\l THE EMPEROR 0E CHINA ' Confident London Reports of 'His _ 7 Death. ' REFORMERS ARE PUNISHED Their in Diplomatic and Mercantile Circles. Suspicious of Poi- Acceptance son. Speculations on the International Consequences. London, Oct. 1.—-—Information reaches here from two high quarters, one dip- lomatic, the other a leading financial house, that the Chinese emperor is Bead—has been dead, in fact, some days. Perhaps he was poisoned. The dowager. empress has summon- ed all the doctors of the empire to the palace merely to lend to his end the semblance of a natural death. What effect all these strange happen- ings at Pekin will have upon interna- tional relations is the subject of earnest consideration in the highest quarters here. The Punishment of’Reformers. ‘ Pekin, Oct. 1.——An imperial decree was published yesterday dismissing Chang-yin-I—Iouan, the opponent of Li Hung Chang, and former minister of China. at Washington and special en- voy of China to Queen Victoria's ju- bilee. He is dismissed from all his offices and is banished. to II, a district of Chi— nese Turkistan. ‘ THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM. A Hint as to the President’s Desires Luzon Only Wanted. Washington, Oct. 1.-Within the last two or three daysthe president has been consulting with Senators and rep- resentatives in regard to the. Philip— pines. Mr‘. McKinley has intimated to his visitors an outline of the instruc- tions given the peace commissioners. From these conversations it is learn- ed that those instructions do not con- template a demand for the entire group' of islands. The cession to the United States of the island of Luzon, including Manila and Manila bay, will be re- quired; the United States will insist upon a satisfactory, liberal government for the inhabitants of the other islands and Spain will not be allowed to cede all or any part of this group to any foreign government without first se- curing the consent of the United States. These terms, it is understood, repre— sent all the president wants. He would be reluctant to have this government acquire absolute possession of the is- lands outside of Luzon. The belief is growing, however, that Spain will not want to retain a con— ditional sovereignty over the rest of the group if Luzon is lost to her. .The Pending Flour- Mill Deal. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 1.—The Senti- nei says that five of the six Milwaukee flour millers have given options on their plants to a syndicate represented by Thomas A. McIntyre of New York, ac- cording to a rumor on ’Change, and the manager of one of the mills is au- thority for the statement that the con- solidation will soon be effected. In addition to five of Milwaukee’s mills whose daily combined capacity is 6,300 barrels, the syndicate is said to embrace three mills at Superior, Wis., three at Duluth, three at Minne- apolis and one in New York. The capital stock of the new com- lpany proposed is forty million dal- ars. Warrant for Mrs. Guilford. London, Oct. 1.—The officials of the United States embassy have received instructions in regard to the extradi- tion of the woman alleged to be Dr. -Nancy Guilford, the midwife of Bridge- port, Conn., who arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday last on the steamer Van- couver, from Montreal. ' A warrant for the provisional arrest of the woman until the arrivalEOhere of extradition documents is now in the hands of the officials of Scotland Yard. Police Inspector Freest has charge of the case, but thus far the woman has not been arrested. Making Smokeless Powder. Santa Cruz, Cal., Oct. 1,—Work has been begun at the smokeless powder plant here to replace the one destroyed a few Weeks ago. The plant is larger than the old one and the daily output is six thousand pounds. ~ Enough orders for smokeless powder have been received to keep the mills running day and night for the next two years. The'Lahor Troubles in Pana. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1.——The sheriff at Pana, 11., where there has been trou- ble between imported negroes and the union miners, telegraphed Governor Tanner at 5 a. m. yesterday to send 'three hundred rifles and have the wea— pons in Pana at 7 a. m. The governor said the request could not be complied with. - $100,000 for Barnard. New York, Oct. 1.—George A. Plimp— ton of No. 70 Fifth avenue, the treas- urer of Barnard college, has received in a letter the offer of a gift of $100,— 000, in absolute endowment to the col— 1ege, conditional on the wiping out of the college debt by October 3, 1898. The gift is anonymous. 5, Biggest Sailing Yacht. Glasgow, Oct. 1.—Coates, the Paisley thread manufacturer, has ordered G. L. Watson to design a 500-ton sailing yacht, which will be the largest vessel of her class in the world. The boat will be built in Henderson’s yards. Turks Attack Armenians. - Constantinople, Oct. 1,—Advices just received from Van say fighting has occurred at Alashgorb between the Turks andla number of Armenians from Russia. About fifty Armenians were killed. , ’ Tod,Sloane’s Success, London, Oct. 1.