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HOUSES WANTED FOR THE HOMELESS. Clara Barton's Strong State ment to the Business Men, Galveston, Tex, Oct 7.- Miss Clara Barton, president of the Na? tional Red Cro89 society, has issued the following statement to the manu facturera and business men of the country, in which she appeals to them for aid in the way of material to be used ic the building of bornes for those wno lost their all in the recent storm : To the manufacturers and dealer in lumber, hardware, builders1 mate nala and household goods, and to the business men in general of tbe Uni ted States Gentlemen : This unfortunate sea port island and town had, four weeks ago, a population of about 40,000 persons lu one day and night it is estimated that approximately 10.000 of these were either drowned or killed by the fury of the storm These buildings were largely slate or metal roofed ; this broken rock and metal must have been hurled through tbe air like cannon shot. The bodies bund are badly mangled. We believe it is reliably stated that there is not one house in the area of the storm undamaged by it. '?Jk large proportion of. those persons formerly occupying them are entirely i without homes or even shelter, save such as persons nearly as destitute as themselves can offer them temporari .ly, to their own great inconvenience ?nd cost. The number of this homeless class m estimated at 8,000 or more. Winter is lees than two months away. Al? though a mild climate, still snow and ice are known here If tents would protect, which they would not, the seas and the quicksand would not hold them down ; the first norther would leave their occupants as un sheltered as before a?d hardships, colds, pneumonia and consumption would finish what the storm bad left. Some substantial shelter must be "bad at once for these people, and it would seem to be the duty of those on the ground to pot the facts in an intelligent form before the people of the country, who are not here and cannot see for themselves and who could not comprehend without see? ing THE MATERIALS NEEDED With this view the National Red Cross bas, with the cooperation of the general committee obtained esti? mates of the best architects of the vicinity regarding the material need ed for the construction of the neces laary number of houses, tenements or homes for the suitable sheltering of these now unsheltered thousands of goffering people. The following summary represents substantially the lumber and building material that would be required to shelter about 8,000 persona in the most ordinary one story weather proof houses, built singly or in blocks s of tenements Summary : Rough lumber, spruce or pine, 35, 000 piece3 2x10, 18 feet|long ; 4,000 pieces 6x6, 16 feet long; 3,500 pieces 4x6. 16 feet long; 5,500 pieces 4x4,16 feet long ; 6,500 pieces 2x4, 16 feet long; 15,000 piecee 1^12, 12 feet long; 80,000 pieces 1x3, 12 feet long; 35,000 pieces 2x8,16 feet long ; 1,000 pieces. 2x4, 16 feet long ; 90,000 pieces 1x6, 16 feet long. Tongued and grooved flooring : 90,000 pieces 1x6, 16 feet long; 4,000 window frames and sash, 2 feet, lUx6 feet six ; 4,000 door frames and doors 2 feet 8x6 feet six ; 4,000 binges, 3 inch and screws ; 4,000 hanks and staples ; 50,000 brick for chimneys ; 7,000 squares of felt roof? ing 3 ply ; 50 kegs 8 peony nails ; 17 kegs 20-penny nails. Carpenter s tools for 100 carpen tera. Bedsteads, bedding, chairs, tables, stoves, crockery, cutlery and sewing machines sufficient to loroisb about 700 four room houses in a modest, comfortable manner. Some 4,000 dwellings and all of their contents were absolutely wash? ed away or lie in the piles of wreck? age-worse than worthless mass, a menace to the safety of the remaining portion of the city. WORSE THAN JOHNSTOWN. The havoc wrought by the storm in Galveston at once was much larger in loss of life and property than at Johnstown, bot the donations io money so far have aggregated one third leas for both the city and main? land than was given at Johnstown. While the bountiful outpouring of the people's generosity bas enabled the general relief committee and the Red Cross to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and render the streets of Galveston partially passable, nothing has as yet been done toward rein stating the impoverished survivors in houses where they can escape dis? ease and enjoy