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Morning Post. f e RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1900 t SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT j Railroad Official Says the Strike Will Soon End qEiKESS WtN DEMANDS or" ,,pr I'rnrilcally Concede All i .nt Recognition of the -nrn Iteturn to Work in the I i:." " Tjiar IH tier Asretment to uiiiiU n.vtiud yialterst Arbitra tion In-iJjro colliery had to close down today. Everything -is now shut down in this neighborhood. General Gobin's soldiers are still on duty, hut 'are kept close in camp. Very little liberty is allowed to them. The coroner's jury empanelled to inquire into the death of the vi.tim r last Friday's riot, returned the following verdict: "We find that John Stiniski, came to his death ly a bullet wound in the head, fired by a member of the sheriff's posse i: East Centre street, Shenandoah, Sep tember 21." The evidence taken at the inquest was Aery contradictory. BRYAN'S LAST TOUR Too TIncti for Archbishop Ryan Philadelphia. Sept. 27. A priest at i the residence of Archbishop Ryan this morning volunteered to a reporter the ' statement that the archbishop had step ped out of the arbitration scheme "be cause of the advent of Mark llanna in the lield." Will Travel Extensively and Make Many Speeches GETS A GOOD SEND-OFF M T n. II. lit" M V !. i: j- .- s ; r. 27. As a result of ,i ;i' the o.,ice of John .v . .. between Mr. Morgan t f the chief anthra- :-. n'ir ..nations are now , - ':! ntent of the frre.it A -;-.!: 'i-.r to -pretty good ,.;.,id basis of set ; i rent, increase in the i , w ao on their part, if ... . - lenient is agreed to . -.. -unition of the United , - i. tue coai operu i i. . -1 n por;s that an i .-a .! im.-mI.v reached and . ... 1 were circulated in .. bur mi far as could be .; r'.ii' negotiations were I; ua. however, stared ... ;...;.iied t a favorable ,.ne those who had .. ; -i !vn;arke.l: . : heaven and earth - a-- and 1 expect it to be . . :,..! t !i ti k it well that the - . . nit iiic.it that are being : - . iM be stated, for I f ar . . ;.: with the .successful negotiations. The fact : : there should have been '! : ;'.! hra are -al eompa--:i ipiite willing to raise .. and bur for the sum- " :-.! ". t-iiiiiir. when boards of :;: in session, the Id per .iil.l have been granted. , M , ; ; . i i of the United -Mine-i -..! .-ei-tain demands as to the! :' ;;-.a: union that compli-j .: i. when a report that the ! .-. -i.illy been settled was re '..'u ar his office at X o'clock, v .;" no settlement." . - i :r;. : t in AVaM street that - :' r rlie ending of tue strike . .-..Ineted by Archbishop . .:i frotn Philadelphia -.-e r'i aiitnraeite coal rail- i:s a;id find out if the trou i i.e iftl,sl. The arehbish . i ibe.-uly heard the men's is 'known while her.-.1 to , ,- iosses!on of the eom . . . '! l it e miirht be the chief s i:.f,-rred by some because made by President V. II. . . ; tii, .'claware. Laeka- ! W'.-T.-'.n. He sail it was :a t i ms for a settlement were under way, but that i : t'-'.l what the outcome :: ' itiaiions. ' added Mr. " e bein.sr conducted byv a ii't Iinv-tly represent v ;.. rae i oiitroversy. The ef- : n an-in the nature of Mr. Tiues-lab said that It; :-n was not the mediator ! ". Neither was Senator M -. '!':-!. -dale went to li s sum-' ur'i ..'it having hearl tnat the: . had resulted in an afrree- i ;.!. be learned, the last of .-.-s ar Mr. Mr?an s office V-'ei-day. At that time the: . roads were represent d: ! li.:u-eii renrescnted the Is.'- ' ; ,d t lhie more partieu ?.e also a larsre stockholder i ! r i in Ir.aeite roads. - Ma.ueil. prsident of the r.'i!:- i id. said today: ! I eaa see there is nothing :e :i iu' ii of the strikers to , -!:e r.Tiwa rranted interivtsi- ; labor leaders. A settlement k le .it .-.ae moment." Another Tlfiip lCxpertrt Minercviile, Pa.. Sept. 27. Over 200 of the younger element of the Heading Company's miners have signed to strike. The tie-up in this district will be com plete by the end of the week, although the collieries are still working. This is a centre of seven eo:il mines, and per cent, of the coal cut by the Reading south of Hroad Mountain is taken out here. The suspension of op erations at Mahanoy plane has thrown l.OOO railroad men out of work, because there is no coal to haul. Coal ship ments from this district will soon be reduced to a few hundred cars a dav. A Parlr of Striker Qlseharsrd Tower City. Pa., Sept. 2.. Thirty-five miners stopped work here today and their places were promptly