The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, October 02, 1900, Image 1

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the morning news r IU MUhI US' 1 - • Inmrpnrmt** 1 *■* jH. EBTH.I. PrMld#nt TENSION IS GREAT JKt (II EXnTEMEST OVER SITTA TIOS AT (iEOHCBTOST. TROOPS WERE SENT THERE. ror*ICATIOS APPEARS TO HAVE BEES OPT OPT. SrwM>rr Wallis* **- Af m„r ( iilnmblß to ld Mnrr ■1 rotpt II Ther Art Nrrdril. Irnnblr Orrw Out of Ikt Kllllas „f ■ Wkllr Sa by a kfrt .If grorm Wrrr In Ikr Majority unit Urrr Thrrateala*. . oiomMa. B C.. Oct. I—Thr# haa been cm <dcrable rxeli-m-ni here all rtay be ,tat of the critical MluaOon at Orore nnd the itnpoealMiltr of obtaining i#> from that city. At 2 o'clock thle morn to*, at the re r, ft of the Mayor, Oov. M< Sweeny or drrol taro companies of cavalry to report (he city authorities In (}eor*etown. Uirr reports from Mayor Moritan state m> the mob? of nrirroes had been pressed from off the streets, but the tension k< very *reat. True afternoon Cot. Bparkman. com ramllnit the cavalry realment |n that dts tn,-t Joined the Mayor nnd leadln* cltl ns In reportln* to the Governor that the -niaiion was very arrive, and uralive that more assistance be sent them. The Mayor roon after appealed for a half osimrnt of Infantry to lie there by ilark. s* there acre threats of burnln* and $r it excliemsnt. Gov MrWweeny ordered M*J Henr> 5 n.’lilf, >Ttrmn<HK)inK the I ndepend* n( l ? i iHll'>n of Charleston. to proceed to Georgetown on a special train. Thi* trim, sell three companies of Infantry’, n mmm t:n gun anil a nailing grin detachment, i'irtr.l for Ootfriown. seventy-five rv o distant. at 4 o'clock. The Sumter I.utht Infantry of Sumter • hundred mile* to 4h* north, started on s-othrr train about the taint time At II o'clock to-night It ha* been Im l l# to communicate with Georgetown far *l* hour*. Neither tho Oovrrnor nor r.s-f.aper .Van get a mrw<ago from them. ■! his caused grave anxiety here to night. 'I ..rgetown It on a spur railma<t thirty mien long with one telegraph line. The latert di-patch Mated that thenegroea had r* ently got beyond control. No cou rt td meteage has come through to-day taring what haa caused the trouble All that I* known la that a white man w.u It] by a negro Saturday night. The •. nation there, where (hare are ordinarily Itr trgroea to one white, la made more ter! hy the presence of ffto negro lumber mill hands from North t’arollna. Gov Me Sweeny t In the armory of the O .vert or* (iuarde, who. with the Rtrh lan I Volunteers, are awaiting ordera to lave on a special. iHtRLFATfIV TROOI** WTVT. t Trouble raatrd by Killing of Tax Collector Brownfield. Charleston, 8 C.. Oct. I.— The Sumter C ;ard, Herman Fustleer* and Wishlng toc Artillery, left here at * o'clock to night on a special train for the acene of the threatened race riot at Georgetown >laj Henry Scliachte. ctmm.iTidlng the i tiarleaton battalion of the State Troops, Reived a dlipabh from Uov. McSweeney t I o cl ck thla afiemoon ordering him to l .'i the command* heie In rfadtnesa to i'*|ion.| to a call from the Mayor of ‘l. •; get own An hour later the summon" i ;m and the three companies named. 130 f• n irong. left the city at * ofrlock Dispatches Just received (11 p. m.) from th s-ene of the trouble announce Ihal rv ■ rv thing Is quirt at Georgetown. and no fur her trouble I* exp cted. The Slimier J.‘*ht Infantry has Just arrived on the t re seventy-seven men strong. The trouble grew out of the killing of Tax 1 'o'• tor Ftrowntleld by a negro barber tumr-i Scurry. Tlte wildest rumors have *■ "t afloat here all day. hut at thla time lh* e seems to be no reason to four a t nous outbreak. IhttV DAV IV OOWWBCTKTT. Vote |a Tntvaa Heard from Shows Hrpakllrsn lanses. New Haven. form , Oct. 1— It was meeting" day In Connecticut. I*2 r>( th : town* In the slate holding “the Ihtle man" elections for the purpose of thoaing officials of the town governments •rl set i :ing f or me doming year the liquor license question. Returns up m midnight had been rc celv*' from 13* towns of the 1C voting • He tables show Republican victories b 1 town* and Democrat Id success In 33 full reiiitna from all the towns In the ii ..i of ’*99 gave the Republicans 91 •rd the mocrgta 37. Comparing the lull returns of last ><gr with those of to da' the Republicans have lost 23 towns • <X tbs I (en.ocrsta 2. Of the 24 towns mls **nr ,0 - tgbt It went Republican last >**r aid t went Deanocratlc. If the tntsalng '' nM,ln bent In their respective col >f last last year. It would mean a 1 "< •! towns Republican and 43 Dem * net Republican lose of towns throughout the state was a* • rule light. ''■Mi l *l|.M ox armor plate. * Effort Kill Re Made to **•!