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VYOL.II. NO. 31.
S 5
TWIN CITY NEWS.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Mrs. Washington, of Zenia, Ohio,
was called to the bedside of her sister,
Mrs. Baker, who is very ill.
Mrs. Brown and daughter, of Chi
cago, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Scott. =
Mrs. C. H. Allen has returned from
Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Walker and daughter, Miss
Drucilla Cromwell, of Winona, Minn,,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Jei
frey.
: .\yliss Elleen Wheaton will make her
ome with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reid
ntil the return of Mrs. J. F. Wheatc 1
from the East.
Mr. M. E. Singleton has disappearc.
and no one knows where he is.
Mr. Zack Johnson smiles! A new
hal,:{ boy. Mother and son doing well.
Miss Irene Harper is convalescent
from typhoid fever.
The con¢ert given at St. Thomas
Episcopal church was a talented one
and deserves much comment. Especial
mention should be made of the papers
read by Mesdames Wm. R. Morris and
R. J. Coleman. The contents were of
such that none but master minds could
produce, and a literary treat for lovers
of pure thought.
Mr L \r\?al(cr Smith, formerly of
Kansas City, wears a smile. A 10 Ib,
boy! Mother and baby doing well.
Verify that home talent can not be
surpassed by hearing Mayne Deha
PROF. W. H. HOWARD, A TALENTED MUSICIAN OF MINNEAPOLIS
Weir in an elocutionary recital and
with Twin City talent in music.
Miss Thompson, of Owatonna, is
visiting Miss C. Falls.
Mrs. Dr. A. F. Owens, of Mobile,
Ala., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Reid this week.
Don’t fail to hear the recital at
Bethesda Baptist church, Friday, Sept.
29, by Miss Mayme Delia Weir. Ad
mission 15 cents.
Bethesda Baptist church expects her
new minister Sunday.
Mr. C. Brower, a worthy young man
irom Kansas, is in the city to remain
permanently. He is looking for a busi
ness location.
What's the matter with the Advance
man in St. Paul?
The lowa Annual Conference ad
journed last Monday, in Chicago.
Rev. W. 8. Brooks has been returned
to St. Peters; Rev. J. Will King, to St.
James, East Side: and Rev. J. C. An
derson, to St. James, St. Paul.
THE KEMP RECEPTION
Wednesday evening, Sept. 13th, Mrs.
Jennie Kemp planned an elaborate re
ception in honor of her sister. Miss
Cora N.{:ier. now visiting from Chi
cago. The house was profusely deco
rated, talented musicians stood in readi
ness to perform upon the piano and
violin; but the sudden illness of Mr
Thornton, one of the household, sig
naled all pleasure to cease. The party
were in a dilemma for a time, when
Mrs. Mack Brady bade all to accept of
her hospitality, and use her residence to
while the remaining moments away un
til the hour of twelve. Those present
were: :
St. Paul—Mr. and Mrs. Chas. James,
Mr. and Mrs. Addison Davis, Mes
dames T. R. King, F. D. Parker. O.
D. Howard, Gooden Jas. Henley. Lap
ley, C. Smith, Chas. Coleman, Mcin
tyre, ‘Misses Marie Armstrong, Nellie
l{mwn. Scottie Davis, Jimmie Lou
Smith. Messrs. Chas. Charlston, Timo
thy Howard, Geo James. W. Robin
son. Minneapolis—Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Neal. R. J. Coleman., Wm. Nelson,
Mack Brady. Geo. Brady. W. Bruce,
W. R. Morris: Mesdames A G. Plum
mer, Coulter, J. C. Reid, J. V. Kemp:
Misses Elleen Wheaton, Mamie Weir,
Mary Morgan, Eugenia Coulter, Essie
Mason, Cora Napier. Wilson; Messrs
1. Mason, McCants., Stewart, Ralph
Greg. Ben Steward, J. Yancey. Ander
son, M. Mitchell, Taylor.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN.
