MINERS ARE OFFERED AN ADVANGE MAY BREAK STRIKE. The National Executive of the Union is Ig- nored in an Effort te Resume Work at Collieries. The following notice, bearing date of Monday, has been posted in the vi- cinity of all the collieries of the Phila- delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company in the anthracite region: “Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, October 1, 1900. his company will pay an advance of 10 per cent. on the wages of all men and boys empioyed at its collieries. This ad- vance takes effect at once. (Signed) “R. C. Luther, Gen. Supt.” Beneath this notice another was post- ed which read as follows: “Fellow Mine Workers — United Mine Workers of America: Do not pay any attention to this notice posted by Mr. Luther, of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, but wait until you hear from President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, or until you have decided by your own locals what is right for you to do. (Signed) “C. B. Potter.” Mr. Potter is an officer in the dis- trict branch of the United Mine Work- ers of America. The regular Reading Company advance for the last half of September and the first half of October had previously been fixed at 6 per cent. above the $2.50 basis. The scale for the proceeding 30 days was at the $2.50 basis. The advance of 10 per cent. of- fered in the posted notice by the Read- ing Company, is separate and distinct from the natural scale increase, and hence the total increase to the miners would be 16 per cent. HURT UNITED STATES TRADE. War With China Causes Exports to Fall Off $3,000,000 in One Month. The war in China dealt a stunning blow to the United States export trade in the east during the month of August. According to a report just issued by the treasury bureau of statistics the trade fell off nearly $3,000,000 during that month. Another reason for the poor showing is the fact that the merchants of the Pacific coast refuse to make anv statement of their trade with Hawaii to the government officials, claiming that the islands are now United States territory and business with them does not come under the jurisdiction of the treasury department. Notwithstanding these adverse conditions the report con- tinues: “Our exports to Asia and Oceanica will show during the eight months end- ing with August an increase of more than 20 per cent. over those of the cor- responding months last year. To Ja- pan our exports during the eight months ending with August amount to more than $21,000,000 as against $12,000,000 in the corresponding months of last year. “To China, our exports in the seven months ended with July up to which time the disturbances had not seriousiy affected the exports, showed an increase over the corresponding months of 189 and 1898, to Hong Kong our exports for the eight months amount to nearly 6,000,000, as against a trifle more than $5,000,000 in the corresponding months 2 last year and to the Philippines, our total exports for the eight months amount to $1,826,000, against $391,850 in the corresponding months of last year.” CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEXAS. Governor Sayers Has So Far Received $642, - 476—All Being Cared For. Regarding the contributions for the Galveston flood sufferers, Gov. Sayers has made the following statement: “The amount of money received by me up to noon of Saturday, is $672,476. This sum includes $3.802 that remained of the fund contributed for the relief of the Brazos valley sufferers last year. It also includes all drafts and authoriza- tions to draw and which are in transit and are yet uncollected. This only em- braces moneys and rentittances that have been made to me directly and amounts for which I have been authorized to draw. During the present week I will submit a full itemized statement of the entire fund that has come into my hands, giving the amount and source of each contribution and the manner in which the sum total has been expended and distributed. Every portion of the storm-stricken district is being provid- ed for.” BENT ON DISFRANCHISEMENT. Second Attempt Before the Georgia Legis- latur> Will be Made This Fall. An effort will be made at the first LATEST NEWS NOTES. The Fiji islands are taking steps to federate with New Zealand. Dowieties at Chicago still refuse to stay away from Mansfield, O. The Viola Coal Company of Mounds- ville, W. Va., has been chartered. Miners at Oak Hill, O., will strike unless operators agree to pay the scale. The Bank of the Republic of Rio Janeiro has passed under government control. The Twelfth regiment, N. G. P., sta- tioned at Shenandoah, Pa., has been or- dered home. Henry Werdman's grist mill, sawmill and dwelling were burned at Allentown, Pa.; loss $12,000. In Idaho the Ontario and Burns stage was held up by a lone highwayman and robbed of the mails. A pickpocket reaped a harvest from a party of West Virginia Methodist preachers on a train. The steamer Alameda has sailed from Sydney, N. S. W,, for San Francisco with £800,000 in gold. South Morgantown has declared for annexation to Morgantown, W. Va., an other suburbs will follow. Because of lack of patronage Dominion Government will close Canadian canal at the Soo. James Howard, convicted as a prin- cipal in the murder of Governor Goe- bel, has moved for a new trial. Lorenzo Snow, president of the Mor- mon church at Salt Lake City, has been sued for non-support of his wife. Judge Lacombe, of New York, has appointed three receivers for the United States Flour Milling Company. The health of