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THE MORNING NEWS Established ISM - Incorporated WM J. H. EBTILL. President. CONFERENCE IS HELD MIMNTKH HI 111 RRIEDLY SI H IMOYKD TO U # NO AGREEMENT YET REACHED. % rowcm HAVE NOT hKTTI.F.D OV nil HSK TO PI RALE. An ll ( Uml of liar I'imrri I* Hnoxx n. naail liar laallail linlra l|ia> Soon luatte Ataatllarr Aula* F4lnrl Made to l.earn kouiellalaau of Those \V laaa Will 111-lara-aa-aal China—'There la Vo Herent Va** From IVkin. Wiahlniiun. Bept. 7.—Minister Wu ar rived In Washington from Cape May lair •hi* aflrrnoon and proceeded directly lo the State Department. It Is understood that he had received an Intimation that the department offi cials wet* dmlrtous of conferring with him. For nearly on hour the minister was close.ed behind locked doors with Acting Keoetary Hill and Assistant Secretary Ad e. None of the partiea to the eonfer ••cne wos cinmunloatlve as to the con ference but at it.- conclusion. Dr. 1111 l repair'd to the W hite House with a port folio well filled with p'l’ers For several hours preceding the min ister's visit Arting Secretary Hill and As-lstnnt Secretary Adee bad been en gag'd In short conferences, and It was gathered that the negotiations relative to thins were approaching another phase •id that another pronouncement of some kind was In preparation When the UnlUl Slates made Its re sponse to the Russian note on the 3thh ultimo the officials here expressed the be lief that abouf a week's time would be required to determine upon the next step, and at the eml of that time It would be dennltely known whether or not the troops were lo be withdrawn from Pekin That period of time has now elapsed The re ports from the European chancellors In dicate that, officially al least, this Import ant subject Is being treated wtih the greatest deliberation and at least another week, and probably even more time, may lie consumed In framing the last ol the answers to the Russtan not** Their Altitude Is Known. Meanwhile our government ha* preity well sailsflot ttsell ns to the attitude to wards this last proposition of each amt all of the Powers Intereeted tn the Chi nese problem li may be that tht* knowl edge la regarded aa sufficient upon which m hate another forward, and perhaps. In tc - case, an Independent movement by I nlitd States toward*, the ultimate v iihitrawnl ol the troop*, and the settle ment with Chin* which the government Ni* had in mind since the beginning of the tr.it' big. The consultations with Mr Wu are he- I • ved lo have been inspired by a desire in learn something of the personality ol Chine.e notables, whose names have been suggested u> proper to constitute the Cld n.M. ~and. of any i-ommlsslon which may i.< mim- l to arrange a settlement ol the difficulties. Mr Wu Is un ardent adher ent ol Earl Id. There |s much speculation here's* to the personnel of the American commis alon. In case rhe peace negotiations ahould lie entrusted to such a body, and the mums of men prominent tn International oft.llr- In recent years, all hove been can vass.d. Included in ttva Ust. !• the name of Gen John W. Poster, but ft la regard id ns milch more probable that If he ap pear* at .all In these negotiation*. It will be tn hts old place * a representative ol the Chinese government. There woe a deari't of official Informa tion from china to-day. Gen. Chaffee got through dispatch, dated Ret*. 1. at Pekin. Indicating that courier* are still employed to close the gup In the line of communication between Tien Tsln ami Pekin This dispatch made no mention of the military situation, and It was In terred that affairs in Pekin remain quiet. Tn* dispatch warmly commended (01. Anrcn 8. Daggett for gallantry in China, and urged that he be made a brigadier generul before his retirement nine years hence. c imii'ihmiihi; with HIM!*. Argot tntlons In I'murrs* Looklni In n Modified Plan. Paris. Bept. 7.—Active ncgotlailon* arc In progress looking o some compromise arrangement with Huerta regarding the IMtiikM tiv baa assumed to wants Pe kin. The communication* exchanged hetwe-n the Power* now have Mur promise of Mirren*. The compromise suggeeied, U I* asserted, here, la the withdrawal of the force* of all the powers In Pekin, levying the International guard to pro tect the legation*. wnleh. It I* further asserted in Parts, will be allowed lo re main at the fTtln*** capital pending a l-enre settlement. The main body of troop*. It I* also said, will retire to the neighborhood of Tien Tain, leaving miflli lent force* along the read to keep clear tile tullroad route be tween prkln and T.cn Tsln. Hussta's attltiale Is Interpreted here as meaning that ahe will withdraw her troops out*;.!