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T ,f MORNING NEWS _ jp • Incorporated ISS# t’"-’ | h EffTILL. Frealdent. ALL LOOTING PEKIN elj|m ,l m ITV nn MORE ,„mi i.etkuv ijkafoiled. cnl y sacred city spared. rHK spoil-* f **' w * R F 'l'l- TO IIU l„r,H Oil RIFFRAFF. tl4r .ion*rlrm Omifil of Partlelpat ( in ihf Plunder—Silver Shoes (hr inlrlo Principally OUnreit for rmltf* Have Horn Madr h! *,,me —UrllMi Arr Ifrld Hru -l„rl T _ i Ar* Vnrli Gamin lion Hr. nltir I H Clrar |MW. j, . fence of th. Associated Pres# i jvk r > t 7 -The general consensu* of opirmi. the Amrriran ami Hiltlnh min IMW , i ciirrals l that seldom. If aver. )r ~,. sinmry of the world ban iny < Ity )r,f, re- ■ ompletely looted and gutted Iht „ j. k r>. and It In mainly due to ihe ~f Iren Chaffee and the Utilise p-rer* ia.elee. that the Baried City It r:f Ita? nut suffered the name fain [ n >„ i most of the members of the em hio.rr • heir fnmlllen and even the fit a ,,f„r!r. -oink that a great mtriuke vva ■ not lootna It and burning It to ,r.r t r. and They argue that If all the r . ~f I ihe merchants, banker*. pawn hfohrr* and even the houses of the very pr , hue looted and burned why Ihe-j'.d the property of fhone mainly re (j. i ill- he saved and held aacrol for tialr future use. selling Silver shoe*. ■ ■ -very-day sight to see soldiers, ramp fo i. wets and members of the r , -hi is following the Hrmy **llng h ...i - •• things, parti' uhtrlv me silver ,j,v. which were used as rush, valued I (Ml • Ilrteen. thirty and fifty do Hare g-mr-Urg to weight Hundred iloltar am-hr- were selling for five, hut now p h.i\e gone up. and silver shoes ure n i I r tno-thtrds at their value and -e- things accordingly. Te* proprietor of Pekin hotel has h i it I* stated, silver worth over a C a mlllloei dollar*. at •> cost of lew !hn fifty thousand. ■ Sikh soldiers have done a lot of tradlrs- in silver, buying from the- Rus le- firaply and selling at a profit. A t-n,-' -rreet Arab from New York has oil' t ear tLOrti with a capital of noih ** i-.pl unlimited cherk. and no scru -1,. < r.alever on the subject of his right Auction sales take place at the British >*t\on i very afternoon of looted goo Is tumid in by the traor*. but the prlres are high f: Itlng some limes more than th* Ingi ire usually aold for In the store* In normal times Ml Waker had In his possession a vaat ir-v nt of sniff, a large portion of which ’ hi- ten luken from looter*. Gen, Chaf fee has not yei decided with regard to Its j ■ on. but It probably will be sold j si sue-(on. American soldiers have not been olfl- , ell l\ i towed to loot, but only to forage, i > meins that parlies have gone out <i . over the American quarter and t> < i the things most needed by the such a hs'ddlng. furiilture fer eirri , etc. .Most of the sold.eis on the r i j Pekin threw away their blan l* r • m| ntner Impediments which ren te "i march under a burning sun un -I*l , ai night now they wou e| suffer fmni "id If Ihsy hnd noi been, allowed to <r- m lerr the necessary covering. It l* sell Imnan nature If the soldier boys k 1 .i liny should pick rotiee of ermine, f■,% skins and other warm furs b" - than those of a coarser and uglier •Res rune*. s " ■ the most persistent looters have ’.• i . missionaries Recently meeting ®" ei (tve lariloads of furs arsl on *ve ' -nilure. MuJ Waller asked the r ‘ ,- by what right he had taken c and to his astonishment, was I M they bail neen taken by perm'r ’ M*j Waller. H* Informed the ' rCat In was mistaken. as he " nw ’ "s' MaJ. Waller, and that he •io.ll aincate every Irit of It. ’’RUSK FOR IIAMIIUKI.L. kit t "tuliiet lltrrlna the siege Highly t unamended. 1/T Oct. 15.—A special dispatch le-m Pekin, dnled Oct. 11. say*: h ‘ American legation Id Hung sksl regret for the recent o ■ " 1 thanked the Americans for ' '■•! treatment of the Chine*, lie ' ' •< r.<iueM that n. < ali i lons lie '** rni in. Tsung-11-Y'amen Iwo days ' I m exclude Yung I.u from ■ned." aays Ihe Shanghai cor '■ 1 of ihe Times, wiring yeater ,lie Russians have seised the ' Railway at the terminus of ’* S ' in " and Kwan line This Is the first (an* have taken on the right Amur. The KUftMan outh> ""h-rii armies have Joined kj",' " 11 bg. north of Mukden, there. '' ill of Manehura easi of the '*■" ,n 'l a irortlon west of the 1 ' hand* of Rirwela." .l"ri- n In Time*, con m,. ’ ' Immatlc description of the '<•. 'kin. lie expresses the deep Hn-., ' al ' those confined in the t< u,. ' lo the "splendkl service* t. , "brl k O. ilnmewrll, head of r, . “ '-list mission iKNinl. to w hom U ,| J ' l"lgiilng and construction I-. rises, and who carrlesl out Ale; ' 1 e'ttntrabl# manner Sir Claude **• 1 .* * M, ntlon*." teyj the "valuable services" Vu lfcJ j Squler*. secretary of tne Waxu.' ’' s I'gallon The Times, com irJ.'. 'no ly upon Ur. Moir Ison's .Jr * v *’ k ; !'.