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OOSES WANTED FOR THE HOMELESS. im Barton'* 8irooK State? ment to the Business Men, Gelveeton, Tex, Got 7? Miss OUra Barton, president of the Nh tiooet Rtd Croa? aociety, has issued the following statement to the manu feotarers and boalnest men of the eoeotry, in which she appeals to tsatD for aid ia the way of material to be need io the building; of homes fsjr those who lost their ali in the roeeat storm : To the manufacturers and dealers ia locator, hardware, builders' mate .?Je aad aouechold goods, and to the men in general of the Oof testae Qaatlemeo : This nnfortunate aea inland and town bad, four weaker a popolatiou of about 40,000 to ooa day and night it ia estlfswted that approximately 10.000 el terse were either drowned or by the fury of tba atorm buildings were largely alata or la) reofed ; this broken rook and t have been borled throagb air like cannon ahot. Tba bodies are badly mangled believe it if reliably stated tbol there la ?ot ooa boose in tba of tue atorm undamaged by it. proportion o. tboaa persona occupying them are ? ntirely bosses or eveu shelter, save ae peraooe nearly as daatitote as ~ Ivea can offer them temporary -If* lo their owa great inooovi nience Tee Bomber of this homeless olaaa el ?,000 or store. Winter Jess Ibas two months away. AI a mild o?mate, still snow and ere kaown here If tents would which they would not, the aod Ike qoicksaod would not team down ; the first norther leave their oooupants aa un before and hardships, pneumonia and consumption would finish what the atorm hsd left. Some eebataotial shelter must be bod ol oeoo for tbaaa people, and it would aaam to be the duly of thoee we tba ground to pot the faots io an fcseelligeot form before the people of fee eoootry, who aye not hero and tjaoaot aea for tbemeelvee and who BOold not comprehend withoo. see THS MATERIALS NEEDED With this view tee Natiooal Red Croon bos, with the Cooperation of Sea general oommtttee obtained eati of the beat architeoto of the vicinity regarding the material need ad for tba construction of the i eces staber of honaee, taaemotite or for the suitable sheltering of now unsheltered thousands of Itriog people. The fotiowiug summary represents eobatantially the lumber and building auaterial that woeld be required to shelter about 8,000 persona in tba asset ordinary one etory weather proof hooeee, built singly or in blocks of tenements Summary : Roogb lumber, spruce or pine, 35, #?# pieces 2x10, IS feetflong ; 4,000 risers 6x6, 16 feat long; 3,500 eitoee 4x6. 16 feet long; 5,500 pieoaa 4x4. Id feat long; 6,500 pieces 2x4. 16 feet long; 15,000 pieces lglS, 12 feet long; 80,000 pieces 1x8, 12 feet loog; 35,000 piecea 2x8, 16 feet long ; 1,000 piecea, 2x4, 10 feet long ; 90,000 pisoas lxti, 16 feetlosg. Teegeed sad grooved floor iog: ?0,060 piecea Ii6, 16 feet long; 4,000 window frames aad east, 2 feat. Iux6 feat nix ; 4,000 door frames and doors 2 feet 8x6 feet aix ; 4,000 binges, 8 inch and screws ; 4,000 banks aod staples ; 50,000 brick for chimneye ; 7.000 aqoarea of felt roof fog 8 ply ; 50 kega 8 peony nails ; 17 kega 20 penny nails. Carpenter's toole for 10U osrpeo Bedsteads, bedding, chaira, tables, etovee, crockery, cutlery and aewiog marninee auffloient to loroieh about 100 four room boosaa in a modest, awaaforteble manner 6oeva 4,000 dwelling! and all of tir oontenta ware absolutely waeh I away or Ma io the pilee of wreck worse tbao worthless antes, a to the safety of the remaining portion of the city WORSE THAN JOHNSTOWN Tba havoc wrought by the storm io Galreeton at once wae muob larger io lees of life aod property that at Jobnetown, bat the donatione io saoaey ao far have aggregated one third laaa for both the city aod mi.in* land than waa given at Johnstown While the bountiful outpouring of the people's generosity baa enabled the general relief oomovttee and the Rod Creee to feed the b ingry. olothe aba naked and render the atreete of Oelveetoa partially paaaable, nothing We ae yat b?on dot a toward rein etetiug the impoverished sorvivore in ho uses where they can esoape < h ease and