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NO. 42. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of th Telegraphic News of the World. VKUSR TICKS F.BOfc V'HR WIRES An Interesting Collection of I tarn) Fro Ml he w Hemispheres Fres vitl ll lu a Con'lenaed Jivm- k ' Germany hi about to declare war on CUlua. General John M. Palmar, of Illinois, la dead. Galveston appeal for help to rebuild the cltjr. Four person were kilted by a tornado in m Iowa town. .- f , Kpldomio of smallpox at Nome baa been stamped out, . Von Walderse will demand (ba ur render ot leadera of the outrage,. , American troops, except legation "guard, are ordered from China to Ma nila, Senator Beveridga, of IndlaDa, opened tlie Republican campaign In lllinoli, with a speech in Chicago. Senator CufTiiry, of Lonisana, baa officially declined the presidential uoin inalion by the National party. At Terra Haute, lud.. The Abbott broke tba wGrld'e trotting record of 8:03 '4. beld by Alix, making tfaa mile in 2:03)4. v , . Another death from bnboulo plague we reported at Glasgow, making tha aventli alnoa tba outbreak. Only 40 persons ara now under observation. Prince Henry, of Frnrsla, ia now couimandei-in-chlrf of tba First Her man squadrou.suooeeding Yiue-Adiiilral Hoffmann, who baa been rolieved (10m tba poat. Tba Austrian presa bitterly con domua the attitude of tba United States towards China, attributing to tha count of tba Washington govomment "tha arrogant defiance with which China ia treating tha allien." Tha lathralan oanal commission atnted that it would be able to aubmit a) report to congress euflloieutly com prehensive to aerva M a basis for tba action of that Uxly at the approaching session, if it should be desirable to act Dispatches announce that among the missionaries killed by Chinese in tba massacre in Yunnan province vera Bishop Fentonsalli and Father Quirine, of the Roman Catholia church. It wan mid that the biahop died after tha moat awful torture., Floods hava washed away several town in Texaa. F.ight person were killed by a tor nado in Michigan. Bryan will make a determined effort to capture Now York, v Tha latest Hit of Galveston' dead number 8,859 namea. Tha nary department ia harrying ve acta to tha Ashttio atatiou. The expected clash lu tba itrlka re gion in I'ennaylvania did not ooour, jCight peraona were drowned at Brownwood, Texaa, by a flood. The Kid Grande railway ia badly crippled. Anti-foreign leader ata aid to hava been appointed to positions of respon aibliity and honor in China, in defiance to the allien. Tha Merohanta' Kail & Wire Work, of Charleston, W. Va., which hava been oloaed for two month, opened again. About 850 wen ara affeotod. Anita, Luta, a,tad 18, ahot aud fatally wounded her fathor, John Luta, nr-ar Lansing, Kanaa, becauae her father bad aeut her brother away to school. Direct advicea from Carthageua, Colombia, say tba rebel ara active in that dejtartuieut. .September ' 8 they attacked the town, bnt government troopi from Colon arrived just in time to prevent their luooew. Tha rebels, who aro nndar General Commaucho, will Join hand with the forces of lieu eral Uriba. Plana ara proceeding for another revolution for tha ner but un recognised government. 1'hll A. Jullen, coroner of Silver Bow county, Mont., and one of the beat known of the old-time newspaper men of tha country, died suddenly at Uutte of heart disease. He waa a native of Washington, D. C, and was 66 years of age. He worked on the Washington Itapuhlioan In the early days of that paper, and on other paper at the capi tal. He had been on uowapajer in Moutana for about 15 years, Trouble between tha union plumbers and the Seattle plumbing compMUles who do not belong to tba Mux tor Plum bera' Association of that city. Asa result ot this trouble the union plumb era have "walked out", from the shops of all such plumbing companion. The walk-out pf union men in this instance ia not owing to any difference with their employers as regards wages or hours of labor, bot wholly because ol an agreement existing between the Mastor Plumbers' Association and the union plnmbera wh.ioh prevents the latter from woiklng for any plumhiug firm or individual not member of such as aooiation. It 1 reported that Chicago and Lon don flrma will invest 130,000,000 in Colorado mines, Spirit distillers and distributors hava formed co-operative asaooiatlon em bracing all the distilleries in the Unit . ed