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THE MORNING NEWS
ClltbUilud I*so ■- • Incorporated liU
3. H ERTILL. President
IB WM 11
Tliree Deis Caused m Ridious
Miners ol Mo*
CES. COBIN Pl’T IS CHARGE.
Sheriff's Posse Fired od a Crowd and
Two Were Killed.
MANY OTHERS WOUNDED.
Ulmers Were Interfering Witb tbe
Non-Union Workmen.
(.henantlnah Slot Started by a Mob
Armed Witb Sticks and Stones.
More Trnnhlr la Feared—l.r blub
Valley Heaton la Also Very Mnrli
Stirred t'p—President Mitchell nt
the Sllaera I aloa Hlaatra the itall
roada for (.rinding the Miner*
■lowa.
Harrisburg. Pa . Sept. 21—Three regl
tr nts of Infantry, a battery of artillery,
ai .1 a troop of cavalry were ordered out
i • midnight by Gov. Stone to annlaa Shar
er Toole In maintaining order In the
c nuylklll mining region.
Thla action tt taken after a conference
I- ween the Governor, Adjl. Gen. Stew
n;t and Gen. Gobln on the urgent eollcltu
t .->n of the ahertff, borough council of
. nandoah and many prominent resl
■ i-nta of the locality.
t.m Gobln ha* been placed In command
ef the provisional brigade, and started
pom here to-ntght nrlth hla etafT on a pe
el train for Shenandoah. He will e
tjt'lleh headquarters there, and expects
c t>e an the ground with 2,500 troopa by
to lock Saturday morning.
The nrganlxatlona which have been se
-1 ted for thin service are the Fourth,
Eighth and Twelfth Regiments. Battery
i rtf Phoenlxvllle, Governor's troo|> of
Harrisburg and the Third Brigade head
<i carters. Col. Richardson haa taken
.large of the movement of the troops and
lie camp equipage and tents. Ma). Gen.
Miller, commander of the division, has
been summoned lo Harrlahurg and Is now
on hla way from Franklin. Attorney Gen
eral Atkin has also been called here from
Indiana to advise with the Governor Bat
ter C Is equipped with Gatling guns and
on* of the best" drilled organta.itlone In
(l* guard. Gen Gobtn Is the senior brig
adier of the division and commanded the
i -visional brigade, which was ordrred to
< e Hazleton region after the Latimer
s tooting In ISIfIC.
Gov S'one received a telegram early this
e cnln* from Sheriff Toole, advising him
that three persons had been killed and
I (teen Injured at Shenandoah by the
s liking miners firing upon a posse of
ctizfna who were protecting a party of
non-union miners on their return home
from work The sheriff said he was una
ble to cope with the mob and that the
pr -retire of troops was necessary to the
protection of life and property In the eom
tn unity.
THE TROI tll.K AT WHEAAhiDftAM.
Fatal Riot n hlrh I.ed to Ikr falling
Oat of Ihr Tro|t.
Shenandoah. Pa., 8> ot. SI.—A sheriff*
posse tired on a crowd of riotous mn
tiar here this afternoon, klllinir two per
sona and wounding seven others.
Sheriff Toole and Deputies O'Donnell
and Brenneman were called to Shenan
doah to-day to suppress the mobs that
threatened mine workers and colliery
property. At quitting time the sheriff's an I
u small posse whom the sheriff had sum
moned on the ground went to Ihe Indian
JUnge colliery of Ihe Reading Company
to e-9ort the wotklngmen to their homrs
The collleu’ Is located a short distance
end of Shn'indoah
The workmen left for home shortly af
lr t o'eock. They walked U|* Ihe middle
of the East Center street and reached the
l-*Mgh Valley railroad station. Here had
Fathered a large crowd of Poles. Slavs
and Hungarians, men. women and chil
dren. who lined both sides of the street
A shot rang out fretn a saloon This was
i llowed by a shower of stones.
Many of the crowd ha*l picked up stones
1 1 sticks and were acting In a threat
•i lng manner. Seeing this Ihe sheriff,
v ho bad.previously cautioned his men to
ioep cool and not use their firearms, com
i tided (hem lo lire. The order was
• "yed with terrible results. Ths crowd
I fsued the aherlff and his posse to the
1 guson House, where they look refuge
Ph> riff Toole shortly afterward tele-
Ii" and to Harrisburg and asked that a
*'• ’ hment of troops lie sent here. It was
I 'ned that Adjt. Oe. Stewart was In
Philadelphia and a telegram was sent to
hint there.
J ltr Dead and Wounded.
Following la a list of Ihe killed and
w. unded:
Killed:
Mike Yuckavyge. shot In Ihe eye.
A little girl, name unknown, shot In the
*>*<k of ihe neck.
Wounded, so far as can be learned:
Edward Coyle, aged SO years, bullet
wound nesr the heart. He wss sitting on
Ihe styvtp of his house
f.ifUD, shot U tbs arm.
Anthony Skarnatics. ahoi tn left wrlat
by 23<iiihfr bullet
John JVuerttckey. a year*. hot in
the hand, married.
