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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBllfiE SUA tu MAKE, Vroprletor. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. ... '9 lilt NlWS IN UKItr. i A f V.e1nv n nlnnnnf nf AftrWnnrt is uenu at Atiyn. At his old home, down In Duckport, Mo., Secretary Long throws aside cho cares of oftlce and joins In the annual festivities of the Custard Pie associa tion. The hard coal syndicates in Silesia and tho Rhine provinces havo driven up tho prices of hard coal 25 per cent, and soft coal in Berlin lu CO per cent Higher. Tho Law nntl Order lcaguo of To peku Is talking of making Rev. Dr. Charles M. Sheldon chief of police. James Ramsey wns forced to resign tho placo because ho failed to clcso the joints. The deposits of tho Kansas City Na tional liaiiKB havo Increased oyer $5, 000,000 la tho past ten weeks. They now nmount to $55,641,320, and art $11,000,000 larger than they wcro 8 year ago. A largo number of Pima Indians on the Sacatnn reservation, Arizona, liavi refused to send their children to tht Indian school tlicro and Agent Han ley is powerless to force them to obey tho school law. Tho Now York stato republican commlttco ngrccd upon Erastua Knight, comptroller of Buffalo, ns tin republican candidate for state comp troller In placo of "William J. Morgan, recently deceased, Dr, E. L. Armstrong, for thirty years a physician of Perry, Mo., and ono ol Goncral CockroH'o command through tho entire civil war, was thrown from a buggy by n runnway tenm and re ceived injuries from which ho died. From a rellablo sourco it is ascer tained that tho Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany has been suffer ing for a year with cancer of tho breast. The disease is already far ad vanced, nnd she la a very sick woman, Commissioner of Labor Caldorwood will urge tho Montana legislature ta provont, if possible, tho Importation ol tnoro Jnpancso laborers into tho state. Nearly 2,000 Japanese aro employed on railroads, displacing white la borers. Tho Pao-TIng-Fu expedition leaving Cho Foo numbers 4,000 men. It la made up ns follows: British, twe regiments of cavalry, battery of liore artillery and 300 Infantry; Italians, 1,000; Japanese, 300; Russians, 300; Americans, COO. President McKlnloy has not mado reappointment to fill the vncancy caused by tho retirement of General Wheeler, but It Is prnbablo tho recom mendation of General Chnffeo to have Colonel Daggett appointed and retired will be carried out. Samuel O. Swercngon, tho oldest joan in Crawford county, died nt his hom near Duncanvllle, 111. Ho wai born in Ohio on January 8, ,S07. He was one of tho largest land owuors In the county and for years was presi dent of tho Robinson Bank. Tho postmaster general has received a communication from F. W. Valllo, director of posts in tho Philippines, ehowing that thoro will bo a surplus of receipts over expenditures up to June 30 of $19,440. This docs not in- cludo fees for money ordors amounting to 10,000. There is ono department yet to hear from. Coal mine ownoro on tho Pacific coast are apprehensive of troublo wltb their mlnera, In vlow of the present condition of affairs in eastern coal ' mlnlnc' fllu.i-t.. a Ttin nnnuf minora taaaaaaaa.Q at. iw, ..aw UMh ...a.aw.M, annnvllni, tn tliA nntnA.i n ka . i r t lln. ' aatlaflnrl with lin nntmittt rtt wfurnn ph.iumvm iiaa.a vaav M.MWHiib " ll(,uu, but threaten trouble it tho working 4ay Is not reduced from ten to eight Hours. Pickpockets robbed United States Menator F. M. Cockrell of Missouri of his pockotbook containing about $230, In Sedaltn, Mo., ono day last week, and ho did not know of tho loss until a postofllco man returned tho pockot book to him, empty, except for som , papers bearing his name. A lottor collector had found tho book in a Btroet letter box, It Is reported from Norwich that tin Standard Oil company Is trying to ob 5 tain control of tho Cncshlro salt trndo. It is stated that It will bo a month beforo a train can reach Galveston communication must bo mado by moans of boats. Tho comptroller of tho currency