The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, October 30, 1900, Image 1

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the morning news r ... . ft UK*' - ■ Inrorporatfd ll* r | H ETTII-U I*rr.ldfiil looks like victory u I HER WEAHISU TO 810 URI AH demonstrations. he made thirty speeches. A I IIA >lll TOY riSH PARK 100,000 WERE GATHERED. jit . i l 'old !<• Hatr Bren One of fh. I.r.nir*! I’nlltlenl Merflnita on 1t,,-ord Bore Than KMMHM4 I‘enplr Al,Heard Mr. Bryan Speak In llrt.ttkl> n—KI*M llllTerrnl I’aradr. With 40.000 In Llae—Fell Well tll ,r Ilia llnrd Work. N w yolk. Oct. 29.—Wllilam J Bryan brooch! to a clear bla election r tt .rk In the irtraent camiatKn In \. v York by making o speech to „ anil enthusiastic Catherine at j, ~. iish lark In Manhattan, and , .... her ki Brooklyn. , rmonstrallon In Brooklyn won one , .largest political outpourings In the 1 r> of ihe borough. Over a humlreil j, furnished music, and It is eii , -..1 ttiat over lOO.CaW Ja-oide eaw an.l i me Democratic candelate s|-ak to insht. wire eight different parndes in t).. :ougli. and II Is estlm.Hed that ul t. ■ .r. 411.(100 people were In line. Klre , ..„ tl ime,i until midnight from a dosen different an.l Greek fire was every ,. A -mall army of polk'emen kept , . ruled.- In onler. ami twenty mounte.l ~m .re nn i Mr. Bryan's party at the I-. ~n. cntrunci and acted ae an escort for t .i- remainder of the evetilng. Th- lire! speech wa made at the Acad •mv of Music. As the Bryan tmrty a|>- t,-hed the acadi my Iwmbi atsl eky i, kt ts were set off In front of the hor . ..h h ill and fl.lrd Ihe sky with colored etar- Music broke forth from a dosen bauds aid the throngs of people In the M-.ets cheered ami shouted Ihemsi-lves hoarse The academy was crowded with an enthusiastic audience and thousands if people who wished lo hear the lietno iralic <andiil.it*’ <OUld nnt he admitted. Went Wild With Ayylasae. When Mr Bryan appeared on the plet l -hi i .. crowd went wild with applause 111 I It was at least ten minutes before ifflcient' i|ulet could lie restored to allow i e speaker to proceed Mr. Bryan spoke for thirty minutes, be nu: frequently lmerrupied by applause i .senator Wellington of Maryland, followed Mr. Bryan, who. as soon as his speech was . ;ed, started for the Park Theater. ii ire he addressed another large gather - (r.g. After leaving the Park Theater. Mr ]:: un made a dash for the eastern dis trict, arriving at the Palace Park rink .ip Sock Before his arrival there was a parade of s.floi Democrats with f.venty bands. At a quarter to ten Mr Hrvan arrived at L.iderkrani llall. where v. re was another parade and more I lids. At Military Hall the nil atop- j ng place, there was a parade and i > eniy-seven bands to greet the candt < ite. It was nearly 11 o'c'.ock when the can .tnif reached Arion Hall This was a t be-r meeting, and Kiwin Maikham and • ontroller < oler had addressed the gath- K before Mr. Bryan arrived. From Arion llnll Mr Bryan was driven to y liwatien llall. Mr Bryan and his party left for Hor- ; I -vll.e at 12.’J s. m. on the Erie Hait ru.ul. Was Still Feeling Well. ' And 1 am feeling tolerably well. I V ink you." Tins was Col. Bryan's response when i 111 to-nlghl that he had made llilily lies during the day. -ind thus broken I own record for sp<echmaklint. A- a rule the speeohe.- were not so long t. oil most occasions, but 'hey exceeded In i oniM r by nine or ten ihoes of any prevl < day during ihe present mmpdan. and Ii roe the highe-t number made In Ihe i >: ...ilgn In any on<- day In Ikfi. Now Vork city he made ore ipeeeh at 1 onllton Fish Park on the east i\le. an I Brooklyn during the night hi made < lit apeechea. tl.iy's tour was first along the h*u-l - ,-i r- of the Husquelinnna river, and b back through the Catskills, an* il n no- Hudson on the West Bide of th. i to Weehawken; thence across the • r i,| across Manhattan Island Into 1 All Ihe apeechea except one v> i made |n the state of Nitv York. ' * x.-eptton being that of I-ittb- Ferry, v . . In the suite of New Jersey. * ■’ i Bryan accompanied her husliatid I in* day. atsl she received almost l. ii pliiuse as he did when she ap before the crowds nssemblisl to m. She was also presented during i with many handsome bouquets . and chrysanthemums. EBliot h and Xlrs. Hanforth were also ' and ihe train during the *lav. riic. greater enthusiasm was man* and than at smaller places on Mr llrst tour of the slate, and the generally large In proporllon to potation. Of Ihe day meetings 1 'll! was the longest, as If was one ' mast enlhuslasllc. Hnverstraw ‘■si Nyaek also received Xfr. Eryan ' ' ordlnlijr. HI. SPOKE TO tup: HEBREW 4. ’•"•'Ul Gatherlnic Bx-fJov. dtonr • Ins Ever W linessi-d. w York. Oct 21.—Mr, Bryan's mcet * r I ll im.iton Fl#h Park, under the aus f the Hebrews of the East 8li!e, -t at sue,-ess The attendance was 1 n. and the people wire so enthu ' in thrlr recept.on lhal It was dlfll ’o scura quirt sufficient to allow Mr n to proceed. Htyan adtreesed hlmee f especlsl'y 1 1-brews, faying he was glad to ad. a race that had produced Bolomon. ’ContinueJ on Fifth Page. Satonnal) ffflotfnino Wctos. ROOSEVELT ASSAULTED. %n Attack Nn4f I pun lllm In Ills Own —Why Hr Did Not Mention I roker ni IllvWa. Elmir. t. N Y . Oct. .D.