DIED IN A PANIC SEVENTY-EIGHT COLORED PEO PLE LOSE THEIR LIVES. “FICHT” MISTAKEN FOR “FIRE" Stampede Follows Quarrel Between Delegates and Choir Master—Suffo cation Causes Most Deaths—Heaps Ten Feet High at Doors. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., SepL 20.—Sev enty-eight people known to be dead and eighty Injured, some perhaps fa tally, is the result of a panic which oc curred in Shiloh negro Baptist church here last night during the evening ses sion of the national Baptist conven tion. Fifteen hundred delegates were crowded into the church, which had only a seating capacity of 400, when the audience was thrown into a stam pede by a conflict between two of the delegates in the rear of the church. The cries of "fight” the audience mis took for an alarm of "fire,” and in the wild rush seventy-eight persons were crushed to death and eighty more re ceived injuries some of which may prove fatal. The list of dead and in jured included only negroes in attend ance. In the case of the visiting dele gates the identification has been dlffl cult. The catastrophe occurred at 9 o’clock. Just as Booker T. Washington had concluded his address to tho na tional convention of Baptists, and for three hours the scenes around the church were Indescribable. Dead bodies were strewn In every direction and the ambulance service of the city was utterly incapacitated to move them until after 10 o’clock. Dozens of dead bodies were arranged In rows on the grounds outside of the house of worship, awaiting removal to the va rious undertaking establishments, while more than a score were laid out on the benches Inside. The church Is the largest bouse of worship for negroes In Birmingham, and the pastor says there were at least 2,000 persons In the house when the stampede began. Instructions had been issued to allow no more to en ter, but the negroes forced their way , Inside and were standing In every aisle. Even the entrance to the church was literally packed. Just as Booker T. Washington con cluded his address, Judge Blllou, a negro lawyer from Baltimore, engaged In an altercation with tho choir lead er concerning an unoccupied seat and it Is said a blow was struck. Someone in the audience cried "They’re fight ing.’’ Mistaking the word “fighting" for “Are,” the congregation arose en masso and started for the door. One of the ministers quickly mounted the rostrum and admonished the people to keep quiet. He repeated the word “quiet” several times and motioned his hearers to be seated. Again the excited people mistook the word “quiet” for "fire" and renewed their efforts to get out. Men and women crawled over one another to get to the door. The ministers tried again to stop the stampede, but no power on earth could stay the struggling mass of humanity. The level of the floor Is about fif teen feet from the ground and long steps lead to the sidewalk from the lobby Just outside of the main audi torium. Brick walls extend on either side of these steps for six or seven feet, and these proved a veritable death trap. Negroes who had reached the top of the steps were pushed vio lently forward and many fell. Before they could move others fell on them, and In fifteen minutes persons were plied upon each other to a height of ten feet, where twenty died from suf focation. SUPREME COURT TO SIT SOON. Will Resume Next Month with Case Against Dewey. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The Unit ed States supreme court will reassem ble October 13. No business will be transacted on the opening day. The court will make Its customary call on President Roosevelt. On the follow ing day the court will resume the bearing of cases. Among the first cases to be heard are those of Bird against the United States, brought to determine the le gality of a murder trial in Alaska; the L*lne Wolf case. Involving the validity of an act of congress relat ing to Kiowa Indian lands, and the prize money cases of the United States against Admirals Dewey and Samp son. Stamped Envelope Contract. WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Acting Postmaster General Madden today awarded the contract for furnishing stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers for the postofflce depart ment for the four years, beginning January 1, 1903, to the Hartford Manu facturing company of Hartford, Conn., it being the lowest bidder. Upward of $3,000,000 will be paid this company under the contract. Their bid is $55, 000 less than- the next lowest FIRM GRIP SAVES HIS LIFE. Man Suspended in Air One Hundred Feet High Twenty Minutes. CHICAGO. Sept. 19.—Suspended only by his hands, McNaughton Wright, a prominent member of the Board of Trade, hung between life and death for twenty minutes at the top of a grain chute in the Rock Is land elevator. When rescued Mr. Wright was ex hausted and on the point of releasing his hold, which would have meant a fall of 100 feet to the hard floor of an empty bin, and almost certain death. He had entered the elevator to in spect some wheat. Making a mis step, he fell into the chute, but suc ceeded In clutching the edge and hanging by his hands. Mr. Wright's calls for help were finally heard by an employe, who pulled him out. He fainted then and was unconscious for nearly an hour, so great haa been the strain. INDIAN PRINCE A BANKRUPT. In Debt Because the Government Has Made Allowance Too Small. LONDON, Sept. 19.