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Newspaper Page TextM JL JLJLJJj VOL. XVII. ST. HELENS, OEEGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1900. NO. 46. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of this Telegraphic News of thft World. TEES 15 TICKS FRO 'i1H8 WIEKS An letareatlna: Collentlon of Items Worn Mia Two Heiulaphares Prat tU A la a Con-teuaad ITovnv t A New York bank tollor itule $700, 000 and escaped, , Boer guerrilla attack! give the Brit lib. much trouiilo. A revolting orlme was unearthed by Peterson, N. J. naiscttvas. . Pnwiduut Mitchell thinks thin is th last wsek of tlie uilneri' strike. Twentv-flve carloads of Oregon frui tree will be shipped to other states. The British steamship Boyallst wil enter Uie truuspnrt service of the Unit d States. . Tlie Paoiflo Coast Company iu threi years bee rinen from bankruptcy t $1,000,000 iiirplus. Thirteen-year-old acliitot girl, luli Jones, wis the victim of muderuti assault at Jeffereou, Or. Huron von Klchthufnn li Count von Balow's suocesmir as minister of fur sign affairs for liurmaiiy. The Kentucky miners' strike hi been declared off, Eight hundre. men will return tu work at omm. The Itosslnn minister of finance, M De Witt, authorizes druiiil nf the story that Knisla began negottatlous in New York in the middle of October for i $50,000,000 Iumu. General Charles M. Sen, of the Co lomuian republics army, aunuouat that hl government bad purchased George Gould's yacht, Atlanta, ami would use her in iupprotiug the rebel lion. Near Viikabnrg, Mis,, ClKter Barues, colored, was lynched by a mob of hi own people, lu a drunken fury Barnes murdered hii wife, stabbed and badly wounded a negro who Interfered, and engaged lu a rife duel with white man who attempted to arrant hint. The murderer wai ibot to drain. The eitiaent of Oklahoma and lu Alan Territory want liuate atatuhnod for the two territorial. The formation of leaguei to promote thii eud bus coin roenoed. The Drat league wa organ' law) at Wanuuur, 1. T. Determined effort! in thii direotion are being mad by the leading people of thorn territur lea. . The Bosnian battleship Iletxivsa hai been lanuehed nt Crump' shipyard No wine wai used at the chriHtenliig. the Russian cernmouy being oliwrved The new hattleidiip ia the Innti-Ht ever built In thii country. Her total ont will be a, OOll.dOO. The ship ia 87B feet in length, bite a breadth of 72 feet 9 inches, a dlplHcemout of 12,700 torn, and draught of 28 feet, the will nave a ipred of IS knot. Natural na hai been discovered near Spokane, Waih. America approval of the Anglo-Gcr-inan agreement. The inluera' strike will be called oil when all the oompnuie pout notices. Imperial troops have suffered ro veraea in southern provlucua of China. llobhaii attempt to blow open a fine of the First National bauk at Union, Or. The antl-lmperialists isaae an ad dreia to tlie independent voteri to sup port Bryan. Four firemen were killed and prop erty valued at $160,000 destroyed iu St. Paul flre . European papera Indulge in much critical disousalou of the Anglo-tier-man agreement. Aguiiinldo is said to have written a letter directing cessation of political attempt! for pacification. The Spanish culduet resigned an a protest agatust appointment of Weyler to be captain-general of Madrid, Cholera is Increasing to inch an ex tent In Japan that steamers thence have been quarantined. There area number ol dentin aboard steamers coming from Nagasaki. Hon. .John Sherman, representative to the house, for a long term a mem ber of the aeunte and twice holding cabinet position!, died at hi residence In Washington, 13. C, iu the 78th year of hii age. The transport Belgian Kin;, which broke down ioou after leavinvt Ma nila iu consequence of an accident to her machinery, haa put into lloug Kong for repairs. The Argyle. wai Ml NaKaiaki ou her way from Manila to Takn with anlmula. The Atao Ik Iff Kobe for Manila with anlnml. The Thomaa left Nauaaaki the 20th iuat. for Manila. The lheeonshlre left Kobe the S!2d lust, lor Manila, with a large cargo of lumber and forage. The Sunnier, Athenian aud Pak Liiw 'were at Nagasaki the 20th. The Athenian waa boond for Taku with aulmali, and the Pak Ling wai taking animaU to Manila. The Port Albert li at Knga akU .... it , . ,. There are about 80,000 lopen in the Philippine!. The gold yield ot Cripple Creek hi the present year la expected to amount to $37,000,000. .' An English iuvenlor propose! to bnild a boat that will cross the Aliun de In two dan. Big Import! of gold from Europe are anticipated In Now York ai a result of the waumptlon pf mining in South Africa.' .... LAIfcH NEWS. New York Democrat! gave W. J. iu piioioer reception. A plot to asaasslnnte President Loo- u(, oi r ranee, tiai been discovered. George W. Khaver, pioneer ateam- "" oi i-ortiand, Or., li dead RooBevelt concluded hii tour in New ora imh with a speech ia Blnghatnp All but one colliery in the Haileton mining region have granted the mineri ueniiuua. Four hundred native Chrlatiani were niasiacreu at Mukden before the Kut- nan occupation. Noar Frederlokitad. the Boeri under Dewet. were icattered in all dueotiom oy a uritish force. A Kepubllean parade laittng aix noun waa the culmination of the cam palgn in Chicago, j tie evacuation of Cuba will not be ordered till the character of the new government la tested. I'-lward Dewey, brother of Admiral Pewey, died at nil home in Montpe Her, Yt., aged 71 yeara. An Everett, Wash., law mill baa re ceivea ana order lot 1,000,000 feet ol lumbar from Booth America. A man who had been aireited al Ppnngle, Wash., for being drunk and disorderly, committed suicide by bang' lug himself In jail. The ISO-ton schooner Fischer Bros.. of Seattle, la reported to have been wrecked on the beach of Bebring sea In a storm near Port Clarence. No livei were lost. W. 8. Iiobson, one oi the moat ex tensive cotton planters of Texai, hai gathered statistics from the Braaue and Colorado valleys end declares that the ball weavil bai destroyed $6,000,000 worth of thii year I crop. A sheriff's posse In pursuit of five pr burners who escaped from the Doni phan, Kan., Jail, overtook the met near Dalton, Ark., and a battle ensued in which two members of the posei were dangerously wounded. Three ol the prisoners were wounded and recap tured. The war department has made pnbllt an order issued by General McArtnur, looking to the pioteotion of the health of tlie soldiers in the Philippine!. This recital that SO per cent of the licknesi In the army ia avoidable by sanitary precautions, the most import ant of which are the boiling of all drinking water for not less than 2C minutes, aud the adoption of theatriot- est cleanliness is to camps, quartera, kitchens and cooking utensils. Amarioau troops bars withdraws from Pekin. Roosevelt wai met by big crowd! Is the state of New York. The businesi portion of the town ol Dunavaut, Kanaai, wai destroyed bl fire. Tlie United Stales la boldinu back its answer to the Anglo-German agree ment. Bryan says, if elected, be will im mediately withdraw the army from the Philippines. Thomas Walsh, the Colorado mil liouaire, forma a partnership in com' merclal enterprises with King Leopold, of Belgium. Great uneasiness was created In pal ace circles, says the Constantinople orrenpondent of the London Daily Mall, by reprt that an Amerioan squadron waa approaching and the censor wat instructed to prohibit the press from mentioning the subject, Another feud has broken out in Clay county, Kentucky, between the Phil pots and Davidsoni. Kecently JJavlc Davidson, father of Felix Davidson, the deputy who was killed by a Phil pot a few weeak ago, waa killed and several others wounded in a fight. Or the other side, David Fhilpot wat killod and two others badly wounded. Skirimshea continue between the Russians and the Chinese at varioui points along the Mauohuriau railway. The Amur Gazette, at Blagovest- avhensk, asserts that the Chinese bank the Amur river will be offered tt Itnssian settlers. It is reported that the construction ot a railway between BlHgovestchensk aud Tsilsikar has been decided upon. ' Colonel Picquart'a suit for libel gainst Le Journal of Paris, arising from the Dreyfus polomios, wai de cided in hia favor. The court com manded the manager of the papsr, M. Pouch, to pay a flue of 2,000 francs, and M. Possiden and Galli, the writ ers of the artioVa, were sentenced to six months' and one months' ., imprison ment, respectively, and all three wen sentenced to puy 80,000 franca dam ages, William Hammer Piper, of Chicago, on behalf of the Zion church has sent telegrams to President McKiuley and Governor Nash, of Ohio, protesting gainst the treatment of the represen tatives of the denomination at Mans field, O., and appealing for their pro tection. Mr. Ploer sasy these pilnls- tera