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fet Gnus-grmflrrai: ribac, September 23, 1900. tertlrt until Pao Tine Fa his been rated by to commission, which, he savs. had PEACE WILL jGALVESTOiYS RELIEF mad. a thorough inspection In the varioua proposed route and that each would ie issfssr- A. SHWARTZ SON circumstantially reported to the Presl dent, together with the result of the In WORK CONCENTRATED.

offer. GEX. MAXIMO GOMEZ TAKES A HOPEFUL VIEW- estimations of this subcommittee, aa to the benefits to act-rue from the canal to Individual communities. Neither he nor Xe Giers aaaresscu a to the Empress Dowsger oTering fcer the protection Russia, and requiring ber to mum to Peklne. Forty chief Chinese Senator Paaco Indicated any preference fur a particular route.

During the afternoon the committee was driven to all of the larger factories of the city. They Lave sent a memorial to tfae Emperor i and Empress Dowager beseeching them to return. The interests of He Deprecate. Adver.o Critlel.su Aaaerleaaa aal Deelarea There Ia So Caa.e for Saspicloaw Auxiliary of the American National Red Cross Society round the aentlment of thia community faromble to the erection of an Isthmian Some specially attractive bargains in Lace which are sure to be greatly appreciated by artistic people who are yet economically inclined Bussla and Great Britain prevent a sys-1 canal. tematlc attempt to reconstruct the rail Organized Sixty-Eight Bodies Recovered Yesterday Labor Troubles.

LOOTING GOIXG OX. Beautiful Renaissance Arab acd Six Bodlea Foiad with Flnsjer. Cat IO styles, 4 yards lojg, bound edge, worth $1.75 a QQfa j-air, at vOv 2.93 OST by Ghowla. Point Designs, worth f5.co a pair, at Finest Saxony and Weaves, worth $6.50 a pair, at Scotch way, although restoration would be easy. It torua out that Cheng Tin Huan, whose death at Kashgsrla was recently reported, waa executed under an Imperial decree at the aame time with the other pto-forelgn who were executed." Chen T'n Huan waa special envoy to Fagland at the diamond Jubilee.

lie waa tawd ly the Empress Dowager, who sited him to IU la lsus. Galveston. Sept. 27. A surveying psrty of United States engineers went to 30 styles, cew and artistic stic tbe gangs bare been commissioned spe pal- 1.69 cial officers, so that they msy arrest per Pelican Island to-day to locate a beacon.

4. terns, worth a pair, at sons removing property or valuables from On landing the shore In a space of about ten feet squsre they found the the debris as it la overturned. Special Cable to The Times-Democrat, Havana, Sept 27. Gen. Maximo Gomes has published a letter written by him to a friend in Santo Domingo regarding tha situation in Cuba.

He says that soon tha flame of war in Cuba will be extinguished forever, and the banner of peace will majestically raised on the building where the constitutional convention will meet, Tiere will be definitely formed In the convention two political parties. In which, all Cubans will be able find a place. With the convention the work of the revolution will be terminated. Gen. Gomes adda that many Cubana have found fault and taken umbrage at what bodies of six persons.

AU had been loot Capt. IUcbe of the United State Engineer Corps, In charge of government ed. some having their enters cut off by the ghoula. The engineers Interred tbs Russians, according to the correspondent of the Morning Pout, We also want to call special attention to our Lirj-e Assortment cf China and Japanese Mattings. Wilton.

Ax-miaster and Smyrna Rofs. all of which are fcein? offered at SXZI3ZlaiXXS XlOW JPrtCOan. A. SHWARTZ SON, 814 tad 816 Canal and 123 and 125 Carondelet Sts bodies and hastily left the Island. They works here, denies that there has been any subsidence of the Jetties, except in spots.

This be attributed to settling and packing of the stones shifting close to hare virtually abandoned the province of Chi LI to Germany. are confident there are numerous bodlea on tbe Uland uuinterred. All trunk, so far removed from the debris bav. been gether, and is a matter of comparatively Galveston, Sept. 27.

Tbe Galveston auxiliary of the American National Bed Cress Society was organised to-day when the relief committee, operating uuder tbe central relief committee, and the Ladies' Relief Association were amalgamated. the purposes of the work will hereafter be conducted through the auxiliary, aud it Is intended to make a permanent organization. Tha officers will be elected tomorrow. Miss Clara Barton has recovered from her Illness, and she was Introduced to the central committee to-day. To-morrow she will address the committee on the subject of borne building.

Tbe rallivads have succeeded in transferring tbe undaiuaged wheat from the cars which were standing oa the track in Galveston during tbe storm, aud tbe Wharf Company is receiving it Into Its elevators. The wheat in the bottom of tbe cars was weL This being transferred into other cars. There are not MINISTERS SHOILD BE EMPOW. KUEO. small repairs.

found broken open and robbed of their Maud Bird Coates, fourteen years old. contents. Despite all precautions much died to-dsy from luluries received dur- tooting is yet being none ana ue looters i i i I lag the storm. In which her mother was i escape detection LAKE CHARLES JAIL drowned. I Everything is executive relating to re- rebUlWlD the iw ThVuVusLVmucli they call the slowness of the Americana In solving the problems In Cuba.

He declares that so far there has been, no reason to distrust the Americans. Not one of tielr acts can be quoted as suspicions. They are carrying out their own programme. If they have been slow, tbe I adverse comment ny-eigoi bottles were recovered from ASSAULTED BY A MOB the wreckage to-day. The work baa only I MEMPHIS CELEBRATES.

fairly started. Beneath the debris at the Gsrtea Verela It Is estlmsted that fact Is due to the Cubans who have created obstacles. After tbe frank declarations made by Secretary of War Root, It Cea.a. Rttaras Caa.e Geaeral Re fully 000 bodies are confined lu a pile tf Ides Growiag That They the Pr.prr Penoai to ladrrtakt Pe.ee Negotiations. Paris, Kept 21.

