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THE MORNING NEWS
Established D5 - - Incorporated IMS
J H HSTILL. President.
11l JE 111
five lends 1 Missing
out Many wounded.
FIGHT WITH THE FILIPINOS
.Ninety Americans Were Attacked by
1,000 Insurgents,
MAY BE TROUBLE IS MANILA
Satires o! the City Restless and
Many Are Lea Ting.
luaurgents Have Horned Alllngr of
tloaario nnd Are Catting Telegraph
Hires anal the Hnllroaal— Attacks
Arc Hiring Made Mnar In Manila.
In EncOrt of Tnrlvr tlfia Allack
rd. Their Wagoai llurnrd and Five
of Theui Are Missing.
Manila, Sept. 10— During the last seven
n * there has been a distinct Increase of
Ir-urgent aggression, particularly near
M mila, along the railroad, anal In the
vlncee of laguna. Moronic, Bulucan
i, i l’impunica, culminating Monday In
it, engagement near Slniloan. at the east
• i I of laguna de Hay. In which detach
er nts of the Fifteenth and Thirty-seventh
lied States Infantry Regiments, nlnet>*
t n all told, met a thousand Insurgents
nmed with rifles, and Intrenched.
The American loss was twelve killed.
Including Capt. David D. Mitchell anal
ond Lieutenant George A. Cooper, both
< the Fifteenth Infantry, twenty-six
v - trde.l and five missing, who are prob
ct.lv d* ad.
< enemy had been pursued for aev
> J| day*.
T re are rumors of attacks on the
rnli" ad and of trouble In Manila. Refu
se are arriving here from Laguna,
M rong and Pampanga province*.
The natives of Manila are restless, and
' y are leaving the city. The hostile
<b lonstratione are partlcuhirly marka'd
•i c ilie railroad and along the shores of
l.isuna de Ray.
The Insurgents have attacked garrisons
and outposts. In some cases they have
<" ,rged towns, fleeing when pursued.
The Manila mail escort of thirty men
•is attacked at Cabugao Lake, a two
hours light ensuing. C'ahugao was also
attacked, the telegraph office there being
destroyed.
The insurgents have burned the village
• • Rosario. They have been cutting the
t'lrgrspb wires and railroad at certain
l!nts.
Armed Insurgents have developed In the
> Inlets of San Joae. Can Mateo and M.tr
iqutna.
In the province of Nueva Eolja ration
w igona. with an escort of twelve men
w re attack'd and the wagons burned
I vc members of the eeoort are still miss
ing.
1 dlspaich from Cebu describes several
attacks upon American garrisons near the
c itltal.
The American rasualties outside the
Sanlloan • ngagement. It Is difficult to as
e rtaln. but they are at least fifteen.
The Philippine commission held a long
f-e.-im to-day and passed the civil ser
vice bill. '
PROHIIIITION CAMPAIGN.
f i ntllilsif H nnlsr iailiis the Central
and Western Stales.
Chicago. Sept. 19.—The Prohibition rear
pl at form vomp.iictttxgan to-day. John O
'ooley, candidate for President; ll.nry
Metcalfe, candidate for Vice President;
■ imuel Dickie, editor of the New Voice;
’lney B. Cushing of Hangor, Me., and
‘ Iver W. Stewart, of Chicago, chairman
’ ihe National Executive Committee,
'“re aboard the special train which left
'3O a m for a run through Illinois.
I "a. Wisconsin and other Central and
'■ 'stern states.
KKDtt KD FORTY PER CENT.
!"rn Prntlnctlnn Affected by Action
# til Mna> Mills.
Charlotte, N. C.. Sept. 19.—The recoin
•'etulatlon of the Southern Cotton Bpln
' ' “ Association that Its members curtsll
! •Ir production of ysrns as much as pos
le for sixty days, has been compiled
v n by i Hough mills to bring about a ra
tion In the Southern output of about
l" Ir cent. Two large mills at Maiden.
’ <’ . have suspended operations alto
gether.
President la Washington.
" ssntngton. Bpt. It.—The Brest lent. ae.
“ mpented by Mr. Cdrtelyou. hit private
fraretsry, arrived here about T:4S o’clock
thh morning. The run from CaTlton wss
nude without incident. Resident McKin
ley will return to Canton Friday nlghl.
Satonnalj iTujfiuttQ
EXPENDING RELIEF FUNDS.
Progress of Ihr Work of Rrbnlldlng
Galveston—Life ln*,tr,,a,-c a •■m
pnnies Cost ts.%tst.NHt.
Galveston, Tex . S. pt. is. Normal con
ditions are fast being restored In Gal
veston The work of clearing the streets
of debris continues unabated and all re
lief work Is now thortgmhly systematised
Several human Iwsllt- were found to-day.
No attempt Wt|s made to Identify them
and thty were Immediately cremated.
John Scaly, the chairman of the finance
committee, made the following atatement
to-day: ”
"An inquiry as to the fund* Is pertinent
and th- pubik Should be iiitormcd In the
tlrst place I am not paying out any money
to anyone ex* .pt .hi th** order of William
A McVllle, chairman of the Kelle. Com
ml*tee. What we are looking after now
Is the Immediate, relb r of those In dis
tress. such as furnishing clothes, food and
the payment of men wiw are working on
the street Gearing up th* debris and
burning dead bodies On Ihe lath Instant
we began laving these men 11.30 per day
and furnishing supplies for their tamllie*
.Men who are not working uud eannof
show tlrk'd* to the i ffert that ihcy have
ts in employid g,a no stipis|t. s.