Peter Btnli-omovltch. 2* ye ire, ahot In
the ehouoler at the Hark.
Mike Baiixka. hot in loft ahoutder.
Anihnny Axalavaite. ahot left aide,
Mrtnue a tn-cahber bullet, removed.
Amon* thoao who were Injured by the
rioter* were ihe following
Bedding of Kltiffiown. ugly gah
on riirht forehead, caused by a brick.
Hobert Kdwarda. aged M year*. Injured
aenoualy by hem* hit with atone*.
Charles Howland, agt and 35. injured on the
Mck and he<d by atones.
How the Trouble Started.
Bupt Boyd, lnsfcle Foreman Foley and
Breaker Bo**** Jamea and Wiiliam
Mlrohell of Indian Itidce colliery at 3:30
o'clock, thi* afternoon, were returning
home from work when they were met at
the Lehigh Vnlley at at ion by mob with
stick* and atonea The mine official* drew
revolvers and fired.
The mob became furioua after one of |ta
number was shot, and attempted to cloaa
in on the offt tala. They ran up Lloyd
etreet to O'Hara's stable, where thev
j were imprisoned for two hours. The mob
threatened to burn the stable, but Sheriff
Toole, with twenty deputlea, arrived and
diepersed them and the. mine official* re*
turned to their home*.
The ffherifT then to>k the posse to Indian
Ridge colliery and extorted some workmen
up Centre street. A* they attain neared
the I*ehigh Valley station the mob hurled
Mone* at the deputie* and a shot was alro
fired from a *loon. The deputies then
opened fire. They hastened toward Main
street in the meantime tiring over 500 *hot*
and the mob throwing missiles of all
kinds one man and a little girl were
found lying dead after the shooting. The
crowd was finally dispersed and the sher
iff and deputies retired to the Ferguson
House, the most prominent hotel in Shen
andoah
Luring the riot windows were broken,
building* were wrecked and a number of
persons fhjured.
'lorr Trouble I* Feared.
Tha foreigner* held a meeting to-night
and more trouble I* feared unfa** the
militia arrives before mornhig. The
sheriff has asked the Philadelphia and
Heading Company to abandon the ide<i
of working the collieries here to-morrow
and the‘company consented to do so.
To-night It is iaiding and the mob haa
scattered, and up to a late hour the Hun
garian that was killed was permitted to
lie In the gutter where he dro|prd. For
eigners of this class say a dead man Is
of no use. and they refuse to care for the
remains.
Shenandoah cotincil held a meeting and
parsed resolutions calling upon the Gov
ernor to send militia. They also decided
to enforce, martial law. Bper lal officers
were rent out to order saloon-keepers to
clove thtir places, and to keep them clos
*d until peace was restored It was also
decided to prohibit the sal* of firearms
and ammunition, etc. The council also
nwore In the members of the fire com
panies and other citizens to al l In restor
ing order
THEY HAD FEAR OF TROUBLE.
People of the Lrhlah Region Were
Women hat AA'nrrled.
Hazleton. Pa.. Sept. 2t —The Lehigh re
gion to-day seem' and to concern Itself more
shout the possibility of trouble than eny
other one thing. Wherever on* went In
this district the belief was genera] that
an outbreak will occur. was. how
ever. no outward evidence anywhere that
such a thing is likely.
This feeling wan no doubt produced by
Ihe disturbance* at Shenandoah and the
arrival tn Haxleton and on thf north aide
of large numbers of deputies who are sahl
to be prepared for any emergency It waa
known that all the coal companies In the
district had Increased Ihe number of
watchmen around their collieries, ami It
was also known that a small number of
arpuiie* had been distributed through Ihe
south side by tire sheriff of Carlron coun
ty, hut nothing was thought of this.
The deputies who arrived at Freeland,
twelve mile* north of here, during the
night from Wllke.-burre. are said lo num
ber about 300. They are dislrihuled along
the public road between Fr,eland and
Jeddo. At noon a carload of them ar
rived In till* city over the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and taler In Ihe day several
Ai • , HI
are all being lodged In dlffetenl part*
of Ihe clly.
There were fewer case* of violence to
day than on yesterday, when the m.ne
workers In various part* of Ibis aecllon
w.ie attacked on the way to and fioni
their work. The presence of lb* ltier***d
number of watchmen and deputies may
have accounted lor this Improved condi
tion.
R AII.HO All* HI * I’ll N'l lII.E.
President Alltchell t Inlnrs They
Grind the Miners Down.