*. "ory Juslltli s In I lie fnlle-t , M William's attitude to lot.. " ' hors Of the atrocities It 1 a reasonable doubt the re 7*n, ' ,h '' high officials and the Tk. , " 'ln.' ' 'I ■ "rrespondent of the 1 wiring Sniiirdny. describes K,. f tc!ißib, n ,_j n Kwang Tune. ;■ r " Phuan and the Yang le ti'r. r • 1 *' hlr h are antl-dynastl • tr un" v 1 I riao. I* successful In th* . r ' * ' " ' • rrsepondent. "ar.d h 1 Her V. ‘ ll* 4 * ovfr ll * Yang-tse re- T ->- 'e ''Y will by aided by Prince '•'Mm wJ* ‘ th# Moham 7k. , the northweat. " 'c itin. * troop*, an ordlng *'"■ K— , , >n * TtaHy Chronicle from l “'kl "i k. l '” l ’''•••'flay, have reeap “U, on Last river, where Sun Satiamuil) Mornimj Krtos. Vnt Brn. th# reform* r. Imu raU*l the fla*; and h** *a4t#r#o th* Th* titan<UM publiahH* mail from Tien Tain, tflvin* a lint of :a locu ni**ntp that *#r# m tm* > of th* viceroy Mfi#r th. .4|>tur# of th# ctly. Th> foil Hi#.* th** h4tid of th# corre .’*ponil#ntj* before th# mlittary authorltt## hfid ia#a thr >-am#n Th#n# tncluri* re for moitt y ||il to itox#r g#oer.l# for KupphiMi to th#lr trx>pit of #very kiml. r#iortfi of a’iion nnl Iltitu of caaualtt## •*rwl to g#r#ral# and th# fam- Ul# of th# Mlfod, all <*l#arly proving that th# authorltl* * nmlntalnetl the Box#r movement by invinh •'jn*#i;liture, whit to mi: im\Kr Tb# Qeeatlon I* Trinbllnji th** Far* rlanrra In i'rkln. (Corr#apond#nr# of th# A>*aoclat#il Prrw ) Pekin. R#pi. 11.—The great ijueptton now heard in Pekin 1* what In th# world going to To with C'hlna with n> many nations having conflicting Interest* und opinlona as to whkiit should h** don#? It Is also a mistaken Idea to supitose that the Chln#s# them solve* have t>e#n sertl*l with effec tually yet. but If Sir Robert Hart proves * true prophet, there will be a serious .iffalr b*for- lh b-ginning of November, by which time th# numerous hands march ing from th# south will have come to gether and he more or less under central control. There will probably be one bat tle with great lo** to the C'hlnes# before they realli# th# hopclessns* of further re sistance. Another great question often ak*d hers Is; Will China prove a gr at battleground on which will be fought out the supremacy of Russtn or Japan In this part of the world? Though the Japanese ha\V the. general sympathy her# as .gainst Rus sia. still nearly ail those who have lived long in China say that they trust that If th# department of Chi LI. In which Pekin Is situated. hn to he controlled by Ja panes* or Russians, that Russia will get it. Tho reason for this Is that the religions of Japan an*l Chino are much alike, and th# |ieopl•. If th*-y h.ul their queue cut off •md allowed th#ir hair to grow on the front of their heads, would not be dlntln gulshuttle from the Japan**se The ve>llow lerll would then become an assured re ality. for with th* modern ideas of the Japanese engniftel on the Chinese, with the wealth they could accumulate, the largest trained army In the world would be at their disposal and their navy would be equally powerful, and that, rorobiftad. the Chines# and Japanese wouM become the most powerful race on earth. I'OIJfV GROM IMi I A POFI L%n. bertiiSii Atannfarturer# Do Xnt Like the F. ft eel ou Vlll*lne#s. BerJn. Oct. I—Germany's China policy I# growing un|*ofular among the great manufacturers In West Germany, owing to the severe reaction in business, the af>- s*nce of orders and th# heavy fall In In dustrial shares. Most of the paper# discus# the "world empire.'* ihe expression used by Emperor Wiiitwm in III# speech at the laying of •he foundation stone of tha imi#*r!al mu seum at Haalberg. all denying that Ger many has ad) such Intention, as might seem lo have leen Implied The Vo#sl#v'he Zeitung says that th time has jstsred when mankind generally will tolerate the hegemony of a single !*ower. Th- Cologne Gaxette. the Na tional /fitting, the Ibrliner Tageblatt and tlM* Berliner Boat give utterance* to sim ilar sentiments. Referring to the actkxi of th# foreign envoy* In f'* -kin, the National Zeltung sa vs: "Th# envoy* have #f>oken. The next step Is to enforce their decision#." WITH A MIILL BHCORT. \itn Waldersee Doe# Not Know How Long He M'lll He In I'ekln. Tien Tsin. Oct. 14—via Hhanghnl. Oct. hV—Only a small esi-ort accompanbd Count von Waldersee and his staff, who lefi for Pekin at 5 o’clock ihl* morning. Th.* length of the Field Marshal's stay at the capital has not been determined, but h# expect* to return lo Tien Tsin before cold weather sets In. INwsibly he will make Shanghai his h#alquart#r* for th# winter, as It 1# underspmd that th# Ger mans 'lo not contemplate active operations after the winter ha# begun. Th# rapid fall of the Pel Ho Is causing th# allies to redouble their efforts to rush supplies to Pekin. DEFEATED IMPERIAL TROOP*. giddier# Dewrerated Foreign t.mr* ml Mere Decapitated. Shanghai. Oct. 14—From Canton It Is reported that the Kwang Si rebel# have d*f#a4ed the imperial troops on the bor der* of Kwang Tung and that Gen. Hu ~ha* rcsigm-d In con#*qu#n '# of his request for reinforcement# being ignored. Home Chinese soldiers desecrated the 4jemetery for foreigners at Nan flhlh Tu, near Canton, ami the viceroy had the of fender# dc. li;ttatcd and dismissed their commamier, PAO TI N4* Ft EAPEDITIOA. powers Are t mirentrullnx Milpa of Mar at *h#nghal. Home. Oct. 14 -According to a dispatch from T.iku to the Tribuna. tha 44Xi>#Jltlon to Poo Tin* Fu iim# to assure. In #dll tlon to th# chastisement of the Boxer chiefs, the exploititfcm of the railway*. It Is expected to last about forty day* The Italian cruiser Veeuvlo, th* dlsjoitch says, hah left Tabu for Shanghai "where th# Bower# are con- vnt rating numerous warships In vkw of poMible trouble." I oart'M I'rogrrM Delayed. ShanKhxl. Oct. 11 .