"The (pies,lon of Judicious distribution
"f all funds will b. taken up by the Oen
iral Committee and a plan worked out for
tie best Interest and benefit of all Ka h
member of the committee has under con
sideration some suggestion an,l a gen* ral
plan wl I to perfected at an early date.
"A full record o: evt ry subscription has
been k'-pt. which I w II publish In due
lime in connection with the 11*1* Gov.
Sayers ha* received at Austin The Gov
ernor and I lldnk be*t not to publish
ti.'--- 11.-' until mad', - at* -■ il .1
1 am ready at any time the Governor ad
vises to puli l-h the entire list The May
or is turning over to me all money* he
receives.
“Everything l e.oik ng with p rfct
system, harmoniously and iutelllicmly Is
tween the officials and the different com
mittee* The Governor has aided us great
ly with hi* xc.'l mid Interest In our
trouble.”
Miss larn Burton Indisposed.
The report that Mis* Clara Barton Is
111 and that she ha- been compelled to
leave I* an error. She Is Indisposed,
though not serlons'y so. and lemalo* in
her room, but sh. |* directing the work of
her assistants. A system ha* tern Inau
gurate,) and Ihe work is progressing
smoothly In eonjunciion with the locul re.
lief committee.
The Red Cross Society hn arranged to
use the warehouses at Twenty-llfth and
Strand as a supply <le|iot and office.
Ilerlwrt Till mage of Miss Barton's staff
will supervise the shipment of supplies.
Dr. Donaldson, chief surgeon of a New
York newspaper corps, says It will not be
necessary for visiting surgeons to remain
here for more than two or three day*.
He has written an article for a medical
Journal commenting upon the compara
tively small ntimlter of seriously wounded
persons by saying thai most of those so
wounded were drowned, but say* It Is
surprising that more people, especially Ao
men and children, did not become 111 from
such trylnr experiences.
Efforts are being made to open the pub
lic schools on Oct. 1. the date set before
the storm, for their opening. Three
of the school buildings can be
made habitable at slight cost.
I.lfe Insurance l,***-*,
The losses lo Ihe life Insurance com
panies are tsllamttd at f',,">o. M-**t of
ihot- who carried ol I line Ilf,- poll le*
,scaped The fraternal orders will lose
quite heavily.
The Gulf I’orts Trailing Company ad
dressed o letter to General Manager Polk
of the Gulf Colors-1 > . i.d Sin a Fe HVl
rnad to-day advising hm that slsenuou*
efforts were being mi 'i to divert bus i
from Galveston to other ports on r u
s'titatlr.n that Galveston would e unable
to take car of the shipments. He *•
a-kid t '-day whe h r hi* It' e would 1 sue
domestic at il foreign bill* of lading for
export shipments through Galveston. Cot
Polk replied that the representations
were entirely false; that It Is expeo'.el to
have rail communication opined lo Gal
veston by to-morrow and to begin Ihe
delivery of coal and export fr, Ight here
Friday marring; that orde- i have a ire idy
teen Issu'd to superintendents to I t Gal
veston freight come forward and agents
have been authorised to a pt freight
for Galveston and sDn a- m Stic and for
eign bill* of lading is usual.
The lighthouse department steamer Ar
butus arrlvi-d to-day from Key West and
was tendered to the general relief com
mittee.
The Al heat Nltunlton.
The wheal In elevator "A" Is lelns
turned over and put tn edtii*' to deliver to
vessel*. There were about 10.000 cars of
wheat on raw k here anti most of these
show n peculiar condition of Inspection.
It appears that In nearly nil of them there
I* a foot of wheat on the bottom of which
the water rose. It was salt water and
Ihe wheat caked so hard that the "tryer"
used by the Inspector will not penetrate
It The grain above this water line ep
ifears not to have lie, n damaged. The
g.ssl grain was bring transferred by hand
to other cars to-day.
Hanna A Leonard’s new elevator began
huslnesa to-nlrht. The British steamer
Endeavor went under Ihe Spout* and Is
Inking on a full cargo of sir at
The most reliable Information obtainable
places the ilead between S.OPI and
Record of llrait and Living.
A trnsii* bureau was e-l.ibilshed it>d
placed In operalloti to-day. A mortuary
bureau has also been opened where re:n
-ilves or frlrnd ore to in >k' oath f :he
known death of persons lo t In the norm.
These bunaus wdl materially assist In a
ns-n- accurate record of fin- dead.
Insurance Inspector J. G. Aoii.ns ii a
begun to go over th, city to rnuk** a de
tail'd report of ibe houses di-troyed.
The tire Insurance companies ir sr
ranglng to refund a pro rata on pollrle*
on houses and furntiur. 'vp. -e they hive
be.n entirely destroyed by I hl hurricane,
and the hoi lent theri-if want Ihi-m can
celled.
Dr. George H I-ee. Inspector of hos
pitals and dispensaries, 10-day made a
favorable report on the condition of the
city. ,
At a meeting of the general relief mm
mlttee to-day no one was found who would
undertake the Job of removing Ihe city’*
debris on contract as till stale It would
he Impossible to make a definite estimate.
The nearest estimate expert wreckers will
make Is that It will take I.* men ninety
days lo clear away the debris and gel All
of the bodies out and that this will cost
half a million dollars.
