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$faP'lJ)oflc ffirtfttmt. V""LJg....y°- 19.680. SECOND DAY'S POLLING. CONSERVATIVES FAR AHEAD IN BRITISH ELECTIONS. BOBFUSEMG UNIONIBT STRENGTH TN LOXDON AVD LANCASHIRE-LA- BOTTHEKE GETS HACK tCrvpyrtsht; 1««: By The New-York Tribune.] [py <~AF.LK TO TITE TRIBUNE.] London, Oct. 3. 6a. m.— Up to midnight 178 Unionists, 35 Liberals and 25 Irish Nationalists had been returned to Parliament. On the day's r-nlling the liberals gained Fix seats and the Conservatives three, and since the election be gan there has been a net gain for the Opposi tion of one. A striking feature of the contest yesterday was the emphatic verdict given for the Govern ment by London and the great manufacturing centres of Manchester and Solford. The Minis terialists almost succeeded in sweeping the board in the two Lancashire cities, while never before in its electoral history has London polled such heavy majorities for the Conservative cause. The only Liberals so far elected for the metropolis are Burns and Lough. The former has been a consistent opponent of the war policy of the Government, but he has, notwithstanding. managed to hold Battersea by 254 votes on a heavy poll, while Lough just scraped in at West Islington by 19. Mr. Labouchere has again been elected for Northampton, but his majority has been re duced, and he would probably have been outright but for his Liberal Imperialist col league, who actually headed the poll and dis placed the Unionist holder of the- second seat. Havelock Wilson, Labor Member and pro- Boer, has been badly beaten at lOddlesborough, uhich now returns a Conservative for the first dme, L N. F. BRITISH PUBLIC APATHETIC. ONE SIBED ELECTION CONTESTS FAIL TO ABOUBB EXCITEMENT. [Copyright; 1S00: By The New-York Tribune.! [BY CABLE TO THE TBIBfN-E.] London, Oct. 3, la. m.— The election scenes in Fleet Street and the political clubs are chiefly remarkable for the lack of excitement. The second day's polling has included Battersea and Northampton, two of the most interesting bor ough contests, and has revealed the trend of opinion in Lancashire and other industrial sec tions, but the results have been received almost listlessly in the streets and clubs. This apathy Is due to the fact that the general result of the ""'selections Is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Not even the most sar.gruine Liberal ha«. ex-, pected the triumph of his party, nor hoped for anything more than a. reduction of the Govern ment majority. The loyal example of the colo nies in fighting the battles of the Empire has brought the Liberal Imperialists well to the front on the Opposition side, and even a mate rial reduction of the Government majority, if it can be effected, will not involve a reversal of the South African policy. The elections are passing quietly because the country knows that there will not he any break in the continuity of the Government of the Empire. A fresh batch of uncontested elections sent the Government well up to the figures at the close of the last Parliament, and polling in Gal way Town recorded an unexpected Unionist gain in Ireland. The successful candidate is the eldest son of Lord Morris, formerly Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. He ran against two Na tionalist candidates in 1895 and was defeated, but has now come out at the head of the poll in a Home Rule stronghold. He is a Roman Catholic, and his election is proof that the in fluence of the clergy has not been thrown against him. The Tories describe this victory as •he first fruits of the Queen's visit to the island, and express the hope that it may influ ence the results of the elections in South Ty rone and South County Dublin, where T. W. Russell and Horace Plunkett are opposed by In dependent Unionists. The results of the polling for fifty-three Feats will be summarized at a later hour. These contests are regarded as decisive in one respect. The Liberals are defending seven and the Unionists twenty-two seats which have been considered doubtful. The Liberals will not have a better chance for making gains in the borough elfictions. Their failures will be an* indication that the Unionists will hold their majority, and possibly increase it. unless the county divisions take a line of their own. The Liberals started off with gaining Grantham as an offset to Gal way Town, and followed up their advantage by capturing Swansea and Gloucester; but the Unionists increased their majorities in Bop ton. Whltehaven and other boroughs, and won a seat at cton-on-Tees. Mr. Balfour led off in Lancashire with a largely increased majority. Mr. Blrrell was defeated after a stir ring fight, and the industrial districts generally went .strongly Unionist. The Cabinet makers have suspended their ac tivities until the results of the appeal to the country are more clearly known. There is a generally accepted belief that Lord Lansdowne's successor will be a member of the* Commons, "where a good debater is required for the exposi tion of the reform policies favored by Lord