The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1900, Page 2

(&) FUNDS FOR THE RELIEF OF THE FLOOD SUFFERERS THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. People of San Francisco Respondl With Alacrity to the Cry of Distress That Comes From Stricken Galveston. s ARD OF TRADE. ATKINS nt Presige 1 Ame; subseriptiohs Wor in the cause of the Cre are a ~ The nobl womer who during the late war contrib uted the: me and ighor in 1 of the de of their country come forward again with t ssistance. To-morrow the e and Cits Red Cross societies, of which Mrs. \Wil- lard H. "Harrirgton and Mrs. John F. Merrill are presidents respectively, will combine and open headquarters at 318 ter stroet sibutions Of smoney. food and clott will be thankfully re- ceived and forwarded to the scenes of suf- fering. The following sums of money have been EKING, Aug. 26 (via Taku, Sept. 10, and Shanghai, Sept. 11). — The Japanese found Prince Ching, leader of the conserva- tive pro-foreign party, in the west- | ern hills, twenty miles distant, and | are holding him there with the view of a conference, and in the hope that he may establish communication with | the Empress Dowager. Papers have been found in the Em- peror’s room at the palace containing lists of the foreigners killed and the foreigners’ property destroyed. The search upon the part of the allies for Chinese troops has been suspended. ASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—The question of withdrawing the American troops at once from Peking is now before the Pres- ident, and & speedy decision Is expected and required. There are differ- ences among the officials In Peking on 1his subject and the issue is for the Pres- ident Lo decide. The action of the Frencl Government, as reported by cable dis. patches. in joining Russia in orders for the withdrawal of troops has brought about the contingency touched upon in the reply to Russia in the following lan- sunge: forwarded to the Contributions (o the Board of e - Galveston Relief Fand Levi Strauss & L8100 00 Py, Gront & Co 100 00 Iter Bros. T .. 100 00 . Carrigan & Hayden e s 100 0 & Scott. .. .. 100 0D . .. 100 00 5% o : 160 00 r & Ca.... 100 00 Fowder Works.. 100 00 00 o 0 00 00 on 0o on Dinkelsy iier, B Semt & < 00 » Bros. & Ce on 1hn., Niekelshu .. 2500 .. 23 60 Carter & Kelly.. Lowenl Maim & Co.. C. A. > Harry Unna Co.. From othcr sources: D. Pheln o .. .R100 00 H. Willinms Jr.... 100 05 & Iecht 50 0n n, Oakland s 20'D0 therie, Needlex..... 1 00 Son, nalpais Par- 1 00 . 8500 . 500 20 00 10 ¢ 1 00 . B oo . . 1 00 E. French... b & 100 Edward H. Taylor... 10 00 mes Dovik S 25 00 lifornia Canneries.. 25 00 J. Britterlin ou 00 H. Roberts ... 00 J. H. Henriques s o0 Samuel Mortin = o Sarah J. Starks . 00 E. T. Ledyard. ¢ : 00 Miss A. G. Catlin... g 00 No name ...... i 00 S. and G. Gump Co. . . 00 Hom-=n 00 Fischer's Concert Hal H. C. Ratcliff...... 00 J. 3 : caiesae 00 Kennett Melrose ... 0o M. F. Tarpey.. pe 00 Garret McEnerney ...... 25 00 ¥rs. George A. Knight.. 25 00 W. H. ces 20 00 Chief of Police Sullivan. 10 00 James L. Flood. 00 George A. Newha 00 Irane Trumbo on Charles Fair. 00 Tom Ferguson . 00 John 1. Sabin. o0 Samervisor H. nt 00 Colo 00 Sheriff J. Lackmann 10 00 mond dehaux .. 10 00 Dr. MeNutt S 10 09 Captain-John Spillane... 10 00 Managers' Asso- hers tary A. Tobi m Oakland— Mayor Sna et . Regua ardee ed & Nushaam Stratton Landers Stevens E. Lenhordt . Taft & Pennoyer A et ry Dierks . H. Kueks “Cox. Sac a 00 0o 00 00 0o 00 00 00 00 00 00 0o 00 50 50 00 0o mento. Seymonr. 20 10 an has received following eash subscriptions: Mre. Eleanor Martin - L8100 00 % Bros .... B - 100 00 Merchants’ Exchange.... 100 00 Daniel Meyer . 100 0n Emporiom . he 50 00 Stockton Milling Co 50 00 | Edward B. Pond.... . 5O 00 Mrs. S. W, Heller... . 25 00 Hale Bros . 0o J. M. Rothschild. the | supplied with stimulants to nerve them 00 | terday morning to place the bodies in [ R R B O e = =SOSR . & - GOVERNOR NAMES A : RELIEF COMMITTEE : ‘ . ACRAMENTO, Sept. 12.—Governor Gage to-night announced that if the Governor + 14 of Texas would accept aid from California for the unfortunate people of Galveston he ‘; - would appoint the tollow ing residents of San Francisco as a general State relief commit- ¢ A ¢ . L. W. Hellman, William Alvord, Robert J. Tobin, Claus Spreckels, James L. Flood, | ' \. A. Watkins (president of the Board of Trade), Charles Nelson (president of the Chamber of & ¢+ Commerce) and F. W. Dohrmann. /; : They are vested with power to appoint such ether persons and subordinate commit- 11 + tees throughout the State as they may deem requisite. s D re st e b Mottt it rsriebbbihie THE STORM-SWEPT tee to collect money and supplies for that purpose: DISTRICT OF TEXAS. J B R — P Gladding. McBean & C 25 00 | morgues for identifica for it was im- Captain Henry Glass, U. 15 00 | perative that the dead should be got to J. Richard Freud. 