THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
The big miners’ convention was be-
gun in Scranton, Pa. President Mitch.
ell, of the Mineworkers’ Union, presid-
ing. The settlement was
against accepting the offer of the oper-
ators,
Proceedings are to be
net M. C. Sibel, a Philadel-
iia dressmaker who brought a
Ler of rich gowns from abroad,
Were sg by the customs officials
Upon receipt of a telegram,
proved to be bogus, declaring that her
husband committed suicide in New
York, Mrs.
in Chicago.
Bert Waite,
forgery in
having robbed
Company
August,
Ww ‘owell,
was
Miss
ized
which
used of
18 years old, ace
San Francisco,
the United States
at Ravanna, 0.
Ex
press last
who for seven years
t president of the Order o
Railway Telegraphers, was expelled at
a meeting of the delegates in St. Louis,
Col. A. G. De Marest, who command
ed the Twenty-first New Jersey during
the Civil War, died at his home ar
Tenafly, N. J.
The new battleship Wisconsin ex
ceeded all records on her trial trip off
the Caiiforn coast
L.. Lightner died in Hanover
from injuries received while walk
in his sleep.
Iszac
Pa.
ing
The Pennsylvania
contracts for 1
at $26 a ton.
Twelve specfilators in puts and calls
were arrested in Chicago.
Railread
50.000 tons of steel
awarded
rails
Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff, of
New York, declined to honor
requisition of the governorof Texasfo
the delivery of the officers apd diree-
tors of the Standard Oil Company
W H. M. T. Holland
William Stewart were arrested
Martinsville, Va., for counterleitis
Molds and spurious guarters were also
found by the officers.
The
ine
and
near
Carter,
or
18
China
Board
outlook
American
for Foreign
St. Louis
situation and
was discussed by the
of Commissioners
sions, in in
in
M
Se8S8ion
The d
dertakers’
a blizzard
NArTOow
Three
the National U
were caught
Peak and
escape from death.
brick arches «
Christ Reformed Church
burg, W. Va., coliapsed
wrecking the building
Erward Eye, president
more Hardware Company
phia. killed himself }
ner had robbed him.
John White,
painfully i
mob that
serenade.
Thirt
ed
Ha
elegates to
Conference
on
n=
in
had a
Mion
IRC S
{ the new
in Martins-
£ omplete
large
ont
of
Kingston
ired two m
oon
abandone:
cargo, off
Isan
The attempt of tl
vent the running of ;
colliery, near Hazleton, Pa
a h between the strikers and
coal and iron p emen, as a result
which one officer one m
on each si ie
seriously h
clas
wed
;
£
d
The
the
from
strict No. 9
will
ignition,
of grievances
to
in-
he
iegates
miners’ convention be
demand red
wides
The Wil
down, and
g am in Ly 18 Valley
FPERIDE
ilamest colliery
thors _ ie
tier JW No min
ng
in
rrison
statement York
some of
gues
A
dental
i! Bayard
Ww
Casper Wei
ima near
The Neely
advanced on
reme Court
Colonel
sistant surgeon general
died at the age of 64
In his annual report General Brooke
recommends a reorganization of the
army.
rme hanged
Ridge, Pa
case
-
h
if ireen
be
es
Ii
will
the
States,
Wright
f the
extradition
the docket of
of United
Payson
the
Joseph
as-
O
a well
died of
Major Seldon Noyes Clark
known newspaper worker,
heart failure,
President Mitchell reviewed a large
procession of striking miners in Sha-
mokin, Pa. and in an address told
them that was for them to decide
in couvention whether to accept the
ten per cent, increase offered by the
companien
passengers were blown out
sea off Cape May on the steamer Ocean
City and bave not been heard from
One parsgenger was William Holman
an advertising asent of Baltimore
The American Bible Society of New
York hae received from Shanghai
ligt of all the mirsionaries supposed
to be killed or in hiding in China,
Work was resumed by 1500 men in
Joliet (111) steel mill and car works,
Mrs. Elizabeth Sternbauet
thot at Columbia, Pa. by
Mott, died of her injuries,
Walter Johnson and Charles
miners, were killed by a
Johnsiown, Pa.