* the flatter To-day. ' *ton, Oct. I—N t expected that '■‘alives of the various armor pro m> erns wilt he here to-morrow r sun Secretary Long, concern “ s'mor plate required war* 1 r ' 1 * m course of construction. This 4r ".ounta to about B.flOO tons tor t-m •" ■eshlps. atx armored cruisers and f ’ rr, ,r fed < rollers and constitutes kv i.'" Hn of the kind ever required I’d. * rrv ' CT ’ B "—*■ n> . 7* r * have been opened to-mor •n ~t > will he mode to arrive at with the armor plat* con h> “nfersoce. Satntnmtl) Morning ®cto& WAS WESTCOTT A PARTNER? Effort of the nrlrnar to the < aae of Grerae oud imimir tn Nlwm That He NNoe Interested, New York. Oof. 1— Hearing on the appli cation for the removal of the portf*ra In the Atlantic Contracting Company to th* Jurisdiction of the Georgia Federal courts, was resumed to-day lie fore I’nltrd State* Commissioner ffhlelds. The greater part of to-day** Reunion fra* taken up In the Identification, one by one, of the note*, bond.- and, check* of Mr. WeatcoU’s bank Accounts, which. the prosecution claim*. Mhos that the Gsynors ami Gretme save to Cupt. Carter a rh.ire In all their contract* ami from which the defence promise* to Mi aw that Mr. Welt* cott ws* a partner tn the Greene-Gaynor combination, and acted entirely for him self and not for Capt. Carter. Mr. Wcetcott wa* unahlo to testify to the detail* of the dlffrrnt deposit slip* submitted to him by counsel. Counsel was anxious to obtain from the witness detail* a to all the deposit* made by him during 1*95. IX9U and 197. and Mr. West cot t could not remember where be ob tained the money shown on the deposit ■Hiut. Counsel asked If the moneys were r.ot the proceed* of certain railroad bonds, but Mr. West cott could not tell him The book* of Iteld A Futgg. Mr. West oott's stock brokers, were introduced to •how his account wMh th* m. Mr. West ern# said he had teen buying ami sell ing stocks and bond* all tils life and could no? recall any purticulnr transaction of three years ago Mr. West cott remembered the purchase of tar> share* of Delaware and L.tckawan na stork during his ab* nc In Europe lb lWf. Capt charter bought them under a power of attorney. but registered them In his own name He transferred them la ter to the w!tn**v w ho sold them for |31.- Mr. Woetcott Identified the slip showing th • t he had deposited the money with the Union Trust Company. The cross-examination of Mr. West cott was fttfl on at 4 o'clock when Commissioner Shields ordered an adjournment until to morrow. (ULYPATON STILL 1% NEED. Fond Received hot Knongh to Pro vide Moines for Homeless. tJalveston. Teg., f*ct 1 John fiealy. chairman of the Finance Committee, a hrib-committee of the Galveston Central Relief Committee, and custodian of the Galveston relief fund, ha* given the fol lowing to the As*ociatd Pra-.<: -Galveston. Tex.. Oct. 1. All suhscrlp tlons that have been turned over to me up to. and Including Oct. 1. 1900. from all sourer*, amount to STftl.AfL TWs amount Includes all money received by me direct, all received by Mayor W. C. Jones, and also 9109 800 remit*, and to me by Oov Say ers. cut of subscription* made to him The Governor, has also ordered a further remittance to me of fMß.tflft, which should teach me in the next few days, and he will send me from time to time such ad #‘.?tor.al fund* ox lit* may receive We are now* arranging In proper shape a full Komis*! statement of all receipt* and amount* expended, which will tie duly published. “John H*slv.“ “Chairman Finance Committee.** Apropos of Mr Sealv’s report the News to-morrow will ay. editor ally: “The pressing need of Galveston ie money with which to shelter nwre than v.ijm persona now homc-lrs.-. and to moke habitable the homes of many others. Some correspan.|ents have sent out atate ineoia to the JtTe- t tha: millions of dollars nave been contributed for the relief of i iaivesaon—one publlelicd statement fixed the amount at 3lo.flof*.oon These atatemania have led the public—4he generous. liberal public—astray nnd hnve bad a tendency to check the Impulse to give, because It oemed that the requirements had been me:. But the real truth la that (>a Ives ton has up to date, received only DM,l)4.l—a sum hist littto more than sufficient to bury iho dead, remove the debris, accomplish the work of sanitation, atxl to pay the ex rienees for food and clothing which th* Relict Committee had to buy before sup plies ol food nnd raMblne began o ar rive from the outside world." CAR PUSHED IA TO A CREEK. Thirty Oat of fifty Passengers Were Injured. Wichita. Kan . Oct. I.—A heuvlly loaded street car dashed ot top speed from Col- Irge Hill yesterday, and at the foot of the Incline. *Jtimi*e.l the track plunging Into Chisholm creek. Of the fifty pas sengers. thirty were Injured Among those serinu'ly Injuted are: Mrs Ferguson. 