have not broken a single statute ot the state, aud thi llfiht to preacn Mil gospel of Jesua Christ is vouchsafed U them by the lawi of Ohio and the con stitution of the United States. A German Ann has built a locomo tive on the American pattern. The International peace congress in Paris condemned Great Britain's count in the Transvaal. ' Dnrinsthe last year 2,400 dueli have been fought In Italy and 80 deathi bave resulted. Cabbage cropi In Europe an gener- llv poor thii year and thii country It being called upon to Diane np the de ficiency. nE STOLE A FORTUNE Defalcation of a New York Bank's Note Teller. THEFT AMOUNTED TO 700,000 Charles t. A Word, of the rir.t Matlaaal, I tha DarauHor-Probabljr Ka aped ta Boa h A narlaa. New York, Oct. 25. Charlea L. Al ford, note teller of the First National fiank, ot this city, is a fugitive and delanlter to the extent ot $700,000. The announcement of the defalcation, which was made thii afternoon, cre ated the utmost excitement In financial piroies in in is city, but the well-known Liability ot the First National and a statement isauad by the bank bad a Quieting effect. The statement waa al follows: "The note taller, who had been In the employ of the First National Bank for many yean, is a defaulter to a large amonnt. His operations have contin ued for considerable period, and have been skillfully concealed through manipulation of hia balance booki. The discovery wai made by one of the bank'a employee tew daya after the completion of tha examination of the bank by the United States examiner! During the continuance of nil peouli' tiona periodical examination! bave been made by several distinot corps of examiners, representing the controller's department, all expert accountants, and tha bank baa also bad frequent In dependent examinations', none ol which baa developed any irregularitiea. The aggregate of the false entries. amounting to $700,000, has been charged off on the books at the bank out of the reserve fund witbont dimlu inning the surplus and profits of the bauk, as reported In the last published statement. Alvord has been with the bank for SO yean, and was one of the moat truited men in the institution. Hii iteallngi extend over a long period. out no suspicion or toe truth was known until 10 days ago, when be sent word that be was ill at hia home. At ter be bad been away for a day or two the bank put experts at work aud some Irtegolarities were fonnd. Aa the ex perts delved deeper and deeper Into Alvord s books, the extent of the rob bery began to dawn on the officers on til tbey were overwhelmed to find that It reached the enormous figure of $700,- 000. . There was a rumor that Alvord took a steamer for South America. DENVER BUSINESS MEN Want Larfe Appropriation, for GoTera- meat Irrigation larva js. Denver, Oct. 25. Colorado busi ness men recog nixie the benefit that attaches to their state through the work of the government along the lines of Irrigation investigation and surveys for reservoir litei. The Denver cham ber of commerce and board of trade last month adopted rigoroua resolutions calling attention to tlie great develop ment possible in Colorado, through ir rigation, and to the generally accepted opinion that only by the storage of flood waters oan the future problem affecting successful farming In the arid region be aolved, and pledging support to the United States geological survey In scouring large congressional appro prlutions for carrying on their work for urveyi ot .reservoir sites, and other preliminary irrigation work. Waata of tha Forests. Many sections of the West are be ginning to reap the bitter fruits of forest destruction. A few yean ago the snow would drift, and pile up in the mountain gulches, thickly studded with pine and other trees, forming an almost Impenetrable forest protection, and these gradually melt away, supply ing water for the streams until late In the season. This, now, baa too often changed. The timber has gradually, but surely, been out and burnt away, until now aome of the finest forests of the mountains bave dsappeared, and when the snow banks would remain nntil late in the season, they now dis appear months earlier, and instead of melting gradually, the flood-waters come with a rush, and then cease when moat needed. . There ia scarcely any thing more important than forest pro tection and preservation, which means a guarding of the , water supply; and