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,jjsajij ii.jlww-Iij j-ifir urs niriri '"i The Best Newspaper Ii tlx oo that gives tte most and freshest newt. Compare the WEST SIDE with any paper to Polk oouty. An Advertisement Which brtng return! U proof ttiai U to in the riglt plaoe. The WEST SIDE bringe -n were. Ml B 111 I ill ill jjm mm 111 VOL. XVII. II NEWS Of i IK From All Tarts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Ontnprehetialt Revlr-w of the Impart ant IUMuhi of tit Fnt Wek Cullrd From the Tolrgrnph Column. LI Hang Chung is In IVUn. Southern rebel defeated General flo'i army near Sun Chuti. The sttbmurtue boat Holland ha been placed in commission. Russia urgea that the diluent in deuiulty queatiou be arbitrated. Coal minera in the state of Kan havt won a ttrlke aud ir" to work. The memler of the Chilean cabinet have restgned, owing to a political cants. The National League baseball season came to a clove w ith Hrooklyu the peu uaut winner. Charles Fargo, second vice-president of the American Express Company, it dead at Chicago. The Lorain. O., plant of the Federal j Steel Company haa been closed, shut ting out 8.000 meu. The queen regent of Spain will ar bitrate the difference, at present exist ing between Fein aud Chili. A elergymttn of Blair, Neb., eouviet ed of bigamy, was teutcuced to four jreart in the peuitentliry. Dyseutery is raging among the troops it Tien Tiu and the German conting ent will transfer its headquarters to i Fekin. The steel ylauta of the Illinois Steel Works, at South Chicago, were cloned down, 2,500 men being thrown out of employment. Striking coal miners will accept the J 10 per cent increase iu wages offered j bT the operators it it lift all winter. 4 However, the men will not resume work until officially ordered by uuiou officer. In northern I'anay, October 13, Com pany D, Twenty-sixth Uuited State volunteer iufnntry, was attacked by a force of TagaW. The enemy lout 20 men killed and 40 wounded, while the Americans had two men wounded. Twenty-two prisoner aud 12 riHes aud a quantity of ammunition were cap tured. A colony of 600 Sicilian from New Orleans is to leave for Hawaii early iu January, under the leadership of Father Nasca, an Italian priest. The colony will be in the employ of an American company, which has large sugar inter ests in the Hawaiian islauds. The company will build a church, school tnd homes for the Sicilians. The United States has answered the Frenoh note. Roosevelt denounced the Deomcratio Issue of militarism. British ministerialists holJ 357 seat and the opposition 205. Horse buyers for Herman govern ment are in Kastern Oregon. A general uprising is expected in the southern provinces of China. Mgr. Chapel l argues for retention of church property iu the Philippines. An eight-year-old lioy cf Koaehnfg, Or., was killed accidentally while play ing with a rille. Oue man was killed and 12 injured in a riot in the anthracite region at Hazleton, Pa. Mrs. Ann Jane Darrah, of Liberty, Or., an aged and blind woman, wai burned to death. Thomas Sheridan, 50 years oil, a la borer employed in a shingle mill at Fairhaven, Wash., was run over by a train and killed. The American marines from Pekin have arrived at Taku, where they will be joined by the Tien Tsin battalion, and sail on the India ua for Cavite. The wife of a minister at Atchison, Kan., jumped into a cistern with her 8-year-old child and both were drowned. The woman was insane. A cablegram received from Commissioner-General Peck, at Paris, contain! an announcement )f final results ob tained at the exposition by the coun tries in the way of awards. The Unit ed States received 2,475 awards; Ger many, 1,826; Great Britain, 1.117; Russia, 1.413. The United States leads not only in the grand total, but also in all grades of awards, from grand prizes to merely honorable men tion. Referring to the mooted purchase o! the Danish West Indies by the United States, the Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: "The re newed negotiations will result, 1 be lieve, in the purchase. The opposition party in the Danish parliament favort the transaction, but urges tlio govern ment to obtain a larger price than the United States has previously offered. It is understood that America wishes to nse St. Croix as a naval coaling station." In Jeresy City, N. J., a daughter was born to the wife ol Bresci, the as sasHln of King Humbert. Five Minneapolis churches have paid the debts "hanging over them during the year, the total incumberances raised amounting to $38,675. The curator of the Field Columbian museum at Chicago claims to have found geological proof that the advent of life on this globe was more than 10, 000,000 yeais ago. Fifty New York manufacturers wht resorted to the ue of soft coal as a re sult of the strike have been arrestee for violating tlio smoke ordinance " It is proposed to establish in tht heart of the handsomest residence sec-, tion in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., a bom Tor old men who have had and lost for tunes. v Twenty years ago the city of Tronto, Ontario, began the erection ol a city hall, which was to cost $300,000 by the original estimate. The outlay on It to date has been $2,345,000, and if It twt yet finished, $1.50 PER TEAR. LATER NEWS. Russia tbauJous tut oouotrt of the owera. Captalu Shields waa wouudeJ In the fighting Iu Marluduque. Serlei of earthquakes did great dam age to property iu Alaska. Fourteen people were injured iu a street ear collision uear Seattle. Signal corps men were surprised by Tagala iu Neuva Koija provluce. Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, may be the new British mtutiter of war. Treasury Department may station a Chinese interpreter ou Puget sound. Bryan spoke to a packed house in Madison Squaia gardeu, New York. Queen Wllhelmiua announces her betnrothal to Duke Henry of Meek leu-hurg-Sohwer'n, Andrew Carnegie has presented 10, 000 t.i the towu of Hawick, Roxburgh county, Scutlaud, for a publle library. ft is reported a small band of Creek ludlaus iu Indian territory, art getting ready to make trouble aud resist pay ing the tribal taxes. The ludian agent are prepaiiug for any emergeuoy. Two men were killed aud out fatally injured by the derailment of a freight train on the Chicago A Alton, at Lawn- dale, HI. The wieek was caused by the removal of a rail by a section gaug making repairs. Fire in the lumber district of Osh kosh, Wis., destroyed 13,000,000 feet of lumber and part of the Holliaier Ames Compauy't mills aud the plant of Challouer'a Sou Company. The to tal loss amounts to $300,000. The United States transport Grant has sailed from San Fraucisoo for Ma nila. Ou the vessel art oO? casuals and recruit representing every regiment of tlie regular service iu China aud the Philippines. A large uumlier ol ho, ultal corn meu accompanied the sol- ! diers. ! An explosion of rubber cement in the j basement of a four-story building in I Itrott, Mich., resulted in a lire which ! cost the lives of two men and injured eight person, four of whom wer girls. The lire spread with such ri. pidity iliat the employes were com pen cil to jump from the upper stories. The Oregon Short Llues' fast mail was wrecked at Topa. 80 miles east o Pocaiello, Idaho, by running Into the rear end of a freight train standing on the main Hue. The engine of the pas senger train rolled dowu the embank ment, aud Engineer Beckmanaud Fire man George were Imdly injured, Au unknown tramp was killed aud anothei bad his leg crushed. Duller will return to Englaud. (icruiauy accepts France's prosuuil. Immense Held of coal ha beeu dis covered iu Alaska. Reformer defeated the imperial army on Kast river. The Boer are very active in the Krooustadt district. , Russians take the first step on the right bauk of the Amur. Lord Alverstone will be the uew lord chief justice of Kugland. Mexican troops are having a hard campaign against ludiant. Captain Shields and his 61 meu were rescued from the Filipinos. A milk combine has ben foimed by milkmen of Vancouver, 11. C. Roosevelt concluded his Kentucky tour with a speech iu Coviugtou. The rebellion In Southern China is anil-dynastic rather than auti foreigu. Yellow ever is expected to increase in Havana while sewers are lieiug dug. Fire at Herrick, 111., destroyed 10 business houses, causing a lots of f 50, 000. m John F. Adams, a patient at the Oregon insane asylum, hanged him self. Li Hung Chang expresse regret for recent occurrences and thank Ameri cans. Dewet proclaim that burghers who reluHe to tight will be made prisoner of war. A case of illness, suspected to be bu bonic plague, is reported at Stepney, a parish suburb of Loudon. Records that fell iuto the bands ol correspondents show that Chinese au thorities supported the Boxer move meut. A dispatch from Port Limon, Colom bia, says that a serious rite broke out and that several prominent commercial buildings were destroyed. The sultan of Turkey has leased to Germany for 30 year the island of Uroau, in the Red sea. 40 miles north of Kamaran, for a coaling station. Full returns as to the wine harvest throughout Germany for the year show that it is more abundant and of more excellent quality than for several years previous. Miss Amanda Fairman, a prominent young lady of Phllipsburg, Mont., was found dead in her room, having been shot with a shotgun. A shotgun was lying on the table. The suicide theory is denied, and it is believed she was murdered. The work ot building a woven wire fence along the Pennsylvania railroad right of way is nearly completed. The Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy railroad will shortly unite into one system all its branch and leased lines In Iowa and Missouri. The natives of Hawaii, be they ever no poor, never steal or beg. These of fenses are confined almost exclusively to the Portuguese residents of the lsl und. The United States raises 50 per cent of the world's supply of hogs. Women will vote for president in Idaho for the first time this year. Every year in the United States there are opened and eaten 8,000,000 bushels ol oysters. Much of this enormous orop comes from the Chesapeake. A oomplete list ol glass factories at tht opening of the 1900-1901 "fire" shows that there are 880 in the coun try. Indiana leads the list with 117 five more than Pennsylvania, which comes next, 'INDEPENDENCE. POLK COUNT V. 1 Therefore They Are Unable to Meet Strikers. THE END IS EXPECTED 8QON BtaUmont Prom tha NUnilpulnl of the Owners anil prl-ar re Unlua Must Nl U ' Rcranton, Pa., Oct. lir-ln response to a request for a statement at to hi views on the auswer ol the United Mlueworker la the operator ' proposi tion. T. II. YYatkins, president of tht Temple Iron Company, which company it largely interested in coal mining, to night gave out a somewhat lengthy tUteaieul, in