-Th.- i-r-utr-fi* of the C*filtiw‘" court towurfi flln-Ku. the new h*' tM-cn .l.tajcl in c.nscqucncc of the presence of the ,uppoi>e<l Moham medan relict* In the province of Shen HI. Von Wl.lerec mred. Tien TMn. Oct 14.-Fle|. Marshal Couni von WaMeraee und hie ,tnfT started thl* mnrnUip for I’ekln 50 |slhl a OF M HRFIRF.R. Relief Grow* 1 hoi He I* to or hear Yew York. New York. Oct. 14.--No new, hue been received of the hiding place of William Sehreiber. Hhe defaulting bookkeeper of the E'.lsabeihport Bank Ail the noted rambling retort* aeroa* (he Ailanrlc are being watched, a* It U though' Bchr*l*r a love of betting naturally -'li !•* him to auch place* If he I* In Europe. The belief grow*, however, that he t* In or near New York. Detective* te-ely •- eured Pr*tdeni Heldrttter that they had clue* which showed that Brhrelber we* In New Jersey nol far from hi* old homo. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY. OCTOBER 15, 11MX). TIEN TSIN TEEMED city was onuirßnwnßn hy FOUrei OF THE POWER*. SCRAMBLE FOR STOREHOUSES. AMERICA** DID MOT OF.T THE HEAT OF THE DEAL. llrrman* n-mandrfi a Trarl of l.nml anil l.arar W arrknuin They Hail AllonrA thr Amrrlraa* to Car. Thu Arrr**ltatrl 'That thr Imrrt ran Hr hrattrrrtl— Amrriran < nr l>or*l Klllrd and \mtltier sol.ller Wnundrd h> n Frrnrh Sentry. (Corrr*|iondn<-e of the A**orU(ed Pre*.) Tlrn T*ln, China. Sept 17 —With thr general belief that thl* oily I* to be the military renter an l bare for the winter, all thr Power* arr now engaged In n gen eral wramblf for building* Anything 1 ha: ha* a roof I* now valuable, and every building In Ihe foreign ronrreslon* which thr bombardment left raptblet of repair* I* bring put in *hape for either barrack* or etorerooma , Thl* condition of affnlr* has madr Ihe *ltuallon here rathrr dedi-ate. and In erv eral Inelanre* there have been *ome sharp tnirrrhange* over Ihe jH>#*.-*Blon of prem l*e*. The Amerlran* have not got thr brat of th* deal. The foreign city of Tien T* n I* rum posed of the vartou* ronreeeion* of thr Power* and what U known loeaU.v n the "extra ronreaelon*,” lying lo the ftouthweet hriweert the Vlcioriu Gartlena and the mud wall aouih Thr Amer Tun conre**lon ua* •urreruVri’d eeveral year* ago. and In the present situation thr American* are keenly feeling It* lor*. The Kng.lsh and German conceseton* are prohahly greatest In area, the British, however, having more and larger building* than any other. leatleml the American*. There te to-day not an unoccupied build ing In Tien Thin, and ihe rowers are drawing the concession lines very closely. A was cabled the Associated Free* early In September, Ihe Americans were rom tielled to give tit* to the German* a larjce irart of land end several very liirge ware houses fiMed wyh commhaary supplies. The property was In the extra German concession and only occupied ui ler suf ferance. It was understood when the Ger man commader cosen ted to Its occupancy that It would be given up on demond. hut ihe demand has caused the American army officials no little embarrassment and inconvenience. A* a result the American force# are now eraitered. The Fifteenth Infantry, Col. Moale commanding, and a- Present senior Amerlran officer In Tien Tain la located in the buildings and com pound of the American M.-thodl-t mission. A quarter Of a mile further down the Taku road Is the camp of th# Third Artillery. In the compound of the property of Mr. Drew, an Amerl can The marine battalion la quartered In the building* In the British concession, the officer, occupying several bouses on Victoria Terrace. The commissary anil quartermaster depots are on the Bund, in the old Tien Tsin Hotel. Two I 5... >f Friction. 5 The presence of auch a large number of troops In cloee contiguity, the conflict ing cujatom* and national prejudice*, make Tien Tsin a very delicate and Intereating place Just at present. Thr whole atmos phere Is charged with the tenseness of local condl'lons, and the nicest diplomacy Is constantly bring called Into play to smooth over little eruptions and the fric tion natural to such rtrcumstanrrn Two rventa of thl* week, which were pregnant wMh possibilities, have been pleasantly adjusted and have left no ap parent trace of feeling. One was the kill ing of Corpl. Hughe* of Itattary D. Third Artillery, and the wounding of a private of the some battery by a French sentry. The whole affair was unfortunate, but an Investigation disclosed that (he sentry was not to blame, it appears that the Ameri cana were oul after dark and had been drinking