Rob erts. This will limit the choice of a new Secre tary of War to Mr. <'hair.bf-rl.iin and Mr. Wynd ham. Old Tories assert that the influence of Mr. Chamberlain has declined, and that he will n^t be transferred to the War Office. The po tency of that influence depends upon the result of the appeal to the country-. It will Increase If Parliament be strongly Unionist, for he has forced the fighting and been the target of abuse. It may diminish if the Unionist majority be cut down. The most intimate friends of Mr. Chamberlain do not know whether he wishes the War <>in-»- His enemies assert that he will be unwilling to play second fiddle to Lord Rob erts, for whatsoever Is done In the way oi mili tary reorganization will have the authority of the Commander-in-Chlef. Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. "Wyndham and Lord Roberts are alike convinced that the military resource* of the colonies, which have been heavily drawn upon in South Africa, must not be lost sight of. but Utilised Continued on »ev*-nlb jimk*-. Read "The Billionaire."* a *iory or monopoly, lfic. "A clever satire."— Wash. Post. Pratt, 161 •th aye. , and American New* Co.— Advt. THE LAUREL HOUSE, Lake-wood. >L J.. now WILHELM TO KWANO SU. REPLY OP THE GERMAN EMPEROR TO THE ASIATIC SOVEREIGN. Berlin, Oct. 2.- -The following: is the text of the Chinese Emperors message to Kmperor William of Germany: Cheating: That Your Majesty's Minister has fallen a victim to the rising which suddenly broke out in China without our officials being able to prevent it. whereby our friendly rela tions were disturbed, is deeply deplored and re gretted. By decree we order that sacrifice bo made on an altar for the deceased, and Chief Secretary Kun Yang has been instructed to pour libations on the altar. The commercial superintendents of the northern and southern ports have been ordered to take the needful measures concerning the conveyance of the coffin of the deceased. When it reaches Germany a Beoond offering shall be made on an altar. Germany has always maintained the friend ■ iations with China. We therefore enter tain the hope that Your Majesty will renounce all resentment, so that peace may be arranged ; ,s soon as possible, and that universal har mony be rendered possible for all time. This is our most anxious hope and our most ardent wish. Emperor William replied, September 30, as follows: To the Emperor of China: I. the German Emperor, have received the telegram of Your Majesty, the Emperor of China. I have ob served with satisfaction that Your Majesty is anxious to expiate according to the custom and precept of your religion the shameful murder of my Minister, which Bet at naught all civiliza tion. Yet, as the German Emperor -and a Chris tian, I cannot regard that abominable crime as atoned for by a libation. Besides my murdered Minister, there have gone before the throne of God a large number of our brethren of Christian faith, bishops and missionaries, women and children, who, for the sake of their faith, which is also mine, have died the violent death of martyrs, and are accusers of Your Majesty. Do the libations commanded by Your Majesty suffice for all these innocent ones? I do not make Your Majesty personally responsible for the outrage against the legations, which are -violable among all nations, nor for the iv wrongs done so many nations and faith?, and to the subjects of Your Majesty of my Christian belief. But the advisers of Yotir Majesty's throne and the officials on whose heads rests the blood guilt, of a crime which fills all Christian nations with horror must expiate iheir abominable deed. When Your Majesty brines them to the punishment they have de served, that I will regard as an expiation which will satisfy the nations of Christendom. If Your Majesty will use your Imperial power for this purpose, accepting to that end the support of all the injured nations, I. for my part, declare myself agreed on that point. I should also glad ly welcome the return of Your Majesty to Pe king. For this my General, Field Marshal yon Waldersoe, will be instructed not only to re ceive Your Majesty with the honors due your rank, but he will also afford Your Majesty the military- protection you may desire, and which you may need against the rebels. I also long for peace which atones for the guilt, which makes good wrongs done, and which offers to all foreigners in China security for life and property, and. above all, for the free service of their religion. WILLIAM, I. R. GERMANS PUNISHING BOXERS. MANY KILLED BY AN EXPEDITION UNDER GENERAL YON HOEPFXER. Peking, Sept. 26. — The German column, con ■ sisting of seventeen hundred men, under Gen- I eraJ yon Hoepfner, encountered a small Boxer j force south of the Imperial Deer Park yester day and killed forty of the Chinese during a flg-ht which followed. The Chinese were put to flight and scattered. Four Germans were wounded. The 'objeoc of toe -ro<;v*ura..rnt s»"Jt.. of the Im perial Park was to punish the Chinese for firing on a German patrol. General yon Hoepfner's force, which included a battery, burned several villages whore arms were found. The German commander then proceeded to Nan-Hung-Nen and dispersed a body of Boxers outside the town. Half were armed with rifles and the others with pikes and swords. Some of them advanced to within twenty yards of the German rifles, performing Boxer exercises, and were mowed down. Chi Hsln, a member of the Tsung-li-Yamen and a noted anti-foreign statesman and patron of the Boxers, has been captured in the Imperial City by the Japanese. His fate, has not been determined upon. EXPEDITION TO PAO-TTNG-FU DELAYED. Taku, Sept 29.