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VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1900.
NO. 45.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th j Telegraphic
News of thft World.
TERSE TICKS KKOfc .UK WIEE8
An Iiit.ra.linc Ciillnolliin of Items Vrons
he Two tfoiiiliiihera Presviti A
In Cor Ion ! Xvvm- K
Blgiiul om-p men wore surprised by
Tagiils lu Nouvs F.clja provluce.
Treasury Department may station
Chinese interpreter on Vujnt tiiuuil.
Ilryatl spoke to h packed house 111
Madison Squitio garden, Now York.
. (juneu Wlllieliiitiin sou imioes her
buthrothal to Duko lloury o( Muokleii-hurg-Kchwer'U.
Andrew Cnningie ha presented 10,
000 to the town of Hawick, Roxhury,
comity, Scotlaud, (or public library.
Captain K. K. Kwlug, of Hmu Frou
t'lsco, malinger ol tli Weluhlmot
Lamp Company, cummlttod ul"llo by
inhaling
lu the province of Smolensk, Itnsui,
thera 1 held tivnry .hroo wuutlii a lot
tery lu huelmud aud Ml vet, who are
chosen by tiie ohauce drafting Of a lot
tery ticket.
Two men wcra killed anil ono fatally
Injured by tha derailment of a fraigb;
twin on tlie Chicago & Alton, at Lawn
dulu, 111. Tlio wioclc was caused by
the removal of n mil by a taction gang
making repairs.
Fire in tbe lumber district of Oslt
koh, Win., neslroyed 13,000.000 (vet
of lumber mul irt of tha HolllHtoi
Aiimv Company' itillla mid the plant
of ChHlIoiiur'a Son Company. Tlie to
tal loss BiiiouiiU to 1800,000.
Tba United State transport Graut
ha Milled Irani San Frnnclsuo (or .Ma
nila. On tba vonHfl art 607 casuals and
teornit representing every regiment
of tba regular service in Cbiua and tlie
Philippine. A large uumlx-r of ho
pit I corps men accompanied tba sol
ediert. An explosion of robber cement in tha
basement of a lour utory build inn in
Detroit, Mich., resulted in a Ore which
oust tba Uvea of two men and injured
elRbt persnu, (our of whom went
lilrla. The Ore tpreail with ncb ra
pidity that the employe were compell
ed to jump from tha upper atoriea.
, The Oregon Short Line' bint mat
wa wrecked at Topaa, SO mile eat of
I'ooalello, MhIio, by running Into tba
rear end of a freight tin in (landing od
the maiu line. The engine o( the pas
senger train rolled dowu the embank
meut, and Kngiiioer lleckimin and Fire
man George were badly Injured. An
uukuown tramp wa killed and another
had hia leg crushed.
Bullor will return to England.
Germany accept Frauoe' proiosaL
Immense Held of coal bua been dls
covered in Alaska.
Reformers defeats, the imperial
army on Kant river.
The Boers are very active in the
Kroonatadt diatrict. '
Russian take the first step on the
right bank of tba Amur.
Lord Alvarstnu will be the new lord
chief justice of England.
Mexican tronpa aro having a hard
campaign again! Indium.
Captain Shields and hii 51 niou were
rescued from the Flltpiuoa.
A milk combine ha been foinied by
milkmen of Vanconver, B.C.
Roosevelt concluded bin Kentucky
tour with a apeech lu Covington.
The rebellion in Southern Cbiua ia
antt-dynastia rather than anti-foreign.
Yellow fever ia expected to Increase
lu Havana while sewers are being dug.
Fire at Merrick, 111., destroyed 10
business bounea, cauatng a loea of 50,
000. John F. Adams, a patient at tin
Orvtfou luaaue anyluin, hanged biia
elf. LI Hung Chang expreBHei regret for
recent occurrence and thank Ameri
can. .
Dewet proclalnni that Imrghcra who
ii(une to fight will be made prlaouer
of war.
A oae of illnow, lunpeoted lo be bo
boulo plague, i reported at Btepuey,
a pariah auburb ol London. . ...
Keuurd thut (ell Into the hand of
coroepondent iliow that Cbluene au
thorltiea aupportod the Boxer move
ment. A dlnpatch from Port Liinon, Colom
bia, aya that a (orioua fiie broke out
and that aoveral prominent commercial
building were destroyed.
The ultan of Turkey ha leaned to
fiermany for 80 year the island of
Uroan, in the Ued aea, 40 mile north
of Kamaran, for coaling nation.