They had been halted by a sen try on the French pontoon bridge, and disregarding hla challenge, they tried to rush him. (Jrte of the men fired hi* re volver. discharging four chambers, when the isiHry fired, killing Hughes He was attacked by the second American, whom he bayonet ted. Inflicting a slight wound The other Instance was a slight tilt be tween the British and Russian*. The for mer had posted a guard over a idle of wood and hoisted a British flag. A Rus sian guard, according to report, made an attempt to setae the wood, also hdating a flag and threatening to rut down th British roles*. Gen. Campbell happened to be on the scene at the time, unaccom panied. Seeing the gravity of the situa tion, he asked an American officer to as sist him. explaining that he feared the two guards, who were Indians of the Bengal Lancers, might precipitate trouble The American consented to remain while the General sought the Russian com mander Admiral Alexleff immediately re called the Russians, when Ihe matter was explained to him. and apologized for their action It I* reported oil the men were punished. COXDITIO* OF VOITSKV. ■•roaecwtlaa War Try In Reawme the Trial To-day. Georgetown. Ky.. Oil. 14.-The condition of Henry Youtsey la unchanged to-night. The general Impression Is that the prose cution avlll make a strong effort to have Ihe trial resumed to-morrow qn.es Felt Anxiety. London. Oct 14—The following an nouncement appear* to-day In the Court Circular ■ The Queen has been in some anxiety for a week, owing to the unsatisfactory accounts of the health of Empress Fred erick. Report* now. however, are fa vorable" , Krnpreaa Frederick Better. Kronhurg. Oct 14—The condition of powagsr Empress Frederick to-day it Danes Were Liberated. London. Oct U,—Th# Imareesßon of th* Princes# of Wale*, say* a dlapatch from Copenhagen to th# Dally Telegraph, ha* secured the liberation of aome Dane* who wsre compelled by the Boer* to light agatnet th* Brttteh and had been imprl* i ned at fUmonetown, Cape Colony ~ CAPTIVES WERE RESCUED. I apt. shield* anil III* Men Tnkrn From thr Filipino*—Thr Rew rite Farrr Hid It. Manila. Oct. IS.—C’apt. Deverrux Hhlcki*. who. with fifty-one men of Company F. Tw.nty-nlnth Regiment, Fnlted Slate. Volunteer Infantry, war capluted by the Insurgent* last month In the Island of Marlnduque, was recovered yesterday by the American rescue force, with all Ihe member* of hi* party WOULD NoTdISCUSS IT. • Individual Operator* Hutting on th# Hill 4 on* |m u Ire—4 onfrrpnct In Xrw Tnrk Looked for. Hasleton, Pi., Oct. H—The Individual ixxl operatorv who <XMild te ne*n her# o ky declined to llncui<ii the action tk n by Ihe anthrAclte mlnem' cunven ton gi K'rnton yenterday. Neither woubl lhoy i*ay wh.tt ateim the employer* would prob ably take. It In evident from their reticence th*t the Individual mine owner# are waiting to re* whoi the large coal-carrying rail road# that mine ooal will do. It t report ed In the coal region 10-ntgnt that th# president# of thene road* will hold a cDif ference In New York to-morrow for dls cunelon of the action of the convention. Then* wan a atory afloat to-day thl the operator# wMI accept the convention'* dec tel on. but nothing ha* come lo th# eur /ace in thl# region on which to baa# thl report. The min# worker#' oflMals *#y they are now again waiting on th# operators nnd that they will continue to t lom* up th# 'ollerle?i that have teen In oj>eratli>n wince the strike began, four weak# ag<* Ther# are many r#porte In circulation that If the strike continue* much longer. • break will tjccur In the rank# of th* Idle men lYeeldent Mitchell and his a#eociate#. however reaaaert their confldSHCS that the men. both union and non-union, will re main away from th# mine# until after the Mr Ik# 1# declared off There Is # fer prevalent In thl# reglofl that If #ome of the men do return to work trouble would probably art## through the effort# of the #tiik#r# to p*r#uale the men to remain on #trlke All the collier!## that are w*>rklng still remain heavily guarded. TERM* SUIT ACtKPYU). Seems Operator* Bo lot agree to the Strikers' Alternatives. Bhamokln. Pa . Oct. ll—The terms of ihe Scranton Convention are not accept able to operator* and representative* of coal-carrying companle* In thl* place and Mount Carmel. The Heading official* do not think the altding ca 4" will be abol ished by the company. whße operators are averse to idgntng a contract binding them to pay tha 10 per cent, increase un til April. No order* have been received a* yet from headquarter* of any companle* In structing superintendent* to resume work to-morrow. Miner* say they will not go to work until officially advised by Pres ident Mitchell. Mill Fay Heading Wage*. Shenandoah. Pa , Oct 14 —ln an Inter view with the representative of the A**n lal.d Press to-night D. R James senior liartner of th# Cambridge Coal Company, said lit# mmpnny ha* always paid Ihe same wagrs a* tgc Phlla.lelphla and Read ing Company and would be guided entire ly by the action of that company In rhe matter of