The practical deadlock In the effjrta to open peace negotiations with China baa given an Impetus to the trr.sgeation that the ministers of Peking be Instructed to hold meetings for the porpoae of drawlrg np the terms of a treaty of peace. The fact that the powers, through the exchange of views be tween their respective Foreign Offices, are unable to react any agreement has. it Is It lined, clearly emphasized the difficulty of settling on terms regarding c-eurrenrts at so great a distinction, and. It la added, ft has snowa thst ministers on the spot ane, the persona fitted for aud capable of working oat a eoinSioa Joicl.K. Memnhls.

Sent. 27. The official would not be right to doubt American arirtwood, twenty feet high at some Deputy Sheriff Paul Sloane Killed in Protecting a Black good faith. points. Work oa this pile will commence I figure, of tbe census of Memphis.

Issued to-morrow, cremation of the bodies sllil I from Washington to-day. and which had COLOMBIA REVOLCTIOX. prevails. The casket containing the te- been held bsck for verification because of Fiend from the Wrath of Citizens Mob Was Repulsed. Rebel Foree.

Advance to Within mains of Charles Cogblan, the actor, has a phenomenal increase, resulted in a not been found. It was reported yester- grand celebration here to-night. A parada day that tbe coffin was washed ashore at of people formed at about 3 La marque, sixteen miles from Galveston, o'clock and accompanied by several brass ai liuui uiiiriiuu, cioca; sua accompame sufficient facilities iu Galveston for drying all this grain, and arrangements have been niadu to send a lot of it to New Orleans and other points for treatment. There are over hM carloads of the damaged stuff. The railroads are still baring trouble in getting men to work, both lu Galveston and up the State.

There is au immense amount of work to be done on all lines and men have their choice of jobs. Cotton pickers up the State are being paid from 75 cents to $1 per loo pounds for picking cotton, and negro laborers Foorteen Mile, of Panama. Kingston. Jamaica, Sept. 27.

Advices torcnes marcned bnt tbe person who went up last even- bsuds and carrying ing returned to-day with the story that loagh the principal bra loo will be contlnt streets. The tele- i received to-day from Colon, Colombia, say the rebel forces again advanced to within fourteen miles of Panama, bur were checked there by the government ground of settlement. General in' ruo I Special to The Tlmea -Democrat. a mistake had bea made. It Is the opl.n- concluded bv a srand In honor of v.j Ion of the Galveston friends of the dead I the event by Gen.

Peter Tracy. trooos. The latest news waa that fighting was proceeding. actor that the casket bad been washed I The flnree given out. litt.820, an Inert to sea and lost.

There Is a lock of jresse of 45, bring Mpb's I 1 1 Mill LUST RlAlU 1 li IU lUr QUUIU IU CoKhlan hair in possession of the un- tn, thlrd and on( of tn. above have quit the railroads to work la the fields for the higher wages. The Santa Fe road is to bring some 3u0 Ital uertaaer, tasen at Mrs. cognian request I largest Increases yet made by tha Revolatloa Brewing- la Haytl. New York, Sept.

27. A dispatch to th prior to the removal of the body to the I Census Department. Herald from Cape Haytlen, Haytl, says: recelvlna? vault. It la carefullv Dreserred ians from Chicago to work at different points north of Galveston, and it Is re Keports have Just been received here awaitinr Pnhlan'a aririre. whn It I A.VTl-l.I.vllt from Monte Crlsti, Santo Domingo, of will be forwarded to her.

twos, it is suggested, ahocM be given Lake Charles, Sept. 27. Rumors of to the ministers, the details to be left a pltn to lynch Horace Scott, in Jail hers largely to their discretion. accused of criminally aasajlting Miss Aa official of the For-lgn Office here Oswald, aged seventy-three years, a sis-expressed the hope to-day thst such In- ter of Mrs. Joe Goodman, were cuirent structlons would be forthcoming within jj day.

a week, and that the genera! instructions About o'clock to-nlgbt an unmasked wonid be under three heoda nrst, pun- crowd gathered at the coorcbonse. une lshment of the conspirators; second, com-j cf the crowd called for Sheriff Inklns pensstlon for losses -sustained, and third, and demanded the keys to the JaiL In gcarsatees for the future. the meantime Judge Miller met the crowd The determination of the Tnlted State! aod with wcll-chcsen words 4 told iheia t. wish draw her troops from China, while thst the pnnlshment of criminals must st the ssme time Increasing the strength be left to the courts In Calcasieu parish, of her fle-t -In Chinese waters. Is rather' He reasoned Individually with the Good-dlseoneerttng to the powers.

But the in-! man boys, nephews of the victim tit the terpretatlon pat upon it in official circles negro. Judge Miller nrged the mwl to Is that the t'nited States Is resolved to I disperse and premised to take the tase' Soath Carollaa, Statate Again Test movement to ovejrthrow the govern ported that tbe Southern Pacific will bring a large number of, Mexicans to work on its lines la Eastern and Central break was made by the mob, when the angry men advanced toward the Jail with an Iron battering ram fifteen feet long and three Inches In diameter. L. S. A.

Harmon and Paul Sloane, deputies, inside the Jail, warned the mob to come no nearer, and shot over the heads of the crowd. Someone la the mob then fired at the deputies. Paul Sloane cs shot and is believed to be fatally wounded. The sheriff and deputies outside tbs Jail dispersed the crowd at the point of pistols, and members of the mcb thtu called for the arrest of tha man bo shot Paul Sloane. Willie Daniels, alias Pste, who was known to have bad a double-barreled shotgun, has disappeared.