—For the flrst ; time in New York stab ami in the l.omt lof the Democrati‘- rnndkiate for Qovirnor, Th'.lore Ho# - v it was a.-multrd on ine fstree< of Elmir * to-ntght on the wav to h* p.aco of meeting lie- was tn a \r rU*e with former rten.iii r Fas-ett. imd m Nveri (Hjints a ion*: the rout* wc*s |h|io.| with e*ra hi .1 v# e-i i ib.e?*. ami grtfini wnh the vli, t rpithe's He .<* in dlKni fe l *>ilrn. ,• while i'a |sj|i.*p looked on uneven |> The. r.imp.iign Club from Corning was hlm assaulted ijer-onally. in*l a hitter flKht rnnu*-*I. In the places ! ‘>f incrUng the Cover nor had no Inter rupt on After it w-ij. over he said: * It whs nasty conduct, the conduct of hood luma.** Oov. Uooaevelt ftnihed the first dsy of his itsond week's irn;uig'i in this Mate by an Inv is:* n of the lionie of the Democratic candHkite for Governor. Hon. H S* m -hfield. At Ilh.K ii the <fs*v* rn>r‘> re . immi iv *>* of a mon friendly natute. nnd lie pail m compliment to one of the <...• e> nun. son of H.t h irtl FYoker. by refuslnk to lo as h‘ h s generally k>ne at ther make a pers<m *1 utt.i fc upon the Tam many leakier. Jn ia.s hour' • speech he dpi not mem ton the nam* f Mr. t 'roker Hie we|*om* In E.niirn was a great po ll* i til demonstration There wen nearly a thous nut mounte<| H>uc i Itid* rs unl the !j> euni .*nl New Tivoli the.* .rs were rowdiil with people. • iK-t t h*t the Governor st-ak. and overflow meetings w**re held Fully persons w r ere in tow n. Oov. Roosevelt to-<lay, i* all of hl* stops, und especially In Elmira to-night, levoted himself prtiii iisillv f<> a defense of tin- national iidmlnk t r.itlon In hi> Elmir.i h Gov. Hnosevell • o nled h et>r\ that h* nll f.ur \-ais .* o h* wouil I* .ui an army to Washington if Fry.m were eh ote.l. In sfuMkim: of the probable mnt f negro* .•< In I’orio Ki. * and of dls fnirn hlsa un nt In Sort fTirolli.a. le >al-l "Mr. Houghton, your *o n h th* re w il remember and perhaps <* m* of you wh know* the condition-' of lh*- ii • will r*- nu mber huw on* of the let *ente's If not the b-st ih Hir\at<l team ever had was a color'd m Now. yenil men. It wmid have Dei |* rfe* i folly to have put him on th* turn on ;e**ount his tor. iirnl it would have been etjuallv as foolDb to h;*vi kept him "fT w aecount of hi* A*olor la*nt that so?'* Th** (governor’?* question was met wl h h volley of “Ye*. Y Y* s “ “Now. ail I want." -*.il*l the speaker. "I lhal when a man In civil If* >liows him self to i>* as g*uul a man a- tti.s n a-i showed hlm>* If to be at foofbal l , you give him the same kind of a show. * BREACH OF TRUST CHARGED. Grrrnvllli.. 4. t'„ Man Sum Murphy Ar, (ur gilA.Til'J In ( nltrd Stair, four! In Yri* York. New York. Oct. —Robert C. Foster of GrrrnvllU. 8 C . brought Mill to-.ly In the I'nltwl Siit u rirrult t'oirt against Murpby A ('u.. brokers of this city. Thr romplnlnam allogsa Ilia* lb.- firm of Mur lh> & Cos. Is guilty of broach of trust re sulting In tlum.m<* lo Foster lo th* extent of 1R.725. Il Is . lalm ! that Foster employ.'.! Mur phy & <’o. us broker* between Jan. II anil Feb s, 19(10. t.i make certain pur, bases and sales lor him uiiAer Ihe rules of the Colton Exci.ange, Chicago Bt-nr.l * f Ti ole. Ni Y’ork l-rrsluce Exchange and the New Yoik Stock Exchange Foster avers that Mutphy A- Cos "con verted to Ihilr own Use and sold or pre tended lo the plaintiff lo have sold" cer tain merchandise, among wheie were 7.iso hale- of August rotten at s.I.V per pound, and 11.'..' 'cusht Is of wh. .14 a! *>■, , with out authority and .onlrary to th.- pkttn tiff's wishes, without due notice and In violation of the defendant's trust us brok ers 4othe plaintiff It Is also Ml..gill that sit h articles of mercliart.l;at the time of sale or ure lended file tier, selling at higher prices than the price ai which mll - il - g,i> mad.- or pretended t.> be made an.l also that after the said lime of sale and 1.. for.- March I. IgJO. the mark, value of the trtlciea r.w*.- in price .-o that by tit" alleged breech of trust the plaint ifT bis suffered damage lo Ihe amount of IK.SW. B le further alleged that oti Feh. 9. Ipst. the defendnni tssughl and delivered, or pretend.si to deliver for Ihe plaintiff lon., husaels ot wheat a fAY, eents. and lna hales of cotton at *29 which was don ivltliont iiiifli.wtiy. m I Ib.it before XI iron *. the articles ilecr.-a*. and in value, nnd the plaintiff lost H 62 wherefore Judg ment f,.r f*-'. 