Statea. A Victoria (B. 0.) dispatch says that (the money haa been subaroibed for a pew railroad from the Great Lakes to the Paciflo coast with a brunch Una fo Dawson, LATER NEWS. Count von Wuldersee has arrived at riwu Tsln. The Chinese government has ordered tha degradation of Prinoa Tnan. Germans want Waldaraee to offer a reward for the head of Prince Tuan, An audlenna of 20,000 people waa addressed by Roosevelt in Kaunas City, Mo. . Governor Payer say ha baa re ceived 072,478 for aid of Texas suffer ers. . To date, 3,389 bodies bava been offi cially teportad found at Galveston, Texas. Tba postoffloe at Mesa, 18 roilea from Phoenix, Ariama, was robbed of $1,000 In stamps and $300 in cash. Thomas G. Sherman, tha famous lawyer and alngla-tax advocate, died at bl borne In New York, aged 68. W. Burke Cochran spoke against ex pansion in tha Coliseum in Chicago be fore an audience ot 12,000 persona. Imperial statlstica show that 644, 888 children below 14 yeara of age ara engaged in industrial pursuits in Ger many. Lieutenaut-General Miles in hi an nual report renews his recommendation for tba further nsa of the automobile ia the army. Tba plant of the Illinois Steel Com pany at Joltet, 111,, has been sbnt down owing to a lack of order. Two thous and men are affected. Tha population of fit. Joseph, Mo., according to tha United Stales census, is 102,970, against 53,824 in 1890, an iucreaaa of 50,005, or 98.81 per cent, A city detective of Cleveland, Ohio, waa shot and instantly killed while trying to put a stop to a shooting affray between union and nonunion molder. For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1900, the total number of postage stamps of all kinds issued In tba Unit ed States, including ordinary stamps, postage due stamp, stamped envelope and postal oards, reached the enormous total or 6,883,000,000, valued at $98, 000,000 an increase of 400,000,000 stamps over tha preceding year. General MacArthnr recently issued tha following general order lor the bet terment of the government of the city of Manila: "Kxisting order requir ing residents of tha city of Manila to confine themselves to their homos after 10 o'clock P. M., ara hereby amended to extend the hour to 1 1 1. SI., after wbioh hour the street will be cleared by the police. 8a loons will be closed at 10 P. M., and the sale of liquor pro hibited after that hour." Hoodlums at Victor, Colo., attacked Governor lioosevelt. Conger will not yet begin negotia tions with the Chinese commission. Outpost south of Manila were at tacked by 400 Filipinos, who weia dis petsed with a loss of 60. Buffalo, N. Y., 1 made the eighth city of the United Statea by the new census, having passed Cincinnati and Ban Francisco. Tha Parkland Fishing & Paoking Company baa been incorporated with a capital of $30,000. Its headquarter will be Parkland, Pierce county, Wash. A passenger train on tha Fort Worth 0 H io Graude railroad ran into a wash out near Book Creek, Texaa. Ona person was killed aud eight badly in jured. ' George F. Drew, the first Democratic governor of Florida after the war, died at bi home at Jacksonville, aged 78 year. Two hour before his death hi wile died from tha effect of a atroke of aioplexy. New has been recoived of hurricane at Offord, Iceland, September 80. Tha wind, it ia said, blew 120 miles an hour. Nearly all tha fishing smack were driven ashore, houses were rased and several persons were killed. There was great destruction of property. Tha Iiepubllo Iron & Steel Com pany's work in Bast St, Louis, 111., known aa the Tudor Iron Works, bava resumed operation after a suspension of two mouth on account of tba fail ure to agree upon a wage scale. An agreement has now been reached and signed for the ensuing year, aud up wards of 800 men are at work. A Winnipeg, Manitoba, special saya: C. K. Steveua, a Methodist missionary at Oxford House, in the district of Kowatoan, in a letter dated September 10, 1900, statea that during the late winter and early spring of thia year between 20 and 80 Indiana of the Saul teau tribe, lesiding near Andy Lake, died of starvation. Babbits and deer hava fed this people, and although they ate even the bark of tree, they were not able to sustain life. A large timber-land deal waa com pleted at Albany, Or., by the filing in the office ot the county recorder a deed from W. II. Stimaon, of Los Anglees, Cal., to Theodore O. Wither, of La Crosse, Wis., conveying