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LOOTING MADE A
CAPITAL OFFENSE
Germans Adopt Radical Measures
to Check Disorder at Pckin.
AMERICAN FORCE ADVANCES
Will RtKic Cbrlirtaoi and Make Recoaaal
Mi( K Northeast f Pckli-SIc
loci Allies Killed It adua
poder Exploslv.
!NDON. Sept. l There 1. no ad
dltlonal r.n from China this morn
ing. The Dally Graphic iwawts that
II ih Honor have acctited LI Huiik
Chmiif and will nrjbiiblv accept Prince
China as iHKKilctor. It 'iy that the
powers hnv nureed to lnlt that a
c'Ttrnl government satisfactory to the
power, shall be establish"! In China
and Hint full retribution nhiili b ex
acted fr the attacks upon the lega
tions. WASHINGTON. S ;t K -Th as
nf th day without (in event btur
1ft t: on th (."I'liifCf t.1 1 uut lin went lo
C'liflrm the 1'ir.llitlon mud lat wek
hv the cHlilil. thnt there will be no
linmiiliil- liniKrtnt development.
The Imrrcsslon In that nothing cn
ttr ilnPi until the Chln'-se themselves
have impressed further toward the
resi,.rttn of a go vernment In Pekln.
.Mcnnwhll.? military prctrritlir. for a
winter stav In China go on without
ci-f.iitldn. though tha officials ar? care
ful to point out thnt these are snly
rrcnutlonnrv measure, and are not tc
hv Uken at an Indication of tlnul de
termination on the part of the gov
ernment to remain.
rniiviltht-d. IMA Associated Press.)
PKKIN. Sept. W via Shanghai. Sept.
17 Provost court, have been otioned In
Pekln !y all the military commander.
The Gorman have made robbery 3 cap
ital offatiae. Captain Wm W. Forwyth.
with VW men of the Sixth United State.
(Kvalrv. will start tomorrow on a tour
of the dutilrt !o the Twthenat of Pe
kin to n-Dcue Chrlntfun. and to mnke u
ten-Java' retonnalMivtice. Other expe
dltion have Seen planntj but the inn
eral entlment I. opnoied to nuoh un
di rt:iklnirn ;i they tend to keep the
country disturbed.
L'"Nnox, Sept. 1T.The TlrltUh com
mander at Tnkn calil-s that a f.itlKue
party engaged destroylntr iruntxiwder
at Tune Chow luia lieen blown ui. Six
teen were klllfd and twenty-two in
jured. LONDON. Sept. 1 A upeelal dis
patch from Shanehal aav. LI Hun
Chnn ha arrived at Tien Tsln.
WASHINOTON. Srpt. t7.-Tli- Chi
nese inlplct'r has received a dispatch
from Prince ChlnK. dated Pekln. Sep
tember S, ftatlnir that he hag been
clothed with full authority, toucher
with LI Ilunar Chanir, to negotiate
P-ace, and refiuextlne; Minister Wu to
reo.iie'it the state department to in
struct Minister! Conner to open neav
tlntlons at once. Minister Wu has
taken th? dispatch to th. state de
partment. WASHINGTON. Sept. K.-The. war
dfiMiiment ha rfCelved the followlnx
cabltEram from CiencraJ Chaffee:
' Taku (no t'ate). Adjutant-Oenernl.
Was.hlr.Rton, Sept. 13. Russian com
mander assures ne he has ordered re
pair mnterial from Port. Arthur, Vladl
vostock and Cniled States and that he
feels assured railway will be repaired
In two months. Need 5 storm lings and
5,000 more small lings, latter required
for Chinese houses to show our pro
tection. Goodnow telegraphs on 7th at
the request of LI Hun Char.R that the
latter leaves Shanrhii lu a week or so.
"CHAFFEE."
It Is thought at the war department
that the date. Sept. 13. refers to the
tlmo the message left Pekln. The rail
road mentioned Is the line between Tien
Tsln anii Pekln.