accepting the term* agreed upon by the miner* at their Scranton conven tion. o ii IXTO AX OFKX XM'ITCM. Two Men Killed anil Three Kerloasly Mounded In n M reek. Chicago. Oct. 14 —An open switch ai Eighty-fifth street. South Chicago, believ ed to have lieen purposely misplaced, caused the death of two men. serlou* In Jury of three others and made wreckage of tha engine and forward part of the New York and Boston express train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southall road to-night. The engine waa demolished, and two mall and two express ear# Were piled up In a htap. hut the five pasaenger coaches directly behind the baggage car* did not leave the track and their occuoants es caped Injury. The train wa* running for ty-five miles an hour when it struck th switch. The victim* were: Dead: H J. Jerough. fireman of the train. !* years old. lived at Elkhart, tnd . caught under the wreckage of the engine and body cut In half, unidentified man. a tramp, who wa* stealing a ride cn the ftrat mail coach, body ground to piece* Injured: l,ewl* Reynold*, engineer of the express, live* at Elkhart, Ind , skull frac tured and Internal Injuries, probably fa tal; 1,. C nuttner, special officer of th? railway, left able bruised, not serious: Frank Morton, operator, employed by the railway, rut about the head, not serious. It I* believed that the wreck waa caused by some person* who had deliber ately broken the switch. Three lock* which are used to hold the switch In place had been broken and could not he found A dense fog that hung over the cky made It impossible for the engineer to see th# signals, and he hnj no warning of tha danger. CARHYIXG .'10.200 VOLTS. Great Electrical Feat Aeeompllsbeil by Henry Floy of Xrvr York. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. II—A remarkable aerie* of experiment* waa conducted here to-day by Henry Floy of New York, who successfully accomplished the feat of car rying 30.30 U volt* of electricity through an underground cable three miles long. The highest voltage heretofore attatn e j with this class of conductor was Jfi.Oli volt*, which wa* secured at Niagara Fall*, and electrical engineers have long been experimenting with a view to at talngtng a maximum of S.OP) volts Th* cable consists of three copper conductors, each about the at*e of an ordinary lead pencil, aach being Inclosed In a paper tube and tha whole encased in a lead sheet and diawn through vitrified clay conduits Th* cabl* I* a part of tha system by which <h* Oaa Lght and Powtr Com pany will utllfi* tb* water power at Ap ple Rlvor. Wl*.. the other twenty-four mile* of wtro being overhead Asa reeult of this experiment. Uiay will carry an average voltage of 24,'kn voits, furnishing horse power for lighting and power pur itwee. RESTED ON A FARM RO(MK\ BI.T TtMtR % OFF" FN4>%! 4 Itt>\\ Ok. THE CHANGE DIO HIM GOOD. FBBU %s UKI I. t# O* TIIF. FIRST Dll OF lilt. 4 IHlMliil^ lion V>tckln#on Wrote Hooe%rlf n mputhrllo Letter, 4 ondeiitnla* llr > nn for III# t pon Ihe Hrw \ ork erwor—lt•# elt Re plied. It e I fern f I iim III* tnwer | llryaa*# f'hnrae* Relative t the lew York lee Trust. Spring Ht.itton. Ky . Oct l4.~Mere. since early thl# morning, eighteen mile# from loeiltigton. Uov. Roo#evelt* #|*#' lal train hue re#t#*i on a Louisville and Naahvtl'.o sidetrack The (Witdhlate for Vice Freml dent* accompanied by lu*#tle Comb#, chair man of the Republican Htate Central Com inltlee. Mrs. Combs. Maj Mersey of Rough Rider fame, and Col Curtis Guild. Jr., spent the <loy at th# residence of A. J Alexander, situat'd in the center of a farm comprising 3.300 acres. Before leaving Louisville word was gi\ rn out that the iraln would pnx'ee<l at otic# to lexlnston, but a secret order di rected that It stop over Sunday In th# country to enable the Governor to recov er from th# fntlgue caused by hi# unus ually hard work of the last few days The rent brought about the desired phy sical brightening The Governor*# voice bos almost entirely lost Its huskiness, and he says he feels as well as on the flmt day of th# Early to morrow morning the spec!#! will leav# for lo## tngton arriving there at <5 a m To-night GOV Roosevelt ga\e out an oi>en letter to Don M Dickinson of Mich igan. In response to tha following from .Mr Dlcktnaon: Dickinson*# Letter. “Datrolt, Mich . Oct 11 My dear fllr Yecrfarday and today Mr Bryan Is speak ing In this state The pro-Hryan paper publish*" thl# morning, among other thlngg, the following report of his utter ances: " 'Ho talked a hour the trust In every town he M>oks In mx of these towns to day th* question wa* fired at Bryan by Republican* who a*ked him to explain about tho trust*. H? had an answer that made Ihe crowd guy the questioner every time. It was 'There I* a Republican governor and a Repuhlhhn legislature In New York, and what have they done io throttle the Ice trust? Answer me that But Ihen you know the Republican gov ernor of New York ha* not time u> bother with the tee truat. for ha Is too busy out hare telling you about It.' "The same charge wa* male by