The hoard adopted a resolution slating
ht II was Its opinion that Ihe best way
to solve the problem of clearing away
the debris was lo • a contract to mw
one for this work They recommended to
the general commit tee that this be done.
NEW YORK GIVE* MHI.OIO.
Police Force of That City Raised tbr
ham of *7.75*.
New York. Sept. 19.-The subscription*
(.Continued on Fifth F*f)
SAVANNAH, GA„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEH 20, 1!K>0.
MARKLEMENTO QUIT
IMKHRCTm; FKITI RR TO
tiii: i on miKK.
MINERS MAY NOT ARBITRATE.
K\Pfc< Tfr:i> IT* \MI IIKTM I.FA Ml-
M-;W \\ ITICRTRD.
Ilmillnu ( otii|iMn> W 111 ll* i> m Han*
•*•( From flir Mrikr—\\ orklnu •*
I*' ill I Time* nail * n until %ll
(hr Orlrr— I'rraltlrnt %lllrlir||
( lainiß loiMNtu Mtnrra Irr OaM)|>-
r rat or* Will l*oalllrl> Hrfuar lo
llrroxnlir I nln.
rhlladrlphiii. Bepl. 19.—An
fraturr of* to-dti>’ ileveloptnrnia In (hr
to.il minora jitrlk*- wua (hr meeting nt
Jrddo. near H.iz< lion, of (he min# work
#r* rmploynl in llir four collltiifa of <*
It. M.irklo and Cominny.
Thret* men are in •* different position
from the othrra in the reaton aa they have
nn with their employer* to auh
mit any xrlevance and wait ten days for
an adjustment. When the etrike waa or
cK*rrd they hud not pr*?*ente<l any *om*
phitnt. but the day (he tie-up began the
Inked Mine Worker* ofTh-ual* had the
union men in Markle'* mmet* formulate
Srlevanre* similar to thoee of the atriker*
and iJnnand adjustment.
Since then Markle*# mine;* iiave lieen 1
o|N‘ratloci. but at 10-day’* meeting ITeai
dent Mitchell and Rome of hi* lieutenant*
>htatneNl the adofuln of a resolution call
ing for a itrike at once. The Markies
claim the meeting won a "packed one’’
and that their men will b** at work to
morrow as uiuial They offered to aubmlt
to arbitration, but President Mitchell Mki
there could be no arbitration without
recognition of the union.
It ratl I iik Mill It rap liarml.
The lieadlng company is getting ready
to reaj* the harvest pr*!ented U> It by the
tie-up of the other cowl districts. Nearly
ail of iti* collier lew In the Schuylkill re
gion have been working three-quarter#
time, but order# were to-day iaaued plac
ing them on full time, and henceforth all
the min* * will h*> operated to their full
paclty. Kven with thi# extra output the
company cannot eupply the demand, and
ic turv*l notice on the Weal to-day that
extraordinary order# could not be flikd.
Meanwhile report# arc coming from all
pan# of the country of large increase# in
the |*rice of coal to consumers to keep
buyer# down.
All wa quiet In the coal pectlon to-day.
Tht much advertised claeh In (he Lykens
region of the Penneylvanla Railroad Com
pany was #idetrackel ibrt <h Ihe deci
idon of tin* striker# at Lyken# that It
would be unwiee to march on the non
et rlkcr# a* Williamptown and force them
to quit work
( In I-hr UM.(rxi Are Oat,
Neverthele##, there were fewer men at
work to-day than yesterday, President
Mitchell claiming that more than
men are now Idle.
Contradictory reports come from the
Bchuylkili region, one to the effe. t that
the Hirtkcrn at Moores, after liclng out
two day#, had decided to-night to return
lo work to-morrow, being received with
incndulity at strike headquarter#.
The mine oj-cratorn after generally
maintaining a alienee for eeveral day#,
are .-bowing a di#|o#itlon to talk for pub
lication, and a# a result several #iaie
nicntg from their old* are printed All
breathe the name spirit: No recognition
of the union min worker# and a fight to
the linieh with Presi lent Mitchell and hi#
follower#.
Murching make# the timid men and
women In the Hazleton region nervou#
b cause of the terr.hle result of that #ort
of rami aliening In W 7. when the deputle#
shot down marcher# and marching began
In earncat there to-day. The marcher#
were peaceful, however, and they auo
ctoded In inducing several hundred men
io quit work, temp rarity at lea#t.
CLASH DID NOT TIKE PLACE.
Ntrlkloar Miner* Called Off Their
Itarrti to lYllllamstom n.
Harrisburg, Pa.. B*-pt. 19.—The expected
clash between the union and non-union
mli.ei* In the Lyken* Va ley r gl >n wa*
averted hy the strikers at Lyken* aban
d .nlng their prop *ed march to IVliltama
town to-night to atDnipt to force the min
er* there to quit work
The fe. ling between the Lyken* and
WU'lamßtown miner* la eo hitter that the
:tlke leaders were Induced this afternoon
hy the I orough authorities of I.ykens to
p, rsunde their followeis not to Invade
the territory of the non-strlk'-r*.
-Seven hundred strikers were to have
marled for William# own at o'clock
w.th two Imifd* of muse and they were
much chagrined when the I'topo el march
was railed off.
A small delegation of striker* went
then* thle evening and had a m.eilng In
th, public aquare nt which speeches were
made by thie# etrike leader*. There was
no disorder and this ha* encouraged Ihe
authorities of the neighboring Immtigh
to believe that the danger of trouble be
tween the striker* and non-atrlkera la
over.
