:g -rl rlbime joratttmt TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1900. TWO CENTS. HA DESOLATION ON TEXAS COAST Scenes of Horror De scribed by a Press Correspondent. MOST TERRIBLE STORM ON RECORD Tho Inhabitants of Galveston at the Mercy of tho Tidal Wave and Wind Largest Buildings Collapse Like Egg Shells Before the Fury of the Tempest Refugees from the Lower Portions of the City Seek Shelter on High Ground Only to Perish in Falling Buildings Mir- " aculous Escapes from Death. Houston, Sept. 10. The first reports from the appalling disaster which 1ms stricken the city of Gnlvcston seem not to have boon magnifted. Communica tion was hud with the Island city to day by boats and reports received here tonight Indicate that the death list will exceed 1,500 while the prop erty loss cannot be estimated, al though it will reach -everal millions of dollars. About 300 bodies have been Identified. The burial of the dead has already begun. Houston, Texas, Sept. 10. Richard Splllane, a well-known Galveston newspaper man and day correspond ent of tho Associated Press in that city, who icached Houston today, after a terrible experience, elves the follow ing account of tho disaster at Galves ton: One of the most awful tragedies of modern times has visited Galveston. The city Is in ruins, and the dead will number probably one thousand. I am just fiom the city, having been com missioned by the mayor and citizen"!' committee to get into touch with tho outside world and appeal for help. Houston was the nearest point at which working telegr&ph Instruments could be found, the .wires, as well as nearly nil the buildings between here and the Gulf of Mexico, being wrecked. When I left Galveston, shortly be fore noon yesterday, the people were organizing for the prompt burial of the dead, distribution of food and all necessary work after a period of dis aster. Tho wreck of Galveston was brought about by a tempest so terrible that no words can adequately describe Its In tensity, and by a Mood which turned the city into a raging sea. The weather bureau records show that the wind at tained a velocity of eighty-four mllei an hour, when the measuring instru ment blew away, so It Is Impossible to tell what was the maximum. Tho storm began at 2 o'clock Satur day morning. Previous to that a great storm had been raging in the gulf an 1 the tide was very high. Tho wind at first came from the north and was In direct opposition to the force from the gulf. While the storm In the gulf piled the water upon the beachslde of tho city the north wind piled the water from the 'bay on the bay part of the city. About noon it became evident that the city was going to be visited with disaster. Hundreds of residences along the beach front were hurriedly abandoned, the families fleeing to dwellings in higher portions of the city. Every home was opened to the refugees, black or white. The winds were rising constantly, and it rained In torrents. The wind was so fierce that the rain cut like a knife. Waters of Gulf and Bay Meet. By 3 o'clock the waters of the gulf and bay met, and by dark the entiro city was submerged. Tho flooding of the electric light plant and tho gas plants left tho city in darkness. To go upon the streets was to court death, roofs, cistern, portions of buildings, telegraph poles and walls were falling The wind was then nt cyclonic velocity nnd tho noise of the wind and the crashing of tho buildings were terrify ing in tho extreme. The wind and waters rose steadily from daik until 12.45 o'clock Sunday morning. During all this time the people of Galveston were like rats in traps. Tho highest portion of the city was four to five feet under water, while in Ao great majority of cases the streets were sub merged to a depth of ten feet. To leave a house was to drown. To re main was to court death in the wreck age. Such a night of agony has sel dom been equalled. Without appar ent reason, the waters suddenly began to subside at 1.15 a. m. Within twenty minutes they had pone down two feet and before daylight the streets were practically freed of the flood of waters. In tho meantime the wind had veered to the southeast. Very few, if nny buildings, escnped injury. There is harily a habitable dry house In the city. When the peo ple who had escaped death wont out ut daylight to view the work of the tempe3t and floods, they saw the most horrible sights Imaginable. In the threo blocks from Avenue N to Ave nue P, In Tremont street, I saw eight bodies Four corpses were In one yard. Th whole of the business front for three blocks in from the gulf wus stripped of every vestige of habita tion, th dwellings, the great bathing establishments, the Olynipla and every , structure, having either been carried 'out to sea or Its ruins piled in a pyra mid