Full return ai to the Wine harveat
throughout Germany for the year ahow
that it i more abundant and of more
axcolleut quality than for ieveral yeara
previooa.
In Jeresy City. N. J., a dauuhter
wa born to tlie wife of Ilrenol, the a
aaxHln of Kiug Humbert. '
Five Minneapolis ohurohe have paid
the debt hanitlug over them during
the year, the total iuoomberauoea
rained amounting to $38,875.
The curator of the Field Columbian
muaeuin at ChioiiRO claim" to Have
found geological proof that the advent
of life on thia globe win more than 10,-
000,000 yean ago.
; LATER NEWS,
JUxwevelt ipoke lu Baltimore.
There are 99 cae of yellow lever in
Havana.
Tbe total registration In Greater
New York for 1900 1 659,164.
Bryan cloed hi campaign in New
York with a ipeeob in Buffalo.
The ipreait of yellow (ever in Ha
rana la id to be due to Bpauiah im
migration. General Weyler, ex-naptnin general
of Cuba, haa been appointed captain
general of Madrid.
Mr, Stevenson ' forecast ot the elec
tion i 188 for MoKtuley, 180 for Bry
an and 120 doubtful.
Many Am erics u and European ml
tionariuaiu Hhun Hi province have
been killed by Boxer.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderlnnd, with
1'reMiilent Kruger on bonnl, hit tuii'.ed
from Lourenco Murquei for ICurope.
One man wn killed in a train wreck
on the Northern Pacific mmr Mixnoola,
Mont.,' and 11 ton of mail went iuto a
river.
Cnarle Dudley Warner, the author
and one of the owner of tbe Hartford
Co 11 runt, died inddeuly at Hartford,
Conn., aged 71.
Tbe New York Hera id' 1 forecaat of
the preaidential election ia that Mo
Kiuley will have W81 and Uryn 1U6
vote in the electoral oallego.
Fire in fit. 1'anl devtmyed a pncklnu
boure, a locomotiva aud SO box car,
cauaed the death of fire meu by fullims
wall and entiiilud a I una oi f 100.000.
The United State centur bureau an
nounce that tho p-.puliiii.inp Ala
bama i 1.828.C07, a againnt I.6IS.
017 in 18U0; Incremw. 215,080, or 20.8
per cent.
A ipeclal dispatch from Coimtiintl
nnple lay new and frightful maiwAcre
of Armeulana have jiiHt occurred in the
dlntrict of Diarbekir. The Muannl
man, It ia aaeetted, pillaged, out
raged and killed during Ave days with
out the intervention of Tiirkih troop.
Kight village, it 1 added, were entire
ly destroyed and burned.
According to a corroipondent of the
Hhanghai Mercury, Biabop Fontoiati,
in South Houan, wa tortured four
hour by Cbineee. Different member
of hi body were removed lingly. Two
priest were covered with coal oil and
placed on pile of stick which were
then sect lire to. Bishop Fogota wa
disemboweled, and other were fright
fully tortured. Three thousand con
verts, led by Frenoh priests, in defend
ing their church, were masaacred.
Chinese reformer eaptured Hul
Chow.
France want peace negotiation to
begin at once. .
Alvares, a Tagal leader, wa captured
In Mindanao.
The mineowner agreed to the stilk
er' demaud.il
Itooserelt wa given a great recep
tion In Cleveland.
English horsemen are lighting
American jockey.
A French expedilton wa massacred
at Lake Aaaai, Afiica.
Captain O. M. Carter 1 seeking hi
liberty on a ha liens corpus.
Lipton'l challenge wa aooepted by
the New York Yaluht Club.
Hoheoliole ha resigned. Von Bulow
may be tbe new German chancellor.
The United State gunboat Marietta
baa gone to Canton, which ia threat
ened. .
Rebel were defeated in an engage
ment with American at Tubuguan,
Pauay.
A dispatch received from Lord Rob
ert, under datt of Pretoria, October
18, report a number of minor anair.
but aay that the only incident of im
portance waa the surrendering of Tuuia
Botha, brother of Commandant Gen
eral Botha, at Volksruat, October 18.
Two hundred Uintah Indians from
Utah have invaded Northwestern Col
orado on their annual bunting expedi
tion, and a usual on such occasion
the settlers are greatly alarmed. Gov
ernor Thomaa ha appealed to tno lea
era I authorities to drive the Indiana
back to their reservation.