—Out of seven races at the Newmarket September meeting yesterday. Tod Sloane, the American jockey, won five and securedsecond place in a sixth. oooouoooo EEEE the Troops. ~ AN EXHIBIT OF WAR RELICS Improved Accommodations, for Them During‘jhe Voyage. No Lapse of Time Between Evacuation by the Spaniards. ~ and the Entry of American Soldiers. Washington, Oat. 1.—-General Fitz- hugh Lee arrived here yesterday and saw Secretary Alger and the president. He is anxious to go to Cuba, and said in an interview: “I am delighted at the prospect of' returning to the island, but I would rather not go there until the middle of November. I have had experience with the summer climate in Cuba, and at present my system is full of malaria. One of the objects of my trip north is to get up into the mountains and recuperate.” - General Lee will leave Washington to-night for West Point, where he will visit his son. The war department is engaged in preparing the transports for the troops destined for Cuba. Changes have been made in the vessels so as to fit them for this service, and the troops will be forwarded more comfortably than when they were used in carrying the army to Santiago. g ' J There will be no overcrowding and there will be no such a hastein put- ting the' men aboardas will vmake it necessary to sail without supplies. Or- ders have been issued to the quarter- masters’ and subsistence officers to have everything in readiness for the expedition to Cuba. The president has been advised by persons conversant with the situation that, it will not do to allow any lapse of time to come between the Spanish evacuation and our occupation, for fear of a reign of outlawry. ‘ It is the desire of the navy depart- ment to have all the relics of the war with Spain placed on exhibition at some convenient place, and to this end officers in authority are requested _ to send to Washington such relics as have been picked up by their subordinate of- ficers or men. These articles will be labelled with the name of the captor or possessor. All flags captured by the navy will be sent to Annapolis, where the depart- ment keeps its collection of battle- flags. Silver Men Name a Ticket. New York, Oct. 1.—At the Union Square Hotel last evening the Silver Democrats held a meeting and named the following ticket to be supported at the coming state election: For Governor—Henry George of Kings. For Lieutenant Governor—Elliott Danforth of Chenango. For “Secretary of State—Gideon Tuc- ker of Kings. Attorney General—Ole F. Snyder of Erie. Engineer and Surveyor—James A. Lee of Rockland. ’ The meeting was attended by the liveliest of proceedings, both inside and outside of the convention room. Henry M. McDonald, the chief sil- verite in Greater New York, so-called, was the controlling spirit, but his au- thority was assailed so vigorously at one time that he threatened to call in the police to restore order. The convention was, in reality, a meeting of the organization committee of the Chicago platform Democrats, made up of one delegate from each Senate district in the state. Not more than one-half of the fifty members were present. t received its authority to nominate a ticket from the general conference of assembly dis— trict delegates, which met in Syracuse on Wednesday. This conference adop- ted a free silver platform, and then appointed the organization committee and empowered it to make state nom- inations. It also authorized the committee to resolve itself into a state committee after the nominations had been made. ON TH: WAMOND Games Played Yesterday At Washington: Washington. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0—5 NewYork..0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2—5 Batteries, McGuire and Killen; War- ner and Rusie. Base hits, W'ashing- ton 8, New York 9. Errors, Washing- ton 3, New York 4. At Baltimore: ' Brooklyn ....... 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0—0 Baltimore......,0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 Batteries, Ryan, Kennedy and Dunn: Robinson and Hughes. Base hits, Brooklyn 4, Baltimore 6. Errors, Brook- lyn 0, Baltimore 1. Second game: Brooklyn... .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0—3 Baltimore... 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0—— 6 Batteries, Smith and Miller; Clarke and McJames. Base hits, Brooklyn 11,. Baltimore 5. Errors, Brooklyn 3, Bai- timore 2. At Boston: Philadelphia 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0—3 Boston...... 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0—7 Batteries, Donohue and Murphy; Nichols and Bergen. Base hits, Phila- delphia 8, Boston 17. Errors, Philadel— phia 1,‘ Boston 3. How the Clubs Stand. Clubs. Won. Lbst. P.C. Boston 93 45 .674 - Baltimore .............. 88 48 .647 Cincinnati ..... . ......... 85 57 .599 Cleveland 77 60 .562 Chicago . 78 64 .549 New York . . .. . 72 66 .522 Philadelphia . 69 65 .515 Pittsburg' .. .. 67 72 .482 Louisville . . . .. 