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Drop In and see the Pianola for yourself. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent far the Aeallan Company Aeolian Hall, 353-355 Washington Street cor. Park, Portland, Or. We are sole agents for the Pianola. It is exhibited only at our warjsrooms. CROKER IN THE CABINET, Xo Doubt That Bryan Ottered Him a Position. "WASHINGTON. Oct 17. The belief Is generally expressed, since the demonstrar lion in New Tork. that Bryan has actu ally promised Croker a Cabinet position. No other, explanation is given of the manner Irt which the Democratic candi date accepted the attentions of Croker, the millionaire, who !has made his money out of New Tork corruption. It is now believed that the Bryan demonstration will arouse the business men of New Tork to the importance of defeating Bryan In order to prevent Croker from being the right hand of the National Ad ministration. jfan Ham Lewis Thrown Down. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. An interesting 6tory of the way Jim Ham Lewis was thrown down in New Tork yesterday is to'd by the New Tork papers. Ham left his other campaign engagements and hur ried to New Tork, hoping to get some prominence "by speaking on the same plat form -with Bryan. He was referred to Croker, and the big boss, after looking him over, said that he had all the freaks on hand he could care for, and, although there were a half dozen meetings, Jim was not given a show. He then scooted back into the country to continue his talks to small audiences, where plrik whiskers and scattering vocabulary can do no good nor harm. The Prohibition Train. ALLETvTOWaC. Pa., Oct. 17.-rThe Pro hibition special train left Scranton, Pa., early today, and made the first stop at Wl!k csbarre. The next stop was at Allen tow n. where &n open-air meeting was held in Monument Square. NEW TORK. Oct 17.-John G. Woolley. Prohibition candidate for President ad dressed over 1C00 persons at Cooper Union tonight He was loudly cheered. Indians Alarm Settlers. DENVER, Colo., Oct 17. Two hundred Uintah Indians from Utah have invaded Northwestern Colorado on their annual hunting expedition, and as usual on such occasions the settlers are greatly alarmed. Governor Thomas has appealed to the Federal Authorities to drive the Indians back to their reservation. Any Style 73-75 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. Incorporated 1B9G, Rooms Single 75c to JL60 per day Rooms Double 51.00 to 52.00 per day Rooms Family $1.60 to $3.00 per day C. T. BELCHER. Sec and Treas. American plan.... . ..51.25, 51.50, 5L75 fcjuropean plan 60C, 75c, 51.03 MASSACRES IN SHAN SI. Governor Loolced On While Foreign ers "Were Being; Tortured. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct 17. The Hong Kong Dally Press publishes well-authenticated details' of the massacre of mission aries and native Christlansln Shan Si. Governor Tu, who was admittedly respon sible for Missionary Brooks' murder. Is I declared to be directly responsible for the Shan SI massacres. The story begins with the murder of 'MJss Whltechurch and Miss Sewell, "whose house was surrounded by Boxers. Their appeals for protection to the local magistrate were greeted with the statement that his soldiers were for the protection of the Chinese, and not for such as they. This reply being made in the presence of the mob, the crowd thereupon broke Into the house, looting Jit Miss Whitechurch and Miss Sewell were men seized, stripped and clubbed to death. Miss E. Coombs, of the Bap tist Mission, was burned to death In her own house, the mob seizing her as she at tempted to escape, and flinging her back into the burning building. All the other missionaries, numbering 33, fled to the mountains, but were arrested and sent back laden with chains and Iron collars. They were driven on foot to the Gov ernor's yamun, where the Boxers wero allowed to torture them until they slowly expired. Governor Tu and his soldiers looked on while the butchery was in progress, and the 33 heads were afterward displayed outside the yamun. The1 same day 10 Roman Catholic priests and 40 na tive Christians were similarly slain. At Talkyou, eight missionaries were hacked j to pieces, and at Tanchow Fu. four Amer ican missionaries, jot. ana juts, irice ana their -daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. At water and their two girls, were horribly mistreated and tortured before they were finally stabbed to death. News is brought by the impress that four priests, with their converts, defend ed Santalze, Manchuria, for two months against Chinese regulars and Boxers be- I fore being relieved by Russians. The ' unfortunate village, of only about 1100 people, had about 600 cannon balls and 15,000 cartridges fired into it Tet they lost only 20 dead and 17 wounded, mosjtly women and children. The "village was destroyed and the church wrecked. The iattacldng force had 160 soldiers killed and 70 wouodeo. STRIKEATAIPD Operators Agree to Miners' Demands AND EVEN 00 FURTHER Result of the Conferenoe Held in Philadelphia. UNION CAN NOW CALL IT OFF Sliding; Scale Abolished Advance i. Will .