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TUB MORNING NBWS
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J H. EBTILL. I'rraidrnt
WILL SETTLE STRIKE
lir£RATOR> RK PRBPAIUM TO
SURE CONCESSIONS.
TO BE 10 PER CENT. ADVANCE.
SIAV Al.<> Hike ROTICTIOYS IN
I'HICK OF PUWIIFH.
All In nrl> n. lnu Made to Hrlnp thnui
n Hrlllreirnl—Nllnm Ry Not Ac
, ret Itt I’rr (>t. Advaarr Ilnur,
ifbrr NNIII Get \ alnnblr I nrn>
■*■>. Hut ttprrelura Mill Not Rrr
• eniur tlir I nliiu-Military I'rrpar
ttuat to Go Home.
llkr**rrr. Pa.. Hrpt. St —An Import
er! uieetln* of the coal oprra'or* of the
Nt >. inlti* and latckawtnne valley* was
) . id at 'the office of the la-hleli Valley
Coal I'ompatiy In thta city to-day. All
it . repretentatlve* of the bl* coal com.
lumi-s with colllertea in thla sect ton were
promt.
W A. I>athrop. ereneral tuiperinteiulent
of the l.ohttih Valley Company, the chalr
■ an of the joint aeaoctatlon of eoal opera
i .re of the Wyoming and LeKkuwanna re
t one. presided.
After the conference wu over several
rf the oprrators were asked for informa
t ■ tu. but they were very reticent. Supt.
|aithro|> said:
■We discussed a achetno of advancing
l c wages of all the men through the re.
ptori at least JO per cent. The powder
l, . stJon was also dlscuascd. but we are
iot prapared to give out any Infornta.
t on regarding our deliberation! on the
• Ject.”
From another reliable source It was
I arned that the preetdenta of the coal
ro'upantea In New York sent a draft of
1 •• proposed settlement of the strike to
: netr representatives here with Instruc
t ns to meet In conference and discuss
v tiler It would be advisable to make
t ms with the strikers on tho basis
tilted.
ffeicncia of opinion developed as to
win her the operators could stand the |n
<: iso In wages. It was reported that all
I e.enlaitves of the lax kuwanna Com
I v thought they would
I <>m what east be harmd the operators
v e not opposed to granting a reduction
I . the ptlce of powder, but there was a
f rig feeling expressed against an out
i>:.d out recognition of the miners' union.
sTIIIKMItR H %U t IBT DAY.
'They Will Not be Satisfied With
I’er laai. Ad an nee,
Hstleton, Pa . Hept. *.—Notw lthstand-
J g the rumors of settlement and of con
i .. ti upon the pirt of tha mine oitera
tor there was no change In the great
o;il strke situation to-da>. It was prob
al. y ilie moat Inactive day that President
Mu ill and his olfi.lal alatf have spent
hi V the strike began.
ue |jy gave promise of lleveloplilg Ini
j. in events at the I’nlted Mint* Work
• - h' idquartere. but all those lnteres*tc*il
. . doomed 10 di**appointment. That
* lent Mil hell was waiting for Ittfor
vaation from New York ranr.ot be denied.
* h- lntlm,t**d several tlni- during the
• •> that sjmethlng might d'velop before
i icht. In the lorenjou he had two
1 t'gthy cnveraat one o%er the long dis
ta * tel* t-h ne and between 4 ahd *
• k thi> afternoon l.e was at lh' wire
tor more than halt an hour To whom in
to k*i lie .lei lltifHl io say. li< he gave
r'. the informotion that he had nothing
t.. impatt \Yh n he was pressed, how-
e to, ay ?oTethlng on the general
H ike situation, he said
if the lo *er cent. increase mentioned
ti he n*w?*|'af*ers i* y>rrect. while far
Jr* m eaiisfsctory. it is the greatest vh -
• ever icltiivtd by organi*ei tabor. ini
won under the most idverie clrcuro
nui.es. 1. of rout>'' have nothing to sav
. to what action will be taken as to the
eptanee or rejection of nny proposition;
Miv most he determined by the whole*
i4y of anthracite miners themselw*.
tir organisation will not make the mi*
i *k* which has wrreck**d many other or
• nizationa of iseuming the |ower to
•S* trrmine through Its officers the happl
• sa or misery of rmn.Oho men and women
i* id • hildren, dependent upon the anthr i-
■ nol industry for a livelihood *'
In discussing the reported 10 per cent.
ad\ nc offered the men. Mr. M.U hell
haul:
“I'ruler the sibling scale, such an in
• would practically amount to noth
ing what the men would gain In one day
the* might lose the next.”
continues to prevail through-
it the Valley region The J. S
Went* Sc Co.‘a colliery at IlasHhrook
it down to-day. a body of 100 men hav
mg marched from Freeland to the plae*
•*nd Indiitctl the men working ui the
the Wentz colliery to quit.
fITII.L lIBN in* I IIIKTTI.KD.
Home IlMtilit About the Operators
tlrsntlag on ln*rease.
Philadelphia. Bept. >.-Thc coal strike
remains unsettled. Reports of ronferrn
ecs of mine o|>eiaiors a id of lending oltl-
. l of the coal carrying railroads were
plentiful. IVyond the grrb. l slate meat
t zit the principal discussion
was the advisability or practicability of
i anting the mine workers a ten i>er cent,
advance In wages, very little of the de
t < * of the meetings could be learned.
