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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME II.
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
Great Tidal Wave Sweeps Over
City of Galveston, Texas.
SCENE OF WRECK AND RUIN
Governor Sayers Estimates Loss
of Life at About Three Thou¬
sand—Stories of Death and
Disaster From Various
Other Points.
A special from Houston, Texas,
elate that the West Indian storm which
reached the gulf coast Saturday morn¬
ing wrought sad havoc in Texas. Re¬
ports are conflicting, but it is known
that au appalling disaster visited the
city of Galveston, where, it is report¬
ed, a thousand or more lives have
been blotted out nnd a tremendous
property damago incurred. Meager
reports from Sabine Pass and Port
Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of
life, but these reports caunot be con¬
firmed at this hour.
"The New York World of Monday
printed the following:
"Austin, Tex., September 9.—
Information has just reached me
♦ bat about 3,000 lives Lave been
lost at Galvestion, with enormous
destruction of property.
“No information from other
other points. Jos. D. Sayers,
"Govornor,”
CONFIRMATION of great disaster.
A special to The Memphis Commer¬
cial-Appeal from New Orleans says
that advices regarding tho awful ef¬
fects of tho storm which has been rag-
ing along the gulf coast of Texas aro
just beginning to arrive, nnd the story
they tell is fraught with horror. First
in importance is the news thatGalves-
ton was struck by a tidal wave, aud
that the loss of life there was between
2,500 and 3,(410. The water is fifteen
feet deep over Virginia Point. Every
effort is being made out of New Or-
leans to get telegraphic or cable com-
munioation with the wrecked city, but
to little avail. One message was re-
reived Sunday evening fixing the loss of
life at 2,(500. It came by oable from
Vera Cruz and was Inter confirmed iu
a general way.
Great damage and considerable loss
of life is reported along tho line of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad,
There is much anxiety about the Sa-
bine Pass and Port Arthur.
Tho Inst news received from Sabine
Pass was Saturday at noon, aud nt that
hour the town was entirely suriouud-
ed by water. The storm bad not then
reached its height, nor had the tidal
wave which is reported to have swept
over Galveston, been announced.
However, nt the time the last report
was sent out the people were fleeing to
tho higblauds for snfety, and it is
hoped that they may have found
refuge in time. Port Arthur is not
so exposed to the waves as Sabine, but
the damage there is believed to have
been great.
Telegraph wires were down at Port
Lavaca, Rockport, Aransas Pass, Cor¬
pus Christi nnd Brownsville, on the
lower coast, and grave fears were en¬
tertained regarding the safety of the
inhabitants of those towns.
APPEAL FOR HELP SENT OUT.
A dispatch to The Chicago Chroni¬
cle from Ban Antonio, Texas, says
that tho startling news has just flashed
over the wires informing Governor J.
D. Sayers that a messenger, at groat
risk of his life, has just reached Vir¬
ginia Point from Galveston with the
report that 2,500 are probably dead as
a result of the fearful storm.
An urgent appeal to ail Texas iB
made for help. Tho messenger said
that the grain elevators at the water
front are wrecked and hundreds of
buildings have collapsed or were car¬
ried out to sea. The greatest distress
is said to prevail.
DEAD BODIES ON PRAIRIE,
The following telegram was received
from Houston by The Dallas News:
FOOI) SCARCE IN’ PEKIN'.
Partial Withdrawal of Troop. Recom¬
mended By Commander..
The British, American, Japanese
and Russians are posting proclama¬
tions in Pekin defining the jurisdic¬
tion of their respective districts for
the preservation of inhabitants order, promising
protection resumption to the and in¬
viting a of business for
the purpose of restoring confidence.
A scarcity of food seems inevitable,
ow ing to the fact that no produce is
arriving, and the various generals have
accordingly recommended a partial
withdrawal of the troops before winter
sets in because of the difficulty ef pro¬
visioning them.
RICE CROP ALMOST RUINED.
Farmers Along the Mississippi IBver Se¬
verely Hurt By Storin.
A trip over the storm stricken sec¬
tion along the Mississippi river, start¬
ing some thirty miles below New Or¬
leans and reaching to the gulf, shows
a damage of about $100,000 to tho rice
crop. Truck farms, poultry, cattle
and other damage will double the
amount. The river rose six feet dur-
jpg the storm and flooded the section.
"Relief train just returned. They
could not get closer than six miles of
Virginia Point, where the prairie was
covered with lumber, debris, pianos,
trunks and dead bodies. Two hundred
oorpses were counted from the train.