far into tho town, according to th vagaries of tho tempest. Largo Structures Suffered, "ha rst hurried glance over the ,hovd that the largest struc tures, supposed to be the most sub stantially built, suffered tho greatest. Tho orphan's home, Twenty-first street nnd Avenue M, fell like a house ot cards. How many dead children nnd refugees nre In the ruins could not be ascertained. The Old Women's Home, on Rosen berg avenue, collapied and the Rosen berg school house Is a mass of wreckage. The Hay High school Is but an empty shell, crushed nnd broken. Every church in the city, with possibly one or two exceptions, is in ruins. At the forts nearly all tho soldiers are reported dead, they having been In temporary quarters which gave them no protection ngalnst the tem pest or the flood. No leport has been received from the Catholic Orphan asylum down the Isl and, but It seems Impossible that it could have withstood the hurricane. If It fell, all the inmates were undoubted ly lost, for there was no aid within a mile. The bay front from end to end Is in ruins. Nothing but piling and the wreckage of large warehouses remain. The elevators lost all their super works and their stocks are damaged by water. The life saving station nt Fo)-t Point was carried away, the crew being swept across the bay fourteen miles. I saw Captain Haines yester day and he told mo that his wife and one of his crew were drowned. Swept Across the Bay. The shore at Texas City contains enough wreckage to rebuild a city. Eight persons who weie swent across the bay during the storm were picked up there alive. ! Ivo corpses were also picked up. There were three fatalities In Texas City. In addition to the living and the dead which the storm cast up at Texas City, caskets and colllns from one of the cemeteries at Galveston were being fished out of the water there yester day. In the business portion of the city two large bilok buildings, one oc cupied by Knapp Brothers, and the other by the Cotton Exchange saloon, collapsed. In the Cotton Exchange sa loon there were about fifteen persons. Most of them escaped. Up to the time I left Galveston three dead had been taken from the ruins. They were: Stanley G. Spencer, man ager of the Elder-Dempster Steamship company, Richard Lord, traffic mana ger for George H. McFadden & Broth er; Charles K. Elder, of the firm of Lammcrs & Flint. How many corpses are there will not be known until the search is finished. Danger of n. Pestilence. The cotton mills, the bagging factory, the gas works, the electric light works and nearly all the Industrial establish ments of the city nre either wrecked or crippled. The flood left a slime about one Inch deep over the whole city and unless fast progress is made in bury ing corpses and carcasses of animals there is danger of pestilence. Some of the stories of the escapes are miraculous. William NIsbett, a cotton man, was burled in the ruins of the Cotton Exchange hotel, and when dug out In the morning had no other injury than a few brulsd An gers. Many stories were current of houses falling and Inmates escaping. Clarence II. Ouley, editor of the Evening Trib une, had his family and tho families of two neighbors In his house when tho lower half crumbled and the upper part slipped down Into the water. Not one in tho house was hurt. Of the La vlne family, six out ot seven nre re ported dead. Of the Burnett family, only one Is known to have been saved. Tho family of Stanley G. Spencer, who met death In the Cotton Exchange saloon, Is reported to be dead. The Mlstrot House, in the West End, was turned into a hospltnl. All of the regular hospitals of the city, were una vailable. Of the new Southern Pacific works little remains but the piling. Half n million feet of lumber was car ried away and Engineer Bocke says as far as the company is concerned, it might as well start over again. Eight Steamers Stranded. Eight ocean steamers were torn from their moorings and stranded in the bay. The Kendall castle was car ried over the Hats, Thirty-third street wharf to Texas City nnd lies In the main wreckage of the pier. The Nor wegian steamer Gyller 19 stranded be tween Texas City and Virginia Point. An ocean liner was swirled around through the west bay, crashed through the bay bridges and is now lying in a few feet of water near the wreckage of the railroad bridges. The steamship Taunton was carried across Pelican Point and is stranded about ten miles up the' east bay. Tho Mnl lory line steamer Alamo was torn from her wharf and dashed upon Pell can flats and against the bow ot the British rteamer Red Cross, which had previously been hurled there. Tho stern of the Alamo Is stovo in and the bow of the Red Cross is crushed, Down the channel to the Jetties, two other ocean steamships He groundj. Home