Haxleton. Pa.. Sept. 21-President
Mitchell to-night Issued n open letter t
the public. In part as follows:
"The striking mine workers recognise as
their real opponents In this struggle for *v
slight amelioration of the hard, grinding
conditions of ihe average miner * Ilfs,
nine railroads, which. Insides producing
approximately 72 l r cent, of the hard
coal, are the sole carriers to tidewater of
all the coal mined In the anthracite held
~f Pennsylvania, and for Hits service of
carriage charge of from to to per
.cm i*t tor ao aiding to the #!*■ of ih<
coal Is made Incredible ns It may ur
iar they charge three times a* much
o carry o ton of anthracite cool )l mlb-s
as Is Charged to t'arry a bituminous ton
of coal the same distance. So .xorbllant
are Ihe rates that the legitimate prollt
which should be credtled to the mining
department* of these rallrood* are ab
sorbed by freight rates, and a* a coose
quenc* their coal properties are made to
show- a very small profit on their capltal-
Sneaking for the mow mine workers
this <l*v on strike. I recognlie the** rall
rodi as our real enemle*. end name their
{Continued on Fifth
SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, IMO.
REPLIES TO POWERS
GERMAN PROPOSAL REJECTED HI
THE t'SHVED STATES.
ANSWERS NOT MADE PUBLIC.
%11M9TR.II Wf AITRARKD TO lit.
Ml ( H !>!*%l*tOl VTICD.
Power* Ha** lim Given to I'mlrr
•(•nil .Inal What I ntted Mates
W 111 l)o-( nmmlulon Talked of to
Negotiate M Ith t kina—%ll Rot nor
Amrrlran Hr*iiient M) He Wltk
drawa-wU Hnng Hiang Has Kearfc.
ed Tien Twin.
9Vaßhlti*ton, B*pt. 21 —The United Buts*
government hah made full and compltll
anwere to th• various important Inqui
ries that have h* en nlditf<d b.v It to tha
■••** ■ rt *
It ha* gone further and haw mad* a
dl* loßure of all of He purple* and. a* a
member of the administration puts It. It
haw thrown It* hand open on the table
Thta action was taken after the cahlnwt
meeting to-da>. and a luncheon at the
White Houwe that followed served to re
duce the derision to the ultimate form
At half-patst 3 o’clock Minister Wu call
ed by ap|ointnient upon Acting B***retary
Hill and waw handed a memorandum em
bodying the response of the United Btai**
government to tha request of Prlnco Thing
that Mr Conger or snm** other per won
he Immediately empowered to begin nego
tiations with the Chlnewe authorities for
a final settlement. The mlniater c.ime
away with / dlsaatlafled expression upon
hie fact.
Next came M Thlebaut. the Fnanch
harg A few mlnutee oonvereatlon suf
ficed to Impartglo him orally. Jut a* he
had made hie own inquiry, the gnawer to
It.
Then Baron Sternberg, the German
charge, w ho had been notified of the read
iness of the etate department to make
nnewer to the German note, called and
wp given that answer He haetened away
to cable It to hie government.
The department then gem the anewer to
the Ruewian Inquiry forward by meween
gei. and directed cablegram# containing
the substance of the answer* to lie diplo
matic representative* abroad Thue clowed
one of the moat Intereetlng and important
phaeea of the Chinese entanglement.
.Inaarrw Kept Jtrrrrt.
The etate department aheolutely refuse*!
to make any etatement ae to the nature
of the anewer*. taking the ground that
to <lr> en would be a violatlon of the
diplomatic proprietiee. However, aw It
uaa calculated that ail of three anewer*
will have reached t UeJr destinations abronl
by to-morrow. It waa promised that the
text of the communication* ehould be
given to the presa to-morrow afternoon.
The minister* and charge* who received
the rneewagea here adopted the earne ae
rfetlve attitude Tb* rreßldevtt himself, It
seem*. had given Instruction* that every
effort should be made to maintain secrecy
In thl# matter until the official disclosure.
With all this. It I* known that the Ger-
. mn proposal that negotiations with Chi
na be deferred until Ihe Chinese response
i bis for ihe Pekin outrages have been sur
rendered lo Ihe allies, has failed of ap
proval by our government. The declination
■ has been■•onveyed lna manner that cannot
give offense, hut it Is believed that Hie
| I tilled States government cannot recog
ntxo ihe principle that a country may he
■ ailed upon to surrender Its own ctilxen*
, to a foreign power or powers for puniah
' ment. The government does not relinquish
the Plea of Ihe ultimate punishment of
Ihe offender* when they are properly Iden
tified. but It does not believe that the
pursuit of this object should put a stop to
all negotiations.
A I iimmiatlos Talked of.
The Idea of a commission to adjust the
, difficulties with China Is again brought
forward, and 11 Is suggested that such a
commission on Ihe part of the Joint In
ternational commission, which li is hopsd
will ha ap|M>inled for Ibis purpose, or In
Hie event of the failure of Ihe effort to
secure Joint a Hob, thn the member* can
go on and deal directly with China for
o settlement. The names of Minister Con
ger, tlen. James 11. Wilson and Mr. Kock
hilh are mentioned In this conns* ikn.
It I* believed that the outcome. from a
military point, of to-day's action will be
Hie withdrawal of all but one regiment
of the American troops from China to
Manila, where they can tie held ready lo
return In an emergency, lien. Chaffee
probably will remain In China and In com
mand of the force there, which will be
regarded simply a* a legation guard.
one fad concerning the United State*
answers that was learned officially Is that
they contain no new proposition; they
simply clear away Ihe debris of unan
swered Inquiries.