tilled by men from Lykens ami Shamokin. The Head ing Company has l.GT0 miners and boys in this district and all are at work to day at "three collieries the lirookside, Good Springs and Lincoln. All is quiet. Cardinal Gibbons for Arbitrator Baltimore. Sept. 27. Cardinal (iibbons has consented to be the arbitrator if the miners and operators in the anthracite regions will agree to accept him. The request came to his emineiuw several days ago. presumably from Archbishop Kyan. although there is a report current that John Wanamaker. of Philadelphia, suggvstet his name. The cardinal de clines to state, whence the request came, but acknowledges that he has consented to serve. Attempt to Wreck a Train "Wilkeshnrre, Pa.. Sent. 27. A number of lnxidlunis tried to wreik a train on the Central Uailroad of Xew Jersey this evening. The train carried several cars of washery coal and the men who pre pare! it. The attempt was made at South Wilkesbarre just before dusk, a rail being placed on the track while the hoodlums took position behind a row of cars and dHHiibarded the train and the workmen H. carried. There was great excitement for a time, inc train came from the No. 7 Station colliery o' the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, and on the cars were the twenty men employed at the washery. There has bet a a very bitter feeling against them and three times they have been stoned at the workings. Tonight before they quit work a number of women hooted them, but were driven on" the company's property. When the train reached South Wilkesbarre. tae engineer saw a rail on the track, and- as he was running slowly he managed to stop before reach ing it. As the train slowed up some twenty or thirty hoodlums, using a line of cars as a barracade. hurled stones a nl coal at the non-union men who got down between the ears to escape the volleys. The engineer some of rhe crew" lifted the rail from the track and the train went on without an attempt being made to capture anv of the strik ers, who continued the fusillade until the train was out of sight. Some of the men on the train were hit, but were not hurt: Ills Friends Display Unbounded En thusiasm as tbe Start Is ITIade-IIo Is In Splendid Health and Fine Spirits and Gives Promise of Doing Effective Campaign Work He Will Visit New York and the New England StaUs Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27. Mr. Bryan left his home in this city at 7:30 o'clock this morning for a campaign journey that will occupy all his time from now until the day of the presidential elec tion. His itinerary includes New York and the Last and he will deliver many speeches. Mr. Bryan's departure was attended with scenes of great enthusiasm. The people of Lincoln are confident that he i will win thousands of votes and that his I election to the presidency as tbe cham pion of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and well-being of the republic is assured. Mr. Bryan this morning looked as powerful as a Hercules, and said that he was in splendid health and the best of spirits. I lis brief rest has restored vitality to the fullest and there was an expression of confident determina tion upon his face which angered a vig ourous campaign in the East. There was a great assemblage- of friends and Democratic leaders at the station and' they greeted the Nebraska champion with unbounded enthusiasm. Many arose earlier than usual to bid the Democratic candidate farewell, and the train left amid cheers. Mr. Bryan stood on the rear platform with his head bared ami waved his hat in response to the cheers of the assemblage. J The first important stop made by Mr. i Bryan after leaving Lincoln was at Pa pillon. Neb., where he delivered a brief speech and where he was received with the greatest enthusiasm. AS SHAFROTH SEES IT He Characterizes Republican Claims as Absurd - BRYAN'S LOSS AND GAIN Democrats Will Lose Votes In tbe Far West and Gain Ip the middle West Whether the Change Will Be Suffi cient to Affect the Result .Remains to Be Seen Judge Springer Expects In diana to Go Democratic compelled to live in a hut on Campbell's lot. He says that his dead brother, who adopted Campbell, left part of the prop erty to the O'Dea children and that Campbell refuses to gicve it to them. He wept during the recital of his story. "They swindled me and my children and hypnotized my brother." May the curse of St. Peter be upon themt" he said. DEAD ON THE SIDEWALK Bryan's First Day's Traveis Sioux City, la.. Sept. 27. Mr. Bryan rode forty miles today in