IIK'SII! IS KT UN EKD
DEMANDS GRANTED.
The Reading Company Concede! and Othori
Follow An Early Resumption ol Work
Expected The Mined Jubilant.
The great strike of the anthracite mine
workers t,f Pennsylvania, which began
September 17. practically ended
Wednesday. When the Philadelphia
nnd Reading Coal nnd Iron Company
iimiI the Lehigh Villcy Coal Company
agreed to abolish the sliding scale in
their respective legions and to grant
nn advance in wages uf 10 per cent, net,
the advance to remain in operation until
April 1. 11,01. or then-after. This action
Meets the demand of the Scratiton
miners' convention. The decision was
ntnved at after a conference held in
Philadelphia between representatives of
the individual coal operators and the
large ei-al earning companies.
It is conceded that the result of the
conference i a complete victory for the
men. All the demands of their conven
tion are acceded to, and the operator
go a little further in agreeing to main
tain the wane advance alter April I.
The news front Philadelphia spread
through the entire region with almost
lift htniiiK rapidity. Everywhere satis
faction was expressed by the striking
Miners and cithers. It is confidently be
lieved that the strike will be officially
declared otT this week, and that nil the
men will have a chance to return to
work by Monday. President Mitchell
informed all inquirers that the strike
Wl'ld be declared off by no one but the
United Mine Workers' officials, and
added that no mine workers should re
turn to the mines until a notice to that
effect is i-sned from labor headquarters.
The advance of to per cent, means an
increased disbursement of $ju,uon every
month in Shenandoah alone.
Telegrams front Scrantoti. Pa., dated.
Thursday, say: Representatives of all
the bill coal mining companies met here
this afternoon and decided to insist on
the decrease in the price of powder be
ing computed as part of the increase in
wages to contract miners.
District President Nichols, of the
United Mine Workers, says the mine
workers' officials were directed to get a
straight advance, and that another
miner-' convention will be necessary be
fore the strike can be declared off, even
though the officers were disposed to ac
cede to the conditions that powder
should figure in the present negotia
tions. The operators' meeting this afternoon
agreed to post notices extending the oi
fer of to per cent, to April I.
INTO A CROWDED CAR.
An Indianapolis Switch Engine Ceusct In
Jury and Perhaps Death.
At Indianapolis, lnd a Lake F.ric Sc
Western railroad switch engine struck
a street car at io:'5 o'clock Friday
night. There were 21 passengers in the
cars, and of this number 15 of them
were more or less injured, some
of them perhaps fatally.
The engine struck the front end of
the car, carried it 20 feet, and finally
threw it arainst a freight car standing
on a side-track. The passengers were
pinioned down by the broken timbers.
The doors could not be opened and
the least injured people, in their mad
rush to escape, trampled over those un
able to help themselves. To add to the
general confusion the steam from the
engine enveloped the wrecked car, nnd
it was with great difficulty the work of
rescuing them was carried forward. At
least half the passengers were women,
and their screams and the crash awoke
people living within two blocks of the
scene of the accident.
Growth of American China Trade.
According to a report of the treasury
bureau of statistics, American trade with
China shows a more rapid growth than
that of any of the European countries.
In 1899 imports from this country to
China amounted to 2j.i8j.74s tacls. A
tacl is valued at 72 cents. This is an in
crease of 5.000,000 taels over the value
of imports in 1808. The value in 1895
was (5,003,182 taels.
The imports from Great Britain show
an increase of 18 per cent, from 1895
to 189Q, and those from Europe show an
increase of 35 per cent., while those
from the United States show an increase
of .137 per cent.
MEXICAN TOWN DESTROYED.
Guadalupe Washed Away Three Live Are
Known to be Lost.
News of the destruction of the town
of Guadalupe, Mexico. 40 miles below
El Paso, Tex., in the Kio Grande basin,
by a cloudburst, reached Juarez Friday
by a runner, who was sent to beg assist
ance for the starving inhabitants,
Guadalutic was a village of 500 peo
ple. The inhabitants were only able to
save tneir lives by llccing to the foot
hills. One old man and two children,
besides cattle and horses, were lost.
