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THE MORNING NEWS Established l*so. - - Incorporated \m J. H. EBTILL. President. WILL TRY TO RESUME • pnORT WILL HK MA nr TO.DAT TO ftTART COLLIERIES. STRIKE GIVEN NEW FEATURE. SWITCHMEN RtY REFIAE TO HAT OLE SO.Y.IAIOX COAL. Tlmtf Mho Hftnrn to Work In the *•!>.> Ik fit Rrftlon W ill llmr the Protection of JMMm Troop*—Strik er* t lalin Fen Will Hetnrn to the mines—There W it no Disorder Ye*, ti-nluy. hot Trouble la Feared When mine* Open. Philadelphia. B*pt. 2L—To-morrow mom ini? will open the second week of the an thracite coal miner#' strike and develop ment* having an important bearing on the outcome of the struggle are looked for An effort will be male in the morning to iitart work In the colllene# located in Schuylkill county, with the protection of threo regiment# of the etate National Guard, in all numbering about 2,<jou men. Fome of theae mine* were voluntarily c o#ed Saturday by the operator# ai the requaat of the county sheriff, with the object cf checking disorder in and about Shenandoah Tha operator# and mine owner# ciatm that a sufficient number of hand* to run it any of the collieries are desirous of re turning to work If they can le protected from assaults from the disorderly cle ment. No estlmnte of the number of mine worker# likely to return to work In the monung ha* been made by either side, but Gen Gobtn, in charge of the militia men. to-night Issued detailed order# which v/il) diftribute the troop# aiong the road* I* ading to the collieries, and about the mine# in a manner which, without doubt, will fully Insure the safety of all who may desire t< work. The striker* have given no intimation i. to their view of thl# new move on the part of the operator# beyond the general aim of the leader#, that there wilt not be many to return to the mine*. quietness prevailed to-day throughout fie entire region. Some mass meetings were held, which were addressed by Ihe s rike leader#, but all the meetings were • •inducted In an orderly manner. The churches throughout the region were well attended The pastor# counsel ed good behavior on the part of the strik es and especially advised against the iie of intoxicating liquors. Borne of the preachers sided with the strikers in their .on teat, while a few of them expressed ♦h# belief that the men and their families would !e better off If they should return to work at once. MAY EXTEND TO HYILIIOADS. Bivitehmen May Decline to llmitllc Nun-1 titan t uni, Scranton. Pa.. Bept. 3.-II now begins to Junk an If the strike woultl extend to the railroader*, at least In thl* region. The switchmen had another conference to-day with their national officer*. Oraml Muster F. T. Hawley and Grand Secretary John E. Tipton of Buffalo, to discus* the request of the striking miners that they refuse to handle non-union coal. Nothing could he learned of what was done further than that the national officer* and a com mittee of the local switchmen would go to New Tork to-morrow and that on their rrturn something definite would be done. The purpose of I heir visit could not tie learned, hut It I* supposed It Is to petition President Truesdale of the Lackawanna and Western to spare them the task of handling-the non-union washery column and save them from the alternative of striking or refusing to grant the miners' request. organiser Dllcher said toulay that the miners had been assured of outside help that would permit them to continue on nrlke for six month* at least, after their own resources had been exhausted. Sig nificant remarks along the game line were made at the muss meeting In Laurel Hill Park last night, and again at Throop thl* afternoon by National Secretary Thomas Kidd, of the Woodworkers' Un ion Just on here from Chicago, ami A. C. Cattermlll, of the Executive Committee af the United Brotherhood of Carpenter* and Joiner*. Iforinslon requires It. Mr. DUcti. er seys eo-operallve stores and bakeries will be established all through the region, and rations Issues! after the fashion of the army. The tie-up remains practically the same a* when the atrlke went Into effect a week ago. All the mine* are Idle, ami the ten washerlea continue to operate. Th mine workers now claim to have seventy tlmuaand of the seven!)-live thousand men of District No. J, enrolled In lheir or ganisation. TlIBHi; Mil HI St I lit I'. RIOTS. Colliery Saperlnleadenta Determin ed In Open To-day. Shenandoah, Pa . Befit. Sl.