The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, September 18, 1900, Image 1

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THE MORNING NEWS established l 5" •• • Incorporated 1J J H ESTILL. President. END IS NOT IN SIGHT uKIKiOMF. WOHK AT OaVHTOS •TILL 1A I’HOGOEH. BURNING 100 BODIES A DAY. MD SIGHTS DISCLOSED AAHUA RE Bit l IS NKMOA'ED. tlalkrr Slth Markllng On he Among Thiwr C rnmlfd—MnJ. W. T. Lev) Had III* I'.atlrr Fa rally Arr Dead. Eire- Cannot Be I ed on Account of Danner lo the l(e*t of the City. Opening I p and Rial alerting the Streets. (S.ilveston. Tex . Sept. 17 —The work of i ■ irmg the etrreta of debris and wreck* h Is progressing steadily and with eys t matlc rapidity. i tie mllitaiy authorities have gradually l rftctid the system and divided the la , .irers so that there Is comparatively no I terrupttoti or delay In the undertaking. he reports ftlrd at Gen Scurry’s head i triers up to 9 o'clock to-night reported tu* recovery and disposition of but forty rve boiha during the (lay. A News re- I r r. however, noted the finding of 130 I l>a of men. women and children. litb Ofkcer Wilkinson staled to-day t to per cent, of the debrlt of every de. ■ ripllon had been removed from the , . ts; lhat 95 per rent, of the dead bodies been disposes! of, and th.tt 95 per cent, the carcasses of animtils had been re t .ived from the city. Hut as the work removing the* debris goes on more i< lies nre being unearthed every hour. \ hopeful feature of the situation Is Ihe >td progress being made by Ihe rall i , Is In their efforts to restore rail com i itl'allon. The Santa Fe has reached -\a City wph Its tracks, and It l* an i meed that iralns will enter the Union . t here on Thursday next. I.raesnine Work f.oaa on. This Is Ihe ninth day after the storm, i still Ihe gruesome work goes on of i tverlng the desd from the gigantic is of debris that lute the south able of v mi remains of the city. I eMetday 107 bodies were recovered and rt.if d‘ Among them was a mother with k ing babe tightly clasped to lies hr- ast. hi body of MaJ. W. T Levy, I’nlteJ bites emigrant Inspector of this district, among the number. He made a strug , . to save his wife and three children were lost. The bodies of the wife and ren have not been recovered and are veil among the unlnterred dead. ■ cumber recovered and cremated to will exceed one hundred. The task overtng the bodies lhat are beneath mined Into this Immense lot of de -1 i Mending from the esetern to the r. .tern limits of the city, a distance of • er i tee miles. Is a herculean one. an I t-ie moat expeditious way of remov g Cm whole from a sanitary point ft view Is by Are. Thli. however. .rippled condition of Ihe lire de partment and water works would ettdan s r tue remaining portion of the city. It now flnnds this Immense mas* of • slrewn with lr td bodies, the car 's of (let aylng animals, etc.. Is sore tee lo the hculth of Ihe city, and It t most difficult prolvem the bitar.l of i alth has to dent with. It slnlectlng the Vtrfrti. The work of opening up Ihe streets and infecting them Is being vigorously ptos • tiled. The debris and garbage I* being t moved urn vehicle* of every description ' frying It ottt to a safe place where It Is burned. In a few days all streets will be i died for ihe passage of vehicles. To-.lay it was decided at a meeting of Ci (entral executive commiltee that all tbf 11 orers now employed In burying Ihe •I id. cleaning the buildings and moving the rubrls from the streets and sidewalks t ill receive 11.50 per day and rations. • re'Ofore they have bee- working for i thing, anti If they refuse I were !m- I • seed by the military. The work of relief of Ihe si k ami In i' and Is well In hand, and under the dl !• Hon of skilled physicians and nurses It ■ improving dally, Eleven hundred lent* wire received lo •nv hy the hoard of health. A'l except ' iee hundred, retained for hospital pur uses. will he distributed tor the chairmen ff ihe various ward sub-commit to iin Iter the homeliats In their respective w ard*. > l’*T HAS I.IITH AAMK* OF DEAD. * - It I* list I tntt letl That W.tHIO People Have Left fialvealoa, Houston, Tex., Sept. 17.—The latest list if .lead In tlie Galveston disaster printed by the Post, revised to date, shows the ! • of 4.i7(l lives Tie paper say* none of the persons ti *'.-e names are printed In the list have ■in heard from, aid that a groat sum ' r of names have been furnished by rel it lies of those dead. U Is estimated that 1,060 people havs if! Galveston. Of these about 5.666 are h w In Houston being cared for. Others 1 ive gone lo the Interior or to other Hitt*. "he total number of people fed here b turday watt 16.141 persons. Sunday the ' miter Increased slightly. Supplies are >i w coming In steadily and all orders for 1 revision* and clothing ate be.tig given on i uer.il stores In the clly. A number of prominent Galvestonians v * c here to-day leillng contwel* for new 1 Idlngs and ordering new good*. Telephone communication was etdsbllsh *'l with Galveston to-day and retrlctlon 1 (silvery of telegrams has been removed. Aw •VMPATHY OF THE EMPEHOI4. "Illlain II fiends Message af Couilo lenee an Galveston Horror. "’ashingtcfi, S-pt. 17 President M’Kln l'y hs* received the following message of e empathy on the Galveston disaster from Emperor William of Germany: "SUttln, Sept. U, 1350.