The gun vaa left standing at the corner of the Jail yard with both barrels exploded. Paul Sloane died at 12 o'clock. ment of President Jlmlnea. Maay Laborer. Seeded.

ed la the Co.rt.. Charleston, S. Sept. 27. The snti The Insurrection has begun at Moea and Texas.

Tbe trouble in Galveston Is not Austin. Sept. 27. Returning this Is led by Horsclo Yasques and Got. only with laborers, but with carpenters morning from Galveston, Gov.

Ssyers re- I lynching law of thia Stste, making the ported oondltlons In that city as greatly I county responsible for damages to tbe Caceres of the province of Santiago. as well. Nearly every man la town who improved. Tbe relief committee Is doing I family of the victim, has been again test Is not a carpenter Is trying to get a car Training; Ship Hawk Ashore. Montreal, Sept.

27. The United Stste excellent work and the people generally I ed here. In 1SV7 Isaac Brown, a negro, penter to work for him, aud It has bulled the market. talk hopefully. There were about 1700 was found hanging to the railroad Ing st Stlllton, Orsnjjebnrg county.

Tbe crew of tbe British siesmshlp men at work clearing away the debris oa training ship Hawk, which waa on her way to Cleveland, ran aahor. last evening; Brown's father brought suit against tne protect the policy of the open door to Wednesday. It is his opinion that It count? for damsges tnst year. The Jury as she esme out of the La chin. Canal, will require 30O men.

with an add! which beard the case brought in a verairt for the countv. Another trial of tbe nine miles above here. There will ha Boma were to-day paid off aud discharged and will be furnished passe ge to their shipping point. Capt. Storm, master of the vessel, will remain here until the fate of his ship is definitely known.

The against the ncf-i. up In court iA-morrw morning. On this promise the crowl brok Lp, and it was there would be no further attempt by the utob. At ,11 o'clock, however, a fresh t-ut- lion cf lmX) men. to remove all debris occasioned by tbe storm within the next great trouble getting her off.

same cae has been had this week and Willie DanieU and others of the mob wbo were known to be armed have leen another verdict rendered for the county the utmost extremity, and la, therefore, preparing a fleet for the purpose of main-tslaing that policy by a rhow of. force. The publlcstlon of sir alleged Russian edi-t announcing: the annexation of has caused a decidedly uneasy feel np: but no one seen here was able thirty days. This, however, is but an of Orangeburg. A motion for a new trial a rrestcd.

estimate, and It may rcinire longer time. will made. Means have been provided for prompt Socialist Coagrtti. Paris, Sept. Socialist Congress will hold its next meeting In 1903 at Amsterdam.

The congress at Ita session today discussed the position of M. Ml lie- BIG DEAL PES DI7CG. uaKi iur raio ua wor. and no man la asked or reoulrcd to work yet officially recognised, LI Ilung Chang's precedent to peace negotiations was not feasible, and in so doing Lord Salisbury without full compensation in money. The nresence.

Field Marshal Coisnt von Waldersee. Street Railway Conspaale. awd supplies are lieina systematically dlstrib loinmandcr in Cnief of the international rand, the Minister of Commerce, Industry-aid Posts and Telegraphs, who is a Socialist, in the Mtnlstrr. Power Plans at Moatajoaaerr May COBBoltdate. forces, will arrive here to-morrow.

He uted only to those who have suffered from tbe storm and are beiplesa, the policy being to pay tnoae who are strong and will-ina to work and to help only those who are lnfinu and needy and cannot provide Special to Tha Times-Democrat. will he received by a review of the troops of all the allied nntions. It Is reported that tbe Rnssians after to definitely affirm cr deny its authenticity. In discussing this point the same foreign official quoted above expressed emphatically a tLat the Tnitcd States shock! know that France has no ympatby with any movement toward the partition of China, aud mat she will lend all fcer Influence toward averting whst she considers would be a mistake and a wrng. Montgomery, Sept.

27. The con the rapture of the Lu Tai fort, bi-ran solidation of several enterprises of this lor meiuseives. Roma is aground west of the county bridge, and has on board bushel of wheat. She draws seventeen feet and is beached in about six. If relieved of her cargo, she will float In about rlue feet of water.

She is but slightly damaged and is taking but little water. It will require considerable dredging to get her off. Capt- Wm. A. Hatchings, superintendent of the life-saving stations of this district, has established temporary bead-quarters in tents at tbe intersection of Tenth street and the wharf.

The life-saving station at Galveston waa totally destroyed by the storm. Repairs are now being msde en the Ssn Luis station at the west end of Galveston, which was ouly slightly damaged. niHhing troops north along the railmsd Commerce Is being resumed, and on eltv la near consummation anil when the for the purpose of occupying Shane Uai employed terms similar those used in the note from Washington. Though thla was intended as a refusal of whst Is regarded in Downing street as the only really important feature of the German note. It was not accepted as such by the German ambassador, on the ground that Lord Salisbury did "not formally" answer the note, and left tha latter part of the German propositi (1.

that the ministers at Peking should designate the offenders! unanswered, pending an hourly expected message from Sir Claude Msc-Donaid, the British minister at Peking. iVr TfJiL, deal is made It will be a great event la larae ships loaded with grain and cotton. I xv wan. The Governor adda that It ia iniLiossible lne inuuscnai snairs ox me capital city for him to commend tbe people of Gal Boxer Leader Coauaalts Satetde. Special t.

Tbe Tlaies-Iiemomt. BOIEKS EMEU PEKIG. of Alabama. Tbe deal includes tbe following properties: The Montgomery Light and Power Company, capitalised at New York. Sept.