enjoy the alight messure of the comfort of which the storm de? prived them. it ie for the purpose of awakening She Sympathie? of the American poo Cm aad farther appealing to th**ir ?untrful aid to reacoe theao sufferers from the hardships still confronting them, that 'he foregoing statements bovo been pot forth. Of the material named it ie beltev Texas ssd Louisiaaa would prefer to luruish e large portion of the lumber The other building materiel and household goods must come from those States which pro duoe auch articlee. American National Red Crows. Clara Barton, President. Stephen E Barton, Vice President mmm ? I I i SMI ?Snraotoc, Pa, (Jot 6?The United Minn Workers oaooot muoh ioogc: eoosiatently delay the eall for a oooveo tioo to oouiider the 10 per cent offer. Oq Tuesday last six al tho large ooapaoiee, representing 68 per oeot of the total tooaage, posted uotioes of the otter A number of smaller eompaoieB did likewise. Today as a result of yesterday's meeting of the individual operatora most of the more important individual operators joined in the offer, aod on top of all this the Delaware and Hadson company, operating 21 oolleries and earryiog 9 per oent of the total tonnage, fell into line this afternoon by posting the oot toes The Penoeylveoie Coal Company ia the only large opera? tor in this region that has not.posted nottees. Presidet W. V. 8. Thome baa stated thai the Pennsylvania will agree to whatever the otbere do, so that t?te eompany is praotically in line. Traveling Men Warned. A second time tbe management of the Charleston hotel injures that oity. D?ring tbe N. E A meeting in that oity telegrams were aent out advising commercial men to atay away from the oity. Tbat caused a feeling of resentment against tbe "city by tbe sea" on tbe part of traveling men Yeaterday tbe following was posted in tbe hotels here, tbia being a oopy of that poated at the Jerome : Jerome Hotel, Colombia, S C Please advise commercial men to avoid Charleston week of October 8th, Convention International Fire Oblefe One prominent traveling man wboae visits are worth something to any town looked at tbe above aod remarked: "It's not oeoeasary to tell us again to avoid Charleston ; we do avoid tbat oity alwaya aod never go there aave when we have to do so."?State Oet 9 A BIO NEW8*TR?ST. New York, Oot 6 ?A oertifiests of incorporation of the Exobaage Tele graph Company baa besa filed with the eouoty elerk of Hudson Coooty, N. J , and with the eaoretary of atate at Treoton The authorised oapital f took ia $5,000.000 divided into 50,000 shares ef $100 eash Tbs objeots of tbs euaipaoy are to acqnirs by pnrobsse or lease aad to operate throughout the United 8tates a aystem of telegraph and tslspboas wiree to eonduot the business of transmitting messages by telegraph sad telephooe and transmit aod seil markets and all kinda of news, to operate tickers aod like instruments for the prompt transmission of all market quotations aad other news ; also to lease to other companies wires and to oooduet in the eitiea and villages of the United States a general messeoger serviee ; also to maoufastore aod sell eleotrieel power aod do a general telegraph and telephone husiossi. Wbeat on Old Lancia. Whether or not wheat will bring $1 or f 1.50 a bnsbol before the olose of tbs year a Marylaod farmer has demon* atrated that wbeat can he grown with profit in the oldsr seetioo of tbe coun? try against the competition of the Weet, Marylaod is ooe of tbe loogest settled portions of tbe United Statee, and its Cbarlee eoonty has been ander eultiva tioo looger than many eoonties in tbe Stafe. It bee, moreover, been cultivated with crops?tobacco aod eora?wbioh, oodsr old condition!, tended to deplete the soil From sixty four cores of tbie former tobeceo and ooro land the Mary* land farmer thrcehed in Jone of this year 1,300 baehels. Ooe field of twenty seven aoree averaged thirty bnshele to the acre, his wheat was sold at early July prieea for a little more tbao $900 It cost him $250 for fertiliiere, eto . to mako the erop, not oonotiog bis own labor, whieh included thrashing with hie owo macbioe. Not