North Carolina Newspapers

r Morning Post: A ; RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1900 TWELVE PAGES. no iuo VI E SCENTS WAR .rs Find the Chinese s Very Embarrassing SIRE A CONFLICT ,;,,ne Really Spoiling for m th ame Time It I Agreed .... vi.nnia be runlihrd for l poo ( It lllzatlon England - ,mi r tit Iilectlonfor Tlftn- "a riii"" S12.HOO: II. J. Tope, president, and M. T. Breazeale cashier. The dead body of Sam Jones, a negro, was found this morning in the woods about three miles from "Wilson. The body was decomposed. The supposi tion at the inquest was that death re sulted from natural causes. RACES AT ORAVESEND ind to 2, to to n l -HITS III !. 1H . : ipTiai i.aiue py- piuioii is rapidly bv the effect that se- inust la; exacted t any atonement ! furnish guarau- Y. nf U repealed. This . !.-ii'f that a general ! ! rtak.'ii by tlie allies .;n-i;bs of international : , I..- abandoned. Every I p except Germany, !: '--ia. shrinks from, the ,.... ;b!e that its reward -...1 faith were kept, . :'ii'l indirect perils . -timate. ( . would this war be unpopular as in Great :.!f is little doubt but ,iii nt wiuld le supported r.'d that lritish duty u I rel her to engage in w.-uM be a war in which Mir would be clear, been the case in" the i ...iit!it. If Lord Salis-ai-iaet had striven as ear-, .1 :he Transvaal war its : t. find a way out of :n.a a;i ns, the country . Ic mourning the loss of ii thousand lives and a ; of pounds. ; in sending the British i.iay lias not been put in . lowning street. There : .lit informal exchange of i London. Berlin, l'aris. c and Washington, and on nas teen materially I to the attitude Toward (b i nian note was issued. ;:..in that the (Jerman pro iii an ultimatum to China i:aient to a declaration of iie powers assenting. It is ilready staled, if any power iierseir is ready to eui Ihus irrevocable. This it is entirely safe to id Salisbury will not o the (lerman program. be a mortal offence to most other Unionist or- bcen most emphatic prompt acquiescence but even they will their wrath in these Winner In Saturday's Events Horses that Will Cio Tlondajr .ew l orK, fnnt. !".. l irst ra mil.- Telaon, 2 to 1, Joe Ftev. J Kedpath. to 2. Time 1:10 Scoiid race IV miles Alsike 7 The Amazon 4 to Z, Greenock 7 Time 1 :" :;-,". Third race "4 mile Beau Gallant, to 2. Water Color, 5 to 2, Autolight, to 1. Time 1:11. Fourth race lV'i mile Chaentus, 7 2. Gonfalon. :, to 1. Jack Point, 7 to Time. 11:07 4-.". Fifth race Ti'.j furlongs Balloon, 0 to 2. Cherished, 9 "to Omen Carnival, G t.i 1 Tiiiu 1 -ivi Sixth race 1 1 -1 i P. to 1. Cyrano, 2 to Time, 1:48 4-.". CONGER GETS ORDERS He Is to Represent the Gov ernment as Plenipotentiary H0WTHEP0WERS LINEUP mile Woster 1, Wither, G o. 0 7 to r. Boy, to 1. Austria and Italy the Only GoTern raents that Giro Unqualified En dorsement to Germany's Proposition Prince Tuin in a Position to Revive the Boxer Uprising If HI Head Is Ulade the Price of Peace Entries for Monday First race 2 year old. "1 mile, soll inir Wm Aek 1K. Nortie lOS Compass lo7. Damn-nine lo7, Hampshire H,-, Toiiic'r.m IlKt. Courtier H2. Albert En rich t H1. Wood-tick Hl, Pir.it s Queen !s. Light Ball 9S, Phoroso , llasbromk ix ;. Second race mile setting Browne Anderson 114, OlcKma 114. Lady Cnr 7011 114. Mitten 114. Belle of CLn 111, Vernettrt 111. Bet tie Ii. 11. Kmma 11. 111, Nanokee 111. Aurea ICS, (bdden Battle 108, Zaza H8. Third race 1 mile. selling San Qenado 107. Iew Hopper 107, Nairete KM. Brown Vail 104, Cant anee 104, Little Singer ltK4. Bosavannah 104, Chat'.mey Fisher 104. Cora Havill II. 104. Senator 'i hompson 104, Belle of Oak wood 104. Jerry Lee 104. Title 101. Fourth race mile, selling Molo 114. Our Nellie 10S. Candleblaek lui, Koenis 102. Hood's Brigade lOl. Oweiis boro lOl. Prince Blazs 101. Olisidian UK I. Aloka II. 08. Ben Chance 07, Frangible .!, Etta 0O. Fifth race 1 mile, selling Sam Mr Keever 122. Md. Reserve 113, Faust uro 112. The Bondman lo'.. Inverary II. 10., Sam Lazarus IO4. Quanuah Parker im. Depending 104. Hib Prather 104. Village Pride 104, Locust Blossom 104, (ladsden 104. Sixth race 1 mile i0 yards Iennen 1 Washington, Sept. 29. Acting Secre tary' Hill of the State Department to ,day announced that the instructions of 'this government to Minister Conger were forwarded to Pekin this morning. It is the intention of officials to keep the instructions secret until such time as the developments shall warrant publicity. It is believed by the State Department that an agreement can be effected with' the powers and that negotiations may be en tered into without delay. It is understood that the to Minister Conger cowtain ing stipulations: First. That Prince Tuan instructions the follow- be remored acceptable his place. 