The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, November 13, 1900, Image 1

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the morning news E' .ibhnhpf *•*' ‘ * Inc... jmratad l©* H KBTILI- Prr*:de n , DEMANDS ON CHINA JK,M MEhT MI ST UK ERECTED TO BARUN o.\ KETTEIAK. BIG INDEMNITY TO BE PAID TO hTATB, COH I*oll iTIOM AND IK -I>l\ IDI %L. Clrffß Prince* and Officials Mtt Suffer Death—ln Pntnrr 411 Ofttclnla I itiiiiiK tu I'riMrnt .4 nt I-For elan Outbreaks Must Bf I'unUhfd-The Taatif-1.1-lameM tu Re AHollabetl and national Intrrriiarar Per iii 11 led With the t-.mfieror. \s> v r. Nov. 13.—Dr. Morrison, wiring to t Times, from Pekin. Sunday, aiy.: • J r* ■- cd by the common desire f* r a termination of pre*>nt conditions the envoys have finally a-,r# and to tii* following terms, to be primmed in a *nJoint note which, subject to the apj. .\.il of the government*, will te pr. i upon China as the Ijmsls ot a pre liminary treaty: •v . *hall erect a monument to Har on ' • hettr-ler on the dte where he was muro- and send an Imperial prince to Germ *n> to convey an apology. She shal .‘.til t the death penalty upon eleven pr*nc*s and official* already named and fru(*j-nl provincial examinations for live Vfwrs wii**re the outrages occurred In future ail official* failing to prevent intl fori-u outrages within their Jurisdiction shail he dlmij*d and punish *l. (Thl* | ii modth* at ion of Mr. Conger's pro po*al.) "Indemnity shnll be paid to the stateo, Corptallots and iiuiH Kluiib. Tlw Tsung- Jl-Yamen shall be abolished and Its func tions vested in a foreign minister Itn llonal Intercourse shail be permitted with a )ie Kmperor, a* in chilised countries. "The fort* at Taku and the other fort* • n the roast of Chi Id shall be raxed ami •he Importation of arms ami war mater id prohibited. Permanent legation guards fhall b** maintained and also guards of i otn mi mi cation between Pekin and the *'•*. • Imp* riel pro* lumitlons shall ho posted for two years throughout the iinpfre sup pressing Boxers. "The indemnity is to include comoensa i on for Chinese who suffered through be n* employed by foreigners, twit not com j*cn*etlon for native Christiana. The words missionary and Christian# do not cur in the note .** Inter lean Sense of Janttre. nmentlng upon what It calls Mr. < <;er s "excellent suggestion for *the nlssal of officials permitting anti-for *m outrages." the Times remarks that ‘.is Is the only considerable addition to terms which the ministers proposed übmlt China last month." It says that ■ tnerlcan sense of jus doe and humanity tr>ng u*l American intelligence mo • n to tv* deluded by the pitiful Chinese • - il against the execution of the Pao T g Fu officials.'* CAUSED INTENSE FEELING. IliineM* 4re \\ ronKht Ip Over the Iteration of the \ leero> of Chi 1.l nt Pao Tliik Fa. ' ishlngton. Nov. 12.—1 t is understood • • the Chinese authorities it Pekin t. been profoundly arouse*l by some of xecutiona of Chinese officials which occurred of late, ami tl t they have known In on official way their sur and regret that this should occur the peace negotiation* arc going on. iptN*ars that the execution of the ■g viceroy of Chi LI is looked ujon ' • uli irly reprehensible, and has been mu in u#e of the present Intense ■rg of the Chinese officials at Pekin. icMng viceroy served during the ab- • of l.i llung Chang at Pekin, orcu his yamen. and in all ways execut- K iri Id’s functions while h** was f ducting the peace mission. Ills he*i r-ers were established at Pao Ting whence the allied force under th** *n n rommsmier recently directed • ir expedition. said that the acting viceroy made .•position to th* wdvonce of the ejer -1 and other allied troops, although he *n army capable of resisting He I* ■1 to h >•• come out from the city to ’ trie allies and to have turned over vtmen to them Notwithstanding he has been put to death, and this when communicated to LI Hung * and his associate* at Pekin, caused feeling. m Mp* rhlnese standpoint. China Is I f ptDfwdlwf to punish guilty offi • r.d the question of punishments *s 'onddered In the negotiations now J repressing. , in. POUT FROM VON 44 W.DHRSBK. 1”" Severe F.neonn ter find With Irm.il lloifrt. In. Nov. II —Th." follower.* report, Nov. g. ha* he. n r*lvwl here from 1 Marshal Count von Wald*r*ee: "* 1 Oraham, with two companies of 1 net Astatic Infantry. th* w ond n and second battery, proceeding Tien Tsln. via Chun* Yin*. sixty " "tor. north. on the left hank of th **►. where he had a slight encounter mounted Boner*, ha* arrived it !