is I sued a call for the condition of tho national banks nt tho close of bust noas Scptomber 5. James J. Corbott, tho ox-champlon of prize fighters, has quietly left tlx , country nnd gono to Europo, deserting f his wlfo nnd taking an actress with ) him. On September 1 tho per capita clr . dilation wua $20.86, tho highest the i united tsntca has ever known. i Tho enumorntorH' shoots aru not In yet, but It In already known that the returns will show thoro are lu the , country between C.COO.000 and C,000, uoo scparato larma. David E. Mnckoy filed u petition in bankruptcy in tho United tSntos courl .at Hvnnsvlllo, Ind. His liabilities arc i estimated, y Zed Floyd, a negro, was taken from jau at weiumni.ii, Ala., and nangou '.- Floyd had entorcd tho Bleeping room ; or two young women, and when ills k covorca jumped irom a winnow, Henson Dovorso, an octogenarian pioneer of St. Joseph, Mo., died nftoi a protracted illness. He was a dose friend and confidant of Joscnh Robl ' dbux, tho foundor of St. Joseph, una I'tho ilrst white man who pursued th ,v 'avocation of trader with the ludlunt In tnat section of tho world. v Tho next council of tho Order of Red Men will uo nem in Now York city, - A' largo gathering of all tho chief. , of the grcnt Sioux nation, from Rose 'bud. Pino Rldgo, Chcyohnc und Lowoi f Brule, is being ueiq at Stumling Rock .-They claim tnat tho treaty Is invalid .as' three-fourths of tho lndlacu did not ERMAt Heady fr Vea.ce with Obina but Only on Conditions. LEADERS MUST BE SURRENDERED Allied rower to Determine I'nnUhnient of Jnfttlgnlorfi of Outrage Tho For cIb" Ofllco ut Merlin Commnnlcntei Ite Vlotri to Other Nntloni. BERLIN, Sept. 19. Tho foreign of- flco has sent a circular note to all tho rowers announcing that tho German government considers that nn indlspcn- cablo preliminary to tho beginning of peace negotiations with China Is tho delivering up of thOEc who wcro res ponsible for tho outrages. Tho text of the telegraphic note is as follows: Tho government of tho emperor holds us preliminary to entering upon diplomatic relations with the Chinese government that those persons must bo delivered up who havo been proved to bo the original and real instlgntors jf tho outrages against International law which have occurred at Pokln. Tho number of those who wcro merely In struments In carrying out tho outrages is too great. Wholcsalo executions would bo contrary to tho civilized con science nnd ll)o circumstances of such n group of londcrB cannot bo complete ly ascertained. But n fow whose guilt Is notorious should bo delivered up nnd punlHhed. The representatives of tho powers at Pekln aro In a position to give or bring forward convincing ovldcnco. Less Importance attaches to tho number punished than to their character us chief Instigators or as leaders. Tho government bellcvcB It can rount on tho unanimity of all tho cabinets In regard to this point, Insomuch as lndlfforcnco to the Idea of Just ntono mcnt would bo equivalent to Indiffer ence to n repetition of tho crime. Tho govornmont proposes, therefore, that tho cabinets concerned should Instruct their representatives nt Pekln to ln- tllcato thoso leading Chlncso personages of whoso guilt In Instigating or perpe trating outrages all doubt Is excluded. VON BUELOW. Tho note has been sont to tho Gor man ambassadors at Washington, Lon don, Paris, St. Petersburg, Romo, Vi enna nnd Toklo. WASHINGTON, Sopt. 19. A copy of tho Gorman note demanding tho punishment of tho leaders of tho re bellion in China was presented to Act ing Secretary Adco nt the state depart ment during the day from tho German embassy. Tho German chnrgo, Baron Sternberg, being temporarily absent from tho city, thero could of course bo no attempt at discussion of thin most Important question. Tho baron Is ox- pectod to return tomorrow, when tho subject may bo taken up with him. Meanwhile tho nolo Itsolf will rccoivo tho earnest attention of tho president und such members of tho cabinet who aro in Washington tomorrow when ho arrives, Tho stato department has all along been directing Its efforts to tho speedy opening of negotiations for a final settlement with the Chinese gov ernment nnd has so far not boon heard from relative to tho matter of punish ment boyond tho indirect roferenco contained in tho notes that have de fined tho government's purposes. Tho question Is now presented plainly whether tho negotiations shall proceed without n decision on that point. To 1J rill it Home Demi Boldlrn. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 19. Colonel William S. Patten of the quar termaster b department, on duty at tho war department has completed ar rangements for tho frco transportation to tho United Statca of tho remains of soldiers and sailors and civilians who lost their Uvcs nnd woro burled In tho island possessions of the United States and in China. According to tho prcsont plans of tho dopnrtmont a bur ial corps will tako passage on tho transport Hancock, scheduled to lcavo Bah Francisco October 1 for tho Phil ippines. No Mmo llotf 8raulnl(i. CHICAGO, Sopt. 19. Bids for various kinds of meats for tho soldiers in Chi na will be opened hero at army hend quartors on September 22. The fol lowing supplies aro wanted: Beef in cniiH, 00,000 pounds; bacon, -175,000 pounds; ham, 02,000 pounds. Bids for furnishing tho nam will not bo opened until September 28, Bids for furnish ing the canned beef must bo accom panied by a guaranteo that thu meat will keep in any climate for ono year. Lout nt Onlvriton. HUMBOLDT, Neb., Sept. 19, Mrs Crockor, wlfo of tho superintendent of tho city schools, has Just received uows of tho death of her alstor, Mrs. B. Whltcomb of Webster, Tex., who, with her two children, wno visiting a ulster in Galveston on tho night of tho awful Htorra. Tho body of only ono child hnB been found. Mrs. Whlt comb was raised In Richardson coun ty and lived hero tho greater portion of hov life. An InilUn Oilthrtmk Vt urrd. DENVER, Colo,, Sept. 10. Word has boon received hero to tho effect thnt tho Indians In San Miguel county urtf catching and taking away tho rango horses of too white settlers uud that an outbrenk Is feared. Shrrii i,n li Vrrr ltbtr. MANSFIELD, O., Sopt. 18. Hon. John Shormun, accompanied by IiIh dnughtor and physician, left Inst night for Washington, Mr. Shermnu Is very reouio, uut anxious to return to Wash Ington. r.oem Aro Still Active, LONDON, Sopt. 19. TheBrltlah con Untie to meet active opposition In tho Lydonborg district of the Tranavnnl. An official report from Machndcdorp dated September 15, says thnt firing was hoard In the direction of Nnlcpruct rnni? in the forenoon, MORE MEN JOIN THE STRIKE. MlnM Which Worked tho First Dny Mint Uoirii or tirrlntnly Crippled, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19. If, as President Mitchell of tho United Mlno Workers claimed last night, 112,000 of tho 141,000 mlno workers In tho Penn sylvania anthracite coal fields were ldlo yesterday, It Is certain that this number has been considerably aug mented today by additions to tho strikers' ranks. Reports from tho four big districts embracing the hard coal region are to the effect that few er men aro at work today than woro working yesterday nnd that colliers that workod full-handed yosterdny arc badly crippled or shut down today. The woather has grown much colder slnco yesterday nnd this change is greeted with Joy by the mlno work ers, who bolluvo It will greatly In crease the domand for coal and thus forco nn early adjustment of tho diffi culties between them and their em ployers. Talk of arbitration Is so per sistent that tho hopo Is growing that this method of settling the strike will finally bo adopted, although tho mine owners declare they will deal only with their employes as individuals, and tho strlko loaders say they will insist upon formnl recognition of the union. This difference would appear sufficiently Btrong to keep employer and employo apart forever if persisted In. Ono little band of minors in the Wy oming valley, thoso of tho West End Coal company, at Mocnnnqua, number ing a few hundred men, stand out prominently ns tho only rncn at work out of nearly 90,000 In