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V - mm VOL. XXXIII. NO. 78. WILMINGTON, X. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEM BER 14, 1900 S1.00 PER YEAR A BEYOND COMPUTATION THE FULL RESULTS OFTHE WRECK KEVER TO BE KNOWN THE GHOULS AT GHASTLY WORK Many Shot Down for Mutilating Bodies for Jewelry No Reduction In Esti mate or Los of Life; Tliat of Property .Increa-ed Dead liodies Hurled at Sea by the Hundreds -strict Police ltecrulatlous Mcu Impressed to Re move the Dead. Houston. Texts, September 12. Are ,'porter has telegraphed from LaPorte the story of the robbery and mutilation ijine ueau in leias ana me aeaia oi the offenders. The ghouls are holding an orgie over the dead. The majority of these men were negroes, but there were whites "Who took part in. the desecration. Some of them, were natives and some had been allowed to go over from the mainland under the guise 'of "relief" work. Not only did the rob the dead, but they mutilated bodies in order to secure their ghoulish booty. A party of ten negroes were returning from a looting expedition. They had stripped corpses of all valuables and the pockets of some of the looters were fairly bulg ing with fingers of the dead which had been cut off because they were so swol len the rings could not be removed. GHOULS SHOT DOWN. Incensed at this desecration and mu tilation of the dead the looters were shot down and it has been determined that all found in the act of robbing dead shall be summarily shot. During the robbing of the dead not only were fingers cut off but ears were stripped from the head In order to se cure jewels of value. A few govern ment troops who survived have been assisting in patrolling the city. Pri vate citizens have also endeavored to prevent the robbing of the dead and on several occasions have killed the offen ders. Singly and in twos and threes the offenders were thus shot down until the total of those thus executed ex ceeds fifty. MUTILATORS OF HUMAN BODIES TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL AND SHOT. Dallas, Texas, September 12. W. H. McGrath. manager of the Dallas Elec tric Company, reached Dallas today di rect from Galveston last night. He said: "Vandalism at Galveston has been horrible. The most rigid enforcement of . martial law, has not been able to suppress it entirely. Adjutant General Scurry's men have arrested a hundred or more negroes, forty-three of whom .were found with effects taken from 'dea3 bodies. These were ordered .tried by court-martial. They were convicted - and ordered shot. One negro had twenty-three fingers with rings on them in his pockets." Houston. Texas, September 12. It is true "that oiegroes were shot by order of a court-martial. Their pockets were found to be full of human fingers and jewelry of which the dead were strip ped. REMOVING oTdEAD BODIES Carried Out to Seu and Hurled Martial liaff -All Looters Shot. Galveston, Texas, September 11, via yacht Stella to Houston September 12. The citizens of Galveston are strain ing every nerve to eJear the ground and scure from beneath the debris the "bodies of human beings and animals and to get rid of them. It Is a task of great magnitude and is attended with untold difficulties. There is a shortage of horses to haul the dead and there Is a shortage of willing hands to perform the gruesome work. Yesterday morning it became appar ent that it would be impossible to bury the dead even in trenches and ar rancementa were made to take them to sea. Barges and tugs wer quickly made ready for the purpose, but it was difficult to get men to do the work. The city's firemen worked hard in bringing bodies to the wharf, but out side ctf -them there were few who help ed. Soldiers and policemen, were accord ingly sent out and every able-bodied man thy found was marched to the wharf front. The men were worked in relays and were supplied with stimu lants to nerve them for their task. At nightfall three barge loads con taining about 700 human bodies had been sent to sea where they were sunk with weights. Darkness compelled suspension of the work until morning. Toward night great difficulty was experienced in handling the bodies of negroes, which are badly decomposed. No effort was made after 9 o'clock yes terday morning to place the bodies in moreues for identification ror it was imperative that the dead should be gotten to sea as soon a possible. Many of the bodies taken out are un identified. They are placed on the barges as quickly as possible and lists jore made while the barges are being towed to se. A large number of dead animals were hauled to the bay and dumped into it to be carried to sea by the tides. One hundred and twenty-five men worked all day yesterday