— The expedition to Pao-Ticg- Fu has been postponed, and the start will not be made until October 6. General Gaselee and the German general will command the Peking and Tien-Tsin columns, respectively. The Russians have occupied Tonpr-Bhan with out opposition. The New South Wales contingent of the Brit ish troops will winter in Peking. EARL LI WILL NOT GO TO PEKING. WILL OPEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE RUS SIAN MINISTER AT TIEN-TSIN. Tien-Tsin, Sept. 29.— L1 Hung Chang has aban doned his decision to proceed to Peking, and will, it is announced, begin negotiations with the Russian Minister to China, M. De Gif>rs. upon the latter*s arrival at Tien-Tsin. Genera] Chaff.cc has designated the 9th In fantry, the fid Squadron of the tith Cavalry and Battery F to remain at Peking. He esti i ates that it will take a month CO get the American troops out of China. RUSSIAN NAVAL ESTIMATES. St. Petersburg. Oct. 2. — According to semi offlclal statements, the Russian na.vnl estimates for 1901 form a total of 97,097,666 rubles, an in crease of upward of 10,000,IW» rubles over those for ih^ currr-nt year. Th* ordinary expenditure swallows 60.000.000 of whi<b 16,000,000 is Intended to hen the fleet, 3,000,000 for harbor work at Libau, 2,000,000 to be expended at Vladi vostok, and 3,000,000 at Port Arthur. FRANCE'S MIDDLE COURSE. M. DBLrCABBE'S VIEWS ON THE POLICY T< > BE PURSUED IN CHINA. Paris, Oct. 2.— An official of the French For to-day. formally confirmed the ac curacy of the details of France's note to m» Powers on the Chinese question, as telegraphed fi^rii Vienna. The official, asked as to the causrs actuating thf French Minister of Foreign Affairs (M. Delcasse) in issuing the note. hh\<l. If. Delcaase' has been contemplating tins ac tion for a number of days. Prance wants peace ;tnd desires H expeditiously. The Minister Is, therefore, anxious to find a middle course be- Bund Germany which will meet with th.- approval of all. There is no foundation for th<- statement thai an effort Is making to Continental accord to the detrimeni of England or th.- United States. We arc unable to understand exactly the course the United Intend! to i.ursu--, whether she will act entirely b< parate under all conditions, or >•• *he will negotiate In concert with the other Powers In case they reach an agreement sati? factory to her. The Vienna correspondent of "The London Morn ing Post" yesterday telegraphed his paper ns fol lows: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office has re ceived a circular note which France has addressed to the Powers, in which she agreestaa to tb«m« cssity of obtaining satisfaction for i he anti-fore g n attack, but bUggeHU that the Ministers in J '«k hit should immediately begin negotiations on the other a Th.V < n"ot f . ri a lso Spr"P"B^S pr"P"B^ the permanent prohibition of ihe imr-oit o£arm« and ammunition Into «. hlna. t wi?KofiliP fortifications between faking and the «ea «nd the . maint*nan<* of Legation guards. „ you^ff^froxn^Tmi^^^^^ NEW- YORK, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1900.-FOXTRTEEN PAGES.^^BBSWSU-. CORPORATION COUNSEL JOTTN WHAT/ETM. As announced in The Tribune yesterday. Justion Edward Patterson, of the Appellate Division of ihe Supreme Court, will not be renomlnated this year. He has talked the matter over with Richard Croker Hrd decided to wait until next year for a nomina tion. John Whalen, Corporation Counsel. Is to be named in his place. There is no one who has ho ftr closer to Croker since the tatter's return from Europe than Whalen. and while he could hnve. been nominated last year POWERS NEAR AGREEMENT. PROSPECT OF A PEACEFUL SETTLE MENT IN CHINA MUCH BRIGHTER. Washington, Oct. 2. — Favorable news has reached Washington from the; European chan celleries indicating that a complete agreement as to China is within slgnt. The agreement will be on the basis of the propositions iaid down by Secretary Hay in his note of July 3 and the later notes treating of that subject. The ac cord of Russia with the United States is more complete than was expected at first, and the re ports show that all the European nations prob ably are placing themselves in a position to take advantage of the opening made by the United States, and soon will be ready to beeiin negotiations for a settlement with the Chinese Government. Russia has already given notice of such a purpose, and, while the text of the French note on this subject has not reached the