A large steamer is stranded two miles
this side of Virginia Point, as though
thrown up by a tidal wave.
Two “Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
men were picked up who floated
across to the mainland. They say they
estimate the loss of life up to the time
they left at 2,000.”
The above message was addressed to
Superintendent Felton Dallas and came
from the manager of the Western Union
telegraph office at Houston.
ENORMOUS PROPERTY LOSS.
The estimates of property losses
made by citizens of Galveston was
that 4,000 bouses, most of them resi¬
dences, Lave been destroyed. Some
business houses were also destroyed,
but most of them stood, though badly
damaged.
The city is a complete wreck from
the water front and from the Tremout
hotel. Water was blown over the
island by the hurricane, the wind
blowing at the rate of eighty miies an
hour straight from the gulf and driving
the sea water before it in big waves.
The gale was a steady one, the heart
of it striking the city about 5 o’clock
Saturday afternoon and continuing
without intermission until midnight,
when it abated somewhat, although it
continued to blow all night.
a correspondent’s estimate.
A correspondent of the Houston
Post returned from Galveston at three
o’clock Sunday morning. He places
the loss of life at from six hundred to
one thousand. At Virginia Point the
houses are all destroyed. The mem-
bers of tho crew of the relief train re-
port four or five co’orel people drown-
ed there nnd two children of a Mr.
Wright perished. At Dickinson the
buildings have been blown away and
several fatalities are reported,
The hurricane was particularly se-
vero nt Brookshire, twenty-seven mile s
we6t of Honston, on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad. Four dead
bodies wore taken from the debris of
wrecked houses, and it is believed that
others have becu killed. It is report-
ed that only four houses are left stand-
ing j n Brookshire, which was a village
w ith a population offiOOpcople.
Later reports received from Alvin
state that many persons were killed
there. Eleven bodies have been re¬
covered.
At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Woodstock
was killed by a falling house; Mrs.
Nickelson and Louis Broqnet were
drowned. S. K. Mcllhenny, wifo and
dangbter and Mrs. Leroy and two
children are missiug. They were
known to have been in their cottages,
which were destroyed, The dead
body of a sailor was found under a cot¬
tage.
A report from Chenango says that
eight people were killed.
Not a house in the town of Chappell
Hill escaped damage, and many were
demolished. Business houses also
suffered and a fine gin is a complete
wreck.
At Brenham the courthouse was
nearly wrecked and the city hall com¬
pletely so. Every business house and
residence suffered to a greater or less
extent. The fire apparatus is under
the ruins of the city hall and a guard
is maintained for fire duty.
At Guston stores were unroofed and
residences destroyed. At Rock Island
the Baptist church was totally wreck¬
ed and several residences unroofed.
Forty-two dwelling and business
houses were wrecked at Wallii.
At Fnlshear fifty houses were blown
down. One person was killed near
the town by a falling house.
In Hardin connty a large amount of
timber was blown down and there was
much damage to property done at Village
Mills. No damage was at Corpus
Cbristi or Rockport, on the lower
count.
At Richmond three negroes were
killed by the collapse of a church and
three others were killed near there.
STRIKE ORBER WITHHELD.
Walk Out of Anthracite Miners Ig [In
Temporary Abeyance,
The national executive board of the
United Mine Workers of America ad-
journed sine die at Indianoplis Sunday
without promulgating a formal in¬
dorsement of the application of the
miners of the anthracite districts for
permission to strike. At the close of
the session President. Mitchell said:
“There is practically no change in
the situation since last night. If the
operators do not meet our demands
within a given time the strike will be
ordered npon the indorsement of Sec¬
retary Wilson and myself.”
NEW COMPLICATIONS
Are Injected Into Chinemo Muddle By
Action of Germane.
Advices from London state that the
deadlock in Pekin apparently con¬
tinues. It begins to look as if no
solution would be sustained, at any
rate before the arrival of Count von
Waldersee at Tien Tsin. Germany
seems to have introduced a new com¬
plication by endeavoring to organize
some kind of offensive movement in
the piyvince of Chili,
CARNESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1900.
GOVERNOR WAS MISTAKEN.
Superintendent Slaton of Atlanta
Public School Refutes Charges
Made Concerning a Book.