10 00 { sea as soon as possible. Many of the A. D. Meisegaes 10 00 | bodies taken out Charles F. Healy 5 00 | are placed on the ba F. Nagel . 5 00 | possible and lists are made while the —— BURYING BODIES OF VICTIMS OF THE HURRICANE| PN ALVESTON, Te Sept. 11 (via “The good people of Galveston straining every nerve to clear secure from beneath the of human beings and G the ground and debris the bod mals and to get rid of them. It is a great magnitude and is attended old difficulties. There is a short- age of horses to haul the dead and there is yrtage of willing hands to perform ne work. Yesterday morning pparcnt that it would be im- the dead in long trenches the gru it becam possible to bur and arrangements were made to take them to Barges and tugs were quickiy m ready for the purpose, but it was difficult to get men to work. The ciey's firemen worked hard in bringing bodies to arf. but outside of them were few who helped. The work in the hands of Alderman C. M. McMaster, Captain Charles Clark, James B. Hughes and others. These men pitched in, hand- ling the bodies themselves and urging the few men they could pick up to work. Father Kirwin, who went out to summon men for the work, repcrted that it was npossible to get any considerable nur and ne urged that able-bodied m impressed. Soldiers and policemen were sent oul and ev able-bodied man they found was marched to the whart front. The men were worked in relay and were liberally but not too plentifully for their task. At nightfall three barge- loads, containing about 700 human bodies had been sent to sea, where they were sunk with welghts. Darkness compelled suspension of work until morning. T« ward night great difficulty was expe- rienced in handling bodies of negroes, which e badly decomposed. The work ay will be still more difficult. o effort was made after 9 o'clock yes- yacht Stella to Houston, Sept. 12), | barges are being towed to sea. A large | number of dead a nals were hauled to the bay and dumped in, to be carried to sea by the tides. One.hundred and twenty-five men work- ed all day yesterday and last night in un- covering the machinery of the water works from the debrie. It is hoped that it will be possible to turn on the water for a while to-day, and it is planned to sel fire to the | bodies burled under it. | Mayor Jones has given very full scope to Chief of Police Ketchum and J. H. Hawley, chairman of the committee on public safety, to swear In citizens of good character as office that able-bodied men work or get off the island. The city, he said, was under martial law. Picket lines have been established around the large stores and guards placed on duty. The oldiers and police are instructed to shoot ny one caught looting or attempting to loot. The jalls are full and summary measures are necessary. As the work of collecting bodies pro- ceeds and reports come in of deaths it becomes apparent that the death list will run much higher than was at first sup- posed. Conservative estimates place the number of dead in the city at 5000. Other points of the coast also suffered, and re- that the mainland, Galveston Bolivar Peninsula are strewn with dead. A relief train from Houston, with 20 »n board and two carloads of provi- came down over the Galveston Houston and Northern yesterday to with- in five m of Virginia Point. It was impossible to get the provisions of any considerable amount to Galveston, so the men turned to burying the dead that were strewn about the mainland ceuntry. It was reported that the steamer Lawrence had left Houston with provisions and 100.- o9 gallons of fresh water. There is no fresh water famine here, as the pipes from the supply wells are running at the receiving tanks. It is difficult, however, to get it to parts of the city where it is | needed, Bridge Foreman Patterson of -the Gulf and Interstate Railroad reached Galves- ton last evening from Beaumont, having Q-0 walked about half the distance. He re- ports that Beaumont did not suffer much from the storm. Two lives were lost from Hve wires. Colonel L. J. Polk, general manager of | the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail- | road, stated that all ot the bridges acros | Galveston Bay are gone, nothing rematn- | He sald it would take | | | ing but tke piles. ten davs or two weeks to restore rail communication to Galveston, provided work can be instituted at once from the mainland. GALVESTON MAY BE ABANDONED BY CAPITALISTS ALLAS, Tex.. Sept. 12—Much se- | i sponse to Grows Rapi EW YORK, Sept. 12—New York is | making noble response to appea in behalf of stricken Galveston, and by to-night thoyeands of dol- lars had been raised and thousands more pledged to aid in carrying out the | work of relief. The business