Gon. J. W. Flshor Dead.
Gen. J. W. Fisher, one of the heroes
of the battle of Gettysburg, is dead at
' t heyenne, Wyo., aged 86 years. Gen
Fisher entered the war of the rebellion
as a private and was discharged a ma
'or general.
At the battle of Gettysburg, Fisher.
then a colonel, noted a large force of
southern troops intrenching Little
Roundtop. Without waiting for orders
he commanded his regiment to charge
and captured the position, the gallant
move turning what seemed to be' defeat
into victory. He was praised and nro-
moted. For 10 years Gen. Fisher serv
ed as chief justice of the Wyoming ter-
lituuui mill 1.
Smith Pleaded Guilty.
Colonel Harold A. Smith, formerly
assistant ouartermaster general of the
State of Michigan, who was indicted
by the grand jury for alleged fraud and
embezzlement in connection with the
military clothing frauds, has changed
his plea in the Ingham county circuit
court trom not guilty to guilty.
fudge West imposed a fine of $1,200.
to be paid on or before October 22. In
default of payment of the fine Smith
is to serve two years in the Ingham
county jau.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Lincoln, N. J., n town run and owned
by women, has asked lor a receiver.
Temperance people of Wayncsburg,
Pa., arc lighting the new brewery pro
ject. In a fire nt St. Paul, Minn., five fire
men were killed and $100,000 damage
done.
The property of the Penn plate glass
works nt Irwin, Pa.i has been sold at
auction.
Night schools have been opened nt
Manila to teach English to Filipino
students.
Alabama's population is 1,828,007, an
increase of 313,580, nearly 21 per cent.,
since 181)0.
Undcrstcad's keg factory at Avon
more, Pa., burned Thursday night.
Loss, $10,000,
Careless hunters set fire to the woods
in East linlcy township, Washington
county, Pa.
Survivors of the Thirteenth Pennsyl
vania cavaliy held a reunion at Tyrone
Wednesday.
The Kentucky Legislature has pass
ed an election law to take the place of
the Gocbcl law.
All the capital has been subscribed
and the site secured for the Iltltler (Pa.)
furniture factory.
The Payne Spring Tannery Company,
Cumberland, Md., capital $30,000, lus
been incorporated.
Yellow lever has so increased in Ha
vana that every block in the city has
from 1 to 17 cases.
The Ilradford (Pa.) Steel Works
Company has raised $.o,xxi capital, and
will be incorporated.
The town of Laurel, Neb., has been
visited by a disastrous fire. A large
portion of the town was destroyed.
The Princeton university on Saturday
conferred the degree of doctor of laws
upon Secretary of State John Hay.
The rubber hose as an instrument of
punishment will be abolished in the
New Kensington. Pa., public schools.-
During a depcrate class fight at Alle
gheny college, Mendville, Pa., sopho
mores failed to lower the freshmen s
Hag.
Twin sisters who married twin broth
ers near Hiintinuton. W. Va.. almost
simultaneously became mothers of trip
lets.
The o students suspended from
Woostcr (().) university, will take their
lcdiciiic. Hie faculty refused to rein
state them.
Llovd's nuarter report shows that the
United Slates has next to Great Jtritain
the largest tonnage in shipping under
construction.
John Dcinlin. treasurer of the Galves
ton relief fund, gave out a statement
showing that the total contributions to
late are S loos'. 202.
DnriiiLT n fit of insanity. Mrs. Geb-
linrdt II iimiiihI. of Cleveland. ().. dash
ed her 5-wecks-old infant, to the lloor,
crushing out its lite.
The Cambria Iron Company is nego
tiating for the purchase ot extensive
coal fields in St. Clair township, West
moreland county, l a.