7'l years of age, eye knocked out. ribs und leg broken: nvtv die Margie Foster, head erushed; Mrs J A. McGuire, lunge crushed and Injured Internally; J. W. Wilson back broken, head crushed, will <be. Mrs J W. WM son. eye put out. will <ke Mrs McGuire who was badly hunt, said "A our seat was thrown Into me an I I was crushed down Into the water. A baby an.l li* mother was thrown In be side me I picked the h*by out of the water and gave it to |ta navther; I think n wna dead at the tyme. 1 did not know the mother •• Motorman McGuire and the ofTi-ena of the street railroad company are unable to account for the accident. CHICAGO lit* A DEEP MVATERV. Severed Human Head Coned De al rn* rd by ItnleU lime. Ctileggo. Oct. I.—A silver toothptale. |o which two false Incisors of the upper Jaw were w|pel. Is the only clew to the Identity of a severed human head that was found tied In a grain sack In Cedar l.ake Just across the Indiana state line Identification of the victim of the sup posed murder hy means of the head la ab solutely Impossible, so far as re ognlxlng the features are .-om-erned, because the head was packed In quick lime before be ing thrown Into the lak- and the features were destroyed by the action of ihe chem ical. The only hope of gelling n clew lo the mystery Is ihit the dentistry work mav be recognised. T7ie heed bids fair lo furnish a mur der mystery as famous as the Uuklen euppe rase In New York PRESIDE AT BROKE III"' wt l-K- Received A taltnra from Penrose nnd k Big Delegation. Canton O. Ori I -President McKinley to-day received visits from Senstor Pen rot* of Pennsylvania and President Schwab of the Carnegl* company. He also received and ehook hands with a del egation f about seventy-five member* of the Stark county Central Commute, who marcr.f.l up to the McKinley yard from their regular meeting to pay their re gperis. SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 11KX). STRIKERS STILL OUT OFFER OF 10 PRfll CENT. NON tHE DID NOT TEWFT THEM. MORE MINERS JOIN STRIKE. OPtIRATOR* MINT IM> RFTTF.R I* THEY want work done. Laekswsnns and l.ehlfh Collieries Had Notices Posted Neeterday, but the Miners Gave Id t tie Heed to Them—tiller to Reduce Price of Powder Helps the Men Very l.lttlc. They Will Slick Together I nflll Somethin* Metier Is tillered. Philadelphia. Oct. I.—The mtn* operators of the Wyoming. laickawanna and Ijrhlgh regions to-day at a meeting at Wllkers harrr fol.nwcd yesterday’* act km of the Reading company In offering an increase of lu per cent. In wages to the mine work er*. They furthermore, derided to reduce the charge for powder from 12.78 to SI-SO a keg the latter price ha* prevailed at the Heading company * mine* a long time. The action of the Wilkersbarr* meeting m* nns an Increase of 10 per cent, to all mine workers except miners The latter will earn an Increase of about 1b per cent, by reason of the rethi<Vd cost of pnw'icr. I- * The meeting was attended by represen tative* of all the leading railroad compa nies which own ruin*-* In the region* named Home of the inl* pgndent cq** ra tors oppose the proposed increase unles* lire oai carrying companies reduce the tolls *n their pcoduc to tidewater. The etrlkers. however, show no indica tion of ac<*epttig the offer None re turned to work to-day at "the Heading company's collieries In response to the notice of higher wages, and in fact many who had been at work there quit and joined the rank* of the strikers. Asa result there were fewer i>ollter!e* in opera tion to-day In the RchuylklU region thin at any time since the strike was maugu r Med In the other regions there were also ad dition* to the strikers’ forces. Notices of the Increase In pay were posted throughout the entire anthracite region to-night, but the opinion Is general that few if any of the strikers will return to work. The strikers say they have oth er grievance* to be adjusted beside* wages and powder charge#, and they fur ther say they want recognition of theis union. President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers will visit Wllkesbarre to-morrow to address a mass meeting and review a parade of miners. SAY THE! KILL AIIT Aft HPT. Mtnera Do Ant Like Offer of Larka wsnua t eel Operatore. Wllkeabarre, Pa.. Oct. I.—The coal op erators of the Wyoming, arid Lehigh Valley regions held an important meeting In this •My this afternoon nnd decided to offer the mtuers an Increase of 10 per cent. In wages, and also to reduce the cost of powder to the miners from 12 75 to SI.H* per keg. The whole situation was thoroughly dis cussed. The powder question was the chief subjoct of debate and next came ihe rec ognition of th* union. Ho far a* can be learned none of the operators Were In fa vor of re-ognixmg (* union tn any way. This evening W. A. . ihrtqi, the chair* man of the meeting, gav* out the follow ing: "Lehigh Valley Coal Company, Wilkes barre, l*a., th-t. 1, IS*. "Notice' This company mikes Ihe fol lowing announcement to Mo mine em ployes: "It will adjust Its rates of wages so as to pay to it* mine employes on and afeer k-t. I. a net increase of lo per cent on the wages heretofore received; anil will :eke up with tl mine employes any griev ances which they miy have. "W. A Lathrop. "General stuperlntemleiil." "Note—lt |s understood In the foregoing that powder will he sold to mkier* for 11 M per k*. and 4has the difference be. tween thla rate and the '*l.l rale of t- . 