INSURGENTS REORGANIZED.
Agulnaldo Refute to Accept Amnesty Oflored
by Unci Sam Many American Cat
ualtiei Reported lor Last Wock.
Telegrams from Manila, dated Sun
day, say: Scuor Buencatnino has re
ceived from Aguinaldo nil answer re
garding liis peace proposal. Aguinaldo
declines to consider ttietn and declares
that he is unwilling to agree to a com
promise. The amnesty excited September 2t,
nnd the conditions that existed previous
ly have hern retimed.
The insurgent demonstrations last
week prove to have been more extend
ed than was at first reported. From
Cagnynn and Isahela provinces nnd the
northwestern district of Luzon come
recounts of insurgent otierations ntnl
American precautionary measures.
Merchants ill the province of Alhay arc
getting their luntp to Manila as rapid
ly as possible, fearing that otherwise it
will be burned by the insurgents.
At lloilo there was considerable an
xiety lct an uprising should occur: but
the insurgents there are ceasing their
activity and returning in white clothing
to the" garrisoned towns of the district.
As a resumption of insurgent operations
is considered unite probable the Ameri
cans there are taking the necessary
Meis.
The American ca"alties in killed,
wounded or missing during the last ten
days approach nx. including those at
Sinili an. at the east end of 1. annua de
Hay. where the insurgents, after the
engagement, delivered ten bodies of our
dil.
Documents captured in Manila show
that the insurgent activity in this vi
cinilv was ordered bv rebels here, fol
lowing instructions from the Hongkong
l'-'-nta.
LONG FIGHT ENDED.
Iron Scale Signed Sunday Many Mills to
Resume Operations.
At d:to o'clock Sunday morning the
conference committees of the Amalga
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers and of the manufacturers
sinned the wage scale for the bar iron
ami puddling mills, which will remain
effective until July I, I'jOl. This was ac
complished alter an all-night session of
the two committees, ami at its conclu
sion all who had taken part were well
niijh exhausted. The agreement reach
ed was a compromise between the de
mand of the workers and the offer of
the mrinffactnrers.
The conclusion of this conference ends
one i f the most important wage contests
that has ever been peaceably settled be
tween the iron workers and manufac
turers (jf this country.
As soon as the scale was signed, tele
prams were sent in every direction ord
ering tires to be built at once and pre
parations made for a resumption of the
mills that have been in enforced idle
ness for nearlv three months. About
20,000 men will be given work as a re
sult of this settlement.
The mills affected are located princi
pally in Western Pennsylvania, Fa it
em Ohio and Indiana.
DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
Nevada Bank Mulcted of $13,000 Gold by
Bandits In a Sensational Manner.
The first National bank of Winnc
nnicea, Xcv., was robbed of about $13,
000 Wednesday by three men who en
tered the front doc r and with revolvers
made all present throw up their hands.
There were five people in the bank at
the time. One robber, at the point
of a pistol, made Nixon open the safe
and take from it three sacks of gold
coin. They threw this in an ore sack,
together with all the gold coin in the
drawer. The robbers then marched the
.five men out through a back door to
an alley, where three horses were wait
ing. The men were kept covered with
Runs until the desperadoes mounted
their horses and escaped.
The whole affair occurred in but five
minutes. An alarm was quickly given
and several shots were fired at the des
peradoes as they sped through town,
but without effect. The robbers return
ed shots, but no one was hit. Offirors
ond armed citizens started in pursuit of
tne romcrs, wno took a course up the
river. A posse also started from Gold
Conda to head them off.
VICTORY AT HEAVY LOSS.
Allies Have Captured the Pel Tang and Lu
Tai Forts.
Shanghai telegrams, dated Thursday,
say: The allies to-day captured the Pei
Tang and Lu Tai forts with great losss.
These ports arc about 25 miles north
of Taktt at the entrance of the Pei Tanu
Ho river. The surrender of the forts
was demanded at 2 o clock on Tuesday.
with the threat of immediate attack by
the Germans and Russians in the event
of refusal.