schooners, barges and smaller craft nre strewn bottomslde up along side the slips of the piers. The tug Louise, of the Houston Direct Navi gation company, Is also a wreck. It will take a week to tabulate the dead nnd missing, und to get anything to qn approximate idea of the mone tary loss. It is safe to assume that one-half of the property ot tho city is wiped out nnd that ore-half of the residents have to face absolute pov erty. At Texas City three of the residents were drowned. There aro but few buildings at Texas City that' do not tell the story of the storm. Nothing remains of thp piers except the piling. The wreckage from Galveston Utters tho shore for miles nnd Is n hundred yards or more wide. For ten miles Inland from tho shora It Is n common sight to see small craft, such ns steam launches, schooners and ovster sloops. The life boat of the life leaving station was carried half a mile inland, while a. vessel that was nchored in Moses bayou lies high and dry five miles up from La Marque. The Galveston News nsked to have it an- nuunccd that all the men ot its staff are safe. At Fort San Jacinto. San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 10. At military headquarters department of Texas the information is that of 120 men at Fort San Jacinto, Galveston, only fifteen escaped. Further informa tion is that the captain escaped. Lieu tenant Colonel C. S. Roberts, adjutant general department of Texas, is la Galveston on a tour of inspection. THE WORK OF BELIEF. Government Will Furnish Tents and Rations to Flood Sufferers. Washington, Sept. 10. Tho following telegrams passed between the white house nnd Texas today: Houston, Txai, Sept. 10, It1. William McKlnley, President of the I'nltcd Mates, Washington, n. C. I hate hcen deputized by the mayor ami cltl rens' committee of Galveston to Inform 50U that the city of Galveston Is In ruins, and certainly many hundreds, II not a thousand are dead. The tragedy is one of the most frightful in recent times. Help must ho given by the state and nitlon nr the suffering will be apalllng. Food, clothing and nmmy will be needed at once. The whole south side for the city for threo blocks In from the gulf Is swept clear of every building; the whole wharf front Is a wreck and but few house in the city arc really habitable. The water supply Is cut oft and the food stock dam acid bv alt water. All bridges are washed away and stranded steamers litter the bay. When I left this morning the search for bodies hid be pin, corpses where everywhere; tempest Mew hi miles an hour and then earned government, in strument away at same time; waters of gulf were over whole city, having ilscn twelve feet. Water has now subsided and the run It on are icu ncip lew among the vvrcckige, cut oil from the world except by boat. (Signed) ltiehard Splllane. Washington, P. C, Sept. 10, 1900. Hon. .1. I). Sajcrs, Governor of Texas, Austin, Texa, The reports of the great calamity which has be fallen Galveston and other points on the coast of Texas excite my rrofound sympathy for the sufferers, as they will stir the hearts of the whole country. Whatever help it is possible to give shall be gladly extended. Hae directed the secretary of war to supply rations and t"nts upon jour request. (Signed) William McKlnley. A ropy of this telegram was sent to the mayor of Galveston as well as to Governor Sayers. Austin, Texas, Kept, 10. The President, Washington, D. C. Very many thanks for your telegram. Your ac tion will bo greatly appreciate! and gratefully ren.embered by the people ot Texas. I have this da) requested the secretary of war to forward rations and tents to Galvciton. (Signed) Joseph D. Sajers, Governor of Texas. RED CItOSS APPEAL. The National Society nt Washington Issues a Circular. Washington, Sept. 10. Miss Clara Barton tonight issued the following nppeal in behalf of the Texas suffer ers: The American National lied Crotx at Wash ington, D. C, is appealed to on all aides for help and for the privilege to help In the terrible disaster which has befallen southern and central Texas. It remembers the floods of the Ohio and Mississippi, of Johnstown, and of Tort Royal with their thousands of dead and months of suf ferings and needed relief and turns confidently to the people of the United States whose sjm pathy has never failed to help provide the relief that is asked now. Nineteen years of exirri enco on nearly as many fields renders the obllga tlons of the Ited Cross all the greater. Tho peo. pie have long learned its work and it must again open its accustomed avenues for their charities. It does not beseech them to give, for their sympathies are as deep and their hu manity as great as Its own but it pledges to thtm faithful old lied Cross relief xvorl; among th strlckin ktlms of theso terrible