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"The Story of the First Relisarsai" just one feature of much good read ing in nest Sund.-ry's Republic. lEPTJBLIC. NEW IDEAS IN PICTURES and something superb in half-tone in next Sunday's Republic. l.:I 3 - tl i KIXETY-TIirRD YEAR ST. LOUIS, MO.. TUESDAY. OCTOBEB 2. 1000. -.--. t.t-i 1nl. I.n In t. I.nnla. One Cent. Ontaiile Ht. I.tilllN- Tto It' 'Kill. J Onti.l- M. I.onlit. Tno Cents. On Traiiin, llirce Cents. Til Turin XI Hi ST. T ATTTQ I-" -? I V miners scorn ten PER CENT ADVAFCI Operators' Proposition to Wyoming Valley Strikers Called Unfair. -;. f POWDER REDUCTION CLAUSE. The Companies' Posted No tices Are Said to Be Misleading. MEN HOLDING TOGETHER. Expected Agreement Seems No Nearer Than It Was a Week Ago. Wilkcsbarre, ra.. Oct. 1. The coal opera tors cf the 'Wyoming. Lackawanna and Lehigh Valley regions held an important meeting in this city this afternoon, and de cided to offer tho mlner3 an Increase of 10 per cent In waccs. and also to reduce tho co"t of powder to the miners from JiT3 to Jl.& per li.ee W A. I-sthrop. general superintendent of the Lehigh Valley company, presided, pnd all of the railroad utid Individual eompank-3 were represented. The c hole Eituatkm was tborouijhly d! crescd, nearly all those present taking pert therein. The powder question vas the chief subject cf debate, and nest came the ques tion of the recognition of the union. So far b can be learned. nor of the operators was n favor of recognizing tho unicn in s.-.y way. One Company's Notice Posted. The meeting lasted froa. 2 p. tn until C o'clo k T 3 even! g W. A. Lathrop, chair man of tho meeting, gave out the follovr lns "Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Wllkes barre Oit t 1C""1 Notice This company makes the following announcement to its mino eraploves: "It will adjust it rates of wages so as to pay to its mice employes on anJ after October 1 a net lr.crea-e of lfl per cent on tho wages heretofora received, end wilt tike up with Its mine emp'-oyes any griev ance which they may have. "W. A. LATHROP. "General Superintendent. "Note It Is understood in the foregoing that powier will be sold to miners for S1.30 per keg, and that the difference between this rate and the old rate of 12.71 shall b- ,ttken Into account 5n mruring the-ne aj rance cf 19 per cent OotI above for this class of labor." Striker Will Sot Accept OrTer. Etailar not'ees lo tha abeve will b ported by all the other companies represented at the meeting The strikers Eay that under no circum stances nil! they eccept tha offer. They c!a!m that it Is not as scod an offer a tho neaditut company made to Its men. as tho tnlon Is Ipnored ard the nt Increase must ccmo cut of tho price of powder. . E. M. Talmcr, chairman cf the Prei Committee at United iina Workers' head auarters, said: "Tho men nil! cct return to vrork under such conditions. It Is not a fair offer." The operators will make no further move, until they hear from the men. Prepara tions are about complet-d for the bl? dtrr.onstratlon to be held in thb city to morrow. 1'rcnlilcnt Mitchell's Statement. President Mitchell makes tha following rtatcraeut to the miners of the Wjomlns Valley: "To the Miners of Wllkesbarro and Vi cinity: "I look forward wl:h pleasure to the great demonstration which will bo Klvcn under tho auspices of the mine work ers of tho Wyoming Valley on Tuesday, Oc tober Z The rnlno workers of tho an thracite region, by their law-abldiwr con duct, haie won tho reepect and admira tion cf all Justlce.lovlng citizens of tho Vnltcd Stat". I feel assured that organ ired labor has won a great victory and that In the futuro there will be, in tho homes and families of the miners, a Httia moro happiness and sunsh!n. Instead of th Bloom and sadness too often flndlns a dwelling pl.ico there. "JOHN MITCIIELI Prc-Ident." STRIKE LEADERS ARE PLEASED. Attitude of Men Toward Recent Proposals Is Gratifying. Hazlcton, Pa., Oct, L Notices of tha In crease in wages, and the reduction In the rrico of powder, decided upon by the oper ators at Wllkesbarre to-day. were poited to-night at all of tho collieries in tho Lo hlsh region. President Mitchell, when shown a cory of tho notice, declined to say anything at this time, but Intimated that he might out line his position at tho Wllkesbarro meet ing to-morrow. He added, however, that there would be no resumption cf work un til a convention of the anthracite miners had been calied. snd tho proposition con sidered. Although the labor leaders positively said they did not fear a break In the ranks of tho anthraclto coal etrlkera. they were, nevertheless, pleased to learn that tho 10 per cent advance granted by tho Philadel phia ar,3 Heading Coal and Iron Comrnny