THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. The anthracite miners' convention. In session In Scranton, adopted a reso lution to accept a ten per rent. In crease provided It wns coupled with a six moiit.hu agreement, the abolition of the sliding scale and tho redress of other grievances ly the operators. The Supreme Castle. Knights of the Golden Ragle, In session in Youngs town, Ohio, elected officers nnd delect ed Buffalo for their next meeting place. John Hnnlcy, of Jersey City, drank carbolic acid on tho grave of his first wife In the Hudson County Catholic Cemetery. He may survive. Joseph Moreland, of Morgantowu, was nominated for Judge, of tho Cir cuit Court for the Second Judicial Cir cuit of West Virginia. Mrs. M. E. Holt has boen lying In a comatiwe condition for 60 hours In Dover, Del., from Inhaling gas escap ing from a heater. 1 Charles A. Naulty wns sentenced In Newark, N. J., to thirty years' Im prlHonment for killing his stepmother. The American liner St. Paul report the French liner l& Lorraine, from Havre to New York, disabled at sea. Charles Fargo, second vice-president of the Wells, Fargo ft Co. Ex press, died nt his home In Chicago. The mosquito fleet nf live small gun boats Intended for the customs service left Philadelphia for Culm. A Western Maryland train rnn Into a Reading train nt Boiling Sprngs, Pa., and caimed a wreck. The steamer City of Seal Me arrived at Seattle, Wash., with $750,000 In treasure from tho Klondike. Tho big miners' convention was be gun In Scranton, Pa. President Mitch ell, of the Mlneworkers' Union, presid ing. The settlement was unanimous against accepting the offer of the oper ators. Proceedings are to bo Instituted againBt Miss M. C. Bibel, a Philadel phia dressmaker who brought a num ber of rich gowns from abroad, which were seized by the customs officials. Upon receipt of a telegram, which proved to bo bogus, declaring that her husband committed suicide in New York, Mrs. Philip Hardy killed herself In Chicago. Bert Walte, IS years old, accused of forgery in San Francisco, confessed having robbed the United States Ex press Company at Ruvanna, O., last August W. V. Powell, who for seven years was grand president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, was expelled at a meeting of the delegates In St. LouIb. Col. A. 0. De Marest, who command ed the Twenty-first New Jersey during tho Civil War, died at his homo at Tenafly, N. J. The new battleship Wisconsin ex ceeded nil records on her trial trip oft the California coast. Isaac L. Llghtner died In Hanover, Pa., from Injuries received while walk ing In his sleep. The Pennsylvania Railroad awarded contracts for 150,000 tons of steel rails at $26 a ton. Twelve speculators In puts nnd calls were arrested in Chicago. Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff, of New York, declined to honor the requisition of the governorof Texasfor the delivery of the officers and direc tors of the Standard Oir Company. W H. Carter, M. T. Holland and William Stewart were nrrcsted near Martinsville, Va.. for counterfeiting. Molds nnd spurious quarters were also found by the officers. The situation and outlook In China was discussed by the American Board Of Commissioners for Foreign Mis sions, In session In St. Louis. The delegates to tho National Un dertakers' Conference were caught In m blizzard on Pike's Teak and bad a narrow escape from death. Three largo brick arches of the new Christ Reformed Church In Martius burg, W. Va., collapsed, completely wrecking the building. Erward Eye, president of the Ard more Hardware Company, of Philadel phia, killed himself because his part ner had robbed him, John White, of Kingston, shot nnd painfully Injured two members of a mob that was glvlug him a mock serenade. Thirteen additional names were add ed to those selected for places In the Hall of Fame In New York University. The big barge Edith Howe was abandoned, waterlogged, with a large cargo, oft the North Carolina coast. Isaac L. Llghtner, of Hanover, Pa., whle walking In his sleep, fell and seriously Injured himself. A, P. Deer, an aeronaut, was killed by a fall from his balloon at Gay's Mills. Wis. Rev. Henry E. Clare was married In Fayetteville, Pa., to Miss Sara Ann Roth. There was a big parade and mass meeting of the miners In Scranton, where a speech was made by President Mitchell, who declared that the 10 per cent, offer of the companies was not enough, but that the sliding scale and company stores should be abolished and semi-monthly payments Insti tuted. The attempt of the strikers to pre vent the running of a train at Oneida colliery, near Hazleton, Pa., resulted In a clash between the strikers and the coal aud Iron policemen, ns a result of which one officer was killed, one man on each side wounded, and others less seriously hurt. The delegates from district No. 9 to the miners' convention will be in structed to demand recognition, be sides the redressing of grievances. The Wllllamstown colliery shut down, and thero Is now no mining be ing done in Lykens Valley. Ex-President Harrison gave out a statement at New York containing some of his views on the campaign Is sues. A patient suffering from yellow I fever was found at New York on a Ward Line steamer, Herman Rohr