PRECIOUS ffll' IN 1BQKDSKGL
SOME RICH FINDS.
TertuM Kadi U a Day by liuri U tat
Gold Fields of Alaska,
The excitement over the Klondyke
mines at Seattle la on the Increase and
hundreds of people are preparing to
ail for Alaska. The steamer Portland,
which brought down over $1,000,000 in
gold Is on her return trip and will be
crowded to her utmost capacity. Con
servative men who have been In the
country claim there is room for hun
dreds more in Alaska. They admit
that all of the fields In the vicinity of
Klondyke have been taken, but every
river In Aluska Is. In their Judgment
filled with (told, w hich can be secured.
ir tne men are willing to risk the hard
ships.
Inspector Strickland of the Canadian
mounted police, who came down on the
Portland, says: "When I left Dawson
City a month ago there were S00
claims Finked out, and there were be
tween 2.V00 and 3.000 In there. We can
safely say that there was about $1,500,
000 In gold mined last winter. The
wages in the mines were $15 a day, and
the sawmill laborers $10 a day. The
claims now staked out will afford em
ployment to about 5.000 men, I believe.
If a man Is strong, healthy and wants
work he can tlnd employment at good
wages. Several men worked on an In
terest, or what is termed a "lay," and
during the winter realized from $5,000
to $10,000 each. The mines are 35 to 100
miles from Alaska boundnry.
A dct.n'hment of mounted police of
the northwest territory, which passed
through onttle two years ago, struck
It rich. Five of the twenty guards re
turned on the Portland with gold
amounting to J.'OO.ono. The other 15 re
mained In Alnska to engage In mining.
Circle City, Alnskn. Is deserted, writes
a miner who has Juxt returned from the
Klondike mines. Kverybody Is up at
Klondike or preparing to go soon. It
Is the richest district the world has
ever known and will produce millions
this year. Klour at Klondike Is worth
$100 a sack of 50 pounds, and everything
elre is in proportion, and none to lie
bought. Live dogs are worth from $2
to $5 a pound; they are scarce. Gravel
is frozen IS to :0 feet deep to bed rock,
but we bum a shaft down and then
drift, using fire Instead of powder. The
gravel runs from '$5 to $150 a pan, and
the y.oung fellow on a claim above me
panned out $40,000 In two days. 1 was
offered JlT.o.ooo cash for my claim. I
still hold the ground, and will be either
a millionaire or a pauper In the fall.
Men cannot be hired for wages. Every
newcomer In the enmp Is offered big
wages, as high ns $50 a day, but seldom
will anyone work for another. The on
ly phantom that stands in our way to
the goal fif a millionaire Is grub. I
have provisions enough to last me till
next June, and I am as well fixed its
any man In the country. If the boats
do not get up the river befme July wc
will bo In hard lines.
John F. James and Henry Tilako re
turned recently from the desert region
near the Mexican bonier, bringing a
story of extreme suffering ami of suc
cess in the discovery of the California
mine, one of the most famous of the
lost mines of the southwest.
A LAKE OF OIL.
Important Discovery Made in Alaska by Gold
Prospector!.
What Is said to be the greatest dis
covery ever made is reported from
Alaska. Some gold, prospectors several
months ago ran across what seemed to
be a lake of oil. It was fed by In
numerable springs and the surrounding
mountains were full of coaX , They
brought supplies to Seattle 'and tests
proved it to be of as high grade as any
ever taken out of Pennsylvania wells.
A local company was formed and ex
perts sent up. They have returned on
the steamer Topeka, and their report
has more than borne out first reports.
It Is stated there Is enough oil nnd coal
In the discovery to supply the world. It
Is close to the ocean: in fact the experts
fty that the oil oozes out into the salt
Water. It is rtated that the Standard
Oil Company has already made an offer
for the property. The owners have 8,
000 acres and are naturally much excit
ed over their prospects for fortune.
INDIGNANT WOMEN.
With Brooms in Rand the Clean they Dirty
8trcoU of St Louis.
Half a hundred St. Louis women sal
lied forth in a body, broom and shovel
In hand, a few days ago, and cleaned
that part of the city the center of which
ly the alley between Chouteau avenue
aid Convent street and Third ami
Fourth streets. They were headed by
Miss Louisa Meyer. Two years aen
Jrrty of St. Louis women felt them- !
efves compelled to teach the city
fathers a lesson In this way. The con- I
dltlons now are as bad, and the women '
hive won public approval by thus cal- I
ling attention to them. The women who
cleaned the streets to-day were chiefly I
worklngmen's wives nnd daughters.
The British Navy.
