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A3 THIS! TISS3 TS1 CISCt'LATJO OF AWT PAPEB 1H TE8 CC'J?iTY. CP C.LLIAJS COUNTY. CONDON ADVBBTISIXB B.ATBB. rrsuousr) svssv Tiumtur v ....8. A. PA1T1SON..., ' . Editor sad FroprlslM. 41 9 per awatt Oil iun . INm awnta One-onai ir oolame. gun uii eotana, t SB Mr aux M W pot meaia Baalsm local, arm MebarfodeAM anew pa I.Kao tar M laaeraoa and 1 ataM eat Um ther rnscnirTioit hatxsi Onty.irdn advane.).,,......,.., ................ fl M II nut ild Iti advance,... .................. j Sis months ......, hr met ft 0ii(MM(MiMMMfiM4MM W iiigl eoplui.,. ......... win la an i condon; gilliam co., okegon, tiiuksday.' October ist 1900. Barfed ta the NO. 32. tarty stdnriat thaw. VOL. X. htMMifteTltll GLOBE. ' Pit't el It rvtoftol at AMm, vv.U. ewiM wmut O. 11. a M. C. Time Card. ARliaerra:, canons. Hew Urn .ard, taalug sSeol Suadar, err llilit IlfT BiV. . t- Vt Tttintlnirtoii, t.e.,...1:Me. at. Ko. 4 Via Spuk.ii, ! ....? :i p. m. Ktt. St-Lucel liihl, UnvM p. Bb wwrr souse. - Ko. 1 Portland, laa. ......1J : a. at. Ko. a-Partiainl, learee 4Mb. m. hu. InV-Leuel li alhl, Icam 11 M a. at. J. X. UUKK, Al.Bl, Artlasloa. Attorney at Uf, Notary Public and Conveyancer. : Condon, Or. : Cnlt.fltom.nit In.nrarira. T.rml reasonable I) Bun 111 re.rul MMt4illiva outlUIMK, atalu .tree!. EVENTS OF THE DAK Epitome of the Telegraphic ; News of the World. TKR8B TICKS FRO HK WIRES Aa Interesting Collection of Item. From o''n Two Hetnlephere. Pre 'ill i ' In a Con-taueed Vtvas. FATTIbO!! SO TAB! FUELI1 I) Ofllvala Clobe talldtaf. COHIMiN. . - OK BOOR. H.J, W. VOuKI, Specialist fwr R fraction and D Lets i( the Eye, , H ill Vlli Condon Ktrrjr Tare. Month.. atch Wei Ciiliimn lor Dal. OAU E. 0 VAN VACTOft ATXORBEY-AT-LAW. IBM toruar 8)rlB iuhI and Ores.ee erasa COfcUOM. OB BOO. The Regulator Line. r.3 Dale, P.rtlanJ I isliria NAVIGATION CO LATER NEWS. THROUGH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE.... dry Line of Siramm Brtweta Port land, Vancou vf, CaKaaa Locki. Hood Rival and all PoiaU oa Um Vaaoioftoa mU Ti .mrr nRrHf n rUtotator t l.i. d rrrrr innrulu (nc.pl luadarlar, i'rt Tut Ii.llra a. m arririnf at dMUaa I on la aoi,a uaia tar oulgulug tralaa. rlbt Halaa Uraallj Batlucad. v' W. C. Al.I AWAT.O.a. At, Pool ol t'ourt bumI, Tlia Datlaa, 0a. n aF7 oiilio 'iilo I I - rum AflMigluo 1 riilraco KU fjkka, IVnfarJ W.tl a. av l'..rti,i. r l. ttorih.n iialia, HtmiKl Kaiiu. I'liy, tit. .Mi,u, I.iin.(JtiUagoaiiJ ra-t, , ' A Manila Hull I k. Iiir, titla-Bt. r. M. VVurtli.Omalia, 1:41 a. ib. Kama. I'm, Mt. lx.ul.,CHlcaiaud fcaal. : - Flinkana W alla Walla Uarla- 1:40 a, a. Fiver tun. HMilmii, Mill- 101" p. la. tiill,Hl. faiil, tliilulli. NUh.h- " .i;lili'ujkh.ait :'jil..ia. Oc.alltaiKlhlai. .0S a. a. AM .altliif data. iiIjJioi lu eliaut Fur Pun rraiirUra kail rjf daja. Iih II r Calvaiala lf 4 Ma m. rt.HiiiMlar alumtra. I. Sunday :IHi h. lit. . Kmiitiliir Ta Aatorla and It'ajr luiuu . in. IjhiUiiii.. (Utia.m WHI.ia.lt. Km. 4:S0a. . ki.huu.i.y Ka.auadar Dri-roii Cltjr, Naw. bii, Halaui, I lid. ' Ii.niliic A May .mliiisa l iiOa. m. WHIaia.M and Ya. 1Mb. ia. I'm , 'I Imr. kill Rirara. Man.. Wad. aud aak . and (L Orron rltjr, rtajr- t ton, A Wa Laud 1K. , . 6 1)0 a m. Wlll.m.lla Ulnar. 4:0p lu.-.., TUnr Man.. Wad. and cat. I'nrtland M Corral- and Vil. li. A War Laud ing. I.t l(liarta fnaka Rli.r. LT.I.wUtox ::iia. in. lailr Dally Hlparla ta Lawliton I a. a. I. X. CRANE, Atant, ArUngtoa, W. H. HUWLBURT, faaaral raawocai Acaat rarttaaaV a Hryan concluded hit toor of IlllnoU, Cecil lUtodoa will re-enter politic. The einjireaa dowager li aaid to be 111. Robert will name bla own euoooe tor. Colville ludlan reservation it oiwned for ettlenient. " Rooeevelt ipoke to en Iromene audi inve in St. Louie. ' Ceneda will sell crown mining oUim in Klondike. , General Brooke nrgei reorganisation of the army on modern lines. Conger has prepared a list of Chinese oflicUU that shoo Id be pnuiined. Idaho Bold lent' Home was destroyed by fire. One inmate was suffocated. The American IHble Society far Dishes a list ot missionaries killed by J (oxers. General MecArthor reported to the war department that the transport Roeeoians and the transport Argile arrived at Manila with Light Batteries C and M, Seventh artillery, Majoi J U. Oreenoogb. P. II. Giihooley. oootiael for the Kliaabetbport, N Banking Com. nany. announced that William fiolitlo ber, a nit.Hlug clerk of tue bank, was a detunlter to the amount of 150,000, and that the bank directors bad made good the aoinout of the shortage. Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state tor India, baa received the fol lowing from Lord Carson: "The gen ersl condition of crops is excellent, and except in pait of Bombay famine conditions are disappearing. The to tal number on the relief list has fallen to 2,746,000." The American Bridge Company closed a Contract to furniah alt of the structural stoel to be uaed in the erec tion of a big arsenal at Kara, Jspxn. The money value of tbe ooutratt is be tween .'50,000 and f 300,000. It wilt require six mouths to inrulab tbe material, and it most be delivered at Knre within a year. Officials of the North German Lloyd Bteatnship Company at New York City bave awarded a contract for a mono ment to be erected in a plot owned by the company in a cemetery in North Hndaun, in memory of the persons who lout their lives in tbe great Are that destroyed the piers and etna mere of the company at Uoboken, on June SO last. Bryan made 14 speeches in Southern Illinois. The Chinese court rcmses to retura to Pektn. Fraifce Is anxious to annex Yrnnaa province. . ... ," ' Russian troops may withdraw from Manchuria. Chamberlain Is mentioned as a pos sible successor of Salisbury. The ministerial majority in the Brit- tub parliament will be from 150 to 100. Trades Council orders strike on Seat tle's buildings. Over 1,000 uieu are idle. - The Boer now occupy Wepner, as well as Kouxvllle and Hcksmirg, in Orange River colony, and the BiitUh are attempting to surround them. Five thousand pilgrims assomliled at the St. Nikandet monastery, in tne I'orkhoff district, St. retershnrg, for a religions festival. During the night one of the upper floors oollapced apd many of those sleeping there fell npon those below. A pttnio ws caused I y a false alarm ot fire, and four men and 88 women were crushed to death, mauy others being seriously injured. Arrangements for buildtug 8,000 freight curs for the Baltimore ft Ohio railroad bv the Pullman Company, at Pullman, HI., baa been completed The contract calls for 2,500 box cars. each with a capacity ol 60,000 pouuds. and 500 flat oara. The total cost of the rolling stock will be f 1.805,000. This is the second large order for freight ettuiDinent given by tbe Baltimore & Ohio manaiiement within the last week. The first order was for 6,000 steol care. to oost f 6,000.000. Ilsvins found the native of Tutulla Ot to serve ss pofioemen aud maintain peace and order, Commauder B. r Tilley believes they would make excel lent soldiers to man the fortifications of Pa ii go Pango harbor. In private letters to officers on duty he bst indi cated that tbay would make effective artillerymen. To enlist a regiment o natives, it would be necessary to on- tain special authority from congress The natives who are acting as police men were eulifttad by Commauder 111 ley as landsmen.' It is likely, how ever, that a force ol marines will be permanently stationed st Pango Paugo, White blackberries and greeu roses have been p'ropagated in Lousiana this year. .. . ; . Seventy-two new coal mines have been opened in Prussia this year, iu creasing the output lor 1000 by 3,500,' 000 tons. What promises to be the best apple crop In the history ol Canada not merely the quantity, but quality it now last approaching the harvest sa son. ' " Li Hong Chnng is in Pekin. Southern rebel defeated Genera) ilo's srmy near San Chun. ' Tbe submarine boat Holland baa been placed in commission. lluMiia orae that the Chinese in demnity question be arbitrated. Coal miners in the state of Kansas have won a strike and gone to work. The mem hers ol the Chilean cabinet have resigned, owing to a political cause. . , . ' w -.