-Remain, in Force Until $ April 1 or'IOHRer. PHILADELPHIA, Oct 17. The great strike of the anthracite mlnoworkers of Pennsylvania, which began September 17, practically ended today, when the Phila delphia & Heading Coal & Iron Company and the Lehigh Valley Coal Company agreed to abolish the sliding scale in their respective regions and to grant an ad vance in wages of 10 per cent net, the advance to remain in remain in operation until April 1, 1901. or thereafter. This ac tion meets the demands of the Scranton miners convention. The decision was ar rived at after a conference between rep resentatives of the Individual coal opera tors and the large coal-carrying compa nies. The conference began yesterday. Today's action was the culmination of the recent' meeting of the Individual op erators at Scranton, following the mine workers' convention In the same city. Nearly all the collerles In the coal region had, previous to the mineworkers' con vention, posted notices granting an ad vance of 10 per cent The mineworkers, In considering this, demanded that the sliding scale in the Lehigh and Schuyl kill districts be abolished, the increase to be guaranteed to April 1, 1901, and all other differences be submitted to arbi tration. The individual operators agreed to everything, and the appointment of a committee to Induce the Beading and Le high companies to abolish the sliding scale and make the wage increases per manent followed. It is conceded that the result of today's conference is a complete victory for the men. All the demands of their conven tion are acceded to, and, as one of the individual operators put it-after, the con ference, the operators" go a little further In agreeing to maintain the wage ad vance after April 1. , This same operator, who requested that his name be not used, said, In speaking "of the conference: "It Is up to the miners now. We have agreed to everything and nothing re mains nowi but for them to return to work as soon as the notice Is posted by the colliery managers. This notice will be practically similar to .the Reading Com pany's notice, the pharaseology only being changed. I look for'a resumption of op erations by Monday, at the latest The conference was entirely harmonious jand every phrase of the strike situation was gone over." Just hot? soon the official order notify ing the men that the strike is ended and to return to work will be Issued by President Mitchell can only be conjec tured. It is believed here that no order to return will be issued until a notice similar to or In line with that of the Reading and Lehigh companies is posted at all the mines. The Reading Company's notice reads: "This company hereby withdraws the notice posted October 3, 1900, and to bring about practical uniformity In the advance of wages lnthe several coal Teglons, gives notice that It will suspend the operation of the sliding scale, will pay 10 per cent advance on September wages until April 1, 1901, and thereafter until further no tice, and will take, up with the mine em ployes any grievances which they, may have." The conference today was held In the private office of President Harris, of the Reading Railway Company. There were present George EL Baer and John L. Welsh, directors of the Reading Company, and reputed representatives of the Mor gan interests in that company; President Harris and General Manager Henderson, of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company; John B. Garrett, vice president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company; Congressman William Cornell, of Scranton, an Individual operator; Her bert M. HbWe, representing A. Pardee &- Co., and A. S. Klmerer, of Mauch Chunk, representing "Klmerer & Whitney. , Vice-President Garrett, bf the Lehigh Valley Company, said: "Concerning our operations in the Schuylkill Teglon, you may say that the