WAGES PAID COAL MINERN.
tn Operator Ntalea They Make an
Average f ftLYI a Hay,
Scranton. Pft.. Sept. 19.—W. V. S
Thorne, vice presi,lent of Ihe Pennsyl
vania Coal Company, who was In Scran
ton today, made the following statement
concerning th* miners and the .ondltlon*
of the mine* of IHe com Dan >
"During the month of August the min
ers at all ihe collieries of the Pennsyl
vante Coei Company earned an averag*
of BE P*r <>•>'• or • ,oul tot ,h * tw *b , l r
day* worked, after paying ail their ex
penses for powder, oil. etc., their average
wage* received per day worked from Jan.
1 until Aug. 51 wa* DB. The miners’ la
borer* earned an average of *1 7 per day
worked during that period About our
mines and breakers common labor la now
paid about 13 lo in rsnts per day more
than is ordtnartty to laltorars of the
e.,nn ~■,* .hi rallrvxids tn this vicinity.
These are as high wages as the ,*wl niar
k. i vxvidtnona Justify, and i-ompare meet
favorably with wares istl.l for equally
shilhd iatr tn any other Industries."
COAL It' K A TON.
I*l Jrct of Ihe ll.alers Is In Slop Peo
ple I'rnm llnris,.
New York. Hrpt. 11*—The ,->wl merehanl*
of this oily and Brooklyn have deeldeil
that the price of stove coat of alt grades
from to-day on, will be $7 a ton. This Is
an advance of JJ a ton within a week.
Ht* am coal has nibsn.wl from l- to
II 61 sin,,' Saiunluy.
The object of the dealers In raising the
Price to 57 Is to slop Ihe people, who seem
lo have been *el. ,1 with a panic on ac
"iint of the (TUI -(rtk. . Irom tuning
The coal men say they do not wish to be
come tied up with orderes without know
ing whether It will be hiake a
deliver) They now have a normal sup
ply which at th. present time Ihev ,wn
not Increase on arcount of the strike.
Strike at I oat I reek. Ten,,.
• '.ml Crick. Tcnn Sept 19.—About )l)
miners and day laborers employed hy the
Goal Creek Coal Company struck to-day
The miners were recently raised 71, per
cent and wem out to-day in an effort to
secure a raise for the <lay laborrrs,
Hull til D TELLA HIM MTOHY.
En,D ux orlag tn Prove wu Alibi nn
Day of G,,et,-| Murder,
Krankf.wt. Ky.. Sept 19 -The Ural avl
dence fer Ihe defense In the Howard case
was taken to-day. the defendant htmerlf
b lng the final witness.
lie tol.l In a straight-forward way of
his arrival In Frankfort and movement*
here Jan. .10. an.| his testinwny. as antici
pated, waa to prove an alibi.
To,- defense said proof would he Intro
duced lo show ihat Howard arrived In
Ihe city only thirty minute* prior to ihe
assassination and did not go lo the state
house until several hour* afier the trag
edy; that Howard waa then and had been
clean shaven for a year, and that he was
not Ihe man seen running from the rapl
lol grounds or later standing on thr ateps
of one of the buildings, a* that man, ac
cording to the wtln,-**. had a b-ard.
Howard then took the witness s'aril He
teettfUd lhat his train was late and that
he went from Iris train to a hotel and
was there when Goebel’s body was car
ried by.
Howard. In a g neral way, contradicted
everything of an Incr.mmating nature told
against him ty James Mtubhlefl Id and
other witnesses In regard to the alleged
remarks concerning the murder of Goe
bel
Howard resumed the witness bog this
a'ternoou and was subjected to a jnost
rigid cros--examlrat nn conducted by
Lawyer Campbell. Howard retain,d his
composure and answered all questions de
liberately. Howard's story of hi* move
menu on the day of the shooting was
as follows:
Howard Telia His Mtory.
“I arrived In Frankfort th# morning of
the shooting I walked over to ihe Hoard
of Trails Hotel and stayed there for a
few minute*; then I strolled down Ihe
s r,'t. I met a knot of men and singling
out one of th*m I ask'd him If he lived
here. He raid no. that his home was tn
Breathitt county and that his name wa*
Itoblnsou IVc walked together about five
tr.lnules and then Itohlnson and I went
lock to Ihe Hoard of Trade Ho el Several
of us were sitting by Ihe Are when a man
ojw ned the and or and said: ’They hare shot
Mr Goebel.* 1 have since Itlrnllfled lhat
man as a Mr. Trlnlett.'
“As soon as Triplett told u* what had
happened we all run tn the door. There
was great confusion. Just as I got out
door* a party of men came up the middle
of the street carrying a body I was told
this man was Goebel The men carrying
him turned Into an offlc In the Capital
Hotel building. After n little I walked
down to the corner of the state house
fence. IVtitle I was standing there the
soldiers arrived.
“About & o’clock I went to the slat*
house for the Mrs* rlipe 1 waa atandlng
neor the restaurant when I saw George
Thompson whom I knew He told me that
he could enter the grounds. 1 asked him
to pass me through the tines and Intro
duce ire to Gov. Taylor. I al that time
wa* still cleanly shaven. I had no mus
tache. My mustache when I have one.
Is not tdack, but a light sandy red In
color. ,
ll lint t ull„n Told Mini.
