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the: horning news f>tab!lehed ISSo - Incorporated IMS J. H F.BTILU President. OVER TWO THOUSAND LIVES LOST Cyclone Caused the Greatest Destruction Ever Known on the Texas Coast. CITY OF GALVESTON HAS PROBABLY BEEN WIPED OUT. * Four Thousand Flouses Destroyed and Loss of Life Yet Unestimated. <mf Report* thr Drad In Galvnion at 2..VM1 or Mara, Hal Tliry Am Not rnnlrard-AII thr Hrldgrs Arr Haahrd Away, thr Hlrra Arr Down and There la no t oinnaunlratlon—l.rtal l>araayr at lloastou and Many Other Interior Towns—Coast Tonai N\ ere llarag.d, Many of Than. tiring Almost Entirely Hlpril Ont With Loss of Life— People of Gnlvrs ton Arr la Great Dlatrraa and la herd of Food and Water. Nrw York. Bpt. The World to-mor rotr will print lha following: "Austin, Tex.. Bept. 9.—lnformation haa just reached me that about J.floo live* have been loai at Galvnion. with enormous de struction of properly. "Mo Information from other polnta. (Signed; "Joseph D. Bayers. •'Governor. 1 * Chicago. Sept. 9—A dispatch to the Chronicle from San Antonio, Tex., eaye: The atartllng newa haa Juat flaahed over the wire* Informing Gov. J. D. Sayera that a messenger at great rtsk-of his Ufa Just reached Virginia Point from Gal veston with the report that 2.500 are prob ably dead as a result of the fearful storm. An urgent appeal to all Texas la made for help. The messenger said that the grain ele vators at the water front are wrecked and hundreds of building* have collapsed or were carried out to sag The greatest dis tress Is said to prevail. Houston Sept 9, 10 p m -The West In dim storm which reached the Gulf cosat yesterday morning wrought awful havoc In Texas. Reports are conflicting, but It Is known that an appalling disaster has befallen the City of Galveston, where. It Is report ed. a thousand or more lives hsve been Moiled out and a tremendous property <1 image was Incurred. Meager reports from Sabine Pass and Pori Arthur also Indicate a heavy loss of life, hut these reports cannot be con firmed at ih*s hour. The first news to reach this city from th- stricken city of Galveston was re ceived to-night. James C. Timmins, who reside* In Houston, and who It the gen eral superintendent of the National Com press Company, arrlvod In Ih# city at * o'clock to-night from Galveston. He was one of the first to reach here with tid ings of the great disaster which has bc frllen that city, and the magnitude of that disaster remains to be told because of his endeavors to reach hts home. After remaining through the hurricane on Saturday, he departed from Galveston on a schooner and came across the hay 10 Morgan's Point, where he caught a train tor Houston. The hurricane. Mr. Tim mins said, was the worst ever known. Four Thousand Houser Goar. The estimates msde by clHiena of Oal vetton were that four thousand houses, most of them residences, have been de stroyed and that at least 1.000 people have been drowned, killed or are missing. Borne business houses were also destroyed, but most of them stood, though badly dam aged. The city. Mr. Tlmmtns avers. Is a com plete wreck, so far as he could see from the water and from the Trerooot Hotel. W ater was blown over the island by the hurricane, the wind blowing at. the rate of eighty miles on hour straight from the Gulf and forcing Ihe sea water before It 9 In big waves. The gale was ■ steady one. the heart of ll striking the city about live o'clock •erday evening end continued without Ir.trrmluion until midnight last night. wt >en It abated somewhat, although It continued to blow als night. Slae Killed In One House. Of his knowledge, Mr. Timmins knew Sulnumal) ilimnintj V'ctos of only one house succumbing with fatal results, though he heard of many resi dences being carried away with Inmates. The house that he saw destroyed waa Rit ter's saloon and restaurant at 21 Og Strand street, a principal business street of ihe oily. This ihree-slory building was blown down and nine men. prominent clt laens, were killed. Among Ihe dead are: Charles Kelner, Br.. a cotton buyer for an English firm. Stanley C. Spencer, general manager of the Elder-ftempster Steamship Line, and Richard Lord, manager of McFadden's Cotton Company, whose body is still in Ihe ruins. Secretary Bailey of Ihe Wharf Company and several wallers and customers saved themselves by Jumping from ihe upper story juat before ihe crash came. Ii was reported that Ihe Orphan Asy lum and both hospital* were destroyed, and If ihls proves true the loss of life will be great, as these Institutions were gen erally crowded, and as they were sub stantial buildings, the