tho Lackawan na and Wyoming regions Effort to havo them Join the strikers havo fail ed. They say thoy havo always been treated kindly, they have no grlov anco, and they will, thorefore, remain loyal to their employers. THE DEAD WILL REACH 6,000. Tho Property I,o of HTi, 000,000 Not Coimlilurvil Too High, GALVESTON, Tex., Sopt. 19. Re luctantly ono Is forced to the opinion that tho number of dead, which had been placed at 5,000, is too low and that tho number will go as high as 0,000, and perhaps oven above thnt number. Tho list will reach tho total of 4,437 with additions sent out today. In addition to all this, it must bo -mombered that only a comparatively small numbor of tho negroes who per ished In the storm havo been report ed. After considering all thoso fncts ono can hardly do anything else but concludo that tho total to bo finally reported will bo nbovo G.000. Every one has tried to bo as conservative as posslblo In mnklng estimates, both ns to tho losses of llfo and property, but It Is not posslblo to reltornto tho for mor estimate of C.000. Judge Mann stated todny that In his opinion the list would go ns high as 7,000. Tho exact numbor, of eotirso, will never bo doflnltoly known. Ono can only hopo thut tl08o largor estimates will prove too high, and thut nt least a part of the horror of tho work of tho storm will not bo so strongly In ovldcnco. Thoro Is no development which would lead to tho belief that an esti mate of n property loss of $22,500,000 Is too high. While ono occasionally finds n business man whoso proporty has not suffered greatly. It must bo stated that this class is nopolcs&ly in tho minority nnd that large losses are tho rule. St. I.oult llelpn tho TrxaiM. ST. LOUIS, Sopt. 19. Almost $70,- 000 In money has been raised In St. Louis by the Merchants' exchange, tho Interstate Merchants association and, other similar bodlos for the roller of Galveaton Bufforors, and tho work con tinues unabated, A considerable quan tity of supplies had been pent to Gal veston, but this has been discontinued on recolpt of tho following: "Yours advising genorous donntlons of food stuffs received, for which heartfelt thanks are tondorod. Futuro dona tions should bo In money. "W. A. M'VITTIE, "Chairman Rollof Commlttco." Vlghtliifr on the Frontltr. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Sept. 19. Fighting Is proceeding at Komntl- poort. All tho nvallablo mon havo been sent to tho frontlor. ft Is ex pected that KomatI brldgo will bo de stroyed. Thero Is groat uneasiness hero. Komntlpoort Is a town on tho Trnns vaal froutlor and on tho railroad load ing from Pretoria to Portuguese ter ritory. It Is situated about fifty miles from Lourcnzo Mnrquoz. Convlctn Cnptnreil. SIOUX CITY, Sept. i7. W. P. Camp bell, a half-breed for whom the officers of tho South Dakota penitentiary at Sioux Fuub have been soarchlng for mora than two months, was captured lu this city. Ho escaped from tho Sioux Falls prison July 3. Ho had yot to servo seventeen months of his sen tonco of two and a half years, which ho recolvod on bolng found guilty of receiving Etolen property. Campbell has been In Sioux City a month. Chcycnnn Count- I.iiihU, SIDNEY, Nob., Sopt. 19. Eight thousand acres of choice grazlug land was sold by tho Union Pacific Land company through their local agent, OUb D. Lyon, to the Atlantic ucaity com pany of Omaha, represented by the G. H. Pnyno Investment company. Tho laud Is eight mlleii west of Sidney. Tho demand for Cheyenne county lauds Is dally becoming greater. Largo bunchcB of rnttlo and sheep will eventually util ize every quarter section In tho county Capture Mora I.orouuittrca. LONDON, Sopt. 19. Lord Rcborta roporta from Machadodorp, under dato of Monday, Septomber 15, that n few minor skirmishes have takenp lace be tween tho British troops nnd the Boors. Ho adds that General French has cap tured tlfty locomotives, In addition to tho forty-three locomotives nnd other rolling stock which ho took when ho occupied BHrborton, September 13, and that General Stephenson was oxpocted to occupy Helsprult durlug tho