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THE MORNING NEWS
Established ISSO - Incorporated 1*
J H. KSTILL. President.
till IP BIS
II is Pilefl lor Several Miles
on tlie Beacli Front. -
MANY LEAVING GALVESTON.
Umilies With Dejfttcd Facts Are
Pleading to Go.
A FEELING OF DEPRESSION.
Bat Many Are Taking Heart and
Working With a Will.
wiunt to tlir Uhann Not No
Great n. First Nuppnsrd—Railroad*
(lajr Exile anil Rebuild On llriiljt.
lor A11—44 alrr Kopiilr l Begin
ning In Work-In Appeal I. MnUr
lor DlalnlectMUls Slrrrla Mast He
sprinkled ANltli Strong Bichloride
Solution.
Galveston, Sept. 14.—The flrnt real al
i. nipt to clear away Ihe great man of
. brio piled along the beach front for a
>tance of several miles wa begun to
day.
Advertisements were printed In the
J, w# which appeared thin morning. ak
-p . for hundred* of men and boy* to do
i Is < rk. A multitude responded. They
* formed Into squads and promptly
I .it to work with police and deputy sher-
I" in charge
h is hoped that a vigorous prosecution
01 this work will lead to the early recov
■ of bodle* atlll In the debrl*. That
t > re are many of them there la no sha
v of doubt. It Is difficult to Imagine
I w half the people that did escape got
> .* Of tills fearful flotsam and
Associated Press repreaematlve
i ed the beach for some diatanee to
ld the stynoh at different polma
i soluiely sickening. Kverywtvere Ut
il- .hijw of men. women and children.
of them poorly provided with raln
m> nt. were digging In the ruins of lh'-ir
t • s for what little household property
i could save. lit many cases theme
. *,ng their former residences were ut
i unable to find a single remnant of
thiin. so hopeless Is the confusion of tlm-
I md household furniture.
lie ex• eliis fioni the city was heavy
i lay and hundreds were more eager to
a who were unable to secure transporta
i.mi. Along tpe bay front there wore
S res of families with dejected faeea
l iidlng to Is- taken from the stricken
eiiy, where. In s|ilte of every effort to re
store confidence, there Is a universal feel
ing of (leprrwslOO. a .aadk
'I lie Work of Rebuilding.
Shipping men say to-day Ihas the dam
age to the wharves Is by no means as
serious as firsi supposed. The chief dam
es. has been In the tearing ot.en of sheds
and the rlpplnf? of planking. The aheds.
however, can be rjuiekly replaced. The
tilling for a considerable distance along
the bay front successfully withstood the
1 -unding it got from the wind nisi waves
■ini business men find a measure of con
i' it lon In (his.
More hopeful reports were received to
day touching the water supply- C. H.
M Masters of the Chomber of Commerce
li is charge of the water relief work. The
company Is placing men all along the
mains, plugging Iho broken places and
thereby assisting the flow. It was serv
ing some of Its customers 10-doy and
hope* gradually* to Increase the service.
The water continues to ryn by gravity
pressure.
The only difficulty the people are hav
ing Is In carrying supplies lo their homes
or places of business. The lc.- supply con
tinues bountiful and at many corners
b nsmaile Is being served at five cents for
as many glasses tut you can drink at one
time.
No Suspicious Characters.
More effective measures were taken to
day to keep undesirable people off the Isl
and Soldiers patrolled the wa'er front
and challenged all who could not show a
proper reason for their landing or who
were unwilling to work for the privilege
of coming Into town
Assurances have been received by the
railroads that they will do all In their
power to reopen communication and their
pr.-ent plan seems to be to concentrate
ell tones on the work of the reconstru-*-
tion of one bridge. Crew* are coming
down the Banta Fe Railroad from Ar
kansas and Bt. Louis with full equipment*
I" restore the line. Local representatives
of the Southern Pacific have had advices
from headquarters to proceed with repair
work without delay.
Telegraph communication has h?cn par
'l-dly restored, the Western • I'nlon and
Postal Companies having reached the city
with one wire. Large forcea have been
- ** 1 * line.- Ilf iMC.h . otnp in-
I and connection with Galveston has
1 n attended with many difficulties.
final Have IMslnfeetaot*.
At a meeting of the general committee
Seat night a committee of representative
citizens of Galveston was appointed to go
’o Austin at once to confer with Qov.
Havers in regard to the altuallon here.
The need of aprlnkllng the streets with
a String bichloride solution and taking
Jlatoannal) Moaning
other sanitary precaution* was discussed
and after adjournment of the general
committee, the committee on correspond
ence sent the following telegram:
"Galveston. Tex., Bept. 13.—T0 the As
sociated Press. -Our moot urgent present
nerd* now ore disinfectants. lime, cement,
gasoline stoves, gasoline, chscoal furnaces
ami charcoal. Nearby towns alfo may
cml some bread. For the remainder of
our warns money will be mow av.itl.ihl
because we can make purchawes from
lime to time with more discretion than
mi.-i ell.ini ous contributors would exer
cise. We are bringing order oui of chaos
and, again offer our piotouml gratitude
for the aseistnnee sea far received."