which lis say in pert: 'Wtwill give our meu reasouable time lo return to work, trusting th will tea )ht mlatakt ol being guided and Influeucad by men who, however honest aud sincere they may bt in their effort to benefit tht miners ot the au thraclw region, ait nuablt to advise theiu Intelligently and for their best rmn.1. Din BT "Mr. Mitchell apparently thlnkt thai senate, out iu comereuce win. m tht control of the uiluiug opeiatlou bouse of representative a compnuuist rest In the baud of oue or two per- of f 100.000 wai reached, tht couces sous, notably Mr. Morgan, or that there ' lion being made that at tht next session is a trust of torn tort which can da- ! tht sum of 1360,000 would bt favorably cidt tht wholt question, when, a a ) considered, nutter of fact, there art ouly hree or j oriiseii Bfiveiive w..r. m-- ... . four of tht transportation companies In j which any oue concerned ha any In fluence, and ther do not represent 80 . per ceut ol tht whole anthracite ton-1 nage. More than 100 dlffereut com- j jmuie aud individual are Interested j in mining tht total tonnage, and no one man oan control or have tht slight est Influence over their action. I "Oue thing tht companies art ap- narentlv aureed arsui is that ihev will ! not agree. KfforU have been made for , years to gel tomt plan to which all ' could agree to control the touuage, so ' th.t lair i,rli-t noulil lie Men red lor a product which requires so large au investment ot money with such great risk to the labor employed, a well as the capital employed, but effort alter effort ha failed through (allure to agree on a plan that would not violate the law aud to which all could agree. "But Mr. Mitchell comes here aud says lo effe t that no miueworkers shall go to work outll every operator does Just exaclty what the other does aud that the Lehigh aud Schuylkill meu must have a new basis before the meu iu the Lacks wan aud Wyoming region cau go to work. "The United Miueworkers will lay themselves opeu if they have not al ready done to to the charge ol being the largest aud most daiigerou trust to the public welfare that has ever exist ed and tht organisation will make tht mistake of all other that of going too far aud using It power to hurt the public, at well at those directly Inter ested. "Our company will he glad to dis cuss the matter with our employes when they are ready to meet us with a view of going back to work, without regard to what Schuylkill operators may do. The strike has already cost us a great deal of money, aud the men much more, as well as loss of trade, which we may not recover in years. In tht meantime toft coal mines are working night and day tilling the place of anthracite coal." STORMY AT ST. LAWRENCE. Thirty Vrurli ItrUon Aslioro Nova Moulin Swept. Halifax. N. S., Oct. 10. Additional disaster to shipping ou this coast are reported. The known list ol vessel driven ashore now numbers 80, mostly owned iu the province ami Newfound land. The loss all over the country and iu-tho neighl)orlug provinces through toriiflc rainfalls aud washout aud damage to orchards and buildings by heavy wiuds will bt very many thousands of dollars. The Canadian Pacific wires connect ing Cape Breton with the rest of Nova Scotia are completely broken at the trait of Canso, where the cable was fouled by a schooner dragglug her an chor in the recent gale. Heavy raiu i falling again today throughout Nova Scotia. River and lakes everywhere are overflowing and destroying property. There has been no Canadian Paoiflo train Irom Mon treal in four days and a terious wreck of the Sydney expross caused by a Washout is reported in CapeBreeton. The Glouotster schooner Mystery; at Canto, report one man lost at sea. Manila, Oct. 16. Captain Deve ream Shields, who, with 61 men of Company F, Twenty-ninth reigment. United States volunteer infantry, was captared by the insurgents last month in the island of Marlnduque, was ies cued yesterday by the Amerioan resoue force with all the member ol bis party. , The naval board to examine the old Irigate Constitution has reported to the navv department that it will cost about $400,000 to place that vessel in condition, such as is coutoin plated by the'Boston Patriotio Society, which is raising a tund for the rehabilitation of "Old ironsides." New Zealand Mall Servleo. Wellington, N. Z., Oct. 15. The house of representatives today approved the postmaster-general' agreement with Messrs. Spreokels to continue for a year the San Francisco mail service. The vessels will run every three weeks instead Of monthly, beginning Novem ber 1. The time from San Franuisoo to Auckland will not exceed IB days. An amendment favoring a Vancouver Service was curriuJ without a division. Natural at St. Joseph, Mo. Bt. