy man standing around, who
was supposed to be there to put the in
formation-seekers on their guard. YVhile
roaming about in the darkness Capt.
Wade Manning fell through the ceiling,
but caught by his arms, and was
quickly jerkod back by his companions.
The crash caused a commotion among
the delegates below, and for an
instant it was feared that someone would
he hurled to his death. Capt Manning,
Cal. Caughmau and Jim Holland scented
the enemy and. climbing up the ladder
that loads to the roof, found, that im
mense weight on the trap door. With a
mighty effort they threw it open and the
250-pound form of Bill Price, the heavy
weight local man of the Columbia iiecis
ter, came into view. I surrender,” said
he, "you can see there is nothing in my
notebook.” He then ambled down to
terra lirma, his crop of conference news
stricken by a killing frost.
, ANTI-TILLMAN CONVENTION.
Returns Meager, But Indications Fa
vor Nomination of a Full Ticket. *
Columbia, S. C., Kept. 17.—About 200
delegates are In attendance upon the
anti-Tillman convention. The question
of making nominations is one of absorb
ing interest, and there is much difference
of opinion as to what is best to he doue.
The convention began at 6 o’clock and
the sessions are being held behind closed
doors. >
The caucus is in session at 1:40 o'clock
a m. The members have been expressing
views all night as to the expediency of
nominating a state ticket. Senator But
ler and ex-Governors Haygood and Rich
ardson have advocated a tight on that
line. A vote has not yet been reached
and will not be until after 2:30 o'clock.
Nominations will probably be made.
At 2:15 o’clock a. m. the caucus is still
in session.
TAILORS VICTORIOUS.
Oontractors Will Accede to Any Terms
Strikers May Demand.
New York Sept. 17.—Tho strike of the
United Brotherhood of Tailors Is practi
cally at an end. This morning tho head
quarters of the strikers in Grand
etreet were crowded with members of
tho contractors’ association, who were
willing to accede to any of the
strikers' demands. By to-morrow morn
ing it is expected all tho hands who went
out will have returned. At tho head
quarters of the Knights of Labor tue men
arc also proclaiming a victory. They said
their bosses had given in and that all
would return to work to-morrow morning.
Striking Weavers and Spinners.
Bennington. Vt, Sept. 17.—'The weavers
and spinners in the Bennington woolen
mills this morning struck for a restora
tion of the 10 per cent, cut In wages made
last February. This mill employs about
300 h'.nds.
WORSE THAN YELOW JACK.
The Hated Yellow Envelope Containing
Clerks' Discharges.
Employes of the Treasury Thoroughly
Worked Up Over Recent Dismissals
Under tho Dockery Law -The Ax, so
Far, Has Fallen Most Heavily Upon
Women-Groups of Them in Tears a
Frequent Sight Nowadays- Other
Nows From Washington.
Washington, Sept 17.—The controller
of the currency has declared a third divi
dend of 10 per cent, iu favor nf the cred
itors of the State National Bank of Knox
ville, Tenn., making in all 55 per cent.
Employes of the treasury department
are thoroughly worked up over the dis
charges now' being made to carry into
effect the reorganization provided by tho
Dockery commission. So far the “axe"
has fallen most heavily upon the
women employed, and many high
priced female clerks have been dis
charged. The scenes to-day and Sat
urda.v when the dreaded yellow
envelope containing the discharge was
handed to tho victims, were in many
cases pathetic. It was not unusual to
have a half dozen groups of crying clerks
in one bureau. Many of the female clerks
discharged have been long in the service,
and ono case is mentioned of a woman who
was among the first ever appointed to
government office by United States Treas
urer Spinner, over thirty-five years ago.
Twelve clerks were discharged to-day.
The gold reserve Increased to-day nearly
$400,000. standing at tho close of business
ill tho treasury at $57,430,351.
MOVEMENT OK WAR SHIPS.
The first matter that occupied tho at
tention of Secretary Herbert, to-day,
when he returtioit to the navy depart
rnent, after live weeks’ absence, was that
of reinlorcing the Asiatic squadron and,
after a brief consultation with Secretary
Gresham, he issued preliminary orders
to the commanders of the Machias and
Detroit to prepare to proceed to China as
soon as possible.