la tha Schuylkill. Valley was totally !s nored by tha striking mlao workers to fiay. It was predicted that many of the strik ers would return to work, under the be lief that the 10 per cent tncreaso would ho tha limit of tha operators' concessions, but the unanimity of the men in deciding to atand out for a further advanco caused many remarks of surprise. PUBLIC WILL PAY FOR IT. Operators Say More Wages for Strikers Means Higher Trices. REPUBLIC ErECJAU New York. Oct. 1-Whatevcr benefit tho miners raay reap from the coal strike will be paid for by the public of this and other eltics. The operators hate decided that their margin of profit is not larKe enough to permit of any reduction by giving a l' Per cent advance in wages without a t NO SIGNS OF END OF GREAT STRIKE. O Wilkoslarrs. Fa.. Oct. 1. It was O oipected 1b some quarters that to- day would bring a turning point in the strike, but nothing came to the O O fcurface that would lead to any in- dlcatleu of the strike ncaring an O end. There Etil! Is a lack of anjthirg r tangible on which to bato trie re- port of immediate settlement Pn-.'l- lent Mitchell continues to deny that he knows anything about It. f The strike pit nation In the T.'-h's'i - Valley showed a change in favor of O the mn. Several hundred nun quit work at the Calvin Pardee mines at V O Lattimer. and at Oneida and Cran- berry the coal companies lo9t ad- ditlonal men No collieries were t elcsed down in this region to-dsy. . corresponding rise in the prlca of lite com modity they hell. This determination was made evident this eveoirir after a meeting .f the directors of the Central Uailroad of Nrw Jersey. Vice President II. C. ralunvloch of the nrtt National Bank, one of the syndi cate controlllns the railroad, attended tho meeting. After it vas ocr he eald in re tpense to a question: "I will tell jo: one thine, the incre.-.se in miners' wapej will hue to 1..- paid by the consumer. IV sure of that. The "dear pub lic,' which mennj ou and mo nnd every enc who burrs aiiliiaciu, cval, will have to pay the alarn." AFTER FOREIGN ELEMEM Efforts 15einjr ilaue to Got Tlieni In to liners' Unions, A; Loon j. r.. Oct. 1. Edward McKay, na tional orsanizcr of the United Mine Work ers, accompanied by an interpreter. Is at work on tha forelcn clement in this dltrl;t inducing them lo Join the miners' organiza tion. It Is a fact that a comparatively small proportion of foreigners are n.e:nbcrs of the United Mine Workers. McKay tas lent to this district to enlist their sympathy and. If possible, get them Into the union, so that when the demand came f 5r soft coal to supply the places whfre hard coal en formerly used they would refusa to load tLe cars. In a measure he has ben successful. Nona of the cars tabooed by Preldcnt Mitchell have been loaded by them at a majority of the mines. So far only a ftw have joined the Mino Workers. OPERATORS ARE DIVIDED. Pome Declare They Cannot Afford to Give the Increase. &jranton. Pa., Oct. L Scranton's Inde pendent operators came back from tha Wllkesbarre conference with blood In their eytA They declare they will not Join in ire pronr of a lu per cent Increasj Lnlea-t the coal-carryln; companies agree tn re duce their tolls, or. to bo exact, allow them G per cent, instead of ft) per cent of th-j tidewater bclllnc prices for their product. They ure not fiaklnt: 10 per cent on tlIr Investment?, they declare, and If they havo to ncreaea wages 10 per cent It will practi cally wipe out their m-irsin of profit, and they misht as well close up their mines. A committee of the local Independent op erators left to-nlcht on the midnight train for New York to protest against being forced by the coal carriers into an agree ment which means their undoing, unless the carriers s'.v? them better r.tles. MRS. FRANK LESLIE RETIRES. She Says She Was Forced Out of the Editorial Management, nnpunuc special. New York. Oct. L Mrs. TraTik Lesllo of ficially announced to-day that she had re signed from the editorship and severed her connection with the management of Frank I.eslle'3 Popul ir Monthly. ho nlso Inti mated that bbo had been icrced out by trickery. "I have entirely sotered toy connection with Prank Leslie's Magazine." said Mrs. Leslie to-day. "I resigned the editorship because I had practically been deiioaed. al though ny name was still being used. Tliouph ut one tlmo I ownr-d Uio magazine ntirely. I have by different means been persuaded to part with icy stock, receiving Jio cash in return, till now I am r-nly a minority stockholder and derivo no benefit lrom It. "During my abaenco in Europe a formal resolution was pasted L the Hoard of 1)1 rectors pppolnting Walter 11. Pag of Dou bleday, Pags & Co.. as editor in chief. This was Arrll 15. Since