-Tu Ibc rresldeot Ifottomnd) Ulofning f3eto£ of the T’rltrd State* of Amtrloa. Waah- IrjffOn: I l*h to convoy to >our excel lent y thi xi* off.-lon of my <kf felt sym pathy with the misfortune that h** len th*' town and harbor of Galveeton nd mmy other |xrte of the eoitet, *ir.<t I mourn with you ami the people of the I ni ri Ht.iteg over the t#rr.Ue hue of life ami prop rty by the hurrloanf, lut tle mrn:tU'le of th* In equlll by the Indomitable spirit of the citl**n* of the new world, who, in their lotix and t ‘ruKßle with the adverse force# of nature, have proved to Ive vlotoriau* “1 *tncr*ly hope tnat Galveston will rt*e again to new proefverlty. William, I R. * The Pre-del* n *t r.'pljr in •- follows: "Kxoutiv M(melon, 8. pt 11. I**>. His Imperial and Hoval Majesty. Wilhelm 11. Htrttin. Germany: Your Majeat>‘s tiv'**- nK*- rf eondoient ' and sympathy In very grateful to the American government nnd pc pie. and In th Ir name. * well an on behalf of the many thousand* who have bereavement and Irreparable loss In the Gdlvtston disaster. 1 think you m st earnestly. William McKinley. THINKS TO TUB rHKAIDKNT. Mayor Jones llessaice of Gratitude to the tiorrrn.nfnl. Washington. Kept. 17—The following dis patch ha* l>efn received at the White Hou>e from Mayor Jone, of Galv<aton ad'lrersed to the Prelhn: “The peonl* of Galveston through me desire ro return their elncere thank* for th great Inter*at you and the I’nlted State* government through you have manifested in th*dr tehalf In their hour of trial; while their euff* rings are Imb-s --crll>le. yet they have ever In their mind the great government which never fall* to re p rd to th-' dlstr*e of its rltlifti*. at 1 thev a’*o know that at the head of that gnvrrnm*nt !* an upright. r*hrl*tlan ger,tie-nan whoe- • very effort l* to re I eve th*' datre*‘d with all the meanb and power at hi* command W c Jone*. Mayor.” ADDED TO THE HEI.IKK FI Ml. %tlantn’* ( liurrhm Took 1 | f *llee tlnn for That Purpose. Atlont *. Sept. 17 —Atlanta Churches ve*- terday heipegl to *well the relief fund for Galveston nufferrr* by nearly |sro. Six teen churche*. which have reported, rnlecgl fTSh.22. Of this number ten were Meth o*li*t Ghurche* and *ix were Hoptl*; t'htirchet* Ohurrhe.- which have not yet eported their tion* will. It t* thesight. bring th- 'ontrihution aJ>ove th*- s!.'■ mark. The *um bring* Atlanta's totnl *ub*rrlption ro th Galveston re lief fund up to iv#l. Tammany to Send Relief. Nev York. Sept 17 —A’ i meeting of the Executive Gommlitee of Timmany Hall to-night, a re*oltitiotr wa* unant rnously adopted that flo.tno he rai*ed at once bv the organization, and sent to the Relief Committee in tialvcston. Jacksons lllr's t onf r I but lon. Jacksonville. Fa. Sepi. 17.—George W Wile>n. trustee, ha* forwarded by the Southern Express Company fl.4*H <o John Scaly chairman of the finance committee. Galveston, for the relief of the *torm suf fer er*. Several hundred more will he sent thl* week. RRfIWT* WIDOW THREATENED. Letters Hcnrlne on the Case Depos ited In r Itnnk Y suit. Columbia. S. C . Kept. 17 The latest de velopnient In the Brown tragedy at Hoi k hll! is that policemen have Iwcn detailed to protect Mr*. Brown, who received in form tt ion tlij* morning that *he was In danger. Last night of men drove up to the Brown house and attempted to br’ik in. htit no one w.i* at home, the widow and her children being with friend*. It Is suppo*e<i iu>me leiterw hearing on the case and In Mrs Brown’s |*>**e**lon .ire wanted by' friend* of the assassin in or der to destroy them These letters were to-day put in'a tank vault. The Bratton brother* are still in jail and the mystery is as deep as ever. Paul Bratton, as he Is known al! over South Carolina, ha* been m favorite with men and women since a hoy Particularly handsome, light-hearted and with pleas ant address, he was popular everywhere lie belongs to the largest and most tn fluential family In the nor.heastcrn se.*- ilon of the state. .Vo man stood higher tn South Carolina than hi* uncle. Gen. John Bratton Ills f itlur. Dr J It Bratton many years cb'iimssn n ! the fftste Hoard of IDallh and waa a dl'inguHhd aurgeon In thr I’anf.daroto array. FOPI 1..4T103 OF MGim. Thai f lic Hn :t.44l 1 , -fl(. an In orrn-o nf in.4l Prr >nl. Washington. Srpl. 17 —Thn porailallnn of lira dly of Auguxtn Ga.. aa offldally aim* unc(d 10-duy la 39.141 and In 1890. 