* Un (Mills of 1 ekin, but not neces sarily a great distance from that city. I:\GLAAD W AATS TO REMAIN. Would Slay in Pekla t ntll a Nrttte rarnt Has Hero Hade. I onion. Sept. 7—A special dispatch ftom Shanghai *>* I*l Hung Chang ha* made a request for an American escort to < company him on hi* Journey to Pekin, and that United ft ate* Consul Good now I* considering hi* reque* . Now that a proposal more In conformity with the original American recommends - ton has apparently met with the appro b.it on of at leaat a majority of the Pow er*. the British foreign ofßce has al lowed It to become detlnlisly known that ths Hrltlah government 1* of the opinion that It la advisable for th* allied force* Satoannah ifflartiitw ffcto#. A •o nri'am at I* kin until na tip factory or for iK-ace. *tc.. are conclude*! wHh the ( luiiifti’ rnnunt AIiAIXST .% miiIURAH lL Ilona Kuiiit I hiinthrr of Commerce lltaa *rnt a l*rntrt. I-orulon. Kept. 7/-The Inlon Chamber of Conunrrre luis rwHvcd n irlrgnim from thi Hong Kens? Chamt'cr of Coro erce with a requc*q that It b fommmil catcl to the Itriibh foreign off! e, atlvo cattnjr a continuance ot dm occupation of Pekin until a proper jrovernment had b*-en eitithltf>h(H| am) the guilty official* have been | unti'h**!. and pointing out that an earlier wltlMffnwal would In* clti*atn>u* to foreign |r*tijie In China Thl* dlapatch. tonother with a tpect-tl letter from the Ixmdon Chamber of Com merce. recommending It aa deserving con sideration. ha* been sent lo L#ril Salis bury. AtiRBRD TO % rOMPItORINE. Ilnsmla Nald tu llsir MoetllleU Her t lilneae l*r<ip*al. Indon, flepi. A.—lt hi ass rted by the Austrian foreign office, tcOjrdl#| to the Vienna correspondent of the Pally Mail, tnat ltUMita ha* agreed to a comtwomlse, ieov’lng a portion of the troops tot Pekin ami tending the main body to Tien Tsln. which will be th.* military headquarter*. mfNMO!% utirt to itt-:Tt hn. I rgrd to H(*nilpivimiii In Jnpnn I atll ( It I tin Is rnrtrtrri. Jackson. Miss.. Bept. 7 —Bishop Charles B. Calloway of the Southern Methodist Church, and formerly In charge of the Chinese mission*. has a strong letter to the Foreign Mission Board urg ing th.t nil mtaalonnrlea stationed In China and now at home on leave, he re turned Immediately and rendezvoused In Japan until such time aa they can be sent *o their charges. Bishop Calloway states that the outlook for the rhrlattenlxatlon and civilisation of China Is brighter han ever before. He predicts an early settlement of the pres ent trouble* and says that Western Ideas will he hospitably received by the people of the Celestial Empire. CAY YIII (I** YY EKE ATTACKED. I.title Unrrlson Orsve Off Roera Be fore All Beaelied It. lxmdon. Rapt. 7-Ixrd Roberts reports from Belfast. Transvaal, under date of Wednesday. Bept. 6, as follows; “lan Hamilton traversed Dulstrnom yesterday with slight opposition. “Buller engaged the enemy's left this morning Hamilton Is endeav#irlng to turn the enemy's right. “Boers, with two guns and one pompom, this morning attacked 12ft Canadian mounted Infantri guarding the railway between Par. and Wondersfonteln Mahon pro-eeded to their assistance, hut the lit re garrison had beaten off the enemy be fore he arrived. It was a very creditable performance. Th*- wounded were MaJ llanders and Lieut Moodle. slightly, and two men Bix men wr missing." BA DR*-POWELL AT ( APR TOYYY. ( rowel ( arrled Him on Blioalelers From the Depot. Cape Town, Sept. 7 —Gen Hoden-Pow el! arrived her* this m.>rnln. In eplie of Ihe early hour of hi* arrival n great pub lie ovation xu given In hie honor The crowd twirled him on their nhoulder* from the railroad mutton to the government houxe. a .Hwtanee of half mile. I'HIRGED tIifIVXT UKVKRY. ( Hixen'k I'ralerllTe l.eaawe Xlil to Have F.vlilenee. New York. Sept. 7 — Fortner IVdtoe Coxn mlaxioner Fr ink M.r.- on behalf of ihe reeenlly oricatMaed mixene I’rol-tlve late this ofiernoon prefeired eharqe~ wsatnet Chief of Poke* Itevi-ry. Irapei-tor Tlmmpaon, and Aeiirc Captain Cooney, of tne Welt Thlny-oeventh Street St ulon lie ne, uxe* them of bru tality. new tee* of duty and In. ompelen.-e In their meihot of treating Ihe- rnefit rnee rt*.tx In the We- 1 SI.P It la rtate.l that the league h,a evidence agalnxt the ohiet orwl tile aulHtrikimt.-e, that the police eommlwdoner* .annul Ig nore. The inveatlgatton of the cttnrge of elute bing and other forma of brutality made by colored people, ag iluat Ihe l**l|ee t.f the Went Thlrty-aeventh Street Station, after the recent race trouble*, which Ihe police commleatoner* were .raked by the Mayor to hold, began fnwlay in the trial room at police hendqunrtera. HACK rKKI.IAU It CHIC AOO. t rnml After a Aern (♦lio Had lilt a W lllte Alan. Chicago. Sept. 7.—Five hundred men and hoy* chased a negro along West Madison street lata night shouting "shoot Mm,” "string him up." "get a rope." The fugitive was finally reaeued by a do*-n policemen who had to use their club* freely to disperse ehe crowd. The eolored man's offense was hitting a white man who had been tormenting him. TUB FLAUFE AT UI.AIIKIW. An ten Cases and Conditions There Are Improving. Washington. He pi 7.—The Marine Hog pltal Service to-day received the following cablegram from Burgeon Thomas: "Glasgow. Scotland. Sepl. 7. Wyman. Washington.