aftcr- noon of Soptcmbor 17. Titanio Btrngglo tfotweon Operators and Miners in Pennsylvania, OVER 100,000 MEN QUIT WORK rrflltlent Mitchell Kept llm; lUeelrlnc JteporM From Krcry fjrollon of the MlnlnK DUtrloti 8y It Will Uo the (JronteU I.nbor Fight on lteoord. HAZLETON, Pa., Sont. 18. Tho great utrugglo batrcon the nnthraclto coal mlnera of Pennsylvania and tholr cmployors was begun today. Each oldo Is confident of winning and nei ther of tho contending forcos shown any disposition to yield. With the ex ception of a trivial incident at No. 3 colliery of tho Lehigh Cool company, whero a gang of boys compelled a ujulo driver to reck cover by throwing stones nt Mm, tho contest this far has been devoid of violence of any kind. Tho exact number of men who struck cannot at this tlmo bo told. Reports received by tho United Mine Workers officials from tho entire nrthraclte re gion woro, to them, most satisfactory. In this territory, known an District No. 7, thero arc 10,000 men employed In nnd about tho mines. Of this num ber It Is conservatively esttninted that about CO per cent, or about 8,000 mi ners, obeyed tho order to quit work. iFIvo thousand of theso belong to col lieries which did not wont at all, and tho remalnlug o.OOO to mines that worked sho.-t-handed. The district south of this plnce, known ns the South Side, was tied up completely, with tho exception of the Coleralno, Beaver Meadow and Carson's washerlcs. In this territory tho United Mine Work era nro very strong. On tho north side, tho Uppor Lehigh, Mllnesville, Ebervalo and Drlfton No. 1 collieries, employing about 1,500 men, are shut down. Tho mines nt L.ittlmer and Pond Creok, employing 1,200 men, aro working full time, but every other mlno In that big territory is working with badly crippled forcos. Three of tho Marklo mlne3, over which there has been so much contention, worked nil day with about C5 per cent of tho men. On tho west side every colliery started np today minus Its union men, except at tho Hazel mines, where tho union mon went to work In couscquoncc of a m!snniler8tM"Mri- Hnzlcton todny presented nn nnl- matcd appearance. Strikers from all tho surrounding mining towns nrrlved early in tho day and gathered In groups on tho street corners and discussed tho situation. It was a most orderly crowd. Around strlko headquarters at tho Valley hotel thero was more or less of a crowd of men all day. President Mltcholl, who nrrlved from tho west Inst night, wns kept busy alt day and evening receiving rcport3 from every section of tho region. Mes sengers bringing Information to him from nearby points kept coming reg ularly. Mr. Mitchell decided an Im portant point today in tho matter of arbitration. Last week tho miners cm- ployod by G. B. Marklo & Co. decided nut to strike until the firm had passed on a set of their own grievances, which differs Bomowhnt from thoso of tho United Mlno Workers. Tho firm has nn agreement with Its men that If any differences fall of adjustment, then tho grievances shall bo nrbltratod. John Marklo of tho firm yestorday agreed to havo Archbishop Ryan of Philadel phia mediate, If the firm and tho mln ern cannot como to nn ngreomont. President Mitchell ntntcd today that ho would nsk tho mon employed by Mar klo to coaco work. Tho men employed by Marklo might gain concessions through arbitration, but It wus now u caso of securing a uniform settlement throughout tho nnthrneite district. President. Mitchell tonight gave out tho following statement: "Information received up to tonight shows that 112,000 mlno workorB are on strlko lu tho anthracite region. Of this numbor 72,000 nro in District No. 1, 30,000 in District No. 3 and 10,000 in uistnct ino, 7. "Reports received nro to the effect thnt a largo numbor of thoso who wont to tho mines today will ioln in the suspension tomorow. "Tho number of mon now out on strike oxceds that of uny other Indus trial contest in our country." Afraid of Ooiu l'tuil Krusror. BERLIN, Sept. 18. The Vosslcho Zcltung points out that tho "singular orders given by tho Portugucso to tho governor of Mozambique authorizing tho departure of Mr. Krtigor for Europo porrnli Mr. Krugcr to sail only for a Kuropenn port," adding: "Tho government In sending this goos beyond Its powors. Doubtless LIs bond Is acting under pressure from Great Britain, which fears presumably that Mr. Kruger Is going to tho Unltod States to nppenl to a peoplo whose Boer sympathies nro still unshaken." Cttiiitu UeNiriiH Anno i need. WASHINGTON, Sopt. 18 Tho cen sus bureau nnnouncc3 that tho popu lation of La CrosBo Is 28,890, agnlust 2f. 090 in 1890. This Is an Incroaso of 3,805, or 15.7,!por cent. 