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THE MORNINO NKIVB. p üblished 1850 .• • Incorporated ISM J II EHTILL. President 11A Hlf [ii'lite lives Were lost in li During me Sion CALVESTON’S Fl'Tl'RE DARK S- me Are of the Opinion the City Will Never Recover. SEA GIVING BACK ITS DEAD Bodies Buried From Barges, Being Thrown Up On Beach. I uture of the <lf> Will Depend lnrgrl> on the Action Tnkrn by ,hr Mnllrnads—(.rent Nerd for Din. infrrlanta to Purify thr Atmos phere flrnrh From l>rrrl* Flesh la Krliilillal—Nm Nlran fclilpa Hnvr Arrived hut I here la no Need lor Them Now— Mill Dig ging llodlra Out. New Orleans. Sept 11—Thr Btate* t<v i received a telegram from Hon. John I member of thr State Board of Kdu . n, and redding at I-ak* Charles, i :n that 85 Uvea were lost on thr Gulf Interstate train which left Beaumont . ,tiv .Saturday mornlnit for Bolivar it. after having made connections v . ilie Southern l’aclllc train which left I • Ity Friday night. Mr l\>e was one of the passengers on f train and together with a few oth • hi sought safety In the lighthouse • lllvar Point, and was saved. The t: i reached Bolivar about noon and all r rations were made to run the train nit ferry boat preparatory to crossing hut the wind blew,so swiftly t and the ferry could not make a landing and ti e .eiductor of the train after allow -1 It l.i stand on the tracks for a few m.mites started to back It back towards I • umont. wind Increased so rapidly, coming In from the open sen. that soon the water 111 r. ached a level with the bottom of t its within the cars. It was then it me of the passengers sought safely li < • nenrby lighthouse. i: , Mr Hoe states In his telegram that I rite of all efforts eighty-five pas*en tr. were blown away or drowned. The t in was entirely wrecked. ' 1 unties* some of the killed were from Now Orleans, a* the train made direct . meet lons wilh the Hoik hern Pacific trim which left here Friday night and • re were n large number of New Or l ani passengers aboard, and II la known t t at leas! some of these were bound for Galveston. Those who were saved had to spend c <c fifty hours In the dismal lighthouse <• '.most no rations. BEGINNING TO ItWIIVKH. I'itiplf l.rstlSM tiuUrston and Its Fate Is in fiurallon. Galveston, Hept. 11—Galveston Is hegln t .if slowly to recover from the stunning bl" of last week, and though the city appears to-night to be pitilessly desolated, tt* anlhorllles and the commercial and t Industrial Interests are setting their i "fees to work and a start has at least ' n made toward the resumption of busi -1 on a moderate scale The presence of the troops haa had a 1 • clidal .ITect upon the criminal clauses •"'I the apprehension of a brief but des- I" rate reign of anarchy no* no longer • alsts The llqtmr saloons have at least • •mforarlly gone out of buslnwa and eiery strong limbed man who has not 1 own humble abode to look after Is he ir pressed into service, so that, first bf all. the water service may bo resumed, li- sutlers flushed and the streets Ilght e I he further the ruins are dug Into the i ' iter becomes the Increase In the list e( thoie who perished as their houses tu aided about their hi ads. On the lower '■ h yeserday a searching party found f -core of corpses within a small area. ‘ hg to show tlicit the bulwark of debris ~i" lbs straight across'the Island con ceal many more bodies than have been " unted for. Nea Gives Hack Its Dead. iunteer gangs continue their work of ■r-ad burial of the cropses they find on ' shores of Galveston Island at the • "v neighboring points where fatalities ‘ nil. and the storm. It will probably be ''iy days yet. however, before all the ’‘noting bodies have found nameless cave*. " bg the beach they ars constantly lv *' swashed up. Whether these are those §atuinnal) lUornimj '.ctoe. who were swept out Into the Gulf and drwoned or arc the return ashore of some asl lnt th. sea to guard agotus* terrible pestilence, there Is no means of knowing. In any even the Associated Press corrcs|iondent. In trip across the bay yesterday, counted seven belles toss ing In the waves with a score of horse* and cattle, the stench from which was unbearable. In various parts of the city the smell'of decomposed flesh Is still appnrem. Wher ever such hjstatiees are found the author-' Kies are freely disinfecting. Only to-day a babe lashed to a mattress was picked up under a residence In the very heart of the city and was burned. The city still presents the appearanee of Widespread wreck and ruin. Little has been done ro clear the streets of the ter rible tangle of wires and the masses of wreckage, mortar, slate, sione and glass that bestrew them Many of the sidewalks are Impassable Home of them are littered with debris. Others are so thickly cov ered with slim.