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EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of thf. World.
TERSE TICKS FROk ,HK WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
h Two Hemispheres PreiMts 1
f In a Coc-lenaed Zccm-
The United States has answered th
French note.
Roosevelt denounced the Deonicratic
issue of militarism.
British ministerialists hold 357 seats
and the opposition 205.
Horse buyevs for German govern
ment are in Eastern Oregon.
A general uprising is expected in
the southern provinces of China.
. Mtr. Chapel le argues for retention of
church property in the Philippines.
An eight-year-old boy cf Roseburg,
Or., was killed accidentally while play
ing with a ritie.
One man was killed aud -12 injured
in a riot in the anthracite region at
Iluzleton, Pa.
Mrs. Ann Jane Darrah, of Liberty,
Or., an aged and blind woman, was
burned to death.
Thomas Sheridan, 50 years ol3, a la
borer employed in a shingle mill at
Fairhaven, Wash., was run over by a
train and killed.
The American marines from Pokln
have arrived at Takn, where Uiey will
be joined by the Tien Tsin battalion,
and sail on the Indiana for Cavite.
The wife of a minister at Atchison,
Kan., jumped into a cistern with her
3-year-old child and both were
drowned. The woman was insano.
A cablegram received from Commissioner-General
Peck, at Paris, contains
an announcement of final results ob
tained at the exposition by the conn
ries in the way of awards. The Unit-
I states received 2,475 awards; Gor
many, 1,826; Great Britain, 1,117;
Russia, 1.413. The United States
leads not only in ihe erand total, but
also in all grades of awards, from
grand prizes to merely honorable men
tion.
Referring to the mooted purchase of
the Danish West Indies by the United
States, the Copenhagen correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph says: "Tho re
newed negotiations will result, I be
lieve, in the purchase. The opposition
party in the Danish parliament favori
the transaction, : but urges 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 as a naval coaling
station."
Bryan couclnded his tour of Illinois.
Cecil Rhodes will re-enter politics.
The empress dowagor is said to be
ill.
Roberts will name bis own succes
sor, Colville Indian reservation is opened
for settlement.
Roosevelt spoke to an immense audi
ence in St. Louis.
Canada will sell crown mining
clams in Klondike.
General Brooko urges reorganratiou
of the army on modern lines.
Conger has prepared a list of Chinese
officials that should he pnuishod.
Idaho Sobliers' Homo was deslroyod
by fire. Ono inmate was suffocated.
The American Bible Society fur
nishes a list ot missionaries killed by
Boxers.
General MacArthur reported to the
deoartment that the transpor
LATER NEWS.
Buller will return to England.
Germany accepts France's proposal.
Immense field of coal has been dis
covered in Alaska.
Reformers defeated the imperial
rmy on East river.
The Boers are very active in the
Kroonstadt district.
Russians take the first step on the
right bank of the Amur.
Lord Alverstone will be the new lord
chief justice of England.
Mexican troops aro having a hard
oampaign against Indians.
Captain Shields and his 61 men were
rescued from the Filipinos.
A milk combine has beun formed by
milkmen of Vancouver, B. C.
Roosevelt concluded his Kentucky
tour with a Bpeech in Covington.
The rebellion in Southern China is
anti-dynastic rather tban auti- foreign.
Yellow fever is expected to increase
in Havana while sewers are being dug.
Fire at Herrick, 111., destroyed Id
business houses, causing a loss of $50,-000.
F. Adams, a patient at the
insane asylum, hanged him-
CAN'T GET TOGETHER
Mlneowners Could Not Agree
Among Themselves.
SO CANNOT MEET THE STRIKERS
Statement Fro n the Standpoint of the
Owner! and Operators Bud of
Strike Kiiievted Soon.
LADRONES OF LEYTE.
Ar.
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Is the place to get the latest and best jn
Conf. ctionci ies. Caniiies, Nuts, Tobacco,
Cigars, etc
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FIR AND PINE LUMBER
Of the best quality alwaa on hand at
prices to suit the times.