“I was not able to *e- Gov. Taylor afier
entering the grounds, bul 1 did meet Dill
Culion. whom I knew, eiandlng In front
of the Central building. I sold nothing lo
him about knowing that Goebel won ,1
die. nor dkl I tell him If a certain sub
stance htd been put on the cartridge Goe
bel would have dlwl Instantly. He a*ked
how long I had been here I said Jesting
ly lhat I had been here some time I (old
him I heard Goebel was shot from Ibe
executive building. He pointed lo an
upper window in the west and said: ‘They
say he was shot from there, but let ’em
prove.' Culion told me that they were
very anxloua not to let outsider* In. I
told Culion nothing about the best way of
shooting a man being to aim at a tree and
the,i to pull down when ih\ man passed
the tree, nor did I mention having seen
Jack Chinn run On Jan St I was tntro
dU'Vd to the Governor hy George Thomp
son and brought up the matter of my
pardon, lie told me he could not eonekler
the matter at lhat time and gave his rea
sons.”
Howard will resume Ihe stand to-mor
row.
PAPER’N PLANT DESTROYED.
Mnh Smashed ftiNce of El Dlarlo at
Nan .Innn. p. H,
San Juan de Porto Rl<-o. Sept. 19—The
plant of El Dlarlo, organ of the Federal
party, waa completely destroyed by a mob
ia*t nlgiit. The typ and presses were
smashed.
The suppeaed cause of the disturbance
were artlclet attacking Mayor Egoauo,
who Is a Republican. No arrests were
made
Mono* Rivera, Ihe editor of the paper.
Is preparing a protest to Gov Allen on
the ground that no protection was afford.
and hy the authorities. The protest will be
sent to Washington.
Yellwxx Fever In Havana.
Havana. Sep'. 19.—Th# y* low fever #ll
- I* decidedly unfavorable. Andrew
B Patterton of Wheeling. W, V# , died
yesterday of thi# d.eeaee.
2,non Bales of Cation Horned,
Texarkana. Ark.. Sept. 19.—The plant of
th# I'nlon Oompr#*# company burned to
day with i,WO i>*.** of cotton. Loss tV/J.-
MOl
POWERS MAY CLASH
AM* DM.MMI M.tlWI
Ml % %Ml KM AM Fi.
• i
WHERE WILL AMERICA STAND?
WITIIIIR %l. Or TROOP* VS. I*l*-
ISHMF.VT (IP led A DPR*.
Oar In (hr lirrmNii >nlr l >nw
llriNc Pr*|ittrMl, !•( n Hint nn In
Itn Vninrf In lilvea—\% oull It** In*
fnrfnnnte t Vlr tn Take nn In*
|f it Flit *t ft llll—Tlll* Ihkllf WefIMM
tn IMn|*l th* tl|r fur Harmon)
Amoiiji (hr INittrri.
Washington, Bept. IF—With (he German
pro|uitl<>i to i>o#t|H>n* pcaor negotiation#
with ('tuna until ih rv*|**mlMe
(or th** IVkin outrage# are |Hiitl#h**l. and
ihe French and KuMklati notlrttMtUxi of
the |>ur|*ofi> of rhnac government! to login
nurh negotiation# il on* e. an ailing him,
Ihe l*rettent limiiiil mu. h mailer of lm
|H>r(anre to illbporr of ti|*nn hin arrival
in Washington from Canton ihl# morn
ing.
lie )o#i no fime in notifying (he official#
he d*Mlreil to coneuil of hi# return, at.!
the iltv na# largely given u|> to private
<l!#ru#e!on.
Although It na# state.l that no aitswrr
nouil •*** ready to (he German not' to-day.
Il apieared that ih<* l*re#ldrnt f after lulk
Ing over th** *lination with Attonv* v- Gen
eral Grtgg. Acting H*. retary Hill ami A#-
pletant flecrotary A*lee. had arrived at a
i‘otich#lon a> to th** nature of Ih* ra
pfionse that nhmil! he made.
.Mr. A dee *|n' the afternoon ron#ult-
Ing Acting Beer* tary llill an<l In drafting
the note of re*fxnnpe. out ail Information
a# (o It# nature na# refused al the #tate
department It na# #ad that the note 1#
to he gone over carefully at a furiher
meeting bet green I lie Prealdent nl such
of hi# adviser- a# are In the city.
Wmifß n Mpredy Ananrr.
The German government up|arently h*
anxioti# lor a speedy ansa* r, an Itaron
Bternherg paid two visit# to the state d*-
INiriment after the German note na# de
livered. The Chinese minister a!#o na#
twi< * nt Ihe state department to-day #e**k
ing to Influence the government not to
agree to the Joint action auggevted In the
German note.
The conclusion reached from the day’a
development# I# that the Fonera are di
viding aa to China, and that at present
Germany and Great Britain stand aligned
against France and Russia, while hoh
sldea are ardently necking the adherence
of tlie United Htate# government.
The lapua ap|>ear# to be made up In
such shape a# to dlsmla# further hope
of attaining that harmony of action re
specting china that th> President ha#
been pecking #o far and the |*>!nt appar
ently hoe been reached where the United
States must take aide# or at once proceed
to act entirely tnd< p>n.| nt of the Powers
in reaching a sell lenient. The Chlnepe
government is urging the latter coura*
upon the state department, but thu# far
there has been a restraining force In lh**
desire to avoid making the United State#
the first of Ihe Powers to break the solid
front that ha# lieen maintained up to th**
present time in dealing with China.