'opulatlon of Augusta, Gn., is 39.1G1, as against 33,300 in 1890. TIUb Is nn increase of 0,141, or 18.14 per cent. Knmnrinl Death of UnWet. NEW YORK, Sopt. 18. It Is ru mored In Johannesburg thnt Genoral Christian DoWet. the Boor officer, was Kiiieu on mo Yin inst., near rotchef stroom, says tho London correspondent of The rrluuno. III? Money In n Mi no, DENVER, Sopt. 18. The News nn nouncoa this morning that Thomas F Walsh will rccoivo J13.000.000 for his Camp Bird mlno at Ouray, Colo., from a syndlcnto of English nnd American investors, headed by Alfred Bolt, tho South .frclan diamond king, nnd J, Plcrpont Morgan, tho Now York bnnkor. It is said that a draft cover ing tho first payment Is now on do posit nt tho First National bnnk. John Hays Hammond, tho mining export, nrrlved at Ouray today to raako a final examination of tho mlno on behalf of tho syndicate. LEAVING THE STRICKEN CITY. Every Dont miii Truln Uut of OnlTciton I.oudrd to It Capacity. GALVESTON, Tex., Sept 18. The steady stream of refugees from Gal veston Is kept up. Thoro 1b not a departing train from across tho bay which Is not packed to Its platforms. Thero will bo refugees leaving for a wcok to come. No saddor Bight could be Imagined than the picture presented by a boat load of refugees when the ropes- woro cost off nnd the craft swung out Into tho bay nnd nway from tho storm swopt city. Thoro was not an oyc that was not moistened by tears. So great has been the rush to leave be hind the scenes of the Btorm that tho Lawrence, tho boat which connectB with trains at Texas City, has not fail ed to lcavo Its wharf a single day without denying passage to a portion of thoso who wnntod to ect away. At Texas City a Philadelphia news paper has established a relict depot which Is doing splendid work. This Journal has sent down n tralnload of supplies, a Btnff of special correspond ents, a corps of physlclnns nnd a band of trained nurses. Instead of waiting till Galveston wns reached to begin work, immedi ately Btepa wero takon to taro for tho refugees nt tho bay terminal of the Galveston, Houston & Henderson and during tho night nnd yesterday hun dreds of hungry refugees wero fed, while numbers of sick and wounded woro cared for. Thero Is plenty of work on hand for ten times tho forces of laborers at present employed. The area which has ns yet been untouched embraces four and a half mile3 of frontage on tho beach and bay and beforo it Is cleared tho bodies which lie rotting beneath the tangled timbers will fall to pieces. Even now thero is no som blnnco of humanity In tho gruesome things which aro uncovered by tho workers. Adjutant General Scurry, who la in supremo command now, is unable to pay tho laborers for their sorvices. Ho ardontly desires to do so nnd today Impressed upon tho company the need of money. Thero Is a great deal of trouble In properly distributing supplies, the rush nt tho depots today being as groat as at any time slnco thoy were opened. In lino before tho relic sta tions woro women of evident refine ment. They woro Jammed In between negroes and tho poorer classes of whites. It must have been n torrlblo struggle for them to accept succor In such a guise, but there wns no alter native beforo thorn. It has, Indeed, been a dlvlno mercy that tho weather slnco the storm has been clear nnd dry. Hnd It rained n slnglo dny tho suffering would have been torrlble, for thoro Is scarcely a wholo roof In Gnlvo3ton. There nre now about 200 soldiers In Galveston doing guard and police duty. 