The telegram wua signed by W. C
Jones Mayor. M. I.isker, J I> Skinner.
C M. McMaster, It. G. Lowe, Clarence
Owsley, committee.
Mr. Lasker elated lo the committee
that there was i great scarcity of mate
rial In the city to make the buildings bait
liable. ami that prices had been greatly
adamne.l on the small slocks remaining
He said a barrel of cement which ordina
rily sells for fc! ha* been advanced to P
M% IV Lilt (('OHM BAITER.
Densanrrt Statement That Galves
ton I* Hopelessly Knitted.
Galveston. Tex., H. pt. 14 —Much atten
tion has been attracuM by the dispatch
of Quartermaster Baxter to the depart
ment expressing the belief that Galveston
ha* been hopelessly ruined. Congress
man Hawley last night sens the following
lelegmm to the War Department In reply
to the dispatch of Quartermaster Baxter:
"Galveston. Tex.. Kept lI.—To the Hon
orable Secretary of War, Washington.—
While It might not lie significant or
worthy of notice, I have the honor to
State that Quartermaster Baxter'* tele
gram to the Quartermaster General rc
*lectlng Galveston is unworthy of a sol
dier and In no way represents the morale
of Galveston dtlxenshlp and their deter
mined purpose to restore their city.
(Signed) "R. B. Hawley."
The Cotton Exchange building proved
Itself cite of the strongest during the
storm Windows were smashed on every
fl-or and on every a de and much dam ige
was don,- to the cotton rooms and the
various offices In the building, but no por
tion of Ihe walls or roof gave way. ow
ing lo Ihe pro*tratlci of wlr s. however,
Ihe exchange will not be able to do busi
ness for some and It I* understood that
many of the operators have gone to New
Orleans lo keep track of affairs.
REPAIRING THEIR RHINE*.
People of Galveston Endeavoring to
Moke Them Habitable.
Galveston. T(X . Befit, 14—A large num
ber of business houses are open and ad
vertising their ware* ai no advance In
prices.
Cart* with disinfectant* are going
through the strets. The gutters are br
ing covered with lime
Carpenters are having all Ihe work they
can do. The storm lore hundred* of roof*
off and the people who are living In top
less houses are eager to obtain coverings
so as to prevent the destruction of what
they have saved If a rain comes along.
Thus far. however, the weather h.ta lieen
clear and there are r.o Indications of a
downpour
The relief committee* are steadily broad
ening the sco|re of their work. They have
es( tbllshnl iHirtvtus for the issuance of
orders .irsl rations In every wird. and
though there is n multitude surrounding
every bureau, applicants are rapidly be
ing taken car*- of. There seems tvo present
likelihood of Inability on Ihe part of the
committee, to furnish all (he ration* that
are asked lor. There Is. of course, a
scarcity of fresh beef and of milk, bu'
bread Is being ‘provided in abundance,
as well as hams, potatoes, rice and other
articles.
HAVER* Tl|l\K( GOVERNRBAT.
Report (hnwa Galveston Is ((till a
Keep Water Part.
Washington. Sept. H.-The war depart
ment has r,- elve.l several telegrams re
lating lo the conditions at Galveston.
The following Ib front Gov. Bayers:
• Austin Tex . 8- pt. 13.-WIII wire you
If any further aid be necessary. Please
express to department my most grateful
acknowledgment for Its prompt and gen
erous assistance.
(Signed) Joseph D. Sayers. Governor.
Gen. McKlhben, Kept. 11. re|a>rt* gen
erally upon the conditions at Galveston.
Ih- recommended thal ordnance be turned
over to the engineer officer at Galveston
for salvage ami that Battery O be ordered
to Fort Sam Houston lor equipment
Tlie war department io*day acted upon
the latter rei-ommendailon.
Cnpt. Riche, engineer officer, reported
on Ihe condition of ihe government prop
erty. saying the channel was at least aa
good* a* before, certainly twenty-five feel,
and that Galveston Is still a deep water
port.
GALVESTON Kl Sit *1.000.4100.
W III* Probably Be Increased In HI,,
fit o,t*oo by Tu-nlghl.
Austin. Tex . Sept 14.—The fund for Ihe
relief of the Galveston sufferer* now ag
gregates nearly 11.140.000. and It will prob
ably reach *1.500,tt by to-morrow night.
Most of the amount Is In the hand* of
qov, Sayers who will direct ethe work of
expending It for food, supplies and other
relief work.
The Governor will not give out for pub
lication an itemlxed list of the contrlbu
•lona for several days.
the DEAD AT HITCHCOCK.
ttnsur of Thrill Are lialveelon People
Who Floated There.