The second dispatch Is as follows:
"Tnku. (no date). Adjutant-General,
V.'B9liIngton,.-Pekln. Sept. It Expedi
tion Tlen Tsln to Taku oD miles south
ward, two companies. Fourteenth. In
fantry participating. Returned to Tien
..REMOVAL, SALE..
For the next sixty days our entire
stock of furniture and carpqts will
be closed out at less than cost. Gall
early and avoid the rush.
CHARLES HE1LB0RN & SON
Tula with slinht optx ntlon. Town des
trojedby l'i!tlh troops, r.o caMUiltUf.
Filed cabin ufllce p. m I'Ah.
"CHAFKKK."
NKW YOIIK, H-pt. 17.-L1 Hung
Chang, who had g"n on board the
Jliltlsh st'-amer Anplng for conveyance
to Taku. ha l"n d-talned by bad
weath-r, say the Tribune corrwpond
f tit at ljnd ni.
NKW VOKK, fi?pt. 17. A dl-patch to
the Times from Parln aays:
An Important functionary of th! Ger
man foreign olflee now In Pari ay
It will soon be generally recognized that
Oermony, Gri-at Milt iln and Japan are
In accord as to the policy to be followed
in China anl that opposition to their
plans cum principally from P.ussla.
with whom of course Is France.
Llttlo doubt Is entertained that Ger
many Is slnw-re In her declaration that
rh does not "ek t-rrltory but merely
to maintain the principle of the "open
d.ior'" and to obtain proier Indemnity
f'ir the outraged h'T representative,
tave unJergon. There Is a belief In
well-lnform-d Jlplomatlc circles that
the German emperor's p"ll"y Is gradu
ally veering around In a sense favora
ble to Great Britain, and that for a
long time he has done what he could
to bring abwt a better understanding
between his own country and Great
Itrltaln out has been greatly hlndred
by popular lll will on both sides.
Prince !I"nry's visit to London Is re
garded as .f great tolltical Importance,
as. Inde.-d, the commencement of the
rnpproachmeit between G.-rmany and
Circa ISril.iln siins desired by the
kaiser. The prince will maintain the
pr'nelple cif the 'op'n door" and side
with Grent Britain ng.ilnst P.ussla. Ills
mission Is to smooth matters over with
the form'r country.
VICTORIA. B. C. Sept. 17. -Among
the advices brought by the lireconshlre
from Chin-i were stories of the arrest
of Chinese with the heads of foreign
soldiers In snc ks. It seems that head
money if 50 taels Is paid for each head.
This fact was brought to light by the
discovery of the private papers of Vice
roy Yu Lu of Tlen Tsln. In his day
book there Is an entry which reads:
"Ta ds 100 paid for the heads of two
American marines killed In 'he advance
f..r the relief of Tlen Tsln. Taels 60
paid for two guns captured on the same
occasion." -
The entry explains "nany ghastly In
cidents which have been recounted of
the killing of wounded. When Captain
Ileyt and three marines with him fell at
the engagem-nt before Hsl arsenal, at
tempts were made to decapitate them.
The next night some Chinese were
found hidden In the millet and. trying
to escape, were bnyonctted. One clung
with great tenacity to a bag which,
vhen opened, was found to contain the
head of a I'nlted States marine. Gun
ner Watklns
MANNA WAKES THEM TP.
CdUtlins Republicans Against Over
Cotifldence and Apathy.
CHICAGO. Sept 17. Senator Hanna
entertained twentv-five leading busi
ness men of Chicago at luncheon at
the Union league Club today, after
which he made a short speech.
The drift of thi senator's talk was
that the business men of the country
are as much Interested In this election
as they aere in '96 and that they should
take as active a part In It as they did
four years ago. He. cautioned them
that the onlv danger to Republican
success waa overconfldence and apathy
on the rart of Hie men who are not
accustomed to take an active part in
polities, and warned his hearers that
Brvan was as much a free silver man
now as he was four years ngo.
M inna's appeal was that his auditors
wake up and go to work. In talking
of the purpose of the gathering Senator
Hanna said:
'I wanted to wake them up and I
guc-ss I did before I got through."
FISH TRAT MEN IN TROUBLE.
Manager for the Puget Sound Packing
Company to Be Arrested.
