The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 14, 1900, Page 3

Charged With Having Worked for the Boers for Pay Before Re- signing His Office. INGTON, Sept. 13. , former Assistant the Interlor, is ac- while still in the and before he went f ent of men t a movement for service in insert hington newspapers itary experience to go to He says Mr. Dav 3 u > Mr. Pate ment replies tc according ngs of men Hiteh- or- Thielkuhl him to re as he was go- Africa to repre- i practicas 1 December r. Davi s0 to secure expense, all succeeded in m P rstanding vho were well paid stde for CARRIED RIS ATHER'S BONES I A TRUNK Startling Method Employed A Dby Officer Bakulich of This City. ed a Sensation at the New York Custom-House When He Applied for a Permit. s were » auspices of the U i fon Veteran Legion. = 19 | was the principal orator of the occasion. E ch added | " Governor Mount spoke just before Mr. \ stonishment when he | Bryan. The Governor took up the ques- | ng way that the | ;on of the Philippine war, denouncing k, which he had | guinaido name and showing a tend- Francisc | enc to st g condemnation ¢ the In- that it e trunk. ain whether a practical joker that the body d been registrar of probably “Sandow ed his ffed him and man g to take them be buried advised t shipped, bi he conceived trunk, hop- t New York. SETH ABBOTT FOUND THROWING, MONEY AWAY ather of the Famous Opera Singer Arrested in Lowell While Temporarily Insane. tch to The Call RK, Sept. 13.—A dispatch to m Lowell, Mass., says: Seth St Diego, Cal., father of the Abbott, the famous American is confined in a cell in police here. He has an income of eft him by his daughter and ne over his money. > Lowell recentiy to visit Atkinson, a distant relative. ted yesterday, for throwing on the stggets and giving it in_ stores. Yhernlly he had .4 of money about him, and al- Lnow jdentity. ii be given a more com- at the City Farm. — LANCASHIRE SPINNERS MAY HAVE TO STOP WORK Cotten Tiade for the Year to Come Has a Very Gloomy Outlook. “H ER, Sept. 13.—The pros- ¢ the Lancashire cotton trade for ear to come are regarded as gloomy. tion to the reported smaliness of crop, there is a special reason g the output, pamely, that In- | China, owing to famine and war, not consumed the usual quantity of goods; heavy stocks of which are band there. < stoppege has already had a serious the Burnley weaving trade. To- s representing 2000 looms stopped e is every indication of a whole- yppage for the next two months. <pnah LONDON, Sept. 18.—Baron Revelstoke, of Ba Brcs. & Co. (imited), is & on board the White Star steamer ;:k:(th left Liverpool this afternoom MAN 1s for New elds. He | d that the body | rtment, | . be was dressed in broadcloth the | cked him up because they did not | Now that it has been { res he has never recelved any com- tion from Mr. Davis nor from any person for his services and ex- penses in this matter. He adds: “Mr. Davis expected to receive a large sum of money from President Kruger for his ser- vices in the Boer cause, and I presume his Furthermore, Mr. Thielkuhl says he be- lieves the Boers are prolonging the war strength of promises made to them Davis of sympathy and assistance i States if Mr. Bryan should elected. Mr. Thielkuhl says he wants people of the United States to know fle Mr. Davis was A ant Sec- r ary of the Interior he was disloyal to his Governmen o L 3 COMMENT OF GERMANS. BERLIN, Sept. 13—The German papers diecussed Mr. Kruger's arrival at Lou- renzo Marques and interpet it as tanta- mount to the end of the war. The Na- tional Zeltung says: : s remains true even if Kruger is ¥ for the intervention of Europe." The Vossische Zeitung observes friends of selves to the fact that the Boer power of “The LOURENZO MARQUES, Sept. 13.—Mr. Kruger telegraphed his wife to join him before safling, but she has replied that her health will not permit it. It is re | ported that Commandant General Louis Botha has resigned the chief command of the Transvaal forces to Commandant Vil- ven. - Battle With Boers. LONDON, Sept. 13—TLord Roberts re- ports from Machadodorp, under date of Wednesday, Beptember 12, that General French was heav! engaged that da; with the Boers in the hills west of Bar- berton and that General Hutton had gone to General French’s support MONUMENT 10 GENERAL LAWYTON IS UAVILED Citizens of Fort Wayne Honor the Memory of the Soldier. Governor Mount Denounces the Sup- | porters of Aguinaldo and | Bryan Also Makes an | Address. =g FORT WAYNE, I Sept of this city to- ded ry of General Henry W. Lawton ment crow by a cannon cap- him and christened the prineip park In honor of Lawton. The .exer- under th 13.