Secretary of State Hay is so improved that he will be enabled to resume his duties next week. The Wisconsin State board of medi- cal examiners will prosecute every doc- tor of osteopathy in Milwaukee. The price of anthracite coal in New York has fallen $1 a ton in consequence of reports of the strike settlement. One hundred and four engravers of the Dueber Watch Company, Canton, -, are out, demanding higher wages. ~ The navy department has ordered an inspection of the cruiser Baltimore. She will probably be sent into dry dock. Lieut. Hobson has applied to the navy department for six months’ leave of ab- sence, because of trouble with his eyes. A hurricane at Ofiord, Ireland, Sep- tember 20, drove fishing smacks ashore, razed houses and killed several people. A crusade against illegal hunting and fishing has been started at Connellsville, ’a. Many warrants for arrest are out. Lieutenant General Miles has issued general order intended to improve the moral and physical condition of the army. The Trinity river has reached 33 feet Friday and many people were driven from their homes. No loss of life is re- ported. Dr. Lazear, one of three medical experts who went to Havana to study vellow fever, died Wednesday of that disease. I.. E. McWhorter, of Parkersburg, V. Va, has been appointed receiver of the Montgomery Banking and Trust Company. Two hundred men employed by the Page Boiler Company, Norwich, Conn., are out on strike because of a 10 per cent. cnt. Because of the employment of three the the non-union men 1,000 cigarmakers at Tampa, Fla, went out on strike Wednesday. Fifty per cent. of the 5,000 coke ovens in McDowell and Mercer counties, W. Va., have been put out of blast within the past week. The postoffice at Bowling Green, Ky., was broken into Saturday night and rob- bed of between $4,500 and $5000 in money and stamps. A rebellion against the government of President Jiminez has begun at Moca, Santo Domingo, and is led by the vice president of the republic. The Shenango furnace at Sharpsville, Pa., has been closed on account of a strike. Several employes were discharg- ed and colored men substituted. John Bosung. proprietor of a drug store at Louisville, Ky., killed Miss Grace Preston Thursday and commit- ted suicide. Jealousy was the cause. At Fond du lac, Wis, the Helmer milling plant and elevator, containing 30,000 bushels of grain, have burned. Loss, $65,000; insurance, about $335,000. The Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany is about to make the experiment of hauling Nova Scotia coal from St. John, N. B, to Montreal and the West. The quarterly statement of the com- missioner of navigation shows that 308 sail vessels were built in the United States for the quarter ending Septem- ber 30. —— Detective William L. Eoulks was shot and instantly killed z¢ Cleveland, O., session of the Georgia Legislature, which will be elected on the first Wednesday in October and will assem- ble on the fourth Wednesday in No- vember, to submit a franchise amend-! ment to the State constitution like tig which has recently beti adopted in North Carolina, _ The proposed amend- ment Wak-Gitered in the last Legislature, buf~though it was permitted to pass to a third reading and all the time desired for debate was allowed, it received only three votes out of 175 in the popular] branches of the general assembly, where it originated. The author of the measure, however, will be a member of the new Legislature, and he has an- nounced already that he will make an- other effort to secure the submission - while trying ta fit a stop to a shooting affray between union and non-union molders, . Gfews boring out the tunnel two miles in length through the Cascade moun- tains in Oregon have met from the east and west. The tunnel will cost $3,- 000,000. Congressman-at-large S. A. Daven- port is framing a bill asking Congress to appropriate $10,000 to raise the Ni- agara, Commodore Perry's flagship, in Erie bay. The 11-year-old son of H. W. Barker, of Thomas, W. Va., who was kidnapped y gypsies from his home at Peoria, Ill, six years ago, has just been restor. ed to his father. Fayette county (Pa.) auditors refuse of his amendment. Home Fired by a Child. | “I set fire to the home because I did not care to stay there any longer.” This is the excuse pretty little Marga- | ret May Kinley laughingly gives for | placing the lives of the 20 inmates of the Children’s home in Wilkinsburg, | Pa, in jeopardy and the destruction of | $10,000 worth of property. In the same! calm manner this miniature degenerate | tells how she tried to poison her play- I mates by putting ammonia and carbon | oil in their coffee. The maiden is now | in jail with a charge of arson hanging | over her, but she says she is not the! least bit sorry. Wounded by Burglars. Charles A. Collier, one of the most | prominent men in the South, was found | Thursday lying at the foot of the stairs to allow the bill of $2,100 for removal of bodies from the old Connellsville graveyard site of the proposed ar- negie library. The ingrain department of the Bige- low Carpet Company at Lowell, Mass. will shut down for two weeks, begin- ning next Monday. About 500 hands will be affected. A Chinese squadron of 15 vessels is now hovering off Shanghai and a naval battle with the allied fleet is regarded as imminent. The Boxer forces in the vicinity of Shanghai are estimated at 130,000. Hope Barnett and Edward Stanford were killed at Port Tampa city, Fla, Saturday night in a street duel growing out of a political quarrel. Charles Bar. ett, a