—At a meeting today of the creditors of Prince Vic tor Dulep Singh, who was declared a bankrupt September 4, the chairman said the prince’s debts amounted to $471,600, of which $360,000 was secur ed. The debts were attributed to stock exchange speculation and gambling. Among the assets is a claim for $3, 000,000 against the Indian government with respect to the estate of the bank rupt’s father. The prince ascribes his bankruptcy to the "ridiculous Insufficiency” of his allowance from the Indian govern ment. To maintain his position the price received $36,000 yearly and his wife received $10,000. BOERS WISH NO FIREWORKS; Botha Telegraphs Brussels Not to Pre pare Demonstrations. BRUSSELS, Sept. 19.—The Boer reception committee here has receive ed the following telegram from Gen eral Botha: "We shall be glad If you inform the population of Brussels that we desire no anti-English demonstra tion to occur upon the occasion of our visit to Brussels, our missing be ing non-polltlcal and purely charita ble.” Dr. Leyds, the Boer representative In Europe, has issued a denial of the report that the Boer generals—Botha, Delarey and Dewet—would abandon their tour. He declares the generals to be In complete agreement with himself and the othor European Boer delegates. HAY’S NOTE ABOUT JEWS. Protest Against Their Treatment in Roumanla Approved. LONDON, Sept 19.—The United States’ initiative In protesting to the countries which are parties to the treaty of Berlin of 1878, against the treatment of JewB in Roumanla, meets with approval here. The Globe, however, the only after poon paper which comments on Sec retary Hay’s note on the subject, sees nothing in Mr. Hay’s action but self-i Interest. The Globe, nevertheless,' jiopes that It will lead to a check be-i Ing placed on the wholesale exporta tion of undesirable persons from past ern Europe to Great Britain and Amer ica. The Boxer Attack. PEKIN, Sept. 19.—The Boxer at tack on Cheng Tu Fu, capital of Sze Chuan province, In which 50,000 Box ers made an Ineffectual attempt to take the city, began September 14. When the rebels endeavored to enter the city a conflict ensued. The at tackers were driven back and the gates of the city were closed and. guarded by troops. Soldiers quelled the disorder within the city. Four teen Boxer leaders and several other rebels were executed. — Senator Bard Improving. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 19.— The condition of Senator Bard this morning was more hopeful than at any time since his illness, and It is felt that his chances for reccfrery are now excellent. Will Remain for Short Session. DUBUQUE, la. Sept. 19.—It is an nounced tonight that Speaker Hen derson does not intend to resign the speakership at the coming session of congress. Union Pacific Goes Higher. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The question of the right of a telegraph company to occupy, through condem nation proceedings, right of way, own ed bv a railroad company in Colorado '■8 Involved In the case of the Union Pacific Hallway company, plaintiff in error, against the Colorado Postal Tel egraph company, the appellants, plead ings in which were docketed in the supreme court. The railroad com pany lost in the court of Colorado. SURROUND A CITY THE BOXERS MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE CHENG TU FU. WHAT ITS FALL WILL MEAN A Chinese Merchant Predicts That the Whole Province Will Be on Its Bad Behavior if the Fifty Thousand Reb els Succeed. LONDON, Sept. 18.—Cabling from Shanghai under date of September 17, the correspondent of the Dally Mall says that Cheng-Tu-Fu, capital of the province of Sze-Chuen Is surrounded by 50,000 Boxers, but that their at tempts to take the city have failed so far. Without Immediate help, how ever, Cheng-Tu-Fu must fall. "A prominent Chinese merchant tell* me,” continues the Daily Mall corre spondent, “that if Cheng-Tu-Fu la taken a rising In the province Is In evitable. To further complicate mat ters, the feuds between Catholic and Protestant converts are worse now than at any previous stage and magla terlan Injunction in various matters has been unwarrantably lnterferred with by priests and missionaries.'’ VICTORIA, B. C., Sept 18.—A let ter received from a thoroughly trust worthy Chinese correspondent at Nan ning states that the rebellion Is en tirely at an end. General Ma, ooe of the ablest Chinese officers in tha south was killed. Though the rebellion, so called, Is at end, a disquieting feature of the situa tion Is that a large quantity of up to-date rifles are still Imported con stantly The Chinese complain that they are smuggled over the Tonkin frontier. The town of Tunghua Hlsan, northwest of New Chwang, is report ed to have been occupied by the bri gand leader, Tiu Tang Tsae, and fol lowers. Making this their headquar ters, they are said to be busily loot ing all the districts around. The Boxers are still active In Cbengte and Increasingly so. The lo cal foreign officer reports the district1 to be In great disorder, several place* having been attacked, others burned down and a number of Christians and others who have resisted having been1 killed. The British and Foreign Bible society has had one killed in that district and there are rumors, not yet confirmed, but believed to be reliable, that two others have suffered the same fate. A gentleman who recently visited New Chwang says the Russians are making all preparations for retirement, from Manchuria at an early date, and expresses the belief that they will do so. At the same time he admits that they are not likely to give up some of the places on which they have spent considerable sums, such as New Chwang