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r T MORNING news I l*x • • InrorptrtM 19* V ' j jj eSTILU (’resident IfiVAN TO STUDENTS B E „. WORD IN INTERHIPTIMI IT II AC A MEETING. Lirlstudents were merry. [[ „l II Mt KINI.K) PICTI RK BK , ~HK THE IPBAKM. Lsrai-" ' , * Br •"•* ■ it,.- lirnarnilto ( and Mate— Hr I h*<l Heady * ,, " m ,nr Thrm *"• I ~! iml-Trnfl Wpereh Wilf at I tuhlirn _\iiarU on the ANltadr ol I iptce" 'hr Head of n Largr Cor ■ parall" 11 ' I s ~ . V. Y.. Oct. 19.—W J. Bryan. ■ ule standard-bearer. to-day ■ i?r! .,. .., nir Mcond encounter of th# ■ _ tJ . . "i h foliage students. It occur- K,,t . 1 end < h ‘‘ • lu * , * ,n,, ‘ were from ■7, oB y. i University. ■ , mi *<• not i*o exciting a* that ■ . ~r i-i-ir Mich.. for the reaeon that ■. men were not so persistent. H,, ~M rot work In such uniaon. hut ■. ~ .. |„- feature of tntereat which K). t,.t r.'tl. eoble nt Ann Arbor. Thl* . ; #rt Id pat tori of young women In K, A hundred or .more member* K |r . .... ...hr sex were stationed at wln- K. -he high school Just back and .tag* from which Mr. Bryan .i I they disturbed the proceed- Kga to a* great mi extent a* B-. by lowering poster* bearing a K,'":' ■ f President McKinley o a* to K;tt.i : ' attention of the crowd. Th* m *ho were below responded to Bsr.r *c :< with cries au-l yell*, and ink *1 numerouw question* while Ha* n>. h t u In progress. ■ E.lkmh too. a quite large percentage Biundents mi In sympathy with Mr krwn aid Mime of them shouted lustily Bor turn when hla repiten to the questions Bt h i' fiilowa were e*|>eclall.v to thetr Bkxc Mr. Bryan wa* generally voted B, ton met the ocraaion successfully. and ■feat lie did so wa* evinced by the fact ■ *t • t t. rruptlon* grew fewer and far ■*.*.* ;*,irt o* the efoeech proreeileil. ami B: la- . • ase.l altogether. I The -lay was rendered Interesting by a Bm. I meeting at Auburn, the hnnv- Btrtry hi* lifetime of Secretary ftrwa and Bed ay Mr Bryan's pointed r-ferenc# In Bs rj-< h there to the manager of an Im- Baru ;t manufacturing enlerpilae io at and Bt taat |olnt. which he eviiendy nund lod thou!:! have greater than local apptl- I > I Bpe*'!e* were alo made during the day p ' .nd and Bingham on and at a v r- ether smaller polnis. The day’s sunt r .i with a meeting at Rochester late 10-nigi The meetings of th# day were lot well attended and those at intu it m I Rlnghampton were esp ctal y U ;*<• Probably the Rlngh tmp.oti nieet- L. sac the moat enthuateatlc meeting V in.; day. In all Instances excepl'at the I*. .a of the Ithara meeting cloae at l>r.'.‘ was given to tne sysses-he*. student* Ashed 4)ue*lloun. It was evident from the* beginning of l> ii meeting tlmt the college slitd i hi to at leant relieve that meet fee (t in all charge* of monotony. Air fer was received with cheer# and fe -and !)*• was scarcely given tin op- K~' t v to express his appreciation of I'- * niti union he felt In lietng able to If .. ~ ih,. student#, when hue of them Irus in with the query: Hu* . sen North Carolina’" I'm,in responded to Inis question by M r.g i ' ome to that In a moment, but II will no; hide down there I will stop •** '■ fell you about tt. I will tell you ' 'i will examine the condition* r ,u t.y your administration for a Porto Itlro you will find that SS ' ->f the coloretl men of voting age "te In Porto Ittco under this ad he - it.nn's quallfl, utwins." 'fewer brought forth great ap u and Mr, Bryan continued: i do not want you to hold me responsl hat is done In North Carolina "> shirk restmnslhlllty for eha! President has done in Porto R'-e " felt on un then expressed a willingness r my question* that any student " * mi to a*Jt. provided his quesilon -I stand up and let him see him. **iine Itents on Truala. . r! * *''arct|y begun hi* discussion of t rii.• luestion whtn someone matle *n "" 'Ut the rotton hale trust Mr t n if . led to the effect that th cot r nipany owned a patent for tail tnd that It did tyit hale on** *f the cotton protfuced In this BOttuiry An Int," hr said, "men who howl i itt-nt that d->es not liale one 'f the cotton will vote for a ' tilows a salt trust to control 95 I ’’ "f the |t of the Unlteil Htates : w-k whether the man who wor the cotton hale and does not tt ,’’ 1 " and salt. Is Ignorant or dlshon- J p’led to this Inquiry Mr Bryan I, inteered io take up the Ice us don. Me said: 1,.,'.. ill atop long enough for the ' iri to ask hla question. I want that every dlrertor of that Republican. Why don'l you t i , " 'ut that? I want to t}l you • i error *if the state Is a He '! the lf the Governor and the ' 1 ■ i dt. th- Ir luty you would v. ,* '*>• lee trust In the atate of ■ i nrk •• Ihrs , ~ r-,, was an Interruption from the and O|V Ifctn the outskirts call -1 r Tok9rV* j| r n l 'irn#N| Phurply an 4 mM: •f v ' hsii* no Blot'll In th* lc Kag,. ' * h > you worritsl about n >° not afraid of Piattr* w# lhr l|arilon. c. t. not hla rrply ti tha r.a “ n,,f truat whon a youna #n ‘PrKare.l to hr a Biudent mala '-r , lhou * frw rojnavr of Bi!