75 shall he taken into ncooqni In figiTtliig the net advance of 10 per cent, noted above for this das* of labor." rtimtiar notice* to the above wlil be issu ed by all the .umiMoles represented ai th* m*etlng Th* striker* nay Hun un der no circurmlances will they accept the offer. They claim It la not a* good an offer a* th* Reading company made to Its men. The union la Ignored ami the nei In crease roust come out of the price of |*>w der. A prominent operator said to-nleht that when the strikers came to examine the notice posted they would receive It more favorably AK* per cent, net increase Is granted all employes outsld-- of the miners, and with powder reduced to 11.30 a keg the miner will earn In a month a 10 per rent Increase. ABE AFTER OTHER 'll A ERA. Strikers l Do Missionary AA nrk la Another Section. Shell indoHh, Pa.. Otc. I.—Panther Creek valley I* now the objective point of the •trike leaders. The Lehigh Cool und Nav igation Company operate# a number of big collieries there, all of which have been working undisturbed since the mine work ers' trike was Inaugurated. It was fear ed by the officials of the company that the strikers who Wst night drove from llaxle ton to Lunsford and Coaidale would re sort to vmlrncu in an- attempt u> keep the mn away from 'he mines to-day. but po disturbances occurred. Gen Golan wss In communication with Sheriff Toole until a Iwie hour last night, but no requisition wa* made hy the latter for troops although h# suggested that Itv general be ready In case of an urgent call. The Twelfth Regiment, with the excep tion of one company, left for home to-day. The remaining company will leave as soon as ihe tents are dry enough to he packed A4e fro* Galveston Pardoned. Montgomery. Ala., Ore 1 -Gov John ston to-dsv Issued pardon to F. C. Pax ton of Allan's, and Frank Deverswu* of New York, who were convicted In Cownty Court for stealing a ride on a train, while on the way from GaDaston to their home* THE EI.F.t IION* IN ENGLAND. t onrnHtlvM Lalned Two Neats and the Liberal* Use. I .end on. Oct, 1 Sixteen English and Irish borough* electing twenty members of the House of Common* were polled to day, so to night's return* furnish some Indication* of the trend of opinion. Win ston Churchill i> among the candidate* chosen, having been returned from Old ham by a majority of IJ7. 9 In Durham the Unionist* secured a ms Jorlly of 7YI as against one of <9 at the last election. There Is a very significant Increase tn the Unionist majority In West hum. where. In the North division the Unionist* secured a lead of 8,480 atalnM 704 at the last •‘lection, and In the south division a toad of 1196. against 7V tn i lie last election Went ham ! dense ly populated, working class district at the east end of 1 cordon, and the result there seems to show that the Ulberals have lit tle to hope from the metropolis. tin the other hand Mr. Matthew White Hklley. son of Hh Matthew White Rhfttoy. the home secretary, was elected at Btaly brtdge In the Unionist Interest by a ma Jorlly f mly 91 as against the Unionist majority off 632. secured b\ Mr. T II dldobottom af the election In IW At Harlh j-‘c| Ru iTtristo(her Furness. lAtlera*. received 6.411 vote* a* aadnf 4 618 cast for Hir Thomas Hk'hardeoti, tdb etal Unionist, who represented the con stituency tn the Iste Parliament. This in a lJberal majority of 1X97 a* ag.tlnst a liberal Unionist majority of 61 at the elect km of 18*5. The return* receiv'd tip to nddnlght • how the total nuini*er of elected to ho 172 a* follow* Conservatives, M; I‘nlon- Ists. 16; Etheraf*. 13; Nathvnaltsfs. 8 The t *on serve liven have galne<l two scats and the Uln-ral* one.x t II %MRENI.AIN*II MENU A NR. Wants I ntnn llrttseea t Minnies and England Maintained. Indon. Oct 3.3 a m.—late last even ing. Mr. Uhamberlsin, colonial secretary, sent to the editor of the Birmingham Dal ly Mail the following message to the n* lion, which wah oiUApti unitsly displaye<| on the ncreen where the paper was sn nounolng the results of the |ol!1iig: “Patriotism before pollute*. May the union between the colonies and the motherland now cemented by their blood, be forever maltitaltiesl.’' Con*lderahle Interest Attached to the speech at I*rby of \Vyn>ihNnt last even ing. because it had been semi-officially *n tMMMired that the parliamentary utwler secretary of state for w r would outline the governvneftt’* proposal* as to army re form. The chief iiolnt* In the sp * h were that the home army should have a higher training. Instead of being regard ed a* merely a. training ground for the •upply of the foreign army, and that greater opimrtunities should be glvrn for home maneuvers on an adequate war scale. Hum*rs are current this morning that the Marquis of lamsdowne secretary of state for war. will succeed Earl Cadogan as lrd Ijeutenant of Ireland. The editorial* on both sides this morning express satisfaction over yestervlav’a re turn*. which the I tally Mall asserts prove that there la no “khaki boom ” TRA.AMA AAL KKKfIIRC). Austrian glenmrr 1 srrlrd too from l.arenso Marques. Ir*nsn Marques. Oct I.