The Machias is ordered to bo put into
commission at the New York navy yard
to-morrow. She will be ready lor sra in
about three weeks, and will sail as soon
ns she is joined by the Detroit, which is
now being repaired at Norfolk. The Ma
chias will carry the Columbian relics
which wereexhibited at Chicago last year,
leaving those belonging to Spain at Cadiz,
and returning the Vatican collection to
Rome. The relics will be sent over to
New York in charge of a state department
official and a marine guard, and they will
be delivered at their destinations with
considerable ceremony. The 1 tetroit and
Machias are expected to reach 'China
early in December.
Secretary Gresham this afternoon re
ceived a cablegram from Consular Agent
Alfred Cooper at La LtDertad, announc
ing the death of Consul (leneral Alexan
der L. Pollock, at Salvador, from yellow
fever. Mr. Pollock was a native of Aus
tria. but was a citizen of Utah when he
was sent to Salvador, Sept. 28, last year.
IMPORTANT MILITARY CHANGES.
The sweeping general orders providing
for tho concentration of the United States
army at the great railway centers was is
sued from headquarters this afternoon.
It is in substance as follows:
“Ten of the twenty-five infantry regi
ments arc concentrated at single posts.
The abandoned |>osts are Fort Wood, on
Bedloe’s Island, New York harbor;
Fort Ontario, near Oswego, N. Y.;
Newport Barracks, Kentucky; Mount
Vernon Barracks, Alabama; Fort Macki
nac, Michigan; Camp Pilot. Butte, Wyo
ming; Fort Bowie and Fort Hancarlos,
Arizona ; Fort Marcy and Fort Supply,
Indian Territory.
The regiments to come east in whole or
in part are the Third and Sixth cavalry,
the Thirteenth and Seventecth infantry,
while the whole Twentieth Infantry
lakes station at Fort Leavenworth.
The department of the east will be in
creased by nineteen companies, while the
Platte loses seven, Colorado four and
Dakota eight. The east will now have
119 companies at thirty-one posts, but
there will still remain west of the Missis
sippi, forty-nine posts garrisoned by 245
companies. Davis Island, Pa., will be oc
cupied by the First artillery after Oct. 1.
Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., will have four
troops of the third cavalry.
LETTERS OF INQUIRY.
A great many letters have heed received
at tho treasury department recently mak
ing inquiries concerning the coinage of
silver dollars, and the redemption and
cancellation of treasury notes, and in
order to avoid the labor of repeating the
information in answer to each letter,
Secretary Carlisle to-day dictated a mem
orandum on the subject for publication.
Tlie memorandum quotes the first, sec
ond and third sections of the Sherman
act, under which the silver now held by
the treasury was purchased, and says:
■lt will be seen from the foregoing, that
while the law provides that re
deemed treasury notes may he reissued,
it also in the same section, imposes an ex
press limitation upon the power to reissue,
by declaring that, “No greater or less
amount of such notes shall be outstanding
at any time than the cost of the silver
bullion and the standard silver dollars
coined therefrom, then held in the treas
ury purchased by such notes.”
When auch notes are redeemed in gold
there is no obstacle in the of their
reissue, because such redemption docs not
affoct the stock of silver held in the treas
ury under the act of July 14. 1890; but
when they arc redeemed with silvercoined
from the bullion purchased under that
act, they must be retired and cancelled,
for otherwise, there would be, after the
redemption and reissue, a greater
amount of notes outstanding than the
cost of the silver originally purchasoil
and then held in the treasury; and this
is expressly prohibited by the statutes.
The purpose of congress was to prevent
the duplication of the currency, which
would be the case if the notes and the
silver purchased with the notes could be
outstanding at the same time.
Treasury notes received in the ordinary
course of business or redeemed in gold or
exchanged for silver dollars not coined
from tho bullion purchased under tho act
of July 14, 1890, arc not rotired and can
celled. All such notes are reissued.