Jitchcock, Tex.. Bept 14,-Appended I*
a list of the dead at this point as far a*
Is kiown Some of these are Galveston
peopt*. who floated here by the waters of
the bryou:
Haney Johnson and wife, killed under
house.
WlllUm Roblnaon.
Mrs. Pietg# end three children.
on Fifth P|(-J i
SAVANNAH, GA,. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, VMM).
TO REPRESENT CHINA
chl li m> rttixt r. hum. qivk*
HKIIHMIALU.
THEY HAVE FULL AUTHORITY.
■•iiinck < hind ii%r c;one to hi*
IML4I I. IN l* .K IN.
LI Hnni rhnn Nays Hr Krrl* %■-
Will Ok for a Trrrttorln I lnd*m-
tftir ( nalrad ietory K4lft
W rrr llur In Had %d*4ee lalxen Ihr
I*l aipress —i :m r I LI In Need ol
Friendship.
Copyright, lftiO. ihr AisodiUd Presa.
Rhanghtii, Bept. 12.—Li flung Chang in
formal t representative of Ihr Associated
Press (o4a)', that hr will start for Tien
Tln Friday, Bepf. 14. that h* will go lo
Pekin if circumstance** kman<l It. and
:h.it Prince Ching and hr had full mii
thorliy from (he Dowager Km|rir in*i
ihr to negoliate it settlement
with the lYmerj*. explaining (fiat there
\%er* no other commissioners for Chinn
Uuestions put lo li llung Chang con
cerrlnf the **tti#ment which th* Chinese
xovrmmrnt w it*i to make, were dlpio
mailcally parried. Hr said:
“China has her views an to what settle
ment I* deslrtbe an<l thr Powere hava
their view*. We Will n. et and negotiate.**
When asked whether hr expected de
mands for thr cession of territory as In
■ U mnity, LI Hung Chang replied:
“I am in communication with some of
the governments. I have found they have
no disposlti h to ask for land,"
limvirPM' Rarer lIiIIpIi.
The correspondent said:
“There is great curiosity abroad to hear
an explanation of the contradictory edict*
1.-au* and in the nanv of the Dow ager Em
press during the siege."
LI Hung Chang nvditated a moment
and then speaking deliberately, raid.
“The Empress at the beginning was
hadiy advised. She was told Ihr Boxers
had supernatural powers; that they could
noi he injured and were able to make it
very hot for the foreigners. Hhe believed
• his, but afterwards found it was not
true."
When the correspondent was leaving
the interpreter said:
“The viceroy hopes you will not give
him a bad Impression to the American pa
pers. He says he Is a very old man—(he
oldest to tnke p*rt In these negotiations—
(hat he has had much experience in these
affairs, that he is the only man who can
help the foreign governments ns well as
the Chinese, and that he will try to ar
range a settlement fair to all parties."
WILL, .(> % HIKbIAY VK%%KI..
1.1 Hung ( hiinK %% 111 llritnunrr Tuan
mill Ilia Accomplice*.
I*ondon, Kept IS. 4:40 a m.—"LI Huns
(“hang Will !<• taken on laairil a Russian
warship at Wu Sung ami received hy the
Russians a: Taku," says the Shanghai cor
respondent of the Morning I’nst, “an<l hr
will be aocomi anted by the Chinese min
ister of railways ”
According to the Shanghai correspondrn!
of the Times wiring Wmlnesday, Bari Li
consider* tliul U- preliminary dinirulty
of the negotiations consist In the neces
sity. which he realises, of denouncing
I’rlnce Tuan and his accomplices to the
throne. He Is of the opinion that II would
Is advisable for th< allies to lake the
Initiative by compiling a list of those
held chiefly responsible and by formu
lating their demands accordingly.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
Post says:
“France and Russia, I have been as
sured, have agreed to deftumd the com
plete disarmament of China, Including the
razing of the Taku forts ami the forllfl
catlona and arsenals elsewhere."
Gen. Chaffee Is preparing to make his
troops comfortable for the winter. \Vh**n
asked his opinion repardtng the eiluallon,
he Is reported to have answered:
“It would be better for the United
Stales troops to leave, but. In any ev. nt,
the Chinese Christians will be provided
for,"
PKI.UCK I 111 At. 111 l\ PKKIIf.
Announces That I4e Has Pull Au
thority to Argottntr.
Copyright, 1909. the Associated Press
Pekin, Sept. 5. via Shanghai. Sept. 14.
Prince Cbtng arrived here yesterday, ac
oumpanhd by an escort of British and
Japanese cavalry. Ho spent the night In
ha own palace.
Sharp diplomatic play Is expected for an
advantage, hut any definite negotiations
will probably not lake place until LI
Hung Change shall have arrived and the
question of his authority shall have been
disposed of
The Japanese minister to China, Raron
Xlshl stated to a representative of the
Associated Press that he wished an In
vestigation to he mode of U Hung
Chang's credentials, as he believed that
Prince Chlng was the only man with au
thority In the ptemlses.
