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v !? THE MORNING OEEGONTAN," SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. ROPOSAL REJECTED United States Does.. Not Ap prove of Germany's Policy. CANNOT RECOGKIZETHEPRINCIH.fi Fall and Complete JLiiwen "Were Made to All the Inquiries at the Power. "WASHINGTON. Bept 2L The United States Government has made full and complete answers to the various Impor tant inquiries that have been addressed to it by the powers relative to the Chi nese trouble. Moreover, It has gone fur ther and has made a disclosure of all its purposes, and, as a member of the Ad ministration puts it. it has thrown its hand open on the table. This action was taken after the Cabinet meeting today, and a luncheon at the White House that followed served to reduce the decision to the ultimate form. At 3:30 o'clock. Minister u called by appointment upon Acting- Secretary Hill and was handed a memorandum embody ing the response of the United States Government to the request of Prince Chine that Mr. Conger or some other person be immediately empowered to be gin negotiations with the Chinese author ities for a final settlement. The Minis ter came away with a dissatisfied ex pression upon his face. Next came M. Tblebaut, the French Charge, A few minutes' conversation sufficed to impart to him orally an an swer to his Terbal inquiry. Then Baron Sternberg, the German Charge, who had been notified of the readiness of the State Department to make answer to the German note, called and was given that answer. He hastened away to cable It to his government. The Department then sent the answer to the Russian inquiry forwarded by messenger and wired cablegrams con taining the substance of the answers to Its diplomatic representatives abroad. Thus closed one of the most interesting wid Important phases of the Chinese en tanglement. The State Department .absolutely re fused to make any statement as to the nature of the answers, taking the ground that to do so would be a violation of the -diplomatic proprieties. However, as it was calculated that all of these answers will have reached their destinations abroad by tomorrow, it was promised that the text of the communications should be given to the press tomorrow afternoon. The Ministers and Charges who received the messages here took the same attitude. The President, him self, had given instructions that every effort should be made to maintain secrecy In this matter until the official disclos ure. "With all this, it is known that the German proposal that negotiations with China be deferred until the Chinese re sponsible for the Pekln outrages have been surrendered to the allies has failed of approval by our Government. The declination has been conveyed in a man ner that cannot give offense, but it is be lieved that the United Stites Government cannot recognize the principle that a country may be cal'.cd upon to surrender its own citizens to a foreign power or powers for punishment. The Government will not relinquish the Idea of the ulti mate punishment of the offenders, when they are properly Identified, but it does not believe that the pursuit of this ob ject Is to put a stop to all negotiations. The idea of a commission to adjust the differences with China, is again brought forward, and it Is puggpsied that a com- -mlsslon on- the part of the United States""! may either form part rf the-Joint inter national commission which, 'it is 'hoped, will be appointed for this purpose, or, in, the event of the failure of the effort to secure joint action, then the members can go on and deal directly with China for a settlement. The names of Minister Con ger, General James H. Wilson and Mr. a&ockhill are mentioned in this connec tion. It is believed that the outcome, from military standpoint, of today's action will he the withdrawal of all but one regi ment of the American troops from China to Manila, where they can be held ready to return in an emergency. General Chaffee probably will remain in China in command of the force there, which will be regarded simply as a legation guard. One fact concerning the United States' answers that was learned officially Is that they contain no new proposition, but simply clear away the debris of unan swered inquiries. Report From Clinffee. The following dispatch, received at the War Department yesterday from Gen eral Chaffee, was made public this morn lnsr: "Taku (no date). Adjutant-General, Washington. Pekln, Sept 19 RockhM Wllson expedition returned; object suc cessfully accomplished: no casualties among our troops. Forsythe's squadron scouted northeast 40 miles to relieve na tive Christians; returned, bringing in 14. Surrounding country dally growing less hpstlle and more peaceful, so far as my expedition can determine questions. "CHAFFEE." The date of this cablegram. Pekin, Sep tember 39. shows thit close communica tion has been established with tho Chi nese capital. The State Department today gave out a new and literal translation of the Rus sian note respecting a withdrawal of troops from Pekln. so as to prevent any possibility of misunderstanding as to the text during the progress of negotiations. The hew translation .agrees exactly with the statement of facts contained in the Associated Press dispatches from St Pe tersburg. A cablegram "was received at the State Department today from Minister Conger, dated Pekln, SeptmbT 17. announcing the arrival of ..Special Commissioner iRockhlll at Pekin on that date. Mr. Conger made no statement as to condi tions in the Chinese capital. CAPTURE OF PEI TA CHU. General WiIon and a Mixed Force . Toole the Town. PEKIN, Monday, Sept 17, via Taku, Thursday. Sept 20. General James H. Wilson, the American commander, took Pel Ta Chu this morning. No details of the affair have been learned, but the British officials have received a dispatch announcing that "the temples were taken accordlnr to arrangement." It is