‘>. twelve kilometer* east of Pe rsian troop, have successfully cn ’ re.) * r.m Boxer* north of Shan Hal losine four killed and sixty on* h columns have relume I from rt " Fit to Pekin anti Tien Ts.n Th "lumn destroyed "several Boxer * vkm tkii tub nrrimu. * Took n Telrarnm Prom Kwo* Hsu to Von Wntdersee. hn. Nov. 1J -The Ixxkal Anxelfer the follciwlr.it from It* Shanghai " -pondtnt; <tvea from Hankow *ay that tha •* beheaded a number of telaaraph who accepted a secret mens • y 1 'nperor Kttan* Hati to Count von • Infonatßl him that he (the •' rut > was hidna kept a prtaoner and was un.ihle to return to Pekin They a o siy that other (Xfcutbn* occurie-J lu connection with the matter.*’ larent tlrltnlu’s Protest. London. Nov. lA—**Grat Hriiain m*'.e a lourteoti* protest to Hue Ui." .-ays t i • St Petersbuig oorreapondent of the Hilly Mall, "uk.i.iim a f*w r*gr*tt.ible Inc dents in China, where Hus iant* nvw lru qu> y o|>(>>sid the hoisting of the lirit.s.i ' CUBA’S GREaTcONVENTIDN. It W ill tael (loss ii t• llustne** W hen All the < re|**ntiHls llnve Hern Reported I pun. Havana, Nov. 12 —The Cuban Constitu tional Conventbni met at 2 o'clock this i afternoon, after adjournment from the second duy s session, lu the Marti Thea ter Peats for the delegates bad been ar ranged in a sma ier ana nearer the plat form, curtain of th stage bad been lowered And the windows hung with i ricavy dr.t|cri*s, thu> shutting out the noise of th* street .> *1 making It |Hssi bie for the de.egates to spe.ik in ordinary vo toe. The upper galleries were crowded, col ore*l fs rsons predoininaiing. They arc taking an int i inter, st In tin* pro ceedings C>n th* first and second days 1 the boxc- did not lontain many ta tors. but to-day several prominent fami lies were present. The OammUele An Credentials as to all the province* except Havana. Havana Is th* only province where a contest has b* en talked of. the opponents of Benor Zayws w.shing to *et fU*nor Plerra In hi* place. Th** report was laid i or. the table and ad scus-lon followed its to whether the convention wis legally constßutol Sopor Z.iyas ciam**i that the or*! r of th** government of Interven i tk>n summoning the convention lal m ole It l*gal Barter Harris! argue I, on the rth*r bond, tint it would not \**> legally | constituted until the report of the Com mittee on Crendltlas had be* n acroptwl. I The delegate* took this view and so voted. An attempt to and. cuss hc quo* I lon of hiding secret session* was vot*#l down. | the matter ielng left to the Committee rn ; Rules An adjournment was th*n taken ! until Thurs’.iv. w hen. It is underwood, both committee# will rejsirt finally. (ten. Castillo, civil governor of Bantlsg# province, gave notice to the convention that he had resigned hla memh#'rshlp arl iMil apimintol B<*nor Ferrers ss an aitce nate delegate. 1# % 911 TA WFIiHS Villa VOID. I.oluf 111 eg <t I Trnnsrtlon In llavsall •Hsrr kept. !b*. Honolulu. Nov. (*.. via San Nov. 2?.—The Honolulu Republican will say so-morrow “Every lease and sale of public land in Haw aii since Sept. 2. 15#9, I# illegal and void. "That 1* the po*Ukm taken by Attorney General Griggs of *..© I’nltsd States and suits will he institute*! at once in she Foiled State* District Court for the dis trict of Hawaii to set aside every such lease and sale ma*le by the ioral govern ment of the Hawaii Islands "Congres# expressly ratified and con firm***! ail sales, grant*, leas** and other | dispositions of the putdh* domain, grant ed by the Hawaiian government In con formity with the laws of Hawaii, between July. IW*H. and H* pf. 28. 1 aft* Hut any I s.le, leases or grants since the last I named date, the Attorney General holds, i are Illegal nnd void anl he his Instructed l Cnlted Bint*** Attorney Kalnl to Institute | suits nt once in the Federal Court to set aside all these grants, sales, franchise* and lea**** “ RtIDIKB t\ M IIOOMIIt WF.AVHH. | riioar f Three Oat *f kl\ W lio I.ot 1.1% es > nul on Hoard. Poston. Nov. 12.—The wrecked sriooner Myra It Weaver, which cipalxc<! In Vine yard sound early Friday morning, after parting anchors and striking <n Hand kerchief Shoal, was towed u;> the harbor to-day. The bodies of three *'f the elx | r*ons who lost their lives in the wrs k we-p found on hoard. The body of little Ella Debols. who was lashs| to the rigging by First Mate Kearny, was 111 In ihat jh- I sit ion. Two l**ll*> found on de'k i.v.* i not been Idenllfle*!. but are be'ieved to be the two Ncrrwt glan llori‘. Mgrni— n and Ilejeman. The body of Cspt. W S Van.iman and those of the m ite and Miss Tnomp on have not been recovered. oi l;v> li.