Prior to July 1, 1891, staudard silver dol
lars to the amount of $36,318,264 wero
coined from the bullion purchased under
that art. The so-called gain or seignior
age arising from this coinage was
$6,837,803, which was paid into the treas
ury as a miscellaneous receipt, leaving
929,480,461 to be held as a fund to provide
for the redemption of the treasury notes,
as provided by law.
At the beginning of the present ad
ministration this sum of $29,480,461 was
still in the treasury, and standard silver
dollars to the amount of $1,597,223 have
been coined since that time. Of this last
sum. however, $520,079 was seigniorage,
leaving $1,077.144 to be held in the treas
ury. It appears, therefore, that the
whole coinage under the act lias been
$37,905,487, attd that the amount to bo
held in the treasury for redemption pur
poses was 830,557,607. Of this sum
$4,121,000 have been used in tho redemp
tion of notes, and that amount has been
retired and cancelled. No treasury note
has been redeemed in silver unless silver
was demanded, the policy and practice of
the department having always been to re
deem In the kind of money demnnded by
the holder of a note The presentation
of treasury notes for redemption in silver
bullion began in August, 181)3, when there
was a great scarcity of currency of small
denominations, and there was redeemed
during that month $1,273,267, which is the
largest amount that has been presented
during any one, month.
As shown abovo. there were held in the
treasury at the beginning of this adminis
tration 329,480,461 in silver, coined from
the bullion purchased under the act of
July 14, 18SKI. Notwithstanding the fact
that $1,597,223 have boon coined since
that time, there are now on baud only
$26,189,724.
THE AX STILT. FALLING.
Secretary Carlisle to-day asked for the
resignation of Jeremiah O’Rourke of New
ark, N. J., supervising architect of the
Treasury department. Tho letter re
questing liis resignation was handed Mr
O’Rourke shortly before 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
Mr. O'Rourka was appointed to his
present position by Secretary Carlisle
shortly after tho advent of tho demo
cratic administration, and succeeded W.
J. Kdbrooko of Chicago. Ho was one of a
dozen prominent applicants, and was
backed |K>litieally by Senators Smith and
McPherson of New Jersey. besides by a
number of prominent architects of the
north and east.
Several times within tho past year he
has, in the conduct of his office, had fric
tion with his superior officers, and with
under officials appointed by Secretary
Carlisle. One of the latest misunder
standings, it is said, took place with W.
B Fleming, chief of the law and contract
division of his office Mr. Fleming
is a personal friend of Secretary
Carlisle, and in his latest office
controversy he, it is said, upheld Mr.
Fleming. Mr. O'Rourke was born in
Ireland, and is about 45 years old. Tho
salary is about $4,600 per year, which is
one of the best in tho treasury service,
and the position is one of vast responsi
bilities.
FATALITIES AT A FIRE.
A Blaze Which Destroys Much Prop
erty and Many Lives.
Washington, Sept. 17.—Fire which
began shortly before noon to-day de
stroyed the large mattress and bedding
factory of Stuniph & Bros, at Massachu
setts avenue aud K street, northwest.
The fire started on tho secoud floor but
its exact cause is not known. The whole
building was ablaze in an instant, andonly
twelve minutes afterward portions of tho
side walls and roof fell. The fire was
under control after the building and
contents had been destroyed. A falling
wall ruined the marble works of G. 1,.
Benner. The furniture store of Hall &
Commaok, the blacksmith shop of John
Offonsteiii, and Palmer’s oyster house,
which fronted on K street, were totally
destroyed by the Humes. The Woodruff
tilo and cabinet works, where the pat
ent files used by the United Mates gov
ernment are made, were also totally de
stroyed. Tho loss to Stuinpli Bros', fac
tory is about $50,000, about one-third in
sured. The other losses amount to $25,-
000, insurance unknown.
Six persons are missing from the em
ployes of the mattress factory and four
bodies have been recovered from the
ruins, all burned beyond recognition, ex
cept that one, smaller than the others, is
supposed to be that of a boy named Willie
Ashe. Two bodies are believed to be still
in the wreck, if not totally consumed.
Four employes were cut off from re
treat by tlie stairway and ran to
the roof. wlienco they- Junqied
to the ground, nearly 100 feet.