In the London house of commons re
cently Mr. Joseph Austen Chamberlain
number of Kast Worcestershire, moved
the second reading of the naval works
bill. The revised estimate, ho said,
proposed the establishment of naval
Works at Inner at a cost of 3,500.000
Instead of 2.000,000. There would be
an enclosed space of 610 acres, he said,
with berthing accommodation for 20
battleships, besides smaller vessels.
The Gibraltar harbor, he said, would
be rendered absolutely secure and
there would be on Increased spate of 90
acres. A new ddek would be construct
ed at Comombo nnd a naval barracks
at Sheerness.
Cars in Demand.
Long trains of empty freight cars
hove rolled out of Kansas City for two
weeks and dropped oft In twos, threes
and lives on Fide tracks along the lines
of the railroads In Missouri, Iowa, Kan
sas. Nebraska and Oklahoma. These
entfty freight cars, of which thro are
thousands, will be filled with new 'U7
wheat Inside of four or five weeks. A
tremendous grain rush Is expected and
the best of management by railroad of
ficials will be needed to prevent a huge
grain blockade or a grain car famine
Conservative estimates of crop statisti
cians plnce the yield of wheat for this
year in Kansas at GO.COO.OOO bushels.
. The Oold Fever.
The reports of great gold discoveries
in Alaska have caused intense excite
ment at Heattl". Policemen a.-e resign
ing from the force; every street car man
that can ralss a Ftnke has given notice
to his company. All claf.ses of society
are represented In the feverish rush to
get north. Men neglect their business
and congregate In groups on tho streets
In excited discussions. People are tele
graphing friends and relatives in the
Kast to come and Join them in th-j new
El Dorado.
TUfl TXLXG1AJU.
The next convention of the Epworth
League will be held at Indianapolis.
Several farms at Montpelier, Vt..
have been partially covered by a land
slide. The Trans-MlsslsslppI Congress met
at Salt LAke. Utah, with W. J. Bryan
as president.
Several building were struck by
lightning and houses unroofed during
a storm at Pittsburg Sunday.
The Broadmoor Casino, the famous
iw.uw resort at Colorado Springs was
destroyed by Are Monday.
Dr. Cadawallader, a well-known Phil
adelphla physician, aged 50, mairled his
housemaid, Bridget Mary Ryan, aged
James Boyd and wife were drowned
while crossing a creek In a wagon at
Lick Hun near Pittsburg, a few days
ago.
Anthony Williams, a negro, murdered
Miss Rene Williams at Florence. Ala.
He was caught, stamped upon, shot at
and then burned to death.
Thomas Norman, an ex-sailor of the
British navy. Jumped 100 feet froo the
bridge into the river below at Cleveland
and rescued a drowning boy.
Wilson, a savage bulldog owned by
Father Bill Daly, the turfman of Brook
lyn, attacked an Infant In its mother's
arms Saturday night, wounding it fa
tally. There has been a satisfactory rain
fall throughout the northwest prov
inces of India and the authorities In
tend to reduce considerably the extent
of the relief work.
Frank Scott and Frank Hyre were
drowned at West Enosburg, Vt., the
other day while trying to save the
family of Dennis Dow, who were en
dangered by a freshet.
Gov. Drake of Iowa was Injured re
cently by a fall on the steps of the
capltol. He struck on his hip, which
was penetrated by a bullet during the
war. The injury may prove serious.
A new board of pension examining
surgeons has been appointed at Man
nlngton. W. Va., consisting of Drs. O.
F. Mclntyre, W. C. Q. Wilson and M.
L. Miller.
At Pittsburg It was decided by lot
that Michael Koallawski should set fire
to a can of benzine, Just to see what
the result would be. Koallowskl is not
expected to live.
The colored troops, Ninth battalion
of the Illinois state guard, refused to
return from Springfield to Chicago In
old coaches, they demanded Pullmans,
but were finally shown where they
were wrong.
Justice Truax In the New Tork su
preme court has dismissed tho writ
of habeas corpus obtained for Thorn,
the alleged murderer of Guldensuppe.
He also denied the motion to admit
Thorn to ball.
Rev. Henry C. Mlnton, D. D., of Pan
Francisco, who has accepted the presi
dency of Center college, at Lexington,
Ky., Is a Washington and Jefferson
college man, having graduated at
Washington in 1S79.
Mrs. W. J. Cocke, wife of ex-Mayer
Cocke, of Ashevllle, N. C, committed
suicide a few days ago. She was Miss
Minnie Lyne, of Cynthlana, Ky., and
was mnrried to Mr. Cocke less than a
year ago.
Rev. George C. Needhnm, of Living
stone, N. J., In his sermon Sunday
quoted passages of scripture In sup
port of his contention that there are no
female angels In heaven, all being of
the masculine gender.