722 Vi i■! m.tmlisl. I.ETIEII Flthh YIeKIM.EV. Bend at n Hiaz I'olltlenl Meeting at All In tier. >. Alllanec. O . Oct 29 This city to-night \a* th* acena of oaa of t.n- ..get po- UYcai meetings ever hel.l In Ihe o.d XI *- Klftey dlstnc. f.imoue for its big mee'- Ings ,md notable sisak.rs In the past. The (Vellng to-t .c it embraced the de*l|- catlon of n mammoth foundry building of the Mvrgan Engineering c.vm|vin\. or." ol Ihe chkf products of which Is Hie dis appearing spn carriage*, used In the coast defense*. IVsident McKinley sent u let ter in whl lt tp eatd "I deeply n-rst to tint! that my engage, mints wilt prevent ntc front being |ire ent. for It woulV l a real pleasure to greet my old fee X' on an oc -.vslon like this, which marks le Inilus r il progte-s of Alliance, secure Yirough adherence to the principles of the l public an tsirty. for the eiubirsement of *hlch you meet to night. "Th!* gieat addition A your company < plant Is a happy omen f s A met lean libor and a pra lira, denmiistiqton of a pros perous business rluch eArnslons of In dustry Indicate widening markets and In creasing pro-petlty while Vy liwure t larger demand for th. Inhor < the work ingmen and additional comfo: q for their Ironies- American Inlsir and caß:al work ‘ng hand In hand, are of muhl| advan tage. and In friendly ro-operaiqn. will secure InduMrtal triumphs as Un known. I have no sympathy wit, (hose teachings wrhh h in tie envv and HitrcJ among our peopio. anil would divide Yhem Into hostile camps "Xlay this great meeting stamp wltli|ts disapproval th* wicked and- trine of * las illttlneilon. vh.lch'has no pise* In ot free go*ernment. and mark a dlsttnt advance In good r*lntiona batwern rtn , nlover and employed. Termit trie to con- gratuiate the Xlorgon Engineering Com pany, Its great body of workers nnd all | gathered at this meeting upon toe en couragement wh ch such nn assemblage gives to the cause of sound money, !**>• I teotion and national honor.** # * j SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 110, 1000. EXPLOSION AND FIRE HI RASTER A Yl4 DEATH WERE CAt *- ED BY CHE.MICAI.*. NEW YORK SEVERELY SHAKEN. DORR OF lift: is CNSYEBBD IP IX- Dint MASS UF HI INS. Thirty• Vrp MUiing Mini KM* \\ *rr Injnrnl—T*ii fcrtcrt* Kqilo as in ust in Tarrant’s lluilillna W rrrk *l l Yt-niliinu Amnnii It—% llok %M*ahr<l nml >lunry \\ n Sfattrr‘l on (hr ft-'|or—Many ilw*l Narrow I.r*m|is*r. Nrw York Oct. J 9 —Aw th* rrwult of • email firr crNeral Micceativt r\|>it**itiw if i-iumK lk <k’vurr*<l In th* dru Mort* a* Wsirrcn ai.l (irernwl.h atrrrih lo- iay and hlrw down h do*rn hull. Hit;.it;.- an I bttdiy ilttmaKfil an on- o( oihr. Th* ion of lift* i not known. b\M from nil Mourorei of information II Kthor*d lhal thrro are porh*p* thr bodlc* of ihlr ty prrono If* thr ruin?. thounh )jccaui*ao4 the hot tifbrir and the •iown* ufmovlnc of 11. no body had been removed up to midnight. The ils*a*ter wi* one of the mod ter rlile that ever in thi* * Uy. und ri* i j* iho \Vindoor Hotel fire in f*|- iMiiinK result*, though in loss of |iO|H-rty it will h* worse. Chief <*rok r of Ihe fire iefuaf iment sakl to-nlghl thal the loss Is fully f1.500.000. The action cf the tremendous Cfiiaaftro was mor*- vivkl and uwful than llw city has seen for a kmK time. Hidldlng* fHI In on them9elves or toppled ovi-r on | others; iron Klrdere w* re thrown y inis tway, Mnashlnjr through Kret wills; \viol> structure* fell Into the utreei* tn pile* so h.t *the hne of IhorouKhf.are ould nol be marked out; huge splinters of Iron, steel and w**i were hung into tho street* and into the buildings, clean through the walls, where they burled! women and men; people walking through ' the streets w**re kn< k**| down and dan j gerously Injurei' by t;mt>ers. glass nn.l i horsey were thrown down; w-agons. ; windows, sion- front* and nil sorts ofprop rty. for bloek.**- Hi every direction wre wrecked and lamg-ed. There were thirty-five person* repored missing and one hundred tnen womrn and children are on the Usi of the Injured search for bodies 1* going on and will be continued! all night. Chief Croker sold to-night that no firemen had perished in the fire, ah his men having been ac counted for. Like an Earthquake *ttoek. The long llal ol fire horrors that ha’e occurred In and around ihe ' tty of New York, a list that in ludes the Boyal Hotel Are. the Fork Flare dis aster. end the Windsor and Hot*ok*n fin s, was nkfd to to-dlay by u fire and explosion that *hovk the lower end of Manhattan like an earthquake, hurled a sevan story building Into the air, and act tire to two h* k* of buildings, with m 'l.jstt of life that only the rfr.q-te of tin hundreds of men who were rushed to the work of digging awoy the mins as soon as the fire was Extinguished, will reveal The big bunding of Tarrant A Cos.. mukers of m-dlk'lnal *pe<’i:ilUes, standing I it me northwest corner of Greenwich and Warren etr* t. nnd fillet! with chemical*. ook fire in some way thot may never ih known, at about n quarter after 12 o'clock this afternoon It was sixteen minutes after noon, vnen a citizen rushed into the hous> of fire ergin* numiH-r 29. l on Chamber* street, near Greenwich, and ?diout that Tarrant * drug house was on fire. He had seen • volume of Inack -moke coming from the third story win kiw An alarm was turned in Soon afterwains secon<l ant! third alarms were turned in. One Are company had Ju-t arriv*d when m terrific explosion oe | curred and threw the entire engine's crew down the stairway. The firemen, realis ing