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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-02
-Ordnance DEPARTMENT.
NEW CAMPS IN THE SOUTH.
Points in Georgia and South Carolina
Selected.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The following
official announcement Of the sites for army
camps in the South, recommended by the
Schwan board sent South for that purpose,
was posted at the War Department to-
night: 1.-THE following appointments have
been recommended by the Schwan board
Augusta, Ca. Columbia, S. c.; Greenville,
S. c.: Spartansburg, S. c.; Atlanta, Ga. !;
Athens, Ca; Macon, Ga; Columbus. Ga: :
Americus, Ca, and Albany, Ca
Ex-senator Patrick Walsh, Col. D. B..
Dyer and Representative Fleming, of Geor-
gia were in Washington to-day, urging
Augusta, Ca, as a site for military camp.
The committee presented to the secretary
the many advantages of Augusta, pointed
out that the proposed site was high and
healthy; that an abundance of water could
be obtained from the Augusta water works,
while the camp could be lighted by the elec-
trio system of the city. AS to drainage and
other features, the secretary was assured
the proposed site was perfect. The secre-
tary found that the representations made
were borne out by the report of General
Schwan. who is president of the board of
camp inspection. The further fact that
Augusta is a central point for headquarters
within easy reach of the other camps was
also made prominent by the committee. 1t
is probable Augusta will be the headquarters
of thA division.
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RICE LAKE, Wis, Oct. 1.-Relief par
ties are now out through the burned dis
tricts south and west of the city. The loss
of life from the disastrous forest fires cam
not now be estimated, but it will be great.
The work of getting to the burned dis
tricts is slow, all the bridges are down.
over 100 persons are missing. Many dead
bodies have been found and they are burned
beyond recognition. The remains of one
man by the name of Nelson was found
to-day at the bottom of a we'll. where he
had gone to escape the fire. AT another place
woman and two children were found in a
we'll. The woman was SO badly burned that
she will die AT another place, where
man had been plowing in a field, his charred
remains and the carcasses of his horses
were found to-day. All the cattle horses
and other stock in a large district have
been burned to death. Even the wild ami
mails could not escape the flames. The wind
to-day was southeast and blowing at a
rate of about forty miles an hour. Fires
are now raging in the hardwood timber
lands between this city and Cumberland.
but fortunately the district is lightly popu-
lated. The mills in this city have been shut
down and another reserve fire department
has been ordered out
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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Oct. 1.-Au-
gust Mason, of this city, one of the most
extensive loggers in Wisconsin, returned to-
day from trip to his camp at Cedar lake.
Barron county. He had an exciting ex-
perience with forest fires and reports the
entire loss of all his camps and outfits at
Cedar lake. He also believes that four of
his men have lost their lives in the flames.
Mason left the camps with his crew Thurs
day. They narrowly escaped with their
lives. When they started the fire was eight
miles away, but the wind was blowing a
gale and the flames were rapidly gaining
on them. All rushed for lake, and when
the water was reached the fire was upon
them. Men and horses plunged into the
lake and remained there until the flames
had passed over. Four men of the crew
are missing. Mason says they are lost.
Their names are Sam Hopple, William
Brown and two McGill brothers. Hundreds
are homeless, many even losing all their
household goods.
Tho following estimates of losses were
made by prominent lumberman here:
Northwestern Lumber Company, S22. 600: Au-
gust Mason, $1,000; Mississippi River Lum-
ber Company $4,000; Chippewa Logging
Company, $4,000: Knapp, Stout & Co..
500, 900. The losses include standing timber
logs. camps and camp outfits. The loss of
farm property in Clark, Barron and Chip
pewa counties is estimated at $S00,0Oo Later
reports say that all hopes Of checking the
flames have been abandoned
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WAR MAY RESULT.
Views of a HonE-KOng Editor ON the
Situation In China.

