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i-, AllluriCHii Mnu, fi.uu w pur UJ.
'ULVKSTON, S-pt. 15. -Real lent of
Galveston are f tli,. opinion ihnt Iht re
are more dead ihun th? outsiders torn
lug In are generally willing to idmlt.
It In beyond nil possibility thai any
nclui.1 count will cv-r b had, but the
lest evidence olitilnnM". onil allow.
Inn f-ir ihn- VelM which have been
nut up by the water after being mice
thrown into 1 1 tfiilf and twice counted.
unci for the numli'f thit were (arrled
f.ut lo m-a and will n.--r h- heard of,
th total !lxt .if ld cannot be far
from three thousand, The people of
Galveston say th.u ib-v know that It
ll amount to anything h.-tween 5,000
i. ml fl."w, nnd estimates f.r the moit
part wl 1m In th-.' neighborhood of
th" large figure.
All ui) ami ilu'vn the coast there
him bf-n Ion .f life hnt will not be
learned of f.ir wveks an. I month If
ever. The total number of dead from
1 1 storm In this .itate cannot be far
from 4.0"). Carload of upplles r.ave
been received from all Paits of the
outitrv fiir th itiffrrlnK r-nlliMits of
liufveMon, but not a wtai of hay or a
bushel of oat hn conu- In for the
animal.
The vxo'lu from Oalveaton itrowa In
numhfr u the farllltl'. for getting
away from the atrl'ken city are In
c rcai.'-d.
Amon (hoae who Oinurtd tojay
wr nn.ral McKlblwn and Lieuten
ant. Ferguson and Perry, who were
nt hither by th I nlted Ftat gov-ernm'-nt
when the new. of the horror
was lven to the world. IWfire leav
ing the general waa solicited by the
authorltloa to return and extwet to
do s.i within the next four or five day.
The news which wan printed here this
morning In th? plum" of a telegram
from Vlp.Pr?8lilert Huntington of the
Southern Pacific, that that road not
to abandon Galveston, tins created In
lenne satlnfacticn and has materially
accelerated the movement for the re
construction of tho city. Pr. mount.
state health officer, today printed a
statement showing that apprehensions
that slckmsa will rt sult from the over
How Just experienced are unjustified.
Several thousand men are at work
rleitilng away the debris on the beach
One hundred and fifty bodies wero ills-
covered In the wreckage and burned
yesterday. No attempt Is now being
made to Identify p'coveivd bodies. In
deed most of them are found naked
and mutilated bevod recognition.
Of probably 1000 living down the 1st
and, at bast one third were lost. There
are bodies on the beach between
the Mott Place and the city limits.
KU'liteen people In this neighborhood
cot together and began burying the
dead. They are out of provisions.
Flshop Onllagher. of the Catholic dio
cese, states that no member of, the
clergy or of the sisters In the city
of Galveston were lost. The onlv losses
of slst-is were the ten at the Orphan
age, down the island, heretofore reported.
Pally papers and illustrated papers
have been wlul for photographs of the
Galveston disaster. The town Is under
military law, and the people are not
n condition to brook photographers.
Three photographers who ventured out
hod their instruments nmashed and
bemselves pressed Into service burying
restoration of local confld'rncc the with
draal of (Jtneral Mi Klbben Is taken
to mean that little Is to be done here
but in rr for the distressed until nor
mill business conditions have been re
sumed. In this connection the Infor
niMtl in was made p'ibllc through the
locwi federal authorities that the war
department would undertake as soon as
ponxlble the restoration of Its proP'-rly
at this point.
Ak'i'Clated Press dispatches looting
eastern financiers on the future of Oal
vePm were read with much Interest.