—An air of ex pectancy was noticeable among the peo ple here to-day, and although It would b difficult to tlud a more peaceful com munity, the opinion I* generally express ■ i that to-morrow morning will witness a renewal of the riotous scene* of Friday- The superlntendenls of all the mines In * vicinity of thl* city and Shamokln *' day reiterated their intention of resum ing operations to-morrow. The strikers, h wever, declare they will not succeed, at I'asl In the Shenandoah mines. In the morning the ehurches of all de nominations were crowded and the ser mon# were Invariably on the aubjert of tee mine trouhas. In the Church of th* Annune.a lon, Rev H. F. O'Reilly, the tec or, tcld his congregation that the mine workers could not win He advised them to refrain from acts of violence end re turn to work. Father Peter Atvamaltl* cf the Lithuan ian Church of 8( George said that If the m*-n expected to win. perfect organisa tion was necessary. He believed if they Sattannal) iffl turning -Xctos. were undivided their struggle would meet with auccts#. During the afternoon demonstration# were made by the Governor's troops and the batteries, which marched through h* street# of th.* city unl along the road* leading to th** mine* Representative# of the seven collieries about this city vl#!td G*n Gobtn in a body this afternoon to arrang* for the protection of their work men on their way to the colllerle* During the afternoon Capt Daniel Christian of the coal and iron police, and W H. Rtdiarda. superintendent of the Reading Company's cotlhrie# at Mnhanoy City, called on Gen. Gohin and asked for troop# C.tpl. Christian said the situation at Mahano> City differed from that at thb pla 4 V m that the foreigners were willing to return to work, but were intim idated by the dissatisfied English-siicaking employe# Eight \ per cent of the for eigners. Hupt. Hlrhnrd# said, were in fa vor of remaining at work Gen Gohin said he could not promise to locate troop* at Mahanov City, endeavor to have soldiers in that vicinity early to morrow morning SIIAMOKIY PEARS TROI RLB. Aline Worker# Met and Resolved to Ytlck It tint. Bhamokin, Pa., Sept. S3.—All was quiet, In tha strike situation her**, but It is feared trouble may be precipitated by on attempt to start the Cameron colliery In the morning A a largely at-ended meeting of United Min** Workers at Treverton last night, it wa* resolved to remain away from work until the strike is declared off STRIKE HIT I ATIOY THE % IME. Three Depntlea W ere trreafed on a Charge of Robbery. Hamlet on. Pa . Hcpt. 23 —There wa* ab solutely no change in the coal strike slt tinrion in fhe Lehigh region to-day. and the customary Sunday quiet prevailed. During norm.il timer t colliery here and there works on Sunday, but to-day not a pound of coal w'u* mined In the llaxleton region. Every one of the twenty-five or more towns In this region was quiet. Three of the deputies, who were sworn in by Sheriff Harvey of Luzerne county and who are sons of prominent Wklkes harre families, wrere arrested l.ite last night at Freeland on the charge of hlgn way robbery. They are Hamilton Karn hani. Vanßuren !l Howard and A It. Shoemaker, Jt The men are accused of robbing u Polish liquor dealer of sl*7 in ensh. There are two sides to the #tory. Benjamin James, of the National Execu tive Board. ► ud to-day. that he expected the number of striker* will be greatly in creased to-morrow. He predict# that a number of mine# which have been running pretty full during the week will be tied up completely to-morrow. Troop# will b sent to-morrow to Mc- Adoo. from which town* more marching of strikers ha* taken place than from all other towns in the region combined. REPORT* ARE SATISFACTORY. Officer* Anticipate no Trouble With tbe Striker*. Harrisburg. Pa., Fept. 23—Th# situation In the Schuylkill s*rike region Is very satisfactory to the officers on duty at the national guard headquarters In Har risburg Their advices from there to-day were that everything was quiet and that no serious trouble was anticipated. The aggregate strength of the three reg iments of Infantry, one troop of cavalry and one battery of artillery in the Held is nearly 2.w*>. and unless there is anoth er uprising, no more troops will be called O'-t. IT WILL BE Mllti DH IWI OUT. Uatlier Garvey tit Administer Tem perance Pledge to Miner*. Wllkesharre, Pa.. Sept a— The strikers of the Wyoming Valley spent a quiet day to-day. There were no demonstrations of any kind. At Bt. John's Church, Pltlston. this morning. Rev. Father Garvey, the vicar general of the Bcranfon diocese, expressed the opinion that the strike would be n long drawn-out affair and said the men might Just as well accept the Inevitable and be prepared for tire siege. To better prepare his parishioners who were among the strikers Father Garvey said that he wanted all the strikers In Up church next Sunday morning and he would administer the temperance pledge to them, the same to he kept while the strike lasted. elder* hoi iihly handled. Tarred From Mead to Foot and Sent Out of Mrtnsllelil. Mansfield. 