--V" The National League baseball season came to a close with Brook lyu tbe pen nant winner. , CANTON IS ALARMED Spreading of the Revolt Southern China. in AGUINALDO'S PROCLAMATION. tlato Lopaa FEAR OUTBREAK IN TUB CITY la Dlstrlata In tha IV a I Hal Wal Tr . feature Are Now In the Hands , " af the Kabel. Ilong Kong, Oct. 15. Tbe reformer Run Vat Hen. accord ina to dispatches Chnrles Fargo, second vice-president from Canton, has unfurled the reform Of the American Express Company, is gag in the important town of Wei dead at Chicago. :;, IChou, on East river. This act has The Loraine, O., plant of the Federal given rise to considerable excitement Steel Company has been closed, shut- in military circles in Canton, as it is ting out 8,000 men. - believed the object in raising the flag . . 0 . , I In Wei Cbou U to denude Canton of , Tbe qrtt en regent of Spain will ar- ( , h clt bltrate the differences at present exist- , I ing between Peiu end Cbili. J London, Oct. 15. The Times has A clergyman of Blair, Neb., convict-, tbe following from Houg Kong: Tbe situation in tbe Wei Hal pre fecture is serious. In six districts the oities are In tbe bands of tbe rebels. It an outbreak should occur in Canton, its suppression would be difficult. Berlin, Oct. 15. A dispatch received here today from Shanghai eays a very serious view Is taken at Field Marshal Count yon Waldersee's headquarters in Tien Tsln, of tbe revolutionary movement. At Canton a false alarm October 7 caused the Chinese officials to protest aaginst any occupation ot Cbinsese territory. The Yangtse vice roys, the dispatch adds, openly affirm that thav will oorjose any advance of Striking coal miners will accept the u,e Germans into Shan Tung province. 10 oer cent lucrease - In wages onerea ed of bigamy, was sentenced to four I years in the penitentiary. Dysentery Is racing among tbe troops at Tien Tain and the German conting ent will transfer its headquarters to Puktn. The steel plants of the Illinois Steel Works; at South Chicago, were closed down, 2,600 men being thrown ont ol employment. A minor offiolul of tbe Vatican at Rome has !ecn arrested on the charge ot giving the thieves aocess to tbe room from which the sum of about 860,000 lire was recently stolen. Brands It as a Clams ,. forgary. ' Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18. I Lonls K. Ehricb, a member of the Na tional executive committee of the Anti-Imperialist League, today received a telegram from Sixto Lopez, in Bos ton, one of tbe foremost Filipinos and a man who atands near Agninaldo, denying emphatically tbe authenticity' of the proclamation purporting to have, been issued by Aguinaldo in January, 1899, in which the Philippine leader instructed his followers to occupy the boose tops along tbe line wbich the American soldiers should follow in en tering Manila, and orging them to pour oil and toiling water on tbe sol diers. Tbe alleged instructions further incited tbe Filipinos to use speais, which would lesve the bead of tbe weapon in the body of the victim when the shaft was withdrawn, and urged other and varied forms of torture of the American soldiers. Lopes' tele gram is addressed to Mr. Enrich and reads: "Boston, Mass., Oct. 12. The proc lamation to which yon refer is a clum sy forgery, which is only believed by bitter opponents. It is tbe work, no doubt, of tbe Spaniards or the monks. who try to. create ill feeling between the Americans and tbe Filipinos to the discredit of tne latter. No such dis graceful or diabolical proclaamtion was ever leeued by Aguinaldo." Sixto Lopes's teleyram was called forth by query sent to bim by Mr. Kbrkh as to tbe authenticity of the al leged proclamation. PECULIAR INSURANCE SUIT. CAN'T GET TOGETHER by the operators il It laata all winter. However, the men will not resume work until officially ordered by nnlon officers. In northern Pansy, October 12, Com pany D, Twenty-sixth United States volunteer Infantry, wae attacked by a force ot Tegals. Tbe enemy lost 20 men killed and 40 wounded, while the American had two men wounded. CENSUS OF PORTO RICO. Only SS Par Cant af Population Kdnea tUuallr Quallflad to Vote. Washington, Oct. 15. Tbe recent census of Porto Rioo has developed tbe (act that there are 201,071 males of