- Sailed Sept . Astoria ..nd Taurentlan (fori New York; Peruvian, Poet on. No new caaea, three days. Con dition good. (Signed.) "Thomas.” BacanrsglSß Famine Report. Simla. Seri- 7—The weather Is now promising for the crops. Kxollmt rain hav fallen In all the famine traot* and the winter sowing* are practically assured. Th. number now receiving relief I* some thing tinder four million, an encouraging reduction l)sres Slay bit to Rerlln. Berlin. Sent. 7.—lt Is said In court cir cle* here that Queen Vlrtorla will visit Uowager Kmpress Frederick next month unless the latter'* condition meanwhile rhi-uld considerably Improve, which Is not probable _ Advance In Freight Rales. London. Sept. 7—Shipping firm* en gaged In the Canadian trade have agreed to an advance of ten per cent. In freight rate* because of th* advanca in coal and other steamship store*. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, liKM). HILL’S FIRM STAND Ilia 9reEC H %T HERKIMER, V V.. ( II fiat % 9BY9ATHHL TOLD WHY HE FAVORS BRYAN. KBIT THBRE ORTBMIIIILY TU Y IMT Jl Uta: BA It Sharp 4on trust drawn llrtnrrn the Two I'artle*—4>p|mil|loii to Xcqair- Ina Territory Oatl4e of the t’ea atllHtlwii Y*liiirntlo' For rliin Policy, Weak nuA Has No Itla&ht lo Form a € eilunlal Uov e i-moral—'l lilnks New York Will Gs for llryaa. Herkimer. N Y.. Sept. 7 —Ex-Ben itor Hill's app# a ranee here this evening o**ca sionetl aom* thing of a s. neitlon In pnlltl (Ml circles. He came ostensibly to visit his old friend, e*-Judge Karl of this place. In the evening the Fort Dayton hand ser enaded Mr 11111. and a large crowd of cl'txn* ass mbltd. He was Introduced by Judge Karl and made a sreech. the chief feature of which was .his rel rat*d declaration# tn support of lit)an There was tome talk that Judge Karl was lo t>c advanced as a Comoro ml'C ran ddate for tiovernor. but Judge Karl emphatically declared that his name was not to be <onstdered. Senator Hill, among other things. mM “It Is dies* to soy that 1 um heart ily In favor of the election of Bryan and Btevenaon They art- the candidates of the Democratic party, duly atal regularly nominated at a national convention, of which I was a member, and which treat ed me, from beginning to end. with mark ed ami unusual courtesy, and I am hon orably bound to actively supvxirt a ticket of my party nominated under *uch clr cumatam**. “Our candidates represent the Interests of the average man—the plain people of the country—the farmer, the mechanic, the laborer. The loura Arc Plain. “The Isstiea this year are very plain and cannot he misunderstood. One party fa vors large standing at mb*, immense. pub lic expenditures, a government of gran ' deur and magnirtcence. high protective tariffs, & British colonial policy, great combinations cf corporate wealth and a untralised government. The other party favors a continuance of the plain and simple government of our fathers, public expenditure.* limit'd to the actual necessities of the government, tar iff taxat.on for pablb* purjioses only, an army for defense and not for conquest, competition In business free from mon opolistic combinations 'An appeal is made by our opponents to th* love of country. Country! We heard the same serious appeal In IKWi and we always hear It when our opponents seek Democratic voter* to aid their c.tuse. It is a partisan and not a sincere nod pa triotic appeal. It Is based uNn false pre tenses. The country Is not tn danger ex cept from those who are now *dmlniaier- Ing the government We will protect the flag wherever It goes, but we will see - It shall not be hauled down In disgrace, neither shall It be raised anywhere in dishonor. tgiiiaat tlte ont!fration. “The people are opposed to this govern ment acquiring territory which ta not to be governed by our t oitetitution. It has no more constitutional right to *ei up a colonial system than It hog to create a king The foreign policy of the present national .• tom nisi ration, has been weak, shifty, inconsistent ond unpatri otic. ami the b**rt thought of the coun try, the iw*t students of history, the most Intelligent of Americans, are against It. No right minded man ran dgfend a Pres ident. who said In his annual message that it was our ‘plain du;y* to give free tnide to For to Rico ivith tha l*n|ted Hi.ite*. and then within few months thereafter, signed n measure which ittv poiied a tariff duty of Ift |er cent. “If wise counsels shall prevail at the Biratoga Convention next week, and are pr< ced on right lines to (dan for viotory tr.et>ad of Inviting h*f*st. rnd shall shape our course and p*>llc|es as to de serve the sticiport of the great Independ ent ami conservative fore#-* of this * ite, we cannot only rescue the Km pi re Btate from further Republican control. Irk can give our electoral v<*e for our gallant ti ttior.ti! standard t>earer—William J. Bryan. “W’hlle disagreeing with Mr. Hryan In some matters. I need not reiterate that I earnestly desire his election. “Our opponents arc entrenched In pat ron ge and power, and th#* struggle to oust them muy necessarily he terrific “The tide, however. Is with us. The skies are becoming brighter every day. Ivt us then all work together enthusias tically for the cause, and victory is wltn- In our reach." AtliV YORK BTATK. DF.WN'H (€ 7. Important Confrrrnre Vln> Rrlaa About tlarmnny. New York. Sept. 7.