—The ed tured by ¥ and all who may sympathize He spoke of the fact that the in had been taken from men who had turned it upon flag and our solders. The Governor added: not captured In a just ane war and from those Opposing th n where i e glor onor of the capture this gift? Honor these in- and thes 1 interpret the wil the act of ce nes & holl of patriotic valor turning the ba: perialism, ic rence in ces of Governor he Philippine war. He said in part I was invited to parti not as a candidate for « >f this republic, an you not es a candi e in this reunton, . but as a citizen I am here to speak to te for office, but as a itizen. 1 can hardly say that I am here 1 that my military serv compared with the serv ¥ that I am hardly g the soldiers. o ed 1 feel that It is be calied a coloncl nd who did not have 1 upon a battlefield. preme faith in the man who fights country needs fighters, and then i& country needs workers, and ibute to the volunteer soldiéers of met to-day to do honor to the one in the regular he reg rences as a e need. It e iscurs the size of is not the time to how many eoldlers what our opinions our standing army, 1 glad that w he soldier ures up to the stand- _awton did. Mr. Bryan said that there were victo- | temporarily absent to make efforts | e Boers must reconcile them- | nor | a: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900. WEBSTER DAVIS NOT |DEMOCRATI LOYAL TO COUNTRY C LEADERS BLAMED FOR THE STRIKE Republican National Committee Seeks to Fix Responsibility for Coal Miners’ Discontent. | | | ki ALL BUREAU, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Chairman Jones and the Demo- cratic political managers will De | charged by the Republican National Committee with being responsible for the strike in the anthracite coal re- gions. -Since early in the spring it has been reported that the Demo- cratic managers intended to inau- gurate strikes, labor troubles and distress among the families of strikers in the interest of Bryan dur- | ing the pending campaign, and ever | since the trouble in the antbracite regions began the Republican lead- ers have been trying to obtain docu- mentary evidence that would connect | their opponents with the affair. In | this they have not been successful, ted to | though they declare their conviction that the Democratic committee is at | the bottom of the trouble and that John Mitchell, president of the _iUnited Mine-Workers, has allewed William J. Bryan | himself to be made the tool of de- signing politicians. Chairman Hanne and other lead- ing Republicans are constantly in communication with leading Repub- lican members of labor organizations. These men, it is said, do not hesitate to condemn the strike and to deplore what they call the “prostitution of organized labir to pirt_ism politics.” | MINERS EXPLAIN | THEIR GRIEVANCES "|Statement Bearing on the Strike Issued to the Public. INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 13.—In order to place before the public the conditions ex- isting in the anthracite fields of Pennsyi- vania President Jjohn Mitchell and Sec- retary Treasurer W. B. Wilson of the | United Mine Workers of America 1ssued to-day to the public a statement giving | the causes that have led up to the strike. After the statement had been given out for publication President Mitchell said: ““At this time I do not believe anything will take place between now and Monday that will prevent the strike. All the in- formation coming to my office to-day in- dicates that the struggle Is p ically on. ¥ “I have been recelving messages all y from the anthracite region which in- dicate clearly that the indorsement of the strike and the issuance of the order has met with the approval of the miners. There are a few detalls to be arranged, but the men are prepared for the fight. I have not received to-day any informa- tion direct or indirect to show that the operators have receded from their posi- tion.” The statement follow. | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 13.—The mem- bers of the national executive board of the United Mine Workers of America, realizing | that the matefial webfare of a large number of the American people will be injuriously affected by a suspension of work in the coal flelds of ries of peace as well as of war, and that | Penrsylvania, knowing the irresistible power he ]t;lnxnxd for | hostile arm will be raised agains = hostile ary raised against a fel \ | FAMOUS ARAB CHIEF’S < FORCES ARE ROUTED | Last Remnant of the Late Abdah’s Command Is Put to Rout. —The Minister of Col- | PARIS, Sept. 1 onies, M.'de Crats, announcing the defeat of the last remnant of the forces of the Abdah, the famous Arab chief, who was long a thorn in the ide of the French In Southern Sahara and who was recently kiiled and his a digpersed by a French column. The remnant under his two sons has now finall 800 native troops and three cannon, took | three camps of the enemy by assault. One son was killed and the other wound- ed. A large quantity of arms and am- munition as well as rich treasure fell into the hands of the French. | THREE ATTEMPTS MADE TO WRECK TRAINS Obstructions Placed on Union Pa- cific Tracks Opportunely Discovered. ABILENE, Kans., Sept. 13.