—The Austrian steamer Htyrln Lloyd has sailed from here having on board 40u Tratievnal refugees, [•art of them being Irlsh-Americans. All their expenses nave been paid by the Transvaal government. Karh man receiv ed thirty shillings <7.10> and will be paid (II 10* <M2-50i on landing at any port which may be elected by them. Recaptured a Gun. London, Oct. L—A dispatch from Ix>rd Robert*, dated Hurday. kept. *l, says: "Rundle'a troops tn the Bethlehem Dis trict have recaptured from the Rorrs a main battery gun lost at Nicholson's Nek and also sixty-five rounds of Martini Henry ammunition." Ha lie a-Powell's Aesv I •■mm and. Pretoria. Oct. I—G*n. Baden-Poweil ha* arrived hero to take command of the po lice In ihe Transvaal and orange River .oloiiy. where It I* proposed lo maintain a fore* of 12.<M) all under Gen. liaden t'owell. Explosion at Komnllpoort. layer so Marqtiex. Oct I.—An esploelon occurred at Kotnailpoort while the Brit ish were destroying the Boer ammunition, resulting In the death of two of the 'ior don Hlghlarulera and wounding of eigh teen. DK4TAIOM AFFEET* t HI ABBE. From American •••irt* They Have a lllah' to Land tn llawatl. Honolulu. Hep' 24. via Han Francisco, Oct I— I’nltol Hlates Jielge Ester ha* rendered an Impoitant decision regarding the rlghta of Chinese lo l<nd In Hawaii. It wa* In the case of Ah fling, who came here from New York as one of the crew of the ship Challenger, and was refused l>eimie*ion to land tn Honolulu. lie waa brought before Judge K*e on habeas corpus The Judge decided tha: having shipp'd from New York Ihe Chinese bad a right to land In auy other American port, and Honolulu la now an Amerle.m port. The <lactalon Is regarded as highly Im portant as la-ar'.ng upon the question as to whether the many Chinese In the Ha waiian Islands have a right to land on the mainland BAH Iks * I U KILL* HIMSELF. Snrh AAas A erdlet uf Ihe I srosrr’a Jury In Ae<* A nrk. Nw York. Oct I.—The coroner's Inquest Into the dtath of Henry Grosvenor Bar bour. who waa found dead with a bullet wound In hie tm u!h at the Hotel W Charles. Brooklyn, on Kept. 14. last, was held to-day A verdict to the • ffect that "deceased (Med from a pistol shot wound, self.ttHil ie<l and with suicidal Intent," wa# returned hy the Jury Mis* Helen ft oik by a a. the young wo man who accompanied Barbour to the hotel on the night of the suicide, waa al lowed to go. — | Laborers tn Be Released. Galvsaton. Tax.. Oct. I.—On* thousand of th* lahorgra employed in moving ill* debris wlil b* released to-morrow, as tn# work ha# sufficiently progressed to war rant this seep, it will enabl* the railroad* aid other large corporation* to *r*- the laborer* they require to ronUou* tha re torauuu of their prope r Ilea. TUAN’S PUNISHMENT THERE 6EEM* NO M)NliP,n TO HE ANY not nr AROtT IT. JUNG LU ALSO UNACCEPTABLE. NOT NY ANTED MEMRER OE CHI NE6E UOMMIMION. He Led Nttack* on Fnrelgn l.r§S lion*— Nil of the Ollier* \wnl NN 111 He Acceptable to Moat of the Powers— I nited Ntates NN 111 Not Take Part In Nftack *n xhan Hal Kwaa—( buffer Is Moving Hapldl). Washington. Oct. I Ravsrai imiiortant dl*|*atche* were received to-day frmi china, tlenerally they tend to c4iltrm tle event* recorded Haturday. From Caftton, t’onsul McWftds reptirt* the Issue of the dci’ree punishing Tu.m and hM colleague*, so tt.at there Is no long* r itmiN a* to the accuracy of ttheng’s statement on tliat point. Mr Conger also has recclve<l la I notltlcatMi of the t*hlneee Peace <*Oflt mission which was forecasted by Minis ter Wu’s advlcsa several day* ago. Mr Cocurer HMko no rference to the eon riemr atory <|*crcs, hence It Is Inform! that It tc not Issued when his dispatch was sent last Thursday. The text of these two dispatches Is a* follow*. “Canton, t'hln.**. CVt. 1 Rccretary of fttuto, \Ya*hlngton Decree Just issued Emi*eror Mantes ministers fur whole trou ble Orders Tuan, kangl and other of fVctnw degraded and punished by imierlal court*. k>nperor hold* Tuan and otliei* entirely responsible bloodshed. * M Wade “ “Pekin. Bept 87. via Tsku R**pi 30 Rei■- retsry of Rtat*. Washington: Have re ceived notice to-day from Prince Ohlng that he, Earl Id, Jung Lu and Viceroy* Tla Kim Yl and Chang Chlh Tung will act In concert In n<oUathn tor i*eac.e. Jung Lu Is in the Interior Id Hung ’hang 1.4 at Tien Tsln. Conger.’