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Ti) H JL iLJL XJA. VOL. XVII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1900. NO. 44. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of th.5 Telegraphic News of the World. 1'KRSK TICKS FltOh TUB WIfiKS da Interesting Collection of Items Pros he Two llmnlapherea 1'reavjii 1 lit Coi")n.d Jrcvaa. V Ilrynn concluded, his tour of lllluoU. Cecil llhndoa will ra-eiilor politics. Tlie empress dowager la said to b 111. Robert will Hume til own suooe tor. Col villi Indian reservation U opened (or settlement. . Roosevelt spoke to hq immense audi ne In St. Louis. , Canada will mil crown mining clam In Kloudik. General Brooke urge reorganisation of the army on modern line. Conger baa prepared a list of Chinee officials that alioald be punished. Idnho SoMlurs' Home was destroyed by lire. One inmate wi suffocated. Tlie American Hihle Society fur nish a list ol mlssionarl killed by lloxera. General MacArthnr reported to the war department that the transport Itoseuiaua and tlie trauaorl Argyle arrived at Manila with Light Batteries C and M, Seventh artillery, Majoi U. O. Greeiiough. P. II. GUhnoloy, cnnusal for the Ellaahethpnrt, N. J., Blinking Com pany, announced that William Kehiie bur, a tniniing clerk of the lunik, m a defaulter to the aniouui of foo.uun, and that the batik director bad made good the aumuiit of the shortage. Lord George Hamilton, secretary of a tit a (or India, hue received thn fol lowing from Lord t'urxmi: "The gen ral condition of crop In exrelhul, nud except iu pait of linmtmy In in I no conditioua are ritaiiiiiirarlng. The to tal number on the relief lint baa fallen to 2,746,000." The American : Bridge . Company cloned a contract to (iiruUh all of the etructnral steel to be used iu the erec tion of a big arseual at Kure, Japnu. j The money value of the contract la be tween 2M,000 ami :1(HI,0(I0. It will require six month to liiruish the i material, and It uiust be rivlivered at Kure within a year. Officials of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company at New York City have awarded a contract for a monu ment to be erected In a plot owned by the company iu a cemetery Iu North Hudson, In memory uf the persons who loat their Uvea iu the greut Ore that destroyed the pier and steamer of the company at Hubokeu, on Juno 8 J luat. Bryan made 14 apeucbas In Southern Illinois. The Cblueae court rofuaea to return to I'ekin. Franco la an x torn to annex Ycnunn province. ; Russian troopa may withdraw front Mauuhuria. Cbamborlulti ia mentioned at po allile auocatir of Salisbury. Tlie niiuUterlnl majority in the Brit ish parliament will be from 150 to 180. Tradoa Council order strike on Host tie' buildings. Over 1,000 uiou are idle. The Boer now oconpy Wepuer, aa well aa Kouxvllle and Fickshorg, in Orange River colouy, and the British are attempting to aurrouud them. Five thonaand pilgriina nsmmihlod at the St. Nlkaudui monastery, iu the Porkhoff district, tit. Petersburg, for rellKloua festival. During tbo night one of the upper floor collapsed and tnaiiy of those sleeping there fell npon thoK below. A puniu wra unused ly false alarm of Are, and four men and 88 women were crushed to death, muuy others being aerionaly injured. Arranifementa for Imlhlliijj 3,000 froiKht oara for the Iliiltiinore & Ohio railroad by the rnllmtiu C'onipHiiy, at I'utlman, III., baa been completed. The contraot calla fur L'.MM) box oara, each with a capacity of 00,000 pound, and 600 flat cura. The tutu I coat of the rolling atock will bo $1,8U3,000. Thla ia the aeooud lurije order for freight equipment given by thn Baltimore A Ohio nianattemeut within the lust week. Tlie flret order wits for 0,000 ateul car, to coat f0.000.000. Having found the native of Tututla fit to aorve ua policemeu atid maintain peaoe and order, Commander II. F. Tilley believe they would make excel lent soldier to man the fortification of Paugo Tango harbor. Iu private letter to olllcera ou duty ho ha indi cated that they would mako effective artillerymen. To en list a regiment of native. It would be necaeeary to ob tain aieoial , authority from conn von. The native who are acting aa poltce men wore enlisted by Commander Til ley aa laudamen. It ia likely, how ever, that a forco of marines will be permanently atutloned at Tango Pnugo. White blaokberrioa and iireen rooa have been propagated in Louaiaua tula year.. Seventy-two new coal mine have been opened in Prntaia this year, In creaiug the output for 1000 by 8.800,. 