voting age in the island, but tbat only 26 per cent aie educationally qualified to vote. Tbe native-born whites of the ialana number 120,205, and the col Mineowners Could Not Agree Among Themselves. ' SO CANNOT MERT TUB STRIKERS atntament Fro n Ua Standpoint of tar Ownare and Oparatora End of Strike Bapaetod Soon. LADRONES OF LEYTE. OS-an. Scran ton, Pav, Oct. 16. In response to a request for a statement a to his views on the auswer of the United 1 Mineworkers to the operators' proposi tion, T. II. Watkins, president of the Temple Iron Company, which company is largely interested in coal mining, to night gave out a somewhat lengthy statement, in wbich be aya in part: "We will give our men reasonable time to return to work, trusting they will sea tbe mistake of being guided and influenced by men wbo, however honest and sincere they may be in their efforts to benefit tbe miners of the an thracite region, are unable to advise them Intelligently and for their best good. . "Mr. Mitchell apparently thinks that Via avnrsv-il af than miiiinit firwir a tirtna ) vuHtivs VI stiv uaU vruiHvua rests in the band of one or two per sons, notably Mr. Morgan, or that there is a trust of some sort which can de cide tbe whole question, when, a a matter of fact, there are only three or lour of tbe transportation companies in which any one concerned has any in' Wife ?n rtin were cap- ho tive tna i8iand number Tbe Spaniarda Twenty-two prisoner and 12 rifle and oreA niltivet a quantity ol ammunition tured. 8.662. and whites born In other coun- A colony or 000 Sicilians from New tries are 3,104. Orleans is to lesve for Hawaii early iu Of the whites of Porto Rloan birth, January, under the leadership of Falhei 85,897 were litetate, forming 29.4 per Kaca, au Italian priest. Tbe colony ' cent of this class. Of the colored, la, will be in the employ ot an American 676 could read, or 17.2 per cent ot tbe company, which has largejmgar Inter-' race. ' Under the educational voting ests in the Hawaiian islands. The qualification, therefore. Are Plundering and rotlowlng alra Tactic ' Manila, Oct. 15. Tbe west coast of tbe island of Leyte-ts In state of tor moll. The rebel ladrones are actively plundering, the disturbers following offensive taoticr, raiding and attack ing and then returning to tne garrison- ' ad towns, while the Americana pursue them to tbe mountains. General Ma jica's offioers are surrendering and his soldiers, attempting to escape to Samar In boats, are being captured, and bis organization broken up. Tbe captured guerrillas and ladrones, when ques tioned, stated tbat on tbe 6th instant 80 Americans attacked 45 rebels, rifled their stronghold in Camarinea province and routed them, killing 10. Two Americana were killed and three wounded. Twenty member of the Thirty-second infantry, in an engage ment on tbe 10th Instant, in Batan province, had one man killed and four wounded. The Philippine commission, of which Judge Taft la president, today passed eight bills of minot importance, one providing for civil increase ot salaries of several municipal offioial, includ ing school tiacbers. appropriating $7, 500 in gold for tbe construction of a garbage crematory at Manila and for tbe reorganization of the auditor's office. fi m-i-L. t.llt 1. 1 (A. a I AAA - I iu. TVflgMl um, naJLiua iut ,,wv.,- i 000 in gold for tbe completion of . 1 Spain's plan for Manila harbor lm I provements, elicited comment from one 1 representative of Manila' Interna tional Chamber of Commerce to the effect that, aa the merchants bad long been pa vine a special impost fund to company will build church, school and homes for tl e Sicilians. Tbe United States has answered the French note. Roosevelt denounced tbe JDeomcratk iasoe of militarism. British ministerialists bold 857 seat nd the opposition 205. Horse buyers for German govern ment are in Eastern Oregon. A general n prising is ex petted In the southern provinces ot China. Mgr. Chapel le aiynes for retention ol church property in the Philippines. An eight-year-old boy cf Rosebnrg, the number entitled to vote in the island would be 47.973, or 25 per cent of the native 1 born male of voting