- that walking on then* Is out of the uuestion. Asa general rule substantial frame buildings withstood bet ter the Idasts of the gale than those of brlek. In other Instanees, however, small woolen structures, cisterns and whole ► Ides of houses have been plumped down In streets or Imck yards squares away from where they originally stood. Ell,'* Fate In tluestlnn. Here and there business men have al ready put men to work to repair the dam age done, but In the main the commercial Interests seem to Is- underlain about fol lowing the lead of those who ntgwre-ntly show faith In the rapid rehabilitation of the Island city. The appearance of the newspapers to-day. after a eui.pension of several days. Is having n good effect, and both th<- New* and Tribune are urging prompt succoring of the suffering and then equal promptness In reconstruction. It Is difficult to say yet what the ulti mate effect of the disaster I* to he on the city. Many people have left and some may never return. The egperlence of others still here was so frightful that not all will remain If they can conveniently tlnd occupation In other cities. The bulk of the population, however. Is only temporarily panic stricken and there arc host*, of those who helled to make Galveston great who look upon the catas trophe as Involt Ing only a temisrrary halt lit the advancement of the city. What Is most lotherlng business men a! present is what attitude tire railroads, and e*|iee ally the Houth, rn Pacific, are to assume with respect to reeofisrructlon The decision of the transportation lines will do more than anything else to re store confidence. No Need for Steamship. Big ships. n* w arrivals, rode at anchor to-day In front of the city. They had Just reached the p&t and found the damage to the ’locks and ptegs so widespread that no accommodaßon could be given to them They found the sheds torn away, freight cars overturneil and planking ripped off. The steamships reported ashore In early reports are. sate two, the Norwegian steamer Guller and the British steamer Norma, still high arid dry. No examination Is as yet possible as to conditions of those still on the sand, but the big tug H. C. Wilmoit, has arrived from New Orleans, and her assistance is to lie given to saving those vtesel* which can be goten into deep water again. Ap parently. however. Galveston, has no Im mediate need for ships. The .leeiructlon Of the bridges of all the railroads entering the city makes li well nigh Impossible to furnish outgoing cargoes. These bridges were each about three miles In length and the work of reconstruction will be a stu pendous undertaking. No Light or Transportation. One of the most serious results of the storm has Iveeti the destruction of the electric light and street car plants. The city has been In absolute darkness for several nights, and only a few concerns, who operate their own illuminating ser vice, are enabled to do business. Nearly every residence has gon back to the primitive candle. The absen.e of street lights drives all who have no Imperative business on the streets to their homes at nightfall, but the work of the IMtrol system Is made more dlfllcult thereby and the opportunity for looting greater. The moiormen deserted their cars when the fury of the wind and the rush of the water made It no longer passible to op erate them Attempts arc being made now to get the ear* In shape again The great destruction of live stock has eliminated the carriages and cabs as a means of transportation and the need of the trolly promises to be a most pressing one when rebuilding begins. Among the worse sufferers by the dis aster. were the churches. Nearly every one of them felt the effect of the storm. Some of them ore entirely wrecked, ab solutely beyond repair. U urk of Belief Goes an. The work of relief continues energeti cally. Mayor ones and his associates arc I tending every nerve to open a direct line of transportation, with Houston, by which he may be enabled promptly lo receive the great quantity of provisions which are now on the way to the city. ••I wish to say. however." said Mayor Jones, "we have made such arrangements as will make Is possible for us to feed the needy until we can g,*t In our supplies. \Yo arc relieving every case presented lo u*. I think within u day or two our transportation facHHls