000 ton. . What promise to be the bent apple crop in the hiHtory of Cnnudii not merely the quantity, but qiwlitj U now fast approaching the burveut sua LATER NEWS, LI flung Chang I in Pekln, Boutbera rebels defeated General flo'a army near Han Chun. The aubmarlne boat Holland .bat been placed in oommiaaion. Kumta urge that the Chinese in demnity question be arbitrated. Coal miners In the state of Kanaaa have won a strike and goue to work. The member of the Chilean cabinet have resigned, owing to a political cause. The National League baseball aeaaon came to a clone with Urooklyu the pen nant winner. Charles Pargo, aeoond vice-prcnldent of the American Kxpreas Company, is dead at Chicago, , The Lorulne, O., plant of the Federal Htoel Company baa been closed, shut ting out 8,000 men. The qncen regent of Spain will ar bitrate the differences at preaent exUt iug between Pern and Chili. A clergyman of Hlair, Neb., convict ed of bigamy, was senteuced to four years in the peniteutiry. Dysentery 1 raging among the troops at 'l ien Tuin and the German conting ent will transfer its headquarter to i'ekin. The steel plants of the Illinois Steel Works, at Houth Chicago, were closed down, 2,600 men being thrown oot ol employment. A minor official of the Vatican at Home baa been arretted on the charge of giving tlie thieves access to the room from which thai sum of about 160,000 lire was recently stolen. (striking ooal miner will accept the 10 per cent iucreaae in wages offered by the operators if it liints all winter. However, the men will not resume work until ollloially ordered by union ollluem. . In northern Panay, October IS, Com pany O, Twenty-aixth United State roluiiUier infantry, was attacked by a force of Tugala. The enemy lost 20 men killed and 40 wounded, while the Americans bad two men wounded. Twenty-two prisoners and 12 rifles and a quantity of ammunition 'were oap tured. A colony of 600 Sicilians from New Orleans la to leave for Hawaii early in January, under the leadership of Fatbei Naaca, an Italian prieat. The colony will be in the employ of an American company, which has large sugar inter eats in the Hawaiian iilauda. The company wilt build a church, school and homes for tlie Sicilians. The United States baa answered th French note. Kooe velt denounced the Deomcratlc tame of militarism, British ministerialists hold 357 aeati and the opposition 205. Jloree buyers for (iermau govern ment are in Kaatern Oregon. A general nprising is expected in the southern provinces of China. Misr. Chapel Iu argue for retention ol church property in the Philippines. An eight-year-old boy cf Koseburg, Or., wa killed accidentally while play ing with a rille. One man was killed and 12 injured in a riot in the anthracite region at liaileton, Pa. Mrs. Ann Jane Darren, of Liberty, Or., an aged and blind woman, was burned to death. . An aeronaut fell from a balloon at t4ayV.Milla, Wir and was iuatautly killed, it wa his 112 1st ascension. Thomas Sheridan, 60 years old, a la borer employed in a shingle mill at Fairhaven, Wash., was run over by a train and killed. The American marines from Pekln have arrived at Taku, where they will be joined by the Tien Tsln battalion, and sail on the Inditna for Cavite. The wife of a minister at Atchison, Kan., jumped into a cistern with her 8-yenr-old child and both were drowned. The woman was insane. The result of the first day of regis tration iu Chicago for the preaideutial election, which occurs next month, show that 285,861 voters entuied their names on the reatritratton books. The llrrt day four years ago 803,607 voter registered. A cablegram received from Commit-sloner-General Peck, at Paris, contain an announcement M final result ob tained at the exposition by tha coun tries in the way of awards. The Unit ed States received 2,476 awards; Ge many, 1,826; Great Britain, 1.117 Kimaia, 1.418. The United States leads not only in the grand total, but alao in all grades of awards, from graud prise to merely honorable men tion. Referring to the mooted pnrohate ol the Danish West Indie by the United States, the Copenhagen correapondeut of the Dally Telegraph says: "The re newed negotiations will result, I