Two thousand six hiuulred Germans
left Tien Tsin Wednesday to join a force
forming in tne neighborhood of Taku
already composed ot 4.000 Kussians,
1.500 Germans and other foreign troops,
the intention being to attack the Pei
Jang forts Ihursday at daybreak.
Jameson Raider Blinded.
While working in a mine north of
Lead, S. D., Capt. Grant Tod, of Lead,
was accidentally struck on the back of
the neck by a mining hammer. The
blow shattered the nerves in such a
way that total blindness has come to the
man, and it is feared that it will be
permanent. Tod was a Jameson raid
er. Proclamation to the Boer.
A proclamation has been- issued an
nouncing that the burghers who volun
tarily surrender will not be sent out of
the country, but will be detained at
camps at Bloemfontein or Pretoria..
This proclamation gives great satisfac
tion to those who are anxious to see
the war concluded as it is believed that
it will irive the couue de crrace to the
Boer resistance. It has been repeatedly
slated that many of the burghers would
lay down their arms if they were assur
ed tnai iiiey wouiu nut uc icni 10 sc.
Helena or Ceylon by the British.
LATEST NEWS NOTES,
Stokes' planing mill nt Altoonn, Pa.,
burned. Lbss, S.ooo.
Titusville. Pa., will have free rural
mail delivery October I.
Washington count v (Pa.) farmers are
suffering from a water famine.
The war department reports health
conditions nt Cape Nome much improv-
n.
Pittsburir. Pa., contributions for the
Galveston relief fund have reached $40,
US 67.
Short water supply forced the closing
down of several Cambria mills at Johns
town, Pa.
Owing to a water famine at Lonaeon-
ing, Blil., trams nrc hauling water into
the town.
Colored Baptists of Butler, Ta., laid
the cornerstone for their new church
edifice Sunday.
Butler county. Pa., is stirred up by
conflicting claims of auditors and over
seers of the poor.
Grasshopper are destroying the
crops over the Captain Generally of F.s
treinadura, Spain.
A fire in the llass Kelt! district, Tur
key, has destroyed 150 houses, 40 shops
and a synagogue.
The grand jury at Steiibenville, O.,
found nearly 70 indictments for alleged
illegal liquor selling.
It is acknowledged in F.ngland that
the Conservatives will be victorious ill
the coming election.
Conncllsville (Pa.) region operators
anticipate a coke boom in consequence
of the anthracite strike.
James Kadcliffc. fire boss at the Braz
nell (Pa.) mine when the explosion oc
curred, has been arrested.
Two steamers nnd six lives were lost
in a collision at entrance to Lake St.
Clair, Michigan, Friday.
An effort to smuggle 1.400 kilos id
opium into Havana was frustrated by
the authorities Saturday.
Mrs. (ieorge Smith was burned to
death at Huntingdon, Pa., Saturday,
while making grape butter.
Effort of the Portuguese to disarm
Boers entering Portuguese territory has
resulted in several clashes.
Lord Methuen routed a Boer convoy
and captuied a gun lost at Colenso,
many cattle and much ammunition.
Ilcllc Archer, the actress, who died
at Warren. Pa., left a fortune of about
$10,000, which will go to her parents.
The Argentine Kepublic has appro
priated S.io.om for a building and ex
hibit at the Pan-American exposition.
Anthracite operators arc raising
prices and taking other means to dis
courage the panicky demand for coal.
hire Saturday destroyed the grain
warehouses and elevators on the Atlan
tic dock, Brooklyn. Loss, $100,000.
The Presbytery of Buffalo, N. Y.,
has voted 32 to 19 in fator of a change
in the Westminster confession of faith.
Mrs. Abnira Bnnlen. of Ashtabula,
died from hydrophobia caused by the
bite of a dog received two weeks ago.
At Tcxarkaiia. Ark., the plant of the
Union Compress Company burned,
with 2,000 bales of cotton. Loss, $I5',-
030.