%Kit wrvr iniiomk. ( nrrli'il imi Norwegian Fmlarnnts for the 1 oiled ktntca. Ix>n<lon. Nov. 12 The Wllwm Line steamer Angelo, tiouu 1 from Chrlstlmls Norway, for Hull. Is ashore near Wlilt em sea. on the coast of Yorkshire. Th-‘io was no hiss of life. The Angelo carried 10* Xorweg an emi grants for the Full* IHt .te Bh-* wnr agroun*! Bunday n.ght There was con siderable excitement on boird. but *h** gag was <aim •*i Um tior# ■ indj Til captain decline.! ti**slstance by rocket and when the tide receded, all mi •• ashore, the men carrying th** women an I children. The Angelo, which i in a preesrb us t*>ftUlon. Is Jettisoning hrr cargo Bh was out of her oourw** owing to the f g. ti.vm p.uwt hoe itn. ITled With (#o% rrn nun I by Alleged Vnirrlrnn t Ittsens. Washington. Nov. 12 A number of per sons claiming to b* American cltlxeos subndtte*! to the State Ibpartment rl.ilms against the I toe r a for th* de-4ructlon of their properties and lnjurt**s to their busi ness In the late South African Hspubilc and Orang*- Free Btate. No decHlo • have yet ben arrived at as to whit *llj i->s.ton i*hall be made of tnese case*. Haller Cheered *> London (ro%%d. Nov 12—Gen Huifer. arconv * panned by his wlf* and daughtsr. arrlv.d here to-day and iejort* to ’h*- war of fice. Larg* crowd* which bul t the Waterloo station and In Fall Ma i cheered tho Oener Habonlr Plague nt Mauritius. Port leoul#. Island of M aurlttus, Nov. 12. —Fifty fr.sh < *s*i <f the buboni * |> ttoe haw occurred on the t-iand la**t w** k and thirty-four deaths have resulted Lorn the disease _ Hire ln|tiest I*ostponel. New York. Nov 12.—The inquesr Int the death of William M Bice, the Tex # ml 11 lon sire, has been indefinitely adjoi n **l ot the request of Assistant binri t Attorney Osborns. SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMHEK 13, lfiOO. EXPOSITION ENDED ORE2AT I* tills Ftlll II AS PARSED I\TO HISTORY. ATTENDANCE BROKE RECORD. OVLTt fiU.tMMi.iHM> PFHSOYS WIA'I TIIHOt (ill THE GATES. That Was Double the Vunther That Attended the F.x|oltlon f l**l>. 4>n the Last Day Tickets Vo| ( | it* L 0%% as 11% e for m *ou—HoHillita* Will Vihiii He Torn Down noil Ihe t enter Maintained ns Public Lard cits. Farts. Nov. 12—The exposition closed to-day with the evening illumination Five tickets were charged for one admls- Mon. There wore few visitors in the day time, tickets lacking purchaser* at a >ou each. The booming of a cannon from the first story of the Eiffel tower announced that the exposition of 1900 had ccas*l to exist It ended in a blax* of illumination, the final evening being celebrated by a night fete. The attendance, however, was small, visitors being kept away by a cold, dril ling rainfall Official statistics show that the exposi tion was a g gantic success from the point of view of attendance, which wo* double thut of the cxp'Sltlon of IMP. when 2i. 111,975 ihiss* *1 tin* gales. When the gates *f the exposition of I**> closed thi* * v* n ing. mure than 20DjO.ua) p rsons had iasa *m! through The llrltish and Helirlans ii* ai#**l the list in Ihhi> in i*>lnt of num krs. but this y* ar the Germans were first nnd the 11* l;;*r,s *-*-!>I With Ie llrltish far lehlnd. Amertcai s also form ed a very noticeable contliigcnt lisle. *l. they were lmm**iaurably more num* rous than at the prcvi-m exposld f>. The r> cord i*aying lay tid- y*ar brought out mv>re than 600,000 visitors as c*naM with a maximum of :X,377 in licit Ticket* Rccmiiic t'lienp. This evening tlckeis which ha*l brought a sou in tho afternoon were sold at the rate of five for a sou. A curious scene was wltneeesd at the Kxi*oeif|nn g.ite* shortly before < o'clock when the author ised ticket bureaus, which earlier In the day had t>©*.n selling tickets for two sou*, r.duced the price to on*. The street hawkers. Indignant at ths*. attached cards to their coats Inscribed **Otve you a ticket for nothing." The work of removing the exhibits can begin nfter midnight No vestlg* will be left of the great exposition, except the Immense hothouse* on the north bank of the Seine and the art police*. Th prefect of the Seine *ubmitt*d to the Municipal Council to-day u ache me to demt>l4h all the bulldlnta n ’he Champs de Mars and Trocadero The cen ter of the grounds wlli be mninta ne>l lit the form of gardens for the * mrtsilbh ment of the city, while the wide border will be sold for building Jots for the erec tion of mansions and hotel* Th** slate is nske#l to abandon it* right to use the site for future expositions The closing days of the exposition have been murked by wholesab* bailiff sclxure* i># the properties of a num**r *f conc*-s --#|nn holders, chiefly restaurant keep-iu and proprietors of id*le *how%. who have failed to meet their financial obligations. PIBPI TED 801 YU.Ut! LINE* % mer lea n end (anadlan kwrveyors Soon to l/oratr It. Vancouver. U. C.. Nov. 12—It is saUI that s letter hos be<-n received here from Hon. Sidney Fisher. Dominion minister of agrFulture. stating that Canadian hh*l American surveyors will officially locate rhe boundary line in the disputed territory comprising the valuable Mount lt>*kcr mining district. Tills work Is to be begun ii# soon u. the winter snow disappear* Dominion surveyor Doane sent her#‘ from Ottowa for th* pur(>oae has re portcsl that after investigation he believe* tha: all the rich mine* of the district, hitherto supposed to be well over the American boundary, are really in Cana dian territory. W. L. Dudley. T’nlted Sf tes consul at Vancouver, states that represent*! on* have been made t#v him regarding th** • ID put© ly loth American and Fans*! an of ficinis and that he Is In communication now* with the H*ate Department at Wash ington regarding the firtvl-abillty of re op* nlng th© entire question. All <*f th** mines in th© disputed district ar own©*! by Americans, who maintain that th**|r property I# located In the tTnlte*! States, but they have taken th* precaution of also recording their claim# in Canada, Pit (|l A MU IIG LOST. Imithrr Ves*el Suppowrd to Have Lone to Pit re*. Yarmouth, N. 8.. Nov. 12.