Major Edward Goldberg died at Sen-
eca, Mo., having been poisoned
mushrooms,
Harry Anthony
is
it
Thiee Lo
#
who was
Williaz
Buchan
train
was accidentally
ny, Via
A jury was completed in the trial a:
the murder of Governor Goebel,
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NOW FOR PEACE.
i
| PREESIDENT'S REPLY
{ NOTE
TO TFYRENCH
ON CHINA.
United States in Acenrd as to Teace
as to Punishment of Guilty and Fgunita.
Ble Ine But the
Inting to Permanent Guards and Huy
ing of Yorts Deferred.
smnities, Clanses He-
Washington (Special)
the State Department to
relative to
negotiations has
He,
The
the
rent
Hote of Chine
made j
the bases
Just been
The answer has given a satisfactor
i turn to the Chinese
| were it not for the repofts
activity in China on the
the Powers the out
| excellent for gpeedy
| long-deferred
| sides
negoliations
of
part
look
it
mii
of som
jo! would
of th
Be
peace
answering the specific prog
tions advanced by the French gover:
ment, the American reply expresses
lial approval of the taken
ww France. The memorandum c¢ oses
: h a phrase in which the Prex
dent expr the belief that, in
eves of the French government
which this
on constitutional
understood as
of negotiations
they will begs
openis
negotiation
COrt COlirse
}
|BCS the
the
government
grounds
prevent
made
will not be
the opening
President hope
has
early date.
The reply reads ws
The of State to
Charge d'Affaires
to M. Phiebgut Octobe:
Memorapdum
The government of the Unitdd
with that
nizing asx the
from the government
priate reparation
tantial guarantees for
The President is d to
the bases
in
spirit
a. foll
Secretary
of France in re
be obtained
China
past and
the future
EB
fo
of
abhiept
appro
for the
perceive 3
m put forward
October
the
0
negotiat
the memorandum
animated
Hine
terested, and
the negotiations
mediately upon the
of credentials
It may be
tions
DOWers
ed to
i gee
representatives
Pekin."
The
resgy
Chinese gov
icated its
number
disorders
Powers
a of thos
he rece
tives of the
addition
are
at
goat 8 to that
tiations entered
The
against
ipon
continuan
the
0 guard thei: ;
means of
them whenever
President hielieves that t he
of Fran and the
in the reserves
made no obstacle to the
negotiations on the
suggested, and he hopes it will be
found practicable to hegin such nego-
tiations at an early day
of 8
1900,
have the unrest
cess 10 required
he
rnments
will
© othes
we
tn
RO
Powers
have her
itiation of
see
©
Washingion
ate,
October 10,
Dowry System Abolished.
(By Cable). —French officers
who wish to marry are no longer re-
stricted in their choice of brides
girls who ean bring a dowry of 20.000
france. General Andre hae introduced
a reform by abolishing obligatory dow
ries.
The dowry system was originated in
1843, when the
a wife was at a disadvantage, as pas
ents would not give their dowered
daughters to men who were likely at
any moment to leave them widows
Now that a long peace made
people forget the war bogey, and men
sometimes remain for a lifetime at one
garrison, the profession of arms bas
become chic, and officers are a
premium in the marriage market,
PEKIN,
Paris
2s
at
TROOPS IN
BO000 Germans,
alnns WHI Winter There,
Pekin (By Cable). General
guchi will retain
troops, 000 of them at Pekin and the
communications,
Eight thousand Germans will pass
the winter in Pekin and 1500 Russians,
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be retained has not yet been decided.