every state sal every section should rouse to active local organisation and national co-operation. The Pblladelhpia Publlo Ledger, an old and conservative Eastern journal, speaking of the arid publio lands, ar gues foroibly, that in order that they may be redeemed tne nation anould assume the task of irrigation. South Carolina Sxpoaltlaa. Charleston, S. C, Oct. 25. The di rectors of the South Carolina Inter state and West Indian expostion have received the designs aud drawings for buildings and grounds. The plans in clude about 16 important buildings, the largest to be the cotton palace, which will bave an area of 50,000 square feet. For the government building it is proposed to bave a replica ot the White House. forestry la Philippines. Ithaca, N. Y., Oat. 25. President Scburman, of Cornell University, today announced that the New York Oollege f Forestry bad been asked to furnish competent assistants to the forestry bureau at Manila, P. I. Captain A hern, in charge of that bureau, pur poses to reorgaulxe the bureau, which under Spanish rnle employed over 130 officials, to raperviee the exploration ot t0,000,00(l acrea or more of publio foiest domain, furnshing now a revenue of $103,000 annually. DAWSON CITY CONDITIONS. A Thriving Metropolitan Town la Plaaa at Mining Vlllafe. . Washington, Oct, 27. An interest ing report upon the conditions in Daw son City and the Yukon district ol Alaska bai been furnished to the state department by United Statei Consul McCook. "Dawson today," be aayi, "presents a marked contrast to the Dawson ol 1 098. Then no one, except possibly ths judges on the bench, wore white ihlrt. The town wai throngod with minors, pack on back, prospecting fox gold. The streets were veritable mud bolea. Now people dress mnoh ai they do in the citiea of the United States. A man with pack on hii back la an nnusual sight, and one can walk the town over with polished shoes and not have them soiled." Dawson City doea not appear like a mining town, states Consul McCook, but rather a thriving commercial cen ter. It ia crowded just now, for more come in than go ont. Electric rail ways are promised by 1001, and publio schools have been opened and are well attended. The government at Ottawa, it is re ported, will offer for sale at publio auction in Dawson every . claim that has reverted to it by lapse or other wise, and 80 days after the time oi sale all claims not sold will be declared open for location. The oatput of gold bai been increas ing, aayi the comul, in spite of the fact that the average valuea ol the gravels worked bave been steadily declining, the richest mines having been worked tint. But meantime the coat of work ing bai decreased, and enablea ; proper ties to be profitably worked now that would not have yielded gaini two yean ago. There should be a continued out put of from $16,000,000 to $20,000,000 worth of gold annually for many yeara to come, according to Consul McCook, it the expenses ot working are further reduoed. Valuable placer claims are reported to bave been located in the Stewart river mining district, about 100 miles from Dawson, and a stampede baa fol lowed to the scene of the finds. EXPLOSION AT INDIAN HEAD. Bad Aeeldent Believed to Rave Oo- enrred at Proving Oroaads. Itashingten, Oct. 27. An explosion occurred at the Indian Head proving grounds about 11 o'clock tonight. A flash of light, viaible some distance, accompanied the explosion which was followed by a fire. The explosion anook toe windowa of houses in Alex andria, 19 nlles from Indian Head. Then is no direct communication with the proving grounds by which details can be bad tonight. The grounds in 25 miles down the Potomac river from Washington, and many of the big gum and much of the armor for the battle ships an tested there, . It ia believed the powder mills and other mills were destroyed. The first bock waa felt over a radius of 20 miles. A number of other explosions followod at intervals, illuminating the surrounding country and the opposite bank of the river. At Quantico, II miles below Indian Head, one explo sion after another was heard, and bricks wen shaken from chimneys. Forts Hull and Washington, II miles north ot Indian Head, were shaken by the exploaion. The tug Iriton left the navy yard soon after the explosion lor the proving grounds, mere an several oHioers and a number of enlist ed men and workmen at the place. The Patterson