Mrs. Clarence Moore, of Washington,
received a severe nervous shock when
she heard the news of her father'B death
Frank McLaughlin, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Times. A rtlapsc followed
and she died Saturday.
The National League of Republican
Clubs at Its convention In Detroit elect
ed L, J. Crawford, of Kentucky, for
President. The next meeting will be
held at Omaha, The platform stands
by McKlnley s administration.
The St. Louis Credit Men's associa
tion has withdrawn from the National
Credit Men's association, because tho
East favors tho Torrey bankruptcy
bill. It Is trying to get all other west
ern organizations to do the same.
The Central Labor union, after a
long wrangle at their meeting Sunday,
"resolved that the appointment of T.
V. Powderly as commissioner of Immi
gration is the greatest official insult
ever offered by the federal government
to organized labor.
Two masked men robbed the Sac and
Fox agency postottlee, 50 miles from
Guthrie, O. T., Saturday night, secur
ing a quantity of registered letters,
stamps and a small sum of money.
They were after $20,000 being paid the
Indians. The robbers escaped.
The R. Rothschilds' Son Co., dealers
In bar fixtures and furniture at 519
Broadway, N. Y., assigned to Benja
min F. Cohn, without preference. Lia
bilities. $150,000; assets, $100,000. The
company has Its principal office In Cin
cinnati, where it was incorporated.
Patrick Cullen, aged 77, and Miss
Maxle Kcefe, aged 17, both of Rock
ford, III., eloped to Belolt, Wis., and
were married by a Justice of peace.
On their return they went to the par
sonage of the Catholic church and had
a ceremony performed by Rev. Father
McMahon, at the request of the bride.
Three men In a buggy were chased by
Chicago police. In exchange of shots
two of them are supposed to have been
fatally wounded. A bicyclist who fol
lowed went over the abutment at the
Lake street bridge, tho draw being
open. As he clung to the abutment the
bridge swung Into place, crushing him
out of human shape.
Henrique Laldley, Portuguese vice
consul at Can Francisco, has arrived at
Monterey, Cal., to Investigate the in
cident of the tearing down and burn
ing of the flag of Portugal, which Man
uel Ortlng, a Portuguese grocer, had
hoisted over his place of business on
the Fourth of July.
The seventh International convention
of the Baptist Young People's Union of
American began In Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Thursday morning with about 4.000
delegates In attendance. As in all pre
vious conventions the singing will be
quite a factor, a trained choir of 500
voices filling the big auditorium with
melody.
In consequence of the Increasing tur
bulence of the Mussulmans at Crete,
and the almost Incessant outbreaks and
disorders, the Admirals of the Interna
tional fleet have issued a proclamation,
admonishing the Mussulmans and an
nouncing that If a single European sol
dier la harmed they will bombard the
town.
John Fraser, who, 40 years ago, own
ed a profitable business In New York,
and lived in one of the finest houses on
Fil th avenue, was found dead In his bed
In a Ralneslaw hotel In Park Row a few
days ago. His father, who died some
time ago In Scottland, had left him a
handsome legacy.
Annie Kerchall, aged 14 years, living
at Philadelphia, was the victim of an
ntempted assault the other day In the
woods near her home; Jler assailant
escaped, but the following morning his
body was found hanging tei a tree some
distance from the scene of the assault.
He had evidently feared arrest and
committed suicide. From appearances,
the man was a tramp.
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SLIGHT CHANGES MADE.
BsprstsatativM of the Hots as leasts Per
fect Uo Loac-Siscatats Meatus.
The new tariff bill, as agreed upon
by the members of both houses In con
ference will, when made public, present
an entirely new sugar schedule, at least
In the main Item of duty on raw and re
fined sugar the fourth presented since
the bill emerged from the recesses of the
Ways and Means Committee. It Is esti
mated that the changes in the sugar
schedule will raise about $2,000,000 ad
ditional revenue. Following are among
the more important changes made in
other schedules:
Hides. 15 per cent, ad valorem, In
place of the 20 per cent, fixed by the
Senate.
Wool (as heretofore sent), first-class,
11 cents per pound; second class, 12
cents per pound; third class, 4 cents on
that below 12 cents per pound in value
and S cents on that above 12 cents in
value. These rates on third-class wool
were the result of an agreement be
tween the wool growers and the carpet
manufacturers.
Ccal, bituminous, 67 cents per ton.
Tobacco, $1.75 per pound on Imported
wrappers. This Is the Senate rate.
White pine lumber was restored to
the House classification and the House
rate of $2 per 1,000 feet Instead of the
Senate rate of $1.
The reciprocity clause has been trans
formed into a modification of both the
Senate and House schedules that is,
the number of articles which can be
used as bases for reciprocity agreements
has been increased, but the President's
discretion as to rates nnd the ratifica
tion of treaties by the Senate, which
was the main feature of the Senate
provision, has been rejected.