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 18. Coal and gal in paying Quantities were fouud east oT this city Mny at a depth of a little more than J.OOP leet. The gas will be piped to tlie oil? t onue. A voin ol coal that limy fvBch two leet in thickness waa fouinli New York, Oct. J6,-A dispatch to the Herald from Sinto Domingo, says A conspiracy agaiutit the government py many political prisoners has been discovered. The revolution is consul eied to have failed. There are rumors that Lavega it iu aims. GOVERNMENT SURVEYS. Hard Warh I Nsrr U tMiire Cea (rstslenal ltvunHlun, Washington, Oct. 16. All tht preat appropriation of tht goveiumeu. are Used upon tht estimates Ot tut r,verai department. AtthUtimtof tht year tht variomj office art prerlug their plaii and stlmatot for tht operallouolth8 Hi oal yar beginning on July 1, IV01. and ending June 80, 104. These estimate will be tiansmitted to congress and em bodied in t appropriation bills, mo of which will bt oouslderetl and paei during February, a congress adjourn on March 4, it Iwlng the "b ut session. The estimates which have peculiar Importance to tht arid region are those for the continuance ol the measure' meutt of river, tht examination nf I ..,l...nH ov.UM and MsiMolallV lilt I survey of reservoir tltes, aud report upon tht cost aud value of reclamation of largt areas of fertile arid lauds. rr aarvsr. At tht last session ot coiwress the National , Irrigation Association ener getically eudeavoiod to ht the annual appropriation Of tht geological survey i fur this purpose increased from the j I most absurdly turn uf $50,000 to the ! amount ol 250.OOO, this being mora Iu 1 accordance with tht need of tht conn ! try. Tht increase wa made In the " . .... ... . . t.k it.- A lessou that can be learned irom tne attitude ol many oi ne r.asivru a regards river and harlmr improve uienta; these improvements are notion i to chance or regarded with indifference, j but tht claims ol each locality are , f;M ri1M,nir tu his favor and mado known and systematically push- . vrtmn& lo him a letter from Fmperor td by organised effort, such " ! Kwang Hsu, together with doeumcn Iwarls ol trade or marchaiits' j Ury 9ytmof, giK to show that the associations. Fattern Interests are or-! t i,..1BM ru.ur BU, oonrt art less to ganiae.1 lor work, and when au Kastern , locality wants a river and harbor appto- j rlatlon it gees alter it in a uiorougn, systematic msniier. and Hner or later ei iv. tins is hum ....I .l..,..l,l .1.. Vt..n U'Mrn lu.unl di trade, chamber ol commerce and i nese court arrived at the new capital, commercial organisation should bestir Sloan Fn," aays a special dispatch from itself individually, bring all'the inllu- i Shanghai, dated yesteiday. "reaction ence it can to lar upon the senator ; ry edicts removing the moderates from and congressmen ol its state, and act- j high offices have been Issued, showing holy co-operate wlih the National lr- j that Prince loan holds tht Imperial rlgatloit Association lo not only Insure seat." la wifia hi. ..i,n,..l.ml axtiuii on tlmsM 1 The Daily Chronicle has the follow- ! itirvey estimates, but to ntherw ise ad- log Irom Vienna: "None ol the pow I .-.. ii,H lnt.,ro.t. nf the hi i.l reuiou er except France and the Uuited through ualloital chauuel. ! States approves the Russian propyl Irritation oi.,r.. M-nii,.. sgaiust China to the arbitratlou trlbuu The niutli annual session ol the Na-) 1 at The Hague." tlonal Irrigation Congress will meet at j Chicago Illiuois, November 30-23, j IU0O. PANAMA CANAL GOING AHEAD, j Will H ttutlt Ken If l'nltt ntalos lakes Mraragiia KnWrprUo. New York, Oct. 17. M. Hutiu, director-general aud president of the board ol director ot the Panama Caiuil J Company; General Abbott, chiel engi- j over, aud W. N. Cromwell, counsel tor i Hie caual company, were passouger ou ! the steamship La Lorraine from Havre j "The Panama Canal Company," said j General Ablsitt, ' "I waiting for the recommeudatlon of the Walker com- mission to congress au lor the action ; ol that laxly. 1 believe (hat the decis-; ton will be iu favor of the Pauaioa j caual a being more feasible and eco j mimical and giving better results. II the decision Is against the Panama caual the company will nevertheless go on building it. I believe that if tx'lli the Panama wild Nicaragua cunaU tin built nine-tenth of Ihn vessels wib choose the Panama canal as being the better. What the Walker commli-sioii beard when Iu Pat is was a revelation to it. Already between three and (out million cubic yards have been taken out down there and two-II It lis of the work has been done. Rlllsil n Poslniatir. Chicago, Oct. 17. A dispatch to the Record tioui Guadalajara, Mexico, says: A band of brigands, tinder the leadership of the notorious Pedro Flores. has been committing numerous murder aud robberies in the Antlan district of this state for several months. News has just reached here that the robbers made a bold raid ou the town ol Autlan and killed the postmaster. Following this unprovoked murder they looted the place and terrorirei the populace. They have a stronghold in the mountana and a detachment oi rurales has gone iu pursuit of them. Again llrlTnn from Mansflolil. Mauatleld, O., Oct. IB. The Dow- lelte Deacon Homer Kesslor, of Cht cago, made another unsuccessful at tempt to hold services here today. He was taken In charge iy the ponce wmio holding services at the home ol F. D, Caverand was sent out ol the clly ou the east-bound reunsylavnia passeugor train at noon. MeW York ClgarmakerV Strike. New York. Oct. 15. Samuel Gom- pers, president ol the American Federa toin of Labor, is in the city to endeavor to settle the cigannakers' strike, which has lasted now for more than four months. llevhad conference with representatives of firms who formerly employed about 4,000 of the 6,000 cigannakers who are still out. The Child Was Mutilated. Dayton, O., Oct. 17. The dead body of Ada Lauts, the 12-year-old daughter of Charles Lants, a carpontor, was loiind iu the rear of her father's residence Inat night. A surprise party had