Thirteen hundred acres of coal land
in the vicinity of Womclsdorf, W. Va
l ave been purchased by the Junior Coa
Company, for $50,000.
The Euulish admiralty is about to or
ganize nn additional reserve squadron,
under Kear Admiral Sir Gerard Henry
Noel, for home waters.
The steamer Empress of Japan brings
news of urcat loss of life and property
on sea and land during the September
gales in the Japan group.
Count von Walderscc. commanding
the international troops in China, said
he considered the campaign over ami
expected to be recalled soon.
At Kingston. Jamaica, Employes of
the electric railway, owned ny uncri
can and Canadian capitalists, are on
strike. They want more pay.
Business men of the towns in the In
dian territory are organizing leagues
to resist the payment ot the tribal lax.
Ihev will tight it in tlie courts.
The American Linseed Oil Company
has marked the price of linseed oil up to
70 cents, or the highest figure Known
since the inlancy ol the industry.
An attempt was made to destroy the
line of the Citizens' Telephone Company
at Ellwood, Pa. Two men started to
cut the wires, but were scared away,
The librarv building of the Wisconsin
State Historical Society, which has been
under construction for the past three
years at Madison, has been dedicated.
The nbbatoir of the West Philadel
phia stockyards was partly destroyed by
a lire ot unknown origin auniiay, caus
ing a loss of about $50,000, fully insur
ed.
The batik-shin Kentucky, which sail
ed for China Saturday, was compelled
to return to this port on account of the
isarrangctuont of her turret mechan
ism.
Judge Charlton, of the intermediate
court at Fairmont. W. Va., lias been
served with a writ of prohibition and
restricting mm from naturalizing lor
tignefs.
The transport Logan has sailed from
Manila for San Francisco, carrying 273
sirk. 10 insane and .to prisoners. 1 he
horse transport Concmaugh is about to
sail also.
The champion murderer and brigand
Musolino, of Italy, who is still at large
lm killed all the members of his band
and has marked several persons for
slaughter.
At Fresno. Cal.. the county hospital
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $80,000.
One hundred and fifty patients, 80 of
whom are seriously ill, were left with
out a refuge.
A bronze statue of Gen. Logan, lust
comp eted by Sculptor 1-ranklin Sim
mons, ol Komc, has Decn accepted py
the United States consul in behalf of
the government.
The first snowstorm of the season
swent over the Adirondack Wednes
day night. At Dannemora and at Chazy
lake the ground was covered to the
depth of two inches.
At Nyack, N. Y., the ground on
which stands the Cyrus W. Field monu
ment to Major Andre was sold for
taxes to George Dickey, who says he
will remove the stone.
Dr. Claude Beck and William Bar
ton. of Greensburg, Ind., fought a duel
in which Barton received a probably
fatal wound, barton prohibited Beck
attentions to his daughter.
HEADS THEM ALL.
Sir Robert Griffin, the Celebrated English
Statistical Export Bestows This Title
Upon the United State.
One of the most notable speeches of
last week was delivered by Sir Kobert
GifTen, the noted statistician and form
er president of the Statistical society,
before the Manchester Statistical soci-
ly, upon the European population of
the world. He declared the growth of
the United States compelled her recog
nition as the most powerful state lit
the world so far as population and re
sources were concerned. He pointed
out that the United States realty had a
greater f.uropean population than any
European state, for Great Britain's
strength might be considered to be di
minished rather than increased by the
possession ol large territories, while
the units of the Russian population were
so inferior that the pre-eminence of the
United Mates is not piestiotied. Ac
cording to Sir Kobert, there arc now
nly four great world powers, the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, Russia and
iicrmauy, with 1-ranee n doubtful fifth.
He expressed the belief that the "Yel
low peril" would vanish, as the yrllow
races were (prickly being outnumbered
by the European, which, in another cen
tury, should number nearly two thou
sand millions.
AGUINALDO HAS PLANS.
Throws Out mysterious Hints to Rebtls In
Manila That Something Is
About to Happen.