fields ot suffering: and death. He gives twice who gives quickly. Contributions may be wired or sent by mill to our treasurer, William J. Flather, assistant cashier, Itigjs National bank, Washington, D. C. i also to the local Red Cross committees of the Red Cross India famine fund at 1M Tilth avenue. New York city, and the Louisiana Red Cross of New Orliani, both of whom will report all donations for Immediate acknowledgment by us. (Signed) Clara Darton, President National American Red Cross. MAINE ELECTIONS. Returns from 240 Towns out of 312 Give Hill, Republican, 54,048; Lord, Democrat, 30,252. Portland, Me., Sept. 10. Returns from 240 towns and plantations out of 312 In the state give Hill, Republican, 04,648; Lord, Democrat, 30,252. Same places four years ago gave "owers, Republi can, 60,074, and Frank, Democrat, 24,784. This shows a Republican loss of 11 per cent, and a Democratic gain of IS per cent. On this basis It is esti mated that the Republican majority this year will be about 32.97S. ROOSEVELT IN WISCONSIN. The Governor Receives a Tremendous Ovation at La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 10. Covernor Kooevelt tpened the Itcpubllcan campaign in Wisconsin today, addressing two meetings, one In the af ternoon and the other in the evening. Doth meetings were held In the Kmplre rink, an Im mense building, which was crowded tu IU fullest capacity. The governor was received with tremendous applause and his presentation of the Itepuhltcan side of the issues met with cheers to thn echo. PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS. Sunbury, Pa., Kept. 10. The Republican con ferees ot the Twenty-seventh senatoilal district, composing the counties of Union, Snvdcr and Northumberland, met here today. Benjamin r. l'otht, of Union county, being thn only candi date for the o31cc, was given the unanimous nomination of the district. Dojlcstown, i'a,, Sept. 10. Tho Pucks county Democratic convention met here today nnd nomi nated the following ticket! Assembly, Upper dis trict, David S. llsrr; Middle dittricl. II. Funic Hart tell j lontr district, Jacob M. Winder, dis trict attorney, Warren S. Long; prothonotory, J. K. Cnnull; illreilor of the poor, "L. VV. Weir bach, llcsolutlon vvcio aduptcd endornlng W. J. Ik) an for president. Maueh Chunk, taps. 10. Ihc Parboil ceui.ty Itepubllcan convention met here tnda.v ju-1 lilac id this tliket in I he Md: Wmlilv. W. It. Stroh, o( Maueh Chunk! herill, Jonathan (lomhert. Mahoning; prothonoui), W. J. Itttiy, M.iuch (.'hunk: Jury itimuiUtlum'r, Timiius Mor gan, Hmvct Meadovy; Aiihltuld lleeves, of laimt. ford, and Milton eetter, rranMlu, were named as ilelriraiis tu the slate thuvintton, ami (icoiito Mi 1)jvIi, of Ijin'loril. war Minted d Carbon count) 's choice for congress In tho llighth dls trlct. preparing for the Mckinley wedding Tho Little Town of Somerset Is on tho Qui Vive Marriage Will Be a "Quiet Affair." Somerset, Par, Sept. 10. This littlo town is on tho qui vlve. Next Wednes day evening at holf past eight o'clock will take place the wedding ot Miss Mabel McKlnley und Dr. Hcrmanus Ludwlg Bner. Tho olTlclatlpg clergy man will bo tho Rev. Dr. Parker Mor gan, of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New Tork. Miss McKlnley was confirmed by Dr. Morgan about fifteen years ngo, when she was a little girl about 12 or 13 years of age. The local ministers of Somerset have all been in vited to the wedding, but tho entire service will be conducted by tho New York divine. Abner McKlnley. father ot the future Mrs. Bner, has been exerting every en ergy to make the wedding a "quiet" affair, lie is not succeeding well. The McKlnley home Is located in tho cen ter of the village and Is the object of attention Just nt present. Mr. McKln ley is besieged on all sides by news paper men and others anxious to know whut arrangements nave been made for the wedding. Photographers are here from various parts of the country to take pictures of the inter ior of tho McKlnley home, but this will not bo permitted under any clrcum. stances. An edict lias gone forth that n list of the presents, together with the names of the donors, will not be given out. That presents havo been given in large numbers and by people of prominence is well known. A friend of the family said today that of all the presents that have been received not more than a half dozen are from people holding ofllclal positions. Mr. McKlnley told the Associated Press correspondent that about two hundred guests were expected to at tend tho wedding. Of this number near ly one hundred are residents of this town ot 1,000 Inhabitants. The president and party arrived here over tho Baltimore and Ohio road nt 5.30 this afternoon to be present at the wedding of Miss Mabel McKlnley, the president's