—There was an Im portant conference of the leader* of all factions of the Btste Democracy to-day at the Hoffman House. Richard Croker, ex-Renator Kdwttrd Murphy. Frank Campbell, Perry Belmont. Btate Senator MeCarren. Corporation Counsel Whalen and ea-itov. Stone of Mis souri. who looked after the Interests of the National Committee In his capacity a* chairman of the subcommittee of that hotly, were present. The conferees were pledged to secrecy and about all that any of them would admit was that an earnest, and partially effsetlve. effor t had been made to secure harmony. Justice Karl of Albany was mentioned a* a gubernatorial possibility. Renalor Murphy said that he and Senator MrCsr ren had visited Hugh McKaughlln to-day. hue declined to say what hail been discus*ed hevond that harmony was pro* Ically assured He said that th* National Committee would co-operate with th* R'ate Committee In th* cam paign. National Committeeman Richardson called to-day on former Beer*tary of the Treasury Carltale and the two were to gether for an hour. Mr Richardson said he got no •ailsraetlon. and Mr. Carlisle said he knew hi* own mind, but preferr ed to make no statement Mr Rlrhartlacn announced that Bourke Cochran will tak* the stump for Bryan and will he under the direction of the *! eaker's bureau at th# Chicago head quanta* beeauae It wa# not Intended to have a speaker * bureau In the New Tork headquarter*, and he thought Mr. Cock- ran would b on the ntump In the West, a large \ art of the campaign. Former Bcna*or Gorman of Maryland, arrived here to-day to assist the Eastern hianch of th* Democratic Campttgn t'om mittat. IT IS ALL < IlnkKltN WAY. Yevertlieleaa the l.flort Was Made tn llrlnat llnruiony. New York. Hept. 7.—The conference of IVtnonU at the lloffm n House to-day w*;is Interesting though without special significance. It was thought there w,s a possibility that the representatives of ex-ffenator David 11. lit.l would reach an understand ing with ex-Benator Murphy and Richard Croker, hut Chairman Frank Campla-ll returned to hi* home lit Hath to-ntght leaving tiehtnd him the announcement thm the situation was still unchanged Whether harmony will b# the watch word at the convention at Saratoga next week cannot be determined until It lum been ascertained whether *x-Senator David It. 1111 l will consent to abandon the cause of Controller Color of Brooklyn. There was a rumor to>n!ght that ex-Ben ator Hill would consent and would favor the nomination of former Judge Karl of Herkimer county. Brbfly stated the attitude of ex-Bena tor Murphy and Richard Croker to-day seemed to Indicate a willingness to accept any candklat who in ght lw* suggested by th# followers of Iflll except Coler Per haps the name most frequently mention ed by the !**moerat* at the Hoffman House to-day was that of John B Bt.mch fP Id of Klmlra I was anitourced to-night that Coler's name would probably be presented to the convention by Bridge Commissioner John Is. Hhea an 1 that David B Hill would •etMind the nomlnati n in a ringing speech In which he would urge th* nomination of ol r because of the Independent vot ers that would b* attracted It In generally conceded that Croker controls a majority of the dt b gate*. I tIWCIIKM K IT SARATOGA. I hliagn I'latfarm Demoerat, Have lleen t tilled to Meet. Alhnny. N. Y.. P 7 —Chalran Thomaa W Cantwell of thla city haa maued a call for a confer*noa of the Exeeutlve committee of the Chlengo Platform Dem ocrat* it the Grand t'nton Hotel. Sara ttoga, Se|>t, 10. on Ihe eve of the Demo cratic Btate Convention In hi* cal! Chairman Cantwell xaya that condition* have arlaen which threaten party tinliy and may. If perm#'ted to eon tlnue. affect not only Ihe state, but ra tional ticket a* well. PMVI or ttOl.D OBMOCRATff. Hea*na* W hy The* Oppoae Ike Eiee linn of Ir. Rryan. Indianapolis. B-pt. 7—John V Frensel. national eecretary of the Gold Democrat*, gave out to-day a atatement of campaign plana and reason* for entering the cam paign against Mr Bryan. It says Bryan still represents alt that l* set forth In the Chi, ago platform, the principle* of which caused the Gold Democrat* to form a sep arate organisation in '* "In addition to thi*," he *ald, "we now have h'* action at the National Conven tion at Knnsas City, where he placed such emphaal* on (he 1* to 1 Idea—a direct and unpardonable opposition to everything the Gold Denuw rats have espoused In my opinion the Gold DMnd*rata who support ed the Indianapolis platform In ‘S* cannot consistently supjmrt llryan this lime If they do, It muni be simply for (be reason that they see In Ihe so-called threat of Imperialism charg-d to the present .admin istration by reason of it* attitude toward the Philippine*, somethin* more dnnger our to the country than the her-stes and fallacies of the Chicago platform, or that they have |>otl'lral ambition*. FI’BIOX l\ ARVADA. Democrat* Mtl Sllverlte* Tamed Aewlaisds for CoagreM. Vlrglnta, Ncv.. Bept. 7.