Senor Buencamiuo has received what
purports to be a letter from AguinaldJ,
rilering the former leaders of the revo
lution now in Manila to desist from the
ormation of political parties, and to
cease all attempts at pacification. The
etter mysteriously hints that plans are
maturing among the armed rebels in
Jie field and describes these as "best
lor the country." lliiencamino declares
that the letter is genuine.
I he mihtarv situation was compara
tively quiet last week. 1 he commission
the military authorities, the Filipinos
ami the foreigners are awaiting the re
sult ol the presidential election in the
United Slates. ftrhiiv persons nrert
that whatever this may be it will have
no immediate effect upon the armed sit
nation in the Philippines, ami that (lis
orders and guerrilla attacks will con
tinue.
I'he Philippine commission has a bill
appropriating $475,000, gold, for the
payment of expenses incurred for the
benefit of the insular government dur
ing October.
TORNADO IN TEXAS.
Six Persons Are Known to Have Been Killed.
Others Are Missing.
A tornado struck about half a mile
west of Lodi and 15 miles west of At
lanta, Tex., Sunday. The path of the
tornado was 200 yards wide, and the
wind swept everything before it. One
house in the center of its path, occupied
by negroes, was destroyed, six people
being killed outright. Three others
arc missing and are supposed to be
dead.
The cyclone traveled from the south
west to the northeast, crossing the Tex
as & Pacific railroad at Canipbcllsville
spur, a lumber-loading station, two
miles north of Lodi. The lumber was
carried away in all directions. It is fear
ed further loss of life has resulted in the
country. A hard rain fell in the morn
ing, commencing about 7 o clock with
light hail. The result will be consider
able damage to the cotton crop remain
ing ungathercd in this section.
ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCHED.
Kentucky Citizens Take Fratui Warflold From
Jail and Hang Him.
Shortly after 12 o'clock Thursday
morning, I-ratus Warheld, a negro, 73
years of age, was taken from the county
au uy a mob and hanged at Elkton
Ky. Tuesday the negro went to the
home of a young white farmer, about
three miles from Elkton, and finding no
one at home but the wife and her little
babe, attempted to frighten her into let
ting turn into the house. He did not
succeed in getting in, and after trying
to break in the door and threatening to
kill her, he went away.
Warheld was captured Wednesday
and placed in jail. During the night a
mob of about 150 men overpowered the
jailor nnd gettinc the keys quietly took
the prisoner to a grove near town,
where he was found hanging to a limb
in the morning.
Iniane Convicts Revolt.
At Ncwburg, N. V a most desperate
rttort to escape confinement was made
l-y as inmates of the Mattewan State
Hospital for the Insane Criminals at
7 o'clock Sunday evening. A body of
tne convicts attacked eight guards and
beat tUem down one by one. taking
their keys and some of them eventually
escaping from the yard which surrounds
the hospital. In the encounter in th
building the convicts had the advantage
ot numbers, but in the battle in the open
tnc Keepers rallied and finally retrieved
much that had been lost, securing all
but seven of the desperate fellows.
These have not been caught.
Indians Starving In Canada.
A special trom Acassiz. 11. C. savs
that 200 Indians are in a starving condi
tion at Humberton Meadows. 150 miles
north of Agassiz. An Indian rider
brought the news that fifty Indian fam
ilics are dying and that it is doubtful if
supplies can be sent to them quickly
enough to save their lives. Supplies are
Dcing rusn irom Vancouver.
A Big Canal Contemplated.
The latest and most important project
on foot in England is the construction
ot a canal trom Southampton to l.nn
don. The surmise as to the far-reach
inir consenuenrea snrh n aten wntiM n
tail is scarcely less interesting than the
tact mat ,it it is accomplished, it is like
ly to be through the instrumentality o
American capital. Coming on ton n
London's adoption of the American
transit systems and the utilization of
American money and brains, this latest
project may well be said to cap the cli
max.