By special request Proi Howard's
brass band will give a grand concent
and prize cake walk on Wednesday
evening, September 27th. 1809, at La
bor Temple Hall, Cor. Bth Ave. South
and gth street. We shall endeavor to
make the cake walk the feature of the
evening and cordially invite ali to par
ticipate in this grand entertainment
We hope to be favored with a large at
tendance and shall expect quite a pa
tromage, as i will assist the boys con
siderably i procuring new instruments,
that they may again be on their feet
as a first-class colored brass band
Your antendance will work wonders. so
don't miss it We assure von a goed
tume and you will never regret that yon
speut the evening with ms. Relresh
ments will be served After the cake
walk, a special hop will take piace.
Prof. Howard. Mgr.; Billy Modin,
Sec’y: Henry Burk and A. Hoper, stage
managers. Admission 25 cents. Chil
dren under 12 years, 15 cents.
REID AND SMITH.
Mr. L. Walter Smith, a prominent
and highly respected family of Kansas
City, Mo., has decided to make Min
neapolis his future home. Mrs. Smith,
his wife, who is an accomplished music
teacher, joined her husband a few
weeks ago and the prospects are that
they will be an invaluable acquisition
in our midst. Mr. Smith purchased
one-half interest in the Advance Cafe,
which will be removed from the pres
ent location, 427 Washington Ave. So.,
to 214 Washington Ave. So., where a
large and commodious room is being
fitted up in elegant style. A standing
invitation to tfic friends of Messrs,
Reid and Smith asking all to examine
the place and consider its worthiness.
TO CONTROL CHINA TRADE.
Government of the Kingdom Is Be
hind the Plan to Enlist Amer
fcan Capltal,
The project of certain moneyed men
to organize a United States and China
trading company to control the bulk
of the trade of China has excited much
comment among the commercial peo
ple of San Francisco, some of whom give
the scheme formulated by Ho Yow, the
Chinese consul general, their unquali
fied approval.
A move has been made to organize the
company, which, it is understood, is lib
erally backed by the Chinese govern
ment, although the consul general is
acting in his individual capacity. In
brief, the proposition is that if a com
pany is formed with from $5,000,000 to
$10,000,000 capital it can secure from
the Chinese government about every
trading, contracting and commercial
concession that it sees fit to ask for.
To prevent total annihilation as a na
tion, the kingdom is obliged to secure
a commercial alliance with some other
stronger nation, and the only friendly
government has proved to be the United
States,
The Manufacturers' and Producers’
association has appointed its president,
A. 8. Barbaro, to act in the matter, and
at a meeting of capitalists and business
men it was decided to prepare an ad
dress to be sent to every commercial
body in the union, setting forth the ad
vantages of accepting the offer made
virtually by the Chinese government.
inLL SING TO AID HUSBAND.
Mrs. Charles Von Stoddipel, Jlu of
Former St. Louls Millionaire,
Returns to the Stage,
Mrs. Charles Van Studdiford, the
| beautiful wife of one of St. Louis’ most
| aristocratic sons, will return to the op
eratic stage to assist her husband in
| retrieving his lost fortune. Mrs. Van
| Studdiford was formerly Gracia Quive,
!who sang with the Bostonians. She
| forsook the stage to wed her millionaire
| Bt. Louis lover.
| Recently a real estate firm in which
| Mr. Van Studdiford had invested most
| of his wealth went under, practically
’ wiping out his fortune. But he hadhis
| horses at the fair grounds, and during
| the last stake race backed Sidbow
| beavily. Sidbow lost. After the stake
race Bidbow's owner and his wife gat
down to talk over their shattered for
tunes. It was hardly a time for jollity,
but friends say they stood up hand in
hand, smiling brav ly. The wife told
her busband of her new-made resolve,
He wids too much touched by the depth
of her loving sacrifice 1o deter her. [t
will be like starting life anew for them.
He has his racing stable and it is a suc
cessful one. She has her glorious voice
| and assured success seems before her on
< the stage.
: Why They Are Nervous,
A eorrespondent savs that those who dine
- withthe queen are usnaily painin |y nervous
Perhaps they are tortured with doutt of
f the propriety of praising the e, net know
ing whether her majesly or the cook made
; it.—ieaver l'ued.
| They Were Lond Encugh.
Whesler—Bevelgear uever bas a bell on
kis bicyele.
Scorcher—ile dossn't need it. Just look
3t his stockings—N. Y. Journal.
It is & good thing ts be 4 man of one ides,
m the idea s big enough —Ram's
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN,, SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1809,
T 0 TALK OF TRUSTS.