and last night endeavoring to uncover the ma chinery of the waterworks from the de bris. It is hoped that it will be possi ble to turn on the water for a while today, and it is planned to set fire to the debris and cremate the bodies burled unfler it. ALL LOOTERS TO BE SHOT. Mayor Jones has given very full scope to Chief of Police Ketchum and J. H. Hawley, chairman of the committee on public safety, to swear in citizens as officers. Picket lines have been cstab lshed around the large store? and guards placed on duty. Soldiers are instructed to shoot any one caught looting or attempting to loot. The situation In the city today is that there are plenty of volunteers for this service, but an insufficiency of arms. There have fcven two or three small riots, but the office s have man aged to quell thm. The committee rejected the proposal of trying to pay for work, letting the laborers secure their own rations. It was decided to go ahead impressing men into seivice, if necessary issuing orders for rct'ons only to those who worked or were un able to work. All of the warci chair men reported the imperative need of disinfectants. A committee was ap pointed to squester all the disinfectants in the city, including the lime which escaped wetting, and to obtain more. Houston was called upon for a barge load of lime. Captain Sinclair Taliaferro, of Hous ton who did such efficient work dur ing the Brazos flood arrived here this morning. He was asked to assist Chairman McVittie in his work. Dan Henderson announced that Mr. Van Vleck, the general manager of the Southern Pacific authorized the com mittee to draw on that company for $5,000. At a meeting of the general commit tee with the city officials today the po licing f the city was discussed. May or Jones announced that Adjutant General Scurry would take charge of the situation with the soldiers and citizen soldiery. The city is patrolled by about 2.000 police officers, special officers, soldiers and deputy sheriffs. STRICT POLICE REGULATIONS. Orders were issued to the soldiers and police to kill any person caught in the act of robbing the dead. Up to Tuesday morning, seven negro vandals had been discovered and had paid the penalty of their' crimes with their lives. They were shot dead and their bodies were carted away with dead victims of the storm. No liquor is permitted to be sold un der any circumstances unless ordered by the chairman of one of the commit tees or by a physician who must state it is to be used for medical purposes. All persons not having business in the streets after dark must be indentified before they will be allowed to pass. Unless indentification is forthcoming they are arrested. No person is allow ed to work in or aoout any building unless he has a written permit signed by the chief of police or deputy chief. No person Is permitted to carry furni ture or other property through the streets unless he has a written permit from the proper authorities. The police department has issued strict orders and these orders will be enforced to the letter to clear the city of ail of the outside sporting element. Detectives from Houston and Dallas have arrived here. No gambling is permitted and any violations of this rule are prosecuted to the fullest ex tent. HEROIC RESCUES AND PATHET IC INCIDENTS. During the storm Saturady night the young men of the Boddiiker family with the aid of a skiff, rescued over forty people and took them to the uni versity building where they found shelter. People tell of getting out of their houses just in the nick of time. They tell of seeing people struck by flying timbers and crushed to death cefore their eyes. One man was cut off from "his family .just as he thought he had them rescued and saw them sink be neath water on other sinde of a bar rier. He turned in and helped to res cue others who were in peril. One wo man carried her five months old babe in her arms from her house only to see a beam strike the child on the head, killing it instantly. She suffered a broken leg and brised body. Eighteen people were caught in the Grothger grocery store and it is pre sumed that all were lost, they were swept away entirely. The firemen buried eight people south of Avenue, O.. today. The graves were marked with pieces of garments worn by the persons. Mr. Mutti. a storekeeper, lost his life after a display of uncommon heroism. "When the storm struck the city he hitched up a one horse cart and start ed out to rescue his neightors. Cart load after cartload he carried in safety to a fire company house. On these occasions the cartload of human beings some half dead, some crazed with fright, was carried for blocks by the raging currents, but he landed all of them safely, even to his