PORT TOWNSEXD. Sept. 17. The
fish tran men along the straits of Fuca
are In ttouble. and Deputy Fish Com
missioner Boardman has caused a
warrant to bn Issued for the arrest of
B. A. Seaborg. general manager for the
Puget Sound Packing Company.
Sheriff Smith, of Clallam county.
passed through here on his way to
Falrhaven to make the arrest. Several
heen nut In inside the three-
mile limit to the mouths oft the Hoko
and Klwjia rivers.
FOUR THOUSAND
KNOWN TO BE DEAD
More Bodies Being; Unearthed
at Galveston Every Hour.
TRAINS EXPECTED THURSDAY
Hone Ciri Ruaalof and Water Service
Partially Resumed Rcfurtei Ponr
Out of City la Cootloaal
Stream.
GALVESTON. Sept. 17.-Rports filed
at General Rcurrey's headquarters up
to 9 o'clock tonight reported the re
covery and dlspcsltlon of but forty
five bodies during the day. The News
representative, however, reports ih
burial of 130 bodl.
Health OfTieoT Wilkinson stated to
day that 40 p-r cent of the debris of
every description had been removed
from the streets and that 90 per cent
of tlfe dea1 bodies had been disposed
of ond 45 per cent of the co rcassos of
animals had been rtrv..Aed from the
city. But, as the wirk of removing
the debri.-! goes on more bodies are be
ing unearthed every hcur. The revised
list of the dead contains about 4.100
names.
There Is still an Immense amount of
work to be done and In some ciuarters
hardly an Impression has been made
in the mountains of wreckage piled up
fifteen and twenty feet high.
The hopeful feature of the situation
Is the rapid progress being made by
the railroads In their effort to restore
rail communication. It is announced
that trains will enter the Union depot
here Thursday next.
Galveston Is beginning to look like
itself again. Horae cars are In opera
tion in the business part of the city,
and the electric line and water service
has been partially resumed.
The stream of refugees Is kept up.
Every departing train acrop. 4he hay
is packed. Therj will be refugees leav
ing for a week to come. No sadder
sight could be Imagined than the pic
ture presented by a boatload of refu
gees, when the ropes were oast off and
the craft swung out Into the bay and
away from the storm-swept city. Ev
ery face was turned toward the ruin,
every eye moistened by tears. So
great was the ruli to leave behind
the scene of th? storm that the Law
rence, the boat which connects with
trains at Tex.is City, has not failed
to leave her wharf a single day with
out denying passage to a portion of
those who wanted to get away.
At Texas City a Philadelphia news
paper has established a relief depot
which Is doing pplendld work. This
journal sent down a tralnload of sup
plies, a staff of special correspondents,
a corps of physicians and a band of
trained nurses. Instead of waiting un
til Galveston was reached to begin
work, ster.s were taken to care for ref
ugees at thi bay terminal of the Gal
veston. Houston & Henderson, and dur
ing the night and yesterday hundreds
of hungry refugees were fed. while
many sick and wounded were cared
for.
There Is plenty of work on hand for
ten times the forces of laborers at
present employed. The area which has
as vet been untouched embraces four
and a half miles of frontage on the
bench and bay. and before It is cleared
the bodies which lie rotting beneath
th? tangled timbers will fall to pieces.
Even now there Is no semblance of
humanity In the gruesome things which
nrs uncovered by the workers.
Adjutant-General Scurry, who is In
supreme control now. Is unable to pay
the laborers for their services. He ar
dmlly desires to do so, and today Im
pressed upon th committee the need
of money. I
There is a great deal of trouble In
properly distributing supplies, the rush
at the depots being as great today as
at any time slnc5 thov were opened.
Tn line before the relief stations were
women of evident refinement. They
were Jammed In between negroes and
the poorer classes of whites. It must
have been a terrible struggle for them
to accept succor In such a guise, but
there was no alternative.
It has Indeed been a divine mercy
thnt the weather since the storm has
been clear nnd dry. Had it rained a
single day the suffering would have
been twiblo. for there Is scarcely a
whole roof In Galveston.