27. Tbe Herald's Shauchal cable says: veston too hlcniy for their fortitude, self-reliance, enersy and devotion to the public welfare under such trying circumstances. Coming through Houston, the Governor remained there several hours, and found that the work of the relief committee was $730,000, with bonda of 75aOtiO; the Montgomery Steel Railway Company, From reliable Chinese sources of Information comes the statement that Kang wth stock af $750,000 and bonds of The British foreign office has issued us); the Wster Power Company, with The Wharf Company has let a contract u. in, admirsKlv .1 that hm 1 .1 what may be taken in England to be a of stock and of bonds; 1L the notorious Boxer leader, has committed suicide In Peking. If this fact be true it shows that the Boxer power is for repairs to Its elevator, and rebuilding reiief committee had so far performed After a lengthy and fatiguing debate the delegate, adopted a motion permitting; Socialists, under certain conditions, to accept a portfolio in a bourgeois Cabinet.

Aa Alleged Letter from Dreyfaa. Paris. Sspt. 27. The Proas, publishes the text of an alleged letter from Alfred Dreyfus to M.

Trsrdleux. tha former Minister of Justice, dated Geneva. Switzerland, Sept. 13, In which the writer says: "The moral effects of the Iniquity still exist and the mental torture ia as great as ever. Since justice has not been Cone to me, tbe aim I pursue remains tb.

Mm. until attained, vis: the legal revision of my trial." The Presse cites the letter aa "proving that the Dreyfusards are still agitating and persist in their Intention to Veep alive the hatreds and discords of recent years. Irish-American. Beeemlag- Ta-ly. Lourenso Marques, Sept.

27. Tbe Irish-Americans lately serving with the Boers have been removed from their barracks to the Portuguese transport Indian to prevent disturbances in the town. tbe Suburban Railway Company, at a of sheds to Si wart te, Co. of St. Louis, its duties as to Justify them to the very highest praise.

The Governor ststes that breaking with the Chinese government. valuation of and the Nortiuru It is not In his power to properly and sufficiently express bis admiration of the and work, will be commenced Immediately. Twenty-one hundred men are employed In wreckage clearing to-day. Foremen of conduct of tbe lad es of Houston in re Railway at a valuation of $75,000. The total bond capitalization of the uew concern would he $2,005,0, with amount of stock issued yet to be determined.

It Tfceir Prnntt Made Kn.n Thro. ah Christian and Pro-For. ta-at blae. Fpectel Cable to The Times Democrat Ptklne. 21.

via Shanghai. 8ept. 2T. Many Koxcrs have been captured In the city through Information furnished by CMstkn and pro-forelgu Chinese. The Utter state thst many Boxers are entering the city In The Boxers ss'y they will tide their time and win yet The population of the dty In In creating steadily.

The provost marshal's courts are M-mliilMer'-ng the affairs of the city. The panishineurs inflicted on persons eonjift-4 of Tarions Pene range from dcr.ru, to fifty blows aud hard labor. Boxers rie executed. lieving the storm sufiereiw. Is believed In well-informed cirol that tbe scheme is now practically accom Tao Tai at dhssghal.

Shanghai. Sept. 27. Viceroy Liu Kun VI baa telegraphed to the consuis to the -fTcct that he Is communicating with the imperial court regarding the appointment a new tao tai here. The consuls believe this will delay the Installation of th objectionable appointee for several moMhs.

has been admitted to practice before plished, though, of coarse, some bitch are employing active measures to suppress the outbreaks snd tnere hsve been several executions. Native Christians are tne ireasurv may occur at tne eleventh nour. Tne Postmaiiurrs appointed: Mississippi Robert Burns, Brandon. Itackln county: consolidation means that all the street fiockinz to Canton. railways and all the light and power In j.

Mayo, oalore. Jlouroe county; Montgomery, except In D. I. Wests prt v. r.

ai a crura. Mage, ticott countv: Priace China; Sabaerlbed to Boxer Eugene S. Bostick, Zero, Lauderdale vate tight plant, would be owned, controlled and managed, by a single corpora countr. Movement. Cepyright.

ISM), by tbe' Associated Press. Sept. 22. via Taku, Sept. 25.

tion, witn the stock owned in New lor a. Pensions granted: Mississippi John Cass, Cleveland: Peter Campbell, Bryer- ueia; airrea i.rowu, uonn. DISMISSED FOR HAZIXG. TrASS APPt)ITMEXT. deiual tbe statement made to tbe Aeso-c'ated Press, saying that the British is swer has "not yet been sent." This wr.s expressly set forth in the db-patch n-counclng Lord Salisbury's reply to tbe Gencsn ambassador, and It was added that the answer might not be sent for several dnrs.

There is no reason to believe that the awaited message from Peking will have any bearing ua Lord Salisbury's determination to agree with tbe I'nited States in refusing to consent to the only proposition of any weight contained in tbe German rote, though the formal pronouncement of uch jtissgreemcnt uisy be staved off at the last uiomeiu by Germany receding from the position she hut takea up aud submitting to a compromise, if such is the case land a Gertnau official In London has already bitted' to the Associated Press that it might come about), it is only natural that Herlin and the other eapltale in accord with Germany will use every effort to conceal tbe fact that Germany was coerced luto a compromise arrangement by tbe action of Great Britain aud the I tilled States. Count von was not the onlv recipient of Iord Salisbury's views. Tuesday, fur during the us'ial foreign ffice sereral foreign representatives soi.ud"d the premier -n Great Britain's attitude toward the Germs prossI. and they were all satisfied Lord Salisbury's decision will be ajsiast Germany. Tbe American legation baa in Its possession a subscription list of tbe Boxers.