The South Danvcrs bank, of Pcabody,
Mass., has closed its doors, being un
able to meet its outstanding obliga
tions. The presidents of two great anthra
cite companies have agreed to confer
with Archbishop Kyan on the strike sit
uation. Father Duccy, of New York, who in
vestigated the strike on the spot, de
fends the miners and declares their quar
rel just.
Two burglars at Punxsutawncy, Pa.,
held up Father Weinkcr, Catholic
priest, in his bed, securing a gold watch
and $30 cash.
President Mitchell proposes the bi
tuminous method of settling labor trou
bles, nnd docs not insist upon recogni
tion of union.
Fire destroyed the main plant of the
Independent Lakeside oatmeal mills at
Joliet, III. Estimated loss, $50,000; in
surance, $41,000.
The story of the massacre by Rus
sians of the entire Chinese population
of Blagovestchensk, 5,000 in all, seems
to be confirmed.
Two more regiments of the national
guard arc on waiting orders. Troops
patrolled thoroughfares in and around
Shenandoah, Pa.
At Canal Dover, O., Laura Baxter,
an heiress about to obtain her majority,
has been abducted from the home of
her foster .parents.
An edict issued by the Chinese im
nerial government shows that Prince
Tuan, the anti-foreign leader, is again
in the ascendant.
The St. Louis presbytery, composed
of the churches of Fastern Missouri,
decided, by a vote of 32 to I, against re
vision of the creed.
Virginia, West Virginia and Tennes
see will celebrate the revolutionary bat
tle of Kings Mountain at Sycamore
Shoals, Tenn., Sept. 25.
The matinees given by all the thea
ters 111 aslungton. D. C. for the bene
fit of the Galveston victims resulted in
the total receipts of $2,0X4.
At the banquet in Berlin Saturday ev
ening in honor of the laying of the At
lantic cable the American and German
national anthems were played.
Jim Howard, on trial in Kentucky for
the murder of William Gocbel. will 'like
ly be acquitted if he can prove that he
was clean shaven on January 30.
Capt. S. B. Paxton. of California. Pa-
has been appointed fireman in the State
treasury department to succeed Capt. J.
IX It-.. 1 I . -
u. 1 any, 01 t csimoreianii county.
The battleship Kentucky, the cruiser
Albany and four smaller warships were
ordered to the Asiatic station to rein
force the already powerful American
squadron there.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Pennsylvania Germania Building
and Loan Association, I. T. Hopple be
ing selected by the Dauphin county
court.
The executive committee of the
Christian Fudeavor society, has decid-.-d
to hold the convention of igoi in Cin
cinnati, providing that satisfactory rail
road rates and local arrangements are
made.
A brother' of John D. Rockefeller has
organized an anti-cuttle thief associa
tion in Kansas, and is engaged in run
ning down thieves who raided his
droves.
mm iiflSimES im
HEAVY LOSSES.
Tho Nuccot Rlvor Country Under Many Feel
of Water Death List So Far
Numbers Eighteen.
A cloud burst in the Nueces river
country, Texas, 90 miles west of the
Southern Pacific road, resulting in a
terrific flood nnd much loss of life, is
reported. It is claimed that from 30
to 40 Italians employed on the sheep
ranches were drowned nnd nil the
ranches swamped. Kxtensive damages
have been inflicted on the upper Colo
rado and the Concho river valleys, par
ticularly nt and near Urownwood, Blan
ket and San Angelo. Wire communica
tion with nil these places is cut off. It
is feared many lives have been lost.
The last telegram from Brownwood,
Sunday morning, stated that the town
was Hooded and entirely surrounded by
water,' and that people and goods were
being removed to places of safety ill
rowboats and rafts. Bulletin from
Temple stale that the track of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe lailroad nrc un
der water to the depth of 15 feet soiilh
of Brownwood. and that nothing can be
heard from places tip the line. It is
raining hard for approximately loo
miles in all directions from Brownwood,
and as the streams in that part of Texas
are now very treacherous in the matter
of sudden rises, a disaster is feared.
FOUR NEGROES LYNCHED.
Louisiana Mob Invaded a Tanglpoa Parish
Jail Reign of Terror.