64 75 .460 Brooklyn ............... 50 80 .385 Washington . 46 92 .333 St. Louis 35 100 .253 Battleships Sail Today. New York, Oct. 1.—The battleship Iowa left the navy yard yesterday af- ternoon and joined the Oregon at the Tompkinsville anchorage. The start I l l I for Manila will probably be made to-j ’day, and the two warships will be ac- companied by the supply ship Celtic, and the distilling ship iris, both of which took on extra supplieso yester- day. ' ~ , I I I I . I I FATAL FOREST FIRES ______.—- Lives Lost and Towns Destroyed in Wisconsin. THREE STATES ' EAVAGED 9 _ . Gales Fan the Blaze and Timber Ranges and Villages Suffer Heavily, Colorado . hIountains Swept .by Raging Fires. Woman and Children'Burned to Death. _Milwaukee, Oct. 1.——A blaze, supposed to have originated in forest fires, burn- ed half of Cumberland, W'is., yester- day, causing a property loss estimated at $225,000. About twenty-five families are homeless. Five children are reported burned to death. ‘ A large saw mill is among the build- ings burned, throwing many out of employment. Rain saved the entire city from be- ing burned. Wires are down and par- ticulars are meagre. A dispatch from Chippewa Falls says that Mrs. Jacob Correson was burned to death while fighting forest fires yes-. terday. Her two children, while at- tempting to save her, were badly burn- ed about the faceand head. Passengers on the Wisconsin Central train from the north last night say the train passed through an almost con— tinuous sea of fire. Nearly every section of pine woods in northern Wisconsin is ablaze. Bar- ron, a small town on the 800 Line, is entirely surrounded by fire, and far- mers' ‘with their families are coming into town with what household goods they could save. Glenwood, a town of 2,000 inhabitants, on the Wisconsin Central, between Chippewa Falls and St. Paul, was sav— ed after twelve hours’ heroic work by the citizens. . Telegraph and telephone wires are down and many railway bridges have been destroyed. At Rice Lake, sixteen farm houses were reported to have been burned yes- terday afternoon. The wind was blow- ing a-gale. At Cedar Lake the fire destroyed pro- perty owned by the Knapp-Stout Lum— ber Company. A large portion of Clear Lake, a town of six hundred inhabitants, is reported destroyed. Alemena, a town of three hundred, and Poskin, a town of two hundred, both on the Soo Line, are said to have been wiped out, but no loss of life has been reported. A slight rain began to fall last night and may check the fires. ' Devastate Colorado Timber. Denver, 001., Oct. 1.—Colorado’s tim- ber reserves are fast being depleted by forest fires, which, fanned by high winds, are working great destruction. Thus far no lives are reported lost. In the northern part of the state a swath thirty-five miles long and of unknown width, extending from the Grand river almost to Dillon, in Sum- mit county, has been burned over. Eagle county has also suffered, the country about Glenwood Springs be- ing a raging furnace. Aspen is al- most hemmed in by the flames and the smoke. Gunnison, Crested Butte and Wolcott, south of Glenwood, report serious bla- zes in the mountains and many ranches and farms destroyed. Minturn, near Glenwood, is the cen— ter of a fire belt, which‘comes near Up- per Gypsum, Gannon and Collins, and threatens West Brush, one of the finest timber sections in the Rocky moun- tains. In the San Juan region, in southwes— tern Colorado, the conditions are bet- ter. Settlers in all the burning districts are fighting the flames by cutting clear- ings in the forests and plowing the land. The Treasury Finances. Washington, Oct. 1.—September clos- es on the books of the treasury with- out special significance. It is always a small month, both in receipts and expenditures, and it is not safe to com- pute results for the year from it. This year, moreover, $4,000,000 has been paid in anticipatory interest charges. War expenditures continue to constitute nearly half of tthe total, or $25,645,000, while the pensions this month amount to $10,936,000. In receipts the internal revenue leads with $21,555,288; custome come next -with $16,759,574; and from miscellane7 ous sources the returns are but $1,463,- 207, making a total of $39,778,070, against expenditures of $54,416,000, or a deficit for September of $14,637,929, comparing with $21,933,098 deficit in September, 1897. ' The cash balance remaining in the treasury is $311,600,754, of which $243,— 471,722 is in gold. - Col. Hay Sworn in Washington, Oct. 1.—Colonel John Hay was sworn into office as secretary of state at 11 o’clock yesterday morn- ing. The ceremony took place in the pres— ident’s room at the White House, and the oath was administered by Justice Harlan of the supreme court. Colonel Hay immediately joined his colleagues in thte regular Friday cabi- net session. Prohibition in Canad a. Montreal, Oct. 1.