last load, when he met his death. As he at tempted to pass into the building on his last trio the fire house succcumbed to the wind and collapsed. Mutti was killed by being struck by some of the wreckage. REFUGEES TN THE LIGHT HOUSE. In the Bolivar light house which stands 150 feet high on Bolivar Point, across the bay from Galveston, about 125 people sought refuge from the storm Saturday evening. Among them was County Road Superintendent Kel so. Mr. Kelso stated to a News re porter when he reached Galveston'on Monday afternoon that the hundred or more refugeees spent an awful night in the light house Saturday night. The supply of fresh water was . soon ex hausted and an effort was made to se cure, water by catching the rain water in buckets suspended at the top of the light house. The bucket was soon fill ed with water but it was salt and could not be used. The salt water spray was shot skyward over 130 feet and mingled with the rain water that fell in the buckets. A quantity of fresh water was, however, finally .ob tained. Twelve dead bodies were re covered near the light house. OFFICL4L RECORD OF THE x STORM. The official records of the Unite' States weather bureau which have been made up and forwarded to "Wash ington, give valuable additional in formation about the stvrm. Unfortu nately the recording instruments were destroyed or crippled beyond operation about 5:10 o'clock on Sunday evening. The wind gauge recorded a two min ute blow at the rate ot 100 miles an hour and was then demolished by the hurricane which continued to increase in violence. The weather bureau re ports estimate the maximum velocity of the wind at between 110 and 120 mJJ.es an hour. It did not maintain this ter rific rate for any length of time, per haps for only half a minute, but was sufficient to wreck everything that met Its full force. A journal of tha local office of the weather bureau contains a report of an apparent tidal wave of four feet which swept in from the gulf some time between the hours 7 and 8 o'clock p. m. and at the same time the wind veered to the southeast. Mayor Jones today estimated the loss of lif in and around Galveston at 5,000. CITY DAMAGED BEYOND. REPAIR "Washington, September 12. The quarmaster's department has received the following from- Gniveston: ;, "Quartermaster General. "Washingtong. "Referring to my telegramsbf 9th and 10th I have, subject to approval, suspended Fort Crocket construction contracts, and again urgently recom mend that contractors be paid for la bor and material in place and on ground, all swept away and lost be yond recovery. Fortifications at Crockett, Jacinto and Travis ,all de stroyed and cannot be rebuilt on pres ent sites. I recommend the continu ance of my office here only long enough to recover Crockett office safes and mourning gun, when located; also to close accounts and ship my office and recovered property where directed I fear Galveston is destroyed beyond Its ability to recover. The loss of life and property is apalling. "BAXTER, r. "Commanding." v AID FOR THE SUFFERERS Liberal Subscriptions Being Raised In All Parts of the Country ; r Charlotte. N. C, September 12. The sum of $5S3.o5 was raised by public subscription in Charlotte today for the Galveston relief fund. This sum will probably be increased to over $1,000 tomorrow. ' Atlanta, Ga September 12. At a special meeting of the city council .this afternoon $2,500 was appropriated for the Galveston storm sufferers. Private subscriptions have amounted to moit than this amount and today $24,771.45 was sent to the relief committee i Asheville, X. C, September 12.4 of North Carolina Ksights Templarj today wired the followingt to subordi nate commanders of this state: "Our fraters in Texas are in dire dis tress because of recent storm. Immet diate relief is imperative. The grand) master (appeals for funds. Wire ot send quickly to Henry B. Stoddard deputy grand master, Galveston, Tex4 as." Jacksonville, Fla., September 12.-1 Jacksonville will send tomorrow a car load of provisions to Galveston -for tha storm sufferers. In addition the mayon today issued an appeal for help ands expects to raise several hundred doH lars. The Times Union and Citizen? started the relief movement this morn-t ing and is receiving contributions. - f Galveston gave Jacksonville $1,950' during the yellow fever epidemic of; 1SSS and The Times Union and Citizen tomorrow will editorially refer to this liberal donation in asking help for the' stricken Texans. V ColumTbia, S. C, September 12. N., GJ Gonzales, president of The State news-, paper has started a Galveston relief, fund. Columbia has responded libera ally and . contributions from many parts of South Carolina are 'being sent