said General Wilson will move on San Hal Tien and destroy the Chinese arsenal nt that place. The Germans moved west ward todav. and it is doubtful if they co operated in the taking of Pel Ta Chu. Japanese scouts report that the sur rounding country is free of the enemy. No word has been received from the Sixth United States, which is operating in the northeast (As announced Thursday in a dispatch received from Pekln. under date of Sep tember 16, via Taku, Thursday. Septem ber 20, General Wilson, with 800 Amer icans and COO British and six guns, marched westward that day. and the Germans were to move the following day (Sepiembpr 17) to co-operate in taking Pel Ta Chu, where the enemy was sup posed to be in large force. The American commander, it was added, would attack from the west and the Germans from the east The dispatch also said that General Wilson would take the San Hal Tien arsenal.) The Kaiser's Sympathy. BERLIN. Sept 21. It, transpires that Emperor William sent Baroness von Ket teler, the. widow -of the late German Min- ister at- Pekln, a telegram to Tien Tsln as follows: t "As was the case during the long period of terror through which you passed with such fortitude, although deprived at the very outset ofyour husband, so now my hearty sympathy accompanies you on your way home. My people mourn with you. God comfort you." The Baroness replied expressing her deep thanks for his majesty's gracious sympathy. M Haar Changes Movements. TONG KU, Bept 19. via Shanghai, Sept 20. LI Hung Chang arrived Tuesday at the Taku anchorage, where ho was visited by .Rear Admiral Remey and the Russian fteg Captain. He proceeded to Tons' Ku today. He was received with no special honors, and his presence at tracted little attention. Only the Russian and Japanese officers called on him; but later he had & long conference with Vice Admiral AKexeff on board a Russian war ship. Earl Li, accompanied by a Russian guard of seven and hfs own escort, the latter unarmed, but wearing the Imperial uniform, will proceed by special train to Tien Tsln, where a residence- has been prepared for his occupancy. Extradition of the Empress. NEW YORK, Sept. 2L A dispatch to tho Herald from Berlin says: The Politische Correspondenz declares that Germany has demanded the extra dition of the Empress Dowager of China. The Tageblatt denies this. The truth is hnlf way between the two reports. Ger many desires the accord of all the pow ers In regard to those responsible for the outrages, and will then demand their delivery, even if tho Empress Dowager should be among them. If the accord of all the powers cannot be gained, Ger many will Insist upon her idea alone or with those powers than do consent. Disorders Near Canton. PARIS, Sept. ZL The French Consul at Canton telegraphs, under date of Thurs day, September 20, that disorders have broken out at Sun Tai, near Canton. Sev eral villages have been destroyed and others are besieged. The missionaries suc ceeded in escaping. The first batch of troops sent by the Viceroy proved power less to subdue the disorder, and the for eign Consuls made a most urgent request for the despatch of a larger body of sol diers. The Chancellor of the French Con sulate and the French gunboat Avalanche will accompany the force. Imperial Court Moved. BERLIN, Sept 2L "Tho Chinese court, by an imperial edict, issued September 8," saya. a Shanghai dispatch to the Lokal Anzelger, "was removed from Tai Yuan Fu to SInan Fu. The military au thorities of Pekln agree that punitive ex peditions to Shan SI and Manchuria have become necessary because of the whole sale murders of missionaries, and Dr. Mumm von Schwarzensteln, German Mln. Iser to China, urges this course." Earl H at Tien Tsln. TIEN TSIN. Thursday. Sept. 20, via Shanghai, Sept 21. Li Hung Chang has, arrived here and Is domiciled In his own yamen, under a Cossack guard. His re ception here was a repetition of his re ception at Tong Ku, only the Russian and Japanese officers calling on him, those of the other nations not taking part in it Connivance "With Pirates. HONG KONG, Sept 21. The French warship Avalanche, which has been in vestigating the killing of Christians In the Samnol district near Canton, re ports that the crews of eight pirate junks, by the connhance of Influential persons ashore, have sought to destroy all the Christian villages on the Canton delta. Von Wnldersee at Wu Snngr. -BERLIN Sept ZL A dispatchreceived. Ipom Shanghai, underrate bf today? says the German warship ",Hprtha, with Count von Waldersee on board, has arrived at Wu Sung. She will go to Klao Chou to morrow. Favorable to Germany's Proposal. BERLIN, Sept. 2L The German For eign Office has received replies from Italy, Austria and France agreeing, with out reserve, to Germany's China pro posal. IN A CAMP OF THE BOXERS Procedure by Which They Have Gained Thousands of Recruits. Shanghai correspondent Chicago Inter Ocean. One correspondent gave some very Inter esting details of the ordeal through which the Boxers went to show that they pos sessed some superhuman power. The na tive Christian servant of the correspond ent went to the Boxer camp to see for himself what the new movement really meant. The camp was near Pao Ting Fu. the Christian Church and mission which was recently burned and looted by Boxers. He found a camp of about 5v0 men, mostly made up of vagrants who Infest all Chinese villages. A few were old Black Flags, and these men had In fused much of the real military spirit into the rabble that made up their fol lowing. Many of these raw recruits were armed with repeating rifles, while others had old-fashioned muskets, which still seemed effective. About half the force had guns of one kind or another; the remainder had spears, tridents and long knives. They looked hungry and eager for any kind of looting or deviltry. The native Christian who had been to Shanghai, and who had seen foreign troops drill, was surprised