niece. Tho presidential party was met at the Somerset station by Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKlnley and Dr. Hcrmanus L. Baer, the groom. A shout went up from the assembled crowd as Mr. and Mrs. McKlnley made their appearance on the platform 'of the rear coach and descended the car steps. The President and Mrs. Mc Klnley bowed their acknowledgements. President McKlnley looked to be in unusually good health. It was an nounced that the president would de vote his time to absolute rest while here. The trip from Washington was without special incident save for the enthusiastic- grettlng given the presi dent at Cumberland, the home of Sen ator George L. Wellington. Short stops were made en route at Hancock, Meyersdale, Rockwood and Martlns burg, where the president shook hands with as many of the assembled crowds as he could reach during the few mo ments the stops were made. President and Mrs. McKlnley and Mrs. Katherlne Matthews were, upon their arrival, driven at once to Abner McKlnley's home. Accompanying the presidential party were: Bear Admiral and Mrs. Crown lnshleld, Quartermaster and Mrs. Lud dlngton, Governor and Mrs. W. A. Stone, Mrs. Helen McKlnley, Miss Grace McKlnley, Miss Mary Barber, Miss Sarah Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Charles It. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John Willy, of Canton: Congressman nnd Mrs. John Dalzell. Mr. and Mri. Wil liam Gibson, of Pittsburg: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cheney, ot Boston, and Frank A. Mussey. The hotels are small and few In num ber nnd tho rooms havo all been en gaged a week ahead of time. "It Is to be a plain, simple wel ding," said a relative of the McKlnleys; if it had been desired to have a swell wedding it could have taken place at the home of the McKlnleys in Now York city." MR. BRYAN AGGRESSIVE He Believes the Republican Party to Be on the Run What Was In sisted Upon in 1890. Chicago, Sept, 10. William J. Bryan was the guest this morning of the Ne braska Dryan club, of Chicago, nt a reception held at the Sherman House. Colonel Bryan, having shaken hands with two hundred or more people, was Introduced by M. V. Cannon, president of the club, and said In part: Our people are aggressive. The republicans are on the defensive. Wc were attacking the He publicans. They are tijing to explain and to defend anil. I believe It will be Impossible to defend their policies before the Amencin peo ple. Wo have h country now in which the peo ple can determine what they want. We insisted In 181P3 that we should have a chance to deter mine our own Snanclal rnl'cy without asking the aid or consent of any other nation, that vre were ulile to decide for ourselves what it should be. Now we say that this nation has 11 right to determine Its llcis and that when the Amer ican people want thing that concerns them they can have that thing, and that we shall not transfer legislative power from our people to some other people. 1 am willing that wo shall Imitate whatever other nations have that Is good, but I do not believe this nation is compelled by force ot circumstances to Imitate anything that It does not like and does not wjnt. (Ap plause). If this nation wants to own people it ran own them. It will have to change its con stitution to do it, but wc can change the con stitution If necessary. I go on the theory that tho American peopto can do whatever they want to do. In this campaign we are standing upon the great fundamental principles of human rights und human libcrtb'S. We Insist that it is not a omstioii ot what this nation can do, It is a .juration nl what this nation ought to do (ap plame) ami no president can tell thn Amerlian pioplo what tlulr duty Is. They decide that lor themselves. No piesident can tell us what (11 ir ilei-tlny Is It Is what vvc make it. (Ap plaiue). And In the hinds ol the American peo ple we leave thiw groat prnhlinn with the con fident belief that the patiiotlsm ami Intelligence 'if the people will be ipial tn this emergmcy as they havo been equal to all the emergencies of the pail (Great upplauao). PENNSYLVANIA POSTMASTERS. Washington. Kept. 10. 