will Is- *,mn*i,t temporarily to meet our needs. Galvea ton has helped other cities in the.r uis tress despite her slve and we are consoled hy the generous response of the country to our appeal.” The Relief Committee Is striving to systematise • work and there Is undoubtedly distress here which ought promptly to he relieved. Weaxen-faeed. barefooted children were engaged yesterday on the street In eagerly appropriating spoiled cast-off Stocks of food. The committee has In structed the local drug stores to provble (Continued on Filth Page.) SAVANNAH, GA., FI(IDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900. GREAT RELIEF WORK C OYTRIIIt TIOY4 Flt'%| EVERY HKC TION KOK *1 HKHKHV SEVERAL TRAINS ON THE WAY. ciov. <4%yfh* 4CK%owi.bimi the (JCMENOI * ntHH’ONMC. \rw York Via* limit) Dm lard *1.14.- 1114. himl Oflrr* %u> Imoutaf railed for—lrn*porl Mrl'hrrtou lo Holt Kriim Nt* lork With ftu||lle. Southern 4 lfle 111 H s*s|Minl I • W III* l,arr t nntrlhiitton*— 4-% en t lilnrar to the %|ipml. Austin. T*x., Hept. U.—Afvl*e.* lo Gov. #riyen 10-alny indicate that ntverol iraina loaded with lupplin for the de(dilute ar** en route to Go I re* ton. The arrival of theae supphe* will relieve the situation very materially, nn the Governor I* in formed that quite a lot of clothing 1* in cluded In the Him. Gov. Rayero nv*V* the following ataie ment to the Associated Prea* to-night “The city authorities at Galveston .ire In full control, ami every effort 1* being m i*le to find and bury the did. to re move the debris and to eanlt ite the city. Contribution* of the moat llmra l character are r ieatedty resichlncr m* and I rhail *ee that the money |* uerd to the very bent advamag** for the *ufferrrs. ami that there shall be no waste of the magnificent contribution* <'oming from th free h.irvis ami gt-nerouM heart* of a pyrnputhetlc people. "In bohalf of Iho [as.pl,* of Texas I <lc alro io exproaa my a. knoarlorlKmcnl to Iho people of the Foiled Hiaioa for the roariy an,l gonoroua roaimnae they have made In comlnx lo th.* aid of our affllcie,! people The numb rof death*, the amount of deatltutton and the loaa of properly la far greater than had been anticipated. "The Secretary of iho Navy haa placl the revenue cutter Galveaion ot my dle poaal and 1 have In turn plac'd It at the dnq-xN.I of the Mayor of Oalvmton The addttlori of thl* euttor to the latat. al ready loaned by |be Federal government will give ua five boat, ot Golveaton to ttaiifllo auppHoa and (Maaongera to and from the mainland ami I anticipate that their proaenc* there will relieve th, *ltu atlon very materially." Thl* afternoon the relief commutes of Al,ln telegraphed the Governor that the people there are In dire diMreao and In nee I of tmmrdlate relief, having treen overlooked In the egcliement attendant upon the disaster at Galveston The Gov ernor wired that he would ee that relief waa promptly sent The Governor ordered 2.W barrel* of lime ah pped from here to Galveaion to ,i*lt In the disinfection work The mai ler of imltrtnx and controlling the situa tion at Galveston la led entirely with iho Mayor and the adjutant, both of whom ate competent to discharge the dutiea re quired of them and to receive oonft*lliu tlona and to make such appropriation* a* are neceanary. •NY HIOI NT TH IT IS NFF.HF.B. New York \% 111 lilrr Liberally to the (•alvealnn Fund. New York. Hepl. IS—A special meMing of the Chamber of Commerce wu* held to day to consider what action the Chamber of Commerc e wa* to hike to aid the *uffer er* of the Galveston disaster A committee was appointed with Alex ander E. Orr. chairman, and James Htlll man treasurer, with full power lo take any action they deem necessary. It was further decided lo notify the Governor of Tegao and the Mayor of Galveston that any amount of money necessary would he forthcoming. A little more than $'35.- On wa* subscribed In a few moments. On the Htock Exchange s!.o was subscribed to-day. Miss Clara Barton, president of the Na tional Red Crews, and her spiff Irove to night for Galveston, accompanied by Marv Agnes Coombs, the secretary of the ex ecutive committee In this cliy during the Hpanlsh War. NEW YORK RAIMKN $1.1134. Generous Contribution* fur (hr Gal veston Sufferer*. New York. Hept. 13.—The subscriptions lo date for the relief of the Galveston suf ferers are: Merchants' Association. $52,029: Mayor, funds. 7.<W>; New York Mercantile Ex change fund. New York Cotton Ex change. 