* \ mni l.a Not Neeriitable. It H evident that the two viceroys men tkmed are Idu Kun Yl. the viceroy of Nankin, and Chang Chib Tung, the vic eroy of Wu Dbsng. the difference In spell ing being in telegraphic transmission There has been some question as to Jung Lu being a member nf the commission, but Mr. Conger’* report settle* ail doubt Already Minister Wu had received an edict naming Jrnig Lu a* one of the com mission, but this wm que si toned it\ other Cblnsss quarters The appointment Is not llkaiy to he satisfactory to any of the Power*, as Jung Lu has made himself al most as offensive aa Prince Tuan He Is genera its si mo of the Imperial troop* and Is regarded as mai ’y responsible for the persistent fight on the legation during the crisis The other commissioner# are highly ac ceptable Earl U and Prince Chlng ate aiready favorably known, aisl the two vic eroy's are among the m*t pacific, en lightened and pro-dorelgn men in the em pire. We NYIII Nat Take Part. The attention of the officials of the navy being called to the report firm Tlesi Tsln that the Polled State# I* about to take part in a naval expedition organising at Taku, for operation* agalnat Hbati Hal Knati, It wa* atated that till* report prob nlily referred so an old project. Home time ago. while lioaHlllle* were In full progress, a movement agalnat Hhan Hal Kwan wa* proJect*d to divert the ('fltneaa from their resistance to the progress of the Pekin main column. With the fall of Pekin th# necessity for such a movement disappeared. It t re garek-d as unlikely ihat tha I'nltsd Htates forces will lake part In It If It be re- hy any of the Power*. It la n.i* deem'd good faith on our pari to con tinue offensive movements against the Chinese at that time Admiral Itemey has reeiorlrel to Becretary lamg that tie will aid In the withdrawal movement, an t It is therefore not expcr ted thn* the Brook lyn aril! in ompany the allies' ahlpa to Hhan llai Kwan, If they go at all. Gen. Chaffee report* that h* I* ftwvlng *Mb rwptdMy toward the execution of tha department'* orders, relative to the wlih drawal of hi* troops. BRAVERY OF THE AMERICA Aft. Chnflee t omniends Them for Their •nltllerly 4|ualltlea. Washington. Oct. I— The war depart ment ha* received by mall a copy of a general order Issued by MaJ. Gen. Chaf fee. relating U> the conduct of Ihe troop*. It reads: "The major general commanding the United HI ties forces of the China relief expedition take* (hit occasion to commend tha high soldierly quallilea of energy ami endurance so generally manifested under prolonged har<J*o!|> of more than unusual severity. “In the battle of Yang Tsun. fought on Monday, Ihe Aik Inaiant, the Fourteenth Infantry, though suffering heavy lossew Irom shell, shrapnel ami musketry lira, sire is self with siswdfaas gallantry, and while na laments and sympathise* with the regiment tn the loss of so many brave men. the record Is one of which every true aoldW may well feel proud. The entire command participated tn the battle of more ttian live hours' duration, under th# mere trying condition* of heat arsl fatigue, from which larg* numbers of men were prostrated, but It la the exercise of endurance and fortitude by the soldier under such <ln lunstawa* that contrib ute# largely to success Throughout she rommvnd there was aver a ready and ■ redliahle response to every demand "White further hardship* may await the ornmand in relieving our beleaguered countrymen, the major general command ing confidently retlee upon th* soldierly spirit so gsnerally. and conspicuously manifested, and believe* every true sol d.er will be etimuletad to renewed < front In making the htaiorlc mission of this lit tle army a complete itiowNi." NINTH IN F NINTH 1 TO NEMNIN. t bailee Designates the Legattaa Gnard In Ills Nnvwer. Washington. fct I The Mur Depart ment Is in receipts of s cablegram from Gen. Chaffee Indicating that h* had re celved Instructions to withdraw moat of the United Htate* force* from China, and hod piuvidcd.in accordance with those In structlons. for a l’gallon guard. The dtspi4 h follow*. "Received Hepi N IYO, via Taku To Adjutant General Kept. 29. cabled from Tin. Tsln Revived your numbers 42 and 43 The Ninth Infantry. Third Squadron of diith Cavalry and light battery will constitute legation guard fthall endeavor to get all stipfdlea to Tong Chow before water tft!|g • • • , t rree Dlapdl**be* Nop 42 and 43 referred to by Gen Chaffee were those containing his In struction* tn withdraw the Americans truopn from Pekin. HEALTH OF MEN IN GOOD. Hospital Ship Maine NYIII Take on Some of the Patleafs. Washington. Oct. 1 The War Depart ment has received tb following fr*m Gen Chaffee “Taku, Sept 3* Adjutant General. Washington. Health command good Have accepted Invitation hospital ship Maine to transfer some convalescents to hospital ship Hdief. now repairing Naga saki. Chaffs#.** THE HTNTEMF.Vr IS DENiS&D, Story af t atterstaadlaa Ret wee a Massta, tiersmai nail l-’rNacr. Merlin. Oct 1.