■VHUT him ATTITI IF.
Friendly Willi China llraplte the
Terrible Massacre*.
London. Sept. 8-11 seems to be gen
erally believed throughout Europe that
Herman y purposely proposed her demand
that the antldorelgn leader* should be
surrendered before negotiation* were com
menced. with a View of delaying any gen
eral acceptance of her proposal until
Field Marshal von Waidersee should ar
tier ai I’ekln.
In ony event with Count von Wakler
see Journeying through Northern China
and LI Hung Chang conducting negotia
te* from Tien Tstn. matter* must soon
reach a crisis.
The manner of Earl U s reception seems
to confirm the suspicions exiting hi
S.iattghal. regarding hi* close undsr
standlng with Itusala. About l.flOO Rus
sian troop*, and all the principal Russian
officer* met him at Chun* Linn* Chen,
half way to Tien Tstn. A long confer
ence wa* held at which no representiHv
of any other Power was presume This
remarkable friendship exists at a lime
1 when two continent* ara ringing with the
story of massacre* hy the Russians ut
Amur
The Moscow correspondent of the Stand
ard. reverting to the subject of the mas
sa-Ves. this mornln*. says;
"From a recent visitor to the Amur re
gion I learn that massacre* are the order
of the day with the troops that ar* over
running Manchuria. The order* ar* l*-
sued hy lien Orodokoff Hut It I* quit*
certain that Emperor Nicholas must be
Ignorant of their nature.
"M> Informant has seen a aeries of tel
egrams from one Manchurian commander,
every one of which beseech** that he be
allowed lo spare peaceable rtttsens. but the
Russian Indifference to the live* of the
•omnion herd I* still of a truly Oriental
type"
The seme correspondent asserts thet
troops by the wholesale continue to pour
Into Manchuria.
EXPEDITION HAN RF.Tt RNF.D.
•
Chaffee Naya Surrounding t nsn try
la Gettlaa Leas Hostile.
Washington. Sept 31 -The following
dispatch, received at the war department
yesterday from Gen Chaffee, was mail*
public thla morning.
"Taku. no dale. Adjutant General.
Washington I'ekln, Hept 1* Rockhlll-
Wllaon expedition returned, object suc
ceesfully accomplished, no casualties our
troop*. Forsythe * squadron scouted
northeast forty miles to relieve native
Christians; returned bringing In fourteen.
Surrounding country dally growing hos
tile and more peaceful, so far as my ex
pedition can determine questions
"Chaffee."
The dale of this cablegram. Pekin. Sept
19. show* that cloae communication ha*
been established with the Chine** capt
-I*l.
AMERICANS TOOK PKI TA t HI .
Expedition AA as ( ondactrd by Gea.
James H. Wilson.
(Copyright, 19nn, the Associated Press t
I’ekln, Sept. 17, via Taku. Thursday.
Bept. 30 —Gen. James H. Wilson, the
American commander, took Pel T* Chu
this morning No details of the affair have
hnrti learned, but the llrl Ish officials
have received a dispatch announcing lhal
"ihe temple* were taken according lo ar
rangement "
It Is xpected that Geti Wilson will
move on H;tn Hal THn, and destroy the
Chinese arcenal at that place
The German* moved westward to-day
and It Is doubtful If they co-operated In
the taking of Pet Tal Chu
Jqiuincse scouts report that the sur
rounding country Is free of Ihe enetnv
No word ha* been received from the Sixth
United Slates Cavalry column, which I*
operating In the northeast.
ARRIVAL OF Id 111 Nil (MAM..
Residence Has Brew Prepared for
Him at Tten Tain.
Copyright, 19<!ft v the Associated Press.
Tong Ku. Sept. 19. via Shanghai, Sept
Sf*.—Ll Hung Chang arrived on Tuesday
at the Taku anchorage, where he waa vis
ited tyy Hear Admiral liemey and Ihe
Russian flag captain. He proceeded to
Tong Ku to-day. He was received with
no special honor* and hi* presence at
tracted little attention. Only the Russian
and Japanese officer# called on him. hut
later he had a long conference with Vice
Admiral Alexleff, on board a Russian
warship.
Karl LI. accompanied by a Russian
guard of seven, and his own escort, the
latter unarmed, hut wearing the Imperial
uniform, will proceed by special train to
Tien Tsln. where a residence he* been
prepared for hi* occupancy.
UNDER A HI ASIAN Ul ARD.
Only Russian and Japanese Officers
I ailed on Karl 1.1.
(Copyright. 1900. by the Associated Press )
Tien Tain. Thursday. Sept. 30. via
Shanghai. Sepl 21.-LI Hung Chang has
arrived here and Is located In his own ya
men, under a Cossack guard. Ills recep
tion here was a repet It Inn of hla recep
tion at Tong Ku. only Ihe Russian and
Jaiwnese officers calling on him, those of
■the other nailons not taking part In it.
FIIHTN KIHKII ON NA HSIAN*.