The operntor** generally •*pressed the
Ihc I net • sse > • ,i| i n M **
granted am! the operating rxpemsa met
♦’•ileus there was an advanot in the price
i f coal.
ihe larger opernting companies, how
• r, took rather a hesitating view of th
1 >O-11 lon to further ItuTewse the |*rlce of
“ firaclte, oont ending that the cong'etli
1* of hltumlnoiis coal Wins nos too sharp
■ * Ido lit Mitchell, of the 1 tatted Mine
V rki r-. i reticent on the general qttt*
of aecfptitig 41 ten per . cut. increase
' out other conoeuaton* and tic lined
to ,• interviewed on that point
intirne the strike leadtrs are ron
• 1 trig their efforts to Induce working
• i * i ts to Join the strike. Quiet pr* vaitaat.
to-day throughout tha mining rejlon
MAV SOON HKMOVE IROnri.
I ver>tblnA Points to Settlement ot
the Cool Strike
•"h'nandoah, Pn.. Sept. 2i~*berlfff Toole
this afternoon came up bom Potts
'ilis and held a lengthy conference with
Gto. Uoblu at ths Utter's hesiquartsrs.
jiatrannai) lllofning ICrto&
Hi* trip U will to hive been caused by
the repon* tl.at the strike wan approach-
Injr a settlement
It l?t under*toot that the general and
the pHi Iff ui <J th question of re
movtnir the tr op-. So iar ** can be learn
*<l to-night. the -ol4|ers will remain here
to-morrow mi. i Hun-lay. but how k*ng af
ter ! not known. This question may be
leiMied at a c nferetic.* I* twen Gen Go
*!n and representative* of the various op
erators In this vicinity. which has been
fixed tor to-m *rrnw ift mom.
Assistant Adjt Cm. K doit. chief of
staff of the divDiun, after an interview
with Gen. Oobtn. sill he felt confident
tIMU the strike is nearing h settlement,
and that th. n-c K-.ty tor the troops
would ho t\ be obviated
NEGOTIATION* IN PHOKIIKAH.
Bald striker* Will Hefarn to Work
fit in l*er Ost. Advance.
New York. Kept 2*.~The Herald to
morrow will say:
One of the men, who hoe participated
In the plane for the settlement of the
anthracite coal miners’ strike, and is fa
miliar with ail the facts at.U attendant
circumstances, *i<l in an interview last
(Friday) night:
The rumor that negotiation* looking to
the settlement of the strike re off. Is
My belief D that :he strike will
1 ome to an end some nm early next
weak. It will not be ended by a blare of
t rum pet m or by sweeping general orders,
but by the men quietly going to work it
, colliery after colliery day after day, nt
be 10 per ant. advance. There is no
Inclination to rex>g ruse Mitchell in un\
wa>. but as a matter of fact the miners
really deserve the 10 fwr rent advance,
and they probnbl} wousl have obtained It
anyhow, wneti the question first came up.
If so many of the member.** of :he different
hoards of directors of the mining oom
panle*- had not been uway on their vat x
tloiis."
Prices for anthracite coal In thla city
have to-day dropped or 75 cents per
•xi Indicating that the end is In sigh:,
and the rush of the retailers to buy from
the wholesalers is almost entirely stopped
\ lolatlons of Ordinance.
New York Sepr. 28 —A large number of
warrants were !.*u*d to-dnv to officer**
of the health department for the .irrext
of fer*ons charged with violating tho
smoke ordinance. President Murphy, of
the health department, declare* the Mm ok*
nuisance must !** *top|ed .xt once. The
l*‘rsorig summoned have |>een using soft
coal.
BTRKET Dt KL AVILL BE FATAL.
Ilarriiigfnn’a Defenac of Hla (lister
May End In Hudson’s Death.
Atlanta. Sept 28. —ln a street duel h*ra
to-day Bheffieid Harrington, a United
Btate* postal clerk, and Walter Hudson,
superintendent of a fertllixer factory,
were both fatally shot
, t Tha duel was the result of Hudson's re
fusal to marry Harrington’a sister Hud
son was engaged to Miss Harrington who
lived with her brother In East Point. Two
week- ago he lowan to deny rumors tha
he w.* going to marry her. Hhe left E.t
Point suddenly and went to Waynesboro
whet*- she has relatives. After hi* sister’s
departure H.irringion met Hudson and de
manded that he go to Waynesboro
and bring the girl back. This Hudson re
fused to do.
Harrington left the city on his run to
New* Orleans and returned yesterday,
lie went to Hudson’s pfflce Immediately
and repew led hi* demands. Hudson again
refused, and the brother declared he
would die defending hla sister s honor or
would kill Hudson.
•’Y'ou will go to Waynesboro by noon
to-morrow, he .**ald, "or one of u* must
die.” '
Promptly at noon to day he called again
at Hudson’* ofUce. They met outside ihe
door and lioth drew pistole, llarrinsttoi
got in the first shot, the ball passing
through Hudson’s body an Inch below th>*
heart. After the first shot his pistol
would not fire. Hudson find twice and
then fell. Both his shot* struck Harring
ton.
A brother of Hudson’s ran out and fire!
twice at Harrington, both cho s taking
effect, he is under arrest. Tne two pin
ctpals were removed from the p one by
fi lends.
Both of them arc expected to die. Phy
sician* ur Hudson* wound* n- “urely
fatal, while H.irrington ha. two danger
ous wounds In the .’host
no TMITH IN THU HfcIMHIT.
larhlo'. Mar Denies thr Hrgr.l
•>l„ titnlnal Hwfll.
Pueblo. CO.. H-l< ■-* r *••* r<, *° ,h, ‘
n .por. prlnl—l In the Kasl. ato a plot
„ ~s.lnat. Roosav.lt . lurty by Ital
lin .narohlata upon th<- nrrlv .1 of lh.
