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SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1900.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
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f Washington, Sept. 10. Forecast for-f-4-
Eastern I'eninjlvanlat Fair, continued -4
4- warm Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh -
winds, mostly easterly. -f-
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