HKANON rilH GERMAN NOTE.
Karl 1.l said China lias Hilling to
Punish thr l.eM,lers.
Berlin. Sept 19.—1 tls understood thai
the Immediate causa for the Issuing hy
Germqny of the circular note to the Pow
ers rtgardlng the Chinese settlement was
the fact that Ll llurg Chang, during hi*
recent Interview with Dr. Mtimm von
Brhwartzenstetn, the German minieter to
China, mtntioned a number of names of
alleg'd high mandarins, hitherto wholly
unknown, a* those raeponslble for the
Pekin outrages and said that China wa*
willing to punish them This explanation
a. em* tn be borne out hy the following
statement made by th* German foreign
office to-day to the corrasp indent of the
Associated Press In Hrrl n;
"What we want lo avoid Is an oppor
tune y for allowing China to Impose any
sham coneesslon* upon the Powers by
delivering up for punishment persons who
had nothing lo do with the Pekin atroci
ties ,l|en iepre
!* t ii,. l'i.*. • 1 1 > ■ . '. i
Ignate b< forehind all who are notorious
ly guilty. Oeimany does not wish to pre
judge the rase Ih any way. She wishes to
rtach an agreement with the Powers re
garding Ihe guilty and thetr punishment."
t’NITHD NT ATEN WILL REFINE.
t'oafrrrnre at White Haase nn the
German Proposal.
Washington, Sept. 19—An Important
conference over the answer to the Ger
man note waa held at the White House
to-night. The parties to the coliference
were the , president. Attorney General
Griggs, the only cabinet officer In the city;
Mr. Hill, acting secretary of state. As
sistant Secretary of Slate Adee. and Gen.
Corbin, who by eserutlve order la -cling
secretary of war. Tlie President enter
tained these gentlemen at dinner and the
subsequent conference lasted until It
o'clock. At It* close one of Ih# partici
pants said no final action had been taken.
It Is understood, however, that the an
swer of this government, a* now framed,
la In effect a diplomatic refusal to accede
to the German proposal.
CHINESE rOMMIMMOINEHN.
Earl 14. Prince < hlng and Sheas In
Aet for Their Country.
Hong Kong. Sept. 19.—An Imperial edict
receive 1 at Canton appoints Ll Hung
Chang. Prince Chlng and Sbeng lo be
peace negotiators
Sin:* th* tuppteaalofk of newspapers In
Canton atlil more damaging leaflet* have
been circulated, announcing Chines* victo
ries, and that the allies are seeking peace
It le supposed that these were written by
the literati with a view of fomenting tba
anti for* ign fee lug The viceroy tw
powerless to sup, rrs* thU fotm of agita
tion
< llill >lll PI NISH I.EIDER*.
Id lets IspMrd With That Important
F.ml In View.
Iteriln. Hept. 19 The |t>eren Zettung ,
io .la> prim# a special <li#pat* h from
Hhai.ghai tilled MiHslay. hep*. 1?, paying j
thnt an imp* rial edict dated H* pt. 7. com
mands all the t'lunw n era la. under pxln
of death, to i\ail tniatlb* a* ts, order# all
high offlc mi# to return tt I't kin and a >#l*l
ill reptorlug order and |iexce. mid *iilci#
the Mipf it * at n f the Boxers, whose lead
er** mus* lie captured.
A m <md edict, the dispatch adds, orders
comprehensive rvfoim in the entire ad
ministration of th< empire.
The ttlllon at I** kin. it |p also declared
in the dUpwteh, must lu#t#t ui**n the En
peror's return and the punishment of
Kuiig-Yi n<l all iho Boxer lenders.
Mne IHI N AM) TO UO TO TOKIO.
It l *•# Id It *i rlii Will llrnisml In*
de in nit ) of CIIMMMNMMKI.
I.ondott. Kept. 2. 4 a m —Tle only news
of im|>oitfince from China thi# morning
is contained In a dispatch c th# Time#
from Bh.-inghai *1 ite*l yesterday, assert
ing that Blr Claud* McDonald will be
am* liritiah minister at Tokio, and will
be succeedwd nt Peklrt by Blr Ernest Ma
son Ha low, the present British minister
nt the Ja|*#ne#t* t apttal.
“Thi#.'* says the Times correspondent.
"1# disappointing to Britishers In the far
East, a# they lucl tu|*e| that i stronger
dipkxnatlß# wuld be sent to Pekin.**
it Is probable* lliat Vico Admiral Sey
mour will rntH't Hir Claude M c Donald at
Tien Tain.
It* porta from Nakln point to the In
ermsing activity and influence of tlie anti
foirlgn |Nrty. The maniwr in which the
Yangt-*** viceroys have b-en Ignored by
the throne In reference to the peeee ne.
goflatlona while imiocrlal edicts order the
Manchu lead* r# lo resume the control of
affairs, I# capable of only one Interpreta
tion. Shanghai special# s* em to show
quite a shower of edicts regarding n**go
tiators. to which little Imporlan e Is at
tecbed.
According to the Dally M ill’s Ht Peters
burg correspondent l(u**#la will claim an
Indemnity of GOo.ftJO.oo®
A Wa*>h>ngtoi special oays:
"The change of front on the part of
trio United Ht.ites government regarding
liussla # evacuation proposal was due to
ine te't thl Mr. Conger end Mr ’Bower
conflrmel Informa l m oblAlnefl by the
llrttleh mtnDter In flt. Pefeiebur* ehow
lnx that Huraia’a propoeltton eorc*l<l a
welt and ln. l plan to aetie ManchurlA."