Views of a HonE-KOng Editor on the
Situation In China.
OTTAWA, Ont, Oct 1.-From Hong Kong
to Ottawa in twenty-six days is pretty rapid
travelling, yet that was the experience of
two prominent Englishmen. Hon. Stewart
Lockhart, colonial secretary of Hong-Kong
and N. !. Hamlton-Brow editor and pro-
prietor of the British Realm, who left
HongKong on the steamship Empress of
India on Aug. 20, and reached this point
on the 24th inst. Speaking of the recent
developments N China, Mr.. Hamilton
Brown said:
There is no doubt that the degradation
OF the Emperor and the usurpation of au-
thority by his step-mother, the dowager
Empress, is a bad setback for British in
terests. The old woman is as crafty as she
is unscrupulous and has sold herself to the
Russians. Ii Hung Chang is decidedly
the friend of Russia. 1t is the generally
accepted belief that when he went to ST.
Petersburg for the Cars coronation, prior
TO his coming to Canada, he was given a
bribe of 100000 (Mexican), and has since
been devoted to Muscovite interests. The
betrayal of British interests during the past
few months by the Tsung Lii Y amen, par
ticularly in the matter Of railway conces-
sions, was undoubtedly due to Lis in1u-
ence- And l voice the sentiments of all
Englishmen interested in China when say
that the sooner we teach Lii lesson the
better for the whole empire.
You people in the West have no idea of
how close we have been to war within the
last few months. Shortly before leaving
Hong-kong I was a guest upon one of our
cruisers. and was surprised to learn that
twice, if not thrice, at Chee-Foo our ships
had been cleared for action. Telegraph
wires had been cut, and the British ships
were facing the Chinese and Russians. only
awaiting the word to begin hostilities. The
guns We're loaded, and the men slept beside
them, ready for action. The word did not
come. But, come it must, and the sooner
the better. If we have war at once we shall
win hands down; if we wait until Russia
is ready we shall still win, but at a terrible
cost of blood and treasure Now we are
masters of the situation Our ships are the
BEST and they are manned by British tars
A few years hence our position may not be
SO strong When Russia has completed the
great Transsiberian Railway she will be able
to pour thousands of troops into Manchuria.
and that railway is expected to be com
pleted in 1903.
one important factor in the situation is
the attitude OF Japan. She is intensely anti
Russian and pro-British. A war would at
once see an active Anglo-Japanese alliance.
and within week Japan could throw into
China 10000 to 100000 troops, fully equipped.
and with an excellent commissariat. OF
course, when this war comes, as come it
VIII, the Canadian Pacific Railway steam
ships will be at once used as auxiliary cruis-
ers. Their guns are at Victoria. B. c., and
f1ong-kong, and am told that the vessels
can be put upon a war footing within
tWenty-four hours
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Loss OF $1,cOO,OO
AntIers Hotel and other Property
DESTROYED at Colorado Springs.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Oct. L.
This city had a visitation of fire this after
noon which threatened for four hours to
destroy the entire business district. The
wind was blowing at the rate of forty-five
miles an hour from the southwest when the
fire started at the Denver & Rio Grande
freight depot at the foot of Cuchares street
at 2:10 p. m. and the flames spread with
great rapidity.
A strip four blocks long from north to
south and two blocks wide from east to
west, has been burned over, but at this
hour, 8 p. m, the fire is believed to be under
control. The flames are still leaping high
in the air all over the burning district, but
the wind has died down and there is no
doubt that the fire engines which have
come from Denver and Pueblo in response
to appeals for aid will be able to confine
the flames within the present limits.
The Antlers Hotel, one of the largest in
the West; the lumber yard and two blocks
of business houses have been destroyed In
81 100000; insured for one-half of that
amount. The losses. as estimated, follow:
Antlers' hotel $3.50 900; Newton Lumber
Company, $6O,00o Crissey & towler Lumber
Company, $4,000; FL Paso Lumber Com
pany. $4,000: Irving s Sons, blacksmiths,
$1,000; Denver & Rio Grande Railroad,
$4,000; Gulf depot, 5000; Home Hotel,
$500. General losses of business firms and
individuals not enumerated above, $465,0
The fire started in pile of rubbish UNDER
meath the platform at the Denver & Rio
Grande freight depot. Within five minutes
1t had communicated to freight cars stand
ing at the depot and 1t spread so rapidly
that it was impossible to move any of the
cars. Half a car OF powder. consigned to
G. s. Barnes a. Sons. exploded The cans
were thrown for hundreds of feet and the
wonder is that nobody was injured. Then
came the terrible danger to the city Great
chunks OF fire were scattered about and in
a few moments the Crissey & Fowler Lum-
Der yards, five hundred feet away, were
burning. The wind was sweeping a perfect
hurricane. The flames rushed through the
lumber yards and burned all the light frame
buildings in. the block Then they leaped
across the street and burned the El Paso
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YIN MAY ASCEND THE THRONE.
He Has Proforeign Leanings and VIII
Not Be Puppet.

Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 1-Of the leading oues-
tions of the hour. the chief interest here.
perhaps, centers on China, where the fate
of the Emperor is still uncertain, though
1t is the general opinion that he has already
been done to death by the dowager EN-
press, who, it now appears, was once a
barmaid in a Chinese liquor shop. The
Emperor of China is known to have lately
shown leanings toward Christianity. and it
was recently reported that he had burned
the Confucian classics in the palace
The man who will now ascend the throne
of China is Yin, a grandson of Prince Kung.
He is good looking. intelligent young man
of decided proforeign leanings English
men who have met Yin declare he will not
be puppet like his predecessor. He has a
stronger will, and, moreover, is not related
to the dowager Empress. A prominent resi-
dent of Peking. DR.. Dudgeon, who is the
only foreigner who ever dned with yin. as
serts that the .dowager Empress is not on
posed to progress. He adds that she was re-
sponsible for the installation of the electric
light in the palaces and introduced a rail-
road and an electric launch into the pal
ace grounds. She is also held to have IA
vored other Western ideas.
1t is now said that the dismissal of Lii
Hung Chang. who was the ally of the dow
ager Empress, and the strong pressure of
Russia, which country was alarmed at the
probable results of the mission of the Mar
quis Ito to China. were the true causes of
the Emperor's deposition. The time. how
ever, has gone by for continuance of the
old regime. The young China party will not
rest satisfied with the existing state of
things.
King Yuwei, the fugitive Cantonese re-
former, who is now safe at Hong-Kong un-
der British protection, is known as the mod
ern sage Of China. He is the leader of the
reform party and the originator of tbe
society formed in opposition to the custom
of binding the feet of Chinese girls
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DENVER. Col, Oct. 1.-eNo newspaper
could possibly exaggerate the suffering that
was caused by neglect and mismanagement
in the hospitals at Camp Wikoff," said
Mrs. William Lafferty, mother of the late
Lieutenant Herbert A. Lafferty ssThe
noise and confusion day ard night after my
arrival at the camp to attend my sick son. .
she continued, were enough to drive
well person mad. They would tear down
several tents. then go to work and erect
an old wooden hospital Lieutenant Rob-
erts. Of the Seventy-first New York, was
sick in the same ward with my SON The
noise made him hystericsll and at times he
would shake like an aspen leaf. but no at
tention was paid to 1t by those in charge.
He died the Monday after / left Mrs.
Logan was the only woman engaged in re-
lief work that seemed to have any author
ity. She had letter from President Nc
Kinley that seemed 10 enable her to do as
she pleased"
Mrs. Lafferty has been trying to recover
her sons sword and s75 which he had. but
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cert with Prince Ch'un. that the infant son
Of the latter was made the occupant Of the
throne. Hwang Ii nominally assumed the
government in March. 1877, but did not have
an emperor's power until February, 1889.
when the Empress dowager withdrew. He
was married Feb. 26, 1889. On Sept. q it
was announced that he had signed edict,
virtually abdicating in favor Of the dow
ager Empress. Soon after rumors began to
circulate that he was dead. If he has been
assassinated, as supposed, the crime was
probably committed by a member of the
pro-Russian faction which gained ascend
ancy with the Dowager Empress's seizure
OF the reins of government. The Emperor
was inclined to be liberal in his views, and
his edicts, printed before his abdication,
snow that he intended to modernize his
empire by introducing Western methods
and customs. He was also friendly to Brit
ish interests
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MRS. BOTKIN'S EXTRADITION.
Revised Papers Received by the San
Francisco Police Authorities.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The revised
extradition papers in the case of Cordelia
Botkin, charged with the murder of Mrs
]. P. Dunning and Mrs. j. d. Deane of
Delaware. were received by Chief of Police
Lees to-day, from Governor Tunnell, of
Delaware. They now contain a formal COM
plant embodying the evidence against
Mrs. Botkin which, in Lees's opinion, will
meet Governor Budd's objections to the
first papers. The papers win be presented
to Governor Budd on Monday. The attor-
neys for the defense say they care nothing
for the papers and they rest their case on
the decisions that an alleged criminal can
not be declared to have fed, constructively,
from a State in which it is admitted she
never placed her foot.
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Either Poisoned, strangIed, or Tor
tured by Thrustfng a Red-Hot
Iron Through His Body.
YIN TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR
IT THE EMPRESS DOWAGER WILL
SURRENDER THE THRONE.
Six Alleged COnspiratOrs Executed
Englishmen and Americans INSULT
ed and stoned at Peking.