about 4,500 aores of timber land in the southern part of the county for the consideration of $40,860. Two other deeds of 100 acres each were filed in favor of With er, tba consideration being approxi mately $10 an acre, a high price for timber land, indicating an increased demand tor snob, property. Tha great world's fair that waa an nounced (or Brussels in 1905, haa been abandoned because of tha failure of tha Faria exposition. Tha new your at West Point began with 434 aadota on tha roll, tba largest number by 60 that was ever at the academy. British capitalists bava aoqnired op tion on more than 1,000,000 acre ot 011 field in northern Wyoming and haa organized the Western State Gil Com pany ot America. IN HANDS OF REBELS Captain Shields and Party Captured in Marlnduque. BELIEF FOBX'B IHJRIUF.D OU1 The Mi.ilng Kipedltlon Connlnle ' of Virty-three Mn Heilile Oflleer ' an Craw of a Ounbuai. Washington, Oct. 1. The war de partment has received the following cablegram from General MaaArtbur: "Mauila, Sept. 80. Adjutant-Men-aral, Washington: September 11, Cap tain Ceveresux Hbields, with 61 men of company F, Twratr-ninth regimeut United States volnnteer iufuufry, aud one hoepiital corps man, left Santa Crua, Muriuduqne, by tba gunboat Villalobog, for Torrijos, intending to return overland to Santa Crux. Have beard nothing since from Shields. Scarcely doubt that tha entire party has been captured with many killed and wounded, Sbiolds among the hit ter. Information aeut by letter from the commanding officer at Boao, dated 20th, received September 24, consisted of rumor through natives. "The Yorktown and two gunboats, George Anderson (colonol Thirty eighth volunteer infantry), with two companies Thirty-eighth volunteer in fantry, aeut to Marinduque immediate ly. Anderson confirm the first report as to capture, but was unable, on Sep tember 27, to give detail and present whereabout of Shield and party, or namea ot the killed aud wounded. His information will probably be available soon. Anderson has orders to com lueuca operation immediately and mora relentlessly, until Shields aud his party are rescued. Logan will ba aeut to Marinduque, if necessary, to clear up tlie situation. "AIACAUTHUn." The Twenty-ninth infantry waa re cruited at Fort McPherson, Ga. Cap tain Shield waa lieutenant-colonel ot the Second Mississippi during the Span ish war. He was made captaiu in tha Twenty-ninth infantry July 6, 1899. Ha waa a resident of Natchez, Miss., where hi wife now resides. The scene of thia latest reverse is a small island lyiug due south of tha southern coast of Luzon and about 800 miles from Manila. Marinduque ia about 24 miles in diameter and waa garrisoned by two small detachment of United States troope. One of these was at Boac, on the west coast of tha island, and the other waa at 8 iota Crua, tha principal port on the north side. Captain Shields appears to hava started fioin Santa Crua on a gunboat for Torrijos, a small coast port, and it is inferred that the boat aa well aa tha body of troops under that otiioer ha been raptured, for the dispatuh makes no reference to her return. The ollicfrs of the gunboat Villalo bos woro: Lieutenant Kdward Simp sou, commanding; Ensign I. F. Landia and Naval Cadet K. W. Vincent. L'.eutennnt Sipmaon hue seen over 14 yeara active aea serivce. Ha entered tha navy June 17, 1888. He returned from his last tout of sea service in May, 1890, and was assigued to shore duty. February 1, 1898, he was order ed to th) Brooklyn. Ensign Laudia ha seen not quite three yeara of aea teriroe. He joined the navy Septem ber 8, 1898, and his btt cruise expired in May, 1899. He was ordered to the Asiatio squadron December 23, 1899. Cadet Vincent has had one year and even months of ea service. February 1, 1899, he tfua aasigued to the New Orleana. Om Tank luplodei). New York, Oct. . At 1:45 this morning a ga tank exploded in tha Central Gaa Light Company'a work at the foot of Fast One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street. The explosion was heard for miles around, and broke all the windows in the vicinity. The burning nnptha flowed down the street and iuto the engine-room of tlie gas company, setting it afire. Two alarms were sent in and the fire boat was sum moned. The denies at thia time shot 70 feet in the air. The fire is still burning fiercely and the firemen are lighting desperatoly to prevent the flames from spreading to the