— The Democratic and Mlver in rile* effeettd fusion to-day. Rnd nomlnnted Francis G. Newlantls for Congrc. A I- Ftix*.-raid no nonil not. and for pnprem* Judge The platform Indorse, the Chlcaro and Kansas City platform*, holds that th silver question I* one of the Important questions of the campaign oppo*e* frusta, condemn* the admlnt*! rollon'* Philippine policy, extend* sympathy atvl moral sup port to the llowx; oppose aI He nee* with foreign nation*, objects to lotteries ho.I prise fight*, favors shorter hours foe htlior; eoiloglxe* Francis G Newland*. amt Invite* , o-opera I lon of th* Southern Fnclllc Company In htitlding up the stti e. The *llver party passed a rcsotutkir. denouncing Senator Sfeworl. who recent ly announced that he would sip-port the H< mthllcan national ticket, ami demand ing hg reslgi .atkm is senator. 11 VI) A I) API. IK AT fAWIIRIIMiF Cal. Brian llatl Endeavored to Keep Ills Route Secret. Camhrlilge. 0., Bept. 7.—W J Bryan left Wheeling for Chicago at 7: this mornlug. lie had endeavored to keep his route a secret, bus at Cambridge there was assembled a crowd of several hun dred people, who demanded a speech of the candidate. Mr. Bryan epok* for three minutes, con fining himself lo the trust* along the same line* he u: -g In former npeer-he* He said that no one rould expe-t re roe. ha I leglv, latlou from Ihe Republican parly, which make* demands to a large extent upon (here oumotnattotM for campaign eontrl hultaiui. He said thar If the worktngmm did not know how to vote In order to hurt the trust*, he should watch the way Ihe trust magnates voted, and then vote th* other way. He was cheered and ap plauded during hts remarks. ALIFORM A l>F Mill HATS. An med Kleetoral Ticket and llt - dossed Kansas ( llr Platform. Ran Jen*. Cal.. Bept. 7.—The Slate Dem ocratic Convention adjourned to-day after nominating nn el elotal tl ket and adopt tng a platform embodying the prlnelples art forth In the national platform adopted ai Kansas (Tty. The platform condemn* Ihe employment cf Astatic* and farora ths ro-enaetmenr and Improvsment of Ihe Chinese exclusion act and the adoption of such law* as will sxelud* all Astatic tabor. Kmpludlnas lias Killed Four. Vienna. Bept 7. During the Auqtrlan maneuvers to-day on th* harder* of Galicia and Bohemia, a Mg gun exploded, killing four men out right and fatally wounding eighteen others f 0 COTTON TOOK A TURN TRBMKSDMft E\ ITKHKYT %% HK\ THE t H (Ml l % UK. PUBLIC LOST VERY LITTLE. prop was c.%rr.n tn m ll pisic i\i.i\ enruote. Action nf the Manrheater kplnnera Had t onslderalile Kflrrt on the (larkrt—4 unarn ntl% e llenlera Re lieve the Turning Polut llaa lleeu Iteaelaed—Market Unit Rapidly Ip and liimn-Dat'a HnafWewa In Kev York Eatlmntrd at 1.4104t.4HH Dales. New* York. Hept 7 —T>-dy marked the turning point m the great bull movement in cotton on the New Y'ork. New Orleans and Liverpool rotton exchatiges. With a crash amid tremendous excita mev, prices fell JC to 2S (mint* on ths >lenlng. while the closing was weak at a net loss of 19 to 2. |Kints. Between the opening and final phases, the market scored rome violent p#'nduai ttnns. at one time advuiwing wtthki a point* or so of yesterday s closing Tne l*ss on the first call here wl|e*| out fully oneKhlrd of the rise xcrumulpsl during the fore port of the wck. and resulted from a hull panic In Liverpool. The public won not a loser on the col lapse of the English ond American mar kets. having sold out pretty thoroughly • airing th* grcit r'e of ygsterday. Man* heater spinners voted at a meeting KMlay to (kis*' down tnelr mills. hein dnabic to profitably mnmifneture cotton xomls at the prevent ahnormal prices de manded for American cotton. Moreover, there was not suftb lent staple tu all Flog land to keep them goli.g for ten days con secutively. Se>m* trailers are talking Il> cents for Junuiry delivery, but conservative par ties believe the turning polm has been rear he'd To-day*! business on the local cotton exchange was estimated at l.tro.txwi bales. THE CRI9IB %T M IYCIIE9TKH. tnffrrlng Idkrly t> He 4’anaetl by Ks forced Idlenraw. Itvlun gept H —The morning |apera comment upon the err! >usne-a cf the crisis which has arisen at Manchester, where suffering la likely to be caused by tha enforced Idleness of operatives, especially 11. as not impossible, the stoppage con tinues into October. The prospects of a satisfactory Ameri can crop are regard* and as slender SfOT TO HI V PII'IIT r OTTII*, Rr.ll>li Spinners larrp >nl In Pap. chase Thla Month. Manchester, England. Bept. 7—At a mprllni of Ihr cotton iplnnm here to day It waa decided. practically unani