15.M0; N'v*’ York Hiock Exchange fund, li.fbO: New York Produce Exchange fund. $H.oiO; Chamber of Commerce fund. $25,000; miscellaneous subscriptions, $30,08). Total. $134,394. WILL l*K THE WcPHERHO*. Transport W 111 Curry l-rovlalnna lo Galveaion. Washington. Hept. 13.—Acting Hecretary of War Mriklejohig ha* Issued orck r* plac ing the transport McPherson at the ser vice of the cltlsen* committee of the Mer chants' Association of N- w York for the Immediate transportation of provisions do r.ated for the relief of the storm sufferers at Galveston. The i-eopie who have been raising ron trihutlor * and supplies In New York ssk -I*l President McKinley for a transport, and the war department acted Immediate ly In the request, ll la expected that the McPherion will sail within setenty-two hour*. TITTER* GOING TO MOBILE. They Will Take Food and Mathias In Texas Sufferer*. Norfolk. Vs,, Hept. 13.—The I'nlted Stales revenue cutter Onondaga, Capl. Hamlet commanding, left the navy yard thla morning on her mission of mercy, sailing for Mobile to lake on food and • clothing for the Texas hurricane sufferers, which will he distributed ** rapidly a possible. The revenue cutter Algonquin will sail from Wilmington to Mobile for the same purpose. CHARLBSTOS FI ND GROW ING. l arge Nam Will Be Neat to Galyesloa •offerers. Charleston. 8 C. Hept. It—A thousand (Continued on Filth Pago) K\t in England. situation Inlrtialflrd Ity Neill** llnll ih Report. Liverpool. Rcpt. IJ.—The excitement in the cotton market here continue*. Tae •dtuation ba* leen lntetimtlt.l by Netll Brother* un* x !**• uM bullish report, hu the bigge*t rest ling day on record fusly. The only failure announced w.m ttint of n email firm, the |o**e* oti the recent rtae in the price of cotton hav ing fallen on the wealthier house*. rbiioir in it* nrrß<T*. Pmapeet* of the l.anrahlre rottnn Trade Are Gloom*. Manchester. Kept. U.—Tt* i*ro*prrt* of the l.incahlre. cottm trade for the year to come are regarded * gUtoniy. In ntdi’lon to the rejxrrteil umallne** of the new crop there |* u e|*e-ial rea*a>n for reducing the nut|ait. namely, that India and t*hlna owing to fumln* amt war have not consumed the u*ial quantity of cot ton gotwle. heavy atm k- of which are on hand there. Th* efoppage bo* already had a effect oti the waving trile To-doy mill* re i*re*eruing ?.*> loom* Mopped and tharc l • every irvllt'otion of a whole*ale tO|*- laige for the next two month*. alii TTINt. IHIWN TII4; HILLO. I|nchr*trr Kpinnrr* Expected to Vimirr Fainrnhh. Muncheater. England Sept W.—The Gen eral ('ommttte of the Maxter rtptnner* Fed eration Imn t**ued a < lr> tihir advtetaig memicr of the kval a*iu>*iatfon to cea> Mrk for at ie*M twelve days in October An*w r* ure rwpinttisl to b** eent before the adjournes) meeting of the frder itlo*i take* place, Sqx. 21. The nnawtr* are ex poet wl to Im practically unanimously in the afTlrtiiatlve. I'hu I toll ration Firm Fnlla. IJvvrpool. Kept. 13.—The failure of 8. Hlllt* wa antiouncN<| on the Co (ton Ex change to-day. The ounpmaton had uo efr#N*t on hurtine**. * tfw firm la a Kina 11 one. SANTA re WILL RIQMILD. Ha* Already tlegau to Repair Dam age In taiheMn*. Chicago. Bept. 13.-Third Vice President Barr of the Santo Ke. who went to Gal veston to look after the company** af fair* there. ent the following dluplMi to headquarter* In this dt> to-day: "Mr. Nixon has been lo Galveeton and i Imck and reports that the ilirk company | will he able to resume handling grain and 1 . otton as soon as we are able to open our | track Kilo the city. The damage to the wharves Is not serious The grain In el evators Is not seriously and imaged The | damage to our tracks In Galveston I* not so great as reported Six thousand dol lars will fully repa|r It. "The round house and freight house were demolished In-trslgtl house Is dam aged. but we will he able to repair II no as to handle business there The loss of car* will not exceed twenty-live. Repairs to the tracks In Galveston will he made by ihe time we reach the bridge from the north "We will he ab e lo begin repair* of the bridge at ones W e are now working from both ends. "The outlook for resuming business Is bright Conditions at Galveston as to or der and ford are good Wt* have large , forces employed and everything Is work* ! Ing wall " ! This Is the first direct news the com pany's officials here have received since j the disaster occurred Previous reports I declared the damage enormous and that It i would he month* before regular train ser vice Into Galveston could he resumed Information was also received that none of the company's 7r< en,|do>e* al Galves ton had hen killed or even seriously hurt. GREAT PARAGE Tt* t OTTON. Bepnrts Tell of Extensive lr,nata tion In Texas. New York Sept. 13.