The Germaas Shelled the Pel Inna
Forts nod Town.
Berlin. Sept. 21.—A dispatch receive,)
here from Taku. dated Sepl 21. says:
"Yesterday evening llie Pel Tang forts
opened Are on the Russian Infantry camp
wounding twenty-five men. Since early
Oils morning n German howltaer battery
has been shelling Ihe forls and lown.
GERMAN NOTE NOT ANSWERED.
Several nt Ihe Powers Ores*)lss o
AA all Inn Attitude.
Berlin. Sept 21 -The Berliner Tageldatt.
In the couise of an Inspired article, aays:
"Russia. France and the United Slate#
have not yet answered the German note.
The answer# received will nol be publish
ed now in order lo avoid Ihe Impression
that they are Intended lo play off one
power against the other.
France's formal answer., although the
French opinion* so fur heard are favora
ble. will depend upon Russia'*, which I*
la here surmised, will he delayed.
"Wllh r, sped to the offer of the Chi
nese government to send a special com
mit slon to Berlin to espresw regret for
the murdr of Maron von Ketieler. I can
say that this may he accepted Iwier At
pr nt we have no diplomatic relations
with < hlna.”
The Lokal Ans<U*r declares upon al-
Irgrd authority, that Germany expects not
only a rod ' mandarin, but a member of
ihe lnrpevl.il family • * a bearer of the
n,' sage of regret.
MA NS ACHE Of THE CHINESE.
Correspondent Tells of Horrible
Work of the Russians.
New York. Sept 21 -Concerning the
massacre of &.*M Chinese at Blsgoveai
chenok by Russians, the Evening Poet
contains an account from a. Freder.ck
Wright. ,it of the faculty of Oborlln. u.,
{Continued co JTlftb Psge.j ”
FOUR WERE LYNCHED
NEGROr* TAKEN PROM A LO! 191-
AAA JAIL AAD HAAQBD.
MORE LYNCHINGS ARE FEARED
CI I.PRIT9 ROIIRF.n A 9TORB AM
BRAT A UNIT*; WOMAN.
AtierlM Nefwaed ta Uhe I p the Key*
aad fkr Jail Waa Broke** Open
%%Hk Aisa-4'nar ftaeperts \% ere
Taken tint and Hanged to a Tree
Aliont Two Htnck* Away 'loin
Otker Arrral* of ftrg roe* Were
Mada.
New Orleans. Rcpt Jl. -In "Bloody"
Tangipoah parish Uat night four negraes
were hanged, after the Jail In the village
of Pontchatoula had been broken open
and the prlwivierw. accused of robbing the
fanvity of Henry llolfelter, had been taken
from their -ella
Mrs Ho!feller, who resisted the colored
n*en. was chokd and beaten go unmer
cifully that ehe lost her mind. Wholesale
lynching* are feared.
The men lynched were Isaiah Hollins
aged Ift. Nathaniel Bowman. <7. Charles*
Elliott. 3ft. George Bt kham. 2ft.
There were fourteen colonel suspe tt In
the Ponte ha toula jail, accuawl f various
roblterles. Last night at 9 o'clock a com
mittee of white dtlzena callnl on Hherlff
Nix and demanded the key# to the Jail
The sheriff refused lo produce I hen*. Axe*
were brought and the Jail was immediate
ly broken open
Four sus|ects were hanged to a tree
about two block# away, after having
been made to confess having |*artlclpated
In the burglary of Holfelter's house
Not until 7 o’clock this morning were
the ttodlci cut down. Meantime the coro
i ner’s Jury returned a \erdlct of death
! "by unknown hand*. '
CHlxens scoured the pariah throughout
the night, arresting all the negroee they
ould get their hands on These were
< rowded into the little Jail at Pontcba
toula. and a wholesale lynching Is feared
Mayor Jackson and the sheriff are using
every m- an* to restore order, but ar*
making slow progreNi* The better element
among the colored population Is fleeing to
the churches,where the time Is being spent
in prayer.
join HR ITTON rOftlT.flftKll.
He Aaya He Killed Rronn Because
llronu Rnlaed His Home
Columbia, 8 C.. Bept. 21.—The mystery
about the asaaselnaflon of Harry A
Hrowti. the Englishman who waa shot in
his bed at RockhlU a week ago. haa been
claa rad
Paul B. Bratton was arrested on the
verdict of the coroner’s Jury, charged
'with the killing John B .Bratton, a
younger brother, makes the statement
that he killed Brown because Brown had
ruined hi* home Paul Hratton accom
panied hs brother to Hockhill. hut says
he trok no hand in the shooting.