then I have not dona any work at the oillce. "I havo refu-ed to allow them to no my name as editor of the piper, as I consider it a fraud upon tho public "Several employes who were attached to my ataff and of whoso abilities there was no doubt havo been peremptorily removed on tho plea of economy." "Mrs Leslie resigned." said President Cor to-day. "because the directors thought It best to change the managing editor of tho magazine during her absence. Mrs. Lesllo resented their action." I Mrs Leslie said to-day that she might ask the courts to appoint a, receiver for the publishing company Pho says that al though the circulation f the magazine hi been largo and the business apparmlv 1 prosperous, no dividends have ever botn paid. . J DEMOCRATS MAKE GOOD GAINS. Results of Town Elections in Con necticut Are lucouraging. itEruwJC srnciAL. New Haven. Oct L Town elections were held to-day In 1C2 of the lrf towns and cities in the State. All but eight towns voted. New London. Norwalk and South Norwall; are tho only thrco cities Li which local elections wera held. Last year, at these elections the Repub licans carried IK of tho tow-ns and cities, tho Democrats sixty-one. At midnight it is certain that the Democrats have carried a dozen more towns than they did a jear ago. In South Norwalk. Mayor Cllovcr (Dem.) was re-elected by a handsome ma jority. Of the fifty towns from which returns were ereceived at r.3d p. m.. five which went Itcpjublican last year havo gono Demo cratic Thcra were largo Democratic gains In other towns. Democrats are rejoicing. In presidential years these elections arc eagerly watched by the managers of the national campaign of both parties as foreshadowing tha re sult In the national and State election next month. HILL ELECTRIFIED A GREAT AUDIENCE Opened Democratic Campaign in King's Coimi.v Willi a Masterful Addros. WHAT IMPERIALISM MEANS. X'W Doctrine, Darring Constitu tion From Colonies, Pronounced a Monstrous One Ex-tJov-crnor Stone Also Spoke. Ttrrrruc special. New York. Oct. 1. Iavitl I?. Iflll deliv ered a nicsi':) of promise to the L'emocra cv of the mtion to-night. It n thl: "A long pull and a short pu'l and a pull nil together, and we shall have tho vic- tiTV " Ha rot f.n o'i-tlme Brooklyn welcome frim the thousand of tnen and otnn wio occui i'd e fzy inch of it m in T-e lug Academy if Music his ch..--n place in times pat for Itl mcv important sj -orhe. The people chetTcd lilm. not for o-c mlnuio but for live, and thev r!ie?ml agiln vhen a woman in the box where Hugh Mclaugh lin sat ent him r aift of ro:-c.. Potent Apiicul fti f'2itrlnt!Tit. The mention ot lirvan't name bv H-ll caused the houe to trem'-le w'th the hout !ng. The speech in HillV met mtc manltke vein. He apnea ltd to p-itrlntim bv using tho argumentx of the lawyer ai d th commentaries of a tntit He made the Iiiii of the Cotistitntlon vitally Interesting and wvily abve in the por!e' minibt He made the Dred Scott decision a mod ern evert -tid denron--f-ated this ,cfv. which children in tha n hool bttline ara taught to abhor, in si far as It applic to the new imlicles of tho nation, still the law of the lani. He denounced Imperialism, cr, as he called It, "our Kntlsii colonial policy." as a danger to the Itepubhc Without mentioning Roosevelt by fsme, he llung a sneer at the Rough Rider, and a thousand heels In tha Academv of .rus'.c drummed him out cf camp. He sta-tled and then convulsed the people r.i.h 'his: "We stand shovi'uer to fclioulii. r In hU campaign Silver Democrats, Cld Ieinu crats. all kinds of Democrats, are now in favor of sixteen to one (a long pause) Sixteen votes for W:.i J.Tnlngi Iir. an tu one for JIcKlnley'" (Great appla . Ilx-GtiveriMpr ttinc'i pcccU. Mr. Hlll'i bpeech. In part, follows: Mr. Hill, among other things, said: "I n:i.e no apologies to any cie for my activity In this campaign. I pa'thipated In th convention ct Karsas City which framed the platform aid ncmed th. cuididatcs a convention which treated me with marked courtesy, from the commencement to the end of its proceeding and 3 an honorable m. n I am bound to acquiesce in tha result of its deliberatiors. "I expressed my intention at the eouven tlcn in seconding the nomination of our na tloial candidate for Prldnt In behalf of the masses of the Denvjcrncy of the Statu cf New York, to gve the ticket rut merely my acquiescent adherebce. but my nctlvo support. That assurauce I am now fullilli.ig. 1 repudiate th Idea, bo pe'ls'ently Incul catefi cy impracticabla doctrinaries. that ever Hum a cltiaen I outvoted In a con vention, a church, a corporation or a soci ety, even upon a material matter, he Is In horor tioucd to bolt and form another party. stuMi-h a new church, st up a rival cor poraticn or onri-i7e