There are now about 200 -soldiers in
Galveston doin?: police nnd guard duty.
There are numerous cases of Insanity
In Galveston as a result of the terrible
bereavements sustained by the surviv
ors.
JANESVILLE. Wis.. Sept. 17. An
appeal to all Knights of Pythias for
money contributions to relieve the Tex
as sufferers was sent out from the of-
llce oi the supreme chancellor Knights
of Pythias today. It Is urged that
money be raised by subscription and
sent to Geo. B. Griggs, chairman of
the K.' of P.' committee at Houston,
Tex., from which point the distribution
will be mad-:.
GOEBCL MURDER CASE.
Some Very Sensational Testimony In
troduced Against Howard.
FRANKFORT. Ky Sept. 17.-The
first really sensational testimony In the
trial of James Howard, charged with
having fired the shot that killed Wil
liam Goebl. was given today by Bow
man Gaines, a local liveryman, and
James Ptnbblefleld, a former deputy
sheriff of Clay county.
Thi former Identified Howard as the
man who ran out from the rear of the
statf house grounds and Jumped over a
fence Immediately after the shooting.
Gaines was positive In his Identifica
tion of the prlsonr as the man and
said that the latter then wore a mus
tache and wa followed by a man who
was tall and slender.
The most sennatlonal witness, howev
er, and at the same time the most Im
portant witness from the prosecution's
standpoint, wes James Btubblefleld. a,
one-legged and one-armed ex-deputy
sheriff of Clay county. Stubblefield tes
tified that Howard exultlrgly old him
that he flrd the shot that took Goebrt'a
life.
SIX LIVES LOST IN A FIRE.
Salvation Army Nursery for Little
Children Burned at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 17.-SU laves
were lost, two persons were fatally In
jured and several others were serious
ly burned In a fire at No. 403 Ea-U
Front street this evening. The fire Wus
In an old four-storv tenement building
that the Salvation Army was using as
a day nursery for little children, and
five of the v.ctlms killed were Utile
cMIdre.n who had been left there to
be cared for while their parents were
out galnir.a; their livelihood.
Another victim was a man who per
il hed In the attempt to save the life
of his little boy.
The dead are:
Jas. Harkins. aged 40 years; Herbert
Harktns. aged 4; Rhoda Harkin3. aged
5 munths: Hattie Williams, aged
months: Edward Mullen, aged 4 years
Myrtle Farrel!. aged 8 years.
Fatally iujured:
Post Captain Elizabeth Erkduon. of
New York- Staff Captain Bertha An
derson, of Chicago.
BRYAN'S LETTER PUBLISHED.
He Still Maintains That Imperialism Is
the All-Important Issue.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Sept. 17. William J.
Bryan's letter formally accepting the
ni rrlnatlon for the presidency on the
Democratic ticket was given to the
; public today.
The letter contains about 5,000 words
and reviews the various issues of the
campaign. On Imperialism' he says:
"The subjects, however trteated In
this letter. Important as each may be
In Itself, dc not press so Imperatively
for solution as the question which the
Platform declares to be the paramount
lrsue In this campaign. No other ques
tion can approach It In Importance,
no other question demands such im
mediate consideration."
LE WET KILLED.
Kruger Will Sail to Europe for His
Health.
NEW YORK. Sept. 17. It Is rumored
In Johannesburg that General Christian
De Wet. the Boer guerrilla, was killed
on the seventh Instant near Potschef
stroom. says the London correspondent
of the Tribune.
All doubts as to Mr. Kruger's Inten
tions of proceeding to Europe are now
at rest. In reply to a telegram sent
by the Express, ttie Transvaal consul
general stated that the object of Mr,
Kruger's proposed European trip was
personal and not political. The voyage
was to be made for the sake of his
health.
Mr. Kruger declined to say whether
the moment was opportune for a state
ment of political character.
DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT.
Crokor Says That Bryan Will Have
lOO.OoO Majority in Greater
New York.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Senator
Jcnes. of Arkansas, chairman of the
national Dsmocratlc committee arriv
ed here tonight from New York.