It DIED. ALABAMA CROPS. Loalslaaa Cadet Most Leave Vir The foreign consuls recently protested icuinst tbe removal of the tao lal of Shanghai and the appointment as his successor of tbe notorious Boxer Vie. Tbe Viceroy of Naukinr. Liu Kun VI.

replied that at least a month would elapse befrre the arrival of the official document in the case would enable him to the iiiiitter consideration, and that If It was proved that the proposed successor of the tao tai to Shanghai bad been a Boxer would protest to the throne against his iipiwintmcnt. State Tesartaaeait Advised of His kWiaar Sasned mm Graad rrre- shows the name of Prince Ching as having made three subscriptions. Tbe list ginia Military Institute. tary to the Eaaperor. Special to Tbe Times-Democrat.

waa discovered by mlsOonsry named Wherry. Friends of Prince Ching declare Norfolk. Sept. 27. Cadet E.

T. Sept. State artu.erit has been advised Sheng, the thst he was coerced into giving. It is reported by the French that a patrol has lieen fired on outside the east gate of the city. Otherwise everything is quiet.

Levell of Louisiana has been dismissed from the Virginia Military. Institute for hazing. Although the authorities at thla iso or hUancLsi, of the appointment of Prince Cnan. the former heir sppar- Proposal to Blockade Chinese Institution have taken every precaution SEWS FROM WASUI3GTOX. ct tf thius.

as grand secretary to the Uatperor. He says nothing of the re to prevent the hazing of new stuJnta, Cat Island Llant. the practice prevails. No violence has Porta. St.

Petersburg, Sept. 27. The Russian naval staff anuounces that It Is proposed to blockade all Chinese naval ports lu ARMSTRONG Oa Thursday. Sept. 27.

1900. at T.23 o'clock a. SARAH IXJTLH, widow of tb. lata Wax, Armstrong, aged sixty-seven years. Tbe friends snd relative, of tbs family ar respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from her lata residence.

No. 3604 Chestnut street, at 10 This (Friday) Moraine, Sept. 28. Interment In Metairl. Cemtary' BERTTCCI On Wednesday, 8pt.

29. 1900, at :13 p. DORA FRANZ, belov-d wife of A. P. Bcrtucd, aged tblrty-oo.

years, a native of N'aw Orleans. Tbe relative, and friends of th. family, ar. respectfully invitsd to atttnd th. fsoral.

which wlU tak. place Thia (Friday) Morahig at 10 from the lata real dene of tb. decessod. No. 1723 Thalia street, aatwsea Ba- Special to Tbe Dcsmrrat.

been offered the new men. but the cf- State Aa-riealtaral Department Rt. porta Heavy Decrease in Cotton Yield. Special to Too Tlates-Dccoerat. Montgomery, Sept.

27. The Alabama State agricultural department yesterday made public the result of reports on crops received from all sections of the State. The report of the department la as follows: The department has made an earnest effort to secure the most reliable Information concerning the crops throughout the Stste, and from oer Sou reports received from our correspondents we have ascertained the following results: The cotton crop ia at least two weeks late; tbe weather has been favorable for picking, ani the bulk of the crop Las now been gathered. If we have late frost the yield wiii be materially Increased from the Washington, Sept, 2. The Lighthouse fleers of the institution are determined to break up the practice, and it is stated Board has given notice that the light the first rigid action resulted in the ex consequence of tbe hostile attitude of tbe Chinese fleet at Shanghai and to send fast cruisers from the allied squadrons to protect their transports.

at tbe westerly end of Cat Island. Mississippi Sound, will show a fixed white light until Nov. 21. when tbe former pulsion of Cadet Levell. Others who have been tbe leaders have been warned to de MIM8TER (OXGEH HAD A CLOSE characteristic, "fixed white varied bv a The general staff announces that Rus CALL.

white flash every ninety seconds." will sist under penalty of dismissal. THE WHEEL. I sian troos are massing around Klrln, in Manchuria, where there are be restored. Census Retarna. Washington, SepL 27.

The population ronn. and Carondelet. DREILING On Thursday. Sept. Tt.

1000, Holt Ktfi.fi to Talk. Houston. Sept. 7. O.

T. Holt, present prosects. Tbe decresse In tbe crop from last year's yle'd is estimated st 35 1-3 ter cent. We resret to report cf Houston, Tex-, Is: lii 44,633. ISttt 27,557.

aa Increase of 17.C7?. or 61.97 per cent from IKS to II O. The population MARY DREILING. aged twenty seven years, native. of tMa city.

Friends and acquaintances of th. family are In 13SO Was 1C.51G, showing an Increase Michael Defeat. Walthoar. Springfleid. Sept.

27. Twenty-five hundred people saw Jimmy Michael Boi Walt hour In an Interesting motor paced race to-night. At the finish K-a over laps ahead of Walthour and was never pushed. Time fur the twenty miles, Michael, Walthour, 34:17. GOLF.

tru-tee under the will cf Mrs. W. M. Uice, was to-night shown the statement made by A. T.

Patrick of New VorW. attorney for W. lilce. Mr. Holt returned the answer: -I desire to sv noth respectfully invited to attend ber funeral from ported of Tuaa.as president rr tueir.l.er of the Privy Council.

It has been asserted 1th great energy In sottie of the continental iuters that the cn-se of the United States in rejecting t'J- prr.pn!tioD relatlre to the nrreMer of Chinese omVutls directly inspired the Empress Dowager to the ap-puiatwent cf Tman 1 tx grand secretary lu deffanee ft the powers. As a matter of fsct the rtordw of the State Ieiartment show tiat Tuon's anpoicr-nu-at was publicly annoupccl S-pt. having several days previously. iu the oiher tsnd, the Siate did ut Dixke pubik- answer the -nnan note until Seft. and it could pot iiare rteen recvived iu China fee at least one or two days tlier after.