—News (elilng of the elate of the cotton district In Texas con tinues to be received by brokers In this illy. From all later accounts the damage will exceed all original estimate. The storm devastated the very richest part of the country, not only ruining the growing cot ton. but damaging the earth so that It may Ink* years hr fore another crop can tie grown on the same land. MIT ONE RELATIVE I.EFT i||R. V nunu Seale, l.nat Twenty-use of Ilia People In Galveston. Lajunta. Col.. Hept. 13.—C. J. Healey, a young man of Galveston, Tex., who Is In (his city, has revived a telegram from th. Mayor of Galveston. Informing him of the death of twenty-one of his rela tives, among whom were his mother, two sister* and three brothers The young man said to-day that he did ’not believe In* had a relative left on earth STRONG GALE AT MOHILE. • torni Stationary There llloxvlng Thirl,-six Miles an llonr. Mobile. Ala . Hept. 13.—A strong gale hn.< been blowing here since morning. The velocity reached thlrty-ulx miles,, the low est barometer reding 29 69 There Is some apprehension that Ihe wharves and Kronl street may be flooded. The weather observer says the Indications are that the storm Is nearly stationary In the Mobile neighborhood. TEI.EGH V I'll Ell FUR llla AYIFE. Hut Mrs. Kroger Was Too 111 lo Join Her lluslinnil. Lorenao Marque*. Hept. 13—Mr Kruger telegraphed hi* wife lo Join him before sailing but she ha* replied that her health wl.l not permit It It ls reported that Commandant Gen Louis Botha ha* resigned the chief com mand of the Transvaal forces to Com mandant Vlljoeu FRENI II ENG AGED WITH HOEJIX. Hail Severe Fight and Hatton Went lo His Asslslnnee. London. Bpi IS.—Lord Roberts report* from Machadodorp. under date of Wednes day. Hept. 12 that Gen. French wa* heav ily engaged that day wKh the Boers In the hills west of Harhertwn. and that Gen. Hoiton had gone to Gen. French's support. WILL PROTECT THEM I*l HTNO (MINI. |YR4 ANMRANCti TO AMFRK % NN, REFERRED TO PRESIDENT. lIRWOAKff OBNTAt I.E TO PE tt i. NF.t.tITI t I IONS. Naya He t an aud U 111 l*r<tect % merl on n t ltl*en and Propert) in ( hi na—Nnaatn Will Not Withdraw From Pekin I ntll *me Arrange ment* Have Heen Vflnde to Inatall a fttahle tin* ernmrnl-Karl ( tnrf H*i llnutpn t\ Itlidra wa I. Waahlngton. Sept. 13 —Minister Wu ha* rscelvml m cablegram from Id Hung Ch irut maw* ring the ho|ie expreeeetl In the American note a f*w day* ago that hi* power* are nuftlctent to protect Amer ican live* aud IntereM* In China. l>rl Ist eay* he ha* that pt>wer and will see that the protection Ik given. The re*|ion*e cam* In reply to the ef fort of tha etate department to *ecure the u*e hy Li Hung ('hang of any cx traonlaigry power* he might have for t!e protec'tlon of Amcrtean life and |*ro|erty In China, tending a final settlement. Th de|*artment a*kd Ll ‘’without furttwT de lay to give asMirancc that the llf- and property of Americans will henceforth bo re*pected throughout the t'hln*e Km Dint." The Viceroy ha- given the a**uranee a-k* 1 for III* word cane in the *hai of a cable dl*(atch to Minister Wu, lated yesterday at HbatiglMil. Mr \Yu culled at the state department thl* nv>rnitig and presented thl* anewer to Dr Hill. He, In turn. *ent It forward to the President It will he for the latter to decltfc whether U’t aa*uranee t* *ufhc|etit to meet rbe need* of the case. Ll Hung * nv-neagw remove*, perhaps.the la>t ohatack* to the *peedy beginning of the peace negot hit lon*. and the only kaiht that rxlxts I* •*< to hi* ability to red*-*m hie pl*d*o to protort American Inter*-*!* | and *tct the outrage* upm th** mi**t*Hia ! rle* and native convert*, ff he can do thl* and thu* mantfsat the • xls4en< e of a d** facto government, ther** l* no nunon to doubt that negotiation* will be lmni< - ! dlately In order. The n *tlce that Russian troop* will not I evacuate Pekin until eom* urrangevnent* have he*n made for the Installation of a government to take charge of affair* t* I directly In line with th** object which the 1 Mato department has Urn pursuing In the ) • xrhange* with Ll Hung Chang, and If ftlla ltus*lan decfrlon I* adhered to, ft will certainly facilitate the ultimate with drawal of all the foreign force*. In the opinion of the officials here. MI ST HAVE V GUI EIINXIENT. Russia Nni Head, In Leave Pekin Ia - 111 € hlnrsr Take I hargr. Hi. Petersburg. Hept. 11.