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New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
GERMANS PREPARING TO FIGHT
ORGANIZING AN EXPEDITION AT TIEN- -TsTN
FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST
THE CHINESE

Tten-Tsin, Aug 80. via Shanghai. Sept 7
Plentiful supplies are arriving and are rapidly
forwarded 70 Peking
The Germans are taking the initiative for the
organization Of an allied force for active
operations in the Pe-Chi-Li Province and the
various commanders have been requested 10 CO.
operate and TO designate their quota Of troops
before the arrival Of Count von WaIdersee. The
project IS yet unsettled. The diplomatic
situation in Pektng IS becoming complicated,
and q majority Of the commanders, including
General Chafee, are understood TO have re-
ferred the proposition to their home govern
rents. The purpose Of the force is not clearly
understood, but one object Of its formation IS
believed 10 be an expedition against Pao-Ting
Fu. where the Chinese are reported 10 be mass
ing.
General Cha1ee has ordered the recently ar
rived marines 10 relieve the marine garrison in
the Walled City The latter will go 10 Pektng.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
coLoN- DAGeETT TO BE PROMOTED

Warrington Sept st is believed that the Pres
dent VII adopt the recommendation OF General
-1a-ee and promote Colonel Aaron s. Daggett, OF
t1e -srh Infantry 70 the vacant brgadier-general-
SIP winch VIII follow the retirement Of General
S1s@r1 Wheeler II This Is done General Chatee
w. % only temporarily set back N his own ad-
---ceUleE- rhe brlgadier- -generalship. Colonel
-@eSe-- -ar-lE undertaken 70 retire and thus ere
atf another vacancy, his promotion
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

THE KAISER's SPEECH At sTETTIN.
Sr=r--n. sept s-The official text OF Emperor
Villains remarks yesterday, in replying 70 the
HurgCnasrer's address Of welcome, gives the
01ne-1c--g passage as follows:
nave no anxiety whatever for the future, for
ed IS with Us and He wiz help US through
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
TROUBLE FEARED AT HONG-KoNG.
BALL CARTRIDGES SERVED OUT TO TROOPS
AND MAxI3ls HELD READY

Hong-Kong. Sept Sowing 10 anticipatons
of disturbances al to-nIght's celebration of the
Feast of Lanterns, elaborate preparations have
been made 10 cope with eventualittes- The
troops have been served with forty rounds OF
ball cartridges and have been confined TO their
barracks six Maxims are also in readiness
The police have been ordered TO suppress the
Dragon Procession. but the Chinese declare they
must hold ii. IN spite Of the authorities
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

The Nauarchos Aiaoulis IS old iron and wood
vessel, probably used training ship. She was
built in France II 1S7a is OF 1880 tons disaIace-
ment. is 24s feet long. has IS feet beam and has
draught Of a inches. Her horsepower is
2.20 and she has speed os about dfteen knots
an hour The crew OF this vessel numbers so men
and she carries armament OF three aS-iuch 81
Krupp guns. one 6.6-inch 81 ron Krupp and
some rapid nre guns She also carries torpedo
boats
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
Nor a cAsE o. PtAauE-

Washington, Sept. s.-The surgeon-Genera OF the
Marine Hospital Service has received the following
dispatch from the American Consul az Aberdeen
Scotland, regarding the reported case Of plague
found aboard the trawing vessel Heron at that
place:
Case trawier Heron act plague. Letter follows. 4"
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
SICKNESS OF william ). Yorses.

Albany, Sept a-WiilIam J, Youngs private SEQ
retary 10 the Governor, is i'll MS home in Oyster
Bay having been forced TO abandon the Waslera
campaign trip which Governor Roosevelt is now
takinE
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
NEW PLAGUE CASES At GLASGOW

Glasgow, Sept San official bulletin issued To-
day says two additional bubonio plague cases have
been admitted TO the hospital and that nine addi-
uonal persons have been placed under observa tion
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
voN KFFFELHR DIED QUICKLY,
THE GERMAN MINISTER KILLED BY A
BULLET IN THE NECK

Berlin, Sept s.-A dispatch from Shanghai,
dated Friday. September :, says:
The staff surgeon Of the German Legation an
nounces that an examination shows the cause
Of Baron Won Ketteiers death to have been a
bullet through the neck which must have been
instantaneously fatal
At the funeral Minister ConGer made stir
ring speech 70 the diplomatic body All the
foreign detachments were present
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
CoNsUL GooDNow REPoRTs pEATHs.