One-of these. James FO. Vaughn, broke
both legs and suffered other injuries from
which he will probably die before morn
ing. Albert J. ilasck broke both legs
Tlie missing six are Henry Fowler, I’hil
Ackerman, Robert Roitzel, William Ten
nyson. an engineer, name unknown, and
the boy Willie Ashe. The four bodies
found account for so many of the above,
but which of them cannot yet be told.
SKIPPED WITH THE FUNDS.
Italian Bankers Depart, Taking the
Bank's Assets With Them.
Pittsburg, Pa., Kept. 17.—Carrieri &
Levato, proprietors of one of the half
dozen or inoro private hanking and ex
change institutions in the Italian quartor
on Washington street, have disappeared,
taking with them allot the funds on de
posit, amounting to about SIO,OOO. All of
yesterday, last night and this morning
crowds of foreigners swarmed about the
vicinity of the bank, anxious to find somo
ono upon whom they might wreak their
vengeance. The defaulting bankers dis
appeared Friday evening. The only
property of value in the jdace is now in
the hands of a constable, who levied upon
them for rent due tho owners of the
building. It is supposed the defaulters
are heading for Now Orleans, and officers
have been asked to apprehend the guilty
pair. The books of the firm give no in
formation of value to tho depositors,
whoso accounts range from a few dollars
to $2,000, iu money left with the firm for
exchange to families and friends in Italy.
Tho firm of Carrieri A Levato had been
in business at No. 46 Washington s’.ruot
for eighteen months.
JAILED FOR MURDER.
Arrest of Parties Charged With the
Cooper Assassination.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 17. —A special
to tlie Advertiser from Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
says: “Doc and Joe Bigham and Henry
Graminer have been put in Tuscaloosa
Jail charged with the murder of Mr.
Cooper one day last week. The evidence
seems to be very strong against Doe Big
ham. as he was seen leaving the neigh
borhood of the shooting armed with a
shotgun, one barrel loaded with buck
shot arid the other one lately discharged.
There is a story brought out by the cor
oner's Inquest that a party of men had
met and passed sentence of death on five
men, and the Cooper assassination was
the first of tho lot ”
Not in the Market.
New York, Sept. 17.—1 tis seml-offi
cially announced that the Southern rail
way is not in tiio market for the New Or
leans and Northeastern division of the
yueeu and Crescent route.
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WEEKLY, * TIMES A WEEK.iI A YEAR )
ON LOOKOUT'S UK,IIIS.
Annual Session of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge 1,0, 0. F.
Interesting Proceedings of the High*
est Branch of the Order of Odd Fel
lows Growth of the Order in the
South Unprecedented Financial
Status of the Order—Address of the
Grandsire.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. iV.— In tha
now and commodious convention hall of
ixxikout Mountain, nt 9 o'clock this
morning, reception ceremonies were held
in honor of the opening of tho seventieth
annual session of the Sovereign Grand
Ixidge of Odd Fellows, the highest tri
bunal of Odd Fellowship in tho world.
Tastily and profusely decorated with
evergreens, flags, bunting and streamers
in tlie emblematic colors of the order,
white, blue, scarlet and royal purple, tha
hall presented an attractive appearance.
Excellent music by a select orchestra
added to the enjoyment of the occasion.
Speeches of welcome were made by Gov.
Peter Turney in behalf of the state,
by Mayor Goorge Ochs, in behalf of tha
city, by Deputy Grand Master W. A.
Barry, of the Grand Lodge of Tonnosse,
and b.v Charles Landis, of the grand en
campment of tho stale.
These welcoming addresses wero ro
sponded to by Grandsire C. L. Campbell
of Canada, who said that hospitality was
the world renowned virtue of tho south,
but those who had not felt it as it had
been shown to Ddd Follows present,
could not conceive of its extent or its sin
cerity. After the reception ceremonies
the sovereign grand lodge at once ro
solved itself into a secret session, when
reports of various officers and standing
committees wero submitted.
The grand sire announced the death of
Grand Marshal Walter G. Dye at Minne
apolis March 21 last, and appointed Will
iam S. Frost of Maryland to the position.