33 366. Thr#,' figure* #how fer lha rlly a a whole, an Iner-a*r In population of 6.141. rr 18U jrr trnl. flora l 9( to IH6. Tha populall. n In )*'. • 71.891. xhowing an liiciv.ib# Of 11,169. or 57 12 per ccnE. from 1881 lo DW Thr population Wv rdx 1C 18> l foll. w.: Ward 1. 6 779; Ward 7. 4.573; W#td 3. 6,67.’; Ward 4. 15.643. Ward 5. MOHITTrUGI.I'IT MILLS IL6BE. Fffnrt Brin* Mndr In Mop All Ihr Mill* In Orlobrr. Manch®#l*r. fcpl. 17.—Baveral nrarr mill# riorrd 10-dy. The oi-r#ior* agrr th.il thry cannot work profliably wrlth ,-olton #i the prrarnt price#. Grrut Inirrrn Ir frit In Iho rraull of ,hr vote now hclne mkm hy tiir rmploy fc.h-railon. with rrfrrrn.r to (do.lug ihr mill" for :wrtvr dayx In Oetobrr. Th" outcome will be ann.'unrrd nt Friday# rard.m: An rfforl l# firing made lo I,op all mill*. Including iho*r .tochrd with i-ouon. FOB TIIK C'HIRF'-H DAI GHTER. Four Indiana Klllrd Ona Anofhrr and She Drownrd Her#rlf. Fori Myer*. FJ.. Bepl. 17—A runner from the Seminole camp at Turtle Mound report* that In bl* un dnce I#at wrrjc four Seminole brnvr. had bloody flghe. nil bring aspirant# for Ihr chief# daugh- I,r All four were killed In the mrlrr. Th" girl then dpwrnrd h*r*lf from (lief for one of the dead brave#. SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1900. GREAT STRIKE IS ON H EPORTED THAT 112,000 MIAEIt* II WE REIT WORK. THAT IS MITCHELL’S FIGURE. STRIKE I* COMPLETE IA TWO Ol- THE BIG DIOTRICT9. la Ihe Two Others Abaat BO Prr Cent. o| Ilia llrn Have Quit, and the I alon Organisers Are Hard nt Work-There llna Been !4n Violence Wurth Mentioning—gome Opera lora Claim Thr) Will hot Mini Don n. Philadelphia. Sepi. 17 —The gr-at etrlke of mine worker* in the anthracite coal tlelda of Pennsylvania, which represent practically the hard coal output of the world, began to-day. According to President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, who Is personally directing the sinks from hts headquarters at Haxlelott, the sueeess of the first day’* effort to tie up the mine* exceeded the ex pectations of the strike leaders. The hard cool region Is divided Into four great districts, the Lackawanna. Wyom ing, Lehigh and Behuylkill. In the ttrat two. representing about *.<* men. ihe tie-up Is practically complete, only one mine employing a few hundred men being op. rated, and this ihe strikers say they hope to close soon. in the Lehigh region, the situation l* s stand-off, about A,noo of the ic on mine em ployes having quit work. Principally be • aure the union has comparatively little strength In the Hehiiylklii region, and the workmen there have no derided grievance, as In other di*.riels, the strike was not general among the upwaTd of 55,600 men employed Indications to-night, however, point lo Ihe do ing to-morrow of some mines In the last named district that operated to day. despite the assertion of the offtclala of the Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron Company and other 'Ompaiiles oper. altng the region that they will keep their colletiM In operation. Naturally the ef forta of the strike leaders are being de \oted lo organizing the men In the weak Schuylkill and Lehigh regions, and to night their organlzcra and orators are re doubling their effort*. No violence worth mentioning has marred the nrst day of lha struggle PtacJlrally no progress ha* yt been made In spit* of the efforts of some of the clergy to bring about a settlement of ilia trouble through nrMustltiß. En.-li Side Is f ont!dent. H*z!eton, Pa., gle between the nnthra Mte coal miners of Pennsylvania ard their employers was he gun 10-day. Ke-ich side 1* cotiAdent of winning, and neither of the contending force* showed any disposition to yield. With the exception of a trivial Incident at No. .1 colliery of the Lehigh Coal Com pany, where a sang of boy* compel!**) a mule driver to seek rover by throwing stone* at him. the contest thus far has been entirely devoid of violence of any kind. | | The rxacl numhrr of men who (truck laimot at (hi# tlm- hr told. n only rtl mztra of Ihr number of men who did noi Marl work werr made 10-day. Reporlr re ceived hy Ihr Untied Mine Workers* offi cial# from ih* enltre anthracite region were considered by them moat aulafar tory. In thi# territory, known #r Dis trict No. 7. there were 16 6i*i men em ployed In #nd about Iho mines. Of (his number ll is conserve lively estimated that about 50 per cell!., or B,onu minors, obeyed Ihe order of rresideni Mitchell to quit work. Hazleton to-day preaented an animated appearance, striker# from all the sur roundlng mining towns came her* early In the day and gathered In groups on the street corners and discussed the situation. It was a most orderly crowd. Around strike headquarter* al the Valley llote! there was more or kss of a crowd of men ail day. s| 113,666 Are Out. President Mitchell, who arrived from the West to-day, was kept busy all day