Major Slaton, superintendent of the
Atlanta, Qa., public schools, is indig¬
nant at the charges made by Governor
Candler in an interview regarding a
history which the governor said was
used in the schools of Atlanta, and
which contained ten pages devoted to
Abraham Lincoln and one line to Rob¬
ert E. Lee.
Major Slaton stated that not only
himself, but the teachers of the schools
and the members of the board of edu¬
cation were displeased with the asser¬
tion of Governor Candler about the
bock.
"Eggleston's history has never been
need in the schools of Atlanta,” said
Major Slaton. The book was exam¬
ined several years ago and was not ac¬
cepted on account of its unfairness
toward the south. I am surprised that
the governor should mako such a state¬
ment that the book is used in the At¬
lanta schools. While he did not say
the Atlanta public schools, the general
impression is that he meaut as much.
"The article containing the inter¬
view with the governor was resented
st the meeting of the Normal school by
all the teachers assembled. The At¬
lanta publio schools are not the only
schools in Atlanta, and I understand
the governor's son,to whom he referred
as having the book in bis possession,
has been attending a private school
during the summer. It may be that
ho studied Eggleston’s book at that
school, but one of those histories has
never been in the public schools of
Atlanta.
“I waut it understood that the teach¬
ers of the Atlanta schools are loyal
both to the Union and to the south,
and that no book which is not per¬
fectly fair to our side of the questien
will ever be used.
"The teachers are indignant as are
;ho members of the board of educa¬
tion, and I feel it duo the publio
schools of Atlanta to make a correc¬
tion and to assure the governor of the
state of Georgia that he is badly mis¬
taken if he thinks such a book is used
in the public schools."
CABLE FROM CHAFFEE
Tells of Entrance Into Palace
Grounds (n Pekin-General
Barry Also Reports.
The war department Thursday re¬
ceived the following belated cable¬
gram:
Taku, China, (No date.)—Adjutant
General, Washington:
Pekin, August 28.—The officers and
soldiers of China relief expedition send
thanks to the president and secretary
of war for message of congratulations.
Formal entry of the palace grounds
made today at 8 o’clock, salute of
twenty one guns being fired at the
south and tho north gates. Troops of
all nations participated, tho United
States by a battalion 350 strong, com¬
posed of details from each organization
present at taking of city. Palace va¬
cant, with exception of about 500
servants. General Barry left for Ma¬
nila today. Danish cable, Shanghai
to Takn, open for business, connect
with onr wire. Chaffee.
The department also received the
following message from General Barry:
Taku, China, (No date.)—Adjutant
General, Washington: All quiet at Pe¬
kin. Supplies promptly unloaded,
forwarded when dispositions deter¬
mined. All supplies received. Troops
comfortable for winter. No commun¬
ication with Chinese officials after Au¬
gust 28. James H. Wilson, brigadier
general volunteers, goes to Pekin to¬
night. Rockbill, Shanghai, tele¬
graphic communication Pekin. Tien
Tsin bad. Extreme heat ended. All
conditions satisfactory. Go.to Nagas¬
aki tomorrow; take first transport to
Manila. Barry,
General Barry goes to Manila to as¬
sume the dutios of chief of staff to
General MacArthur.
Patrick Institute to Close.
It has been officially announced by
Major J. M. Patrick that as a result of
the recent death of the principal.
Colonel J. B. Patrick, the Patrick
Military institute, at Anderson, S. C.,
with an excellent rocord for thirty
years, would retire from the educa¬
tional arena.
ROCKBILL SAYS “NIT.”
Veracity of Associated Press Trusted Cor*
respondent Is Questioned.
The state department Thursday af¬
ternoon issued the following:
“A cablegram has been received
from W. W. Rockbill, dated at
Shanghai, September 5th, in which he
authorizes the department to deny
emphatically and oategorically the
statement mndo in certain news¬
papers relating to an interview al¬
leged to have been given by him.
The Associated PresB interview with
Mr. Rockbill was sent from Shanghai
by cable after having been carefully
prepared by a trusted staff correspon¬
dent of the Associated Press.
“NO SIGNIFICANCE,” SAYS IIANNA.
Senator Given His Views on Result of
Vermont Election.
At Cleveland, O., Thursday, Sena¬
tor Hanna was asked for au expression
on tbe result of the election in Ver-
mont. He said the temperance ques¬
tion entered largely into the issue iu
that state, and that he did not believo
there was any particular significance
in tbe result, so far at least as the na-
tional campaign is concerned,
GERMAN RULER
WILL HOLD ON
Kaiser Declares His Troops Will
Remain In Pekin.