an open car delivered three speeches and traveled two hundred miles by railroad. His au diences were not large for cloudy weath er and rain was encountered early in the afternoon. At Papillion, Sarpie county, Mr. Bryan stood in the open air and talked about the fusion party issues to four hundred people. He spoke on im IKMialism. militarism and trusts. Mr. Bryan reached Dakota City in the extreme northeast of Nebraska at S o'clock tonight and as he alighted from the train rain was falling in a drenching quantity. The town is small but excursion trains brought a crowd of people of considerable size. Mr. Bryan declared he would leave the State of Nebraska in the belief that the electoral vote is safe for the fusion ticket. He will deliver more speeches in Nebraska the three days preceding the election. Mr. Bryan came to Sioux City at mid night and went to his private car. Washington, Sept. 27. Representative Shafroth of Colorado arrived in Wash ington last night and will be here a few days. He says that the claims of the Republicans that they are going to carry some of the inter-mountain States which were carried by Bryan in 1896 are- simply absurd. Colorado, Utah, Montana and Idaho are, he said, absolutely sure for Bryan. He says that the Democrats of California claim that they are going to carry that State. As to Washington, he says he has no information. Wyo ming is very close and uncertain, and he doess not think the Democrats are counting on being able to capture Ore gon. s "The ay the situation seems to me," he said to a reporter this morning, "we are losing a little in the number of votes in the far West and are gaining very considerably in the middle West and in the East. The question, of course, is whether the gains where they are be ing made are going to be sufficient to turn the electoral vote of any of the States, and whether where there are losses they will be enough to effect the electoral vote. I know that in Colo rado, Utah, Idaho and Montana the shrinkage in the Bryan vote will noT; be -enough to endanger either of those States. In the middle West there is evidence everywhere of the increase of Bryan's strngth. It is plain enough to be seen by any one that he is very much stronger than he was in 1896, and the prospects of his election are exceedingly bright. Speaking of the rough treatment of Itoosevelt at ictor, Col., yesterday, Mr Shafroth said that he was sure no po litical organization was responsible for it. v ictor and all the Cripple Creek coun try, where the Republicans seem to think they can do something, is in the gold mining district, not silver; but, he said, the miners are not influenced in favor of the Republicans because of that fact, since it. is a labor question with them, and the mining of gold gives less employment in proportion to the value of the product of the mines than does the mining of silver. The Cripple Creek country, producing about twenty millions of gold a year, employs only about o,.tH) men, while silver mining when at its best, employed about one thousand men to each million dollars of product. In 1896 Victor east about three thousand votes, and only nineteen votes were cast tor McKinley. Circumstances Indicate That Architect Feck Was Murdered New York, Sept. 27.--Charies S. Peck, one of the foremost architects of the city, was found dead at day-break this morning on the sidewalk in front of -0'i AVest Seventeenth street. The police are making a full investigation, and have not yet decided whether he was murder ed or mef death by accident. Mr. Peck's head was badly braised, indicating he was clubbed or sanbagged, although the police say the bruises may have been caused by a fall. The doctor who came with an ambulance was inclined to ac-. cept the sandbagging theory. Another strong indication of murder was that nothing of value was found in his pock ets. Mr. Peck was a man of large means and would scarcely be likely to be. down town late at night penniless. The only article of value found on him was a seal ring. There was a deep gash in his forehead, and the bridge of his nose was broken. NATIONAL LEAGUE The score: R. H. E. New York . . .1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 x 6 11 5 Philadelphia .0 100000214 6 2 Batteries: Hawley and Grady; Dunn and Douglass. Umpire, Snyder. The score: R. H. E. Brooklyn 00010030x 4 9 1 Boston 0 0 00200 0 02 6 2 Batteries: McGinnity and Farrell; Willis and Clark. Umpire, Hurst. The score: R. H. E. Pittsburg ....0010000001 7 2 Cincinnati ....0 0 0 3 0 00014 7 1 Batteries: ATaddell and Zimmer; New ton and Kahoe. Umpire, Emslie. WHAT CONGER WILL DO His Instructions Sent to the President for Approval NO SENSE A MEDIATOR Our Minister to China Will Represent the United States Alone He Will Pre pare the Way for a More Formal Con ference of the Powers Serious Hitch Possible Over Objections to Prince Tuan as a Chinese PJenlpetenllary Standing of tbe Clubs GRAVESEND RACES ERA OF PEACE DAWNS t: I-: Practically Settled 1 '"i'.i. Soj.r. 27. A railroad of- a: .