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HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
DALLAS & SPANGLEE,
i
DEALERS IK
ariware, Staves and Tinware
Kitchen Furniture, Plumbers'
Goods, Pruning Tpols, Etc.
We have a new and complete stock
of hardware, stoves and tinware, to
which we will keep constant adding
Our pti. es will continue to be aa low aa
P rtland prices.
JEPilSISS TIlWiSE I S?E IAITT.
war
Rosecrans and tho transport Argy
arrived at Manila with Light Batteries
C and M, Seventh artillery, Majoi G.
G. Greenough.
P. II. Gilhooley, counsel for the
'.lizahethport, N. J., Banking Com
,ny, announced that William Sohtie
er, a missing clerk of the bank, was a
defaulter to the amount of $50,000,
and that thetank directors bad made
good the aomunt of the shortage.
T.nrH fienrffe Hamilton; secretary of
state lor India, has received the tol-
inin from Lord Curzon: "ine gu-
,ai ndition of crops is excellent,
and except in a pait of Bombay famine
niHnii are disappearing. The to-
-v'." - . ... i . ,i
tal number on the reliet list nas laueu
to 2,746,000."
The American Bridge Company
closed a contract to furnish all of the
structural steel to be used m the erec
tion of a big arsenal at Kure, Japan.
The money value of the contract is be
twen $250,000 and $300,000. It
will require six months to turnish the
material, and it mast be delivered at
Kure within a year.
Officials of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company at Sew York City
have awarded a contract for a monu
ment to be erected in a plot owned by
the company in a cemetery in North
Hudson, in memory oi m i"""""- "
lost their lives in the great fire that
destroyed the piers and stea, nera of i the
company at Hoboken. on June 30 last.
White blackberries and green rosea
u.,a K.n nrouaaated in Louiiaaa this
lift O f "
year.
Seventv-two new coal mines have
been opened in Pmia thl?er
basing the output for 1900 by 1.500..
000 tons.
What promisee to be the best apple
crop in the history of Canada-not
TL the ouantity. but quahty-ia
John
Oregon
self.
Li Hung Chang expresses regret foi
recent occurrences and thanks Ameri
cans. Dewet proclaims that burghers who
refuse to fight will be made prisoners
of war. 1
A case of Illness, suspected to be bu
bonic plague, is reported at Stepney,
a parish suburb of London.
Records that fell into the hands of
correspondents show that Chinese au
thorities supported the Boxer move
ment. A dispatch from Port Limon, Colom
bia, says that a serious liie broke out
and that several prominent commercial
buildings were destroyed.
The sultan of Turkey has leased to
Germany for 80 years the island of
Croan, in the Red sea, 40 miles north
of Kamaran, for a coaling station.
Full returns as to the wine harvest
throughout Germauy 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 Philipsburg, Mont., was
found dead in her room, having been
shot with a shotgun. A shotgun was
lying on the table. The suicide theory
i's denied, and it is believed she was
murdered.
Li Hung Chang is in Pekin.
Rnnthern rebels defeated General
Ho's army near San Chun.
The submarine boat Holland has
been placed in commission. ,
Russia urges that the Chinese in
demnity question be arbitrated.
Coal miners in the state of Kansas
have won a utrike and gone to work.
The members of the Chilean cabinet
have resigned, owing to a politica
cause. 1
The National League baseball season
came to a close with Brooklyn the pen
nant winner.
Charles Fargo, second vice-president
of the American Express Company, ie
dead at Chicago.
The Loraine, 0 plant of the Federal
Steel Com pauy has been closed, shut
ting out 3,000 men. .
The queen regent of Spain will ar
bitrate the differences at present exist
ing between Peru and Chili.
A clergyman of Blair. Neb., convict
ed of bigamj, was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary.
Dysentery is raging among the troops
at Tien Tsin and the German conting
ent will transfer its headquarters to
Pekin.
The steel plants of the Illinois Steel
Works, at South Chicago, were closed
down, 2,500 men being thrown out ol
employment. ,
A minor official of the Vatican at
i?nm has been arrested on the charge
f ateino the thieves access to
wsm from ihich the sum of
350,000 lire was recently stolen
Rrrikinff coal miners will accept the
10 per cent increase in wages offered
by the operators if it lasts all winter.