chances are that many had taken refuge In them. halt Hater Over Everything. The water extended across Ihe Island. Mr. Timmins said ll was three feht deep In Ihe rotunda of the Tremont Hotel and was tlx feel deep In Mark! street. Along Ihe water damage was very great. The roofs had been blown from all ihe elevators, and Ihe sheds along she wharves were either wrecked or had lost their sides and were of no protection to the contents. Most of the small sailing craft were wrecked and were either plied up on the wharves or floating bottom side up In Ihe hay. There is a small steamship ashore three miles north of Pelican Island, bul Mr. Tinimln* could not distinguish her name. She was flying a British flag. Another big vessel has been driven ashore al Virginia Point and still another Is aground al Texas City. At the south point of Houston Island an unknown ship lies In a helpless condition. The lightship that marks Galveston bar Is hard and fast aground at Bolivar Point. * Mr. Tlmmlr.s and the men with him on the schooner rescued two sailors from the middle bay, who had been many hour* In Ihe water. These men were foreigners, and he could gain no Information from them. A wreck of a vessel which looked like a large steam tug was observed Just be fore Ihe party landed. In Ihe bay the carcasses of nearly 200 horses and mule* were seen, but no human body was visi ble. The scene* during Ihe storm, Mr. Timmins said, could not be described. Women and children were crowded Into the Tremont Hotel, where he was seek ing shelter, and all night these unfoggu nates were bemoaning their losses of kin dred and fortune. They were grouped about Ihe stairways and In Ihe galleries and rooms of Ihe hotel. What was oc curring In the other parts of the city he could only conjecture. People In Distress. The city of Galveston, he says. Is now entirely submerged and cut off from com munication The host* are gone; the rail roads cannot be operated and the water Is so high people cannot walk out by way of the bridge across Ihe hay even should that bridge he standing. , Provision* will be badly needed as a great majority of Ihe people lost all they had. The Waterworks power-house was wrecked and a water famine Is threaten ed. as the c sterns were all ruined by the overflow of salt water. This. Mr Tim mins regards *t ths most ssrlous problem to be faced now. The city Is In darkness, the electric plant having been ruined. Tliere It no way of estimating the prop erty damage at present. Bo far as he could tee or hear, Mr Tim- SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1000. min* says the east end portion of the city, which I* the resident district, has bten practically wiped out of existence On the west end. which face* th* Gulf on another portion of the Island, much havoc wa* done. The beach has been awept clean, th# bath hotis-a are destroyed and many of the residences are total wreck*. I.OM OF UFH AA AH a.itoo. That la the Report From a Cable Message via Vera t ros. Memphis. Tenn . Hept B.—A special from New Orleans says: Advices regarding the awful effects of the storm which has bAen raging along the Gulf coast of Texas are Just begin ning to arrive and the story they tell la fraught with horror. First In Importance Is the news that Galveston was struck by a tidal wave and that the lose of life there was be tween 2.800 and 3.000. The water is fifteen feet deep over Vir ginia Point. Every effort I* being made out of New Orleans to get telegraphic or cahta-communhatton with Ihe wrecked city, but to little avail. One message waa received Ibis evening fixing the tosa of life at 2.000. It came by cable from \>ra Crus and was later confirmed In a gen eral way. Gieat damage and considerable loss of life I* reported along the line of th* Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad There la much arxlety about Bahtne I’a* and Port Arthur The last new* received from Bahlne Pass was yesterday at noon and at that hour the town was entirely surrounded by water. The storm had not then reached It* htght nor had the tidal wave come which la reported to have awept over Galveston. However, at lhe time the last report was sent out. the people were fleeing to the highland* for safety, and It Is hoped that they may have found refuge In time. Port Arthur la not *o exposed lo the wave* as Sabine Paaa. but the damage • here la believed to have been great. Telegraphic wlrea are down to Port I-a vaca, Rockport, Aransas Pass. Corpus Christi and Brownsville, on the lower roast, and grave fears are entertained regarding th# safety of the Inhabitants of thcee town*. PRAIRIE COVERED WITH BODIF.H. Two