gas hold ers, which are near the scene of the x plosion. There ba been no loss of life.. ; ';; - , Tor Down tha Flag. Pan Antonio, Texas, Oct. 1. Unit ded State Consul W. W. Mills, at Chibnnhua, Mexioo, reported to the federal authorities at Washington, de tailing an insult to the American flag over hia consulate September 10, tlie anniversary of Mexico'a independence, by a mob of Mexicans. He hud hoist ad the United States and Mexican flags in honor of the duy, and the mob tore down the United Statea colors. Lumbar Plant Bnrneil. -Mendocino, Cal., Oot. 1. The plant of the Albion Lumber Company, at Al bion, waa destroyed by fire today, to gether with 400,000 feet of lumber and 1,000 cords of tan bark. The dry kiln, store, hotel aud several dwellinga be longing to the company were also con turned. The loss ia between $125,000 Bnd $160.0"0- Vir lu Hamburg. Hamburg, Out. 1.- In a Are today Pfgluks Ss Tietgeu's warehouse, the Robertson grease warehouses, Bothcea' granary and four residences were de stroyed. The Iubs is estimuted at over 1.000,000 marks. - ,, KluhlM.lloo I'Ur. Moxfco City, Oot. 1. The dry gooda store La Valencia, owned bv Sebastian, Hobert & Co., was onrued late last night. Tha losa i estmated at $750, 000. OUTPOST FIGHTING. Insurgent Attanks In fha Country Vontk ot Manila. Manila, Sept. 28. --Monday night, vigorous insurgent attack were made upon the United Statea outposts in the district near Zapot bridge, Las Pi nes, Paranaque, Baooor and Imus, 13 mile south of Mauila, the scene oi the fighting last October, it is estimated that the rebels nonttxired 400 and they were armed with rifle. Tia inhabit ants took refuge in the churches. Tha Americans bava since' energetically dispersed tha enemy, killing and wounding 60. ? A party of scout belonging to tbe Twenty-fifth United Statea infantry landed on tha island of Samar, the in habitant and insurgents fleeing to tbe mountain. The American met with but alight resistunoe aud burned the town, i - Last night there waa outpost firing at Paete, Pagsangan and Santa Crua, in Laguna province. It ia reported that an American scooting party discovered a body of in surgent in the province of Nenva Kcija, two skirmishes ensuing, in which 12 of tbe natives were killed. Similar brushes have taken place near Indang and Silaug, in Cavite province, and near lba andnbig, in Zam bales province, tlie Americana having- two Killed and three injured. Advices from Island of Leyte say that General Mojica'a band ha been scat tered and demoralize by Major Henry T. Allen, of tbe Forty-third infantry, who was vigorously pursued the insur gent in the mountains, capturing many and taking a quantity of money, rifle, ammunition and stores. Senor Arollay, the chief justice; Leon Pepperman, the recorder; Mr. Si-hnrinann, Judge Taft and Mr. Hig in have been appointed commission 's of the Philippine civil service. Ibis morning tbe oommiasion enacted t bill designating their line of proced ure. The commission also established I bureau of statistics and approved (20,000 for expenses incurred by the war department in tbe Philippine. howahdHfouno guilty. Convicted of tha aiaawlnntlon of Go? rnor Goabal. - Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 28. Jamea B. Howard, who has been on trial for the past 10 days, charged with being a principal in tbe assassination ol Wil liam Goebel, waa found guilty by the jury today, hia punishment being fixed at death. Tlie fact that the jury bad deliberat ed all of yesterday afternoon without reaching a verdict led to the belief tbat it waa hopelessly divided, and thia fact made the verdict shocking to Howard and those who hoped for his ultimate acquittal. Howard did not lose ha composure when the verdict calling for the extreme penalty of tbe law waa read in tbe court room. He glanced at his attorneys, who sat bo Bide bim, ami smiled, bat aaid noth ing. After the jury had been dis charged Howard waa taken back to tbe jail, and there, for the first time, he betrayed emotion. He oh I led for a pen and paper and wrote a long letter to bis wife, during which ; the tear coursed down bia cheek. He was joined later by bis attorneys, who apent a good part of the day in confer ence with him in regard to the motion for a new trial, which will be filed to morrow, and other matter in connec tion with the case. One of the juror stated to a proas representative that a number of ballots were taken, but