Secretary Long ha reoelved a letter
from Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, in
which the latter tella of a tour of the
Island, of tlie prosperous condition of
the sugar crop, and of the very satin-
factory coffee crop, uoveror Ai.en
predlota that, with these prosperous
erons. the people oi me ihihuu win
loon be upon their feet financially.
The (amity of the lute John Clark, of
New York, haa enganed counsel to try
to obtain the estate ol hi brother, lm-
lay Clark, who died few year ago
lu Australia, leaving a fortune esti
mated at 120,000,000. The dead man
wa an owner of gold mines. Recent
ly, Governor Voorhee, of New Jersey,
was informed that the multimillion
aire' heir wore in tbatBtate. He left
none in Australia and bi wnoia lor-
tnne ia said to be lying nntoncnea
waiting to be divided among lour
uephews and neloea in New Jersey.
Among these are James jn. uiarit ami
James W, Clark, whose present where
about are unknown.
The work of building a woven wire
(euce along tbe Pennsylvania railroad
right ot way is nearly completed.
The Chloago, BurUnton A Quinoy
railroad will shortly unite into one
system all ita branch and leased line
In Iowa and Missouri. '.
The native of Hawaii, be they ever i
so poor, never ateal or beg. These of
fense are confined almost exclusively
to the Portuguese resident of tha wl-.
find. ' : -
PROPOSAL OF CHINA
Earl LI and Prince . Chine
Want Peace.
WIIiI, RURIIKSDEII TUB GUILTY
Plurlpotflnilarlits Accept tha Prlnelpl.
. of Imleiiiiilty lor tha !.(
' tlou Uostruyeil.
Paris, Oct. 20. The Hava agency
received tbe following dispatch from
Pekin:
"The diplomatic corp ha received
a joint note (rom U Hung Chang and
Prince Ching, saying that It is time to
end the present situation and to treat
(or peace, and that the prinoea and
miniktera who were accomplices of the
Boxers will be banded over to the
court to be judged and punished ac
cording to Chinese law. A plenipo
tentiaries, Li Hung Chang and Prince
China- offer to trent (or peace and ac
cept the principle of indemnity tor the
legation destroyed, Tbe losses are to
be estlmuted by delegate of the pow
er. Knropean nation can be accord
ed fresh commercial advantage on the
old treaties modified, but as the re
quirement of the power vary, each
power must formulate ita own. The
plenipotentiaries demand an immediate
cessation of hostilities, because of their
offer and request an interview with the
Isung 11 Yamun for October 21.
"Keplyiug to the note, M. Pichon,
the French minister, laid that Chna,
having recognized that she had violated
the law of nations, was bound to ac
cept for that very reason the responsi
bilities involved Consequently he de
manded tbnt exemplary punishment be
inflicted npon the principle! guilty,
namely Prince Tuan, Prince Chwang,
tfaug Yl and Tung Fu Hsiang, adding
that so long as their head had not
fallen, it w a impossible to cease hos
tilities. M. Piulion has been confined to hia
bed for several day with a slight at
tack of typhoid fever, but bis condition
ia not grave. Owing to the arrival of
Couut von Waldersce, General Vryon,
commander of the French forces, has
decided to prolong his stay in Pekin
until he receive fresh order.
OWNERS ALL IN LINE.
Goal Mlno Opurotors Agroo to tho A4--
ttchitll 8jra Llttlo.
Rcranton, Pa., Oct. 20. Represen
tative of nearly all the big coal com
panies of tbe region conferred here to
day, aud made an agreement to amend
the notice already posted by attaching
tbe following:
"In further explanation of the above
notice, thia company desires to say that
it is Its intention to pay the advance in
wages above noted until April 1, 1901,
aud thereafter until further notice."
The following statement wa issued
to the press:
"The representatives of the larger
companies, after their meeting today,
stated in reply to inquirie that tbey
had offered their men a 10 per cent ad
vaucn, a indicated by tbe notices they
had posted, and that this notice spe
cifically stated that the reduction of
powder from 3.T5 to 11.50 would be
considered in arriving at the wagea of
their contract miners. It was expected
when tlie notices were posted that the
offer wua to stand until April I and in
definitely thereafter, but, inasmuch a
there seems to be some misunderstand
ing in this matter, they have agreed to
adil to their notice a clause to the effect
that it is their intention to pay tbe ad
vance in wages until April 1, 1901, and
thereater until further notiioe."