1 The Asa -elated Press representative
siw Prince t hing to-day thanks to the
courtesy of the Jaianese guards. The
Prince said that he trusted In the Imme
diate future everything would be- settled
satlsfuetorl y. He had come to Pekin, he
aald. with full authority from the Km
prnr to obtain peace by any neeesaary
sacrifice, but he felt sure the generosity
of the Powers would not exact anything
degrading to the dignity of China or en
croach upon Ch-nese territory.
M lib At* CHIUi H 4k SAILED.
Was Oranted Pernslselou to Leave
Shanghai Yeeterday.
Shanghai. Thursday. Sept. 11.-The
Municipal Council hee granted LI Hung
Chong permission to sail. H# will travel
with • retinue of 135 person* and will laave
the foreign *etlement* to-morrow (Frl
dayi to Join the steamer An Ptng for the
north.
LOOTING %T PKKIN KKLfI I P.
(•m. t In*lt er to lit % cßtlttNte llarhnrt
liea nt Tuna Chow.
Copyright. 13\ the Auso'lhlwl Press
Pekin. Kept. S, via Taku. 7. via
Shanghai. Sept. 13. in Pekin yn
tlnues. Uth authorised und unauthorised.
Few h(UM* are guarded except thOee n
cuphsl by foreigners, the Palaces and
thoeo In the sacred city. Almost every
house b destitute of furniture.
(en. Chaffee says he could not have
heltevod rhat any city WxHild ever lie given
over so completely t4oo:er*. and he earn
estly desire* the rtwkperation of any na
tion lo prevent this.
On the other hand the missionaries com
plain because the sacred city hat* not been
looted They urged that the royal family
and other highly placed Chtnese person
•ige*. who were behind all the trouble,
should bo ma le to *ufY( r more than those
w’iw blindly followed them.
tJen Fukushima. the Japanese **rnman
der, informed Urn. t'haffee that brutal
outrrtK* ' were being committeel in Tung
Chow lie told the American commander
that he had positive Information that
many women had thrown themselves Into
wells or committed suicide In other ways
after having l*en outraged, anal that there
were several authentic ease* of coolies
who had been killed under peculiarly
atrocious condition*. He requested <|en.
Chaffee to Investigate and then to c<v
<>l*erate with him to che k these barbari
ties as far as possible, fen. Chaff* ♦* or
dered Maj. Muir to proceed immediately
to Tung Chow and lo report.
DTII.I. W ITH THE DIPLOM AT*.
No Military lletrlnpnirnls In the
Chinese (llustlns.
Washington. Kept. 14 —There were no
devi npm.nts In the Chinese negotiations
today with which Ihe public could be
made acquainted, ihe whole matter being
still In tlie dep.omatlc phasa and there
fore not calling for military orders.
Tho war department officials are await
ing word from the state department a*
to the next step expe-ted of thr troops,
tint It Is n..w Intimated that this will not
bn taken ImmVdtately. Th#* sttiiglkm has
Ins. something of Its icuiemss owing, to
the change In the attitude of the Bus
ilsn government as Indicated tn yester
ilay'a dispatches, and although no official
confirmation has reach, and Washington of
the postponement of the withdrawal, the
fart Is not doubted here.
Bui. regardless of tlie course to be tak
en by Bussla II t* now said that there
Is nothing In the American note of re
sponse to Russia that demand* an Imme
diate evacuation In the event that the
Russian troops are called away. Indeed.
It Is stated that the control of the situa
tion would simply |>as from tho slate de
partment Into (ten. Chaffee's hands, and
It would he for him. after conferring with
ilw other military commanders, to de
termine when and how and to whut ex -
t- nt the American force* should be with
drawn He might choose his own time and
In a degree, his pialtlon would be similar
to that occulted by him In the advance
on Pekin, so far as having a free hand
Is concerned.
This s:a!ein<nt of the code governing
the American reply to ihe withdrawal pro
4>oaal may be of significance, in view of
the tact that It Is made with the ex
press purfH se- of clearing away an erron-
I . - .us Impression that has been made u|*m
l the iiiihllc mind.
Mr Adee was again acting as Secretary
; of Htaie to-day during ihe temporary In
! disposition of Dr lull, who Is suffering
from cold. The former spent some time
th s afternoon In conference with Attor-
I ney General Griggs
Tl LIE LOOTED AND 111 It NED.
Elly (Asa TaUen Bern use Boxers Had
Tbrenlened Tien Tsln.
Copyright. I'JC" The Associate.! Press.
Tien Tsln, Bept, 12. via Taku. Sept. U.—
The expedition under Gen. Itorward
against the Boxers threatening the Tien
Tsln region reached Tu Liu on the Grand
Canal, without opposition, nl the city
was occupied without a shot being fired.