Washington, Sept. 8,-The State Department
has received a cable dispatch from Consul-Gen-
eraI Goodnow, at Shanghai dated September Z.
reporting the deaths about July 81 at Funchu
and TaIku Of the following missionaries: The
Rev and Mrs. c. ". Price and daughter, Flor
ence; the Rev. and Mrs. E. r Atwater and TWO
children; the Rev. and Mrs. D. H Clapp. the
Rev George I. Williams the Rev. T. ". Davis.
Miss Rowena Bird and Miss Mary L Partridge.
The Department has informed the missionary
boards Of which the victims were members and
their relatives so far as possible
A dispatch has been received from Consul
Fowler at Che-Foo, dated September D, saying
that he had repeatedly urged the Governor TO
send couriers to Pao-Ting-Fu, and again asked
on September + The Governor replied that
there was not one foreigner in Pao-Ting-Fu
He VIII be unable TO get proofs of the mission
aries fate until the rebels are exterminated by
Ii Hung Chang. who expects 10 go north
shortly
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

taries Of the ministerial departments to proceed
u Tai-Yuen-Fu without delay, IN order 10 assist
the Emperor in dspatching the affairs OF State.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

EVER HUNT FOR AN APARTMENT
Yes. but Never 4 gain Whac's the use. anyhow.
when The Tribune presents each Sunday pictures
and plans OF ras best N toEuz
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
GREEK CORVETTE At ST. PHeHAs

St Thomas Danish West Indies. Sept S-The
Greek corvette NsCarchcs MiaOulis has arrived
here She goes 10 Philadelphia on Monday
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

From time 10 time since the Boxer outbreak IN
China rumors Of a massacre Of missionaries at
Tai-Yuen-Fu the capital Of the Province OF Shan
Sc, have come TO the coast. The numbers reported
killed were not always the The numbers
ranged between forty and sixty. The American
Board (COngregationaD had several missionaries al
Tai-ku and Fen-Chow-Fu places a few miles
southwest and southeast of Tai-Yuen-Fu- The
Board has had definite tidings from them since
the outbreak, and IL was thought that they might
have sought safety at the capital Of the province
referred to in dispatches.
At Tai-Ku were six and at Fen-Chow-Fu four
Those at Tai-h1u were the Rev. and Mrs. Dwight
H Clapp, the Rev George L. Williams. Miss Susan
Rowena Bird. Miss Mary Louise Partridge and the
Rev. Francis ". Davis, and at Fen-Chow-Fu the
Rev. and Mrs Charles ". Price and the Rev. and
Mrs Ernest r. Atwater. Mrs. Williams and her
three children and Mrs. Davis are IN this country
The Rev. Mr.. ard Mrs. CIapp are natives Of Ohio
The Rev. Mr.. Williams was born in southington
Conn; Miss Bird IN SandovaI III Miss Partridge
Wis the Rev. Mr. Price IN RchIand M: Mrs
Price in Constantine, Mich. and Mr. Atwater in
ODerln, ohio With the exception Of Mrs. Clam
al studied al OberIin College.
Chicago, Sept s.-8Iiss Rowena Bird killed in
China, was sister OF A, c, Bird, third vice-D-esi-
dent ot the Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul Rail
road. She was about thirty years old Her home
was at Greenfield, Wis, bur she had been in China
seven years, having become missionary UPON her
graduation from Oberlin. She was stationed in
Shan-Se Province.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
MARCUS DAILY HONE FROM EUROPE.