be lieve, in the purchase. The oppoaltion party In the Danish parliament favor the transaction, bnt urge the govern ment to obtain a larger price than the United State has previously offered. It la understood that America wishei to urie St. Crulx as naval coaling nation." ' . Koad improvements has begun in the Philippines, with money collected from customs at Manila. Lorin Pease, of Ilndley, Mass., died at the age of 100 His father lived to be 00, and his six brother and sisters all passed 70. r James Kills Tucker has sailed for Honolulu to revive the customs law an I service of the Hawaiian ialnuds so as to bring them up to the stundard of those at home, - IS ACCEPTED IN PART State Department's Reply to French Note. ; THUEH RESERVATIONS AttK MADE Aa to the Permanent Legation Guard, DUinautlliig ut fort and Mold lui f Koad to Fakln. Washington, Oct. 18. The reply of the state diieartment to the French note, relative to the basis of Chines negotiations, was made public today. It reads as follows: "The secretary of state to the French charge d'Affalrs. Sent to Mr. Tble baut, October 12, 1900. Memoran dum: "The government of the United States agrees with that of France in recognizing as the objeot to be obtain ed from the government of China ap propriate reparation for the psst and sulwtautial guarantee for the future. "The preaident I glad to perceive ia the baai of negotiation put forward in the memorandum of October 4 tha aplrit tnat bus animated the declara tions heretofore made by all the pow ers interested and would be pleaaed to see the negotiations begun immediately upon the usual verification of creden tials. "It may be convenient to enumerate the clauses of the memorandum and to add some observations dictated by tha attitude of the United States in tha present circumstances: "First The punishment of the guilty parties who may be designated by the representatives of the power at Pekln. The Chinese government ha already Indicated its intention to pun ish a number of those responsible for the recent disorders. The representa tives of the power at Pekln may sug gest additions to that list when nego tiations are entered. . "Second The coutiunsnoe of the in terdiction againat the importation of rm. It ia not understood that this Interdiction is to be permanent and the duration of it and the detail of its reg ulation seem a proper subjeot of dis cussion by the negotiators. - "Third Equitable indemnities for the governments, corporation and pri vate individuals. This is an object desired by all the powers. The Rus sian government has suggested that in case of protracted divergence of views this matter might be commended to the consideration of the International ;onrt of arbitration of The Hague. The preaident thinks this suggestion worthy the attention of the powers. "Fourth The organisation in Pekln of a permanent guard for the legations. The government of the United State fa unable to make auy permanent en gagement of tins nature without the authorization ol the legislative branch. but iu the prexeut emergency we have stationed iu I'ekin au adequate lega tion guard, . "Fifth The dismantling of the fort it Taku. Tbe president reserves the expression of his opinion as to this -neasnre pending the receipt of further Information in regard to the aituaiion in China. "Sixth The military occupation ol two cr three point on the road from Tien Tsin to I'ekin. The same obser vation which has been made in refer ence to No. 4 applies alao to this propo rtion. The preaident is unable to commit the United States to a perma nent participation in suuh occupation, but he thinks it desirable that the pow ers shall obtain from the Chinese gov srnment the assurance of their right to fuard their legation in Pekin and to have the means of unrestricted access to them whenever required. . "The preaident believe that the gov ernment of France aud the other pow er will see in the reservation we have here made no obstacle to the Initiation pf negotiations ou the lines suggested aud he holies it will be found practica ble to begin suuh negotiations at an early date. "Department of State, Washington. Jotober 12, 1900." The American answer to the Frenoh note has given a aatisfaotory turn to the Chinese negotiations and were it not for the reports of military activity in China on the part of some of the