llaudred Corpse* AVer* Coasted From m Relief Teals. Dolls*. Tex., Bept. 8-Tho fol lowing telegram waa received from Houston by the New*: "Relief train Just returned. They could not get rloeer than six mller of Virginia Point where the prairie wa* covered with lumber, debris, piano*, trunks and dead bodies. Two hundrrjl corpses were count ed from the train. A large steamer Is stranded two mile* thl* aide of A’lrglnln Point as though thrown up by a tidal wave. Nothing con be aeen of Galveston. Two men were picked up who floated acroro to the mainland. They aay they eetlmatc the losses of life up to Ah* time they left at two thousand. The above message Is addressed to Hup* Peiton, Dallas, and come# from Mr Vaughn, manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at Houston. IT AA'AS TEN AS’ WORST STORM. Naraeroaa Rumor* About the Dead and Property Damage. Houston. Tex.. Sept. The storm that raged along th* coast of Texas last night was the meet disastrous that hex ever visited thl* section. • The wire* are down and there (a no way of finding out Juat what has happened, but enough 1* known to make It certain that there has been great loa# of life and destruction of property all along Ihe coast and for a hundred mile# Inland. Kvery town that Is reached report* one or more dead, and the property damage 1* #o great (hat there Is no way of com puting it accurately. Galveston remain* Isolated. The Hous ton Post and the Associated Pres* made effort* to get special train* and lugs to day with which to reach th# island city. The railroad companies declined to risk their locomoilve*. All sort* of rumor* prevail, hut with no substantial basis. It I* know that the railroad bridge* acrosa the bay at Galves ton are either wrecked or are likely to be destroyed with the weight of a train on them. Th# approaches to the wagon bridge are gone and k I* rendered useless. The bridge of Ihe Galveston, Houston and Northern Railroad Is standing, but the drawbridges over Clear creek and al Kdgewater are gone and the road cannot get train* through to utilise the bridge across the bay. The Fate of Many In Dnabl. A train went down the Columbia Gap road this morning a* far a* Chenango Junction. The town waa greatly dam aged and Ihe bodies of nine negroes were taken from th# ruin* of one house. Th* train could proceed no further and came back to Houston, leaving the fate of th* people at Anglaton. Columbia. Brasora. Velasco and Quintana uncertain. The emsli town of Brookshire on th* Missouri. Kansas and Texas sva* almost (Continued on Fifth Page.) MINERS ARE WAITING HILL M IIIIK U, O*LY HHRN AG II MB MUST is NETIIBO. NEGOTIATIONS ARE PENDING HIT THE OPERATORS II IN E ftO COXCBMIOXt. There Are 100*000 Men Read j to Mrlkr When the Orders Are !•- •tied-- Miners In %eed of lyni|nth>— Mtrlke Will He Ordered If Demand* Are Ant Met Within n Keatoniible llmr-l nlun H on Id He nt Grent tC*|enr. India napoil*, Ind., Bepl. 9.—The National Executive Board of the United Mine Worker** of America adjourned line die to-day without promulgating a formal in dorsement of the application of the min er** of the anthracite dlatrk-ta for permis sion to air ike. At the cloeo of the wwlon Presideni John MHrhtU tald; '•There Is practically no change in the •Ituution since last night. If the operator* do not meet our demand* within a given time, the strike will be ordered upon the Indorsement of Secretary Wilson and my self. "Whether the time allowed la five day* or longer I decline to say. A* et out In our atatement of yeaterday influence* ore at work to bring a!>out a addlement without ordering fho men to lay down their tool*. I mu*t again decline to say what these influence* are, for th* raaaon that making thl* information public would at once d* stroy their effect Ivan—. "If there are any political Influence* at work I know nothing of them myl I do not thin!; It ha* come to the knowledge of the iMxird member*. It would be very bad policy for the national oflicers of the Mine Workers to ak the interc***ion of any |Kllt|cal pony and thl* certainly ha* not bec*n done. We are *tmply trying to get for the miners of our organisation and tho*e not affllliited with u* honct wage*." lion the Mutter Mantln. A* noon aa he arrived at hi* office thl* morning I’reakteni Mitchell *enl word to the telegraph office* that if any mereuge* had iteen recelvi for him during the night they ehould be delivered ai hi* of fice After waiting a reasonable tim* for a response the txiard wag called to order. No message* came and thl* U taken aw an indication that negotiation* are *tlU prod in# Up to the time the member* of tha hoard left