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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.