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POWER DIVES
TO UR,CONGER
To Act In Preliminary Ne
gotiations For Peace,
REPLIES ARE MADE PUBLIC
Are of Conciliatory Tone list Disap*
.prove of German
filing Chang Is Acceptable.
The slate department
night made public the text of the notes
addressed liy it to the governments of
Germany, Russia and China lin an
swer to inquiries from them ,as to the
attitude'of the United States toward
various phases of the Chiuese problem.
The forecasts of these notes made in
the press appear to have been accu
rate, for although nowhere in the text
is'reference made to the withdrawal of
the United States troops from China,
the official statement used by the Davy
department in advance of the publica
tion of the notes bears out the'predic
tion that the government finally has
decided upon such a material reduction
of itb military forces as will amount to
a withdrawal of the army as au offen
sive instrument.
The.answer to the Germaoi note is
carefully {phrased, so as to soften the
qualified refusal of the United States
government to make the punishment
of the Chinese ringleaders a condition
precedent to negotiations.
The answer to Germany in part, is as
follows:
The government of the United
States has from the outset proclaimed
its purpose to hold to the uttermost
•accountability the responsible authors
of any wrongs done in China to the
citizens, as was stated in the govern
ment’s circular commuuication to the
powers of July 3d last.
It is thought, however, that mo
punitive measures can be so effective
by way of reparation for wrongs suf
fered undos deterrent examples for the
future as the degEadatiou and punish
ment of the responsible authors by the
supreme imperial authority itself* and
it seems only just to China that she
should be afforded in the first place an
opportunity to do this and thus rehab
ilitate herself before 'the world. Be
lieving, and without abating in any
■wise its deliberate purpose to exact
the fullest accountability from the re
sponsible authors of the wrongs we
Lave suffered in China, the United
States is uot disposed, as a prelimin
ary condition to entering into diplo
matic negotiations with the Chinese
government, to join in a (demand that
said government surrenderto the pow
ers such persons as, according to the
determination ,of the powers them
selves, may be held to bo the first and
real perpetrators of these wrengs.
It is the purpose of this government
at the earliest practicable moment to
name, its plenipotentiaries for negotia
' ing its a settlement with China, and
in the meantime to authorize its min
ister in Pekin to enter forthwith into
conference with the duly authorized
representatives of the Chinese govern
ment whereby full exercise of the im
perial power for the preservation of
order and the protection of foreign
life and property throughout China.
In response to Mr. Wu’s communi
cation, September 17,1900, of a cable
gram from Prince Chiug,the following
answer is given:
The government of the United States
accepts the plenipotentiary authority
of Earl Li Hung Chang and Prince
Ching as prima facie sufficient for the
preliminary negotiations looking to
ward the return of the imperial Chi
nese government, and to the resump
tion of its authority at Pekin and
toward the negotiation of a complete
settlement of the duly appointed plen
ipotentiaries of the powers, aud of
China.
To these ends the United States
minister in Pekin will be authorized
to enter into relations with Earl Li‘
and Priuce Ching as the immediate
representative of the Chinese emperor.
Iu reply to the Russian charge’s
memorandum, the following was trans
mitted:
1. The government of the United
States has not auy present intention
to withdraw its legation from Pekin.
2. The government of the United
State* accepts the plenipotentiary au
thority of Eail Li Hung Chang aud
Prince Ching as prima facia sufficient
for the preliminary negotaitions look
ing toward the return of the imperial
Chinese government, and to the re
sumption of its authority at Pekin,
and toward the negotiatien of a com
plete settlement by the appointed
plenipotentiaries of the powers and
of Cbinr..
3. To these ends, the United States
minister in Pekin will be authorized
to enter into relations with Earl Li
and Prince Ching as the immediate
representatives of the Chinese em
peror.
DEATH OF HARSHAL CAMPOS.
iWss Formerly Captain General of
* Quba and Preceded Weyler.
A Madrid special says: Marshal
Arsenio Martinez de Campos died Sun
day morning at Zaranz, near San Se
bastian. 0
Marshal Campos was superseded in
rs-'Ki as captain general by Marshal
;r, Campos having refused to
c out the government’s starvation
Sept'* campaign against the poople
‘ ‘island.
ASSEMBLE IN fIORGUES
People of Galveston Worship Un
der Pathetic Circumstances.