SAYS THEY ARE NEEDED TIIERE
France Is Ready to Come Off, But
Italy and Austria Favor Wil¬
liam’s Plan and Will Stick.
The latest expression as to the atti¬
tude of the powers on the Evacuation
of Pekin comes from the United States
ambassador at Pans, General Horace
Porter, who has advised tho Washing-
ton authorities that the attitt.de of the
French government is favorable to the
position taken by Russia.
Almost simultaneously with this dis¬
patch from General Portei came an¬
other from the chargo d’affaires at
Berlin, giving the attitude of Ger-
raany on Russia’s proposal. This, in
substance, states that Germany, while
anxious to avoid any friction between
the powers, regards the conditions at
Pekin such as to require tho continued .
presence of German forces there,
Neither General Porter nor Mr. Jack-
son gave the text of the answers.
These two highly important commit-
nications bring the Chinese negotia-
tions to a very advanced stage, though I
they are not yet concluded, as all the
answers are not yet in. The German ■
and French answers, however, clearly
indicate the alignment of the powers.
It is generally accepted that Ger-
many *s attitude in favor of remaining
at Pekin will be concurred in by Italy
nnd Austria. Definite word has been
received in Washington that Austria
favors remaining at Pekin.
As to the purposes of Great Britain,
there is an absolute lack of official in¬
formation, though little doubt is en¬
tertained that since Germany has taken
the initiative Great Britain will follow
suit iu favor of remaining at Pekin.
The ing position in definiteness, of Japan although is lik^-wsie it is lack¬ be¬
lieved in the best posted quarters that if
other nations remain nt Pekin Japan
will deem it expedient to remain there
also. It would seem from this that
France is the only government to give
concurrence to the Russian proposi-
tion, although the United States has
expressed sia’s a purpose unless the of following other Rus- J |
course powers
brought about a modification of Rus- j I
sin’s position.
Thus far Russia hns not expressed I
any purpose of modifying lier original
position. tatively that It has Russia been has stated not anthori- ordered j
the departure of her minister or troops
from Pekin up to this time, so far as
the United States government is ad¬
vised. It is stated also that no new
proposition has been presented, but
that the question is practically the
same as when first presented, namely,
as to whether the troops will remain
or be withdrawn from Pekin.
The receipt of the communications j
from Berlin and Paris brought about
numerous conferences Thursday be-
tween the president, Secretary Root
and Acting Secretary of State Hill,
and also between Mr. Hill and Mr.
Adee. It was gathered from these
meetings that another note was being
prepared by the United States, but
the authorities did not feel disposed . !
to give any inkling as to its nature,
and it is quite probable that its final ‘
form will await the consideration of
the cabinet.
satisfies ENGLAND.
Germany’s polite refusal to with-
draw from Pekin is commented upon .
with keen satisfaction in London, and
tbe hope is expressed that Lord Salis-
bury will show similar firmuesc. The
British reply has not yet been form-
u j a t e( | #
Nashville and Mobile Census.
The population of the city of Mo¬
bile, Ala., as officially announced
Thursday is: 1900,38,469; 1890,31,-
076, showing an increase in popula¬
tion of 7,333 from 1890 to 1900. The
population of the city of Nashville,
Tenn., 1900, 80,865, 1890, 76,168, an
increase of 4,697.
FREE TRAIN'S WITHDRAWN.
It Fill roads Will Now Insist On Fay From
Electioneering; Candidates.
Railroads operating south of the
Ohio and east of the Mississippi have
departed from tho time-honored cam¬
paign year custom of gratuitously
wheeling presidential and vice presi¬
dential candidates and their retinues
about their territory on electioneering
expeditions.
This year they want money for haul¬
ing candidates’ special trains and they
have agreed to stand out for a fixed
rate per train mile. The national com¬
mittees of the Democratic and Repub¬
lican parties have been notified of tho
railroads’ action.
RUSSIANS HAVE CABLE.
Line From Fort Arthur to die Foo Put
Down and Is Now ‘Working;.
The war department has been in¬
formed that the Rnssians have laid a
cable from Port Arthur to Che Foo,
which gives Russia a through connec¬
tion on the overland wire with the
forces in China. It is expected that
this line can be used to some ndvan-
China. tage in cabling from this country to
ODELL IS
For Governor of New York In
State Republican Convention,
PROGRAM WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED
Ex-Governor IilnuU Mnde the Nominating
Speech—Timothy Woodruff Selected
For Second Place on Ticket.