Iu the oplu'on tno this Is convincing evidence th-t the action of the State government in this particular case aid not iufiuetce the appointment of Tcan. The iJStfcte Department has not as yet been made acquainted with the ch-ra-ner cf the. reply to he made by Great Kittain to the Oeriaan note. In view of the answers already rco ived fro a. other powers on the sam line, the Seals are it a Iocs to account for the tatenient In socte of the European papers that the I'nited States stands "Isolated" In rexpect t.

tbe German note. of 11.04, per cent from lfcSO to 18WK Tbe population by wards Iu linn) is as follows: First ward 3475. second ward 3147. tbe late residence. Sid Jena street, between Magazine and Camp, This (Friday) Evening, ing now.

Mr. Patr.ck. it is known, has-assisted Sept. 28. at 4 o'clock.

Mr. Hoit in tuklnir tcstimonv fur the KCHNER On Thursday. Sept 1800, at bonefic-srles under Mrs. Rice's will, tint ms rcrtaer connection wttn tne case Mr. 2:45 a.

JOHN J. KIHNER, aged forty, tour years, a native of thia city. Holt has declined to state. that we find the corn crop in a verv bad condition ibrough-mt the entire State: we estimate that tbe decrease in the yield will be 5 1-5 per cent from last year. Sweet potatoes and suca cane are excellent and give promise of large yields.

Ssgar Trait Red aery Closed. Special to The Tlmo-Democrat. New York, Sept. 27. The American Scgar Refining Company', refinery, the Standard, at Boston, was to-day ordered to be shut down Indefinitely.

This, ss wss tbe esse with the National Sugar Refining Company's Doscher Refinery a fort-uight or so ago, may be regarded as sn indication of (1) a particularly short supply of raw sugars, and (2) that tbe active trade demand for refined sugars has ended for tne season. Friend, of tbe family are Invited t. attend Karrowly Escaped Boxer. Ballet Darlag the Metre of Minneapolis, Sept. 27.

A special to the Times from Des Moines. says: The tasl definite news of the siege of Peking was received to-day In Ies Moines In letters frcia Mrs. Klwin II. Conger and her niece, Mary, Pierce. Mrs.

t'onzvr describes the relief of the city by tJ.000 troops. Including 10,000 Americans, on the af teruoon Aug. 14. The" attacks of the Boxers on the preceding nights. says, were almost fatal to the ministers and their parties, wbo were huddled la the British legation.

They were living on half a pound of dog ment a day when the aiege was lifted. Miss Pierce describes tbe narrow escape of Minister Conger on Juiy 4: stood In the doorway," she says, "talking with the jiuiericaa surgi-on, wnen a snent buliet penetrated the sur-geou's k'KS. Just niixin tbe American minister. Another bullet mace hole lu tne 1 laiailon of Independence that hunr alxive Mr. Conner's dek.

Mr. Petchich. an attache, sitting' with Mr. Center. death by a few im-hes.

A went tLrough a fei in his txnd. The and all reiners garnered it the B'itiij legation, lived veu v.eek- wi.liout fresh food of any Liml. At aui'her time they had cotniuc bur borne it -li. tt saddle pou.t of the Americans for food." Mrs. Conaer nsed her silk draneries.

the funeral, which vil take place from hi. late residence. No. 916 Lafayett. street, Fri third ward ViXAl, fourth ward 1125, fifth wai'd U5T7.

sixth ward The population of Memphis, Is as follows: lst an increase of 37.M, or 5S.t5 per cent from to The population in lv was showing an increase of or V2 per cent from lij. to 1SWO. Tbe population by ward in l'jx is as follows: Firt ward 7405, second ward third ward irV7t, fourth ward fifth ward sixth ward seventh wsrd eiifhih ward 10.435, ninth ward 6711, tenth ward 4Z75, eleveuta ward twelfth ward 5i7, tbirteeuth ward Stilo, fourteenth ward 4133, fifteenth ward VXt, sixteenth ward till, seventeenth wsrd 154. eighteenth ward S455. nineteenth ward 5M3.

twentieth ward 422. twenty-first ward l-wt5, twent -second ward 437'J. day Evening, Sept. 28, at 3 o'clock. Taylor Challenges Harry Vardos for a Thirty-Six-Hole Match.

New York. 27. In view of tbe strong dealr. on tbe part of Eastern golf players to se match between i. H.

Taylor and Harry Vardoa. Mr. Taylor, through hi manager, Mr. Coxa uf Golf, to-day la writing made tbe following proposition: He (TayWj will play Yardoo a thirty-slx-hol. tnati-h tro Oct.

9, on the links uf that club in the Metropolitan district, which will offer the largest ire for the exhibition, tbe entlr of tbe purse to go to tne tialveato. relief fund throusa tbe Chamber of Commerce of New Vork. ALPHA HOME LODGB NO. 71 P. AND A.

M. Tbe of fleers and member, of this lode. Tbbst Fsh Stan Appointed General of lhe( Serlmern and Writers Armies. Paris, Sept. 27.

Tbe French consul at Shanghai cables under date of Sept. 25 (Tuesday) that Tuug Fuh Sian has Just been ai pointed general of the western and northern armies. The consul adds that, according to Chinese Information, the Viceroys and Governors hsve received an Imperial secret decree Instructing them to fight the foreigners snd destroy them. are requested to arsembi. at Masonic Tempi.