mously, not to purchase American apot cotton during Hie month of September. Pour-fifth* of tha amployara In the trade ware represented. It Ig anticipated that the deelelon will trad to the closure of aaorec of mllia for aavaral week*. Only threa manufacturer* oppoaad tha resolution and their oh jar - tlon waa that It waa not atronit enough and that It ahould bind the trade an atop the consumption of cotton and not mere ly to atop purchasing It. The meeting waa private hut ft waa ascertained th.it during the discussions there waa sharp criticism of the Liverpool •peculatora who. It waa declared, made the crlei* worse by gambling Eventually the meellnit adjourned until Repl Jl. w han the situation will be again considered Tha meeting summoned for Rapt SI, le to roconel-lcr tha sMuallon. "and If nac aaaary, lo taka more draailc measures." Yrgterdav* meeting waa open to nil •pin ners. whether . oonrctrd wllh lha f"delo tion or not Member# of tha North nml Norh"n*t Lancashire Hpinncra and Man ufacturers’ A* social lon u, were also pres ent. These had met earlier in the day. and It was Ulster. 'rs| that they were willing to eo-nperate with the federation. In the e-oarae of the meeting the accusa tion waa made, olthouch not formally dlaeosseel. that motor of lha promoterw of the meeting hael been fortifying their own position by large purchases of cotton since the conference v stimmonest Dko-.aim ers, however. m with cordial acceptance lleplying to complaints that the reoo lu’lon waa Inadequate to meet the crisis, th* promoters admitted that this had be come more acute sinew the meeting waa called, but tney said It had been deemed expedient to a-cure united action through out the whole tra-te before attempting lo strengths the terms of the r>'HOlultn. The chief Interi st In yesterday's pro cetdlngs I* as to whether they will has ten the end of the corner which has been estahl'shed. Mr M.iwdesly, a leading of ficial of the operative**' union, la hope ful He says that a fortnight's loss of work ahould not seriously aff-ct the oper atives. The Bolton spltmera use Egyptian cot ion chl*(ly and are therefor*- little af fected The Barnes rnmiairiy of Karn woith. one of the largest firms depend ent upon American cotton, has already placed It* four mills on shor: time for four days a week, and ii I* f*tired that many mill* will he obliged to close. HIV RKT A Hits CO ATM ACT. Soutlt African f.oltl f nsipsslrt Will Heavy t t.al Tracks. Capetown, kept. 7.—American energy promise* to be rewarded by securing or der* for 3WI large* coal truck*. Involving tisn, two, about to be placid by gold raining i-otnpantes on the Kind. In which quick dettvery Is vitally Important. Tender* were rwraived from British am American tganufacturer*. The latter quoted lower on the pi Ice* and protnleed more speedy delivery. British financial house* hear that Hie English manufacturer* will allow foreign, era to reap the commercial benefits of the war. A Haw Material Tariff. Berlin. Sept. 7.—-The seml-offlclal Relchsangelger announces that the min istry of state decided yesterday. In view of the deficiencies of the coal supply, to facilitate Importation by Introducing everywhere e raw material tariff to con tinue at least two years. *1411(11 STHI4 K LOI IftUAA, Two Urn Drowned and Uncle De# ■ Inert*<n YY roimlit. New Orleans. 8* pt 7 —The storm, which i has been expected for several days, ma- j t<’!lalix*d to-tlay amt all th#* southern , losri nf Louisiana has incti swept. The sea water has been tacki up to tin Mlsel**ip|et river lev*** on (he east bank. Dr. O 11. Burford and Sup 4 Rlchanl Quinn, gnve rnni* nt offl*'er at Fort Hi I'hllllp. wmt down th#* river In a caFwwet on Thursday and this evening the boat was found bottom up. They were un questionably drown* *1 The damage to crops from sea water Is large. Xlorut at Pass 4 hrlstlaa. Pass Christian. Miss., Kept 7 —The predicted wind st>rm reached Its hlght at <1 o'clock this evening and for an hour It blew at about fifty miles an hour, accom panied by a heavy rainfall All vessels In the h.irM rode through safely, and very little damage was dime. TRIED TO 4 OH MIT *1 H IDE. ( oitdrmnrd Murderer Took Morphine nod 4 ol Ills Throat, Wllmlngioti, N. C\, Sept. 7.—Rather than tn hanged at the band:- of a Republican or Populist, lie deckired. Archie Kill saute a (andsmiml white murderer who was sentenced to he hanged to-day at flint on. Kumpson taeunty, tills morning made two unsuccessful attemiats to cm inlt suicide In his cell, one by cutting his ihioai from ar lo ear and the other by taking morphine, the tie.ms of his se|f-#lestruc(io<i having been furnished by sympathisers and secreted by him In hts cell until a few hours before hts ex ecution was ap|Mlntd to take place. Under Ihe circumstances and because local ministers of the gn*| I admmlshed the t lover nor that the < ood mned man was not ready to die. the chief executive has granted the murderer a respite of one week, hut a special to the Star to-night