However, the men will not resume
work until officially ordered by onion
officers.
In northern Panay, October 12, Com
panv D, Twenty-sixth United States
volunteer infantry, was attacked by a
force of Tagals. The enemy lost 20
men killed and 40 wounded, while the
Americans had two men wounded.
Twenty-two prisoners and 12 rifles and
a quantity of ammunition were cap
tured. A colony of 500 Sicilians from New
n,ifl,ins is to leave for Hawaii early in
Scranton, Ta., Oct. 16I In response
to a request for a statement as to his
views on the answer of the United
Mineworkers to the operators' proposi
tion, T. H. Watkins, president of the
Temple Iron Company, which company
is largely interested in coal mining, to
night gave out a somewhat lengthy
statement, in which he says in part:
"We will give our men reasonable
time to return to work, trusting they
will see the mistake of being guided
and influenced by men who, however
honest and sincere they may be in their
efforts to benefit the miners of the an
thracite region, are unable to advise
them intelligently and for their best
good.
"Mr. Mitchell apparently thinks that
the ccntrol of the mining operations
rests in the hands of one or two per
sons, notably Mr. Morgan, or that there
is a trust of some sort which can de
cide the whole question, when, as a
matter of faot, there are only three or
four of the transportation companies in
which any one concerned has any in
fluence, and thev do not represent 30
per cent of the whole anthracite ton
nage. More than 100 different com
panies and individuals are interested
in mining the total tonnRge, and no
one man can control Or have the slight
est influence over their action.
"One thing the companies are ap
parently agreed upon is that they will
not agree. Efforts have been made for
years to get some plan to which all
could agree to control the tonnage, so
that fair prices could be secured for a
product which requires so large all
investment of money with such great
risk to the labor employed, as well aB
the capital employed, but effort after
effort has tailed through failure to
agree on a plan that would not violate
the laws and to which all could agree.
"But Mr. Mitchell comes here and
says in effe t that no mineworkers
shall go to work until every operator
does just exacity what the' other does
and that the Lehigh and Schuylkill
men must have a new basis before the
men in the Lackawana and Wyoming
regions can go to work.
"The United Mineworkers will lay
themselves open if they have not al
ready done so to the charge of being
the largest and most dangerous trust to
the public welfare that has ever exit
ed and the organization will make the
mistake of all others that of going too
faraiid using its power to "hurt the
public, as well as 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, and the men
much more, as well as loss of trade,
which we may not recover in years
In the meantime soft coal mines are
working night and day filling the place
3f anthracite coal."
Plundering and Following Offen-
It Tnrtli'l.
Manila, Oct. 15. The west coast of
the island of Leyte is in a state ot tur
moil. The rebel ladrones are actively
plundering, the disturbers following
offensive taoticr, raiding and attack
ing and then returning to the garrison
td towns, while the Amerioana pursue
them to the mountains. General Ma-
jica's officers are surrendering and his
soldiers, attempting to esoape to Samar
in boats, are being captured, and hie
organization broken up. The captured
guerrillas and ladrones, when ques
tioned, stated that on the 6th instant
80 Americans attacked 45 rebels, rifled
their stronghold in Camarines province
and routed them, killing 10. Two
Americans were killed and three
wounded. Twenty member! of the
Thirty -second infantry, in an engage
ment on the 10th instant, in Batan
provinoe, had one man killed and four
wounded.
The Philippine commission, of which
Judge Taft is president, today passed
eight bills of minor importance, one
providing for a civil iuorease of salaries
of several municipal offloials, includ
ing sohool tiaohers, appropriating $7,
BOO in irold for the construction ol a
garbage crematory at Manila and for
the reorganization of the asditor'a
office.
