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the morning NEWS T", • auiishrii Km - Incorporated t 5? ‘ ‘ J H KKTILU President. WIND’S FATAL WORK gtVVY KILLED HV TOHVfIDO TH IT SWEPT TEINEPnEE. COLUMBIA’S SEVERE LOSSES. T )vuvn-FIT. K11.1.K.n THERE AM) FIFTY IDJIIBO. Several Smaller Town. In Tennea.ee Have a Idend !-. Numbering; From oae to FYva —>o Bolldin* In the ,-earful Whirlwind's PnlU Sur- %■ I >ii.il There Were home via re lon. E.eapeS, nnd There p r re Some Terrible Irealba. Narhvltle. Tenn.. Nov. 21 —Tennessee v w-pt last night by the most destruc ,tvr. lerm ever known in the state More Fiat fry persons were killed and a httn dr.d more injured, whlln the damaga to l.otie- timber and other propltty will reach large llgures. I'h.- -rm entered the state from North ern M .. .~!ppt ami swept across in o , . ~„terly direction. Orest damage Is r ,.,.,rtcd from the counties bordering on jl .t ; and further on Columbia. In gist \ oumy. Is the heaviest sufferer, la*. eigne, Nolenavills, ai.d Gallatin also 1.-,t trie wind's force, the storm flna.ly U*lr,it tt* force against the Cumberland i c,i ia:n range. Columbia's casualties number twenty- Pve U-vnl and fifty Injured. the list so far os known being a* follows; The dead are (white) Misses Florence trad Evelyn Farrell. Capt. and Mr*. A. i*\ Aldelot. Ouy Aldelot, Paul AJdelot. Jam-s Cherry, Miss l>i**)e For.ylhe. Mr- Tom Carroll, Ml** M. J. Vile*. Colored— Winfred, wife and child; Turn Hack my. Joo Scott, Glass Hovwn. Peter Adams. Fryerson, rook at the Oar roil's; five unknown negroes In the emer- trency hospltwl. The injured are Clayton Tucker, badly | 1 mist'd and In a dangerous condition; j iitsie Read. fatally hurt. Belle Cooper, - Mrs. Jones. Mat-trie Heed. Minnie Heed, j.ulu 800 tick. Mrs. Sarah R untell, Susie 1 .ayell tail are white) have bruises and alji wound*. Colored— Will Hickman, broken thigh t .it> Sewell, seriously hurt la the hack; m Joltm-en: I>an Sewell, Will Ilrown *nn Fryer. Uielus Wwlk. Phlllpson, Bib liman, injured badly, bruised and ecnlp v.., arsis. >..• Farrell was blown over a window, aid while badly hurt, will not die. laerythtua Uas H reeked. The path of the storm Is about fifty -,toV- wide, and was through the north- >m suburb* of the town. In Its ti r everythin* le completely wrecked. \ -t even the Iron and atone fences of the and ial ground* arc standing ■ houses of fapt. Aide lot, the Far i and other large residences were de r > tshid. \\ ith the exception of these four houses, i! storm's path was through a section it ihe town populated ctil*fly by r.egroe i the poorer classes, and the houses i ■ • mere hovels. It Is estimated that j of them were lot illy destroyed and a I se number damaged. The suffering of people, rendered homeless ami bereft o ill their goods, Is pitiable. le number of houses destroyed In the J i nsvllle neighborhood Is sixteen. ■re were two fatalities, as follows; Miss Nancy Hampton, aged 25. Mrs. ?• cv Hramlett. aged Injured arc J. 11. Hampton, need * Miss l-atla Hampton, aged 23: Mrs. Jl.ltnda Jennet, aged TO; Auhrey llamp * Internally hurt; Thomas Hampton, t-elly rut and bruised. Emma Ha mm on. run roken sUrs P. C. Verier, eollarlmne * I tib broken; Krne.t Stephens. Internal !’ .tries; l-oslle Stephen*, slight bruises i is head: Alien Fly. Internal Injuries; Hr- J. W. Fly. Internal Injuries; Ills* 1 badly bruised. All of the sixteen houses were totally i Ircyr-d. Mr Hampton had WOO In money and this - I own away and only a par* roeov- I baby of Jim Chrl'man. colored, re- I i"t lost, was fouml 3UO jards from the I . at 10 o'clock, lying near a branch. ;rcd One of the family dogs was I by hi* side. IV lint's Us rveluu* Work. At I,avergne, sixteen ntlkr south of * r on the Nashville. Chattanooga and t louls road, the veleclty of the wind ■ marvellous, and from lust report* only altout twenty second*. In I *rt time alwuu thirty-five dwellings * turned Into kindling wood. The lo* i* small eom|>ared wlih the rolrac ■ ct*cs made. The- wind made a '' " alajut ;*i yard* wide through the r 1 of the town. The latvergne High I aid I.,<■ depot, the two lirgest l Wi re laid flat to th- groun I -of these two building* I- pa ed * The railroad lost four section •u h valued at |b*i The victim* '' -he tornado are: ■ Robertson and hi* six months' * hi l-l. Robertson’s house, which was a ' r °ng |,* structure, was In ihe mld thv path of the storm and was laid • the ground. At the time Mr, ' - risen and his child had re' 1 red and w'fc was siting near the tied sewing, II 1 f., r . th* latter could even warn ishand death had claimed them. Robertson's escape wi* marvelous. ' found the unfortunate nmn was I ' ro-s the hack by a large Umber * > great segr was on the