THIS (Friday) Sept. 28. at 2 o'clock sharp, fcr the purpose of attending tbe funeral of our deceased brother, JOHN J. KIHNER. All Msster Masons la good standing are in AMERICA I.

PLACE. TO CURE A COLD IS O.XE DAY. Take Laxative cio Quinine Tablets. All druggists the monev if it fails to cure. E.

W. Grove's signature Is oa esch box. 25c. New York vited to attend. Cn.tom.

Officials la By order of Harry C. Dowty, W. M. JAS. A.

DOCGLASS. Secretary. CASTLE HALL ORLEANS LODGE NO. 1, Presbyterian and Catholie Mia fnitedl State. Comes Xeit to France Im the mer of Awards ait the Pari.

Eaoltloa. Pari. Sept. Jury of fiuul ap Smith Jury laahle to Aatree. Cbicagu.

a.t. 21. la the ca of Lluvd K. of S26 Perdldo Street, New Orleans. Troable.

S.w York, Sept. Times will say to-t rrow: One cutoias Inspector hi under suspension aud a deputy surveyor of tbe pjrt bas been acctsed of cuUualuo with smugglers in passing dutiable goods Into thia country. Tb accusation ia bawd oa an autograph confession mads bv Mrs. M. Shauahan.

a dressmaker, of 11 peal in the Exposition awards has finished Iu work. Tbe statement prepared for ion. Destroyed. Hong Kong, Sept. 27.

Tbe American Presbyterian and Cstbolie missions at Sbek Lung, on the Fast river, have ioeu destroyed. Tbe priest in charge of the Catholic mission escaped niid vrns pr-tcted by a nmnflarln. The authnrltic Coming; Meeting; of Archbishops. Washington, Sept. meeting of the American arcLbisUops at the University here iias been set for Wednesday, Oct.

10. It is believed that at least twelve of tbe fourteen bishop govertuns provinces ia this country will attend tbe convocation. Archbishop Fee-ban's III health probably will prevent his Mnusignor archbishop of New Orleaus, is at VI an. la as apostolic delegate to the Philippines. There will be several prominent suri'rjgan bis' cr in Washingtun coincident with tbe meeting, a on Oct.

tbe Board of Sept. 27. 1 "0. The officer, and members of tbe funeral committee are hereby notified t. assemble at tbe Caitle Hall THIS (Friday) AFTERNOON.

Sept. 28. 1H00. at 3 for tbe purpose of attending the funeral of the I'nited Stat coniui'ttee that eifts of the Iowager Kmpress. to make Kani bacs to fortify th When Baron von t'je Gt ruian miulster, was shot down in the Mrs.

Couirer America received the bigUetit nutuber of oar late brother, JOHN J. KIHNER, frost his carried tne news to baroness, who was a Detroit tirl and bad becu married quit three years. Last ortj-slxta streoi. wbuso trunk, containing many Paris cusiumvs. was seised st b-r bouse after it bad been passed by the inspector.

The same deputy surveyor accused of hsv-Ing bribe from Mrs. Hall, a Cblr-ago re. maker, wbuse trunk was seised after it bad been passed and wbile It was being take, awaj by a Waldorf-Astoria bus. Smith, mcnitv-r of the fkard of Trade, and a prt tr.ln leal politician, etarevd with shtp-i fciR- grain from aa elevator wltb.mt canceKn; the warrnouse receipts, the Jurr reported inability to Tbe Jurr v. the.

ihii back, with Instructions to retura a sealed verdict to-morrow morning Western Road. Reach aa Agree, mens. Ctlcago, Sept. 27. Western to dsyi reached an agreement reea.ding the division of military traffic bet v.

points west of Chb-ago and New Orleans and the Pacific coast. It was decided to leave the control and division of the traffic with the Santa I'e and Southern Pacific roads. ISTHMIA AXAL. awards of any nation save Friice. and that she also received more awards In each classification, except grand prizes.

In Germany received a greater number. The Azures, excepting fur France, follows: Orssid Prises I'ntted States 215. Oer-tnrir --i. Rut-sla Great Britnin 1S3. tilil "''eli! I'nited States Ger-n: nrcia Great liriialu 4t.

Iedni l'n'ed States Rfl. TTT, Rnia 411. Orest Hr'tsln SIT. Bn.nre Medals I'nited Stat. Ger-Itaay Xll.

Hn'ni (ireat 41H. lionorablc Mention Cnf ted States t'erruany Uusia ltG, Great Britain Directors or trn-Ts of the atho.ic I al-verslty are to in yearly session. Besides a number ta arciibisliop. t.ils Iwiard embraces tl.e auxiliary lasiicp of New York abd the blb of Covington, letroit. l' i and Cleveland Card.nal Gibbons will preside st both meetings.

Se retarv Hay. Health. Washington, 27. Tbe health of Secretary of 'a Uay has improved rapidly of late and It is believed be will -im to Wssbingtou early next weea Brasillaa Government Takes Control. Rio Janeiro, Sept.

27. The Bank of the Republic, which, as aar.i tared Sept. 13, was obliged, owing to a n.n on tbe institution, to use its prerogative to issue checks at sixty d.iys' sight on deposits, bas passed under government control, the creditors accepting 3 per cent bonds. Mather and Two Children Murdered by Minneapolis, Sept. 27.

Mrs. N. D. Clapp of this city to-day received a letter containing the Information that her sister, Mrs. G.

F. Ward, formerly of this city, toeher with her two children, was mur-d-red by Boxer In China about eij- weeks ago. IW hrisband. who Is an Kc: I'shman. escaied.

They bad labored at tbe Chans Shan mission, in Southern China, for years. Their bodies hsd been terribly mutilated. Gen. Chanel- Looking- Ont for a Site for a Wlaier Camp. br the Associa'cd Press.