-try whose word can be .'u;h ; ir.uive. but who would - :o iiav, his name used in vi"ii 'ho statement, said to i : miners' strike had been s.-':rh'd. i a- trms, h added. ui.;.b- known in all likelihood : ; i w cuty-four hours. m.-iy l'f said to have woti lie ontiuufd. "with the 1 that which refers to the Ti 1 l ihi-ir union. This point '"s w' not concede, but the : will ar'' to a compro - : lin.-s I have indicated." V,-; Gomez Writes Hopefully or the Future of Cuba Havana, Sept. 27. General Maximo Gomez has published a letter written by him to a friend in Santo Domingo regarding the situation in Cuba. He say that soon the flame of war in Cuba will be extinguished forever and that the banner of peace will be majestically raised on the building where the consti tutional convention will meet. There will be definitely formed in the convention two political parties in which all Cubans will be able to find a place. AYith the convention the work or the revolution will be terminated. General Gomez ad. Is that many Cubans have round fault and taken umbrage at what they call the slowness of the Americans in solving the problems in Cuba. Ho declares that so far there has been no reason to dis trust the Americans. BILLET NEAR HIS HEART Y Iarklr Men Return to Work Pa.. Sept. 27. The em-'- ! Markle at Hazleton re-j 1 k this morning and their i :'- v ;il now be settled by arbi- i '-;!i operators and men being , I !: 'filer of Mr. Markle. issu- 1 's '.i"t satisfactory to th- lie w is unwilling to se:t!e , !i:Cst;ou in any other way ' '''.aiioii, aud then would not : v.a-es. the men decided v. .e-lo dispute be arranged by . ' i -f arbitration has not beon s,.-tjV(l T,!(, mrn havo ltlft ''" in the hands of tliAir enmmit- ; I'.m w' probably be to select j ';;v Kyan. of Philadelphia, -who j " i--: :.- Poth parties, a the; '-a an l have each side choose' t ? .. other individual opera- I 'Low Maikle's :ead. miners Idle at Ashland .-epi. .i. voour 1W -" !td lift on the east col--nik- this morning. The "!!. .!- is also idle. Th forking short-handed. 'if . t'. A: ' i- . t iri . L; -- '.le 1 r ... v "..aery , err-'i1' K ,llnim- at Preston No. .'i. U'-J'v"' "'" ,;ird Mammoth. The s.,.llt i. ,.,,Tnji.te here. A" hm Down at Shenandoah v ah, Pa., Sept. 2 7. -The Cam- An Ex-7Iyor of Atlanta Shot by Bur glars In His Back Yard Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 27. Hon Charles A. Collier, president of the Cotton States Exposition of 1S!K!, and one of the most prominent men in the South, was found this, morning lying at the foot of the stairs in the yard back of his residence in Richardson street, with a bullet hole in his left side, in the region of the heart. He uttered but one word, "Burglars," and became unconscious. His condition is regarded as critical. Mr. Collier was a former mayor of Atlanta, one of the twelve United States commissioners at the Paris Exposition and a niepiber of the Lafayette Monu ment Association. Partisan Postmasters Tnnotn Kun.. Sent. 27. The Ponulist State Committee charges that Republi can postmasters in Kansas are making ; their offices distributing stations for Re- .kiinnn Utfr.-it-iir Affidavits have been IU1M1V.(111 - made Charging inai country postmasters put literature in the boxes and hand it out to all patrons without postage. The department has been appealed to for inspectors. Keene's Colt Wins Jockey Club Stakes London. Sept. 2.. -The race for, the .Tockev Club stakes of 10.00O sovereigns, the second horse to receive 7: reisrns. the nominator of the winner 400 sovereigns and the nominator of second J0O sovereigns, out of stakes for three and four year obis, was run at New , . . . ... j .,,,,1 va! won nv J. If. &oW -It Disguise II, by Domino, out of Bonnie GaS 1 Honrs That Ran Yesterday and Those Entered for Today's Events New York, Sept. 27. Results at Gravcsend. First race. mile Modrine, 2 to T; Meehanus, 2 to 1; Unmasked, j to 5. Time, 1:10 2-5. Second race, 1 1-10 mile Serrano, 2 to o: Compensation, 7 to 2; A'.aske, 8 to 1. Time,l:48. Third race, mile Cherries, 7 to F; Luck. U to 1; Candle, 3 to 1. Time. 102. Fourth race, 1 1-10 mile Killi&handra, 4 to 5: Gonfalon, 3 to 2; Greenock, to 1. Time. 1:48. Fifth race, ;H mile Talemon, to 1; The Rvmer, ! to 2; Dr. Barlow, 8 to 1. Time, 1:12 4-.". Sixth race, 1 mile and 70 yai 3s Bel grade, 40 to 1; Radford 1 to 3. AA'est Baden, 3 to 1. Time, 1:47 2-3. Entries for Today Firse race, hurdle handicap, l1j miles, 0 hurdles Howard Maun, iOO; Liner, 140: Maso, 14(5: Island riiiice, VZi Last Cord, 132; Monroe Doc, 132: P-vah-min, 130. Second race, Boulevard handicap. 