a second nnciety. Tlie- liirnn:iiait K'.iic." "TJie thoughtful citizen, anxious to dis charge his duty at the approaching .! lion, naturally inuulres what is the most important isue Involved to which he should give li's careful onsiOcrat'on. With out depreciating the importance of tn questions of trusts, finances, taxation. c"i trnilzatlon. gowriiment by injunction, home rule, economic and other questions worthy of attention, it was beHe.vv.1 by the Kansas City convention that the vital question of the campaign would be whither our form of gcvcrcimeiit was to be preserved In all its Kimplleity and inteitrity. It is called, in brb f, the Iss i of Imperialism.' In other word'. It U tho issuo of a Re public vs. an Empire. "Pre'! lent McKinley aj there is no ;uch issue.. and Jet he devotes the greater p-rt of li! extended letter of acceptance in bntagonizing it. i-iv anil MoiKitron Doclrlne. "It ta tli contention of the Democratic p-rty that tba Constitution Ii and mut 1 supreme over very portion of our coun try. Hence there can be no such thing nt an American colony belon-.'ing to the United State, and over which our Consti tution has no Jurisdiction. Su h a gltuat.on is impossible under our form of govern ment. "i;ut the attempt of tho national admin istration to told tho Philippine Island' ngalnht tho conrent of their people his led to tli" promulsatlon of a new doctrine in American affairs which Insists upon the establishment of a system of colonial gov ernment over conquered or purchased p-.s-piion. not to be formed into Si jt s or Territories, but to permanent y remain a colonies, and to bo governed" by Congres- outside of the Constitution and according to Its own discretion. "This position is unprecedented, unwar ranted nnd revolutionary. "It l-t a monstrous doctrine that the Con stitution b... not extend to the Territories. It ban onl. now !efn Invoktd to Ju-iifv the iiroposed otablishmcnt of Colonial Clov ernments which are confessedly to b aiHl remain outside of the Constitution t'ollnttttltloi! N I.lbert. "Yet. as we have ten. thi is the Repub lican contention as to Territories and the Republican programme as to colon!-s. Then It would follow that a citizen of vew Y-1 Jourt.eylng In a Territory or nrwlv-cstal-lNhwl "American colony" would not tc en tilled. If arrested, to tha pri .'liege of habeas corpus, could not legally demand a Jury trial, need not be confronted witn the witness's against him and could bo sertt-ncpd to cruel and ununual punishment; could be twice pi.t In teopardy : r the same offense and his person could be sear-V-d and bis properly (uilzed without warnnt. ami he could lie deprived of liio. litiertj and property without uny process of low, freedom of spetch and of tha press could lx denied, and tho counsel to lUsiit I ini could le refused "In bhort, marly all the rights and prlv llegae which an American citizen of a Stuto now enjoys under the guarantee of rur l'ederal Constitution, and which render this country the. freest, tho beat and tho most beneficent of any Government under the sun, could be arbitrarily taken away from the citizen, liecause, undr this mod ern doctrine, he i' beyond the pale of the Constitution of his country, although hu may b under lt Hag." Ex-tovernor htit'ie's Stcccli. Ex-Governor Stone of Missouri was pre sented at the conclusion of Mr. Hill's speech, and was tendered a genuine ova tion: "My main thought to-night," ho said, "is tho tiag. It is the mot beautiful tlag in the world, but it wculo not bo tha object of patriotism it is if it were only bunting. Tho flag Is dearer to us because cf what It represents. It stands f"r a Republic instead 'Of an Empire, liberty and order against despotism and disorder and the claim of the divine right of tho few to gov ern. Who will dro to run up the flag over a cause which 13 wrong? No man will pull down tho tlag from above the tcmplo of liberty. "Tho tlas baa been taken down, but never by tho force of nostilo hands, and never will THE PROPHET WILL NEED A LANTERN. PHILADELPHIA TIIVIES IS A POWERFUL ALLY, Change of Policy of Effected Great Aid the Democracy. sias REFCEUC eiTXIAl. Philadelphia, Pa.. Oct. 1. Notwithstand ing th overwhelming evlderie ? senti ment in favor of the Democratic candidates that haa been manifest in New Jersey and Delaware wince the convention- of both parties. Democratic tenders in both trusa ."