TO ITART NEGOTIATION*.
Iwrrlra Nreni, tn Re aidlnff With
Krnwee and lluaalw.
IV.i.hlnalon Nepl 19.-The Ural deAnHe
'letermlnallon lo begin peaee n-kotlallon,
with China eeema lo have been reached
by Ihe French and Buaxtan governmenu,
which have ma<le their purpnM known,
to pn' Vcl with riekorinllone wllh 1.1 Hung
Chang and Prince Chlng, an noon a feas
ible.
Thi*. doiPdlee*. will have an Important
influence on the present negotiation* which
are hinging to a ronaldrral>l extent on
the opening of peace negotiation*.
Within Ihe la't few day* the t’nlteil
Ntalea minieter ( Part*. Gen. Porter, ha*
been *een frequentiy at the office of the
French foreign minieter, M Delcaaae, and
It |h in.d'-r*!"0.1 that sentlm,-nt* of the
most frletMlty accord have lieen exchang'd
tietween the two countrlea.
FOREIGN THUOPN Mt NT NTAY.
(anger Nnye Goad Hesalls Will Re
Cost If They Gn.
(Copyright, 1900. by the Associated Praes I
Pekin. Sept. 12, via Taku. Seta. Ift, via
Shanghai. B,pt. I*,—Mr Conger, the (Toll
ed St ates minister, say* that Pekin must
be occupied by foreign troop* until some
settlement Is effected, a* otherwise all the
value of the espedttton will lie load
Gen. Chaffee hn* Issued orders prohibit
ing the American troop* from shooting
from total*, looting or foraging. Every
fo llllyts to be given to Chine*,- who de
sire to reopen their shops ais I everything
taken must be paid for.
MANNAt HE (F MISSION llt IEN.
Neveral Killed Ontriglat and Other*
filed Prom Iniurtea.
Victoria. H C . 8. pt. 19 —The steamer
Empress of India arrived yesterday from
the Orient, with Chloeae pa -
per* telling of the slaugh
ter of a party In the China Inland
mission*. The parly eonsl-ied of Mr. and
Mrs A ft. Hiiin.iers and children; Miss
Guthrie. A, J Coot* r, A A Clover,
wife and children. Min Gates Miss Rice,
M!* Houston and Mrs Cooper were kill
ed or d| and fiom Injuries received, together
with the children of Mr. Saunders.
Among the isaseengers on th. steamer
waa l.l'ut Hobson of Merrtmac fame.
11l l ING FOAL ANH WOOD.
Wood Will Not He I slosdril If the
Teonps I .on v e chins.
Washington. Sept. 19 —A cable message
from MaJ. Ilyron, quartrrmaater at Taku.
announce* that he has purchased 2.A00
ton* of coal at Taku. He I* sending ship*
to Nagasaki for ,' ton* purchased at
that place, of which 2.000 ton* have ar
rived. He -ays he will try to get ft.otD ton*
more at Nagusakl.
The department has purchased 2.SW
cord* of wood In Japan for the use of
the troop* In China, ll I* stated at the
war department that these supplies will
not be unloaded at Taku If it shall be de
termined to withdraw the I'nlled States
forces to Manila.
They Fared H.iwn Haxere.
Berlin. Sept. 19— A special dispatch to
the Lokal Anselger, describing the cap
ture and burnt' g Sept. 11 of Liang. Illang
listen, sovitnweat of Pekin, by a Ger
man naval bails ten gee mpanle I hy for
ty Bengal Lin era. tan th* fore gn force
fared t.tWi Boxer*, end a number of Chi
nese regular., th* enemy losing EO
klll.d
England Has Nat Replied.
London. Sept. 19—The British foreign
office Inform* the Asro-lated Pre-e that
no reply has yet been sent to th* Ger
man note, <
DAILY. 9* A YEAR.
S CENTH A COPY
WEEKLY I-TIMEB-A-WKKK.D A YEAR
HANNA A HUMORIST
(Ola. HR %% A OS THF. 4KMTOHZ
Il'KFt It n I list AGO.
WONT DEBATE WITH HANNA
I NMCNA IT IN t I IUTI ll.il Til IT HE
IN TO HE PHENIHENT.
Col. tleynn Not HIIDna to Del,ate
ll Mil Anyone lYlinae lte*|,,n*lMll
ty la l.e* Thon 111, Ox,o—%lM,ld
Gladly t roe* l.noee* ilttl, R,*Ktn
ley—lt*, Given Ilia Iteaaooa for
Faxortna It a I flea t lot, of the
Treaty—Hanoa to Go on Ihe Ntum|.
Leavenworth, Kan* Hep. 19 —A *!>*'-
clal train over It).- Mlanoiiri Paelfte bora
Mr Bryan exit of K *n*a* Cl'y to .lay.
The change from the regular coaches,
wllh Ihrlr n > lng crowds and end
less handshaklna. wa* evidently most wel
come to the president la! caiMttdale. for
aliliough he has made no complaint. It
ha* been evident that the strain of the
past few day*, wllh no optnrtunity for
rest or retirement, Ita* trad no agreeable
effect on hint T*hl* I* the l*t of the three
•lay* Kansas-Missouri border tour, and ll
was begun at ft o’clock.
