The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1900, Page 2

(8] THE SAN FRANCISCO OALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900. DISCONCERTED BY A AMERICA’S STAND Powers in Practical Deadlock Over Efforts to. Open Peacz Ne- goti al de: 1 hold meetings that t reign Of emphasized the di ; a \ Offic the de with puni and t g the a t Sve tuat she will id be a mistake BLOCKADE ON h, CARDINAL G CHOSEN here « . ations. o= ck the efforts to cpen peace negotia- ) the suggestion that the Ministers for the purpose of drawing up the terms »wers, through th- hange of views s unable to reach ny agreement has, fliculty of settling on terms regarding c it is added, it h the M tt out a iggested, their discretion. rs, ex re 18- as shown t ble of work jons only, it is further ind instruc ils to be left largely tc pressed the hope to.day that such in- k that general im: uctions f the conspirators; second, com- ird, g «es for the future. tes 'to withdraw her troops from China, trength of her fleet in Chinese waters, s he interprotat to prot aring a fic n put upon it in official eir the policy t for the of the open doo purpose of mainta of bie the seer announcing a he xation w no re In 1 emphatic the same a desire that the United toward ing this point ny movement ce toward averting d a wrong CHINESE PORTS. naval staff announces of the re that it is hostile atti- from the allied in consequence send fast crui troops are massing around Kirln, BBONS ARBITRATOR Continued from First Page. to work wit - GAINS FOR MINE WORKERS. Two Big Collieries in Ashland Dis- trict Compelled to Close. fon t ga Two big Aistrict R e g wn, and s rd worked with from ing to rted em; abou the Potts ked th mines with a smal 1500 men are The uni Ashland district s for some time to lack of ed by the union w will workers izer Fahey mine mokin and colliery at work City nd the trade from other ge in the situation WRECK ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINE IN UTAH One Woman Killed and Several Men Believed to Be Fatally Injured. OGDEN, T'tah, Sept. 27.—Train 4 on the Southern Pacific was wrecked while com- ing down Granada Hill at 12:11 o'clock rnoon. Conduc Herrick and Hastings escaped injury, but of e passengers one woman was killed and n injured. Thrée are thought fataily injured. Railroad officials etors were sent from Ogden to the the wreck. idnight no further details have The special train which ne of the wreck is ex- yward morning. AST NEWS IN BRIEF. t Wells at_Fa a4 sent on Charles Parks, ty as his home and who e girl in Suisun. He for twenty years. Up to m been recefved ot the s ted te 00 1TY, 27.—The @emurrer against Joseph Alls, a saloon- et, charged with selling to an Indlan, has been Dood and the case con- with bail fixed at $500. The amount sub- y for the benefit of amounts to $I385, ay to Governor Idaho, Sept. Z.—E. J. Maher e of Burke, Idaho, are in the County with infanticide. Tuesday morn- f a baby was found in a hotel oroner’s Jury traced it back to 27.—There is a big de- e four sizes and grow- T that kind will obtain 2 gopd price. Alifornia Cured Fruft Association on esday fixed the price of 30s to 40s at 10 # pound and al a meeting to-day they a price on 208 to 30s of 15 cents a pound. TTILE. Sept. 2i.—The Burlington raliroad nted a petition of the Washington mber Manufacturers and made a rale of 4 Jumber o all points west of Alliance, Brush, Colo., opening up to Wash- 1 fir a rket in Western Nebraska, Colo- rado and Wyoming that heretofore has been controlled by the Southern yellow pine mills. e e Stops the Cough And works Off the cold. Laxative Bromo-Qui- nine Tablets cure a cold 1n ope day. No cure, Bo pay. Price % cents. v compelled | col- | has | . TIME! | here mined in ight Shen ot a ton of ah to-day. - PAYING OFF THE STRIKERS. | Corroboration of Story That Attempt Will Be Made to Start Up. coal was w heries by refusing to handle their sed a call to be g of the executive board of Mine Workers of District 1 | for next Saturday to discuss other means of meeting the difficulty. An effort is to be mad stop worle at the Barton and Murr , near Carbondale, by show- issued to a g to the mine inspector that these small | collieries are not operated according to the requirements of the law relating to ventilation. E i The big cqmpanies are paying off the | strikers. All of the former employes of the Pennsylvania Coal Compan: twenty n collierfes will be paid to- morrow, and those of the Lackawanna’s twenty-three places will be paid before Mor ¥. The pur e of this is to make men amenab he comp trespassers if they property, and is sther sirong corroboration of the story come on that a move is on to operate some of the mines. It has been positively demon- strated that soft al will burn in culm grates, and the dread of Scranton’s indus tries being compelled to | now removed shut down is || TO REINFORCE THE DEPUTIES. | Another Carload of Officers Sent From the Schuylkill Valley. SHAMOKIN, Pa, Sept. 2.