the office of the president there had been no communication with the leader* in the anthracite district*. Hummed up. the situation. according to the admlmdon* of President Mitchell, la thl*: "Negotiation* are undoubtedly on foot for a settkmeni of the difference* with out a strike. Ho long a* Iheae are pending the miner* wrll not *trlke. for the rfw* *on that the operator* would be left, a loophole to e*cap* from the portion tMAy now occupy by saying the men had gone out at a time when there wa* a chan**** that an amicable nettlement might have been brought about." Public pympathy i* t an absolute nece** ■tty In *o fur a* tlw miner* ar- concerned. A delay until It 1* *een that th*tr wage* will not le nilMd by the operator* with out a fight; that their grievance* upon n* |w/wler question wherein they r**n pialn that they are paying SI more per keg at "pluck-me 1 store* than t* asked m the open market; that they are not allowr #d i check welghman on the tipple if must accept the weight* of companies ihit exact from them more than 1,8 pounds for ton. which I* sold <n #* ba*l* of 2.210 pound* to the ton. I* hound to •tart a sympathetic movement that will reach over the entire length and breadth of the country. It % fleet* lOO.IMHI Men. Approximately MO.'Wi men are expected to go out a: the bidding of the executive heard Thete are among the miners men who will provide for ih*-m#elves through a short, sharp decisive fight, hut men who are working at wage# rangtng from 1 cents to ILK per day cannot provide for a |<eriod of Idleness, hence the organiza tion |s met with the t4irden of taking care of not less than a half million of people during the struggle. Under these clr. umstanees the member* of the hoard admit that they must wait until the last vestige of hope for a set tlement. without Inviting a condition that may result In ihe loss of life, the destruc tion of property and the temporary paraly sis of Innumerable industries, is exhaust ed. It ha* been evident from the first ses sion of the executive hoard that un]e*a there wa* a thunge in the attitude of the operator* and an Inclination to at least recognize the officers of Ihe Mine Workers ami agree to a wage scale con ference. a etrlke would he indorsed. This same position wss maintain..l through out the deliberations of the hoard and existed at the time of adjournment, ami still exists, but these men who have been In session are nerded In the various parts of the country for the business of the or ganization and In order lo simplify the matters the declaration of a strike Is left in the hands of President Mitchell and Hecretary Wilson. GAVE RELIEF AT HAZLETON, Hut All Arr Preparing for a strike If II Is Ordered. Hazleton, Pa . Hept. 9 —The reault of the National Kxecutlvr Board of United Mine Workers In session at Indianapolis In de fining to declare a strlk. Involving the miners of the entire anthracite coal field until further efforts at conciliation have been made. Is taken among ths mine workers h. re as Indication of level head ed nesa on the part of the leaders, and they arc now confident that the way la now open for the bring ng about of a eel. Dement.through arbitration •although only a few of the many operators who would be affected by a strike have agreed thus fsr to that proposition The operators on the other hand re gard the postponement of the strike as meaning that the lead, rs do not jd't con sider the anthracite field strongly enough organised to foree them to grant the demands made hy the recent Haaleton convention Unlees a great change has occurred In their attitude, they will not arbitrate or make any concestl ns.- regardlera of the decision of the national board to hold off and give more time for an adjustment of the trouble. Patrick Duffy. John Fahey and T. D. Jficholls, composing the executive board of ihe I*nlt-d Mine AVorkers of the an thracite Held, did nothing u>-day. and to nlglit all left for tit- Ir home* Thl* Is tak en to Indicate that all -ITort* for a set tlement on the port of the beard have been given up. unless Ihe operators agree within Ihe next twenty-four hour* lo a proposition for submitting the miners grievances to arbitration Derision Gave Relief. The decision of Ihe national hoard lo defer Ihe declaration of the threatened strike ha* caused both relief and anxiety In Ihe llailetoti district. The news from Indianapolis last night had the effect of creating a feeling of re lief. hut among the business Interest* which have been considerably disturb. *d and partially paralysed during the last week on account of the fear of a strike, there still exist* a suspense which