WILLIAM L. WILSON DEAD.
Author ot the Wilson Tariff Measure Expires
Suddenly at Hli Home In Lex
Inglon, Virginia.
Ex-Postmaster General William L.
Wilson died suddenly Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, nt Lexington, Va.
Hon. William Lyne Wilson was presi
dent of Washinuton nnd Lee university.
He represented the Second West Vir
ginia district in Congress for 12 years,
and wns best known for his ndvoency of
the free trade theory, which finally led
to his defeat by Congressman Dayton
in iKy), after a memorable political bat
tle. After his defrat for Congress he
was appointed postmaster general by
President Cleveland, and after the ex
piration of his term in that office he was
elected to t lie presidency of Washington
and Lee university. Mr. Wilson was
born at Middleway, W, Va., on May 3,
1843. He was educated at Columbian
college, Washington, where he was
graduated in iKfio. He then entered the
University of Virginia, but left it nt the
outbreak of the civil war to serve in the
confederate army. After the war was
over lie became professor ol njicient
languages in Columbian college, his
alma mater, and studied law. He was
prolessor of Latin from 1807 to 1871,
and studied political economy and poli
tics. In 1871 he entered upon the prac
tice 01 law. lie was president ol the
West Virginia Senate in 1882. and was
elected to Congress in that year, serv
ing continuously until 1K04. As chair
man of the ways and means committee
he prepared the tariff bill of 1804, which
bore his name. President Cleveland
made him postmaster general to suc
ceed Wilson S. Bissell.
CLEANED DOWIE OUT.
Medical Students Drovo Him From His Lon
don Lecture Hall.
Three hundred students from the Lon
don hospitals created a riot in John
Alexander Howie's meeting in St. Mar
tin's town hall Wednesday afternoon.
The speaker took refuge in flight in or
der to escape bodily injuries. A free-for-all
fight took place between the
students and Howie's followers, and
many were severely injured. The police
attacked the rioters in force and made
many arrests.
In the evening the students tried to
rush the platform. Thev threw chairs
at Dowie, who cnlled upon the police
and tied by a side door. 1 lie police
fought their way in and endeavored to
expel the rioters, arresting a number.
Fighting was then resumed, sticks nnd
chairs being used as weapons. The stu
dents tried to rescue those under arrest.
Ultimctely more police were summoned
and the hall was cleared. The commit
tee of St. Martin's town hall will con
sult with a police representative as to
the advisability of allowing further
meetings.
WAX DREW OUT HIS EYE.
Sufloror Can See Though His Optlo Lies On
His Cheek.
John Williams, n shoemaker of
Donegal township. Butler comity. Pa.,
was suffering excruciating pain from a
sty on the left eye. He applied some
shoe wax with a bandage to his eye
before retiring. During the night his
screams awakened other members of
the family. It was found that the wax
had drawn the eyeball clear out
of the socket upon the check.
Physicians were hastily summoned.
They were afraid to heat the wax to re
move it, for fear of ltniiring the sight.
After hours of work the wax was re
moved, but the eyeball refused to again
go to its place. He could sec out of
the eye that lay upon his cheek when
the other was closed. The unfortunate
man has to be kept under the influence
01 morphine continually.
CAUGHT A REBEL CHIEF.
Gen. Alvarez and His Staff Made Prisoners
by the Americans.
Under cover of a stormy night Ca:t.
l-.lliot, ol the fortieth inlantry, surpns
ed the rebel headdiiarters near Oro
quieta, island of Mindanao, and captured
without lighting Gen. Alvarez, with hu
staff and 25 soldiers. The capture is
important and will tend to pacify the
district. Alvarez had for a long time
been provoking hostilities in Mindanao.
It was he who effected the disastrous
attack on Oroquicta some time ago.
and he was preparing another when he
was captured.
Detachments of the Twenty-sixth
and Eighteenth regiments engaged the
rebels near 1 ubuagan, in Southern
Panay, routing them, killing 20 and
wounding many.