—Another d of deputies from the Schuylkill arrived in Trevorton to-night to orce a large number of deputies who gugrded the last week. It is feared ma ensue between the strikers m this place and the deputies should N attempt be { | v de to tie up the North | Franklin Colliery, which is nowj the only | one in operation in this section of the coul fields. It employed 600 men and boys, Since the strike was inaugurated a num- | of the men ceased work, but all pUng thirty returned to the mine yes- | terday. The strike leaders claim the mine i will not be working by Monday. exc | KING OF BELGIUM | SOON TO ABDICATE Generally Believed That This Action Will End the Quarrels of Rival Parties. PARIS, Sept. 25.—“From a source worthy of confidence,” says the Courier de | gians intends to abdicate before the close <f the present Belgian Parliament in favor of the Prince of Flanders. “King Leopold counts confidently upon the result of his action being the sinking of the quarrels of the rival parties, which of the new regime.” ——— TELEGRAPHIC - BREVITIES, CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—Thomas Gahan, Demo- cratic Naticnal Committeeman for Illinols, is resorted dangerously ill at West Baden, Ind., where he went two weeks ago for a rest. BERLIN, 21.—Rear Admiral James A Smith, N.. retired, former chief of the eau of Suppiies and Accounts of the Nai- artment, has arrived here and will spes the winter in this city. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept. 2I.—The new Ie semer plant of the Republic Iron and Ste 1 Comzany was lighted this morning. The mill as a capacity of 600 tons of steel billets a day, and will give employment to 600 hands. { COZAD, Nebr., Sept. 21.—The jewelry store of R.S. Thornton was entered by burglars last night. They blew up the safe and secured Jew- elry and cash of the value of $2000. The post- office is in the store and a part of the money was Covernment fund: CHICAGO, Sept. 2. —George Sller, th rize- | fahter referce, and Lou M. Houseman tne buxing exhibition manager, both filed petitions in bankruptey here to-day. Siler scheduled 1i- abilities of $6120 and Houseman of $5733. Their combined assets were put at $100. RI0O DE JANEIRO, Sept. 27.—The Bank of the Republic, which as announced on Septem- ber 12 was obliged, owing to a run on the in- stitution. to issue checks at sixty days signt on deposits, has passed under Government ton. trel, the creditors accepting 3 per cent bonds. TORGNTO, Sept. 2I.—Because of a lack of patronage, the Dominion Government, it is said. will close the Canadian canal at the Soo. This, vesseimen think, would be an unwise move, especially If & sirlke should occur in the American canal. They will, therefore, en- Canadian deavor to make more use of the canal. CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—In_the case of Lloya Smith, member of the Board of Trade and prominent local politician, charged with ship- ping zrain from an elevator without canceling the warehouse roceipts, the jury late this atters moon reported inabMity to agree. Jury was then sent back with instructions to return & sealed verdict to-morrow morning. SCRANTON, Pa., Sept The an- | cement that the railroaders cannot their way clear to help close down ay | ! LEADVILLE, | Soir, “we learn that the King of the Bel- | would then unite to observe the conditions i ROOSEVELT 'Paramount Issues as He Has Lately ; Found Them | T 'Right of Free Speech | Might Be Accord- ed AlL e Colo., Sept. 21.—The Roosevelt special train passed over the divide without incident, though there was some nervousness on the part of the railroad offic s and trainmen and some of the escorting party when the traia passed through Victor, where the riot oc- curred t evening. On its return trip in the night over the orado Midland the train was well guarded with resolute men armed with Winchesters, and any one looking for trouble on the outside could have been em&lly accommodated. The Governor, after the labors and ex citement of the day, retired to his coach at 11 o'clock and slept as tranquilly as if nothing had happened. The schedule for the day provided for ten stops and as many speeches. Leadville was reached at 11 o'clock and a stop was made of kour and forty-five minute: A large crowd was assembled at the station and preparations had been made for a big outdoor meeting. Governor Roosevelt and party were driven to the corner of Har- Tl on and Fifth stre where a stand been erected. People in great num- bers lined the stregts the entire distance and the crowd around the stand was great. Rev. Mr. Fleming, chaplain of a Colorado Philippine reglment, presided introduced Senator Wolcott, who - a warm speech, ending by introdu Governor Koosevelt, Senator Henry Lodge, who w with Governor ing Cabot i Roosevelt in the riot yesterday, also made a short speech. i PU 1.0, Colo., Sept. Z.