men of New York are alive to needs of the situation | in the ruined Southern ecity and throush their various trades organizations, as well as by individual solicitation, are getting togethér large sums of money erous continues to be the response to the Herald's announcement of its willing- ness to receive and forward subscriptions | for the relief of the Texas sufferers. The fact that the pressing need of the hour is money is evidently understood Yot merely from New York City ate, but from many other parts of th untry, and even from across the Adlantic, came checks or telegraphic or- large and small, until when the list was made up to-night it was found that the total amount received and sent south- ward by the Herald was $5455 75. Contributions poured in all day in amounts of varying sizes, and each sum, whether great or small, was sent imme- diat ted to the work of re- lief. Almost every contribution was ac companied by words of sympathy or by the injunction to let the relief be speedy A carload of provisions and clothing for Galveston left over the New York Cen- tral last night. It was a refrigerator car attached to the fast freight which left shortly after 8 o'clock. The car goes via | Buffalo, where it will be switched to the Lake Shore and thence will through East St. Louis to Galveston, which point it is thought will be reached in five days. The car sent by the Her- , which also forwarded three more cars sht and will send a special express n on Saturd preuls USRS CONTRIBUTIONS FLOW FROM MANY SOURCES SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12. ciated San Diego s its contribution to the Galy ferers to-day. Yesterday the U opened a subscription list. This morning $100 had been received and that sum was rious thought has been given t ately forwarded. Additional sub- the question of the future of Gal- | Scriptions are being made ; veston by the best informed men| SANTA ANA, Sept. 12—The citizens of of Dallas since the calamity of |Santa Ana met to-night in the ( H last Saturday and Sunday. The outlook | o0 a call from the president of the Cham- to their minds is not a bright one. The [ber of Commerce and committces were | expression of judgment most frequently | | be added. debris and cremate the | heard is, “Galveston is doomed.” Men eason that to the perils that the popula- 1o have ever had to face from nature's elements the timidity" of capital must now | In the great storm of 1575 little | of private or public capital ran the risk of destruction. The great wharves, eleva- tors, compressors and railway and steam- | ship systems had taken but slight foot- hold in the island city. The Federal Gov- | ernngnt had built jetties and general har- | bor improvements and coast defenses at | a cost of more than $10,000,000 of public | and has toid them | must be made to1 | Bayou, through money. All these milions of public and private wealth have been put into Gal- veston enterprises-since 1575. Capitalists | will scarcely venture again in the near future to invest their money In a place where it s likely to be wiped out at the | ratio of @ive to ten millions of dollars to | one equinoctial storm. | And when the Federal Government con- templates the costly brand new coast de- fense fortifications such as Fort Sam Houston shattered by wind and waves and ninety per cent of the garrison killed it will not consider the place where these ventures were made safe for their dupli- cation. A harbor to be safe must be land- locked. | These are the views of thinking men | who have studied the situation. The | question then arises, what will supersede | Galveston? Some predict that Houston, fifty miles in the interior, on the Buffalo | the agency of a ship | canal, built-at the expense of the Federal | Government, is the coming metropolis of the gulf. Otk v Texas City, three | miles from Galveston, will now be de- veloped and made a grand maritime suc- | cessor of the unfortunate island city Others say Clinton on Buffalo F ou, six miles below Houston, because of its fa- cilities to furnish water and rail termi- | nals, will be the Texas seaport of the near | future. Very few expect unfortunate Gal- | veston to rise again and reassert herself | mistress of the gulf. A Galveston man | fllustrated the problem very aptly to- | night when he said: | | “Fully half of the population of Gal- veston will never go back there to live | if they can be got off the Island alive this time. My opinion is that Galveston | has had her rise and fall.” appointed to raise funds for the Galveston sufferers. Clothing and money will be solicited. Next Sunday all the churches in the city will take up collectio will be forwarded immediately of the sufferers. BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 12—One hundred and thirty dollars was wired from here this afternoon to the relief committee ai Houston for the Galveston sufferers. A subscription list was started just before noon and in a short time the amount stated was collected. Citizens responded prompt! Collections will be continued and a good round sum is expected. AN JOSE, *Sept and Protective Order of Elks at its meet- ing this evening instructed its secretary to telegraph $100 immediately to the Gal- veston lodge of Elks, the money to be used in the rellef of destitute members. 