- The stat<in nt published In Paris that France. Russia and Ger many have arrived at a complete under standing In regard tn the retention of troops at Pekin, and that Germany ahan dons her demand fo the punishment of the Inst gators of outrages before the peace begot latlms begin Is denied here. officially. A foreten office official made the fol lowlnsi siatrnient on Ihe subject: "The story I* Inaccurate, particularly Ihe Inllmmlon that Germany. Russia and Frame have formed reiiarate diploma 11 ■ group. N'egollallon* between three I'ow era eontlmx' as with the other* Germany does not exi*H-t Great llrltalu's answer to her profsis.il for seier.ll days" The semi oflp Ini pr* ss uniformly dis credit Ihe asset lions, bin a well Informed diplomat assured the Associated I’rea* rnrre*i>nn<leiil fhls evening Dial he lied excellent reasons for Is Having Ibrm fo lie frur. espeel.illy as Ihe German foreign office had Itself admitted that Russia had dtopped all Intention of withdrawing from IVkln The Berliner Tageblatt In the course of a reference tn United (hale* Ambassador White's letter to the German American Republican* of New York, say#: The Germans will not regard Presldsnt McKinley's answer m Count von Buelow's note os a proof of frtendahlp "We undertake lo advise I'resktenr Mc- Kinley rhal h* cannot have Ihe Gertnan- Amerlcan vote unless he changes his Chi nrse policy." t HIARNK PEACE PROPOHALfi. AAhat some of the Power# Kant to Do In Advance. Isindon. Oct. S—" The Austro-Hungarian foreign office," says Ihe Vienna corre spondent of the Morning Post, "has re ceived a circular note which France has addressed to the Powers In which she agrees a* to Ihe necessity of obtaining sat isfaction from Ihe antl-foretgn attack, but suggest* Ihat the minister* In Pekin should Immediately begin negotiations o.i the other question* ai Issue. "The note also pioposes (he permanent prohibition of the Impott of arms and ammunition Into t’hlna. Ihe rasing of the for till' at lona letaim IVkln and the am. and Ihe maintenance of legation guard*." RlfiSlAAff KUA THE FIGHT. Fare# af t Maese Mad Oreapled a Section of Railroad. fit. Petersburg, Oct. I. The war office announces that dlpalehe# from Khamsr ovsk and Kharbln say Gen. Tachltschagoff sint t'ol Knpctken w :th .• (I- 'a. hinent of Uosaucks. railroad troops and volunteers lo engage a force of Chinese, who had occupied ihe railroad at Hattrliakuti. The Russians won two obstinate fights Forty three dead Chinese were left In the trenches after the second engagement. Maacharta Ant Aanexed. Hi. Petersburg. tct. I.—Th# rilfi' lal Mes senger to-day declare* the tenor of the government's official communication* In regard In Russia's task in affair* In the Far East, clearly demonstrate that the "tepori* of the annexation of Mam-hurta arc devoid of all foundation," German Minister at Tien Tala. Tien Tsln. Haturdsy. Oct. 29 The Ger man minister. Dr Mumm von fichwarsen steln. has arrived here and established himself, provisionally, at the German con sulate. Barones* von Kreieler will start for Japan soon on board the German steamer Halle. • helled n Chinese image, Hong Kong. Oct. I.—The Rrlllah gun boat Robin haa shelled Ihe villsg* of Luk lsso. on the West river, tn retaliation for the Inbahtfant* firing on a HDttsh steam er. Th# ringleaders were afterwards cap tured and flogged. A MEHK AA BAAKEHS TD MEET. Almnt 11.000 of Them Kill Gather la Hlehmond To-day. Richmond, Va.. Oct. I.—The American Bankers Association wilt meet In annual roewentlon here to-morrow. Eleven hundred members have Indicated a pur pose lo attend President Walker Hill, of Hi Louts, and Secretary James R Branch, of New York, arc already her# Among th* addresses to he delivered are "The Treasury and th# Money Market." by Hon Ellis II Roberts. Treasurer of the Unled Htates, "The Financial Future of the United Htatrs." by Charles A Cooenf of Ihe New York Journal of rnmm*r< e. and "The Edmatton of a flanker." hy George Hnqg*. general manager of Ihe Rank of Canada Elaborate preparations have been made for the entertainment of the delegates llora Damage at i’elaaca. Delta*. Tax.. O r I.—The racanr storm damages at the town of A'alasco are an nounced hy the local evouniuea to aggre gate MOr.CWA DAILY P A YEAR. 6 CENTS A COPY WEEKLY 8-TIMKH-A-WISEK.fi A TEAR FOUR WERE KILLED I AFT. AHIELDft. TOO. Iff PAID TO RANK MIST Hl# LIERL AMERICANS WERE SURPRISED. ItFAT OF COMPANY F OF TWENTT NINTH ARE PRIRORRMI. They NN ere ( aptnre<| hi Natives aw the Island f Msrlsiluqse-I'ogght t aftl Their Ammualtina NNas Es haastrd and Nar re ottered— I ark low a Has linae NNltk a Farce tn Heacwe the I apttves nnd Punish the llsthnhsrklsg Natives. Manila. Friday. Kept. 26. via llong Kong. O* t. I.