at the pro ficiency of these men In the manual of arms, and could only attribute their skill to training by French and German Army officers. These leaders appeared to be In defatigable, and- they drilled their men several times a day. They also levied on the surrounding country and forced con tributions of men and supplies undr threat of turning loose their rabble upon the neighborhood. In one part of the camp this native Christian saw a number of Boxers sur rounded by a ring of gaping countrymen. They were indulging in a number of gymnastic feats, which excited great ad miration. Then they would go through incantations, and. rising, would ask any man in the crowd to step forth and test their, invulnerability to blows. One big Boxer, after many contortions, declared he was willing that anv one should strike him in the chest for no human being could hurt him. The native Christian, who was a very powerful man, had once been an assistant in a foreign gymna sium, accepted the Boxer's defiance and hit him a blow in the chest which knocked all of the wind out of the brag gart and put him out of action. The blow was so powerful that the Boxer began to spit blood, though he assured the crowd that his Injury was due to the fact that he had omitted a certain part of the necessary ritual. The crowd actu ally accepted this absurd excuse, and made threats against the Christian, who expressed doubts of tho man's powers. This is a specimen of the procedure by which the Boxers have gained thousands of. recruits. In a country where hun dreds In every village have hard work to escape starvation, it is not strange that a new movement which promises food, drink and looting and killing of native Christians and foreigners should appeal to the masses. The men who join the Boxers have nothing to lose, because they possps no propertv. and they leave no assured positions. Thev have every thing to gain in bravery in battle, or luck in looting may give them power and in fluence. Five Tramps Killed. CINCINNATI, O., Sept 21. In a freight wreck on the Queen & Crescent route at Sadlevllle. Ky.. today, five tramps were killed and a sixth badly Injured. MASSACRES IN AMUR "WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OP LIFE AND PROPERTY BY RUSSIANS. Mcu Women an Catltfrea Shot Dovra or Forced to Drewa by Armed Cossacks. NEW YORK, Sept 21. Concerning the massacre of 5000 Chinese at Blagovest cbensk by Russians, a local papsr pub lished an account from G. J Wright, one of the faculty of Oberlin, O., Col lege. The letter Is written from Stretensk, Siberia, under date of August 6. Up to July 1, the relations between Russians and Chinese were cordial. There was no intimation of- trouble until about the middle of June, when engineers at Tellng received a telegram that no more .la borers could he procured on account of the revolution. There was a feeling against the Chinee Eastern Railroad. Tho work of grading was let out to Chinese middlemen, who hired coolies. About 200,- 000 coolies, imported 'from Che Foo and Tien Tsln, were at work on the lino. All was going well -until about- tho last of June, when the families of the en gineers at Harbin were forced to flet1 for safety. Troops gathered from every quarter to protect Harbin. Blagovest chensk, defenseless, was besieged. Chi nese in large numbers dwelt In settle ments in the valley of Noh Yi from the center of Manchuria well up to the vicin ity of Blagovestchensk. As soon as the Russian troops went down the river on "transports (July 14) the fort at Aygun began, without warn ing, to flee upon passenger steamboats, and on the 15th fire was opened upon Blagovestchensk and some Russian vil lages were burned opposite the fort. The actual injury inflicted by the Chinese was slight hut the terror caused by It was indescribable, and it drove the Cossacks into a frenzy of rage. The peaceable Chinese, to the number of 2000 or 4000, in the cly, were expelled and forced upon rafts, most of them drowning In crossing the river. The stream was fair ly black with bodies. Three days after, hundreds of corpses were counted In the water. Mr. Wright says: 'In our ride through the country to reach tho city Thursday, the 16th, we saw as many as 30 -villages in flames. One of them was a city of 8000 or 10,000. We estimated that we saw the dwellings of 20,000 peaceable Chinese In flames that awful day, while parties of Cossacks were scouring the fields to find Chinese ana shooting them down at sight What became of the women and children no one knew. On our way up the river, 500 miles above the city, every Chinese ham let was a mass of ruins. The large vil lage of Motcha was still smoking, and we were told that 4000 Chinese had been killed. The wholesale destruction, "both of property and life, was thought to be a military necessity. Since we left, we hear that Aygun has been taken, with great loss of life to the Chinese." MASSACRES BY RUSSIANS. The Order of the Day in Man churia. LONDON, Sept 22, 4 A. M. It seems to bo generally believed throughout Europe that Germany purposely proposed her de mand that the anti-foreign leaders should be surrendered before negotiations were commenced with a view of delaying any general appliance of her proposal until Field Marshal von Waldersee should ar rive at Pekln. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Washington asserts that the United States Government has polite ly declined to agree to Germany's pro posal. In any event, with Count von Waldersee journeying northward and Li Hung Chang conducting negotiations fWrnjlTien Xsln. matteix-mtfe'&!?nreach a crisis. "' . "'" The" manner of Earl Li's ' reception seems to confirm the suspicions in Shang hai regarding his close relations with Russia. About 4000 Russian troops and all the principal Russian officers met him at Chung Liang Chen, half way to Tien Tsln. A long conference was held, at which a representative of no other power was present. This remarkable friendship exists at a time when two continents are ringing with the story of massacres by the Rus sians in Amur. The. Moscow correspond ent of the Standard, reverting to the subject of the massacres this morning, says: "From a recent visitor to the Amur re gions, I learn that massacres are the order of the day with the troops that are overrunning Manchuria. The orders are .Issued by General Grodokoff, but it Is quite certain that Emperor Nicholas must be ignorant of their nature. My Inform ant says every Manchurlan commander beseeches that he be allowed to spare peaceable citizens, but the Russian In-' difference to the lives of the common herd is still of a truly Oriental type." The same correspondent asserts that troops by the wholesale continue to pour into Manchuria. Li Hung Chang, according to Shanghai dispatches, assumed the seals of the vice royalty of Chi LI yesterday. His officers are busy raising 8000 foreign-drilled and well-armed mon,.who ore now encamped at a point near and will soon move to Tien Tsin. It is reported that Lieu Kun YI, Viceroy of Nankin, alarmed at the prospects of the German fleet ascending the Yangtso River, is placing obstruc tions in the channel below the Kung Yien forts and landing troops to the northeast of Kiang Su for fear the Ger mans may land troops there to attack Tsing Kiang Fu. The Shanghai corre spondent of the Morning Post expresses the opinion that Germany's policy may yet load to a rising In Central China. .The Standard has a Taku telegram as serting that, as a means of averting pun ishment, the Governor of Pao Ting Fu has posted a proclamation ordering the suppression of the Boxers. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily News cites the opinion of a high foreign official that the Emperor and Em press Dowager will, under tho pressure exerted by Chinese viceroys, surrender Prince Tuan and the other anti-foreign leaders to the powers. Austrian Occupy a Fort. VIENNA, Sept. 21. An official dispatch from the commander of the Austrian squadron In Chinese waters says: "A small Austrian detachment has oc cupied the south fort at Pel Tang, in conjunction with German and . Russian troops, and the Austrian and "German flags have been hoisted. The Russians captured two guns and a mine-exploding station. The Austrian losses were a na val cadet killed and 14 men wounded." More German Troops to Go. BERLIN, Sept 21. Emperor William Is evidently making ready to send more troops to China. All regimental com manders, in their farewell speeches to soldiers who have finished two years' ser vice, make a point of declaring that such an increase is necessary, and expressing confidence that there will be volunteers enough to meet all demands of the situa tion. Colonisation and Imperialism. Kansas City Star. Colonlratlon The act of removing and set ling In a distant country. Webster. Coloni2atlon A crime against civilization, liberty, justice, the farmers and organized labor, unless tho land Is taken from the American Indians or Mexico. W. J. Bryan. Imperialism The power, authority or char acter of an Emperor; tho spirit of empire. Webster. Imperialism Tho result of colonization, if not on lands taken from tho Indians or Mex ico. Wi, J. Bryan. It would be Interesting to know what Mr. Bryan, as President, would do if a large .number, of Americans remained in the Philippines after he had carried" out his programme and they were assailed by the natives on the ground that they did not want any American colonists in their country, just as the Mexicans objected to 'American colonization. Would "he refuse to protect them with ships of war and sol diers if the 'natives declined, to desist or yield? Would he say&hat the Americans must go home or fight their owii battles? It Is, Indeed, a curious 'thing thai colo nization, which has been practised since the world began, has become a crime through the edict of Mr. Bryan. THE DAY'S RAClk . - if Receipts at Graveaend Were for Gal veston Batterers. NEW YORK, Sept 21. A big crowd attended the extra .day'B racing at Gravesend. There was a good card and the receipts were for the' Galveston suf ferers. -Everybody seemed anxious -to help and a large amount 'was.,, realized. James R. Keene donated tho purse won by his ccK, Unmasked, in the Sympathy handicap. Borne of the jockeys subscribed their riding fees, the band, bookmakers and the track employes all gave their mite and then the public turned out also in goodly numbers. The racing wa3 spirited and the weather and track con ditions favorable, "Well-backed horses secured the money in every race, al though only two nominal favorites won. These were Unmasked and Greenock. Summary: ' Hurdle handicap, 'one mile and three quarters Three Bars ijcop. Maze second, Monroe Doctrine thlnff time. 3:15. Sympathy handicap, about six furlongs Unmasked won, Mojley second, Silver dale third; time, 1:1ft 1-5. One mile and 70. yards, selling Cam brian won, Dolando second. Sparrow Wing third; time, 1:45. About six furlongsLady Schorr won, La Valltere second, Doctor Barlow third; time, 1:11 1-5. J One mile and 70 yArds Greenock won, Carbunkle second, jeaceful third; time, 1:45 4-5. About six furlongslLselllng The Regent won. The Golden Klnce second, Queen I carnival third; time, 1:11 4-5. i Races a-tjSt. Louts. ST, LOUIS, Sept.,$l. Summary: Four and a halfi. furlongs Propellor won, Kenova second, Fire Play third; time, 0:56. 