and evening receiving repTts from every scctlcn of the region. Messenger# bringing Inlormation to Idm from nearby pent* kept Cuming regularly. President Mitchell to-night gave out the following Matement: 'Tnfmmatlon received up to this time Indicates that 117.000 mine wqrkers are on strike In the anthracite region, of this number 73.0 are In District No. 1; 36.6110 In District No 9. and 106.0 In Dlatrlct No. 7. “Itcpori* received are to Ihe effect lhat larne number* of those who went to the mines to-day will join the suspension to morrow. "We feel confident that the entire num ber of men employed In and about the coal mines of the anthracite district will he idle in thr next few days. "The men appear determined to con tinue on strike until their demand* for justice have been acceded 10. "The number of men now on atrtke ex ceeds that of any other Industrial contest In the history of our country." 36 POLITIES 16 THE STRIKE. Thai ( barge stressastl) Denied b) President Mitchell. Hazleton. Pa.. Sept. 17.—1n opeaking of the charge that politics might have some thing to do with the present strike, Pres ident Mitchell said to-day: "Polities will not. cannot and must not enter Into the strike. Personally I ap proach the contest as a mother would her babe in It* first lllnets. The sol* object of that mother Is reiioration of her baby's health. The men who are called leaders In this strike are alnmated wlih th* same consideration. There cannot be and shall not l> any contention In a political ■ense a* the declaration of Ihe strike The leader* feel, and they waul thetr men to feel, and they want the public to know, that this 1* a light for human liberty. It would Its notiM'ti*!. al. It would be cruel for any one to inject politics." m iniKti w ii.t. >ot i-isr. is Operator Who Thinks It Will Or Short Lived. New York. Beit 17-Robert M. Oll phant, president of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, raid to-day of the coal strike: •I do not believe that the strike can last or that It will permanently affect the price of coal In this city. There are 140.- 000 men who go down to work In the mlms of the anthracite coal region. In their recent statement the labor agitator* declared that they* had but $71,000 In their treasury. This would mean that they can pay each of our m. n who go out at their order tho sum of 30 cent* for one 'lay This will not support a great strlks very long." % tin nto and Ihe Coal Strike. Atlanta. Sept 17.~80 far the prices on anthracite coal have not advanced In At lanta by rtason of the ttoublc In the mines of Pennsylvania The coal dealer* here know nothing of the trouble tlrre other than what they have seen In the papers All that have bean seen agree that If the strike go * Into sfect and continues for any 1. tig h of time, the prices will advance considerably. If Indeed, the coal can be obtali ed at any price P VII 1.1 IBIiV IT lllsaol.l TIOY. Css.lna More Talk Son Than the t hlnese Situation. London. Sept IS -For tha moment dis solution of Parliament I* a more attrac tive |h*me than Chinese Tha conservative organs are confident that the Khaki Issue will give them an Increased majority and they are naturally Jubilant. .The Liberal and Rdrileal organs on the other hand, conselou* that they are fighting a losing bottle, bitterly denounce the government for choosing the present time to dissolve The !*!!)• Chronicle says: "l.ord Salisbury, an he always does, has yielded to the siren* msn. He has stifled conscience, thrown scruple# and luatlr* lo the wind* and BUPctimhed to Mr. Cham berlain.'' The Standard announeea that after h election there will certainly he a recon struction of the cabinet. This probably means that l-ord lansilosns, secretary of state for war. and an# or two other*, will he sacrificed. The Pleterm irltxburß correspondent of the I>ally Mall announces thst laird Rob erts wilt start for England about Oct. 3. This time there I* little doubt of the gen. uinetiees of the report of his early te turn Borne troop* will also be cooling hack, and the elections will thus ha <x rellently timed by Ihe government to tjk advamsge of the national fervor over a successful war Tha pro|>o*ed visit of the Duke and Duehes* of York to Austra lia alo grouse* enthusiasm Pit lI.Ml* HOT HIM IS tbm bia:. Suicide of Teller Forbes Who Was gglt.tMMt abort. Chicago. Sept 17 —A shortage of *7O <yv> in the Futon National Bank was dis covered to-day through an Investigation prompted by the suicide of <1 sorgo S. Forbes, a teller of the bank. Forbes wrote a farewell note to hi* mother in which he said: '•I was weak and l*t the one 1 con sidered my best friend get me into trou ■.. I have not *aan him sjn<e the Ir i of September, and do not know where he Is." Officials of the hank believe that tile friend referred to In the letter 1# William Dunton. Dunton and Forbes were both employed by the t'nlon Notional Hank, which recently was coneolld-.ited with the First National. Forbes' sole crime, the bank officials believe, was In covering up the accounts of the "friend." to whom he refetw In hi* letter. Heareh I* being made for Dunton. DM lIKTtRV .MiM> OIIHW VV iia Irrrrlar< n( Axrrlna I riallnn at llueiina \>re*. Washington. Bept. 17.