State Department, the officials are satisfied that France, like Russia, is ready to negotiate at once. As for Germany, either the position of that Government has been misunderstood or it has changed its attitude. Possibly the former is the case, but it is certain from the advice? which reached Washington to-day that the German Government, on careful inspection of the plans for a settlement proposed by the United States, finds In them nothing inconsistent with the Ger man views. Therefore it may be expected that Germany also will be prepared soon to Join in this common movement toward a settlement. Altogether, the prospects of an adjustment of the Chinese difficulty without resort to formal war are muoh brighter than they were a week ago. The news developments of the day were few. being confined to a cable dispatch from Mr. Conger 'innev.ncinsr th* i>partur« of the Russissi Minister and his suite from Peking, and an authentication by Minister W-j of the edict'pro viding 1 for the punisament of Tuan and the other guilty princes. The following official statement is made as to Minister Wu's dispatch: A cable dispatch received from Director-Gen eral Sheng, at Shanghai, states that by Imperial edict issued on September 25, Prince Chwang, Prince Yin, Secondary Princes Tsai Lien and Tsai Ying, are deprived of all their respective ranks and offices; that Prince Tuan Is deprived of office and is handed over to the Imperial Clan Court, which sl.ali consult and decide upon a severe penalty, ana his salary is to be stopped; that Duke Tsai Lan and the president of the censorate, Ting Nien, are handed over to the said Board, who shall consult and decide upon a severe penalty, and that Kang Yl, Assistant Grand Secretary and president of the Civil Board, and Chao Shu Chiao. president of the Board of Punishment, are handed over to the Board of Censors, who shall consult and decide upon a penalty. Minister Wu's information arpears to put at rest all question as to the fall of the reactionary element headed by Prince Tuan. and including the president of the Censorate and of the Board of Punishment. It shows, moreover, that the punishment of Tuan is more severe than here tofore reported, as he is removed from office, a fact not stated In the previous dispatches. The Clan Court is directed also to decide on a "se vere penalty" in addition to tho I<>f.=; of office, salary ani servants. FRENCH PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. DISORDER SUPPRESSKD AIiONO THE WEST RTVER BY A GUNROAT. Paris. Oet 2.— The French Consul at Canton. under date of October 1. cabled that the gun bna: Avalanche, with the French Vice-Consul on board, had just returned to Canton after co op-rating with the Chinese forces in repressing the troubles in the disturbed districts of the Stiver. A certain number of the guilty underwent capital punishment. The material losses were very heavy, but there was no loss of Ufa PASTOR KILLED BY TRAfX. HAD JUST BEEN ORDAINED PASTOR OF DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH. Paterson, N. J.. Oct. 2 (Special).-The Rev. George Luckenblll. pastor of the Dutch Re formed Church of Glen Rock. N. J.. was hit and mortally injured by a westbound Erie train to-night at Ferndale. four miles west of this city. The clergyman had accompanied the Rev i: W. Thompson, pastor of the Broadway Reformed Church, of this city, to the Ferndale station after they had attended a church con ference at the Glen Rock church. Mr. Thomp son ... on his train, which was drawing out of the station, when the westbound train rushed by. Mr. Luckcnbill was crossing '.he track behind the outgoing train, when the westbound train caught and tossed him in the air. Dr. room at tended to the injured man until the next east hound train arrived, which brought him to this ( lt" \t the General Hospital it was learned that the clergyman was Internally »J» rP ' * 1 is also thought his back Was broker.: His head. bands and buly were cut and bruised. , The clergyman died a few minutes aftei being taKen to the hospital, He was about thirty-five year, of age It was at a meeting of the Clasais tn davthat the Rev. Mr. Luckenbill was ordained as pastor of the church. .4 FUGITIVE TURKISH GESERAL. Par!- Oft 2.-~rjeneral Osman Pacha, •■ n- ■- r*ln tlW Of 'he deceased Osman Pacha. The hero of PtevnV; arrived to-day at MarsHilM from Con- Btantir.opl.-. whence he fled owing to the Sultan s Sll «plolons that he was ensued in a conspiracy. sea in Paris. <_ p ATI'.N~AN!. information !:rrK^ r of the N>" Tori. Central «t 1216 Broa«ljvny. <•""& H.W Y«* Ce*«al JTTSTTCE EDWARD PATTERSON CPhoto by Pach.) for the Supreme Court, it Is said he preferred to wait until this year, so that he could see the Rapid Transit project well under way. Mr. Whalen's suc cessor as Corporation Counsel has not yet been decided upon. Justice Dugro and Mr. Whalen will b« the nominees for the Supreme Court on the Tam many ticket this year. Next year three Justices of the Supreme Court are to be named, and it is said that Justice Patterson will be one of the three. BELIEVES RESULT SURE. MR. MAXLEY GIVES OUT AX OFFICIAL •STATEMENT, CLAIMING 266 ELEC TORAL. VOTES FOR M*KTXLEY. Joseph H. Man ley's forecast of the electoral vote: j Mc.Klnley ................. 