.Sad Sunday Scenes.
There were sixty-four bodies recov
ered at Galveston Saturday, fourteen
being taken from oue building *t
Twenty-seeond and Beach streets.
With the exception of the abolish
ment of the temporary hospital which
was established in the United Slates
custom house directly after the storm,
there were no new developments in
the health situation. All the sick naul
injured who applied for treatment re
ceived attendance. There have been
but few deaths since the storm, but
fourteen had been reported up to Sat
urday night, all of which were directly
or indirectly caused by hurts received
during the day.
The Southern Pacific company com
pleted its tracks to Virginia Point Fri
day night and resumed train service
into Galveston Saturday morniug.
The company lost twenty miles of
track between Galveston and Bous
'ton.
Inspector Youans has finished his
canvass of buildings lost in the storm.
He finds that there are 2,536 destroy
ed, That is, residences and stores.
This does not include stables, sheds or
outhouses. In the Kinkead and Col
orado additions at least seventy-five
buildings were carried away. Mr..
"Youans estimates that 1,000 buildings
were destroyed in the district outside
of the line of total destruction.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has finished laying a nineteen
•conductor cable across the bay and has
almost finished stringing anew cable
from the bay to the Galveston office.
The Postal Telegraph Company has
picked up the cable across the bay up
to Bolivar Point. The other end is
■imbedded in twenty-five feet ol sand
and will have to be dragged out. The
Postal will lay a submarine cable
across Galveston bay and underground
cable from the main land end of the
■submarine cable almost to Houston.
Sunday was a memorable day in the
afflicted city. No church bells called
the worshipers to the temples; no
organs pealed the sacred hymns;
■strange faces looked down from many
pulpit-s, hut the word of God was told.
Buildings that had been used as
morgues, structures that only a few
days ago sheltered the injured and
dying were used as sanctuaries, and
many a mother who had lost a son,
many a man whose family had been so
suddenly swept from him on that aw
ful night, gathered in these places,
and there upon bended knee fervently
prayed that the souls of their dead
might rest im peaee.
Scarcely a minister that did not have
for his text the storm and its lesson.
The words from the pulpit carried
comfort to the hearts of many, inspir
ed theta to better things, gave strength
to the weak and courage to rebuild on
grander scales. And while there were
many persons at prayer, there were
others disposing of the dead. Funeral
pyres blazed on all sides. Fanned by
a brisk southerly wind, the flames
leaped heavenward and cast their
lurid shadows on the 6ky. In all,
about forty bodies were taken from
the ruins during the day.
ADDITIONAL WAR SHIPS
Are Ordered to Chinese Waters By
the Navy Department.
The navy department has issued the
following statement:
“In view of the possibility that
later, when circumstances so warrant,
the land force in China will be mate
rially reduced, the naval force in
Asiatic waters will be from time to
time increased with reference to
American interests in China and also
in the Philippines. The following
orders have therefore been issued
today:
“The Dorothea, at Leage Island,
and the Annnpolis, at Norfolk, have
been ordered to fit out for the Asiatic
station. The Wilmington has been
ordered to the Asiatic station and will
be replaced on the south Atlantic sta
tion by the Atlanta. The Albany, at Pi
raeus, has been ordered to Manila.
The Kentucky has been ordered to
New York and the Vicksburg to be
fitted out for the Asiatic station.”
Judge Powers Declines.
A special frem Salt Lake, Utah,
says: Judge Powers has given out a
signed statement declining his ap
pointment by acting Governor Nebe
ker to the United States senate.
TEDDY’S ROUGH RIDE.
He Takes the Saddle Fora Gallop With
Utah Cow Boys.
Governor Roosevelt’s campaign
special reached Salt Lake City Friday.
The governor was driven to the Alta
Club during the morning. One hun
-dred and fifty mounted cowboys were
drawn up in front of the club. The
governor was persuaded to mount a
horse and take a gallop. Governor
Roosevelt remarked to the captain of
the troop: “Now, boys, off on a gal
lop.”
This was done and the column of
horsemen disappeared down the street
in the dnst. The ride lasted for about
au hour.
NEED MORE MARINES.
Another Battalion to Be Recruited For
ths Philippines.