—Three at- tempts were made last night to wreck Union Pacific trains west -of here. Ties were plled on the track In front of the local passenger train and the *flyes westbound and heavy iron on the track before the “fiyer’” eastbound. The ob- structions were discovered and the trains S in time to prevent damage. “the time to come when no | of a concentrated public opinion and having a profound respect for the opinions of thelr fel- I low men, have decided to make a general state- ment for the Information of the public. | 'No one can have a greater appreciation of | the far-reaching effect of a strike of the anthra- | cite coal miners. The coal miners and their | families, the coal companies and the coal car- | riers are but a small portion of the vast multi- tude whose interests are so directly and indi- rectly connected with the coal trade that a | Confllct of such magnivede wil' affect hets | weits received a dispatch | | capitaly are. Vast Interests Affected. - The domestic fuel supply of the West; the great manufacturing industries of the Kast; the wholesale and retail business establish. ments; the great ocean, lake, canal and rail road trangportation ingerests, iaboring men and s will all be affected by such a gigan- tic struggle. That the world may know that we have done all that honorable men can do | to avoid the conflict we herewith submit a few been routed by an expedition | commanded by Captain Reibell, who, with | increased 20 per cent. | eage. facts for careful consideration The average wages of the anthracite miner for many years have beeh less than $20 an- nually. During that perlod of time the cost of many of the necessaries ot life has been An increase in the cost of living without a corresponding increase of wages is equivalent to a reduction in wages, The laws of the State of Pennsylvania make 2400 pounds a ton of anthracite coal, vet an- thracite coal miners are compelled to mine from 2700 to 4000 pounds for & ton, and in addition to that are docked exorbitant amounts, uften reaching 12 per cent of their dally earnings, for any impurities which may be sent out with their coal. Where they are paid by the car, instead of belng required to furnish a well | rounded heap on the car at the breakers, was originally agreed to, they have gradually been compelled to increase the amount of coal in each car by buflding the same perpendicu- larly from six to elghteen inches above the They are compelied to purchase the powder used in mining from their employers, paying §2 75 per keg for a grade of powder that con be purchased elsewhere for §150 per keg and which wholesales for about $1 per keg. They are required by many of the companies to deal in “pluck me'” stores or leave their empioymept. They must pay to the company #1 per month for a doctor whether they need or the not and have no voice in saying who doctor shall be. 4 Lo The smaliness of thelr earnings, together the great cost of living, has compelled them to W 7 — e v 7. AAZELTONY TANT PART. JONES IS LOVINGLY STYLED FUNCTION IS TO ORGANIZE AND SCENES OF THE COMING STRIKE IN REGIONS AND TWO PERSONS WHO PROMISE TO PLAY AN IMPOR- AMONG THOUSANDS OF WORKING PEOPLE MRS. “MOTHER" WHERE; BUT SHE IS NONE THE LESS ACTIVE AND URGENT IN HER SERVICES TOWARD THE MEN WHEN THEY HAVE MUCH TO THANK HER FOR. THE ANTHRACITE COAL JONES. HER SPECIAL HELP WOMEN WORKERS EVERY- THEY NEED IT, AND take their children from school before they have od the age prescribed by law and pl at work In the breakers in order to keep the family from starvation, ‘Woes of Miners. When any miner, feeling the burden of these : gone to the management and them removed, he has been told ot like it hé quit. When have organized at amy colliery and have ymmittees to the management asking to their grievances remedied the committee either been discharged or they have been 1a1d that the cviis could not be remedied be- cause of the ¢ Stition from other companies. When the entatives of the miners of the whole region have met and aski coal com- panies to meet them In joint range wages basis so that what his com- petitor wi ng, and no a age could be taken of any one, their petition for a comfer- ence has been completely ignored. When the business men, clergymen and other outside influences have appealed to the coal companies to correct some of the evils com- plained of their requests have been denied, and When as a last resort the officers of our organi- Zation have wired the presidents of the gre Tallrond compantes, whe control the anthracits coal flelds, offering to submit the whole question to arbitration, the proposition has been treated with silent contempt. Having exhausted all Sther means of adjustment we