—The mahog any item name-hoard of a long boat has been picked up on the coast at Com* aus Hill, near heie, !>©arlng the name “Ft. qua" in gilt letters, and It I# feared that another craft be* d* n the City of Monti ©’Jo may hove met with disaster. Tho only vessel named Floqua known of h©re Is a steamer owned by the M*sllier ram an and New York 8t amshlp (’l'm pany. According to shipping records this steamer sailed from Sicily Oct. 29 for New York. A CAHINET OF TWENTY. \r n Appoint ments tnnnqnrnl t>> Ihr l.ondnn Times. London, Nov. 13 —The Tim* s th * morn ing announces the following appoint ments: Lord Raglan, under-secretary of stAto fur war; Karl of Onslow, under-secretary of state for the colonies; Burl of Hard wick©. under-secretary of slat© for In dia "It see(n certain," says the Tun©* edi torially. “that the ©shlnet will consist of twenty members, the largest recorded in our political history Thl- Is unfortunate, but it seem* to be regarded by Ix>rd Halls bury as Inevitable “ lIIuAVV FI.HT I> TKXAft. \( II Kill IH# i ntlon II . ■■■<• In Inu In *H# Fl#lil*. Hcutcn. T* . Nov. 13 —A heavy fro*t rtporxtd Irom Ihe northern border of Texae d#p Into Bouth Texae. which ha# ut short the cotton crop r>malntn* In :h nel4. Very Utile co.ton r#m..ln# iin pickt'J. hw<'V#r. a# a rule rarm#r ha.j 1M..1 ftne weather tor gathering It end the crop U a big one. ANOTHER DIVORCE FRAUD. Mhre%%l Xlrtliods b> Which the CoX splratnra Manipulated Pr eeedlngs of the fnurti. New York. Nov. 13—Another fraudulent divorce rase was brought to light In the Bupi raw Court to-day. Although a de re * In her favor appears U|*ai the reeorda In the cuunty clerk's office, Mis Carrie i>. Kltg assert* that *he never instltu'e 1 such proceedings, and knows absolutely nothing about the case, except that %otno time ago she *igned what he believed to separation pi|ier in the office o: At torney M a Ison Mh King's story of the mitt*r ! that she had trouble with her husband a ecu lle of year* ago and they separated He ii. - r* and to pa> her week while h*y wrr living apart Borne time u*t Juy. she a> * her husb.tiul cam*- t* her ad i -kd her to ico to *ee u lawyer He toll h**r that the attorney would draw up |N|tcr* for her to sign which would im iu*i her Ui the matter of getting alimony. Mr. King *.> that the name of Un law yer was Malson When she got to Mil ton's office he told her that he hnd evi dence against her huaU%nd on which sh* cou.d get a decree of absolute divorce He sll that he had seen King at a hotel with another woman. Mrs King asserts that she told Maloon that she dlf not want a divorce front her husUtnd H fore sh*’ left the office, hlai son. she *gii 1. induced her to sign a paper, which she believed to be a separation agreement l**tw*en hen*wf and her hus band. whereby he was to pay her weekly alimony. T. • (wipers in the ca*e show that a f* w days after Mr* King > visit to Matson's office the applicaii. n for the appointment of a referee to hear the testimony wa* made to Justice Pugro In the uu|>ers Henry Zelmer apprsn as counsel for the idaintiff A careful Investigation of the imncrs •how’s tltnr the paper which Mrs King s.gned was in affidavit In which #he made appUcatkm f *r a divorce. The grand Jury this evening devoted it** #" -*ion to the investigation of the alb-ged dlvor* • mill operated by Maison Indl'tm*nts have !*•* n found against Mu bon. /aimer and Wilaoti _ • R \TTIJSfI WITH IHE BOflfil. Several Savage Fights In W hich Brit ish Were Victorian*. Indori, Nov. 12 —The war office hg*< re ceived the following dispa'ch from I#o and Roberts: “Johannesburg, Baturdajr. Nov. Ui.-Ms thu**n sur|*ried Onminandants Bnyman and Vermoos. near l#i -htenburg. yester day. Three dead Boers were found anl thirty primmer* un i several wagon* were captured. Thera were no casualties among the British. "Kelly-Kenny toports that MJ M ck lntosh of the B**aforth Highlander* occu food Fhill(M>Oi>lis Nov. %. The Be**r* fled in all directions Three wounded were brought to our hospital. Burgren Hart ley and seven men w#r** woundel. UMb ton retiort# thwt Kitchener suo cessfuily surprised the Boers during the night of Nov. 7.' A mount ad party of the Nineteenth Hussars and tha Moivhester Mounted Infantry under f'apt. Ohetwoda. maii.iKol to pass the Boer outpost and while the latser engaged the enemy's picket the Hussars charged the Ik*era tn the moonlight, sabering many. OtoetwotH and several nun-commlsstoned officer! behave*! with great gallantry, but the Hmoirs would probably have suffered severely as they got into bad ground. hi*l not they been supported by (he Mounted Infantry. In the morning artil lery and infantry Joined Chet wort©'* force lnl nrnifMei. .