■twrlal trjln nt the union atatlon last
nlaht Mavor lleorpe K Wwl >n<l Chief
of Police OrlWn made the followtn K ate
m'?herTn|‘.‘nothin* in It and the report
j. a r ,la. one maimfa. turod from whole
' "There are several hutvlre.l Italian.
ln m Pueblo, nn.l mo.-t of th- men work
,n ,lie smelters As .. claw they are most
1 tol* cltlsens.
iip.i’i t V Tiipbikt Kii.i.P.n.
Was Try Inn l< I‘roleet a Nero
I rttm llelnat l.ynehed.
Houston, Tex . Kept. -A apeclal from
I-ake Charles, let., says:
Van, Sloan, a deputy shertfT, was -hot
Hal kllhsl " n ' , * r ” fr ° m
Z venxe.ncr of .. mob. All da, .her™
, fr ,, rumors of the probable lynchtn, of
Pierre f <' " n ' * ro hPrr ’ ' h * r *
,„h isanuitlnu Miss Oswald. .e.l 73.
. n .. . o k un unm.iskl crowd
-o-S *>'- M "-
fer adtlreHHd th. . row,l and told them tlm
intstim. ,it of criminal- must be left o
punishment oi crowd lo dt
; pr ." usl to take UP .he c-
T th, i,.<r,i In court to-morrow, On
.MS erom.se tne <rowd broke up. and It
* •*
1
howeier fresh outbreak was mad. by
mofc who advanced tow.rd the Jail
.oh an iron battering ram
V* Harmon and Paul oan. daputy
sheriff* warned them to come no further.
!-? irenlbo. orer *h* heoda of the crowd.
someone In the mob fired et tha
rt.puites Paul Sloan was shot and fa'al
? funded He died early to-day. Toe
h.Hff in. deptitlee then dispersed the
.t lU * thOU PH.OU.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATI ItDAY. SKITKMUKH 2!>. liKKi.
GERMANY’S RETREAT
*IIE HA* AI.MONT fIIYKN 1 P AY IN
TUN AIII.F. POSITION.
NEW PROGRAMME EXPECTED.
FnnnifA paper* mi.i* talk or
TI AV PROMOTION.
Relief That He Is atlll llirertlns Ihr
Massacre of Foreigners Tuan’s
Promotion W 111 He Obierted to by
the I nKpil Mates—Min Ister too.
ger’s Instructions Have t.onc For
w nrd—Russia's Threatened lllock*
ode Is Not Viewed Seriously.
London kept. S). 4 u. n. Apparently
Germany's retreat from an untenable |*>-
sit km has been virtually accomplish'd.
The Paris correspondent of the Morning
says:
"An agreement on the Chinese pro
gramme has been arranged be# we* .1
France, Germany and Russia. It will be
submitted to the other Powers within n
f w <lays. The action recommended will
le nvkler than Germany's proposal org
Inally rmle. jiul it is expected that all
the Powers wtd accept the programme.
The Cologne Ossetic. In another semi
official siatement. apparently Intended for
consumption In the l nl:l States aid
England, points out the serious position
resulting from Prlnog Tuan’s ascendancy,
"the conemticd massacre of missionaries
and converts und other tndi< at ion* that
the anti-foreign movement is directed
from an influential center.**
It thinks that the situation thus created
“must appear Intolerable even to those
Powers favoring a policy of indulgence
and forbearance."
The Tien Tsln correspondent of the
rttandard says.
•‘I learn that la Hung Chang has de
| dared that Vice Admiral Alexieff has
gone fo Pori Arthur to avoid meeting
Count von Waldersee, who was to hold a
conference wrlih him and with Vice Ad
miral Bey moil r and CSen. Gaselee.**
The follwing dlsfuitch, dated dept. X 7.
' has le#-n r elvevi from Hhanglial
“It is reported tliat Gen. Me 4 Kung Yi
has expelled the Boxer's from Shan Tung
and is now following them into the prov
i ince of Chi Li.
“Some excitement has been caused by
a rumor that Chlneec steamers, flying the
British flag, are conveying munitions of
war from Hie Shanghai areenel north
ward.
“It is reported that Russia has offered
to advance money to China to jepay the
Hrllish loan “
nnriSTUtAT not am i.kd,
Twlk of Rnaaln'a Blockade and To
wn's I teat re .In t i *n.
Washimcton Hept 31 —Thn elate depart
ment has not been advised offl tally of any
of the events of m-ire cr less lmporiam■<>
which are said to have occurred In China
a cent-,Hn* to varloua Kuropean report*
within the past twenty-four hours.
If Tuan has been degraded and If Rua
sla contemplates a b'o* kade of the t’hl
nese naval ports, the department doe* not
know the facts. It has let It be known to
the Chinese government that Tuan's pro
mo leti would l>o unwel.sane to this gov
ernment. but It has not yet be n Informed
of the result of that tepres. (nation
Respecting the statement that china
has been dlscove.ed to he a contributor to
the Poxet* cnu>e. It Is said that all th* In
formal lon that the department has been
able to -secure touchlnir his personality
went to show his unvarying friendliness
for the fore nets. and upon that record
he had hern ac ept< and as a .ompetent en
voy.
The officials dr. lined lo say whether or
not the Instructions to Minister Conger
have gone forward yet. hut the Intimation
|s that tne minister Is by this t!m fully
advised us to the s ate department's prl
l<c ft Is said, however, and the state
m. nt may be rlsnlltc.nt, that no develop
ments In the Chines*, situation of Import
ance are expected MHltin the next two
weeks at leMt.
A •Pnellte Blockade.