Arrangements are being made to
send another battalion of marines, to
be known as the Sixth battalion, to
the Philippines. It will be organized
iu Washington city and Anuapolis in n
few weeks, and proceed to Manila by
way of San Francisco. Orders issued
Thursday by the navy department as
sign a number of officers of the marine
to service with the new battalion.
A LIFE SENTENCE
FOR JERE WALDEN
The Murderer of Farmer George Dixon
Escapes the Gallows.
WOMAN ELUDES SHERIFF.
Temporarily at Large and Caused
Greatest Excitement.
Jere Walden was convicted of the
murder of George Dixon, in Johnson
county superior court, at "Wrightsville,
Ga., Friday morning. Immediately
he was sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. Many people will hear of the
verdict with amazement. At first it
would seem that he should have re
ceived the death sentence.
The killing of Dixon was one of the
most atrocious that has ever been re
corded in the annals of the criminal
history of this country. Dixon was
asleep in his own house, in his own
bed, when Walden, by his own con
fession, crept from an adjoining bed
in the same room and delivered a blow
with an ax that produced death.
Walden’s statement to the jury was
most remarkable. It was eaolly and
calmly made and showed that both
himsdlf and the guilty woman were of
the lowest order of moral degenerates.
For criminality it has no equal any
where in this country. The story of
die improper relations between them,
as well as his story of her own acknowl
edgment of her unfaithfulness toiler
husband and the evil she had unsuc
cessfully endeavored to implant in the
heart of her innocent .and youthful
daughter, made her but little better
than a fiend incarnate.
As Walden told of his depravity iiis
poor old mother, who was in the court
room, wept as though her heart would
break. Between the sentences of his
statement her sobbings could be plain
ly heard.
“My mother, who site there,” said
Walden, ‘■‘taught me to be honest and
tell the truth. lam going to do it, so
help me God. On the night of the
murder Mrs. Dixon came to my bed.
Sbe aroused me and said: ‘Dixon is
asleep. It is the time to kill him.’
‘I don’t want to kill Uncle G.,’ as I
called him, I said. ‘He has done me
no harm.’ ‘Well,’ said Mrs. DixoD, ‘if
you do not kill him, I will kill you, or,
worse than that, I will yell. If Dixon
awakes and finds you, he will slay you
like a dog.’ Believing my life was in
danger, gentlemen, I killed him.”
MRS. DIXON ESCAPES.
Mrs. Dixon, the woman implicated
in the killing of her husband with
Walden, made her escape from Sheriff
Boland duriug the trial of the case
Thursday. It appears that the sheriff
had locked her up for the night in
what is known as the courthouso
prison. Rumor has it that during the
night the officer in charge was given
several drinks of whisky, from the ef
fects of which he was soon soundly
sleeping, and while he slept the keys
were taken from his pocket by a rela
tive, who, it is reported, gave the
sheriff' the whisky with knockout
drops as a sure producer of sound sleep.
Other rumors have it that the sheriff
or his deputies were bribed.
Mrs. Dixon was captured Friday
afternoon. She was found secreted
between two feather beds at her broth
er-in-law’s residence, some nine miles
from Wrightsville.
It appears that in makiug her escape
from the prison room in which she was
locked she was sufficiently cunning to
lock the sleeping officer in. There are
many conflicting rumors as to the
means of her escape. One iB that the
sheriff was bribed to release the wo
man. The judge mdered the arrest of
all the officers connected with the es
cape.
A rumor was current that the wo
man was released for the purpose of
lynching her, and that 6he had been
lyached, but there Was not the slight
est foundation for the truth of any
such reports.
Mrs. Dixon’s trial was taken up Sat
urday. She has lost what little sym
pathy she had in her effort to escape.
To Extend Credit.
The New York Credit Men’s asso
ciation has adopted a resolution com
mending the advisability of the exten
sion of er edits to customers at Galves
ton who suffered loss or whose prop
erty has been destroyed.
CJERriAN CIUNS REPLIED.
Qhinamen Get Inte Trouble By Firing
Upon Russian lafantry.
A dispatch received in Berlin from
Taku dated September 21, says:
“Yesterday evening the Pei Tang
forts opened fire on the Russian in
fantry camp wounding 25 men. Since
early this morning a German howitzer
battery has betfn shelling the town.’
j
These Aire of One Mind„
The German ( foreign office has re
ceived replies firom Italy, Austria and
France agreeing, without reserve, to
Germany’s ChiLja proposal.