Three columns converged there yester
day and learn.-d after a two date march
that the place had already aurrenderrd
to one officer and eight Bengal I-anrer*.
Gen. Itorward ordered Ihe town burned
after II had I wen thoroughly looted. The
vlllugera en route made peace offering,
and. In most ease*, were undisturbed.
Apparently the Boxer* have dlslsmded In
that region, and the whole country Is
quiet.
LEHMAN V HA* NO DR* I ON*.
Not fieeklng to Appropriate the
Tang Tse Kiss, Valley.
Berlin. Bept. 14,-Th# Cologne Gazette.
In denying to-dny the Imputation that
Germany, haa‘designs on the Yang-tse-
Klang valley, published an Inspired de
claration that Germany ha# no special In
terests whatever In that highly Important
territory "and knows herself lo he In com
plete accord with the Power# who have
established the policy of Ihe open door
ns their gtifidtng principle In regard to
the Yang-tse-Kiang valley aa well aa th*
reat of China."
CAIIW INTENSE FEELING.
Negro Driven Hnt of Ohio Town for
Insulting White Girl.
Delaware. 0.. Bept 14 A colored barber
named Peek, accused of ezerclslng a hyp
nolle Influence over a white girl, was
forced to leave town last night by a
crowd of ano angry citizens who gathered
about hla house and threatened to lynch
him If he remained
Intense feeling has been aroused It la
alleged that Beck has Insulted several
white girl# who.* relatives have been
moat active In the movement to compel
him to leave town. Beck anas sent to
Marysville last night tot safety.
HANNA IS WORRIED
ANTIIK %< ITK CO%L *TVUKE IN %
SI II Itll v Ql FA 1 ION.
SUBJECT OF A CONFERENCE.
to mim: i.fi omt rn t\kk polit-
K %L COLOR m r or it.
Ilrmnernlle Lender* WatlMllcil It Will
llencgl the llnmi Tieket W lit
llenionat rate lo Working People
That i uawhlnatloaa of t apltal Ire
llnngrriu* llraioerntle t onfrr
ra*e Held lo \e*% \ ork Hard
Flglit In Faalrrn Mate*.
Chicago. Sept. 14.—The anthracite coal
miners* strike call* I Inst night by Pree
k'nt Mitchell, of the United Mine Work
ers’ AsMV'inthvn, was a subject of serious
t onul.leration at Klepubllcan National
headquarter:- to-day.
Hen itor llannti iiiml Vice fTialrttwii
Payne held u Inttg conference with the
resident numbers of the advisory batil.
as to the ha Hepp t< take that a p>llti
cl color be not given the industrial diffi
culty In Pennsylvania
At Democmtlo National headquarter*.
Secretary Walsh said he was sure the
strike would benefit the Bryan ticket.
"It will aNI un to demonstrate to the
working fieoplc that com bin it lons of cap
ital are dangerous and constitute a stand
ing menace to labor. The strike will
cause agitation and agitation 1* educa
tion."
DRNOCR ITU IN niUT.IUAFK.
Will fonrentrate Their Fffnrta on
Faatern atnlea.
New Yt'rk. fk pt 14.—The chairman of
Ihe Democratic Htata Committers from
the nearby states were at ihe Hoffman
House to- .lay In onference with National
Chairman J. K. Jones and the sub-com
mittee having In charge the campaign In
the East. Maryland. West Virginia. Ohio.
Pennsylvania. Connecticut. New Jersey,
Delaware and oth r state.* in New Kng
land were represented.
The conference closed after a session of
over three hours. Ex-Gov. Stone said af
ter the meeting:
"We will now make an mctlva effort to
carry New York. New Jersey. Connecti
cut, Delaware. Maryland and West Vir
ginia From now on tha national sub
committee will eo-opeiate with the state
committee on those state* furnishing
them all the aid and ammunition for the
hardest kind of • tight "
Henator Gorman before leaving the floff
man House said that he exported the dif
ferent chairmen to communicate th*- sit
uation to the national commit tic at least
once a week hereafter.
4 % Hl* Alt* \ OF HUP! IILiriNA.
Prominent Lender* Made *peerle
In firenler New lorlt.
New York. Bept. 14.—Tlte Republican
campaign In Greater New York was open
ed to-night by four great mass meetings.
There were |>nrude*. mush' and great en
thusiasm at all th* meetings. Among the
hpeaker* were Charles Emory SmKh. Cor
nelius N. HIIm, Henator Lodge, president
Kchtirruiin and ex-Gov. Wise f Virginia.
Mr. Wise devoted the major portion of
hi* address to a erltlclsm of Willliim J.
Bryan and free silver, and niM that un
der the cry of "Down with the trusts."
the Democratic candidate seek* to array
•he Ignorant and radb il element against
the etlucat**! and conservative.