HIS HEALTH SAID TO BE BETTER THAN wzEss
he WENT ABROAD.
Marcus DAILY, OF Montana returned from EUrup4
the Erruria yesterday. accompanied by his wife
son, private physician and secretary As soOr "a
the steamship was docked the DAYS were driven
70 the Hotel NetherLa1d- Mr. DAILY declined 70 se@
Tribune reporter there sending wOr5 that he was
tired talk His secretary said that NJ 0aFv
in better health than wasn he went ABROAD
Mr. DAILY visited The baths a. Mannheim Germany
and on The way home was az The Paris Exposltlo1
a short time he expects 20 so Montana soor
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

FOR APARTMENT sEEkERA
The Tribune ssch SUNDAY presents an assr4~s>v~
1sscrtEoent q NsS-4osks choicest APaEsrasnf
New-York tribune., 1900-09-09
MISSIONARIES SLAIN.
DEFINITE TIDINGs OF THEIR FATE
REACH SHANGHAI
TEN OF THEM AMERICANS WITH THREE
AMERICAN CHILDREN - BOXER saw
AGERY IN sHAN-sE PROVINCE


AMERICAN CHILDREN - BOXER saw
AGERY IN sHAN-sE PROVINCE.
Shanghai, Sept TEN American missionaries
and three American children, two Danish mis-
sionaries and one British missionary, stationed
in Shan-Se Province, were murdered late in July
according TO accurate reports received to-day
They were:
Stationed at Fen-Chow- -Fu-The Rev. and
Mrs. c. W. Price, the Rev. and Mrs. z. R.
Atwater. all of the American Board; one child
Of Mr. and Mrs. Price and Mr. and Mrs. At
waters two children; Mr.. and Mrs. A T. Lund-
gren. Danes, and Miss E.ldredge, British
Stationed at Tai-Ku-The Rev and Mrs D H.
CIapp. the Rev. G. L Williams the Rev. F. W.
Davis, Miss Rowena Bird and Miss Mary L
Partridge, all Of The American Board
The Fen-Chow-Fu party left the station under
q Chinese escort for the coast and were muir
dered on the way The Tai-Ku party we're
killed at that station.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
HUNTING FOR THE NEGRO.
Drew Revolver on White Children and
Posse is Affsss, II i'm.

An unknown negro came to the house
OF MI w 81. Walden. Section Master of
the Southern Railroad. near Bon Air
STATION. at o'clock yesterday and de-
1nanded of Miss 1ola Dickinson. his niece.
fourteen years old. something TO eat She
told him she had nothing to give him
and the negro drew pistol and
' threatened to shoot her and The smaller
children sf she did not get him something
1seconing frightened. the girl with the
smaller children, ran into room and
Hooked the door and the negro stood out
side threatening them and hung around
the house for two hours. until two negro
boys told Mr.. Walden and the station
agent at Bon Air. Il somebody didn't go
down to Mr.. Walden's house the children
would be killed, but when Mr.. Walden
and the agent went to the house, the
negro took to the woods.
"A posse was organized and men on
font and horseback went in pursuit of
the negro. He IS described as being about
forty years old thick set and very dark
g The girl and the negro boys say they
can identify him if caught
v Excitement ran high at Bon Air, and
about fifteen men are in the searching
parties
Mr. walden is single man. but his
sister. Mrs. Dickinson. and her children
live with him. Mrs. Dickinson was away
at the time.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
The Santa Fe's Loss
(By Associated Press.)

CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-Third Vice-Presl-
dent Barr, of the Santa. Fe Road, VINO
Went to Galveston to look after the com
pany's affairs there, sent the following
dispatch to headquarters IN TINS city
to-day:
back. and reports that the dock company
will be able to resume handling gram
and cotton as soon as we are able to put
our track into the city. The damage to
the wharves is not serious The grain IN
elevators is not seriously damaged. The
damage to our tracks in Galveston is
not so great as reported. Six thousand
dollars viii fully repair it.
1.-THE round-house and freiSht-house
were demolished. In-freight house is
damaged but we viii be able to arrange
it so as to handle business there The
loss of cars will not exceed twenty-five
Repairs to tracks in Galveston will be
made by the time we reach the bridge
from the North. We will be able to begin
repairs of the bridge at once. We are
now working from both ends.
1.-THE outlook for resuming business IS
bright Conditions at Galveston as to
order and food are good. We have large
forces employed, and everything is work
ing we'll.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14