age, and 24 per i cent ol all male ol voting age. -I In tbe cities ot San Juan and Ponce 1 concentrated a consderable part ol I the foreign element ot the island, and here, if anywhere, will tbe restriction et the tuffraye to the literate give the ' foreign-torn an advsnUgj. It ia well, therefore, to examine the conditions in i these two cities. In tbe cities of San Juan uud Ponce the number of persons 21 years ot age and over, and who can Han Wants to Itaeovar Policy on Whom Ho Murdered, Philadelphia, Oct. IS. A suit to re cover insurance upon tbe life of his wife, whom be killed December 31, 1893. baa been commenced in this city by Professor S. C. Shortridge, wbo Is now residing at Kennett square, in Chester county. Tbe suit, which is to recover the sum of 177,022 from the Provident Life & Trust Company, is one ot tbe most remarkable in tbe his tory of life insurance. The tragedy wbic!i ended the. tbe life Mrs. Short ridge was enacted ia Media. Several yeais before Professor Shortridge bad come to Media with bia wife and fam ily, and established what waa known as the Media academy for yonng men. For several yeara tbe venture waa suc cessful, tbe school having a higb-clasa patronage. Then Mrs. Shortridge died. In November, 1893, Profeesor Short ridge . married Miss Dixon Jones. Shortly after bis second marriage, tbe professor began to act strangely; Tbe night of tbe killing, six weeks after the marrla-M, Professor Shortridge in vited bis wife to go out aith him tor a walk. A short distance from the. bouse be shot ber through the heart and then attempted suicide, but was disarmed. In the trial which followed. Professor 8' ortridse wss acquitted on the urouud ot insanity, and was confined in an asylum until a year ago, fluence, and tbev do not represent.30 ' this end, tbe merchants should belong per cent of the whole anthracite ton-: to fhe board controlling the constrnc nage. More than 00 different com-! tion; and that as the United States had paniea aud individuals are interested ' collected (3,000,000 since its occu pu is mining the total tonnage, aud no J tio by imposts for harbor Improvements, one mau can control or ha ve the slight-! be failed Ao see the necessity tor the est influence over their action. "One thing the companies are ap parently agTeed upon is that they "will not agree. Efforts have been made for ........ n nAft v.... a nl.n n wl.i. ll .. 1 1 VJ t Will. J""M vj ....... m . a . could agree to control the tonnage, so that fair price could be secured for a product which requires so large an investment of money with such great risk to tbe labor employed, aa well as tbe capital employed, but effort after "e: effort baa tailed through failure to aeree on a plan that would not violate appropriation of insular funds and sug gested the nse ot a special fund. The discussion was deferred until Friday. AN ANARCHIST'S CONFESSION, Aaaaaaln Tails al Brcaal'a Accomplice the Amaricaa Plots. New York, Oct. 15. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Rome, The anarchist Bertollani, ar rested at Milan as a suspected aocom- plice of Brescl, has made a confession .' i a. 1.1... the lawa and to which all could agree. I " " "But Mr. Mitchell come, here .nd ' kown JS! say. in effe t that no mineworker. n h ld- "r .hall go to work until every operator j nehirin advlnt doe. just exaclty what tbe other does I ' Nples, warning j . T.. ...... . .ii -t . i 1 1 Italian anarchists were coming from l,U , II. MV MCW.g.. . . ...... men must bave a new basis before tbe read, are distributed as follows: In San Jnan, 1,925 native whites, 1,100 Knanish-born. 592 born in other conn- An eicnt-year-oio ooy ti noaeonrg, i , - - , , Iv Or., w..llL accidentally while play; o'lon rJ! white. 