without ocosiderable work bae be brought the laud to euoh oondition For several years be has graaed cattle aod sheep oo the farm, which tbcmsslvss bring bias a few dollars oow aod then, aod be baa else given the soil sowpes vice treat meat Tbe cxperieoee is worth regarding as cooooragiog to other farmere, and as indicat? ing tbat the so called woroout soils of the Atlantic seaboard are oot bsyood redemption.?Southern Farm Mega sioe. Two propoeed amendments to the State oooeiitutioo arc to be voted upon at tbe approaehiog geoeral ?leoiion One of them relates to the draioaga aod reclaiming of awamp laoda ia the State aod tbe other is doaigoed to enable oertaio moniei palities to ioereasa their bonded in? debtedness. A eoooiee aad oompleto pioture of the manifold oppressions of the trust syRtum is given Oy B-yeo in his lettor of aooeptaooe: '"Tho oonsumer sufferH ri fortton, tbe priduoer of raw material has but and puroht*'?r sod mutt soil at tbe arbi ra.y price fiird ; the laborer I) ix but sei ? ropioycr and Is p.iworlo-s to protest agaiOHt tojustino sithsf la wages or to ooidit ions of labor ; the *m*ll stockholder is at tho tnoroy o( the fipeoulstor, wnilo the traveling salesman contributes his salary to the overprowo profits of the trust." BIG BOXERS PUNISHED THE EMPEROR SO DE? CREES Pekio, Oot 2, via Tieo Tain, Oat 6, via Shaugbai, Oat 7.?By an imperial decree issued at Tai Yung Fu, oapital of the provmoo of Shen Si, dated Sept 24, Emperor Kwaog deooQDqes tbe Boxer tnovctnont aod designates for punishment nine ringleaders. He ao< knowledges bis own fault aud rebukes bimcelf; but bo places tbe ohief blame upon the priooe* and noblen v ho par? ticipated in tbe movement aid pro* traded it. Prince Tuan, Priooe Oboog, Prinoe Tsai Lien, Prinoe Tsai Yiog, Duke San Kang, Yiog Nian, president of tbe ceo sorate, aod Cbao Sbn Cbiao, president of the board of pnoishment, are all do prived of their titles, removed from office and turned-over to various trial boards for further penalties Priooe Tuao, by tbe terms of the deoroe, is to be tried by tbe board of olaos. The foregoiog corroborated (be offi j oial advices reoeived la?t week from ' Direotor General Sbong by Minister Wu, and by the later oemmuntoated to tbe department of State. DEOUEfi CONSIDERED GENUINE Copies of the deoree have been re? oeived hers aod are aooepted as geo uiue. It is reported that Tung Fu has led to tbe provines of Shan Si, fearing i punishment. The impression is grow* ing that tbe imperial government is making no effort to disperse aod puoish tbs Boxers. Tbe im? perial troops who were seen Mon? day near Pot Ta Obau are believed to have bseo ooooerned in this movement. Tbe acting vieeroy at Tien Tain was notified that orders bad beeo issued to disperse tbs Boxers but said he feared to send out troops beoause of the preaeooe of the allied foroes. _ ??Mass* * a sjsaaww* The Chinese Court Afraid of Allies. ___ That is One Reason Given for Moving to Shanal Washington, Oct. 8 ?The effort to induce tbe Chinese imperial court to return to Pekin has failed after a week's persistent effort on tbe part of the powers. Newe to that effect was brought to the state department today by the Chinese minister, who received it via St Petersburg from Viceroys Liu Kun Yih and Chang Chib Tung, under date of Oct 4 Minister vVu received tbe message laat night It was as follows : "Tbe departure of their imperial majesties for Sbensi (province) was due to distressing conditions at Tai Yuen Fu Tbero is a scarcity of food supplies in tbe province of Sbansi on acconnt of long continued drought aod tbe provincial capital (Tai Yuen) is almost deserted, tbe trades people having left on account of the dieter bances caused and continued for months by tbe Boxer rebele, who had invaded that province with the encouragement of Gov. Yo. Their majesties, therefore, were obliged to proceed to Shenai, where tele' graphic communication with Shang? hai and other parts of tbe empire ia opened, and rapid communication with their majesties may, therefore, be carried on ; thus court and official business may be transacted more ex peditiooely by