LONDON, Oct. IA dispatch from Shang-
hal says it is semi officially announced there
that the Emperor of China committed sui
eide on Sept q, after signing the DEGREES
which placed the iowager Empress at the
head of affairs in China. This. it is added.
Is understood to mean that the Emperor
was assassinated. All the English-speaking
secretaries and principal members of the
Chinese Foreign Office, it is further an
nounced, have been arrested and banished
Another special dispatch from Shanghai
says the announcement of the death of the
Emperor is confirmed. The reports as to the
means employed in his taking off differ. One
story has it that he died by poison and an
other that death was caused by strangula-
tion, while a third states that he was SUBJ
jected to frightful torture, a red-hot iron
being thrust through his bowels.
The British Foreign Office to-day received
a dispatch from her Majestys minister at
Peking saying that Mr.. Mortimer, MEM
Der of the British legation, on returning
NOME yesterday with a lduy was 1nSuIted
and attacked by a mob which stoned him
and covered him with mud. Later in the
day the dispatch adds, some American mis-
sionaries were similarly attacked as was
the Chinese secretary of the Chinese lega-
tion. The latter1s ribs were broken. Sir
Claude M. Macdonald, the British minister
at Picking reports that there is a danoaro,,s
feeling abroad. Steps have been taken to
call the attention of the Chinese government
to these outraees
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THE ROCKIES STILL ABLAzE.
Forest Fires Continue to Denude the
Mountain Ranges.

DENVER. Col. Oct. FOREST fires.
which are devastating the western portion
of the STATE, are burning with unabated
fury, only subsiding where fuel is exhaust
ed. A special to the Rocky Mountain News
frcsn Red Cliff says: Nothing is heard in
Eagle county but talk Of fire from all sec
tions From reports OF new territory in the
grasp Of the demon, when a providential
storm comes and the summing up Is made,
there will be little timber left to tell the
tale. A new country now sending volumes
Of fire and smoke heavenward is Bear. VIII
low and Lake creeks. : magnificent stretch
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Portions of the Rocky Mountains Still
AbIaxe and Periling the Lives of
Ranchmen and Their Stock.
FIRE At COLORADO SPRINGS
ANTLEns' HOTEL AND MANY OTHER
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
Total Loss Estimated at One Million
DOlIars-Burning Brands Scattered
by Explosions and a Strong Gale.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Oct 1.-The pecuni-
ary damage wrought by the forest fires in
the northwestern part of the State cannot
be estimated at present. 1t may amount to
anywhere between one and five million dol
lars. Many days will elapse before the ex-
tent of the ruin of the fiery element will be
known. A general rain is falnng through
the State tonight. This will undoubtedly
put an end to the devastation. Clarke,
Chippewa and Barron counties appear to
have suffered the greatest destruction. Over
one hundred people are reported missing in
the vicinity of Rice Lake. Sixty families are
homeless near Cumberland. Seventy-five
families at Turtle Lake and many farmers
have lost all their property and had a mar
row escape themselves. 1t is also believed
that many persons were burned to death in
their efforts at fighting the flames and who
were unable to escape when their efforts
failed. Many narrow escapes are reported.
A party of loggers in charge of August Ma
son, of Chippewa Falls, were returning
from the camps at Cedar Lake. They had
a race for their lives, having a handicap
over the flames of eight miles and having
but one mile to cover to reach a place of
safety. The race was most exciting and
resulted with the probable loss of four of
the crew. The party made for a lake.
mounted on horses. With the heat and
smoke almost unbearable the first section
Of the loggers and their horses barely
reached the goal in time, dashing into the
lake, where they remained until the flames
passed over The four men who were in
the rear are missing and are believed to
have perished. Many persons sought refuge
in wells.
Reports from Cumberland late this after
noon say that the town is in danger. Busi-
ness was suspended and the citizens were
out in force in an endeavor to check the
flames.
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TO ESCAPE NEW YORK TAXES.
e. II. Gerry and Robert GOeIet Become
Citizens of Newport, II. L.