- ir.f ? fr °n> Mr. Bryan th follow* W;j] %n v J, * *tn<l to-day where v * u. ‘ lo i(an ,| b#fari ♦*! j* ‘ of Wall r i r V 1 and h ( .m for changing 'lUbi's ? . 1 Wsjl <tfr.d rnyaaif fer r.ot op;nicn. But lit me pro *ri°rSj£ Ji' m * VO ** Mr Hrv th% rih?J h * v * re P*id to you, air, nave to ask queationa. l*>ok n our platform aiM you will finl our toa>tk>n on rvery qiseatkm. You dar** m>t aißir >our* m a platform or on iho atump Our pl.itform preeent* our views on every question. Th- young man tneiated upon a further roaptAnaf and related several time?. "ArNwer. A newer.” Mr Mryan responded: ‘‘l have anaweaeds you. *|r. I cannot Kive you underatanding; 1 oan Bimpiy •five you an answer." \% Tner‘ \%ao qute an Iniermitßion of j iueßTlonr her**, ami Mr. Hr van was per mitted to go on with bln *|>ee<*h. He then criticised th**. action of th© President in the Porto Rican matter. McKinley Pnater llutia Oaf. ! wa * her** thnt the MoKinley itoster l -earti.g th** inecription. "McKinley was I right.” was lowered from a wimtow above Mr. Bryan's head, and then let fall to the ground. Seeing the pic*ure floating out into the air. an old gentleman in the crowd exclaimed: "That Is the way he will fall In No vein-* her.” , Mr Bryan took notice of the Incident. ••ring: ' I *l9 not ohjrct to that poster being put out. It say a that M-K.n.ev was right, but the question in, when was he right? lie has been on both sides of every question. Now , which side was he on when he was right?" Proceeding with Ms speech. Mr Bryan made an appeal especially directed to the college students, urging them to stand out against what h* denominated th* In dustry.t despotism of th* trusts. ll** also presented hfs well-known views concern ing rh** lncr**use of the army and the ac quisition of territory In the I*nclflc ocean. He proceeded for some time without any Interruption, but at last a young man standing In the audience, but separated from the mass of students In from of Mr Bryan, asked him for in explanation of his attitude tn the quitter of the ratifica tion of the Par's treaty. Mr Bryan replied: "You have asked me a question. I want to ask you one. I am going to an swer yours Will you answer mine? What Is your plan?" The young man ”J haven't got any. I ©m down here open to your conviction. You are talking to all of us. You came here espev'lally to convince us ” Mr Bryan: "Yes. and 1 am mighty glad I have found a man open to conviction and I hope you .ire not like the Scotch woman who said she woe open to convic tion. but added. 'I would like to see the man who ran convince me ' ” Mr Brvsn then made his customary ex planation of his reason for supporting the treaty, and from this time on proceeded to the ihl of hfs speech without further interruption*, saying. In ckwlng. that he did not want this nation to be a bully and a braggart, hut an arbiter and |>*a --mak er among the nations of the worMl. AVn-TltlsT MH.h. _______ Metcalfs Tfe-rul. Theme n 1 Bryan's Speech at Auhnrn. Ithqea. N. X.. Oct. 19,—Mr. Bryan reach ed Auburn at 9:30 o'clock ant rpok>* to several thousar.l pe-ple In Be aad Square. The aland from which he adlre'a-d Ms | audience was to 10-ated a to face the ironxe statue of tVlHtam H Reward, from ‘ whom the square takes Its home. Iburlns his speech Mr. Bryan m:de Inci dental refence to Mr Seward, but he < td so while speaklnir of a pres, nk re-klent of the city named Metcalf, who Is the hotd of a large agricultural Implement manu facturing company locat-d at this place. Referring to Mr. Metcalf Mr. Bryan sail: “I have had my attention railed to the fact that you have here a ureal manu facturing plant and that at the heed of It stand* a man by the name of M< tea f Mr. Metcalf la reported In your Repub lican paper as saying that In the event of my election the plant will In- cb * and. I want to tell you that to-day ibo argu ment of the Republican parly at based on human rights, but It is ■ ased m re ly on commercialism and on business. "There.", he said, pointing to the sta tue of Reward, "siands the statue of tea greatest man your city ;>roduced until Mr Mhtealf arose, and there Is the llnaer pointing upword. acd 1 b I eve on the base you will find the Ins rlptlon, 'Tnae I t# no higher law.' "Now when our good friend who stands at the head of this great manufacturing : concern Is calie.l to his fathers, I pro pose tlmt you erect a statue of him near by and have hts Huger pointing downward and have It ry 'There 1* n lower law ' l.lncoln *fed that the Republican i—rty believed in the man and tin- dollar, hut I In case of conflict 1* believed In the man 1 before the dollar. To-day the Republican party believe In the dollar first and the | man afterwards. If at all. and to-day I when you confront the Republican party ] with the charge that It l abandoning the Declaration of Independence, with tlm I charge that tt 1* destroying the foun- I datlon Of free government, with the charge that Is It disregarding the doctrines that governments derive their Just powers from th.