The senator expressed himself tonight
as hopeful of success In November. The
outlook in New York state he said, was
very promising from the Democratic
standpoint. He said that Mr. Croker
was confidently expectant of a Demo
cratic majority of 100,000 in greater
New York.
M'KINLEY RETURNS TO WORK.
Will Visit Washington for a Few Days
Then Return to Canton.
CANTON. Sept. 17. President Mc
Klnley will start for Washington to
morrow to attend to official dutlos and
wil' return here the latter part of the
week. It in said that some matters
bearing on the Chinese question require
early attention.
GREATEST STRIKE
IN OUR -HISTORY
One Hundred and Twelve Thous
and Miners Quit Work.
OTHERS WILL JOIN TODAY
Detecllvei Ordered Seal la Large Numbers
to the Wyomlof Rerloa-Miay
Miaei Have a Partial Force
at Work.
HAZ ELTON. Pa.. Sept. 17. President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers,
tonight gave out the following state
ment: "Information received up to tonight
dhows that 112.000 mine workers are on
ttrike In the anthracite region. Of
this number 72,000 are In district No.
1: 30.000 In district No. 3. and 10,000 in
district No. 7.
"Reports received are to the effect
that a large number of those who
went to the mines today vM Join In
auspersion tomorrow. The number of
men now out on strike exceeds that
of any other Industrial contest in the
history of our country."
WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Sept. 17.-The
miners' strike haa tied up nearly all
the collieries in the Wyoming district.
After hearing reports from the mines,
tlu; representatives of the big coal com
panies and operators went Into confer
ence. They did not look for a compro
mise now and are going to prepare for
the worst. It Is known thnt detective
agencies In Pittsburg. Chicago and
New York have received orders to send
a large number of operatives to the
Wyoming region at once.
The striking miners held a meeting
today, and there was a very large at
tendance. Report from the various
mines that all hands had refused to go
to work caused great enthusiasm. Or
ganizer Nlcolls addressed the men. He
counseled them to be on "their good be
havlor. ' -" "
At 1 o'clock a few company hands
were at work at the Pennsylvania Com
pany's colliery at Plttston. They were
cleaning up. and no coal was being
mined. The United Mine Workers are
pleased over what they term their vic
tory at Plttston. They had expected
that at least half of the employes of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company would
report for work this morning. The to
tal number of men idle In the Wyom
ing region Is 22,000.
At 11 o'clock It was given out at
strikers' headquarters that not a ton
of coal was being mined In the Wyom
ing valley, outride of the West End
Coal Company's collieries at Mocara
iua. A committee of UnKed Mine
Workers was despatched to Mocanaqua
to confer with the niners there, and
if possible Induce .hem to quit work
there. The committee will have a diffi
cult task, as the company has always
treated Its men with exceptional kind
ness. ROOSEVELT AT HELENA.
Though He Spoke Twice Many Who
Wished to Hear Him Coutd Not.
HELENA. Sept, 17. The Roosevelt
special arrived here at 8 o'clock today,
where the night was spent. Tomor
row morning the party will leave for
Butte, making short stops at Baals,
Boulder and Clancy.
He will proceed from there to Dillon.
Lima. Pocatello. Ida., Ogden and Salt
Lake City.
Two meetings were held here this
evening. Even this arrangement did
not permit all. to hear who wanted to
get In.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND. Sept. 17. Wheat, Walla
Walla. 5c57c; Valley and bluestem,
59ci360c.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17.-Wheat,
December, 110i: cash 105.
CHICAGO, Sept. 17.-Wheat. October.
opening. 76',4: closing. 77. .
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17. Wheat. Sep
tember, 6s. 2',,d.
COLORADO REPUBLICANS.
Nominate for Governer Goudy, Who
Has Returned to the Repub
lican Fold.
DENVER, Sept. 17. The Republican
state convention today nominated
Frank C. Goudy for governor. Goudy
was one of the Colorado delegates who
walked out of the Republican national
convention with Senator Teller In 1.
He declared that he was still loyal to
silver but that the question has been
taken out of this campaign by the
Democratic party.
METAL, MARKET.
NEW YORK. Sept. 17. Silver,
lead, unchanged.