tlie first ballot result ed in a niiunimoua vote in favor of a verdict of guilty. Aftsr that the bal lots yesterday were aa to the degree of punishment. Ten members voted for the death penalty, while two voted for life imprisonment. The first ballot today resulted in a verdict, the two jurors who had voted for life imprison ment gave in to tlie majority and voted for the death penalty. The jury consisted of nine Democrats, one Re publican and two anti-Goebel Demo crats. :- The verdiot of tbe jury, it la be lieved, waa based largely upon the de struction of Howard's alibi, upon which be depended solely. One ot tbe jurors admitted that the failure of Howard to bring any of the oocnpantg of the executive buildinga January 80 to testify that be was not there, waa considered by the jury aa an indication that he waa there. The testimony ol Gaines aa to seeing Howard run out of the grounds and also of Stubblefield, who swore that Howard confessed the killing a few day after the murder, were the other principal points upon which the jury relied. , RnftnlaM Outrages. London, Sept. 28. The Time print correspondence from New Chwang de claring that the Bosnians have killed indiscriminately between 1,500 and 8,000 Boxers and Chinese civilians, menwomen and children, both inside anf eijtaide of the walls. The corre spondent adds that from all aides comee the report ot violence to women, and that the Russians are carrying out a policy of destruction of property and extermination of people In Kai Chan. Nearly all the village have been burn ed and tbe iuhabitautg killed. For tome days, the correspondent declares, the soldiery aud Cossacks have been allowed to do what they like, aud he thinks the auuexation of Manchuria ia intended. Piracy on W River. Hong Kong, Sept, 28. Tbe German transport Gera aud three German tor pedo boat have arrived here. Advicea fiom the West river repoit that piracy and brigandage are increasing, and it La possible that the river will lapse into its old state of insecurity during the wiuter, nulesa active measures are taken. Several miuor piratical acta are reported, and it ia also stated that villagea near Kum Cbuk bava been burned by brigands. EDICTS ARE CONFUSING China Asks the Czar and the Mikado to Help. POMSHMENT OF HIGH CHI5F.SF, arotwKhstandlng the Edicts War Free rations Are Still Keported-abaa ' Hal Captured by the Allies. London, Oct. 1. Beyond a number of imperial edicts, which throw into still worse confusion tbe complicated Chinese situation, there 1 little in to day's new to arrest attention. From Shanghai come an unconfirmed report that tbe allies bava seized Shan Hal Kwan. All tha new wltb regard to tha edict eminatee from Shanghai. Ac cording to tbe advices, in addition to tha edict ordering Grand Councillor Knn Kang to offer oblation before the coffin of Baron von Ketteler and the edict directing that Li Hung Chang' entire plan ba followed in regard to the punishment of tha princes and high ministers of state responsible for the anti-foreign outrage, and tbe de cree ordeting that funeral honors be paid in Pekin and Tokio to the remain of Sugiyama Akira, the murdered chan cellor of tbe Japanese legation, Emper or Kwang Hsu ha addressed further letter to the czar and mikado renew ing bis request for their aid in tbe peace negotiations. Various opinion are expressed aa to tbe impoitance of the edict. Tbe Shanghai correspondent of tbe Morn ing Post says: "Tbe severe punishment ordered by mperor Kwang Hsn will only mean a money fine. There are trace of Li Hnng Chang's hand under American influence in the edicts." On the other band, the Standard' Shanghai corre spondent remarks: "The empress now realizes the true nature ot the crisis. After consulting tbe emperor aba sum moned tbe court dignitariea and on their assembling, through which she remained silent, the emperor in a lond voice delivered a tirade lasting a couple of hours against tbe courtiers. Then in an angry voice he dismissed them. After this the decree were issued. While these have been promulgated, feverish war preparation ara still re ported from Shanghai, and new ap pointment have been made to tbe Chi nese army and navy." , MINERS' PAY RAISED. Aa Advnnee of 10 Per Cent la the Aa thrmelte Goal Region. Philadelphia, Oct. 2. An offer of an increase of 10 per cent in miner's wages waa today made by the Phila delphia & Reading Coal & Iron Com pany, and thia move, it ia stated, will