Mr llryan at length In N*bia*ka. and all 'he press of the country had your anower lo It. given. I think. In a *p##ch In the same state. Every reader of the pep rs knows of your action aa Governor In re aped to the lee trust and I am under the Impression also that you recommended the legialatlon under which such a true* mUh| be reached In New York Your frbnd •' Iron M Dickinson '■ "To Hon Tluodor* Kuo.,evc|i Terra Hatfit. Ind.” Gov. Roosevelt's reply, dated E'an* vllle. Ind.. Oct. I*. follow* Roosevelt's Reply. "Hon, Don M Dickinson. Detroit, Mach. My dear Hlr: I thank you very much for your letter of rhe llth Inatant When Mr Bryan taik* a* 1n the quotation contain*.! In your letter, he simply #ay* wh he either know# or ought to know to be with out the slight** foundation In fact He tnaj* a similar statement In Nebraska I Ihen answered him and asked htm In return whether he would pay the obliga tion# of the government In gold or In ll ver If elected. H never answered my question, but a* my statement was prim ed broadcast, he must have seen It a ret. therefore, he must knoat that there t* no warrant In fact for Ihe statement aa to the Ice truat. "In my mesas** to the New York leg islature I recommended certain action auout truat*. The l-sglsleiur* did no; act along the line I suggested. bu II did pas* a vary stringent anti-trust bin In troduced by a Democrat, and I signed It "The attorney general I* now proceed ing against th# Ice trust under this ntll Mr. froker and hi# fellow etoeknoUlera In the Ice trust, through their atiopiey*. are lighting us on technical legal points through every stage of th proceeding* Now. aa I say. Mr Bryan know* all this from my previous answer. He know* perfectly well that 1 cannot 'sup press the Ic# trust' In any manner save by due process of law. and that the at torney general Is proceeding against It under Ihe law and l* being hampered by the delays Inevitable in attacking a cor poration. well defended by able lawyers retained as I* natural when the corpora tion contain* stockholder* an wealthy aa Mr froker ami hl associate# Mr. Bryan knows that where the attorney general la undertaking these proceeding* I have absolutely nothing to do witfT them. He, therefore, knows that 1 have taken every step that can be possibly taken in tne matter. Under these <lrcumatancea It la unnecessary for me to comment upon hi* continual repetition of n statement which he must know has not (he slightest foun dation In fact. '"Whether the Ice Iruat can legally be dissolved Is a question which must he set tled hy the court*, and similarly It I* a question to be settled In accordance with law whether or not any of the Tammany bader* who hold stock In It are amena ble under th* law The Iruat Itself la certainly one that can be .aid to he a had trust, dealing as It doe* In an article of necessity for th* poor of New York f have no doubt, however, that most stockholder* have Invested tn It simply as they would Invest tn any pther corpora tion The striking point I* that among the heaviest of these lnetor# appear the Tammany Mryanlte leader*, who. In conjunction with Mr Bryan, are loudest In denouncing the trust* Hypocrisy could be carried no further than M has hea-n carried by these men. and their defend era. In the Tammany etal* convention In New York they actually denounced Ihe Ice trust In Iheir political capacity, while In their prlva'e capacity they were stockholder* In It and through their counael were doing every thing to pros'tnt Its dissolution hy the at torney general "Mr Bryan I* now going to N*w To k to be tha political guest of Mr C okar. th* Ire trust beneficiary H I* go'ng these io try and halo Mr. Croker get control *f th# state of New York and bring I* down to the level of Infamy to which Tammany government baa reduced the ot'.y of New York Again It seem* to roe ih#t this needs no turther comment than l Implied In the #tat tnent of th# facts "With hearty thinks for your klrdtws* 1 am faithfully yours. "Theodora R'oeevelt.** FINISHES IN OHIO TO DAY. llriNs W ill Then <•• (o >r# \ ork. 4'anilldnlc Spent Sunday i|lellyr m Ikms. Akron. O, Oct 14 William J Fry an. the lem tatli l*rsklential carulfctstc. spent the day very quietly lie woe th# guest of Judge tirnnt. and -isld# front going out to church in th# forenoon, h** X*tn.itt 1 in iM>r* all day He attended the West Congreg.iu. i<tl Church and henrtl a sermon by Rev. J I*. Davis, but there were no p>litt< l references In th# sermon, and Mr Bryan was allowed to come und go as any other visitor. Tomorrow Mr Itryun will continue his Ohio tour and will close It with • night meeting at Cleveland, ifter which he will l*f\K-e#d to New York During to-morrow #|s* -he# will lie made nt New l*hllNd#l pha. AllUiim #. NHea. Youngstown .us! LeavittNtrg. in allitlon to Cleveland Mr Bryan has fount his Ohio to ir comt*ar.ilively restful. H has nt been required In make so mmy sperclK’S a day. anl Pi most case* th# spiking stands have been In the Immediate vicinity of •he rallorad depots ll# ha# also been relieved of the constant presence of local commitl#e# on th*- ttaln The practice In msf suite* I# for committee* from each town at which Mr. Bryan Is scheduled to •to| to meet his train n hour or two !