National Association Meets.
The National Prison
gau its annua! congress in
0., Saturday with\toO
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STRIKERS COWED
BY THE MILITARY
Presence of Soldiers Has Quieting Ef
fect In Shenandoah.
A QUIET SABBATH DAY
Action of the Sheriff In Firing
Upon the Mob Is Condemned.
With the arrival of the military at
Shenandoah,Pa.,Saturday the borough
assumed its normal condition and the
anticipated resumption of violence on
the part of the miuers did not occur.
It might have been the presence of the
soldiers that restrained the turbulent
element, hut many of the residents be
lieve the lack of riotous scenes was
due to the fact that all the colleries
were closed.
Fearing that an attempt to work the
mines during the day would result in
possible bloodsl and Sheriff Toole Fri
duy night requested the mine owners
to suspend operations until after the
troops had arrived. The only colliery
which attempted to work was tlie Wil
liam Penn, operated by the Susquehan
na Coal company. The employees were,
however, intercepted on their way to
the mine by strikers, who succeeded
iu persuading them to return to their
homes.
General Gobin established head
quarters in the Hotel Ferguson until
he could find a suitable place in the
field. The arrival of the troops oc
casioned much excitement among the
residents, and especially the strikers
who thronged the vicinity of the rail
road station from early in the morn
ing until late iu the day. They were
• sullen and vented muttered threats,
but made no attempt at violence.
The United Mine Workers held
meetings in various places Saturday
evening and Sheriff Toole and his
deputies were condemned for their
shooting at Shenandoah. Leaders of
the United Mine workers said Toole
was too hasty in giving the order to
fire and that he proved a poor general
in directing his men.
A SUNDAY DEMONSTRATION.
An air of exj ectancv was noticeable
among the people of Shenandoah Sun
day, and although it would be difficult
to find a more peaceful community,
the opinion was generally expressed
that Monday morning would witness a
renewal of tlie riotous scenes of Fri
day. The superintendents of all the
mines in the vicinity of the city nnd
Sliamokin reiterated their intention of
resnrniug operations Monday.
In the morning the churches of all
denominations were crowded and the
sermons were invariably the subject of
the mine troubles.
During the afternoon demonstrations
were made by the Governor’s troop
and the batteries, which were marched
through the streets of the city and
along the roads leading to the mines.
Representatives of the seven collieries
about the city visit* and General Gobin in
a body to arrange for the protection of
their workmen on their wsy to the
collieries.
During the afternoon Captiin Dan
iel Christian, of the coal and iron
police, and W. H. Richards, superin
tendent of the Reading company’s col
leries at Mahauoy City, called on
General Gobin and asked for troops.
Captain Christian said the situation at
Malnrnoy City differed from that at
Shenandoah, in that the foreigners
were willing to return to work, hut
were intimidated by the dissatisfied
English speaking employees. Eighty
per cent of the foreigners, Superin
tendent Richards said, were in favor
of remaining at work. General Gobin
said he could not promise to locate
troops at Malianoy City, but would
endeavor to have soldiers in that
vicinity early Monday morning.
QUIET SUNDAY AT HAZDETON.
A special from Hazleton says: There
was absolutely no change in the coal
strike situation in the Lehigh region
Sunday aud the customary day’s quiet
prevailed.
Tturing normal times a colliery here
nnd there works on Sunday, but Sun
day not a pound of coal was mined in
the Hazleton region. Every one of
the twenty-five or more towns in the
region was quiet.
WEAKENS ALLIES’ INFLUENCE.
England So Characterizes Answers
Transmitted By United States.
The London moruing papers are too
fully occupied with the general elec
tion campaign to bestow much atten
tion upon the Chinese problem. The
Standard, which discusses editorially
the replies of the United States, gov
ernment, says:
“The policy thus laid down implies
the existence at Washington of a very
exaggerated estimate of the good will
of the Chinese rulers. It is to Lie fear
ed that the action of the United State*
will tend to weaken the moral influence
of the allies, and for this reason it is
to be greatly regretted.’’
KRUGER ACCEPTS CRUISER.
rfHjtch Vessel Will Transport Boer
Holland.
ate that the
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FIGHTING RESUMED.