brother of Hope, was seriously wounded. At Beatrice, Neb.. was fatally shot by Dr. W. Lee, one in the back yard of his residence in At-|9f the most prominent physicians in the lanta, Ga., with a bullet hole in his left | side in the region of the heart. tered but one word, “burglars,” and be- came unconscious. His condition is re- ! garded as critical. | Mr. Collier was a former mayor of Atlanta, one of the 12 United ¢ commissioners to the Paris exposition and a member of the Lafayette Monu- ment association. Two Dead From Exp'osion. A blaze generated by the brisk appli- | cation of gasoline to an article of cloth- ing and communicated to a tub of the liquid standing near partly wrecked and burned a cleaning and dyeing establish- ment at Pittsburg, Pa., Friday after- noon, destroyed two lives and injured others. Would Wipe Out Foreigners. The French consul at Shanghai cables that, according to Chinese information, the viceroys and governors have receiv- ed an imperial secret decree instructing them to hght the foreigners and destroy them. Tung Fuh Sian. an ardent anti- foreigner, has been appointed general of the western and northern armies. State. The shooting occurred during He ut- | a quarrel over a bill which Lee claimed Hurn owed him. Sheriff May at Greensburg, Pa., Tues- day, read John Sadler's death warrant to him, but it had no more effect upon him than the reading of the Declara- tion of Independence would have upon a Hottentot. A recent operation for cataract per- formed on the eyes of Judge James G. Jenkins, of the United States circuit court at Milwaukee, Wis., has been a complete success, and the jurist’s sight so long threatened is restored. 1 Hon. S. M. Parent has accepted the premiership of Quebec province, to suc- ceed the late premier, Marchand. Hon. Thomas Duffy will be the provincial treasurer and L. Gouin, M. P., of Mon- treal, will succeed Mr. Duffy as the commissioner of public works. The plant of the Albion Lumber Company, situated at Albion, Cal, was destroyed by fire, together with 400,000 feet of lumber and 1,000 cords of tan- bark. The dry kiln, store, hotel anc several dwellings belonging to the com- pany were also consumed. The loss is between $125,000 and $150,000. William J. Hurn | W. F LORD ROBERTS HAS BEEK PROMOTED BULLER TO SUCCEED. Victor of the South African War Becomes Com- mander-in- Chief of the British Army. Canadians Sail Homeward. It is officially announced that Lord Roberts has been appointed command- er-in-chief of the British army, succeed- ing Gen. Wolseley. Sunday was Lord Roberts’ sixty-eighth birthday. The announcement is hailed by the Unionist party as a welcome pledge that army re-organization will be car- ried out in the most effective manner. It was beginning to be recognized that something was needed to give strength to the Unionist campaign. According- ly semi-official announcements are out that George Wyndham, parliamentary under secretary of state for war, in his speech at Derby Monday evening, will outline the government's scheme of army reforms and the war office is ar- ranging with Lord Roberts for the re- turn of a large portion of the army in South Africa. The Canadian contingents, under Col. Telletier, sailed Sunday on board the transport Idaho. The people of Cape own accorded them a splendid im- promptu reception, the mayor voicing the thanks of the city for their brilliant services in the field. A report comes from Komati Poort that Mr. Kruger, in a letter to his wife, announcing that he is going on a six months’ holiday, said that after the cap- ture of Machadadorp he knew the strug- gle was hopeless and counseled moder- ation, but that Mr. Steyn's “arbitrary behavior” overruled his counsels. EMISSARY FROM AGUINALDO. The Rebel’s Former Secretary Comes to Tell What the Filipinos Desire. Saxto Lopez, formerly secretary and confidant of Aguinaldo, arrived at New York Sunday on the Campania. He is said to have come here at the invitation of Fiske Warren. He gave out this statement: “My object in visiting the United States is not to interfere in American politics, but solely to tell the American people what the Filipinos desire in ref- erence to the future government of our country. It has been said that my coming to America is in the interest of certain persons and parties. We, as Filipinos. know no parties in the United States. ‘e have only one desire. To seek justice for our country. Those who desire to give us justice will no doubt be glad to know the wants and conditions of the Philippines. All we want is peace with honor to both par- ties, and I hope to be able to show that the conditions of our country are such as to fit us for the maintenance of that independence.” FILLIPPINOS ACTIVE. Two Americans and Many Natives Killed in Engagements Monday. On Monday night vigorous insurgent attacks were made upon the United States outposts in the district 12 miles south of Manila, the scene of the fight- ing last October. It is estimated that the rebels numbered 400. The Ameri- cans dispersed the enemy, killing and wounding 50. A party of scouts belonging to the Twenty-fifth infantry landed on the island of Samar, the inhabitants and in- surgents fleeing to the mountains. They met with but slight resistance and burn- ed a town. It is reported that an American scout- ing party encountered a body of insur- gents in the province of Nueva Ecija, two skirmishes ensuing, in which 12 of the natives were killed. Similar brushes have taken place near Indang and Si- lang, in Cavite province, and near Iba and Subig, in Zambales