been tendered her parents and while the guests were playing carda the little girl left the house. Her ab sence was not discovered for half au hour and after a search of the wromlaes her body was found, Circumstances indicate that an assault had beeu com mitted upon the child aud this was borne out today by the coroners' inves tigation. The body was terribly muti luted. Three Killed bjr n Train. Newcastle, Pa., Oct. 18. John Korbie, a farmer; Kllen Korbie, his daughter, aged 10, and Auuie Korbie, aged 7, while crossing the Pittsburg & Lake Erie tracks near Carbon last night in a wagon, were struck by a train and killed. Oscar Kospi, the fourth occupant of the wagon, wa ew lously Injured, . -OUKUON. FKiDAY, OCTOHEU 10, 1U00. RHERSMVIHOUS Sweeping Everything Before Them In South China. THEY DEFEATED REGULARS ea Vat's Aridtjt Is No lnvoslltf the l'rrtorBt 11 of II ul koa-Oroal Aoiltiljr In Canton. Hong Kong, Oct. 17. Hun Yat Sen, ciHirdlng to reports from Canton, hat taken the town of Klu Hhau, ou Kast River, aud 1 now Investing tht prefec toMt city (if Hul CIlOU. A forct of illl- perlal troops from Canton was defeated by the reformers, 200 being killed. The advice say also that there I grtmt activity in Canton in preparation loi dispatching troops to tht disturbed districts, l"rtrt of Canipbsll's Colnma. TlenTsln, Oct. 17.-Tut British ool nmn under Lord Campbell, which tonus part ol the txptditiou agaiust Pat Ting Fu, aud it making a detour to the south of tht Pau Ting river, reached Tu Liu, ou tht graud canal, yeiterday. Mr F.rnest M. Satow, who iuoctt.lt Sir Claude McDouald a Britlih minis ter to China, ha started (or Pekln, M. de (iter, tht Russian minister, it likely to return toou, An Appoal te the Csar. Berlin, Oct. 1 7. The Chinese minis ter to Russia. Yang Yu. who visited j.;,,,,, Midiolas at Livldla yeeter (i ., uronnW aiiatalel lor the luterce L! . e (r tne BI,tl.(orelgn outbreak t)mll ,ll(J u jsslao emperor had been led ,wvw Kract lunar? ITitlett. liolliloll. Oft. 17. MllOt WIS ni tl-irinnno Aeropls franco's frttputal. Berlin, Oct. 17. The Berlin Neustt Nachrtchten say that it understand tlmt Germany's auswer to the note ol M. Peleasae, r remit minister or for eigu affairs, was dispatched today, aud that it is friendly in tone and raises no Ohjectloita to the principle set forth by M. IMoasse, It does not assert tst t'ta reply deals with all his propo sitioiis. Warning In Whlla Wnmon. Berlin. Oct. 17. A dispatch re ceived here from Shanghai says the British consul there warm Furopoan women aguinst coming north fiout Hong Kong iu the hoped joining Ibelr husbands, the situation iu the Yaugste valley being very atrium. BOER WAR NOT ENDED. Unespeetort Aelltl Itolays Lord Ituliorts' lrartur. Utmlon, (Vt. 17. Commenting upon the activity of the Boers aud the state ment (rout Cae Towu that Lord Ro berts ha postponed his home-coming, the Staudard says: "There are certalo indication point ing to tlio conclusion that unexpected difficulties havt arisen which Lord Roberta duemt grave enough to delay his return for tome time to come. The fact suggest tlmt it Is impossible yet to denude South Africa of any substantial nortloii of the large army now engaged iu dominating a sullen aud recalcitrant people." The editorial dually calls for the severest measures against irreconcila ble Boers, "prompt and ruthless pun ishment for every insurgent burgher caught in delicto." March lug Itosmnod. llatletoti, Pa., Oct. 17. The threat ened march of the strikers to Panther creek valley started from this section tonight. The objective joints ol the marchers are Ijausford, iu Carbon county, and Coaldalo, iu Schuylkill county. Theso towu are about 80 tiiilos south of Haxloton, and the strik ers expect to reach their destination early tomorrow morning. Most of the collieries in that sectiou are operated by the Lehigh Valloy Coal & Naviga tion Company. They have been work' iug all through the strike, despite the efforts ot numerous organizers sent to tlmt section for the purpose ol getting j the men to quit. Yellow Fever Will Increase. Havana, Oct. 18. It is generally ailmitted.that yellow fever wil increase in Havana when the streets are opened for the installation of the sowers, a work which will probably require three years. Major Lodge, paymaster for the division ol Cuba, is down with the fever. Car aheris Iturned. Cleveland, O., Oct. 17. The oar sheds ol the Cleveland & Kastern Elec tric Railway Compauy at Gates Mills, together with a number of cars and other property, have beeu destroyed by fire. The joss is $100,000. Fire In an Indiana Town. Sullivan, Intl., Oct. 17. Fire to night destroyed the large building in the public square ocoupiod by Barton Bros. department store. Loss, $100,- 000. Wrecked by Dynamite. Hot Swings, Ark., Oct. 17. A fathor, mother and four young children were blown to atoms this evening a Sells, Montgomery county, lour milt from Hot Springs. While the famll; was at supper their home was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite. The names ol the unfortunate people are Jeff and Maggie Jones, and their chit dren ranged in nge from six years to (our months. It is believed that a dis pute over a homestead claim prompted the outrage. The county officials wired touigtit that thev were close on the traok ol the guilty persons. DISTRESS IN THE GOAL FIELD. Want and Ruin Mat Fallow' la the Wako nf ! ttrtko. New York, Oct. II. A