'J Selling, six xurlon$ Four-Leaf C. won, Elghor second, Miss; Lynah third; time, 108J4. Selling one mile and 70 yards Amelia Strathmore won, Iriuendo second, Pinar del Rio third; time; 1:48&. Soiling, seven furjgngs Glen Lake won, Satin Coat second., - Slsle Barnes third; time, 1:30. Selling, five and half furlongs Adolante won, Athada second, Small Jack third; time. 1:10. Selling, one mile and 70 yards W. B. Gates won, Rollins second, Colgay third; time. 1:49. Jta.cesrtit Harlem. CHICAGO. Sept 21. Weather clear; track heavy. Summary: Five and a half furlongs Hurry won, Kohnwreath second, Audio third; time, 1:1 1 Six furlongs Sir Christopher won, Lennep second, Jim Gore II third; time, 1:18. One mile and 70 yards Hood's Brigade won, Larkspur second, Frelinghuysen third; time, 1:51&. Six furlongs Gasan won, Handy Man second, Bowen third; time, 1:19. One mile and a sixteenth Eberhart won, Branch second, Eva Rice third; time 1:53. One mile and a quarter Joe Shelby won, Quanah Parker second, Pat Gar rett third; time, 2:14: Wintering: Whitney's Horses. NEW YORK, Sept 21. William G. Whitney's horses .In training will Winter Madden, who will dispose of the horses he Is now racing. Practically this much has been decided on. Never before In the history of American racing have horses been shipped so far just for the purpose of 'Wintering. It has not been decided definitely that Mr. Madden will remain In Aiken, but Mr. Whitney is en deavoring to persuade him to do so. Searchlight Defeated Anaconda. INDIANAPOLIS, nd., Sept. 21. Search light easily defeated Anaconda today In the special match race at the State Fair grounds before 20,000 people. In tho first heat, Anaconda broke' 40 yards from the wire and finished 'four lengths behind. He broke badly in the second heat and was distanced, Searchlight coming under the wire in a Jog. Time, 2:12, 2:14. Another Storm In Terns. FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 21. Trinity River, at this point, has risen , 20 feet since last night on -account of a 12-hour rain, inundating the 'river bottom in a portion of the city. Hundreds of fami lies haveheen driven out. Three persons are reported drowned. The water Id spreading over half a mile of country. A relief corps is at work in the bottoms carrying the people to places of safety. ' DALLAS. Tex., Sept. 21 The. fiercest electric and rain Btorm known here for years prevailed last night Streets and basements were flooded. Cotton suffered extensively. Trinity River is rising a foot an hour at Dallas. Hunting-ton's Estate. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. The inheritance .tax on C. P. Huntington's estate will amount to more than ,$200,000. In an esti mate prepared for Controller Coler it ap pears that the transfer charge on specific bequests alone will amount to $40,000. No appraiser has been named for the huge estate and the real valuation of the enor mous fortune left by Mr. Huntington will not be known positively for 18 months, the time limit allowed for filing appraisement reports. It is estimated by those familiar with the affairs of Mr. Huntington that his estate is worth $50, 000,000. Russian Treasure Seekers. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 21. Three Rus sians, Marc Gurchowitch, Joe Feldmann and Robert Schoub, have reached this city in search of a phantom fortune of $35, 000,000. Eight years ago they saw in the Warsaw Courier a statement- that one Yakob Mossek Horowitz, whose heirs they claim to be, died in America, leav ing the sum mentioned. Later the story, was repeated by a dying millionaire in Ohentschln. and convinced of tho truth, the Russians have come to the Far West, and with their legal representatives are seeking for clews to the alleged treasure. - Balloon Accident at Street Fair. CHICAGO, Sept. 21. A special to the .Times-Herald from St Joseph, Mich., says: Professor L. J. Kahler, a young ballonlst, died Jast night from injuries sustained earlier in the day by a fall from his balloon while making an ascen sion. A street carnival was In progress, and over EO00 people had gathered to wit ness the ascension, which was one of the features Is one of four brothers who have met death through falling from a balloon. e Long's Daughters Will Vote. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 21. The Misses Long, daughters of Secretary John D. Long, of the Navy, today reg istered with the County Clerk of El Paso County as voters and will vote in the election in November. . i in Depreciation of Money. In 1873 a silver dollar was cworth one dollar and six-tenths in gold. In 1878, eighty-nine cents: in 1SS3, eighty-five cents; in 18SS. 72 cents; In 1893, sixty cents, and In 1898 forty-five cents. Money may depreciate, but there is one standard stomach remedy which has not chansred in half a century, and that is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It always has been the ono unsurpassed remedy for indigestion, dyspepsia, liver or kidney troubles. THREE FEET OF RAINFALL IfO DROUGHT IN NORTHERN INDIA - 4 ' NOW. Halt of the City of Calcutta Is Sub mersed, and. Many Hohscs Save Collapsed. OATjOUTTA, Sept 21. Tho extraordin ary rainfall in Northern India hns not ceased for fdur days. Half the city of Calcutta is submerged and even in tha northern part the streets are flooded to a depth of three feet Many houses have collapsed. Thus far, there has been but little loss of life, although as the rain continues very heavy, there is consider able apprehension. It is estimated that 35 Inches of rain have fallen In Calcutta. LONDON. Sept 22-A dispatch to the Daily Moll from Calcutta, dated yes terday, says that 25 inches of rain was registered there in two days of the pres ent great storm. UNIONIST VICTORY PREDICTED. Lord Roberts Bulletins Help the Cause Along:. NEW YORK, Sept 21. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Tho leaders have now taken charge of the political campaign on either side. Lord Salisbury is expected to write a let ter to some prominent Unionist candi date and Mr. Balfour will produce an address within 36 hours with official ex planations of the .government reasons for appealing to the country. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Sir William Harcourt are holding back their ad dresses until the Unionist leaders state the main Issues of the elections. Proba bly there will be more life in the oppo sition canvass next week when these vet erans open their attack, but at present the current is strongly Unionist and seems most likely to sweep everything before It Some uneasiness Is shown by the Union ist press over the Intervention of the National Protestant League in politics, but it is not likely that pressure will be brought to bear upon many candi dates during so short a canvass. Tlie antl-rituallsist 'leaders of that movement will bo content to concentrate their efforts upon a small number of districts and establish a claim to having donated half a dozen candidates upon the test ques tion of Protestant discipline. If Sir Wil liam Harcourt was to emphasize this is sue something might be done with it, but it is not believed that he will re open the discussion. South Africa holds the, field to tho exclusion of everything else, with annexation as the Unionist method of settlement. Lord Roberts meanwhile is acting as the Unionist whipper-in by keeping his columns in motion toward Portuguese territory. His bulletins could hardlybe more decisive. The Boer Army retreat ing before French and Pole-Carew has virtually disbanded. The refugees who have entered Portuguese territory have destroyed their artillery and will now be disarmed by neutral officials. Other com mandoes are going to pieces in every direction and only a few bands of guer rillas Temaln In the field, wretched rem nants of the formidable army which held the battalions of Buller, Methuen and Gatacre at bay last December. Steyn and Botha have both disappeared, and Dowet Is still In hiding. The occupation of Komatlpoort by French's troopers Is expected within 48 hours, and Lora Rob erts can choose his own time for return ing to England, leaving either Buller or Kitchener to direct the police work. All these details supply the Unionist press with effective headlines for elec tion purposes and justify the conclusion sthat thewar has really, ended. The finSl scenes wltn rioting at .Komatlpoort and the destruction of the ''Long Toms" and captured British guns aro certainly most dramatic. Some discussion has been raised over the right of the British Government to Intercept the gold and public documents which Mr. Kruger is reported to be anx ious to take with him to Holland. It is not probable that any obstacle wfll be placed In the way of his carrying off anything he has with him. Tho Nether lands Government has received from the Foreign Office assurance that Kruger's journey will not be interfered with by the British fleet. It Is plausible that the amount of gold which Kruger still retains has been grossly exaggerated, and in any event the Ministry here will be greatly relieved to have him leave the country quietly. BRITISH ELECTION MANIFESTOES From Balfour, Chamberlain, Har court and Campbell-Bannerman. LONDON, Sept. 22. A flood of election manifestoes appears in the morn ing papers.. The Conservatives, under the lead of Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain, give the successful war the first place in their campaign. Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-norman. " Liberal leader in the Houso of Commons, and Sir William Vernon Har court in their addresses denounce the un precedented precipitancy of a dissolution In order to snatch a hasty Judgment. on an Incomplete register of voters. 'Sir William Vernon Harcourt refuses to re gard an "ephemeral war" as the sole test of good government, declaring that, although from the moment of ."the Boer invasion he had supported the govern ment, he has not changed his original opinion that the needed reforms might have been attained without war. "The result of the government's pol icy." says Sir William, "Is that we are now the best hated country in the world, and burdened with the accumulation of debt and on Increased taxation. We may well regard our national finances with tho gravest apprehension. The C03t of the war will not fall short of 100,000,000." Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman dwells upon the "failure of the government's diplomacy and preparations for war," and upon "the miscalculation of Boer strength." He contends that the struggle might have been avoided, and points out that there has been a series of difficulties all over the world since the government came into office. Deallrig with home re form, Sir Henry says: "Above all stands the necessity of readjusting the powers of the two chambers in order to prevent the people's ascertained will from being set at naught by irresponsible authori ties." COMPELLED TO FIGHT. Few Boers Willing; to Keep Up the Struggle. LONDON. Sept. 21. Further reports from Lord Roberts say the Boers who remain in the field Include a few lrrecon cilables, but that the majority are fight ing under compulsion. General Delarey, it is added, holds 300 burghers as prison ers in his laager. The War Office gave out the following from Lord Roberts this evening: "Watervalboven, Sept 20. Pole-Carew reached Koopmuiden yesterday. There was no road and a way had to be cut through Jungles Intersected by ravines. He captured 38 cars of flour, a lot of coffee and 19 damaged engines at Water valonder. Yesterday evening Lieutenant U. P. Clarke 'was shot, but not fatally, while making the rounds, by a sentry." To Settle French Strikes. NJEW YORK, Sept. 21. A dispatch to the Times from Paris, says: A Ministerial order of Interest to Amer icans now, in view of the strikes in Penn sylvania, has Just- been Issued by the French Minister of Commerce. Tills de cree creates bodies to be known as labor councils, whose purpose it will be to settle disputes between labor and capital. The councils are to consist of an equal num ber of workmen and rmployers, but the j workmen must belong to the recognized labor unions. This last clause is likely to create difficulties, as tho majority of French laborers do not belong to unions. If this defect can be overcome it is be lieved that these councils will provide a