In Tangipon parish, La., Friday night
four negroes were hanged after the jail
in the village of Pontchatoula has been
broken open and the prisoners, accused
of robbing the family of Henry Holfel-
ler, had been taken from their cells.
Mis. Louise Ilolfelter, who resisted the
colored men, was choked and beaten so
unmercifully that she lost her mind.
1 here were 14 colored suspects in the
Pontchatoula jail, accused of various
robberies. Friday night nt Q o'clock a
committee of white citizens called on
Sheriff Nix and demanded the key to
the jail. The sheriff refused to produce
them. Axes were brought 'and the jail
was immediately broken open. Four
suspects were hanged to a tree about
two blocks away, after being made to
confess to having participated in the
burglary of llolfeltcr's house.
Not until 7 o'clock next morning were
the bodies cut down. Meantime the
coroner's jury returned a verdict of
death by "unknown hands." Citizens
scoured the parish throughout the
night, arresting all the negroes they
could get their hands on. These were
crowded into the jail at Pontchatoula.
Mayor Jackson and the sheriff arc using
every means to restore order but are
making slow progress. The better ele
ment among the colored population is
fleeing to the churches where the time-
is being .spent in prayer.
ANOTHER TEXAS DISASTER.
Trinity River Risos to High Flood Tido.
Throo Persons Drowned.
Trinity river rose 20 feet during the
night on nccount of u hours' rain.
Three persons are reported drowned.
Hundreds of families were driven from
their houses in the lower portion of
l'ort Worth, Tex.
A relief corps was organized and as
sisted many families to places of safety.
The storm of Friday night over north
western Texas was one of the most dis
astrous rain nnd electrical storms ex
perienced in years. Farmers declare that
the injury to the cotton crop will reach
10 per cent, the iriiuty river, nt Dal
las, lias risen nearly 30 tcct since
Thursday night and overflowed its
banks Friday. Sheriff Hughes sent out
mounted couriers from Dallas to notify
fanners and other residents along the
valley to move out.
Stalo Groatly Bonoflttsd.
The State nnd city of New York will
Collis P. Huntington. This amount, 's
collateral inheritance tax. will be paid
Comptroller Coler has already submit
ted to Mate Comptroller Iheodorc f.
Oilman a statement that the inheritance
tax on specific bequests will amount to
$88,800. The balance will be made up
out of the large residuary estate, which
may amount to $20,000,000. The estate
is valued nt 550,000.000.
LI Takes a Strong Guard.
Li Hung Chang, according to Shang
hai dispatches, assumed the seals of the
viccroyalty of Chi Li rrulay. His ofh
cers are busy raising 8.000 foreign drill
ed men and well-armed veterans, who
arc now encamped at Yang Chow, and
will proceed to Tien Tsin as Earl Li's
bodyguard.
It is reported that Liu Kun Yi. vice
roy of Nankin, alarmed at the prospects
of the German fleet ascending the Yang
Ise Kiang, is placing obstructions in
the channel below the Kiang Yin forts,
nnd sending troops to the northeast of
Kiang Ml lor tear the Germans may
land troops there to attack Tsing Kian
l'U.
Cuban Blacks Victorious.
Telegrams from Santiago de Cuba.
say: The elections ro delegates to the
constitutional convention have resulted
in favor of the black party throughout
this entire province, and the whites
now openly declare themselves to be an
nexationists. Ten thousand nccrroc
wdio had worked themselves up almost
to a frenzy and who wore badges con
taining a skull and crossbones, signify
ing death to the Republican nartv. na-
raded through the principal streets of
the city, carrying tallow candles and
torches. A mock funeral of the Repub
lican party was held and was attended
by about 1,000 negroes.
Enterprising Highwayman.
A reward of $2,000 has been offered
for the capture of the lone highwayman
who held up the west-bound Northern
Pacific passenger train near Athol, Ida
ho, Saturday midnight, and secured $500
cash and a quantity of watches and jew
elry from the passengers. Sheriff Brad
hum and a large posso are in pursuit.