The report from St. Petershuru. said to
have been made on the authority of the
Kusstnn naval staff that owing to the hos
tile attitude of the Chinese ffe. t at Slmnx
hal. lines!** proposes lo hka ka*!* the Chi
nese "noWi ports." 1 rested much Inter
est at the %.*\ v department and In gov
ernment tlrks generally to-day As there
Is no statement to the effec. tha. It Is to
he preceded by • declaration of war. It
is assumed the blockade proposed under
the designation In International law of
"pacific blockade."
If the report from Bt. Petersburg ahould
prove to be correct, tha supposition I*
that, as It Is lamed on th* ail*K*d activity
of tha Chinese fleet, the blockaile would
be directed against Chines* port* whet*
there are naval store*, dry dorks or r*i
trig station*. There are but *ll of these
port* on the Chinese coawt not within the
sphere* of foreign Power*, namely Ntu
chwang. where there I* a mud dock;
Taku and Tien Tsln. where there are Chi
nese government do*!** and yards: Shan
hal. Foo Chow. Amoy and Whanpna.
wher* there Is * granite dock owned by
the Chinese government.
COMMKAT CHOW HKIU.I*.
German Papers Throw inn Rnnqnrli
nt hreretnry Hny,
Berlin. H*pt. i* Th* prlnelfwl paper*
comment up rt a dispatch from Washing
ton which assert* that 8 eretaty Hay will
return to th* active discharge of hi* of
ficial dull** tuxt week, having made It a
condition that Pr** d*nt McKinley should
give him an ab*olu;ely frea hand In for
eign affair*. Th* dUpateh •>• al*o that
"a lack of energy nead no longer be ex
pected ''
. Th* I.okal Anielger offer* the following
Interpretation:
"It means that Amarlca* departure
from th* concert of th* Power* Is now fell
at Washington to hat* been a Oaaco, and
we max expect the I nttrd States to en
deavor to correct the mistake."
o\ thi; hi aai %\ niuM H H
Oprrstlon* of Troops and t apfure of
Several I'imna.
St Petersburg. Sept. Gen Aigustoff
ha* sent the foliowing dispatch to ihe
war ofllc
‘ Renn* kampf captured Kirin Sept. 24
and eetablisliMl his headquarter* there.
The Chinese troops were disarmed
’The operation* soutliwa'd from Tsltsl
ker wtre o\ei a \ry diflicult country,
h* avy x\ l h ra ns. and the roads were
bad T'.e Chinese made several \aln at -
t<*mpt* t resistance
“After th* cap tire of the town of Ro
dim* (or 1 etuna). Gen. Orloffs troop*
were bft there a- o garrisoti. Gen. Ren
neiikanipf marching on Kirin, and Gen
Fieiscber'a detachment cn Mukden."
K\m( i: MIT PHOAOt AC ED.
Trial of I lie Alleged %a*sln uf
lloroo von Kelteler.
Pekin. S*-pt > The i as*aasln
of Baron von Ketteler was tried by court
mariiai yesterday. No new evidence wa*
presented, and th* court declifeil that It
won id be unjustified In pronouncing sen*
Since u|ot) the prlsomr, who. however,
will be held In the hope that further In
formation will b* obtained
! The Russian and German legations are
i still awaiting dCvrl pmenls and the re
• elpt of former ti struct on*. LI Hung
I Chang I* expire ted to art lx e within w
woH
Hustress is Improving and the people are
ga ntng confidence, but no progress Is Is*-
n.K made toward the return of the fugt
rive government, the event so greatly do
tdt*d l\ every one
G n. Fukush mu has returned here aftm
spe: ding twelve xs at Taku
IS t HIM. A t OXTRIBI TOR f
He la Reported to Have Given to the
t nuse nf the lloxera.
(Copyright. 1900. the Ansorlated Press )
Pekin. Sept. 22. via Taku. Sept. 25 —The
American legation has In its possession
a subscript ton llat of the Boxers, which
shows the name of Prince ('hlng an hav*
Ing made three subscript ket*. The lint
was discovered by Misshmury Wherry
A'rierwl* of Prin*, Fhing and tare that he
was coerced Into giving
It Is repotted by th- French that a pa
trol has been fired on outside the eat
gate of the city. Otherwise everything is
quiet.
KAMI. 1.1 MAKE* PROMISE*.
*aya China Will Not Again Take In
itiative in Flahtlna.
(Copyright IF*V the Associated Press )
Tien Tsln. Sept. 3. via Tal.u, Sept 24.
via Shanghai. Sept 28 —LI Hung t hong
told Uen # l barter to-day that h|s chief
detdre wa* to a • rpitlon of hostll-
ItiOa and he promt**<l that tha t’hiasva
would not again take the Initiative In
righting He expressed confidence in the
faPt.es- of the Fnlted States, and said
he hoped the American government would
act a* a mediator, using its Influence to
hasten the as-emhllng of a proper tody to
taitl A the whole quest! n
He is in constant cable communication
with \\ u Ting Fang, the Chinese minister
In Washington, and It is understood that
he has received assurances that a major
ity of the |>owers will recognise his cre
dentials. At the suggestion of Gen. Dhaf
fee he Is hastening hla preparation* to
leave for I*ek!n.
A British cavalry reconnolsaaftce forty
mile* to the southwest of Tien Tsln and
or- ii pled several towns without opposi
tion. The region I* reported peaceful.
A messenger who arrived here to-day
bring l new* of a massacre of thirteen
Hxvedish missionaries In the northern part
of the province of Bhan Bhf.
KUrKROH THINKS Itl ee|%.
Will Perform Memorial Irmemony
Oyer ton Kefteler'n Grave.
Shanghai. Kept. SB— Kmtieror Kw.mg Su
has Issued lilt edict thanking Kinperor
Nicholas for his decision to withdraw the
Russian troops from Pekin an*l al*o an
nouncing his own willingness to perform
a memorial ceremony over the grave of
Baron von Ketteler.
ft Is announ ed from a Chlnea* official
source that the Imperial court has order
ed thsl the palace at Bmrnn F*u. • *iial
of th* province of Blirn 81. l>e Immediately
prepaid for It* recs|eton.