the slight measure of the comfort of which the storm de? prived them. It ie for the purpose of awakening the sympathies of the American poo pie and further appealing to th?ir bountiful aid to rescue these sufferers from the hardships still confronting them, that the foregoing statements have b'.en put forth. Of the material named it ie be?iev ed that Texas aod Louisiana would prefer to furnish a large portie the iumber. The other buil material and household goods i come from those States which duce such articles. American National Red Cros I Clara Barton, President. j Stephen E Barton, Vice Presid ' Scrantoc, Pa, Oct 6-The Uc I Mine Workers cannot much ioi I consistently delay the call for a coo ; tioa to consider toe 10 per cent o j On Tuesday last sis of the I; j companies, representing 68 per oem j the total tonnage, passed uotioes of j offer. A number of smaller comps j did likewise. Today as a reaui ? yesterday's meeting of the indi vii o4 orators most of the more impor individual operators joined in the ol aod on top of alt this the Delaware Hodson company, operating 21 colle and oarryiog 9 per cent of (be t tonnage, fell into line this afternoon posting the notices The Penosylvt Coal Company is the only large ope tor io thia region that has not.BO? notices. Presidet W. V. S. Tho bas stated that the Pennsylvania < I agree to whatever the others do, so t j this oompaoy is practically in line. Traveling Men Warned. A second time the management the Charleston hotel injures that ci I Daring tl rT. E A meeting in t city teleg jins were seat oat advisi commercial men to stay away fr ' the city. That ca need a feeljng resentment against the "city by 1 sea" on the part of traveling OK Yesterday the following was posl io the hotels here, this being a co of that posted at the Jerome : Jerome Hotel, Colombia, S C Please advise commercial men avoid Charleston week of Octot 8th, Convention International F Chiefs One prominent traveling m whose visits are worth something any town looked at the above a remarked : "It's not necessary tell os again to avoid Charlestoi we do avoid that city always ai never go there save wheo we have do so."-Stafe Oct 9 A BIG 5EWS*TRUST. New York, Oot S -A certificate incorporation of the Exchange Tel graph Company has be:n filed with tl coonty clerk of Hudson Couoty, N. J and with the secretary of state Trenton The authorized capital ?to< is $5,000,000 divided into 50.0C shares of ?100 each The objects the company are to acquire by purcbai or lease and to operate throughout tl United States a system of telegraph ar telephone wires to conduct the busine of transmitting messages by telegrap aod telephone and transmit and ss markets and all kinds of news, I operate tickers and like instruments fe the prompt transmission of all mark* quotations and other news ; also ! lease to other companies wires and I oooduct in the oitie3 and villages of tb United States a general mesceoge service ; also to maoufaotore and se electrical power and do a geo er; telegraph and telephone busioess. Wheat on Old Lands. Whether or not wheat will bring $ or $1.50 a bushol before the close c the year a Maryland farmer has demon strated that wheat can be grown, witi profit io the older section of the coon try against the competition of the West Maryland is one of the ioogest settlei portions of the United States, and it Charles coanty bas been ander cultiva tion longer than many counties in tb* Stare. It has, moreover, been cal ti vate; with crops-tobacoo aod oorp-which ander old conditions, tended to depleti the soil. From sixty four acres of tb ii former tobacoo and corn land the Mary land farmer threshed in June of t-bit year 1,300 bushels. One field o twenty seven acres averaged thirty bushels to the acre. His wheat wai sold at early July prices for a little more than $900 It cost him $250 foi fertilizers, etc , to make the crop, not oounting bis own labor, which included threshing with his own machine. Not without ccneiderable work bas be brought the land to suoh t condition. F jr several years be ba? grazed cattle and sheep on the farm, which themselves bring bim a few dollars now and then, and he bas als? I given the soil cowpea vine treat? i ment. The experience is wortb j regarding as encaoragiog to I other farmers, and as indicat I iog that tbe so-called wornout soils of j the Atlantic seaboard are not beyond j redemption.