Emmanuel, Joe; Eppendorf, Mr.. and Mrs;
Eads. Sumpter, Fashion family; Faikenha
gen, Mr.. and Mrs; Pickett, Mrs. ana TOUR
children; Fiegel. John; figge, Mrs. and
four children; Franks, Mrs. and daughter;
Floehr, Mrs; F,ornkesell, T. c.; Foster,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry and three children;
Fox, Thomas wife and four chill
dren: Frankovich, Charles and John;
F,redicls. Orrin; the Furst family;
Ga1lishaw and five children. Giants, Green,
Mat. Greinaud, Mrs. John and two
daughters; GordonI Oscar; Ciausen,
Charles and family of four; Gregg. four
cIildren; Grief, John, wife and three
children; Geosscup, Mrs. Goodwin. two
girls; Genning, Tim and wife; Circuit
snitcher, Louis wife and two daughters;
Gaines, Captain Edward and wife; Hall,
Charles Hann;lman, Mrs. August: Harris,
L.; Harris. Thomas, wife and three
children: Harris, Mrs W. D. and son:
Harrison, Tom and wife; Hassler. Charles
and wife; Hasselymyer family; Haushton.
Mrs w w; Heidmann. William. Jr;
IIalfenstein, Will; Hennesy. Mrs and
children; Hersey. Mrs. John: Higgins,
Mrs; Hobeck. and son: Holmes, Florence:
Hoskins D. wife and three children
(coloreD; Hubbell Miss Emma and
Maggie; Hull William. (colored); Hull,
Charles (coloreD; Humberg, Mrs Peter
and four children, JackniaH: ALL anu
two children; Jaeger. W. H; Jaeger,
John and wife; JACKIE, Mrs. Curt and
three children; Jennings, James a. and
wife: Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs. and five chill
dren; Johnston, Asa. wife and son; john
son, Julian; Johnston. child: Johnston,
J. B., wife and two children; Johnston.
Mrs Alice; Johnston, Mrs. z. E, and
four children: Junkf, Martha;
Junka, Mrs. Paulina: Junker, Mrs. Colin;
Keats Tom, and wife; Keaton. j. c.,
wife and three children; Kelmer, Charles
L., Sr.: Kelly. -, wife and three chill
dren; Keiffer. wife and daughter; Ken
nelly Mrs. Annie: Kester Fred. and
daughter; Kirby, James and three men:
Kirby. Mrs. George, and two children;
Fred, and wife; Knowles. Mrs. w, and
Kuhn. Oscar, wife and three children;
Kleinman, Henry, and wife: Kleindun,
c.; Kemp, Tom. and wife; Kemp. w. c.,
and wife: Kotte. William: Nimo. Mrs.
John, and two children; Kelly, Thomas,
wife and two children: Kreckreck, Jos,
wife and three children: Lane, Rev, and
family; Lane, F.. and family: Lang, five
children; Lapeyre, James, wife and four
children; Larson. H., and two children:
Laukhuffe, Genevieve; Lawson, Mrs W.,
and one child; Leaerman, II. L.; Lever
man. Professor: Lenier, Joe. and four
children; Leon. -, two children; Lelsie
Mrs Oracle; Lettermann, W., wife and
two children: Levine, Mrs. p. A, daush-
ter and two sons.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14

"neh the Boxers are up, life during the
past few weeks has not been altogether a
round OF pleasure for the Yellow Plenipo-
tertiary in this land of yellow Journals.
Inc Wus attracted rather more mawish
attention and wereSgiven a rather greater
amount of space than John L. Sullivan.
or DreyfuS, or Hobson in the heyday OF
their notoriety. We learn that Mr. WI
does not look imposing in a rented bathing
SUIT, and that he tucks his pigtail under
his jersey when he takes his dip; that
Madame WI finds the sand rather hot for
her little bare feet; and that Master WI
does not like reporters. If Mr.. WI crossed
the street to the State Department It was
good for a column of persistent r,Irnors
about something or other; when a little
bilge water stopped out from between the
plank catboat on which Mrs. WI went
grabbing, it combined instantly with the
gray matter of an alert scribe, and made
a dramatic twO-column story of an escape
from drowning; but close surveillance of
Master WI only developed that, when he
played, he did not play at being Boxers.
Walters questioned Mr.. WI on the situa-
ton in Pekin when they brought him his
eggs: cabnen besought q little light on the
situation while they took him to and from
his hotel. The 1nawisli sentimentaiIsts
contributed to his punishment. Puffy old
gentlemen rushed up to him on ferryboats
to grasp the hand that had grasped the
Empress Dowaser's; elderly females
sought to penetrate Madame Wu's privacy
that they might offer her their sympathy
and their tears; and those that were baked
of seeing father or mother waylafd Master
WI, and, gazing at him with moist eyes,
murmured. Poor boy! Poor boy! So
young, and yet China,nan!'
Mr.. WI made no sign, nor did he ask the
State Department for protection. bearing
it all with that Oriental Indifference TO pain
or ability 10 suffer in silence, OF which we
have been hearing so much. But If it were
possible to divert any of our sympathy
from the Americans who were oesieged In
Pekin. it should so to the Chinese who
have been interviewed in America.-The
Saturday Evening Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
Served Him Right.