had reached the | Point where we must either advise the miners 5¢ the anthracite reglon to continue working under these unjust and tyrannical conditions or counsel a strike. We have chosen the latter, and having done £o we invite a thorough, {mpartial and publle Investigation of the conditions existing in the anthacite coal flelds. ‘American heart throbs in sympathy for the downtrodden and oppressed, whether in this or any other land. We know ‘the great power of the public press in molding public sentiment. With an abiding faith in the jus- tice of our cause and a consclousness of the | knowledge that whosoever else may vility and abuse us the great Jehovah knows and under- stands the rectitude of our purpose, we appeal to the American people and to the American press as the greatest arbiters on earth to as- | sist us.and sustain us in our hour of trial. On_behalf of the national executive board, Mineworkers of America. United MineWwGOHN MITCHELL, Prestdent. W. B. WILSON, Secretary-Treasurer. Busy at Headquarters. To-day was a busy one at headquarters. All day long telegrams were being re- celved and sent out. Secretary-Treasurer Wilson and his force of clerks were busy answering the heavy mail that came In touching upon strike matters, and throughout all of the offices there was an air of subdued excitement. Frequently the two chief executive officers of the or- ganization were cioseted together in con- Sultation upon some phase of the situa- tion bmugfi? ufi IR, the news from the lieutenants In the field. There is practically no means of arriv- ing At any estimate of the resources of the miners avallable for the maintenance of the people to be called out by the strike. President Mitchell and Secretary Wilson, the latter the official head of the finance department of the organization, have firmly declined to give out any figures on this point. “It would be a simple matter for the operators,” they said, “if they knew what amount of money we had, to wait until it was exhausted. Moreover, it would be folly on our part to make public at this time any information upon which an esti- mate of our financial strength could be based. At the close of last year there were 93,- 124 bona fide members m the mine work- ers' organization. At the convention in January it was decided to levy upon each of these members an_ assessment of 25 | cents a_month to be placed in the hands of the National executive board for use as a defense fund. Part of this money has been used in small strikes, but the bulk of it is probably available at this time. Since January of the Yresent year there has been a very materlal increase of the membership, which, of course, carries with it an increase in the defense fund. Aside from the money in the hands of the Na- tional executive board, local unions In a number of States have accumulated la sums of money in thelr treasuries which, ‘while not at the command of the executive ization, will St fin msige, il seehatly Contributions from other trades unfons can be counted on, and from these facts We believe that the great | g it can be seen that the miners are pre- pared for a long fight. To-morrow will be spent in preparations for such emergencies as may arise during the strike. Saturda night President Mitchell will go to Hazelton and there to different points in the field for the purpose of hclding mass-meetings. PREPARING TO STRIKE. Miners at Hazelton Making Ready for the Long Struggle. HAZELTON, Pa., Sgpt. 13.—Meetings of the local branches of| the United Workers were held ton-ight throughout the anthracite coal district. Indications are that the strike will be general and that most of the non-union men will go out. By to-morrow nignt it is expected work will be suspended at practically all the collierfes. The Delaware, rackawan- | | | i | | | son companies are swearing In deputies | to be in a position to guarantee protection | to any of their men who will go to work | Monday. It is believed that if the strike | 1s a long one many Hungarians and other | foreigners will return to Europe. | Temporary headquarters for the n: tional officers of the United Mine Work- ers have been prepared here. MACARTHUR SENDS HIS LATEST DEATH REPORT { st | WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The War De- | partment has received the foliowing cas- ualty list from General MacArthur: MANILA, Sept. 13.