-Southern Farm Maga j sine. Two proposed amendments to the State constitution are to be voted upon at the approaching general election. One of them relates to rhe drainage and reclaiming of swamp lands tn the State and the other is designed to enable certain munici palities to increase their bonded in? debtedness. A concise asd complete picture of the j manifold oppressions of the trust system ! is given 07 Bryan in bis iertcr of ' acceptance: "The consumer suffers rx j fordon, the producer of raw material ; nae b;;f and purchaser aod must sdi at j the arbi'rary pr;c<- fixed ; thc laborer j ba* bur ne employer aod is powerless ; to pro res i against, injustice either to j wages or in conditions cf labor ; the I ^rnili stockholder 1? at the mercy u: ! the cpoo-thtor, wni'e the traveling ' salesman contributes bin* salary to the 1 overgrown profits of the trust." BIG BOXERS PUNISHED THE EMPEROR SO DE? CREES Pekin, Oct 2, via Tieo Tsin, Oct G, via ShaDgbai, Oct 7.-By aa imperial decree issued at Tai Yung Fa, capital of the provins of Shen Si, dated Sept 24, Empe?- .?aog denounoes tte Boxer tao\ uoot and designates for punishment oioe ringleaders. He ac? knowledges bis own faalt aod rebukes himself ; bat be places the chief blame upon the princes and nobles who par? ticipated tn the movement and pro? tracted it. Prince Tuan, Prince Chung. Prince Tsai Lien, Prince Tsat Yiog, Duke San Kang, Yiog Nien, president of the cen sorate, and Chao Sbu Cbiao, president of the board cf punishment, are ail de prived of their titles, removad from office aud turned-over to various trial boards for further penalties Prioce Tuan, by tbe terms of thc decree, is to be tried by tbe board of ciaos. The foregoing corroborated ihe offi oial advices received last week fr cm Direotor General Shcng by Minister Wu, and by the later communicated to tbe department of State. DECREE CONSIDERED GENUINE Copies of the decree have been re? ceived here and are accepted as gen? uine. It is reported tbat Tung Fa bas fled to the province of Shan Si, feariog punishment. The impression is grow? ing that the imperial government is making an effort to disperse and punish the Boxers. The im? perial troops who were seen Mon? day near Pei Ta Chao are believed to have been concerned io this movement. Tbe acting viceroy at Tien Tain was notified that orders bad beeo issued to disperse tbe Boxers but said he feared to send out troops because of ? tbe presence of the allied foroes. The Chinese Court I Afraid of Allies. i _ -. i That is One Reason Given for Moving to Shansi. ! Washington, Oct. 8 -The effort to induce the Chinese imperial court to return to Pekin has failed after a week's persistent effort on the part of the powers. News to that effect was brought to the state department today by the Chinese minister, who received it via St Petersburg from Viceroys Lio Kun Yin and Chang Chih Tung, under date of Oct 4 Minister kVu received the message last night It was as follows : "The departure of -their imperial majesties for Shensi (province) was due to distressing conditions at Tai Yuen Fu There is a scarcity of food ; supplies in the province of Shansi on account of long continued drought and the provincial capital (Tai Yuen) is almost deserted, the trades people having left on account of the distar baoces caused and continued for months by the Boxer rebels, who had invaded that province with the encouragement of Gov. Yu. Their majesties, therefore, were obliged to proceed to Shensi, where tele? graphic communication with Shang? hai and other parts of the empire is opened, and rapid communication with their majesties may, therefore, be carried on ; thus court and official business may be transacted more ex? peditiously by their presence in Shensi rather than in Tai Yuen Fn. The reasons for the temporary post? ponement of their majesties' return to Pekin are the presence of the allied forces there, on account of which 8olititou8 fear is doubtless entertain ed, besides a dread of the outbreak of epidemic diseases, which usually follow after great disturbances, destruction of property and military operations, lt is hoped the powers will be considerate in their judgment in this matter The important feature of the mes sage is the confession that the court is restrained by fear of the allied forces from returning to Pekin The movement takes the emperor and empress dowager