NEWPORT. r. l., Oct. LIN the Supreme
Court two of New York's leading million
aires have been admitted to citizenship, prin-
cipally in order that they may avail them
selves of the low rate of taxation which
prevails here. They are EIbridge T. Gerry,
former commodore of the New York Yacht
Club, and Robert Goelet, one of the largest
real estate owners in New York and the
only brother of Ogden Goelet, the donor OF
the cup for the annual regatta of the New
York Yacht Club for many years. Hence
forth New York will be robbed of millions
and Newport will be benefited by thousands
of dollars. Other rich men are soon to
follow their example
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Six Conspirators Executed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Minister Conger
at Peking, has forwarded the following to
the State Department.
Six alleged conspirators were executed
by order of the Empress dowager yesterday
hang, leading reformer, adviser of the EN-
peror, escaped on British vessel. Order and
quiet prevail here. Trouble is feared at some
interior points not yet heard from"
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In A BURNING MINE.
$50 Men ImperiIed, but All Saved, Ex-
cept Four, Who Perished.

WILKESBARRE. Pa, Oct. 1.-Four min
ers were burned to death in the Midvaie
slope of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
at Midvale to-day. A fire broke out in the
slope about noon. At the time there were
150 men in the mine. All were got out
but four. The dead men are:
PETER CRYcK. married. widow and six
children.
PETER Cornwall, single.
JOHN SORONSKI.
MARTIN SIM0TOCITCH.
A miners open lamp is supposed to have
set fire to the timber.
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LEXINGTON. KY, Oct. Private Will
liam B. Canorn, Eighth Massachusetts. and
Private Archie E. E1dridge, Second New
York, died at Camp Hamilton to-day Of
typhoid Sensational stories sent out from
washington that Camp Hamilton will be
abandoned on account of impure water Is
denied by officers Chief Surgeon Griffith
says the water is pure found any
where. All the typhoid here is attributed
to germs from Chickamauga and Newport
News
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No Advices at washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1-Wu Ting Fan,
the Chinese minister here, has not received
any official information from his govern
ment of any character since the receipt of
the Emperor's edict recalling the Empress
Dowager to the regency. He is still of the
opinion that no i'll has befallen the young
Emperor.
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Chaplain Sues = Girl for LibeI.

NEWARK, o., Oct. 1.-Chaplain NJ. Life,
of the Seventh Ohio Volunteers. this after
noon filed a suit against Rose Lee Burch.
daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Burch. of
the same regiment, for $1,000. charging false
and malicious libel. The action is the out
growth of a published statement. signed by
Miss Burch, that the chaplain made i'm
proper proposals to her
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TACTICS OF THE PARIS PRESS.
Attempt to Influence the Americas
Peace Commissioners.


Peace Commissioners.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-Secrstary II
has settled down at once to the dischargs
OF the many duties of his new post. Al
ready applications for office have begun to
pour in on him. but the secretary finds upon
examination that there are no positions in
his department within his disposal under
the law.
The secretary has been IN receipt Of cable
advices from Judge Day president Of TIE
American peace commission. In which
he says that the BUSINESS Of the commission
J. proceeding p the most satisfactory man.
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THE LATE EMPEROR.
His Name Was Hwang Til, and He xva.
the Son of Seventh Brother.

the Son of "a Seventh Brother.
Hwang Ii was the name of the Emperor
Of China. He was born in 1871, and was the
con Of Prince Ch'un, seventh brother of the
Emperor Hien Feng. He succeeded to the
throne By proclamation at the death of the
eEmperor Tung Chi. Jan. %, 1875, as the
ninth Emperor OF China. of the Manchu
dynasty of Ts'ing. WHICH overthrow the
native dynasty of Ming in 1914. AS there ex-
ISIS no law of heredity In China. 1t Is left
10 each sovereign TO appoint his successor
from among the members of his family Of a
Sounger generation Of his own. Hwang It's
predecessor dying suddenly when he was
e'snt years old. did not designate aisv one
- succeed him. and 1t was in consequence
ot arrangements directed by the Empress
Dowager, widow Of Emperor Hien Feng.
predecessor and father OF Tung Chi. in con-