—Adjutant General, Wi N | ington: since last report: Dysentery—June 20, Compgny E, Fourth In- _ Sears; September 7, Company enth Infantry, Archie Eiliott; Sep- Company B, Thirty-ninth Infantry, September 3, C; ny D, Infantry, Quartermaster Sergeant September 1, Company E, Thirtieth | Infantry, Edward H. Hegel; August 22, George W. Scott; Company L, Eleventh Infantry, Ed- ward A. Rodden; Troop D. Eleventh Cavalry, volunteer, James T. Kauffman; August 8, Company F, Twenty-fourth Infantry, Willlam Lysle; August 16, Theadore G. Garvin; August 14, Company D, Thirty-first Infantry, Willlam F. Bri y M, 'Sixth In- | fant, 3 : ‘August 26, Company H, Forty-seventh Infantry, John W. Walker. Paralysis of the heart—August 30, hospital corps, Frederick Hyner. Diarrhoea—September §, Company L, Twenty- second Infantry, James Hargrave: August | Company D, Thirty-first Intantry, ~Corporal Rudolph Waiter; August 3, Company L, Forty- fitth Infantry, James Boland. Typhotd fever—September 3, Company H. Thirteenth Infantry, Thomas H. Breedin | September 7, Company G, Twenty-fourth Infa try, Jobn Taylor; September 4, hospital corps, Harold . Whitting; August 17, Company F, Thirty-first Infantry, Carl Ankrim. Died from wounds received In action—Septem- ber 4, Company D, Thirty-ninth Infantry, Cor- poral James T. Dowdy; Seotember 1, Company | F, Thirtleth Infantr Lash. - Maiarial fever—September 7, Company B, Twelfth Infantry, Henry R. Brock; August 1 Company F, Twenty-third Infantry, John W Arneld. Preumonia—August 18, Company K, Thirtleth Infantry, Henry C. Shearer; July 26 Company G, Thirfy-eighth Infantry, Fayette Ott. Variola—July 12, Company I, Forty-fourth In- fantry, Corporal Samuel J. Overton: August i1, Company C, Thirtleth Infantry, Corporal Samuel A. Hall. ‘Ascaris jumbricoides—August 27, Company H, Thirty-eighth Infantry, John Walls. Pyaemia—August 23. Company M, Eighteenth Infantry, John M. Bowering. Intestinal _obstruction—August 17, Company B, Twenty-third Infentry, Sergeant Wiliiam leming. DrowneG—August 22, Company G, Twenty- fourth Infantry, Ernest King. Killed by comrade—July 3i, Company H, Twenty-second Infantry, Corporal Joseph Fox. Nephritis—September 4, Company A, Twenty~ first Infantry, Jobn I, Quinn. 7 Dengue—Scptember 3, Company I, Forty-first Infantry, Corporal Oscar C. Hopkins, MacARTHUR. S i BUFFALO, Sept. 13.—At the concluding ses- ston of the National Laundrymen’s convention officers were_elected, headed by George W. Simmons of Peoria, Iil., for president. tember 2. ‘Winnie Johnson; Sixteenth John Rels: from | Mine | na and Western and Delaware and Hud- | The following deaths Mave occurred | Corporal Willlam M. | CHINESE CRISIS AT The crists | s near. at hand vesterday vacuation proposal of the Russian Government has | been averted for a time at least, and the diplomatie side of the matter has become again the object of attention. The | order tc General Chaffee to leave at once which was expected in some auarters was not issued to-day. Instead earnest efforts ! are being made to arrange the prelimin- | aries for the negotiations which are ex- pected finally to settle the Chinese The Chinese Government has made swift | answer to the lates; communication from | the State Department rejative to the rec- | ognitior. of Li Hung Chang &s an envoy competent to negotiate a peace settlement. | There never has been any doubt here as | to the sufficiency of Li's credentials as a plenipotentiary, but the effort of the State Department k: been to cause him to use | any extraordinary powers he might have for the protection of American life and | property in China pending a final settle- ment. It has succreded in aitaining this object, as is indicated in the response from L Hung Chang presented to Assi: ant Secretary hill wnis morning by Minis ter Wu. The department asked Lt “without further deiay that the life and property of Americans will_henceforth be respected throughout the Chinese empire Tre Viceroy nas given Hung Chang the assurance asked for. © wora came in the shape of a cable tch to Minister Wu, dated yesterda Mr. Wu called at | the State Derp this morning_and | presented th answer to Dr. He in turn sent it forward to the President It will be for the latter to decide whether Li’s assurance is sufficlent to meet the needs of the case Li Hung Chang's message removed per- haps the last oustacle to the sp: be- ginning of negotiations for the termina- | tion of the Chinese trouble, and the onl doubt that now exisis Is as to his ability to redeem his pledge to prot interests and stop the outrage missfonaries and native converts. can do this and thus manifest the st- ence of a de facto government there s no reason to doubt that negotiations will be immediately in order. The notice that Rus evacuate Peking until sc have been made for government to take charge of a directly In line with the aim t ate | Department has been pursuing in the ex- changes with Li Hung Chang, and if this Russian decision is adhered to it certainly will facilitate the ultimate withdrawal of all the fereign troops, in the opinion of the | officials here. 5 | An inference from the Russian state- ment is that Li's coming to Peking will | be forwarded by Rus: n the hope of making the desired arrangement for the ct American on_the If he an troops will not € arrangements | installation of