2 brigade,
The allies ave gtoring supplies for
#ix months,
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NOT AGHREY,
FOin
RIOT AT THE MINES.
the
Proposals, ]
The Cabinet | srRIKERS
this gov
will French note |
the razing of the fortifica-!
tiong between Pekin and the sea; the | A POL ICE MAN KILLED
military control of the road .
to the capital by inter
at fortified piaces,
the perma-
importation
and ammunl
permanent occupation of
an international guard, and |
tion to nations. societies and
the excesses committed
French
Washington
decided
frnment
(Special)
the reply
make
USE SHUI
DOWN
VIOLENCE TO
which
A COLLIERY.
the
an
Lo
the
tional
const
An
Locomotive
Which Shots
Sides A Min
{ Siriker Probably Fatally Wounded
Hun a Mine
Conflict, In
toth
¥ ses ne,
garrisons
hereafter
ohibition
Attempt
Caused
A 3 fo
to be selected:
the
Fired
ister’s Narrow
' 2
Dn al ine
Were
of firearms oh
the
Lin by
repars clal
an
a
i
Hazleton,
policeman
other
strike
Pa A &p
Was
{Bpecial)
instantly killed
was wounded in the head
was probably fatally shot
viduals for
the Bos
att tude taken by the admini a
nd
i
10 non-union wen were more ot
seriously wounded at the Onelda
Hery of Coxe Bros. in a claxh between
{ the officers and 500 strikers. The vie
permanent occupation of | tims are
detail of an' American | Killed
the Sarrizons of certain | Beaver Meadow, one of the
trolling the road to | fonveyed in a special train early
rument cannot at this | morning from that place to Oneida
assent to propositions shot through the back
n the pern disposi Wounded-—George Kellnor,
American troops in foreign ter- | Years, of Beaver Meadow
that being the sole prerogative | #pecial officer. He received
the final wounds in the head, but will recover
this government Joseph Lesko, aged 38 vears, of
demand just and suit- | Sheppton, a striker, He was
for the injuries the groin and will probably die
18 commerce and to the missionary so- Ten non-union men stoned
‘eries intry, as well as | but only two of them seriously
amends the insult offered | injured. They are John Van Blargin
and the American Minister ind James Torsh. of i n. The
Ww in effect, the conclusion | former sustained and
after a long and latter had
nresent git The Oneida
McKinley
fami
0 formaily express its dis
position to raze the
rohibit the trade in fire-
pr
fhe
nd
talph Mills, aged 50 years
officers
this
He
tne
for of
$8 (
EOY
was
aged
also
anent
n of
Mi sho
f Con
f ‘or
Of
Bross As to proposi- |
indemnity,
ghot in
COUrse,
reparation done
were
Of this 1 wore
FO?
sheppto
wounds
broken
ving been
on of the
the four
Coll
* the
exhaustive
n
showed
uation in
} # rat
trike, the Oneida and
sheppton, where many of the
{ the Oneida nger
Bros . ive
Har with union me;
that havi
employes
and Der Collier.es
Coxe dec)
¢ down th nin 1
Rroupe o
o'clock
work
hey
{8 as
n 16¢ K1ed
As the non-uni
¥
therefore
members
ondition
MIRDER IS ALLEGED,
Palmist is Shot and Killed by
J smlous Man.
LY]
Mot,
Pa. (Special) Wm.
«h killed Mik
4
w he he was
Pe
ude of Denamite Explode.
M
2.000 Fou
loth {Rnec
and
i a
100
arks the
The
$i
t whore
of
“Diy
force
great
Over
fwo
i very
was broken
extimated at $30.
the SBpru
}, the mine labora
being totally
iit
glinsgs font
of
a squar
miles of
YW
the
and
The
radius
tically
Eveleth
fown
: The damage done
Mine was about $3004
tory and warehouses
wrecked
At least 200 people were more or less
iy hurt from being hrown down
shock or hit by shattered glass
winds
of € uml
a {to
a, Tenn, (Special) The
isinees meeting of the So
Army of the Cumberland
General T. J. Wood pre.