will not he removed until decisive action has been taken either one way or tllb Olhar. Posting of nolice* at the various col lieries on Hattirday afternoon to the effect that all hand* should report M-at-lav for work, strike or no strike, which was re garded as a determination on the part of the operators to test the strength of Cue United Mine Workers In the event of the declaration of one. was not necesoary In the light of development*. All the col lieries are subject to work on full time during September, and a* President Mil- It ell ha* noitlted the miner* not to quit until ordered to do no. every colliery In the region will be In full operation to morrow Goal dealers who made a great rush all day ttaiurday to supply Ihelr trade, but who found It utterly Impossible to till Ihelr orders, feel |>robhly mope relieved because of Ihe unex|*ect**l turn of affair* than any other class, and until a strike Is declared (hey will be supplied with all the coal they can handle. Meeting* of Mine Worker*. The Mine Workers' organiser* stationed here were busy this afternoon addressing meetings where local* have been estab lished and 111 organising new one* so aa to be fully prepared for Tarrying oul u strike order providing word to that effect Is received within the next few days from Indianapolis. Meetings were held at M.ir lelgn. Handy Run, Highland. Denver Meadow anil Cob-rain Father Phillips, speaking this afternoon of the action of the national hoard yesterday at Indian apolis, said: "The rtsult Is exceedingly pleasing to me I believe that the greatest victory that the wotker* could have arhleved at thl* time Ilea In the postponement of strjke measures as originally contemplat ed, It was only during the past week that anything definite had been accom plished In the way of exciting universal attention to the cause for which theae m*n had been struggling Their honor and sincerity, were to an extent placed In question owing to the delay In bringing about the condition. I was myself at flret of the Impression that there was some missing factor essential to the proper pre sentation of the case In all It* phase* My association 'with the labor leader* and my relation* wl h the varlou* coal oper ator* have shown me that all have been been acting In goal faith It required. In my Judgment th* enlistment of a neutral Influence to effect a proper understanding on both shies While the situation 1* still uncer tain, It he* reached the stage where ad justment can he facilitated by arbitra tion. I am pleased beyond measure with the outcome My purpoee a* a Christian worker a* well as ihe purpose of the dis trict officer* of the T’nlted Mine Work ers. was to bring shout a stay or ad journment of draatlc measure*, that all I turtle* directly Interested couf-l rome to n perfect understanding and give the great arbiter, public opinion, time lo properly weigh and digest Issue* My duty as a Christian worker demands this In behalf of society, and mat accom plished. my effort* cease I congratulate President Mitchell and his confrere* of Ihe executive board. In session at In dianapoll*. for having given this supreme evidence of Ihelr desire to avoid a con flict of labor with capita! unless accom panied with honor. In my opinion, tni tration I* not only possible, bul neces sary, In the Interests of the public, which Includes employer atfd employe*." Strike the Only Outcome . It wax expected that the district presi dent* would remain here until to-morrow aisl endeavor to prevail on the operators to agree to make some concession# but a* the hoard ha* left, all pomlblllty of a set tlement ha* vanished and a strike soma to he the only outcome, unlees the nation nl honrd at Indianapolis change* the pro gramme to-morrow. It I* reported that a strike will he ordered Tuesday night. All eyes are now turned towards the West AfAINK** KI.K4TTON TO-DAY. Only Question is aa to star of Hepnh- Itran Majority. Portland. Me.. Hept. The last word ha* been spoken. Ihe work Is all done, and to-morrow the voters will settle the Maine election. The slate electa a governor, fodr mem her* of Congress, county officer* and a legislature which will choose a t'nlted States senator. No one question* the reault. It I* only Ihe alas of the Republican plurality that I* In doubt. The Republican* are altll hoping to carry the state for governor by from LV<> to SO.OUO. while the Demo crat* are atlli hoping to keep ihe plurality below 20,0(1) AA HKKLKIt RETIMES TO-DAY. Vie Has Hearhed Ihe Age Limit and AA 111 Leave the Army. Chicago. Hept. At noon to-morrow. Gen Joseph Wheeler, commander of Ihe Department of the I.a kea, will ceaae