—When the | speclal train bearing the Roosevelt party arrived at this piace this evening the | station was crowded with people to see the Governor. The reception commitice orted the party to Roval Park, where a procession was formed and marched through the principal streets of the city. On the way the streets were lined with people. Three meetings were arranged for and all were attended by large audiences. During the day at the various stopping places the crowds were remarkably large and an unusual interest attended the meetings. Governor Roosevelt in his speech at Leadville to-day said in part: I cannot say how I have enjoyed the privi lege of coming through your great and beauti- ful and wonderful State and now to be in what i€ the most famous mining city of the entl e globe. Glad though I am to see your State with its varied resources, with mountain and plain, with mine and ranch, 1 am more pleased still to see the men and women who made it what it is. ‘When 1 come out here among you I feel that |1 come oWt not to teach you Americanism, but 10 teach you the doctrine of work, of honorable striving and honorable effort and to follow | where you have led the way. 1 want you to | think for yourselves. Supposing that the Re- | publican party had done what our opponents | desire us to do now, that is, abandon the | Philippin: They would now be denouncing us in extravagant terms and blaming us, all of them, from Mr. Bryan down. In that case | they would have been as right as they are wrong now. 1 come before you to ask your support for the principles we represent upon tw,, great grounds—upon the ground of self- int-rest of each and all of us and upon the ground of our feelings for that symbol of Lreatzess, the American flag that floats over < all. Remember that in this union there can no_division of either. honor or interest on 1t lines. We will all Ko up or go down to- | ether. We will go up or go down as regards material prosperity and we will hang our heads or hold them high accordingly as the American flag does or does not stand in the future as it has stocd in the past. a symbol of homor, of greatness, of truth and liberty. When in 1503 hard times came they came in New York, Colo- rado and California allke. When in 1857 pros- perity returned it returned to the Rocky Moun- tains, as it returned to the seaboards of the Atluntic and Pacific. Tt returned to the farmer, the ranchman, the wage earner, precisely as much as to the business man. ‘There can bs no permanent lines of well-being on the one hand for some of our people and adversity on the other hand for the rest of our people. Fun- damentally we will g0 up or down alike. Now, when it comes to the question of the honor of the flag the same considerations hold true. At Canyon City Governor Roosevelt spoke in part as follows: There has been some talk as to what the para- mount issue is in this campaign. Now I will tell you, and I have made up my mind within the last’ forty-elght hours (Jaughter) what the paramount fssue is. The paramount issve is o keep the orderly liberty that has made us ‘what we are. The paramount issue Is to keep our national self-respect by each individual keeping his own self-respect and respecting his fellows; keeping the right of {ree apeech, keep- ing the right of political discussion so that we may be able to settle our political differences squarely and falrly after a full hearing given 1o any one, whatever his views may be, if he n- . There is danger of 1 Fut it ts mot tmnmm:-r:cuon Bryan 1s looking. regular lrlvbgn CAMPAIGN CONTINUES B4 4444444444444+ 4440 VICTOR, Colo., Sept. 27.