409 : Spanlah-born, 268 born In other coun 42 injured .nd l.aeii colored. ing with a rifle. One man was killed and In a riot iu the anthracite region at llaaleton, Pa. Mrs. Ann June Darrah, of Liberty, Or., an aged aud blind woman, waa bnrued to death. An aeronaut fell from a balloon at GayV Mills, Wis., aud waa lnstautiy kilied. It was his 83 1st ascension. Thomas Sheridan, 60 years old, a la borer employed in a shingle mill at Fairhaveu, Wanb., waa run over by a train and killed. The American marines from Pekln have arrived at Taku, where tbey will be joined by the Tien Tsin battalion, aud sail on the ludi ua for Cavlte. It appears that In the city ot San Juan the native whites and the colored each outnumber tbe foreign element. In Ponce this proportion Is even great er, the nstie whites being more than three times aa numerous as the foreign element, while the colored is double its number, Family Burned to Death. Boston, Oot. 15. Three persons, a father and two sons, were burned to death in a shanty in Roxbury at 2:30 thia morniug. The victims are: Ed ward Tousealin, aged 45; Edward Tousealin, aged 27; Jamea Tousealin, aged 14; Tousealin bad lived in the lie carried on tneous- ROW AT MATANZAS place 10 yeara. Tbe wife ot a minister at Atchison, J lues of wood peddling and one side ot Ran., lumped into a cistern with ber 8-year-old child aud both were drowned. Tbe woman was insane. The rcsolt'ol the first day of regis tration In Chicago for tbe presidential election, whirh occurs next month, shows that 285,361 voters entered tbulr names on the reaistration books. The fint day four years ago 203,507 voter registered. A cablegram received from Commls- his abode had a shed where be pre pared the wood for market. The bodies of Tousealin and his aons were almost consumed. Several years ago Tousealin' wife was burned to death in thia same place, ber clothing hav ing oaugbt fire while aha waa cooking meal. Oanoral Fie; lit Between American Cav alry and Cabaa Police. - Havana, Oct. 13. At Matanza yes terday a Cuban policeman interfered with two members of the Second Unit ed States cavalry. Tbe quarrel culmi nated in a general fight between the po lice and soldiers, who arrived upon the scene simultaneously. After the police bad shot Trooper Turey, of Troop D, one other soldier and one civilian, a number ot troopers of troop D tried to break into tbe gun room to get their weapons, but the quick action of Cap tain Folta of troop D iu forming troops L and M in skirmish order made It im possible for tbe excited cavalrymen to pass. Lieutenant Willard ia said to have bee J slightly hurt while endeavor ing to quiet the men. Tbe troopers declare they will have revenge, and Captain Noiea has ordered all confined to the barracks. The feeling is strong between the Cubans and cavalrymen. Tbe authorities here look upon the in cident aa a pay-day tight, but an inves tigation haa been ordered. men in the Lackawana and Wyoming ; regions can go to work. "The United Mineworkers will lay themselves open If they bave not al ready done bo to the charge of being; tbe largest and most dangerous trust to the public welfare that has ever exist ed snd tbe organization will rauke tbe mistake of all others that of going too far and using its power to hurt the public, as well aa those directly Inter ested. "Our company will be glad to dis cuss the matter with our employes when they are ready to meet us with a view ot going back to work, without regard to what ScKuylkill operators may &o. Tbe strike haa already cost ua a great deal of money, and the men mncb more, aa well aa loss of trade, which we ' may not recover in years. In the meantime soft coal mines are workimi night and day filling the place Df anthracite coal." STORMY AT ST. LAWRENCE. Locomotive Blow tip. St. Louis, Oct. 15. A special tele oratn rora Mexico. Mo., to the Poet- siouer-General Peck, at Paris, contain ! Dttpatoh says: Engine 105, while an announcement l Dual resale ob- hauling the east-bound passenger train taiued at the exposition by the coun on the St. Louis & San Francisco, at tries in the way of awards. Tbe Unit- the usual speed, exploded at Cuny- d States received 2,475 awards; Gr- ville, about 80 miles east of thia city, many, 1,826; Great Britain, 1.117)' early this morning and vaa blown al Russia, 1.413. The United States most to atoms. John Mason, colored leads not only in ihe grand total, but porter, of Roodhouse, 111., bad his head also In all grades of awarda. from I cut off, and several others were in graud prises to merely honorable men- jured. Fifty