A DKII.!H!TUM *•' WAR.
1 lerre, a Expect It I'rom England
nn*l ttermnnv.
Bhanghal. Kept JB-Acmrdlng to private
advice* receive*! here from N*n rung, the
southern viceroys expect tirsst Hrtisln
and Oermany. to declare war on China,
as there is no likelihood of China sur
rendering Ih* author* of the antl-forelgn
upt King for punishment.
Should such an attack be made the
Tang-ts* viceroy* must make a show
against th* country's en-mie*. though well
ansi* that the situation Is hopeles*. and
though anxious not to sacrifice Ilf# un
necessarily.
M<.mwhlle force* and provision* r
being sent to Tat Yuan Ftt. captital of the
province of Khanghsl. The position of the
viceroys t* grave.
Keymnur at Tien Tsin.
Tien Tsln, Sept n. -Vice Admiral Sey
mour arrived at Taku cm Hept. 23. and la
expected here to-morrow with Count von
Welders**. Gen. tiaselee I* expected on
Thursday.
The reason assigned for th* small num
ber of casualties among the Chinese at
the caking of the PH Tang and Lai Tal
forts. Is that U ilung Chang had ordered
the evacuation of the foet*.
•In pen’s Ministry Resigns.
lyjndon. Kept —"The YnmagatJ* min
istry has reslaned.” cables the Yokohama
c.wre*t*ondent of the ftnlly Mall, "and the
Marquis I'o will probably succeed lo th*
premiership Buch a change would not of
fer! Japan's policy in China. Marquis Ito
favor# hearty eo-operatlon with Great
Britain and strongly oppose* th* partition
of China or Russian ascendancy there ”
■o ■
Explosion n# Naphtha Tank.
New York Bept .-At t 4S o'e **k l>l*
morning a nophtha tank exploded In tha
Central Oat Ughl Company's woeka at
tha foot of East l*th streal. Th# ex
ptoelon was heard for mile* around and
broke all windows In tha vicinity. The
burning naphtha flowed down the street
and Into the engine room of the gas com
pany. settkig It on hr*. Thera was no
loaa of Ufa. ~
THEIR FATE IN DOUBT
(OMhiM F OF TANARUS%% I.AT% -AtATII H 44
DIMfPRUIKD.
WAS SENT TO SMALL ISLAND.
MANY OF IMF. 4IMIM>V* MbiM
DKN4 WIdHI. UKimt.llM.
Pritlnitil v the
Fifty-oar Meat With I apt. ahlrlds
in t oniiannd. Were Killed. Wound
ed and < aptwrrd—Nothing Heard
) row the (•■iilionl Which tarried
Them— Flat of Tho*o In the t out
paa> •—Wrv eral I’rorn Valdosta.
Washington. S* pt 2* Gen. M• Arthur
to-day cabled tin war department from
Manila that. <n Se|* 11. Capt Leverraux
Shields, with fifty-one men of ( onuntny
F.. Twenty-ninth Yoluqteer Infantry, left
Santa Crus for Torrtjoa Nothing ha*
been heard from him since, and It Is sup
posed that tha entire party, including
| Capt Shields, ban been captured with
irmnv killed and toounded.
The cablegram follows:
“Manila Sept. 2b —Adjutant General.
\\ ashing ton. Sept. II —Capt. Deveresux
. Shields. fUty-ocie in* n, i ompmv F ,
Twenty-ninth Regiment, F s V 1., one
lM>*pl:al corie man left Santa Crux, Ma
rlnduque. by gun.mat Villa lathca for
Totrljos, iniendlng return overt aml to San
ta Crux. Have heard nothing sin* fi*m
Shields. Scarcely dttubt entire party cap-
ttired with many killed, wounded. Hhlekl
among latte*. Information *etit by letter
from commanding officer at lbxa.\ dated
Bcpt 3ft. received Bept 34. consisted of
rumors through native* Yorktown and
two gunlmats. George H Anderson (cm
onel Thirty-eighth Infantry), two comjwi
nlea. Thirty eighth Infantry, sent M trln
diM|iie trnnc-it.t :rly Anter*ori <-uitlrin<*
flrsl report as to capture, hut unable Bepr
27 to give details of present whereabout*
Bhlekt* und party. naniev killed
nd wounded. This information prohahtv
available soon Anderson has orders com
mence operations Immediately, and move
relentlessly until Shield* and party re*,
cued. All troops expected soon Logan
will he sent Marlnduque. If -oary
clear up situation.
"MacArthur."
Th* Twetit y-nlnth Infantry wa* re
cruited at Fort McPherson fAtlanta) Ga
Bhl* Ida was Lieutenant Colonel of
i *** Se-’onff Mississippi during the B;an
| ••I* He was mad** aptain In lha
Twenty-ninth Infantry July I \m He
was a resident of Natches Miss , where
hi* wife now reside*.
Th* acene of thla latest reverse Is In a
small Island lying due south of the south
ern coast of Luion ami shout Di ml<e*
from Manila Murlmhique |* ahcMM twen
ty-four miles In dimeter and was garri
soned by two small detachment* of Fnlted
Btatea troop# One of these was at
Roa<- on tin* west roast of the Island and
the other was at Hants Crum, the princi
pal port on the north side
Capt. Bhield* appears to htvf started
from Bants Crux on a gunivo.it for Tor
rljos. n small coast port and It Is in
ferred that h* host as Weil a* the Kaly
of troops utalcr th4l officer haa *een rip
141 red. for the di pat- h tuwkea no icfcretn -•
to her return.