**- their town Is reach# 1 and rid** In wHh him The consequence t* that the train Is generally overcrowde-l. and Mr Hrvan’s time anl sirengrn overtax#'! In the Ohio tour h# committee has iM#n represented, but committees from th# varlou aiop|Hng places have not Ihe result being to gtv# th- national can didate far more uni# for rest and reading and the preparation of speeches than he usually ha* The good effect of sM this care Is seen In ihe physical condition of the candidate If# now bids fair to he In excellent shape when h# reaches New York. TMK XFtl SOR K ('HUGH 4MMR. Arrangement# Thnt Have Been Made for Bryan's Vial*. New York. Oc>. 14 -William J. Bryan 1* scheduled to arrive In thl# city, via the New York Central road, at 2:46 o'clock Tuemlay afternoon A committee will meet him. Including Adlal E. ftl*v*n*oii j ..lid Webster Davis. He will be taken to the Hoffman House, where suite* have been reserved Pinner with Mr. Bryan and Mr Btevenson a* the guaata of honor will bs served In the Moorish room at 4 o'clock At dinner there will he not mor than twenty-five persons. Intimate friend# of t’ol Bryan and Mr Htevenson The iNirfy will leave the hotel at * W P m In open carilagea. with a platoon of mounted police for escort, and go to Madison Hquare Garden Mr. Hianchfield and Menalor Mackey will go first too Coop er I'nlon, where they will nrak After hla Garden speech. Col llryan will speak from a stand at Madison avenue and Twenty-fourth .1 g-- 1 than In Tammany Hall and then at Cooper Colon Mr Btc venaon will follow Col. Bryan at each of Ihe places named. The Reception Committee will remain In charge of the distinguished gtu-sf* un til after the meetings and will Ihen turn them over to the Htate Committee. DKMOCII ITIt MEKTIXG*. Committee M ill M ork for Grand He eponsee on Ort. 117. Chicago. Oc-I. 14.—From ocean to ocean aisl from Great Lake* to Gulf. In every city, town ami village of Ihe country. l>cmo rath- metng will be held Oct. 77. and will he addressed hy the ablest .peak er* that the scope of this glg-nllc plan will permit Thl# was the scheme an nounced t>-lay by the Democratic Na tional Committee, which already has set In motion the pr'|aratlon# necessary for the consummation of auch a project In the consummation of this plan the ten* of thotieanrt* of eluhs alfillaied with or tn-mh<r of the National Association of Democratic flub* will be asked to lend their asstwame. 808 5 IX THE ICE ROX. Mllklns Determined That He Mould succeed In Hilling :*lmclf. New York. Oct ll.—Henry Wilkin*, a Nassau street saloon keeper, killed him self to-day. He wa* despondent over con tinued 111 heallh. Wilkin* left his home In Brooklyn In the morning after kissing hla wife several times. When he got to his saloon In this city h* telephoned an undertaker, telling him n friend of hf was dead and the un dertaker would probably gel the Job of burying him At noon he sent a bootblack with a note to Mrs. Mllklns. and follow ed thl* with another by a second boot black tp the undertaker. The two not te announced hi* sulelde and brought the wife and undertaker to the saloon Not being able to get In. the po lice were brought, and broke down the door. On the bar was a note which read "Body In the Ice box “ Mllklns was found dead In the big Ic* box tn the cellar. The ikor of It was shut llghl 'and gas fumes filled II The tiody hung hy n piece of clothesline and ?nro hook* were driven into a Joist overhead. A 4T.--allhrc revolver waa tied about hi# ehsat and a rubber hoae fasten ed to the gas fixture hung at hla side. The arrangement of the revolver showed great care and pain* It was faster* I with a place of clothllne. the strings of which hud been unwound and so fastened to th* weapon as to make it polM almost directly toward the man's heart A yard of twine, fastened to the trigger, had a loop In the other end of It. so as to make It iiosslble for M'llktn* to slip hi* foot into It and poll the trigger In that way, H* had evidently stood on a half-barrel nearby, adjusting the rope and the r* volver and hod turned on the gas and put th* end of the tube In his mouth He had then stepped off th# half-barrel. There was a bullet wound In his rhrst and two cartridge# In th# revolver had been discharged. -Q ■ t Galveston Aeknowledged. Galveston. Oct H— Hogan Sealy. treas urer of the Galveston relief fund, ac knowledged the receipt of eonirlhutlone from Oct 1 to Oot. 17, Inclusive, amount ing to SIM.U7 Thl* Include* lIK.QOO re ceived through Gov Sayers, and 171.421 received through Mayor Jones Amount previously acknowledged was 1711.412. mak log the total to date |97,59k, DAILY H A YEAR. 5 KNTt A COPY WEEKLY 2-TIMRM-A-WLKK.fi A YEAR TEN YEARS’ WAGES 4 4M|P%R %TIVF* fT%TF.MFVT Of* WH AT MFd HAVR E 4HARD, RATE IN 192 OCCUPATIONS. DATA AF.I t RED FROM IMIHOLL# OF* ID KATARLIfIIIMFATfI. inni Mm# 4it#• the B#la of |AO IV* (rnt.