to the state. Mobile, Ala., September 12. The cot ton exchange subscriptions today or Galveston relief amounted to $380 and the public subscriptions to 1,513 with out any canvassing -being done. Charleston, S. C, September 12. Nearly $2,000 was raised here by popu ular subscription today for the relief of the Galveston storm sufferers. It is believed that that sum will be tre bled within the next few days. The commercial bodies of the city had in formal meetings and subscribed to the fund, and subscription lists have been opened at many places in the city. STATEMENT FROM THEGOVERNOR Loss of Life Placed at 2,000 and of Property 10,000,000 Austin. Texas, September 12. Gov ernor Sayers today made the following statement to the Associated Press on the flood situation; "Conditions at Galvetton are fully as bad as reported. Communication, however, has been reestablished be tween the island and the mainland and hereafter transportation of supplies will be less difficult, "The work of clearing the city is progressing fairly well and Adjutant General Scurry, under direction of the mayor, is patrolling the city for the purpose of preventing .depredations. The most conservative estimate as to th number of deaths places them at 2,000. Contributions, from citizens of this state and also from other states are coming In rapidly and liberally and it la confidently expected that within the next ten davs the work of restoration by the people of Galveston will have begun in good earnest and with energy and success. Of course the destruction of property has been very great not less than $10,000,000 but it is hoped and believed that even this great loss will be overcome through the energies and self-reliance of the people." A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS Recelved b.- the Governor of Texas for the storm Sufferers. During the day the contributions have fairly deluged the governor, up wards of $100,000 having been received. Among the large contributions are to be noted, the Standard Oil Company, with $10,000; St. Louis Commercial Club for a like amount and the Hunt ington interests for $3,000. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT LINE I OPENED. This afternoon "Governor Sayers re ceived the following official report from General Manager Trice, of the International and Great Northern rail road, who is conducting the operations of the relief corps at Galveston: "Houston. Texas. September 12. "To Governor Sayers, Austin, Texas: "Your message of yesterday receiv ed. The cars containing the tents and rations were turned over to the barge line this morning and forwarded to Galveston, arrangements having been made for all freight to be handled by barges hauled by tugs from Clinton to Galveston, and passengers by our to Texas City and by boats from Texas City to Galveston. This Is the best ar rangement that can be made and It preAents delay to either the freight or the passenger service, for. If we handle the freight with the passengers to Texas City, to transfer from the cars to the boats would cause too much de lay to- the passenger service. "We brought in one train consisting of about COO Galveston people to Houston today and will get another train load tonight, mostly women and children, which will make about COO that we will get out of Galveston today. The pas senger and freight service between Houston and Galveston is all free for sufferers and we are issuing transpor tation to all points north of Houston to all sufferers not able to pay their way. (Signed) L. TRICE." The following report was also receiv ed from Adjutant General Scurry: "Galveston. Texas, September 12. "To Governor Sayers, Austin. "The mayor of Houston ordered the Houston military companies here; sixty-five men and officers came. Thirty more come to-morrow. The mayor of Galveston directed me to take com mand. Streets patrolled for purpose of preventing thieving. "Work of clear ing the city progressing fairly well Most conservatve estimate made of deaths 2,000. (Signed) THOMAS SCURRY., Adiutant General." GOVERNMENT VESSELS JN SER VICE. Washington, September 12. The president has received a telegram from Governor Sayers, of Texas, asking that light draft vessel be sent to Galveston for use in communication between the island and the main land. The message was referred to the treas ury department and an order was issued to the revenue cutter Winona at Mo bile to proceed to Galveston without a moment's unnecessary delay. The lighthouse board orde:d the light house tender Arbutus, now at New Orleans, to clear at once for Galveston. Captain Shoemaker, chief of the revenue cutter service, is apprehen sive as to the fate of the cutter Gal veston, which was anchored