The New York state republican
convention in session at Saratoga
Wednesday nominated tho following
ticket:
For Governor—B. B. Odell, Jr., of
Orange.
For Liontcnnnt Governor—Timothy
L. Woodruff, of Kings.
For Secretary of State—John T. Mc¬
Donald, of Albany.
For Comptroller—William J. Mor-
K n “* °£kne.
For Attorney General—John O.
Davies, of Oneida.
For State Engineer—Edward A,
Bond, of Jefferson.
The Republican convention, while
remarkable in some respects, was de-
void of the interest engendered by
strife and uncertainty. Tho nppoar-
mice of such men as former Governor
Black, Hon. Chauncey Depew and
Governor Roosevelt attracted an audi-
cnee that filled every available seat in
tho great convention hall. A great
majority of the spectators were
Women,
The political fenturos of the conven¬
t*on were tho return of former Gover-
nor Black to the organization fold, the
demonstration accorded Abraham Gru¬
ber by his collcuguos of the New York
delegation and the general promiuence
given to those who have at times op¬
posed the organization.
It was a rather delicate task to im¬
pose upon Governor Black the duty of
naming the man whom he defeated
when an aspirant for tho same nomi¬
nation four years ago, and of praising
the administratin of another whose
nomination to the governorship meant
the retiiement of Mr. Black two years
ago. Yet he performed both tasks
and was accorded a
ing which was excelled in its enthu-
iasm only by that later accorded Gov¬
ernor Roosevelt. His was regarded by
many as the speech of tho convention.
Chauncey M. Dopew’s speech was
thoroughly characteristic. While the
applause throughout the convention
had been generous, it oauuot he de-
nied there was a general apathy, occa-
sioned no doubt by the certainty of
prearrangement of every detail. T It ‘
was not nntil Governor Roosevelt on-
tered the ball that anything ap-
proaeliing the usual convention de-
monstration was witnessed. The groet-
ing accorded him was iu the same
spirit manifested in Philadelphia,
LI’S MESSAGE CORRECT.
Authenticity of the Ridiculous Cable to
London Is Admitted.
The Chinese minister at London,
Chih Chen Lo Feng Lull, admits tho
correctness, in a general sense, of the
cable message sent to him, according
to Shanghai advices, by Li Hung
Chang, in which the latter is quoted
as saying:
“Our St. Petersburg minister
has persuadod Russia to leave
Tckin. You are useless if you
cannot persuade England.”
The minister also soys ho has sent 4
powerful memorial to Lord Salisbury
urging him to ndhere to the Russian
proposal to withdraw the allied forces
from Pekin, as he, Sir Chih Chou Lo
Feng Lull, believes it will pave the
way to a speedy settlement. The min-
,Bter also said the ChiDese people were
sick of the war; that the genuineness
°f ki Hung Chang s plenipotentiary
powers was undoubted and that Li
Hung Chang was working in full
sympathy with the emperor, dowager
empress and privy council, all of
whom favored peace.
Ilefr to Fifteen Millions,
The will of David Hinton was pro¬
bated at Cincinnati Tuesday. Tbe
estate is valued at from $15,000,000 to
$20,000,000 aud Mrs. Charles P. Taft,
the only heir, is made executrix with¬
out bond. Hinton made many be¬
quests in his will, but paid them all
before he died.
VERMONT ELECTION RETURNS.
Tho Figures Arc All In and Show Repub¬
lican Majority of 30,103.
The election returns for Vermont
liaio all been sent iu. A careful scru¬
tiny of the county returns based on
official returns in all but a few towns,
and in these, unofficial figures beiug
used, show that Stickney, Republican,
for governor, ban a plurality of f 31,468,
and a majority over all of 30, 192.
Prince Tuan In Hilling.
According to a dispatch from Shang¬
hai, it is reported there that Prince
Tuan is hiding within easy reach of
Pekin, awaiting the result of tho pres¬
ent conference of the powers.
WANT UNIFORM SALARIES.
Letter Carriers Inrtorse a Bill Now Pend-
Ins In Congress.
The letter carriers’ national conven¬
tion in session at Detroit, passed a
resolution indorsing the bill pending
in congress providing uniform $1,200
salaries for carriers. President Gom-
pers, of the Federation of Labor, in a
brief address urged that the associa¬
tion would be a greater gainer in
strength if it would affiliate with the
^mer’ean Federation of Labor,
SEWALL IS NO
Running Mate of Bryan Four
Years Ago Dead at Bath, Me.