- consent of the governed, whai Is their answer? It 1" thlg: 'lf you dure to vole the Democratic ticket and manifest an n ! terst In the old principle*, we will close I down our factories and destroy your | town ’ " It Is nn tfelil Trick. I-ater on in his speech Mr. Bryan re verie.! to Mr. Metcalf and his Institution, saving: "This Arm In your city threatens tovlose ' its factory. That Is on old trick They made th* thr.wl In 1M( and ye. after the j election ninny that had threatened to close the mills If I fevas elected, cut .town 1 wage* and made their men suffer after I Mr McKinley watt elected I- "If this company tells you that It ean | not do business under a Democratic *d | ministration. I want you to remember that we will have Just as nanny farmers here j until r a Democratic a.hnlnlsiratlon. ns ' we have under n Republican administra tion. nnd they will have to use ugrlcul lural implement* nnd somebody will have to make them. *nd If there men tell you that they are going to it other people do the work and make the Implement* fot the farmers because they won't do work mister Democratic administration. I want vou to rend their charter rind se If you And In It anything tha: atithorlxes them to do business under a Republican administration, but forbids them dalng I business under a Democratic admlnlatrJ tlon " (entering then upon the discussion of | the general trust qu-#tlon Mr. Bryan .al l "I believe the tlm< has come when t-e corporation should he comt ‘lied to kee. Its hands out of pollt'c* an I to nt end o It* own business for which It wa* organ lxe.l 1 am not willing that the Independ ence of the cltltcna shout) b' dritr,)- and and If It It right for thl eomp.ny to coer,-# Its employes tt mu t b o. fie theory thtt a man who tar,ds at the h ad of a corperatton has a right to the vot * of Its employes, and If he ha* lwn let u* have a law enabling Mr M 'calf to vote as many times as he ha* employ**. on Fifth I’aga.) SAVANNAH, GA„, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1000. HISSES FOR HANNA LHICOLJf PBOrLB UIBirTED Hl* T%I.K UF HH V AM* SAID BRYAN SLANDERED HIM. ui.norH mr candidatc hot iit, Tu lit: i'cMtrULK. • Hanna Made That leclaratlon High I at Bryan's Untilc HcpuliHcnn Chairman term Hunt tu the itulrk by llryaa'a llrtrrrarr to Hln-Dralrl the Charge That thr llepubllcana W until Seek to Huy ! lutes—llanua lard sharp Words. Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 19 —"A man. who j knowingly or unknowingly, will circulate i e.anders about another man la not lit to be a constable." aald Senator Hanna In hla speech at the Oliver House In Lin- j coin tonight, referring to William J. ! Bryan. In the speech, which waa one of the longeat delivered on hie present lour, Ben nior Hanna bitterly denounced Mr Bryan . for what he termed "hla attempts to slander me in my own state." This Is Mr. Itryan'e home town, and the speech ‘ of Senator Hanna was received with mingled cheers a net hisses. Senator Hanna referred to the charges which Mr. Hanna said had been recently made.by Mr l!ry.m that thr Republican campaign mnnuger* had entered upon ex- j tensive systems o' bribery In order to re- ! cure the election\>f the Republican ticket. "In regard to that statement," aald Senator Hanna, "before an audience In j Lincoln, I want to hurl It back In his teeth ami tell him It Is as false as hell When It comes down to personalities I am willing to aland before the American peo ple, on my record as a buslnesa man and let htm aland on his. I have been In business forty years; I am employing 6.000 men. pay the highest wage*, treat them like men and they all respect me. and when Mr. Bryan or any other man charges upon me—nd I am willing to appropriate It all. as I am chairman of the board of manager* of thU Republican campaign— any such methods as those. 1 propose, as I said, to hurl It back and denounce him as a demagogue-gn his own town." The ••Labor t rosher" I barge. Ben a tor Hanna then referred to Mr. Bryan's alleged reference to him as a “labor cruaher," ma le first during bit senatorial campaign in IW7, and con tinued: "I want to remind every man that man. who. In a contest sell I drag an hon- I orable name Into the mire for the sake ! of making votes, le not worthy to be con sidered for the high office of President of the United State*. And I believe that there are thousands of people In tho stats of Nebraska who resent It as an Insult to their Intelligence, and their ideas of fair play, and Justice; because when a man has the opportunity through j newspapers or from the public rostrum j to make too trifling to be | denied. and t hose charges go undented, and enter into the nvin<k< of she. people whom tho man so charged lias no opportunity to see. I say any man who will use those tactics to further hts own selfish ambition la not At to be a consta ble." GHF.IT DAY AT CHIHI.ETOW!I. ThnuKmMl Galltfrrd to Hear Gov. Hnotovolt Speak. CtarMmrn, W. Va.. Oct. IS.