the danger of their position, rushed out of the building to the street The • xpioslon had HUM the street In front with a shower of falling g!a*w and small and hrl*. which sent the crowd, which was already gathered on the opposite side walks, fleeing for safety, and caused the horses hitched to the engines to rear and try to get away. Engineer Rocksherry vnn unfastening the horsi -and Fireman llrown of the company was turning the safety valve of the engine when the < xpioslon occurred and covered them with a shower of glass lkrfh wen injured, a* w.i* another fin man belonging to Ihe omi*n> *ent tle Firemen Hack. £apt. \ mm>. of the company, ordered his crew ha- k Into the buikllng again They ware dragging the line to the door way for a *e- n! time when another explo sion. more terrlrt-- than th* Arsi, came, and th* whole r* w was hurl'd Greenwich street. Devonney 1* mg so hatly lnjurdl that he was sent to a hospital. In t e m* intlme the other engine* that had r* !d|onled to ihe a arm had collected, and the firemen were busy rescuing jeo ple from surrounding buildings Firemen had already taken many girls down f Le onty fit* escape * the bull ling, and more persons had been carrle I down the escapes of ihe Homemade Restaurant next door, and the hulldlng adjoining upon Warren street. The second explosion o *curred about five minutes after the Arst From th ac counts of witneswe*. the bulling seem* 1 to leap into the air. and In a rTK>menT masses of brick *wwll. timbers an 1 ston were fulling Into the streets. The for * of the exp oslon tore away the walls of the big commission storehouse* frontl g on Washington street and rousaJ them to collapse, falling all at once tn * mm f timber.-* boxes and barrel*, 'rom which he flames, which bunt out fr m the Tarrant building like the be.chPg of a i annon. it once broke forth. I Across Warren arcet lo the opposit holdings the fl. I. getting them (Continued on Seventh Pag# AN UGLY CRUSH IN LONDON. Mure (annltlea tw %Velcntlna Im perial \ olantren I ban Ihe i orp* ltal In South %frien. L*onVm. Oct, —The City Imperial %Vol untM rs, w Ik> arrived! at Southampton from Houth Africa. Haturla> on the Brit ish transport Aurania. reached here by train this morning, marched through I ami don. along streets packed by thousands, nnd received . tumultuwi* greeting Such . demonstration wa> probably never be fore evoked for such a small body of vol unteers. The |*wtponen*n.t of London's welcome until to-day dlmnllshe*! the number of (•pei'tiuor* but the enthusiasm could scarcely la\e D eti mor general or gen uine, Early In the day Queen Victoria *ent a niwsw.ige to the returning tro*ip*. welcoming them and inquiring as to their health. The lYlnce of Wales came to town and vi* w-1 the procession from Marllorough House. The other royal peraoiuige* watch tig the i't* f*.i <l of men In khaki uniform* were Frtnees* Louise, and Du chew* f Argyh and I*rlnce Edward of Haxe-Weimar, who w.th many other ll*tingnii*he! people had taken up |*i*i tior s of v.int tsirly In the morning The *xutd*rMnt throng?* prove*! unman ageahie anti the jsdU •• tun! Moldlct* were quite utmhb to stem the ugly tuvhe* The crush of the |optila v* became no terrible *t the Mur Me arch that the people broke through the cordon, and when the held was again ■ * aied forty |*eraon* r-qiunng the aid of ambulance surge,,r were left Bing on the ground, several of them suf feting from eerlou* Injuries. In r.rr*>w Fleet street, the crowd* brake down a.l the barriers, und sight *'*4'r-. Mtldlors. jßili.-e anl city lm|>erlal volunteer* were mixed up In confused niHMF* from which the volunteers hai to be finally extricated In single file A ftMt'tloua cavalry hors* MuniyM tl'sl the crowd at Ludgatc circus and fifty per sona who ware Injured had to be attend'd 1 to by the ambulance corps. Men % y l.lsi of < MRunllle*. The Hat f casualties among the wel coming muititmh wi longer than that if Ihe whole corps In It* twenty-six en gagement* In Houth Africa. Partial r turn* from the hospital* ate! police sta tion/* Indicate that more than 3) were :*dl> hurt, eight ami is-lfly ten t-elrg Kill***| outright. Along the whole length of Fleet M'cet the s- enes could he only likened to a eon tlnual football scrimmage, hut it wa* ev n mot* exciting Shriek* nn I gr*nH till'* I the air people wen* hurled t the ground ala) tramph'd) uim Lif- guutd*. >n h(rsehack. were swept off und lost in th*' i (niggling mas* of humanity after mvo tent struggles to stem the presoirr f the M*mi*paulc stricken mob. Hotnt*if the In juries sustained are so severe that It U feared they will prove fatal. Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, comman der in thief of tho forces. Issued u sp - < iu! army order, expressing th> high ap preciation which the patriotic services of tho City Imperial Volunteer# and the gal lantry and soldierly qualities of all r inks had afforded him and offering the volun teer? In lehtlf of ihe British army a cor dial welcom home. Tlienig.it wt* a rp* tltlon of "Maf'-klng right." without the ret leaning excuse* of that celebrated orgy. Lon ton wh • turned ov r -• the worst element* of lt P jmlitk*n Women were Insulted, klsao! or thrown down with Impunity In street fight* Pursu' and at the sw. t will of in ebriate brawler* from the bM -w .k.