2«« j Hryan . .. !* It! 112 ! Doubtful 1. 1 ..... GO I \ci'p»Hflrj- to choice*. 324 | Joseph H. Manley, of the Republican National j Committee, last night said that the Republican j National Committee was confident that McKin j ley and Roosevelt would be elected, and for the ; first time gave out an official forecast of the ; way the vote will stand on the morning of I November 7, the day after election. Mr. Man- I ley's forecast is as follows: ! Doubt |,, . McKlnley. Bryan. nil. } Alabama _ ft _ I Arkansas — a California » _ __ I Colorado _ _ . 4 j Connecticut 6 1 Delaware 3 Florida _ 4 _ Georgia — 13 _ Idaho „ 3 Illinois ..24 Indiana — . _ 1,% lowa 18 _ _ Kansas 10 Kentucky — — 13 ; Louisiana — 8 i Maine « _ _ Maryland 8 _ _ Massachusetts 15 — — Michigan 14 — — Minnesota 9 — — Mississippi — S — Missouri — — IT Montana — — 3 New-Hampshire 4 — — New- Jersey in — — New-York 36 — — ; Nevada — — . . a Nebraska — — ' 8 : North Carolina — 11 — North Dakota 3 . — — Ohio 23 — — Oregon . 4 — — Pennsylvania .. 82 — — Rh- v (flan-1 4 — — . Sou* -."S* <<>:.» '.:...".... 4- — — ■ South Carolina — • — • Term <-«?«><» — 13 — i Texas — 18 — TTtah — — 8 Vermont — — — Vermont 4 — — Virginia - — 12 — I ■Washington 4 — — ; Weil Virginia • * — — - Wisconsin 12 — — ' Wyoming 3 — — Totals 2«« 112 «» "The Republican Committee have been very careful in estimating the result of the election on November 6," said Mr. Manley to the news paper men. "They have desired to avoid mis leading the public In any way. They have been criticised somewhat severely for claiming so per sistently that there was an overconfldence on the part of the Republicans, which should be guarded against. This claim was, however, well founded at the time. Lately the outlook has materially changed. They have, however, watched the situation with the utmost care. They have had every State carefully canvassed and polled. They know the condition thorough ly in every section. They feel absolutely confi dent now as to the result. They know now that It will be impossible to defeat the re-election of ■ President McKinley. They are equally positive \ that he will receive a larger number of electoral i votes than he received four years ago. Ken \ tucky they firmly believe will go Republican, j but they know full well that the chances are i that the Republicans in that State will be count ied out In Nebraska, the Republicans are con 1 fident of carrying the State, and the information 1 received during the last few days would almost ! justify placing this State In the sure Republi ! can column. The committee, desiring to be i careful and conservative in any statement they ■ give to the public, assert that the Republicans i will carry States insuring McKinley 266 votes. The fight in Indiana will be closer than in any of the other States, but with the thorough or- I ganization which the Republicans have in that State and with a popular State ticket, the ! chances are very largely that these votes will I be found in the McKinley column, which would ' give 2SI electoral votes for McKinley and Roose- V6 "A determined and persistent contest will be made from now on to place Colorado. Idaho. Kentucky, Nebraska and Utah firmly in the Republican column, with their thirty-one votes. The committee feel confident that this can be done, and they are working with a fixed pur pose to see to it that McKinley and Roosevelt receive 312 electoral votes, as against 2*l votes 1 received four years ago." In commenting further on the forecast, Mr. Manley said with reference to Indiana that he did not feel like placing that State in the doubt i ful column. • DUEL OF RAILROAD if EN. EX-GOVERNOR LOWRT'S NEPHEW AND SEC TION BOSS WOUND EACH OTHER CRITICALLY. Tusealoosa, Ala.. Oct. 2.-Rodney Lowry. nephew of ex-governor Lowry of Mississippi, fought a duel this morning it Moundsville. Ala.. fifteen miles from here, with W. H. White, a Bectlon foreman. Both. #> is believed, are fatally wounded. Lowry is the agent for the railroad company at Moundsville. This morning he had some words with White over the moving of a car of cottonseed. White, it is alleged. threatened Lowry. and Lowry procured a pistol from his office. White was already armed, and as Lowry turned to the platform the men bepan shooting at each other, advancing as they fired. Lowry was shot four times. In the leg, right side, right forearm and chest. Each man fired five times, but Lnwry> last ball was the only one that struck White. This last shot was fired within five feet of him. and struck White in the abdomen. Lowry. with his right fore krmshot, then clubbed White into insensibility with the butt end of his pistol. ' White has a wife and three children: L.»wry is thirty-three years old and single Poth men are in a critical condition. at M>riS WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE BY THE PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED. I^aies New Tork (West 2Srd Street) daily at 0.53 A. M.