powers the outlook would be excellent for a speedy opening ol the long de ferred peace negotiations. . In commu nicating the memorandum to M. Thla baut, Seorotary Hay added hi personal congratulation on the course of tha French government, which he look upon a tlie initiation of a satisfactory solution of the Chinese problem. Situation I Critical. Berlin, Oot. 18. Aoooiding toadia patoh received by tbe German navy league, the situation in South China ijl exceedingly critical. The dispatch aay that Chang Welh Hong, who ad vised the empress dowager to enroll the Boxers in tho army, has been appoint ed governor of the new Chinese oapital, Sluan Fu. It is further asserted that many Chinese have been decapitated at Chin Kinng, province of Kiang Su. Finally, it is asserted that General Yuan Shi Kai ha increased his army to 40,000 men. Nun Aorldentallv KllUd. Helena, Mont., Oot. 13. Sister Ba tista, teacher iu a Catholic aoademy for boys here, was accidentally killed this evening by- the discharge of an old musket placed on the table by a small boy pupil. She was 23 years old, and oauio to Montana three years ago from Leaveuworth, Kan. Her family name was Flynn. An abundant life does not show itself in abundant dreaming, but in abun dant living. AQUINALDO'S PROCLAMATION. lata lopa rand It a a Clumsy r.rf.r. Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18. Louis R. Ebriob, a member of the Na tional executive committee of the An-tl-Imperialiat League, today reoeived a telegram from Sixto Lopez, in Bos ton, one of the foremost Filipinos and a man who stands near Aguinaldo, denying emphatically the authenticity of the proclamation purporting to have, been issued by Aguinaldo in January, 1899. in wbicb the Philippine leader instructed hi followers to occupy the bouse top along the line which the American soldiers should follow in en tering Manila, aud urging them to pour oil and boiling water on the sol dier. The alleged instruction further incited the Filipino to use epeais, wbicb would leave the head of the weapon in the body of the victim when the shaft wa withdrawn, and urged other and varied form of torture of the American soldiers. Lopez's tele gram is addressed to Mr. Ebrich and read: "Boston, Mas., Oct. 12. The proc lamation to which yon refer is a clum sy forgery, which is only believed by bitter opponents. It is the work, no doubt, of tbe Spaniard or the monk, who try to create ill feeling between the American and tbe Filipino to tbe discredit of tee latter. No such dis graceful or diabolical proclaamtlon wa ever iasoed by Aguinaldo." , Sixto Lopez's telegram wa called forth by a query gent to him by Mr. Ebrich aa to the authenticity of the al leged proclamation. PECULIAR INSURANCE SUIT. Maa Want to Recover Pulley on Wife Whom Ho Murdorod, Philadelphia, Oct. 15 A suit to re cover iniuranca upon the life of hi wife, whom be killed December 81, 1893, ha been commenced in this city by Professor 8. C. Sbortridge, who ia now residing at Kennett square, in Chester county. 1 Tbe suit, which is to recover tlie sum of $77,022 from the Provident Life & Trust Com pun v. is one of tbe most remarkable in tbe his tory of life insurance. The tragedy wnicli ended the the life Mrs. Short' ridge was enacted in Media. Several yeais before Professor Sbortridge bad come to Media with bis wife and fam ily, and established what was known a the Media academy for young men. For several years the venture was suc cessful, tbe school having a high-clas patronage. Tben Mrs. Shortvidge died. Iu November, 1893, Prnfeeaor Sbort ridge married Miss Dixon Jones. Shortly after his second marriage, the profceBor began to act strangely. The night of the killing, six weeks alter the marriage. Professor Shortridge in vlted hi wife to go out' with him for a walk. A short distance from tbe house be shot ber through the heart and tben attempted suicide, but was disarmed. In tbe trial which followed, Professor Sbortridge was acquitted on the ground of insanity, and was confined in au asylum until a year ago. ROW AT MATANZAS General Fight Batweea Amerleaa Cav alry and Cobao "Police. Havana, Oct. IS. At Matanxas yes terday a Cuban policeman interfered with two member of the Second Unit ed State cavalry. Tbe quarrel culmi nated in a general fight between tlie po lice and soldiers, who arrived upon tbe acene simultaneously. After