province, the Americans having two killed and three wounded. ENGLISH ELECTIONS OVER. Returns Show Great Victory for Government Noy in Power. The elections throughout Great Brit- ain show a great conservative victory, the liberals being almost snowed under and lost to sight, their returns being only three to the tory's five. It is a distinct and emphatic endorsement of the government now in power, and Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain may regard their African war and other extreme measures of the past year as overwhelmingly sustained by the English public. t is possible that some of the weak- er Members of the cabinet will be dis- pensed with, but this is not likely to happen until it gets far down beyond Mr. Chamberlain's name. His waning popularity at the time of Gen. Buller's repeated defeats has long since been forgotten and he is now known only as one who added new territories to the imperial government. WITHDRAWAL FROM PEKIN. Only an Ameriean Guard to Remain in the Chinese Capital. The United States government Tues- day took the first step toward the =e- demption of its pledge made to the Rus- sian government August 28 by a cable dispatch of instruction to Gen. Chaffee to reduce the American forces in China to the proportions of a legation guard. This small force will not be included in {any military operations which may be conducted by the allied armies, and so will not fall subject to the direction of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee, the commander-in-chief. It is stated at the quartermaster’s de- partment that there are enough trans- ports available to bring off the force which will come out of China. Three ior four vessels will be at Taku by the time the troops are ready to move. Government Advances Silver. Owing to the advance in the price { of silver Director of the Mint Roberts | has increased the price to be paid by { the Government for silver purchased {from 55 to 57 cents a standard ounce. i The Government at present purchases only such silver as is contained in gold deposits from the Klondike, and other gold-producing sections. Under the ex- isting statute all silver in gold deposits iis paid for at- the market price. The I price has advanced steadily since 1896, when it touched 47 cents for a standard ounce. The new price went into effect on Monday. Great Sa'e of Stamps for Year. The annual report of Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden for the fis- cal year ending June 30, 1900, soon to be published, will show a largely-in- creased use of the postal system. The total number of postage stamps of all kinds issued, including ordinary stamps, postage-due stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards, reached the enormous total of five and one-third billions, val- ued at $08,000,000, an increase of over 400,000,000 stamps over the preceding year. An Immense Massacre. A telegram from the convent of the Holy Soul, in Shanghai, says that 43,- oco Chinese Catholics have been massa- cred in various parts of the empire. Other dispatches state that Bishop Fan- tosali was horribly tortured to death in Yun Nan province and that Father Quirine was killed at the same time. George Marrifold, a er at Berlin, Pa., he broke a rib. hay fever suffer- sneezed so hard that | DIPTHERIA IS ALARMING. Fifty-four Cases Reported in Altoona—-Dis- ease is Raging in Blair and Bedford Counties—Schools Closed. The epidemic of diphtheria continues to spread in Altoona, Pa., and unless it is soon checked the death rate will far exceed any previous year in the his- tory of that city. To guard against the spread of the disease the Millvile schools have been closed, and it is likely that the Fifth ward schools of the city will close in a day or two. There are now 54 cases of the disease known to the local board of health, which is using all its power to prevent a spread ot the epidemic. An epidemic of diphtheria has been raging for the last week in the small town of Pavia, Bedford county, Pa., z0 miles from Johnstown. Nine children have so far died with the disease, and more than twice that number are now suffering from it, besides many grown persons. The public schools have been closed and a town board of health or- ganized, and everything possible is be- ing done by the citizens to combat the disease. The diphtheria epidemic continues to spread at Altoona and the situation has become alarming. Twelve new cases were reported Thursday, making a total of 76 cases reported to the health board this week. Three deaths occurred as the result of the disease. The Millville and Ninth ward schools and churches have been closed to prevent the disease from spreading. J. R. ADAMS SUICIDES. Himself Friday by Shooting. Josiah R. Adams, a prominent club- man and lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa., committed suicide Friday in the Hotel Flanders by blowing out his brains with a revolver. He had given his wife no intimation of such an intention and left no note to show that the act was pre- meditated. The couple had been living at the hotel for some time. Ir. Adams was about 52 years of age and about a year ago the nominee of the Republican party for judge of the supreme court of ennsylvania. His candidacy met with much opposition within his party, led by one of the anti- Quay Republican morning papers. He finally resigned as a candidate and ex- United States Senator John I. Mitchell, of Tioga county, was named in his place and elected. He was a graduate of Princeton and was admitted to the bar in 1874. He