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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 hlnb