yards ot track waa torn tion. op, and train delayed for several Referring to the mooted purchase ol hours. It is not known what oaused the Danish West Indies by tbe United , the explosion States, the Copenhagen correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: "The re newed negotiation's will result, 1 be lieve, in the purchase. The opposition party in the Dauish parliament favors the transaction, but urge the govern-, ment to obtain a larger price than the United States has previously offered. It is understood that America wishes to use St. Croix aa a naval coaling elation." , Road Improvement htis begun in the Philippines, with money collected from customs at Mauila. Lorin rouse, of Hadley, Mass., died at the ago ot 100 His father lived to be 09, and his six brother aud sister all passed 70. James Ellis Tucker has sailed lor Honolulu to revive the customs law au 1 service of the Hawaiian islands so aa to bring thmu up to the standard of those at home. Mexican Major Bipelled. Chicago, Oct 15. A specal to the Record Irom Monterey, Mex., says: An official Older ha just been issued by Secretary ot War Bernardo Reves, ex pelling from the army Major Carlo Glasa, the grounds tor expulsion being thst the officer made publio statements in the presence of bis superiors deroga tory to tbe Institutions of Mexico. Grata Oainblara Arreted. Chicago, Oct, 15. Twelve promi nent speculators in the Chicago Board of Trade were arrested today in the raid made by the police on the open board. Among them were Charles Al bertson. president ot the open board. The general charge made is "gambling in Brain." It ta stated that 80 more warrants have been issued in conneo tion with the attempt to suppress the alleged gambling in grain and pro vis tuna. ' Gas Tank Biplodod. Albany, Or., Oot. 13. Stephen i-tolta waa killed and Fred Beia severe ly injured by the ex plosion of an acety lene gas tank in tbe basement of Reia' saloon, at 10:30 this forenoon, ine gas plant had not been uaed for a year. Stolta, who waa a plumber, and Mr. Reia undertook to lemove tbe tanK from the ground. They carried a lighted candle whioh ignited the gas, which bad formed in tbe tank. Stolta'a left arm waa torn nearly off, the axil lary artery was severed, and be received injuries from which he died halt an hour later. Reia was badly cot and bruised from conoussion, but will re cover. Stolta was aged 24 and leaves a wile. Rebellion la the South. Shanghai. Oct 13. Cbeng, the Tao tai. has returns from General Lu, re- Dortintr that a serious rebellion haa broken out in the southwestern part of Kwang Se province, tbat hi 30,000 troop are inadequate and tbat the need at least 100,000 to cope with the danger which ia directed at the Manohoa and threatens to !e worse than tbe Tai Ping rebellion. It is understood tbat the Yangtse viceroys bave sent 80,000 troops to suppress the rebellion. Coinage la India. Simla. British India, Oct. 13. -The secretary of state haa completed the purobase of 1,000,000 of silver for coinage into rupees, and 1,000,000 In aold is being shipped to London. The silver purchased dplacea gold in tbe current reaarve, under tne recently passed act. When the coinage of the last purchase is completed, eight and a half rrores of rupees will bave been added to the stock ot rupee since Feb ruary. Thirty Veserle Driven Aahoro Nnra Scotia Swept. Halifax, N. S., OcL 16. Additional disasters to shipping on thia coast are reported. The known list ot -vessels driven ashore now numbers SO, mostly owned In the province and Newfound land. Tbe loss all over the country end in the neijrhtonug. provinces through tcriiflc rainfalls and washouts aod damage to orchards and Imildiuiis by heavy winds will be very many thousands of dollars. The Canadian Pacific wires connect ing Cspa Breton with the rett of Nova Scotia are completely broken at the trait of Canso, where the cable was fouled by a schooner dragging ber an chor iu tbe recent gale. Heavy rain is tailing aeain today throughout Nova 8cotia. Rivera and lakes everywhere are overflowing and destroying property. There has been no Canadiau Pacitto train from Mon treal in four days