GERM ANA FLOATING IMINOfi.
Over MMMNI/NIO (lurks Worth lo Ile
Placed on (|nrt.el Here.
Berlin. Bept. 14.—1 tl* officially an
nounced hy the BunM of Directors of Ihe
Dleconto-Oesellschaft that, with Ihe ct
operation of the German Imperial Bank
and through the Intermediary of the Itls
eonto-Gesellschaf t. Ihe N*rddeiil*che
Bank of Hamburg md the M M. Warburg
Comininy of Hamburg. Kuhn, l.oeb and
Company. New York, noting In conjunc
tion with the Nat tonal City Bunk of New
York, have taken over 50.f180.080 marks of
4 tier cent, treasury bonds,of the German
empire, falling due In !Si4 and lb*.. With
the approval of the Imperial Bank Ihe ls
ptacad on tlx- market In
Ended Biat*-
TO HE IN BILLS GO* BNCHANGB.
Pavmcnt* for l.eroion Honda Not to
Require Gold Nlitpoienla.
New York. Bept 14.—The loan will short
ly he made tail 11 In Ihe Enlted State* and
Germany, preference in allotments Is to
tv given to American eubeerlpllon*. Pay
ments for the loan will he distributed over
a considerable period and will lx entirely
In hills of ex. iwinge, no gold shipments
being rontemploled The money market
therefore Is not likely to tie affected
it,rough payments for the loan.
Jt MV IN THE HOW AND OAK.
lie Is an Alleged Principal la Ihe
Guebel Aasassluollon.
Ftankfort. Ky.. B pb H -The Jury In
the case of James Howard, charged with
being a principal In Ihe Goebel assassin
ation was completed to-day. The jury
stand* ten Democrats, one Republican and
on*- anil-Gosbel Ib mo rat The Jurors are
farmers.
CVCLONK AT M ADINON, G 4.
Cottages Deatroyed and Two People
Reported Killed.
Augusta. Ga.. Kept 14.—A special to th
Chronicle from Madlaon. O*., say# a cy
clone struck there to-night, destroying a
number of negro collagen. Two people
are reported killed.
Martin Named for < eagres*.
Weldon. N. C.. Bept. 14.—The Repub
lican Executive Committee of the Second
Congrrestona! District met here to-day
and nominated J. J. Martin of Ertgeeomb
county (or Congress on the second ballot.
4 Ola. lilt A % N IN\ MiF.N OHIO.
Ileclarew Hinrr* Are Not faettlng
Many Full lllntier Palla#
Columbuh. 0,, Bept 14 The Ohio Dem
ocrat* opened their campaign here to-day
with a meeting jtt the .ftern<on t (lool
ile Park, and In the evening it th* ihKfci
nle AinHtorUitn
William J Bryan made speeches ot
N>th meetings, ami there was a l.irjte at
tendance of Democratic leaders from a#l
parts of the state.
Mr. Br\iin .s|xK- for an hour and quur
ter 111 the afteriKMUt, and he ippeiirisl in
goosl condition despite his loss of Sleep
*-1 night. Hi* audience niifnbertd mai>
thousand paraon*. and they gave clow**
it ten; ion as well a- frequent ho-rt* T!*
s|e*. h wa> a gone ml review of the pnllti-
il situation, and It was evidently Intend
ed to set trie p . for the t nmpaign in
Uhlo. Mr. Bryan said
"Measure<l by the principles for whlc v i
the fsirty it.imb, there 1* every reason
wk) Hm mm • of thh ’h< i r*ti*•
l-rt Gtir • I k• . and H ift> f. 11 being
rest ram* .| b\ a matter of *i,*to pride you
should rcrin mU i thui you have had pre
ld*a'> enough f.r this state to satisfy
any reawonublc pride, and then one term 1*
long enough If u man •]•** what he ought
to. und If he does not It Is too long
Merer red < the strike.
"If th laboring man w infs arbitration
a* a mean* of *etillng dtfferenci** b
twen labor he Is told by the
It* publican party that s long as he haa
A full meal he do*-* not need anything
Is* If lb** latmrtiig nwm prohats again t
government by UiJuik lion th* only answer
he gel* Is 'A full dinner pall.*
"My friend*, if the Bepublk'an party
w intt to mnkf> it* full (linnri pall arg .
nsnt let it gi into the anthracite co.il
legion* when* the o|*-r*(tve* gri |rs* than
si'4i a year This motnluir'M |Hi|*er con
tains the ,-iiiit'riteiit that the wngrs paid
to miner* will in soim* Instance* average
h-'rt than 12n a year. Why. my friend*,
that will not give the laboring man one
full dinner pall a day, and he ought to
have thru- (applause) I am afraid that
when the Republican party was not look
ing the 11-1 of that dinner imll flew off
and some coal got Into the bucket, and I
understand It I* coal that weigh* nearly
twice ** much per ton as the law re
quires, and lh* Be publican party when It
goe to blow It out will have to do It wUh
imwder that I* sold la the miners at |2 7I
i keg when it t* only worth 91.fi11."