be followedby similar notice at every colliery in tha anthracite region. It ia expected by the operators that this increase in wages will be satisfac tory to the men, and tbey believe many striker will take advantage of the offer and return to- work. Mining operations will in thia event be given an impetus, and the operators expect there will be a gradual resumption un tiMhe collieries will again have their fnll complement of employes. The Philadelphia & Reading Company operates 89 collieries, and ot these 37 have been abut down owing to insuffic ient working force. Whether the miners will accept the proffer of the company and return in sufficient numhera to operate the minea cannot be foretold tonight. Reporta received from several points in the Schuylkill region, where the Reading collieries are located, rather indicate that the mineworkera will follow the instruction of their organisation offi cials and remain away. President Mitchell, of the Mine workers, received no notice of the in tention of the oparatora to offer the in crease in wages, and the intimation ia thus given that tbe miners' organisa tion will receive no recognition from tbe nperators. Shot Down la the Street. Omaha, Oct. 2. A special to the World-Herald from Beatrice, Neb., savs: W. J. Hum waa probably fatal ly ahot this afternoon by Dr. W. F. Lee. one of the moat prominent physic ians in the state. The two men room in separate apartment in the Davis block. A Hnrn waa passing Lee's doors, tha physician mentioned a bill against Hum for services and a quarrel ensued. Hnrn struck at Dr. Lee, but missed bim. Dr. Lee drew a revolver and fired, Hnrn staggering back into bin wife 'a arroa shot in the right breast. Tbe bullet entered the lungs, and Horn la not expected to live through the night. Dr. Lee gave himself npand was released on bail. , Two Killed In a Wreeh. Guthrie, O. T Oot. 2. The Santa Fe through express tor Kansas City was wrecked 15 miles south of here this afternoon by spreading rails, and tbe baggage and express cars derailed, the smoker thrown oft and turned up side down aud the day ooaohea partly derailed. Two people were killed and a doaen or more injured all passengers in the smoker. . Woman Commits Sntelde. Seattle, Oct. 2. Elisabeth A. Lang ley, 24 yeara ot age, wife of a Dawson theatrical man, committed auioide at her home in thia city this morning by drinking carbolio aoid. The oaae ia a mistery. She leaves three little daught ers hore. Her husband ia in the'north. New Premier of Quebee. Quebeo, Oot. 2. S. N. Parent has accepted tha premiership of thia prov ince, to aucoeed the late premier Mar- oband. S.TUATiON WORSE THAU EVER Europe Apparently JJetermlned te Per- : tilion China. New York, Sept. 29. A dispatch to tbe Herald from Shanghai says: The situation in China ia now more serious than ever before for those who are interetsid in preserving the integri ty of the empire, 'The Chinese govern ment is in the power of Boxer leader wbo are not likely to aubmit to the empress dowager any proposition on favorable to them. The friendly vice roys of tbe sonth are loyal to tbe throne and any foreign aggression in Southern China will precipitate an uprising. There is danger that the friendly vice roys will be replaced. Sbeng. tbe friendly Taotai of Shanghai, haa been ordered north, and that practically mean bi death. Rnssia i holding all the fort and atrategical point from Tako to Pekin. Rusia'a possession of the railway show by the permanent arrangement which ber officer are making that she intends to swallow ti.-r north of China. No one here believe that Russia will ever move out except under overwhelming pressure from other powers. Ger many's assurance tbat she doe not de sire territory in China, if the latter be able to pay an indemnity, ia mislead ing. Her demand for the punishment of the leadera oi tbe Boxen a a con dition precedent to peace negotiation mean continued war and perhaps the complete disruption of the Chinese gov ernment. Friendly feeling between Japan and Enasia U increasing. France ia band in glove with Russia. Vlce Adrairal Seymours attempt to under take tbe isolated British occupation of Shanghai and to patrol tbe Yangtse Kiang ba weakened the British poai tion, while losing an opportunity to make a definite agreement for non-partition of the empire with Japan. The United Statea ia consistent but power less. . Ln Li Chuan Liu, wbo, it is unoffi