—As & re- + sult of the riot last night in which Colonel Roosevelt was struck and his train stoned F. Briggs, edi- tor of the Victor Daily Record, was assaulted in his own office a little after noon to-day. In an editorial this mornnig the Record denounced the participants in the riét in scathing language, and stated that “a few dissolute women waved rags in the very faces of these dis- tinguished guests Mr. Briggs was the only member of the office force in the room when E. E. Carr came in. Carr declared that his wife had been called a dissolute woman, and after ascertaining that Mr. Hriggs was the editor of the paper struck him on the back of the head before he could arise from his chair. Carr got in two more blows while the editot was getting up. As soon as Briggs recovered himself he landed heavily on Carr's jaw. Father Downey, pastor of the Catholic church, who came in, interfered and prevented further violence. Carr demanded a re- traction of the editorial statement and ieft the office vowing that he would have satisfaction or revenge. Carr is a miner. Dr+ 4444444444 4444442 PP USRS S OSSO DI+ 4444444444444 44 0444444044049 cne. We zens of this great republic. ), have not yet reached that pitch of when we are afraid of that. There I3 no dan- ger of milltarism. There is no danger of im- Perlalism country starting out on the path our fathers trod to do the work of a great world power. The only danger of Im- perialism that will ever come in this count is if it invited as a reaction agalnst an- Anarchy is the handmaiden of tyranny. If ever we grow to substitute jawless mob vio- lence for the orderly liberty that we enjoy un- der the law, if ever we grow to substitute the | rule of brufal force for the rule of the ballot, no. where the ballot is cast treely and counted as cast, If ever we grow to exchange for govern- ment by debate in the legislatures of the coun- try and on the stump, if We ever grow to ex- change for those the violence that finds ex- pression cither in word or deed, then we will indeed be within measurable distance of Icsing our liberty. Then and not till then the worst thing this country can have is the man sitting at_eace at home, exciting other men Who are ignorant to deeds of violence, and | whether this exciting of violence be 'by & politiclan or the editor of a newspaper the e nother organized. attempt ¢ a_small minority to Inter- ceedings. This mob was com- posed mos of boys from twelve Lo eighteen ye of age, with a few men, who shouted for Bryan and cheered so as to interrupt the sp@akers. One of tl youngsters, being asked why he was act- ing so disorderly, stated that he was hired to do so. They wore uniform caps and acted in concert. BRYAN IN NEBRASKA. Democratic Nominee Addresses Audi- ences in Many Places. DAKOTA CITY, Nebr., Sept. 27.—W. J. Bryan arrived here to-night and address- ed a meeting in the Courthouse yard. He made three speeches during the day, trav- eling almost forty miles,by carriage and 150 miles by rail. The weather was cold and raw throughout, rain falling at inter- was m rupt the pre vals. The entire day was devoted to the Third Congressional District, and it was largely a canvass in behalf of Edgar Howard's candidacy for Congress. From Papillion Mr. Bryan drove to Blair in company with Mr. Howard, a distance of thirty mile: making two brief speeches on the wa one at Millard and the ether at Benning- ton. The drive consumed more than four hours, and it was almost 4 o'clock when Blair was reached. Here there was a large assemblage of people. In a half hour’s speech Mr. Bryan went hurriedly over the principal issues of the campaign, iving Special Attention to trusts and fm- perialism, At_the night meeting in Dakota City Mr. Bryan said that the ngubllcm Party did not dare take its full-dinner-pail a: gument into the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania and declared that, whether a man was a laboring man, a farmer or a merchant, he must see thag gpportunities are constantly narrowing under the trust system. Discussing the question of imperialism, Mr. Bryan as- serted that the same power which put the Porto Ricans outside the constitution thls year might next year put the people of Nebraska or any other State outside the pale of the constitution. “‘Destroy the doctrine that all men are created equal and it will soon be necessary to ci your pedigree around with you,” he said. He declared that in the Paris treaty with Spain the United States had not secured an{edmle to the Philippines, but had se- cufed only a license to hunt there. Mr. Bryan left here after the conclusion of his speech for Stoux Q?. Towa, where ;.; 'wm spend the night and speak to-mor- Sept. 21.—John P. Irish of California to-night opened the g:mdn here for National - Gold mocratic The was heid at Englisis Operahouse. 