to le an officer of the United State* army. (kit Wheeler, who I* SI years old. ha* reached Ihe age limit for service In the army lII* lalltemetit will be officially communicated to him by a tel-gram from Washington, when he will surrender hi* command to (ten James H. Wade, who will remain In charge until MaJ Gen. Otis rome* to assume permanent control of the department Gen Wheeler will leave to morrow night for Monteaano. Ala., hla na tive honw. tilt A AN fII’KNT A tl IKT DAY. He Tank Dinner at Ihe Aaitltorlnm AA Itli lies. Wheeler. Chicago. Hept. AATIIIam J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for President, spent a qule* Sunday here to-day. After attend ing church In the morning he returned to ihe Auditorium where he took dinner with Gen. Joseph Whee.er, commander of Ihe Department of the Lake*. Mr. Bryan *!>#nt Ihe remainder of tha day In hi* rooms, where several Democratic leaders called for a social chat. Mr. Bryan will rest here a few day* and then commence a tour of he country. Mem nan* at Glasgow. Glasgow, Hepi -Another bubonic plague susfw. t was removed to the Isola tion hospital to-day. DKADMMK IN IT.KIN. l.tinkt a* If There AA'oold Re an Karts notation. lAitdott, Sepl. 10 4:18 a. m —The dead lock In I’ekln optanently continue* It be gin* to look ne If no solution would be attained, at any rate, before th* arrival of Count von Waldrrsee at Tien Tsln. Germ iny sc*m* ■ tiave Inlroducid anew complication by endeavoring lo organlxe some kind of offensive movement In th# province of Chi 14. From Ihe plentiful crop of conflicting rumors, both as regard* the actual po sition of affairs In China nnd Ihe diplo matic aapccla In Kurope. It I* next lo Im possible to extract any dcflnlle fact. A Washington special talk* of a nfovement among the powers lo appoint Hlr Robert Hart a* Ih* Kuropean representallve In negotiation* with China. According to the Hhanghat correspond ent of the Tim* a, 14 Hung Cheng Is await ing the Imperial edict appointing addition al negotiators. Related dl*pab he# to the Time# from I’ekln aay that the court fled on the morning of Aug H, by the west gate, while Ihe Japanese were shell ng Ihe ea*l gale The Intention of Ills court waa not to pro, ed to Htan Fu, In the province of Hhen HI, hut to turn north lo Jchol. and lo remain there awaiting event*. No high official* accompanied the court ex cept prince Chlng. In Ihe apportionment of the city lo Ihe conlrol of Ih* different nations, th* Americans, In Ignorance of what was be ing done, |>ermlll*d a ratification of the French quarter, adjoining the American which Iransf.rrcd from American ! Kr, n h posacstdon Prince 14’a palace, Ihe richest In I’ekln. stocked with treasure* worth million* of dollar*. Till-*V ARE LOOKI AG KM mine. < lilacs# Irr Apparently Try lag < Oprn %rHfllimlnni. C*opyrighl. IMn, the AHix-Ulrit Pr Shanghai. Hept. 7 Mall* from the north bring a hunrh of belated message*. pnh a nolle* from the cable office at Taka, dated Aug 80, toying that the office, be ing live day* Ih hind on government tnesa agea, la not able to undertake other work. The wlrea to IV kill were being cut dally by "Hoxrra." Communication with Pekin waa Interrupted half the tlm>- The line war being repaired a* rap dly aa poaalblo by the Uiltlrh and Americana. The Taku • able office, on the date mentioned, waa handling the menaagea of all the govern ment* carenc the Iturelan and Japan ear, and the pres* dlapatchea would necea aarlly fare 111 Advlcee from Pekin aay that Prince Chlng* tecretary entered the city end lonferred with the Bpantah mlnltter, Henor R J De Cologan Doyen of the dip lomatic corps The reault of confer ence had not been made public when the advice* left the capital. The Ruasluna and Japan#*# had acoured the country for twenty mile* aouth of Pekin, looking for Roxer*. hut had found none Three hundred men of the Btxth United State* Cavalry defeated at* hundred Rox era. who had arrived with aprara and award* ol Hunting Park, eleven mile* from Pekin. Thirty Itogera were killed and many were taken prisoner* The flag* of the enemy and a large qauntlty of weapon- were raptured Hept | the Japaneae and Herman* were ‘pushing troop* from Tien Tain to ward Pektn. On the agmn dote an Im perial grand ae-b-etary and member of the Taung-11-Yameny whoae name la given Kea, which la not Intelligible, confer red with Hlr Claude Macßonaffl, Ihe Hrlt lah mlnlaler. with Ihe reault that Prince Chlng waa expected tn Pektn Kept. J Thl* vlall and that to Henor De Cologan were believed to ho preliminary to the opening of peace negotiation* A week earlier the general* and min lalera had been