12.—This city has $15,000 in cash and six for relief | carloads of clothing for the South Texas flood sufferers. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12.—In response to the following telegram received to- from Galveston the Merchants’ Exchange has appointed a committee to purchase sup- plies for the sufferers there and a carload of meal, another of flour, one of potatoes and another of miscellaneous goods will be sent immediatel, “President Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis: Thousands dead; entire city dest tute. Fever threatens to wipe out all liv- ing. Send us by special train disinfectants, prepared food, hay. grain—everything that can be used immediately for man nd beast., Call on rallroads for special service and wire credit for all money po: sible. Our needs are worse than St. Louis during cycione, 4 “J. H. W. STEELE, Chairman CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—The Western Union Telegraph Company has been bending every effort to establish communication with the stricken city of Galveston. Up to noon to-day the Western Union had succeeded in stringing two wires within two milfs of Virginia Point, two and a half miles from Galveston Island and nine | miles from Galveston City. Colonel R. C. Clowry, vice president and general super- intendent of the Western Union Company, | | has tendered the free use of its wires to the Governor of Texas, the Mayors of | Galveston and Houston and all relfef com- nd appre- | go | 12.—The Benevolent | New York Makes Noble Re- the Appeals for Money and the Herald List dly. PRESRLE 2 mittees for the transmission of messages in ald of the sufferers oth the Western T'nion and the Postal Telesraph companies’ have tendered the free use of their wires to telegraph meney donated to the destitute along the Texas coast THE LOSS OF LIFE CANNOT BE COMPUTED CHICAGO. Sept. 12—The tollowtn statement was received at - 11 o'clock to- veston, Texas—To Charles S eral manager the Assoctat A summary of th Galveston is more ter. Briefly Diehl, gen- 1 Pross e humar the than stated betw: uld be kept. and all is simple guess- work. These thrown out to sea and burled on the ground wherever found will reach the horribla tota of at least 3000 souls. My estimates of the loss on the isiand o city of Galveston and the imme te surr ing district is between 4000 and 1000 deaths. do not make this statement In fright or ex itement. The whole story will never be ¢ because it cannot be told. The necessities of those living are press ot a single individual escaped propert The property on the island is half sw What our ne of existence puted by the world at large by herewith submitted much ossibly summarize them. imn:ediate R. G. LOW Manager G: n News. TWO CAMPS FOR DESTITUTE. HOUSTON. Sept. 12—Dr. © enbacker, in charge of the Ma pital service in New Orle. to look after thos ton and then t Wyman geon General the isting, with recommendat to meet them. Dr. V that two camps lished by the Gove who cannot leav those who may cal Government will and the cots in large Will Aid Galveston Sufferers. The Ethical In will hold 2 politan Temple or lection and subs the Galveston gramme has Fay Mills wi Do With § been Benefit for the Sufferers. The Arion Singing C1 1 a meeting last night at Union Square Hall and made preliminary arrangeme for a monster benefit in conjunct the vario singing societies of in aid of the Galveston sufferer Perished at Galveston. BERKELEY, Sept. 11— published | list of Galveston ualties appears name of Charles Kel a broth Captain Emil Kellne: uperintendent of the T ver: of Ca Captain K fears that v family may also have perished. but has received no definite wourd as yet Shriners Help Galveston. Islam Temple of the Ancient Arablc Or- der of Mystic Shriners, at eeting las night. voted $100 to the fund for the relief of the sufferers at Galveston, Tex WILL CLEAR COUNTRY NEAR TIENTSIN OF BOXERS BERLIN, Sept. 12—A dispatch received here from Tientsin reiterates the stz ment that a body of 4000 allied troops, in- cluding 200 men of the Fifteenth United States Infantry under the command of Major Robertson, marched September 8 against the cities of Sherng Hai Ser and Tilo, from which places Boxers threatened Tientsin. It is pointed out that the expe- dition has for its object the clearing of the country southwest of marauding