The robber has been traced to a point
three miles south of Athol, where he
held up a ranchman and stole his
horse.
SEVERAL KILLED.
Sheriffs Deputies Fired Into a Mob
Miners With Telling Effect Slate
Troops Ordered Oul.
ot
Riots broke out nt Shenandoah, Pa.,
and the sheriff of Schuylkill county, Pa.,
wa hastily summoned from Allcntown.
After he arrived lie gave his deputies
the order to fire, and they obeyed, kill
ing n Hungarian nnd a little girl.
Adjt. Gen. Stewart Issued an order at
ftiidnight, Friday, after a conference
with Gov. Stone nnd Gen. Gobin, ord
ering the Fourth, Kighlh nnd Twelfth
infantry. Battery C, of Phoenixville,
and the Governor's troop of Harris
burg, Pa., all of the national guard, to
proceed with the least possible delay to
the Schuylkill region in command of
Gen. Gobin, to the relief of Sheriff
Toole. Col. Richardson took charge of
the movement of the troops and camp
equipage, and it is expected all the
troops will be at Shenandoah inside of
eight hour.
Gen. Gobin left on a special train
for Shenandoah, where he will establish
headquarter nnd will be joined by his
staff. Maj. Gen. Miller has been noti
fied of the ordering out of the troops,
nnd he is now on his way to Harris-
burg from Franklin. Attorney General
r.lkin lias nlso been summoned from In-
hana, Pa., to consult with the govern
or.
FAVORS A FIGHT.
Father Phillips Issuos a Statement In Favor
ol Striking Miners.
Father rhillip, of St. Gabriel's Cath
olic Church, Hazleton, Ta., who has
worked diligently for arbitration as a
means of settling the strike, issue a
statement in which he comes out flatly
on the side of the strikers. In the
statement he savs: "If the executive
officials of the big coal-carrying com
panies have been correctly quoted by
the papers, arbitration is no longer a
means to the end desired by the general
public, namely, a discontinuance of the
conflict between labor and capital.
"There is now no alternative but fight
to the finish between organized labor
and organized capital. Honest efforts
for peace have been throttled, nnd since
reason and justice and mercy will not
be heard the operator must cither ar
rogate to himself the title n coal king
and sway his scepter over unwilling
subjects or the miners must meet the
issue by renewed efforts to deplete the
market by the complete prevention of
production.
PHILIPPINE" COMMISSION REPORTS.
Guerrilla War Kept Up for Political Pur
poses Many Want Peace.
The Filinino insurrection, fostered
and maintained by the Tagalogs, assist
ed by the Ladroncs. who arc mainly
ex-convicts and criminals of the worst
character, will cease if the election con
firms the present policy. The leaders
admit that their last hope is the elec
tion of Bryan, and that if he is defeat
ed they will surrender and their forces
will lay down their arms.
The Philippine commission, compos
ed of Republicans nnd Democrats, has
made a preliminary report on the con
tlitions in the islands. The most sig
nihcant statement of the commission is
that the insurgents are constantly en
deavoring to mass a sufficient force to
crush one of the American garrisons
for political effect in this country.
The report was made at the request
of the President, wdio desired the views
of the commission on the general con
dition of the islands ns to peace nnd
industry, business and revenue condi
tions prevailing; progress of and op
portunity for education; disposition of
the people toward the United States,
FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Boors Fire and Loot a Town, Alto Damage
Locomotives.
Telegrams from Lorenzo Marques,
dated jitcsdav. say;
A pitched battle has been louglit
midway , between Kaap Muidcn and
Ilectorspruit, resulting in heavy Boer
losses, the Boers removed and threat
en to destroy the cogwheels of locomo
tives used between Watervalboven and
Watcrvalondcr, without which the rail
wav cannot be worked. They have
blocked and damaged the railway for
six miles on the Crocodile J'oort sec
tion. have destroyed the culverts and
the Ilectorspruit bridge and looted and
burned Komatipoort. The British are
now at Komatipoort, and heavy fighting
is proceeding, it is rumored that Mr.
Stevn has arrived here.