— Advt. HEAR BRYAN OR BE CLUBBED. CBOKER UNEARTHS A HEINOUS PLOT AXI> PLANS TO NIP IT IN THE BUP. Tammany Hall Is going to make William J. Bryan feel at home In this town, no matter who Is hurt. The Tiger is preparing to make a din and a racket that will make the Nebraska statesman think that everybody south of the Harlem River Is for him. Tammany hopes to make the night of October lfi. when Bryan speaks in Madison Square Garden, a memorable one. and Tammany Is going to handle roughly any one who does not fall In with Tammany's plans. Richard Croker unearthed a deep, dark and j deadly plot yesterday. This was aimed at the ! enthusiasm and success of the Madison Square ! Garden meeting. The moment Mr. Croker dis covered this dastardly scheme he started out to circumvent it. It was revealed by a treacherous Republican in the XlVth Assembly District. He laid bare all the details of this heinous plan, and In return Croker Is going 1 to have him ap- j pointed a detective to Investigate and report If j there are gambling houses open In New-York j Now, this Is the plot: The Republicans are | going to send one thousand men to the mass ] meeting in Madison Square Garden. When Will- j lam J. Bryan spoke in Madison Square Garden | in 1806 several thousand persons went to the Garden out of curiosity to see him. When he , arose to speak, their curiosity being satisfied, they began to file out of the hall. By the time he was half through his speech the hall was j well thinned out. Bryan's prestige and his cam- I paign in the East suffered from this proceeding. ; Now the Democrats charge that the Republicans I will send these one thousand men to the Gar- ! den to wait until Bryan starts speaking. Then j they are to get up and stamp out. This. It is j believed, will cause a commotion and disorder ; and hurt Bryan's chances, as it will be reported | all over the State that as soon as he began to | talk the audience began to walk. Mr. Croker is equal to the emergency, how ever, and last night, after a talk with his lieu tenants, he adopted a plan to circumvent this "fell design." It was decided to have three hundred and fifty faithful Tammany policemen, with trusty Tammany night sticks, in the Gar den that night. Any one trying to get out will : promptly be clubbed into submission and forced to sit. out. the. Bryan ordeal. The punishment, aside from the clubbing, even Mr. Croker ad mits, will be awful, but it will take heroic meas ures to make this meeting a success, and Mr. Croker is going to do so If he has to club three thousand persons into submission. This is printed simply as a warning to those foolish people who might out of curiosity go to the Garden to see Bryan, not knowing what ter rible fate is in store for them once they get in side and into the hands of the police. ■With this terrible plot checkmated, Croker and his members of the Ratification Meeting Com mittee met at Tammany Hall last night to com plete plans for the Bryan outbreak. It was de cided that each Assembly district should furnish one thousand men. These cannot all get into the Garden, but those who cannot are to attend the outdoor meetings, or the overflow meetings at Tammany Hall and Cooper Union and shout. Mr. Bryan will be escorted to the Garden by a squad of police and members of the Reception Committee in carriages. The doors of th* Gar den will be thrown open at 5:30, and speaking wtJJ begin at 7:30 Th»re will be a fine display of fireworks from the roof and tower of Madi son Square Garden, with a dozen searchlights In operation. Fireworks and red fire will mar« Bryan's Journey to Madison Square Garden, and from there to Cooper Union and Tammany Hall, where he will also speak the same evening. Mr. Bryan will talk from a platform on the Twenty-seventh-st. side of the Garden. Behind him. In two sections, a number of arena ribses and three hundred and fifty seats, will be the vice-presidents, invited guests and other nota ble persons. After the meeting of the Ratification Commit tee last night. Mr. Croker gave out the follow ing statfmpnt about the meetings to b*» held: There will be four large meetings the night of October lo". The largest meeting, of course, will be in Madison Square Garden. The other three will be at Tammany Hall. Cooper Union and an outdoor meeting at Madison-aye. and Twen ty-fourth-st Mr. Bryan will speak at Madison Square Garden about 7:30 o'clock. Other speak ers will be Adlai E. Stev-nson. W. Bourke Cock ran, Webster Davis, John B. Stanchfield and William F. Mackey. Edwird M. Shepard will preside. There will be a military band, and the Garden will be decorated with bunting, flags, pictures of the candidates, and every one as he enters will be given a small American flag. From there Mr. Bryan will go directly to the open air meeting at Madison-aye. and Twenty fourth-st. John W. Keller will preside at this meeting, and there will be half a dozen spt ik ers. Mr. Bryan speaks here about 8:30 o'elooVc. From this meeting he will be escorted down Fourth-aye. amid a blaze of red flre and fire works to Tammany Hall, where he speaka at 015 o'clock. Other speakers at Tammany Hall will be Senator Grady. Elliot Danforth. Judge Charles N. Bulger, of Oswago, and Augustus Thomas. Then more fireworks and bandplaylng and red fire as Mr. Bryan makes his way to Cooper Union, where he will arrive and speak at 1O o'clock. There will be other speakers at this meeting, including John B. Stanehneld. William F. Mackey and John De Witt Warner. XO RACE rnXFUCT IN SOUTH CAMOUNA. NROROES OF GEORGETOWN nvHRATRP BY MTLITTA— OP OUTBREAK. Columbia, S. C Oct. 2 (Speclal).