back of hi* No ma-\k could he discerned on •dy of the child. Roth are thought a- met instant death, most every horns there were esveral * those meet seriously being " Charlton, collar bone broken; - " r -Id child of Mack Jordan, cannot re- Elmore House, aerlouely Injured 1,1 V I lamson county great damage was but the town of Franklin escaped hi'h .omisrraUvsljf sip ail loss. Houses aud Jsatemnal) 'Horning Dittos. timber In Summer county also suffered considerably, but ilrat report* Nnt out from Gallatin were exaggerated. Or*it suffering is being ox perl meed by those deprived of home* at Latveigne and Nolensvllle. The rise in the Cumberland river at Nashville i* the moat rapid known In & years, the aster having climbed twenty feet on the t*ug* since yesterday morn ing , IIXTY-rO( H WERE KILLRD. Lom of Life In the Territory VUltrd by the Trna<lo. Nashville, Twin . Nov. 2L-Di*T>atche* up to 8 a. m, lndtoale that last night’s storm, which swept over Northern Mis sissippi ,*nl Central and Western Tennes see, was one of great severity. Advices by the Associate*! Prea and from titKiai correspondents. show that the kms of life in the territory visited by the tornado already amounts to sixty-four, and the number Injured to over fifty. Telegraphic communication to the re gions visited by the cyckme m interrupted, and tt la few red that when full details are Kiiotvn, that the list of (he dead will lw* lengthened. Tim following table Rhein the loss of life together with the Injured, compiled from dispatch*** forced through by courier and telephone from the devastated locali ties: Kill- Jn ed, jure!. Columbia. Term. ♦*> 2o lafKlrnnge, Tenn 3 6 laVergne. Tenn 2 1 Thompson. Tenn. I 0 Nolan*vide. Tent*. ? ** 1 jdvc Rtation. Tenn 2 1 Tunica, Mi s 5 0 Lula. Mins 4 o Hernando, Mies 2 h Katesvllle, Mies 0 3 Itoxley'a Store, Tnn .3 0 KnuikMfl. Tenn 0 2 Total 64 51 TEN ITXH'I.H Ul lti; KlfitKO. Disastrous Rrnlta of the Alarm tf Irknhnrla, Miss. Arknhocla. Tate county. Mis*., Nov. 21 —Yesterday afternoon a tornado detrend ed upon this litllo town and as a result fen person* were killed outright and twen ty were injured. The dead are: Jack Kelltim, aged 30 years; William Kellum, a*d 12 years. Nicholas Blake, uged .4 .years; Mrs. Wil liam McKay; four children of Mrs Wil liam McKay; unknown negro; n* gro in fant. The injured are: Press Blake. seriously ? urt in back. John Parker. Internally, se riously . Mrs. John Parker, seriously * -rushed; John Biake, rigid leg broker.; Alpha Bakewell, leg broken; Charles Bo shell, seriously hurt in back; G. L Thom ason. injured In head, William Scroffan hurt in back; C. Parker, painfully bruised. Mrs. Toombs, painfully hurt; Miss Bunch I - l a*Hey, bruised not seriously; five chil dren of Robert Pickles, painfully injured; Gus Aldridge, bruised; Mia* Lottie Pick ms, seriously hurt; Ann Jackson, colored, seriously hurt; colored Ik>% may die. The storm overwhelmed the town about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and In a few minutes nearly every building was de molished. Many of the victims were pin ned under the wreckage and were extri cated with much difficulty. The tornado passed to the northeast and caused much damage through the country districts. IPPi OF bit'll W AS IIKATY. fleatb ami Ilestrudlon In Storm Swept lllstrlet. Memphis. Tenn . Nov 21.—Advices re ceived to-nlr It from the stormswept sec- Oons of Mississippi. Ark a raws and Ten nessee. Indicate that the loss of life and ■hima*<> to property Is far greater than a, Arm reported. In Mississippi the greatest kw* of life and damage to property occurred near' Tunica. Lula and Hernando. A report by carrier from a |>lnt thirteen miles from Tunt a. says that the tornado's *k>- vastatloo wue s great that It will take weeks to calculate and re|*lr It. Five negroes lost their Uvea on the Hamlin place. In Tunica *h nchoolhouse. church and a number of buildings were totally de molished More than fifty negroes are missing and It Is f*-ared that several of them have perished, Colton Is repotted badly damaged. At Hernando, a white man was killed and a negro fatally Injured by flying debris. Numerous sawmills, several res idences and hundreds of mgro cabins wi re blown away. MTWIIHf M MM l'litMw. Some of Them In Tennessee Mattered llsmsxr of ttIHNMMMI. Memphis, Tenn , Nov. 21.—Lumber tlrms whose nllll are located on Wolf river, the northern boundary of the city, suffered damage estlmausl at more than 1380,000 by the overflowing of Wolf river duilng the right. * A sudden rise resulted from a heavy rainfall throughout this seetlon. whleh at i iched •> : 'i "■ • amount of logs and tarts, moored In Wolf r i v(r broke loose end were carried out into the Missi-e ppl river. A vast number ~f |„jj„ Were Sfaliered for miles down the river, and although sirong efforts were made to recover the limber, a Urge pro l- rtlon of II will be lost. GOV. 1181 KHAM MMIItIKD. Krnlurk> '• Baecutlve Wedded to Miss .lean Kuna*. Owensboro. K> Nov 21 -Oov John C repps Wtckltffe Heck ham arid Jean Itapb „..