| tpe Boer rout, who are said to have k>et heavily. "Bmlth-liorrien's wounded, who return ed from the Boer camp, report (hat Com mandant Fiinaioo aul Gen Fourte were kliiert and that Gen. Grobeler wa wounded In t/M% recent fighting." (VII. I- HOT Mil, I, A CONTEST. Kenluekr Mei.nblli-aaa A## Content (VIIH CHaralna Fraud. ■#>ui#vlllp. Ky., Nov. J3.—After a meel lK of the Keputillcnn Campalan Commit ine. Chairman Leall< Combs to-day kv. out a etarement in which, after retter.it- UiK hl clwirgea of wholesale fraud# on th. Itrta of the I>rna>rrni#, said: "There mill be no content over the gub ernatorial vote. Thor# la no tribunal to which we can appeal with any hope of an impartial hearing "Il Ih not wttMn the province of thlr I committee to decide for the party or con green nnal I n<ll lair- what la advlnalde with regard to the contemn for the elec toral vote or congrennional neat*." . a McKIM.r.V (%n\( Clin Lot HIST. It. ply tn French I're.Mrnl'a Xrta,|e of t onarntulndnn. (Vanhlngton. Nov. 12.—Prenldent McKin ley'* reply to President mennnge of congratulation In an follow#: “Your mcenage of congratulation I* moat gratifying to me, I trust that during my renewed admlntmratton an In Ihe pas'. I tniiy fortunately crmilnue to g ve e irn e*t cxprennlon of nlnrcre regard lo the American people for the French nation. "William McKinley." M. Orleans#. French Mlnlgter of For eign Affair*, also nent a menrage of ion - gralulnllon to the Prenldent. to which Hccretory Hay ha* rr-ponded Hl#l KCfE OF TH#. HALT TH *T. | It Man Pat tp Prlee of It* Product In fleVI Per KtO Pound*. Chicago. Nov. U—Th# Chronlcla to morrow morning will nay: "Tho National Hail Company yemerday put up the price of common Mil of a fair duality to B-K> per K* pound*. Tha price before wa* SI.MI per 1W for the name gra>le The Na:inal Salt Company con trol* directly 95 per cent of the nit out put of Ihe country, and 1* able Indirectly to dominate the remaining b per cent, of ihe production. "The principal mine* of Ihe National Salt t'omiMtiy. which I* commonly known an th Salt Trust, are In Michigan." (VILL I vh:h IV THK til LF. 1 (forth Atlantlr nqundrnn Will tie t I nil at Penaacola. Pensacola, Now. 12.—1 tl* announced that the North Atlantic Squadron will winter In Gulf water* and that Penaacola haa been de* gtiated a* their coaling Bu tton. Large quantities of coal are now be ing received at the Penaacola navy yard. The fleet In c*|iec|ed here early next month, and will maneuver In Pensacola -harbor. HOTEL A FIRE TRAP MA9Y LO*T 1.1% Ek, 011 l EH A Wild: F ITALIA IXJI HED. SEARCH FOR DEAD GOES ON. HOTEL AT I*OI'L %H 111.1 FF, HO.. 11l R9KH LIKE TIMM H. %\ ere *r%eral (birt* IV ho V\ere Nof Rea lalereal. nml Some lln%e >• lleeti %eeott it led for— W omnittHroke IS •It leu* l Jtini|t|nii lrmn a t hird Mir> %% 10ti0%% There Were %In it p Act t*f llerttiam Mini Several 9nrro%% kstapei. l*oplar Bluff. Mo, Nov. 12—Hemmed in by fl.imts in the upprr storle *f the Gif ford House, an *hl fism* structuie t .at burnel like tinder, a numb* r of |er*on* trrrs burmtl or suffocated to death, others 'raped fr.m wlmlow* .ml suffered the los* **f limb# n*l other Injuries from which some died, while a- urcely one of the forty fi\e or more sleeping guests In the place got out without Injury and none saved anything but the night <dotho* ?hitf were worn at 12.30 o'clock when the alarm was given Four are known to be dead, one is mi*lng. three a*e fa'allv Injure*! and more than twenty are burn- l or other wise hurt In the hdis of tie lo*cl a doxen or more pet son* were ovcr*gne by heat and *mk* and thl lead*- to th*- t*e lief that the loss of life wi V )*e much grtah r than 1 * now known There was a nuinlter of unreglaferotl guests at th* place Tle casualties w* fur reported are a* follows: Dead: Berry. Gurley. Poplar Bluff dark. 11-*-k, Doniphan. Mo.; DeHart, Shelby, pnpiwr Bluff, (no tu, Rebecca. Poolar Bluff. Missing—Dalton, Eugene, Hot Hpr|n#r*. Ark. f ffifiir Fatally Injured—Hargrove, Etta. Poplir Bluff. Mo. both leg* hrok'-n, internally injured by Jumping from third story win dow; Stowe. Winslow, Tenneonee; uniden tlfie*! woman. •wiously Injur***!-Smith T. A . poplr Bluff, terribly burned niawit th** face a* and hands, I‘ernaud. Barney. D* Soio, Mo., hands and face burne*l; Stradley. Fhafe%. Poplar Bluff, bruised and burned; fthelhy, Mrs Benjamin. Bluff, bn k Injur ed, burned and hru’eed; Berr% T . Pink Freshear Elmer Upchurch. James. Pop laT Bluff, severely burned About a doxen more were slightly burn ed or received bruise* in trying to <a cape from the building Only one person, the watchman, was awake in the hotel when the fire started ind he was unable to warn the guests, for the flame* had spread so f iS that he wim drlvep from the building K*ea[*o f**r everyone *i the second nnd third *(.