5 it and Mr. Irish was enth undredths of a soldier for every thousand | BRYAN'’S DAILY CRIPPLE CREEK. | —From the New York Herald. IN COLORADO S AR L Beveridge Opens the Campaign in Min- nesota. D S Asks All Who Have Prospered to Vote for McKinley. | MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21. — United States Senator Beveridge of Indiana de- livered a political address to a large audi- ence to-night in the Exposition building. the hall in which Benjamin Harrison wa nominated for President. His speech was almost {wo hours long, the greater part of it being devoted to our present prosperity and which !t can be continued. He said that it could not be continued by any formula | of administration, but that a continuing timidity | prosperity depended upon constantly add- ing to the markets for American prod- uets. 3 ‘This,” sald he “is the purpose of the Republican party. It invents new policies to meet new and changing conditions. It is the party of commercial growth as well as territorial growth. That is why the Republican administration always means American prosperity and that is why the Democratic administration always means commercial disaster.” Senator Beveridgs said that the present prosperity could not be continued merely 0y standing still: it could not be continued by, going backward, as the Democratic party proposed; it could only be continued by going forward and opening still newer avenues for American energy. He said there cannot be a better test than this— let all whose condition has improved un- der McKinley vote for McKinley and all whose conditions have grown worse un- der McKinley vote against him. The Democratic party produced a. deficit in time of peace, the Republican party pro- duced a surplus in time of war, he de- clared. 2 On the attitude of the two parties in ;figrence to our foreign possessions he The Republican party and the flag In the skies—the Democratic party and the flag in the dust—this is the attitude of the party of Lin- coln and the attitude of the party of Calhoun at the close of the nineteenth century. Na- tional domalin, the concentration of the pesple, the extension’ of territory have been the in- stinctive and persistent efforts of the Ameriean people sinee first they flung their separate ban- Ter out among the flags of men. All other questions have been incidental and temporary— issues of a decade or a day, and on them po- litical parties have lost and ‘'won and had their little equally unimportant victory or defeat, but every political party that has stood for the traditional policy of the republic the people have sustained and every y that has op- sed their onward march the American people ave overthrown. Senator Beveridge saild that this was a non-partisan . campai American campaign—and that this was the reason why the Ragubllm party had such a hold upon the people’s hearts, because the Republican party in this campai stood for Americhnisin. e ADLAI STEVENSON ACCEPTS. Letter From Him Received at Popu- list National Headquarters. LINCOLN, Nebr., Sept. 2i.—In a letter received to-day at the Populist National headquarters Adlai E. Stevenson accepts the nomination for the Vice Presidency tend:&ed to him by that party early this mon! Mr, Stevenson says in 5 Lmportant, queations of Tinance. of qomes: tic administration and of reform in our methods of taxation the platform of the le’s party gives no uncertain sound. It is no less emphatic In its demand for a feturn to the policy of honest and econ- omical expenditures of the public money. The further demand for wise and efficlent !eflng'auon lo(olfdrlllxtto ,:hfi suppression of rusts cannot fail to challen; - tion of all thoughtful men. ¢ 'he atten “In_common, however, with the Silver Republican and the Democratic parties, ou recognize the important fact ?l:nt all lese are but ?uuuonl of the hour. In the presence of the overshadowing issue of tmperialism others are but as the dust in the balance. It is not strange, then, that there should now be a concert of ac- tlon between those who sincerely believe ‘that a crisis has been reached in which party considerations are of secondary im- _portance.’ " 3 —— Probably Murdered. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Charles F. Peck, 60 years of age, a real estate dealer, whose home is on West Eighty-fourth street, was found dead early to-day on the side- Jehce Of murder woe vistbie an to. bode: When Mr. Peck left his office yesterday it was with the intention of goi by an ing train h‘:d the Catskills, where his ml‘. He a large sum_ of money ‘a handsome gold watch d chain, all of ‘Which were gone when hia body e S the method by ! [DANGER ALONG THE BANKS OF TEXAS RIVER Brazos Is Still Rising, and | an Overflow Is Almost ‘ Certain. e Bottom Lands Along the Trinity Are | Inundated and the Situation Has Assumed a Serious Aspact. Sl el | HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 2.