—Thl ha* been, politically speaking. the ifrea<ot day ln*the history of thl* city for years. Early train* anvl steamer* brought hundred* of people to hear Oov. Itoosevelt. From sec tion* of the contiguous territory where no other conveyance could be had. the people came to town afoot, on horseback and In country road wagon*. Women and children were largely In cvldertc* and they "cami>ed out” until nearly a thou sand horse* and probably twice as many men on foot began to move. Oov. Itoosevelt referred to Mr. Bryan's connection* with men who are hi* advis er*. and who aro dlre.tly Interested In trust*. He further referred to Mr. Rryan In hi* New York trip a* teaching fallacies, and David It. Hill came In for a touch-up on hi* connection with corporation* and j trusts. He sakl, after further referring to j trusts, that the Republican |*irty had made promises relative to the matter of trust* and would keep it* promise*. "81* year* ago.” he aid. there sit free soup, "and now elecl Rryan and you can have free soup with free sliver." He claimed that not one of Rryan'a prophecies made four years ago had come true. "Do not surrender." said Oov. Roose velt. "what you have, for that you know nothing of. Look back four year* and see what we had The former*, miners and business men are now together and are prosperous. We appeal not only to Republican*, hut all.” (Sen. Joe Wheeler was praised. The speaker uppealul to both the old and young men to remember the flag amt smn.l by the party that upheld It. and hold It a sacred emblem of the nation. PLOT AUAIViT THE (TAR. Preparation* Were Made to Wreck the llnyal Train. London. Oct. lA—The Heba.lopol cor respondent of the Dally Telegraph send* detail* of an alleged plot about a month ago against Hie life of Emperor Nichols*. It apt ear* that about a fortnight before the Csar and Caartna began their journey j to the Crimea, a student at Moscow Uni- | vr. rally, non of a post captain of the Black j Sea fleet, we* arrested for digging In a 'iiplctou manner In the vlcnlty of the railway tunnel near Febattcpol. The police after the arrest found a large quantity of explosives deposited where they would have Inevitably wrecked the tunnel when the Imp rial train was pas sing The correspondent asy* there are certain ndlceflon* that the plot wa one of those concocted by the Bread group of anarchists. OPERATORS ARE BALKING. Indications Are That strlklna Miners Will Not Return to Work Monday ns IC.perted. Scranton. Pa.. Oct 19.—1 tls a practical certainty that the miner* will not be back to work next Monday, a* was exp<e*d from the action of th# Phl'oddph a con ference of operator* on Tuesday and Wd netslay and tlie Ik-rantiHi yesterday flume of the biggest of the local com panies are bulking at the agreement to continue the 10 per cent. <ytcr In focee until April 1, 1901. as is demanded by the resolutions of the miners' convention. They were all willing enough yestetday to amend their notice* to conform to thl. demand, but to-day they seem to have un derxune a change of heart ar.d only cne operator of any protnitv tv e would say outright that he would make the m dl flcation They eay It would he humiliat ing for them to come out with an amend ment to their notices. As one pr< nSm nl operator put It: "The mrslitlcailon would serve but one purpose and that Is to aratlfy a whim of John Mltchall. We don't propose to waste any energy bowing and sera pin* to Mr Mitchell." The Connell Coal Company I* th* only one to send out *he amendment to th* no tice. No other company souk! even ad mit that tt Intended to do so. WATTERS AT A STANDSTILL. ( nderldeit as tn W bat W ill He Done About Ponder Grlevssee. llosleton. Pa., Oct. 19.—A* far as the [ United Mine Workers officials are con cerned mutters are at a standstill In the anthracite miners contest with the opera | tors. There was nothing new In the sltua | tlon to-day, and President Mitchell still | refuses to talk. Much disappointment was *xprersed in this region to-day because an enrly ending of the strike was prevented by reason of the powdi r grievance What will he don with this question Is difficult to forecast, and It Is believed the United Mine Work ers' officials have not yet doAnifely de cided what they will da. STEEL MAGNATI IN DANGER. Morris Arrested for an Alleged At tempt I pun tlie Life of Million aire John W. Cates. Chicago, Oct. 19—8. 