One of the biggest victories won by
the House was in the restoration to the
dutiable list of burlaps. Jute and Jute
bagging, cotton bagging, gunny sacks,
floor-matting and cotton ties, which the
Senate placed on the free list. While
restored to the dutiable list, however,
the rates are lower than they have ever
been on this class of articles. Another
victory of the House was the elimina
tion of the Senate stamp tax on bonds
and stocks. It was decided that the
machinery of collection was too cumber
some. Raw cotton was restored to the free
list as originally fixed by the House.
The Senate, with the aid of some of the
Democratic Senators, made cotton du
tiable at 20 per cent.
The conference report on the tariff
bill was adopted by the house shortly
after midnight, Monday, by a vote of
185 to 118.
SENATE AGREES. .
United States Objects to Paying the Exorbit
ant Demands of Iron Manufacturers.
The price to be paid for armor plate
for the three new battleships now In
course of construction was the theme
of extended, and at times, lively de
bate, In the senate. Late In the day an
amendment to the deficiency appropri
ation bill was agreed to, restricting the
price of armor plate to $300 per ton, or
$125 less than the amendment reported
by the committee and recommended by
the navy department as the minimum
rate acceptable to the armor contrac
tors. Another amendment Inserted In
the bill directs the secretary of the
navy to Investigate as to the establish
ment of a government armor 'factory
nnd to report to the next session of
congress.
During the debate Mr. Hale urged
that the failure to equip the battleships
with armor would humiliate the United
States In the eyes of the world, and
would lessen our naval power at a time
of possible foreign complication. After
Inserting the armor amendments, tho
deficiency appropriation bill, the last
of the great supply measures, was
passed.
Tho bill provided a total appropria
tion of $3,410,725 for armor for the three
battleships authorized In 1SM6 and lim
ited the cost per ton to $425. Mr. But
ler (N. C.) offered an amendment re
ducing the total to $2,407,500, limiting
the cost to $300 per ton, and providing
for the establishment of a government
armor factory If private concerns do
not bid within $300 per ton.
The measure will now have to be act
ed upon In conference. Representa
tives of the house and senate have as
yet come to no conclusion on the Tariff
bill.
Foster Meeting with Success.
Ex-Secretary Foster Is believed to be
meeting with a large measure of suc
cess In his efforts to secure from the
British government additional meas
ures of protection for the seals In Beh
rlng sea. While he has not yet report
ed that the British have formally con
sented to participate in a conference
with this object In view, unofficial ad
vices Indicate that this Is about to bo
accomplished.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Myron H. McCord's nomination to be
governor of Arizona was finally con
firmed by the senate after a contest
lasting several weeks. The vote stood
29 to IS.
President McKlnley Issued the order
suspending the operation of ex-Presl-dent
Cleveland's order consolidating
the pension agencies of the country
and reducing their number to 9 from 18.
It is rumored that Japan and Spain
have formed an alliance against the
United States. They will use their
united efforts In case the United States
should persist In interfering with Cuba,
or attempt the annexation of Hawaii.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage has
Issued an order reducing the salary of
the commissioner of immigration at
New York from $8,000 to $4,600 a year,
and the salary of the assistant commis
sioner from $4,000 to $3,000. Mr. Powder
ly's salary will be $4,600.
President McKlnley rent to the senate
the nomination of Terence V. Powderly,
formerly general master workman of
the Knights of Labor, to be commissioner-general
of Immigration. He will
succeed Herman Stump, who has re
signed, and will turn over the office as
soon as Mr. Powderly has been con
firmed. Ex-Congressman Perry Belmont, who
returned Saturday from England, has
given out a carefully prepared Interview
to the effect that there has been no In
crease of bimetallic sentiment in
Europe. Neither France nor Germany
will unite with us to put gold and sliver
at PV unless Eng'und leads the way.
Tho German ambassador has trans
mitted to the United States government
an Invitation to send delegates to an
International conference at Berlin,
from October 11 to 16 next, to discuss
the spread of leprosy, and to seek a
definite progrnm for ehrcklng it by uni
form laws. J. J. Klnynun, past assist
ant surgeon, U. S. N., has beeh detailed
to represent this government.
MANY DEAD.
Rood SuaUarts That f Jeaastm lafmUs
TvsHewlerkTi
The two larva reservoirs In the Fish
kill mountains, which supplied water
to the towns of Matteawan and Fish
kill. N. T.. burst their walls at $
o'clock Wednesday morning and the
water that was released swept through
the Dutchess valley, causing ruin and
death.