>rle* was cut off ar! th** fire department was unable to give them any aedatnner Here the !©atha orcurnd. .nd In jumping from wimlows te other* were hurt. f There ware many a*-ts of heroism tn the rescue of women, nnd a number of gu-sg* hnd very narrow* es<.*]*ea. several hevgtg their hair and eyebrow* singed It w||! he several days before the numbei of dead Is known PLAN OF THE RICE COMBINE. ‘ (antra *nlf to llr llnrlg of (hr Move ment to t’astrnl Output of the ( rrrnl in the South. Chicago. Nov. 12-Th© Trlbun* tr>-mor row will say: Th© Incorporation of Ihe American Kies Growers Dlsfrlbutlnjc (’ompuny wa* an fiounce.l y.st.r.lav The eipltal stock Is tls.finO.(lXl, at which s7,bn.uu is report© I pa 14 In. Isocal grocery circle* credit John *A’. Gates with Infinir th© prim© mover In th© new corporatloo. prtnci|<*ily to control the shipment of th** Bout hern rice r<>p over lines of railroad In which he In in t©r©*t#d. Mr. is at present out of Ihe city. Th© scheme contemplate*! t* to buy the bulk of th© domesti* ric** unler c.ot r set with Ih© xrowera to sell their crofm fre a stipulate*! finr* for a period of four years, with the prlvib x tf extendlnx th© contract n ad*|liioiml four >*ar*. Guar anteed pritee to grower: tre unlerstood to le simrwhat In excors of present m *r ket price*. JEFFRIE* (Nil a*CTZ*I MUONS. ( tisni|iion *ppfi tiiilos# to Meet IA-t laMniplon \an in. New Y*#rk. Nov. 13.—The following tele gram was sent to Robert Fltsslminon* at Norfolk, Va., to-night. In reply to n statement thot he whs n>: out of the fighting business and wanted to meet Jeffrl*** for the * Kmipionshlp, and if giv en an opportunity h would readily grasp !t: "Itoia*rt Fltaslmmone, Norfolk, Vs The papers h* r© to-night *;•’• that you ore willing to meet m again. J gladly give you ;i chance to win hack your lost title. 1 hope you will have your repre sentative meet m© on Wednesday ut the Grand Opera House and we can ©sally arrange a match for the championship to take place at once or st the end of the theatrical season. A speedy answer will oblige. James J. Jcffrlea." 11l HE** IIOHY %% % rot Nl). 1 Naftcidr’s llalnes % fin Ira W ere In (•>>! ( ondlJinn. Orkindo, Fla . Nov. 12 -The body cf George A. Hume, the rich orange grower who committed suicide by #1 owning Fri day. was found floating in the like to day a** the search was a tout to be aban doned Hl* business affairs are in per fect condition snd hi** or .mg© prospe-ta were more encoura* ng than -Inc© he frees© of IWG. his grove* being th- larg est In this section of (he Mat It D be* Uevsd he was ttmt/orarliy Inssna. ■ ♦ • i Senator limn Is Wore. fit. Pstii. Minn.. Nov. 12 —The eonditlm of fienstor C. K. Davis look s decided turn for the wore© to-day. Inflammation of tha klndnays having developed. CONTRADICTED WESTCOTT. V*w York llrokrr llrnleil Sfatemewis •f .stock Trsassetlons—P. Mao ford Ross on the stand. N* w York, Nov. 12.—dlaoring in the Oo n*r conspliacy rasa was continued to day beft>re Foiled Btate* i'oinnMss oner Hhlekt*. \V. H Flags formerly of the firm of Itri*| A Flagg. sti>k brokers, through whom Robert F West cot t I* sold to have tind certain sto k transactl**ns In connec tion with his son-tndaw. (’apt o <M Far. ter. was the first witness Mr. F>*<gg de n•* 1 practically all of the statements made |> Mi In til* •'UmllUtlOß the Mirk trtmaactlon# I* Hanfoid lioes. .i ccntiM t*r of New ark. N J w|n sill he knew (’apt (.’al ter very well, and who had dur.ng the past t w years much contract work In the Aa .-tnn.ih harbor, was chll*l Mr Bs* sali that be bl*l n a contract id Aug. X. ISM. lie al*m bid oil other contra I** In later years, all of win i were let I** the Gay nor (Vmpiny. Il i > tlhed several < ontra *ts und *l* arrd th.it all bids put lu bv hint w <*r* lorni tid*- and that there w is vn< rdiklon or conspiracy In tween lufns* if atal Wd lam T. r Join F Owynor O. F K Burgwlun. a civil engineer and contractor of Richmond. Va . *t tire af ternoon *cs!on test tiled t< tiavlfig bid >n dr. gii.g work l* th* Bavannah harlarr. ll** *ll*l not Rt the ontra**t lie declared he sulaidtled his l id without liavitig con sulted with nil) on* concerning the mat ter None of the Guyiioi*. he said, knew the c*ntn(s of hi* I*l*l atal he declared there was no cnltuGon |>. tw. en, th* m arvl himself Ilia teatlmony then drifted Ini a techlncai explanation f all the pe riflcatlnne under which h- hid t'amplwll P’ord, n former go’ ernment t% 11 * ngine#T, wist h*l Itispecud the S v intsih and Align ta river wrks. testified .m to sta* Ificatiotts under different cn tracts Crosa-exatnlnrd he said tl*t th#* “|SMi|lli ati ns did not allow of a dlff ieo cl of w<ik lelng l* t>e He testified that ; !