the police bad shot Trooper Turey, of Troop D, one other soldier and one civilian, a number of troopers of troop D tried to bieak into the gun room to get their weapons, but the quick action of Cap tain Folts of troop D in forming troops L and M in akirmiab order made it im possible for the excited cavalrymen to pas. Lieutenant Willard i said to have been slightly hurt while endeavor ing to quiet the mens Tbe troopers declare they will have revenge, and Captain Noiea has ordered all confined to tbe barracks. The feeling is strong between the Cubans and cavalrymen. Tbe authorities here look upon the in cident as a pay-day bght, but an inves tigation has been ordered. Oa Tank Exploded. Albany, Or., Oct. 13. Stephen Stolts was killed and Fred Keis severe ly injured by the explosion of an acety lene gas tank in the basement of Keis' ea loon, at 10:30 this lorenoon. The gas plant had not been used for a year. Stolta, who wa a plumber, and Mr. Reia undertook to lemove the tank from the ground. Tbey carried a lighted candle which ignited the gas, which had formed in the tank. Stolta' left arm was torn nearly off, the axil lary artery was severed, and be received Injuries from which be died halt an hour later. Reia wa badly out and bruised from concussion, but will re cover. Stolta was aged 84 and leaves a wife. . Rebellion In tho South. Shanghai, Oct 13. Cheng, the Tao tai, has returns from General Lu, re porting that a serious rebellion has broken out in tbe southwestern part of Kwang Se province, that hi 30,000 troop are Inadequate aud that the need at least 100,000 to cope with the danger whloh is directed at the Manohu and threaten to be worae than the Tai Ping rebellion. It i understood that the Yangtse viceroy bave sent 30,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Coinage In India. Simla. British India, Oct. 13. The secretary of state has completed the purchase of 1,000,000 of silver for coinage into rupee, and 1,000,000 in' gold is being shipped to London. Tbe silver purchased replaces gold in the current resjrve, under the recently passed act. When the coinage of tbe last purchase i completed, eight and a half crorea of rupees will have been added to the stock of rupee since Feb- tuary. CANTON IS ALARMED Spreading of the Revolt Southern China. in FEAR OUTBREAK IK THE CITY Is IXatrleta In tha Wei Bel Wei Pre fecture Are Hoar In the Band of tho Rebel. Hong Kong, Oct. 16. Tbe reformer Sun Yat Sen, according to dispatches from Canton, ba unfurled the reform flag in the important town of Wei Chou, on East river. This act has given rise to considerable excitement In military circle in Canton, as it 1 believed the objeot in raising tb flag In Wei Chou is to denude Canton of troops, so that they can lelze tbe city. London, Oct. IS. The Time haa the following from Hong Kong: "The situation in tbe Wei Hai pre fecture is serious. In six district the cities are in tbe hand of tb rebel. If an outbreak should occur in Canton, Its suppression would be difficult. Berlin, Oat. J S. A dispatch received here today from Shanghai says a very serious view is taken at Field Marshal Count von Waldersee'a headquarter In Tien Tsin, of tbe revolutionary movement. At Canton a false alarm October 1 oaused tbe Chinese officials to protest aaginst any occupation of Cbinseae territory. The Yangtse vice roys, the dispatch adds, openly affirm that tbey will oppose any advance of tbe Germans into Sban Tung province. CENSUS OF PORTO RICO. Only S Per Cent of Population Kdaea tlonnlly QuallHed to Vote. Washington, Oct. 15. The recent census of Porto Rico haa developed tbe fact that there are 301,071 males of voting age in the island, but that only 25 per cent aie educationally qualified to vote. Tbe native-bom whites of the islana number 120,995, and tbe col ored natives 73,010. Tbe Spaniarda who now live in the' island number 8,662, and-whites born In other coun tries are 3,104. Of the wbitea of Porto Rican birth, 85,397 were liteiate, forming 29.4 per cent of this class. Of the colored, 13, 676 could read, or 17.2 per cent of the race. ' Under the educational voting qualification, therefore, the number entitled to vote in tbe island would be 47,973, or 25 per cent of tbe native born male of voting age, ana 24 per cent of all males of voting age. In the cities of San Juan and Ponce i concentrated