The Wriizht bill, asking for f 1.000,
nnrt in sold for the completion of
Spain's plans for Manila harbor im
provements, elicited comment from one
representative of Manila'! interna
tinnai fihnmhnr of Commerce to the
effect that, as the merohants had long
been paying a special impost fund to
this end, the merchants should belong
to the board controlling the construc
tion; and that as the United States had
collected $3,000,000 since its oocupa
tioby imposts for harbor improvements,
he failed to see the necessity for the
appropriation of insular funds and sug
Bested the use of a special fund. The
discussion was deferred uutil Friday.
WAR IN SOUTH CHINA
Reformers Continue Their
Victorious Progress.
DEFEAT TROOPS ON EAST RIYEk
Sun Tut'i Army It Now Initl:i
Vrefeotornl City of Hal t'hou
Aotlvlty In Canton.
the
AN ANARCHIST'S CONFESSION.
Hona Kong. Oct. 17. -Sun Yat Sen.
according to reports from Canton, has
taken the town of Kiu Shan, ou J'.ast
River, and is now investing the prefeo
toral city of Hui Chou. A force of im
perial troops from Canton was defeated
bv the reformers. 200 being killed.
The advices say also that there is
great activity in Canton in preparation
for dispatohing troops to the disturbed
districts.
Frofreii of Campbell's Column.
Tien Tsin. Oct. 17. The British col
umn under Lord Campbell, which
forms part ot the expedition against
Pao Tins Fu. and ia making a detour
to the Bouth of the Pao Ting river,
reached Tu Liu, on the grand canal,
vesterdav.
Sir Ernest M. Satow. who succeeds
Sir Claude McDonald as British minis
ter to China, has started for Pekin
M. de Giers. the Russian minister, is
likely to return soon.
An Appeal to the Ciar.
Berlin. Oct. 17. The Chinese minis'
ter to Russia. Yang Yn, who visited
Emperor Nicholas at Lividia yester
day strongly appealed ior the interces
sion of the emperor in his favor and
presented to him a letter from Emperor
Kwang Hsu, together with documen
tary evidenoe going to show that the
Chinese ruler aud court are less to
blame for the anti-foreign outbreak
than the Russian emperor hud been led
to believe.
GOVERNMENT SURVEYS.
STORPY AT ST. LAWRENCE.
Thirty
the
about
Veaseli Driven Ahre-Nov
Scotia Swept
Halifax, N. S., Oct. 10. Additional
disasters to shipping on this coast are
reported. The known list of vessels
driven ashore now numbers 80, mostly
owned in the province and Newfound
laud. The loss all over the country
and in the neighboring provinces
through terrific rainfalls and. wanhonts
ard damage to orchards and Imildiujjs
by heavy winds will be vory many
thousands of dollars.
The Canadian Pacific wires couuect
iug Cape tireton with the rett of Nova
Sootia are completely broken at the
.mill, ni Umiso. where the cable was
fouled by a schooner dragging her an
chor in the recent gale.
Heavy raiu is falling again today
'throughout Nova Scotia. Rivers and
hakes everywhere are overflowing ami
destroying property. There lias ueen
no Canadian Pacifio train from Mon
treal in four days and a serious wreck
of the Svduey express catit-ed by a
washout "is reported in Cape Lreeton.
The Gloucester schooner Mystery, at
Canso, reports one man lost at sea.
Manila, Oct. 16. Captain Deve
reaux Shields, who, with 61 men of
Company F, Twenty-ninth reigment.
United States volunteer infantry, was
captured by the insurgents last month
in the inland of Mariuduque, was es
cued yesterday by the American rescue
force with all the members of his
party.
The naval board to examine the old
January under the leadership of Father jfrigate Constitution has reported to
Nasca an Italian priest. The colony the uavv department that it will cost
will be in the employ of an American ; Bbout $400,000 to place that vessel in
company which has large sugar inter-1 condition, such as is contemplated by
ts in the Hawaiian islands. The j tl,e Boston Patriotic Society, winch is
will build a cnurcu, icbuui , raisinui a iuhu ioi uw
Aesaialn Brenl'! . Accomplice, TelU ol
the Ainevlonn Plots.