1. Morris was ar rested this evening for an alleged attempt upon the life of John W. Gates, ex-presi dent of tho American Steel and Wire Company. When eearched at the polk-e station two large revolver# were found concealed in hla pocket*. It Is asserted that Morris de signs upon the life of W. J. BffflWSn gen- I era I manager of the Kansas City and ; .Southern Railroad, whom Morris. It I* al ; leged. had enticed to thl# city by means of a telegram purporting to have been signed by Hates, hut which he htnuo-lfhad sent. Manager Brimson arrived hi the Grand Pacific Hotel to-day In accordance with the appointment made tn the tele gram. Failing to Amt Mr Oates he called upon him in his office In the Rookery | building. After a hasty consultation the two met: d*ctd> that Morris originated the scheme both having received threatening letters from him. Morrln was captured near the offices of the Illinois Steel Company In the Rook ery btiiktlng. He woe formerly In thf employ of Gates snd maintain* that the latter owes him MG.MiI. Tenant* of the Rookery are said lo have overheard the prisoner making threats to kill Mr. Gates When taken Into the chief of detective* office. Mor ris coukl apparently give no Intelligible explanation of the affair, and refused te assign any reason for being in poaseeskrn of the two revolver*. Mr Gate* |* a multi-millionaire nnd returned but short time since from Eu rope. where he spent the eummer. IJKMOt It AT* OF HAW All. They Want No Wore knasr Country Acquired by I tilled Slates. (Correspondence of the Associates! press.) Honolulu. Oct. U, via Han Francisco. Oct 19 —The Democratic party a<loptrd a iftatform at Its convention lust Mon day night. In which the national ticket and platform are Indorsed. The local pl.itform declared uxalnst the arquUltton of any more sugar producing territory to the United States An nppilratlon for a pension for ex- Queen Uluokalani by the next Is-glela ture was favored The payment of Just claim* arising from the Are in Chinatown during the bubonic siege was advocated. s'rlnee Knwansnakoa has been unan imously nominated for the uncxnlred term of the Flfty,st*th. and the full term of the Fifty-seventh Congresses by the Dem ocratic Convention. Yffel TNKI • t ASF W ITH JURY. It AA'III Not Report to I nun | all! This Morning. Georgetown. Ky.. Oct iS —There will he no verdict tn the Youtsey case to-nl"ht When court met at MJb> o'clock to-night the case was formally submitted to the Jury. The Judge toid th<m they could use their own pleasure ahout considering the case to-night or to-morrow morning. They decided to take the patters to their rooms to-night and report at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning, and they were sent out with that understanding Youtaey’s condition to-night Is better than yesterday He ha* taken nourish ment to-day without trouble and physl cians say hts temperature, pulse and ren plratlon arc normal. CARTER RKFt si'.* TO TALK. Me Wanted the AVrlt Made Return able at St. Paul. Leavenworth. Kan., Oct. 19—Cant. O. M. Carter, for whom a writ of habeas corpus issued yesterday, was made re turns'.!.' to the fedeiel court here on Oat . refuses to talk about hi* line of action until he shall have had a conference with his attorneys, who will tee him Sunday. It Is believed Carter Is disappointed In that the writ wa* not made returnable at Ht Paul a* petitioned In that can* he would have had his freedom for a few days in ** of a ootitlrmaU'.n. ANXIOUS TO BEGIN miXBR \\ AST TO START THR UK GOTI4TIOAS TO-DAY. CONGER HAS INSTRUCTIONS. •IE CAN raodUUI AS BOON AN HE DEEMS IT PROPER. < bines* Tender Recently Alude I* Not Deemed SuAlclent—l.nek nf t.uarnn tees ns la Safety of American., Aliened Punishment nf Tuan Is In Doubt—turner tn Emperor's Note nf Thanks—The Attack nn Pan Ting Fa. Washington. Oct. 19 -The Chinese gov ernment hn# made a request upon 8* '- rotary diav that negotiations begin to morrow at Pekin, looking to a settlement of the Chtneec question It is sakl at the Btnte Department that Sir Conger's Instructions are sufficient In breadth to enable him to proceed with negvdlatlon* to-morrow without further orders from the department. However. a the Chinese counter pro posals received yeeterdoy through Mr. Conger appear to warrant further Instru'- tiona from the President nnd Secretary Hay. Mr. Conger was wired to-day nn outline of the course he Is to pursue In furtherance of the plans already commit ted to hla care. For obvious reasons Ihe fltate Depart ment ha* decided not to make public th text of throe supplementary Instructions But It may i>e elan.l that our government doro not rrxafd the Chinese leister nt sufficient to meet the neeeasltles of the ease. It is not Indicated In what respcc: they fall short The Chinese agree, ac cording to their note, to express rexret. admit llabliltlee for nnd yield anything In the way of treaties'. In con sideration of the withdrawal of the troops and an armistice. It Is Inferred that our objection Is based on a lack of guarantees for the present safety of American clllxens. atul the lega tion In Chita as well as for the protec tion of missionary and trade Interests in the future. It cannot be gathered that the matter of the sufficiency of the pun ishment* to he meld nut to the Chinese offending officials enters Into this objec tion. The alleged edict setting out the punish ments allottd to Prince Tusn and his fel low conspirators te surrounded with biht. Mr. Conger ha* advised the fltate Depart ment that the authenticity of th* edict fe* called in ipc - iut> In Pekin, hut no where ha* tha male Department been able lo secure any official statement as to tffS character of the diet. The fltate Department has eo far mad* no answer to the Chinese proposal and. a* already Indlcatd, will return thl* prob ably through Mr Conger. KAA ANG MM 'S MITE OF THANKS. President's Rep|. |ve# F-mperor Pointed Sngaestlons. Washington. Oct 1.