action of our company will bo similar to that of the Readlpg Company. In other districts, however, certain conditions exist fpr Instance, the price of powder, wnlch must be treated separately, and we have not decided definitely with re gard to them. These matters are now In the hands of Superintendent Lathrop, whose headquarters are at Wilkesbarre." Calvin Pardee & Co , extensive Individ ual operators In the Hazleton district, an nounced, that they will post notices to morrow similar to that Issued by the Reading Company. This undoubtedly In dicates that all the Individual operators will- do the" same. REJOICING IX HAZLETON. It Is Believed All the Operators Will Follow the Reading:. HAZLETON, Pa., 'Oct. 17. The news from Philadelphia today that the Phila delphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, after a conference with officials of other mining companies, had agreed to the an thracite miners' proposition brought forth many expressions of surprise that It should come so soon after the conven-' tlon of Saturday last. President Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers, when In formed of the Reading Company's action, declined to say whether the union would let the men return to work at those col lieries where the operators had accepted the miners' proposition before all the other companies had fallen Into" line. It Is generally believed that the big coal carrying roads that mine coal will quickly follow the Reading Company and grant acceptance of the proposition, and that all other operators will do the same. The first companies In the Hazleton re gion to take action similar to that of the Reading Company were Calvin Pardee & Co., operating the Lattlmer collieries, and A. Pardee & Co., owners, of the Cranberry mines, both of them individual concerns. These companies will reduce tho price of powder from $2 75 to $1 ft), which reduc tion Is to be considered in arriving' at a net Increase In wages. The news from Philadelphia spread through the entire region with almost lightning rapidity. Everywhere satisfac tion wa3 expressed by the striking miners and others. It is believed that the strike will be officially declared off this week, and that all the men will have a chance to return to work Monday. .Eleven Slavonian strikers, who are al leged to have been the leaders of ai mob which started a riot at Oneida last Wed nesday, when one private guard was killed xrad several persons dangerously in jured, wero arrested today at the place, and taken to Pottsville.for a hearing. The officials' of Coxe . Brothers &.Co., whose mine was the object of attack that day, caused the arrests. At Pottsvllle the men were given a hearing before j3qulre Conrad on the charge of rioting and the murder of Ralph Mills. They wero committed to prison to awalt-'a trial. ; George Kellner, one of the wounded dep uties, recqgnized Thomas Harcus, a pris oner, as the person who inflicted his wound. - Attitude of the LaeJcavranna. . NEW TORK; Oct. 17.-Presldent Trues dale, of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company. When asked about the agreement between the Lehigh Valley Coal Company and their striking employes, made the following statement: "The settlement between the" Lehigh and Reading, companies and their em ployes does not affect us. The sliding scale of wages has not been used by us. We stand on the" 10 per cent Increase basis, which we made public in our for mer notices. .Jf the action of the Read ing and Lehigh' companies will create new conditions - In this matter, we have as yet not taken any step to meet those. I am not prepared to say what we may do."- yictory for the Men. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct 17. W. B. Wilson, secretaryrtreasurer of the United Mineworkers of America, this morning sent the following telegram to Eresldent Mltchel aHazleton: "Have Just heard from Philadelphia that the operators have accepted the terms of the Scranton convention. It Is a great victory and will make our organ ization a power for good in the anthracite region, as woll as In the bituminous fields, If our members wlll continue to pursure the same .peaceful, dignified and "conservative course-whlch has character ized their actions " during the present strike." ADMIRAL MELVILLE'S REPORT Weeded Changes in Bureau of Steam Engineerings WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 In his annual report, Engineer-In-Chief Melville urges an appropriation, of 51,000.000 for a 6000 ton repair-ship, on the plan of the Vul can, but Improved In detail. The force of Engineer Inspectors Is said to be entirely insufficient, and It Is sug gested that some of the younger line offi cers might be detailed to thfs duty with much benefit to themselves, as well as to the service. ' . "The' Sngrrr"cr-rlC5ileCii!lcftes a vstromj4- argument against tne proposeu consouuu.