The lib'a, however, that the status of
the city will lie changed finds no local
adherents. The various railroads i nter
log here have determined to assist the
ritlzeii of Galveston to th full ex-
t' nt of their ability In rebuilding the
city.
folonel h. J. Polk, of the Panta Fe,
has rec Ived a very enthusiastic and
ncouraglng message from th head
nunrters of his road, declaring confi
denee In Oalvston. urging th busi
ness community to proceed at once
with th work of reconstruction and
pr mMng every help In their powtr. As
a ri-MHt or tne receipt or tne message
rob-nel Poll; dald to a representative
of the Aswiclated Press:
'The railroad liiiersts have decided
to combine their forec In order to re
toilld as otilcklv as possible a bridge
from Virginia, Point to Galveston. A
lam" number of iven wlli go to work
tomorrow with this end In view. You
m.iv s;iv to the coimtrv that In s!
iliivs a bridge will have been built and
tr.ilis runnlmr over It. I have hd
a consultation with the w harf Interests
and tin v have, promised ps tlmt thy
will be prepared to handle Ingoing and
outtoii;g shipments by the time the
bridge i finished. The bridge ve shall
build will lc of si.bstnntlal but tempo
rary chareeter. We shall subeuently
re 'see it with a more enduring strue
ture. Tin re is no n aon' why Galves
ton ou'il.l not commerelallv to resume
normal conditions In ten days."
Ci lonel Prnther. president of the
board of regents of the medical college
'or,' t, Colonel Ilreckenrldge. a rnem
Imt of the hoard, were among the late
arrivals. They met Gonercyl McKlbben
and were driven to the Institution. They
found the building In a badly battered
condition but on their return It w-as
announced that the college would be
immediately reconstructed by private
beneficence If the state was unable to
bear the cost.
Large gangs have been at work In the
business district and splendid progress
has been nade !n clearing away debris.
The street car company has a large
force of n en at work cutting wires and
removing obstructions and putting
their tracks in condition.
Adjutant-General McCaleb announces
that by tonight the water supply will
be ennal to even" need and to perform
the functions of modern sanitation.
EMPRESS NOW
IN MONGOLIA
Pekln Completely Given Over
to Looters.
MISSIONARIES FAVORED IT
Boxen Endeivor to Cat ofl Commuakr
(loai .1 Allies Betweci Ptkli ud
Tien Tli Relailitemesl
of Emperor Urfed.
PERLIN'. Sept. 15. The Chinese sit
uation la here dmed to be highly
unsatisfactory and most complicated,
though no sensational events are im
mediately expected and Isolated action
upon the part of any one power la
not anticipated.
According to opinion here, all In
terested powers are too firmly con
vinced of the important of continued
harmony and solidarity to Jeopardize
them w hen no neco,,ty raig for It. It
Is expected In Bcriln that neither Rus
sia or France will withdraw their
troops hurrleo.! from Pekin and it Is
believed that the United States will not
be in any greater hurry.
Information haa reached this city
that Russia, in any event, will keep
large b(deg of troops In China, not
only In the frontier provinces or Mon
golia, Manchuria and Klrin. but also
n the Interior and oast districts of
Pel Chi LI. The military directors of
the allied forc?s have agreed that un
der the circumstances It is necessary
to strfngthen the tactical and strate
gical position of the. International forcea
In Pel Chi LI.
Regarding Germany's attitude, she
will In any case Insist on severe pun
ishment being inflicted on the treach
erous Chinese authorities.
more than those who blindly followed
them..
General Fukushlma, the Japanese
commander, informed General Chaffee
that btuUI outrage were b-'-ing com
mltted In Tung Chow. He told the
American commander that he had pos.
itlve Information that many women
had thrown themselves into wc-ll or
committed suicide by other ways after
having been ou'.rag-'d, and that there
were several authentic cases of coolies
who bad been killed under peculiarly
atrocious conditions. He . requested
General Chaffee to Investigate and then
to cooperate with him. to check these
barbarities ag far as possible. General
Chaffee ord?rl Major Mulr to proceed
Immediately to Tung Chow and to re.
port.
At a council of generals today the
Russian general, Lln?vltch. said he had
received Information that two forces
of lioxers, one lumbering ten thousand
and the other four thousand, wers
marching from the south to endeavor
to cut the communLratlon of the alliis
between Pekln and Tien Tsn. It was
finally decided that the line was sutTl
clently guarded, as the allies would
certainly receive definite tidings of the
approach of the Boxers In time to mob
Hire at any given point. The council
merely issued orders for Increased vig
ilance on the part of thi outposts.
The telegraph line has been closed
against press messages because of the
fnormoua government business.