—The Brazos River is still rising at Waco and an over- flow now scems certain. The rise has been | more rapid this evening than at any time | previousiy, and a ge from Kopperel | | revorts fresh rise there and a more | rapid one than the first. The river at Waco lacked a few inches of leaving its banks at 8 o'clock, and with the present | | outiock an overflow is almost certain. | The water is ten feet below the high | water mark of 189, but does not have to | reach that point to overflow thousands of | acres of the bottom farms. Advices from | the Lower Brazos to-day are to the ef- | fect that backwater has inundated the lowlands, flooded last spring, but has not { broken over its banks. ‘Ime river has | with the exception of a few hours yester | day morning, been constantly rising for | six days, a record-breaker as to lengih of tim 'he Trinity is reported rising at Worth and Dallas. A special from former place says the bottoms are inun- dated to a depth of three to four feet and | | the situation nas a serious aspect. | TlLe reports from ihe Lower Trinity say | that the first flood is passing without | damage. The rise in the Colorado River | has reached Columbus and two piers in the Southern Pacific_briége have gone, interrupting their traffic to the west. AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 27.—Returning this | morning from Galveston Governor Sayers | | reported conditions in that city as greatly | |improved. The relicf cemmittee is doing | excellent work and the people generally hopeful There were about 1700 at work clearing away the debris on | esday. | It is his opinion that it will require 4000 | men to remove all the debris within the Fort | the next thirty . but it may require a | longer time. Means have been provided for prompt payment in cash for each | day quired tion work, and no man is asked to work without in monen or re fuil compensa- | The supplies are being distributed only to the v E from the storm and are helpless, the policy being to pay those | who are strong and willing to work and to help only those who are infirm and | rneedy and cannot provide for themselves. Commerce is being resumed, and on | ay the Governor saw large ships loaded with grain and cotton, The Governor remained at Houston sev- | { eral hours and found that the work of | the rellef committee was being admirably | done and that the ladies’ committee had performed its duties so as to justly en- | title it to the very highest praise. OFFICIAL REPORT OF STORM. Wind Reached a Velocity of 120 Miles an Hour. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The Weather Bureau has received from its local fore- | cast official at Galveston, I. M. Cline, a | report on the great hurricane of Septem- | ber 8. ! Mr. Cline was one of the sufferers by | the disaster. His house, which was one of the substantial structures in the beach section of the residence district, became | the refuge of fifty people about the height | of the storm. It went down in the gen- | aped to the cg rifting about in the ter of the city after gulf for three hours {on the floating wreckage. John D. Blag- | den, one of tne observers at the station, .simnl by the office till all the instraments bad been blown away. Mr. Blagden | knowing the importance of the barometer record and fearing to trust the barograph | or automatic recording instrument, took readings of the mercu barometer through the height of the storm at fi minute Intervals. The instrument showed | & minimum reading of 28.53, the lowest | ever recorded in this countr | People were advised to seek substantial shelter in the center of the city for the | night and thousands from the low beach | section heeded this warning and were saved when the general crash came. It| is estimated that the wind reached a ve- | locity of 120 miles. | Mr. Cline’s map of the area of total destruction, checked by the estimate of the insurance underwriters, indicates that | 3636 houses were totally destroyed. The loss of life, he sa never will be exactly known, but it is estimated at over 6000. The property damage will exceed $30,- 000,000, The Galveston Fund. Reports from interior counties are pour- | ing into the State relief committee. San Jose- reports that $202053 has been raised in that city. Pleasanton reports that $3950 has al- | ready been raised and forwarded and that | further relief action is being managed by | the I O. O. F. and other societies Nevada City reports that up to the 25th | inst. $612556 had been raised in that city and forwarded direct. Chico_reports up to the 25th inst. that | $200 had been raised In that eity for the Texas rellef fund. The following are the additional sub- | scripticns reported to the State Relief Committee: By Bank of Callfornia— People's Bank, Santa Cruz, Cal %7 50 By Chairman Hellman— Citizens of Oceanside, Cal. 30! Walter W. Birch, Paso Robles. 