a consderable part of the foreign element of the island, and here, if anywhere, will the restriction of tbe suffrage to the literates give the foreign-horn an advantage It is well, therefore, to examine tbe conditions in these two cities. In tbe cities of San Juan und 1'ouce the number of persons 31 years of age and over, and who can read, are diatributed as follows: In San Juan, 1,935 native whites, 1,100 Spanish-born, 692 born in other coun tries, and 1,823 colored. In Ponce there are 2,190 native whites, 409 Spanish-born, 368 born in other coun tries aud 1,365 colored. It appears that in the city of San Juan the native whites and the colored each outnumber the foreign element. In Ponce this proportion is even great er, tbe natie whites being more than three times as numerous aa the foreign element, while the colored ia double its number. ramlly Burned to Death. Boston, Oct. 15. Three persons, a father and two sons, were burned to death in a shanty in Roxbury at 3:30 this morning. The victim are: Ed ward Tousealin, aged 45; Edward Tousealin, aged 37; James Tousealin, aged 14; Tousealin bad lived in tha place 10 years. He carried on tbe bus iness of wood peddling and one side of his abode bad a shed where he pre pared the wood for market. The bodies of Tousealin and his sons were almost consumed. Several yean ago Tousealin' wife was burned to death in this same place, ber clothing hav ing caught fire while she was cooking a meal. Locomotive Blew Up. St. Louis, Oct. 15. A special tele gram rom Mexico, mo., to tne rout Dlspatch says: Engine 105, while hauliug the east-bound passenger train on the St. Louis & San Francisco, at the usual speed, exploded at Cnny ville, about 30 miles east of this city. early this morning and was blown al most to atoms. John Mason, colored porter, of Roodhouse, ill., had his head cut oft, and several others were in jured. Fifty yards of traok was torn up, and trains delayed for several hours. It is not known what oaused the explosion. Mexican Major Bapolled. Chicago, Oi't. 15. A specal to the Record from Monterey, Mex., says: An official oider has just been issued by Secretary of War Bernardo Reves, ex pelling from "the army Major Carlo Glass, tbe grounds for expulsion being that the officer made public statement in tha presence of bis superiors deroga tory to the institutions of Mexico. Grain Gautblera Arrested. Chicago, Oct. 15. Twelve promi nent speculator in the Chicago Board j of Trade were arrested today in tha : raid made by the police on the open j board. Among them were Charles Al- bertson, president of the open board, i Tbe general charge made ia "gambling in grain." It 1 stated that 80 more Warrants bave been issued in conneo tlon with the attempt to suppress tha alleged gambling in grain and previa , ions. LADRONES OF LEYTE. Are Plundering and PollowlBa; OSTen aire Taetle. Manila, Oct. 15. The west coast of the island of Leyte is in a state of tur moil. Tbe reliel ladrones are actively plundering, the disturbers following offensive taoticr, raiding and attack ing and then returning to tne garrison ad towns, while tbe Americans pursue them to tbe mountains. General H jica' officers are lurrendering and hi soldier, attempting to escape to Samar in boats, are being captured, and his organization broken up. Tbe captured guerrillas and ladrones, when ques tioned, stated that on tbe 6th instant 80 Americans attacked 45 rebels, rifled their stronghold in Camarinea province and routed them, killing 10. Two American were killed and three wounded. Twenty member of tha Thirty-second infantry, in an engage ment on the 10th instant, in Batan province, had one man killed and four wounded. . . The Philippine commission, of which Judge Taft ia president, today pasaed eight bill of minor importance, one providing for a civil increase of ularies of several municipal officials, includ ing school tiachers, appropriating $7, 600 in gold for the construction of a garbage crematory at Manila and for the reorganization of the aaditor'a offioe. . The Wright bill, asking for f 1.000, 000 in gold for the completion of Spain' plans for Manila harbor im provements, elicited comment from one representative of Manila' Interna tional Chamber of Commerce to tha effect that, aa tbe merchants had long been paying a special impost fund to this end, the merchant should belong to tbe board controlling the construc tion; and that as the United State had collected $3,000,000 since it occn pa tio by imposts for harbor improvements, be failed to see the necessity for tbe appropriation of insular funds and" sug gested tbe use of a cpeoial fund. The discussion was deferred until Fiiday. AN ANARCHIST'S CONFESSION. Asamasta Breast's Accomplice Telia mi tho American Plots. New York, Oct. 15. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Rome, says: The anarchist Bertollanl, ar rested at Milan as a suspected accom plice of Bresci, has made a confession about anarchist plota. "I have known about these plota for long time," he said. "It wa I who cent tbe letter to the crown prosecutor at Naples, warning him in advance that Italian anarchists were coming from America to kill the king, but they paid no attention to my letter.. At an an archist meeting in Paterson, JJ. J., seven men were selected to kill kings and chief of Btates. One ot them was alloted to kill McKinley or Bryan dur ing tbe presidential campaign. I do not know the name of the man who was assigned to this duty. The recent Chicago plot was independent of that batched at Paterson. I believe other plots having the same objeot, bave been organized in tbe United States. An archist have killed kings and queens, now they should kill a president of a republic to show the world that for an archists there are neither monarchies nor republics, and that a king is a cheap a a president." Transport Broke Down. Seattle, Oct. 15. Major Rublen, assistant quartermaster here, haa been notified by the quartermaster-general that the Kangtse. the freighter under charter to carry animals and supplies from Seattle to Manila, haa met with an accident on binga pore, ana wm probably not enter the government service. She broke her shaft and is expected to be laid up Ut at least five weeks. As a result of tbe aocident to the Kangtse, several additional vessel will probably be at once chartered. The Mogul haa alreaady been chartered from Dodwell & Co., and will carry part of the cargo intended for tbe Kangtse. She will be loaded with for age and will go under tonnage charter. Tbe Mogul ia not expeoted to arrive here until about November 1. Flooda in. New Brnnawlck. ' St. John, NV B., Oot., 15. The province of New Brunswick haa re ceived a terrible drenching from a rain storm which lasted 108 hours, and which in amount equals 10 inches. Not a train is moving on the Canadian Pacific Railway between St. John and Yanoeboro, or on the branch lines ot tbe road to St. Andrews, St. Stephen, Fredencton or Woodstock. The tie-up is due to washouts. Conditions are the woist which have existed in tbe Canadian road' history, and thous and ot dollars are represented in the damage already dona and in loss of traffic. ' : . Burglar Rob tho Vatican. Rome, Oct. 15. A number of the paper here publish the extraordinary statement that the securities valued at 857,000 lire, the theft ol which from the Vatican was recently reported to tbe Italian police, had been stolen some time previous to February last, and were sold in that month on tha Paris bourse. Tbey were stolen, it it asserted, bv order of an Italian capital ist. If the story be true tbe mora re pent burglary wa committed with tha object ot deceiving tha authorities. This theory ha produced a great Im pression at tha Vatican, but it is not generally credited. Main Goes to Ragaaakk London, Oct.' 15. The American Ladle' oommittee has received a dis patch from Wei Hai Wei, dated Wed nesday, October 10, reporting the re turn there of the American hospital ship Maine from Taku with many in valid on board, of whom two official and 69 men are American, and 19 of tha latter belong to tbe Ninth infan try. Tho Main will sail for Nagasaki today. CAN'T GET TOGETHER Mineowners Could Not Agree Among Themselves. SO CANNOT MEET THE STR1KESS Statement Fro a tbe Standpoint of the Irwners and OperatoreEnd of Strike Kxpeeted Soon. Scranton, Pa., Oot 16. In response to a request for a statement as to hi view on the answer of tha United Mineworkers to the operators' proposi tion, T. II. Watkln, president of tba Temple Iron Company, which company 1 largely interested in coal mining, to night gave, out a somewhat lengthy statement, in which he say in part: "We will give our men reasonable time to return to