TAKU. Wednesday. Sept. 12 All the
Roxers against whom an expedition cf
allies was sent to the westward had
left th vicinity of Tu Liu four days
previous to the arrival of the troops.
The German and American legation
guards have returned to the ships.
NO CASH FROM KRl'GICR.
Webster Pavls Penles Sensational
Charges Made Against Him.
ST. LOl'IS. Sept. 15. Webster Pavls,
ex-secretary of the Interior under the
present administration, spoke here to
night. In reply to the charge that he
had received money from President
Kruger of the Transvaal to support the
Democratic ticket, he said:
"I say here tonight that any man or
newspaper which says I received a sin
gle dollar from Kruger or any one else
Is an Infamous, damnable liar. I will
le at the St. Nicholas Hotel until to
morrow afternoon, and If any dirty cur !
takes Issue with this characterization
he can meet me there."
There were alternate cheers and hiss
es while Pavls was speaking and at
times the sceno became exciting.
ROOSEVELT'S TOUR.
Reception Committee of Fifteen Will
Escort Him Thruigh Montana.
dead bnlles.
GALVESTON. Sept. 15. So much
progress has been made here toward
the rehabilitation of Galveston and so
harmoniously are the various forces
working that General McKlbben, who
was ordered here with his staff to as
sist the authorities as soon as the
storm disaster befell Galveston, has de
cided that his presence is no longer ne
cessary and he has made arrangements
to leave for Houston.
After having largely assisted In the
P.OISE. Ida., Sept. 15. Senator Shoup
has organized a reception committee
of fifteen to meet Governor Roosevelt
ut Rutte, on the morning of the 19th,
and escort him through the state. The
committee will leave here Monday and
.take a special car at Pocatello, which
will bo attached to Roosevelt's special.
The special will be run up the St.
Anthony branch and make stops at
Idaho Falls and Blackfoot, arriving at
Pocatello at 5 p. m., where the prin
cipal meeting of the trip will be held
In the evening.
METAL MARKET.
NEW YORK. Sept. 15.-SUver, 6.
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stock of furniture and carpets will
be closed out at less than cost. Call
early and avoid the rush.
NEW YORK. Sept. 15. A dispatch to
the Herald from Pekln says the em
press dowager and the emperor, with
MrK) troops1 as a guard, are now stay
ing with a Mongol prince In Mongolia,
150 miles westward of Pekin, watching
events here. No pursuit of them Is
intended by the foreign troops.
If Pekin Is to be held, Immediate steps
must be taken to meet the problem
of a food supply for half a million
population or else there will be certain !
starvation next winter. The yearly
contribution of the southern provinces
of a hundred thousand tons of rice for
the Pekln Manchus Is stopped by the
military operations and part of It has
been confiscated at Tien Tsin.
The Russians are keenly pushln
their interests. There are 500 of them
here now.
In Manchuria they report fighting
everywhere with Chinese troops, point
ing to a permanent occupation down
I io me Kreai wa.u at aiiaiignai t.wan,
The Japanese have 10,000 men here.
They occupy the whole north part of
the city, the largest and richest share
of all.
LONDON. Sept. 15. A special dis
patch from Shanghai, dated Friday
September 14, says that prior to the
departure of LI Hung Chang for the
north, the new German minister, Pr,
Mumm von Schwarzenstein, exchanged
views with the Chinese statesman. The
dispatch adds that it is reported at
Shanghai that the suggestion that
Russian cruiser escort Li Hung Chang
to Taku was dropped, owing to the ob
Jection of Admiral Seymaur.
The statement is reiterated that Hsu
Tung, the emp?rr's tutor, recently-
hanged himself.
SHANGHAI. Sept. 15.-News of the
contemplated withdrawal of the alli?s
from Pekln has caused a great mistake
w hich Is likely to eventuate in disturb
ances In other parts of China, where
the people are certain to attribute the
evacuation to a defeat of the European
forces.
Even here the Chinese as a whole do
not believe that the allies ever reached
Pekln. They think the story a fabrica
tion concocted for the purpose of im
posing upon the officials.
Competent observers believe that a
lesson must be brought home to China
now In order to prevent serious out
breaks In the future.
CHARLES HEILBORN & SON
(Copyright. 1900, The Associated Press.)