says that physicians declare his condi tion very critical from the wound at Ida throat. Klvisanla. himself a Democrat, la con d* mned to die for the killing of Popu list In Benator Butler's countv tn the heated political campaign of I*#< While It la urged that politics did nut enter Into the murder from the fact that 1 democrats have been most urgent in demanding his execution, feeling has lieen high and be fore hts conviction In court he was liber ated from jail by frlenda. and be bade deflance to th- law and evaded capture for nine months, during which time he remained In hla own county and was at last shot dawn by a passe and again plac ed In Jail. THEY YY 11.1. PHOBARLY YTHIKE. Indications Are Ynthradte Miners Will <•• tint. Indianapolis. Dept 7 - Under the consti tution of the United Min# Workers of America the executive board must de# Ide before * o'clock to-morrow night on the application of the districts embraced in the anthracite region for permission to strike. Indications to-night are that before the time Itmtt has ••spited messages will have been sen! lo the |ire*.d*nt of the three districts In question, annoum tng that the Permission has been granted Following these messages will be others ordering the men out of the mines. The question of ordering the strike was not submitted t| a vote at the meeting of the executive Uocrd which was In session here all of to-day, the time being taken up In dlscusalon. a •thikk ik Rirtirati. Operators Way Anikina Bet a Miracle I ae Prevent It. Wllkesbarr*. Fa.. Sept. T —Miners' meet ing* were held In various parte of the Wyoming valley 10-nlghl and the strike situation discussed. In nearly all the mealing* the sentiment was In favor of u In. 11 rig by the derision of the Executive Board of the t'nlted Mine Worker* now In sexton In Indianapolis. Rome of the speakers deplored a lockout, hut said they were willing lo stand by the majority. The operators are now .-onvlneed that nothing hut a miracle ran prevent a strike and are making preparations lo hire cool and Iron policemen to guard their properly. If the strike Is ordered. Heady lor the Rfrlke. Rhamokln. F , Rept 7- The operator# and the leaders of the I'nlled Mine Work ers of district No S. composed cf the counties of Northumlierland, Columbia. Schuylkill and fiauphtn. each announced to-night that they were In readiness for the eg pec led strike The haler* claim they will soon Induce enough unorgan ised miners to .-# work to tie up the district: while the operators assert that the great preri.L-ge of the workmen will remain at work HAWAIIAN COI HT OKI IDEM IT. laaerta That the f onalltallon Fol lows the Fla*. Ran Francisco, kept. 7.—The steamship Wvrrlmoo tiring* the following news: The Hawaiian Court, In the case of George Edward*, ronvk-tesl of an unnat ural offense, after the American flag was raised In Hawaii, ha* decided that the constitution fo'.tow* the flog. Edward* eras convicted on a verdict of ten to two, and the court grants an appeal as a unan imous verdict Is nee saury under the con stitution. Export Hat* on Tobacco. Havana, kept. 7—The tobacco growers have submitted a petition to f)ov. Gen. Wood asking the removal of the export duty rn tobacco. The iietltln Is being fa vorably conrhter'd. aa it affecta only the low grads product wh eh la not used In the Unit'd Rtat-s hut gets chiefly to Ipaln Money (or Troops In Uktna. Ban Francisco, Bept 7-The steamer Fhlna. which sailed for Hong Kong, car ried nearly U.ion.im in gold and silver cur rency for the Unit'd State* troops In China. ■ ra s 1 m Haelse’s Papulation. Washington. Rapt 7 -The population of Racine. Wte , as announced to-day. is .102. an Increase n ten years, of t,/**. DAILY. I* A YEAR, ft UKNTR A COPT WEEKLY 2 TIMKH A WKKK.II A YEAR SPOKE EIGHT TIMES BOV. KOOKVKI.T WnnKßlt PRET. Tl lItHII IV Mil Hia.tß. PLEASED WITH RECEPTION. YY ELI. RECEIVED YT GR4YD RAB ID* AYD LA YHI YU. He Spoke tn Urge ( row4a Also nt Hay t it), saaclnnw and Olher Point ■—lie* tiled Hla Ytlenfion to •be YKnney 4| neat lon. the Philip pine* and the Irii#l- Heels reel the Money |ueailn YY aa I'arsMonst. Ornrtl It iptd*. Mich., Kept 7 Koaaevelt arrived nt tha city at I o'clock this v veiling, atui w in acconled a grand street leim>ii>*iatum. To-night he (>oke In the Au#htoriuiu, which w.a cr#>W'del to Its uinxwi capacity, and lau*r mule a brief spetvh In iowort' Theater. During hts trip through Michigan Uv day. Col Roosevelt made eight speech**, iH gmniuk at Day CMy at * 30 in the motn -104. ami (iidmjt at Hastings at & o'clock. The crowds .tl the various stopping place! du ln the b> were targe, upprectativ* and rc#|mns|ve. Tin N#*w York 45ovemor Is pleased with 1-1* Western reception, ftifhmigh he com* P*ans that he Is great.y overworked He sa>s that while his health ie robust and hla strength equil to any ordinary de mand. he will he glad ivhen he rroaaca the Michigan state Hne Into another state, v hers the Central Committee does tout work Its candidate* so hard