inual reports of officers were
one of the most important | in
\ iat of General H. V. Boynton, :
rresponding secretary, providing for
the
seriou
the
Alariner Hangs Himself,
lianover, Pa. (Speciai) Casper
Weigand, a well-known farmer resid-
ing near Green Ridge. hanged himself
tivaking his neck and dying almost
instantly. About eight o'clock Mr
Weigand sent hix daughter on an er-
rand, leaving him alone in the house
i for a short time. On her return she
beard a noise in the cellar, and, go.
ing there, found her father with a rope
halter about his neck, suspended trom
joist. His knees touched the floor,
An unhappy love | but the strain bad broken his neck
be the cage and life was already extinct. De.
ceased wae aged 70 years, and for the
past two years had been a victim of
| paralysis, rendering him entirely
speechices,
siclety.,
ullale Girt Killed Merssl”,
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).—Miss Beila
Warren, of Buffalo, twenty-eight years
old, committed suicide by jumping into
the Erie Canal at Tonawanda. Miss
Warren left home saying that she was
going to church. She evidently went
from her home to Tonawanda. A boy |
her leap into the canal, but wae!
supposed to
affair is of
her act.
Kitted by a Tealn.
Johnstown, Pa. (Special). Walter
fohnson and Charles Buchan, two
voung miners on strike, who came here |
‘rom. Pltteton to get work in the bi-
tuminous district. were run down hy
a train while walking on the railroad
Stearme Caunse Parther ose
Fort Worth, Texas (Special). ~-Logs-
es caused by the storms and loods in |
vai lous sections of the State since the
Galveston disaster are estimated at |
| $1,000,000. The rivers are still rising.
A Eel eats Killed by an Engine
ABOUT XOTED PROFLE. | Fairmont, W. Va. (Special).—A)
I > Adams, a miner, 33 years old, was
Washington Duke, the tobacco man- | crushed to death by an engine near
ufacturer, has given $100.000 to Trin. England mines. Albert Oriss, at the
ity College, a Methodist institution at | Fleming mines, had a foot cut off by
Durham, N. C. ia mine car to-day.
The Gold Cross of the Order of Dan. | a .
nelirog has been conferred by King | Net as er na |
Christian 1X. of Denmark on Jacob | Staun on, a. pecial).~In pulling |
A. Riis. the author. {down the Courthouse preparatory to
: Prot. B w Seripture, head of the | [EMudaling i She, walls, which ere
y! tial ’ > 1 expecte O stang, nave n found une
psychological laboratory of Yale Uni-| gate, The board of supervisofs has
versity, has been awarded a gold medal | gotermined to build an entirely n
by the Paris Exposition for a device for | courthouse, and change ite lacavion Ts!
testing color-blindness, the grounds,
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS. |
General de Wet ig still
Britieh busy. He hax lately
appearance near Wepener
The American steam collier Emi
which recently sank in the Suez Canal
has been successfully floated
A dispatch from Lord Roberts
ports that the number of Boe:
tured or surrendering ix dally |
ing
Madame
TORNADO KILLS NINE
ENTIRE VAMILY
AMONG
the
hin
Keeping
ade i
mad OF PYHASONS
T™ME
BODIES BLOWN FAR AWAY.
intnesotn’s Great Storm Far More Severe
Than First
Pualuth,
SIX
VICTIMS,
Reported. Fagine-Houw of
Hesabs and Northern Wrecked,
Over nd Hedueed
of Wind,
Perret, the wealthy
Senator Perret
I“rance, leaving a f
aubet
At n
i Hon
Dllced
his
i . ; Engines 1 te
rien died l.yons & = BF He
4 i crap fron hy Yores
ortune to President | y ne
county fair ne
kilied
of
nearly
i glass
NO
¢ vine-grow|
tuffered sey
ns which have
rops in France
Out of 30,000 British
in South 4 249 O00
duty Te and
d the wa!