Opposo General Porter's Treaty.
llnrjo Fixico, a representative of the
full-blood Creek Indians, who are or
posing any cnangc in their tribal ai
fairs, has left the Indian Territory for
Washington, where he hopes to have
an interview with President McKinley
and present the grievances of his peo
ple. Through an interpreter Fixio
said he was going to tell the "great
father" that the Creeks will never agree
to allotment and that they have sworn
by their sacred council fire ashei
l.rought from Alabama, to oppose Gen
cral Porter and defeat the ratification
of any new treaty. They will stand by
the treaty of 1HO6 and all the old
treaties.
Freed From Mexican Prison.
The State department has received a
dispatch from Vice Consul Carroll at
Monterey, Mex., saying that Hunter E.
Golding, an American citizen, who was
recently sentenced to a term of eight
jrcuiR 01 lauiiuiciii in a mcAiLan peni
tentiary, has been released from custoe'.v.
Golding is of a well-known Virginia
family, and Senator Martin, of that
State, has evinced a warm interest in
his case.
Akron Police Censured.
Coroner I.ebermr.n has filed the ver
dict in the inquest ever the remains of
Rhoda Davidson and Glen Waid, the
children killed in the Akron (O.) not.
He says the fatal shots were fired from
within the city ouilding, but does not
mrre definitely lix tne responsibility.
The oolice are blamed for not dis
persing the mob in the beginning and
for firing haphazard into the crowd in
stead of giving warning and then shoot
ing at the leaders of the rioters with
careful aim to kill.
10 UTFi CHINK'S fll DOOR
ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.
The Compact Is in Outcome ot the Policy
Outlined by the United Slates Dip
lomats Are Highly Plcasod.
Great surprise was created In foreign
diplomatic circles when the announce
ment was made that England and Ger
many had formed an alliance to main
tain the open door in China and pre
vent the dismemberment of the great
empire. It Is generally admitted tint
Lord Salisbury, who has hitherto taken
little patt openly in the Chinese ques
tion, was instrumental in bringing
rdiout the agreement.
On every hand the move is admit
ted to be rational and helpful, It is ex
pected to clear nway the cloud of inter
national suspicion which has hindered
a clear view of the exigencies of the
Chinese situation and threatened i
peaceful settlement of difficulties. Ger
many, by the agreement, rornes in for
nn equal share of good Intent in China.
1 here lias been no attempt to dis
guise the fact that the alliance is direct
ed against Russia, whose actions in the
continued occupation of Manchuria have
aroused suspicion.
The United States first declared for
the preservation of the Chinese empire
as an entity. One after another of the
powers has come to our position. The
Japanese legation approves of the step
and Minister Wu is enthusiastic. lis
says: " I his is a most important move
ment, and I hope it will lead to a com
plete settlement. The agreement is ex
actly in line with the American position.
to which nil of the governments gave
llieir adherence. Hut coming nt tins
lime from two such Powerful nations.
the agreement ought to exert a strong
inlltit nee toward a settlement.
AMEUSHEO IN THE HILLS.
How Captain Shields and His Men Were
Captured Their Rescue.
Pull details are now at hand as to tho
capture of Captain Devereaux Shields
and his party by the insurgent in the
Island of Mariuduqiic last month and
their experiences prior to their rescue
by General Luther R. Hare.
Captain Shields nnd his party, while
operating north of Torrijos. were taken
in ambush in the steep hills. 1 hey at
tempted to cut their way to the coas
win ueeaiiic suoiecicu IO inc enemy n
four-sided fire, Captain Shields being
shot twice and badly wounded.
After four had been killed and five
wounded, being out of ammunition, the
command surrendered through a mis
understanding of themselves to 25 insur
gent riflemen and 1,000 Bolomcn. The
rebels separated their prisoners into
small parties and conveyed them, heavily
guarded, to impassable volcanic moun
tains. General Hare gave the rebels one
week to surrender the prisoners and the
lattcrs' rifles. The rebels perceive I
that it was only a question of time
when the release of their prisoners
would be effected, nnd they opened up
communications with General Hire
which resulted in the handing over of
tne captives.