their presence in Shenai rather than in Tai Yuen Fu. The reasons for the temporary post ponment of their majesties' return to Pekio are the presence of the allied forcea there, on account of whioh eolititous fear is doubtless entertain ed, besides a dread of the outbreak of epidemic diseases, whioh usually follow after great disturbances, destruction of property and military operations. It is hoped the powers will be considerate in their judgment in this matter The important feature of the roes sage is the confession that the court is restrained by fear of the allied forcea from returning to Pekin Tbe movement takes tbe emperor aod empreaa 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 VVu has been informed also that Viceroy Yu of the province just vacated by the court, has been impeached, be cauae of bfs anti foreign tendencies, which is the first step toward his degradation It is said there are no Boxers in the newly chosen locality, ao that the court will have thrown off the hostile influence recently aurrouoding it The only disquieting feature of the move ccSjacs from Japanese advices Stating that the new point of location im strongly fortified, which is some indication that the imperial family in still in llight, and is seeking stronger defenaes ; 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 an tbe German end American notee exchanged last week. The 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 tbe government itself marks for pun ishment. Such a course by the ministers, be says, would be hard to comply with, but he looks to the sagacity of Li Hung Chang and Prince Cbing to overcome any such difficulty. A NEW CAPITAL OF CHINA Washington, October 6.?The Japanese minister today left with tbe Secretary of State a copy of a tele? gram, dated October 1, received from the Japanese minister for foreigo affairs, to this effect: 9 "The Japanese acting consul at Shanghai reported on tbe 28th ultimo the publication iu 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, it is not our intention to remain there per? manently. Inasmuch as Cbacg An was the seat of tbe ancient rulers of China, and is defended by nature, we order tbe acting Governor of j Shensi to select a suitable eite for the imperial palace in the city of Singan and to provide everything necessary for our journey thereto. He should bear in mind the hardships we are uow exposed to and refrain from all extravagant preparations ' EXPEDITION TO PAO TING FU Pekin, Thursday, Cot 4, via Tien Tsin. Sunday, Oot 7, and Shanghai, Oot 8 ?Tbe Ameriean troops will oot participate io the expedition to Pao Tiog Fo. Geo Cbaffee has the aseor aooe of Li Hoog Cbang that if the allies desire Pao Tiog Fu tbe Chinese will readily surrender tbat eity. Li Hung Cbaog has given the same assur aoee to the other generals. The Amer? icans believe that revenge and military display are tbe only objects of the expedition aod they hold tbat it will retard the reetoratioo of peaoe. The Rossiaoe are understood to have praotically abandoned the railroad aod to have stopped ite reconstruction. Geo Cbaffee favors tbe retoro of the railroad to its owners aod its reooostruotioo and operation oo a joiot international basis The first reenforoements of German troops have arrived here. Geo Ye meguoht will retain 10.000 Japanese troops, 2,000 of them at Pekio aod tbe others at Taku aod along the lioe of oommuoioatiooe. Eight thousand Ger? mans will pass the winter io Pekin aod 1,500 Russians. Tbe nnmher of British troops who will be retained has not been deoided Sir Alfred Gaselee will probably keep a brigade. Tbe allies are storing supplies for six mooths. Count voo Waldersee's headquarters will he tbe buildings in the imperial pleasure grounds outside tbe purple oity. RUSSIANS TOOK MUKDEN St Petersburg Oot 8 ?The Russian gcoeral staff has received official dispatches confirming the reported occu? pation of Mukden. Lieut Geo Subbotitoh entered the eity Oot 1st. He advanced from Old Niu Chwaog oo Sept 24 with 11 hattal ions of iofantry, two sotoias of Cossack eavalry aod 40 goes aod after fighting two engagements routed tbe