- The following te|. egram was received ai the siati* mnt to-day from Senator Morgan: "Charlottesville. Va.. Sept 17.—Fran cole 8 Jones. secretary of legation. w drowned t <Tiarlottesvllie. Va.. Saturday ■ hrfit ifi’ hmi ini tiVifia ifiiilvfs Ifi the United Sinter. John T. Morgan." Mr Jone* war secretary of fhe Fulled Stater leßatlon at Hueno* Ayrett, to which post he war appointed. May 38. 18*7. At the time of hi* death he * on leave of absence, and .t on hi* way to vital Home of the dcecendantn of Thomat Jef. ferson. llvlnß In the nelhliorhood of Edge 11111. Mr jonea wa* a native of Douls lana. and before Me appointment n sec retaty of leßatlon wa* connected with the diplomatic taireau of the mate depart ment In Washington. Ilia sole surviving relative. Cuthbert Jonea. |* at preaent In Paru. engaged In the exploitation of coal mlntw for an American ayndlcate. Fpon heina advlaed of the death of Mr Jonea. the state department arranßed 'o mid a reprerenlatlve Immediately to t liar lotteavllle to attend the funeral certain nice. t.1t1.1.K H %HHIP ARRIVE*. I lrat One of That Country That list \ Islted Anterlea. Philadelphia. Sept 17—The first Oreek warship that haa ever vlaltrd Ihe United state* dropped anchor In the Delaware river last nlßht a short distance below till* city. The vessel I* the corvette Nau aarchoa Mlaull*. which I* used a* a training ship and ha* on board a num ber of naval cadet*. M 11.1. VIMT AUSTRALIA. Duke anil llncliea* of lurk to Mukr n lens lo)r. Aberdeen. Sept. 17.—Her Majesty ha* as sented, on Lord Salisbury'* rworntnenda llon. lo the propoyal that the Duke and Duchess of York visit Australis next year The Duke of To.k will open Ihe 11., m , m of the Australian confederation In the Queen's nnm. rive more cases or mot s. Dreaded Dlaeaae Seems on tha In erraae at Olstsw. Ol.tsgow, Sept. 17 —Five additional eases of the bubonic plague have been reported here, four of the stricken person* being gtctnbafa of the same family. DID HOWARD DO IT HA ID TO H%\; FIRED THE MHIT TH %T KILLED GOEBEL. HIS ALLEGED CONFESSION. ftTt MLEFIELD SAVA MOW till) AD MITTED I>OIM. IT. Mrttexrl III* Mou*(l* Friend* Would Xfuinl h> Him und That He C ould \ of Ilf Tak**n lo I run k fori. Dpfniir Fulled (n Tunsle Slubhle llrld-llimard lde|lfl**l u 'l*n Who Hun Out nf Ner nr Mule Mouse Ground*. Frankfort. Ky . 8 pt 17 —The flr*t really *n*atlonMl t*tlinun> in the trial of Jame* Howard. *har*et| with having fired the ehot that kllletl William GfHihel, given to-day b> Ittiwmnn Gain**. * local liveryman, and Jaine* Fuibblefl-dd. a for mer deputy aherlff nf Clay county. The former idem tried Howard a* th* man who ran out from the rear nf the atute houre ground* and Juvnied nv r the fence immediately after the *hoottnic Gain** wa* i'<eltlve In hi* Identification of the prisoner an the man and *atd the latfer then wore a muiUthf and waa followed by a man who wa* tall and *lan and r A boy who wa* near hy at the time will *!*> he Introduced a* a wit new* to cor rtthor.itt* Guinea. The rnont * neatlonal wit new*, however, and at the *.itne time the m<>t Important wline** from th* proeerutlon etandpolnt, waa Jamen Btuhh ert*ld. a one-legged and ore-armed ex-deputy eherlff of Clay county. Btuhbkfleld te*tlfld that Howard exultingly told him that he tired the *hot that took Goebel'* life. Htubbleneld lo*: hi* limb* a* a reault of the Clay county feud* la** year. Ill* tewtlmony In derail wa* that Howard •topped at hi* house In February shortly after the xhooring Shortly after he cam tn SlubMeflHtf *a>w he remarked to him "Jim. you .ill have been having trouble down a: Frankfort!” "Ye*.* re*|Madol Howard, according to the witness, "we hove raised hell and cleaned the platter.’* and a ikied. ”1 never *lght town my gun barrel hut what I get me it or money, and this time I go*, ho! h ** * The wt*n*as says Howard waa again at' hi* house several days later, nnd he asked him what he meant hy h‘s remark on fhe former occasion. Howard re sponded ”By God 'I mean just what I said ” Witness *a!d he ihen pre**ed him. put ting ihe direct question ”Jlm. do you mean to say that you killed fiotbeir* Howard, he says, responded In the af flrmattve and said he tielleved hi*/noun rain friends would stand hy him and that w men *ould not take him to Frankfort for trial HtiihblefleM paid he did not tell Ihe story of Howard's confession to him nhtll he heard that Howard nml his friend* were planning to kill him The defense subjected the witness lo a severe cross-examination, but filled to tangle him to any extent. KRUNO DF’I El TI AIC KILLED. Others AA entitled In the Chase fnr a Desperate Criminal. Westvllle. Fla. Sept 17.