work, trusting tbey will see tb mistake ot being guided and influenced by men who, however honest and sincere they may be in their efforts to benefit tbe miners of the an thracite region, are unable to advise them intelligently and tor tbeir best good. "Mr. Mitchell apparently thinks that the ccntrol of the mining operation rest in the hand of one or two per-' on, notably Mr. Morgan, or tnat there Is a trust of some aort which can de cide tbe whole question, when, a a matter of fact, there are only three or four of tbe transportation oompanise in wbicb any one concerned ha any in fluence, and thev do not represent 30 per cent of the whole anthracite ton nage. More than 100 different com panies and individuals are interested in mining tbe total tonnage, and no one man can control or have the slight est Influence over their action. "One thing the companies are ap parently agreed upon is that they will oot agree. Efforts have been made for year to get some plan to wbicb all could agree to control the tonnage, o that fair price could be secured for a product which require so large an investment of money with such great risk to tbe labor employed, a well aa the capital employed, but effort after effort ba fulled through failure to. agree on a plan that would not violate the law and to which all could agree. "But Mr. Mitchell come here and ay in effe t that no mineworkers hall go to work until every operator does just exaclty what the other doe and tbat the Lebigh and Schuylkill men must have a new basis before tba men In tbe Lackawana and Wyoming region can go to work. "The United Mine worker will lay themselves open if they have not al ready done so to the charge of being the largeat and most dangerous trust to the public welfare tbat has ever exist ed and tbe organization will make tha mistake of all others tbat of going too far and using its power to hurt tha publio, as well as those directly inter ested. "Out company will be glad to dis cuss tlie matter with our employe when tbey are ready to meet us with a view of going back to work, without regard to What Schuylkill operators may do. The strike has already ot us a great deal of money, and the men much more, a well ua los of trade, which we may not recover in year. In the meantime soft coal mines are working night and day filling the place of anthracite coal." STORMY AT ST. LAWRENCE. Thirty Tesael Driven Ashore iteva Scotia Swept. Halifax, N. S., Oct. 16. Additional disasters to shipping on this coast are reported. The known list of vessels driven ashore now number 30, mostly owned in tbe province ami Newfound land. The loss all over the country and in tbe neighboring province through terrific rainfall and washout aud damage to orchard and building , by heavy winds will be very many thousands of dollars. Tbe Canadian Paoifio wires connect ing Cape Breton with tbe rest of Nova Scotia are completely broken at tlie straits of Canso. where tbe cable wa fouled by a cchooner dragging her an chor In the recent gale. Heavy rain ia falling again today throughout Nova Scotia. River aud lakes everywhere are overflowing and destroying property. There ha been no Canadian Paoifio train from Mon treal in four day and a eriou wreck ot tbe. Sydney axpres caused by a washout i reported in Cape breeton. The Gloucester schooner Mystery, at Canso, report one man lost at sea. Manila, Oct. 16. Captain Deve reaux Shields, who, with 51 men of . Company F, Tweuty-ninth reigment. United States volunteer infantry, was captured by the insurgents last mouth in the island of Marinduque, was ies cued yesterday by the American rescue force with all the members of bis party. '. The naval board to examine the old frigate Constitution has reported to tbe navv department that It will cost about $400,000 to place tbat vessel In condition, such aa i contemplated by the Boiton Patriotio Society, which ia raising a tund for the rehabilitation of "Old Ironside." New Zealand Mall Service. Wellington, N. Z., Oct. 15. The house of representatives today approved the postmaster-general agreement with Messrs. Sprockets to continue for a year the San Francisco mail service. The vessels will run every three we4s instead of monthly, beginning Kovini ber 1. Tbe time from Sun 1'nn. , to Auckland will not exce.nl 1''. . An amendment favoring a Van '--'. crviS9 was curried without aii'-i