was a member of the University, Art, Clover and Philadelphia Yacht clubs. He was recently commodore of the lat- ter. CHINA MADE A BLUNDER. Appointment of Tuan Likely to Block the Peace Parleys. Apprehensions of delay in peace nego- tiations with China, caused by the ap- pointment of Prince Tuan, the Boxer chief and father of the heir apparent to the throne, as grand secretary to the emperor, were strengthened, when the tate department received from Sheng, taotai of Shanghai, announcement that the appointment had been made. Sheng says nothing of the reported designation of Tuan as president of the privy coun- cil, but it is according to Chinese forms for a prince of Tuan’s rank to fill both posts simultaneously. The State department has taken steps through Minister Wu to impress upon the Chinese government the undesirabil- ity of the appointment of Prince Tuan as grand secretary, and the painful im- pression this appointment has created throughout this country. The effect of his appointment, if persisted in, might be to retard any negotiations. FE CUBAN OFFICER MURDERED. Deed Committed in a Santiago Cafe by a Drunken Friend. Wednesday evening shortly before midnight, Col. Pavon, of the Cuban army, was killed in the cafe Comercio, at Santiago, by Octavio Mena, formerly a clerk in the office of the captain of the port. Mena and one of his companions were intoxicated and had been breaking furniture. It was proposed that they should practice revolver shooting at a quarter of a dollar tossed into the air. Col. Pavon intervened and a sharp con- troversy ensued. This quickly develop- ed into a furious quarrel and Mena, snatching ihe revolver of one of his party, shot Col. Pavon in the back o the neck. The officer turned to face his assailant and received two bullets in the head, being instantly killed. In civil life Pavon carried on the bus- iness of a tobacco merchant at Holguin. Mena is in jail and incommunicado. MRS. HENROTIN HAS FAILED. - One Who Won Fame Telling Women How to Succeed, Wrecked Financially. Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin, of Chicago, former president of the National Feder ation of Women’s Clubs, and now a vice president of the organization, has failed in business. She attracted atten- tion for two years by her speeches and pleas for “Women in Business.” Mrs. Henrotin held that an up-to-date woman was well qualified for conducting business enterprises. When the routine of the household became irksome all she had to do was to go into business and shine resplendently. Thousands of wo- men all over the land applauded and looked for business openings. Mrs. Henrotin went into business. Sad to say, the business has gone to everlasting smash. She was a partner, so the unsympathetic creditors say, in the firm of Ulric G. Peters & Co., stock brokers. Peters & Co. have failed, with liabilities $73,244 and assets at $2,067. James Howard to Hang. The motion for a new trial in the case of James Howard was overruled by Judge Cantrill, and Howard has been sentenced to hang December 7. It was agreed that the attorneys should be al- lowed to file their bill of exceptions in the appeal to the court of appeals any time between now and the third week in October. Howard did not weaken or appear agi- tated when the solemn sentence of the court consigning him to the gallows was pronounced upon him, but in an- jswer to the usual question of the court iif he could show cause why sentence should not be pronounced, he said in a firm, clear voice: “I am innocent.” Se Burglars Loot a Bank. Wolf Bros.” bank at Centerville, Mich. was robbed Friday night of $10,000. The thieves gained entrance to the building by prying and springing the double door apart with a large file, The outer door to the vault was then blown open and then the inner door to the cash drawer, where about $10,000 was stored. The bank was insured in the Bankers Mutual Casualty Company, of Des Moines, Ia, for $10,000 against loss by burglary or fire. Race War Threatened. Monday morning at 12:50 o'clock Gov. McSweeney, at Columbia, S. C.. received a telegram from Mayor W. D. Morgan, of Georgetown, appealing to have the militia ordered out to sup- press a threatened race riot. The gov- ernor immediately wired Col. Spark- man, of Georgetown, to have his caval- ry troops hurried there. The trouble was caused by a negro killing a white man. Georgetown is on the coast and the negroes outnumber the whites over- whelmingly. BOXER LEADERS WILL BE PUNISHED PRINCE DEGRADED. Tuan, the Boxer Leader, to be Tried by the Highest Chinese Court—Opens the Way for Peace. Consul General Goodnow, at Shang- hai, cables to the State department at Washington that Sheng, director of railroads and telegraphs, has handed him a decree from the empress dowager and the emperor, dated at Taig Nan, ordering the degradation of four princes and depriving Prince Tuan, leader of the Boxers, of his salary and official servants. Tuan is to be brought to trial before the imperial clan court. This court is t supreme judicial tri- bunal of China, and is presided over by Prince Li, with Prince Ching, friend of the foreigners and co-peace envoy with Li Hung Chang, as first vice president. This action is very satisfactory to the United States government, which re- gards it as a long step forward toward a final settlement. rinces Chwang and Yih, who are re- ported to have been dismissed from hereditary rank and all offices, were prominent advisers of the throne and have given anti-foreign advice. Sec- ondary Prince Tsai Ying, also said to have been degraded. and Duke Tsai Lan, whose penalty for anti-foreign ac- tion is now pending before the board of war, are Tartar generals in command of Manchu battalions. Grand Secretary Kank Yi, said to have handed over to a board of war for the fixing of pen- alty, is a member of the privy council and a virulent anti-foreigner. Chao Chui Chen and Secondary Prince Tsai Lien are conspicuous anti-foreign lead- ers. Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, ex- presses his strong approval of Li Hung Chang’s suggestion that the United States act as mediator between China and the powers. AMERICA WILL INSIST On the Death of Prince of the Blood and Prominent Boxer Chiefs. Deprivation of the yellow jacket or imprisonment in the cases of General Tung-Fu-Siang and Prince Tuan will, it is authoritatively stated, not be ade- quate punishment. While no statement to that effect is to be had on the sub- ject the general understanding is the death penalty for Tuan, a Prince of the blood, Yung-Lu, Tung-Fu-Siang and Chuang will be exacted by the United tates as well as the rest of the powers. The only disagreement with sermany on that point is as to when those men shall be decapitated, before or after ne- gotiations are formally resumed. There was undisguised satisfaction at the state department over the announce- ment that Great Britain has answered Germany in the same terms as the United States. At the department it was protested that no intimation as to Great Britain's position had been re- ceived before the press dispatches were received. Britain’s answer instead of showing America's isolation shows that Germany is practically alone. STUDENTS FIERCE FIGHT. A Class Rush at the Western University Re- sults in Broken Heads. Broken heads, bruised faces, bloody noses and ruined clothes figured in a desperate battle between students at the Western university, Allegheny, Pa, Wednesday morning in the annual rush of the freshman and sophomore classes. Three students are confined to their beds with serious injuries, and a num- ber of others are nursing painful bruises. The conflict was precipitated by the sophomores’ successful attempt to tear down the “’04” pennant, which the freshmen raised before the regular ex- ercises. The flag had been unfurled on the pole above the university building after the sophomores had gone to their class room. At lunch the sophomores saw the flag and several started to climb the pole to tear it down. The fresh- man class came out at this stage and a fight among 100 students followed. Prof. Daniel Carhart, dean of the uni- versity, and Prof. A. Frost made a futile effort to prevent trouble. The battle lasted nearly an hour. STRUCK A GREAT GUSHER. Lewis County, W. Va., Produces a Well That Flows 4,800 Barrels a Day. The South Penn Oil Company has made a tremendous strike in a new oil well in Lewis county, W. Va. The well is flowing at the rate of 200 barrels an hour, or 4,800 barrels a day. The tanks provided are too small to hold this great flow and the oil is being allowed to run into a « eek and is there dammed up, with a view of pumping it out later. Tuesday the well made a tremendous spurt and increased its outflow to 230 barrels an hour or 6,000 barrels a day. Unfortunately, there is no tankage for this large volume of oil, and much of it flows on the ground and is dammed up. Only about 1,000 barrels a day can he handled by the two-inch pipe connected with the two 250-barrel tanks at the well, so that 5000 barrels flows on the ground every 24 hours. Slavery in a Georgia Convict Camp. Charges have been filed with the pris- on commission of Georgia by Solicitor . W. Edmondson, of Brooks county, against the McRee convict camp man- agers in Lowndes county, Ga., in the form of affidavits from prominent citi- zens to the effect that the McRee brothers have kidnaped innocent men and women and made them work under armed guards for an indefinite period. It is charged that one practice of the McRee camp has been to employ “trappers” to arrest innocent negroes passing through the county and without the form of trial to imprison them and put them to work. Talk of Seitlement. President Truesdale, of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railway, says, referring to the meeting at J. P. Mor- gan & Co.'s office: “I was at the meeting Thursday and at other previous meectings. I know of no settlement having yet been made, but it will do no harm now for me to tell you that negotiations toward the settling of the strike are actually under way. They are being conducted by a man who does not directly represent either party to the difficulty.” Deady Cil Can’s Work. Mrs. William Sloan, of McDonald, Pa., aged 18 years, is nearing death, and her 12-year-old sister, Ida Hogan, is dead as a result of lighting a fire with kerosene. The child's screams were heard by Mrs. Sloan, who ran to her as- sistance, and in an instant the clothing of both was on fire. Murdered For His Money. Charles F. Peck, of New York a wealthy real estate dealer, was found dead on the sidewalk in West Seven- teenth street. A large sum of money and a costly watch and chain were miss ing, and there is no doubt that he was murdered and robbed. Prof. T. R. Bell, principal of the West Alexandria (Pa.) schools, broke both bones of his ankle in a football game. In the view of many of the best posted politicians in the State, the attempt to place Georgia in line with Mississippi, Louisiana and the Carolinas will fail. A lamp explosion killed Otto Hurst, 19 years old, at Fredericksburg, O. PROGRAM