YELLOW FEVER VICTIM.
Mior I'olonon liloil In Havana and
" lUa Wife Killed Haraoir. v
Washington, Oot. 20 The war de
partment lias received the following
cablegram:
"Havana, Oct. SO. Surgeon-General.
Washington: Major Matt R.
Peterson, U. S. V., died ol yellow fever
at La Animas at 9 o'clock, October
19. Mrs. Peterson, his wife, killed
herself an hour later. The remains ot
Major Peterson and bis wife were In
terred thia afternoon with military
honors. The Hags on all publio build
ings were at half mast.
"GKOUGAS.Chief Sanitary Officer."
Major Peterson was with the com
missary department, and held the rank
ot captain in the regular establishment.
He was a graduate of West Point, and
wa appointed from North Carolina,
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 20. Major
reterson was well known here, having
been detailed hare a mustering officer
during the Spanish-American war.
When the One Hundred and Sixty-first
Indiana regiment wa formed in re
sponse to the second call, Peterson waa
appointed a major in it by the gov
ernor. He went south with it, bnt be
fore the war ended he wa promoted to
the regular army aud left the volunteer
service.
Indian Ciold for America.
Loudon Oot. 20. -It is rmuoied that
gold to the amount ot 500,000,
which i due to arrive Here (rom lunia
next week, haa been engaged for the
United States.
MeVoy Charced With Mayhem.
New York, Oct. 20. Con MoVey,
tbe big California pugilist who gained
uotorietv November 10, 1898, by jump
ing into the ring and interfering with
the Corbett Sharkey fight, waa today
held In 11,000 ball for examination or
a oharge of mayhem. Thomas Clinton,
a sinttll-sised hotel porter, appeared
against McVey. One ear waa badl
lacerated, he oluims, by the tooth of
hound pup set upon him as a joke by
MoVey.
TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE.
Eight Parson PorUhod In m Mow York
Conflagration.
New York, Oct. 20. Eight people
were either burned to death or suffo
cated in a fire which partially destroy
ed the three-story and attio frame
double tenement bouse, 45 and ii
Heater street, early today. The dead
are: Sarah Suss, 86 years old;' Samuel
Bass, 18; Lena Sass, 9; Moiri Sass,
9; Mr. Horowitz, 46; Rosa Lewis, 52:
Mendel Straus, 60; Samuel Strauss,
20. -.
Mary Murray, aged 40, waa severely
burned about the back and wa taken
to a hospital.
The fire was discovered shortly after
1:80 o'clock by the janitor of the
building s. He ran out into the hall
to find it ablaze. Hi shouts aroused
the other in tha house, bnt the Same
bad already gained fierce headway and
few bad time to save themselves by the
stair. On the third floor of No. 47
lived Charles Bass, his wife aud four
children, bis mother-in-law and Mrs.
Horowitz. Bass took the child nearest
at hand and rushed to the firo escape.
He managed to get down to the bal
cony In front of the building on the
second floor, and suppoied that hi
wife and others were awaiting him.
Mrs. Horowitz wa the only one who
followed Dim, however. She took the
child from 'hia arm when she saw
their escape cnt off, and criod to a po
liceman below to catch 't. Tbe police
man caught the child safely and shout
ed to the woman to drop. Sas bad al
ready dropped to tbe ground. Mr.
Horowitz wa about to drop, when
flames suddenly burst through an awn
ing on tbe first floor with, such fury
that she was driven back again to the
wall and ber only escape wa cut off.
Flame burst out at the same time
from tbe window behind her and from
tbe floor of the balcony under her feet.
On tbe balcony only a few feet above
the ground, but hedged in on all sides
by flames, she wa burned to death be
fore tbe eyea of the terrified crowd
gathered in the street.
' Mi. Base, with little Morris, bad
been enable to get further than the
window, when they were both over
come by smoke and perished. Lena
Bus ran into tbe hallway and waa
caught bv the flames there and died.
Samuel Sans and Miss Rose Lewis per
ished together. Their bodies were
found in the hallway, ' the lad'a arm
still clasped about the aged woman's
waist, as though he had died while
trying to drag her out. The frontroom
in tbe attio was occupied by Mendel
Strauss and his eon Samuel. Both
were suffocated. Mary Murray and
Mary Martin, scrubwomen, who lived
in an apartment back of tbe Strauss',
taitod down the rear stairway, reach
ing tbe ground in safety. On the
atuirs, the Martin woman's dress caught
fire, but the flames were beaten out by
Mrs. Murray, who wa elightly burned
in the back. Tbe loss by fire ia esti
mated at f 6,000.
