The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, September 15, 1900, Image 1

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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.