—1n an excit ing chase for a negro dei>erdo In Weel ern Florida, near here, a negro detective was shot dead and two of the sheiiff's posse wonnded- The chase was begun hy the sheriffs of four counties. Ivo bbsslhounds and twen ty citizens Wednesday morning, and con tinued until hud night, when the capture was mode. There wae a reward of |Vn for the negro, and a negro detective from Montgomery had been employed by Sher iff Black of Geneva, Ala., (o assist in the capture An Independent posae hearing that the murderer had tieen located neur Westvllle preceded Ihe sheriff’# party nd the de tective. who was playing the part of friend and who wa* with Ihe negro. lef( the house to join his |>arty. He was token for the man wanted by the author- Itlew and shol dead The murderer then escaped, and during the remaining two days, two of ihe sheriff’s p.sry were wounded in desperate fights with him. XKGItfIEW IA PITCHED BATTLE. Hue of Them Mas Killed and An other Entail) AAowmlrd. Genoa. Fla , Sept. 17.—Seven mile* east of here at Culbrrlh # lur|K-ntine still fifty 11 who were engaged lit'an ail night carousal began a pitched tint He among themselves at 3 o’clock Sunday morning, resulting from a dispute over the games In progress. About one hundrtd shots were fired and Will Hill, one of the hofids. was killed and Robert Stevens, another, seriously and perhaps fatally wounded. A number of o(hers received flesh wounds When the officers arrived the scene had the ap pearance of a battlefield. ■i • •' ■— — AA ILL (in TO AA AMIIXGTOX. President McKinley’s Presence Is Remanded Tilers. Canton. 0.. Sept. 17.—President McKhi ley will star! for Washington at noon to morrow to attend some public buslnee* for several days, and will return here the Inner part of the week. ft is said Hint some matters lies ring on the Chinese question require early atten tion. and other things that can better be attended to at Washington have been accumulating faster than expected. Only Secretary Cortelyou will accompany the President HEITZ CO MI AG TO A MEN If A, Traaavaaler’s Ea-Saeretari of fitalr AA 111 Beside Here. Lonim, B*t(, !8.-Mr. F. W. fttiti. state secretary of the South African Re public. I* going lo Pgrla. according to the I retorts mtrespondent of the Dally Mall, from whirl) point be will proceed lo the United States, where h will probably re- Fill At r ( HlXti HA* ro\%EM. Wants to lira In hrgollatlous for l*r*r* at Once. Washington. Sept 17 The Chinewe min ister ha* re e!vel a tllsjwH- i from Prince Chlng. d.te*l Pekin, Kept A. * Ulng tlHi* he hart been clothed with full Authority, together with Id Hung Chang. • n**go- | Gate pc44* and requesting Minister Wu to ask the secretary of state to Inatrttct i Minister Conger to open negm la Ilona nt ; once Minister Wu took the tllspat h to the state department. It is prolwible that no Immediate re sponse to the request for Instructions t Minister Conger can he given, a* Prince Chlng * request will have to !*• lALI be fore the President, and sufficient time given to consSler the question of hta cre dentmls, as vel| as Ihe |e*irahtllty of pro* eriing nt om c Moreover. It I* like ly that Minister Conger judgment *(o when the actual negotiations should o| n will govern to i cowsiderahle extent. Prime Chlng has eoinniuntouted u stm liar message to all the Power*, each be. trtg requested to author Isa Us mlnlstci to go on with the negotiation-* at 4e**? In the preliminary stage* This may m..k- nec*-s- ry tioma dlacuaslon between the Power* as to the deslraMltty of a ceilng to the request, although there ap pear* to b*- a rather general blew that ♦ here will be no immediate Instruct Unis to go on. <‘HAFFI-jK W I\TX MORE FLAG*. He %\ Irr* That Morrlrrs Will *nam Hr e Khilmhi It epR I red. Washington. Kept. 17 The wir depart ment ha* re’Hvol thr following 4*ahle grnm from Gen Chaffee. "Tiku, (no date) \djutanl General, Washington. M Russinn -omniand er assures me he ha < ordered repair m ierlal from Port Arthur. Vladivosto k I*nltel State* and that he feels assured rallw y will be repaired in two month*. Ntnl fifty sform lings end f.,dr* more •mill flags; la Her required for Chinese house# to show ouf protect lot) Ghm|i>.>* telegraphs 7th. at request, l,| Hung Chang lemes Bhnnghai In week or so "Chaffee “ It I* thought at the war department that the date. Bept 1.1. refers to the lime the message left IVkln The railroad men tinned |s the Hue between Tien Tsln ami Pekin. The second dl*|Ml> h Is a* fol low* "Taku. Adjutant General. Washington Pekin ep 14 K-xpeiiiti.m Tlan Tsln Tu IJu. thirty' miles eotithward. two coni panles Fourte-mh Infantry faink-ipatlng Returned Tien Tsln. slight opposition Town destroyed hy British troops, no • wsualtles Filed cable offfi'S ft 70 p m . 