OUTLINED. Both the Kaiser and the Empress Dowager Seem Eager for the Fray—A Secret Edict Issued by Prince Tuan. Telegrams from London, dated Tues- day, say: News from China indicates that events are rapidly drifting in the direction of war between China and Germany. There is the best reason for believing that Count von Waldersee, on arriving at Taku, will present an ultimatum de- manding the surrender of five leaders of the anti-foreign uprising. After a few hours’ grace he will formally de- clare war, and, taking advantage of Germany's position as a belligerent, will proceed to seize everything available with the German forces and fleet. It is expected Germany will take the Wu-Sung forts and Kiangan arsenal, thus dominating Shanghai. It is also believed she will attack the Kiang-Win forts on the Yang-tse from the land and endeavor to seize the Chinese fleet, in- cluding the valuable new cruisers. Fail- ing this, she will at least occupy all the province of Kiang-Su north of the Yang-tse-kiang. The French will support Germany. This is no rumor, but reliable informa- tion, and will probably be confirmed at the foreign office. Prompt action is necessary to prevent a coup, which will constitute a serious menace to British interests. Chinese officials report that Prince Tuan has issued a secret edict in the name of the emoress dowager to the effect that the imperial court has decid- ed to continue the war against the powers at whatever cost. he edict threatens that any official failing to sup- port the Manchus willebe beheaded as a traitor, his whole family executed and the {ombs of his ancestors demolished. t is reported from Chinese sources that the dowager empress has issued a secret edict commanding Li Hung Chang to raise an army and recapture Peking. AGED FARMER MURDERED. Wealthy Resident of Ohio Beaten to Death and Robbed in His Yard. One of the most horrible murders that ever occured in Lawrence county, O., was that of George Washington Noble, on Buffalo Creek, three miles from the Ohio river. Mr. Noble was 65 years of age and for many years had lived alone at his pretty country home on Buffalo creek. He was one of the pioneer settlers of that section, and had amassed quite a fortune. Monday afternoon several little girls, who chanced to be passing by the Noble homestead, were horrified to see the dead body of Mr. Noble in the yard in the rear of his house. Mr. Noble's skull was crushed and his left jaw bone was broken. His body was badly bruis- ed and a big gash was inflicted across his left hand. Hogs, which had reach- ed the body, had caten away the great- er part of the face. By his side lay a huge hickory club covered with blocd intermingled with hair from the aged man’s head. Mr. Noble’s pockets were turned wrong side out, his watch taken, and also a rifle which had been in a room of his residence. The house had also been ransacked. The authorities of Lawrence county are diligently at work on the case, but no clew has yet devel- oped. Mr. Noble was a member of the Masonic lodge of South Point. JIM HOWARD CONVICTED. Verdict Unexpected—Jury Disagreed on Pen- aly, but Finally Agreed. James B. Howard, who has been on trial for the past ten days at Frankfort, Ky., charged with being a principal in the assassination of William Goebel, has been found guilty, the jury fixing his punishment at death. W. H. Culton, who is under indict- ment as an accessory to the Goebel murder, and who gave damaging evi- dence against both Howard and Caleb Powers, was released on bail and his case was continued until the January term. His bond was fixed at $10,000. Jim Howard, as he is commonly known in the mountains, was the lead- er of the Howard-White faction in the Baker-Howard feud in Clay county, in which numerous lives were taken. He had killed George Baker and was sus- pected of the assassination of Tom Baker, who was killed after the same fashion as the Goebel murder, and How- ard’s friends believe that these facts had very much to do with the making of the verdict sentencing him to the gallows. The trial of Henry E. Youtsey, of Newport, will be called next at George- town, next Monday. CABLE FLASHES. At Hamburg fire has destroyed ware- houses and lumber yards to the value of more than 1,000,000 marks. Marquis Yamagata has resigned the premiership of Japan, and Marquis Ito has been asked to construct a new cabi- net. Capt. Sidney O’Danne, a tutor of Em- peror William during his boyhood, who was arrested at the beginning of the year for swindling, has been declared insane. Emperor William of Germany has bestowed the order of the Red Eagle on Maj. Gen. Stoessel, “commander of the international forces at Taku and Tien Tsin.” Emperor William has conferred on George G. Ward, of New York, vice president of the Commercial Cable Company, the order of the Crown of the Second Class. In honor of the mayoral banquet in Paris, the minister of war has pardon- ed all military prisoners, and it is prob- able that the minister of marine will take similar action in the case of naval prisoners. Teon Berd, a former United States vice consul at Hamburg, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for misap- propriating 23.500 marks, part of an in- heritance which he received for two American women. George J. Goschen, first lord of the admiralty, will, in the event of the tri- umph of the Salisbury-Chamberlain coalition at the coming general election, be continued in his present post after having received a peerage. During the beatification of Antoinez Frassi, one of the first chiefs of the