Mrs Brown, widow of the murdered
man. corroborates John B. Bratton s state
nvnt. ao far as the devotion of her hus
band to Mrs Hratton was concerned. Bhe
met the girl when she was going to Wln
throp <Vdlege, she says, and both her bus
li#nd and herself visited her at Yorkville
on one of his trips to Torkvllle, without
hi* wife Brown was Injured He was
taken to Hratton* house and nursed to
; health It was then. ays Mrs. Brown,
that the fatal attachment ripened
Mrs Bratton, lonfronted with evidence
! of her iinfalthfulne-s. confessed to her
hut>and She fhsn wrote Brown to elope
with her and save both their lives By tha
next mall she begged him to fly He did
not heed the warning, and the same night
was killed In hi* own house. Mrs Brown
has placed the** letters In bank, subject
i to the solicitor’s order.
PRESIDENT t.tIES TO CANTO*.
He Will Make No I nmpaian Tsar
and No Speeches.
Washington. Sept. ll.—President Mc-
Kinley. accompanied hy Secretary Cortel
you, left Washington at 7:15 o'clock this
evening for t'anion, O. The train I* due
al Canton at 9 *A o'clock to-morrow morn
ing.
The President ha* not made up hi*
mind how long he will remain In Canton
II will depend largely upon Hie develop
ment* In the Chinese sit ua Hon.
It can he stated positively that he will
not take any active pail In Ihe campaign
and will nol make campaign speeches. He
will make no public speeches whatever,
according lo the present programme, and
he will not make any campaign tour of
any sort, despite the report* of a move
ment to try to persuade him to take auch
anion There 'lkewlse will he no recep
tion* of vlslllng delegation*
ATTACKING *ti hiii.efield.
Hl* tha raster In Haeatloa la the
Trial f Howard.
Frankfort. Ky., Sept II —ln the trial
of James Howard, charged with being a
principal In the Goebel sltootlng. the de
fense rested It* learimony this afternoon
Several wt:nesses for the prosecution
were heard in rebuttal and some wltnrsar,
were introduced by the defen-e. attack
ing the character of Jam*-* Htuhtdefiel.l,
the Clay county eg-deputy sheriff, who
testified that Howard confided to him that
he fired Ihe shot that killed Goebel. Oth
cra of Stubblefield's neighbors testified
for Ihe prosecution in rebuttal on thi*
point. end pronounced him u man of gocsl
reputation.
A GEORGIAN WILLED.
Richard Taylor l.ost His Life lo the
Flaht Near Manila.
Washington. Sept It.—Among ihe enlist
ed killed. Sept M. at Mavltac, Luxon. Is
Richard Taylor, private, Company L. Fif
teenth Infantry, who enlisted at Macon,
Ga HD nearest relative lx EIJ Tsjrlor,
Awaxun, Ua, (
MARTIAL LAW ABOLISHED.
kahettos Ha* Rrtda* Repaired aad
tbe Fire* Train West Into Thnt
I Ity A rstrrday.
Galveston. T*x . Bept 21 At noon to
day mirtlal law was abolished and the
civil government resumed control of af
fairs
The contract for clearing the streets has
been awarded to a local Arm. They will
establish boarding companies on the bea % h
and commem* work Monday morning
with an army of laborers at 92 per day
Adjt Gen 8* urry, of the Texas vol
unteer guard, has placed his regiment of
militia at the service of the city and they
will remain here for guard and patrol
work N saloons will be permitte<l to
keep open. There will be no Impressment
of men to work, and there Is plenty of
work, both for mechanic* and laborer*
A J Youetis, Inspector for the isalve*
ton t*oard of underwriters. Is footing up
the kNMMPi Ha ha* finished h* lt*tri- t
*•*►! of Twetßy-flfth street and finds that
In tha territory of total destruction east
of that street. 1.A49 house* were destroy
ed His dlagiam show* that from five to
**%en block* of tbe district lying along the
Gulf of M xieo and west of Forty-second
street was shern clear of buildings
Mrs. Mui-sey, vice |**e*llet*t of the fled
Gross Society will leave for Washington
Hundav nght, and will explain to the peo
pie of the country exactly what Is needed
lr. Galveston Her idea is that meetings
should l*e held throughout the United
Htatrs and the needs of Galveston thor
oughly explained
The < Hil\ ••**(>n bay bridge was completed
at 3 o'clock this m*rntng and the first
train to arrive since Bept ft pullet Into
the union depot at ft 2f o’clock It was
Bant* Ke ttaln No. & due here at 9:0& last
night
Full passenger train service has been
resumed by all lines entering the city via
Virginia Point The Gulf and Interstate
Railroad, which enter* via llollvar Po.nl
and ferry will n*t be In operation for sev
eral days
The five lines which crots the bay hr'dge
operate thirty passenger trains dally and
they have an enormous quantity of freight
to come In and go out. %
With the resumption of railroad service
to-day business along the wharves began
In earnest. Beveral ahlp# ara taking on
cargoes.
Condon’* Golveolon Faad.
London, Sept 21 The Galveston fund
bring raised by lond-m hankers with
American connections has already reach
ed a.;ti
A HF. AAA INHERITANCE TAX.
More Thaw ffiHHi.nmr Hwat Re raid ww
It „nlI on lon's Kstsle.
New York, Bept 21 —The Inheritance
las on Collls P Huntlogton's estate will
amount to more than BD.im.