-Thc mes-age of the Chinese Emperor to the Prrsllent urgltur esrly negatin'lnn* for a s ttle trwnt and the President's reply thetel.t were made public to-day aa fol'ows (Handed to the President by Ml-later Wit. Oct. 17. 190 m > The following telegraphic Imperial let ter dated Oct. It 190. forwarded by th privy council from Tung Kuan (in 8 en HI and retransmitted from Hnanghsl I y Director Genernl Sbeng under data of 0.-t 111 has been received by Minister AA'u: The Emperor of the T t Tslnt K rplre to Ills Excellency tl>e President <>4 the Unlt.l Stales, greeting: W* are extremely grateful to your ex cellency for taking Ihe initiative In the withdrawal of troops tfrom Peklni and for consenting In the Interest of friendly relations, to use your kindly offices be tween China and the friendly Power* who have been offended on account of the re cent unexpected uprising In China We therefore especially delegate our en voy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary. Wu Ting Fang, to personally de liver this tebgraphic letter to your ex cellency conveying our sincere express ion of thanks. We beg that your excellency. | n the In terest of peace and International good re lation*. will exert your friendly Intluenre with the other Powers toward* the rum plete Vffacement of all 111 f*cling, and the speedy determination on their part to negotiate for a peaceful settlemnt For tills we shall feel unbounded gratitude to wards your excellency, shun good office* we are now earnestly beseeching The President's Reply. (Communicated to Minister Wu for transmission Oct. 19, 19>K I Washington. Oct. 11. !W(l llls Majesty. Kwang Hsu. Emperor of Chins, Greeting: It has afforded me much pleasure to re ceive your Imp'-rhil Majesty's tele graphic letter of Oct. It. whPh has been delivered by you Majesty’s minister In Washington. I cordially share your Majesty's w'ah that there may he a peaceful aettierff-nt of all question# between China and the Powers whose Interests snd national* have so grievously suffered wrong tn your Majesty's dominion*, and that the out come may be the complete effacement of 111 feeling between them. The desire of Iht# government that sueh a settlement may be brought about speedily has been made known to all the powers and I trust that negotiations mev begin so soon as we and the other offended government# shall be effectively satlsArd of your Maj esty's ability and power to treat with Just et#rnne*a (he principal offenders who are doubly culpable, not alone towards the foreigners, but towards your Majesty, un der whoa* rule the purpose of China to dwell In concord with the world ha* hitherto found expresrion In the welcome end protection assured to stronger* William McKinley. AI.I.IE* ENTER PAO TING FT. Imperial Soldier* Captured isii Their Arm* Takes. Tien Teln, Oct. 19 —Relish!* unofflctil reports say the advance guard of th# ai ded force* entered Pao Ting Fu. Oct 17 The city, tt t* added was practically de serted nnd offered no resistance. Th# British column capture.) seventeen imperial soldier# at We Nan (Hen. Oct. 40, who were part of the force of (be ; 2,444 met! sent to disperse the Boxer* In that region The captives aeuert that | they killed 2t> Boxer*, and were return ; lug to Pa Chow when they were flr*d ! upon and dispersed by the French. The nrltlsh confiscated their arms and horse* atut reiejsnl th* Imperial sol diers. Huiui#m report thof many Chin©*© r' r©turntiiir to Ih© villa*©* in Ih© path ul th© G©nnnit French column. TMK I*AO TlXi rt RXPKOITIOY, <>•*■©•© Cavalry K ©treated Beforr II rl iI % h Uhnnrc. In4on. Oct. 19 Th© H©cr©tary of fltat© i for IndliL, Lord <l©or*© II itniMon, haa re* ralvad th© following from MtJ. Oen. i'umpMl: "Wang Chin Fou. CVt. IC—Arrived h©r© without o|f>o*tt)nn Two thousand Chinee© onvnlry rrtr©at*d nouthward* Lieut. King aent with a communication to French genera! officer, left Me .Nan Helen nt 2 p m. yentonlay nnd her** at f* p. m. to-diiy wtoti orders, having gone ♦‘ighty mil.** on on© horn© "One©lt*© i at Hung Lin Tien nix mile© nouthwnrd* of Che© dlow. "Th© Chin©n© rrgulnr* are retiring. "Th© local government* appear to b© trying to auppien* the Boxer*. Thirteen h'od* of Boxer* were hanging from Ihr got© of Che© Chow when w© entered ” Th© for©going dt|at©h relate* to th© Pao Ting Fu expedition. WILL SAMI-: Till* LOMMTIOM. Diplomat* In l*©kln Will Inform Far! 1.1 anil l*rtn©e China. Berlin, Oct. 19 A netnl-official not© an *©rta Unit th* diplomatic body at l'©kln will collectively acquaint l.i Hung ('hang and Brine© Chlng with th© cmdltlon* on which th© Power* will negotiate for i©oc© A •ilp|satrh received her© from Hhanghnl mv* Kang Yl. who wan ©trongly antl-for* Igtt and preaident of <h© hoard of war. is reported to have committd nulclie. Defeat of t hlara© Hehola, Hong Kong. Oct. 19 —The uilMarv man* •tartn at Han Chun reporta that Admiral Ho haa defeated the rebel*, killing one hundred of them and driving <the aur* vlvor* Into h© northeaat river. Victor* for Frearh Troop*. I*>ndoiv Oct. 19.