0., Sept. 3—A mob formed here to-day and the Dowlelte elders, Eph raim Basslnger of Hluffton and Silas Moot of Lima were It* victims. The two elders ram. In on an Erie train unknown to the authorities. They were recognized by a small crowd at the depot which refused to let them enter u cab. then followed them up the atreet and sur rounded them near the center of the- city. They were taken by the mob to the Relchland Buggy Works, where B.issUt gcr was disrobed, but the crowd tore Mooi's clothing from his body, as he r fn-cd to disrobe himself A paint bucket and a brush were them secured and a smokestack varnish. tar-llke substance, was daubed over them from head to foot. It was matted In their hair and no part of their bodies escaped hut their faces Their bodies were thep partially covered with thrlr clothing and th# elders were marched to the home ol E 11. Lolby, a /.lon follower here, who was driven out of th. city last Sunday. There they promised rot to return to Mansfield, but later they said they agreed not to return to unless Overseer Piper order-'I th.m to coma. They were then marched to the city prison and locked up. By applications of lard and benzine the black varnish was cut and after new out fits of olothlng were furnished they were deported on a Pennsylvania Gain at noon. - I MANY DAMAGED VESSEL*. Feared Two Have Foundered nad Karl) Live* Were Loal. Bt John's. N F-. Hept 3.-Dam:iged vee aels continue to mike this port from the Grand Banks. One reports a collision be tween two French fishing schooners dur ing the gale, carrying away th* ma*'* of noth They were driven out of sight, and It is feared that they foundered, which would represent a loss of about forty lives. _ llrlf I*l* Took Komatlpoort. Lorenio Marques. Kept. 3.— The British have occupied Kotnutipoort without op position. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 11)00. INSURGENTS ACTIVE tOKRICAY CAM ALTIBS FOR TUB KKK AI'I'HOACH 100. AGUINALDO STILL OBDURATE. DBTLIXGI TO 4 OYSIDKR UI EM A- Ml A o*o PROPOSALS. Announc e* He I* I nwllllng to Agree to a ( out prom lie— Merchants Hush ing Their Hemp to Manila for Fear tbe Insurgents Mill Rum It—\gnl naldo Offers #in to Every American MIo Surrenders— Insurgrnts Re ported lo Better spirits. Manila, Bept. 23 —The insurgent demon strations last week prove to have been more extended than at tlrst reported. From Cagayan and Isabella province* and th* Northwestern districts of Luxoti t om* a- counts of Insurgent operations and American prei auttonary measures. Merchants In th# province of Albay aiv getting their liemp to Manila as rapidly a# possible. feuring that otherwise It will be hurried by the insurgents. At Iloilo there was considerable anxiety lest an upriirv3 should occur, but the In surgents there are ceasing thetr activity and returning in white clothing to the garrisoned town# of the district Asa re sumption of Insurgent operations is con skiered quite probable, the Americans there are taking the necessary steps. The American casualties in killed, wounded or missing during the last ten day approach MO, includir g those at Bm tioan at the east end of Laguna de Bay. where the insurgents after the engage ment delivered tan bodies of our dead Document# captured in Manila show that the Insurgents activity in this vicin ity was ordered by rebels here, following instructions from the Hong Kong Junta. Agulnaldo llrclines. Henor Huencamlno ha* received from Aguinaldo un answer regarding his pear* proposals. Aguinaldo declines to consider them, and declare* that he is unwilling to agree to a compromise The amnesty expired Kept. 21. and th* condition* that existed previously have l*ecn resumed. An insurgent proclamation signed l(tt month by Aguinaldo directing that Amer ican prisoners be set a* liberty, that good treatment be accorded to captives, and that ft* h# paid to each American sur rendering. has reached Manila- Few prisoners were released under the proclamation. Two who have Just arrived from the CaiUes district report that the I Insurgents in that locality are In "better spirits'* than they had displayed at any time since the first of April The insurgent# recently murdered ruth lessly three person# in tha Lukban dis trict. Samar is short of rice; hut as the hemp supply Is abundant, the people are ship ping hemp to Bulan Island and smuggling rled In exchange. NEED OF A WAR COLLEGE. Gen. I.ndlow Ms* Been .etntlying the Situation In Europe. New York. Bpt 3 Among the passen gers who arrived on the ateamshlp St Paul from Liverpool to-day was Gen. William Ludlow, who went abroad early In July a* the president of a special mili tary board organised for the purpose of studying the military system of Europe, with the view of the formation of a United Slate* war coll* ge. "All European nation*." said the Gen eral. "have a sort of war college or gen eral staff, a body composed of the ablest men In all of the various departments of the army, such as an adjutant general, quartermaster general and com missary general. The United States has nothing of the kind The commanding general has no one to aid him In concerted action In the face of an emergency. 