In an estimate preimred for Comptrol
ler Oilman l,eday ll appeared that the
transfer charge on specific bequests alone
would amount to fllo.tsio
No appraiser has been named for the
huge estai". and the real \*lue or Ihe
enoimfßj* fortune left by Mr. Hunting
ton will not be known positively for elgh
teen months, the limit allowed for filing
appraisement ref,or Is.
it la estinwled hy those familiar with
the affairs of Mr. Huntington that hla
estate la worth 100.nu0.000. The widow.
Arabella. D. Huntington, for her eharo will
have lo pity a death taa of Ibi.lWft If the
estimate -lands, and Harry K Hunting
ton. a nephew, afaiut Bi.ini, his share
being assessed at about 5 per cent., while
Mrs. Huntington's Is asweased at only J
per cent.
On the $i nmt.rsn left In trust for tho
Princess HatxfebJt there will be a dwslh
tax of 10,
Arrhrr M Hurillngtnn. adopted son.
will have lo pay on Ihe S2sots> left In
Irusl. $2,500, whUe Kdwartl II Hardee,
another nephew, will he charged $5,000 on
his share of the estate!
The principal speclflc bequests, of Mr
Huntington will aggregate s3n.im.Wi
There Is no means nt determining the
residuary estate. Thla will he Ihe work
for Ihe appraiser. There will be a heavy
death tax on this feature of Ihe fortune
lIKUVKH A ACE OF ROME,
Great Celebration of (h* Event Was
Held In Italy.
Itotfce Sept. 21 -The thirtieth anniver
sary of the deliverance of Home waa cel
ebrated yesterday throughout Italy. Kv
rrywhere shots* were cloved end houeef)
and public buildings hung with flags. In
spile of Ihe rainy weather the capital
was crowd’d wllh rnthuslalle visitors to
witness She municipality proceed to the
Pantheon and place wreaths upon Ihe
tomb* of Victor Emmanuel li ami Hum
bert I.
The procession then moved to Ihe l*ori
a I To. where ssunda the memorial to the
Italian eoeliei*. who fell In breaching the
walls during the attack on Sept . I*7l
Here the Mayor rend a dispatch from King
Victor Kmmiinuel 111.
THF. TUKPKIMI BOAT HAGLEY.
l ate Kailas's Mother and fflster In
Attend the lusnnchlng.
Kolelgh. N C.. Sept 21 -Mrs. Addle
Hagley and Mrs. Joseph Daniels, mother
and sister of Kn-lgn Worth Hagley, tho
hero of Cardenas and tho Aral ofllcer
killed In the Hpanlah-Amertran war, left
here to-day for Hath, Me , where they gj
to attend the launching of the torpedo
boat Hagley. named in honor of the dead
erslgti.
Mrs Daniels will christen the new boat.
The ceremony is expected lo take place
next Tuesday
FIGHTING I NHF.It I'IINPI IAIOt,
Huberts <aia Only a Fen Irreeawrll
shle liners Are Left.
l/indon, Bept. 21.—Further reports from
Lord Kohens say the Doers who remain
In the held Include a few Irreconcilable*,
hut that the majority are lighting under
compulsion.
lien Delarey, It Is added, hold* 300
burghers aa prisoners In his laager.
*ms
Better Times la India.
London. Sept 21 —The Times publishes
the following from Simla:
' The monsoon continue*. The cotton
crop Is generally excell nt and the pros
pect* of a bumper harvest In rood grants
Is certain In most pari* of the , ountry.
Thera la a great redig,t.ou lo yt nujptxrs
oo tha relief Uit,’* ,j
DAILY. I' A YEAR
r. f'KNTB A ropy
.WEEKLY 2-T1 MKB-A-IVKKK.It A TEAR
MRS, DIXON ESCAPED
hit xsr wt* xnov gcrmtSKO
RIGHT Hll.ru % W At.
KEY TAKEN FROM SHERIFF.
Ontf.GF.D WHIVKV *1 riTisKD TO
hvk nrt:> given him.
Joilgr Ordered All I onorotrd With
thr ICeenpr to ttr Arrested and a
Rigid Iw v cat tgalloa llraaa—Trial
of thr Woman Itrgon Immediately
After Hrr Metnrn to W rightsvllle.
Jerry W olden I nnrtrlrt and Urg
• rwrrd lo Life Imprlasnnrsi,
W’rlghtsvlile. (Is.. Sept ll Mrs Sarah
K. Dixon, charged Jointly with J-rry
Waldrn wllh tho murder of her husband,
llenrge Dixon, escaped last night from tho
cell In Iho Court House, where she has
been Incarcerated since hrr res urn hereto
awolt her trial.
Thera was but one key to the cell,
which waa in charge of Sheriff J. W.
Howland.
The sheriff save that hr was In the
Court House shout midnight, and that L.