II4MHQHTS TIIHF.ATF.Ift BfIHRB.
Ivrairr'B Fliuhl. He Deelarea, Makes
Further Fighting I arlesa.
London. Bept. 14 A dispatch has been
received at the war office from Lord Kob
eijvt. dotid Maehadoilorp. Bept IJ. snying
that Kruger has fled and Botha has given
over the command of the Boer army lem
ftorarlly to Vlljoen on account of 111
health.
I*rd Itidierta give* the text of a proc
Istnatlon which he haa circulated. In which
he says Kruger’s desertion of tjie Boer
cause should make clear to hi* fellow
burghers that it t* useless p, continue the
struggle any hmgei. lord Xtolwrla de
clare* tht- British empire 1* determined
to carry the wnr to a conclusion, says the
fighting bus degenerated Into Irregular op
erations which must t>e brought to an
enrly end. and oonoludew:
"The rneuns I am compelled* to adopt
are those w lib h the customs of war pre
scribe a* applicable to auch cases. They
are ruinous to the country and rntull
endless suffering to the burghers and
their families and the loftger this guerilla
warfare rontlmie* the more vigorously
must they he enforced."
IN VIKTI A 1.1. A A PM IKON KM.
Protest Against Ills I sing Portu
guese Territory ass Ruse.
London. Bept. 15 -According (o the Lo
rrnxo Marquez rorrespondreit of the Dally
Telegraph. Mr Kruger I* virtually a
prisoner In the resklence of the dlslrk-l
governor.
This Is at tha Instance of the British
consul, who p rot esse. I against Mr Kruger
using Portuguese territory as a huso for
directing his ezecuilve.
The French consul has been forbidden
access to Mr. Kruger, as have also the
latter's own ofll lole Th* district gov
ernor ha* notified Herr Pott, (he Nether
lands consul, that he can no longer be
recognised as represenlallve of Ihe
Transvaal, which Is now British territory.
ALL NPINNKMS MAT MOP.
Nome. However, Do Not Take n
Gloomy View of Ike NHuhllou.
Manchester, Bept. 14 —The opinion Is
that Ihe spinners will slop universally
during Ihe first fortnight tn October Borne
producers arc having recourse to Egyp
tian and Peruvian cotton to complete their
eonlrarts
Mr Mawdesloy, lender of Ihe operative*
union, ls still disinclined to take a gloomy
view of the situation lie thinks that the
demand for .otton goods throughout the
world Is good end that the crisis has
reached Its bight. In his opinion, with
the arrival of the new crop, the trouble
will diminish and be over by winter. He
declare* that the Federation proposal of
sto|>i>age could not be adhered to on an
organised scale
THREE Ml HMF.RKRS LYNCHED.
Taken From Jail *1 Tnnlrn, Mias.. I.y
Mob of Masked Men.
St. Louis. Mo.. Bept. 14.—A special to
(he Posl-Dlspntch from Memphis. Tenn..
says a masked mob of between slzty end
one hundred men broke Into Jail at Tu
nlru. Miss., early to-day and took out
three negroes, whom they strung up to a
tree within 100 yard* of the Jail. Not a
shot was Herd.
The dead negroes are Frank Brown,
who shot Frank Cheshire, a prosperous
planter M Oak Landing, six months sgo:
David Moore, who shot Dan Bosewell, ten
day# ago, and William Brown, who. with
confederates, shot and cut to death a
young white man at State Levee last
month.
Rear Admiral (Heard Dead.
Rome. N. Y.. Bept. 14.—Rear Ahmlral
Montgomery Bicard die dof apoplexy at
9 o'clock thte morning at ht* summer
home at Westernvlll*.
DAILY IH A YEAR
ft t’FNTH A CODY
WEEKLY 2 TIMKB A W’KKK.II A YEAH
STRIKE HAS BEGUN
ALREADY l.l.tmu WIN EH ft lIAVR
LEI T THEIR WORK.
OTHERS WILL FOLLOW TO-DAY
THE NTH IKE OR URN I* NOT EFFfK •
Tl\ K I NTII. RONIIAY.
Operators Hoped That the laeka
u n min Winers Woalri Decline to
Obey the Oriler, Hat Nitir Oat of
ThpnP-ssp %tlne Already < lowed
lie long to Hint t oat pa a %—Tlw Kp(
Has W orrleil the Operatttrs No Mt
(lc—Talk of a *y (apathetic strike,
ftcrsnton, I*n , Rept. 14 There is no
longer any question as to n general, if
not complete, tie-up of the mines In the
Uh kaw limit region Monday morning.