-'tales liave felt a Ml alarmed over tho threatened use nf a mat corruption fund raised by the Republican managers, who have taken advantage of tre absence of a news pc per In this section willing and abto to thoroughly expose their methods. Such a situation, it will be well under stood, was conducive to encouragement for Mr. Hanr.u and others of the McKinley or ganization who artnaSrlng prediction that New Jersey and Delaware wilt certainly gtva McKinley pluralities this year, as they did In ISS. Rut events In th past twenty fcur hour have greatly changed tho actual condition. United Slates Senator Richard R. Ken ney of Delaware, liaslng his view upon thi presence of the Philadelphia Times In the Held for Ilryan. predicts that his little Stat will give the Democratic ticket a handsonra majority. Delaware turned In for McKln!y to tha latent of , pli.nillty In ISM. and Senator Kenney Is comldent that It wit bn carried by Prjau this ytr by at lcaet f'jO plurality. This ho ascribes to th' lniluenco of Cidonv! McClure's paper, for In 1SW thera was not a single newspaper in Philadelphia, which controls the reading public of Deli ware, that supported Ilryan. The lemoe.-atlc organization In Delaware is irfrfect. while, on the other baud, the Republican;; aro stil' at logperhends on the Addlcks qu.stlon Sentiment against Addicks U bitter, uiid the be. After planting tha flag in the hall of tr Moiitczu'maa we took It down and brought It home. Can we keplt planted In Cuba without Its being tarnished f No or shall take the flag down, except ourselves for nnr own purpeses" Iticeplloli to Hill mill Mimic. Resolutions wen unanimously adoptttl in dorsing the nomination of ltryan and Stev enson and pledging support to John R. Stanchtleld for Governor; Imlonang the plut form of tho Kanis City convention, and imphnslzitic. sspectMly. that part of the platform r ferring to the Philippines. Prior to the nfctlng In the Acad- my of Jlu i, M. vsim. Hil! arid Stone were tender' i a n ttlon i.f m In'.oi.nal tliara tvr at the Claiindon Hold. germanyIsTnsistent. Denial of IteDort Tlint Dein.inda Have Uei'ii Abiindoni'd. Berlin. Oct. 1. The statement puhllshe.1 in Pari, that France. P.i and Germany hive arrived at a complete understanding In regard to the retention of troops at l'eklii aod that Germany abandons her demand fir the i.unlshmeiit of the Instigators of the outraged In fine the prace lit gotta tiona be gin Is oillcially dcr.ifd In JLIeriliu MINISTER DEMO'JiMCES BARONS. He Declares That "Hanging Ls Too Good for Them.'' r.Lrruuc ipkciai. New York, Oct 1. Reverend J. Ward Gamble, D. I)., pastor of tho First Method ist Uplscopal Church In Vinoland. N. J., preached on the coal strli-s to hi congrega tion yesterduy. HtJ observations, the pas tor wild, confirmed by cloje inquiry, led him to make the statement that the stnka was the outcome of combinations of capital for tho prevention of competition. "The tnon-troui growth of thesa combina tions."' thundered Doctor Gamble, "is fast undermining the noblo Institutions of this Republic and Lrlnging tho people to a con dition of chattel slavery. The people must rlt-e in their might and smash tho vicious trusts beforo it is too late. "When Tour or live men." he went on, "get together and place the price upon labor for producing the ne- essitlts of life and then dictate the price of the linlshcd product It is n most wicked conspiracy against the wel fare of humanity, and no punishment Is too severe for tho scoundrels. "1 i.ay that hanging Is too good for tha magnate who stands on u mountain of coal In Pennsylvania that God meant for tha beneslt of all his children pa starvation wages to the mineia who risk their Hvc3 to go Into the bowels of the earth and then dictates a prlco on co-al that robs all tho people and causes untold suffering among tha poor for want of fuel. Wltw-ss the ap palling condition cf (.pplving, like a fawn ing supplicant, to one man In Wall street. as was done a few daj s ago. to stop a strlKa of such large proi ortlons that It haa be come of national Importance. "If one man has the power over railroads and trusts to stop a Etriko of such magni tude, he has tha power to brins oa a euika the Great Newspaper tor DomocriM expect to capture enough sup port from this direction to help the State ticket and the national ticket to a tri umphant victory. In New Jersey a similar condition exists. Tho Philadelphia papers circulate almost exclusively throcth Southern Now Jersey. which was carried by McKinley last time, but whic'-i Is normally heavily Democratic. The p-esenco cf the Tiraea in tha field therefore In uptx-rt of the Drmocratlc candidates haa awakened tbo Democratic leaders to renewed eal and determination, and they ar now extremely hopeful and confident of a sweeping victory. Robirt Davis of Jarsey City, the Richard Croker of Jersav politics, says ha Is euro that tho tnimenca of the Times tn Southern Jersey clearly po' tends a Bryan victory there. State Chilrman J. XT Guffey of Pennsyl vania Is also highly pleased with ths chango in the policy of the T.mes, end he preJicts that its