Five bodies have been taken from
the wreckage left in the wake of the
flood, and there are known to be two
and probably three more lying some
where beneath the piled up debris,
which Is all that remains of three
hoases that were swept away by the
torrent The names of those whose
bodies have been recovered, as official
ly given out by Coroner H. B. Berier
of Matteawan are Mrs. John Conroy,
Mrs. Mary Ferry, William Ferry, John
Sruka, Phllamena Deluka. The miss
ing are: John Conroy, aged 2 years;
Julia Conroy, aged 6 years; an un
known Hungarian. The body of Mrs.
Mary Ferry was taken from mud and
debris ten feet deep. Thirty-five men
worked all day In the ruins.
Mrs. Conroy, one of the lost, before
her marriage lived at Johnstown, Pa.,
where the great flood occurred several
years ago. She was rescued there by
John Conroy, who afterward married
her. Most of the ruins have been
searched over, and it is possible that
some bodies have been swept into the
river.
Engineer John Conroy, who lost his
wife and two children, states that they
were not In the building when the
flood came. They were on a knoll on
the edge of the floods. He told his wife
to stay there with the children until
he went back to the building, but she
attempted to find a place of greater
apparent safety, and in crossing to an
other house the flood swept her and the
children to her death.
About a thousand yards above Mur
phy's boarding house, directly In the
center of the ravine, was a small settle
ment of Arabs, 30 or 40 In number, oc
cupying half a doien huts. There Is
not a vestige of the settlement now,
but so far as known no Arabs lost
their lives. On each side of the rail
road track are great piles of rubbish,
tree trunks, rocks, pieces of houses and
all sorts of household goods and cloth
ing. The wave was about 15 feet high.-
as shown by traces along Its passage.
When it reached a point about 700 feet
above the buildings it had spread out
until It was about 200 feet wide and 10
feet deep, moving with resistless force.
It tore out by the rooots trees that
were one to two feet In diameter.
MISSION BUBNED.
For Bepoving Chinese Children Plymouth
Brethren Have a Narrow Escape.
The entire premises of the Plymouth
Brethren, at Wuchen, China, have been
destroyed by a Chinese mob. Some
Chinese boys in the streets Insulted a
missionary, and he reproved them.
They complained to their parents, who,
by starting the old story of child steal
ing and killing, raised a mob and at
tacked the five women and twelve mis
sionaries In a house. The missionaries
gathered in a school room and barred
the doors, escaping later to another
house, where the mob failed to find
them. The mob then returned to the
house and destroyed every vestige of
property. The crowd then turned Its
at teirf Ion to the Roman Catholic mis
sion, but by this time the officials had
been notified and sent soldiers to pre
vent further damage. The Plymouth
Brethren missionaries escaped In boats
that night and nmt day the local man
darins sent a squad of soldiers to pro
tect them. They saved nothing but
tho clothes they were wearing.
A DETEBMINED MOB.
Lynch a Murderer After Having Once Bofore
Made an Attempt to Hang Him,
Dr. R. A. Ryder, who murdered his
sweetheart, Miss Sallle Emma Owen, a
beautiful nnd accomplished girl, April
5, 1896, at Columbus, da., was taken
from tht officers a few nights ago by a
mob and lynched. He was on his way
to the Jail. The Judges had granted a
motion for a continuance and the mob
feared that Ryder, would escape pun
ishment. Once before an attempt was
made to lynch Dr. Ryder. The night
after he shot and killed Miss Owen 60
mounted men rode Into Talbottom with
the avowed purpose of avenging the
murder of the young woman. They
were met, however, by the law-abiding
residents of the city and did not put
their design Into execution.
Justice in Kentucky.
Governor Brndley, of Kentucky, has
pardoned George Dinning, a negro,
who was recently given seven years for
killing Jodie Conn, a member of a par
ty who surrounded his house and were
attempting to lynch him. In a long
indorsement on the official pardon the
Governor says: "Too long has mob
law disgraced the fair name of Ken
tucky, and while I am Governor of the
Commonwealth no man, however ob
scure, and friendless, shall bo punished
for killing the member of a mob who
seiks to take his life or drive him from
l is home."
Hie Own Executioner.
Thomas F. Kipple was hanged on the
automatic gailows In the Wethersfield
prison at Hartford, Conn., Wednesday.
Kipple maintained an Insolent demean
or to the end. He refused to allow a
photographer to take his picture, and
showed little Interest in the ministra
tions of his spiritual adviser, the Rev.
Father Lynch. The law provides that
the murderer shall In effect hang him
self, the trap being sprung by Its stand
ing upon it. There have been several
executions under the law, all success
ful. KIppie's crime was wife murder.
Killed In Cuba.
Col. Charles Gordon, a well-known
American, who served In the Cuban
army and was in high favor with Gen.