was accidentally killed by his brother, John, at Bayard, W. Va. Casper Welgand, a farmer, hanged himself near Green Ridge, Pa. The Neely extradition case will be advanced on the docket of tho Su preme Court of the United States. Colonel Joseph Pay son Wright, -assistant surgeon general of the army, died at the age of 64. In hla an n mil report General Brooke recommends a reorganization of tho army. Major Seldon Noyes Clark, a well known newspaper worker, died of heart failure. Three passengers were blown out to sea off Cape May on the steamer Ocean City and have not been heard from. One passenger a William Holman, an advertising agent of Baltimore, The American Bible Society of New York has received from Shanghai a list of all the missionaries supposed to be killed or In biding In China. TORNADO KILLS NINE ENTIHK FAMILY OP SIX rMIOOM A MONO TIIK VICTIMS. BODIES BLOWN FAR AWAY. Minnesota's (lieat Storm Fur Mum Sever Than First Reported Knajlnii-Hnnsii of Duluth, Me!) nnd Northern Wrecked, KnRlnea Overturned nnd HediH'iid to erp Iron by Fore of Wln Blw.-.hlk, Minn. (Special). The tor nado, which raged In this vicinity, was the most violent ever experienced hereabouts. The storm cut n pathway lfiO feet In width through the north western corner of this town, complete ly wrecking the buildings struck. The shafthouses and buildings of three mines which stood lu the path of the storm were reduced to kindling wood. The property loss Is estimated at from $75,000 to $100,000, and the known fatalities number nine, with a score or more Injured, some severely, others only slightly. The storm swept In a northwesterly direction after leaving here and struck a little Finnish settlement near Pike Lake, whero a number of buildings were wrecked, In one of which an en tire family, consisting of husband, wife and four children, wero Instantly kill ed. So far their names hnve not been obtained. It Is believed when tho more remote districts are heard from further rasualtles may be reported. The home In which the Marowltz family lived was completely wrecked, and the body of Mrs. . Marowltz was found fully 400 feet away, crushed and bruised and her clothing completely stripped off. The body of her husband was found In the debris of the house, horribly mutilated. William Hilstrom was struck on the head by a falling tree and his skull crushed. He afterwards died at the hospital. Tho englnehouse of the Duluth. Mesaba and Northern Railroad was completely wrecked, and a number of locomotives and cars were shifted from the tracks and pounded Into scrap Iron. Tho engine on which Murray and Anderson were when the storm broke was blown from the track, and the men were pinned beneath ft and hor ribly burned by the escaping steam. Several cars blown from the track were found In Duluth mine pit. hun dreds of feet away. Many of the buildings destroyed were owned by the mining companies nnd tenanted by employes. The duration of the tor nado was less than five minutes. It was preceded by an unusually severe thunder and rain storm. The heavy rain has flooded many of the open pit mines, and they will bo uuable to oper ate for some time. CHEAT SI'KKD OF WISCONSIN. Dattlrahlp Average 11.4.1 Knots Maxi mum 18.54. Santa Barbara. Cal. (Special). The Wisconsin has completed the most suc cessful trial trip ever made by a bat tleship, and she Is pronounced the fin est vessel ever turned out by the Union Works. At the start many things seemed against a successful trial. An easter ly wind was kicking up a choppy sea and threatening a squally voyage. Af ter a preliminary spin over a part of the course the big vessel steamed full thead, passing the eastern beacon at 10.20 u. m. at a speed exceeding 16 knots. The course was marked by the battleship Iowa, gunboat Ranger, train ing ship Adams and cruiser Philadel phia. Between the Ranger and Gavleta wharf the Wisconsin gained her maxi mum speed of 18.54 knots per hour, aud maintained throughout tho west erly courso an average speed of 17.89. The average speed of tho entire run, 64 knots, was 17.25 knots per hour. The only other battleship approach ing this speed is the Alabama, which averaged 17.013 knots and attained a maximum speed of 18.03 knots. The average number of propeller re volutions during the western run was 119.34 per minute and on the re turn 119.15, a difference of only .19 of a revolution. So close a run has never been made before. The average steam pressure was 180 pounds, and the ves sel was under forced draft. The boiler valves lifted frequently. When at her maximum speed the vibration was slight; approximately the horse-power was 11,800. It Is expected that the tidal correc tions when computed will Indicate greater speed than recorded, as tho current was against the veBsel for a longer period than with her. The weather continued squally, some rain falling until more than halt the course was completed. After turning at the western beacon, off Point Conception, she had a white-cap sea, bows on, for nearly one-fourth of the return course. She shipped no water forward, but the water rose In the bow wave 25 feet. From start to finish there was not a marring Incident, not an Irregularity In the movements of the machinery. Without stopping the engines the trial board took