-Twenty ring leaders, including three women, were arrested In Georgetown th:B afternoon after the. visiting mili tary, headed by three companies of local cavalry and with the two pieces of light artillery, had paraded through the town, crossing the negro quarter several time* There was no trouble in effecting the arrests. Three companies of Infantry ■want away this afternoon, but the others will re main until to-morrow. The hundreds of negroes who swarmed In from tne country, armed with everything from rice hooks to rifles, had returned to their homes. The greatest tumult was made by women from the rice fields, who. with hoes and rice hooka, urged the men to rashness and could not be frightened or subdued. They yelled to their men to kill "de dam bukrs men; we will tend to de bukra 'oman and chillun." It has been twenty years since the danger of a serious riot has been so great. The cause of the, trouble has Just been learned. Saturday afternoon J. C Scurry, a white deputy. went to collect delinquent taxes from • negro barber. John Brownfleld. A fight ensued In which Scurry's pistol dropped. Th© negro grabbed It and shot Scurry five times. Brownfleld was arrested. The negroes heard that the white people would ring the fire bell to get the negroes to assemble in another part of the town, and then the whites would rush to the Jail and lynch Brownfleld. The negroes rang the bell themselves, and a thousand of them dashed to the Jail with rifle, and pistols to protect the prisoner and remained all night. The whites Intended no violence to the prisoner, and Tearing &• negroes would be led Into an aggressive outbreak, they asked for the militia. TO BRIDGE tSe FT. LAXTREXCE AT QUEBEC Quebec, Oct. Z.-In the presence of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and one. thousand invited guests the corner stone was laid to-day of the new Quebec Bridge _ the St. Lawrence River. This bridge will have 211 «nan that will a* the biggest In the world. I? wllfSst !?«».«». and is to be finished in 1904. HE DINES WELL Who takes his meals In the dining ears of the Penn sylvania Railroad trains to Chicago and St. Louis. — vAdvt. PRICE THREE CENTS, MINKRS HEAR MITCHELL BIG LABOR DEMONSTRATION IX WILKESBAHRE. THE MINE WORKERS* PRESIDENT WILL CALL A CONVENTION TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF RE TURNING TO WORK. Wllkesbarre. Perm.. Oct The parade and mass meeting of the striking miners la ?hts city to-day formed the greatest labor demonstration ever seen in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The weather was favorable for a large turnout. The sun shone brightly all day. and It was more like June than October. Early In th.» morning the steam and electric roads began bringing people Into the city, and many thousands came on toot from towns near by. The buildings along the rout» of the parade were decorated with flags and bunting, and the city presented a holiday appearance. President Mitchell and his party arrived from Hazleton shortly after .l o'clock, and were met at the station br ■ large ant? enthusiastic crowd. The visitors -rere cheered and were then driven to a hotel. The parade, headed by President Mitchell and the ofijeers of the National Executive Board, started a little after 2 o"clock. mid it required an hour and twenty minutes to para a given point. It Is estimated that fully fifteen thousand men and breaker boys were In lme. " Most of the paraders were stalwart men. As a rule they were well dressed, and some of them might have been taken for prosperous farmers. They did not march with precision, but were a dense mass of humanity. They walked six. five and four abreast. The music was fur nished by about forty brass bands and drum corps. THE BANNERS IN THE LINE. Many banners and transparencies were car ried by the men. Among- the- most noticeable were these: "We want our dinner palls filled with substan tial food, not coal barons* taffy." "We are fighting a cause that is just and right." 'Stand by President Mitchell and the union.