112. Proeursor Scarlet Lily lOo. lOit. Irish I fenonan Jewel or.. lo: ' !t!l '.n II ANN A GOES WliST A flairs Out that Way Demand Sertoli Consideration Ills from office and some one to the powers appointed in Second. That Minister Conger repre sents t,he United States as a plenipoten tiary and has no connection whatever with mediation for China. Third. That any reasonable program outlined by a majority of the powers, the stipulations to be less severe than those of (Jermany. be accepted by Mr. Conger. Fourth. That in the event of a con tinued disagreement among the powers and China, Minister Conger is to pro ceed to negotiate with Karl Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching solely with regard to American interests and with a view to determining the attitude of the United States as to future action. rifth. lhat Minister Conger is to plainly inform the representatives of the powers that the United States intends to guard Amoy and Niu Chwang with a large naval force, solely in the interest of trade rights, and that aside from the legation guard at Pekin no American troops will be permitted to remain in China. It is Iteliered by State Department of ficials that if the United' States opens negotiations with Larl Li. Kussia and that the ringleaders of the anti-foreign uprising be punished by the Chinese and by PwM"s. have directed that Prmce Tnan, the Boxer chief, be de graded and brought to trial for causing the trouble m which the empire has be come Involved. This act'ion is regarded here as raakiug untenable the German proposition that the powers proceed to punish the Boxer leaders before peace negotiations are begun, a plan that was rejected by the United States. The news in regard to Tuan came to. the Mate Department this afternoon in a telegram from John GoodnoAv, Uni ted States consul general at Shanghai. He says that he has been handed by Sheng, tile Chinese director general of railways and telegraphs, a decree of the emperor and the empress, dated Taignan, September 2."i. blaming their ministers for emouraging the Boxers. The edict orders the degration of four Princes, deprives Tuan of his salary and official servants and directs that he be brought to trial before the imperial court. The State Department has no reason to doubt the authenticity of the decree which, by the wav. confirms thp snnnnsi- jtiun that the imperial court is at the Taignan. Director Sheng proved his good faith towards the powers during the critical period when the foreign ministers were being attacked in their legations at Pekin. It was through Sheng that the tirst message of inquiry was sent by Secretary Hay to Minister Conger. Al though su-cused of having concocted im perial edicts. given out by him in Shan ghai before the rescue of the ministers, Sheng was found to be innocent of any i such deception. The only thing that would seem to Jhrow doubt on his ability to funds absolutely accurate in formation in regard to Tuan is the fact that the a few days ago he admitted to tho foreign consuls at Shanghai that Tuan had been appointed grand secre tary of the empire. This statement may, however, have not been true. ItlSClIllVXCRSHlP CONTINUED Guion and Dnnn Authorized to Sell the iNeal Saw 71111 Wilmington, N. C. Sept. 29. Special After hearing argument by counsel today in chandlers Judge Fred Moore made permanent the temporary appointment by Judge Robinson of Owen II. Guion and John Dunn, of Xew Bern, as re ceivers tor the saw mill nlant near 1 j Morehead City, -now operated by George ! S. Briggs, of Norfolk, and formerly by I K. S. Xeal, of New Bern. Neal had 1 .a ny r 1. New York, Sept. 20. This is the last dav that Senator Hanna expects to spend in New York during the campaign. Un- t . . 1 k .AltI,..1 :.it.iloo 1-t d-kit fnin iitww 1 ut iMt iiii.ii 1 i ii.i 1 11111 111 1 r u(iiib o 1 . . . . . " l un n It 1 -k ihit VvilI.-V7 on.l ! t'A senator : " 1 J at some conclusion. While no positive official advices in re- mom ; . , , . . . foi-i powers to jtcrinaiiy s proposal to nunisii l-adicnllv in the next five weeks, Hanna will remain in Chicago and give his thoughts chiefly to five other States Missouri. Minnesota, .Michigan. Ill and Indiana which need looking u ill iln . :tain allow : more than .Vw York Ws he s: '(.omlilion peedent .to peace negotiations, T he mort8 froui J";"111 J';0 ; have been received by the government, ; P7, "Yv nVJl tL T.vLTJ information from several reliable sources at 15ePnWtonn headquarters. "fJ ; leads officials to the conclusion that the been gaming ground C ook c. '" a' 1 i naHons interest in the settle- in general in that State f , ChineS!e qlleStiou- have cans realize that a hard fight is befoie ,. , ,v ... ntumaey for the past I -"iiiif rcfmpense in a :!! of inutu.:l distrust "'T. The crisis is so few i !.'