Past Grand Representative K. it. Shipley
of Missouri was made official reporter of
the week's proceedings. Grand Secretary
Representative Humphreys of Illinois pre
sented a souvenir of the Odd Fellows'
Home of Illinois in tho shape of a beauti
ful specimen of tlie printer’s art.
The grand sire made his official annual
address, of which a summary is hers
given:
The grand sire said that since the last
convention in the south, which was held
iu Atlanta twenty years ago, the mom
borship in what is reeognPeu politically
as tlie southern states has increased from
0,()0i) to 50,000. and to tho people of tha
south Odd Fellowship has become an es
tablished institution. Tho total mem
bership of tho order was now 780,000,
or including the Sisters of
Reliekah degree 889,000. To this
should be added in foreign jurisdictions a
membership of 255,000, making a com
bined membership of nine tenths of a
million men and women. The net in
crease in membership during tho year
had been 34,000. Tlioie was less than tho
.voar previous, but this migfft be accounted
for in the United States by a season of
financial stringency that lessened the re
sources of tho people. In Canada, rel
atively a more prosperous country, and
under its state institutions less liable to
business fluctuation, tho order has made
a more marked progress than any
of its history. There has been no
diminution, however, in the work ac
complished and the oxpenditure of three
and a third million dollars for the pur
pose of relief was a sufficient evidence of
the activity of Odd Fellowship. The re
port deals at length with tho condition of
the order in foreign lands, and then goes
on to sa.y that peace and harmony pre
vailed throughout the entire jurisdiction,
except in Kansas, where a number of
lodges had invoked the aid of tlie courts
against an assessment ordered by tho
grand lodge for the support of a
homo. This matter will he re
ferred to tho body now in session
for final adjudication. The military
branch, known as the patriarchs mili
tant, was reported as being in a pros
perous condition. Numerous withered
branches had been lopiied off during tha
year, the forces generally reorganized
and eleven new cantons mustered into
service The Sisterhood of Keoekah has
continued unabated, tho membership in
creasing rapidly. The laws governing
this branch, however, required careful
revision, but tho views of the sisters
themselves should receive full considera
tion. In no departmentof work had there
been such decided progress as in making
provision for tho aged members and
orphan children. In many statos new
homes had been opened, while numerous
other Jurisdictions wero accumulating
funds ami erecting buildings for the laud
able work. The grand sire concluded
with an eloquent appeal to the delegates
to hasten the establishment of the coming
altrurian age, of which poots have
dreamed and philanthropists have hojied,
but which Odd Fellowship only has made
possible.
The present resources of tho sovereign
grand lodge were shown in Grand Secre
tary Ross’ official rc|iort in the following
tabulated statement: Receipts from
grand lodges, $44,925.65; receipts from
grand encampments, $8,532.73; receipts
from subordinate lodges, $1,148.:i; re
i eipts from other encampments, $126.11;
receipts from sundry cantons, $103.55; re
ceipts from patriarchs militant $3,356.05;
receipts from Individuals. $037.65; Inter
tst on railroad bonds, $1,575; sales of
i'hiladelphia and Erie railroad bonds,
$14,962.50; returned by committee, per
resolution, page 13,677. journal of 1893,
$70.56; total cash paid to grand treas
urer, $74.4.V'.21.
The report of the grand treasurer sub
mitted, shows assets of tlie sovereign
grand lodge at present to be $79,076.72.
The most important paper presented at
the meeting was a petition by Represen
tative Dilk) * of New York, touching Tho
status of ngod members of tlie order who
have been left out of the Odd Fellows'
Lome by reason of their particular lodge
surrendering its charter, legislation is
asked by many to remedy sucli injustice,
and this question is one of the most diffi
cult which the grand lodge will have to
face.
On motion of Representative Carlin of
Illinois, the representative report of the
committees on dues and benefits, laid over
from last session, was made the special
order of business for Wednesday moruing.
The meeting then ad.ourned.
This afternoon tho visiting! delegates
and their friends were taken for a drive
to the Chickamauga National Dark,
whose pleasure was marred during the
return drive by a great downpour of rain.
To-morrow afternoon the grand parade
will move at 2 o’clock In tho evening
there will be a reunion of past grand
sires.
The attendance is rather small, not
more than 1,000 being present.