cially announced, ia to be the new viceroy of Canton, is anti-foreign. Un less the allies protest the friendly vice roys are likely to have no friends left in China. The only method of dealing with the situation not involving the division of Chinese territory ia through tbe friendly viceroy, gradually remov ing the throne from tbe power of the Boxer leadera. Americans on tbe spot believe that tbe settlement of the pres ent question will decide the fate of enormous and increasing American and Chinese trade. INDUSTRIAL CRISIS. The Indications Point to Hard Times . Coming In Enrope. Washington, Sept. 29. Tbe wave of industrial prosperity in Europe, which haa steadily risen since 1985, saya Act ing Consul-General Hanauer, of Frank fort, in a report to tbe state depart ment, baa taken a tmn and baa begun to recede. , "All signs," he saya, "point toward a orisis in industrial and financial lines, which may occur before two years have passed. Any political dig turbance of note may bring on the crisis suddenly, and without warning. Coal mining is still booming, a the supply is not equal to the demand. The iron and steel wroka, including the manufacturers of many lines of machinery and steel plates for war ships, have orders which it will take some months to fill but factories making small ironware, needles, bicycles, nails, sewing machines, etc., are cur tailing production and reducing work ing forces and wage scales. "There are doubts if the immensely capitalized electrical works of Ger many and other countries can keep fully employed after present contracts are filled. Thia Its of industry which in Germany alone represents an invest ment of nearly 300,000,000, haa been largely instrumental in creating the boom. "Failures have begun already in tbe building trade, which, in the large cities, bas been of a speculative nature, and rested mainly on borrowed capi tal. Bents for business booses and dwellings have advauoed, but will top ple upon tbe first beignning of a busi ness crisis."' '" IHrUiou of Military Traflle. Chicago, Sept. 89. Western rail roads today reached an agreement re garding the division of military traffic between points west of Chicago and New Orleana and the Pacilio coast. It waa agreed to leave the control and division of the traffic east ot San Fran cisco entirely in the handa of the Santa. Fa and Southern Paciflo railroads. On west-bound traffic the division of the business has been put in the bands of Chairman MoLeod, ot the Western Paasenger Association. The draft for A transcontinental association, prepared at the recent meeting at Gleuwood Springs, Colo., waa considered at length today, bnt no final action taken.' ": Train Wreck In Utah. "' . Ogden, Utah, Sept. 89. Train No. 4, on the Southern Pacific, was wrecked while coming down Gretna hill thia afternoon. Conductor ., Herrick and Engineer Hastings escaped injury, but ot the passengers one woman was killed aud several men were injured, three thought to be fatally injured. Railroad officials and doctors were sent from Ogden to tbe scene of the wreok. He tbat can say the most convinc ing things in the fewest words is the great orator. Boiler atnkHre1 Troubles. Norwich, Conn., Sept. 29. Tbe 200 men employed by tbe Page Boiler Com pany, who yesterday went out on a strike because the company refused to pay them a voulntary inoreaae of 10 per cent, today returned to work with tha understanding that if the company did not grant their demands by Octo ber 2, they would again go out. In case of folly, silence cannot be commended too much, ESCAPED DEATH. THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE GRANTED LE ROY BOWEN. Given 17p to Die by Four Doctor Beenore of a Serlone Complientlon ot Disease -How He Saved Himself From the Enterprise, Mapleton, Mine. To escape death after being given up by four doctors, and bidden good-bye to family and Irienda is an experience not granted every man. Yet it hap pened to Mr. Le Boy Bowen, of De eorla township, Blue Earth county, Minn. . Mr. Bowen ia a farmer, but formerly ! resided in Mapleton, where he was 1 clerk and city marshal for a number ot year, tie ia a wen-Known memoer of tbe Maaonio fraternity and enjoy an enviable leputation for bia aterling honesty and uprightness of character. He told bia story ot miraculous re lief and cure to a reporter recently and it ia a story of the greatest interest. He aaid: "I was suddenly taken sick in tha -spring