—The Russian government adhere* firmly lo It* proposal lo evacuate Pekin and continue* to cher ish Ihe hope that Germany will end hy agreeing to tt and thu* Induce Great Brit ain to follow. . • It Is explained, however, that Russia recognise* Ihe Iniiosslhlllly of the allies leaving Pekin unless the Chines* govern ment immediately enters so that there shall not he an Interval without a govern ment. Russia will, therefore, not move I—fore me termination of the lugorialloiis now tiegun for guaranteeing order In Pe kin by the Instal’Mlon of a government Immediately after the evacuation. GREAT RRITVIN BELI.INE*. Will Not Leave Prkla I Mil Gaaraa leea Are Given. London. Hepl. 13 —Great Britain's reply lo the Russian pro|*Rlon for the evac uation of Pekin was sent Iwo days ago. and a* the Associated Pres* forecast*l, Great Britain decline* to evacuate Pekin prior to receiving satisfactory guarantees from the Chines, government for the ful llllim'kt of certain conditions. AON KKTTKLE-M'H AM AMIN. Arrested, He Aa,a laiperlal Govern ment Ordered II Bone. Copyright Is|. The Associated Presa. Pekin. Hept. The Japanese have ar rested the assassin of Baron von K*t teter, the late German minister, to China The assassin, who has been handed over lo the German* by the Japan***, ha* con fessed hi* guilt. He was urrested for try ing to sell to u Japanese officer, a watch with Baron von Keiteler's Initials. He af terwards admitted the crime, saying that the Imperial government ordered (he eom m iso lon of the act. Vice Admiral Alexeiff. arrived laal night for a three day's visit and Inspection. Col. TrellekofTs party yesterday engag ed 500 Boxer* seven miles from Machtpe The Bosers were armed only with swords amt spears. The Russian cavalry charg ed on them, killing many of them with sabers. The charge was mcie through (he cornfields, ami the Russians succeed ed In kildng the commander of the enemy forces. Th* casualties among the Rose ** are esHmaie.l at $. A Russian officer wa* wounded, and two Cossacks were killed. AA ILL W ITHBit W LEG ATIONS. said Russia aad Germany Waal In Blsntember China. London. Bept. li. I. a. m— No further light I* thrown this morning upon Lt Hung Chang's Intended moves. The Time,, ha* an Interesting dispatch from Pekin dated Hepl. I. which says In part: "Russia ha* decided to withdraw her legation from P*kln, leaving a purely mil itary command An offlclnl announcemem of thl* Is expected t to-dav The other Powers will also probably withdraw th*lr legations, leaving Pekin under th* military control of the allle* during the winter ai least. “At a meeting of the generals the Rus sian commander announced that Russia would maintain l&.hW troop* during the j winter The German commander r.ld ihai Germany would keep the *• me number, and ihe Japanese commander announced that Japan would have l.'.iu The Brit ish general wa* not In * poetllon in make an announcement. ‘‘There |h every Indication, however, thai laOrd floll*hury has leclded that o*r prei*eni *ul**r*llnate (tosltlon In Pekin must h*H'ome wtIII humbler. In the beet informed quarter* the ••pinion I* expressed that Russia anl Germatik are acting In ac cord. Russia w*eklng the *tllnlt*' alien ation of all proirrty north if the Great \V all and Germany the anio xwtlon of Ihxn Tung. Kalng Hu and the Yang Tse prov ince* Ruaala .-eek* also to reatore the •Miwer of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor In ordev t> h enabled to wield her influent*** through them over thw re mwlnlng provln*** s The dl-m*‘mlermrnt *>f china ****ms almost Inevitable "The Em*rea* lowager ha* retained l*rlnce Chlug * son as a h >stage for hie fattar.“ The Hhanghnl correatmndefit of the Time* wiring \\#dne*d*y confirm* the r port* of the uneasy feeling there concern ing Germany* mten:htv* toward th* Yang Tse province* and cp* i tally the KUng Nlti fort*. Oi'H ATTITI DL INDKFINITB. No One Know* Where We Htand • the Itoaatan Proposal. London. B|t, 11 According to the Dally Mall's Hi Petersburg correspondent who claim* to Is able to trull#.***' the exact diplomatic situation, "the attitude of the Culled 8t lie* I* *o Inddlnlt* that there i* no absolute certainly whether Washing ton will accept or reject th ltualun pro poaal.'