* "Our union must be recognised." "We will no longer be slaves." "Two thousand two hundr-d and forty pounds ' for a ton." "We want two weeks' pay." The breaker boys carried banners which read: 'We need schooling, but must work." "Save us from the whims of the Sheriff and deputies." "Down with oppression. We will stand by Mitchell." The parade passed through the principal streets of the city, and thousands of people lined the sidewalks. Her° and there an enthusiastic admirer of President Mitcnell would break through the lines and insist on shaking hands with him. The men from Pittston had a float with four men representing 'coal barons." They were drinking what purported to be champagne Directly following was a float wjth. miners din ing on bread and water A stretcher was car ried containing a dummy representing a miner who had Just lost his life in a colliery. President Mitchell reviewed the parade on the river common. He was generously applauded by the marchers. Business was suspended in the city all the afternoon. The superintendents of the coal companies and their clerk 9 viewed the parade from their office buildings. One coal man said it was a creditable demonstration. PRESIDENT MITCHELLS PPKECH. It was after 4 o'clock wh^n the last of the paraders passed President Mitchell. Then he and his colleagues were driven to West Side Park, where a hlg mass meeting was held- F<>r several hours a crowd ha-i been gathering, and it was estimated that nearly twenty thousand persons were massed in front of the stand when Mr. Mitchell began to speak. The reception he had from the crowd was enthusiastic. His ad dress was in part as follows: The greatest strike In the history of the world is drawing: to a close. Already the great coal car rying railroads have agreed to increase your wages 10 per cent, which is a great victory In itself. True. It does not satisfy us, but the time Is not far dis tant when the anthracite coal miners will recelva as much for their labor as any other class of work men In the world. In this struggle do not place absolute faith In John Mitchell or any other one man. Put your faith in the organization. Work hard for its pros perity, for the stronger it is the better you are armed for the struggle in which you now are en faged. This strike shall not be declared off by me. t shall not be ended until a convention cf anthra cite miners shall so decide. Every union and every colliery will be asked to send one or more delegates to a convention to determine the question for themselves. Tour Interests are greater than mine. I shall not decide the question of your ?<>lng back to work. You must vote on that yourselves. I will not pretend to determine your fate or that of th» five hundred thousand who are directly affected by this struggle. URGING STRIKERS TO STAND FIRM. Mr. Mitchell then briefly reviewed the stnjg gles of the miners in the last forty years, and said that the miners cannot expect to have all the evils which have been heaped upon them during the last half century of unorganized labor righted at once. Continuing, ha said: ■ I firmly believe that victory will be achieved by the men standing together. Do not let one of you move until all move. If you stand together we will achieve a greater victory than was ever attained by labor In the anthracite coal region. If nothing else is achieved than the taking of the young boys who to-day yelled as I passed them in the parade that "Mitchell is all right!" out of the breakers and placing them In the schools, the future will show that Mitchell was all right. I am firmly of the be lief that the mothers of the breaker hoys nightly pray to the Ruler of the Universe to decide in fa vor of the men. so that their boys can go to the A°mlner should receive for his wages as much as any man on earth. so that he himself can build a home on the present tumbling ruins of his hovel built by the companies and so that he can afford to allow his children to have the advantages of the college too Through the efforts of the United Mine Workers we can secure justice for all. we want to stand together, and I hope that not one m in will desert the rank* of the. union, and that not one man will go hack to the mines until the victory Is complete. The National president was followed by Fred eric PUcher. of Ohio; Benjamin James, of Pennsylvania, both members of the Executtv* Board, and •Mother" Mary Jones. After th# meeting President Mitchell was driven through cheering crowds to his hotel, where h# will re main until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, when he will return to Hazletn. THE SPEECH A DISAPPOINTMENT President Mitchell's address. »n far as outlin ing any future move on the part of the labor leaders Is concerned, was a disappointment. He Intimated strongly last night that he would de fine the position of the union to-day on the 10 per cent concession. His failure to do so has caused the impression that he Is still undecided as to what should be done, and is probably watt ing for local unions to take som» kind of action first. On the other band, some people In close touch with the situation believ that Mr. Mitchell knows exactly what he is damg. They argue that his telling the men that they can settle the 10 per cent increase question by holding a con vention was a broad bint to the local leaders to carry «">ut the suggestion Mr Mitchell had no No visitor to New York' can afford to mls« Hud son River Day Lin* one day excursion; m *— Advt