*> wrk done uni©r dtfferont contract* was of uniform ipiailty YEL1.0%% FF.VFR IN 11%%A9A. Hr. John (•■Hera- ka > • If %% 111 kits Re Eslermlifwted. Jacksonville. Fla, Nov 12.-Dr John (hilttrai, the yellow fever eiert of Ha vana. Cuba, strived In the city to-day. lie th | r*fv*hor ill the m*di #l university of Havana and h*Wl* an appuAntment under Gov Gen. Wotd ns ytdlow fever expart for Havana In an interview with th* Asaocint.*d I Tegs to-night, he said “There Is no more vdlow fever It* H*v vmm this year than In former years More has l*een heard of it In the states on a -of tne number of Americans % ho are in Havana There were 21 non Bpantsh emigrant's landed In Havana last winter, and It ho* been among them that th* fever tu%* spread this summer Three Hun dred have arrived from Btain this winter, but we have not allowed them t* en’ r Havana, having erected barracks ,ust outside the city, where they are kept until they are sent to the Interior of the island “I believe t ha( yellow fever will be stamped out In Havana in the course of the next two or three years There l# no reason why |t should c|*t now If proper precaution* are exercised. There w - no yellow fever in Mutmuai* ot Santiago thin summer, and only •• tnlM form In Havana Every house in Havana will be fumlgat*-! this winter, nnd If the dormant germs can Ih* ex (ermin ated there will be little or no fever In Havana next summer." SPAIN AM) L %TIN AMERICA. I.ffort of the f ongrras In Ytadrld t lirnn t lisrr Tie*. MsdrUl, Nov. 12 Th©r© were a number of fresh arrivals to-day of delegates at tending th© Bpanlsh-American <’cKgresa Various American cor|M>raitons, including h© Hermisls Telegrait> <’**mpany, w©r© also represenie#!. Th© representative of the (©legniph company vnentioite*! saUI h© wished (* #©# th** tie# uniting H|*aln and Hough America tightened The Committee on Arbitration in its re port, pro teats against any jM>llry having in view th© solution of interna tional conflict* by other than pacific nnd Ju*koJ means. It sympathises with tin* effort of Kor<|- and Amteini to obtain th© ©iahllshm©nt of a court of iirhitratton an*l proclaims th© tHceesity of a special B|Miilsh-Amerlrati court to deal with all questions bet ween Hr*anlsh nations In t'entral him! fiouih Amsrlca. Thl* tribunal. It nffirnts. ougnt ro !• permanent and obligatory The refsirt also protests against any tendency to givo an arbitral but court any iMfiitlcal supremacy It recommends th© creation of teac' aoetatlas. like tlusa* ©x Isting In North America, and damands that fresli B|*anlsh-American assrmhll©# mwt three >*ars hence "In order to rtrengtbcn the Kind# t. lwe©n Hfvam and Isittn America." MOROCCO** I*l LTAN MIST PAY. %*, arslilp Will Re Sent to l iirer Col lertlon of fIO.OOO. Washington, Nov. 12.—Th© government of Morocco has again declined to meet th© dcrrMindM of the l7nJt©d Htates for th© |sy of an liulemnlty on account of the killing by * mot* of Marcus Essagln, a natural tied American rltlsen. The last request wa* made by Fnited Htatea Consul Gutn mere and the dec|inat4oi *f Morocco was accompanied by an intimation of its free dom from liability urnr th© terms of Ui© convenlion between Morocco and Hpaln The state l**partment ha come to th© conclusion that the ooisurs r©:*reents ilons will bn more effective If h* Is sup rng-texl morally by ihe presence in Moroc can wat*rs ot u l*nlted Btut©s warship and It Is orobah!© that he will make his visit to Fes to again present the case a** a passenger on a vessel to Ih- selected by th* navy department for that purpose, which will proceed to (he port nearest to the Moroccan capital. PARLIAMENT TO MEET OWC. 3. EnalamFa War Expenaea (mount to fully g |fIO.IHNMNM). Ix>ndon, Nov. 13.—Parliament will ss semtde Dec. Z lo vole the expense* of the war In ftouth Africa, which are now ex liected to amount t > fully fIOO,OOb.OHc - fora < 'hrlMin.l# an adj>urnmen( wlii t©- taken until the end of January. Heath of Thomas %ruold. London. Nov. 13 —Thomas Arnold, fei- Icw and examiner In English language and literature at the Royal University of Ireland, second son of the celebrated Dr Thoms* A mold, head master of Itugby. and father of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist, died yesterday. He was born Nov. ID, 1323. DAILY 3' A YEAR 5 GENT® A COPY YyFFKLY 2 TLMKH-A WEEK II A TBAIt STABBED TO DEATH NKUiimT it innmf, ua., is£— 111- KMI I #'(TALLY. DISPUTE OVER GOODS SOLD. FOR >ll.ll HAY %\N %|| HR I iPIKIi IS THE NLYY I.R. Vlra. John VVeleli (lalmed %hr Was One lard Abort on f |tb harrhassg f Xlhihuihl Lichtenstein—Her litis haul Went (• Ihoiit the Vtnffrr nul the Fntnl liNcounler Hesltrd. I.leli i*o stel o XerliMisl) Uouiiitnl and W clsh Head. Adrian. G , Nov. 12 H H. Lichten stein. a mer> hunt of this place, at a b bed ami instantly k1...