about 300 miles farther away from Pekin, though, according to the statements contain ed in the message, by reason of direct telegraphic communication with Shanghai, the court practically will be nearer for purposes of nego? tiation with the outside world than it was at Tai Yuen Minister Wu has been informed also that Viceroy Yu of the province just vacated by the court, has been impeached, be cause of bis anti foreign tendencies, which is the first step toward his degradation It is ssid there are no Boxers in the newiy chosen locality, so that the court will have thrown off the hostile influence recently surrounding it Tin? only disquieting feature of the move cc^es from Japanese advices stating that trie new point of location is strongly fortified, which is sonni indication that the imperial family is still in flight, and is seeking stronger defenses ; but the friendly viceroys and Minister Wu do not share in this view. The minister considers the question of punishments practically disposed of by the edict of the emperor and the German and American notes exchanged last week. Thc only difficulty he apprehends is in case the foreign ministers seek to desig nate certain persons who shall be ! punished, in addition to those which I the government itself marks for pun i isbment. Such a course by the j ministers, he says, would be hard to i comply with, but he looks to the ! sagacity of Li Hung Chang and ! Prince Ohing to overcome aay such ! difficulty. I A NEW CAPITAL OF CHINA. I Washington, October 6.-The I Japanese minister today left with the ! Secretary of State a copy of a tele? gram, dated October 1, received from the Japanese minister for foreigo affairs,.to this effect : * "The Japanese acting consul at Shanghai reported on the 28th ultimo the publication in Chinese papers of an undated imperial edict, . the pur? port of which was as follows : " 'Though we have accompanied her Majesty, the Empress Dowager, to Tai Yen and settled there, ii is not our intention to remain there per? manently. Inasmuch as Chang An was the seat of the ancient rolers of China, and is defended by nature, we order the acting Governor of Sheri8? to select a suitable site for the imperial palace in the city of Singan and to provide everything necessary for our journey the-eto. fie should bear in mind the hardships we are now exposed to and refrain from all extravagant preparations ' EXPEDITION TO PAO TING FU. Pekin, Tbureday, Cot 4, via Tien Tsin. Sunday, Oct 7, and Shanghai, Oct 8 -The American troops will not participate io the expedition to Pao Ting Fu. Geo Cbaffee has the assur? ance of Li Hoog Chang that if the allies desire Pao Ting Fa the Chinese will readily surrender that city. Li Hung Chang has given the same assur? ance to the other generals. The Amer? loans believe that revenge and military display are tbe only objects of the expedition and they bold that it will retard the restoration of peace. The Ku68?aos are understood to bave practically abandoned the railroad and to have stopped its reconstruction. Gen Cbaffee favors the retaro of the railroad to its owners aod its reconstruction aod operation on a joiot international basis The first reeuforcements of German troops bave arrived here. Geo Ya magocht will retain 10.000 Japanese troops, 2,000 of them at Pekin and the others at Ta'su and aloog the line of communications. Eight thousand Ger? mans will pass the winter in Pefcin aod 1,500 Russians. The number of British troops who will be retained has not been decided Sir Alfred Gaselee will probably keep a brigade. The allies are storing supplies for six months. Count von Waldersee's headquarters will be the buildings in the imperial pleasure grounds outside the purple oity. R?S3IANS TOOK MUKDEN St Petersburg Oct 8.-The Russian general staff bas received official dispatches confirming tbe reported occu? pation of Mukden. Lieut Gen Subbovitch entered the city Oot 1st. He advaoocd from O d Nia Chwaog on Sept 24 with ll bat tal ions of infantry, two sotoias of Cossack cavalry and 40 guns and after fighting two engagements routed the Chinese army oo Sept 27 Before withdrawing the Chinese loot ed and fired the oity. The Russians captured numerous modern guns and immense stores of war materials. NO NEWS OP CAPTIVES. Manila, Oct 5, via Hong Kong-The report of the capture of about 60 men of the 29tb United States infantry oo Marindnque island is confirmed through communication from MacArthur and Kempff from Marindnque island, but details ae lacking The Yorktown's relief oolumn landed at Torrijos on the Marindnque coast and marched to Santa Croz, wbioh was proposed route of tbe captured party, without encountering the enemy or learniog anything definite regarding the oaptiv?.s exoapt that they entirely dissappeared Marindaque ia a small island within 40 miles of Luzon. It is possible that the rebels have oooveyed tbe captives to Luzon. A Story About Andree's Par? ty From Hudson Bay Cou Qty. Minneapolis, Mion, Oct 8.