15| h Chnffee ’ FBOVOST Mil KT 11 Pl .K IA. Xlxth rsYßlrrisrn Going tn the Re lief mi l hrlstlnns. Copyright. Inr. The Associate'! Press Prkln He|H. 13. via Tien Tsln. Hept. IS, via Hhsnghal. Hept. 17— Provost i-ourls ha\e ln opened In Pekin hy all lbs military commanders. The German* have made robbery a capita! offense. Cap! William W Forsyth, with 300 men of the Hixth Cavalry, will start to-mor row hi a tour of the district to the north east of Prkln to rescue Christians and to make a ten-da vs reconnaissance. Other expedition* have been planned, hut lha general sentiment Is op|KMed lo such un dertakings. as they tend to keep the coun try disturbed. Th* British report that the Bengal Lan cer* entered lllatig llslatig ahead of the German* aiil temporarily hoisted the BrlGsh Hag They u**tgtet| the Germans In the attack The Chinese lost >tt. A9AV ACCEPT 1.l AMI t HIM*. Fall Hrlrtltiillnn In He Demanded fnr Attacks on Legation. liondnn, Sept |B, 4 36 a m —There is no addtthnal news frem China this morn ing. Tin- Dal>y Graphic asserts that all the Power* have accepted LI Hung fhutig and will prebally accept Prince Chlng. as negotiators. It says a so that the Powera have ago rd to Insist that a central gov ernment. satisfactory to the Powers, shall t- established In China and that full re tribution shall he exacted for the attacks nimti the legations. JJo ronimunt atlona. however, have yet f-asa<d between the Powera concerning Indemnl les, and a Berlin dispatch says It ts believed there that Dr Mumm von Fchwaig nsti In. the German minister.will purposely delay ntgollutlons until Mar shal von Waldrrsee has arrived. AA 1 LI. PROTECT FWHEIG'BRb. Southern t hlna Takes Steps Looking lo Her tins Security. Washington. Sept. 17- The state depart ment has rt reived a dl|>atch from the consul at Fu Chau, China, transmitting a ropy of an agreement entrr.d Into be tween the viceroy and Tartar general of Fub Kirn province nnd the foreign con suls at Fu Chau, which |irovides in sub stance that the Chines* authorities will do everything In their poW( r to protect the lives and property of foreign officers, merchants and missionaries resident In Fuh Ken and al Amoy; that Southern Ch na shall not be attacked by the foreign Powers so long as ihe local authorities maintain-order aptl that the admirals of the s vers! nations will he Informed that It Is in t advisable that a number of naval vrss Is should visit Fu Chau left the peo ple be alarmed. The agr-cment Is signed by the Russian lulled States, Jaianese. British and French roosui. ami by Viceroy llsu Ylng Kuel and Gen. Slisn Ll* n. 11l BAER TIIETOAAA OF LEA AG. Germans Killed m Hundred Boxers nnd Lost One Atnn. Berlin. Sept. 17 —An offle al dispatch from Shanghai says a German naval tat fallen, accompanied by forty Bengal lsn c*rt>. cgpturad #r,d hurncl the town of Liang. Sept. 11. A hundred Boxers wertt killed The Chin’#* regu ar treops occupying the place had previously fled TheGer tConttnued on Fifth Cage j I \ 11. Y h A YEAR CKNTH A COPY WEEKLY 3-TIMKH A-WEKK.D A YEAR COL BRYAN ACCEPTS 111 A LETTER l> REPLY TO YOTIFI t %Tlo\ (OtnUTTCR. WOULD SERVE ONLY ONE TERM tit Enron of thi n* is oivm •H CM PROUVRBAt E. Intperlallsm Declared tn He the Par amount laßue—Drniaiid fnr a Ills* tlaetly American Financial *>•- Irm-I iirrlun llllaucca and the kiiurnr I loci r l ic—a*-n mr tr Shonld Hr Elected l> the P ip|e— labor |ueslluu nnd lncm- Tam. Chicago, Hept. 17 The letter of lha Hon. W’illtarii J Bryan, s i-epnng the I term* rath- rxanlrt at lon for President, was given out to-day, ami is n* follows. Lincoln. Neb,, Hept 17,—T0 Hon Jamea D. Blchnrleon, chairman, and others of the notification comiyittw of the lienio crmic Nut sum I Convention: Gentlemen In accepting the nomination tendered by you on li half of the Pemo cratlc party, | lug to assure you of iny appreciation of tlie gr* at honor conferred upon tr. Iq the and legate* In conventUm #*srnl|ed and by lb* voters who gavs Ihstrin tion to the delcgatts. I am sensible of the r**s|*onslhlllttes which ip 1 up n the chief magistrate of so great it nation, and realise the far reaching •fT.i t of the 4|u‘*(loti involved in the present contest. In my kttor 01 acceptance of UtW. 1 made th. following pUdgu "H deeply am I impr- *• I with tho magnitude of the itower vested hy the 4-onsiltutlon In tlie chief ex** utlve <,( the nation and w ith ih mi irm iu Irrfluencw which he can wl.-ld for the or In jury of the 1 eople. tha: I wi*h to enter the >fflc. If elected, fie*, from any per soral deslfv, ex* ept the desire to prove worthy f the confidence of mv counrry* men Human judgment is fallible enough when unbiased by m lrish considerations, and. In order that I may not he tempted to use lire patronage of the office to ad vaftce any |H>isonal ambition, I hereby annotinc<, with all the emphasis which words can exprew*. my ftxrd deierminatlon not. under any drcumstancip. to be a candidate for re-election. 