The Men With Whlelils.
The Bouthern m*n In the command are
Capt tia.areaux Hhlelils, First I.leut
Madison 11. Wilson, heoopd Ldeutenunt
Rowland 8 Bike, and the following non
commissioned cfflcera and enlisted men.
with pla, e of their enlistment, which Is
p*o >ahi). In most instances, th* place or
th*lr residence:
Tlxrnta* Malloy. Carl W Rheberg. El
more K. Murray. Lady E tJllver, Fort
M* l'h* rson; James Maxwell. Auguata.
Marshall H. Baker. Montgomery*. Thus
C. Williams. Valdosta; David F. Wood
ward, Mu on: ldvloue 8. Colvin, Jai kaon
vllle. Fla.; Edward W. McDaniel. Colum
bu-; John T. Hall, Mac.n; John (J. Orels
er. New tjrleans; William It Andrew*.
M icon: William J. Crawford. Jr.. Colum
bus. Patrick Kweency, Augusta, John W
Arderson. New Orleins; Charles J Meek.
Bryson titty, N. C-i Edward C. Brook*.
New Orleans; John K. Cumpbell, Bcvler
vllle. Tcnn.; Roshler Campbell, Fort Mc-
Pherson; Idvpard ll.Ca ,well, Valdosta.
James I I'hrlswell, Fort McPherson.
Harry K. Core. Blst< rvllle. W. Vo.. John
\V. Dorsey. Atlanta; Isaiah 8 Grant.
Jacksonville. Fla ; Henry l*. Ilaygoo*!.
Va.dosta; William V. Hamrick. Fort
McPhcraon; Daniel U. Harrell.
Valdosta; Wylie HemFraon, Columbus;
Edward A Her*. Huntsville. Ala.; W. II
Ho*lges. Bevi#rville. Tenn ; Cicero A Hop
kins and William P. Hownrd, Fort M*-
rherson; C M Huff. Bevlervllle. Tenn ;
Wesley M Hunt and Hobcrt D Jackson.
Fort McPherson; Robert F. Ja.kson. Jr.,
New Orleans; William M. Jenkins. Co
lumbus; Toliver O. Johnson Montgomery;
John 8 Jones. Mar-on; Theodore Kuptran
Atlanta; Elijah L Kirk. Fort McPhertot;
Brune Kraft. New thleana; Curtis E
Isotve. Augusta; Henry McDaniel. Colum
bus; Abner D McMillan. Macon. Fr.-*l
A. William*. Columbus; James H Mltch
e'.l, Fort M' Pherson; Emanuel M Murphy.
New Orleans; John E. Myers. Montgom
ery; Edward J Nargele. New (trie*tie.
Berry J Nebion. Vablosta; Tom I*. Os
born. Columbus; Charles C. Owen*. Be
vlervllle Tenn ; Juan H. Pool*. Birming
ham; William Kcesl. Auguata; R
Renfree, Valdosta; Archie Rice. For* Mc
-Pherson. Hiram Rke. Rlstersvlll*. W
|Vs ; Jasper ttearcey. Augusta. Benj. J.
Beay. and Noah F Seay. Bryson City.
N C-. John P Sharpe, rort McPherson.
Jame* V Slmkln* and Thonta* J. Splrev.
Boson City. N C.; Y. Tall Templaton.
Augusta. Frank Walgand. Naw Orleans.
William r. WlUett. Montgomery
Th* officer* of the gunboat Villalobos
were IJeut K M Ward Bimpson. *m
mandmg; Enabw Irwin F Landis and
-Naval Cadat K. W. Vincawt.
WESTCOTT’S TRANSACTIONS
Ild on the Vtiisil of V srlons Ileal
lnu He Ha* Had W Itb t.reenr
nod the tunnnr*
New York, S-pi > Robert F Weatcott,
fnthei-tn-iMW *>f t apt oberlin M Carter.
corrtinu*d hi* testimony before Commis
sioner Shle d* to-day In ihe hearing on an
appli at.ou for the remoxal of John F.
K. II . and William T. Oaynor. and Ben
jamin I Greene, to the jurisdiction of the
ti’e rgla F. <l*ral Court
In detailing the history of a number of
st>ck transactions In which he wa* en
gaged In imi an*l Mr Weatcott said
he Introduced Capt Carter to hi* atock
brokers, Reid and Flagg. * me time in
l*fM At that time and in apt. Carter
held his power cf attorney.
He said h** might have had. railroad
bond* to th** value of fIMi,OO in when
he went to l*.tiro|H hut that the greater
I art of hi* property so leal estate
A clause In th* piwcr of attorney t apt
Carter lit Id In IW*. gave him authority
to ’ buv, - 11. and deal In all stock* ami
l*ids.“ own* <1 by Mi. Wt or hi*
wlf.- At th it lime Mr Weatcott *all he
owned no tu k or b nd- The clause w
met* y a put of the formal document.
Mr \\iN(fHi *.initn.l he h.ul received
money from John F (.*y ti or and from
Penj.iniln Gr**ne ni different time* It**
could not remember the exact amount*.
If* received ItO.ini from ra* h of them, in
IM r Ivjh. tu and in Sepiemlwr of Ihji. .*•
tho Waldorf-Astoria. arter g*ve him
Itoooon in hill*. He could noi remember
what he dbl with the tn*n y, hut pre
sum* l he put It In hi* safe dej-wdt vault
or de|H>*l!ed It to his a* * omit In the bank.