. roiis that rivalries have ' ii'-'l and efforts have been mc alternative to the v "i kable plan of a -o-opera-: -: I'owcrs atrainst one. No ' i-al has yet transpired. - i.o loiiircr any doubt that l ate steps "will be agreed the present deadlock and ; ii which would make war Ihi step js probably one 1 "t.;;-.l States will take'glad .! may still refrain from . wilch. as said at the out- 'i'.-opeau statesmen regard i li--. them thcre to check the defection. 1 he Republican National Committee is mak ing a determined fight to wrest Missouri away from the Democrats, and so far the "reports from that State have been encouraging, they claim. Indiana is ad mitted to bo a very doubtful State. In Minnesota a factional tight among the aligned themselves in this way Great Britain, Russia and France co incide with the position of. the United Stages that the Chinese government and not the powers should be given the op portunity of punishing the Boxer ring leaders, and that negotiations for peace should proceed without reference to pu nitive measures. Austria Hungary and Miciiisrnn the voters seem to be con- iderablv influenced by the anti-impenal- ist issue. l A TWO-EDGED SWORD ! 'arllamentary Campaign tht-- general election has -in. -what the past week, or mi oil" I'AllflHT. t II- - li.ne taken serious alarm ihroushout the party and - energetic measures to se- :' reprentation at the . a :.! iu opjtositi )n to the .inincnt are stronger in than among the liberals. ' in the rank and file of the Democrat! of Victor Apoloslze to Koosevelt and Itap Senator Wolcott Victor. Col., .Sept. 29. The Teller county Democratic convention and the Democratic club of -i'ictor have adopted the following resolutions unanimously: "Whereas," Governor Koosevelt and party were not received in Victor with the tolerance and courtesy due to the srvernor of a sister State: therefore Resolved, That we, the Democrats of j is ictor, in convention assembled, con demn the spirit of intolerance and dis- I courtesy exhibited on that occasion, and ' disavow all responsibility for the dis turbance of the speakers in a public hall, and for the subsequent violence indulged in bv members of the Republican march- -hort.-onnnirs in South i ing club. ;i "t eiioush' feared that! "Resolved. That we also deplore the i! .ate,.ts wirhin the party : folly that induced the Republicans of ) ::i- liberals, which niizht i Colorado to provoke disorder by bring- ... . . i i . ii . i . A .1.1 . . .... i , . -:n.i of little I-.r."landim i ng iovernor ivoosi en iu uu cn. mmn cason to believe that thou- little if any comment or qualification. Japan accepts the German proposal in the interest of harmony, and is willing to join with the other powers in under taking the punishment of the Chinese anti-foreign leaders immediately, but agrees with the United States that this course is impracticable and might well be avoided. It therefore appears that Germany has i secured unqualified approval of her pro posal from Austria and Italy only. The , answers of the greater powers consti- tute a practical repudiation of the radi cal course which the Kaiser's govern t ment desires to pursue. In these cir Jeumstances there is considerable inter est in (Jermany s next move, and there a general feeling here that it may si. cut expression to their ;;iistention from voting. i at all general it will government more tbau thus inflicting a severe ivate appeals throughout 'nire Lord Salisbury to ncession to this feeling i:y by announcing the re-' : the cabinet after tlu - would be equal to de- :: i-lrawal from the war .wiie w ho. much more '..i'ti or any other member - the object of Unionist "pposition. however, of ! i.;i, :il section is e.incen ' Us on the colonial secre- most abuseil man in '1;sa..,l have silence 1 a-- iii-i enemies ampng the - m .re than iloahtful if with his well known iTiiKiunce the sacririce of matter how serious dis- tested within th? party. it is full v nrobab'e not return to th the auspices of the cordially-detested traitor and renegade, Senator Edward O. Wolcott." Fit ICE OF SILVER BULLION have an ininortaut hpnHnsr on tbp Chf- nese situation.. No confirmation of the press reports from London that Germany lias agreed with t ranee and Kussia on a modification of her punitive proposi tion has been received here. Prince