-, tlon of -Naval bureaus, pointing out that in every large shipbuilding planti the bureau system prevails, with a more com plete separation of the special branches of work than is practiced In the Navy. Ships of war are of Such construction, in hla opinion, that it would be unsafe to trust their, design to any one man, with the prospect of his carrying but his par ticular fads or experiments Therefore, he argues ttiat the present Board of Con struction Is always necessary, as adviser to the Secretary of the Navy, an he" asks the Secretary" to withdraw the rec ommendation made by him to the . last Congress for a consolidation. The Engl-neer-ln-Chlof expresses the opinion that the personnel bill was either a mistake or the proper course has not been taken to carry" ont Its Intent. The condition of the steam engineer in terests of. the Navy Is said to be evert less satisfactory than last year, and It is urged that In nq other way can relief be obtained than by the immediate assign ment touty as under-studles and assist ants to the experienced engineers In the Navy of the younger line officers, In as great numbers as Is consistent with other duty. It Is claimed that success already has attended the assignment of line offi cers to such duties, and that the practice should be extended. As a matter of fact, there are now available 100 less engineer officers than Just prior to the passage of he personnel act, which act was Intend ed to increase their numbers. The sug gestion '4s made that Naval Cadets be trained In 'engineering aboard the Cincin nati or the Raleigh ailer these jvesae's are thoroughly modernized. A consider able increase Is wanted In the numbei of warrant machinists, who have given general satisfaction. The estimates for the various navy yards and stations are as follows:. New Tork - $656,835 Norfolk, i 443,986 Boston ? 276.323 Mare Island 352,523 League Island ... 161,457 Portsmouth 13,812 Port Royal 9.SS4 Washington, D. C 34.847 Pensacoia 6,549 Key West 22,663 Newport .".. 9,379 Bremerton 9,502 An appropriation is'asked for a machine shop, foundry and smithy at Honolulu, although no special estimate i9 submitted. Armor-Plate Decisions Postponed. WASHINGTON,, Oct. 17. The matter of adjusting "the differences between the armor-plate companies and the Navy De partment, which Secretary Long hopes can bo arranged eventually, will go over until after, the Secretary's return from his Western trip. Upon his return an other conference will be held 'with the representatives of the armor-plate com panies and a favorable outcome Is antici pated. Brittle-Ship Alabama in Commission. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17. The battle ship Alabama has gone Into commission. They crew, of 550 officers and, men were paraded on the forward deck when Cap tain W. H. Brownson, who will command the ship, read his orders and. had the flag and his pennant raised. It Is expected the battle-ship will remain In the Dela ware River about two weeks, and' will then Join the North Atlantic squadron. Prosperity Coming: to Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, Oct 17.-Secretary Long has received a letter from Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, In which tho latter tells of- a tour of the Island, of' the pros perous condition iof -the sugar crop, and of the very satisfactory coffee crop. Gov ernor Allen Predicts that with these pros perous cropSj th& people of the island will soon be Upon their, feet financially. , Torpedo-Boats in Collision. ' WASHINGTON, Oct 17. A telegram received at the Navy Department states that the torpedo-hoats Dahlgren and Cra ven were in collision outside Newport last night and were obliged to'pirt back. They reached Newport safely. W. L WILSON DEAD He Was Postmaster-Genera! Under Cleveland. PAMED AWAY AT LEXINGTON.' VA. Political Career ef the Mas. "Who Drafted the Wilson Ta- 1 Bill. LEXINGTON, Va., Oct M.