The Oov ♦•rtior goes (o B#>uth Ilerxi. ind., to-mor r'W. wnere he apeak! at ft o'clock In th* eveiilru*-, "The leaders among our opponents are doubtless uneasily cora-lou* that their flee sliver lollcy would le disastrous to the nilf.nr of our country: but having plays I the part of demagogues, they must B-.W reap the frulta of their action. If they came Into power, their mere pos session of power would throw this enun- Iry Into convulsions of disaster. They wou and be obliged to moke war upon the principles of sound finance. The victory ft Mr Bryan would mean such a strengthening of the foes of hones money aa to powerfully Impress every wavering mind In the B-nate. *-> that free allvsr legislation could probably paa* both Hous es. and no Hr. ret.-ry of the Treasury who would aci epl office under Mr. Bryan could do anything but follow a course of act on which would plunge our financial ayelrm Into chaos If the farmer, the business man. and the wage-worker want prosperity to continue, they must msk* up their minds that the Incoming of Mr. Itrysn would mi an terrible widespread disaster. 'What He Said or Trusts. "A word as to trusts. Beyond a ques tion the great Industrial combination! which Wr group In popular parlance un der the nem of trust* have produced gregt and serious evils. There Is every r-os-w why w< should try to abate those evil* nd lo make men of wealth, wheth er they act Individually or collectively, beor thHr full share of the country's bur dens and keep as scrupulously within th bounds of equity ami morullty aa any of their neighbors But wild and frantla denunciation* doe* not do them the least harm and simply po.*t|*>nea the day whea we isn make them amenable lo propai law*, liaaiy legislation of a violent type h> either wholly Ineffective against tits evil, or else crushes th* evil at the eg. I—ns- of crushing even more of good. W< need lo approach the Subject both with firm resolution to abate the evil and In a spirit of hard, common sense as we search for the names of abating them One of the first (fling* to obtain I* publicity. W# must he able by law to find out eaactly what each corporation does ami rams This more publicity Itself will effect something towards remedying many avtla Moreover. It will give his a ciearsr Me* os lo what the remaining evils are. and will, therefore, enable us to shapa out measures for attacking the latter with good prospects of success. I mm-Klerata ulta.k always Invites reaction ami often defeat. Mislenikm, combined wllh reso lution. can alone secure results worth having l-et me point out to you that within the lasi two year* we have la New York established a franchise las umlrr which the corporation* which owt moei to the slate, hut which had hltherta largely escaped taxation, have been re quir'd to pay tlwlr Just share of taxa tion. tin the Philippines. "Not a word sperlffcsHy as to the Phil ippine*. H In connection with the Phil tpplnes that Mr. Bryan has chiefly harped upon the ‘coneent of the governed* the ory Asa matter of fact, we cannot toe clearly keep In mlml th.it the success of the Agulnaldlan ratw-ls would mean not lllieriy for all I’hlllpplnos, but liberty fo a certain bloodthirsty section to cqqireaa a great majority of their fellow-country men. Under Rpanlsh rule the Piltpptnog were treated with Intolerable cruelty, The Agulnaldlan l>-dern have, wherever their power has eatended, continued system almost as bad The chief victim* of this system have been not the Ameri can*. but their fellow-Filippinos; for theli hatred and cruelty have hern exhibited chiefly at the coat of their fellow-country men. who have had the good arose and genuine patriotism to realise that the true Interests of the |sl-in-1* lay In the Amer ican government Bo far as I am awsr* not one competeni witness who ha* actn* ally known the fact*, believe* tbs Filip plno* capable of #!f-go\ eminent at pre*. Belli, or believe# that such an effort would result In anything but a horrible confu sion of tyranny and anarchy. Judge Taft, president Hchurman, Prof. Wnroeator, litshop Potter, and all our atpi)' "fflcen are a unit on this point. The Institution of a free republic cannot at a leap he transplanted Into wholly alien soli among a people who have not the allghtest con ception of liberty of self-government, at we use those words. You might aa wet try to transplant a full-grown oak into alien soli." Bonaevelt nt Ha City. Bay City. Mich.. Bept, 7—Gov. Roose velt arrived h- re early this morning Ha was driven lo Central Avenu# Park es corted by t, company of local Rnoaavell Hough Riders, in hi* speech he said: "The great Issue that we have hefors uw this year. I* whether wr shall continue the policy that gives to every man a chance to earn ha I'ving. If he wishes t do so That I* the gr-at issue. We want conditions such that a man of thrift. In dustry and ’business sagacity can uoa those qualities to the beat advantage. "Here In Michigan you know for your (Contioutd on Fifth Page.)