2 vear old, about mile Elizabeth M, 124; Lady Scorr, 124; Janice, 119; The Muskateer, 117; The Puritan, 11; Scur ry, 95. Third race, 1 mile 70 yards feell. Do lando, 109; Belle of Orleans, 95; King Barleycorn, 114; Serrano, 114; Tip Gallant, 104: Ilildreth, ; Annoy, 102; Monsolee, 101. Fourth race, 3 year old, about mile P. Aichard, 112; Templar, 109; Lizzie Regent. 109; Mordolmo, 112; Tartar, 109; Hopbrook, 109; League Island, 112; Monaco Prince, 112; Fatalist, 109; trfrntsillS. 100." .TT'ifth r.icp. Bawiew handieanv. 1 miles Instrusive, 120; Favonious, 123; ! Potente, 118: Mr. Brown, 107; Gonfalon, j JIM ; xeau uaiwui, .iutiev, i.uu; First AA'hip, 102; Withers, 97; Ilil dreth, . Sixth race, selling, 2 year old fillies, 3V furlongs Quite Right. 98; Kid, 98; Glade Run, 109; Shark, 99; About, 94; Billionaire, 102: Pedeck. 112; Sinfi, 104; Farer Bennet, 102; Historian, 97. SECRETARY' HAY ABOUT WELL The Situation in Indiana and Illinois AA'ashington, Sept. 27. Judge William M. Springer of Illinois, for many years n representative in Congress, was a caller at Democratic headquarters this morning: In speaking of Ihe campaign, Judge Springer said the outlook for Democratic success' was assuring. "I have received several letters from friends in Indiana, who wrote me that Bryan will carry the State by a safe plurality, and with my I personal knowledge of the situation I i a in satisfied the Hoosier State is lost j to the Republicans. The truth is, the Republicans realize that the State is 'doubtful. They, are not claiming it with that certainty that marked their utter ances a month ago. Then the statement was made by the Republican managers that McKinley would carry Indiana by 25.000 majority. "In Indiana," continued Judge Spri lg er, "I am told the Republicans are mak ing a desperate fight. The discaat-nt strike in Pennsylvania are alarming the among the workingmen and the coal Republican managers, who understand that a break in the labor vote means a loss of the State. Mr. Bryan is much stronger in Illinois today than he was four years ago. and as conditions have entirely changed since then, I know of no reason why he should not carry the State. "Men in a position to know," added Judge Springer, "tell me that we have an excellent chance to win the State for Bryan." FRUIT OF THE STRIKE He Says He WI 1 Return to Washington at an Early Day. Sunapee, X. H., Sept. 27. Secretary Hay has fully recovered from his recent illness. A reporter talked with him yes terday at his place, The Falls. He has been out driving nearly every day and takes long walks daily. Some comment is being made, now that he has recovered, about his not being in AA'ashington at this time. In regard to this Secretary Hay said "I do not know just what' day I shall return to AAashington, but it will be verv soon. AA hen I W- i ij .remain through this month." A Desperate JTIlner Kills a JJan Who Owed His Children ITlouey Wilkesbarre, , Sept. 27. Driven to despair by the needof money for his wife and six children, John O'Dea, a striking miner, this morning shot and killed Archibald Campbell and wounded Mrs. John AA'ark, whom he claims owe his children money. O'Dea had heard that Campbell was going to the soft coal regions, and fear ing that he would escape before he could get satisfaction for the money Campbell would not pay, O'Dea armed himself, with a revolver and followed Campbell and his mother-in-law to the depot. There he found them in a crowd ot passengers, saying farewell, Camp bell being just ready to enter the train. O'Dea elbowed his way to Campbell, and when within a few feet of his vic tim fired into his body. Before Mrs. Wark had time to turn, O'Dea fired at her, the bullet striking her right arm, but not disabling her. Campbell had fallen forward on his face and O'Dea stood calmly by him until an officer rushed up and seized him.