111 casw this osm palgn r# suits In my election.” Further refl-ctloii and observation con strain trt* to ren**w this pledge The platform adopted .it Kanaas city command* my cprdtal anl unqualified up proval. It courageously meets the issues now tief< re the country, and stare* 1 dear ly and without ambiguity the party’s po sition on every question considered Adopt ed hy a convention which assembled on th* anniversary of the signing of thw Do ;a rat ton of Independence, ti breathe* the spirit of candor. Independence and pa triotism which • harartls** those who. at Philadelphia In 177 k. promulgated the ersed •f the republic Having in my notlfl.tatton speech, dls cu*eel somewhat at length the jrararnoiint Itsile. Imperialism, and akN some ob servation* on militarism and the Boer war, 1t Is sufficient at this time to review the lematniug plank* of the platform. 1 rusts. The plot form very properly give* prom inence l<> the trust question Th appal ling growth of combination* in restraint of trade during U>" present •-tmlnlstra- Hon. prove* conclusively that Ihr Hc.iub lican parly leek* either the desire or tbo ihllily to ileal with the question effcctlve ly. If, a* may he fairly assumed from the speeches amt conduct of the Kepuhll cun leaders, lhal party does not Intend to tah the people'* side ngnlnst theae or- KNtilsation*. then the weak ami qualified condemnation <if trust* to he found In tho Hcpohltcan filatfotm I* <l, -Igned to dis tract attention while Industllal deshotbun I* completing lit* work. A private monop oly hoH olway* la*, n on outlaw No defense *on he inaik of all Indus trial system In whli h on<\ or a few men, ■■ait control for flulr own profi - *, the oul ptll or price of any article of nterchan 'ltlc. Uliitr *lli'h n system the ronaum er Buffer* extortion, the producer of mw muterial ha* hut one purrtiaaer. ami must eell at the arbitrary prtoe fixed; the labors er hi* hut one employer, am! la powerleaa to proteei against Injuetlee, either lit wagea or In eoniiltlone of labor, the email stockholder Ib at the mercy of Mw apec ulntor, while the traveling aalesmtin ron trlbulee hi* ealary to the overgrown prof it* of the trußi. Him e hut a email pro portlou of the fa-ople can ehare In the advantages secured by private monopoly. It follow* Ilia* the rentalmlrr of the peo pie are not only excluded from the hene flta, hi*t are the helple** vlciline of every monopoly or* tnlx.d It I* difficult! to over eattmate the Immediate Injustice that may t*r done, or to calculate the ultimate ef fect of tm* injure i e u|*,,r '• *l, *B*l*! -r4 political welfare of the freoplr. Our plat form, a for suggesting certain specific remedle*. pledge* the party to an unveas- Snac warfare affalnet private monopoly in nation, atale and city, I heartily approva of thl* promlßc, If elected. It *hall hr my earneet and conetunt endeavor to fulfill the promine in letter and nplrll. I -hall select an attorney general who will, with out fear or fnvor, enforce exleiln* law*; I etmll rer omniend *uch add I tonal legi*- lutlon n* may la- neceaaary to d'.anolve ev ery private monopoly which doe* huelne** outnide of the (tan* of lie origin; and. If contrary to m> belief ami hope, a cott- Btitullonal am- ndtnent I* found to be nec essary. I shall re ommi-nd such an amendment as will, without Impairing tiny of the existing right* of the states, • ntiaiwrr t'nngre** to protect the |s-ople of all the states ftom Injury at lie- ban la ot Individuals or corporation* engaged In Interstate commerce. Til* pletfoini accurately <b scribes th* tilngley tariff law. when It condemn* It a* u "trust-breeding m isttre. skillfully tlevla and to give to me few favors which they do not d(**rve. and to place upm the many burden* which they should not bear." t'nder It* operation trust can plund r the peap'e of the United state*, while they successfully c.-tnpete In for eign mark*!* with manufacturer* of oth er countries. Kven thoe who Justify tha general fiollcy of protection will find It dltttcult to tlcfend a tariff which enables a Must to exact an exorbitant toll from the cltlaen. I orporalloM* In ■'•Ultra. The Democratic tarty makt* no war upon honestly acquired wealth, neither doe* It seek to embatrasa corpora lions engag'd In legitimate business, but It does protest against corporation* entering pol nlr*. and ottemp'lng to assume control of th* Instrument illttes of government. A corporation I* not organised for political purpose*, and should be compelled to con fine Itralf to th* tu'lne** dei.-rtbed In ha charter Honest corporations. engaged In an honett bustnee*. will find It to th*tr auvontago to aid In the enactment of such |, gislatlon a* will protect them from the unde erte.l odium whl h will be brought iqion them hr those corpotatlona which etrrr the political arena. on Seventh Pag*.}