special to the World from llailetou, Pa., says: Want and ruin have followed in tht wakt ol tht strlkt In tht anthracite region. Families who lived in com fort while tht mines wtrt iu optratlou now feel the pinch of privation, and tht bare necessities ol txUttuot teem like luxuriot; business men, upon whom proserlty smiled, havt bean brought to tht verge ol bankruptcy: thriving towns havt become stagnant, casual travelers havt forsakeo thtm, aud neawpaper oorrespondeuta end la bor leader constitute tht most Import ant tlement in tht floating population. Tht striken who htd tumt little money on hand for an emergency havt out their llvlngjexpeiise down to a mini mum, buying nothing but food, aud little ol that. In many Instance, they art able to obtaiu tomt credit Irom lo cal dealers, but the bill cannot ran vtry high. At there waa littlt coal tobt hauled, theeoal imllrva4a bad to layoff lb crew of most of their coal train. There are actually In tne enormout yard at Mauoh C'bunck tevtral hun dred toal cart which, under normal condition, should be scattered on reti red Irom tht Atlantic to the Pflflo. In many towu it la now impossible to obtaiu coal lor dotnestlo nse at any price, . The stagnation ol trade bare U, ol course, felt by the manufacturer and wholesaler! of the Kastern cities, who furnish the supplies, aud as tht mer chants cau obtain no cash Irom tbtlr customers, they must appeal to their creditors lor leniency. Appeals are being made to the United Miueworkers' orgauixatlou lor lunds lor the relief ot the destitute striker who can get no credit. SITUATION IN LUZON. l.loulonanl riahartjr tars the Island I I'aelRod. New York, Oct. 18. Lieutenant Edward Flaherty, who has recently been honorably discharged from tht nrmy after recovcrtig from illness con tracted with the Twenty-seventh infan try iu the Philippines, believes that the Island ol Luxou ha been thorough ly pacified. "There are no Fllpinot fighting against the United States now, ' said he last night, "save struggling hands uf robbers or ladrouos. They are still thick in several provinces, and were noticeably numerous in the province ol Moroug until the Twenty-seventh In fantry drove them out in a oatnpiagn furling with the battle of Tamay last January. "All the Filipino, except the Taga los, are in favor ol A uericau suprem acy. Some of the Filipino have ac tually turned their arm against tht hull ones aud killed tome ot them. It i feasible to supplant a large number ot soldiers there with natives enlisted in the Americau service, and it ought to be done to spare our men. The la drone obey to a laige extent the ordert of Aguluatdo, though their baud are widely spread." Lieuteuant Flaherty said that Pri vate Ulasen, ol the First Nebraska vol unteers, was the first American to tin ou the Filipinos. "He did not Are uutil he had been fired upon," said the lieutenant, "aud then he killed a Flipiuo lieutenant and sergeant with one shot out of t Springfield rltle. The Filipinos began hostilities." Itnnkrupt Hoarding House Keeper. New York, Oct. 17. A petition in bankruptcy was tiled In the Uuited States district court today by Kllie S. Hunkiua, a lioardlug house keeper, with liabilities o( $598,118; assets none. Among the creditors are Charles L. Hutchinson, $90,000; Jame C. Hutchinson, $15,000; Northern Trust Company, $270,000, All of the above named creditors are residents of Chi cago, where the debts were contracted. These liabilities arose ou promissory notes which the petitioner indorsed loi her husband, George V, Haukina. Miner' Strike Affect. Franee. Pails, Oct. 18. The increate in the price of ooal, due to Great Britain' purchases and the Aqierican mining strike, has caused a difference of 8,500,000 francs in the French budget. The minister of fluauce, M. Calllaux, today informed tlie budget committee that railroad companies receiving a state subsidy, aud companies sharing their profits with the state, are asking for an extra allowance ot 8,200,000 franca, while the minister ot marine needs an extra 1,300,000 (ranot lox ooal lug the fleet. Mrs. Horatio Kuliens Robbed. Havaua, Oct. 18. Private di patches just receive here confirm EheJ report of the los ot money and jewelry by Mrs. Horatio Rubens, who lett Havana last month for Paris, going by way of Madrid. Mrs. Ruben wa rob bed while on tlie train between Madrid and Paris. She estimates her loss at more . than $80,000, It is believed that the thieves were In complicity with persons hero. Strike In a Boiling Mill. New Haveu, Conn., Oct. 18. Three hundred and fifty hand employed at the New Haven rolling mill went on strike today. The meu complain ol a reduction in wages rangiug from 6 to 17 ta per cent. . Ail nits Ills Defalcauon, Burlington, la., Oct. 18. II. A. Kelley, a prominent attorney, haj been discovered to be a defaulter in a large sum. He admits his guilt, and sayi his peculations extend baok several years. ' 1 " Yenesiieln Will Not Exhibits Caracas, Venezuela,' Oct. 18. The government announces that Venezuela will not make an exhibit at the Pan American exposition to be held in Buf falo in lOOL Ferrell on Trial. Marysville, O., Oot. 18. Kosslyn X. Ferrell was placed on trial here to day on the charge of murdering Adams Express Messenger Charles Lane, Aug ust 10. Ferrell made a written confes sion, in which all the details ot how he shot Lane and robbed tlie expren safe were set forth. The purpose of the