- The first man to reach Campbell after O'Dea was arrested, was District Pres ident T. D. Nichols, of the United Mine Workers' Union, and local president J. F. Miller. They carried Campbell, who still breathed, to an .ambulance. He died soon after reaching the rosnital. O'Dea said when told of Campbell's death: Well.'I don't mind. I'd hare killed him sooner or later and I ain't afraid of hanging. I've got to die some time, anyway." O'Dea's story is that Campbell 'and Mrs. AA'ark live in two ne houses while he and his famiij are Won. Post. Pet. Brooklyn . 75 51 .595 Pittsburg . 73 54 .507 Philadelphia 08 59 .535 Boston 04 02 .508 Chicago 00 .484 St. Louis ...57 r7 .454 Cincinnati .0 71 .441 New York ...... 54 73 .425 PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY Creditors of Seymour, Johnson & Co. Take Action Relating to. Insolvency New York, Sept. 27. A petition ask ing that Henry A. .Seymour and Fred erick A . Johnson, who, with David AAebster, a special partner, composed the firm ot Seymour, Johnson and Com pany, stock brokers, be adjudged invol untary bankrupts, was filed today in the United States district court.'. The petitioners are three creditors who hold notes amounting in all to $4,250. In the petition it is alleged that the firm is insolvent and on Maj 28 last made an .assignment to Arthur Hayes, Jr., for the benefit of their creditors. Schedules of the firm filed June 8, last showed lia bilities of $0S2,730; nominal assets, $798,190: actual assets, $010,206. Of the liabilities $403,000 were secured by collateral. COTTON BALE TRUST SUED Texas Gets National Chairman Jones and John E. Searles Under Fire Chicago, Sept. 27. Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is defendant in .proceedings brought under the anti-trust law of Texas. John E. Searles, known in AVall street as one of the biggest "trust mag nates," is co-defendant. The Texans have placed these two under fire because they are 'the heaviest stockholders in the concern known as the American Cotton Company. John E. Searles is presi dent of the organization. The chairman of the Democratic National Committee says the company is but a large busi ness concern. It is charged that the Jones-Searles combination constitutes a conspiracy against lawful trade and free competi tion, and that the company is a monopoly as it is fortified by patents which ex clude possibility of competition. War Dispatch from liord Roberts London, Sept. 27. In a telegram to the War Office, General Roberts says: "Ian Hamilton s. column arrived at Komatipoort today. PoleCarew states that they are getting ample supplies through our consul at Lorenzo Mar- quez. xne Portuguese omciais are very civil and obliging. Seventeen officers and 319 men of the Canadian regiment start ed this morning on the way to Canada. Washington, Sept. 27. Instructions t Minister Conger to initiate negotiation looking to a settlement of, the Chinese troubles have been forwarded by the State Department to President McKin ley at Canton for review and approval. It is claimed by those who ' appear to be aware of the nature of the instruc tions that Mr. Conger is directed to place himself in-"communication with Earl Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, the Chi nese plenipotentiaries for the purpose of making such arrangements with them as may arise in a satisfactory adjustment of the differences that have existed be tween China and the United States. . Mr. Conger will endeavor to arranga time and place for the meeting of a con ference of China and the powers to dis cuss peace terms and will probably ex change with the Chinese plenipotentia ries the views of his and their respec tive countries in order that a basis of procedure in the general conference may be answered. In this connection the re quest is made officially that correction be made of the impression prevailing jn some quarters in this country and abroad that Minister Conger has been instructed to act as a mediator between China and the powers and that he will negotiate in, the interests of all and not merely for the United States. It is asserted that Mr. Conger will act solely for his own government, even eral peace conference. No other nation has asked the United States to have Mr. Conger act for it and anything to lead Mr. Conger to believe that ne was to serve in a mediatory capacity has been carefully eliminated from his instruc tions. - It may be officials say. that Mr. Con ger and the Chinese plenipotentiaries may agree . to disagree in the very be ginning. over the appointment of Prince Tuan. the Boxer leader, as a member of the Privy Council. ' The United States and, it is