charge of the ship after the run and put her through the re quired evolutions. By the terms of the contract the Wisconsin was required to steam at the rate of 16 knots an hour for four consecutive hours, one knot more than was demanded of the Oregon, which, however, made a epurt during her trial, reaching 17.15 knots. The Wisconsin Is 1000 tons heavier than the Oregon, aud no premium was offered for ex eesB of speed over the requirement of the contract. Nevertheless she has beaten the record of the Oregon at every point. Iteilurtlon In Ihefrlre oft'Mr. Huntington, W. Va. (Special). The American Cur and Foundry Company announced a reduction of one dollar in the price of erecting Hal cats. Tho price for erecting hopper curs was cut a dollur a few weeks ago. Tubulof Mere l-oltl. Manila, P. I. (By Cable). Advices received hero from Hollo, Island of l'auay, under date of Friday, October 12, say that Company 1), ot the Twenty-sixth United States Volunteer In fantry, wns attacked on the previous day by a force of Tngalogs In northern Panay. The enemy. It Is added, lost 20 mon killed and 40 wounded, while the Americans had two wounded. Tweu-ty-to prisoners aud 12 rtiles and a quantity of ammunition were cap tured. Another J'ular ICxpedltlon. New York (Special). William zie gler a well-known and wealthy citizen of New York city, announced that be would purchase two vessels, fully equip und man them, and send them In quest of tho North Pole during the summer of 1'JOl. The expedition Is to be In charge of Evelyn B. Baldwin, who was a com panion ot Lieutenant Peary In his at tempts to reach tho Pole in 1893 and 1891 and also a member of Walter Wellnmn's expedition. It is Mr. Ziegler's Intention to have one vessel remain in the Arctic regions while the other returns for supplies. WIM. NOT AURF.F. Tlil Government Dlaaenta From the Ireneh Irnpoaflla. Washington (Special). The Cabinet decided on tho reply which this gov ernment will make to the French note proposing the razing of the fortifica tions between Pekln nnd the sea; the permanent military control of the road from the enast to the capital by Inter national garrisons at fortified places, to Is? hereafter selected; the perma nent prohibition of the Importation Into China of firearms and ammuni tion; the permanent occupation of Pekln by on international guard, and the reparation to nations, societies and Individuals for the excesses committed by the Boxers. The attitude taken by the adminis tration was to formally express Its dis sent from the proposition to raze the forts nnd to prohibit the trade In fire arms. As to the permanent occupation of Pekln and the detail of an American contingent for the garrisons of certain fortified places controlling the road to Pekln, the government cannot at this time pledge Its assent to propositions which Involve the permanent disposi tion of American troops In foreign ter ritory, that being the side prerogative of Congress. Ab to the final proposi tion for Indemnity, this government will, of course, demand Just and suit able reparation for the Injuries done Its commerce and to tho missionary so cieties of thlB country, as well as ample amends for the Insult offered the flag and tho American Minister. This was, In effect, the conclusion arrived at after a long and exhaustive discussion of the present situation In China. President McKlnley showed himself to bo entirely familiar with every detail of the events that, have orcurred in the Fust. While at Can ton he was In constant communication, both by telegraph and telephone, with Secretary of State Hay and Adjutant General Corliln, nnd he wns, therefore, fully equipped to Inform the members of the Cabinet of the exact condition of affairs. m iiiint IS AI.I.Ktifcl). Woman I'ulmUt U Shot nnd Killed by tloiilotia Mnn. Columbia, Pa. (Special). Wm. Mott, of Norfolk, Va., shot and killed Mile. Alberta, a palmist, with whom he was traveling about the country, nnd dan gerously wounded Mrs. Elizabeth Steinbauer, with whom tho couplo boarded here. Mile. Alberta, whoso real -name was Anna Furlong, was 37 years old. Mott Is 29. Her home Is in Chicago. Mott says she has a husband n hotel man and a son named Breunan, liv ing at Bayonne, N. J. Mott met her a year ngo at Dover, Del. They had been traveling from place to place, and for the past couple of months have had palmistry offices In Lancaster and Co lumbia. Lately Mott had become very Jealous of the woman, nnd this even lug, after drinking all day, went to their room and had an altercation with her. Mrs. Steinbauer attempted to pacify them, whereupon Mott began to fire from a 32-calibre revolver. Mrs. Stein bauer fell to the floor with a ballot in her stomacn and another in her head, and Mile. Alberta was shot htree times In the head and breast. She died in stantly. Mrs. Steinbauer was taken to a hospital. .Mott surrendered and talked coolly ot the murder, regretting that he bad shot Mrs. Steinbauer, whom he said tie liked, and saying that lit had become tired of Mile. Alberta's fickleness and could stand It no longer. Actor 8liot by n Womnn. Huntington, W. Va. (Special) . Wtl llun J. McCauley, an actor, of Phila delphia, playing with "A Woman in tho Case" company, was shot here by Pearl Newman, who, after the shooting escaped to Ohio. McCauley and three friends had entered a restaurant, and were talking to Miss Dorsey Brown, when Pearl Newman entered aud open ed fire, killing McCauley Instantly. Newman Is said to have been Jealous of McC'auley's attentions to Miss Brown. Bchoola In 1'orto ltlco. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). Martin Brumbaugh, recently appointed super intendent of public education In Porto Rico by President McKlnley, sends the following note from San Juan, under date of October 1, to the University of Pennsylvania: "To-day 796 schools open under American control, a gain of 180 over last year. Thirty-five thousand chil dren will march under the American flag Into an American system of schoolB, a gain of 10,000 over last year." Army of Cuinberlnnd. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). The opening business meeting of the So ciety of the Army of the Cumberland was held here. General T. J. Wood pre siding. Annual reports of officers wero adopted, one of the most Important being that of General H. V. Boynton, corresponding secretary, providing for the preservation of the records of tho society. nuft'alo tilrl Killed Heraelf. Buffalo, N. Y. (Speclul). Miss Bella 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 Baw her leap Into the canal, but was unable to save her. An unhappy love affair Is supposed to be the cause of her act. Killed by a Trnln. Johnstown, Pa. (Special). Walter Johnson nnd Charles Buchau, two young miners on strike, who came hero from Plttston to get work lu tho bi tuminous district, were run down by a train while walking on tho railroad truck and were tnstantly killed. AUDIT NOTKU I'KOri.U. Washington Duke, the tobacco man ufacturer, has given $100,000 to Trin ity College, a Methodist institution at Durham, N. C. The Gold Cross of the Order of Dan nelirog has been conferred by King Christian IX. of Denmark ou Jacob A. Ulis, the author. Prof. E. W. Scripture, head of the psychological laboratory of Yale Uni versity, bus been awarded a gold medal by the Purls Exposition for a device for testing color-blindness. BJoernstlerne-Bjoernson, the well known writer, hus Just passed through an extraordinary experience, having slept continuously for 48 hours. Mrs, Ayrton of London, who read a paper before tho Electrical Congress recently held In Purls, was the only woman present at those meetings. The Natal subscribers to a testi monial to MaJor-Ucncral Baden-Powell have decided to present him with a shield made ot Transvaal sovereigns. It Is now positively stated that the disease from which tho Emperor of China has been variously reported as merely sick, nearly dead and dead Is cancer of the throat. RIOT AT THE MINES, STItlKF.Ti ISK VtOI.F.NCK. TO SHIT DOWN A COl.MKRY. A POLICEMAN KILLED. Mrlker Prolmbly Futility Wonnded An Attempt to It mi a Mln I.oeomotlv CntKed tlin Confllrt, In Whlrh rhnta Were Hred on Ilollt Sides A Min ister's Narrow LacHpe. Hazleton, Pa. (Special). A special policeman was Instantly killed, an other was wounded In the head, a striker was probably fatally shot and 10 non-union men were more or less seriously wounded at the Oneida col liery of Coxe Bros. In a clash between the officers and 500 strikers. Tho vic tims are: Killed Ralph Mills, aged 50 years, of Beaver Meadow, one of the officers conveyed in a special train early this morning from that plnce to Oneida. He was shot through tho back. Wounded George Kellnor, aged 38 years, of Beaver Meadow, also a special officer. Ho received shot wounds In the head, but will recover. Joseph Lesko, aged 38 years, of Slieppton, n striker. He wns shot In the groin and will probably die. Ten non-union men were stoned, but only two of them were seriously Injured. They are John Van Blargln and James Torsh, of Slieppton. The former sustained scalp wounds and the latter had four ribs broken. The Oneida Colliery having been In operation since the Inauguration of the slriko, the union men at Oneida and Sheppton, where many of tho employes of the Oneida and Derringer Collieries of Coxe Bros. & Co. live, decided to close down the mine. They gathered In groups on the streets as early as three o'clock. As the non-union men went to work they were asked by tho strikers to remain at home. Some turned buck, others did not. Thoso who went to the colliery were stoned. Vnn Blargln. one of the non-union em ployes, attempted to pull a revolver, but the weapon was taken from him, ami in the beating he received ho had several ribs broken. This occurred Just before starting time at the mine. Tho strikers remained at the colliery nil morning. As the small mine loco motive used In hauling coal from the No. 2 and No. 3 Collerles to the Oneida breaker pulled up on the road near the latter colliery a crowd of wo men blocked the track. The women were told by General Superintendent Kudllck to go home. He nssured them that their husbands would get an Increase In wnges, and that their other grievances would be properly ad justed. The women refused to listen, and stoned .tho superintendent, who was wounded In the head. Then the striking men and the women rushed toward the No. 2 Colliery. A force of about fifty special policemen who had been brought down from Beaver Meadow to prevent trouble attempted