-Harry S. Knappen, a newspaper man, return? ed today from a perilous trip to the j Hodson Bay country in which, with ! niue wbite meo aod eight Iodiaos, be sailed 600 miles up the east whore of that great inland nea. Mr Knappen was assured by those whom bc met that j a "skyboai'' bad come into the region j on the extreme northeast shore of the biy two years before, that it came to ground and that the savages who io babit that country had killed thc whue n in ;f This he believes was Andree's Polar expedition In an article appearing it) The State nf Saturday tf w s declared th:;: Fur tuan led all tb?? literary colleges in rbe State m point ot atteudcoce The number of her enrollment was printed ni 212 Weff ird oolu-ge is ahead of this, as there are 229 students on her historic oid campus. MR MCKINLEY I GROWS SQUEAMISH. - MUST ASK CONGRESS AS ! TO A LITTLE ACT OP IMPERIALISM. j ? Washington, Oct 6 -The Arneri ! can answer to the French note, j which is the pending phase of the Chinese negotiations to be disposed of, bas been pretty well defined, although it will remain for the return of the president and a meet? ing of the cabinet to give the answer formal definiteness. Intimations have been conveyed to 6ome of the foreign representatives that this government may not be able to concur in the interdiction of the import of arms into China, and also that there may be serious constitu tional reasons requiring at least two of the French proposals to be sub I mitted to the American congress before they can be acted upon affirm? atively. These two latter proposi? tions relate to the establishment of a permanent guard in Pekin at the legation, and to a permanent main? tenance of a line of communication from Pekin to the sea The perma? nency of these plans appears to involve a possibility of territorial oe cupation, though of a limited charac ter, both at Pekin and along the road from Pekin to the sea, and it is understood that even if these moves were regarded with favor by the executive branch there would be constitutional reasons making it de? sirable to submit them to congress. This idea Las been pot forward only in a tentative way, as indicating to foreign representatives some of the questions which will have to be taken into account in giving an answer to the French note The news which the United States Government has received of the pur? pose of the Chinese Imperial Court to take up its abode at Teing An Fu, in the proviuce of Shen Si, comes from Japanese official sources, but so far there has been nothing from the Chinese officials to show ?hat the movement has taken place The State department has put forth ali of Us efforts to bring about an aban donment of the project. However it is now conceded that the presence of the Emperor and Empress in Pekin is not absolutely necessary to the attainment of a satisfactory and permanent settle ment of the Chinese trouble, though it is undoubtedly true that their re turn would hasten the settlement. A Problem For Germa DY. TO BE SURE OP A COTTON SUPPLY UNDER ANY CONDITION. Washington, Oot 8.-"If for some reason, Germany sbouid be oct off for one year from ber cotton supply, there, would be a crisis of incalculable con? s?quences," says United States Coosul Winter at Anoaberg, in a report to the State department upon the cotton con? sumption in that country In order to guard any possible exi? gency, tbe German colonial association, says Consul Winter, recently sent a petition to the imperial chancellor, requesting that every means be used to iotroduoe growing into the different German colonies where olima'e and soil favor. With che exception of about $17.000 worth of cotton grown in one little colony, Germany is entirely dependent upon tbe United States and England for tbs commodity, and sho consumes more of ir than any natioo of the continent This aecountss for ber desire to produce ber own oottou "Germany, France and England." says the consul, "have never forgottoo the days of the civil war, when their cotton sapply was completely cut off by the blockade of the Southern States.