On Oh- beiit mg In July last It wa* *h>wn
that the AtVuitir Construction Company
receiver! $4*1.075 S* p 11 191. from the
government on a contra- t and that on the
warn** day there waa deposited In the
iuus' of R F. Wealootl, with R*i<l and
Flag, brokers, (r/j, and In the name of
R F Westrott, with the Fnlon Trust
Company STAOOO The pro*e< utlon then
cialnrHsl that the amount repre eitel
Captain f arter’s share.
Mr Westrott said that he handed the
money he received f.om flay nor and
Greene to Carter, and Mr Kellogg pro
dined a *1 sen or more hark deposit *ll|r*
to show ly their dates and a imam t a that
the money a wre dej*>sltel In lomk* and
with brokers to the credit of R F Weat
cotl. The differ nt amounts aggregate
more than s2Softin. and ranged Individually
from sN*> to $53.<00
The croes-examlnatlon of Mr WtMßcOtt
wa* not corclud- and at 1 o’clock, at whlsh
hour < otnmis*loner S teida ordered an ad
journment until Monday at 10 a m.
*w ■ ■ ■- i
NTAM’imi) SHOT TO IIK4TII.
Fatal Reaalt at Hlvarly Retween
Pwrl Tangs City Factions.
Tampa Fla., Sept 2s.—For years there
has been rivalry, social and political, be
tween two fa* don* at Port Tanrpi City.
This rivalry has resulted In *evcral af
frays. hut none of a very serious nature
until to-night
C. Stanford, assistant marahal of the
town, wn* standing on the platform of the
!*lant System depot when Hope *nd
Charles Barnett, brothers, and sons of W.
J Barnett, sdltor of the Port Tampa
f’disy South, cam*- by. Th* Barnett* an I
Stanford are members of opposite
factions and have been re|Hited to be car
rying platols for each oiher for a long
period As the Barnetts parsed Stanford
slid:
"Them goes the Barnett cavalry. Hope
Barnett slapterl Stanford s face. Quick
a* a flush the assistant marshal drew a
pistol .xml fired two shots at his asaallant.
th*- bullet* taking effect In the left Bm
jilr and the ne**k Me and hla brother re
turned the Are. one of the bullets enter
ing Stanford's forehead, a not bar hla wriat.
The first shot prove*! fatal, but not before
Stanford had tired several mors shot*,
one hut lot striking Charle* Barnett In the
jaw Member* of the nppodng factlona
step|N'd up to take a hand and for a lima
a general battle *eeitud Imrtanent. Cooler
he4d Intervened, however, and pact was
partially restored.
Stanford die*l two minutes after he wras
*hot. The two wounded Barnetts were
taken to the Plant System Hospital,
where they are being attended Their In
juries are very m-rkiiw. The affray baa
Stirrer] Up all the bad blood existing be
tween th** faettona and It Is not hellav-fd
that this la the last of Iho trouble.
BOEHM ATTACKED FACET.
They Were Rente* off After Three
Nasra* Fighting.
Ixmdon. Sept M.-Lord Roberts reports
to the war office under date of Pretoria,
Sept 27. as follows:
•*The Boer j* attacked a port I*o of Pa
get * force at Pienaar * rlvfr station this
moKitng. but were bcateti off after threo
hours fighting.
"JJuller o*cupled Mac Mac rlvar and the
eastern able of Burghers Pass on S*pt.
3g ,fter slight resistance. Ifellbron. Belts
ami Undley have been re-occupied.’
RUE At H OF %Et TH A MW*
Kruger Mad Ao* H*’ Allowed to Car
ry Off i.old ll ii I lion,
loxndon. Hept. ® -Great Britain has
sent a note to the Dutch government, ac
cording to a dispatch from Amsterdam,
to ha Pally Mull, which contains warn
ing thiJ il Mr. Kruger I* allowed to carry
bullion archives on hoard the
Dutch warship.*which 1s to bring him to
Europe. II will he Regarded u* n breach
at neutrality on lh- part of the Nether
lands.
t.eriunn* Want the Roera.
Brlin ♦!>' 2* -Th- Ta*
4ay publish** an arilrte wrongly artvwaf.
in iha offrring* of luduwmnin to <hr
Kara to el*a In Urrman 9oulhw*l Af
rica.
Tftfla Rrark,. Norfolk.
Norfolk. Va.. Bapt 3—Tha b*ttla*hl*>
Taaaa arrlvtO hrr* thla aftamoon from
Narrporl. R 1., and nolutag Admiral Cot
ton'. flag. A raturn aalutc waa flrad from
gt. Hlna Th* Taxaa roma for *a-n
--lva rapalra. to ha mad<? by tha m*n who
huJlt har, owl aha will probably b* hare
oil ib wUjtrr.
DAiI.Y ' A YKAR.
t'KNTH A COPY
WKF.KI.Y J-TIMKW-A-WKMK II A TKAR
BRYAN IN DAKOTAS
TR % % EI.AID *J:o MII.F.s AMD M \IIF. A
iM/.r:\ a fe lot m:s.
CROWDS GOOD EVERYWHERE.
FF ATI HE W P TH$: I*l. Aft* DIS
PLAYED AT MF.vrVTAtift.
Li ngeat Sprech Hmlr at lltirnn, I. D.,
There He Inawered t|neatlona Gl
nl Him by the t rimd-Thr Ire
Truat n lew lork Iffnlr Which
the Itairrsar lisa \t ( orrerlHl.
Bendy Answer U hen Aaked Wby
ltooae% ell Wna Aaannllt and .
Aberdeen, S D.. Sept. 24.—William J.
Bryan completed hie tour of South Dako
ta at till* place to-nkghl. He arrived
her*' at * hi o'clock. au*| mmie.liaiely re
isliwl to tin s(*e.iktng place near the
Corn |*>is • where he wa* met by ons
of the largest crowds that have greeted
him during the campaign.