He carefully prepared small Elrden
n1ot while his wife. deeply interested IN
his labor. stood watching him After he
had put in the seeds and sInoolned over
1,anv hin, 10 the house, and on the way she
when will the seeds come up, John?''
LAYING his hand caresstnsly on hsfr
shoulder. the smart man said:
Il don't expect them to come up al all,
..yn, don,tr' she exclaimed. Then why
have you gone to all that trouDle2
with a smile that springs from superior
COVE mn but the plants viii, by aud by
VET he was wrong, for his neighbours
hen got into his garden and the seeds did
come up.-Colier's Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
Ell SUR
Nj HE'LL.
President Of The Mine Workers
Association Declares Strug-
Gle Practically On.
fBr,l Associa,esi 1l.,ress.l

1NDIASAPoI.is. md, Sept 1ss..-In
order TO place before the public tine con-
ditions claimed 10 exist in the anthracite
nslds of Pennsylvania. President John
Mitchell and Secretary Treasury Wilson,
OF The United Nine Workers OF America.
Issued . statement to-day giving in detail
the causes that have led up to the strike.
After the s;a,emen, had been given out
1or publication. President Mitchell said:
AZ this time do not believe anything
] Win fransp!re between now and Monday
that VII prevent the strike. All infor-a
1nation coming TO my Office to-day pre-
/ diets that the struggle is practically on.
. have been receiving messages all day
] 1rom the anthracite region which indicate
clearly that the endorsement of the strike
and the issuance of the order have met
i 18th the approval of the miners. There
assafe Jew details to be arranged, but the
4 men are prepared for the fight. have
y nor reoeired to-day any Information direct
{ or indirect 10 shows that the operators
nave Teceded from Their position
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
The Galveston Death List.

(By Associated Fress)
HOUSTON, TEXAS, Sept 13-follow-
ing are the names Of persons Killed at
Galveston that have not heretofore ap-
peared in the lists of dead:
Aberilart, t., and wife; Ackermann,
Herman, wife: and daughter. Admeit, Mrs.
G., and seven children; Akers, G. B., wife
and three children; Albertson, A. wife
and two children;. Allaricye, r. l., wife
and three children; All, Cornaiia; Allen,
Daisy; Allen, Five; Allen, Serena; AL
phonse, ] Ohm, wife and family; Anderson,
Oscar, wife and children; Anderson, An
drew. wife and children; Armitage, Miss
Vivian; Armour, Mrs. and i've children;
Artisan, John, wife and nine children
Bass. John, wife and four children Cool
zored): 5BaElch, William, wife and two
children; Beach Miss Nina, of Victoria !:
Beat. Mrs. Dudley and child; Bedford,
:Cushnan (coloredD Bohn, Dixie: Boss,
Peter, and wife; Bowen; Bradley, Miss
Mamie; Bradley, Miss Ethel; Bentley,
family; Driscoll, A. NJ; Bockelman, C. j.;
Brown, Joe and family: Buckley, Selma;
Buckley, Blanche; Buckley. Mother and
father Buckley. Mrs. S. and
daughter: Busse, William and.
wife; Burnett, George and wife:
Burnett, Mrs; Calhoun Mrs. Tom and
three children; Campbell, Miss Edna; Car
ter. Ade!is; Catholic Orphan Home, ninety
people; cato, llliaia% leo!oreul, Ssntius.
william. and wife; Clark, Tom; Corbett,
lanes j. and four children; caddoo, Alex
sander. and five children; Colsen; Connor,
Cantain9D. f.; Conner, Edward J.; CoWen;t
Grouse, ]. J., and wife; Grouse, J. j., and
children: Credo, William; Cromwell, Mrs,
and three children; Crook, Ashby; Grow
lev. Miss Nellie and brother; Cuneo. AIRS.
Josenh. New Orleans; Curry, Mrs. q. H.
and child; Darrell, five children; Darby.
Charles; Davis, Mrs. T. F.; Deltz, NJ. ; and
two sons; Dtnter Mrs, and oar aaug N err,
lDonahue, Ellen; Donahuer Mary; Doll
George. and wife; Doll, Frank, and faIni-T
ly;ADoty, John, Doyle, Jim; Dunning CHAM,
Richard F, Eckert. Fred, Edwards. James
and family; ElsnanR wife and child chile (
Rtsmann, Howard. Ellis, James, and. two
children; English. John, wife and Child;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
L0UBE7 WIRES SYMPATHY.
French Executive and President TX
change Messages.
(Ry Associated Press.l