New York, Oct. 15. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Rome,
says: The anarchist Bertollani, ar
rested at Milan as a suspected aocom
nlioe of Iiresci. has made a confession
about anarchist plots.
'I have known about these plots tor
a long time," he said. "It was I who
sent the letter to the crown prosecutor
at Naples, warning himinadvanoe that
Italian anarohists were coming irora
America to kill the king, but they paid
no attention to my letter. At an an
archist meeting in Paterson, JN. J.,
seven men were selected to kill kings
and chiefs of states. One ot them was
alloted to kill MoKinley or Bryan dur
ing the presidential campaign. I do
not know the name of the man who
s assicned to this duty. The recent
Chicago plot was independent of that
hatched at Paterson. I believe ocher
plots having the same object, have been
organized in the United States. An
archists have killed kings and queens,
now tbey should kill a president of a
republic to show tho world that for an
archiats there are neither monarchies
nor republics, and that a king is as
cheap as a president."
Tranport Broke lown.
Seattle, Oct. 15. Major Ruhlen,
assistant quartermaster here, has been
notified by the quartermaster-general
that the Kangtse. the freighter under
charter to carry animals and supplies
from Seattle to Manila, has met with
an accident off Singapore, and will
probably not enter the government
She broke her shaft and is
expected to be laid up for at least five
nlr. As a result of the accident to
the Kangtse, several additional vessels
will probably be at onoe chartered.
The Mogul has alreaady been chartered
from Dodwell & Co., and will carry
part of the cargo intended for the
Kangtse. She will be loaded with for
age and will go under tonnage charter.
The Mogul is not expected to arrive
here until about November 1.
Reaetliinary Edicts.
London, Oct. 17. "Sinoe the Chi
nese court arrived at the new capital
Sinan Fu," says a special dispatch fror
Shanghai, dated yesteiday, "reaction
ary edicts removing the moderates from
high offices have been issued, showing
that Prince Tuan holds the imperial
The Daily Chronicle has the follow
ing from Vienna: "None of the pow
ers except France and the United
States approves the Russian proposal
against China to the arbitration tribun
al at The Hague."
Germany Accepts France' Propoial.
Berlin, Oct. 17. The Berlin Neuste
Nachrlchten Bays that it understands
that Germany's answer to the note of
M. Deloasse, French minister of for
eign affairs, was dispatched today, and
that it is friendly in tone and raises no
objections to the principles set forth
by M. Deloasse. It does not asrert
that the reply deals with all his propo
sitions. ,
Warning to Whlto Women.
Berlin, Oct. 17. A dispatch re
ceived here from Shanghai says the
British consul there warns European
women against coming north ftom
Hong Kong in the hope of joining their
husbands, the situation in the Yaugxte
valley being very serious,
BOER WAR NOT ENDED.
Hard Work I Neceuary to Secure Con-
greenlonal Ueeognltlon.
Washington, Oct. 10. All the great
appropriations of the government are
based upon the estimates of the several
departments.
At this time of the year the various
offices are preparing their plans aud
"Stimates for the operations of the llsoai
year beginning ou July 1, 1901, aud
andiug June 30, 1902. These estimates
will be transmitted to congress and em
bodied in the appropriation bills, moat
Df which will be considered and passert
luring February, as congress adjourns
on March 4, it being the short session.
The estimates whioh have peculiar
import noe to the arid regions are those
(or the continuance of the measure
ments of rivers, the examination of
underground waters, and especially the
urvey of reservoir sites, and report
upon the cost and value of reclamation
A large areas of fertile arid lauds.
For Surveys.
At the last session of congress the
National Irrigation Association ener
getically endeavoied to have the annual
appropriation of the geological survey
for this purpose increased from the
almost absurdly sum of $50,000 to the
amount of $250,000, this being more in
accordance with the needs of the coun
try. The increase was made in the
senate, . but in conference with the
house of representatives a compromise
of $100,000 was reached, the conces
sion being made that at the next session
the sum of $250,000 would be favorably
considered.
Organlned Effective Work.