H Hllenn, hrothrr-ln-law of ,\fro. bum.
gave him a drink of whisky. Shortly
after drinking M hr went to sleep When
he aw-oke he found the prisoner gone, and
Ihe cell locked as when hr went lo (deep,
end the key in his pocket, where It waa
before hr took the drink of whisky given
him.
on convening court this morning Judge
H D Kvans called the Grand Jury before
him and Instructed them lo make dlllgen*
Inquiry and tudb-i the person or person if
who may have been responsible for thr ea
rn pe.
Mrs. Dixon, who escaped from prison
last night, while Ihe sheriff was under
ihe influence of a prepared drink of whis
ky. given him hy someone. was found
about JO o'clock Ihle morning gt the home
of It J Item, eight miles weal of this
place. In laiurena county.
Mr* Dixon waa secreted between two
ma I res see
She wsa put on trial thla afternoon,
and after three hours a Jury waa chosen.
The stale la represented by Hotb lter B.
TANARUS, Haw lings, assisted by Hon. J K. Haw
kins of tllhsorf and Mr. K. L Stephens
of Wrightsvllle The defense Is repre
sented hy Judge J. K lllnea of Atlanta
and Onl J. L. Tent and W. T. Martin
of Wrlghlavtlle.
The testimony will be concluded to
night by 9 or Ift o'clock
life kvii;m k I'iik u
He War Foan.l lialllr nt (hr Harder
rl Urorgr Ultrr.
WrtfffcDvlll*. Ga , 21 -Tbr case
SAalnai Jerry Walden. lor (hr murder of
Oeorff* I>lxon. war resumed thla mom
!n Thr evidence against Walden Ml
very damaging
Thr Itral witness called for (hr stata
war W. J. Itatne*. Hr tesliAed lo (ha
ii mal nimlui l of (hr defendant on (hr
night of thr mtndrr. Mn tttxon wont to
Ihr hrmi of thr witness and aakrd him
to comr ovrr and iw what war thr mat
trr with hrr htmhaitd W Itnoa raid that
Waldrn waa very ImlllT,rent to thr aur
n.undlng ciroutaatasea*. Wal<l,n waa Bit
ting In thr haolt of thr houso whan thr
wltnrra arrived, and hail made no attempt
to waah thr blood off Dixon'* face, ao aa
lo #* what war the matter. Defendant
carelessly lighted a < Igatattr while wit -
near war arrlng what could be dona un
der the etrairaatancaa. Drfendant did not
go for any lielji or rend for a physician.
Wltnrra recognised the track of defendant
leading off to thr wood*, where hr throw
the ax with winch thr murder waa • ommtt
trd Defendant came out and atood by
wltnraa when hr war examining the
track, width war Inrefoot Defendant
at the time waa barefooted, and made a
track nearby.
The next material wltnrrr warn Mr W
W Anthony, clerk of the Huperlor Court
of thla county. He teetltHd to tha defend
'ant's sworn confession thr day after the
commission of the crime The confeaalon
says that the defendant hel|ied Mrs Dix
on to tom mil the crime: that defendant
and Mrs Dixon had need criminally Intl
mala for atioui a month or six wreks, and
that ahe Induced him to assist In the com
mission of the crime.
The next material witness war Prof. C.
M Woodward. who war going up to At
lanta on the same day that the prisoners,
Walden and Mrs. Dixon, were lielng taken
to Mo on try Hherlff J W. Itowland for
safe-keeping ITof. Wootlward sakl that
Walden mid him lhai he had assisted
Mrs. Dixon In the murder; that defendant
told him he expected to dir, and wan ed
a Hlblr. which wax given him.
Walden's alary of Ihr I rlnr.
The defendant made hla statement, asy-
Ing that he assisted In the crime, hut did
so through fear of hla life; that Mrs
Dixon on the night of Ihr murder, at t
o'clock, came lo his bed fall slept In one
large tuoitil and took him hy tha hand,
waking him. ami told him "Now Is IM
time to kill TV " which defendant prompt
ly refused to do. Then Mrs. Dixon oks
him that If he did not do so she would
holler "rape," and lhal her husband
would Jump up and kill him. And under
this fear for his own life, he took tha aa.
which was placed In the house, aud
struck Dixon the first blow In the stom
ach; then gave the ax to Mrs Dixon,
who struck all Ihr mortal blows.
11, si H. T. Itawllns. solicitor, and
Messrs J K. Hawkins of tilb-on and B
L Btephen* of Wrighlsrllle represented
the stale, and Hon John R. t'ooper of
Macon for the defense.
Thr state made out a very strong tux
against Walden, and Col. Cooper flacked
principally the confessions made at dif
ferent times, that they were the result of
fear. The Jury retired lasi night at *:
o'clock and brought In a verdict this
morning at *:*# o’clock of guilty, with roc
ommei(datum of life Imprisonment Tho
verdict lute thr approval of the public
generally.
W'klden was at ones seatenced to Ufa
Imprisonment In the penitentiary.
Declined grot In traalr.
Salt Lake. Utah, Sept. 21—Judge row
ers has given out a signed statement de
clining Ida appointment by Acting Oov
ernor Nebrker to the United States Sen
ate on the ground that under the Quay
precedent the Senate would refute to text
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