PEKIN. Sept. 8. via Taku. Sept. 7,
via Shanghai. Sept. 13. Looting in Pe
kln continues, both authorized and un
authorized. Few houses are guarded
except those occupied by foreigners,
the palases and those in the sacred city.
Almost evjrv house is destitute of fur
niture.
General .Chaffee says he could not
have believed that any city would ever
be given over so completely to looters,
and he earnestly desires the coopera
tion of any nation to prevent this.
On the other hand the missionaries
complain bacause the sacred city has
not been looted. They urge that the
royal family and other Mghly-placed
Chinese personages who were behind all
the trouble should be made to suiter
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Lord Salisbury has been at the for
eign office but there are no immediate
signs that the situation in China has
been cleared. London editors certainly
are as much in the dark as they were
when the premier was at the Vosges.
The Tim -a Is keeping abreast with Dr.
Morrison rather than following any offi
cial cues In forecasting and condemning
a secret understanding between Ger
many and Russia.
It has been the current belief In 'dip
lomatic circles that an understanding of
this) kind would be brought about, but
it has been based upon natural infer
ences rather than upon definite infor
mation. Russia and Germany acted In
concert at the close of the war between
China and Japan and obtained naval
stations and territory. It has been the
natural suggestion that they would re
peat this process in the existing crisis
and there has been nothing In the ne
gotiations ovor the retirement of the al
lied forces from Pekin to modify this
inference. Practically, diplomatists
have been convincrd that the German
emperor, after . supporting England
strongly in South Africa durln? the last
year, cannot he depended urun to take
up British Interests in Ciina but will
be mor? likely to make terms with
Russia.
The validity of Dr. Morrison's infer
ences is accepted by well-informed men
in diplomatic circles. It is In the nat
ural order or events that the German
emperor, who has ambitions of his own
In the far East, should have a good
understanding with Russia respecting
the far East.
Lord Salisbury's own policy remains
a mystery and only one thing can be
asserted with any degree of confidence,
Thut Is that the British forces will re
main in Pekln Indefinitely. England
beirg without a diplomatic ally in the
Chinese complication will naturally
maintain an attitude of masterly In
activity and decline to send away her
troops until the Imperial government
has been reconstructed and some effec
tive measures have been taken for se
curimt the punishment of the guilty
man.larlns.
Press dispatches are filled with fore
casts of the peace negotiations at Pe
Kir and the conditions which Russia
and other powers are likely to Impose
Most of these summaries are Ingenious
giiesi work and all are premature. The
demand for the return of the emperor
to power is accurately stated without
doubt, but this leaves the question of
the empress' influence unsettled and
that lies at the bottom of the present
complications. The leaders of the Box
er revolt and of the Imperial army can
never be punished if she retains any
nfttifciice at the palace.
BOERS FIGHT
EACH OTHER
Are Looting and Burning Guild
ings at Helspruit. .
FRENCH MAKES CAPTURES
Rale ol Mortality la South Africa Hi Beea
Much Greater Tbaa la the Fraaco
Germaa War-Great Britaio
Appalled.
STAGE HELD UP.
Lone Highwayman Secured Thirty Dol
lars From an Editor.
NEVADA. Cal.. Sept. 13. The Down-
eyville stage was held up by a lone
highwayman near Nigger Tent today.
W. F. Eachbacher, editor of a Downey
ville paper, was the only one robbed
on the stage.
The robber obtained $30 from him.
SEVEN MEN DROWNED.
Boat Overturned at Eau Claire. Wis
consin.
MILWAUKEE, Kept, 15.- EiSlUeen
men employed by the Northwestern
Lumber Company, at Eau Claire, Wis.,
started to cross the river and when
the boat was about a quarter of a
mile from the shore It was overturned
and seven men were . drowned.
LOURENCO MARQUES, Sept. 13.
Poers who arrived here yesterday even
ing aver that the burghers are fight
Ing among themselves at Helspruit
and are looting and burning buildings.
LONDON, Sept. 15.-Lord Roberts re
ports to the war office under date of
Machadodorp. Sept. 14. as follows:
"French occupied Iiarberton yester
day with the cavalry, which he took
across the mountains. He met slight
opposition, the enemy being complete
ly surprised. Twfnty-thre.? officers and
5'J men who were prisoners were re
leased, and A3 locomotives and other
rolling, stock were captured. The for
mer will relieve us of great difficulty,
as we have to put up with a few
rickety engines.