| Fuqua were mtrrled here this evening ~ |;|o o'clo k. The ceremony was pei fnrmed in the First Pres .yterlan Chur•:c liver SO‘ guests were present. Including many from Vlrgini.-the y.,.l hom-r of th ' Fuqua family; well known people from all 1 parts of Kentucky: the Governor a staff and all et*t* offlcera from Frank fort. including Judges of the Court of Ap is ale and members of the various sta board. The state ofllcmte arrived on .pedal tretn from Loulsvh.s dut.n* ihe * und hts bride left at midnight for trip 'h™**** l *. ! y After the Inauguration on Dec. I. th y win vlftt TXoMm- Oov. live of Kentucky to be married while In offices SAVANNAH. GA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1900. EFFECT OF ELECTION MERELY COINCIDENT TO ACTIY ITY IN FHII.I*n\ES. MAC ARTHUR HAS 70.000 MEN. - TROOPS FROM ( HIM U lI.L (iHIvAT LY INCHHIS ARMY. Orders Have Been (.ivrn to Push the Operation* Auninst the Filipinos. 4en. NacArthnr Favor* a Ntnndlug Army of 7.1,NNl Men. the President to llae Authority 40 Increase It to lOO.OtMS—Commercial Matter* In the Islands. Mamin. Nov. 21.—Gan. Mao Arthur was asked to-day wherher the result of the pestilential election in the I'nited States was in any way n\powdbl for the or ders to push op* rations agnuu-t the Pdi pt noa. He replied that the result of the ele - tkm was merely coincident with other f* stuns of the altualion. If* added that the return of the soldier* and marine* from China with the rc rrufts who had arrived recently, would Inroasr the number of troop# to 70.0< men. The enlargement of the foree . th" ending of the rainy season. better i'>• !•. Improved ttinsporhithHi mwl the <l -tre to make the most * flic lent use of the vol unteers before 1b ir term of service ex plrea in June .are nil contributory to tbf moat active campaign. Concerning lh** replacing of . O vol unteers, Gen. MacArthur sail he lawn the establishment of h standing army of TTi.OOO men, and authorizing ilie Pr* sident to Increase it to iOu.OGb men. The general also said he was enlarging the force in den. Young* district to nearly 7,000 men,that heavy reinforcement# were being sent to Gen. Hughee. in the isJauid of Panay; that more troop had been ordered to Southern Luaou, and that various colunin movements liad been plan ned. hi ru ml In of the Indiana. The atranding of the coasting transport Irdiana in caunlng long delay in * i ii ing n number of the remote **si station* in Southern Luaon. which have -üb.-i - - an re to Nov. 1. only, and will h iv* to depeii-l largely on foraging until the I* dtana 1* floated or a steamer i> s* -ur**l Thre iistome warehou?** - are -t*l w;ii< a is delaving the eommer* e of Ma nila. Gen. Smith, the co*lector of the r*ort. ut a meeting to-day of Manila importers, urge! the ne cessity for the removal of the good* The mer> hant* talk of organizifig a company for the erection of bonded w y rehouses The soldiers and marliu* who have re turned from China are selling quanrltioa of curios looted from the residence* of the nobility or wealthy persons *t Pekin and Tien Tsin. Many of them ere valu able and ridiculously cheap and a numln r of presents of su h loot have been nmlbd to the t’nlted State* for Chrlstma:- prev ents. AITEH THU FILIPINO JIATI. Ambassador Choate llns Mode llepre aentatloas n I ana In ml. Ikindon. Nov. 21.—t'nlted States Ambas sador Choate his mad* representation- to the British foreign office on the subject of the Filipino Junta at Hong Rons. The foreign office la Investigating the matt'! and will reply as soon as t iie reports of the authorities at Hong Kong n<*c re ceived. I'F.llltl HKI.MOAT HLMGAS. Objected to Ise of Ills Annie on Floral Offering la t rokrr. New York. Nov 21.—The following let ter was to-day made public by Its author: "New York. Nov. 21, !#>.— lion John \V Keller. Brest* lent of iho Democrat I*' Club —Hear Kir: On my return to the oilv I find that during nry absence and without authority from m*- my name was inscribed upan a liaiiner or ribbon alt i ti ed to a basket of flowers mil by thn Board of Governor* of the Demoera:!-; Club to Mr. Richard <'rotor on hi* <l - for Kur|>c. In a tng n** a nu*ni b* r u the hoard. II was not my Intention to place my n rme at the d!