* they strenmeil along historic thoroughfare* shouting. *b lug arid brandishing peacock feathers wrlth Inane depravity. Many of them offered no exception to the rule of drunk'ones- Fubes In arms could fre quently lc seen. K11.1.E11 I'M I*o% Kl^l'Kß. I'n (i Negro Prisoners tmt Oat nml One I."<• t Ills Life. New York. Oct. 29 -Two colors*! pri-on • rs. In in attempt to escn|ie from the prison, nttacne*! to thi* H*venth Dls'rlct Court In Weft Fifty-fourth street, to-d.iv. killed! Keeper Hugh M 'Govern. &1 year* old. in*! probably fatally Injured George Willson, yearw ol*l. A “trusty." who h il evidently trieil to ni l McGovern. One of the prisoners, Arthur Flanagn. es ap**l. the other. Frank Emerson, fell into the yard adjoining the prison and was In slantly kl.lcd The prisoner were tognther |n a cell on the Arst tier, on a level wUh the fourth flour of the prison. They saw*! two Imrs th? lower part of the cell door and got Into th* corridor They went to the near est w' ndow al*>ut six feet from th* floor and sawed the bar at the bottom, shov ing It out and getting through. Doing this It is supposed they encountered Mc- Govern and Willson, killing one and wounding the other. The eseaping pris oner* used th'-lr bedding for a rope and swung from a window Flanagan sur reedwl In swinging to the roof of a ear *< aide adjoining lull * Emerson did nof Stake H. nnd fell h*arlk>ng to a pile of raiia, wh* r- knUi body w.* i tr found! wHb and On EmersonV Dnly waa fotin-l a fln* steel saw five Inches long und ha f ao Inch wide It was with thi* the men saw ed their cell bar* They uwi| on* >f ihe cell bar* a* a bludgeon to kill McGovern M* Govern** body wan rubbed of key*, watch am! money. * Emerson wa* under ball of SS,AO) on tw> charge* of burglary. Flanagan, who nid been *employe 1 ur <• steward In a fa Ipoa able re-taurunl. was also under heavy bail for burglary. Ml It DEICED %T PAD TING FI . Names ef imrrlrsa Mlsslonarlrs Who Were Killed There. Washington. Oct. 29 —At the request of relative* .itd friends of the mi>4ooarl"S murdered at Pao Ting Fu. China, th*- W ir Depart meaM a-k*-d Gen. C!haff*' for a defi nite statement ae to who wer killed and who had escapefl. The follow'lng dispatch received UHlay from Geti Chaffee is in reply to the War Department's cable: “Taku —Adjutant General, Washington. Oct. 2h No. Hutcheson * !*•* Ting Fu r'i*ur* Arnerkune tmirdered there, namely: Mr Pltkais. Mr arsi Mrs Him cox atsl three children G Y. Taylor. Mlsa Morrell. Miss Gould. Dr. and Aire Hodge, and on< lady, rw.me as yet uti koown. It"(*orts ten Americans at Ching Ting Fu. eight adults and two children, five English, five French, safe, protected by Id'al mandarins, returned Situation quiet. Chaffee." Prince Christian Victor t>eal. Lend on. Oct. 29 —A dispatch received here from Pretoria announce* the deah from enteric fever of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein eldest eon of the Princes* Helen" of England, ami a grandson of Queen Victoria. He wis imrn In IM7. and was a major m the King's Royal Rifles. ALVORD IN CUSTODY HRF.itI.TFR illlll'ATin! V% A BOf- T 0.% LO|MG%U HOI ML IS PRACTICALLY PENNILESS. IHI LIVED HD* LIFE AMI WILL TAKE III* *i:%TE%( E. Former %ofe Teller uf Nrn York** First Nstiunsl Hook aretued Re lieved When flit* UetrHhrs Found Him—HA* W if* 'l'old lllm hint lo Coiumlt %nlclle but ii I'nee It Out hny* He Will Not Fight thr 4 use lie fore the t ourts. Boston. OcL —Gornelluu L Alvord. Jr., the absconding note teller of the First National Bank in New York *lt>. who I* charged with stealing fToo.isn from lh* bank. w* arrt'ivte*! her** thla aftetnxn by t'hlef InspdHMor William 11. Wutt • of this city, and lidectlvo Armstrong of Nw York. In an ordinary bslglng h>use at the forner of \V#al Newton street and Bur lington avenue. When 'arrested. Alvord, who ka*w !• i tectlve Am.-crong. etote*! that he was glad the *u*|>'ii*r w.w rfwiedl and was wlll ! big to go back to N* w York without pa ints He sat flown on the Imml ind stnok* ♦-•l o cigar, and was only dt* ■*>•'! In hi* I underclothes at th* time lie sfterwanL dressed quickly, and. pOiklng a few un derclothcw in a lag. siate<l he was ready to go A hack wa* called nnl he w * driven to t M> ltcc headquarter* and ofter leing in* su *-. J aiat phiHogr.iphedl under th* Bertlllon syat*m. wan taken to N*w \ ork t*n the & o'clock train llovv He Unn I ••nml. t'hlef Inspector Watts, in an Interview. : *tau-dl that the department was fli i in formed! that Alvord wan in this city i t Wednesday morning, when Henry Alexan der. of Denver Col., tebphoi.e I that he had seen Alvord in the Hotel To ur nine He stated thvrt he km w hint w* 11. ha I ! kne business with him In New York aril j deacrlbe<l him |M*rfectly. This informa tion was wlredl to * "apt M Fluskey of New York, who Immediately sent D* t***- tl\ .S*rgt. Tinker h* to Meiitffy linn In the meaniinio i'iiit i \\ .