Allied Forces Successfully Bom.
bard Chinese Forts of Pei
Tang and L.u Tai.
A copyright Associated Press dis
patch from Taku, Chiua, under date
of September 20, says:
The allies attacked the Pci Tang
forts at daybreak. Heavy eanntsn
ading is going on.
A Berlin special of same date rays:
The Local Auzeiger’s Shanghai corre
spondent cables that the allies have
captured the Pei Tang aud Lu Tai
forts with great losses.
It is reported on trustworthy au
thoi ity in Shanghai, says a dispatch to
the same paper, that Germany .yill in
sist upon the destruction of toe Chi
nese coast defenses and the Yang Tse
forts as a condition of her entrauco
upon peace negotiations.
ACTIVE OPERATIONS RESUMED.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Active military operations are about
to be resumed with a view of insuring
coal and food supplies, opening the
northern passes atul restoring trade.
General Chaffee and General Barrow,
second in command of the British
troops, held a long conference Thurs
day and decided to dispatch au Anglo-
American column, 1,300 strong, to San
Hai Tien, under General James H.
Wilson, capture the arsenal there and
disperse the boxers. The column will
include two battalions of the Ninth
United States infantry, a detachment
of the Fourteenth United States in
fantry, 500 British and four guns.
At the conference it was decided to
ask the Germans to send a column
westward to disperse the boxers aud to
restore normal conditions.
The Japanese and French are op
erating to tho northwest of Pekin.
The sale of loot belonging to the
Americans has begun. General Chaf
fee at first proposed to burn it, but
finally decided that it would be better
to feed the hungry Chiuese.
“A FEW HARAUDKRS.”
Lord Roberts Says Boer:Any Is
Completely Broken Up.
Lord Roberts cables London from
Nelsprnit, on the Pretoria-Delagoa
Bay railroad, not far from Komati
poort, the frontier stntion, under date
of Wednesday, September lffth, as fol
lows:
“Of the 3,000 Boers who retreated
from Komatipoort l>eiore the British
advance, 700 have entered Portuguese
territory, others have deserted in va
rious directions, and tlie balance a-e
reported to have crossed the Komati
river, and to lie occupying spurs of the
Lobombo mountain, south of the rail
way. A general tumult seems to have
occurred when they recognized the
hopelessness of their cause. Their
long Toms and field guns have been
destroyed, and nothing is left of the
Boer army hut a few marauders.”
CHINESE ANXIOUS FOR PEACE.
All Their Efforts Are Centered Upon
Quick Negotiations..
With tlie powers wavering as to
when peace negotiations with Chiua
shall open, China is exertiug all her
efforts to turn the scales toward an
immediate opening of the negotiations.
Another move in that direction was
made Thursday when Minister Wii
presented to the state department a
dispatch from the two powerful south
ern viceroys of Nan Kin and Wu
Chang, asking that the United States
instruct its officials iu Chiua to begin
peace negotiations.
First Arrest Made.
The first arrest in connection with
the miners’ strike was make Thursday
afternoou when Joseph Begos, a Hun
garian, of Nanticoke, was taken into
custody, charged by Alexander Mon
syock with threatening to shoot him
while he was returning from work.
Flour and Wheat Higher.
At Chattanooga, Tenn , Thursday,
flour advanced 20 cents on the barrel
and wheat on the wharf went up from
SH to 3J cents on the bushel. Farmers
along the river are expecting a further
rise in wheat.
Good Order Prevails.
“Everything is quiet and orderly,”
is the report that emanated from the
strike region Thursday. A few more
mine workers joined the strikers’
ranks, but not many.
FRAUD ORDER ISSUED.
Uncle Sam Bars Dealers In Cotton
Futures From the Mails.
The postoffice department has issued
a fraud order against Arthur 8. Foster
and Arthur S. Foster A Cos., of Phila
delphia, dealers in cotton futures, who
! advertise to pay 00 cent per annum on
l all money deposited with them for in
| vestment.
Postoffice Established at Tien Tsto.
Information received at the post
office department indicates that a
. United States postoffice has been open
-1 ed at Tien Tsin, China, to facilitate
i the handling of mail matter for the
troops in China.
GOVERNOR WELLS TICKLED.
Says He Will Laugh When He Sees
President of Senate.