robbery was to seoure money lor bis approaching mairiage with Miss Lillian Costlow, ol Columbus, in whose nresence he was arrested two day later. The young lady has been sub- . ' . ... . .L. ..... Tjoenued as a witness ior tun The only defense will be insanity. Fl Centi Per II About to Leave Concert Chinese Question. In HER INTEREST8 ARE 8ECURED Thorofor the Is Not Willing to follow the Irrooonollabla Atlltndo tf torn I the Oerernmenls. fit. Pttersburg, Oct. 18. The Rus sian government permitt it to Iwoome known that its attitude in China will be Increasing lndeendence of the con cert ol the powers. , Russia, it is ex plained, it ditpoted to attach lent value lo joint action tiuce her interests have been fully eeourtd by the tuccesaful oampalgn in Manchuria. Moreover, Russia it not willing to "follow the Irreconcilable policy ol tome of the power." Tne expectation, vnt puou oatlon add. It that the Chinese gov ernment 1 about to utilise all it re touroet ol duplicity to keep the power occupied with vain negotiation! aud proposal and tht dispatching oi note in order to gain time until the winter, counting on the rigor ol the climate to pt event military operation! and allow China to prepare her resources (or a ipring campaign. Ma Surprise In Washington. Washington, Oct. 18. The cable dispatch fiom St. Petersburg, indicat ing that Russia's attitude in China will bo Independent ol the concert of the powen, caused no surprise among officials here. It was noted wheu the aggreasve military movement ws ne gun by Germany and the expedition against Pao Ting Fu started, that Res ile waa among the powere which did not Join in the movement. Tlie dis patch from St. Petersburg is looked on at merely another tep. Moreover, it Is regarded at quite in consonance with the paoiflo tendencies of the govern ment, which have beeu dircctea an along to securing settlement by diplo matic meant rather than by the sword. STOPPED BY MILITIA. Marrhlng Striker round the Itoari. Hnrred by Soldier. Lansford, Pa., Oct. 18. About 1,000 meu and 80 women and girls marched 18 qiile, from the south tide of the lUsleton region, during the night, tor the Panther creek valley, where tbey expected to close the 10 collierie ot the Lehigh Coal & Navi gation Company, but just a the weary marcher were nearlng their destina tion this morning they were met ou a mountain road by three' companies ol tnfantrr. and at the point ol the bay onet were driven back .four miles to Tamaqoa and dispersed. Another crowd ol 800 striker Irom the north tide ol Ilaxletou also march td here and suoceeded in closing the company's No. 1 colliery at Neque boning, near Mauch Ch ink, before it wa nattered. The presence of the soldiers wai en tirely unexpected aud the strikers were much crestfallen that they failed Iu accomplishing the object of their long march. It was probably the most exciting morning that the Panther creek and the Nesquehoning valleys have ever ex perienced. Strikers were scattered over tlie various roads and companies ol soldiers were icurrylng in all dirco tion, heading off the marching men. For a moment just after the two forces met on the road in the darkuess, II looked as II a clash would come, but the good sense of those who had charge ot the stiiker prevented any oonilict. CAMPAIGN IN TRANSVAAL. French Clearing the Country Month ol Heidelberg. London, Oot. 18. Lord Roberts re ports from Pretoria, under date of Oc tober 16, as follows: "French started from Machadodorp towards Heidelberg to clear a pait ol ! the country not yet visited by our troops. "Mahon, commanding the mounted troops, successfully engaged the euamy on October 18, but our losses were severe, three officers and eight men be ing killed and three officer aud 26 men wounded. "French occupied Carolina yester day, capturing a convoy during hit march." Lord Roberts also reports a number ol minor affairs showing that the Boers are still active over a wide field. The British re-entered Bloemhoef, near Kim berley, October 14, uuop- posed, and captured 60 Boers. Olnssworkers Mnrehrd. Hartford City, Ind., Oct. 18 A body of striking glaesworker belouging to local assembly SOU marched from here to Eaton, Ind., today, and pre vented the Bauer window glass factory from opening. The window glass com pany has announced that it will open a nrovislon store . and thus escape the pooyott declared by the strikers. Aeeldent In Moravia. Vienna, Oct. 18. The facade ot the Cseoh high school, at Prossnita, Mo ravia, toppled into the street today, killing seven persons and injuring 10. Workmen Killed Iu a Storm. New York, Oct. 18. A Bevere wind storm overthrew the unfinished briok and steel building ol the Maoin Lino leum Works, in Newark, N. J., this afternoon, killing three workmen, fatal ly injuring two others and seriously in juring three more. Fresno Winery Burned. Fresno, Cel., Oot. 17. Kohler & Frohling's big winery in the Soaudiua ian settlement near Fresno is on lire. Ibe loss will be about $100,000. The Port tlmon Fire. New York. Oct. 18. The Are whioh started in Port Limon, Costa Rloa, Saturday, aooordiug tu late dispatches received here, destroyed the entire busi ness section of the oity and caused a property loss of $3,000,000 or over. Among the heaviest sufferers from the flit were the Port Limon Bank, Linde Bros., the United Fruit Company and several hotels. Chinese merchants were also heavy losers. Port Limon wa in a