to intercept the mob, but they wore powerless to do anything, and retired to the engine house. Just as the officers got close to shel ter a Bhot was fired. This was follow ed by another, and in n few seconds many shots rang through the air. Policeman Mills Was tho first to fall. Then Joseph Lesk'o, a striker, stagger ed to the ground. No one knows who shot first, but it Is believed that both tho strikers and the officers used their weapons. A gunshot killed Mills, and small shot struck Policeman Kellner. Lesko, the striker, was struck by a ball from a revolver, with which all the officers wero armed. After the Bhootlng tho strikers dis persed. Sheriff Toole, of Schuylkill county, in whose territory tho clash occurred, was In Philadelphia, and could render no assistance. His chief deputy, Jajnes O'Donnell, went to tho scene with a force of men. Rev. Carl Houser, a Lithuanian mln lster from Freeland, who baptized a child at Oneida Just at the time the shooting was In progress, was mis taken by the strikers for Superinten dent Kudllck nnd narrowly escaped being stoned. He was soon recognized by a friend and escorted safely to the station. 7,ftUO round of Dynamite Kxplode. Eveleth, Minn. (Special). Seven thousand five hundred pounds of dyna mite lu the powder magazine at the Spruce Mine, about half a mile from town, blew up. A hole 100 feet square and 25 feet deep marks the spot where the magazine stood. Tho forco of the explosion was so great that there Is not a piece of glass over a foot square withlu a radius of two miles of the mine. Practically every window nnd mirror in Eveleth was broken. The loss In the town Is estimated at $30, 000. The damage done to the Spruce Mine was about $3000, the mine labora tory and warehouses being totally wrecked. At least 200 people were more or less seriously hurt from being thrown down by the shock or hit by shattered glass. A Farmer llunga Himself. Hanover, Pa. (Special). Casper Welgand, a well-known farmer resid ing near Green Ridge, hanged himself, breaking his neck and dying almost Instantly. About eight o'clock Mr. Welgand sent his daughter on an er rand, leaving him alone In the house for a short time. On her return she heard a noise in the cellar, and, go ing there, found her father with a rope halter about his neck, suspended from a Joist. Ills knees touched the floor, but the strain hud broken his neck, und life was already extinct. De ceased was aged 70 years, and for the past two years hud been a victim of paralysis, rendering him entirely speechless. Storms ( ante Furtber i-oss. Fort Worth, Texas (Special). Loss es caused by the storms and floods In various sections of the Slate since tho Galveston disaster are estimated nt $1,000,000. The rivers arestill rising. Killed by an I iikIiio. Fairmont, W. Va. (Special). Al Adams, a miner, 33 years old, was crushed to death by an engine neur England mines. Albert . Crlss, at the Fleming mines, had a foot cut off by a mine car to-day. New t'oitrtliuiisH lor Mnntiton. Staunton, Va. (Special). In pulling down the Courthouse preparatory to remodeling It tho walls, which were expected to stand, have been found un safe. The board of supervisors has determined to build an entirely new courthouse, and chungu Its location lu. the grounds. Killed by liny I n i k nr. Mercersburg, Pa. (Special). A fatal accident occurred nt the farm of Miss Maria Hiestur, near here. Charles Fulon's hay pucker had been tuken there, and whs being set up to go to work. Van Brown wns behind It, working about the heavy machine when it Blurted to "run backwards down a decline and, throwing him down, ran over him. It Is very heavy, and tho man was crushed so budly that ho died almost at once. Mr. Brown wus ubout sixty-five years of age, and a widower with several chil dren. He lived here, and his body was taken to bis former home. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. General do Wet Is still keeping the British busy. Ho has lately made his appearance near Wepener. The American steam collier Emir, which recently sank In the Suez Canal, has been successfully floated. A dispatch from Lord Roberts re ports that the number of Boers cap tured or surrendering Is dally Increas ing. . Madame Perret. the wealthy wife of former Senator Perret, died In Lyons, France, leaving a fortune to President Lou bet. At n county fair near Prlvas. France, a lion nearly killed a butcher who placed a gloss of champagne under his nose. The vine-growing districts In France have suffered severely from the heavy Btorms which have done great damage to crops In France. Out of 30,000 British soldiers wound ed In South Africa 29,000 hnve returned to duty. Ten thousand BrltlBh were killed during the war. The International Peaeo Congress, in session In Paris, condemned Great Britain for refusing to accept media tion lu the Transvaal. Infuriated fishermen on the Gallclan coast fired on a Spanish gunboat, and the naval commandant at Vigo had to take refuge on a German warship. Five thousand Boers are reported to have retreated from Pilgrims Rest, northeast of Lydenburg carrying their guns, It is said the ammunition for the big guns Is exhausted. The French ministers, upon tho re assembling of the Chambers, must meet a number of charges and criti