DOWIE MEETING BROKEN UP.
London Studont. Drive tha Zionist Front
His Hall. .
London, Oct. 20. Bands of medical
students thia afternoon attended the
meeting held by John Alexander
Dowie, the Zionist, of Chicago.
Groups of student formed In all pnita
tho hall, of bellowed interruptions and
jeered in chorus. Dowio violently de
nounced the disturbers and sent for the
police. Tbe latter entered the hall
during the uproar and arrested the stu
dents, which restored order.
Fuither disagieeable scenes took
place this evening. A body of students
tried to rush the pint form. They threw
chairs at Dowie, who culled upon the
police and fled by a side door. The
police fought their way in and endeav
ored to expel the rioters, arresting a
number. Fighting was then resumed,
sticks and chairs being used as weap
ons. The students tried to rescue those
under arrest. Ultimately more police
were summoned aud the hall was
cleared. Tomorrow tbe ringleadera
will be arraigned at the police couit,
and the committee of St. Martiustown
hall, where Mr. Dowie's meetings have
been held, will consult with a repie
sentatlve of Scotland yard as to the
advisability of allowing further meet
ings. - -'- ' - ;
General 3, W. FUhar Dead.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 20. General
J. W. Fisher died at hia home in this
city today, at the age of 86 years.
General Fisher was one of .Wyoming's
pioneers, coming to Cheyenue in 1871
as associate justice of tbe territorial
court. . He was appointed by President
Grant. ' He was after war. I chief jus
tice ot the supreme court for over eight
years. His war record was particular
ly brilliant, rising from the ranks of
volunteers to be brigadier-general. At
the battle of Bethesada Church be bad
supreme command ot the Union forces.
He left a family of three sons and one
daughter, together with numerous
grandchildren.
Auarolil.t Plot In Braall.
New York. Oct. 20. The police of
Rio Janeiro, according to a dispatch to
tbe Herald, have arrested an Italian
named AngeTManetti, who ia known
aa the friend ot Caserio, who assassin
ated President Carnot, of France, and
of Bresoi, who killed King Humbert,
of Italy. Manettl, It is charged, wa
plotting to take the life ot President
Campos Salles, of Brazil.
Great Irrigation Undertaking.
Boise, Idaho, Oot. 19. The tate
has segregated 278.000 acre of land
on the Snake river, near Shoshone
Falls, to be reclaimed under the Carey
act by oanal to be taken oot of the
river, at the bead of tbe canyon lead
ing to the falls. . The undertaking will
cost $1,500,000. S. B. Milner, of Salt
Lake, i president of the onmpany.
This is the greatest irrigation undertak
ing projected in this state, and one of
the largest ia tlie cooutrv.
GERMANY NOT SINCERE
The Conclusion Forced Upon
Washington Officials.
HAS RECALLED HER ttlXISTER
HI Only OBTanaa Wn I Salng Too
Conalllatorjr-flo Ha tailMl
for tha iratbar Land,
New York, Oot. 22. Distrust of Ger
many's attitude in China has been re
vived a a result of information re
ceived here showing the hostility of tbe
Berlin government to a policy of con
ciliation in tbe settlement of the far
Eastern question, say a Washington
correspondent of the Herald. It 1
learned that the recall of Baron Speck
von Sternberg, the oharge d'affairs,
was due to bis effort to smooth tbe
road looking to a prompt, peaceful
solution of the Chinese trouble. Baron
von Sternberg returned te Berlin on
tbe steamer Deutschland.
Among tbe friends of Baron yon
Sternberg in the official circles here
deep surprise was felt when the news
of hi removal from Washington waa
first noised about. Hi relations with
the administration were of the most
cordial charaoter, and the officials gen
erally conceded that he waa doing much
to make satisfactory solution in
China possible.
Exact details as to Baron yon Stern
berg's recall are impossible to obtain,
as none of tbe offioiala of the German
embassy will talk about the matter,
and the state department doe not seem
to be fully advised on the subject. It
la known, however, that Baron von
Sternberg, while endeavoring to carry
out tbe several Instructions he had re
ceived, presented proposal to tbi gov
ernment in a more conciliatory fashion
than the Berlin autboritiea bad con
templated. Being on the ground, Bar
on von Sternberg appreciated that it
would be advisable in the interest of
harmonious relations between both gov
ernments for him to be leas positive
than his instructions required.