'Hie camp on tho wharf Is be ing rapidly put into shape and the soldiers will soon bo comfortably housed. CHINESE PAY HEAD MONEY. Kntry In nn Oniclnl Itecord Cited as l'roof of tho yintfiiient. VICTORIA. B. C. Rfinf. 1S. Amnntr tho advices brought by tho Brccon- cmro irom unma wero stories of tho arrest of Chinese with tho heads of foreign soldiers In saoks. It seems that head money of 50 tnols Is paid lor cacn nenti. Tins ract was brought to llcht bv th illsf-nvorv nf tho nrl- vato papers of Viceroy Yu Lu of Tien Tsln. In their daybook thero Is an entry which rends; "Taols 100 paid lor mo nenus or two Americans killed In tho advance to tho relief of Tlon Tsln. Tacls 50 for tho two guns enp tured on tho same occasion." Tho entry explains many ghastly incidents Which havo benn rrrnnn.il of tho kllllntr of wounded. Whn.i Hnn. tain Boyts and thrco marines with mm roil at tne engagement beforo HsI arsonnl attempts wcro faado to doinpl tato them. Tho next night somo Chl noro woro found hiding In the millet and in trying to escape wore bayonet ed. Ono clung with great pertinacity to a bag, which when opened was found to contain tho head of a United States marine, Gunner Watklns. Tbnuka from (Intvciton. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Tho fol lowing dispatch has been rocelved at tho White Houso from Mayor Jones of Galveston, addressed to tho presi dent: "Tho peoplo of Gnlvcston, through me, desire to return tholr sincere thanks for tho great interest you and the 'United States government, through you, havo manifested In tholr behalf In their hour of trial. While their sufferings nro Indescribnblo, ybt thoy havo over In their minds tho great government which never falls to ro spond to tho distress of its citizens, nnd thoy nlso know that nt the head of that government Is an upright,' Chris tian gentleman, whoso every effort Is to relievo tho distressed with nil tho means and power at his commund." T'rlnro Albert Killed. DRESDEN, Sopt. 18. Prlntro Al bert of Saxony was killed In a currlago accident yesterday at Wolkau, a short dlstanco from Dresden. ! Prince Albort of Saxony was tho fifth -son of Prince Frederick '.Georgo of Saxony, brother o tho king. Ho was born In Dresden, Fobrtnry 25, 1875; was n captain In tho First' regi ment of Uhlan3 and was a dhovallor of tho order of tho Black Eagle, lie was unmarried. Chlnn SaokH l'eiicc. I WASHINGTON, Se.pt. 18.-rTho do- slro of China to actually begin tho ne gotiations for nenca las pvlilo.no.sd In a dispatch from Prince Ch.ng, deliv ered by Minister Wu to thd Stato de partment. Tho dispatch was dated at Pekln, September 8, and In it Prlnco Chlng stnted he wns clothed with full authority, along with LI HUng Chang, to nogotlato for peaco. Ho oxprossed a dcslro to proceed In tho matter and asks Minister Wu to submit a request to tho secretary of stato to send in structlons to Mlntstor Congr to besln negotiations at ouco. 1 i" ( Eoportctl that British Government is to Send More Troops to the Oriont SOLDIERS ARE f ROM SOUTH AFRICA I'ortlonn of Army Vf lilqh Fought lloerft licit In lutlln Amorlcitns to UntnblUh l'artnaneut Oonitnnnlcntlon lletxfucn. X'ekln nnd Tien Tl-ti. LONDON, Sept. 17. In consequence of tho prediction by Sir Robert Hart that there would bo further hostilities In China in November, tho Associated Press understands tho British govern ment la considering tho transfer of, troops from South Africa to India la order to make It practicable to send, moro troops to Chlnn. Tho mlltary authorities consider tho war In South. Africa so far ended that troops may now be removed. It is probablo that tho Russian lega tion has already been removed from Pekln to Tien Tsln, but tnere is no. definite news ns yet whether Ll Hung Chang will after all go to Pekln. General Dorwnrd Is going to tho cap ital, leaving tho troops at Tien Tsln under command of Brigadier General Horno nmpbell. Vice Admiral Alex left hnB returned to TnUu. Tho Americans have begun at Ho SL Wu a permanent telegraph lino be tween Pekin and Tien Tsln. Tho Pekln correspondent of the Dally News says that the assassin of