-dA *|i©rlal diapatch r© celvert her© tn*tav from Shanghai, any* that a thousand French tn*>p* have taken T© Chow. *• th© northern border of Shan Tung province. tlnnehn ll>aM*f> Denounced. Shanghai. Oct 19. —Hun Yat H©n. the re former. and other ao-called r©beJ* have ImuM a m>nlf©eto to the local mandarin* of the Yarnc-t*© valley, denouncing the gro*e ml ©government of th© Mannhu Ay* iia*ty and promhqng not to iiHorfere with th© native converts DHlim It ©turn to Peltla. Tien Tsln. Oct 19—11 Dafllerg. Ruaalan to China, left Tien Tain for Pe* kin yesterday. COMPHOWtMC |t KIPR(TKD. Kentucky Mar Moon lla%e a Am Flection I'M©. % Frankfort. Ky.. Oct 19 —The Conference (‘ommttte© which hn* been onalderlng the disagreement betwen the two house© of th© legislature and which haa been una ble for several day* pan: to reach an agreement, agreed upon n report to-day which foreshadow* the |**ag© of an ©lection law thl* week A compromise substitute offered by Ih© antWtoehel Dem ocrats wa* adopted by Ihe Conference 'omm ?te© by a vote of Id to 4. and it I* nearly certain th* Mil will now pass. Th# hill gives the Republican* control of coun ty cl*ct|on Imarda In Itepuhlh'an counties and the Democrat* control In FAemocratlc counties. The pew law will not apply to • he November election, COTTOA IK ttIORRAN COMINIICft. Tuskegc© (iraduNln CfiKaitnl to ln trodoec If. Tuakegee. Ala , Oct. 19.—Three grad uates of the Tuakege© Normal and Indus trial Institute at this place, who have *#©i engaged by the Herman government to go to th© Merman colony In Weatern Africa fo? Introducing the raising of rot *on there, will sail from New York. Nov 3 They wlil carry with them a full out fit for cotton raising. Including cotton ©•■••d. plow*, cotton gin*, wagon* and car pentry tool* Two of the gr.iduulea are from th©tagricu)tura! department, and on© from the mechanical department IIHIT9WVI HAD HI.KVW KILLPSD. A Warm Fight With Boers la W'Mrli l.oa*©* Were Heavy. London. Oct. 19.—Lord Robena report* from Bretorla Oct. II aa follows: "A party of Boer* got Info Jagersfon reln on the nigh* of Oct. I<4 and a fight ©nrued In the inornmts Our loss wa* ©lev ©n killed Te ffcjer*' loa* Included fhelr ommandnnt and twenty killed "Kelly-Kenny dlpputched a column un der Hughes Ha!left, which should reach Jagersfontein tn-day " KRICiKR FFAHF-D Till. ROKfll. Was keeretly l*t oa Board Dateli t rnf*rr tfelderlaid. Ix>ren*r Marqueg. Oct 19 Mr Krugar wa* secretly taken at 5 o'clock this morn. Ing on board th© Dutch cruiser O* ldr land. on whkh vessel he la to sail for Hol land. i j The raaaon given for Mr. Kruger's em would attack him Th* feeling of the refugees against Mr. Kruger for fledng from the country la very string He left th© Governor s hot!*© in © hired carriage accompanied by Dr. Haymann. tha Oov ernor fliowlng In a pr.vate carriage The |mrt y (Vova through the cuatotn h hm© and embarked from the customs per In stead of from the tss©ng©r jetty, it is reported that th© cruiser will ©all to-mor row. Brltlah to Let Bolling Mock. Lorenso Marques. Oct. 19 —The local railroad authorities have been instructed to hand over to the British all the rolling stock of The Netherlands Railroad. Dahlia May Honor Kroger. Dubl.n. Oct. 19—John J. Clancy haa given notice that he will move at the nexi meeting of the ''orporatlon tha,t the free dom of the city b© conferred upon ca l’resident Kruger, DAILY, h A Y FAR & CKNTI A CODY WRKKLY J TIMFB-A-WKKK.iI A YKAR CHURCH FEELS SAFE. POPS ri.LWRD W ITH %TTITt DFs or I N I I I .11 BTATBML EXPRESSED SATISFACTION. CAHDIRAL9 H All POLL % AM) OOTTt AUllPsi: W ITH HIM. They lleallae Thai lti-re %re Dim - raltle* of lletull Due t a Mat© of War in the I'bll Ipplne*. but Have ( oadtlettee In the American spirit of Jn*tlt*e AreliblMhop Inlanu Talk* ul I oiiililluit* tn ( ulm anil th# I'l.lli|>pi ■■■ .. N#w York. (feel. 19 —Arrhblsbt> !r#!an<t. in <-onv*r*utl*tn lu-.lny uun-tilux Ih* s*n llni'-i]l nt Hum# lowafts th# Uatbolto (’hurWi in Ih# t’tilltppinro and In Cuba, rw markral (lm< b* full quit# willing lo r#- p#*t what waa r#>#ivly said to him In Korn* on this aubj#ot. ll# u.i.J h# itkl no th# mor# rnullli h##aus# th* umlnunt |M-rsonax#s with whom h# ha<l th# honor of ronv#rslnc on th* mattrr. showsj th#m#lv#s to Ih- In no way uns lll iuk :o have Hi* aiatrnirnt* inu-t# by them oe iom# puMlr. Th# ArvhMahop said: "In on# of th# au<ll#nr#. which hu gra ciously gruntcl me. th# Uop# sakl: '\V# ar# a-#il pi.-.t*.