ready "means of settlement of labor dis putes, thus avoiding strikes. France and England Annex Islands. MELBOURNE, Victoria, Sept 21. The Kurutu and Tabul Islands were formally annexed to France by the Governor of Tahiti, August 21, at the request of tho natives. WELLINGTON, nTz., Sept a. Rich-1 ard John Seddon, Premier of New Zea land, announced today in tho House of Representatives the annexation of Cool Islands, southwest of the Society Islands, with the consent of the Basatonga chiefs? This step Is a counter movement to meet the French annexations of tho Ta bul and Kurutu Islands. German Socialists' Congress. MAUMZ, Germany, Sept 21. Tho So cial Democratic Congress today, by a vote of 163 to 66, adopted a resolution pre sented by Herr Bebel. pledging the Social party to participate in the next Prussian Parliamentary elections and pronouncing against any kind of a deal with the Bourgeolse parties without the consent of the Socialist committee. The sessions of the congress were then closed. Murderer to Re Deported. DEIRA, Portuguese East Africa. Sept 21. Guisert, the German-American, who murdered J. E. McMaster the British Consul here, in July last, has been sen-, tenced to 22 years' deportation to tho West Coast of Africa. Manchester Cotton Spinners. MANCHESTER, Eng.. Sept. 21. After tho meeting of the cotton spinners here today, It was decided to recommend that all members of the trade using American cotton stop their mills for the first 12 working days of October, t A WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK. Interesting Anecdotes of Celebrities. Various Chicago Times-Herald. Washington. President McKinley has an almost Infallible lnsttnct as to the character and capabilities of men. He rarely, makes a mistake. A few months ago some one was wanted to go to Cuba to supersede Postal Director Rathbone, and give that branch of the public ser vice a thoroughly overhauling. Bristow'a name was suggested tentatively. "I know a little about Brlstow tell me more," said the President. "Well, Brlstow comes from Kansas. He is an old-fashioned sort of man. He be lieves in living within one's Income, what ever it Is, and I think he pays about $5 a week for his board here In Washing ton. He wears very plain clothes. He has old-fashioned Ideas about the Gov ernment service, too; thinks a man who takes a lead pencil from Uncle Sam should be prosecuted for petty larceny. He is a stickler for the merit system, and can't get along very well with tho politicians. He is at this moment at loggerheads with several Important members of your Na tional committee, I am sorry to say." "He Is Just the man we want for this Cuban Investigation," remarked President McKinley. "We'll send him right off this week." And so Mr. Brlstow went to Cuba. It Is a matter of history how he shook up the dry bones of the postal service down there. Clark, the Montana, copper king, is said by dealers and connoisseurs to be the most generous and at the same time the I mo3t critical picture buyer in the" United States. Mr. Clark once told me that he -studied art for 10 years before ho felt competent to buy a picture. "Of course, I could have bought through agents," ho said, "but that is just 'what I did not want to do. I bought pictures for pleas ure, to gratify my taste and my passion for flne paintings. So I did not want to buy through others, nor did I care to make a single purchase until I felt sure of myself. It was 10 years before I ac quired the necessary confidence, and then I started buying. I have bought all my pictures solely on my own judgment, and of my hundred or more canvases almost all of them would now fetch double the price I paid. But, of course, they are not for sale." Mr. Clark paid $41,000 for For tuny's "Model." But he has two other i pictures which cost him about twice a3 much each. He never buys through mid dlemen. Every successful artist in Eu rope sends him an invitation to the studio. In Paris and other cities Mr. Clark's rep utation as a critical but liberal pur chaser frequently enables him to pick up a famous painting from some old mansion or chateau through whose doors nd agent or dealer would be admitted. Every visitor to Washington falls in love with the National Library, the splen did structure which faces the United States Capitol. Not long ago the official architect of the French Government was here, and he proceeded to go Into raptures over the library. "It is the most mag nificent building of its sort in the world." he said, "and I must see the great man who designed it." So he hunted up Paul Pelz modest, artistic Paul Pels, wboaa genius flashed forth in the drawings for the finest building on the American con tinent. After paying many enthusiaatio compliments to Mr. Pelz, the Frenchman asked: "Of course, you were educated abroedr "No. I was born In Germany," re plied Pels, "but I "came hero as a boy and studied in this country." "Then you travel much in Europe every year a few months, perhaps?" "No. I have not been back to Europe since I came over, many years ago." "Where, then," asked the astonished stranger, "did you get your inspiration for this great creation?" "I sucked it out of my paws, like the bear," was the reply. "Let me tell you a strange story of hu man nature," said a member of the Cab inet; "for nearly four years now I have sat at this desk. In that time I have seen nearly all the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. They have been here, one after another, some of them many times. But you will be sur prised when I tell you that not a single call have I ever had from Senator or Rep resentative on any other errand than one of selfishness. Every last one of them came here to ask something for himself, or for one of his constituents, which amounts to the same thing. Not pne of them has ever come to see me to talk about legislation, policies, the public busi ness. It is always and forever appoint