Ttran realizes that the German plan of punishing the ringleaders of the Boxer agitation is aimed at him. and he will suffer if the plan is not check mated. To prevent the" accomplishment of tthat 'object he has unquestionably sought the favor of the Emperor and Empress Dowager, and by obtaining high honors from them has placed himself not only under the protection of the throne, but in a position to influence the course of the Chinese peace plenipoten tiaries. No doubt is felt here thmt should the German proposition become effective there would be an immediate resumption of the Boxer agitation, as through that means alone would Tuan be able to save his head. The powerful influence of Tuan in the Boxer organization would be sufficient, it is believed, to cause a 'resumption of hostilities, and the pres- 'ent disturbed condition of some districts of north China is attributed to Tuan's .machinations. The IHInt Pays More Per Ounce Than It Has Paid In 1 ears Washington. Sent. 20 The Director of the Mint announces that on Monday 1he government will commence, paying fJ cents per ounce for its purchases of silver. That is the highest rate that will have been paid in years. The price has been as low as 47 cents. The pres ent quotation is IVS cents. As the mints buy on the basis of 10 per cent alloy in " its silver, the rate of 5G cents is about equal" to a price of 1J cents for j The contention that the agreement of virgin bullion, which is the market price, the powers to the 'American suggestion The stock of silver bullion now on hand that China be permitted to punish the is being coined into dollars as rapidly ringleaders would satisfactorily accom- . .... . i i a i i a. u : i- y i as possible. -t tue present rate, now- pnsu me oojeci ai nuuii uermany aims, ever, it win bo lour or nve years oerore ii.i- uill ' f'-ruis in the war office " secretary's incompe- i. w picturesque persoual (! iU'n. These are fur- ' Dunn's fight in Batter-! "u'lrehiir in Oldham, '!. Lambton of the Pow.j ' 1 l- idvsmith. The lat-1 :lie Liberal ticket and - .! tacks on the war of-. '"pcratmg the Unionists. the stock is all minted, Director Roberts has just fixed the price of foreign coins which are affected by the rise in the silver market. The government values them at their buHion worth. The Ilalkwan tael of China is now worth 74.2 cents. IttL'ST BE SOLID k r:ld at !Hi. Olive I-.. . 'M-l lit I. Olive was organized Mi. Croker's Idea of the New York County Delegation In Congrsss New York, Sent. 29. Richard Croker as chairman of the finance committee of Tammany Hall lias sent out a circular letter asking for subscriptions to the campaign fund. A copy of the letter will be sent to all Tammany office hold ers. The letter, which is a Jang one, siys: The congressional delegation in the next but in a way better calculated to im prove the relations between China and the powers, is regarded by the adminis tration as exceedingly reasonable. This government, it is said, does not desire that Tuan shall escape if he be guilty of participation in that attack on the legations in Pekin. It is held by the administration that China is in a bet ter position to mete out punishment to the anti-foreign agitators than are the powers, and that she will do so in the realisation that through that means she will show her good faith to the civilized nations and thus secure more lenient treatment from them. borrowed nionev of Briecs and secur ed some by mortgage. To satisfy the claim Briggs took possession of the prop erty and operated it for himself. Neal contended that the mill was being man aged at a loss, and brought action to cancel the mortgage and have receivers appointed until an account could be taken. Counsel for defense filed a motion to remove to the Federal court. This was denied by Judge Moore. The motion will be renewed at the October term of the Superior court of Carteret county. The receivers are empowered to sell and report to Carteret court. Hie amount involved is twenty thousand dol lars. TV W. Clark and D. L-. Ward, of . New Bern are counsel for plaintiff, (. L. 