flourishing condition and the commercial interests of the city have been larse, - Copy. NO. 93.J. BRADSTREET'S ! REVIEW. Bu.lne.s Fully Kqual to That ot a Cor responding Ferlod Last Tear. Bradstreet' sari: Though some measure of business volume and value make unfavorable comparison with a year ago, and speculation Is certainly on a reduced scale in nearly all lines, other registers of trade activity art still viy favorable and it is hard to resist the conclusion that, with few notable exceptions, the actual busine of the country is as a rule fully equal to u not slightly in excess of the correspond ing periort of 1899. This, too, in the case in spite ot the distinctly lepressive tendency exercised by the present pre. Identlal campaign. Prioet of staple a a whole are firm, alter a sustained advance (or a mouth past, succeeding a summer ot quiet steadiness, but unhealthily ol the short tide in speculation bas been brought forcibly to the attention of dealers in a number of staple, notably hog product and flaxseed. Tht event ol the week in the iron aud steel trade has been the taking of 160,000 tone ol rails by the Ptnmryl- . vania at $86 per ton, announced on Friday. This action, which will probably be lotlowed by other com panies, dispose of the steel rail puzzle satisfactorily to the rail-makers, and constitute another element ot strength to the industry generally. Despite a ' decrease ol ovet 20 per cent in tlie cur rent pig iron pruudction from lour nionths ago, furnace stocks are reported increasing and prices are rather weak. Wheat, including flour shipments, (or the week, aggregate 4,298,855 bushels against 4,459, 1U7 bushels last week. Business failures for the week in the United States number 210, at against 177 last week, Failurea in the Dominion ot Canada nnmbei 3B, as coptnared with 18 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. enltlo Market. Oulous, new, IJ-40. Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate Potatoes, new. $15. Beets, per sack, 85c($l. Turnips, per sack, $1.00. 1 Beans, wax, 4c. Squash 4c. Carrota, per sack, 90c Parsnips, per sack, $1.25. Cauliflower, native, 75c. Cucumbers 1020e. Cabbage, native and California, ic per pounds. Tomatoes 30 50". Butter Creamery, 86c; dairy, 169 19c; ranch, 18o pound. F.gga 26c. Cheeee 12c. Poultry 12o; dressed. 14c; spring, 13(4 16c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $14.00; choice Kastern Washington timothy, tin. 00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $26; feed meal, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Fatent, per barrel, $3.60; blended straights,. $8.26;- California. $8.86; buckwheat flour. $6.00; gra hanr, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat dour. $8.36; rye flour, $3.804.00. Milhstuffa Bran, per ton, $18.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. PealChopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, f 20; oil cake neal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel steers, price 7)c;cows, 7c; mutton 7,H; pork, 8c; trimmed, c; veal, 9(3 lie. , llama Large, 13c; 'small, 134; breakfast bacon, 18c; dry salt sides, 8 Sc. Portland Mnrket. Wheat Walla Walla. 64 540; Valiey, 80c; Bluestem, 680 per bushel. Flour Beet grades, $3.40; graham, $3.00. ' Oats Choice white, 48o; choici gray, 41c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $16.00 brew ing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings, $31; shorts, $17; chop, $16 per ton. HayTimothy, $1218; clover,$79 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 45 55c; tore, 80c. j.-gga 25c per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 18o; Young America, 14o; new cheeee 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,609 8.60 per dozeu; hens, $4.00; springs, $2.003.00; geese, $0.00(38.00 doz; ducks, $3. 0095.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 14c per pound. Potatoes 40 9 65o per sack; sweets, lJ4o per pound. VegeUblea Beets, $1; turnips, 75o; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, 2c per pound; parsnips, 85o; onions, $1; carrots, $1. Hops New crop, 18H14tj'o per pound. Wool Valley, 1616o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 13o; mohair, 85 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, Zo dressed mutton, 6)(3 7o oer Tjound. , Hogs Gross, ohotce heavy, $5.75; light and feeders. $5.00; dressed, $8.0096.50 per 100 pounds. Beet Gross, top steers, $3.50 9 4.00; oows, $3.00 9 3.50; dressed beef, 69 7o per pound. Veal Large, 6M97Mc; small, 89 8 So per pound. Ann Frnnoisoo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 11 9 Ho per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10914o; Val ley, 1618o; Northern, 910o. Hope Crop, 1900, 189Hi'o. Butter Fanoy ' creamery 88o; do eeoonds, 2627io; fanoy dairy, 2$c; do seconds, 88c per pound. EgggStore, 28o; fanoy ranoh, 8C Millstuffs Middlings, $18.00 9 22.00; bran, $15.60910.50., H ay Wheat $8 9 1 8 wheat and oat $8.00910.10; best barley $9.00 alfalfa, $6.5097.50 per ton; straw. 2687o per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 80975c; Sa linas Bnrbanka, 70o9$1.05; river Bur banks, 80 9 65o; new, 75c 9 $1.25. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.73.25; Mexican limes, $4,009 5.00; California lemons 75o9$1.60; do ohoice $1.7592.00 per box. Tropioal Fruits Bananas, $1,609 8.50 per' bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66o pet pound. 1