(I}y Associated fEeSS.J
iwAsHINGTON. Sept 13.-The follow
ing telegram have passed between the
Presidents of France. and the United
States:
..Ramboulett Presidence. Sept Is.
..To His Excellency, the President OIL the
United States of American
1.-THE news of the disaster which has
lust devasted the State OF Texas has
deeply moved me. The sentiments OF ira
ditional friendship which unite the two
republics can leave no doubt in your mind
concerning the very sincere share that the
President, the Government Of the repub-
lie and the whole nation take in the
calamity that has proved such cruel
ordeal for so many families in the United
States 1t is natural that France should
participate in the sadness as we'll as in
the JOY of the American people. take it
to heart to tender TO Your ENcellency
our most heartfelt condolences and to
send to the families of the victims the
expression of our afflicted sympathy.
(sisne,) GENTLE LOUBET.''
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. c., Sept. 49,
ssHis Excellency, Emile Loubet, Presi-
dent of the French Republic, Ram
boulet, France:
st hasten to express in the name of the
thousands who have suffered by the dis
aster in Texas, as we'll as in behalt OF the
whole American people, heartfelt thanks
fo. your touching message of sympathy
and coincidence.
(Signed) '.WILLTAI1 Al,kINLEY.'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-14
THE !" ORNAMENTS REMOVED.
Bill Company Tearing Down the Ad-
vcrtisements Recently Put Tn.

The banners tina have disfgured the ap-#
pearance of Main and Broad Streets are
coming down. They have been reported
to the Chief of Police and the matter has
also been brought TO the attention of the
Richmond Passenger and Power Com
Pany. the Postal Telegraph Company the
Richmond Telephone Company and Super
intendent w. II. Thompson, of the Fire
Alarm Department of the city, by Mr.. s.
Edward Bates, who is acting City En-
gineer in the absence Of Colonel Cutshaw
1t is claimed that Mayor Taylor told
one Of the show representatives that he
might proceed to advertise his circus in
this city IN the usual way. A day or so
afterwards it was found that flags and
banners, advertising devices, We're being
attached 10 the telephone, telegraph and
railway poles and wires. Acting City-E,n-.
gineer Bates was the first person to take
action in the premises. He called on the
Chief of Police and explained to that Off
ciaf that the city ordinances prohibited
such use Of the poles in the streets. He
also wrote to the companies interested,
that their poles We're beng used in a way
not intended by the ordinances. He did
not, however, write to Te Southern-Bell
Telephone Company, as 4 suit is pending
in the United States courts between this
5co1itaiis dllo iiie City ana tile= Guy II no
way recognize the Southern Bell Com
pany.
The Bell Company nevertheless, yester-
Gay. through Superintendent Chlpley, or
dered its poles stripped Of all advertising
matter, and the work is being rapidly
executed. The other companies have not
yet taken cogn.zance of the letters sent
them by Acting City-Engineer Bates The
advertisers claim that $500 worth of their
advertising matter has ibeen- destroyed by
reason OF the fact that their. banners are
being taken from the poles.