cisms. M. tie Lnnessan, minister of marine, is accused of indulging In the "most shameless favoritism." Lord Roberts reports that General Hart's troops marched 310 miles, was in contact with the ayoers for 29 days, killed an unknown number and cap tured 96. The British loss was 3 killed, 3 prisoners and 24 wounded. IITfATION IN CHINA. The Germans will winter 8000 men In Pekln. A thousand Chinese rebels attacked the town of Sal Wan, but were defeat ed. Other powers nre withdrawing troopB from Pekin. A brigade of Japunose left there the past week. Shan Hal Kuan surrendered to a Brit ish warship, and tho place will be gar risoned by British troops. It is reported from Tien Tsln that a forco of 8000 Chinese checked a Ger man force In an encounter near that city. A Shanghai dispatch states that all the foreign troops there nre being held in readiness against a possible attack by Chinese. Tho orders given by Yung Lu, commander-in-chief of the northern armies, to Join LI Hung Chang have been countermanded. The Japanese officials have received Information of the intention of the Chinese imperial court to take up Its residence at Tsln Gan Fu. The London Times correspondent at Pekln telegraphs that the American withdrawal will facilitate Russia's negotiations concerning Manchuria. A dispatch from Tien Tsln states that the Russians havo granted a demand of tho Germans for possession of the railroad between Tien Tsln nnd Pekln. The Germans defeated 2000 Boxers near Pekln. Four hundred Boxers and five Germans were killed. The Ger mans burned a number of Chinese vil lages. The Dowager Empress has ordered the erection of a temple at Pekln in memory of Baron von Ketteler, tho German ambassador, who was mur dered. The British government has author ized Sir Claude Mat-Donald, Its minis ter at Pekln, to adopt a similar course to that of the United States govern ment. American residents at Tien Tsln adopted resolutions deplo-ing the con templated withdrawal of a largo part of the United Slates troops from China. A German Foreign Office official, In discussing the French nolo, states that tho prohibition of tho Importation of arms to China should be Indefinitely prolonged, ns should also the mainte nance of a military guard at Pekln. Tho French note to the other powers for the settlement of the Chinese trouble suggests in addition to the dis mantlement of the fortifications, mili tary occupation of several points ou tho road from Tien Tsln to Pekln. Insurgent Activity. Manila (By Cable). Four troops ot cavalry aud two companies of Infantry have recently reinforced General Young In Northern Luzon, where the Insurgents are concentrating In tho mountains of North and South Ilocoa Provluces, under the leadership of Ag lipay, the excommunicated prleBt. General Tlno and Genarl Villaneuve, who had been quiet for some time, are now showing signs of becoming active, as the end of the rainy seuson ap proaches. Of lato there has been considerable scouting and skirmishing in the prov inces of Abra and North 1 locos. Three Million for tho Academy. Washington (Special). In his esti mate for the expenditures under tho jurisdiction of the Navy Department, Secretary Long decided to pluco $3, 000,000 as the sum to be appropriated for continuing the work on the new Naval Academy at Annapolis during tho next fiscal year. Congress has fixed the limit ot cost of the entire new establishment at Annapolis at $7,000, 000. Tho work of erecting the new buildings is progressing rapidly, and if Congress udopts Secretary Long's recommendation und appropriates the three millions he usks, the new Naval Academy will be completed in two yeurs. 1 11I.1 OF LAlSOlt. Norway has 2941 factories. St. Iiouts has 65,000 unionists. St. Louis has 900 union barbers. Thero are 3700 brotherhood firemen. Logansport has a co-operation gro cery. , , Pacific coaBt unionists want Japa nese barred. New York Building Trades Council will raise $15,000 for Chicago strikers. Labor decision In Germany: Inven tions when conceived or worked out In employer's factory, belong to lat ter, and not tho employe. Tho Democrat and Chronicle, of Rochester, have signed a contract with all the unions represented In tho Allied Printing Trades Council. Nearly 500 emigrants a day ore be inB"Bhlpicd by agents of the govern ment of Queensland from England to Australia. For every adult shipped an agent gets $2.50, and for every child he is paid $1.25. In England during tho past few years, It is claimed, 140,320 farm lab orers have been displaced by machin ery, while the making of tho latter, It Is asserted, required only thu labor of 4600 men fur one year. Porto Rico has a labor paper. NOW FOR PEACE. rRF.SIDKNT'S ltRFLV TO HtliNtll NOTF, ON CHINA. FULL TEXT OF INSTRUMENT I lilted Mutes III Accord ns to I'eare Also s to Punishment of (Ju lty nn i I qultn. hie Indemnltlea. nut the Innse Re Int'nR to I'ermiinent Ouarris and lim ing of I oris Deferred. Washington (Special). The reply ot the State Department to the French note relative to the bases of Chlneso negotiations has Just been made pub lic. The answer has given a satisfactory turn to the Chinese negotiations, and were it not for the reports of military activity in China on the part of some of the Powers tho outlook would