'icinathy. of Beaufort, and E. R. Baird, Jr., of Norfolk, for Mr. Briggs. PROTEST IN VAIN See Democrats Nw Say They Will Koosevelt One Better Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 29. Arrange ments for the meeting of Governor Roosevelt in this city which falls in th week of carnival, are being protested against by the Democrats, who charge that the day was arranged with the pur pose of taking advantage of fhe pres ence of, carnival-crowds and thus secur ing an .audience for the governor that the people of the city have induced to come here by reason of other attractions. The Republican managers say that the dates were fixed without any reference to the carnival and that they cannot now be changed. . The Democrats have determined to have a counter attraction on the day named and have asked the national com mittee to send ex-Senator Hill here to speak at the same time. If Hill cannot be secured, it is their purpose to get Chas. A. Towne and have him speak in some other part of the city. UliTEWJATCJitt TO BLACKBURN Winston Breaks Her Record For Sales of Leaf Tobacco " Winston-Salem. N. C Sept. 29 . Spe cial. District Attorney Holton is quoted todav as having told Mr. Blackburn, the assistant district attorney, that he must either disprove the charges made against him (Blackburn) by the Wilkesboro Chronicle or withdraw from the con gressional race. Application was made today for a char ter for Gilmer Bros., wholesale dry goods company. The capital stock will be $l.r0,00U. The incorporators are J. E. John L. and Powell Gilmer, R. J; Rey nolds and T. L. Vanghan. Winston broke her record 'this tobacco year in fhe sale of leaf tobacco. . The sales aggregated 21,380,012 pounds, be ing an increase of 2,901.981 pounds over the previous year. The 'shipments of manufactured tobacco this month amounted to nearly two million pounds. CHINA TAKES A II1NT Prince Tnan Ordered to Be Degraded and Bronght lo Trial Washington, Sent. 29. The Chinese Congress from the county of New lork imperial authorities, evidently feeling the a capital stuck of must be solidly Democratic" I suggestion . made by the United States, ! GREAT ARRAY OF SPEAKERS No Lack or Orators for the Convention or Democratic Clubs Indianapolis, Ind., . Sept. 29. L. G. Stevenson, son of Adlai E. Stevenson, arrived this morning to assist in com pleting arrangements for the convention of the National Association of Democrat ic clubs, Wednesday and Thursday. He is chief assistant-at-arms. He predicts that the attendance will exceed that at the Bryan-Stevenson notification in Au gust. ' . Mr. Stevenson gave out an official li-t of speakers which include Bryan and Stevenson. National Chairman Jones, W. R- Hearst, j. Hamilton Lewis, Bourke Cockran, Senator Wellington, Mayor Jones of Toledo, Senator Mur phy, representing Tammany Hall, and John T. Altgeld. Ittexlcan Mob Tears Down the Flag San Antonio. Tex., Sept. ,29. -United States Consul W. W. Mills, at Chihua hua, Mexico, has sent a note to the Federal authorities here and also to the State Department at Washington, de tailing an insult to the American flag over his consulate, September 16, the anniversary of Mexican independence, by a mob of Mexicans. He had hoisted the United States and Mexican flags in "honor of the day and the mob tore down the United States colors. DEEP DYED IN BLOOD Mussolino Murders His Vic tims by the Wholesale A CAREER OF VENGEANCE Italian Brigand Kills tne Jnage and Jurors Wlio Tried Him and tbe Wit nesses Who Testified Against 111m In a Trial for Itturder Whole Province Terrorized Sensational Trial of Urlcands at Palermo London, Sept. 29. All Italy is in great excitement over . the exploits of the Brigand Mussolino, whose murder record is rapidly becoming, champion figures. Some time ago he was convicted of the murder of an inoffensive peasant and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. He recently managed to escape and took to the open country as a brigand in the most modern and approved style, with the avowed object of taking vengeance upon everybody connected with the trial. An enterprising reporter, taking his life in his bands, obtained an interview with the blood-stained ruffian. Musso lino put on highly virtuous frills with the newspaper man. He said: "I barm nobody who has not injured me. I am not a vulgar malefactor, but take my word, I will kill every one. of the scoundrels who denounced me to the law and gave, evidence against me, the members of the jury who dared fix me guilty for common crime, and the judges who had the audacity to send me to prison all shall know what it means to be the enemy of Mussolino. But all other Deople need not fear. I protect them." Such wholesale threat? would be gro tesque in any other country, but Musso lino is a man of his word. Murder fol lowed murder with incredible rapidity, and after all the fiend runs, no particular risk," as there as no capital punishment in Italy; and if captured, he will be no worse off than if he had merely hidden after escaping. He has already killed every man who gave evidence against him and murdered even of the jury, while two others are awaiting their doom in a state of abject terror, although pro tected by the police night and day, and the remaining three died natural deaths or, as some say, unnatural deaths from fright. v : Apart from his legitimate quarry, so do speak, -he has.'