During tle day Mr. Itrysn traveled 2*h
lubes, and made almost a doxeo speeches.
He began the day with a three-minutes’
speech at Elk Point, and hie first speech
of length was use I* at Yankton. After
this sfMcch he made long addresses In
th towns of Scotland. Mitchell. Woon
sof'kct Huron, lb III* ,and nnd Alierdeen.
The crowds wen* mi ill Ihe place*
of Witch the part) stopped.
A feature noli *able at nil the meeting*
of tiie day wa-* the number of flags dis
!*•*>■ ed They were small in time, hut they
were carried by xlimei every one at each
stopping place In the state.
Mr Bryan wa* rnet m the depot here
by a runnier of fl.imbeau clubs, proba
bly comprialng tor or I.l*o torches It waa
9 o clock before Mr Bryan began tty
speak and he *|*ok for alstut an hour,
lie wanted tha.votra to think for them
selves, arid having done that. |hey should
meet the issue like men. not nelng bound
by the servile following of a party name.
He wmt* and not only the electoral th ket
alec led. but the slate, Itgu'iMtlve and con
gressional ticks s as well.
%%M>ite| I'etttn rni Mrtmned.
He was eaperiaity anxious, he *ld. tnas
Benator Pettigrew *houM In* rettAtied to
the Beimte. In (hi* eofineetton lie took
strong ground- for the election o# ATnltod
Btate* senators by dlrio4 vote of th# pe>-
pie and he proinD* and that If elected Presi
dent, the next four years should one :fea
enactment of a law to that end.
In response to an Inqtilry frowi fhe
crowd. Mr Bryan said that In dealing
with the Phi li| pine quasi lon he would not
anliclpata the possibility of a Congress
not tn sympathy with himself in case of
; hD election. In that ev-nf he wa* quit a
| certain a friendly Cong res* would also ho
• elected
"At any rate," he said, "I am willing
t > t*il you what my policy is. , y* u
egy vs much for your PrcaidseWT* 9
Mr Bryan left here to night for N i*-fb
Dakota, where he la booked lo make nine
speeches to-morrow.
Huron. 8 D . Sept. -At Mitchell Mr.
Bryan mad* the longest speech of tba
•lay. sfeaking f r more than an hour. Tha
audience numbered many thoitpand* or
persons The meeting was held on vacant
ground near the ('urn pila e, an Immena*
structure of Indian (urn. In which lha
corn bell exposition was held.
Mr Bryan also had excellent audiences
at Woonaock*! ami Huron streaking at
th* former place thirty minutes, and at
(he latter almrat an hour.
He Answered R neat Inns.
The people at Huron seemed disposed
to ask quest on*, and Mr. Bryan announc
ed that he would r*p!y to any tarson who
would give their name* and their politics.
He responded to quest!* ns aKm I reme
dies for th*- trusts and then someone aak
•ll about the Ice trust. To tkls question
Mr. Bryan repled;
"The lo* trust is a New York and not
a national affair, and the New York peo
ple can take rare of It. I.ut the Governor'
of New York. Inaieitd of correcting iba
lae Duel, comes out West lo make
apcr.'hes. But I want to go a little furq
th* r Every director of the lee trust la a
Republican, and yet you people do not
evsn attempt to destroy a Republican
trust."
Bum* one also asked:
Why dll Te.ld> get rotten-eggad in
Colorado?" •
Mr Bryan replied:
"Ask those who did It. I might sug
ge* lo you that when they threw rotten
eggs at tne In Chicago, no Bepuldhwn
found fault with It. hut. my friend*, f
am going to do better than the Rr|Mn*
lb an*. I am going to find fnult with any
on* who Interferes with any man who
expresses hi* oidnlon on any question In
the United Htat**."
HIM. VISITS HKAfMgI \HTF.Itg.
• ..i ——— *
Ills t nwipnlgu lattnerary line Ursa
llnp|*e*l ytliil.
New York Bept. 2X.-Bengtor Hill made
life tire! appearance ntioiit lu-tnocratio
stale headquorters this evening since th<*
eotiventlon at ttaraiaga. Ha ha*l a *‘Ot-
Irran*e with Chairman M*'Gulre. Ch drown
Campbell. Mtate *'ommlt(eeman (Tarllslo
an*l other*.
"I (peak tn Hr*k!yn." he snsl In an
swer to questions, "on Monday nigh:,
next. On Tuesday I will speak In Rich
mond. V#., and on Wednesday in Dan
ville, Va on Friday, on my return trip,
I will si*ewk nt Newark. N J. The Na
tional * ommliiee in Chicago to eparin*
my Wtwtern Itinerary, and will .bn|i
to me for apitroval Ido not know Just
w hit It will be. I have iieest naked to
apeak in this, and tnat place to save a
congressman, but I have not time.**
Ml KINI.F.Y'S I NSKI.FIHNEB*.
theme of IkiintT Speech Heforat
New lorl* Republicans. I
N* w York. Bcpt. a.—Senator llapna. In
th* course of an address at the meeting
of the Wholesale Dry Good* Republican-
Club to-day *aid:
"Coining down the Itreet to thM great
audience I taw an Inspiration over ■ store'
or. u;,ie*J by Tamifkg|y Mall. It read;
'Brlf-preaervatton I* tne of na
ture.' To title I*y amen. There could
tie nothing truer I bellevd that skin th*'
American people are firtty aroused to the
sense of the critical condition of tflatr*
they never fall to do the rtght thing I
am witling to trust to th* Intelligence of
not only you business m*n, hut to th*
working men to *ll which *id# their In
ternet* and t
-My frttndi, ! don't think It neceeeary
. {Continued on Mvettth Pago.)