1 found that the Ger man military machine wa* the best or ganised of all the European armies. The German officer* are (he hardest worked of all In Europe. They seem to be drill ing and training their men from dawn to dusk. Certainly they have very little leisure and not much time to sleep. One of the results of this hard work ts that an army of one million men ha* been mo bilised within ten day*, so perfect are the quartermasters and commlssarie*. tier many Is rea*ly In peace and In war.” AN EI'IIIEAIH OF SUICIDE. Five of Those W ba Tried II In New York Were Sueeeasful. New York. Sept. 3 —An epidemic of suicide seemed to strike New York to-day. These were the successful cases: Magnus Hwengln, a cabinet maker, drowned himself In the North river, after tying hts own hands with ffsh lines to make a aure Job of It. George Hutk. ait Insuranee solicitor, shot htm- lf In Tompkins Square Park. John Meyer took poison In a third ave nue hotel and then turned on the gas later. James Campbell fatally shot himself In Ctntral Park Edward Srhwargwald. a one-time pros perous mi reliant of Detroit and later of Chicago, also end-d his life In Central Park, doe to failure to raise oaplta. l for a large apirtment house here. MEXICAN lllllt IU) DENIES IT. Intimation of I onaplrney Toward Hemlcon Annexation. Mexico City. Sept. 3.—An article In a Log Angeles paper advocating the annex ation of Mexico to the United State* reuses the Mexican llerald to deny that Americans In this country ars -nmolrtng against the political Integrity of Mexeo A Minn.tMHt Fire at riltahar. Pittsburg. Bept 3—A ffre which start ed at IT o'clock this morning In *h* large flve-story hulldtng at 211-3* R'tttr street, occupied by Wilson. Bailey A Cos. supply company, burned fiercely for some time and threatened great damage to ad joining building* The lire la now under control. Loss estimated at I7i.UA/ to 1100.- m. 1 QUIET DAY IN GALVESTON. Rapid Traitress Is Being Made ta t leanius I P thel Its—Homes for Those MIo l.o*t E% ei > thing. Galveston. Tex. dept 23.-Sunday was quietly spent in Galveston }lny people attended churti arrvlt'e* and the day l4e<l without disorder or excitement. Gen. hk urry says Galveston is now as orderly a# any city in the state. Several tlnv> since the storm rain ha* come, but fortunately for the thousands of people living In w holly or partly un roofed houses, tlie shower* have been light and of brief duration At the meeting of the general commit tee held insiav. Messrs Ri*ker and l*ee, who had taken the contract for clearing • way the debris tendered their resigna tion. because they said #om* dissatisfac tion hod been expressed Mr Ricker ten dered fhe continuance of his personal ser vice* free of charge, as he has given them to the city during the j-e-i two week* A resolution was passed shat some member of the committee should take charge of the debri# without compensation and Jens Molter, prominent ship broker, was ap pointed to thai duty. A committee from the city Council ap pearwl before the central committee to day fo confer with reference to obtaining funds to maintain the police, fire, water and other necessary departments of th city government The central committee apfiolnted a *uh-mmtnlles to request Gov. Savers to come lo Galveston to confer in regard to this and other pressing nx.it • ter* In response io tm- request Gov Hay erw ha* telegi aphed that he will leave Austin for Galveston to-morrow night. The traioqiortutioti committee han ben ad vised that th*- railroad line* leading out of Houston will honor no mur r quests for free ttan*|H>rtattoti. The pay toll# for the laborer# who work ed upon the streets under the military re gime from Bept. lx to 21 ware completed Haturday night Distribution of pay checks commen *d to-day and about $2,000 wa* ihi id out. Tins covers about Th per emt of the pay roll# at $1 SO per day for •he forces employed tearing the streets of debris ot#l dead bodies. In all about forty bodies were taken from the ruin* to-day. To-morrow it is estimated 2.fcm men will be at work on th** streets clear ing the wreckage Thirty day# will be re quired to do the work. The plan to erect Imniws for those who lost every thing by the storm, so earnest lv advocated by Mis# Barton, of the Bed t’ross B.<*iety, 1# meeting with every en couragement. A large fund is to be rais ed for this purprt* to he disbursed by direction of M s* Barton Two of fit# dry banks were ojtened to day. < a-hing scrip for city laborers em ployed in cleaning atreet wreckage. There wera many visitors in the city to-day. FOR THE TEXAS l mißk C ollection* to Hr Takes la the Dis ee*e of Indianapolis. Indianapolis. Ind , Bept. 23 —The Very Rev. Francis Silas Chatard. Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Indtonapoiit. caused n twstoral letter to be read at high m.ise this morning In all the churches of this diocese, directing that the collections In tha churches next Humbly morning snail be devoted to the Texas sufferer*. One third of the amount collected will lie sent to the civil authorities and the bal ance to the Bishop of the diocese of Bout it em Texas MORE FLOOR* IY TEXAS. Loss of Life and Mnch Damage to Property on Ranches. Ban Antonio. Tex., Bept. 23—A cloud burst In the valley of the Nueces river ha# don# much damage to property and also, a< cording to reports received here. Its# resultfd in loss of life on the ranches in that vicinity. The Nueces at Uvalde rose 2& feet In two hours time and broke telegraph com munication A number of ranches were inundated and one Engl'sh sheepman. Ethel!ert M Donald. together with some Mexican sheep herder#, are said to have lost their live# on a ranch in the moun tains near Brackett. From report# of a colony of nomadic Italians it Is thought that two lost their lives in the flood that wmt down the Nueces. FLOODR IY HRAZOS Rli EH. Extensive Damage Done to Crops, Feaeea unit Farm Hoaxes. Waco, Tex., Bept B —Heavy rain* on the upper Hrasoa brought down a tlfleen foot n*e In the river to-day. This even ing the river showed sign* of the flood, but was rising slowly and lacked six or eight fret of leaving Us banks. Residents nf the flats In East Waco are moving out to-night, fearing that later rains reported to-day may cause an overflow Cisco and tin adjacent country were vis ited by a heavy rain and tho Texas Cen tral lost Its brklge across Deep Creek, north of Cisco. A water spout was precipitated on Brown wood and Its vicinity to-day and the rise In Pecan Bayou swept crops, fence.- and farmhouses away The water got up three feet In the city of Drawn so <1 and milch damage was done The rain was arcompltshxl by high winds which wrought much destruction to crops and improvements. YKI.I.OAA >'EA EH IN HAVANA. < apt. t artnriabl nf I'wrats-fnarth Infantry Is Dead. Havana. Bept 3—Yhlriy-one new rase* of yellow fever have been officially re ported since Friday, making nearly 100 now under treatment. Capt. George 8 Cartwright. Twenty fourth United Blates Infantry, quarter mast' r's department, who waa taken down with the fever Monday at Camp Columbia. Is dead Itoberi Thomas and Alfred Kllbturti, Second United States Artillery, were attacked yesterday. Gov. Wood suggests that departmental clerks should not reside In Havana while the fever Is raging as El Vedado and Ollier suburbs are preferable An-ordingly th# clerks in Ihe ad |u I ant general's depart ment will atop work dally at 4 o'clock. The North American Trust Company will organ'xe a tohac.-o exchange to com pere with what la known as the buyers' trust. Government Steamer Lost. Halifax. N 8.. B*pt 3 —Th# Dominion government steamer Newfletd Is ashore and wifi be a total loss at Whit# Cove, Dtggoy Out. on the bay of Kundy. Th* captain derided to abandon th# steamer yesterday The N'ewfleld went ashore on Saturday during a dense fog and firmly wredged herself between (wo huge bon ders. * BRITISH CRITICISM Ol'R AYftWRR TO tiERRYYY I* YOT BATIRFAITtHI 1. GERMAN PAPERS HEARD FROM. • AID AMFRir %•* %t TIOY Mil II %M- Tl.lt THE I*OM EH*. Reported That I’rlsce I van Hr* Hero Promoted, and That the ttnvern •neat Mill Protect the Itoxers. Musi Re Fall Inquiry Before There tre Execution*— % llle* *nftd lo Have Last dtai la the Attack on Tel- Tang Fort*. London. Bept 24. SE a tn —The morn ing pniier* are 100 fully occupied wltn the general election to iwstow much at tention upon the Chinese problem The Standard. which disc-iisses rdliorlsily. th* replies of the United State* government, says. "The policy thus laid down Implies the existence at Washington of a very exag gerated estimate of the good will of the Chinese rulers. It in to bo feared that the action of the t nltcd fltate* wilt tend to weaken the moral influence of the a ll#*, and for thia reason it is tu he greatly regretted " According to the Pekin correspondent of the Daily News, wiring He|t. !#. the Ctlt nee de.darc most |sttively that the Em press Dowager and the Emperor will, in no case, return to the tmi*ttal pahie* in Pekin, a they hold that It has been desecrated by the intrusion of barbarians. I'tSM and the Homer*. This Irreconcilable attitude re.-eive# con firmation tn many report* • manntlng from Hhangliai One of these i* that, a* a re ply to the denun.lation of Prince Tuan and other* by the viceroys, an Imperial edict, dated H*pt 17, deals moet lenient ly with the Boxer movement and remind* the people that both the lioser* and Chi ne-e Christians are t'hlnnmen who shall receive imp* rial protection if they quickly disperse to their hotneg. The edict polnta out that It is lmt*>ssibie for the Imperial government to distinguish between g*d md bad Boxers It say*, however, that | If the rebel Boxers still continue to as semble they will be dealt with summar ily. Another report asserts that the edict frankly declare# that no executions can be sanctioned until an adequate Inquiry has Wen made Further indications that /Prince Tuan has resumed hla