of 1895. The pain was intense. The doctor waa hastily summoned. He pronounced my case one of gravel and said that tbe pain was caused by tbe passage of'a stone from tbe kidneys to tbe bladder, i doctored with bim for thiee months, but waa not benefited. Frequently, once A week, I would have a bad spell of two or three days duration, during which I suffered un told agony. - "Finally I went to Mankato and consulted A specialist. Ha stated that I did not have gravel, but thought it was rheumatism of tha stomach. I continued to visit him until the end of August, Then I became completely bedridden and sent for another doctor. He called my complaint inflammation of tba bowels and treated ma for that. 1 became better, but in one week my legs swelled up and I was worse than ever. - "The doctor laid my case before tha faculty of Rush Medical College, Chi cago, and it waa decided that I had neuralgia ot the stomach. I waa treat ed for that until December, but contin ued to grow worse. Then the doctor said, 'I can't do yon any- good. All the help I know for yon is an opera tion. 'Very well,' I replied, 'go on and. operate if tbat ia left for me.' This was on Sunday. The time of tha operation waa set for Tuesday. My children were sent for, and I prepared for the worst. "The appointed time came; the four doctors present examined me for two hours, then they retired and consulted for the same length of time. They concluded tbat they did not know what ailed me. The bead physician asked permission to 'cut,' as he expressed it, and find out.' I asked bow big place be wanted to cut. Ha said he thought four inches far enough.' I knew enough not to allow any uch hide-and-seek game to be played with me, so the operation did not occur. I continued under the doctor's care, but my case waa considered hopeless. I made my will, balanced my accounts and made every preparation for death. "I continued to grow steadily worse. Day after day was passed in intense agony. Aa a last resort I told my hired man to bring me, the next time he went to town, a box of Dr. Wil liams' Pink Piila for Pale People. I had read considerable about them and thought I wonld try them. Immed iately after beginning tbe use ot these pills I commenced to feel better. At first, I took one pill three times a day, but Increased the dose to three pills three time a day. , In two week I' was out of bed and around. , "In five weeks I took a trip to Man kato, but thia trip waa a little beyond my strength and I came home and bad to go to bed. I again began the use of the pills. The effect waa aa before; in four day I waa on my feet, and have betn there ever since, thank to Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla for Pale People." I hereby "certify the above statement ia true, to the beat ot my knowledge and belief. LE BOY BOWEN. Witnesses: J. A. Blddeaon, Mr. Le Roy Bowen. r Mr. Bowen' poatofllee address i Beau ford, Minn. Ha will gladly an swer any inquiries to those enclosing itamp for reply. It was nature's own remedy that accomplished thia cure caused by im pure blood, for Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla for Pale People ara composed ot vegetable remedies that exert a power ful influence in purifying And enrich ing the blood. Many diseases long supposed by the medical profession to be inonrable have succumbed to the po tent influence ot these pills. This uni versal remedy is sold by all druggists. Emms Abbott' father Insane. Chicago Oot. 1. A ipecial to tha Chronicle from Milwuakee, say. Ap plication haa been made to Judge Wall ber for the appointment ot a guardian for Seth Abbott, father of the late Em-, ma Abbott. Mr. Abbott waa adjudged insane in the Chicago courts last Fri day, and hia commitment, ordered to a sanitarium at Wauwatosa. Tbe appli cation for a guardian ia made by Fred erick Abbott, a son, who asks that ba or some luitable person be appointed guardian. Judge Wall ber baa fixed tha hearing for October 28. Oomea Ia TrttthfoJ. Havana, Oct. 1. General Maximo Gomea baa written a letter, in which ha saya: "Many peraona are mortified at tha prolongation of the American interven I tion. Many also view the situation In A pesaimiatio light. , But the Ameri can are not to blame for tha delay, as 1 the Cubans have placed obstaclee in their path. No good man can doubt I that tha promises of tha United State ' secretary of war and tha American neople will be faithfully kept,"