The Big Conference Is Formally
Opened in Chicago
MANY STATES ARE RFPRESENTED,
Delegates Come Prepared to Discuss
Combinations from All Points of
View—=Willlam Wirt Howe,
of Texas, Chairman,
Chicago, Sept. 14.—With more than
400 delegates present, representing 35
states and as many organizations of
empioyers and employes, the confer
ence on the use and abuse of trusts and
combinations was opened at Central
Music hall Wednesday by President
Franklin Head, of the civic federation,
thortly after 10:30 o'clock. Attorney
deneral E. C. Akin made the address
of welcome on behalf of Gov. Tanuer.
Dr. Taylor welcomed the delegates
to Chicago on behalf of Mayor Harri
sOon.
Among those present were W, Bourke
Cochran, of New York; Albert Shaw,
editor of the Review of Reviews; Prof.
R. T. Ely, University of Wisconsin; At
torney General Smyth, of Nebraska.
William Jennings Bryan was absent,
but it is believed he will appear later.
Started in Disorder,
An attempt to round the somewhat
shapeless mass of delegates into work
ing form resulted in considerable dis
order. It was finally resolved that the
Civie federation, through its chairman,
should cpnduct the meeting Wednesday,
and that a committee on programme be
named, consisting of one man from
each state delegation and one from
each organization national in its scope.
The Labor organizations did not secure
recognition as entitled to committee
men until vigorous speeches had been
made by August Gans and John W,
Hayes, Kuights of Labor delegates.
Hayes created something of a sensation
by declaring in language as scornful as
it was vigorous that he didn’t intend to
be classed with the New Jersey delega
tion, even if he did vote in that “Cradle
of Trusts.”
The Addresses Regin,
Prof. Jeremiah \W. Jenks, of Cornell
university, representing also the
United States industrial commission,
which is investigating the trust prob
lem for the purpose bf preparing n
report for congress, presented to the
delegates the problems arising out of
industrial combinations which it is the
purpose of the conference to study.
He spoke briefly and did not attempt
to discuss the problems as he present
ed them, being content with outlining
and explaining them.
Roused by a Texan,
The afternoon session opened with a
paper by Prof. H. C, Adams, University
of Michigan, on the same subject as
that of Prof. Jenks. The address was
reeeived attentively, but it remained
for Dudley Wooten, of the Texas dele
gation, to stir up the enthusiasm of the
camp meeting variety. He was fre
quently interruopted by cheering. He
said in part:
“Aeccepting In good faith that amendment
which heroic leglons of the south resisted
unto death on a thousand battieflelds, we
belleve that nelither slavery nor invelun
tary servitude, except as punishment for
crime, shall exist within the United States
or any place subject to thelr jurisdiction.
And we confidently assert that the com
mercial and Industrial bondage which s
being rapidly imposed upon the toll and
talents of 70,000,000 American citizens by the
syndicated wealth of a few great corpo
rate monopoliex is more dire and dangerous
than the slavery which bowed the heads
and hurdened the backs of 4,000,000 south -
ern biack men. And above and heyond
these great written guarantees of equality
and justice we look to the lessons of hise
tory and appeal to the authority of ex
perience. When we are told that the spirit
of commercial combination promises gold
en rewards to the present tendencies of our
economlic system, we remember that no re
pubilc has ever survived the mercenary
despotism of merchants and money
changers.”
The speaker aroused the wildest en
thusiasm in the ranks of labor repre
sentatives and delegations from many
western and southern states, while the
easterners generally smiled eritieally
and made no demonstration.
Prof. John Graham Brooks, of Cam
bridge, Mass., and William Fortune,
president of the Indiana state board of
commerce, also spoke,
Howe for President,
The committee on permanent organi
gation met after the afternocon ad journ
ment of conference. Vooaam Wirt
Howe was selected chairman of the
meeting, and, after a hot discussion,
was elected permanent chairman of the
conference, though three vice chairmen,
each to preside during one day, were
selected as follows: Thursday. Dudley
Wooten, of Texas; Friday, Mavor 11, 18,
Johnson, of Colorade; Saturday, 8, P,
Corliss, of New York. Ralph M. Easley,
of Chieago, was selected as permanent
secretary.