Officials here are very deeply grieved
over Baron von Steinberg's recall, as
they say he haa certainly aided in pre
serving good relatione between the two
powers. It ia pointed out that if be
bad acted in an offensive manner the
anawera made to the German note
would not have been different front
those given. Undoubtedly Germany
waa greatly chagrined by the refusal of
tbe United States to accede to ita
proposition to make the surrender of
the Chinese guilty of outrages precedent
to negotiations, inasmuch as the attitude
of this government made tbe rejection
of tbe proposal certain. It waa prob
ably this feeling that had much to do
with Baron von Sternberg'a recall.
Baron von Sternberg was instru
mental in allaying much of the sus
picion which existed here regarding the
purposes of Germany in China, but his
recall for tbe reason understood here,
indicate that the Berlin government
would hare preferred developments
vhloh would have delayed an early set
, lement. An official recently recalled
that Baron von Sternberg was largely
responsible for the satisfactory solution
of the Bamoan imbroglio; that this waa
due to the virtual withdrawal by thia
government from any claims to the
Caroline islands it muBt have possessed
growing out of the war with Spain,
and generally that he had worked ear
nestly for the improvement of the good
relations between the two countries.
rDners Hopeful of n Settlement.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oot. 23. The La
high Valley and individual companiea
in the Wyoming valley posted notice
today, in which they invite their em
ployes to return to work at a 10 per
cent inorease in wages, tbe same to
bold good until April 1, 1901. Up to
noon, none of the companiea posting
the notices had received any applica
tions for work. Tbe stumbling block
now is the powder question. At strike
headquarters tbe opinion prevail that
some way will be found out of the diffi
culty. Hegro Murderer Lynched.
Plaqnemine, La., Oct. 22. Miliey
Johnson, a negro, who shot and dang
erously wounded Conductor Will Jor
dan, of the Texas & Pacific road, Wed
nesday night, near Baton Rouge, was
lynched at 2 o'clook this morning.
Johnson had been incarcerated tempor
arily at the state capital. Last night
the sheriff attempted to take him to
the jail at Port Allen. A determined
body of men overpowered the officer
and securing the prisoner, hanged biia.
Fever Spreading In Havana.
Havana, Oot. 20. Yellow fever is In
creasing here. It is said that there ia
no block in tbe city but has contribut
ed from one to 17 cases. If therj is no
improvement, there will soon be an ex
odus from here. Frank W. Hayes, the
general manager of the Havana branch
of the North American Trust Company,,
who is suffering from yellow fever, is
very low, and Mrs. Hayes haa been
isolated with him.
William L. Wilson, postmaster-general
under Cleveland, 1 dead at Lex
ington, Va.
Nome has bad Ita first fall ot mow.
Bank Dynamited.
Nevada, Mo., Oct. 22. The Farm
ers' bank waa entered by three masked
men before flayligbt. . They dynamited
the safe, blowing it into many piece
and secured about $3,000. tbe entire
contents, it Is stated. Constable Wil
liam Marou, who heard the explosion,
fired into the darkness to alarm tha
town. Tbe lobbera returned the fire,
killing Maron instantly. Sheriff Ew
ing, with a posse and bloodhounds, coon
after started in pursuit of the robber
POPULATION OF ARIZONA.
Causae Figure. Show Increase of 104
Per Cent In Ten Taari,
Washington, Oot. 22. Tbe census
bureau today made public the return
of the population for tbo territory of
Arizona. The population .of the terri
tory in 1900 1 122,313, aa compared
with 69,620 in 1890. Thi shows an
Increase daring the decade of 62,692
or 104.9 per cent. This large inorease
la due In part to the fact that there
were 28,459 Indian and 154 other per
sona, or a total of 28,628 person on
Indian reservation, etc., in Arizona,
who were enumerated in 1890 nnder
the provisions of tbe census act, but
were not included in the general popu
lation of the territory in that oensos.
The population of tbe territory in 1870
wa 9.658, and during the 10 year
from 1870 to 1880 it increased 80,783
or 818. T per cent, giving a population
in 1880 of 40.440. The population in
1890, as stated in tbe report for that
census, was 59,620, representing an in
crease during the decade of 19,180, or
49.4 per cent.
The population of Arizona in 1900 ia
more than 12 times as large as tbe pop
ulation given for 1870 in the first cen
sus taken after ita organization aa 1
territory in 1868.