Gomez on account of his intelligence
and bravery, has been assassinated
by the Spaniards In the same manner
that Charles Govln was murdered last
year In the province of Havana. Govln
and Gordon landed together In Cuba In
the same expedition early In 1896. Govln
was attacked with machetes and cut to
death.
Ambitions Mrs. Lease.
Mrs. Mary Lease, of Kansas, Is a can
didate for governor on the populist
ticket. She told her Intimate friends
recently that she Intended to succeed
John W. Leedy. There Is nothing In
the state's constitution or state laws
that prevents a woman from holding
the office, and Mrs. Lease has reached
the conclusion that the time has ar
rived for tho women to assert them
selves. Turks Must Obey.
According to a dispatch, the Emperor
Nicholas has telegraphed the sultan,
demanding the Immediate evacuation
of Thessaly and threatening that other
wise Russian troops will cross the
Turkish frontier,
It Is said that all the powers except
Great Britain have consented to this
course.
nsi iezi a coal
DEBS AT WORK.
Agreeeat let ea Opera tore which will
rrobably fettle tat Dispute.
The solid front of the mine operators
of the Fairmont district In West Vir
ginia was shattered Into' fragments
Monday, when COO miners threw down
their picks and walked out of the
mines on a strike. Fully 800 men were
rendered Idle. Already the men are
organised, and Eugene V. Debs has
started on a metoric trip throughout
the district.
President Ratchford and Secretary
Pearce of the striking miners issued a
letter to the public, giving the causes
leading up to the present suspension,
the circular says that the suspension
Is not a choice, but an alternative
forced upon the miners for living
wages.
An operator Is quoted as saying In a
Joint conference prior to the suspen
sion: "Go on and fight, we are ready
for you." The movement is character
ized as "nothing less than the spon
taneous uprising of an enslaved peo
ple, who have determined to submit no
longer to the cruel, heartless and In
human conditions Imposed upon them
by unscrupulous employers, which
have reduced them and their depend
ents to actual starvation."
The basis upon which the great min
ers' strike will probably be settled Is
embodied in the following provisions ot
agreement between the mine opera
tors: "That we will pay the miners em
ployed by us in cash for all the coal
mined or loaded by them on the pit car
or wagon on the basis af coal screened
over the standard screen hereinafter
provided for. That no owner or opera
tor, and no person connected with the
management of a mine shall be Inter
ested directly or Indirectly, In the pro
fits arising from the sales of merchan
dise to any employees of any such own
er or operator. The payment Bhall be
made in cash semi-monthly for all la
bor performed at the mines during the
pay period next preceding the pay
days, without deduction or set off for
any merchandise, supplies or goods
that may have been obtained by the
miner from 'any store, or for or on ac
count of any order for such merchan
dise, supplies or goods. And we and
each of us do hereby further agree that
In case of the violation by any one or
more of us, parties to this agreement,
to pay the sum of 10 cents per ton upon
each ton of the total output of coal
mined by any one or more of us vio
lating any one or more of said pro
visions and terms.
It is agreed that when this contract
has been signed by 97 per cent of all
the mine owners In the Pittsburg dis
trict, Including tho river operators. It
will go into effect. It is hard to say
how long It will take to get the neces
sary signatures, but If everybody
works towards this end the compact
should be In force at the end of a week.
The matter of wages Is to be left to
a commission of arbitration agreeable ,
to both operator and miner. The de
cisions of this board are to be final.
John Kane, National Vice President
of the tTnlted Mine Workers, died sud
denly In Columbus Monday evening
after a short Illness of pneumonia.
The death of Mr. Kane was a profound
shock to his numerous friends. He had
taken a great Interest In the strike and
was ono of the chief advisers of Presi
dent Ratchford.
Czarina's Wish Oranted.
The Berlin correspondent .of the
Standard says that while celebrating
Christmas eve in the German manner
the Czarina was asked by her husband
to express a' wish. She whispered,
"Please permit a little more religious
toleration." The Czar answered smil
ingly, "That will come by and by." The
Czar has not forgotten his promise, as
it has been reported, but has issued a
ukase canceling that of his father,
Alexander III., which ordered that ev
ery non-orthodox person In Russia
who married an orthodox person
should sign a document declaring that
he would baptize and educate his chil
dren In the orthodox faith. The ukase
of Emperor Nicholas permits children
of mixed marriages to be educated In
the religion of their parents, sons In
that of their father and daughters In
that of their mother.
Watermelon for the Fresidont.
The largest watermelon grown In
the South this season was shipped from
Atlanta, Ga., for Washington, where It
will be presented to President McKln
ley at the White House. The melon
was grown In Georgia, weight 78
pounds and took the prize of $25 offered
by W. H. Mitchell, Southern agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, in a
ccntest participated in by the planters
of all melon-growing States. The mon
ster melon Is shipped In a golden ham
per, adorned with flags.