-Hiiiri In 4.01d Mere I tiew Higher Tlinii lrr In the History of the t uiiulr) •hup the l*re#eat 1 ear—Figures for l#lM and Unni Miiim 4 iiiohlersld# Increast* 4>ve* I HIM and I Washington. Oct 14.—-Hon. Oirroll D. Wright, of labor, has Is uad a bulletin giving a summary of d.at ns a previous puldlcalkm on "Trusts Aid In dus* rial f'ofnblh.lllr#u." Nhowlng the rat of wages In various o cuiNitiotu for a |H>rl#l extending Iwn k In n*i cases from ih- present year to IMSH. The data were secured directly from ths IMvrolls of • wialdlehin* nts In all section# of ihe *ountry The In forma I lon ctMfitaln ed |m r.ln# to l|K '-slabllshnirii's. repre senting twenty-six Industrie# dnd I*2 occu pation* Th-'- Items for which d.ita for the whole period were not given were ex clude'! from conshh-ratlon In the siimmaiy. All th* data Included, except those for mining, relate •* manufacturing irvlua trie#. the data r*laflv# to steam railroad# rind #tr*et rail wavs having l>een exclude#! from th" summary. Th‘ bulletin sava that while the data from which th# table of wage# wt# pr*|Ared l* not affonl tha loud# for a ntrlctly scientific calculation of relative wage", a careful examination of the figure# lead# IO the I# lief that they are fairly representative and undoubtedly approximate very closely the wctiial colb dttlims for the whole country. The summary shows as f* Hows the av erage of wages for the year*. IfWl being taken # a bast# ami represent In* 10U: Year. Relatßa Wage*. 1391 l*4> im bo. iwn *>*! usm **l itas •* xm •* 84 . .I*l-41 Th# bulletin concludes as fo.lows: It may be Stated that during the years In which the our*e of wag#* declined, the rate# of nan and IW2, in many in stance# remained UtgbiS>|cil, and In Ilka manner during tb# laat few years In whl#.i th# general •'ours# of wages has bean upward, tha wage# In these Instance# hava not. of eourw, responded to the general rise In othar inatatiev* the per tn*. of decrease woe notably larger during the years of depression. wchLle 'luring the laat two year* of th# period the re verse l# true, and .• much larger Increase reasily t'#>k place than that indicated oy the table. In other words, wages in somo install'es show but ifttt# fluctuation, while In other Instance* they are much more sensitive r#*i*nding qub-kly to gen eral conditions of depression ur activity. "The average condition or general level only la shown In th table and while, for the reason* stated, th# fluctuation# dur ing Ihe i>#rtod have nAt been so great as popular ofdnUat would Indicate, tha figure# for 1W ami Iflnti show a gratifying average Increase over tire <ondtflon of IX9I and 1*92. when wages In gold were higher than at any period In the history of tha country prlw to the present yaar." POPP. W< 1% IMMHI IIKtI.TH. itorrr Tell* nf III* Interview U ItK III?" Holy fftlhrr. fleneva. Ori. 14.—Mr llellamy Btorer. I'nllM Hitln mlnltirr to Mialn. In tha rtMiw of a conversation here to-day **- ffuriiliiK his recent Interview with th™ Poi>e, mM: "lieo appeared |o he In much Mer health than when 1 n* him two year* ago He la full of life anil haa lost non* of the Intercut he haa had from the flrat In matier* relatlnic to the church of Rome. "Blnce Archbishop treland'a vl*lt to the Vatican. It la dearly understood thero that the beat Inters* of the Romao Catholic Church demand American ru a In the Philippine* The Vntted Btatea an t the Catholic Church have the came alma there ami hope to work together tor elvll laallon, order and p*ce " Mr Btorer asserted that the Flllpjfta had made three attempt* to open neg>- ttatlona with the Vatican, all of which were refute and | UK WKT K CK.P* VKHV HI4T, rteaitr of Hrveraea Hr Haa Raw t p for the Rrttleh. Cape Town. Oct. H.—The Bore* are vary active In the Kroonatad district, Oen tie Wet ha* proclaimed that burgher* who refuae to tltcht wl.l be made prlaonera of Rrltlah mounted Infantry, aroutln* fro*a I.lndley. tin.l Capt. Wlltahlre killed, throitah mtataklntc party of forty Koera In khaki for frtenda. ftoer commandoes continually harraaand the Rrltlah column while marching from Undley to Kroonatad. The lloera captured a detachment of the Cheahlre regiment, which waa escorting an empty waaon near I’rank fort Thay re!eased the driver, hut kept the waaon. ••NATINFAI TIIHI 4I>V*IR. H Itchrrta Well Plraaed hr a Imlll huccea* of the Mrltlah. London. Oct. 14.—The war office haa re catved the follow In a from Lord Roberta, dated Pretoria. Huiurday, Oct. 13: •A aatlafactory little* affair occurrad near Frankfort Thursday. Col. Orova. with the Weal Kent*, surprised a Rosy l*r at dawn, killed aeven, woundad nine and captured eighteen " a - i INDIAN COTTON INDt NTHV. Output Was Nearly 111 Per Cant, Above the Average. London. Oct. U —An Interesting report upon tha Indian cotton industry Is pub lished this morning by tha Timas. It sh>wa that tha output of the mills In IMt -1900 was nearly ten per cent, stove the average for the five year# prevloua. Thu Time* think* the fact* given are "hardly likely to rallev* the gloom pervading Lan cashire."