Murder. Tatterson, N. J., Oct. 28. Scul- tborpe, the man who drove the cab in which Jennie Boasobieter, the young aiik mill employe, died last Thursday night, said today that a woman whose name he doea not know was in the sa loon at the time the girl's diink was diugged. This woman, be says, help ed Kerr, MoAlIiater, Campbell and Death to put the girl Into the cab, and stood by nntil the vehicle started away. The police are searching for this wo man and also for the drug clerk who sold chloral to McAllister. He baa-i disappeared, but it is thought he has not left Paterson. Scuthrope says he believes the unknown woman wai a stranger in Paterson. Philippine Transport Servlee. Washington, Oot. 28. Orders have been issued tor the coinnletiou and re pair of the transports Wright and In galls, at New York, in order to utilize them in the Philippine service. Tbey were purchased during the Spanish war. and were used lor the transporta tion of troops and freight between the United States and the V eat Indies. Lately their services bave been con fined to cruising tbe waten of Tampa and Porto Rico. Tbey are too small for nse aa regular troopships between tbe United States and the Philippines, but an well adapted for cruising in tlie Philippines. Bank President Sentenced. Chicago, Oot. 26. Wililam A. Paul son, convicted ol lecelvlng a deposit in the Central Trust & Savings Bank. of which he waa president, while knowing the bank to be insolvent, to day was sentenced' to serve an indefi nite sentence in prison. A stay of exe cution of 80 days was allowed to ena ble tha defense to prepare a bill of ex' ceptiona for presentation to the su preme court. New York, Oot. 28. The New York Yaobt Club met tonight, and Commo dore Ledrard assured the memben thst a new cup defender will be built tq meet Thomaa Lipton'i Shamrock II,: and be said they could rest on hia as surance. The new boat will be built and bandied by a syndicate. Chippewa Falls, Wia., Oct, 89. Joseph Mandelot, president ' of 'the French Lnmbering Company, died to day. Ha leaves an estate worth $500,-000. THE STRIKE IS OFF Official Settlement of Trouble by Union Officials. fE W OPEPATOBS FAIL TO COMPLY. At Snea Mines tha Strike Will OaaMaav Until tha Employes Are Grant ed Their Demands. Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 38. The follow ing statement waa given out for publi cation tonight by President Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers: "Temporary Heaqduarteri, United Mineworkeri of America,' Hacleton, Pa., October 27, 1900. To the mineri and mineworkers of the anthracite reg ion: Gentlemen After carefully oan- vassing tbe entire strike situation, we, your officers, district and national, bave concluded that your victory is so nearlv complete that no good end can be served by continuing the strike longer. The contort baa been in pro gress for 89 days, and the companies employing yon bave, with few excep tiona, aignirJed their willingness to pay the scale of wages formulated by the Scranton convention of Ootober 12 and 13. "We an aware that some disappoint ment and dissatisfaction haa been caused by the failure of the operator! in diatriota 1 and 7 to separate the re duction in the price of powder from tbe advance in wages, but after careful inquiry we are satisfied that each mine- employe will actually receive an ad' vance ol 10 per cent on tbe wagea form erly paid. In the Schuylkill and Le igh regions tbe largest companies bav agreed that the sliding scale should be suspended and that wages should remain stationary at 10 per cent until April 1, 1991, thus removing one ol the iniquities of which you bave com plained for many years. "While it is true that you bave not aecured retirees for all your wrongs; while it is true that the increase ia jyour earnings will not fully compensate you for the arduous labor you are com Pelled to perform, you have established a perteot organization, wbicb, if main tained and conducted on business prin ciples, will enable yon to regulate many of your local grievances and make your employment lesa hazardous and more profitable than before the strike began. "The companies agree in their notices to take np with their mine employee all grievance! complained ot. We wonld, therefore, advise that when work ia resumed committees be select ed by tbe mint employes and that they wait upon tbe superintendents of the companies and present tneir griev