ments, patonage. Jobs, favors. That is one reason why I like to stay in Wash ington in Summer there are no Con gressmen to annoy me with their impor tunities." Last Winter a friendly dispute arose between two Senators concerning an oc currence of some 16 or 17 years ago. They wore not able to agree, nor to find any one whose memory was equal to the task of deciding between them. Finally some one suggested that they try Chandler, and, sure enough. Senator Chandler was sure he could settle the matter. "Walt till I go home tonight and con sult my diary," he said. Next morning he walked Into the Sen ate chamber primed with the very fact his colleagues had had their argument about. "Yes, I've kept a diary for 20 years," said Senator Chandler, "and I wish I'd kept one all my life. I never go to bed without first jotting down the principal events of the day where r was, and what I did, who I had conferences with, what was said and done. I wouldn't take $1000 apiece for those 20 diaries. They are Invaluable to me." TFALTER WELLMAN. TRAINS REACH GALVESTON COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY RESTORED. GULF Martial Lavr Abolished at Noon Yes terdayCivil Government Re sumes Control of Affairs GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 21. At noon today martial law was abolished and the civil government resumed control of af fairs. The contract for clearing the streets has been awarded. The contract ors will establish boarding- camps on tho beach and commence work Monday morn ing with an army of laborers at $2 per day. Adjutant-General Scurry, of the Texas Volunteer Guard, has placed his regiment of militia at tho service of the city, and they will remain here for guard and pa trol work. No saloons will be permitted to open. There will bo no Impressment of men to work, and there is plenty of work both for mechanics and laborers. A. J. Youens, inspector for the Galves ton Board of Underwriters, is footfng up the losses. He has finished the district east of Twenty-fifth street, and finds that in this territory 1649 houses' were de stroyed. His diagram shows that from five to seven blocks of the district lying along the Gulf of Mexico and cast of Forty-second street was shorn clear of buildings. West of Forty-second street the settlement was sparse and nearly everything but a few buildings far back from the Gulf were demolished. Mr. Youen will continue his inspection until a complete survey of the property loss has been made. Mrs. Mussey, vice-president of the Red Cross Society, will leave for Washington Sunday night, and will explain to the peo ple of the country exactly what is needed in Galveston. Her idea is that meetings should be held throughout the United States, and tho needs of Galveston thor oughly explained. The Galveston bridge was completed at 3 o'clock, and the first train on the Santa Fe to arrive since September 8 pulled into the Union station at 6:25 o'clock. Full passenger train service has been resumed by all the lines entering the city via Vir ginia Point The Gulf & Interstate Rail road, which enters at Bolivar Point and the ferry, will not be in operation, for several days. The five lines which cross the bay bridge operate 30 passenger trains daily, and they have an enormous quan tity of freight to come in and go out. The usual work of sanitation, caring for the sick and disposing of the dead bodies was continued today. Large amounts of garbage are being hauled from, the city and burned, and disinfectants distributed. The sanitary condition of the city contin ues to improve, and Dr. Wilkinson, City Health Officer, says that all danger from an outbreak of disease is now passed. With the resumption of railroad service today, business along the wharves began in earnest. Several ships are taking on cargoes. The number of patients in the various hospitals is much smaller than would have been expected, considering the num ber of dead. This 13 due to the fact that few who were entirely helpless succeeded In escaping alive. There are several hun dred persons who were more or les:J bruised, but their wound3 are rapidly healing. Commander Selfridge, Lighthouse In spector, is in Galveston. He gives official notice that all buoys at the entrance of Galveston harbor are in position. The Children Safe NEW YORK, Sept. ZL Filled with ap prehension for their six children, Dr and Mrs. Flavin, of 1508 N ave nue, Galveston, have arrived here on tc White Star liner Majestic, Dr. and M"s Flavin were in Limerick when tV1 learned of the destructive hurricane. They knew that their children must ha " been among the sufferers. The doctm cabled from Limerick and again from Queenstown, but was unable to get an,, reply from his children. On landing from the steamer. Dr. ami Mrs. Flavin went to the International Hotel, where they knew tidings woukl await them. With trembling fingers Dr Flavin opened a letter with the Galves ton postmark. It told him that his six children had been saved and were well. Mrs. Flavin fainted In her husband's arms. Trembling with emotion. Dr. Fla vin exclaimed: "Thank God for this! The children aro saved. That's enough for us." Dr. and Mrs. Flavin at once left on the Old Dominion Lino for their home, where they will rejoin their family. Diaz Will Visit Yucatan. CHICAGO. Sept. 21. A special to tho Record from Oaxaca, Mex.. says: President Diaz has expressed- his inten tion of visiting the scene of the military campaign that is being waged by the Gov ernment troops against the Maya In dians in Yucatan. He will spend several days at tho camp of General Bravo, who is In command of the Mexican forces, and will make a close personal inspection of tho operations with a view to adopting further measures looking' to an early suppression of the unconquered Indians. Got There Fust. Tacoma Ledger. Webster Davl3 and a hurricane started at the same time for Texas. 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