intluence. together wr.th labor con ditlorj in the rta".. will bring the Demo cratic vote of Pennsylvania this year much brgher than In 1S9G. The Republican vote in Pennsylvania last time was TOu.uOO. and the Democratic vote nearly 400.000. Colonel Guffey r-vpfcts that changed conditions will alter these tigttre at least ,& to the good of the 1 cr.incrata. The attitude of the T!tne maes It the only Democtat'c newspaper In Philadelphia, which gave Ilryan a vote of C5.i.jo In 1S96 lcal Democratic leaders expect the city to glvo Hran at least 12S.0o) this yeir. though there Is no hope of carrying tho city. AH the county committees of Penn sylvania, New Jersev and Delaware h.i"a Indorsed the TlT.es as their olhcia) organ, anil Its ciriUlntioQ has doubled by bub tcription In iwtntv-four hours. LEADING TOPICS is TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC. I'or Missouri tienrrnlly fair Tues day, except ruin In iiorthivcslcrn por tion. Wednesday, rain ilml coiileri ftotiliicustcrly vilmls. I'or Illinois Knln in northern mid centra! portions: fulr in ,outlit-rri por tion Ti2csilrt mid Yv nlneilH ; Xre!i ftiiulii li etist winds I'or Ar!.niias (.rncrnlly fnlr Tilcs In 2.iu! cilncsdiij, except nbinTcrw mid cooler in northwest portion Acilnvilny; easterly winds. Page. 1. Miners Decline a Ten Per Cent Advance. China Will Do as Poweri Wish. lHvtd II III11 Opened Campaign In ICings County. 2. Galveston Paces a Further Need. IMen Southfinto Is Given rreedotn. Ada Ui-hop Ran Away tu Marry. :. Death of Reverend Doctor rinney. ,t. The Railroads. Major Uuthrie Seriously 111. Dovkery bpeuks at tho Capital. Mr. IJryan Made Twelve Speeches. S The Veiled Prophet Comes to St, I.ouI. Opening of tho St, Louis Pair. C. Results at tho Race Tracks. Uasoball Games. T. Tjvc for a Queen Led to His Death. Transfers of Realty. S. rational. Klection Anal v zed by a Republican, Krtnarkabto Resmbianca of Twins, 3. Illinois Polities. 10. Republic Want Ads. It. Republic Want Ads. NAw Corporations. 12. Grain and Produce. Cattle Sales. 13. Financial News. River Telegrams. 11. Mi-ur! University to lie liencated. Servant Attacks MUtrcss. New Clew to N;.mu of Mysterious Pa tient. Rear Hunt In St. Louis County. of tho same glgantlo proportions by robbing and starving the workmen. I have been In tha anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania, and when I state that the miners aro raid starvation wages and treated moro Ilka dumb brutes than men. I know what I am talking about." Tha chu-ch of which Doctor Gamble bi pastor is cno of tho largest of tho New Jersey Methodist Kplacotul Conference, I Minimis n era esb ? b irm wza & era. S " 00 if PlfERf WISH Report of Degradation of Prince Tuan Confirmed by the Late Dispatches. Peace Commission Chosen by the Emperor Satis factory With One Exception, Yung Lu, Who Will Probablv Be Withdrawn. rrri-nuc EPnrrAii. Washington. Oct. L Tho dispatches re ceived from China to-day aro Important as slir.wirg China's desire to meet the wishes of tho civil z. d world. The oificials are con fUcr.t tl at the International situation will lo mat rlilly bettered by the degradation of Prince Tuan and his accomplices. Tne nction of ITince Ching In nntlfin.r M.nistT Conger of the members of the Chl-ti-xa Peace Commission will give tho United States an opportunity to inform China that Yur.g Lu is not acceptable. Minister Wu discussed the situation to day with Secretary Hay and there Is reason to believe that the Secretary acquainted tho Ministers with the objection of the United States to Yuntf Lu. It is believed that tho Imperial Government will withdraw hi, name If this Government requires. Through Minister Wu. LI Hung Chang re cently asked that no further olTen-Ive oper btlnns be conducted, and tho purpose of thli Government to comply with tho request 13 shown by its reduction of Its force In China to a legitlon guird. American troops an I .ships will certainly net take part In t'.ie ex pedition to Ehan-Hal-Kwan. Admiral Remcy has cabled that he will a'd In the withdrawal of General Chaffee's force and of tho marine", end 1 c and hla tlagship will therefore remn'n at Taku. Official word came from Chaffee to-day of his rece'pt of orders to withdraw the Ameri can forces. Th dispatch says that the Ninth Infantry'. Third Squadron of Sixth Cavalry and Lisht Battery will constitute tho legation guard and that Chaffee wi'l endeavor to get all supplies to Tong-Chow before water fall. From Canton Consul McWade reports tho tEro of tre decree punlshlr: Tuan and his colleagues, so that there Is no longer doubt as to tha accuracy of Sheng3 state ment on that point. The text of the two dispatches received to-day is as follows: "Canton. China, Oct, L i:-U Secretary of State. Washington: Decrees Jurt issued. Uinperor blames Ministers for wholo trouble. Orders Tuan. Kangl and other of ficials decraded and punished by Imperial courts Rrrpe-nr holds Tuan and ethers entirely resjoaslble bloodshel. "McWADE." "Pekln. Sept. T., Via Taku. Sept. M Secretary of Slate. Washington: Have re ceived notice to-day from Prinze Ching that he. Earl LI. Jung Lu and Vicerovs Tin Kun Yl and Chang Chip Tun? will act .n concert In negotiations for peace. Jung Lu is la the Interior. U Hung Chang 13 at Tlen-Taln. CONGER." It Is evident that tho two Viceroys men tioned aro Liu Kun YI, the Viceroy of Nanking, and Chan? Chip Tung, tho Vice roy cf Wu-Chanc. the difference In spell ing lieing in telegraphic transmt-slon. The appointment of Yung Lu Is not like! to be satisfactory to any of tha Powers, 3 Yung Lu haa made himself almost as of fensive as Prince Tuan. He Is Generalis simo of the Imperial troops, and Is ro- garded as mainly reiponslble for the per sistent fight en tho legations during the crisis. The other commissioners nro Wzhly ac ceptable. Earl LI and Prlnco Ching nro already favorably known, and tho two Vlcero3 are among the most pacific, cn Ughtcnesl and pro-foreign men in tbo Km Tire. It Is tho understanding of Minister Wu that the Viceroys will not come to Pekin to tako part In the commission, but will bo counseled by telegraph. L! Hung Chang's long stay at T!en-Tin is exciting some comment, as ho is nwaro of tho American Instructions to Minister Conger to open negotiations with him at Pekln. It gives tho Idea that Earl I J Is not fully satlsned that tho reactionary element is overcome at Pckln. and Is awaiting mora positive assurance. GERMANY WAITS ON ENGLAND. Hei-liii Expects, at Least, iloditlca lion of Present Demands. SPECIAL BY CABLE. Berlin. Oct. l.-(Copyright. 19(0. by tho New York Herald Company.) Officials hero declare that the reports in the Tempj and Matin concerning Germany's attitude are not thoroughly corrvct. They state that the d'plimatic relations between St. Petersburg, Berlin and Paris are now excellent. Germany Insists upon her proposals con cerning the discovery of the guilty parties tn China, but It Is likely that she Till re- ,...a , nrivsnl mnkinir their nunlsh- taent preliminary to rice negotiations. The ( report that Germany has alieady done so Is , premature. She Is waiting for England's J answer to her proposal first. i tu .nmlmpfjl rn ileelares that the r- ' Alio ;3WiMw.. . --- - port prinltd tn the Dally Mail to tho ef fect that tho Russian. French and Ameri can Generals villi only rtcognlza Walder sea's authority In the field. Is a complete Invention of that paper's St. Petersburg correspondent. The Berliner Tageblatt telegraphs that. In view of the punishment of the Boxer chiefs and the Chlmsa Emperor's letter regarding the assassination of Baron von Ketteler. the Russian press demands that hostilities cease and peae- negotiations at once bo be gun. It Is rumored that the change In Chlna'd attitude Is due to LI Huog Chang, acting under Russian influence. CHAFFEE PRAISES TROOPS. Fourteenth Infantry Receives Spe cial Mention in nis Keport. Washington. Oct. L Tho War Depart ment has rccelvid by mall copies of gen eral orders Issued by Major General ""hif fee. commanding the relief oxpcdrjo.i tn China. Order No. 7 relates to the caiiuct of the troops of the United States, and Is highly commencaiory. u. iur .. t. uuj merely the disposition of the United States , lorces in toe ewmw. --.tw . ..-, - order No. 7 follows: "Headquarters China Relief Exptdlt.'en. Tsei-Tsun. China, August 8. lf. Central Order No. 7. "The Major General commanding tho United States forces of the Chinese relief expedition takes this occasion to commend the high soldierly qualities of energy anil endurante so generally manifested i a!"!1 prolonged hardships of more ttau .t ai severity. "In the battlo of Yanr-Taun. fiuuhs. Monday the Stb Ins., tbo Fourteenth In fantry, though suffering heavy tos-e, frcm shell, shrapnel and musketry Are. ' re 't self with steadfast arllantry. anl vf't he laments and sympathizes with tha r'-g'-inent in the loss of so many brav rren. the record made is one of which i jry inn soldier mav well fvel proud. The cnt'-o command participated in the battle cf ir'M than five hours duration, under the mit trying conditions cf h"at and fat!gu Inn which large numbers of men wv-e r.