* Germany, according to the same author ity waa the first Power to reply. She based her refusal principally on the ground that the wtthdarwal would loot •* fruSher trouble aiul to the massa r*- of tlnmsands ot other c^nvert*. "RuMsia and France." say* the corr*- pondent. "are rtndlng th*dr position awk ward and ar* not likely to hurry to quit I’ektn en ma**e. The Japanese general Y imaguch! te|- egrapned t* hi* government from IVkin Hept. *. that the Emperor's chaml*-rl*in bad Just arrived This probably means that some negotiation* are on foot for the return of the Km|eror “Other Japanese advlcea report that Pekin |s returning to fts normal conditio:*. Order i* king re*tir*s| Native refugee* are tom Mix back and foreign resident* ar leaving to recuperate." NOTHING W ITHOI T F.IRL Ll. I*rlwee € hlng Cannot Negotiate In til He Arrives. Copyright. I*o. The Asanctated Prep*. Pekin. Kept 9 Prince China, during the course of private interviews with the min Ister* yesterday. Informed them that while he ha* pow*r to negotiate he can not act wlihHit Ll llung Chang An urgent requwM has been telegraphed to XA iVut.g Chang asking him to •onv to PekUi. MarquU Tsiang states that noth ing can be done until the arrival of the Emperor. " 1,1 ■■ -i AMERIC AN* IN A FIOHT. 0 Bus —r, Blarkrll ■•! To,, M■ Will He Burned. (Copyright, Its*), by the Aesoctated Press ) Pekin. Hepl &. via Taku. Hepl. ID -A troop of American cavalry sent to art a a convoy lor cattle, surprised lmperia list* quartered al ihe temple Hhahn They killed thirty ami captured ISO rifles. The remainder fled northward. Home Itoxer* recently attacked two tom iHinles of Russians, who were guarding a railway working parly al llu* Houth M.ia iwrtlon. Reinforcements succeeded In ,!!*- pervlng the atlacklng party. Two of the Russians were wounded A* thl* was not Ihe first occasion when attacks of this nature have occurred, a punitive force, under Col. Prelekoff. was sent with or der* to burn the surrounding towns. WERE KILLED AT I* AO TING Ft'. Minister lunger Wires of Massacre of Me,, and Mrs. Hodge. Washington. Rept. 13.—Minister C'ongrr cables the state department under date of Kept I. as follows: "Hodge* killed Pao Ting Fu.“ Minister Conger's messgg. |* an answer lo a cabled Inquiry from Ihe stale de pat Iment a* to the fate of Rev. Court land van Rennsala, r Hodge and wife. El sie Campbell Hodge, The couple were na tive* of Philadelphia and belonged to the l'r<sbyterlau mission. RISXH W ANTS M INI 111 HI I. Hi ported she la Preparing for a W Inter Campnlgn. London. Hepl. 14.—The Hi. Petersburg correspondent of the Time# say* he is In a position lo assert positively that the Russian troops In Manchuria are prepar ing for a winter campaign. The Hhanghal correspondent of Ihe As sociated Press, wiring Wednesday and confirming Ihe report as to three of the four conditions proposed by a ceri (In power a# the has,* of negotiation*, say* he has It from a Pekin source, usually reliable, (hai Prince Chlng ha* already la-gun to negorlate, but ihst Ihe second condition I* ihe treatment of the Man churian province*. Including th# Liao Tung peninsula, a* a buffer state. EARL Ll IN GOING NORTH. Will Probably Leave Shanghai To il u, fur Tien Tala. Washington. Hepl. 13.—Mr Wu. the Chi nese minister, has received a dispatch from Ll Hung Chang announcing that he expects to leave Hhanghal to-morrow for the north. Hlmllar Information has been received by the state department from Consul General Goodnow. Karl Ll should reach Tien Tstn In about three ami a half days. At Tien Tsln M will formally as sume the vh-eroywhlp of the province of Chi Ll. to which he was appointed some lime ago After a short rest at Tien Tsln he will proeeed to Pekin. Ml RBEH OF MANY CONVERT*. Masaarre by Ike Lhlaeae na Ihe Korean Frontier. Yokonama, Hept. 13.—A Japanese officer at Chi Hong. Korea, reports that two Jap an***, and several hundred Chines* aisl Korean converts have been murdered on the frontier by (b Cnlnase, IIAII.Y. *8 A TEAR. 5 CENTS A COPT WEEKLY S-TIMEH-A-WEEK.n A YEAH MINERS’ GRIEVANCES i U *i:l ftr Till. * I'll IK V, IN THE AN- Till! At ITE HBtdOS. AVERAGE WAGES $250 A YEAR. HIVE TO Dll. 11l T S.ytm TO 4.0410 I*OI NDh For % TON. Have to Pay Exorbitant Prices for Powder mml Provision* and llnvf liny Everything From thr i om> |ianle*—%lo*t Pay for a Doctor \\ hether They Neetl Hint or Not. Petition* lor IrhttratioM Treated With silent l onteitipl. Indianapolis. Iml Hept. 13 —ln order to place incfore the publl<* th* condition ex ietlng pi the anthracite tl* id* of Pennsyl vania. Pres John Mitchell and Hn anl Treas W H Wilson, of the Cnlted Mino Worker* of Amcrl*-. Issued to-day to the public, h statement giving in detail the causes that have le*l up to the strike. After the statement had been given out for publication, free. Mitchell sakl *'A thl* tlm*' I do not believe anything will transpire between now and Monday, that will prevent 4he strike AH Informa tion coming to my office todty predicates that the struggle t* ptwcllcalfy on. "I have been receiving messoge* nil •lay from Ih*' nnthruoltr rralon which Infltca'a rlrarly tho the lixlor-cin-m of Ihe *tr!k un*l (ho iMiwnrr of the order havo with th** appro vat of (ho minor,. Thora ro a few <!