be excellent for a speedy opening of the long-deferred peace negotiations. Be sides answering tho specific proposi tions advanced by the French govern ment, the American reply expresses cordial approval of tho course taken by France. The memorandum closes with a phrase In which the Presi dent expresses the belief that, In tho eyes of the French government, the reservation which this government, has made on constitutional grounds will not be understood as preventing the opening of negotiations, as the President hopes they will begin at an enrly tlate. The reply reads as follows: The Secretary of State to the French Charge d'Affalres. (Sent to M. I'hlebaut October 10, 1900). Memorandum. The government of the United Slates Agrees with that of France In recog nizing as the object to be obtained from the government of China appro priate reparation for tho past and sub stantial guarantees for the future. The President is glad to perceive In the bases of negotiation put forward In the memorandum of October 4 tho spirit that has animated the declara tions heretofore made by all tho powers Interested, and would lit; pleas ed to see the negotiations begun Im mediately upon tho usual verification of credentials. It may be convenient to enumerate the clauses of the memorandum and to add some observations dictated by the attitude of the United States In the present circumstances. "1. The punishment of the guilty parties who mny bo designated by 1he representatives of tho Powers In Pekln." The Chlneso government has al ready Indicated Us Intention to pun ish a number of those responsible for the recent disorders. The representa tives of the Powers at Pekln may sug gest additions to that list when nego tiations are entered upon. "Second The continuance of the In terdiction against the Importation of arms." It Is not understood that this inter diction is to be permanent, and the duration of it and the details of its regulation seem a proper subject of discussion by the negotiators. "Three Equitable indemnities for tho governments, corporations and private Individuals." This Is an object desired by all tho Powers. The Russian government has suggested that in case of protracted divergence of views, this matter might be commended to the consideration of the International court of arbitration of Tho Hague. The President thinks this suggestion worthy tho attention of the Powers. "Fourth The organization in Pekin of a permanent guard for the lega tions." Tho government of the United States is unable to make any perma nent engagement of this nature with out tho authorization of the legisla tive branch, but in the present emer gency we have stationed In Pekin an adequate legation guard. "Fifth The dismantling of the forts at Taku." The "President reserves tho expres sion of his opinion as to this measure pending the receipt of further infor mation In regard to the situation in China. "Sixth The niilitury occupation of two or three points on the road from Tien Tsln to Pekin." The same observation which has been mado in reference to No. 4 ap plies al"o to this proposition. The President Is unablo to commit the United States to a permanent partici pation in such occupation, but he thinks it desiralilo thut the Powers shall obtain from the Chinese gov ernment tho assurance of their right to guard their legations In Pekln and to have the means of unrestricted ac cess to them whenever required. The President believes that the governments of France and the other Powers will see In the reserves we have here made no obstacle to the in itiation of negotiations on the lines suggested, and he hopes It will be found practicable to begin such nego tiations at an early day. Department of State, Washington, October 10, 1900. llnron Fava'a Ofllclal Visit. Washington (Special). Baron Fava, the Italian Ambassador, called by ap pointment, In company with Secretary Hay, upon the President to convey to him official notification of the demise of. the late King Humbert and to pre sent bis letters of credentials from King Emmanuel, a necessary form lu such cases. More Ciolil In Virginia. Richmond, Va. (Special). Consid erable excitement exists in tho neigh borhood of Pendleton, Louisa county, over the find of gold on the lands ot W. F. Proflitt. The surface cropplngs issaycd fifty dollars to the ton. Gola has been mined lu that vicinity for nearly a century and there are several mlues in operation. TICOOI'M IN I'KKIN. !i,000 Japs, H.IIOO Germans, l.r.oo Itvu. alnna. Will Winter There. Pekin (By Cable). General Yama guchl will retain 10,000 Japanesti troops, 2000 of them at Pekin nnd the others at Taku and along the line ot communications. Eight thousund Germans will pass tho winter in Pekin and 1500 Itussiuns. The number of British troops who will be retained has not yet been decided. Sir Alfred Gaseleo will probably keep a brigade. Thu allies are storing supplies for six months. Itcpuhllcau Mobbud. CU'cago,IU.