former ascendancy are found In the Rhaughat report* of hi* pro motion, and In the statement from the same quarter that Gen Tung Puh Hiang ha* been appointed generalissimo of the Northern Chinese armies ami Prln- n Chaung. deputy commander-In-chief of the Boxer*, has been made a grand council ler. H I* also reported that Loh, former governor of Klang 8u province, a Mm chu and bitterly antl-forelgn, haw been appointed to succeed Li Hung Chang at Canton. Atlaek on Pel Tana Forts. According to various accounts of the Pei Tang affair, the Chinese had antici pated that the allies would attack tn force. Tho Britishers and others who left Tn l, Tsln with Ui* Intention of cut ting off the retreat of the Pei Tang gar rison arrived too late. Trey wet* only hall-way to their destination when th* forts were captured Th* Tien Tsln corr*|Kndent of the Standard explain* that the Russians re fused to provide trains for this force, but gave the Germans and Austrian* anude notice and railway accommudailons. Advices lo the Biandard from Hhanghil place the loses of th* allies before Pel Tang as Jin. principally due to the ex plosion of mines, one of which 2uu ynrds long, exploded Ilk* an earthquake, killing and wounding large number* ami literally blowing two mounted officer* to pit :e*. The Mandard publishes a belated tele gram from Tk-n Tsln giving an Illustra tion of the International difficulties. It appears that the British at Feng Tal guaranteed safety to the natives If She railway property were restored. Accord- Inly the men returned; hut a few day* la ter the icusslans.arr.ved and killed them all Juat outside the Brltialt lines. Alleged Aria nf V a ndallam. 1/r. Morrison, trt# Pekin correspondent of Ihe Times, wiring Bept. 11. protests against what h* calls “an unworthy act of vandalism on th* pari of Gen. Wil son's exiiedlilon." namely, "th* attempt to destroy the superb white iwgmla in the tempi* grounds at Pel Tal Chu " For tunately, says the correspondent, th* ma sonry was too solid. Dr. Morrawsn adds: "it la exported that th* order* sent to M Pic hot), th* French minister, to with draw. will be countertganded. "Communications ago still deplorably bd. Matty telegrams are never *ent a; all. some being destroyed after they have been accepted “Gen. Young Lu Is returning here to as sist in the peace negotiations, although th* foreign ministers have protested against his partlrtpatlon." The Shanghai correspondent of the Times confirms th* statemnt that the for eign ministers In Pekin are protesting against the appointment of Boxer leaders lo high positions. MAY MAKE THE TANK HARDER. German View nf America'* Refusal of fieraaa/'s Prapassl. Berlin, B*pt. S— Discussing the answer of tha United State* gova-nment to Ger many's propose! regarding the Chin*** M*t|*m*nt. the Vostlsch# Zeltung says to day "America's abandonment of the concert of th* Power* will not have serious conse quence* for their diplomatic negotiations, but It will render their task harder. Inas much a* nothing so Increases Chinese pre- on Fifth Page# BRYAN GOES TO CHICAGO. Harried Trip to t ostler \% tth Wcaator June* Mat Result tn 1 knage of f nmpaiitn Proa ra iitnte. Vdncoln. Neb . Bept 2! Hon William J Bryan left h* re for Chicago to-night over th Burlington Hallroxd The trip was suddetdy decl led upon and will be hur riedly mal* The train on which the presidential n didate travels is lue in Chicago to-mor row morning and It Is Mr. Bryan’s In tention to leave Chicago to-morrow even ing on hi# return trip, learhing Lincoln early Tuesday morning In reply to a question a* to the reason for the hurried visit. Mr l<r%an said It was to confer with Chairman Jones and other members f the National Committee concerning the • Rmiwiin and especially with reference to m# future movement*. 8< (tutor Jone rn/ut* a recent trip to New York, and it i# his desire to place Mr Bryan In tH*kettslon of all the Informa tion set iired by him before the latter b*. gin* his final tour of the country for the present .tßipatgn It e also quite proha ble that some changes in Mr Bryan's Itinerary win result from the conference The next campaigning tour will begin *n oi thl# w**k. and when n Ir on e Im-kuii Mi Hr >an # time will be no (Oinpleiely nllotteil that there Wlil le lit tle or no up|Krtunity for the exchange of views I let ween Mi Bryan and the m tu ners of the committee, th ha# therefore decided re give forty hour# of the time he had expected to take fr rest to thl* trip, and the interview it will permit with the committee. May hn Hue III* t*ra ra mine. While th ** result of the excursion may be to change somewhat Mr Bryan's Itin erary iifret thy meeting of th* Democratic club# In IndiiiiiatMdi* on <>< i t, there will be no variation from ltie programme be fore that time The nr**t speech of the long seres wilt b- made at Nebraska t’lty Wednesday night and tlic next day will h* given to p•. he* in th** eastern part