= The GMicers,
Gov. Atkinson spoke at the opening
of the evening session, after which Coi™
gressmuan John W, Gaines, of Tennesses,
presented the report of the comnittes
on orgunization and progratime s fo:-
lows:
Permanert officers: Chalrmar, Willlass
Wirt Howe, Lanisiana. firet vice pros'dest
Dudley G Wouien Texas: secord wies
president, H V. Johnsen, Colorade: thire
viee presidert, B V. Corliss, New York
secretary, Ralph M. Easiey, Chivags.
Bpecial rules of order: Pirst, tEal the eon
ference shall hold three dally sessicns, as
follows: From ten s m. to obs p. m ;. from
threstofivep v eight! p m el adjsurs
ment Hecord. aill papers or addresses be
Hmited ¢ I milates
+ ‘Thereport wis sdopted unanifsously,
Mr. Howe assusesd the gave! and in
trodueed Aftorney General £ € Crow,
of Misscuri, who speke on the sobjret of
*lnsurance Combinstions.” fHe =ss
fuilowed by P. E. Dowe, president of the
Commercial Travelers’ Raticnsi leegne;
F. B. Thurber, of New York, and Joseph
Nimo, Jr., of Washingion.
Aew Labor Organisatios,
Kapsas City, Sept. 14— The Ameriean
Eqgaai Wage voion, & new labo: srgani-
zation, was lnco(gumi at Jefferson
City Wednesday. Legislation will be its
chief weapon. The new union will con
tend for “equal and cxact justice to all
wage-earners, without respect to age,
sex or occupation; for the emancipation
of all children from industrial servi
tude and for the 'rm teetion of women
wage-earners in their cqual rights with
men."” Richard D. Kathrens, of this
city, is the founder and president of the
movement.
OFFER TO HELP DREYFUS.
Gens, Roget and Mercler Are Sald
to Be Willing (0o Ask for
His Pacdon,
Boston, Sept. 14, — The Post Wednes
day announced that it has received the
following private dispateh from Paris:
“Gens, Roget and Merceier have otfered
on the part of the arny to demand from
President Loubet the pardon of Capt.
Dreyfus if the Jewish committee will
drop the matter and on the condition
that Dreyfus shall live away from the
large cities of France for three years.”
London, Sept, 14. Queen Vietoria,
who is at Ballater, Scotland, is said to
be receiving a great number of tele
grams and letters from her subjects at
home and abroad bepging her to plead
with President Loubet for Drey fus’ par
don. It is known that the news of the
Rennes verdict, which reached the
court at Balmeoral Saturday night,
greatly affected the gueen, who had fol
lowed the proceedings with attentive
interest,
Paris, Sept. 14, = The minister of
war, Gen, de Galliffet. has decided to re
model the intelligence department Sep
tember 15, It will be exclusively mil
itary hereafter, taking no part in the
police or espionage scrvices,
London, Sept, 14. = While the papers
are full of letters from individuals and
several firms announcing their with
drawal from the Pariz exhibition and
urging the government to do likewise,
there is no intention upon the part of
the British government of taking any
such step,
It is said it is also unlikely that the
present agitation will result in any
general withdrawal of British exhibits,
The Evening New: is urging the
formation of a British Legion of Hon
or, consisting of persons and firms who
will have nothing to do with the Paris
exhibition, and publishes a list of over
40 firms and others, headed by Sir Wil
liam Blake Riechmond, R. A, who will
not exhibit,
Berlin, Sept, 14. — The German goyv
ernment organs have bheen quick to is
sue a warning agains<t the proposal to
boyeott the Paris exhibition,
“Germany has no oceasion to take
the lead in this matter,” savs the Co
logne Gazette. “She ought to leave this
to other states, which, perhaps,
would not consider it undesirable that
Germany, of all powers, should adopt
a hostile attitude towards France in
this matter.”
Austin, Tex., Sept. 14— Judging from
the preliminary movements being made
in different places in Texns, the state
will boyeott the Paris exposition as o
result of the Dreyfus verdiet, A move.
ment -has already been set on foot in
Galveston and San Antonio to secure
pledges from the people to stay away
fromthe exposition, and a similar move
ment was started in this city., Reports
from north Texas are that similar
movements are working there, This
may result in some loss to the exposi
tion.
FOR BETTER BIGHWAYS.