KILLED BY BANK ROBBERS.
Town Marshal Shot and a Strong Force
Pursuing the Murderert.
1 he safe of the Farmers Hank at
Bronaugh, this county, was blown open
with nitro-glycerinc Friday night. All
the money in the bank, $1,625, was tak
1.
Town Marshal William Moran heard
the heavy explosion and stepped out oi
his door, lust as he did so, one of the
robbers shot the marshal in the center
of his head, killing him instantly.
shortly after the shooting two men in
a wagon were seen to drive rapidly out
of town. Citizens wired Sheriff Ewing,
who sent them a message to deputize
every man possible to pursue the rob
bers. This was done. If the robbers
are captured they will probably be
lynched.
Maine Survivor Suicides.
After suffering intense pain for two
years from a broken iaw, an injury he
received while aboard the battleship
Maine when she was blown up in Ha
vana narnor, in ikon, Mcholas Scalp,
47 years old, ended his misery bv send
ing a bullet through his brain at his
boarding house in Brooklyn, X. V.
India's Famine Record.
The viceroy. Lord Curzon, vr-vs t'- t
the famine had affected a quarter of -lie
population of India, and that j.orop')
were still receiving relief. He express
ed the hope that in a month these would
return to their homes. He said t!ir,t
500.000 deaths were traceable to the,
famine, and that the loss of crops was
.50.000,000. plus some millions for loss
of cattle. It would never he known
how many were affected by the calamity
among the hill peoples and wandering
tribes, while the alms distributed wee
unprecedented. He said the cotton
crop was worth 1.1,000,000 on the
ground.
Filipino Studentt for America.
A. R. Taylor, president of the Kanfas
State Normal school, has received a
letter from Fred W. Atkinson, superin
tendent of public instruction in thi
Philippine islands, asking what terms
the State Normal school of Kan-as will
give students from the Philippines.
The department of education in the
Philippines has decided to place some
natives in the United States schools so
that they may come in contact with
American social and political usages.
The first lot of students probably will
not be sent over until next summer.
NEWS
Elg Mall Robbery.
Forty thousand dollars is believed to
be a conservative estimate of the amount
of money, postoffice orders, checks and
stamps stolen from postoffice Station H
in the Grand Central Palace, New York,
Monday night, or on its way to the
general postoffice. The missing money
was in five mail pouches. Officials
tried hard to keep secret not only the
fact that the robberv had occurred, but
the amount of money stolen. They ev
en went so far as to keep the matter
from the New York police and the se
cret service acents.
DOWIEITE IN JAIL
Trouble at Mansfield, Ohio, Again Assumes t
Serious Aspect Missionaries Being Ot
ported Every Night This Week.
The Dowieites nre determined to
thwart the efforts to keep them out ol
Mansfield, nnd the results may be seri
ous. An average of three have neevt
deported every day since Sunday. Three
are known to be hiding here now ana
have been holding secret meetings.
J-.lder l-.dward Williams, of Uenton
Harbor, Mich., who was sent out of
town on Monday, rode in Wednesday
on a bicycle and gave the police a lively
chase before they captured him. They
sent mm away on a train, but he said he
would return every dav. as he had been
ordered to do so.
Dent-on Homer Kessler. of Clilcmrn.
Howie's advertising manager, arrived
Wednesday nnd went to the court house
to find his lawyers. The police took
him to the railroad depot, and there he
was rescued by three deputy sheriffs
with a writ of habeas corpus.
Hie deputies started for the lail with
the elder and a crowd followed, throw
ing stones nnd clubs. Deputy Sheriff
Hell and Kessler were struck bv stonS
and severely injured. They reached the
jail nnd Kessler was locked up and rcv
cral deputies placed on guard. A crowd,
soon collected around the jail, while
other crowds nre scouring the city for
the hidden elders, equipped with tar
pnd feathers.