and a serious wreck of the Sydney express caused by a washout la reported In Cape breeton. The Gloucester schooner Mystery, at Canso, reports one man lost at aea. Manila, Oct. 16. Captain Deve- reaux Miieiiis, wno, wun oi meu oi Company F, Twenty-ninth reigmtnt. United States volunteer infantry, was captured by the insurgents last mouth iu the island of Marinduque, was lea- cued yesterday by the American rescue force with all the members of his party. The naval board to examine the old frigate Constitution has reported to the naw department that it will cost about $400,000 to place that vessel in couditiou, such as is contemplated by Ihe Boston Patriotic Society, whioh is raising a lund for the rehabilitation of "Old Ironsidea." America, to kill tbe king, bnt tbey paid no attention to my letter. At an an archist meeting in Pateraon, N. J., even men were (elected to kill king. and chiefa of states. One oi them was alloted to kill McKinley or Bryan dur ing tbe presidential campaign. 1 do not know tbe name of the man wbo was assigned to this duty. The recent Chicago plot was independent of that hatched at Pateraon. I believe other plots having the same object, have been organized in the United States. An archista bave killed kings and queens, now tbey should kill s president of a republic to ahow the world that for an archist there are neither monarchies nor republics, and tbat a king ia aa cheap as a president." Transport Broke Down. Seattle, Oct. 15. Major Ruhlen, assistant quartermaster here, haa been notified by the quartermaster-general that the Kaugtse, the freighter- under charter to carry animals and anppliea from Seattle to Manila, has met with an accident off Singapore, and will probably not euter the government service. She broke her shaft and ia expected to be laid up for at least five weeks. As a result ot tbe accident to the Kangtoe, several additional vesaels will probably be at once chartered. The Mogul has alreaady been chartered from. Dodwell & Co., and will carry of the canto intended for tbe nart Kangtae. Sne will be loaaea wun ior age and will go under tonnage charter. The Mogul is not expected to arrive here until about November 1. - Flood. In New Brunaarlak. St. John, N. B., Oct.. 15. The province of New Brunswiok haa re ceived a terrible drenching from rain storm which lasted 108 hours, and which in amount equals 10 inches. Not train ia moving on the Canadian Pacifio Railway between St. John and Vanoeboro, or on the branch linea ol the road to St. Andrawa, St. Stephen, Fredencton or Woodstock, Tbe tie-up is due to washouts. Conditions are the worst which have existed in tbe Canadian road' history, and tbotts anda of dollars are represented in the damage already done and In lose of traffic Burglar. Boh the Tatlcaa. 'Rome. Oct. 15. A number of the papera here publish the extraordinary statement that the securities valued at 857.000 lire, the theft of wbloh from the Vatican waa recently reported to the Italian police, bad been atoien some time previous to February last, snd were sold in that month on the Paria bourse. Tbey were stolen, it is asserted, by order ot an Italian capital ist. If the story be true the more re pent burglary was committed with the pbjeot of deceiving tbe authorities. This theory has produced a great im pression at the Vatican, bnt it Is not generally credited. Maine Goes to Maga.akL London, Oot. 15. The American Ladies' committee has received dis patch from Wei Hal Wei, dated Wed nesday, Ootober 10, reporting tbe re turn there of the American hospital Now Zralnnd Mail Service. Wolliniiton. N. Z., Oct. 15. The house of representatives today approved . the postmaBter-geueral a agreement with Messrs. Spreckels to continue for , iL. Cat L'ai rini unn ivi ta K I COrtli f4k ' n jour uio "" t . . . . m . ,n in- Tho vessels will run every three weeks sutp -"'.-T instead of monthly, beginning Novem- , f-lWl ol ""'J tor 1. Tbe timo from" San Francisco nd 69 men are Americans, and 19 o to Auckland will not exceed 16 day. , l"f 'f thf. .' An amendment tavorinH a Vancouver ! Jnj. The Maine will aail for Na.ak wrvige was carried without a division. )' . , ,