| with th# i*iaiion# of th# American government loth* church tn Cuba mill th# I‘hlllpplim l.lniat*. Th# American Ki>v#rtim#nt xlv** proof of good will uml exhibit* In Its acts a |itrl of Jusllc* anil of rciqv fin- th# lilwrly nrul right* of ih# church. Th,* reports w,- r#- *#lv# from Irlnhop* iiiml <ith#ra Imlirwt* tht*. Dlftk ultl#* of tl- ial! occur as a con, sequence of w.,r anil of iiusututn of (-,ni plcxlona. But w,* uful#rstnn,l such thing*. feV# hav# confidence in ih** Intclhgciic# am) th# spirit of Justin# of th# American gov ernment and people and t#*ll#v that tho future will not had us to a changt* of *#n ilment toward* It I'mler th# American •rnv-rnmcni there will e due r#i*ct for rlxlu* of pro|wrty and of i*on*c|#n •* You will thank In my name th# l're<d#n( of ill# republic for wliai I* Ucliik d,.iic.' "Tti# Cjirdinnl Nectetary of rtia:,. ltan>- |Hlh, on my felling him of my conver*#- Umi wlih Ih# Fop,-. Hnkl that Dm* Mate ment* made lo tn,* by the Fop# were uch na he, from III* own personal knowl-.1g., and l**lt#f, waa ready to r#|H>t. mid that i wan at liberty lo make them known lo th# American people nt large. The Cardi nal *ald fun bet more that on no lea* than thro# different o-canon* petition* were aent tn th* V ait lean, in the num<- of th* I’htllpiniir lend. r*. to hav* ~( , ei,..l b#. tw**n them and th* Vatican direct offi cial relations, bu, that th# Vatican al wy* refu*#,! io li*in to such pci.ttona out of #on.l,|#ration fur Ih# American guv*rnm*nt. •' 'Th* ohureh." I<l th* Cardinal, nrods In Cuba and ih* I hlllppln#* th* eo oiM*ratlon of th# American government, fr th# protection of It* right* and litwr tiro, a* lutleed the American government n##d th# co-operation of the church for the pnrtflraUon of tho*# countries.' "Cardinal Gotti, before his elevation to the cartlliialtvle, hud !>* superior gen eral of the Carmelite monks and had es tablished In Cuba antecetlcnily to th# A merle.lt: occupatloh, three houses of tha | older He said lo me: "'I received a few day* ago a lettc# from the sever'd Carmelite hotntea In Cuba The father* tell me that they en joy under the pre-nil administration of the Islapd full lltierty: tltai they have undisturbed possession of all their prop erties. and that they were never In better position to lalior for the progfes. of relig ion and the aa I vat ion of soda.' ''The authoriile* of Roma." ' added Archbishop Ireland, "nr* Informed to a degree that both awtonfesbed atul pleased me about matter* religious and poll ileal in the Fhlitppine* and In Cuba; snd as they have the Interest* at the church in those countrle* moat deeply at heart, an.) know far betf*r than we tn America ou!d knot* what the right* of the church are. and how best such rights may ha defended, Americans. Catholics, and oth er* may safety accept their Judgment of things, and mu give themuelve* further and needles* trouble about the religious cundttlotig of the Fhtllptdne* or of Cuba. A* a plain mailer of fact the only safety which tha Catholic Church at the preaeat tlmt* has In the Fhblpplnes for the poe sesainn of her properties, and for the lives of her prleste, Is the protertlon af ford* <! by the American ffag, anti all thl# le fully understood and fully rorognlged tn Home ” , MKMOR4HI.B HKLIMIOt’fI EVENT Many Leading Prelates In Atteatl ( stheilrsl Dedlealloa. Washlngtort. Oct. 19—Bishop Kelley of Ha van nan has written to a friend In (hi* city, under date of Oct. li, expressing ht* belief that Ihe opening of the new cathe dral irf fiavannah on Oct. 29. will be one of the moot memorable religion* event* In the history of the flouth Th* Bishop nas received assurance* from msny lead ing prelate* of the United fltate* tool they will nttend the dedication r!l*. Among th- number la Arch bishop Mar tlneill. l)le papal delegate here, who will leave Washington for Savannah early next week. By reason of other engagements ,'ardl nal Gibbon* will lie unable to attend, aud therefore Archbishop Martinet!) will pre side at the ceremonial, a’hlch will alo mark the "goidsn Jubl!##'' of the Savan nah see, founded In IMO. , GEN. HEELER IN A DEMOCRAT. Hr Way* Gov. Roosevelt Ha* iloaest ly Mistaken. Montgomery, Ala.. Oct. 19 -Regarding the statement made In a recent speech by Oov. Roosevelt that he waa glad to sea such men a* Gen. Wheeler supporting I’resident McKinley In the present cam paign. Gen. W'lwetcr sold to-day: "Oov. Ronervelt t* honestly mistaken. H marl# the statement on th# strength of o publication made by a man In my district, unfriendly (o me, that I bad de livered a Republican speech at Florence. "In Congress there Is only one member who ha* so long and so cone latently as I have supported ibe Democratic measure*. There 1* no nee.) for me to deny these i*at'-roent. The people of Alabama do not doubt my fealty to th* Democratic pfrty." ___ Stevenson at t'tlea. Utica. N Y . Oct. 19—Hon. A E B:ve*. aon and Hon John M. Qu nn cf Nan York, addressed an audience of LOOO peo ple here to-qjght. Mr. fltrvtnsoti -poke for an hour on Imperialism, th* ttuat* amt other fssuca of Ihe day and wu warmly 4c*tv*4