ances in an orderly, business-like man ner, and ask that tbey be corrected. Your attention . ia respectfully called to tbe fact that the laws of the state of Pennsylvania provide that miuen should be paid eemi-monthly upon demand. We should, therefore, advise that each mine employe serve notice on the companies that he expects to be paid bia wages twice each month, aa provided by law. The practical benefits to the minen whiob accrue from thorough organiza tion have been so clearly demonstrated during thts strike that it should be needless for us to urge upon you the necessity of maintaining your nnion in tact. We tiuet, however, (bat those who are now members ot tbe union will be unceasing in their efforts to in duce all mineworkers to ally, them selves with the United Mineworkers of America at once, as it will be impossi ble for yon to seonra your wages in tha future or even maintain tbe present rate of wages unless yon are prepared to offer a united resistance if" any at tempt is made to reduce your earnings upon the expiration of the present offer." Tbe address is signed by the national and district officers of the United Mine workers ot America. Dodson Co., operating the Beaver Brook colliery, posted a notioe today complying with the demands of the Scranton convention. The company also operates the Morea and William oolleries, in Schuylkill county. Recruits for Plitllpplnea New . York, Oot. 28. Col onel Kim- balll, assistant quartermaster of tha United States army, announced today that 2.000 recruits will leave for the Philippines in the next three weeks. The first 1,000 will leave on the trans port Bo ford, November 5. The second transport carrying the other l,000,will be the Kilpatrick, which will leave November 10. The recruits on the Bu ford will be under the command ot Colonel Jacob Kline.of the Twenty-first Infantry, and those on the Kilpatrick , under Colonel Tully McCrue. State Boundary Line Wrong. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 28. Secre tary of State MoDavid has taken the ont step toward annexing West t lori- da to Alabama. In his annual report to tbe government the secretary of state aayi Alabama runs a mile farther south on the eastern boundary than the tract books have hitherto shown, and that the state is possessed of a wedge of land whioh bia office records failed to show tt owned running 100 miles along the southern end ot the itate. St. Thomas, D. W. I., Oct. 27. In. tense adverse feeling has been exoited here by the renewal of tbe report that Denmark intends to sell the Danish Antilles to the United States. A meet ing of tbe oolonial council bai been convoked at St. Croix for the purpose of making a formal protest. The news papers disouaa the question, declaring in bold type: "We do not wish to be sold." There ia no desire, much lesa enthusiasm, among the popilation to belong to the United States. GERMANY. Posadowskr-Wehner Implicated la a Scrape. Berlin, Oct. 29. A great sensation has been caused ty the allegations that Count von Potiadowsky-Wthner, secretary of ata te for the interior, had been bribed w itb 12,000 marks for his wok In connection with tbe penal servitude bill of 1898. The allegation ii contained in a letter which ia going the rounds of the German press. The writer asserts that Herr Kropp sub scribed 6,000 "mark; to the fund con stituting tbe alleged bribe. The Na tional Zeitungb says it expects that Count von Posadowsky-Wehner will resign, and nearly all the papers con demn him severely. A special addition of the Berliner Correspondent, which wai issued by the minister ot the interior thii after noon, publishes a statement admitting that Director von Wnedtke, ol the im perial department ol the interior, in duced Secretary Bueck, of the Central Association of Manufacturers, to de vote 12,000 marls for printing reich stag material and other documents tending to show arguments in favor of passing the anti-strike bill. This printed material was sent to tbe pro vincial press for reproduction. Tbe official statement amounts to a virtual corroboration of the preaa charge! brought against the ministry of the in terior, of which Count von Posadowsky Wehner is the bead. . All the evening papers comment upon tbe official administration. The entire Liberal presi now demands the resignation ot Posadowsky-Wehner, and Director von Woedtke, the assump tion being that the latter doubtless acted at the suggestion of the former. Tbe Berliner Tugeblatt says: "The sole consequence ot the official state ment ia that both i.