—Returns received up to noon yesterday of the plebiscite taken Thursday throughout the Do- minion on the question of enacting pro- hibition legislation give a majority of nearly 17,000 votes in favor of prohibi- tion. The vote polled is a small one—— only about fifty per cent. of that cast in a regular parliamentary election. Euland Guards Panama. Simla, Oct. 1.-General Egerton has summoned a great gathering of Afridis to meet at Peshanle on October 24 to hear the announcement of Great Bri- tain’s terms respecting the passes be— tween Afghanistan and India. Gov. Taylor Seriously _I I ' . Knoxville, Tenn., Oct: 1.—Governor Taylor has been suffering with liver trouble for some time. Last night his condition was critical and relatives have been summoned to his bedside. \ T E E LEAVING G, A’ ZE T T .E I ‘ FUNERAL OF THOMAS F. BAYARD. Remains Reached lWilmington Last Evening. Dedham, Mass, Oct. 1.—-In pursuance of arrangements made by the family the body of Thomas F. Bayard was yesterday taken to Boston on an early morning train and thence sent to tho Del. home of the family at Wilmington, ‘ " Del. In the car, accompanying the body, ' were Mrs. Bayard, Miss Florence Bay- .ard, James A. Bayard and Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Warren, relatives of the former ambassador to England. Washington, Oct. 1.—The following tribute to Thomas F. Bayard was writ- ten by Secretary of State Colonel John Hay: “The news of Mr. Bayard’s fatal ill- ness, followed so swiftly by the tidings of his lamented death, came upon his many friends with a singular shock. One of the elements of the remarkable charm which distinguished him was his persistent youthfuiness. His hand— some face was always young; he had the voice and. the bearing of buoyamt youth; his enthusiasms and quick emo- tions were those of a pure minded and high spirited boy. His scorn of every- thing mean or base, his disregard'of consequences in his pursuit of what he thought right, his frank expression of that Sympathy which he was so ready to give, his belief in the sincerity. of others, being himself absolutely sin- cere, all these qualities, even more than THE LATE THOMAS F. BAYARD. his good looks and gallant bearing, gave the impression, not only of a young man, but of one who would al- ways be young. It is hard to think that the rigid limit of three score and ten years should be the term of so much energy and activity. But the fine vitality and power of such a char- acter will survive his death. In the affection of those who knew him, as a model and example to those who.ad- mired him, he will live long as an en- during memory and a wholesome inspi- ration.” VWilmington, Del., Oct. 1.—The party with the remains of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard reached this place at 7.30 last evening. The. funeral of the dead statesman will be attended from his late residence here at 2 o’clock this afternoon, and will be devoid of osten- tation. Many distinguished men in the state and nation will attend. DR. PARKHURST RETURNS. Clergyman Home from Europe, Give! ' Views of Nominations. New York, Oct. 1.—The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst came back to town on the White Star line steamship Britannic yesterday. When asked what he thought of the political situation, Dr. Parkhurst said: “I have the deepest admiration for Colonel Roosevelt. He is a good man, an honest man, and one who is not afraid to act. I know him, and I do not think he is the kind to allow him- self to be coerced. Neither can I be- lieve that he would allow anyone to dictate to him. He has a mind of his own and can use it. “Of course I donot know the details of recent happenings, and cannot ex- press myself fully until I am more ful- 1y informed. For one thing I want to see Colonel Roosevelt and learn from him where matters stand.” When asked whether he would go down to Oyster Bay to see Colonel Roosevelt, he replied: “No. I hardly think that will be nec- essary. I hope to see him soon, how- ever.” ‘ ' ' When the Democratic nominee for governor was mentioned Dr. Parkhurst said: ' “In my opinion one member of a family is enough. I do not know Jus- tice Van VVyck, but I know who he is. As I’ve just said, I think one member of a family is enough.” Concerning the Cits and the Cits’ movement, he said: m‘ed to work in municipal affairs, and am inclined to believe that it should confine itself to the city. There might be an exception made where assembly- men are concerned, however, since New York really gets a great deal of its leg- islation from Albany." When asked if he intended to start another crusade, Dr. Parkhurst re- plied: “I can say nothing about that now.” .'l‘llo Lasters’ Strike. Randolph, Mass, Oct. 1.—-As the re- sult of a meeting held 'here yesterday between representatives of the Lasters’ Protective.Union and Haggerty & Sul- livan, shoe manufacturers, an agree» ment as to prices was reached, and the men who stopped work on Wednesday under orders from the union, returned. Neither side would state what 'were the terms of settlement. New Hampshire Banks. 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