—Persistent native reports, which arc generally hslicvcd, have Urn current In Manila for several days to lit* effect that Capt Deverctix Hhb Id* and * F. of the Twenty-it! nth Regiment of In fantry, <ontstlng of fifty-four tnen, ata ttuned at ltMg Mat ludtiqiie Island, •m --tnirke*! Kept. 13 on the gunboat Villa bos, and landed eti Msrinduque. tfept. H, where three hiiridr-d *f the enemy, aimed with rifles, supfiosedly frim Lux n, surprised the Americans. T7ie latter fought for several hours, un til their amimmitl >n was exhaustart after which they were overpuwerod and sur rrnd rrd. relief Iteltig )mtoselhle. Four off the soldiers were kill'd, among whom, according to retains, was Capt. Hhlelds. The Americans also had several wound ed Nrsriie Party NYewt Oat. Uelits. Reeves and Hates, of the staff, on Immsrd the gunimat Yorklown, left Ma nila Monday .Niter gathering troops at Katanga* they pro< ceded to \f.irinduqua to verify the r|Hirts regarding the fata of Capt Hhlelds and his men. and In cs the native rumors were well foutalrdt to punish the rebels, ami release the cap tives. News from this egjwvflßpn Is await ed with Mime anxiety at M-iniia. In tha meanwhile the censor prohibits the trans mission of news ('onrarnlng the affair. Col. Edward F flanlln, of thg. Twenty- Ninth r< gtrncnt. who t>'w in Maul wl mi! It Is pfisslhle that the native reporta may h- correct. The first news of the disaster to Com pany F. of the Twenty-Ninth Regiment, was received by the Associated Pres* from Washington, fkpt 86. the censor at Manila, as shown In tha dispatch of the Associat ed Press from that city, having ref used to permit the transmission of the news by •this direct to the AeecK'latrd Press. Consequently the cor rest modern of ma Associated Pres* was evidently compelled to send bis message by mail to Hong Kong, front which point It was cabled u tha Associated Press here FOPESKKM# NN ELL PLEASED. L?k*s %•• I• tide of the t ailed State* Toward the I hwrrh. Isohdnn. Oet. I —Archbishop Ireland, who haa arrived her# from Rome art hie way lo the I'filled Hinti s. In an Interview to day I* quoted as say lug "In on* of the audiences' which he granted me the Pope said: ‘We are well plrosed with the relation* of Ihe Ameri can government lo the church tn Cub' and the Philippines. The AmerUan gov ernment gives proof of good will and ex hibits a spirit of Justice and respect for the liberty and rights of the chur h. You will thank. In my name, ih* Presi dent of the republic for what Is being done * "When I repeated to Cardinal Rampoll* my cnnveraallon with the Pope, the (Or dinal declared such statement* were what he personally believed and knew to ba true and that I was at liberty to repeat them to the American people Further more, Cardinal Kumjiolla *ld that on no lea* than three different occasions, petit ion* had been sitl to the Vatican, In the name of the Filipino leaders, asking that direct, official relation* be opened between them *nl the Vatican, but the Vatican haa always refused to Helen la such petitions, out oi <onsklerailon for the Arre-rlcao gov ernment." HE AND It IN SELF DUtOt ACKD. Howard Foreed to l.latea Is a Polli- Iral Speech. Frankfort, Ky. OoL I.—James Howard, who I* under sentence to tie hanged for the murder of Goebel, was an enforced listener to a pUlllual R**ech by Congress man Charles K Wlwelar, a good part of which wax' devoted to denunciation of ax- Gov. Taylof, Caleb Power# and Howard himself. The Jail I* in tha rear of the Court llones where Mr Wheeler anofce. He said that the whole Republican party of fh# atatc could not he held guilty of the murder, nor would he say that *x- Gov. Taylor was guilty, aa he would only sp ak by ihe record, but." ha continued, ■ ihir* ar. two who I know are guilty, and they are Caleb Powers and James Howard, and an unhought and unpurrhta able jury of free men has declared each of Ihem to be so.” During all of this Howard was a atleM listener In hi* cell about 51 feet away. Ei-Senaler Many aa the stamp. Westchester. Pm.. Oct I.—Bx-Unitad Htates Henetor Quay to-night made th* first of what I* to be a series of spearbre throughout the state of Pennsylvania in fivor of the election of McKinley and Ro sevelt. and those candidates for Ihe state Legislature favorable lo that section of the Republican par y recognising Mi. Quay aa its lead*.' His speech to-nlghl waa mod* before a laig< crowd, and was listened to attendvsly. Mr Quays speoah was largely devoted to slate Issues. Aa Mare Klatlnn la Peru. Lima. Peru. Oet. 1. via I-a redo Junc tion —There ha* heett no renewal of Dat ing In Lima to-day. aa the result of in* maretai regarding ihe purchase of arms In Belgium, and the allege.) use by For mer Minister of Finance Relaund* of gov ernment money for his private tranaac :tone, but tn all tha principal thorough fare*, excltsd groups have discussed the situation. T t ■ ■ Horse Sold to K hltaey. Lexington. Ky.. Oc. U—lt I* authorMs lively atated that Ballyhoo haa been sold by John E. Madden to William C. 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