-rWiUlam L. Wilson, president of Washington and Lee University, and ex-PostmasterHGeneral, died suddenly! at 9:30 o'clock this morn ing from congestion of the lungs. He had been failing ever since his return from Arizona. His son. Dr. Arthur Wil son, of Lynchburg, visited him Sunday and left Monday. Then came the sud den change Mi. Wilson's attending phy slclanld not, give up hope of his rally ing until late last night Mr. Wilson was . r- j& v. : - sr ' TlkE LATE WILLIAM L. WILSON. ( . confined to the'npuse from Tuesday a week ago, but .was thought to be im proved when his son left him. He wa3 conscious until the last By his bedside wore his wife, his daughters 'Misses Mary and Bettle Wilson, and one son, Will iam H. Wilson. Mr. Wllson'si. funeral will occur at Xfharlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va., Friday morning at 10 o clock. The re mains wilr" leavo Lexington that morn ing over ther' -Baltimore & Ohio at 4 o'clock, accompanied by the family; Harry St. George Tucker, chairman of the fac ulty of professors; committees of the faculty and Board of Trustees, and a committee of 12 students Services will bo held tomorrow afternoon In Lee Memo rial Ohapel at the university. All duties were suspended today at the university. Tho remains are now lying In state at tne president's home. (William L. Wilson was horn In Jeffer son County, Virginia, May v3, 1843. He was educated at Charlestown Academy, at Columbian College! District of Columbia, and at the University of Virginia. He served in the Confederate Army; was pro fessor In Columbia College" for a time; practiced law at Charlestown, W. Va.: was a delegate In 1880 to the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati; was president of West Virginia University In 1882-83, and was elected to Congress as a Democrat from the Second district of West Virginia In November, 18S2. Ini 1883 he received the degree of LL. D. from Co lumbia University and Hampden, Sidney College, Virginia, and was appointed a regent of the Smithsonian Institution In 1884 and .reappointed In 1886. In Con gress he became prominent as an orator and as an advocate of the Democratic doctrine-of free trade, t and was succes sively re-elected, serving1 six terms. In 1892 he was permanent president of the National Democratic Convention at Chi cago, which nominated Grover Cleveland for President, and in the 53d Congress he was chairman of the committee on ways and means, the leader of the Democratic majority on the floor, and drafted the bill forTevislon and reduction of tariff duties, known as the "Wilson tariff bill." He was defeated for re-election in 1894 by A. Gv Dayton, Republican, by a vote of 23.343 to 21,392, but February 28, 1895, be fore his term of servlco had expired he was appointed by President Cleveland Postmaster-General of the United States, to succeed -Wilson S. Blssel, resigned.) IRISH PARTY IN PARLIAMENT Better Organised Than Any Time Since Parnell's Day. ..NEW TORK, Oct 17. The Irish Nation alists have returned to Parliament with undiminished strength, says the Tribune's London correspondent. Tho Healyltes were defeated In the final faction flgnt in mid-Tlpperary, as .they have been throughout the canvass. Mr. Healy, ar ter challenging Mr. O'Brien to a trial of strength, has been left alone. The United Irish League has triumphed all along the line, with Mr. O'Brien as tho chief organizer and paymaster. The Na 'tlonal party now consists of the United Irish League, Wth Rednfond as Its leader, and O'Brien as the master machinist Mr. Healy is only a free lance on the 'Irish 'side. Tho Irish party Is now more complete ly organized than It has been since Par nell had it in the hollow of his hand, Neither the Queen's visit to Dublin nor tho glamour of the "khaki" campaign has .served todlv,eTt the sympathies of the Irish people from their own places. Fac tion feuds have only forced them to gether In a closer afii firmer organiza tion. The Unionist majority In the new House of Commons will be 132. Before the dis solution it was 123, and after the general election of 1895 it was 152- Never before in the history of England has the gov ernment been returned to power for a second term "with such a preponderance of voting strength, and not since the passing of the first reform bill In 1S32 until the present occasion has the Con servative party been' so successful at the polls, after appealing for" a verdict of the country. RIBIL GINIRALy CAUGHT. Alvare, a Tag-al Leader, Captured in Mindanao. MANILA, Oct 17. Under cover of a storm last night. Captain- Elliott of tho Fortieth Infantry, surprised the rebels headquartera near Oroouota, Island of Mindanao, and captured, without fighting. General Alvarer