A lesson that can be learned from the
attitude of many of the Eastern utatea
as regards river and harbor improve
ments; these lm provements are not left
to chance or regarded with indifference,
but the claims of each locality are
made known and systematically push
ed by organized effort, such as
boards ol trade or merchants
associations. Eastern iuterests are or
ganized for work, and when an Eastern
locality wants a river and harbor appro
priation it goes alter it in a thorough,
svstematio manner, and sooner or later
gets it. This is what the WeBt can
and should do. Every Western ooard
of trade, ohamber of commerce aud
commercial organisation should bestir
Itself individually, 'bring all the influ
ence it can to bear upon the senators
and congressmen of its state, and act
ively co-operate with the National Ir
rigation Associntion to not only insure
favorable congressional action on these
lurvey estimates, but to otherwise ad
vance the interests of the arid region
through national channels.
Irrigation Cnngrei! Meeting.
The ninth annual session of the Na
tional Irrigation Congress will meet at
Chicwgo UlinoiB, November 20-23,
1900.
PANAMA CANAL GOING AHEAD.
Will
now
son.
fast approaching the harvest sea-
com nan v
and homes for tLe Sicilians.
Road improvements has begun in the
Philippines, with money collected
rrom customs at Manila.
Lorin Pease, of Hadley, Mass., died
-t the ace of 100 His father lived to
"Old Ironsides.'
Flood! lu New Brunt wick.
St. John, N. B Oct.. 15. The
province of New Brunswick has re
noivnrt a terrible drenching from a rain
which lasted 108 hours, and
which in amount equals It) incnes.
Not a train is moving on the Canadian
Pacifio Railway between St. John and
Vanceboro, or on the branch lines oi
the road to St. Andrews, St. Stephen,
Fredericton or Woodstock. The tinup
is due to washouts. Conditions are
the woist which have existed in the
Canadian road's history, and thous
ands of dollars are represented in the
damage already done and in loss ol
traffic.
Burglars Rob tit Tatloan.
Rome, Oct. 15. A number of the
papers here publish the extraordinary
itatement that the securities yalued at
857.000 lire, the theft of which from
the Vatican was recently reported to
the Italian police, had been stolen
sometime previous to tenruary last,
and were sold in that month on the
Paris bourse. They were stolen, it is
asserted, bv order of an Italian capital
ist. If the story be true the more re
cent burglary was committed with the
pbject of deceiving the authorities.
This theory has produced a great im
pression at the Vatican, but it Is not
generally credited.
Bneipected Activity Delay Lord
ltolierti' Departure.
Loudon, Oct. 17. Commenting upon
the activity of the Boers and the state
ment from Cane Town that Lord Ro
berts has postponed his home-coming,
the Standard says:
"Theieare certain indications point
ing to the conclusion that unexpected
difficulties have arisen which Lord
Roberta deems grave enough to delay
his return for some time to come. The
facts suggest that it is impossible yet to
denude South Africa of any substantial
portion of the large army now engaged
in dominating a sullen and recalcitrant
people."'
The editorial finally calls for the
severest measures against irreconcib
ble Boers, "prompt and ruthless pu;
ishmeut for every insurgent burghei
caught in delicto."
Marching Hemmed.
Ha.leton, Pa., Oct. 17. The threat
ened march of the strikers to Panther
creek valley started from this section
toniaht. The objective points of the
marchers are Lansford, in Carbon
county, and Coaldale, in Schuylkill
countv. These towns are about 20
miles'south of Haaleton, and the strik
ers expect to reach their destination
early tomorrow morning. Most of the
collieries in that section are operated
by the Lehigh Valley Coal & Naviga
tion Company. They have been work
ing all through the strike, despite the
efforts of numerous organiser sent to
that section for tho purpose of getting
the men to quit.
Be liullt Even If Dnlted Flat
Takei Nicaragua Knterpriie.
New York, Oct. 17. M. Hntin, director-general
and president of the
board of directors ot the Panama Canal
Company; Genoial Abbott, chief engi
neer, and Y. N. Cromwell, counsel for
the canal company, were passengers on
the steamship La Lorraine from Havre.