-' incidentally 'killed two Carabine officers. The last crime was committed Tuesday when he emptied:the six chambers of his revolver info Judge Zizilli, & member of the court which sentenced him. The judge is dead of course and his sons and brothers are now joining in the chase of the mur derer. All these crimes were committed in the province of Reggio Calabria. The desperado is absolutely terrorizing the entire province. His courage ana in domitable nerve are superb. He does not confine his murderous work to the country or the night time. Several times he has entered towns and villages in broad daylight, killed his victim and dis appeared; this despite the fact that a price was upon his head and that the entire provincial force of gendarmes and militia were hunting him. Mussolino is about twenty-eight years old, and of fine physique, like the rob bers of romance. He is kind to the people and has a pretty way with women, who are believed to act as willing in telligence otficers. The great trial at Palermo consequent upon the latest efforts to extirpate bri gandage in Sicily was concluded this week. It lasted three months and was nil of exciting dramatic incidents, but tne Italians nave not taicen nearly as much interest in it as in Mussolino's murderous exploits. The Palermo prison ers numbered 248. They were accused of all possible crimes from murder to house breaking. The sentences passed aggre gated the stupendous total of sixteen centuries, than which there is surely nothing more remarkable outside of opera. As soon as the president of the tribunal had finished reading the judg ment the prisoners howled in chorus and made desperate efforts to break through the iron bars behind which they were caged. The guard of eighty gendarmes levelled their rifles at the condemned men while the president shouted, "If at my third word order is not restored I will order the gendarmes to fire. Now then one, two " Befoie the judge could say "three" all the prisoners threw themselves on their knees and begged for mercy, and at a gesture from the bench the gend armes lowered their 'rifles. So ended a strange trial. There is a strong sus picion that quite half fhe prisoners were victims of agents of the provoca teurs. ' NEW BOER LEADED direction of the Portugues East African frontier. TBE WAR NOT OVER Melancholy Aspect of Official Intelli gence from the Philippines. (Washington, Sept. 29. War Department-officials are still awaiting a detail ed report from General MacArthur on the disaster at Santa Cruz which result ed in the capture and probable killing of Capt. Devereux Shields and ."2 men of Company P, Twentyrninth Volunteer Infantry. y This is the eighteenth re verse met with by the American forces in the Philippines within the last two months, and the continued losses would seem, it is said, to discredit the report of the Philippine commission that tht natives are seeking peace and that the. war has been ended. The official bul letins posted by Adjutant General Cor bin since August 1st show thaf during the intervening period three officers and thirty-eight men have been killed, two officers and forty -eight mai have been wounded and one officer and fifty-two men have been captured and Drobably XVI lit VA . The reports of deaths in the Philip pines, as posted .by the war Department, show that over 200 men have uied from disease in the last two months. Vorster Directing Plans for Continuing the Strugzle Against tbe British Pretoria, Sept. 28. (4 p. m.) News has been received from the north to the effect that Barend Vorster, who was a member of the late Transvaal Volksraad, and who is at Zoutspansberg, has consti tuted himself chief of the Boer govern ment and is directing plans for the con tinuance of the struggle. It is not thought that his opposition will be seri ous when the British attack his forces. His followers are said to be not enthu siastic and his supply o munitions of war is scantv. There has been a slight skirmish north of Pienaar's river. Commandant Eras mus is honorbly observing the armistice aTeed on a few days ago. Botha advancing to Join Vorster Pretoria, Sept; 28. (7:10 p. m.) It is reported that General Botna with two thousand men is advancing by way of Leydsdorp.to join Vorster at,rieters- k ltetersburg is 180 miles north northeast of Pretoria, Ieydsdorp, which is 2-"0 miles from Pretoria, is somewhat south of east of