(Speclal). IlloodBjied fol lowed in the trail of Chauncey Dt-pow und hla three-mllo escort of Republi can marching clubs. Just as the lust club in tho lino turned the corner of Sedgwick street and Chicago avenue It was charged on by an organized gang of men, who had concealed themselves In tho dark re cess of an unllghted alley. Tho rioters were repulsed finally by the marchers, but not until four or live of the Republican marchers had been Injured, some of them quite seriously. KEYSTONE STAJi I.ATKST M:W Cil.F.ANK,, , I'AllTt, GAME LAW , VERY New Statute I orbl.l. it.. . I-heaanl l tills tnt,.lxj Z, "t Shoot M....I. ..... . n " "" .rin ....... . " """"--Trr.lS .mijniIHn)Qlt, The Stole Game Pommi..i nt lTnrrll,r I.. SOIumlss Pittsburg ChnrlVsn 'SC adelphla; E. n. V fall "f wV,6 port; C. K. Sober, of Lewi. , -lames II. Worden o f ng present. The object ot ttw. I Ing was the discussion of ho f Spring18 P"11 "y &A This law forbids the Inmnrh.i certain game from one K.a,J other, and It has been tl.r d i Z ponrt. that game 8,"p ;.. State to another Is ,;,, game laws of , , Pennsylvania the law ,1H deer, quail, wild ,rUpv. ,, phwiFant killed l , , Kl. bo prilil iin,!,,.. ... e The Lacey law, h(,w, vr .. ported gunie und. r th,. ,,,n' ' which win prevent 1 1. nft1 L game mentioned h, anv part o? Slate, or the serving ,,f It , , J nml restaurants, si.,,,. iM,y , 5 of game, rooked or otherwise ,, l",' m ' io a lisio of every hirtl. or !n.i f,. ,.v,.,.v I he commission will prose, ,,!,: Inited States courts o...f i, n.. . . burg has been arrested for J floor lui-t i ... . . " ""iii'o l line .n,.,,.... :.. , , ... . . .... . . ,, (i.umi w KalbfiiB has secured evldev to that the deep was run down tv was killed on Sunday and sol.i 5 " - '"'.iiwiiM in in i' law. Women I t nt ir. An act not ution tim i.i,... Columbia County Fr (M-riirri-il f. fair crounilq ulm.. wm .... r . " . ino'-oa, r ......i i. .uuii in. i- tuistmim i-seortliii other woman around tho groan,! attempted forell.lv i,. i,,l i I from her husband's si.le, and l i ne iun-rcHiion was over tin- t,i, managed to get outside of t The two women then decided t. It out to a finish, and after tin fought nnd pulled each other's h some time, they were separated Tried to Kml ll, r I.IIY. 1M18H i.ouie lirnnilt, of Jit. Jn.l sometime ngo attempted to , suicide willi poison, on nrcciint?. love afinir, made a second end While in tho street, near her homl was seen to draw a revolver nni r. with the evident Intention of n Ing herself. The bullet loik-eil is I left arm near the shoulder. Tl i i is is years oi itgn ami lives will grandfather, Michael liran.lt. Wrecking n l'.l Mill. The American Steel Hoop Con began wrecking their mill at Ki which they purchased about a ago from. P. L. Kimhcrly for The buildings are to lie razed an the machinery moved. Tho mill - wns closed down s. months ago and not) hands throw of employment. The piant was ed In 18(." and n dozen men have their fortunes or gone bankrupt .1 its operation. It was sadly ml date. nurtlim"! Site t'liieen. The county commissioners d. to build the new courthous. site of the present o;ic nt Will 'arre on the public stpiure. It Is hoped by most of the t Hint thiu will en, I the iimll which has railed In Court and tail i eight years. The chy council 1 f-lfiKn vote refused to uivc tho ciu a ulot of ground on tin- riv.-r cnafc In exchange for the courtyard square. Itl-i'Vltif. A fiorifins wreck o.-ctirrcd mi fntr,.! timiiHvlv:itii!i ami W Railrcad being caused by the fall n tree lievrss the ttacK mar III aeytown tunnel. t trnln crushed into the trt Hi., ciifino nnd four freight tars hurled over a fifteen-foot embank t The passenger coach attaenea i rear freight car was not. uin. Vn .ma wns Iniuicd. Tho ,..,. ,1.) mid the contents of annul- - fi-oiirht cars wero destroyed. Three children of Mr. and Mrs. , Trimble, aged respectively 5 yea years and six months, narrowly 'aped being burned to death at 1 home in South Bethletrcni. During tho absence of the P-wi fire broke out In tne cinnm " " .. ni.iMi,n won. rescued 111 aa I lie i iiiiuicu .. . . , Irnm condition by a neieti Two will recover, hut the bain aMe. William Walker, aged 7 years, badly mangled by a mail bulkM Pottsville. Tho dog attacked the boy. tho flesh of his chest and lxly freightful manner. It l "lc" ...Ill ,llo U"J JL ti. Hlch. of Sharon, ered what she supposed were mf .. . tv nf tlieni. f rooms ami ' ',,. , was luiten vioonuj i ably die. A physician in'"'' them toadstools. Her husoauu , ill from the effects oi c,iu..h . v. f,, whose sli'"' tory was recently destroyed I') "' Wllliamsport, will erect a story building on wi -...in ,iiv liwreasc their out!"'1 In attempting to board a . Hi: rrclght train in nun- In Sunbury, Harry ;) . T years, employed ai ' the wheels anil wus -i..,.., ,,!,,, In it null). I 1116 1.1 vw . - W. II, Foster, of West V ' Western Union lineman, t a u tact with an eiecun; ..i,-- win, and wai thrown fn. ' t the ground. Ho was nu" -his hip was broken. THE NATIONAL CAME. Merles, of Chicago, lends the I'1 111 Biuicu imnt D. . . .. ... mi hl 8,1 m-isicr is in,.....o i,i. fit l ,m 1st. Boston has won but one gnus Brooklyn this season. Catcher "Jlgg" Donahue inn I. I.lll.linn, fill- llCXt J1"1' llllll i lliuuiiio , .,,, The New York Club !. Pitcher Seymour for u sou. ,,, , Hamilton, of , nfojj. w. M player to reach the ccnliuy t'l"1H- i n il PlttttburS 1 the first club o J . Ilmlly games as ullecii lu a mi" Boston. iii-i.lv Nick Young bo tt return to the double uuu teiu next year,
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