To-day, thr*** days before the strike or
b r goes Into effect. 15,<*U of the Xt.WQ
miners are on n strike, twenty-one of tha
nincty-sevsn coDcru** are forced Into h!la
in m, and by nuon to-morrow, sivnrdinf
"< the advice* rerelved In the headquar
ters of the mine workers, and judging
from the cvpre* dona of the operators,
every man In the district will have cut
his hi- 1 ton of coni.
t hie thing the operators In and about
H*rgiUx mainlv based their hopea upon,
was that the Delaware. la<K.iwanna and
Western miner*, numbering a third of
ili whole district, ami o|h-rating a fifth
>f th *oil!erh * wouid deckna to oltserva
the strike order.
To-doy the mine workers’ officers wera
Jubilant over the fact that, of the twm
iyme collieries thit nr* complttofy shut
lown. nine are ilkim of the Delaware.
Iwickaivannn rind W estern Company which
has twenty-three collieries. The oferatore
are corrc*|Mmding|y depressed.
Natl nal Organ Ire r Dllcber Issued an
address to the miners to-night stating
that all the collieries will he shut down
by noon to-morrow and calling on the
employes of the Culm Wn-herles to quit
work before Monday. The com; on es oper
ating wasinrles declare that they will
keep them going at any cost. The mlna
workers say the washerles must shut
down. If vioknee ensues, (be first tilt can
Im* looked for In the n> ighliorhood of tha
washed** At the Ditmmd shaft, one of
the |<*< kawanna workings there was a
pit< bed battle between two factions of the
driver hoys One wsnted to quit st ones;
the other advised working out the day.
The first faction gathered on a knoll
above the shaft and stoned tha other Ths
Are was r turned and the attacking part?
driven off Three hours later everybody
in the Diamond quit.
EK.4H l>r SVMI* ATHKTIC ATIIIKE.
It Humid Create a f owl t'nmlnr If Ic
Should He Ordered.
Phil udrlphki. Held 14—Now that the
coal mirkrt Is face to face with u strike
in the tipper anthracite region*, the an
swer to the question, as to whether tbu
miners In the (h-huylkill dsuelct will strike
sympathetically, la anxiously awaited.
Should the trouble not extrn-l to the
Bchuyfklil mines no grove coal famine
Is to he feared, though the collieries there
roukt not, of course, fully mret the nor
mal demand.
While Ihere |s no change In the circular
prices for coal at wholesale at the mines
10-day. the Indications were strong that
an Increase Is to lie expected In the next
few days. Home retail dealers took ad
vantage of the demand. and obtained IS
high as 5n ernts a ton advance on coal
for Immediate delivery.
Al Its Reading offleea It was staled thst
they are accepting orders at the circular
price, and that no advance has as yet
been asked.
M.ATISEIKII AA ITH THE writ 114 4*.
Vflltehell llegrets Effort to Make P
llliral < aplfal of It.
Indianapolis. Inal.. Bept. It —John Mitch
ell. president, and W. B. Wilson, secre
tary-treasurer of the United Mine Work
era of America to-day say they are highly
pleased with the manner In which the
general anthracite coal strike order hae
been received by Ihe public. Mr Mitch
ell says he regreis deeply that polttlctans
are undertaking to make capital out of
Ihe strike.
"I had hoped." said he. “that there
would be no political significance attached
lo so serious a mailer as this strike. In
volving. tu* II does, the very living of 143.-
ijOO wage enrnera who have fell the merci
less foot of eapllal for two decades.”
HOH44KKM El 1416 IN4I EkTI.
f barges Against Tug Papinius Con
sidered Well Pounded.
New York, Sept. 14.—Two coroners' Ju
ries which had Inquired Into the death* of
the victims of the Hoboken dock Ore re
turned their verdicts to-nlghl.
The first Inquest embraced all of the
victims who perished by drowning and lie
primary object was to Inquire Into the
alleged Inhumanity of tugboat captains.
Prom the testimony of about twenty wit
nesses the Jury concluded that Ihe atortea
were well founded.
In Ihe second Inquest embracing the
burned victims, the verdict was that the
origin of the fire was unknown to the
Jury. _
■llf'lDE AT TIM 4IJMH4.
Mrtilll of nmwawood Imat Hclatlvea
at kslrralpa.
Tuscaloosa. Ala.. Sept. 14.—A man sup
posed to be Frank McGill, of I!rownwood.
Tex., killed himself here last night. He
came here from Jackson. Ml**.. and :oM
several people be had lost a daughter and
three grandchildren In the Galveston flood.
Among hl effects, was a letter from the
cashier of the Firet National Hank of
fit own wood. Tex.
Delaware Hepaklleana t ailed
Dover. Del.. Bept. 14 The two Repub
lican factions of Delaware, known as the
regulars and union (or Addlcksl Repub
lic* n* burled their chief difference* and
united to-day efter a lengthy meeting
here. A complete eiujc ticket was agreed
upon.