dlacuaalng the advlaihtl- Ity of dwatroylng the Forbidden City, be came* the Chin*ce had foiled to make peace overture* The Ktiaalana atrongly -favored deal ruction, hut Ihe other# delay ed action In order lo conault with th'dr government* The RrMlah eetged Feng Tat. an Impor tant railway atalinn and strategic po ellton eouth of Pekin. The bunding* nl Tien Tain from which the German* pcopoae to evict the Ameri can* are large •warehouse* owned by Chi namen nnd conveniently located on the Pel Ho at the head of ateamltoal navigation. The American* have been occupying these alnce they arrived ot Tien Tain. A* the other large hulMlng* were taken by other troo|ia, |t will he hard lo find aullahte winter quarter* for the American*. After the decision not to deatroy the Forbidden city ilelrtchment* of the allle* marched through the Imperial Palace, finding dirt ami confusion everywhere Eveirthlng valuable hod been removed. TO It Kg I IK TMF. KMI’KItOR. effort to Absolve the bstpreaa Dow ager From lllame. Ixoidon. Sept I.l—The fhardard puh tlahe* the following, dated Saturday. Kept. 8, from Its Shanghai correspondent: "Sang Fau, Ih* Manchu viceroy of the province* of Tun Nan and Kwel Chau, atari**! northward Sept. 8, at the hend of a large force lo rescue Ihe Kmperor. An Imperial decree has been I sailed aim ing to prove the Innocence of the Kmprega Dowager In connection with the attacks upon foreigner*. Id Hung Chang intends to go north next Tuesday (Sept. lit. Ha will he accompanied bv Chang Wl. direc tor of mine* for the province of Chi Id and Tseng, manager of the northern rail way. "It appear* that when, at the beginning of Ihe siege. Ihe Japanese minister In Pe ktn called for volunteer* to assist In the defense of the legation*, thirty-five' offi rer* of Ihe Ja|>ane* nrmy, who were en gaged In various civilian occupation* In I'ekln. responded. Thl* explains how the Japaneae were *o well Informed The Hmfx Kong correspondent of the Dally Telegraph, wiring Saturday, aaya: "Sir Alfred Gael#*, Rrltlah commander In Pekin. ha* wired to Hang Kong direct ing that no more troops he aent forward. In North China Ihe Japanese and Rua alana have arrived .at an understanding and are working together more cordial ly." KMPKRIIM ATIIaIKN HAVA FT. Yung La end Hl* Family Said to Have Committed bnielde. Toklo. Friday, Sept. 7 —Advice# from Pekin, datad Sept I, aay that Empero* Kwang Hu waa then at Hsuen Hwa Fu, In the province of Chi 14, 180 miles north of I’ekln. it t* also reported that Gen. Tung Lu /tod hi* entire faintly commuted suicide. DAILY. IS A YEAR, ft CENTO A COPY WEEKLY S-TIMEB-A-WKEK.fi A YEAR M’KINLEY ACCEPTS i.KTTF.n to RRrt nt.irtt notikica- TfOR COMMITTER. DISCUSSES ALL THE ISSUES. MOST OF III* REPLY DBVOTBD TANARUS THR I'M 11,11*1'IM*,.*. I-- , Asserts the Financial Issue la an Im portant Turly 4| first ion—Fulth ful to the Turllf— Xrnlrul In thr liner Wur—Borne t out Is I nit t lons of t’upl tul Are DungsTms—4 tiliu uud Torfo It Iro—History of Philippi ns* Trou ble unl Heßluley'a t oaclMstona. The following I* PresPlcnt McKinley's acceptance of the nomination for Presi dent by the Republican party; Executive Mansion, Washington, D C., Hept. 9. ism —lion. Homy Cabot l#odge, 'hairmon Notification Committee: My ! Dear rilr The iwimlnalton of Use Kroub- Itran National ronv.'nt ton of Jun IS. 1900. for the office of Pr#* Olent of th** Unllt Hot— which, the official representative of the eonvemloo you have conveyed lo me, ta accepted. I hove carefully namlne.! the (•Uitform ad'Hded and stive to It my hearty approval Upon the trreat t.eue of the laaf national election It In <lcar. It up- Isolde the Kohl rdaudard nrul Indoree, the lealsdntlon of the firreent Con*ro by which that etandard hit* been effective ly atrenirlhened The alahlllu of our na tional currency !*, therefore, eecure ao long a* tho.c who adhere to this* platform are kept In control of the government. In the flr.t ImHIIc, that of |)BK. the friend* of the gold etandurd and of aound cur rency were triumphant and the t'ountry t enjoying the fruit* of that victory our antagonlM*. however, are not aattatted. They compel u- to a eerond hatth upon the aome lines on which the find waa fought and won While regretting the reopening of thla rpirrtlon. which can only dtaturh the preeent -all-factory finan cial condition of the government and vlatt uncertainty ui*wi our great hualneaa en lerprlaee. we accept the laaile and itgaln Invite the aound money force* to Join In winning another an<l we hope a permanent triumph for an honrai financial ayetem, which will continue Inviolable the |>ut>lld faith Aa In its*, the three