Wisconsin Farmers Hold Thelr First
State Good Ronda Convention
in Milnwaukee,
Milwaukee, Sept. 14, The first stute
good roads convention, said to be the
first guthering of the kind in this coun
try to be attended by farmers, opened
in this city Wednesday in the couneil
chamber at the eity hall. Nearly 1,000
delegates were present in answer 1o
the call, for whieh 1. 000 invitations were
issned, The work for good ronds of the
League of American Wheelmen, Farm
ers' National Congress, Wisconsin
League for Good Roads and Wiscansin
Farmers' institutes is commended inn
resolution, and a resolution providing
that at least six miles of road in ench
township be absolutely under control
of state was offered,
Henvy Hobbery in London.
London, Sept. 14. It is reported tha
a robbery of £12,000, while the smonunt
was in transit by cub from a branch 1o
the head office of a big eity bank, o
curred Tuesday. The details are print
ed without names and no confirmation
of the rumor is yet obtainable. It ix
suid the bank messenger wus buncove
by u thief dressed in the uniform of his
own bank.
Neunlon of Lutherans,
Wahoo, Neb,, Sepi. 14 Swedish Lu
theranis of five states— Nebraska, Kan
sas, Jowa, IHinois sod Minnesotn - are
holding their anpus! peunion and fest;
vl 8t this place, with an attendance o
nearly 1,000, Some of the best know:
Swedish-American teachers and min
isters in the countr: are present,
Defended ils Home.
London, Ky., Sept. 4.~ Clay esun'y
has had another k. ipg outside of Ihe
two feads, Jawes atid Cam Lewis b
#an shooting into oid man Bhiell’s hotse
on Spring erveek, whepeupon Rhell sho!
Jamex Lewin 11 timmeg with a winche
ter, killing him. Cam Lewis made his
eseape,
Churged with Frand.
New York, Sept. 1.7 Hungari
ramed Max Bohor was arrested he
Wednesday a 1 the request of the pol
of Kevrville, Tex, Jie bs necused of ¢
taining 12500 from Charies % niorme
of Kerrville, by frauialent neesns.
i g o T AT ES B PTW EW
" Wine : |-v eB R T e
Strike Closes - isly goveMmioesi jF satisfied that th
‘Lf}hdgi. Ky., Bept. M- Tue laure: emb filft the frape sed q!:nm‘! n::;w!::
eoanty fosl mines Were shut dows ures for the wiimsders is irsffivien) og6
Wednesdny hut down | cure immedinte sid sulatartial repe
5 by & sirike of 1.250 miners | lAtioß, ¥Eich, 1t is Gnderstosd FEPEERas-
The miners sud Sait ol : tood, Lhe Tranes
operators are apurt | tits 1o b regsonabio. [t tien bays!
on the question of wages. “Moteaver, the presectation of ihe pros
. possin i the Bote of August ¥ indi-ates that
WANT HIM TOYIELD,
President Kru;;;flb;‘;cd to Submit
to Chamberlain’s Demand.
BELIEF 1S THA‘I: HE WILL DO SO,
Plme Limit in Which to Make Amn
swer WL Not Be Tosisted | pon
by the British Gove
London, Sept. 14 A special dispatch
from Pretoria says the leaders of the
Afrikander Bund have telegraphed to
President Kruger urging him to yield
to Mr. Chambertain's last demands.
Cape Town, Sept. 14 1t is asserted
in Afrikander cireles here that the
Transvaal government will accept the
British note, leaving the question of
suzerainty on the basis of the couven
tion of 1884,
The Cape Thnes and the Cape Argnos
both consider the British note generous
and coneiliatory, and all the pApers, in
cluding the Krugerite organs, assume
that the Transvaal will comply with the
Dritish demands.
Won't Insist on Time Limit,
Pretoria, Sept. 14, A communication
has been received from the imperial
government stating that, although anx
ious for a prompt reply, the imperial
authoriflies do not desire to tie the
Transvaal authorities down to 48 hours,
The imperial government, when inti
mating that it did not desire to fix o
time Hmit, pointed out that its chief de-
MAP OF THE ALLIED REPUBLICS OF THE TRANSVAAL AND
THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
oy nmons # v e
SR TN EIIG TR LT | eeeiias v
(Showing, marked by crosses, the thre
will be llkely
wire was only for “reasonable prompt
nees in order to put anend 10 the ten
It is understood that President Krou
goer bw awaiting the nreival from Hoems
fontein of Mr. Fischer, of the Ovunge
Free State executive council, before
drafting his reply,
The government is still willing 1o
attend the joint commission original’y
proposed, 3
The Transvanl war office denies nny
knowledge of the reported offer af 16,
000 Irish-Americans to fight against
Great Britain.