Tieu Tsin. Sept. 24, via Taku, Sept. 25. Geo.

Chaffee nas arrived here aid conferred with the stsff officers of different departments with a view cf establishing SHORT KTOrs KsrMLU't-2 Pcwders IS minutes apart. A DACHL- 2 Cavaaa Powder every 4 t. a-s. Asthma box pactum. Sim ile mic liEAD OI.Dfc I'owiier every 4 hour-.

Fos A Bkacrk-Sutouc Powder in iil! water. Complete directions ia every p. kag-. Ymr aruggUt u. and -stinie tbe daties cf his oliice.

STILL DOtBTf STATEMEXT. ITonnel To Be Built from New York residence, 9-16 Lafayette street. Siater lodges sre Invited te attend. By order of F. W.

Breedlove, C. C. C. W. HI GO, K.

of R. and NEW ORLEANS LODCE NO. SO, B. P. O.

Elks. Tb. officers and members are hereby notified to report at lodgerooms oa FRIDAY, Sept. 28, at 2:30 p. m.

sharp, to attend tb. funeral of our late brother, J. J. KCHNER. from bis lata residence, Lafayette, near Carondelet.

By order of Clark Steen. Exalted Ruler. Attest: PHIXEiS MOSES, Secretary. MARKEY On Thursday. Sept.

27, 100, at o'cloek p. URACE SELMA NKAMS, daughter of tbe late Charles earns and Isabella Laycock. and beloved wife of Bernard F. Maraey, a native of tai. city, aged thirty-flr.

years. Friends and acquaintance, of the family are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral, wbicb will take place from tbe residence of ber brotber-la-law, John T. Markey, No. 2S3 a Claiborne street, on Thia (Friday) Evening at 4 o'clock. 9EAY-MATLE3S JOHN SEAT, the thrte-year-old son of Dr.

R. W. ae.y and airs. Abele Autey Seay. died at tbe bode of his parrots In thia city at 1 o'clock Friday morning, after aa Illness of three weeks.

Tb interment will be private. NashvUl. (Tenn Lake Providence and GrecaviUa (aUse.) papers will pkasa Hf, Kwropc Lualh to Brlitve That Saltabary Defined England'. P. aitlon to the Urtnas Aanbaa-aador.

Loadon, Sept ststement that Cardinal Gibbon. Xatne. Saaday for Washington. Seft. 7.

Car ai Gibboc has sent a personal reqoest to all tar past rs. both regular and secular, la this archdiocese, for oa uixia, Oct. 7, ia aid at the iialv.sica sufferers. Lord Salisbury had verbally answered 1 a winter base the vicinity of Tien Tsin. fhattaaeoga Manafaetarer.

Favor the Project. Chattanooga, Tenn-, Sept. 27. Senator Pasco aud Prof. Jubasou, tbe subcom-ulttee the Isthmian Canal Commission, who arrived in the city last night, met a large number of the business men and manufacturers of this city to-day at the Chamber of Commerce and spoke of tbe purposes of the commission and their committee.

Senator Pasco stated that be believed an Isthmian raua! would be built within tea years, and that the next Congress wouid take the matter up He said that such a canal would le of Inestimable benefit to tbe entire South and to this city, furnishing an easy outlet to the markets of tbe world for the products of tbe many mills located be--. Prof. Johaon a Idressed tbe cltlsens. over the wajk so far accomplished lie paid a visit to Tocg Ku, making a SIXCE THE FIRST NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE wss made It bss never met its eg.ua!. Not outsat with being la the lead, averr brvs added aud bow it otues b.

fore tte poic with he latest patented hall bearlun. It Kore than ever deserve tbe bam of THE LIGHT RUNNING." I have other nucbioet new oneal tbat I Mil from 115 to 1 25: rood machines. rt none so goud as tbe New Iluraa. 6USTAY SEE6ER, Prefer. 91 CAXAL STREET.

to Brooklyn. New York, Sept. 27. At tbe meeting of tbe rapid transit companies to-night a resolution was passed for a tunuel to Brooklyn. The route is the one favored by Comptroller Coler.

wbo makes an estimate that the construction of the tunnel will be about fi.W Money Was Retnraed. London. Sept. 28. "The London capitalists who deposited 1,400,000 with the Morgans for tbe purchase of the Camp Bird mine, in Coiorado.5' says the Daily Exprew.

"had tbe money returned to them yesterday. Mr. John Hays Ilitu-mond having adrised against the I the German amtiassador. Count von Haiz fe'-t-WIldeuburs. In the same term the Cit'ted States aov.raaient used In replying to the Gentian nte carding Ch.aa, has called forth many denials throughout Europe.

Ie the first place. It my he reiterated thst Tnsdry lsst tbe British premier told tbe German ambassador here thst Germany's Idea of the surrender of fe authors of the outrages as a Postal and Pension Mattera. Special to Tbe Tlmes-Dt njocrat. Washington. SepL 27.

Mollle W. Har-rell ha been appointed a clerk ia the postoffice a.t Miss. Miss Horn-use McKce of Mississippi has becu promoted from a $720 position In tbe Treasury Department to cue paying: a r. W. 3.

Gex of Bay St Louis, t-eueral inspection. The present plan is i nderstood to be tentative snd bsstd upon the possible retention of the existing force. The plan contemplates placing the troops under cenvsr -utslde tbe city. Gen. Chaffte a visit to LI Hung Chang, and Informally dlscuascd tbe outlook for a stttletrsent.

It Is understood be proffered the services of sn Americsn officer to. accompany the VI-htov to Peking. No tier power Meant Russia nas.