*■„!I, to 1,., arranaml. bill (ho men aro prop,, rod for Iho tlx hi I hava no( rrctlvnl 10-iko any Information, dl roc( or lii’llrcci. ( .how (ha( (ho oprra (or* have rrcaH from ihotr imatdnn." The .(aiomcni an)-,: *.1,0 -mall M axra. "Tho avoraao *► of (ho anthracHa minor for many year* haa boon loaa than •Bn annually. Burlnx that poriori of (lm Iho coal of many of (he nccoaaaiioa of life haa boon inrroaa—l ovor 30 par coni. "Th,* lawa of iho afalo of Ponnaylvnnla make 181, pimnitu a l<m of anlhractta *f(l. yri nnihrnclio coal mtnora arc rnm pollo.l lo mlno from 3,ion lo (<i |murla for a lon. ami In aiMlllon lo that aro .!•>■ k,. 1 PXorMinni amounts, oflon roach* in* 13 |M>r coni, of tholr dally oiriilnfa. for aiyr Impurtlloa which may ho #nt out will, tholr coal. Thoy aro compollcl to purchaao Ih- (mwdrr u—l In min In? from Iholr omployor*. paying 12.75 por ko* for a gradn of |Kiw<lr that ran b* (Uirchaaod olaowhar* for II kl par kog. ami which wholoaalaa for a hour tl por kog Thoy aro rcqußod by •> of Iho rmaunlM to ttoal In pluck mo - atom, or leave iholr omptoymeot. They awl pay to the .Dim* ny II per month (or a .kxlor whether they need Mra or not. and have no vote® In aaylitff who the donor (lull be When any min er. feeling the burden of theae tondlllon*. hae none to the management ami ask'd to have 1 hem removed, he ha* been told II he doe* nol like It he can quit. Will hoi I nrrrrl Kvlla. •'When the hualneaa men. clergymen and other outside Influtnce* have ap pealed lo the real companies to correct some of the evils complained of. their re ipiesls have been denied; and when, aa a lasi re on. the officer* of our organi sation have wired the president* of the great railroad companies who control llte anthracite coal held#, offering to submit the whole queallon to arbitration, llte proposition ha* been treated with (llent contempt We Invite a thorough. Impar tial and public Inveatigatlon of ths con dition* eslstlng In the anthracite coal field*." III.IIHII IHTKNt IN h;\i vohk. IN 111 lie at llolltnan Itonde—t nelrran to l|iraL for Rryoo. New York. Sept 1J —Ex-Gov Stone, chairman of Ihe auh-commltlee of Ihe Dcrooiraite National CommlM**, an nounced to-night that (he Democratic na tional headquartera In Ihe Ka*t will he loeaied at ihe Hoffman House. In Ihla city, during the present campaign Thla derision wn* practically arrived at slier a conference held ul Ibe Hoffman Houaa 10-day. attended by t*halrman Jones. Kx- Oov Slone anti Congrrasmati Ktchardaon. Mr Riant will remain here anal devote his entire time lo Ihe campaign. Chair tram Jom-s will divide hi* lime between Ihe headquarter* In ihe Kan ami In the headquarter* al Chicago. It wa definitely announced al Ihe na tional headquarter* to-night that ttnurko Cochran would *|>eak for Mr. Bryan In all section* of ihe country. PROTECTING MI*MNNHIK*. 1.l Ilona I liana Sold to Have lilvrg I meat order* for 11. Tart*. Sepi U.—The French conaul at Shanghai telegraph* lhat al bl* requeat Earl U Hung Chang wired the Governor of the province of Shan 81 lo lake meas ure* to protect the Belgian niIS-loftsrles who were In great trouble. The Governor replied that Ihe mlssbaiarle* had been taken and a detachment of cavalry had been dispatched for I heir defenee. Earl LI. Ihe consul ay. Informed him tlmi he had given urgent order* for the protection of ihe missionaries al Chng Ting Fu. noufhweat of Pan Ting Fu and Hln llln. In the province of Chi LI. TOW* AI.HOST IIKSTHOVKO. WMhlaiton. A. Una a fI.V),W llaarnlliin. Raleigh. N. C., Kept. 11. —The burlnCM portion of Ih' man of Washington. N. C.. wu to-day almost entirely deatroyed by lira. The loaa la to-night eaUraated at lIMUJOO. • Tha damn originated from a dcfertiva flur In a raataurant about 1 o'clock and spread rapidly to tha adjacent buildings. At one time tha whole town waa In dan ger and the Mayor wired to tha neighbor ing towna of Greenville and Rocky Mount for aealatance. The Uraanvtlla company responded and the fire la under control Troope Withdrawn Front Amoy, Washington. Sept. 11.—The Department of State baa received from the .onsui at Amoy. China, a telegram to the effect that tha ilrlttah and Japanese marinas have been withdrawn: that order I* main tained. refugees are returning and the a hop* are reopening.