ellver partlea are untied, under Ihe entnc leader, who. Im mediately after Ihe election of that year, In an addree* to the hlmeial'lata, aald: "Th# frknda of tflmetaillam have not been vanqulahed: they have almply been overcome They believe that the gold nan.lard la a conspiracy of the money changrr* agalnal the welfare of the hu man rare—and they will continue tha warfare agalnal It " The policy this* proclaimed haa been ac cepted and confirmed by theae partlea. The Silver Detno vatic platform of IFO continue* the warfare agaln*t the *n ealled gold conspiracy when tt expressly *aya, "We reiterate the demand of that (the Chicago) platform of ihwi f or an American financial system made by the American people for themselves, which eltall restore and maintain a bimetallic twice level, and as part of such system the Immedi ate rrwtoratlon of the free and unlimited ■■olnnge of sliver and gold at the present ratio of l to 1, without watting for the aid or consent of ny other nation.” Money Issue Presented. , Bo the Issue Is presented ft will ha noted that the demand Is for the Immedi ate restoration of the free coinage of sti ver at It to I. If another Issue la para mount. this la Immediate It will admit of no delay ami will suffer no pn*Atone ment. Turning to the other areoelated pnrtlea, we find In the I'opultet national plttform, adopted at ftlnux Fall*. H ft.. May 10, l*ro. the following declaration: "We pledge anew Ihe People's party never to cease the agitation until thta financial conspiracy I* blotted from tha statute took, the Lincoln greenback re stored. the bonds all paid arid.all corpor ation money forever retired. We reaffirm the demand for the reopening of the mints of the United Klate* for the free and un limited coinage of sliver and gold at the prerent legal ratio of l to t. the Imme diate Increase In the volume of silver colna and certificates thua created lo be substituted, dollar for dol lar. for the tamknotes Issued hy pri vate corporation* under special privilege, granted hy Inw of March It. tmw. ami prior to national banking law* " The platform of the Hllver party adopt ed at Kansas City. July . HOO. makes the following announcement' "We declare It to bo our Intention to lend our efforts lo the repeal of ihls cur rency law. which not only repudiates ha ancient and time.honored principles of the Amerlcnn people la-fore the constitution was adopted, hut la violative of the prln c'plea of the constitution Itself; and w* shall not cease our efforts until there has been established In Its place a monetary system turned upon the free and unlimited coinage of sliver aml gold Into money at the present legal ratio of tt to 1 by th Independent nctlon of the United Btatea. under which system all pa|ier money shall he Issued by the government and all stn-h money coined or Issued shall l>e a full le gal tender in paynfent of all debts, publlo ami private, without egeepilon." In all three platforms these parties an nounce ths' thrtr efforts shall he unceas ing until the gold act shall he blotted from the atatute hook* and Ihe free nnd unlimited coinage of silver at It to 1 shall take I4S place. til Issues Important. The relative Importance of the Issusa f do not slop to discuss. All of them nra Important Whichever parly Is successful will be hound In conscience to carry Into administration and legislation Its aeytwal declarations nnd doctrines One declaration will be ss obligatory ns another.hut all ar rot lirmtdlate It Is not possible that these rattles would treat the doctrine of 1* to I. th* Immedwte reiltaatton of which Is demanded hy their s-vrral platforms, as void and Inoperative In theuevent that they should he clothed with power. Oth erwise their profession of faith I* Insin cere It I# therefore the Imperative bus iness of those opnosed lo this financial heresy to prevent the triumph of the par ties whose union la only assured by ad herence to the tllver Issue Will the Amer ican people. Ihrough Indifference or fan i ted security, hsaard the overthrow of the wise llnanctnl legislation of the past year and revive the danger of the stiver standard with all of the Inevitable evils of shattered ronlld.enee and general dis aster which Justly' alarm and and aroused them In IW*T The Chicago platform of vm la re-af firm'd In Ita entirety by the Kanese Cp.y Convention. Nothing has bean omitted or reca’led: ao that all tb* perils then threotered ere preeented anew with the added force of a deilbrate n affirmation Four yeara ago the people refused to place the seal of their approval upon these dangerous and revolutionary policies, and (Continued vn sixth' Paged