"French reports that he has sufficient
supplies for three weeks for his force,
and for a week for his horses. One
hundred Eoers. with many Mauser ri
fles and a quantity of ammunition.
were captured. There are large quan
tities of cattle and sheep In the coun
try, which Is good newih,
"French Intercepted large convoys, '
showing that Barberton was used as a .
depot of supplies for the Roers In the-
south and southeast. The bulk of '
French's force is still 35 miles behind '
the cavalry, owing to, the difficulty o? '
.getting tpe wagons over the pass lead
ing to Barberton"
LONDON.' Sept. 15. The parliamen
tary campaign is In full swing, but
Lord Salisbury has not yet taken the
country into his confidence as to bal
loting day: and the consequent uncer
tainty gives the stump speaking that Is
going or. in every constituency an aca
demic tinge.
Though Lord Salisbury is not known
to have made any sign respecting the
dissolution of parliament. Lord Roberts
is evidently hastening the general elec
tions. Dissolution is writ large across
the proclamations and bulletins which
have been received from MachadodorD
in the last 24 hours.
The British Commander-in-chiefs
proclamation to the Boers respecting
Mr. Krugers retirement from the
Transvaal and his resignation from of
fice is an adroit and statesmanlike doc
ument which can hardly fail to be
helpful In accelerating the dlsbandmjnt
of tho guerrilla troops.
The statement that 15,000 Boers are
prisoners of war causes surprise here,
where the number of the Dutch was
not supposed to be over 10,000.
The veiled threat respecting the em
ployment of rigorous measures fca por
tioned by the customs of war Is balled
with satisfaction by the English press
w men, too. nas lost patience with Lord
Roberts' leniency.
Bulletins from Machadodorp ull point
to the speedy collapse of the Boer arms.
Sir Redvers Buller's immense seizure .
of Boer stores at Spltzkop; General
Botha's retirement from command;
General Pole-Carew's successful ad
vance eastward along the railway v,lth
French's steady advance toward Bar--berton
and various operations by Gen
erals Hart, Clements and Rundle, are
proofs that the pressure of overwhelm
ing numbers is irresistible and that
the Dutch burghers are fighting with
out hope and are gradually breaking
down. ,
Military experts expect that the last
real battle of th? war will be foutrht
at Nelspruit and that Commandant Vil-
Joen's forces will then disperse. Their
rorecasts have been falsified so often
that little Importance can be attached
to them, and It Is a falrlv safe con
clusion that there will be little except
police work after Komatlpoort has been
occupied. The general elections will
not bp deferred for the completion of
the police work since, unhappily, that
is likely to go on for several years.
President Kruger's dramatic retreat
has led the commentators to rean
nounce the close of the war but the
long list of casualties and deaths tn
hospital, aggregating 200 a week, which
continue to fill up the bulletin boards
at the war office belle their ntatements.
The claim hitherto made that the Brit
ish losses In South Africa have been 1
small as compared with those of other
camraignsappear to need revision. Jndg
Ing from recent calculations made by
a well known actuary, who finds that
of the ofllcers in South Africa (2.1 per
tiiiiusana have been killed or died from
wounds: 30.6 per thousand nf the offi
cers have died froro rHaso, while of
the men 19 per thousand have been
killed or died from wounds and 31.8
have died from disease. These start
ing statistics not only Illustrate that
while the olflcers and men have suf
fered approximately equally from dis
ease, the risks of the officers In action
have been hugely disproportionate, and
also thet the rate of mortality In South
Africa Is much greater than in the
Franco-German war.
Kruger's millions are the subject of
disrespectful paragraphs and long nar
atlves of dispraise. The lowest toti
mnte of his wnlth 1? 1.''' ",.o jnvt-.
ed abroad; while 'v calculators fig
ure his wealth at 5,000,000. The
Transvaal government Is supposed to
have two or three million poundh In
continental banks which will be hoard
ed by the managing committee. Dr.
Leyds gays, for a luture rising when
England Is in other difficulties.
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