of this state Mr Bryan pmhahly will proceed to Hioux <Ty, In . Thursday or Friday. At Bl*ux (Tty he will get tin- spe ini car which the committee hns secured for him for the remainder of the campaign. The first day n thl* car will hi given up to Houth Dakota, and the second, Saturday next, to North Dakota. A# many |Mitnt# a* P'**|lde Will Im* visited 111 the time wl iottsd to the two State* He will enter Minnesota Saturday nttrht and will mnk' an ff*rt to reach Duluth In time to spend Sunday th re In any event a speech will he made In that dty early Monday morning and later In the day #;*erche* will he made at Hr Paul and Mlnnepull* The remain ing time between Monday and Thursday will h* given to M nnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana On Thursday Mr Bryan will be pre*, ent at the national meeting of the club representatives In Indiana|ol!s. and It 1# probable that soon after the date he will turn hi face eastward, visiting West Virginia. Maryland. Delaware. New Jer sey and New York. and'po#tbiy other states. MGR K TIME FOR YF-%% YORK. Leader* Want Mr. Ilryan to Spend a Meek *M That State. Near York, Kept. 22 Ex-Gov. William J Stone of Ml##4Mjrl, chairman of the sub committee of the Niflonnl Democratic Commit tee, having In charge the >arnp-ngn in the East, left to-day for Chicago. He Is going West for the pur|*>se of meeting Chairman Jones and William J. Brian Me tarries with him the formal request of the New York state Denxt rntl lead ers that Mr. Bryan be allowed to devote a week to the ampaign in New- V**rk According to present plan*. Mr Bryan Is allowed only four da> in New York. Oct. 14-12. Inclusive The state holder# want Mr. Br>an to devote at least Hire* days more to New York state, and they e;iy that owing to a change In the dates as signed the DaflMh istic candidate in the West they are li>|wful that arrangement* can Ih made to exttnd Mr. Bryan's time In the East long etuaigh to enable him to visit the southern tier of counties In Nw York state and also I<ong Island. HANNA TRYING TO HEDGE. Me a* fils f hlrssn Speech About Trusts AA n Misquoted. Cleveland. O, Kepi, it -Senator Hanna l< ft for New York this evening He will remain at the Republl an headquarter* there for two or three weeks and will (hen return to Chicago. In an Interview to-day he said: "Th* sperrh 1 made at Chicago on the so-c all.q trust Issue wa* misquoted and garbled. What I said wa* that there were no trust* In the meaning of the law. When I said that I did not say that them are no combinations of capital, nor did I say that there are no combinations that work Injustice to the people. This so-call ed trust Issue I* nothing more than a bugaboo nf Rryan's to catch vote*. AA’hat anil-trust law* have been enacted have been enacted by the Republican*. "On the so-called trust lasu* Bryan t* on the defensive. He <lhmM tell why the l/emts rallc party has never aupt>ori*d nor proposeit any legislation to regulnte the commercial combination* of the country. Hryan cannot defend the Democratic par ty on that Issue, and It with the Issue of Imperlall-m will soon be relegated to the rear The money question will soon he the paramount Issue Bryan will have to meet that Issue, loo." Henator Hanna said that he bad not de cided lo go on the stump In the East, but would do so If he thought best. He declared, furthermore, that he had Issued no challenge to Mr Hryan for a Joint de bate. nor had hr challenged anybody lo debate. However, he said he was not afraid to meet anybody on the Issues of the campaign. / i PERUVIANA ARK IMPATIENT. They AAiinl nit Answer to Their Tele aram off ostiolrnrr. Lima. Peru, Bepi 3 —The Peruvian* are I* • liming Impatient for an acknowledg ment by the Called Blates government of the cablegram of condolence sent by the Chamber of Deputies on account of the <Uater at Galveston. Indian Floods Subsiding. Calcutta. Sept 3—The floods that fol lowed the recent tremendous rain*. Inun dating the country for mil**, arw now slowly subsiding Marshal t nnipos la Dead. Madrid. Bept. 3 Marshal Arsenin Mar tinea d* Campos died this morning shortly after 14 o'clock at Zaraux. near Ban Se bastian. DAILY 8 A YKAH s CKNTB A ropy WEEKLY 2 TIMER A WEEK $1 A YEAR SUPPORT OF QUEEN Lini nr* fff.u for a oov- RNYMm HtJOMITY FOR EFFECT ON THE BOERS. RtHK.Iir.HHI I;t LIRRt THE UOV EHYMEYT i% ME%K. Mofley Rrlterate* Ml* %**erfloa That the MfiNlta in Wnuik Wrlea I raid Ha*e llffs %tralnel %% It hunt Mar. Ynnierou* Eleettan Msulfcßtwr* la • wed in Kniiaath-Kallßktry Mnnt* n ttniiiH Parllnmentnry- Majority for the Mnri R'i (norrußirßi, lordon, Beja 23 lerd Balishury's man* If* sto to the electors of the United King dom In antlclimUrtn of the |•.lrll.'llllentar)r general electl. ns emphasis* the ne esalty that the Queen's government should he supititled by a strong p.r:tamentar> ma jority a# "th- n|y m-an# of convincing the Inhabitant* of the c aiquered Houth African