** Tberc ia a tendency he sayp, on tbe part of cotton industries to gravitate to? wards the centers of production, that i?, the United States, EogUnd and tbe East Indies The shifting of cotton mills and manufactures to these poi o te saves time and mooey, and tbe problem which confronts Germany is to insure a eot?on supply that can be absolutely depended upon in peace or war. THE STOTEL C0TT027 Tbe tone of the market continues strong, and prices remain tbe same as qooted yester? day in oar local market: Middling, 9 90010. Receipts for tbe week end in? Saturday, Oct. 6. 1,884. Vinegar. I have on hand a lot of Home-made Vinegar of very fine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is equal to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence or 40 cents per gallon. PISOOS CU R E FOR r* 1-5 UUKtS WHfcHt ALL tLbt rAllo. ?t Couch Syrup. Tastes Good. Lsc in time. Sold by druggists. _ ^ CONSUMPTION SF Convention Called Of Striking Miners. To Consider Acceptance of Advance in Wages Offered. i _ , - j Shenandath. Fa, Oct 6 -This town i today witnes-sed the biggest demonstra? tion ever held within it? limits. Over 5,000 striking mine workers marched throogb tbe streets and ap to Soldiers' Monument Park, Locust Mountain, where they beld a mass meeting and listened to words ot encouragement from National President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of Amer ioa. The strikers came from all sec? tions of the anthracite regi?os, those from nearby points marching in a body, headed by band?, while rbose from remote regions came in trolly oars. President Mitchell spoke briefly and was frequently interrupted by cheers. His most important statement was one informing tbe strikers that they would soon meet in convention. He said : ^ "I wish to announce today for the first time that io a few days a conven? tion will be called. Every mine willi be requested to send delegates If yon believe a net advance of 10 per oent io your wages is enough tben your votes will decide the question. If yon prefer that the strike shall go on Mitchell will be with yoo. In this strike we most all win together or go down together/1' Mr Mitebeli again took occasion td deny the charges that the strike was brought OB for political reasons and that the bituminous coat operators were ooooected with it. "These charges," be said, "are absolutely untrue." Mr Mitohell declared that despite the statement of the operators that they would not recognize the onion they had I already done so by annoonoiog the IO per eeot increase. He said it was strange that this advance was oot granted ontil tbe United Mine Workers came here. A CONVENTION OF TBE MINERS. WILL DECIDE IN A FEW DAYS TO END THE STRIKE OR NOT Philadelphia. Oct 8.-President Mit chell issoad bis call today for the mocb talked of Miners' convention to consid? er tbe operators' offer of 10 per cent, increase in wages. The convention will be held in Scranton and will open on Friday next Representation in the convention will be on the basis of one delegate with one vote for each 100 persons on strike. It is the general. expectation that the decision of the convention wiil ' be to accept tbe increase and return tc i work, Quietness prevailed throughout the anthracite regions today, the call for the convention being generally accept? ed as a eigna! for cessation of hostilities all around Tbere were many expres? sions of satisfaction by miners snd operators and by merobaots and other? io tbe mining section today over tbs prospeots of as early settlement of the troubles. Today* completed the third week since tbe strike officially went into effect. The miners will have parades aod mass meetiogs at Sbamokin tomorrow and at Scranton oo Wednesday. President Mitohell will be io attend? ance and is expected to speak at both plans. LORD ROBERTS' RETURN. London, Oct 8 -Lord Roberts, The Daily News aonouooes, will leave South Africa during the last week of October. Tbe authorities ha7e decided to limit the number of colonial troops who arc to be tbe queen's guests in London to 500. 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