SUCCUMBED TO STROKE OF APOPLEXY
Win ITnonnacimiR For Four Diiyi-De*
coftnod Whb One of th« Wcaltlilcit
Mon In tf»o Stftto ofMalno.
Arthur Sewall, vice presidential
candidate on tho Democratic ticket
with Mr. Bryan four years ago, died at
his summer home, Small Point, about
twelve miles from Rath, Maine, at 8:15
Wednesday morning of apoplexy, the
stroke having been sustained four days
previously. He was sixty-four years
of age.
Mr. Sewall had not been in good
health for some time, although he was
not considered to be seriously ill. He
bnd been advised by his physician to
rest ns early as last June, and ho at¬
tended the Democratic national con¬
vention in July against the advice of
his doctor. Ho appeared to have suf¬
fered no ill effects from the journey,
however, and was passing the summer
quietly at Small Po^nt when the fatal
stroke seized him. The r ,»»>nscious-
ncss which followed the attack con¬
tinued until death came.
Arthur Sewall was born in Bath in
1835. His father for years was prom-
ident as a shipbuilder and the son
fitted himself for tho same trade. The
Arm of Arthur Sewall & Go. was form¬
ed and the corporation now controls
one of tho largest of American sailing
fleets.
Mr. Sewall also was one of the prom-
ident railroad men of Now England.
For nine years he was president of the
Maine Central and he was president of
tho Eastern railroad until it was ab¬
sorbed by the Boston and Maine.
For many years he was the Mainb
representative on the Democratic na¬
tional committee. Mr. Sewall is sur¬
vived by two sons—Harold M. Sewall,
who was stationed by the government
at Hawaii, and William D. Sewall,who
is in business in Bath.
NATIONALS NAME CAFFERY.
Party fleets In New York, Selects
Presidential Ticket and
Adopts a Platform.
The National party, the official name
of the third party, met in convention
Wednesday in Carnegie hall, New
York city, and nominated candidates
for president and vice president of the
United States. A platform was adopt¬
ed and a title and emblem chosen.
These are the candidates:
For President—Danaldson Caffery,
of Louisiana.
For Vice President—Archibald M.
Howe, of Cambridge, Mass.
There were no other candidates for
the positions, nnd the nominations
were received with hearty applause.
The platform adopted declared that
this country is threatened on one hand
by a public opinion, misled by organi¬
zed forces, that have perverted a war
intended by tho people as a war of hu¬
manity, into a war of conquest,and, on
the other band, by a publio opinion
swayed by demagogic appeals to fac¬
tional and class passions.
The platform then declares for all
constitutional means to procure the
renunciation of all imperial or colonial
pretensions, and for all constitutional
means to secure a single gold standard
and a sound banking system, a public
service based on merit only, and the
abolition of all corrupting special
privileges, whether under the guise of
subsidies, bounties, undeserved pen-
sions or trust breeding tariffs.
It was decided that the parly
known as a national party, and that its
emblem be the statue of liberty on the
capitol dome at Washington.
A resolution was passed instructing
the campaign oommittee, when it shnll
be appointed, to provide pasters for
voters who wish to cross out any name
on the Democratic o» Republican elec-
toral ticket, the paster to have on it
the name of some citizen known to
stand for peace, liberty and sound
mondy. This is to be done in any
Btate in which the committee find such
a movement is practical,
MINING DEAL IN PROGRESS.
Many Million, or English Capital May Be
Invested In Colorado,
John Hays Hammond, the American
mining engineer, sailed from Liver¬
pool Wednesday for Boston on the
Cunard line steamer Saxonia, and on
the result of his visit hangs the in¬
vestment of a large amount of British
cajh.tal in American mining properties,
as the representative of a syndicate
composed of Wehrner, Belt & Co., J.
13. Robinson, J. P. Morgan and other
capitalists. Mr. Hammond will ex¬
amine a group of mines in Colorado.
If he reports favorable, it is said the
syndicate will purobase the mines, the
price being $7,000,000.
STORM AT NEW ORLEANS.
Predicted Hurricane Strikes Crescent City
With Terrlflc Force.