and his staff and 25 sol diers. The capture Is important and will tend to pacify $he district Alvarez has been fora long time provoking hostilities in Mindanao. It was he who effected the disastrous attack on Oroquota some time ago, and he was preparing another when he was captured. Detachments of the Twenty-second and Eighteenth Regiments engaged the rebels near Tubuguan, in Southern Panay, rout ing them, killing 20 and wounding many. THE FILIPINO PRISONERS. Experiences of the Shields Party la , Marinduque. MANILA, Oct. 17. Full details are now at hand as to the capture of Captain D. Shields, and his party by Insurgents m the Island of Marinduque, last month, and their; experiences before their rescue. After weeks of captivity, hard treatment, hunger and continual marching to avoid the rescuing force, which greatly ag gravated the sufferings of the wounded. Captain Shields and his command were delivered by the rebels to General Hare last Sunday, at Buena Vista, on the Marinduque coast Captain Shields and hl3 party, while operating east of Torrijos, were taken "In ambush In the steep hills. They at tempted to cut their way to the coast, but became subjected to the enemy's four sided fire. Captain Shields being shot twice and badly wounded. After four had been killed and five wounded, being out of ammunition, the command sur rendered -through a misunderstanding among them, to 25 Insurgent riflemen and 125 bolo men. The rebels divided their prisoners Into small parties and conveyed them, heavily guarded, to Impassable vol canic mountains. On thl3 news reaching Manila, two com panies of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, un der Colonel George S. Anderson, were Immediately sent to Marinduque. This force was followed by eight companies of the Eighth Infantry, under General Hare. The combined force of 1200 men proceeded to occupy all the towns In the Island. The wounded praise unstintedly the care and services rendered them dur ing their captivity by the Hospital Corps men who were with them. Cennus of Philippines. BERKELEY, Cal., Oct 17. President Wheeler, of the State University, has re ceived word that President Carl C. Plehn has arrived in the Philippines, and has commenced the work of Inquiry Into the conditions of the Internal situation- There he will have charge, of the first census ever undertaken In the Philippines. Un der tho Philippine Commission, a night school has been opened in Manila for the purpose of instructing In English. More than 200 students are attending, and an other school will be started. Dr. Davxd P. BaTrows, Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction, has been given entire charge of the schools In Manila. He will reorganize them according to modern Ideas, Philippine Postal Service. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. F. W. Vallle, Director of Posts In the Philippines, ha3 notified the Postoffice Department that ho has opened a night school for native postal employes at Samolloc, where they may study English. A general order has been Issued In the Philippines notifying native employes that they will be ex pected to use every effort to secure a working knowledge of English, that night schools will be established wherever prac ticable, and that In the postal service preference always will be given to English-speaking natives. Fight in Sugar Trust. TRENTON, N. J., Oct 17. In the case of Robert J- Trimble against the Amer ican Sugar Refining Company, in the Court of Chancery, before Vice-Chancellor Pitney, Trimble states that he Is a stockholder In the American Sugar Re fining Company, and he charges that the funds of the company are being dissi pated In a fight being made against the Arbuckles, who are In the coffee business. The Vice-Chancellor has reserved bis de- cislon. JOHN SHERMAN SIC Venerable Statesman Danger ously 111 in Washington. NO FEAR OF IMMEDIATE DEATH The ex-Secretary H4s Been Gradu ally Grovrinc Weaker and. Worse lor the Past Weelc WlASHEOGTONv Oct. 17. Johs-Sherman is dangerously 111 at hla -residence on, IC street, in this city. The attack has taken the form' of a general collapse, In part due to the general debility Incident to old age. and to the effects of serious ill ness, from which he suffered while on a trip to tho West Indies two years ago. He never had fully recovered from that Illness. Mrs. Sherman's death during the Summer at the old homestead at' Mans field, 0. also had Its effect on the ven erable statesman, who deeply mourned her loss. Mr. Sherman returned to Washington several weeks ago from Mansfield, and since that time has been living In tho family residepco here. He way then fee ble In health, but was able to take dally drives about the city. For the past week, however, he has been gradually growing worse and weaker, and yester day and today his condition becoming: serious, relatives In various parts of the country were notified of the change. Some of them ore expected to come to the city. There is said to be no immediate dan ger of death, and It Is possible he may rally, if no further unfavorable symp toms occur. Tho ex-Secretary is In hla 7Sth year. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS Month's Collection Shovr Deereaae Over September Last Tear. WASHINGTON. Oct 17. The mowthly statement of the collections of Internal revenue shows that the receipts from ail sources in September, 1900, amounted to $23,463,814, a decrease, a3 compared with September, 1809, of $1,067,071. The re ceipts from the several sources of reve nue are given as follows: , . Decrease. Spirits .,............ .$3,704,028 $316,517 Tobacca 4,568,205 425.4D3 Fermented liquora....... 6,821.250 200.0SI Oleomargarine 1S7.88L 20,600 Special taxes not else where enumerated 80,620 74,943 Miscellaneous .... 3.083,0&i 431,573 increase. For the three months ended September SO, 1S00, the receipts from all sources ex ceedid those for tho correspondlns period of 1893 by M.514.783. A notable decrease in the receipts Is shown in the sale of documentary and proprietary stamps, the decrease in the last month being $485,368. as compared with'September. 1899. and during1 the last three months, $1,251,323, as compared with the corresponding period last year; The Loyal Lesion. DTDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Oct 17. The 16th annual meeting of the commondery In chief of the Loyal Legion was begun here today. The commander-in-chief Is Lleutenant-General John M. SchofleJp, who is the guest of tho Indiana com mandery. SUMMARY OP IMPORTANT NBWS. Political. Roosevelt was given a creat reception hvdeT land. Pae 2. v A Cleveland hoodlum struck Boceerelt with a rock. Paso 2. Honna's trala mads 14 a tops In South Dakota. Pa&o2. Bryan beraa hla tour of Nvw Tors State. Pago 2. Philippines. Alvarea, a Tagal leader, was captured la Min danao. Page 1. Rebels were defeated In an engagement at Tu buguan, Panay. Paso 1. Particulars are received of tho experiencea o Shields' expedition. Page 1. China, Chlnesa reformers captured Hul Chow. Page B. Tho United. States gunboat Marietta baa gone to Canton, which Is threatened. Paso B. Franca wants peaca necotlatlona to begin at once. Page 6. Federal Government. The work of tha cnsu enumerators JjjjJhiUhed. PageS. """ Englneer-ln-Chlof Melville makes hla annual report. Paga 1. The torpedo-boats Dahlgren and Craven collid ed at Newport Pago L September Internal revenue collections show a decrease. Pago I. General "Wood Is on hla way from Cuba to Washington. Page 3. Captain O. M. Carter Is seeking- his liberty on a habeas corpus. Page 3. Foreign. Hohenlobe has resigned. Von; Bulow may be the new German Chancellor. Page 3. A French expedition waa massacred In Africa. Pages. Empress Frederick was secretly married last. April. Pago 3. Domestic. Tha mlneowners agreed to tho strikers de mands. Pago 1. "William L. "Wilson, ex-Postmaster-General. Is dead. Page 1. John Sherman 13 dangerously ill m Washing ton. Page 1. The defenso closed in. tha Toutsey case. Paga3. Sport. Llpton's ohallengo was accepted by tho New York Yacht Club. Pago 5. English horsemen are fighting American Jock eys. Pago 8. Pacific Coast. Salem Light Company sue FL R. Anson, form er manager, for heavy damages. Pago 4. Temporary appointment of Chinese Interpreter for Puget Sound Immigration district Page 4. The Oregon Baptist Conference Is in session at The Dalles. Paijo 4. Nome has had Its first fall of snow. Pago d. Great rush for homesteads In Oregon City land office district. Page 4. Mlneowners active la tho Sumpter district. Pago 4. Commercial and Marine. Oregon hops selling" freely at high prices. Pago 11. Wheat market shows no signs of recovery. Pago 11. Two mora grain ships clear from. Portland. Pago 10. Local. Council repealed penalty clause. In the license ordinances. Page 12. Claud Gn.tch, of Salem, addressed big Repub lican rally at Sunnysidc Pago 8. UcNamer brothers bring good reports from Koyukuk mines. Page 8. Very few street-car men will veto far Bryan. P&S012, . i