Tbe total land surface of Arizona is
approximately 112,920 square miles,
the average number of person to tbe
square mile at the census of 1890 and
1900 being aa follows: 1890, .60;
1900, I.
PHILLIPINE NAVAL STATION.
nhl; Bay Is Hot Conaldered m Suitable
. . Plneo.
Washington, Oct. 22. Report
which have reached the navy depart
ment are to the effect that Subig bay,
in the Philippines, ia not a suitable
place for locating an extensive naval
station, coaling station or navy yard,
owing to tbe limited depth of the wa
ter. Naval opinion has been divided
for some time as to the relative merits
of Manila bay and Subig bay. The
Bpanish government apent urge sums
on Subig bay and it waa thought to
offer facilities superior to those of Ma
nila bay for a permanent naval head
quarters. An inquiry as to the relative
merits of this and several other poinri
was instituted some time ago and the
reports forwarded through the com
mander of the Aaiatio station are not
favorable to Subig bay, holding that it
haa disadvantage similar to those urged
against Manila bay. Several other
points are suggested aa offering good
sites for station or yards, including
Ho Ho and Olongapo. Naval Con
structor Hobson ha taken a different
view, however, and has presented a
plan for an extensive naval establish
ment on Subig bay. In view of the
differences of opinion it ia probable
that naval board will be named to
pas upon the several point and select
the one most available for a station.
POLITICAL UPHEAVAL.
Caueed by tho Naeoaalty for m Stronger
Foreign Folley.
Yokohama, Oot. 22. The resiena-
tion of the Japanese cabinet and the!
probable coming into power of Marquis
Ito is the theme of the hour. The
change came as a surprise, although i
waa deemed inevitable in the not dis
tant future. It was, doubtless, unwel
come to Marquis Ito himself, who hat
by no means yet got hia new party in
proper trim for haimoniona and suc
cessful work. Although the latter is
well organized, it ia made up of many
incongruous and warning elements,
and early trouble is predicted for it,
especially in view of a distribution of
the office before it 1 brought under
any sort of duuipline.
The ostensible cause of the sudden
upheaval in politic here is doubtless
the necessity which has risen for a
more decided and atrenuous foreign
policy in view of the situation in
China. It is generally felt that Japan
haa thus far kept herself too much in
the background in the negotiations
progressing on the neighboring conti
nent and that the time has come for
her to assert herself, her geographical
position, her eminent services in the
recent rescue of the legations, and,
above all, her superior knowledge of
what can and ought to be done lo
China, all entitling her word and coun
sel to be held to be of greater weight
than that of any other nation. Mar
quis Ito is the only man to whom the
country oan turn in this emergency,
as has been the case for many yeara
past whenever an important crisis bad
arisen. A significant feature of tbe
present case is to be found in tbe fact
that the Marquis ia now credited with
strong pro-Russian tendencies. .
Yerdlct for Heavy Damage.
New York, Oct. 82. Mrs. Elisabeth
Rhoades has obtained verdict in the
supreme court for $37,000, in the suit
by her as administratrix of her hus
band, George B. Rhoades, against the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
Thia is the largest verdict rendered
against a surface railroad in thi oity
for many year. Mrs. Rhoades claimed
$50,000 damage. Her husband was,
on July 10, 1899, run down by a car
belonging to the defendant company,
and died a few hours later. It is in
connection with the death of Captain
Rhoades that Policeman Thomaa F.
O'Brien wa sent to Sing Sing prison,
lie was convicted ot stealing the cap
tain's watch which had been taken
from tlie injured man.
. An Indiana Tragedy
Columbus, Ind., Oot. 22. At Way
manaville, Ind., 15 miles south of
km Hi rVinrie. Rwlr. lata thi after
noon abot and killed William Barton,
because Barton objected to Beet keep-.
iaa comnanv with his daushter. Two
yeaia ago Beck killed Miss Grace
Cohee, because she refused to marry
him Ttank was aannitted of . tha
crime. The tragedy caused tremend-i
oua sensation, ifeolt at latest account
Was still at large, ,
THE STRIKE SITUATION
President Mitchell Tells the
Strikers' Side.
NOT TREATED CONSIDERATELY
Man Do riot Want tho Powder Conoee
. alon Counted n Part of tho 1
Per Cent Advauee.