*p-***ai of any one without my consent, and I therefore tender my resignation ae a m- mtier of 'lie I loan I of Governors of the -Democratic Club. Very truly your-, "Berry Belmont.’' Cl I!A A t t\V I. VI ION. Members lllsenssltrg the Hules o Government. Havana Nov 21 -The Cuban constitu tional convention, at Its session to-day In Ihe M irtl Theater, discussed the ru es of the Taya Cuban assembly, fifty-six out of 111. as the rules to govern tl s* dons oT the present organixatlon. tin most Im portant being a rule that delegates, dur ing the exercise of their duly, shall n*s accept |iositlons under th*- government. This ruby however, does not app*v to a-- ea.m s already holding positions Another rule forbid* <lel* gales to lie üb s< tit tonx*-r than "Ight day*, an.l a third directs that the convention aha;i l _ >v i-rnrd by a president, two vice presidents and two secretaries. A long discussion followed on the ques tion of public sessions This question was undecided when the convention adjourned. WITHOUT AM t'HIHHME. Bartles Who Are llulldlnw a llnllroad la < aba on Faith. Santiago de Cuba. Nov. 21.-Before re turning to Washington Secretary Hoot will meet Kir William Van Home at Btier lo Principe. Ixsal business Interests ore Intensely anxious with reference to the section of the Cuba company, of which Kir William Van Horne Is president. The ■ompany Is now employing 2.W> m*ti In the construction of a railroad but with out a franchise. Bveryone In this part of Cuba wants the line built; but trie For aker reaoiutlon forbids the granting of railroad concession#. Gen Wood, referring to the motter to day. aatd: 'The Cube company It doing an excellent hut *n unautlvwlxed work In building the road. It has Fo franchise. I assume, however, that the Cuban republic of in# future will legitimate# the company's ac tion ami gram U the privilege ol dom* OCEANIC WAS STORMTOSSED. Itl \4 hle Star Liirr Almo*t Had a (Collision IVMIi an Oatgoitig Yesterday, New Y’ork. Nov. M.— AlVhough stortn te.- ed and delayed by adverse winds and rough seas, the big White Star line suamship Oceanic arrived this evening, j but a few hours behind her regular tima j of arrival. At 6.30 a m the vessel was approaching tiie coast at * moderate speed, whan Capt | Carmron. who eas on the bridge, mad* j out the red sidelight of a large steam- | ship i taring him. The caroming vaaaal * dpproii hlng at an angle and when j Iw tl<*a twl e-h ehe'rel around s*> that could e her starboard light There I %\.t- shouting and more w histling, and the i captain of the Oceanic checked down hts > v*--sei and t-wuhg her stern around, at the | Mm** time the other vessel pass Y-d uMm fort able clnee astern, barely avoiding a collision with the Oceanic. The outgoing v-tei I* Mi|posed to b* the Trave. For nearlv ill the trip the Oceanic ex perlep.-ed northwest gales and rough. siualty weather. Nothing w<i* seen of fhe heiated North Germ Mi P.-ovd liner K ileer Wilhelm der (Jroes**, du*' here Tuesday. Hi.lt HI mum J4TO4 K imOKf flrrlosi Damnif to the I'rleslsnd et the- lied Itsr Mne. Southampton. bjt\n . Nov. 21 —The Red Star steamer Friesland. Capt Niokel*. i. hich *<iled fr< in New York. Nov 7 for i dr post and Antwerp, passed Hurst Cm a :> lock this morning, in tow f tig The Friasland’a rudder was dls Tlie Frl.slanl * rudder stock broke the aitertmon of Nov if* The waather was tlcimv and she lay In the trough of the ; sea. helpl*"* for several hours, until the Cltidett ro*k her in tow and l*rought her to within ;i lew miles of the Nasdles. wh*r* she was taken in hand hy two louthumptot! tugs. As the fluden steam *d >rr her great service* were recognlxed ly l*ud * h * rs from passengers. MI CH Flit IMi \ • %It IIPA T9IX. t liincti- lleliete Homer* Ire Yforch- Ing on Tlt Place. Tien Tsln, Nov 20. via Shanghai. Nov Xl.—There hot been coiul<teniblo firing re cently ji the neighborhood of Tien Tnn. upd owing to n rjs>rt that the German 1 quarter of the city would be k-d last night, the German sentries were double*!, i icglmcnt |Mtrolled the opr*elte bank of t ** river and the remainder of the Ger man troop* w#*re riolere*! to hold them selven in r-ad.nes* for a twn at an in st.int's notice. Nothing huppendi however, to show cause for the alarm, although to-day qU the Chinese servants of the Bengal Lan ers ufluer* and men iaft, laying they hd been informed that the Boxers were roar- rilnx in a large body on Tien Tain nnd Pekin. Neither Gen Inrne Campbell of the British troops, nor Col. Moale of the Americans. telieve there is any truth in the rumor, but the natives evidently be v** it and many of them are leaving Hu service of the foreigners. IIKVIIMIPFII A lIimORBYCB. , I'rncr \nnt Intlons in China at a 't >iiipnrnr<i aianilstlll. Pek'.n. Nov 1?. via Shanghai —The mol ing of the foreign envoys to-day unex !