Ie Naot an Ultimatom,
London, Sept. 14, A representative
of the press hax learned that the it
ish message to the Transvaal does not
demand a reply in 4% hours, the exaet
wording being a request for “an im
medinte reply.” The meange ix not an
ultimatum in the generally aecepted
sense of the ward, It expresscs the
hope that President Kruger will aceept
the propositions to “relieve the pros
ent tension.”
The only part which is ot all aggres
give ix the reiterated declination of the
Hiritish government 1o disevss the mat.
ter of sovereiguty in any shape or form
The report that the Rand Irishoen
have formed a corps to help Preswlent
Kruger is confirmped; and it bs said at
Cape Town that & cablegram has been
received there from New York, varving
10,000 Iriehmen there are ready to help
the Transvaal,
Prelude to an Uithmutom
London, Bept. 14.--The Times re
gards Mr. Chamberiain's dispateh s
“elear, resoiate and earpest, withen
being peremplory, not neecsearily ap
altimatnm, but 8 prelude to an wll
matums shenid the Transvaal's ropiy
prove unfavorable™ This fairly rep s
sents the feeling of th London mor;
ing papers. Even the Daily Chroniel
which ix virtaally pre-Krager in i 1
»,-,mp.\!h%o %, urges the Boirs 1o aves ot
“the imperal government's reasonst’
demsnas, whieh threaten ns wit:riog
danger o tae independinee of
FTrapsvaal”
Chamberinin on SHtuntine,
jondon, Sept, 14, - The tessage of
the secretary of state for the colonies
sfr. Chamberlain, says e undersfands
the coneessions made in Vresident
Fruger's note of Angzust 15 have been
withdrawn o 6 seeount of the iritish at.
titude regarding wsozerainty and adds:
“Hler riajeris’s goevernment Bas abas.
(tely repaiinied e view of the politics!
statos &f the Transvss] takss by ths
TERRETERL governmment, slaimin g the sintus
of & sovere s v ate wpd, therelive, is un
stple to rons d€r ary Gropcsal made cotidi-
the government of the fouth African re
public itself recognised that ita previous
affairs might with advantage be enlarged
and the independence of the republic
thereby in no way be impaired ™
The dispatch goes on to say: “Great
Britain is still prepared to accept the fran
chise proposals of August 19, providing a
court of ingquiry, whether joint or unflat
eral, shows the new scheme to be unin
cumbered by nullifying conditions, In this
connection the WHritish government as
sumes that the new members of the raad
will be allowed to speak their own lan
guage, and adds that the acceptance of
these terms would at once remove the ten
slon and would, in all probability, render
unnecessary any further intervention of
her majesty's government to secure re
dress for grievances which the uitlanders
themselves would be able to bring to the
notice of the executive council and the
volkaraad,
The exact franchise proposals which Mr
Chamberlain says Great Hritain s still
prepared to accept with the court of in
quiry provi=o are flve-year franchise, a
share for uitlanders in the election of the
president and equal rights, and increased
representation for the gold flelds to the
extent of eight new seats These were
presented by President Kruger Augnst 19,
and later were withdrawn
THE LAST RITES.
Vanernl of the Late Cornelius Van.
derbilt to Be Held on Frelday —
Hurial at New Dorp.