The first slop wa* made at this historic)
eliy. Mr Bryan spoke for half an hour
from ihe rear platform.
Mr llryuu'a at lent lon was called to a
speech male at Delphi. Ind., by Henator
Hanna, chairman of the It.-putdican Na
tional Committee, tn which the 8,-riaior
was quoted as saying lhat he was ready
to detMte '’lmperialism" with Mr. Bryan
or any other Democrat.
In reply to Ihe question whether ho
would accept a challenge from Mr. Hanna,
Mr. Bryan said:
"I know nothing of Ihe matter except
what appear* tn the paper No challenge
has been recelv-d and I would be glad to
debate public questions with the Republi
can candidate for the presidency, I would
not he willing fo debate wllh one whose
responsibility Is 1.-ee than my own If I
am elected I shall lie President If the
Republican CMMIIMee will certify that
Mr It.inna Is to he President Ir* case of
Republican sucre** I shall wittingly meet
him In Joint debate."
••Is Ntanil nn the Treaty.
Mr liryan wa* airo asked If ha had
anything to say in reply tn Mr. Hanna a
charge that be was Influenced by *ltvi.t.r
motive* In securing the ratification of Ihe
treaty with Spain. To this h- replied
"1 have given my reason* for hellevlngf
It better to ratify the tteaty and ,le Ja.e
the nation’s polkv hy resolution atid ihe
voter* have an opportunity io pat* Judg
ment upon mgr reason*. I roust .onfeaa,
however, lhat Mr llaiin.t la an expert
when he dlarusars sinister motive*, but I
can stand bis criticism if Senator Hoar
can endure hla pralee.”
In his address Mr. liryan referred to A
report matte hy Senator llano*, and said:
”1 read In the morning papers a apee- h
made hy Mr Mtinni yesterday In which
he said there are no 1 til*f* When I used
to want liumomu* ran ling 1 would go lo
iho*. ImKik* which contained a collection
of the wt) log* of humorist*. But now
when I want lo read something funny I
tead Mr. Hanna'* serious campaign
speeches. There are no trusts: ran you
expect the Republican parly to destroy th.,
I rusts when the leader of the Republican
IMriy says there are no trust*?”
Mryan Rea, lie* I.lnto,ln.
Lincoln. Neb.. Sept 19.—William J
liryan arrived at hi* home here to-night
from St Joseph. Mo He was met at •be
railroad station by quite a number of hi*
friend*, who set up a cheer u|n hla ar
rival. With the exception of a few '-x
--rurftlonn Into the slate Mr. Bryan rx
l>eel* to remain In Lincoln until next
Thursday, when he will start upon Ihe
Anal lour of the campaign.
SEN ATOM JONE* GOES WENT.
Relieves Hryan Will tarry Several
Eastern Nlntee.
New York. Sept. 19 -Henan* James K.
Jones left for Chicago this evening. Be
fore he left he said;
"The situation In the East Is very fa
vorable for Ihe eleoilon of Mr. Bryan. It
ha* Improved wonderfully since I last wo#
tier". The aliuatlon In this state Is excel
lent so far a* the election of Mr Bryan
and the state tlekes Is concerned. The sit
uation In Ihe states of Connecticut and
New Jersey exceed the expectations I hatl
la fore this, my last visit, .us! I am hope
ful that Mr Bryan will rarry these states.
I am sure that he will carry Wgst VlrgMt-
U and Maryland and I might any that
Delaware ran aafeiy be planed In Ih#
Ilemocratlc column."
S.n-itor Jones dors rad expect to return
to this <dty befr re election day. Th# eub
oommlitee will have full charge of the
campaign In the East.
Aeeoidlna to Information given out at
headquarte,*. es-Seoraisry of Slate ulney
will speak la-fore the Iroquois Club of
Chicago s"of (° r Hryan. Judge Dunne of
Chicago, a member of Ihe club, remm *d
from Europe last Saturday. On hi# ar
rival a Mr McNeal telegraphed him to
await hm In till* rlty. They met and
went to lloaton. where an Invitation •
given to Mr. Oiney and he accepted The
date was not named.
NENATOIt HANNA’S tONCEIT.
Tlilnka He Is a Great Speaker an®
Witt Gn nn the stamp.
Chicago. B. pt. 19 -Senator Hanna, en
eooragetl by the reception given hla speech
yesterday at the Commercial McKinley
C’.uh meeting, ha# about decided to go
Upon the slump during the last two week#
of Ihe campaign.
He will have Saturday night for New
York, where he wl.l remain ten day*, at
the end of which lime he will return i
Chicago to resume personal control of the
nation;,l campaign In the Weal.
To-day several delegation*, one from the
Springfield. 111., district, one from Indiana,
and another from Kaiiaa*. Ihe ik'ter head
ed by National Committeeman Mulvane,
cal let 1 on Senator Hanna and asked him
to make campaign speeches.
"As the constant drop of water wear*
away the hardest stone, you fellows may
act me yet." said the Senator to hla vis
itors "I am becoming more end more
impressed with my ability a* a campaign
speaker But then lam not paid to make
speeches My salary la drawn for other
work. However. 1 shall probably make
a few speech** here In Chicago and may
conclude to devote convtderable of my
time toward th* latter part of the cam
paign if speechmaklng.”
To-morrow night Senator Hanna wilt
(Continued on Fifth I’ags.j