'the fidlowlng fourth. ihii l'enn.vlvAnla prMm.itcrs were appointed to4j,v ; Ci j tc ul J, Klk county, Mary 11, Uarr; oprz, Sullivan county, UUhop W, Jennings. UNITED STATES WILL WITHDRAW FROM CHINA Developments of the Day iu Situation at Pekin. GEN. CHAFFEE'S OPINION Adds Weight to That Entertained by tho Officials at Washington The Government Is Firm In the Deter mination Not to Become Involved In any Clash Between tho Powers That May Follow the BritiBh-Ger-man Programme of Remaining In Pekin American Troops Will Be Quartered nt Some Salubrious Portion of tho Philippines Ready to Protect Our Interests if Neces sary. Washington, Sept. 10. The develop ments of the day In the Chinese situ ation still point to a speedy with drawal of the United States troops Trom China. General Chaffee has add ed the weight of his opinion to that already entertained by many officials here. It Is significant that the gen eral's stntement on this point was given publicity by the administration. No confirmation Is at hand of tho report that Great Britain and Ger many have Joined in an agreement to remain together in Pekin, regardless of the attitude of the other powers. Should this be true, the fact doubt less would hasten the rearward move ment of the American troops, for there Is a Arm determination to avoid be coming Involved In any clash between the powers, such as might reasonably be expected to follow the execution of tins reported British-German pro gramme. It does not follow that because the United States troops nre to be with drawn this autumn from China that our interests will be left completely at the mercy of the -other powers. On the contrary, such disposition will be made of these troops that they, with others if necessary, can be returned to China in short order. To this end the entire army of General Chaffee will be quar tered In some of the pleasantest nnd most salubrious portions of tho Phil ippines. If they aro wanted again in China, they can be transported Inside of a week, thoroughly refreshed and fitted for effective action. READING EMPLOYES HELD TO BAIL They Are Charged with Criminal Negligence in Connection with the Hatfield Wreck. Norrlstown, Sept. 10. Train Dis patcher W. S. Grove, Conductor Thom as Shelby and Telegraph Operator D. 1J. Beidler, who were censured by the Montgomery county coroner's jury last week for negligence in connection with the fatal wreck on the Philadelphia and Heading railway at Hatlleld, Pa., on September 2, surrendered themselves to the Norrlstown police today, and were held in $1,000 ball each for court. Security was furnished In each case. The men are charged with criminal negligence. The maximum penalty for their alleged crime s $3,000 fine or Ave years' Imprisonment. Knglneer Davis, the fourth man cen sured by the jury, Is still confined In the hospital at Bethlehom. The ac cused men will be probably tried next month. OVATION FOR THE PRESIDENT. Citizens of Cumberland Receive Mr, McKinley with. Enthusiasm. Cumberland, Md., Sept. 10. President McKlnley was given an ovation here this afternoon, and after repeated calls went on tho platform of his special car and spoke briefly to a large crowd, which had congregated upon the an nouncement that he would pass through the city on a regular Bur llngton and Ohio train. The president and party were en route to Somerset, Pa., to attend the wedding Wednesday of Miss Mabel McKlnley, tho presi dent's niece. The president spoke as follows; My fellow citizens: I assure you that this call la very much unexpected by me. 1 had no idea that bo many of my fellow citizens ol Cumber land would assemble here to give me such a cordial greeting In the few brief moments that I stoped with jou. I am glad to know that no matter what may be our politics in this coun try we art) all for the United States (cheers) ami nil for the dear old flag wherever it floats (cheers) and determined men of the north and men of the south stand by the brave soldiers and ssiloiH who are maintaining our standard In the distant territory belonging to tho United States. I thank )ou once again for this more than generous greeting and hid you all good day." i ss - I- STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS. New York, Sept. 1. -Arrived: I, llretagne, from Iluvrc; Anulerdim, Rotterdam; Taurlc, Liverpool. Claenol: I.ahn, Bremen via Cher bourg and Southampton. Cherbourg Arrived: Deutschland, from New York for Hamburg, Southampton Arrived: Kaiser Wllhelm Der (iroisc, from New York for llremen. Liverpool Arrived: Kiledrlili Per Grosse, from New York, llremen Arrived: Aller, New York via South ampton. Lizard Passed; Itottcrdam, New York fur Itotetrdam. THE SITUATION AT SARATOGA Irresistibly Recalls That of Two Years Ago at Syracuse Stanch field's Chances. Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 10. The situa tion here tonight irresistibly recalls thjt of two yeais ugo. at Syracuse, when on the night before the nominat ing convention John B. Stanchflcld, Mayor McGuire, Klllot Danforth nnd several others were peimltted to re main In the field as candidates for the .guebcrnatorlal nomination until the iast moment, each with the assur ance that tho convention would elect tho candidate. At 3 o'clock In tho morning tho name of August Van Wyck, the heretofore unmentioned was brought forward as a choice of tho majority of the 'cudcrs and he was nominated a few hours later. The same men who controlled tho situation at that time are In control tonight. Richard Croker, Udwnrd Murphy and James Shevlln, nnd there Is a. general feeling prevailing that the situation which developed at Syracuse may turn out to be u precedent for that which will occur here. In the Syracuse episode, Senator D. 18. Hill figured to tho extent of being invited to participate In the confer ence which flnnlly decided upon Judge Van Wyck, but It Is genarnlly under stood that neither he nor nny of thi elements which he represents, unless it be Chairman ot the State Com mittee Frank Campbell, will be in vited to take part in the selection of the candidates of this convention. The suspicion that tho situation out lined above will result Is not founded upon luck of enthusiasm among dele gates controlled by trie Croker-Mirr-phy-ShovIIn combine, the alleged ean dldacy of J. B. Stancnileld. Ills name ! as prominently used tonight as dur ing tho past two days and It Is as serted thnt ho Is to be the nominee of these majority controlling leaders. But among those close to the leaders there Is not to be found tonight a man who will allow himself to be quoted as saying that Mr. Rtanchfleld will sure'ly be nominated, while there are many who say that there is a possi bility of an entirely new candidate. This latter Impression seems to pre vail quite generally among tho Tam many delerates nrrlvlng late this af ternoon. THE WILKES-BARRE BRIBERY CASES Charges Made Against Santco and Wheatley Councilman Thomas Was a Jollier. Wllkcs-Barre, Sept. 10. The special committee appointed by city councils to Investigate the bribery charges made by Councllmen Santeo and Wheatley, made its report to councils tonight. The charges were made in connection with an attempt to get an ordinance through councils granting a franchise to a Scranton electric rail way company. Both Santee and Wheatley claimed that they had been approached by parties who offered them money for their votes. The committee In Its report says tho charges made are not substantiated, nnd the two councllmen uro censutod for bringing disgrace upon the city. Councilman Thomas is censured for playing the part of an actor. While the ordinance was pending In council ho would pull out a big wad of money and show It to certain councllmen, giv ing them to understand that he had been "seen." Upon being examined under oath, Thomas testllled that he was only Jollying the other fellows, and that he was never offered a cent for his vote. The committee says Thomas' conduct is nothing lehs than reprehensible, and tht It warranted his dismissal from the countilmnnlc body, llemy Scott, the night watch man at the city hall, Is suspended for sixty duys for acting as messenger for certain patties interested in the pass age of the ordinance through councils. In conclusion, the committee says that the next time a councilman is ap proached by parties who want to buy his vote he should bo sure a third party is present, and then lay the mat ter before the district attorney. The leport of the committee was adopted without a dissenting vote. RETIREMENT OF GEN. WHEELER General Otis to Command the De partment of the Lakes. Washington, Sept. 10. A formal older was Is sued today by the war department announcing the retirement of llrlgadier Rcncr.il Jmepli Wheeler, who today reached the age limit o sixty-four joars. (liberal Wade, commanding the Department ol Dakota, was telegraphed to take charge of the attalis cf the Department of the Lakes until the new li partment commander arrives. It Is expected that fieneral Otis will go tn Chicago about the 1st of October to as sume command. KILLED IN SELF-DEFENSE. rouglikecpslc, N. Y., Sept. 10. reter Austin, the farmer cf Stunill, who has been In Jail sinco 1'rlday en bUpiclon of having killed Chas Ilrower, hU farm hand, fourteen years ago, con fessed that lie killed Drowcr, but say he did It in sell-defense. THIS KKWS THIS MOUNLWi Weather Indications Today, FAIR AND WARM, 1 General Scenes of Desolation at Galveston. United Statis Will Withdraw fiom China. All at Work In the Anthracite Coal Kleld, 2 tienei.il Northeastern Pennsjlvanla News. 1'inaiiclal ami Cnmmeirlal. The Tribune's Kdueatlonal Contest. 3 Local-City Contioltcr's Opinion on the Mc- Nally Lot Purchase. Judgn KduanU Charges the Giand Jury, t Kdllorial. Details o( MaullVa Teace Festival. 5 Local Sematlonil Testimony at the Bribery Hearing. Piemlums at the Maltland Fair, 6 Local West Scranton and Subuiban, 7 Hound, About th County. 3 General Live lnduitrlSs;s. THE MINERS ARE-ALL AT WORK No Signs of Strike in the Wyoming Valley. BETTER FEELING EXISTS Workmen Who Carried Their Toola Away Saturday Brought Them Back Yesterday Miners Bellera Delay In Strike Is Suicidal Oper ators Aro Thus Enabled to Lay in Their Winter Stocks. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. Sept. 10. All th mines in this region were operated as usual today. Those miners who took their tools out S.iturdny nlirlit In ex pectation that a strike would bo callod, I hud to carry them buck again today. I There Is a better feeling all around, j especially In business circles, nnd the Impression prevails that the matter ot ! a strike has been postponed lndefl- nltely. The mlneis nre or the opinion that unless the executive board of tho United Mlno Workers has received some substantial guarantee that tho operators will make concessions a, great mistake has been made. Kvery day that the collieries work from now on Is to the advantage of the opera tors, as the capacity of the mines, with modern machinery. Is such that 11 wMtit minnHtv nf nnn pn n Vo tnlnorl. . . ' ., ha ,, ,,v. ' I ... .. O..W. V ........ - .... . ..w...w .. 1 would bo suicidal to call a strike after the winter trade has been supplied, and the market stocked with coal. Shamokin, Pa., Sept. 10. There aro no evidences of a strike In tho coal districts today. All the collieries aro In operation, and of this vicinity no members of the United Mine Workers have failed to report -for work. The union officials are awaiting the result of the next few days' endeavors to obtain concessions from the opera tors. Hazleton, Pa., Sept, 10. Every col liery In the region la In operation, and huslness Is moving along at Its usual salt. The delay on the part of the execu tive board nt Indianapolis in nctlng on the strike question has increased tho tension in certain quarters. But tho general opinion among the people seems to be that the trouble will bo altogether avoided; or, It a strike li ordered, it will not bo so effective as It would have been had the nntlonal ofllcers of the United Mlno Workers taken decisive action on Saturday night. STRIKE EXCITEMENT HAS DIED OUT Most of the Miners of Wyoming Valley Seem Entirely Satisfied with the Turn in Affairs. Wllkes-Barre. Sept. 10. The excite ment over tho tlne.itened strike ot miners In tho Wyoming valley has en tirely died out. The only murmur of discontent comes from Plymouth.whero the United Mine Wotkers' organisa tion Is very strong. The miners there say that the executive board at In dianapolis played Into the hands of the operators, unwittingly but never theless very effectively. If the strike had been declared Saturday night, ns expected, 93 per cent, of the men em ployed in the mines of Plymouth nnd vicinity would have laid down their tools at once. At Plains, Parsons, Sugar Notch and other towns In the valley the miners appear to be perfectly satisfied with the turn In affairs, and It would bo a somewhat dllllcult matter to arouse their enthusiasm to the striking point again. In the meantime, tho operators are doing nothing but mining coal. Kvery colliery Is being worked to its fullest capacity, and more coal Is be ing mined than at any time-In tho history of the valley. STRIKE RESOLUTIONS. Adopted by the Hazleton Minis terial Association. Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 10. The Hazle ton Ministerial association today adopted tho following resolutions bear ing on the postponement of the strike: The ministerial society of Haslcton and vicin ity, dciply solicitous for the temporal as well aj spiritual welfare of the toilers in our mines who contribute so largely to the industrial prosperity of tho anthracite coal region, heiewith ileslrca to express its profound gratification over the postponement of the threatened strlko and heart. fly congratulates the national cxecutlvo board of tho United Mine Workers upon itn decision to employ every peaceful and honorablo means to adjuat alleged grievances beforo assuming tho grave responiiMlity of ordering u strike and precipitating upon the minus and their families Irreparable suUerlng. Wc also ileslre to express our earnest hope that all good citizens and friends of humanity and social order and es pecially the mine owners and operators will usa their vitmost endeavor to ovcit calamity and to allay all strile fetvveen employes and employers. CONFERENCE OF RAILROADERM- Utlca, Sept. 10. A conference! of railroad men was held In this city today. The object of th confluence are kept secret but It Is understood that the gathering consists of delegates from tour organisations and that It Is the Intention to federate) engineers, fiicmcn, trainmen and conductors, maki ig a Mate federation of rail road emplo.ves. f t -r WEATHER FORECAST. f- f Washington, Sept. 10. Forecast for-f-4- Eastern I'eninjlvanlat Fair, continued -4 4- warm Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh - winds, mostly easterly. -f- -v- -- 1 ,
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