-- s trated. bi.t it Is the exercise of en' i -M and fortitude by the sol iter under s i h cir cumstances that contrlbuto large'y to M -cess. Throughout the commail there w J e-ver a ready and creditable response to ev -erv demand. "While further hardships rray awalf t" i command In relieving our beloagur'" f n trvmen. the Major Genera, c mm ... -if: confi3ntly relies upon the ro'dlerly si. re so cenrally anil consplcuoorlv manlf. -te and believes even- true eo'dier vv'" bo stlmulsled to renewed cffjr's in rfkrs the hi-tortc m!sioa of this little troy a complete success "Ey command of Miior General CharTiO. "GFORGE W mTTCIIKSO, "Capraln Sixth Cavalrj-. Acting Adjutant General.'" MISSIONARIES WILL REMAIN. Plans of the Group in Pekin Com municated to Headquarters. Boston. Oct- L The American Board o Commissioners for Foreign Mlslons has re ceived a message from the Reverend G M. Chapln. one of Its missionaries In Pclua. dlsc!oir tre rlans of the froup of m's slonaries there. It is proposed to reorcn tha Rrldgeman School for Glr's In Pekin. elth r tn that citv or In Tlen-Tsln. The North China College, which was destroye-1 in. Tung-Cbe. will probably bo reopened In Pekin. Minister Conger has given nssuran-es thjt lie will try to secure the use of two or moro large compound" which have been used bv the Boxers, and hence are liable to con fiscation, for the usa of the American J'.oard rf Missionaries. Etekt of the nf -sioDaric3, chiefly women, feel that th need a furlough, and slxte-Jn aro preparctl t remain. ANOTHER FIGhTiN CHINA. Russians Are Victorious After Two Fevere Engagements. St. Petereburg. Oct. L Tho War 0ce an nounces that dl-patches from Khabarovsk: and Kharbin say General Tschltcfcagoff; sent Colonel Kopelken with a detaehmcr.s of Cosssiks, railroad troops and volunteers to engage a force of Chinese, who had oc cupi'd the railroad at Sin Chakan. Tho Russians wen two obstinate fights. Fortv three dead Chine&e were left in tho trenches, after the second engagement. BRITISH SHELLA TOWN. Gunboat Kobiu Retaliated Ylivn Htcamcr "Was Fired On. IIong-Kor.g. Oct. L The British gunboat Robin has shelled the village of Luk-Lao, on. the West River, m re-talllatlon for the in habitants tiring on a British steamer. Thn ringleaders were after.vards captured a-d Ccggcd. LOTTERY PRIZE A HUSBAND. Sixteen Hundred Women IlarQ Taken u Chauce. Rnrui!L,ic special. New York. Oct. L Tho knowk-dgo thst tha proposition of marriage Is undoubtedly a lottery will cot deter mora than l.O) women and girls from stepping up to a box In Huber's Museum to-morrow la an effott to win a hu-btnd. S'r e tho management of the museum de cided to place M. LouH Samoor on tho matrimonial auction stand at his own ro quest and on his guarantee that he would marry tha girl whose coupon won him. the museum has been besieged by women of all ages and ell sorts cf beauty. Girls with blue eyes end brown one, black anes and gray ones; girls who aro slim of fitfure and plump of figure aU sorti of females hav- gone Into tha office and demanded the right to draw a chance for the handsome French-Canadian. And to morrow the chance will corns. At 3 o'clock this aggregation of female l:u3bcnd hunters will walk up to a little tin box and deposit a ticket upon which 13 printed a number. The stub will remain in tha possession of the holder. When all tba womn have dropped their tickets 1- tha slot ten of them will be drawn by the man agement, and tha first eligible holder w'lt be pronounced the winner of the prlzo, "A positively handsome darling of a man that any woman might lcok upon and love." Samoor. the lottery husband. Is well edu cated and has a profession that of chemis try. He comes from Chicago and has never been married, but knows a thin; or two, bbcauns he admits to 23 years of age. Ths wedding will follow the selection of a win ner at tho convergence cf the bride. HOWARD PREDJCAM ENT. Forced to Hear Speech Against Himself. Frankfort. Ky Oct. L James Howard, who is under sentence to be hanged for tho murder of Governor Goebel, was an enforced listener to-night to a poilt jl speech by Congressman Charles K- Wheel er, a good part of which was devoted u de'nuaclattcn of ex-Governor Taylor. Caleb Powers and Howard himself. The Jail H fti tho rear of tha Courthouse, where Mr. Wheeler spoko to a large audience which repeatedly cheered tha speaker In his con demnation of tha parties accused of com plicity in the Goebel murder. He sold that the whole Republican party of tto Stat could not bo held gulty of the murder, nor would ho say that ex-Governor Taylor was guilty, as he would only speak by tho K-coriL "But." he continued, "there aro two who I know aro guilty, and they nr Caleb Powers and Jim Howard, and an un taught and unpurchasabla Jury of freemen has declared each of thctn to be so." During all of this Howard was a silent listener In hi cell about twonty f awa V r r i. !1 "f -4 in ,.1U .1 -' s ; ' : : 1,1 Si i -3 8? m ,-5ti 5SM VsW-. n m 1 m it -4 a m , 'ISS M i. . 31 . --.m .'! hM t. f s i PsTJi i V', ,-Pi tJU -m II ifi tt-.i. a. & Wi ;-k f 5il -B I I Iti 4i"3 y -m 11 F,?-i i&U