• - dly developed a iolnt of difference, which brought the negotiation* to a tem l orur> standstill. The matter will lie re ift-rrd t* the home governments Th ! c* tifereij. e aljourned without fixing a date for reassembling. It i .-aid tho the ffifference te such a** will |.* ?*iUly cause cimsklerable delay. I Hung Chang f- known to have unofN • i.flv appr<>.i icd certain ministers with • vc w of ascertaining the Ilk* llltood of i i* pow'>r* • onaentlng to reduce the pun ishment, but it i> understood that he re eiv*-d no encouragement. Report* from <!hlie*e sour* * * t*.\\ that a flernmn an*l ha ian column Is burning villages to tha i northward. I*l MsII a;i;Vi's TOO LIGHT. Mltilafrr 4 nnitcr I*, m|r •*•*■ Opinion Thojr %rp \ol '‘••Hlrlont. Wai>hini{ton, Nov 21. Th#* Biak mf>nt !mh r* 1 iv* <1 a abiaftim from Min ister (’onF*r, the r*t rroelvM In ov*r a ftftk, **x|ri'Milts(t Ihr opinion th lh* !#iii i- hnv n'prf for Iho offendlnif h -lorn In Iho lm|M*rla! de< ri o, aro not mirth He do*-ti not rJiM u.-* the other of the* tw&oiim _____ i 1 *ii J) cmimcm; him. hk*ibt, l i-rek Finds Oppwaltloa to III# Ad vance Movement. Berlin. Nov 21 Count von Wnl-lcrece entile* from Fekm tut he will return I . vl .-roy's visit t,-*la>'. lie has advl res fiom Col. Yor k's corps showing that the Chinese General Ho. with It),hui regular tioqis and much arth l*-ry. Isnear Kalgtin, |*re(iared to resist etu-rgeticalty n furlher advance of th* ex tsedltlon . Col. Y'*rck. Iher-f re will nwalt rtln for. •ne nis • f *r*- a t -mptlng to la-oceid. 11l Ivl; tA II 111 ( lli:*s t IIFFHKO. Mnnebealer Mill <■*• to India After t Isltlna I ailed Stales. Belfast. Nov, 21. The Duke and Duch ess of Manchester arrived at Tanderage# t'osth. Armagh, yesterday and were re relved with great rejoicing*. Bonfire# blix.d ar.d l.lumlnailons were general. Th** rr*. Is cheered a* Ihe enuple drove thtough the town and ihe l)uk* thanked his tenant* for their reception of his bride The Duke and Duchess will g*> to India anil Japan from the t'nlted State* cx in i* gkttiag eornm. More <vatlfaetiir ffnlletln laaned hy Ills Ph slelMll*. Llvadta. Nov. 21 -The bulletin Issued to day by the Ctar'e physician* was more ■atltfa.kory. It read aa follow#: "The Csar passed a satisfactory day yesterday Hl# condition la good. Tem perature at o'clock lnet evening. 102*. pulse. 7*. He al#pt hut little during the night, but from no disturbing causes. His Majesty's general condition * satlsfa* tory Tei.tpersturs this morning, ieM. gjulee. To.'* MURDER FOR MONEY j TWO AGF.It I.A Dll'* Klt.llßD AMI Till:IH HOI ML HIKYRD. FIRE USED TO HIDE CRIME. TIIE2IH UOIHFS WRRD FOF.XU IN Till'. AMOKINU IVI INS. For Y-ars Ttiey Had labored anl Aeeucualatetl tluist %\ M U Is TkocMilt to lltt%v Been the Ob ject of the Murder—ftCwrthinK 1- dlrsred the t rlndiia;* Had Matte a Thorough Aetrob-No Clew \A bitt erer to the Porpetroturs. i harlotte. N. C., Nov. 31 —Two old la dies. Violet J Colley aced 7;>. ami h*'r niece. Jane t?ath t'oßay. who lived alon* in a bouts on a nrmjn thorough fun flva : mile* from Charloita, were l* night j murdared, robte*l and their bodw** burvieal. The old ladles were generally report' and | to Ist wealthy It is known that they hid a good dwil of money They had lived a retired life for years, imd seldom ventured away from home, not even to tlie city tXoept when business compelled a visit. Th* hotise which they ncrupitd sto*>d ■ within 160 feet of the roadside Near it ! was a small building whi n they used ao a kitchen, and in which they kept their stores. People pacing along the road this morning noticed that the small house had been burned. There wan no '•ten of life nlout the place, and an inve*'le.iti< a showed that the dwelling had been ran* • knl from tup to bottom. Indicating that a tmsft tlwir ough search hod ben made for the money which the old ladies were suppos'd t have kept in tte house. Bur* itn*. cab inets and desk* had leen opened, and their contents strewn about. Every n**k an*i corner of the dwelling bore evld*no*w of having l*een e*-an hed The general atirrovrulmgs nnd the b -*en**e of the old couple pointed all too plainly to a case of murder, robbery and arson, and It was no surprise wtien ti *earch of the ashes of the small building reveal'd two burned stumps, the bralir Mias f’ollt v ami h**r nl e llie supposition i* thnt the old ladles were attack'll while they w*re ;it sup per. after which their residence wo** sack ed and the house in w hi* h their bodies lay was fired For years tM.*t fhey had ieen known to he accumulating money and had probably sl,3fh saved up There is absolutely no clew to the per petrators of the deed The neighborhood people are greatly' stirred up. tn*l both city gnd county official* are using every effort to get a trace of the murderers. PARK HI HAT TO I IKK \ IJ %Nl>. Will IHnrnn 4|iietltn of Vice at a l*nhl!c Mrrtln*. New York, Nov. 21..