The hurricane of wind the weather
bureau had given notice for three days
struck New Orleans Friday afternoon,
the wind reaching a maximum of
forty-eight miles an hour. In the
city the damage was restricted to the
destruction of tho Motarie bridge, the
blowing down of telephon§ wires, #nd
A child hilled,
NUMBER 44.
WITHDRAWAL
IS UNCERTAIN
Powers Are Engaged In Consider-
ing Momeniuous Question.
INDEMNITY BOARD PROBABLE.
Washington Officials Have Long
Conference Regarding Situa¬
tion With flinister Wn.
A Washington special of Friday says:
It known that the government has in¬
ferential knowledge of tho attitude of
all the powers regarding the Russian
proposal, but it is still awaiting official
advices as to some of them. The in¬
formation concerning those regarding
which no official announcement has
been received it is stated is practically
that which is in possession of the gen¬
eral public and is based on newspaper
reports aud the opinions of official or¬
gans of tho various countries.
Ministor Wu arrived in Washington
from Cape May Into Friday afternoon
and proceeded directly to the state
department. It is understood that he
had received an intimation that the
department officials were desirous of
conferring with him. For nearly an
hour the minister was closeted behind
locked doors with Acting Secretary
Hill aud Assistant Secretary Adee.
None of the parties to the conference
were communicative as to the confer¬
ence, but at its conclusion Dr. Hill re¬
paired to tho white house with a port¬
folio well filled with papers.
For several hours pecoding the min¬
ister’s visit Acting Secretary Hill and
Assistant Secretary Adee bad been en¬
gaged in short conferences, and it was
gathered that the negotiations relative
to China were approaching another
phase, and that another announcement
of some kind was iu preparation.
When the United states made its re¬
sponse to the Russian note on the 20th
ultimo tho officials hero expressed the
belief that about a week’s time would
be required to determine upon the next
step, aud at tho end of that time it
would be definitely known whether or
not the troops were to be withdrawn
from Pekin. That period of time has
now elapsed.
The reports from the European chan¬
cellories indicate that, officially at
least, this important subject is being
treated with the greatest deliberation,
and at least another week, and prob¬
ably even more tune, may be consumed
in framing the last of tho answers to
the Russian note.
Meanwhile our government has
pretty well satisfied itself as to the
attitude toward this last proposition
of each aud all of the powers interest¬
ed in the Chinese problem. It may be
that this knowledge is regarded aB
sufficient upon which to base another
forward and perhaps, in this case, an
independent movement by the United
States toward the ultimate withdrawal
of the troops and the settlement with
China which tho government hns had
in mind since the beginning of the
trouble.
The consultation with Mr. Wu is
believed to have been inspired by a
desire to learn something of the per¬
sonality ol Chinese notables whose
names have been suggested as proper
to constitute the Chinese side of any
commission which may be made to ar¬
range a settlement of the difficulties.
Mr. Wu iB au ardent adherent of Eirl
Li.
jj Beem9 to be regarded as highly
probate in official circles that when
t} me arrives for the negotiations
for the Bett i em ent with China this
government will appoint a commission
for that purpose rather than place the
negotiations in the hands of a single
individual. There have been various
guggettions as to who might be ap-
pointed upon such a commission but
jj. j g positively stated that as yet no
definite selections have been made,
^.s j 0 numer j ca l strength of such
commission the general impression
geemB to be that it would not consist
0 f jjj 0 re than five members, more like-
jy j^ree a nd possibly of only two. It
0 ^ B bo upon the highest au-
^hority that there will be upon the
commission some American of pre-
eminent ability.
Noble Work of Georgians.
The Georgia funds for the India
famine relief movement hr.ve reached
the sum of $5,425.26. This is an in¬
crease since the last published report
of nearly $1,400; a wonderfully large
contribution. The state has nobly
dono her part toward the relief of the
famished ones.
For an Eight-Hour Day.
Tho convention of postoffice clerks
at Atlantic City ordered a bill drafted
to be presented to congress fixing
eight hours as a day’s work, and limit¬
ing forty-eight hours to a full week s
employment. This is the same privil-
ege as railway clerks and carriors en-
joy.
EX-SECRETARY OLN’EI’S “FLOP.”
Report That Ho Will Support Bryan
Causes Political Sensation.
The latest political sensation is the
report that Ex-Secretary Olney has
come out squarely for Bryan, and has
written a letter urging all Demoorats
to support the nominee of the party.
Heretofore Mr. Olney has been plaoed
in the “expansion” as well as in fbe
“golii" oohinau of Demoorr,oy.