believed, all the other powers, will not tolerate the retention of Tuan in such an influential office. It -was pointed out today that before any . actual negotiations for a, final set tlement can begin, it must be definitely determined that the Chinese government is protecting American citizens and their interests in China. That was one of the fundamental principles laid down by the United States as preliminary to the ar rangement of peace terms, uould Tuan exert his influence to cause further out breaks against foreigners, even at points remote from Pekin, Minister Consrer would decline to enter into or continue negotiations with Li Hung Chang and Pr.ince Ching. and, it was explained to day, would hold EarfLi to his assurance demanded by the United States that American life and Droperty in China would be respected in the future. In the opinion of government officials in Washington, the attitude of Great Britain toward the German proposition that the Boxer leaders be punished a a condition precedent to peace negirtla tions. will have an important bearing ??i . the settlement of the Chinese situation. Should Great Britain throw her pow erful influence' on the side of Germany the situation will be very much- compli-. cated ,in making' a fairly even division of the powers against each other. On the one side would be Great Britain, Germany, Austria and Italy, opposed to the inauguration or an arrangement for peace until the anti-foreign leaders have been- punished, while on the other side would be the United btatesi Russia and France. " Senatorial Candidates Invited Charlotte. N. C, Sept. 27 Special. A meeting of the Bryan and Stevenson Club was held here tonight. Warm discussion and debate characterized the meeting throughout. A resolution was passed that the senatorial candidates all be invited to,; speak here, the time to be named by the president and secretary of the club. It was also voted to mvite Dan Hugh McLean to address the club. Two Growing Towns Washington, Sept. 27. The Census Office has announced jfhe population of 1900 of the following cities: Memphis, Tenn 102,320, Increase, 37,825, or 58.05 per cent. Houston, Texas 44,03,5, increase, 1,- 070, or 01.97 per cent. Tin RIIIls to Resume Work Anderson, Ind., Sept. 27. The wage scale between the tin housemen and the American Tin-plate Qompany will be signed in New York tomorrow and all the mills of the country, employing 15,- 000 men, will be started some time next week. Fava Summoned to Rome nas Rome. Sent. 27. The ministry summoned Baron Fava, the Italian Am bassador to the United States, to Rome with a view to learning his Views as to regulating the surveillance of anarchist in America. New Phase of the Chinese Question , London, Sept. 28. The Morning Post's Berlin correspondent says that the Chi nese question has entered a new phase. It is felt in Berlin, he adds, that the sit uation created by the re-appearance of Prince Tuan as the leading Chinese au thority must be dealt with by Field Mar shal Count Waldersee and not by the mnisters. The correspondent states that he is informed-that the government regards Prince Titan's appointment to the Privy Council as incontrovertible proof tha't the Chinese are not yet ripe for peace negotiations. China Displays Naval Activity Berlin, Sept. 27. A dispatch received here from St. Petersburg states that all the Chinese war ports, especially Fuchow and Canton, are bein" blockad ed. A Chinese fleet, comprising a cruis er, an iron-clad, six floating batteries four gun boats, and three transports, all of old construction, have left Shanghai. The fleet has made no offensive move ments as yet, but ifs departure causes anxiety among the European admirals, who are sending fast cruisers to protect the transports conveying troops, etc. to China. It will be necessary to inereas the European fleets in southern Chinese seas, both for the protection of trans ports and for independent action. Another Official Commits Sulelde - Paris, Sept. 27. A dispatch from Shanghai says it is reported from a uii nese source that Kansr li. president of the board of war, has committed gaicide in Pekin. Helping Hand tor Galvesten Boys Pittsburg. Sept. 27. The mani?ers of St. Joseph's Protectory, a Catholic in dustrial school here, decided last night to notify the bishop of Galveston that they are ready to take care of all the des titute boys the bishop wishes to send. The boys can either learn a trade or ac quire scientific farming on the protec tory's two-hundred-acre farm, fifty miles Jifxam Pittsburg