and Talien bay, nor to retire without some sort of equivalent, for what they supposed they had acquired nor even then to make an absolute re linquishment of their claims upon that country. PREMIER BOND 13 SATISFIED. Nefoundland Statesman Pleased with Progress of Fisheries Treaty. NEW YORK, Sept. 18— Sir Robert Bond, premier of Newfoundland, who recently visited Washington with the object of furthering a fisheries reci procity treaty with the United States, is in this city. Regarding reports that his mission had been a failure, he said: “I was unable to accomplish any thing in Washington the other day simple because Acting Secretary of State Adee needed to consult the pres ident in order to get authority to be gin negotiations. During the interval of the slight delay occasioned by the necessity of consulting the president at Oyster Bay I took advantage of my freedom to come to this city for reasons of private business. “I am waiting now until negotia tions can be properly carried on. I expect to return to Washington for that purpose the latter part of this week or the first of next “I do no see any indications that the project will fail of success. It is not', of course, proper to make public at the present time any of the prop ositions which I may submit, but 1 have no reason to believe that they will not be well received. * Life without faith is like a roofless house. It lets all the elements in and offers no protection against the ills of living. Confesses to Four Murders. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 18.—A spe cial to the Times from Dawson says: Peter Fournier has made a full and detailed confession of four murders. He admits that he abetted Ed Labelle in killing Constantine, Beaudotne and Boulhlllette, but says Labelle did all the shooting. In July, about thirty miles above Circle City, they shot Gil bert Duffer, robbed him of 8700, weighted his body with stones and | threw It in the river. FURIOUS FIRES IN WYOMING. Burning in Eighteen Different Parts of the State. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept 17.—Gov 'emor Richards has been Informed by [telephone from Grand Encampment ithat for many miles along the Wyom [ing-Colorado line, north of Pearl, Colo., a furious forest Are is raging, devas tating everything in its path. Efforts to subdue the flames hare been ex hausted without effect Governor Richards immediately communicated with Governor Orman of Colorado and arranged for both to send a telegram to the secretary of the interior ask ing for aid. According to the latest reports, there are at least eighteen serious for est fires burning in Wyoming, to say ^lothlng of numerous smaller fires burning in southern Albany county !that are destroying great swamps of fine pine timber in the Medicine Bow Irange and threatening mining build ings. , Although a hundred miles away from Cheyenne, the smoke from these iflres obscures the sky here and the odor of burning wood is plainly notice able. HENDERESON IS OUT. Speaker of the House of Representa tives Declines to Make the Race. DUBUQUE, la., Sept. 17.—Speaker tlenderson, finding that his views In respect to the treatment of trusts by reducing the tariff in whole or in part, are not In accord with the views of many of his party in Iowa, has this day declined to accept the nomination for congress and has withdrawn from the race. Speaker Henderson announced his withdrawal after a conference of sev eral hours’ duration with Chairman Classer of the congressional commit tee and friends. He has been contem plating this action for two weeks, but had Intimated nothing of it to his friends. At the conference his friends implored him not to take the action, but to no avail. He said he had made up his mind and no argument could cause him to change his decision. GOLD IS COMING THIS WAY. Yellow Metal Being Imported from Australia and South Africa. NEW YORK, Sept 17.—J. & W. Seligman & Co. announce that they will receive $1,250,000 gold from Aus tralia. The gold will reach San Fran cisco on October 2. Fully $1,000,000 of the gold obtained by the National City bank from South African sources leaves London Mon day for this port, per steamship Ma jestic. The balance will follow short ly. Officials of the bank decline to make any explanation of the mechan ism by which this gold was diverted from its original destination, except to say that the transaction is without' special feature. Intimations from an authoritative quarter indicate that tha South African consignment will amount to more than $2,500,000. Shortens Time Across Atlantic. NEW YORK, Sept 17.—The North German Lloyd steamer Kron Prlnz Wilhelm arrived in port from Bremen,, Southampton and Cherbourg, beating all westward records, making the run) of 3,047 miles in five days eleven hours and fifty-seven minutes, an aver age speed of 23.09 knots per hour. The time is three hours and forty eight minutes better than the best previous record of the Kron Prlnz Wilhelm. It Breaks the Deadlock. SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 17—The re-, publican deadlock in the Fourteenth congressional district has been broken by the nomination of C. C. Pratt An umpire appointed by State Chairman Quay cost the vote which broke the deadlock. Catholic Converts Boxerated. LONDON, Sept. 17.