Gen. Pole Carcw has occupied Kaap
Muiden. about 20 miles east of Nelspruit.
wdicrc he captured a number of locomo
tives and a considerable quantity ot
rolling stock.
Big Gas Woll at Du Bols.
A gas well gusher was struck at
Lanes Mills six miles from DuBois
Pa., nt n depth of 3.000 feet. The well
was drilled by a local company. Early
Sunday morning the drill struck the
vein, the gas coming to the surface with
terrific force, blowing tools and rocks
over 100 feet in the air.
It is estimated by experts that the
well is good for 3,000,000 feet every 24
hours. The well is in an entirely new
territory and will come into direct com
petition with the Standard Oil Com
pany, whose wells supply DuBois and
neighboring towns and are located 25
miles trom there.
Arrested lor Petty Thelts.
Isaac Shulman, a drayman, was nr
rested at Youngstown, O., and on the
police searching his residence nearly
$1,000 worth of fine goods stolen from
stores was unearthed. While carting
away waste paper from the basements
of stores ne would throw tn goods,
cover them over and cart them home,
He confessed.
Instigators Discovered.
Germany is said to have discovered
that the real instigators of the Boxer
outrages arc high mandarins hitherto
unsuspected. Ucrinany and ureat Brit'
aiu seem to be lining up against Rus
sin and France, each side courting the
adhesion ot the united Mates.
v 1 Peary Supply Ship Lost.
The Lily of the North, which left
Halifax last month with supplies for the
Peary Arctic expedition, ts lost. The
disaster ts reported from Cape Breton
but nothing additional save that the
crew was saved has reached Halifax.
DIE EIDERS COffl WITH Hi
MEETING PREVENTED.
Victims Disrobed, Daubod and Then Turned
Over lo the Police They Are
Sent Out of Town.
Under Instructions from Overseer nt
Large riper, of Chicago, Elder Silas
Moot, of Lima, who was forcibly de
ported from Mansfield, O., August 12,
and Flder F.phriam Bassingcr, of the
Eluffton, O., Dowictc apostles, who had
been deported by the authorities for the
past four Sundays, arrived in Mansfield
Sunday morning nt 6:3s o'clock, at
tempting to hold Zion services.
1 hey were recognized by a small
crowd at the depot, which refused to
let them enter a cab, but followed them
up the street nnd surrounded them near
the center of the city. They were then
taken by the mob, which by this tunc
had been vastly increased, to the Rich
land buggy works, where Bassingcr dis
robed, but the crowd tore Moot s cloth
ing from his body, ns he refused to dis
robe himself. A paint bucket nnd a
brush were then secured and a smoke
stack varnish, a tar-like substance, was
daubed over them from head to foot.
It was matted in their hair and beard,
and no part of their bodies escaped but
their faces.
Their bodies were then partially cov
ered with their clothing, nnd the elders
were marched to the home of h. H.
Lciby, a local .ion follower, who was
driven out of the city last Sunday.
There they promised not to return to
iManslield, but later they sanl tney
agreed not to return unless Overseer
Pincr ordered them to come.
I .liter, when the police gathered, the
elders were turned over to them and
taken to the city prison, where the tar
was removed from their bodies by appli
cations ol lard nnd benzine, new cloth
ing was procured, nnd nt noon they
were placed upon a west bound Penn
sylvania train and sent out of the city,
A BLOODY FEUD.
Tennessoeans Make a Batllollcld ol Hotel
Dining Room Fatal Results.
the lloward-Mcdec feud bad a
tragic climax Tuesday, in which on
man was killed, two others fatally and
one seriously wounded. At noon
Charles Jones nnd hi brother Joshua
entered the Clew hotel dining room, at
Aladisonvillc. lenn.. which was tilled
with guests, and took scats at a table,
A moment later Calvin and Tom How
ard entered the room nnd met the
Jones brothers face to face. In an in
stant revolvers were drawn by the four
men and about 30 shots were fired in
quick succession, the terrified guests
making their exit from the room by
wav of doors and windows.