in Gal veston harbor at the beginning of the storm. It is assumed that she put to seobut as three full days have elapsed since she was heard from there are fears for her safety. DAMAGE ALONG THE COAST. Governor Sayers today began re ceiving reports from various points along the gulf coast which would in dicate that there has been great prop erty damage done for several hun dred miles and that the list of Gal veston fatalities and suffering will be largely augmented. Down the coast from Galveston the :tovn of Dickinson was laid waste and five people killed. The towns of Alvin, Alta Loma, Texas City and Brookshire are wrecked and hundreds are destitute. NO ESTIMATE CAN BE MADE i .4 A Ot the liss of - Life or the Damage to Pruperry Chicago, September 12. The follow ing statement was received at 11 o'clock tonight: x Galveston. Texas, September 12. Charles S. Diehl, General Manager As sociated Press. Chicago. A summary of the conditions prevail ing at Galveston is more than human intellect can master. Briefly stated, the damage to property is anywhere between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. The loss of life cannot be computed. No lists could be kept and all is simple guess work. Those thrown out to sea and buried on the ground wherever found will reach the horrible total of at least 3,000 souls. My estimate of the loss on the island of the city of Galveston and the imme diate surrounding district is between 4,000 and 5,000 deaths. I do not make this statement in fright or excitement. The whole story will never be told be cause it cannot be told. The necessi ties of these living are total. Not a simgle individual escaped property loss. The property on the island is wrecked; fully one-half totally swept out of ex istence altogether. What our needs are can be computed by the world at large by the statement herewith sub mitted much better thai I could possi bly summarize them. The help must be immediate. (Signed) R. G. LOWE, Manager Galveston News. THE WEST INDIA STORM Passes Out to Sea by Vay of Cape Itreton Inland Washington, September 12. The great "West Indian storm which hue been the center of meteorological in trests for the past twelve days is fast disappearing into the Atlantic by way of Cape Breton island, the barometer at Sydney tonight reading 29.02 inches. South to west gales have resulted from this storm, and today they extended along the entire coast from New Jer Bey northward, Boston reporting a maximum velocity of 52 miles an hour from the west and New York 64 miles from the west. During Tuesday ii&h a maximum velocity of SO miles an hour was reported at Buffalo. But lit tle rain accompanied this storm after It left the upper lake region. It has, however, except in the south, caused a marked moderation of the high tem peratures which have so long persisted over the eastern portion of the country. Cleveland, September 12. The. tall end of the "West Indian hurricane, which swept over lake Erie last night, proves to have been the most disastrous storm that has visited this section in several years. The wind at one time attained a velocity of sixty miles an hour. Two vessels were sunk, carrying down with them 15 persons, and a num ber of other vessels have reached port in a badly damaged condition. Now is the season when the small boy nils himself with greeen fruit, which invariably leads to cramps, diarrhoea or dysentery. If parents are prudent, they will have a bottle of Paln-Klller. ready for such summer emergencies. Avoid substitutes, there Is but one Pain-Klller, Ferry Davis. Price 25c and Wa- WITHDRAWAL FROM PEKIN QUESTION AS TO OUR TROOPS NOW BEFORE THE PRESIDENT EARLY DECISION TO BE MADE The Considerations for and Against This Proposition Another Edict of the Chinese Government Appointing Peace Envoys Earl LI Asks, for American Protection Co-operation of Our Troops Therelor Promised. Allied Expedition Against Boxers Washington, September 12. The question of withdrawing the American troops at once from Pekin is now be fore the president, and a Speedy de cision is expected and required. There are differences airscwig officials in Pe kin on this subject and Itbe issue is for the president to decide. General Chaffee was sometime ago directed, to hold himseJf in readiness to withdraw his troops. Undoubtedly he has conferred with, the other com manders as to the jtime and manner of withdrawal, according to the terms of (the note. The sending of further supplies to him has been stopped and he now awaits but the signal from Washington to begin his movement. It is for the president to !give that signal. The considerations now before him in favor of immediate withdrawal are: First, the fact that he is already com mitted, in