-ost resign." A similar demand la made by tbe Vos siche Zeitung, which remarks: "It ii an nnbeard of proceeding that a govern ment department should request and receive large sums from one small sec tion of a population directly interested in pending legislation for tbe purpose of influencing the nation against such legislation." The only papers whioh attempt to defend the secretary of state for the in terior are the Berliner Post, tbe Kreua Zeitung and the Berliner Nachrichten, whose justification of hia course in the matter is weakly apologetic. SOUTHERN BOXERS. They Arc Organlalag to Drive Foreign era Out ot China. Hong Kong, Oct. 29. Advices from Lien Chan, on North river, say that American mission porperty there is threatened with destruction by Boxers, whi bave posted the following procla mation: "We bave organized to protect our country and our homes, and we rely upon one another to support the order to drive out the foreign devils. They are mad. ' Their folly passes descrip tion. They are the usurper of our land. They disturb our borders. In all tbe provinces and prefectures chap els have been opened, and our people are deceived, ripped open and disem boweled, while the foreigners grow fat on the revenues of China, insulting our officials and merchants and seizing our templei and palaces. The emperor is indulgent and permits this. Who can foretell tbe intention ot tne foreign devilsT Day by day they act more out rageously. When we behold the prea' ent condition of affairs, our hearts an bruised with grief. Therefore, we have organized our strength to dee troy the devouring wolf throughout the em pire." The Boxen took the Amerioan f res- byterian mission buildings, but bave not destroyed them. The rebellion is spreading along East river and North river, in the province of Kwang Si. It ia supposed to be aimed at the over throw of the Mancbu dynasty, but the reports are so contradictory that it is next to impossible to form a lucid im pression In Canton tbe Chinese offl cala an taking the insurrection so lightly that foreigners believe it will be very difficult to suppress. Mine Boiler Exploded. Minonk, III., Oot. 29. A boiler at shaft No. 1, of tbe Chicago & Minonk Coal Company, exploded early this morning, seriously injuring William Jaokaon, engineer; Samuel Hayes, George Hayes and Ed Listen, firemen. Seyeral other workmen received slight injuries. Jackson was naoiy Durnea and may die." Hayes was badly scald ed, and his son George sustained a frac ture of the rkull. Listen waa so badly scalded be will probably lose tbe sight ot one eye. At the time, the superin tendent aud 260 men wen in the mine, over 500 feet below. Two of the bat terv boilers wen uninjured, and in or der to operate the lift with steam, the two boilers wen separated from the debris and enough power furnished from them to operate the lift and raise the men to the surface. The financial loss is not over $10,000. Structural Ironworkers Wages. Pittsburg, Oct. 29. The National Association of Bridge and Structural Ionworken, In session here today, adopted a universal wage scale, fixing the rate at dp cents an bour, with eight hours aa a day 'a work. The scale will go into effect next May. It was also decided to send aa organizer to South Africa and Egypt. London, Oot. 29. The Daily Mail baa the following from Lourenoo Mar ques: Tbe Amerioan bark Fred P. Litchfield, which went ashore ben from her moorings during the gale on the night of October 14, and was searched the next day for gold, in con sequence ol suspicion that she was carrying Mr. Kruger'i treasure, to the tmount of 1,600,000, sailed" today. Ibere is little doubt that she oarrioi a large quantity of gold hidden under her ballast. BRIBERY B0E1S WAKING IIP Active Resistance Reported From Several Points. ATTACK MADE CPON JACOBSDAI Baribers Raiding In Northern Katal gtcjn Cetabliahea Hie Capital at Foarla's Bur, Cape Town, Oct. 29. The Boers have oaptured Jacobsdal, southwest ol Kimberley, after a stubborn resistance on tbe part of the garrison, which con sisted of a detachment of Cape Town highlanders. The latter suffered sol vere ly, losing 84 out of 62 men. Hans Botha has cut off a train with a reconnoitering party of the Highland brigade between Heidelberg aud Gray lingstad, in the Transvaal