10 (14 A . 2 00 By_Lumber Committee— E. K. Wood Lumber Co.......... 20 00 Received by Mayor Phelan— Mrs. N. Van Bergen.... TOBL coosrsoossonene Previously acknowledged ... Total to dats —— Contribution Acknowledged The following note of thanks was re- celved by C. Altschul from Mayor Jones of Galveston yesterday: GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 22, 1300. Mr. C. Altschul, Maniger London, Paris and American Bank, 'Ltd., San Francisco, Dear Sir: 1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your | favor of the Iith Inst. inclosing $500 50, which | you collected for the benefit of the flood suf- | ferers of Galveston. For your noble work and | for the very liberal contribution please accept | our heartfeit thanks, and for your kind words | of sympathy our gratitude. Yours truly, | W. C. JONES, Mayor. THANKS TENDERED SULLIVAN Postmasters Excoriate Men Who At- tacked Roosevelt. PEORIA, IIL, Sept. 27.—Just a short time before final adjournment to-day the Na- tional Association of Postmasters of the “First Class did the only sensational thing of the entire session of three day: Postmaster A. W. Wills of Nashville, Tenn., secured the sanction of the con- vention to_the following telegram to be sent to Postmaster Daniel Sullivan at Cripple Creek; Colo.: “Greetings from the postmasters of the first class, in convention assembled at Pearla, 111, to Postmaster Daniel Sullivan of Cripple Creek for his heroic’efforts. as- sisted by others. in_defending the life of that grand patriot Governor Roosevelt in the cowardly assault made on him at Vie- tor, Colo., by an angry mob of dastardly cowards.” The motion authorizing the secreta; send the telegram was passed wit ‘whoop. to a —_———— Insurgents Checked. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 27.—Advices recelved to-day, from Colon, Colombia, sgay the insurgent forces advanced to within fourteen miles of . but were checked there by the Government troops. The latest news was that fighting ‘was proce between the opposing armies. | mitted to the various presbyteries b | aay W. Bailey. The Ch only available picni: | borhood and “rechr Grove.” The gro s VOTE ACAINST BEVISION OF THEIR CREED Final Action Taken by Members of Los Angeles Presbytery. i Qs Decide After a Lengthy Discussion That Westminster Confession of Faith Shall Remain Intact. ek LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21.—After a dls- cussion lasting through the entire day and until late to-night.the Los Angeles Pres- bytery defeats creed revision. Of the four questions in regard to a modificat! 1 of the Westminster confession of falt b General Assembly, the last q which provides that the creed s main intact, was answered affir when the final vote was taken. Rev. Dr. e, secretary of the eral Assembly, favored moderate revisior as did Rev. Hugh Walker, though latter declared he based his act tha desire for harmony and was © ally opposed to revision. Rev. Robert Reese declared he wished for a voic thunder that he might stand o Lowe and proclaim his_opposition_to satisfied the church for rears. Rev. John Shirley Ward declared that e ministers of the Presbyterian church id not and dared not preach the doctrine of the church, referring especially to the doctrire of eléction. Rev. J. M. Newell sald the faith was not only sufficient for Presbyterians but that proved sufficiently attractive for en ministers of outside denomina- to apply for admission into the an fold during the last year. rt Strongput himself squarely as favors a new creed—one applicable to the twenmtleth cen- tury needs. e present confession of faith,” he “is no more fitted to the man of to- than is his grandfather’'s coat. Ot spoke on the same lines, and after the vote had been taken the con- d | vention adjourned sine die. e 2o CAMPED IN A LODI GROVE Members of the Church of God Oc- cupy a City of Tents. Special Dispatch to The Call LODI, Sept The ing of the Chur te camp-mest- h 1 is being held hexe. Delegates and visitors are present from all over the St camping in Saints’ Grove, where r. meetings held every evening. Th etty grove lotted with tents. The m ers of this sect say they preach the g Christ id, and they believe in fa ealing to n ‘unlimited extent. They ask the sick and suffering to come and be healed Drugs and medicines are denounced as ungodly and unfit to be ¢ 1 Among the ministers present are Revs. J, L. Byers, J. R. Green, J. M. Hudson and outskirts of tow nual gathering plac of July celebrati kinds.” Now t park of any sort, for the Church c people the grove has b ned Mr. Hudson, followers, intends s soon as possibl et Sonoma’s Christian Women Meet. SANTA ROSA 2. ce for p to God and cannot be pro fe t again. Rev tance of his a church there eral wreck and thirty-two of its Inmates, ept. 21.