Governor Wells, of Utah, when ask
ed for an expression as to the action of
Acting Governor Nebeker in appoint
, ing a senator, took the whole thing as
; a joke and said:
“Yon ask me what I will do in the
■matter? I suppose when I see the
of the senaie I will laugh. I
expects lhat.”
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Full Reply to AH Enquiries
Is Formulated.
DISPATCHES FORWARDED.
Subject .Matter Kept Secret Until Mes*
sages Reach Destination*" Is
Final Denoiiment.
A Washington special of Friday
says: The United States government
has made full and complete answer to
the various important inquiries that
have been addressed to the powers
relative to the Chinese trouble. It
has gone farther aud lias made a dis
closure of all its purposes, and, as a
member of the administration puts it,
it lias thrown its hand open on the
table. This action was taken after the
cabinet meeting Friday aud a luncheon
at the white house that followed served
to reduce the decision to the ultimato
form.
At 3:30 o’clock Minister Wu calle 1
liy appointment upon Aotiug Secretary
Hill and was handed a memorandum
embodying the response of the United
States government to the request of
Prince Chiug that Mr. Conger or some
other person be immediately empow
ered to liegiu negotiations with tho
Chinese authorities for a final settle
ment. The minister came away with
a dissatisfied expression upon his
face. Next came M. Thiebaut, the
French charge. A few minutes’ con
versation sufficed to impart to him
orally, just as he had made his own
inquiry, the answer to it.
Then Baron Sternberg, the German
charge, who had been notified of the
readiness of the state department to
make answer to the German note, call
ed and was given that auswer. Ho
hastened away to cable it to liis gov
ernment.
The department then sent the an
swer to the Russian inquiry, forward
ed by messenger and directed cable
grams containing the substance of the
answers to its diplomatic representa
tives abroad. Thus closed one of the
most interesting and important phases
of the Chinese entanglement.
The state department absolutely re
fused to make any statement as to tho
nature of the answers, taking tho
ground that to do so would he a viola
tion of the diplomatic proprieties.
However, as it was calculated that all
of these answers will have reached
their destinations abrou 1 within a day,
it was promised that • the text of
the communication should bo
given to the press Huturday after
noon. The ministers and charges who
received the messages in Washington
adopted the same secretive attitude.
The president himself, it seems, had
given instruction that every effort
should he made to maintain secrecy iu
tho runtter until the official disclosure.
With all this, it is known that the
German proposal that, negotiations
with Chinn be deferred until the Chi
nese responsible for the Pekin out
rages have been surrendered to tho
allies, has failed of approval by our
government. The declination has been
conveyed in a manner that cannot give
offense, but it is believed that the
United States government cannot re
cognize the principle that a country
may bo called upon to surrender its
own citizens to a foreign power, or
powers for punishment.
810 INHERITANCE TAX.
Huntington Estate Will Be Called on
to Pay Sum of $200,000.
The inheritance tax on Collis P.
Huntington’s estate will amount to
more than 3200,000. In an estimate
prepared for Comptroller Coler and
submitted to State Comptroller Gil
man at New York Friday, it appeared
that the transfer charge on specific
bequests alone would uinonnt to £90,-
000.
No appraiser has been named for
the huge estate, which, it is estimated
by those familiar with the affairs of
Mr. Huntington, is worth £50,000,000.
„ALIBI IS CLAIMED.
The Defense In Howard Case at Frank
fort Has Inning.
The first evidence for the defense in
the Howard case at Frankfort, Ky.,
was taken Wednesday, the defendant
himself being the first witness. He
told in a straightforward way of his
arrival in Frankfort and movements
there January 30th,and his testimony,
as anticipated, was to prove an alibi.
The defense said proof would be in
troduced to show that Howard arrived
in the city only thirty minutes prior to
the assassination, and did not go to
the state house until several hours af
ter the tragedy.
PROBABLY STORM VICTIMS.
Qovernor and Qovernor-Elect of Choc
taw Nation are flisslng.
It is believed that Governor Green
McCurtin, of the Choctaw nation, and
also Judge G. M. Duke, the governor
elect, perished in the Galveston storm
two weeks ago. They left Talibana to
go to Galveston Thursday before the
storm aud nothing has been since
heard of them. D. 8. Thomas, a
merchant at Talibana, was with them.
He is also missing.