*ti mid lx * te •i\ and*■ Ih*uglusN .tii-i Morrh>--> w*- t t the iMdr . but Otild not find the nan A * in h of Ue other hotntt m.h frulto*. | From Information brought to (’hi f Watts to-day. he and Detective Armstrong wen to h lHMiling hou.H In the Rues It y They went up to a Iks* k rom oil til** Hist floor and found the door locked On gain . tug admittance, as gu- tns|*ruia Arm strong identlflsd Alvord. who s*em*l gnatiy that Armstrong ha i ir tesletl him and raid a, nun h %lord*a M*r> la llrlef. During hi* stay at |*>llce headquarter*. Alvord tokl Chief Watts that he hud no'. ; seen his wife for two weeks although prior to that time be bad told h-i of hi rinAncinl dreumstavu*es and ask'll her If he shoutd kill himself or face it out, and she had told him to face |t out 11- *!•! tn.it he hud not been iieur Mount Vernon, hut that he left New York lust 1 ■‘day •4 tnidhilght and arrived! in Boston We 1- nendkty morning When isk'd what In* had done with the money. h said: “Well $700,1 Di Is it w io!e lot of money, but It goe* easy.'* In referring to horse race*, he said h** bad )a< k*l horses, hut n vcr on race tracks. and had own*<l fi-t horses turn self He ki id he had Uvd hU life and had t iken life to Its full extent at the rate of tSO.Oh year, or more He said h* would not make any tight, would throw up hi* hand*, take hi* s"!ilen< * a *1 after over, would come out In the world again. He *nld he kn*W' he wouM Ih* unable to secure ImII and that h** had nothing with wh h t. make restitution On being searched at |M.|lr** head quarter*, only a few dollars wen* found In his pockets, which In waa allowed to keep He sent a telegram to Ltwver Gardiner In New York, asking him to meet the train when It arrived in New York. Alvord Iteueticß New York. New York. #ht T* Kmlvessler Alv*r.| arrived at th* Grand Central depot at II o'clock to-night from For ton lie was taken Immediately to poli< *■ headquarters lie refused to talk IHaIIIGNDN 101 l GOVERNOR. It*• port In Hlnnln That He W 111 He a t nndlifnfr In ItHtii. Atlanta. Oct. a>. It Is annoutuwl in At l.mi to-day that Hon Fleming O. du Blgnon of Savannah, will be a c indl late for Governor, in IRC, to succeed Gov. Candler. Mr dll Hlgnon's name ha* lK*en fre quently mentioned of late nr* a gul*ma tonal possihillty and his r • **nt presen- * In the city here has caused additional talk Hi* position ms Chu rrnari of the Democratic Exe*utiv- Committee, also lend* force to tin* report. The Atlanta Journal prints a column story this afternoon. In which It I* stated positively thal Mr du Bigtion w.ll he a candidate. The Dally New* 1* more con servative and r* i orts only a news runxr Mr. du lllgnon was not h**r*- to-day and coukl not be seen regarding the rumor. M%l III: Ml HTRH HID MlltDF.lt. Hint) of % (|in re ii 1 1 v Provperoaa Man Fountl nt I'lnnt ( Ity. Plant City. Fla.. Oct. & The body of an unknown man was found by fiaharmen to-dlay In Flack creek near here. The horly waa only (Martially dr ?wl. and t.i* pants were of fine quality, and the sus pends* of silk. Nothing found uliout him to dis close hi* life nt Uy. Shd the coroner's in quest held this afternoon, failed to fix the cause of d'-Mth, but I b generally be* Ueved mat a inystet murder h i;- been commltt'd. and from the quality of the clothes worn. It Is supposed that the vic tim was an. in of wealth, t.tough no money w is funid tn <h- p- ket* The officers are now at work on the case. Seven Killed In a Wreck. Helena. Mom.. Oc:. tt— Northern Pa cific train No. 4. eastbound. war partlallv wrecked at Dehart, Mont eight mile* from Big Timber, at 11:15 o’clock loa: night, by the breaking of a switch rod. fteven passengers were killed and several ■ijured. PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION. TtiurßdM). Nov. 2U, kef %prt ns a l)nv *f Thsiikaaiv Ing • the ui live I nllrd Mster, Waehlngton. Oct 29.—The f*.te !bq>sr;- rrent to-day Issued the following F\ the prerident >f the Cnited Btates of Anicrkw. A PROCLAMATION. It hss pb-need Almighty Gc*l t bring our ns (ton tn eufetv an.l honor through nn omer year. The work of religion and charity have ev'r>where b**'n manifest Our country, through tall It* extent, ha?* been blessed! with abundant harvests LaUr and the great huluetrle* f the pe pl" hay* prdMipui! bevoud nil pro edeut Our . oinmerve h* rpr ad over th** wrl*l Our p*wer aiid Influence m th* cause f freeiiom nnd enlightenment Lv* *xtend**d over diMnnt e* a* am! lands The lives of our oftl ial representatives am! manv of our pc>ple in China have been marvel oiisly pres# rve.l We have hem generally exemp! lr'm |n <itll*nrr an#! other great catamltb-H. ansi even the tragic vteltatt'Mi which overwhelm'd th* city of Galves ton made evident the sentiment of svni Padhy mis! Chrisi.i ch.rit> *v virtue of which w.