Baron von Kettelcr has been shot. The Morning Post's representative says that the question is being discussed of sending relief to a fow British, French nnd American englueorE, who ore be sieged In a city 200 miles south of Pe kln. Shangnal advices say that a houso has been ongaged there for Count von Wnldcrsoe, who is expected to arrlvo next Saturday. Chinese officials estimate that 20,000 disbanded whlncsc soldier managed to remain behind In Pekln. Other dis patches confirm the report that In nddl- tlon to Hsu Tung, guardian of tho heir apparent, Hu Lu, viceroy of Chi Ll. nnd Wang Yl Yung, president of tho imperial academy, with 200 members of official families, committed suicide when the allies entered Pekln. Chlneso regulars nro reported tr havo rollcved the Roman Cahtollc stronghold at Ho Chlen. In tho prov ince of Chi Ll, which tho Boxers had been bo3leglng slnco June. U-o Shanghai correspondent of the Times, wiring yesterday, says: Ll Hung Chang has been notified from Berlin that ho must submit his cre dentials to the German minister at Shanghai, who will then communicate with Emperor William and await the result. Dr. Muram von Schwartcnsteln, in nn interview with Sheng, expressed the opinion thnt although tho powe.-a were- adverse to the partition of China, nny delay In negotiating wns calculated to produce that result, and that Germnny was prepared to remain In occupation' Indefinitely pending a settlement. Earl Ll accordingly telegraphed Gen eral Yung Lu to uso every effort to per Buado tho empress dowager and em peror to return to Pekln and to removo Prlnco Tuan nnd his entourage. TRAGIC DEATH 0E A SOLDIER. Captain ATcQui-etlon Shot IVhllo In a Fit of Tnmnlty. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. The war department today r.elved information from General MocArthur of the tragic death in tho Philippines of Captain Charles McQueston of tho Fourth reg iment of United States infnntry, tho result of a wound by a private soldier. Gencrnl MacArthur's dispatch Is as follows. "MANILA. Adjutant General, Washington: Charles McQueston. cap tain Fourth United States Infantry, died yesterday, Mangonone, Bacoon, Cavlto province, 8:30 evening, result from gun shot wound caused by prlvato Boldler. Captain McQueston In a fit of temporary insanity attacked men of company. Shot ono or more nnd was shot himself in self defense. Fur ther particulars when received." DOERS MAKE HASTY FLIGHT. Qonernl McDonald Oiiptnreg AViiffoin, 1'rovlsloiiH nnd Ammunition. CAPETOWN, Sept. 17. Tho military authorities havo taken over Tho Neth erlands railway. General McDonald, operating In the northoantern corner of Orange colony, compelled the Boers to muse a hasty rotrc-at from the Vet river. Ho cap tured thirty-one wagons, a quantity of cattle and stores and 05,000 rounds of rifle ammunition. Chlnn Declared AVnr In Jnne. BERLIN, Sopt. 17. Tho Shnnghal correspondent of tho Lokal Anzelger roports an Interview wltn Dr. R03 thorn, secretary of the Austrian lega tion, In which tho. secretary is quoted as saylug that tho Chinese government presented to tho minister a formal declaration of war on June 19, consid ering tho capturo of tho Taku forts an net of war. Tho ministers wero required to leave Pekln In twenty-four hours. Krnenr (lor to NeRotliite Tenre, LONDON, Sept. 17. A special dis patch from Naples says that un agent of the Trnnsvnnl says tho object of Mr. Kruger's visit to Europe Is to negoti ate a settlement with Great Britain and that ho has full power to act to that end. MIm llnrton's Appenl. "HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 17. E. C. Foster, Washington: Arrived hero enfely last night nftcr a very rapid journey. Met by military nnd civic escort. Waited on this morning by citizens' relief committee, Including the mayor, who are now arranging for our transportation to Galveston. Hous ton losses nggrogato $1,000,000, but alio lo working night nnd day to relieve Galveston; and tho villages of Harris and othors must have aid from tho outside. Greatly need money; can pur chase damaged goods very cheaply." TROOPS