Or- der of Oratorians, at St. Peter's cathe- al, at Rome, Sunday, the pope ven- erated the effigy of the new saint in the presence of thousands. Pennsylvania Republican leaders will charge Postmaster General Smith be- fore the President with disloyalty to his party. Ellis Glenn, the female robber and male impersonator at Parkersburg, W. Va., is free on bail after pleading not guilty. George Emig and C. R. O'Donnell were seritenced at Atlantic City to two months in jail for scalping railroad tickets. A storm at Cape Nome, Alaska, on September 12 and 13, made 500 people homeless, and many lives are believed to have heen lost. A general merchandise concern un- der the romantic name of the Love & Sunshine Company. of Johnstown, has been chartered at Harrisburg. A natural gas explosion at Greens- burg wrecked the house of Amos Brooks, throwing the family out of bed and badly injuring Mr. Brooks, The shops of the Iron Mountain rail- road, at Baring Cross, Ark., were burn- ed, causing a loss of $250,000, and throwing 400 men out of employment. TIES SON ROL AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE. Bubject : Spread the Gospel—=Efforts of the Churches Should Be Directed Toward Saving Sinners—They Should Get in Sympathy With Strangers. [Copyright 1900.1 WasHINGTON. D. C.—In this discourse Dr. Talmage points to fields of usefulness that are not yet thoroughly cultivated, and shows the need of more activity. The text is Romans xv, 20, “Lest I should build upon another man’s foundation.” In laying out the plan of his missionary tour Paul sought out towns and cities which had not yet been preached to. Ile goes to Corinth, a city famous for splen- dor and vice, and Jerusalem, where the priesthood and the sanhedrin were ready to leap with both feet upon the Christian religion. He feels he has especial work to do, and he means to do it. What was the result? The grandest life of usefulness that a man ever lived. We modern Chris- tian workers are not apt to imitate Paul. We build on other people’s foundations. we erect a church. we prefer to have it filled with families all of whom have been pious. Do we eather a Sabbath-school class, we want good boys and girls, hair combed, faces washed, planners attractive. So a church in this day is apt to be built out of other churches. Some ministers spend all their time in fishing in other people’s ponds. and they throw the line into that church pond and jerk out a Methodist. and throw the line into another church pond and bring out a Presbyterian. or there is a religious row in some neighhor- ing church. and a whole school of fish swim off from that pond, and we take them all in with one sweep of the net. What is gained? Absolutely nothing for the cause cf Christ. What strengthens an army is new recruits. While courteous to those coming from other flocks, we should build our churches not out of other churches, but out of the world, lest we build on another man’s foundation. The fact is this is a big world. When in our schoolboy days we learned the dia- meter and circumference of this planet we did not learn half. Tt is the latitude and longitude and diameter and circumference of want and woe and sin that no figures can caleulrte. This one spiritual conti- nent of wrefchedness reaches across all zones. and if I were called to give its geo- graphical boundary I would sav it was bounded on the north and south and east and west Ly the great heart of God's sym- pathy i love. Oh, it is a great world! Since 6 o'clock this morning 60,800 persons have been born. and all these multiplied ponulations are to be reached by the gos- pel. In Enxzland or in our Eastern Ameri- can cities we are being much crowded, and an acre of ground is of great value, but in Western America 500 acres is a small farm, and 20.000 acres is no unusual possession. There is a vast field here and everywhere unoccupied, plenty of room more, not building on another man’s foun- dation. We need as churches to stop bombard- mg the old iron-clad sinners that have been proof against thirty years of Chris- tian assault. Alas for that church which lacks the spirit of evangelism, spending on one chandelier enough to light 500 souls to glory, and in one carved pillar enough to have made : thousand men “pillars in the house of our God forever,” and doing iess good than many a log cabin meeting-house with tallow candles stuck in wooden sock and a minister who has never seen a college and does not know the difference between Greek and Choctaw! We need as churches to get into svmpathy with the great outside world, and let them know that none are so broken-hearted or hardly bestead that they will not Le lcomed. “No.” says some fastidious Christian; “I don't like to be crowded in churck. Don’t put any one in my pew.” My brother, what will you do in heaven? When a great multitude that no man can number assembles, they will put fifty in vour pew. What are the select few to-day assembled in the Christian churches com- pared with the mightier millions outside of them? Many of the churches are like a hospital that shoul advertise that its patients must have nothing more than toothache or “run rounds,” hut no broken heads, no ciushed ankles, mo fractured thighs. Give us for treatment moderate sinners, velvet-coated sinners and sinners with a gloss on. Jt is as though a man had a farm of 3000 acres and put all his work on one acre. He may raise ever so large cars of corn, ever so big heads of wheat — he would remain poor. The church of God has bestowed its- y - | | | | - - - am mb IT Succ unin