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 28. When Pres
ident Mitchell, of the United Mine
workers, waa asked what he had to say
in regard to a settlement of the miners'
atrike, be said:
"As there appear to be some dispo
sition on the part of the public to place
tbe responsibility of the prolongation
of the atrike on the shoulder of the
mineworkeis, speaking for them I want
to aay that when tbe Scranton conven
tion accepted tbe 10 per cent increase
in wagea providing the operators abol
ished the sliding scale and guaranteed
the payment of the adavnee in wages
until April 1, the miners had met tbe
operators more than half way. They
bad shown a conciliatory spirit, and I
know of no good reason why the propo
sition should not have been accepted
by tbe operators. As a consequence,
tbe responsibility for tbe continuance
of tbe strike rests solely upon the fail
ure of the operators to treat the propo
sition of their employes considerately.
Tbe public should understand that un
satisfactory as is the proposition of the
operators, who make the 1 eduction in
the price of powder apart of the ad
vance of 10 per oont, that even this
proposition has not been off ered by a
very large number of the coal-producing
companies In the anthracite region,
and until all companies guarantee the
payment of the 10 per cent advance
above the rate of wagea paid in Septem
ber until April 1, according to a decis
ion of the Scranton convention, tha
miner are powerless to act.
"I want to repeat again that there
can be no partial sectional settlement
of this strike. The large companies in
tbe Lehigh region that have refused to
move at all since tbe Scranton conven
tion was held are Coxe Bros. & Co.,
the largest coal producers in the Lehigh
region; G. B. Markle & Co., the Lehigh
& Wilkesbaire Company, the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company and
large number of smaller- companies.
There ia also a considerable number of
coal companies in the Lackawanna and
Wyoming regions that have not guaran
teed tbe pamyent of the 10 per cent
advance until April 1. Tbe only dis
trict that haa aocopted tbe term of the
Bcianton convention in full ia No, 9,
better known a tbe Bohurlkill district.
''Companies which produce about 65
per cent of a total production of the
anthracite coal field have guaranteed
tbe payment of the 10 per cent ad
vance and have abolished the sliding
cale." "
When Mr. Mitchell waa asked what
he would do if all the companies were
to post uotioes. he aaid:
"When all the companies hawpoB--ed
notices then I will have something
to say..",
When it wa auggested to him that
there might be a break in the rank of
the strikers if the contest waa to con
tinue muoh longer, he said that not one
man would go back to the mines until
they are officially notified to return.
Two Hundred Indiana Stsnlng.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 23. A spe
cial from Agassis, B. C, tonight says
that 200 Indians are starving at Pern
berton Meadows. 150 milea north of
Agassis. An Indian., rider brought
news today that 50 Indian families
are dying and that it is doubtful it sup
plies oan be sent to them quickly
enough to save their lives. They have
caught no salmon this season, their
potato crop has failed and their stock
has been drowned by floods. Recent
heavy rains have caused the Harrison
river to overflow ita banks and the
whole country is said to be flooded.
Conditions are said to be worse now
than daring the disastrous flood of
1894, when the distriot was under six
feet of water. Supplies are being
rushed from Vancouver to the starving
Indians. ' ' -
French Immigrant Held.
' York. Oct. 23 The entire list
of steerage passengers of the French
liner La Uretagne. 716 in numoer,
were held up on the registry floor ot
the barge office today because it waa
claimed that a majority ot the names
were Improperly manifested. No such
hold-up of immigrants at tbe landing
bureau of this port haa oocurred iu
years, if ever before. The emigrant
would have been sent back to the ship
bad not tbe agent 01 tne rrencn una
appeared in the afternoon and supplied
a bond of $5,000 as a guarantee that
tbe fines for all emigrants improperly
manifested will be paid.
Mexican Town Swept Away.
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 22. The town
of Gaudalope, Mexico, in the Rio
Grande Basin, 40 miles below El Paso,
wa swept away by a cloudburst Wed
nesday night. The 400 villiagers lot
everything they possessed. An old
man and two children, besides many
goats, cattle, horses and fowls were
lost. .. - . .-.
Opera House Burned.
Paduoah, Ky., Oot. 28. A fire broke
out in Morton's opera house tbia morn
ing at 1:20 o'olock and gained moh
headway before it waa discovered that
the building waa doomed before the
fire company could reach tbe scrna.
Tbe largest dry goods store in the city,
owned by L. B. Ogilvie & Company,
occupying the ground floor of the build
ing, was dentroyed, as well as many
offices and smaller stores. The abro
gate loss is estimated at f 300,000,