Box- ers. The dispatch adds that according to information furnished by Prince Ching the Chinese Emperor and Empress Dow- ager are at Kalgan Baroness von Ketteler arrived at Tien- tsin September 9, escorted by a German naval detachment. _Admiral Kitchoft made all the necessary arrangements to facilitate the journey of the Baroness, who, after a visit to the United States, wili proceed to Germany. PRINCE CHING IS HELD BY JAPANESE FORCES Hope That He May Establish Communi= cation With the Empress Dowager=== General Chaffee Awaiting Orders to Withdraw His Troops. “The result of these considerations that unless there is such a general e pression by the powers in fav(r of continuéd occupation as to mod ify the views expressed by the Government of Russia and lead to a sen eral agreement for cortinued occupation, we shall give instructions to the com- mander of the American forces in China to withdraw our troops from Peking-afte due conference with the other corm manders as to time and manner of with- | drawal.” General Chaffee was made acquainted with the attitude of the Government and was directed to hold himself in readiness 1o withdraw his troops. Undoubtedly he has conferred with the other commaud- ers as to the time and manner of wi drawal. according 0 the terms of ihe note. him has been stopped and he how awaits but the signal from Washington to begin his movement. It is for the President to ve that signal. The considerations now before him be- fore immediate withdrawal are, first, the fact that he is already committed In a measure to such course: second. it 1s rep- resented that China 1= on the verge of a terrible famine and the retention of the troops in Peking, preventing as they dp the return of the Chinese Government and the supply of provisions to the cap- ital, vlaces the responsibility for what threatens to be a frightful calamity upon the powers who sanctioned the occupa- tion. On the other hand, strong repre- sentations bave been made to the Presi- dent in o) tion to withdrawal in ad- vance of the procurement of absolutely The sending of further supplies to | suflicient guarantees for the protection of American interests in China and for the safety of the native Christians. This last condition Is one of the most difficult to méet, but, being insisted upon by the ms. slonary element, is being given most care- ful constderation. | | Hastening Negotiations. In anticipation of some such state of affairs, the effort has been made to hasten the dispatch of preliminary negotiations, It is highly desirable that some respon- sible representative of the Chinese Gov- ernment be recognized in order that we may secure a sufficient guarantee upon which to base the withdrawal of our troops. 11 Hung Chang and Prince Ching are the only lights in the East, 50 far as our Government can see, and it is pos. sible that the ;\resent problem may be i solved. by a decision to deal with them im- | mediately and to accept their pledge as | sufficient for our purposes. Therefore the decision announced to-day to facilitate Ii Hung Chang’s passage from Shanghai to Peking may be regarded as significant. Later it was announced that Consul Gen- eral Goodnow had reported that Li would leave Shanghal next Friday for Tientsin. His means of transportation are not known, but he mn{ have a United States vessel if such a thing is absolutely neces- sary to his reaching Tientsin. Possibly the negotiations may be conducted there, but the o{;lmon in o‘lclnl circles seems to be that the last act in the negotiations, namely, the signatures to the treaties which’ must bind China for the future, must take@place at the Chinese capital. It is not known that any of the powers is prepared to object to Li Hung Chang's visit. : Conditions in Provinces. Meanwhile the State Department is do- ing its best to force the Chinese Govern- ment, through Li Hung Chang. to restore peace in the provinces and cease outrages upon American citizens, which have been continued up to the present day. Reports coming by mail are just reaching the State Department as to some of those oc- currences. _Under date of July 31 the Consul of the United States at Chefu reports to the State Department that advices received from three native pastors at Shao Wu. about 250 miles from Fuchau, and a mis- glon station of the American board, in- dicate that during a riot which occurred at Shao Wu on July 24 the large church belonging to the mission. one chapel. a large hospital hullding, two residences, oc- cupied by the missionaries, and several native houses were destroyed by the mob, every article of furniture being carried away. The Consul also states that no loss ‘of life is reported as having occurred Guring the riot, Rev. Mr. Walker anud Rev. Mr. Hinman of the Shao Wu mis- £lon were at Fuchau on July 31. where they had been for several months pre- viously. TALES OF TORTURE FROM NORTHERN CHINA LONDON, Sept. 13. 