a measure, to such course by the reply to the Itujian note; sec ond, it is represented that China is on the verge of a terrible famine and the retention of the troops in Pekin. preventing as they do the return of the Chinese government and the sup ply of provisions to the capital places the responsibility for what threatens to be a frightful calamilty upon the powers who sanctioned the occupa tion. On the other hand, strong representa tions have been made to the president In opposition to withdrawal in advance of the procurement of absolutely suffi cient guarantees for the protection of American Snterests in China and for the safety of the native Christians. This last condition is one most diffi cult to meelt, but, being insisted upon by the missionary element, is being given most careful consideration. In anticipation of some such state of affairs, the effort has been made to hasten the dispatch of preliminaries to negotiations. It la highly desirable that some responsible representative of -the Chinese government be recog nized in order that we may secure a sufficient guarantee upon which to base the -withdrawal of our troops. LI Hung Chang and Prince Ching are the only lights in the east so far eui our government can see, and itt is possible that the present problem may be solved by a decision .to deal with (them im mediately and to accept their pledge as sufficient for our purposes. There fore, the decision announced today to facilitate Li Hung Chang's passage rrom bhanghaJ to Pekin may be re garded as significant. Later it was an nounced that Consul General Goodnow had reported that Li would leave Shanghai next Friday for Tien Tsin. His means of transportation are not known, but he may have a United States vessel if such a. thine- is abso lutely necessary to his reaching Tien Tsin. It is not known that anv of the mv- eis is piepared to object to Li Hung Chang's visit. Meanwhile the state departmenti is doing its best to force the Chinese government through Li Hung Chang, to restore peace in the provinces and stop the outrages upon American citi zens which have been continued up to the present day. ANOTHER EDICT APPOINTING PEACE ENVOYS. Washington, September 12. The state department has made public uie fol io wdng correspondence: 'The following communication was handed to acting Secretary of State Hill on September 11th by the Chinese minister: " 'Cablegram from Harl Li Wnner Chang dated September 9, 1900, trans muted by the Chinese minister at Lon don under date of September 10th and received by Minister Wu on the night of the last named date: " 'I have lust reciv! a. t'.e-r m date I September 8th from Governor ot Shan T-ng transmitting a dispatch addressed irom Ja Tung iru (Shan Si), on August 30. The privy council to LI Hung cnang, envoy plenipotentiary, grand secretary of state and viceroy of Shih Li. " 'On the third day of the sixth moon of Kwang Hsu 26th, year (August 27th.) the following imperial edict was issuea: " 'We hereoy command Li Hung Chang, envoy plenipotentiary with full discretionary powers and grand secretary of states, to proceed at once oy steam vessel to Pekin and there to associate himself with Prince Ching in discussing and dealimr with nil pending questions. Let there be no delay, itespect this. " Tfie above has been comnvmicat ed to me in obedience to the imperial will "Another communicatkm from the council states an edict h been issued commanding Sir Koberf -tiart to comer with the representatives of the foreign nations for the loan of a steam vessel to convey Li Hung Chang without delav to Pfkin. whwv he is to associate himself with Prince jning in -dealing with all pending ques tions. There was also a copy of an edict for Li Hung Chang, wiiich the inspector general of customs Sirilobt, Hart) was directed to depute an offi cial to deliver in "Deraon to Earl T.l The documents referred to have been dispatched by post, hut on account of tne roundabout method employed, and fearing a mistake or failure mieht arise in. the edicts, are respectfully transcribe as above. On receipt of the same the Shang Tung government Is requested, to transmit them by tele graph to Envoy Li. "Having received Imperial orders urging my speedy departure for the north, it oe hooves me to make arrange ments to start on my journey soon. "Please inform the secretary of state and request Instructions be telegraph ed to the United States commanders at Tien Tsin and Pekin to co-operate in affording protection If required." To the above communication Sec retary Hill has handed Mr. Wu the following reply: "In reply to the request of Earl Ll that Instructions be telegraphed to the United States commanders at Tien Tsin and Pekin to co-operate In afford ing him protection if required on his journey to Pokin. the government of the United States, so far as Its own forces are concerned, will be happy to facilitate In every proper way tho journey of Earl Li to Pekin and will . instruct its commanders." CHINESE TTjOOPS DLFEATED BY BOXEJtS. Berlin. September 12. A dispatch to the Frankfurt Zeitung from Shang hai dated Tuesday September 11th mvs the BBoxers. un'.Ied with thfr "Big Knife" society, from northern Shan Tuns- are reixrted to have it- ed the imperial Chinese troops n .