"The Panama Canal Company," said
General Abbott, "is waiting for the
recommendation of the Walker com
niseion to congress and for the action
of that body. I believe that the decis
ion will be in favor of the Panama
canal as being more feasible aud eco
nomical and giving better results. If
the decision is against the Panama
canal the company will nevertheless go
ou building it. I believe that if both
the Panama and Nicaragua canals are
built nine-tenths of the vessels will
choose tlw Panama canal as being the
better. What the Walker commission
heard when in Paris was a revelation
to it. Already between three ana lour
million cubic yards have been taken
out down there and two-iifths of the
work has been done.
Killed a Poatmanter.
Chicago, Oct. 17. A dispatch to the
Record from Guudulajara, Mexico,
says: A band of brigands, under the
leadership of the notorious Pedro
Flores, has been committing numerous
murders aud robberies in the Autlan
dintrict of this state for several months.
News has just reached here that the
robbers made a bold raid on the towu
of Autlan and killed the postmaster.
Following this unprovoked murder they
looted the plaee and terrorizod the
populace. They have a stronghold in
the mountans and a cietacnmeni oi
rurales has gone in pursuit of them.
New Zealand Mall 8erlce.
Wellington, N. Z., Oct. 15. The
house of representatives today approved
the postniaster-geTieral's agieetncnt
ith Mflimrs. Horeckels to continue ior
hn 09. and his fix brothers and sisters j " e Frncigco mail service
all passed 70. i Tbe vessels wiil run every three weeks
-.us. n i,o eailfiH for ! instead of monthly, beginning
iuu j
n-il,, to revive the customs law ;
anl service of the Hawaiian iau
as to bring them up to tbe standard ol
those home
Novem
ber 1. The time from San rraucisco
to Auckland will not exceed 16 days.
An amendment favorimj a Vancouver
Vtfi'M wl carried without a division.
Yellow revcr Will Increase.
'Havana, Oct. 16 It is generally
admitted that yellow fever wil increase
in Havana when the streets are opened
for the installation of tbe sewers, a
work which will probably require three
years. Major Lodge, paymaster for ;
the division oi uuua, is oowu who mo
fever.
Car Shd Burned.
Cleveland. O., Oct. 17- The car
sheds of the Cleveland & Eastern Elec
tric Railway Company at Gates Mills,
together with a number of cars and
othet property, have been destroyed by
fire. The loss is $100,000. ,
Again Driven From Maiifleld.
Mansfield, 0., Oct. 18. The Dow
ieite Deacon Homer Kessler, of Chi
cago, made another unsuccessfal at
tempt to hold services here today. He
was taken in charge by the police while
nolding services at the home of F. D.
Caverand was sent out of the city on
the east-bound Penusylavnia passenger
train at noon.
New Turk Clgariakri' trlk.
New York, Oct. 15. Samuel Gom
president of the American Fedora-
toin of Labor, is in the city to endeavor
1 to settle the cigarmakers' strike, which
has lasted now for - more than four
'months. He had conferences with
representatives of firms who formerly
employed about 4,000 of the 6,000
cigarmakers who are still out.
Halo Oo to Nagasaki.
London, Oct. 15. The American
Ladies' committee has received a dis
patch from Wei Hai Wei, dated Wed
nesday, October 10, reporting: the re
turn there of . the American hospital
Ship Mains from Takn With many in- ) Fir la ma Indiana Town.
valid on board, of whom two officials j Sullivan, Ind Oct. 17. Fire to
and 69 B6a are Americans, and 19 of jKht destroyed the large building in
the latter belong to the Ninth ifan- tne public square occupied by Barton
try. The Maine will sail for Nagasaki j q,' department store. Lois, $100,
today. j 000-
Th Child Wa Mutilated.
Dayton, O., Oct. 17. The dead
body of Ada Lants. the 12-year-old
daughter of Charles Lants, a carpenter,
was tound in the rear of her father's
residence last night. A surprise party
bad been tendered her parents and
while the guests were playing cards
the little girl left the house. Her ab
sence was not discovered for half an
hour and after a search of the premises
her body was foun