—A dispatch to a news agency from Pekin says: Catholics here understand that from 300 to 1,000 converts have been killed by Boxers in the province of Sze Chuen. \ Injunction Is Asked For. LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Sept 17—Attor ney General Pratt today tiled suit for an injunction to prevent the contest between Terry McGovern and "Young Corb°tt” scheduled to take place be fore the Southern Athletic club in this city September 22, from being held. The case will be argued before Judge Fields of the common pleas division of the Jefferson county cir cuit court Thursday morning. Mount Pelee Takes Rest. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Growls from Mount Pelee are finally diminish ing, says a Times dispatch from Mar tinique, by way of London. The vol cano is still in eruption, but its ac tivity is now insignificant All nec essary measures to assist the sufferers have been taken by the government. The native population is calming down. It is the opinion of cool ob-. servers that Fort de France is in no way menaced if the tidal wave comes. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South Omahi and Kansas City. CATTLE—There were not quite a? many cattle aa yesterday, but receipts were liberal. The way things look now this will be a record-breaking week. The record so far is held by the week end ing October 31, 1901, when 39,399 head oi cattle arrived. A fair test of the mar ket for cornfed steers was not made as there was nothing good in the yards The cow market started in quite lively and just about steady with yesterday. When buyers realized though, that there were a good many cows in sight they cooled off a little and were bidding «• little lower. Stockers and feeders were in big supply, and although there were close to 175 cars shipped to the country yard traders had a good many on hand. The good cattle, though, sold at about steady prices, while the commoner grades were extremely dulj and a little lower. The general situation was expressed by one speculator when he said that he was hot buying any common cattle, as he already had 500 on hand and had not had a bid on them. Western beef steers were no more than steady, and If anything the common grades were a little lower. Range cows were about steady at the opening, but a little lower on the close. The best feeders held about steady, but the commoner grades were dull and a quarter lower than a week euro. HOGS—There were a few more cars of hogs on sale than arrived yesterday, but still the run was light. The market opened steady to strong on the choice light and butcher weights and also on the better grades of heavy hogs, but little or nothing was done on the pack ing grades . The good hogs sold largely from $7.40 to $7.50 and as high as $7.60 was paid. After the first round or so the general market was no more than steady and the feeling kept getting worse is the morning advanced and the close was very slow and weak. SHEEP—Quotations: Good to choice yearlings, $3.*0@3.75; fair to good, $3.40@ 3.60; good to choice wethers. $3.2533.50; fair to good wethers, $3.0033.25; choice ewes, $3.0033.15; fair to eood ewes, $2,503 2.90; good to choice lambs, $4.7535.00; fair to good lambs, $4.50414.75; feeder wethers, $3.0033.40; feeder yearlings, $3.40(33.65; feeder lambs, $3.50(34.25; cull lambs, $2.00 <33.00; feeder ewes, $1.7532.50; stock ewes, $2.5033.25. Representative sales; KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Western cows steady to 10c lower; bulls dull and lower; choice ex port and dressed beef steers, $7.10®8.00; fair to good, $5.3537.35; stockers and feed ers, $3.1035.50; western-fed steers, $2,963 4.65; Texas and Indian steers, $3.0033.75; Texas cows, $2.2532.75; native cows, $1.50 34.00; native heifers. $2.7534.00; canners, $1.00®2.25; bulls. $2.4033.50; calves, $3.00@ 5.65. HOGS—Market 5@10c lower; top $7.55; bulk of sales, $7.40(57.50; heavy, $7.40@ 7.55; mixed packers, $7.35(57.45; light, $7.25 @7.55; yorkers, $7.50(@7.55; pigs, $6.60@7.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market steady to strong; native lambs, $3.20@4.10; wes tern lambs, $3.00(54.00; native wethers, $2.93(84.00; western wethers, $2.60(83.95; fed ewes, $2.90@3.85; Texas clipped yearlings, $2.75@3.70; Texas clipped yearlings, $2.75 <53.70; Texas clipped sheep, $2.75@3.00; stockers and feeders, $2.00@2.95. GENERAL BOOTH COMES SOON. London Salvationists Send Him on His Journey with Greetings. LONDON, Sept. 22.—General Booth' conducted three farewell services at the Clapton Congerss hall tonight^ Three thousand Salvationists bade th6 general Godspeed at the evening serv ice, when he expressed a decision to convey messages of affectionate regard from them to Canada and the United States. The general asked those pres' ent to send a message that their Amer ican brethren, with the people of Great Britain might stand up before the world as friends of the human family, and that these great nations should work shoulder to shoulder for the peace and happiness of the worldj A mighty shout of “Amen” and a for est of waving hands greeted General Booth’s' words. MAY CONTEST STRATTON WILL! Son Not Satisfied with the Amount Left to Him by Father. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 22.—Nothing could be ascertained to day relative to the probability or pos sibility of a contest between the heire over the Stratton will, which gives yiO,000,000 or more for a home for; the sick. It is understood from a close friend of Mr. Stratton’s that the son, I. H. Stratton, declared some time before his father’s death that if the will did not give him a specified sum he would contest it, and that the sum left him is much less than the sum be named. 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