—At the Baptist including Mrs. Cline, were killed. Cline | Church this afternoon the opening session {and his assistane; J. C. Cline, rescued | of the county institute of the Woman's { children and one woman and|Christian Temperance Union was called to order by President Mrs E. H. Buttop of Petaluma. Visitors nd delegates from all parts of the county are in attendance and the convention will last until A number of interesting papers v short i noon. To-nig by Rev. ston, Rev. Rathbone 3 dent unfon, Mrs. officers are: President, Mrs. . 3 ton; vice president, Mrs. A. J. Wheeler; recording secretary, Mrs. Edith Cheese- wright; _corresponding secretary, Mrs, Emma L. Beeson; treasurer, M Sva Simmonds; auditor, Mrs. C. M. Devereaux. v Advent Christian Conference. Special Dispatch to The Cal SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 2%7.—The annual conference and camp meeting of the Ad- vent Christian churches of Northern Cali- fornia is being held In a grove in this city. Delegates from all over the State are in camp. A large free dining tent has been erected and another large tent is used as an auditorium. The opening sermon last evening preached by Rev. T. H. Or- gan of Oakland. SHOT DOWN BY AN UNENOWN ASSAILANT Hon. Charles A. Collier Found Wounded and Bleeding In His Yard at Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 27.—Hon. Charles A. Coflier, president of the Cotton States Exposition held here in 18% and one of the mest prominent men in the country, was found tg-day lying at the foot of the stairs in the yard back of his residence on Richardson street with a bullet hole in his left side in the region of the heart He uttered but one word, “burglars,” be- fore becoming unconscious. His condition is regarded as critical. Mr. Collier was formerly Mayor of At- lanta,” one of the twelve United States Commissioners to the Parls Exposition and a member of the Lafayette Monu- ment Association. NEW YORK DELAYED BY BROKEN SHAFT Steamer Reaches Southampton Sev- eral Hours Late, but Will Depart on Schedule Time , SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 23, 1 a. m.—The American line steamer New York, Captain W. J. Roberts, from New York September 19 for Southampton, arrived here last evening at 10 v'clock, about seventeen and a half hours late. Captain Roberts re- ported that the steamer had broken her starboard thrust shaft on Tuesday at 2:30 a. m. The accident will not interfere with her return voyage, as the company has a sha’t on the ship, and she will leave Southampton at noon on Sunday. There was no alarm among the passengers when they learned of the mishap. Division of Traffic. CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—Western railroads to-day reached an agreement regarding the division of military traffic between points west of Chicago and New Orleans and the Pacific Coast. It was agreed to leave the control and division of the traffic east of San Francisco entirely in the hands of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific roads. On west-bound traffic the division of the business has been put in the hands of Chairman McLeod of the Western Passenger Association. The Dreparcd at the recent mectng mt Glen: re| a - 5o&f'spnm, Colo., was considered at length to-day, but no final action taken. Rear Admiral Watson Assigned. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Rear Admir=! John C. Watson, formerly in command of the naval forces on the Asfatic station who arrived recently at New York on t cruiser Baltimore, was to-day assigned t duty as president of the naval examining board at the Washington navy-yard, p b~ i Accidentally Killed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—A dispatch from General MacArthur at Manila to-day reports the death there of Second Lieuten- ant James D. Danner, Twenty-eighth United States Volunteer Infantry, caused accldental dischaige of his pistol. S Rl 1