- •(* one united p# ,pie Now therefore, |. William McKinley. I*re-id* nt **f tlid* Cnlf'd Hints', do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the Stth day >f Novemlver next, lo be observed by all the people of Ihe Civile.l State*, at home or ahr<M I. m* a day f Thank "giv ing and praise t< Him who hold* Ih* na tk*ns in th** hollow of Ills hand I re ommend that they gather in their several places of worship and devoutly give llinv thanks for the jr *icrit\ wh ro wuh He hat endowed! us. f.*r se#dtln* and harvest for the val r devotion and ! ma,dtv >< our armies and navies, an ! for all Hi* l 4 neflts to u* s* Individuals and as u rat ion, and •!••( I hey tvnmhiy pray for a contimi,in ■ **f 111- divine favor, for con * *rl an t ainlf) w ith other nation*, und fr rlght**d>usne*4s and pmc* In all our ways. In wlirn- I have hereunto set mv hand aid *au>4#| the seal of the t inted Htate* to t affixed. I one at the div of Wnshlngtoti. this ■-Ith day of October. In th year of Our lydtfil one ihosuand nine hundred, arv>l of the Independent '* -f the t'nited Htate*. the mu* hundred and twu ty fifth. (Heal.! Wldlitn McKinley F\ the Frosldent: John liny. hw4 retury of Htate. EARTHQUAKEAT CARACAS. President t natro's leg Waa llrnken. Fifteen IVruona Killed ami Much Property Damaged. Orscas. Vanexuels. Oct 29 At 415 a. m te<i m\ Caracas wns visited by ti se vere earthquake Fifteen persona were killed and many others injured Great l image wns d*>ne to buildings, in hiding the Font.neon and the churches Tho Cnited Htates ieg.ition was badly 'kimage*!. but nil the occupants ramped unhurt President Castro, who leap##! from a biie’ony on the second flor of the gov ernment house, h.i*l of his legs broken. William llenry Dovaton Haggard, the British minister, had a miraculous escape, the •• on*l floor of the Braish legation having fallen upon him and burled him in Ui* dobra*. The city of Caracas, which has fre quently suffere#! fram earthquakes, was visited last July by n aeries of seism* dl.MurbHiK *■*, which !i*! grew? damage to property There were seven terrific shock* in quick succession, and the residents of the city were terror srlcken President < ‘astro and his family slept for several nights under bni* in th<- I'kss.i Bolivar nnd all the churohrw and theaters w* re kept <*io*< • I fr M Week HRlTlklfl STILL AFTER DE WITT. Ithrrt Saxs Jncoliailml iffslr Wn Due l Treacher#. London. Ol’t. 29 The war office hn* re. . elved the following from Lord Roberts, dat'-il Pretorls. Oct 2k “Knox successfully engaged D*Wet Oct. 27 During the Boer retreat Kmm caught leWet In Ihe Renehurg drift The Boer* lost i' on sid era hly and left two guns ami three wagon* In Knox's hand* Another • mmtinPJ-*n wagon win blown up hy a shell. The Bri:Lh casunllles were nil." Referring to the Jsotmdul ivffalr, l*>rY Roberts says It wa* due to the treachery of th* Inhabitant**, who admitted the Boers to their houses si night. Tl ey opened tire at daybreak. Fcnirien men were kill'd and ihlrt'en were wounded, mostly <*ape Highlander* Troops dispatched from the Modder river drove off the Boers. The houses of Ihe treacherous Inhabitant* w* r and sfroyad. Commandant Boman was killed. fjord Roberts rails sttentlon to the In creasing Inclination of the better rises of Boer* to <*o->|H*rate with the British to s* iure peace, since they find that guerilla warfare L “visited with heavy punish ment. “ CANADIAN® W %NT NT. JOHN. *l>ol-n WseesMsr t lln> of the Virsii'l Trunk Line. Ijondon. Oct. 29 Hlr Charles Rivers Wilson, president of th" Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada. *y# no action has been taken to provide successor to Charles M flays, general manager of th" Grand Trunk, who nn* accepted the presidency of the Bouthrn Pacific Rail road It is reported that there is a strong cur rent of popularity running in favor of Vice President K Ht John of the Hea br.! Air Jdtie This movement is be ll* vod to have originated among the Cana dian stockholders. A FIGHT Willi t lit LISTS. ( lilef of the Was Killed nml thr Hand Retreated. Madrid. Oct. 29.—A conflict between twenty-four armed Carlkst* and a detach ment of gendarme*, occurred yesterday, near Tha chisf of the Cur.lst* was killed and another man waa wound ed Three Remington rifles were captur ed. The band retreated in the direction of Mocu-ada. pursued by cavalry ord In fantry. The Car list General Bollver has been arrested at Barcelona, ami a num ber of other arrests have been mode in connection with the uprtmng at Dads lona, | DAILY $ A YEAR f. CENT® A COPY WFFKLY 2 TIMEB-A-WKEK.iI A TEAR HOWELL IS ON TRIAL INDICTED FOR I'Mtir./g LFMENT OF IIAILRO 111 FI N l>%. WAS FORMER TICKET AGENT. DEMI MIICH TO THE INDICTMENT \l IN Ol Ell 111 IJD. ■ i , ,1. I'rmiilrnt *. ci.ru** C. Smith Testified q hat tol lt*o#-|l When i harxaf II III* llrlaa Short llt'lnrrii s|f,. tSU* nml #l*d.U'N, " Ickiidn Irilsed Tliat the linunt Wn lltutil t or* reel as file led"—'Statute of l.lmlta* Invoknl Atlanta. Oct. After many daisy* the case against Col ABert llowell, * barge 1 with • rnU xxlemenl, wu* brought to trail In th*- Hu|ierlor Court this morning before Judge John 8 Candler. Frv-sident George M Hndth In hi.*< testi mony. swore thm w hen he charged Col. llowell face to fa**\ with being i*hort be tween |l7.