-Wheeler H peck ham Atvl flu* Rev Ir Chari** 11 Park hurst will discus* tin* c|u*etem of vie** In this chy at a public, meeting to be held nt Cooper Cnlon l>ec 11. Thi* will le th first appearance of I>r. Park hurst on the platform since the earn iwlgn of V&4. when the late William I*, throng was eltetid Mayor. The iu**Ming I will b** held un'fer th* auspices of the , City Vigilance league and will bw Its j first move toward taking an active Prt in the mayoralty camiNitgn of t ext fall. Agent* of the league hvc been collect ing data whtoh while u*e-l by Tr l*ork hnist to shw the prevalence of vice. Acting Inspector James Campbell and - Cc-nhoy of the Bh-epshea*l Bay precinct to- tav made descent on the hotel kep: by Witifcirn Bchueetar, bormigh of Brooklyn, and * <i>mn tlty of racing card* on B*-nntng* nice*. Ai*oii? seventy-five men who were in the building nt the limn made their escape and no arrrets were m.id* XIvAM AN*A EFFORT TO KIM.. Aliot lonttH Italy anil Hied From a Hour of < nr!>!l** Veld. New Y’ork. Nov 11.—John Daly, 16 years I o il. ate. gr|h nvenjo nger at Broad rtreet. was shot In the hr.rd at that p a• to day by Joeeph K N* tm m. a t arten- • der. Neaman took rart>ollc add atu) died within a few minuter. A few minutes lef*.re 9 o’cl n k Neoman * entered the t* legraph office and call 'd to Italy, who was back of the counter. Tlv* Imy w* nt out t once A moment later the fi ’ three shot* In rapid luei r wittn, Italy fell, j shot through the left side of the fa* **. A number of men tubbed toward N*o I man. but he was t<#o |ul<k for them He took small bottle of * urbollc a* i I frotn his pocket ar.d drains*! It, Incoming help- 1 le* almost immediately Daly is an orphan. Formerly the boy and Neaman t> arded and r mul together In a letter handed hy NVjuiwn t* * |*- llceman the former *|oke of h*<w* much he lov'l the lad nrel w nte*l to nld l m He had. be said. rcp*alediy tried to induce ! him to reiurn to him McklNl.El t.OT NEIIHVSKV. Ills Plurality User llrynn VV mm Nearly H.tMNi Vole*. Uncofn. Neb., Nov. 21.—The official count for Nebraska partially fin ached to- j day, *nowa that McKinley’s plurality In the state la 7.122. The total vote of the j state la 2&1.95R. Of these McKinley re- j calved 121.836; Bryan, 114,081. Th** count ! on the >ther presidential cundklnteH 1* iw>t complete. For Governor. Dal I rich, Republkan, hae U3,#7l*. Poytiter, fui-Sun, 113 018; Deli rich is the iowcw man cm the Itcpubllcan state ticket. . THU VOTE IN PENNM LV VNI Y. liffielal Retaraa Put McKinley's Plu rality at Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 21 —Trie coropila tion of the official returns of the late election wa* completed to-day. the total vote for the various candidates for Preal dent follows McKinley Bryan 424.- 28; Woolley, ProblblUon. 27.1*#. Maloney, Hvclaiist 2,K*; |4arker, iVoule's, JB. irebs. Roc is list, i,UL McKinley’s floral REFUNDING TO BE STOPPED. Secretary (>nr Announce* 11c Will i;cliaua* N* Mure Husda I uder Recent Act After ller. 1. Washington, Nov 21 Secretary of the Treasure Gage to-day Issued the follow ing circular discontinuing the refunding operations. "Referring to the circular of March 14 j 1H" known *# the refunding circular I which invit'd tha attention of owner* of I'nited Hiate* 3 per cent l*otids, ban of lk-19)X; 4 per cent bonds, funded loan of 1907; urvd .% ier ennt. tionlf, loan of 1904. to the provisions of the act of March 14. jem, relative to tha ex* h inge of such bond* for 2 per rent, consuls of IW, as utithoiited by ►sal act, publk' notice Is hereby given that It l* th*- pUT|wiea of the department t siiapei.*l refunding opera tlons undi r the above circular. All i*er eons Interested ar* therefore hereby n*> lined that Ixmdu Intended for exchange ln: 2 per cent consol* of 1990 must I** forward'd for that purpose* *ot later than I tec. 31, I**) “Th* circular of March !4. IP*n* i* here hv resettule 1 to take effect in acrordan* * with tin* provisions of this circular ” Under tlie refunling operatkui* th treasury ha* exchanged alout FU.ono.ortO for 2 par cent b>n*h thus saving a laig** sum in interest t> the government I'p to Dot. 31. tie 2 jer cent* tnetted t• e* change f>r ofher kain* oggregsted 8346. M. 76 14 is believed that the Axing of * date to cln*e the refunding operations wiil hasten exr hange* Treasury ofTW ials b'* li* ve that before the * loee of Dee 81. the total exchange wtd itnount to over 8400,(100.000 or marly half tlie nggreg* e of the various :**iiu* fuihject to refimd when the original cirr*iinr wa* issu'd. THIHT V St I |/|*IO N A Y E AR. tinnunt of Itcdiu'ftou to fie Made In tlie War Tates. Washington, Nov 21 The Republican member* of the Ways and Means Com mlttne made ouch progress today with the Nil to amend the wur revenue htw thof it Is exacted the fiiwt draft will be com pleted by to-morrow night. The committee d'*ctdcd to-day to make a reduction of 83n,oOU.tYIO a year. This 1* the amount suggeste*! by Hecretary Gage y* wterday, and, It is understood, meets the views of th** President. In fact the mem bers of the Way* and Maanx Committee, w'ho *;iw the |*re*ldent last evening, say tlist previous to Bee ret ary Gage appear ing before the (*onimit(e* the whole mat ter had he#n carefully •‘onsldered hy the President and secretary. 