Pietersburg. in the Zoutpansberg gold fields . and in the THE WAR IN AFRICA Operations Have No Importance From the military Point of View London, . Sept. 20. The. military im portance of operations in South Africa are daily diminishing as the war passes the transition stage into armed occupa tion. It is not expected that fightiug will henceforth develop beyond patrol collisions or brief swoops on the garri sons which Lord Itoberts is quartering at all important centers. None of the Boer leaders have any inclination to submit and with the im provement of the situation in October there may be new activity, displayed toward "seizing British arms and ammu nition. The lack of ammunition and not the lack of energy is reducing the re publican forces. The British government has announc ed that as the Orange Free State and the Transvaal are already annexed there will be reason for delay in proclaiming the conclusion of peace. It, would in deed wreck the projected conciliation policy, if a day were selected which th'! jingoes of futureyears could celebrate as a kind of Sedan day. STEEL MIL.L.8 CLOSE easterners Postpone Purchases Until Alter the Presidential Election Chicago, Sept. 29. Regarding the re port that several mills of the Illinois Steel Company would be closed for it month or more, President E. J. Buffing ton of that company gave out the fol lowing statement: "We have shu't down our Joliet plants for lack of orders. We shall be com pelledo. shut 'down other mills within the next-ten days for the same reason, although-' we, hope "to continue most of . :n . : ' A,. dential election, approaches, many of our bes . customers are iostponing piirenast-rt for the reason, as they state, that they wish to wait until they are certain of the result of the election before placing SO HE WAIST MEASUREMENT London Physicians Ascertain Facts in Regard to Corect Wearers London, Sept. 29. London physicians are pointing out the disproportion be tween the measurement of the female waist taken outside the corset and of the nude figure. The vast majority of women persist in the statement that cor sets increase 'their comfort besides en hancing their beauty. A measurer of fifty waists says that the average waist itself was 23.8 inches, while outside the corset it only measured 21.7 inches. The majority of writers endorse corsets if they do not compress the figure; other wise they threaten the direct results in later life, and advise women if they fear embonpoint to consider their, diet and physical exercise anything except the corset. Boers Lost Heavily at Plenaar's River London, Sept. 29. Under date of Pre toria September 28th General Itoberts reports that the Boers suffered more severely in the action of Pienaar's- river station than he had previously thought. He says: "Believing that the post was weakly held, they advanced boldly to within 200 yards of our advanced trenches, when 'they came under the fire of two moun tain guns. The explosion of a mine, of the existence of which they were igno rant, killed several." Inquiries Into the Subject of Caneer -London, Sept. 29. The Prussian gov ernment has initiated systematic in quiries with a view to amplifying the world's knowledge op the subject of cancel-. Every registered physician has received a paper of questions calling upon him to give his personal experi ence in cancer cases. The principal points are whether it- is hereditary and contagious, and whether it is connected with a particular hab.it, such as lin-dul-lfnhnlir rr tobacco, or whether ft is more prevalent in one district than another. A Warning to Holland xndon, Sept. 29. Great Britain has sent a note to the Dutch government, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to The Daily Mail, which contains a warning that if Mr. Kruger is allowed to carry bullion for state archives on board the Dutch warship which is to bring him to Europe it will be regarded as a breach of neutrality on the part of the Netherlands. New Lord Mayor of London London, Sept. .29. Alderman Frank Green was formally elected lord mayor of London for the ensuing year, at the Guild Hall today. Mr. Green Is a native of . Maidstone, Kent, and is a paper merchant His wife, a daughter of Joseph Haydn, the author of "Dic tionary of Dates," died last winter; po the duties of , lady mayoress will be un dertaken by Mr. Green's daughter. Coal Quoted Cneapet " New York, Sept. 29. Anthracite eoal was quoted $1 a ton cheaper today than it was two days ago. This was takun as an indication that the railroads and others with stocks of coal on hand regard an early settlement of the miners' strike 02 DLQbible