territories that there I# no hope of diverting the government from their policy by i*rlr(Ftii resistance or agita tion " After remarking that "all the recent troubles in South Africa have been du# to a shift of parliamentary opinion at a critical moment," tin prime minister goe# on to nay: "It will *l* pend u|*n the dlspowltlon and conduct of the p.wr# how king an interval I# to el.ip**- before their full (Mialtion as a British ')k>ny I* attained Th** brd lant sue* e*n of Igyrd Robertn' army muat not blllkl us to th* ini|N rfecitons ilisclooed In our own *lefrn*ive armor, imiwrfectlona which hut for the war might have remain ed unnoticed. It will be the urgent duty of I'arilnvm nf and the government to re move ihe*e defect*. duty which certain ly could not he discharged by a ministry depending upon a broken party " In conclusion, l,ord Salisbury refers ta China hh "a Hfft.Hilty, ariMMig others, con fronting the government and requiring hnl the government should he armed with a strong majority in the House <ff Com ments.** lie urge* that In view ~f „|| these con skleratkxi*. there Rh*niil he no iNenti tlon* at the noils. \ Mewl* Unt eminent, The Karl of Rosebery, issuing a nvarti festo In the form of a letter to a Literal candidate, says: "In the ptr*f*nt situation of the world I would vote for almost any strong admin- IsiraGon. hut the present government are strong only In votes. In other respect*, they are the weakest government I can j recollect.'* After enumerating the government'# "failure* at home and abroad - i y rd Rosebery criticise* the condUcr of the Houth African war. declaring that it ha* "exposed England to humiliations unpar alleled in our history since the American war." He declares that nothing can be hoped for from the government, either In iha too tier of urgent domestic reforma or tha reform of the war office. The chancellor of the exchequer. Hlr Mlchae] Hicks-fbach. and the |realdent of the Board of Trade. Mr. Charles Thom son Itllchie. as well ** other prominent men. have Issued manlfexioea. hut them* contain no noteworthy featurea. Mnr Mnn I utee*e*ary. Mr John Murley, liberal, member for Montrcsclxirghs, in his manifesto declare# that his opinion ha* not changed that everything might have been a t.onad in Mouth Africa without war "In a single year." he says, "tha work of a gem rath n In uniting the Dutch and Kngdsh In Houth Aft lea has been un done, and not even In Ireland has the difficult race problem been more misera bly mlshandUd " Mr Morley admit*, however, that It la impossible to revoke the proclamations of annexation. AH RESTED IN VA AAHINUTO.N. Atlanta Man Held on t barge of Lar ren) After Trot. Washington. Hept. 3 —Richard H Crox ion. M years old. Atlanta. Ga . son of a musician In I-exlngton. Ky\, wa* arrest ed at the Pennsylvania Railroad station about 10 o'clock to-night on a charge of "lar.v-ny after trust," preferred by I E. Finley, presldetu of the Finley Rubber Tire Company of Atlanta. Croxton I* held at the first precinct Ga llon and til* Atlanta authorities have been nodded He was a confldenll.il bookkeep er for the Finley company, and It hi un derstood that he Is alleged to have taken confident!al Information to a rival con cern. He protest* that he has divulged no firm secret* and that his arr*st was caused by sidle work on account of hi* leaving the employ of the Finley com pany He says he la willing to return to Atlanta without requisition papers to face the charge t'hlet of Pul ter- Manley of Atlanta wired the police here to watch for Croxton. Ha at flrat disclaimed Identity, giving tha name of "Albert Luhhy of Kentucky." hut finally admit led that he was eros ion. Crux ton's valine waa found to con tain toide* of correspondence relative to the business relations of the complaining company and a letter of Iniroducllon lo K 8 Kelly. No > Wall street. New York. He had about 3 In money. I In a statement to-night Croxton say* there is a suit prnc.ng between tn* com pany and the Consolidated Rubber Tiro Company of New York over a patent In fringement. and Mr Finley having told g friend lie intended to discharge Croxton. he, Croxton. looked elsewhere for a place Possessing valuable Information ahout the suit, he conferred with the Atlanta repre sentative or the rival concern and w,s referred to Kelly tn New York. ■-. m ■ i DEMAND FMttM PORTO MltO. Unbans May Itrfaae to Pay Itark User) Lent to Wpata. Havana. Hept. 3.—Porto Klco'* demand on Cuba for the repayment of more than 12 woo advanced lo Spain to conduct military operation* against Cuba, hag been the *ourc* of considerable amuse ment. Cuban* ar* asking why they should repay funds lent to the enemy for the ex prss* purpose of subduing them. (Jen Wood will return th* document* forwarded from Washington to Oov. Al len of Porto Rico, together with a memo randum couched In diplomatic language, pointing out that he Is unable *.© take any g/srt in the matter.