-th of the Province of Kiang Su. which Is south of Ssan Tung. AN EXPEDITION AGAINST 1J:X- KRS. (Copyright by Associated Prsr.) Tin Tsim. Seutember via Shang hai, September 11. A tody of 4,0) al lied troops, including :io nen o: tie F"iftenth infantrv. under commanl of Ma lor Itobertson. marched tlV against the citit-s of Sheng Hae Sien and Tilie. where the pre-imcxvor iJo ers threatens the Tien Tsi regt-n. The advance was made in fwo col umns for the purpose of flanking the towns. General lKrward personally commanded the expedition. Tt Jap anese siege suns were taken wkh the expedition which included a large :oto of cavalry. One regiment of German caval y and: one British battery have arrive!. PRINCE CUING CAPTURED (Copyright by Associated Prs3.) Pekin. Aumist 2C. via Shanghai. Sep tember 11. The Japanese found I'nnc foreign Iarty, in the western hilK foreignparty, in the western hilis. twenty miles distant and are noiung him there with the view of a cjnter- n(v and in the hone that he miy es tablish communication with the dow ager empress. CHINESE LIST OF FOREIGNERS KILLED. Pnnprs have been found in the m- Deror's room at the palace containing lists of the foreijrners killed and the foreigners' property destroyed. The starch uion the part oi tne allies for Chinese troops has been sus pended. GOES INTO BANKRUPCY A Petition Filed by W. E. Jones, ot Raleigh Mrs. F. M. Simmons Oper ated on for Appendicitis. - . (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C, September 12. W. E. Jones, dealer in dry go' Ms. of Rakiglu today filed a voluntary itition in bankruptcy in the federal court, IL bilities I22.&72, his princUal creditor.: being Charles Broadway Rouse. $12, 000; Armstrong. Cator & Co., 1.7; A. Wright, Petersburg. $2,100-; R. T. Hodges, Washington, N. C, $2,000. His assets are $13,454, of whi h $4.L'.0 is stock of goods and $6,750 insurant. The state charters the Hamilton Trousers Company, of Hamilton, Mart;n county, capital $10,000. Mrs. F. M. Simmons waus oi?rutel on this afternoon for appendicitis. Her condition is favorable, though the crisis is not yet reached. Hotel Lease Surrendered (Special to the Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, September 12. C. T.. Bennett, who leased the Carrollton hotel two weeks ago for a year, appears to have given up. the lease. He noti fied his clerk, with whom he had left ample funds.to pay all indebtedness and close the house. The clerk did this to day. O. J. Carroll, owner of the house,, reopened it this afternoon. The Health Problem Is much simpler than Is sometimes supposed. Health depends chiefly upon perfect digestion and pure blood, and the problem Is solved very readily by Hood's Sarsaparilla. You may keep by taking it promptly for any stomach or blood disorder. Its cure of scrofula, salt rheum, catarrh, dyspepsia, rheu matism and other diseases are num bered by the thousands. The favorite family cathartic is Hood's Pills. Negro Succeeds MaJ Walker at Norfolk Special to Washington Post.) Richmond, Va., September 10. Quite a stir has been caused in republican circles by the removal from office of Major It- F. Walker, as ship-keeper-in the Norfolk navy yard, and the ap pointment of a negro named Conner in his place. Major Walker is well known here, having been the sujieT lntendent of free delivery in the Rich mond postofflce during President Har rison's administration. Population of Little Rock Washington, September 12. The cen sus bureau announces that the popula tion of Little Hock. Ark., is 23,297, s against 25.874 In 1830, an mcrease of 12, 433 or 48.05 per cent. Killed by a Falling Flag Pole. New York, September 12. During the prevalence of a high wind today a mast sustaining one end of a political banner suspended over Broadway was blown down, frnifrng Charles Dunfleld, of Blrmmgham, Ala., who was passing with his brother and a friend, Kroger on Portntruee Soil v Lorenzo, Marques, September 12. President Kruger and several Trans vaal officiaLs who arrived here last night are staying at the house of Mr. G. Pott, the consul of the Netherlands It i reported that they. will sail for Europe September Tlth on the German steamer Herzog. ': c r- v