New York, Sept. 14, The funeral of
Cornelins Vanderbilt, who died Tues
day morning, is to be held ot ten o'elock
on Friday morning in Bt. Rartholo
mew's chureh, in which Mr, Vanderbil:
wis a pewholder. The serviece will be
comducted by Rev, Dr. David H. Greer,
the rector. Hishop Potter will he pres
ent. The elergy of the chureh will as
sint the rector. Dr, Greer will be at the
Vanderbilt residence at 9130 o'clock to
conduet a short service of prayer before
the chureh service, :
e s Polmmpl emmm——
polnts st which the Hritish, if war comes,
»Mmake invasions ) ,
A portion of the chureh will be apen
to the general publie. There will be no
tickets of admission, Aw the biody is
carried into the chiurel the organist
will play Chopin's faneral mareh, The
following named honorary pallbesrers
will walk behind the coffin: John Hone,
George R, Fearing, Channeey M, Diepew,
. Plerpont Morgan, H. B Ledyard,
Frederie Bronson, Samuel P, Harger,
W. Bayurd Cutting, George A, Crovker
and George MacCulloch Miller,
The music at the ehureh will be fur
nixhed by a choir of 60 volees, lmme
dintely after the sorviee the casket will
be taken to the foor of Forty-second
wtreet, where a boot e to be in wuiting
to convey the funeral party to States
Islund for the burial ot New Dorp in
the Vanderbilt family tomb, The party
in 10 be numerons enough to il 20
conches, A death mosk was tiken by o
representative of Augustos 81, Gou
dens, who will muke o bust, There hns
been no word from Altre? G, Vandey
bilt, who was cabled to nt Yokohsma,
Japan,
“Mr. Vanderbilt's death will have 1
effect un the Vanderbiit properties
wnid Mr. Depew Wednesday, “William
K. Vanderbilt, with his brother's full
consent, ook hin poxition st their hend
two years ago. Nothing will have to be
woled in the settlement of the extute. My
Vaoderiiit's Hfe was not insured, The
frievds of the family are yet in ig
noranee of the provisions of the will,
Mr. Depew said that William K, Van
derbilt is in charge of everything, as he
is the head of the family,
A gentleman familinr with the Van
derbilt interests snid Wednesduy
"No ore Kaows the exact value of Cor
nelius Vanderhili's estate Althoush he
kept his vrs?flt%«u earefuily itemized, he
couid not tell thelr valus, as the yaluyes
finctuated His estats porensed ahout ore
third In valus Guricg the last 1% mortihs
1 do not thitk the general publle wili be
miade famiiisr with the lems 6f Fis estate
¥ome e the groes yaluve of it may be
knuwn, #o g% to comply with the law con
cerning inheritarce {ax, but | 46 pot be
fimve the s-tate of Cervelius Vepderhin
will be laid Lare, s was 128 t of Jay Gogld
It Is aise probable that severs] trust furas
nave been formed wnder the wiil, %6 ihat
the estate may be entaiicd for 3t jeast tws
generatioes Mr. Varder bl left sume large
e 1o charitable projects, undoubtedly,
sed thess fgures may Le wide publie |
wonid ot be surpriced i 4 cpecial trust
furd haz been formed for the benefit of the
isfant son ?f'('t_s_f}_s,;;ub\rf._mt.fb.it F |
*hows ilis GUrailiude,
London, Sept. (4. - A gift of £450 has
been reeeived from Juomes Weoodward,
of Dubmgue, I, by the Wesleyan ehapel
of Rirkhy-Stephen. out of gratitudes for
Equdsy-school teaching recvived there
45 years ago, My, Woodward recenily
sent the chapel another contribution
af the sime smount,
Fine Hesidenve Burned,
Pougihkeepnie, N. Y, Pept, 14.-<The
residence of Bamuel B, Sexton. at Hyde
Park, was destroyed by fiee Wednes
day. Loss, $69500
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HELD AT HONG-KONG.
Authorities De;a—in ;Am;rican Troop
ship Laden with Soldiers.