1,01111 808 Fit TH IN JIBED, He Is Bald to Have lleeti Severely Thrown ty Ids Horse. Gondon. Nov. 21—The evening Btandard, in a special edition this evening, says: "Just as wre are going to press the news has reached lg>ndon that ls>rd Roberts has been thrown from his horse and rs -rived severe Injuries.” The offi ni* of the war office say they are “not In a |M*uion to report anything In connection with the rumored accident to 1/ord Roberts.” Tide uteranre i* interpreted here a* giving indirect support to the Evening dt a ndu rd’* si a t ement. Lord Roliert*’ acc.dent occurred on Bun day last, while he wa* riding IBs horse fell with hirn and he wan shaken and bruised, but no iimb* were broken. A* l has sin* • '"•nt <llspt<heM to the war office, | Jh believed that he is per forming his usual duties, especially as he ban not mentioned (he accident IIH FF.I.T NO I Id. EFFECT*. I.nnl Roberts* I'all lies* Not Seem to Have llrrS Serlons, l/ondon, Nov. 22.—A dispatch to the Standard says: Roberts* bodyguard remove*! hirn to Government House. Johannesburg. lie wa* badly shaken and bruised, but It is expected that he will he able to take the field again in the course of a few days.” The Daily Telegraph barns that I/ord Roberts hat* telegraphed privately to the secretary of state for war, Mr William Bt. John Brodrlrk. that he felt no ill effect* whatever. IHnpatcli From l.ord Roberts. I.ond t>. Nov. 2! -A long dispatch from fjord Roberts, Just r* eived. refers to a number of minor occurrence*. The only Incident of lmf*>rt*nce is the surprise of an outpost of the Buff* southwest of Bal moral Nov. 13. Hlx of lie- Buff* were killed and five wounded. An officer and thirty men were made prisoners. The post has since been rtwctlpled. Dentil of <en. *c tin Ik burger. New Y’ork. Nov 2! A dlspateh from (’ti|rr* Town to-day print*l lv the Evening Journal reports that flen. 8< halktuirger. the h* and of tti* South African Heoubllc since the departure of Mr Kruger, has died of wound* received In battle with the British. Robert* Hoe* Not %lent!on It. f/ondovi, Nov. 22 —!/orl Roterta‘ dispatch fr*rn Jolainnexburg this morning does nut mention the ifeath *f Gen. flcha Ik burger. I*4 *l*l l/ATION OF NF.W YOH K. Increased From 6,!tltTA63 !• I**fMt to 7.8H5.U12 •• IWW. Washington. Nov 21 The population of the slate of New York, a* officially announced to-day. is as against 5,ft97.%3 In 1891. This la an increase of 1418,109, or 21 1 per rent. The population 111 IW> was 5.082.871, showing an increase of >14.882. or li per rent, from to HBt. A NY HI’ATMKTir S I HIKE. N* Settlement let Itps<*hr4 in flgsr makers’ Trouble. Tampa. Fla., Nov. 21.—The Federal Trade* Assembly has decided on a gen eral sympathetic strike. No settlement has been reached in the clgarmakerV trouble. The local company of militia remains under arms Bark Kllrttr Radiy Damaged. London. Nov 21.—The Norwegian bark Elieaer. from Wilmington, N. C. for Lon don. which put into Bt. Ml haei’s, Axores, yesterday. In distress, ha* her rudder damaged, decks swept, boat* smashed rwl upper work* leaking. A porilon of htr 'osugu was JulUmmw.l on the voyago. DAILY 1“ A YEAR 6 CENTS A CORY WEEKLY 2 TIM Kb A WEEK.fI A TEAR WAITING FOR KRUGER AOBD I'HKHOH>T NOT VKT I.AMItII A T M UHKII Ult. PREPARATIONS FOR WELCOME. ('AY nr.COM %1 IONS |\ IVUIOI't FRF.Nt It M: ABORT. Cruiser Geldrrland Um Seen but Her Arrival at lUneillrs || M * llrvs Delayed by llnil U • nilu i -||orr Delegates Are Aailuuslf Aaslllng Tbelr t hief—flela t aiurd Aliietl IMNSsolntenl—Ammlsh Rumors That Cieltlerlantl Had Hern t Ma tured. Marseilles, Nnv 21 - A biumler In the tab iftlatkata uf the time thu (b lderisrxl would r'tpiire betwofi l*ort Haul >rva Mare* HU", resulted in the hxxllng out to day of the intended •lemuusiration tn lHg or of i’r* '.dent Kruger and imperilled tha Si cess of the reeeptlon to-morrow The Freti< Ii " eption eotntnlitee did not take Into atvunt the gale that is sweefi* it.g th‘ M ditei raiteuti and (lie low *pee%| f the Ge Mr rail'd, but allow'd all their arrangements to staiadl The Gekierland signalled Cape Cepot, off Toulon, at 2 p nt , and continued her voyage to thl* port Hhe reported that she ww delayed by a slight accident to her machinery The OHdenland cannot arrive here De fore nightfall mnd (he former l’r**idant of th* Transvaal will tea bind until to-mor row. 