When the firing ceased Charles Jones
was found dead on the floor with two
bullet wounds in the heart and three
in his head; Joshua Jones and Calvin
Howard were mortally wounded and
unconscious, and loin Howard, the
only one of the nuartet left on his feel
had a number of bullet wounds in his
body.
BESIEGED BY NEGRO STRIKERS.
Soulh Carolina Planter Hat a Thrilling Ex
perlcnco.
The first strike of cotton field hands
ever reported in South Carolina occur
red at Fastover, Richland county. The
hands demanded an advance of 10 cents
a hundred pounds for picking cotton.
w. b. Hodge, as spokesman for the
other planters, refused the demand.
Hodge was pursued to li:s home by 400
negroes, who surrounded his home, in
which were his wife and two small chil
dren. The Hodges barricaded them
selves. When the negroes advanced to
break in Hodges shot the ringleader.
He kept the men at bay tor four hours
with a shotgun, his wife standing by with
revolver in hand. Finally three mount
ed planters came to the rescue and the
negroes fled. They are still threaten
ing the house. There nrc 20 negroes to
one white man in the Eastovcr region.
Sarcasm by Chinese Official,
loan Chen, secretary of the Chinese
legation in England, declares that the
Chinese system of fighting devils and
propitiating gods by beer-bottle shrines
is a great deal more inexpensive than
the use of costly cathedrals, and claims
for their praying machines greatly su
perior efficacy. lie asserts that the
whole trouble in China grew out of the
aggressions of the missionaries.
DIRECTLY AGAINST HOWARD.
Witness Swears That the Prisoner Admitted
Ho Had Killed Goebol.
In the trial of James Howard Mon
day at Frankfort, Ky., for the murder
of William Goebel, Bowman Gaines
testified that Howard is the rtian he saw
run out of the State house grounds and
jump the fence immediately after the
shooting of Gocbel. James Stabb'efield,
who lost a leg and nn arm in the Clay
county feuds last year, testified th.it
Howard stopped at his house in Febru
ary soon after the shooting and said.
"I never sight down my gunbarrel but
what I get meat or money, and this time
I got both."
Witness said he put the direct ques
tion: "Jim, do you mean to say that you
killed Goebel?" Howard, h e sanl, re
sponded in the affirmative, and said he
believed his mountain friends would
stand by him and that 500 men could
not take him to. Frankfort for trial.
Stabbleficld said he did not tell the storv
of Howard's confession to him until he
heard that Howard and his friends were
planning to kill him.
Aitor the Oatmeal Tru.t.
A syndicate of English capitalists has
made a proposition to buy all or a ma
jority of the stock of the American
Cereal Company, the oatmeal trust at
Akron, O., and as they offer to give
$175 per share they will undoubtedly
have little trouble in securing control.
The highest price paid for the stock has
been $120, while two years ago it went
below $50. The capital stock of the
company is $3,341,000.
An effort is being made at Akron, O..
to bowl Chief of Police Harris out of
public office by abolishing his office.
REBUILDING GALVESTON.
Martial Law Hat Ceased Labor Is Now at
Premium Work of Cleaning
Away Debrlt Continuei.
Thursday evening Mayor Jones, of
Galveston, Tex., proclaimed that mar
tial law would cease at noon to-mor-row,
nnd the civil authorities would as
sume direction of municipal affairs.
This wa done nt the suggestion of
Gen. Scurry, who expressed the belief
that conditions had reached such a
stage that the civil authorities were able
to cope with the situation. This, how
ever, doc not mean the immediate
withdrawal of the militia. They are to
co-operate with the city officials in the
enforcement of order, and will continue
on duty a a part of the government.
Labor in Galveston is at a premium.
There is not nn idle man in the city.
Kegardless ol station or position a man
must work. The merchant and his
clerk nre working side by side along
won me man wno nas Known nothing,
but hard work since the time of his
childhood.
The work of removing the dead from
the debris still continues. The pre
vailing method of disposition is crema
tion, and as each corpse is taken out
it is thoroughly saturated with coal oil
and thrown into a blazing fire. Funeral
pyres are blazing throughout the city
and in this way Galveston is riddjng
ncrscii 01 the dead.