Chinese army oo Sept 27 Before withdrawing tbe Chinese loot ed end fired the oity. The Russians oaptured numerous modero guos aod immense stores of war material. NO NEWS OF CAFTIVE3. Manila, Got 5, via Hong Kong?The report of the eaptore of eboot 60 men of the 29th United States iofantry oo Mariodnque island is oonfirmed through oommunioatioo from MaoArtbur aod Kempff from Mariodoque island, but details ae laokiog The Yorktown's relief ooiumn landed at Torrijos oo tbe Mariodoqae ooest aod marched to Santa Or us, whiob was proposed route of the oaptured party, without encountering the enemy or learoiog anything deficite regarding tbe oaptives exeapt tbat they entirely disappeared Mariodnque is a small island within 40 miles of Lutoo. It is possible that the rebelt have conveyed tbe oaptives to Luioo. A Story About Andree's Par? ty From Hudson Bay County. Minneapolis, Mioo. Oot 8.?Harry S. Knappen, a newspaper man, return? ed today from a perilous trip to tbe Hudson Bay ountry in whiob, with niue white meo aod eight Indians, be sailed 600 miloa up the east shore of tbat great inland sea. Mr Kn?onen was assured by those whom ho u. .Oat a "skyboai" bad come In? the region <?n the cxtreroo lortlieaat shore of the bty two years before, that it oamo to ground and that (he savage* who in habit thatctuntiy bad killed tho wlme men io it This be believe^ was Andree's Polar < ipeditioo In an article appearing in Tbe Sutte of Sa?urd;?v it wis declared that Fur man led all th?? literary colleges io the State tu point of attendenoc The number of her enrollment was ptinted at 212 Wofl.ird college is aher.d of this, as there are 229 students on her b tutor io old oamfus. mr McKinley grows squeamish. MUST ASK CONGRESS AS TO A LITTLE ACT OP IMPERIALISM. Washington, Get 6 ?The Ameri? can answer to the French note, which is the pending phase of the Chinese negotiations to be disposed of, has 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 defiuitenese. Intimations have been conveyed to some 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 msy be serious constitu tional reasons requiring at least two of the French proposals to be sub? 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 tbese plane appesrs to involve a possibility of territorial oc cupation, though of a limited cbarac ter, both at Pekin and along the road from Pekin to the eea, and it is understood that even if these movee were regarded with favor by the executive branch tbere would be constitutional reasons making it de? sirable to eobmit them to congress. This idea has been put 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 cote The news which the United States Government bae received of the pur? pose of the Chinese Imperial Conrt to take up its abode at Tsing An Fu, in the province of Sben Si, comes from Japanese official sources, but so far tbere bae been nothing from the Chinese officials to show that the movement has taken place The State department has put forth all of its efforte to bring about an aban? donment of the project. However it is now conceded that the preeeiaee 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 Germaov. TO BE SURE OP A COTTON SUPPLY UNDER ANY CONDITION. Washington, Oot 8.?"If for some reasoo. Germany should be out off for one year from her cotton supply, there, would be a crisis of incalculable con sequences," says United States Consul Winter at Annaberg, in a report to the State department upoo the oottoo con? sumption in that country In order to guard any possible exi? gency, tbe Germsn colonial association, says Consul Wioter, recently sent a petition to the imperial ehaooellor, requesting that every meaos be used to introduce growing into the different German colonies where olimae and soil favor. With the exoeptioo of about {17.000 worth of oottoo grown in one little colony, Germany is entirely dependent upon tbe United Statee and England for tbs commodity, snd sh3 consumes more of it than any nation of the continent This aooouotss for her desire to produce her own cotton "Germany, Franee and England," says the ooosul, "have never forgottoo the days of tbe