'l*he Boer delegates, victim* of the or ganising committee, waited • ip*' itntljr at the hotel from early morn until afters noon, the arrival of the cruiser For sever al hours the carriage intended for Mr. Kruger remained at tlie entrance of the hotel, the horses, which were decorated with rosette* of Boer color*, pawing the round Impatiently until the equipage was dismissed Vsrimiw <4*legatktn* and societies that hid assembl'd at the land ing gate remained through heavy show er* until they realised in tha non-slgnal luig of the Geldarland, tluit their prea ence was futile. Tlien they 'llilmmlfd. Early in 4he 'lay 1 *r. Leydn and Messrs. Elseher and Wessela and the other Boer delegate**, boarded the launch f the cap tain of the port for the purpose of tntt li.g a tel boarding the Gelderlaml outtMda the harbor. The prwvni too rough, however, to permit of their carrying out their intention, and they were obliged to return. A Plotareaqaa keeae. The scene at ths do k was very pHur foque. Every x>tgn of vantage waa oo cupied by sightseer*. The landing ntaga was gaily decorated with Transvaal and Free State Hie French tri-color sn-l shield* bearing the blue cross of the arms of MnnweMlrw. A red carpet rovirsl the ground, form ing a bright spb f color at the quay side. Decor .it lons elsewhere in the city were practl *My non-existent, only a few* flag* ie-ing Visible along the rout# whlcii Mr Kruger will traverse in going from th** quay 1o tie hotel. H* iwitor l'aullat. t o* pre|<lent ami other mcinberi of the Paris and MarreAlle* Ite cefiUon (*mtnlit*ii, assetnbie*! at tha binding stage 'hiring the forenoon and be hind them, drawn up In a b*sg line were delegation* of various pat riot !• societies , with enfebrimlered **ik staiMlank*. Bad weather ami the element of uneer t duty a** to the tune f Mr, Kruger's binding kept many thousand* met* to day from the route Thirty thousand would ho a generous estimate of the crowd, which v. a * massed thickly a nevaral points, v.tide only sparse assemblies were to bo seen elsewhere The French and Boer delegates were all Intensely disappointed, e*|*e< daily e up •* a late hour no news had been received of the (; Mer!u<i h entry Into the harbor, although It Is fully axpected that she wilt anchor there before daybreak to-morrow. No Importance is attached to the report of nn injury to her machinery, the theoy being tiftt she Is merely g'dng slowly In consequence of the heavy jw-, which M chiefly responsible for the delay. Nome Amusing Humors. An amusing statement appeared in a local paper this afternoon In which an alleged rumor wt* published to th** effect that the delay w.* due to the capture of the fielder land on the high seas by <t British squadron or to lei beret* d.innu to her machinery by a men-enary. Nat urelly th*ee statements only provoked thw laughter of those w ho read them. The Boar Fommltieo has issued an nn nouocement tbs* th* programme Intendod for to-day will t- carried out to-morrow. The attitmle of to day* . oncourse, while unanimously favorable ro Mr. Kru ger and the Iloert wa* nevertheless quHo free from nything offensive to the Brit ish. whtHh ended to enhance the absurdity of noly promenade -dong the principal boulevards thD evening by a score of atv- U-British youths, whose efforts led to no disorder whatever. MeKINLEY'N RIG I’M It ALITY. Hut llnsn Got Name A *te In Ohio That He Had • 1888. Columbus, g‘' Nov 21 The Berrftary of State to-day completed the official count of the ha Lot for presidential elec tors In Ohio. The result show* M *Kjnley. 513.918; Bryan. 474.882; McKinley's plu rality. B.(W The tot.il vot* was 1,048,191* Four year* ago McKinley received a plu rality of 51. K out of a total vote of 1.080.- 108. The irutease in total vote this year was 29,012. By a coincidence. Bryan ha* exactly the same vote m* he receyd In 1888. THAR FAWN lIItoKE LOOMS. A Fatal Disaster la Nloss Mines kear Bessemer. Birmingham. Ak , Nov. 21.—A string of empty tram cars broke loose and rati aw iy in the &k>*s or# mines of the Bk*a- Sheffield Bteel and Iron Company, near Beoremar. this morning Nape Thompson, the superintendent, was run over and In stantly killed Charles Kelly nd Andrew Hart, who were working near by. wet a •truck by two cara which Jumped tha track and crushed to death against tha wall of th# mint. Detail os Ray Award I’atd. I/ondon. Nov. 21.—The Delsgoa Bay Railroad award was paid to-day. Tha America ns received their abare through . lb# Beiigmano,