The International
casion in i
iritair
i
ed
to
Killed
tion in the 1 ransvaani
Infuriated fishers
oast fired on !
the naval «¢
take refuge or
Five thousand
have ret
northeast
guns It is
the big guns i
The French
embling
numb
MM
Oo
1 a
IRIN SE
FITUATION IN CHINA,
The Germans
Pekin
A thousand
the town of Sa
1
in
eq
Other pow
from Pekin
there the
Brit
Sir Claude
at Pekin. to
to that of
ment
American
adopted resolutions de
templated withdrawal
of the n
China
A German Foreign
ussing the French
hit in of the
ni
shoul
resia
ited Siates
Om
“ol
HOLE
‘hina
d should
an
military
note
trouble suggests
mantiement of
tary
the 1 i In
9 111
CCupat
Tusurgent Activity.
Manila (By Cable). Four troops
cavairy and two compani® of infants
have recently reinforced Yen ef
Young in Northern Luzon, where
insurgents are concentrating
mountains of North and South 1)
iad
it
Provinces, under the leadership of Ag.
lipay. the excommunicated priest
General Tino and Genarl Villaneuve
who had been quiet for some time, are
now showing signs of becoming active
as the end of the rainy season ap
proaches
Of late there has been coneideran
scouting and skirmishing in the prov-
inces of Abra and North locos.
bie
Three Million for the Academy.
Washington (Special).—In his esti-
mate for the expenditures under the
furisdiction of the Navy Department,
Secretary long decided to place $3.-
000 G00 as the sum to be appropriated
for continuing the work on the new
Naval Academy at Annapolis during
the next fiscal year. Congress has
fixed the limit of cost of the entire new
000. The work of erecting the
buildings is progressing rapidly, and
if Congress adopts Secretary Long's
recommendation and appropriates the
three millions he asks, the new Naval
Academy will be completed in two
years,
FiELD OF ABO
Norway has 2841 factories,
#81. Louis has 65,000 unionists,
#t. Louis has 800 unioh barbers,
There are $700 brotherhood firemen,
A naps has a co-operation gro-
ofry,
Pacific const unionists want Japa-
news barred,
New York Building Trades Council
will raise $15,000 for Chicago strikers
Labor decision In Germany: Inven.
tions hen JSoncelved or worked out
in employer's factory, belong to lai.
GREAT S13LD OF MM ISCONSIY
Battieshin Knots. Maxi
Bid ,
{ed
there was not a
an irreguiatly
machinery
the il
saip afte:
usa the re
bow
nih
not
the yf the
Without stopping the engine
board wilt charge the
the run and pot her thio
quired evolutions
By the terms of the «
Wisconsin was reguired wo steam at
the rate of 16 knots an hour for four
peecutive hours, one knot moe han
demanded of the Oregon, which
a spurt duriug her trial
reaching knots, The Wisconsin
g 1000 tons heavier than the Oregon,
and no premium was ofiored for ex
cess of speed over the requirement of
the contract Neveribhelegs ah Eas
taten the record of the Oregon at
cyery point
¢
y £
» 0
.
t
3
movements
tr
iH
mtract the
{
was
17.15
11
Re tortion in the Vetre of Copa
fiantington, W. Va. (®pecial) ~The
american Car and Donedey Company
annonneed a reduction of one dollar in
the price of ereeiing fat oars. The
price for ciocting hopper cars was cut
4 dollar a fow weeks ago.
IN GUAY AMA,
Palitieal sow Resalts
Tour Danthe
San Juan, Porto tice (By Cr ble)-
A dispatch to the Nowa from Guayama
says there was a sevons politica! riot
at that place. Several! handred chots
were fired, and at last accounts four
persone had been killed and Slieen
wounded,
The police, while attempting to quell
the tiouble, were attacasd by a mob
armed with sticks, tones, machetes
aad rovolvers. The Was reiniore.
ed to-day by 100 nen from Arroyo.
Pifty additional ce from other
twas arrivea at yama, a
mnioy
Rie mn in