S. E. Barton, a nephew of Clara Bar
ton, of the Red Cross society, suggests
the raising of a fund of from $5,000,000
to $15,000,000 to aid the people in re
building their homes. An appeal of this
nature will be made to the people of
the United States.
BUftlAL IN UNITED STATES.
The Government Will Bring Its Dead From
China and Pacific Isles.
Colonel William S. Patten, of the
quartermaster's department, has com
pleted arrangements for the free trans
portation to the United States of the
remains of soldiers, sailors and civilians
who lost their lives and were buried in
the island possessions of the United
State and in China. A burial corps
will take passage on the transport Han
cock from San Francisco on October 1
in charge of D. H. Rhodes, inspector
of national cemeteries.
All the bodies nrc to receive honora
ble burial in the United States at places
selected by the next of kin. Where
not otherwise ordered the interments
will be made in the national cemeteries.
The approximate number of remain
to be exhumed is 1.331. distributed in
the following places: Honolulu, 36 en
listed men of the army and I marine;
Guam, H men of the navy: China, 2 offi
cers of the army, 58 enlisted men of the
army and 37 men of the navy; Philip
pines, 17 oificers of the army, 1,150 en
listed men of the army and 28 men of
the navy.
JR. 0. U. A. M. SEPARATED.
Division at the State Meeting and the In
surgents Withdraw.
The war between the two factions of
the Pennsylvania State council of the
Junior Order United American Me
chanics over the per capita tax resulted
in the bodies holding separate meetings
and nominating inherent sets of offi
cers at Philadelphia. Tuesday.
inc meeting was tne one autnonzea
by the National council, and that fac
tion which has been opposed to the
body recognized by the National coun
cil and which Monday refused to join
in a special meeting, was admitted to the
session along with the "regulars." The
latter numbered 126 and the other fac
tion 209. Charles S. Crawd, of Monon
gahela, regular, presided over the meet
ing. All went harmoniously until a
motion was put that all who indorsed
the National council rulings stand up.
All the "regulars" arose, but none of
the opposing faction. The former then
withdrew to another part of the room
and separate sessions were held.
Mississippi Steamers Burned.
Fire Friday destroyed the steamers
War Eagle of the Eagle Packet Com
pany, and the Carrier of the Calhoun
racket Company, at St. Louis.
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tin 1 m . u. ntr, it'll,., v -i ff 1 a 1 in.
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other produce, was destroyed.
MASSACRE OF CHINESE.
Five Thousand Alleged to Have Been
derod by Russians.
A Moscow correspondent telegraphs
that reports have been received there
of a horrible massacre at Blagovest
chensk, which was undoubtedly carried
out under direct orders from the Rus
sian authorities. The Chinese popula
tion of 5,000 sonls was escorted out of
town to a spot five miles up the Amur
and then, being led in hatches .of a few
hundreds to the river bank, was order
ed to cross over to the Chinese side.
No boats were provided and the river
is a mile wide. The Chinese were flung
alive into the stream and were stabbed
or shot at the least resistance, while
Russian volunteers, who lined ' the
bank, clubbed or shot any who attempt
ed to land. Not one escaped alive. The
river bank for miles was strewn with
corpses.
Aunties Give It Up.
The National party, composed of men
who feel that they cannot conscientious
ly vote for McKinley or Bryan, at a
conference held nt Boston, lass., Fri
day, abandoned the idea of keeping a
presidential ticket in the field.
CABLE FLASHES. . "
Another death from bl
ibonic plague
and one new case are rep
:rtcd at Glas-
gow.
The Duke of Manchcsti
niptcy proceedings, pla
r, in his bank-
his liabili-
ties at x 15000.
Five hundred Boer n
gees. of whom
jo are wounded, arrive!
Marques T uesday.
Seventv-two new coa
n.ir... 1
been opened in Prussia
this year. in(
creasing the output lor I
1 . - 1
tons.
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