In Broad Daylight
A daring and successful hold-up was
perpetrated In one of the busiest sec
tions of New York In broad daylight
the other day. Wolf R. Fish was sit
ting in his store at $4 Grand street
when three men entered. One pointed
a revolver at Fish, while the other two
seized him, threw him to the floor, and
tore his diamond from his shirt bosom
and his watch and chain from his
pocket. They then rifled the cash
drawer of $75, backed through the door
and escaped.
Daring Bobbery.
Two of the most peculiar and daring
robberies in southern railroad history
occurred a few days ago on the South
ern railway. A robber passed through
the three Bleepers on trains going from
Atlanta to Chattanooga, taking all the
men's trousers. He got off at Rome,
Ga., and boarding the next train in the
opposite direction, pursued the same
tactics. Conductors, porters and pas
sengers alike suffered, and the thief
made a good haul.
FB0M ACROSS THE SEA.
Neary one thousand Spaniards em
ployed in the navy yard and in the ar
senal at Havana went on strike Monday.
They refuse to return to work until the
wages due them are paid. Operation In
the two departments Is practically sus-
A violent earthquake occurred In the
Island of Stromboll, one of the Li pari
group, off the north coast of Sicily, on
Saturday. The shock was followed by
an active eruption of the volcano of
Stromboll.
Edward Charles Baring, first Baron
Revelstoke, of London, Is dead. He
was born In 1828 and was created a
baron In 1886. He was formerly di
rector of the Bank of England and was
the senior partner of the firm of Bar
ing Bros., financiers.
The presentation of a silver service
to the battleship Iowa, which was to
have been made by Governor Francis
Drake of Iowa, occurred a few days
ago. Governor Drake was not present
on account of Illness. A delegation
headed by Auditor C. D. McCarthy, of
Des Moines, was present and the gift
was bestowed bjr him with an appro
priate speech. ' " - -
Am livitM im Vlal ft -
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R. O. Dun Co's weekl ...
rep5rtyExcepUn the gre,t
era' atrfk which dim .7 ttl
tune, there Is scarcely a .., '(
hn.ln... - Kill. 7." "ni Of til
aging, the season considered
prospects have been Improved h.
ed rain In some regions and tanH
vices continue to promise a larT
tnand. In many home initn..f,e
ticularly In building, ther. i. T M
tivltr than In inv .... ., "Iur ad
the week has brought a better 5r H
In boot, and she and in H
t uuc mo iranrairai or rrelsht -7.
Iron ore. through the si. k """M
canal la the larsreat In it. " nl
money markets unelmMi .. "
nothing In sight to hin,t. 'ner 4
provement when uncertainty .K,tnl
legislation baa been Ll M
mlnvra' itrilia mnM . ' T thj
business a-nd industries should w!
active. There la much I,... . .
slon of a failure ot fuel ...XlSf?"
there waa during th. ... ':ply 'M
durina- tho ,. V 7 M
when Dricea raolrllv arlvn. ' .ll'I
quantities of coal from West VlrJftl
have reached northern ...' lnl
anmn nf tho minora in t.. . bul
struck. ' 8lale hv
The advance In wheat to 81 i.s, J
not Hop to tho vnv.r.,. WM
Which waa follow . h l
forela-n advloea and nrniM . V 'I
Inar for ornnrt Domnnrf i -i . "W
rum .nusirauu, Boum Africa Hra.l
anti Avon imntln. kit -. ' I
Ise for Kilronenn rrnm ! ... Pf?lll
o,l lrl-ht Th. HlorJEi.T. ." ln"W
- -.Bywoiuiin ot I arm a.,
to keeD back wheat f,,r hi-i. ' "Ver1
may affect the outward movement, buj
j .. j-""1? uu"" Juiy. nour in.
eluded, have been 3,115,443 bush.i.
against 2.S53.S17 bushel ln.t A'
though In the same weeks 4m-
bushels corn went nut r,.i... . .. ''
073 bushels last year. Wheat closed J
ir wiu ween ana corn c hlrti
er. Cotton is a sixteenth hlgner th,
rlnalnir nr nnrllnl ilnnna.. - 1 Q
tant New Rnirlnnn mill. "F01!
trallzlng In market estimation th aHJ
Fici.cnciuiia vi injuiy irum arouffht
Speculation In the wool market con.
tlnues with price at BoHton advanclnr
with alsTnn tt (a hnnm ann- j '
, , T - ..munis ucaien.
In which manufacturers are taklne
lit Hp rtnrt nt nirrnnt nrlood
-. w . . . iiivvn, dim HI fM
West where holders are looking for J
lirrw Hiivunce. imports at Bostop
were 28,863 bales in two weeks, and
dealers are SAld tet hnvo hiit. tu.