colony, tear ing up tbe rails in front and behind tbe train. In tbe fight which followed two captains and eight men wen wounded and all were captured. London, Oct. ia. It now appear! that Jacobsdal wai not captured bj the Boers. Advices received from Cape Town shortly after midnight say: "Later news from Jacobsdal shows that 200 Boers unsuccessfully at tacked garrison. Tbe Highlanders had 14 killed and 20 wounded." It is reported here ai a eurions coin cidence that the newi should be re ceived concurrently with tbe expected arrival borne from South Africa of the City Imperial volunteen, as Jacobsdal was the scene of tha latter's first fight. The town was captured by these volun teers February 15. . RIOTING NEAR MONTREAL. Claea Between Mllltla and Striker ' Manx Ware Burt. Montreal, Oct. 29. Over a scort were wounded, one fatally, in a con flict between militia and striken at Valley Field, Quebec, today. Two hundred men employed by the Montreal Cotton Company on the foundations of a new mill, went ont on strike yesterday, demanding an in crease of 25 cents a day in their pay. The company refused to deal with the onion. The strikers prevented the company from shipping goods and to day held up the company's coal pile, The local police were powerless. The company had to have coal or shut down. Consequently a message waa sent to Montreal asking for military assistance. It arrived at Valley Field at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon and con sisted of two companies of tbe Royal Soots. Tbe embargo on the coal pile was promptly raised. At dusk a big crowd, composed ot strikers and their sympathizers, gath ered and there was every evidence ol trouble. - About 8:30 the mob gathered near the Empire mill and beeau throw ing stones through the windows and otherwise destroying property. The troops charged the mob with fixed bay- pnets. They were driven back. Eight pi their number weie wounded, two ot them seriously. The strikers had 15 men injured, one fatally. Reinforce ments were then asked from Montreal ind SOU men with medical assistance, left, sxpeoting to arrive at Valley Field about 2 A. M. Ktuae's Plana. Paris, Oct. 29. Dr. Leyds, Trans vaal agent was questioned today witb reference to the plans of ex-President Kroger. He said: "Most of the stories published on .the subject an imaginary. Mr. Krug fit will land at Marseilles, aud I shall go to meet him. It is not true that I bave seen M. Delcasse, French minis ter of foreign affairs, or that I am is any way arranging a reception which will be entirely in the hands of tht French themselves. Nothing has beec definitely decided aa to the details o," Kruger's stay in Europe. But Mr. Kruger is an old man and not accus tomed to a cold climate, so it is likely be will sojourn in the neighborhood ot Nice for the Wwinter. Annexation of the Tranavaat. ' Pretoria, Oct. 29. The Tranevsa'. was today proclaimed a part of tbe British empire, the proclamation being attended witb impressive cereomnies. The roval standard was hoisted iu the main square of tbe city, the Grena diers presented arms, massed bandt played the National Anthem, Sir Al fred Milner read tbe proclamation, and . 6,200 troops, representing Great Britai and her colonies, marched past. Drank Carbolle Aeld. New York, Oct. . 29. Mrs. Mabe". Hanson, 23 yean ot age, who lived with her mother and two elder sisters, on the top floor ot a handsome apart ment bouse on West Sixty-first street, died at bar borne today from the effeota ot a dose of carbolic acid. The family ia not oammunicative tts to the mat ter, and claims that it is certain that Mn. Hanson took the aold by mistake. It is known, however, that she pur- chased 10 cents worth of carbolic acid in a drug store less than bait an bout before ber death. The woman's hus band, Charles Hanson, is in San Fran csco, when, it is said, he is in the iav business. Mrs. Hanson bus been visit iug hen about three months. Chlf! Bold Art Treumire. Borne, Oct. 29. Prince Chigi, whe was prosecuted by tbe Italian govern, ment for selling a painting by Botti- oelli. which is now in London, has beer. ordered to pay as a fine for violating tha law against selling valued workt ot art for exportation, the sum o( 8,151,000 lire, which waa the price pad for the picture. The pm chaser, who was summoned to appear bumrs the tribunal, but was in default, wha condemned conjointly wHil I r.:i. t Chlgt.