*l J. !in \V# ch, and was shot and badly woundel t> Wei •!. Th* trouble gtew out of the refusal of Lit h ttn-tcln to ink* back some g*ds l*ught by Welch's wife. IJchtenstein's wound will not prove fatal lla has h*en ar rented and a guari placed nl his U-d --akkt. % Fuller JrroHßl of the Tr^grdy. Dulilln, G , Nov. 12. —Y• #l* r lay tha news reached the city of the killing at Adrian. <#n Hat unity, of Mr John Wa.ch b% Mr Higmutal *hoting of tie i.ti#r by the former l.lch* tisfein Is u tn* rchant at Adrian, and soil Mr \\ *l* h four yards of doth. %% • Ich cLalriM and thut thcie w., on y (hin yards In the pb*ce. and wont to Lirhten atrln'a store t rectify the mat ter. Mom* sonh ensued )*iA-eii t h** two when \V#|ch left Lichtenstein, It is wiki, M10%%h1 iiitii *i *wn th* street, nnd upon uvertakkig turn pu)Vl n dirk and cut Welch In flic breast. Wsdch pulinl a pistol and before his dtath* which was almost !n*aiuaneotis, shdt Lichtenstein In the gr<4n. Lichtenstein formerly traveled for Hm ry Holom-n *v Hon #f Ha varnish and lived at Tennllle. In i • 11rfl tj 11>- In that ph* a a f**w yearn ago with a man named I >ta mukes he used his knife, but with no trad results lie Is a Son-tn-lnw of (he late Hon Mor ris Dawson, a wealthy and Influential clt x**n of Km.iiu*| county for many years, and who several times represented tha fLxteenth Hen a tori,a l Distrloi in th© up per house of the General Assembly of Goorgia. HAD VALUABLFDIAMbNDS. Two Nlemleans Held for Trying to *••••■ le Jewel* Worn by tho Fhimowa (| ueen t nr lotia New York. Nov. 12—Two Mexicans arhq gave their names as Veilno M. Fre. and Al Jarulro A. Msmucci, were *rresie*l berg to-day, charged with smuggling Into this country iurt of the fumoo-' jewel* at *ne tirn** worn by t’.iriotta. the widow nt Em peror Maximilian of Mexico. The Jew els in the mens |<o*session trn tal*l to he worth The men w* r* #hfi*lmed and this morn ing H|#* ill Treasury Agent Theobald *aw them, with another man. meet at the cor ner of lltOHtlway and Seventeenth itlWt. He tt|n*ra h*-*l them and told me of them ihat he waa a prisoner. Th* man pr>t<stel, on*l as he ltl handed two l**'kug** to one of the other men. A policeman was called and th*- two ww* arrested. Th© third tn in was not arrest ed. hut went to the West Thirtieth Htr©**t Htation tn a dosed carriage At the station the men protested against their arrest, bu( w*te held ran withstand ing. The package* were opined ami In •hi** were found two diamond rings. The stones were single diamonds set In plain goll ami ore said l* W worth shout Ilk.dU apiece. The other package contalmrt a diamond pendant which is said to tvav* teen worn formerly by <ju*H*n ('rirbttta suspended from a Jewel necklac 'Tha |H tilaiit i#hm*i ta of it l irg*- *liam<*nd s* t iiroumi with eighteen sms her stones and iso large stones hanging beneath. Th© stone In the center la said to Im- a famous diamond It Is of 23 carats, flawless, and the peihkint Is said to Is worth PO.OOO Th* Jewets w**i# turned over to Agent Theo hald. The men were arraigne<| be for© Commissioner Hhb Us an*l wra held lu ball—Prexa lr# E.uo and Marodcci in li.- .©•. an*i their cxaminstlon was set for Nov. 17. STARTED A 111 N ON A II INK. False Report (•*( Out Ahost a ( ashler In Chicago. Chicago. Nov. 12—Three days* enforced absence fregn h.s post of duty on the part of I> 8 MfOrabi, cashier of tho Calumet National Batik at Routh Chicago, stnrtwl false rumors am to the Insiitu tlon’s solvency and culminated to-day In a run <m th© bank. Tl>© run lasted ihr©© hours. At tho close of th© day’s business Cashier Mc- Grath said nearly S3.<** ha*l been isvkl out. most of it going to holders of de mand certificates. Mr M Grath was compelled to remain at his horn© because of Illness and tha report became current that he had b- Mrrnd©d and tb> he h.*d committed sui cide. He first became lnf*rme<l of tha rumors by th© arrival of a deputy corona? who cam© to hold an inquest upon him. The hank is ©ntlr©ly solvent. 111*11*11 T OF I'OHTO Hl* ’O. Th# Inis ml In *n l.ona## a Mllllarr llrpnrlmrnt. Wanhliwrton, Nov. 12.—Th# war ‘lrpart m#ni li>-<Uy maJ# public an ot<l#t dll* continutnK th# t!#iuirtm*-nt of Porto Rloo on Itac. IS. an l atiachlnc It to Ihe #•■• iarimtnt of the Baat a* th# iMatrlo* at I'orio Hlco. On# ballsllon of the Klev • nth Infantry and th nqusdron of tho Hfth Cavalry are ord#r#d to New York. Gen. Davis I* order#*! to Manila for duty an Inspector general. Thin order leaven In Porto Rico th# native redment, i--nnlntln* of #SO men. a battalion of tho Eleventh Infantry, and bailerlen K. K and O of tha Fsf*h Artillery. The*# troops will be under command of Ltout. Col. Jamea A. Buchanan, who la now In com mand of tha natlv* regiment. I'rlnrr to Vlalt Belfast. I>?ndon. Nov. 13,—1t In officially announc. ed that th Prince and Prince## of Walca Intend to vtalt Belfast next April.