a establishment of a Chinese government | there. As Li:cannot r the capital from | Shanghal. starting rrow. inside of a week, it may be th will be no de- t the international situation | riod of time. velopments i within that p Our Government not been advised even vet t all of the answers to_the R n ne ave been returned. It Is said that all of th ywers have been heard from on the subject, but the dispo- | sition is to regard their commu ions not as answers, but rather a | tive ‘statemeats. which leave the is- sue still open for d'scussio s point, however, becomes of diminished impor- | tance in’ view of the anmounced purpose of the Russian Government to modify the | terms of its origi proposition ‘n the | marner indica - RUSSIA TO WITHDRAW. ) 1 | Statement but a Military Guard Will Be Leffat Peking. | LONDON, Sept. 14, 4 a.>m.—No further | | light is thrown this morning upon 1A | Hung Chang's intended movements. The | Times has an Interesting dispatch from | Peking, dated September 4, which says in | part: | | P4 issta_has decided to withdraw her | legation from Peking, leaving a purely | military command. An offictal announce- ment of this is expected to-day. The other | powers will also presumably withdraw | | their legations, leaving Peking under the | | military control of the allies duming the | winter at least. | “At a meeting of the generals the Rus- | slan commander announced that Russia would maintain 15,000 troops during the | winter. “Thy erman commander sald that Ger- { many would keep the same number and | | the Japanese commander announced that | Japan would have 22,000. | ““The British general was not in a posi- tion to make an announcement. There is every indication, however, that Lord Sal- isbury has determined that our present Inate position in Peking must be- still humbler. In the best-informed subo com quarters the opinion is expressed that Russia and Germany are acting in accord, Russia seeking the definite allenation of all territory north of the great wall and | | Germany the annexation of Shantung, Kiangsu and the Yangtse provinces. Rus- | sia also seeks to restore the power of the | Empress Dowager and the Emperor, in | order to be enabled to wield her influence through them over the remaining prov- | inces. The dismemberment of China seems | | almost inevitable. | trovbles. 3¢ | Shanghat, fu | to the Pres PRESENT AVERTED Efforts Being Made to Arrange Ne- gotiations for Final Set- tlement. “The Empress Dowager has re Prince Ching’'s son as a hostage for father.” The Shanghal correspondent of Times, wiring Wednesday, confirm reports of the uneasy feeling there cerning Germany's intention: Yangtse provinces, especiall Nin forts. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says he is 1§ & position to ass positively that the Russian troops in Mar churia are preparing for a winter cam- paign. The Shanghai correspondent of the As- sciated Press, wiring Wednesday, and confirming the report as to three of the four conditions proposed by a certain power as the basis of negotiations, say: he has it from a Peking source rellable. that Prince Ching has begun fo negotiate, but that the condition is the treatment of Manchurian provinces, including the Liaotung pen sula, as a buffer state. e in ATROCITIES BY RUSSIANS. Specfal Dispatch to The Call PEKING. Sept. 3. via Chefu, Sept. Sept. 13.—French Russis troops arriving now are guilty of frigh atrocities. At Tunm they out- the 1. aged and slaughtered w nd kil children by thousa: 1 Fuku shima, Japanese 1o sonal complaint te French gene: and urged ( fee to ¢ likewis. The Sixth a States alry recon- noitered as far as Hunting Fork (Fork road at Huanling, north of Peking). and killed two Boxers, besic destroying g n, ¥y business seneral allow press correspondents th LT MAXKES PROMISES. PARIS, Sept. 13.—The French Consul at Shanghal telegraphs that at his r quest LI Hung Cha wired the Governor of the province of She: ures to protect the Belgiar who were in great trouble replied that measures had been taken a detachment of cavairy had been patched for their def: Earl 1 Consul says, that given urgen’ ‘mission vest of Paoting-Fu, province of Chill, o take meas- mi The Gove - QUARTERS FOR RUSSIANS. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 13.—The Novoe Vremya says quarters have ready been secured at Ti n troops leaving Peking. r adds that some deta to Taku and remain there, > majority will return to F T Tall an for the A teh from dispatch purchase of horses Russian army in the F' countermand of batteries ¢ - = mSSIONAiIIES KILLED. er cables the State e of September Hodges killed aotingfu.” Department as to t Courtland van Rennselaer Hodge and wife, Elsie Campbell Hodge. The were natives of delphia and be byterian mission. BOXERS ARE ACTIVE. ROME, Sept. 13.