<m and sl* *■). Col How. II “ac knowledged that the amount warn about comect ar siat*l Mr Rosser, attorney fur the and fervue. ih*-ti ask* I Mr Hmlth If the amount hid • "•hi mad* good and tliereu|>ou Judge CaiVdlb r interrupted with a det laration to the • fTect lhal Out fa t hul no In- irltig i|**n the case and w*mld n*t lie a imltt**! Co| llowell was present In the court room and ?<|Mk*- to a number of friends. He looked u*■ well is u*ai ai.l reemad In very good spirits. I< seer shd Carter nnd J T Pendleton repicMNit tho def*tvlant, and It. II Hlil Is assisting HuHclbr llllt with tin ptose cutlon. Demurrer Msa (lverrulr|. Mr Ito-a# r, one of the attorneys for the deft ns*. sated b f<u* the drawing of tha Jury Ih-x.hi that he wash'd to flie n demur rer All th> Jurymen wie marehe.i out of the rnrt r**m and Mr Kosser pro-eed *d| to st.vt* five portion of tru* lndi> tment to which he demurred! The Indictment charge*! Col H**Mrei nnd Thomas J llun t*r with conspiring It was* th* old Joint ballet non' tindi r which Hunter was tried! and convicted! some time g* Th tak ing of th* money, the lndl m*nt alleged, extended over h#- years from UflW to 181, Ineludlng a iwiit of each. The total sum charg'd! Is Mr Itosser run tended thal the barge could iiM stand be#*us there wns rw statement of the amount taken since the statute of IlmltatUm* took effect. Solic itor Hill answered the demurrer and quotcdl a case from the 7Mh Georgia. Judge Candler odn*ileredi the matter, reading himself a part of the case whlo neither attorney hud used Ho then over ruled th* demurrer and ordered that tha case proceed A Jury wa finally weeured and the taking of the testimony Uguri. Thd* trial took ail day and will be re sumed to-morrow morning COAL MINER?GO TO WORK. Ihe Few t i*lllerleß Wlileh Irr Hold* Ins tint Mill I* ratio hI y Vimis t on cede the Demands %lnde. Philadelphia. Ort. 2!f Ttnlay witnessed m aim***' general resumption of work in th** anthracite coal region where for six weeks the mine workera therein employ •a* have been on strike for an advance m wag*-*, a reduction In the (trice of powder, nnl In several districts, the aholltloti of he sliding scale f wages. In a few In* on e* collieries operated by individual* u*l by I'ompatdea, have failed to resume, but tn the main It can be safely said that hard coal 1* once rnora r*elng mir>"i The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company which controls twenty par cent, of the output of th* arffhractlte re gion and whl< h I* the Inrgf*’ operating • ompany In th* hard *-ol field, to-day recsive*! word that thirty-seven of the thirty-nine colll # *rU*s operated by tha com pany were working to-day This Is the number that was in ofe-ratlone on Mon day. Herd. 17. the first day or the strike, With the resumption of th*- Heading col lieries. It Is admit lei bv the romptny that further opposition to th** demands of tha mine worker* Is useless, and l le the be lief of ihe oftl tal* that wlihtri a f* w day® these operators who have not yet con ceded the demand* of the 8 -ranton mine workers convention will have done so. LEE ORDERED to Ml VMM RI. Important ( hanpes Made In the Mll llun Departments. Washington. Oct 21 -An order waa la su*d to-dlay hy direction of the President, dlsi'ontlnulng the division of Cub® and the Eastern and Western departments of that division, nnd establishing the depart ment of Cuba. Gen wM*d ta place*) in command of the new depart ment . Gen. Pltghiiich Isee I* offered to com martdl the department of Missouri, with h*tidquartern at ttnvaha Gen Klweil 8 tale has been or<V*rel to Chi ago to command the Department of the Lakes. The department of the Misaourl hn* been under command of Gen Marrlam and th* Department of the Lik*** under command of Gen Wade, lioth of whom hava had th# comma ml temi*>rarlly. ♦ | IN JI Nt I'll) \ U%s Glt TTB2D. Illinois Ontml vs. Mlssisslpivl Rall r>al t <tmnils*loN. Jackson. Oct. 21*. Judge Niles of the Federal Court ihis morning grunted an Injunction preventing the MtMt**tppt I tad road Commission from enforcing the Joint rate clause of the n*w mileage turlfT on cotton m*dl on the Illinois Cen tral. Tile railroad company contenda that thd* rommlMslon has no rigid to compel the railroad company to Issue a bill of lading beyond a Junction point. The rase will I** bear! next month in connection with the Injunction secured hy the Yaaoo and Mississippi Valley road preventing the commission from enforcing any fea ture of the mileage tariff on cotton seed. i#> i • Nirnrsian Mark Damaged. Rnrheford. Oct. 29—The British steamer Dartmoor, Cept. Haines, from Pensacola. Oct 1. via Norfolk. Oct. 9. arrived here to-day and reported having passed, in a disabled condition on Oct. 14. In latitude 40 North, longitude W West, tha Nor w#igan bark Eliaser, Capt. Marcuaean. which satlad from Wilmington. N. C.. Bept. 25. for London. Tha Edeaer’a moln mart femopgannant mat and mlssen topmaet had been carried away and her bulwarks damaged In a gale. AssDtano® was offered by the Dartmoor, but none waa required by. tho El lexer.