THEY CLAIM SHE IS OVERCROWDED,
Seeretnry Noot ’l'ah;-‘lt‘rp- fo Seeure
Mer Relense<Filipine Congress
Deelines Ulr::::.:’-t:nn-
New York, Sept, 14.-A dispateh to
the World from Hong-Kong says that
the United States transport Tartar,
which expected to sail Wednesday, has
been detained by the harbor authori
ties under the Hritish merchant ship
ping act, whereby her capacity is lim
ited to TBO passengers, although the
Tartar has a Heensed capaeity of 1,240,
Consul Wildman, representing the
United States government, took the
matter at once before the local gov
ernment anthorities, maintaining that
the Tartar ix an American troop ship,
although she is flving the British flag,
nnd Is not subject to the merchant ship
ping act,
The nuthorities have been discussing
the matter all day and It is very prob
able that 430 of the soldiers on board
will be left behind when she is finally
permitted to sail for San Francisco,
Several of the discharged soldiers on
board the Tartar filed the complaints
of her unsanitary condition which
sturted the proceedings to detain the
vessel,
Ask for Further Partieninrs,
Washington, Sept. 14 After Secre
tary Root’s return from the white
house he had a conference with the
commissioner of navigation, Mr, Cham
berlain, and also decided to take up
the matter of the Tartar with the state
department with o view of having the
ship cleared ot Hong-Kong. A dispateh
was went to Col, Metealf, of the Twen
tieth Kansas, who is in command of the
troops on the transport, asking if in
his opinion the ship was overcrowded
and if there was just ground for com
plaint of the subsistence furnished the
men, A dispateh was also sent to Gen,
Otis nsking for further information
concerning the Tartar, and the supplies
with which she was furnished,
It was stated at the war department
that the Tartar matter had been re
ferred to Ambassador Choate, which
makes an internationnl qestion of i,
The contention of the war department
s Ahat, notwithstanding the Tartar
Mlew the Veitteh fag, the axsumption of
Britleh authority over her is unanthors
ized, nw whe is chartered by the United
States government,
Meply of the Filipinos,
Maniln, Sept, 1 The correspondent
heve of the press has obtained o copy
of the reply adopted by the Filipino
congress to the American offer of an
nutonomous goveornment. The suthor
of the reply was Ambroxio Risnzares,
who was offered n position in the su
preme couvt, hut who failed to appear
und was cupposed to be detained by the
insurrectionists,
The document repeats the nrguments
contained in the recent nppenl to the
powers for vicognition, and the Filipino
elabmx that the Americans were the ng
gressors in the war, and coneludes:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, we
could have aecepted your sovereignty
and autonomy if we had pot seen by
the behavior of the Americans in the
beginning that they were strongly op
posed to us, through race prejudice,
and the high-hinnded methods of deal
b with us made us fear for the future
in your hands,
"Finally, we thank you for your of«
fers of nutonomy under sovervignty.”
TIOFORE Aveanaones.
Washington, Sept. 14~ Morong, one
of the points on the Laguns de Hay
captured by Gen, Otis some months ago,
bas been abandoned and the garrison
sent to Calumbm, the lutest point on the
bay to be captured. Morong i= said to
be a very unhealihy place and of little
value as n bose of sopplies. Ihe insur
pents south of Calambn are said 1o be
moving cant wnd are enld to be eoncen
trating ot Banta Croz, on the souths
custern shore of Laguni de Bay,
Helongs (o the Finder.
Washington, dept. 14 The comptrol
ler of the treasury hns held in effect
that the finder of mutilated paper cur
reney ds entithdd to have it redeemed
by the government, The question arose
on the applieation of parties living in
Bt Louls for the redemption of 23,950
in mutilated paper curreney which,
they allege, they had found, Up to this
time the department has held to the
comtrory, and where mutilated papep
currency hans breu sent in for redempe
tion by purtics claiming that they bad
found 1, the government has nppro
priated the same without restitution,
dudge Sutherinnd Passes Away,
Chicagn, Sepl 1 Gearge E. Buthers
land, judge of ihe cirenit eourt of Mik
wankee, Wis, and & prominest member
of the bar of that city, died suddeniy ag
three s'clock Wedneaday morning while
in his room o the Clifton hosse. Heart
dizcase according to the physicianswho
attended J-u!;gv ”lflhfi-‘l‘hfld. wis the
cause of death.
tecd Wireleas Trivepraphy,
Dover, Rept. 14 The British Assoeln
tion for the Advincement of Scienes
succevsfully exchanged couriesies
Wednesduy with the French Society for
the Advancement of Sclence, now in
sension st Houlogne-Sur-Mer, = m
wireless telegraphy for the purpose.
Antomobile Contost, |
Pearia, bl Sept. 4.~ The date of the
Galesburg autowobile eontest s now
set for Wednesday, Qutober 4. The
stake s 8 heavy one, and the winner
will roll away with & purse of 32,000,
The race is to be o long-distarce one,
and the vehicles are to go 100 wiles