3:15 a. m.—All the correspondents in China are sending ter- rible stories of wholesale massacres of missionaries and native Christians. It is asserted that dur{ng July between 15,000 and 20,000 converts were massacred in the northern provinces. Large numbers of missionaries are still unaccounted for and small hope is entertained of their escape. Native reports are subject to the most caveful serutiny, with the resuit that al- {hough there may be some exaggeration it 1s impossible to doubt that in the main thefi are correct. The horror is intensified by the con- firmation of the reports that the women were subjected to unspeahable barbarities and tortures, being_ stripped and slowly clubbed to death. This was one of the mildest methods. The Boxers wreaked fiendish vengeance. The newspapers are calling loudly for swift punishment. Fears are expressed lest the Russian Government, which does not encourage missionary ‘propagnndn. should prove lukewarm in this matter. Statements were current in the Furo- pean capitals last evening that all the Jpowers had replied to the Russian propo- sition; that Great Britain and Germany had declined to evacuate Pelu:f; that Austria and Italy had decided 'to be fuided by Germany's declsion other powers had agreed to a more or | less modified withdrawal | The Paris cor- respondent of the Morning Post claims to know that the allles will only withdraw outside the walls of the capital, where they will continue to dominate Peking in a military sense. According to a news agency from Pe- king, dated August 31, Mr. Conger regards the situation as deplorable and is advis- ing all the Ameticans to leave the capl- tal if possible. The American Minister w in favor of the punitive expedition to Paoting-Fu. According to the same dis- patch, an American soldier killed two | Sikhs whom he caught looting. | “The Russians.” says this tele “have undertaken to treat with rince Ching. Mr. Conger. In his private capaci- ty, has recelved eight Chinese who have been informally endeavoring to establish friendly relations with the Ministors It is rumored from Shanghal that Gen- eral Yung Lu has joined the Empress Dowager at Tatung in the province of Shangsl. _The Peking correspondent of the mny( Telegraph says: “As the allies were | leaving the forbidden city August 28 bands | of Russians and other clvilm%s, with sol- | diers, overran the imperial apartments, | forced drawers and doors and looted ev- ervthing portable. The British officers compelled several civilians to disgorge.” | The Shanghal correspondent of the ;]'::n;s ;‘vlrlng ’l;uesda_v. says: “I4 HOng | & has received an edie 1 Prince Ching and General Yung Too nagt | tlonnlg}ence commissioners. He has ad- | Vvised Yung Lu frankly to confess that his | troops were beyond control and attacked | the foreigners. " Li Hung Chang will then | inquire whether the allies were prepared | & Aecept Yung Lu as a commissioner, | Chang Chih Ting, the Wuting Viceroy, says Yung Lu s willf - tng-Fu. But'ls reluctant 6 accent tha ag pointment." e VON KETELER ARRESTED PEKING, Sept. 0.—The Japanese have arrested the assassin of Baron von Ket- teler, the late German Minister to China. The assassin, who has been handed over to the Germans by the Japanese, has con- fessed his guilt. He was arrested for try- Rare Philippine Jewels. The rarest corals in the world are to be found in the Philippines and have now become Amer- can property. As precious as this jewel fs, there is still a rarer one, and that is the jewel of heaith. It may be who will keep the af 3 anese officer a watch l‘:—‘fihmufif‘lxm trflifi he admitted taking from the body of Baron von Ketteler. He afterward admitted the crime, say- ing that the Imperial Government ordered the commission of the CHINESE DEFEATED BY BOXERS AND BIG KNIVES BERLIN, Sept. i2—A dispateh to the Frankfort Zeitung from Shanghal. dated Tuesday, September 11, says the Boxers, united with the Society of the Big Knife from Northérn Shantung, are reported to have defeated the imperial Chinese troops north of the province of Klangsu, which is south of Shantung. ——————— To Cure a Cold in One Day A Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Tolglamain, fome, S, T o E. W. Grove's signature is on sach box. 35c. RELIEF FOR TEXAS SUFFERERS. RED CROSS SOCIETY. The California Donations may be next. MRS, JOHN F. MERRILL, bowels regular with ters, the king of and State Red Cross and San Francisco Red Cross Society solicit contributions of money, cloth- ing and other supplies for the suf- ferers by the hurricane in Texas. sent to store No. 308 Sutter street on and after Friday MRS3. WILLARD B. HARRINGTON, President State Red Cross Associatioms President San Francisco Red Cross Soclety.