—A dispatch from Taku dated September 7, confirming the repor £ the formation at Tientsin of a yrps of 4000 troops, including 200 m: the Fifteenth United States Infantry march against Boxers threatening Tientsin region, says that the Boxers artillery and were me ng boats charge of the victualing service on the imperial canal. RSP YT TAUN AT TATUNG. SHANGHAI, Tuesdav, Sept. 11.—From a reliable source it is ertained that the . Emperor Kwan are at Tatung, where “mpress Dowage Prince T g Hsu province of Shansi, main for a short time, after ch, ot disturbed, they will pro southward to Tafyuan, in the same provinee. NATIVES MASSACRED. SHANGHAI, Sept. 13. —During July 20,000 native converts were massacred the northern provinces. Women wer: subjected nspeakable_ barbarities. in several ng prolonged for days. WILSON IN PEKING. s the torture b adier General is here, under in- Major General e American forces 9.—Bi S V., PEKING, Sept H. Wilson, U. ructions to report haffee, commanding tf here. MRS, CORBETT HAS NOT GONE T0 SEEK JIM Changed Her Mind at the Last Moment and Will Stay Home. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—~With the privi- lege accorded to her. sex, Mrs. James J. Corbett changed her mind at the last moment and did not sail for Europe in | search of her recreant husband, as was reported. She still insists that she may follow him to England, but not until some progress is made in the divorce case. Through her counsel, Mrs. Corbett to-day | | obtained from Judge Scott of the Supreme | Court an order for the service of the sum- | | mons and complaint in her suit for di- | vorce upon her husband by publication. | She names Margaret Cornellle, who was a passenggr on the Campania with Mr. | | Corbett, #s co-respondent in her com- laint, and also charges that her husband as been gullty of improper conduet with | other women whose Lames she does not | know. 3 i Mrs. Corbett was herself authority for | the story that she would follow her hus- | band to Europe. She left her former res- | 1dence in West Thirty-fourth street and after telling the servants in the house to | | say that she had gone to England, went | | to’an up-town hotel, where she registered | | under an aesumed name. i A cablégram was sent to-day to Corbett | to be delivered to him as soon as he ar-| rives in England, requesting that he taxe | the next steamer home, in order that he | ist so far as possible to refute of crooked deahngs in his battle charg with McCoy made by wives of the two | pugilists, John Considine, Corbett's man- | ager, saig he did net believe the pugilist would pdy any attention to the caole- | i -am, but would complete his yisit as he fad ianned. Standard Oil Seeks Control. LONDON, Sept. 14.—It is reported from Norwich that the Standard Oil Company is trying to obtain control of the Cheshire salt trade. | ent in this country for foreign securit) SYNDICATE T0 FLOAT THE NEW CERMAN LOAN Emperor William Preparing to Borrow About « $25,000,000. —i NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—It was semi-of- ficially stated to-day at the office of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. that with one or two other banking houses they would form a syndi- cate to float the new German loan. They will be alded by the agents of the Deutsch Bank of Berlin and New York. The offi ctal announcement will probably be issued to-morrow. It is understood that Germany is seek- ing and will likely succeed in borrowir $25.000,000 from New Yorky Chicago Miiwaukee lenders. 7 It is evident that there {5 a desire to re- plenish the German stocks of gold. which is the direct motive to the negotiation with the American bankers by the Ger- man authoriti as it was of the British authorities in the allotment of over half of the latest of British_exchequer bonds to The tions ase closely analogous that United States Government Severdl years ago when the placing of a bond issue was ade conditional for imports of gold. Bankers and brokers in Wall street as- sert that there is a large demand at pres- One firm states that it has placed 35.000.0.0 of foreign government securities among domestic investors in the last tweive montbks. High-grade domestic ,sec are held at a price that makes the yearly return insignificant, and the high money rates abroad keep even government bonds there at a price low encugh to make the return attractive to American investors. In the event of a _reversal of the trade bulance and the rélative level of money rates these securities would find their way back to Europe in the adjustment, as American securities have come home in the present conditions. MILWAUKEE, Seot. 13—The Central Trust Company of New York has instituted forecios- ure proceedings against all of the property of the United Stases Flour Milling Company, com- moniy known as the flour trust. This is taken to mean that a reorganization plan Jas beea agreed upon.