oivil war, when their cotton sapply was completely out off by tbe blockade of the Southern States." There is a tendency be says, on tbe part of ootton industries to gravitate to? wards the centers of production, that is, the United States, Eogland and the East Indies Tbe shifting of ootton mills sod manufactures to theee poiote eaves time and money, and the problem which ooofroots Germany ie to insure a oottoo supply tbat eao be absolutely depended upoo in peaoe or war. THE SUMTEE COTTON MARKET. Tbe tone of tbe market continues strong, and prices remain tbe same as quoted yester? day in our local market: Middling, 9 90(<i 10. Receipts for tbe week ending Saturday, Oct. ti, 1,684 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 he sold at my residence or 40 cents per gallon. N. O. OSTKKiV 'S c CORGI WHERE AlL ELSE FAILS, nest Cough Syrnp. Taatae Good. _In thug. SuUl t>> >lrn?ttflM*. Use Convention Called Of Striking Miners. To Consider Acceptance of Advance in Wages Offered Sheoaodaih. Pa, Oct 6 --This town today witnessed the biggest demonstra? tion ever held within its timi(6. Over 5,000 striking mine workers marched through the streets aod up to Soldiers' Monument Park, Licuet Mountain, where they held a mass meeting anc listeued to words of encouragement from Natiooal President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of Amer? ica Tbe strikers came from all sec? tions of tbe anthracite regions, those from jearby points marching in a body, beaded by baed-, while those from remote regions came io trolly eare. President Mitchell spoke briefly aod wss frequently interrupted by oheers. His most important statement was ooe informing tbe strikers tkat tbey would soon meet io oooveotioc He said : "I wish to aoooaooe today for tbe first time that in a few days a conven? tion will be oalled. Every mine will be requested to seod delegates If yon believe a net advaooe of 10 per eeot io your wages is eooogh theo your votes will decide the questioo. If you prefer that the strike shall go oo Mitchell will be with you Io this strike we mast all wio together or go dowo together." Mr Mitchell agaio took ooeesioo te deny the charges tbat the strike vis brought oo for political reasons aod tbat tbe bituminous coat operators were ooonected with it. * "These charges," be said, "are absolutely untrue." Mr Mitobell declared that despite the statement of the operators that they would oot reeogoice the onion tbej had already done so by aooounciog tbe 10 per eent increase He said it wee strange that this advance was not granted until tbe Uoited Mine Workers oame here A CONVENTION OF THE MINERS. ? ? WILL DECIDE IN A FEW DAYS TO END THE STRIKE OR NOT Philadelphia, Oot 8.?President Mit? obell issued bis call today for tbe much talked of Miners' oooveotioo to ooosid er tbe operators' offer of 10 per eeot. inorease io wages. The oooveotioo will be held io Soraotoo aod will open oo Friday next Representation in the conveotion will be oo the basis of one delegate with ooe vote for each 100? persons oo strike. It is tbe general expectation tbat the decision of the oooveotioo will be to aeoept tbe increase and return to work. Quietness prevailed throughout tbe aothraeite regions today, tbe call for the ooovention being generally accept? ed as a signal for cessation of hostilities all arouRd There were maoy expres? sions of satisfaction by miners aod operators and by merchants aod others io tbe mining seot'an today over tbe prospects of ao early settlement of tbe troubles. Today' completed the third week since the strike offioially went into e fleet. Tbe miners will have parades aod mass meetings at Shamokio tomorrow and at Soraotoo oo Wedoesday. President Mitehell will be io attend? ance and is expeoted to speak at both plans. LORD ROBERTS' RETURN. Londoo, Oet 8 ?Lord Roberte, The Daily News announces, will leave South Afriea during the last week of October. Tbe authorities have deoided to limit tbe oombsr of colonial troops who are to he the queen's guests in Loodoo to 500. The Thing You Want ?1 Buys a First Class Guaranteed FOUNTAIN PEN. Oa'l and pee then). H. G. OSTEEN & CO.