, ' v- -""hill IW.'VJ
bales more In London. Sales were w.
4; 2,300 bales at the three mnrkets for
the week and 24.572.800 In two weeks '
vwiie-ii i6,wt,tw wi?re uoniesiic.
The output of Iron furnaceg ju;y
was 1C4.0G4 tons wpcklv
tons June L but several furnaces hart
gone Into blast since July 1, And tb
ouipui is larjte lor me season. Pre
sumably an unprecedented share of It
Is to stirtnlv the erent ntpol rninM,iu
which are even now putting more fur
naces into oiast, ana have heavy ord
ers taken, when nrfrea wero iliv.r.nA4
while the demand for structural shaiwj
ana piaies is large, aim ror Oars Ira
proving, though steel bars are now
the lowest quotation ever known In
Pittsburg, 874 to BOc. with In-seemir
pig quoted slightly lower. Tin plats
nro filnn Inwor at 43 lfl fnt- full -.iM
' ' "tlgllV
and less than J3 Is paid for 100-pound
boxes.
Failures for the week have been "U
In tho TTnlted tntps. rfrnlnut vfjj i.m
year, and 27 in Canada, against 29 last
year.
LEAP FOR LIBERTY.
Escapes From a Train While it is Traveling
au miles an Hour.
Accused of having murdered and be
headed his father some time ago at
Pittsburg, Archie Kelso for a long time
eluded the vigilance of the polk-e. A
few days ago he was apprehended In
Oklahoma, and detectives were sent to I
bring him back to Pittsburg. Kelso ad
mitted, that he hod been present when
his father was murdered, but that the
deed had been done by two tramps. Br
his willingness to return without the
necessary requisition papers he gained
the confidence of the detectives, wnen
the train had passed liniington, ten
miles west of Odell, III., Kelso core
plained of not feeling well. He leaned
out of the car window, his hands both
on the sill. For a moment he remained
in that position. Suddenly, as though
shot from a catapult, the prisoner went
throueh the window. Detective Mc-
Kelvey was too late to catch him, and
looking from the window, saw him g
rolling and bounding like a ruiiber ban '
The train was rushing along at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, and it seem
ed Impossible that the boy could have
lived. The train was Immediately Mop
ped and backed to the spot. N' man
gled remains were found, nnd no trace
of tho alleged murderer discovered.
THE CUBAH WAB.
The Eainy Season no Impediment to the Cos
tinnatlon of Hostilities.
At this season of the year when the
rains In Cuba have usually prevented
warfare, there seems to be no cessation
In the conflict between the Cuban Insur
gents and the Spaniards.
The proximity of General Gomel to
Havana and his constant and unrfr;
Htrnlniihlo artlvltv nro RtifTiplent to el-
pose the wretched incompetency of
Weyler as a-general, and to snow n
slnnMu oa a tatlnlan Pnp fll'n ITIonthS
Gomez has moved about as he pleased
within a radius of six leagues. witn.-
Ann man aevntnat him and X'Ot hp eSCAPCd
vw .....I n " ii.iti, " V " ,
enntnro HoHth wonnrtlncr or even u''
comfort. General Weyler has proven
to the world, as well as to his own gov
ernment, that he is a perfect dunce,
far as a knowledge of conducting a cam
paign on the usually accepted n -
concerned,
A NolS ah Praaeher.
Rev. Early It. Redmon, aged 35, a
graduate of the BIDle college ui -tucky,
and a Christian minister of Mr
...i. t .in.nn irv the other
day for Cincinnati to be married I w
Mrs. Jennie Hunter, a young
from Cripple Creek, who Is said to
worth J100.000. The groom ProV"c;j
aivorce irom nis rormer vue, n ,
a Miss Lanbrlck, last Monday. He W
sirs. Hunter met ana oecaure
qualnted through a "personal' "
j 1 1 .. .. im. n.F ma,!, ever J
preparation to get married as soon i
the young preacner couia gei u ':;,.
He charged his wife with unfaitnrm
ness and began proceedings seuw
montns ago.
To Prevent Slots.
Ttnnth-Tnrlcpr. pnmmander of the Sal
vatlon Army. Is the guest of the wnA
of Col
Fe Railroad Company on a tour
orado, New Mexico and Arifn.
he goes to locate lands In thi and
trlcts for homes for the worthy
the large cities. Mr. TucJo r "tti
that the poor classes must'le coi'ijp,
or revolution will overtime the na ,w
Colonisation, he says. fM ""' Vet
social problem and take: from the
cities the Idle men an wow ,ltttt
than charges on the Ojvenr!,e u
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