SLAIN BY THE EMPRESS.
Former Chinese Minister at Washington Hat
Been Beheaded.
Confirmation has been received of the
execution of Chang Yen Hoon, former
i.iuncse minister to the United States.
Chang was a lo-al adherent of the em
peror and a warm supporter of the lat
ter's reform movements. When the
empress dowager supplanted the emper
or two years ago he was banished to
Nebradoo. but through the intervention
of the American and British ministers
his punishment was commuted to ban
ishment in the distant province of Kash
garia. The empress dowager, taking ad
vantage of the late reign of terror at
Pekin and knowing Chang's influence
with the emperor, ordered his execution
by decapitation. Chang was one of the
ablest men in China. He had been
decorated by the queen of Great Brit
ain and the emperors of Russia and
Germany.
DISASTROUS EXPLOSIONS.
Many Persons Killed at a Result ol Acci
dent In Russia.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg re
port two terrible accidents in Russian
territory. The steamer EtiRcne, which
was built in the United States, trans
ported to Russia in sections and re
launched in the Obi river, exploded
while making a night trip. The entire
engincecr staff, eight stokers and 18
passengers were killed or drowned and
40 of the passengers were injured.
At Daghestan in the Caucasus, in the
naptha works of the Vladikovski rail
road, the head engineer, while drunk,
took a candle into the shaft, causing an
explosion. The engineer and 13 others
were instantly killed.
Mexican Brigands Captured.
Telegrams from Orizaba, Mexico, say:
The force of rurales that started in pur
suit of the notorious Cristobal Pedraza
and his band of brigands several weeks
ago, encountered the outlaws in their
mountain stronghold and succeeded in
killing Pedraza and capturing the ten
members of his band. The captives
have been sentenced to be shot. This
force of brigands had committed manv
murders in the vicinity of the Coatzingo
Hacienda.
Airship Navigates In Safety.
Telegrams from Fredrichshaben,
Germany, say: Another trial of Count
Zeppelin's airship was made Sunday, re
suiting in a series of successful evolu
tions. The airship, with Count Zeppe
lin and Eugcn Wolff on board, ascend
ed at 5 o'clock in the afternoon to an
altitude of five-eighths of a mile, where
various maneuvers were executed. It
then descended slowly to the water,
which it reached near the point of de
parture, at 5:25.
Monument to Lincoln's Mother.
Governor Mount, of Indiana, has re
ceived a deed to the 16 acres of land
in Spencer county surrounding the
grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the
mother of Abraham Lincoln. The
Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Asso
ciation, of which the governor is presi
ded, hns begun work on a monument
and will have it completed this fall.
Snerman's End it Near.
Ex-Secretary of State John Sherman.
of Ohio, lies in a very critical condition
at his house in Washington. D. C., and
although his physicians entertain the
hope that he may pull through, it is
dn'ibtml. on account of his advanced
age. if he will recover.
The attack has taken the form of a
genera! eollapse, in part due to the gen
eral debility incident to old age and to
th! illness which he suffered while on a
trip to the West Indies two years ago.
CABLE FLASHES.
Lord Roberts has been gazetted hon
orary colonel of the new regiment of
Irish guards.
Earthquake shocks have been distinct
ly felt in Wurtemburg and the southern
part of Baden.
Crown Prince Gustavus will assume
the government of Sweden durintr th
1 unless 01 rving uscar, nis latner.
In Berlin reports are current to the
enect that Prince Hohenlohe s resign
nauon ui ine imperial cnanceuorsnip
pcnaing.
John J. Clancy, of Dublin, has
nonet mar. ne win move at tne
meeting of the corporation that
freedom of the city be conferred
ex-President Kruger.
emperor v 1111am win oe ernJ
king of Prussia on January 1 at K
igsuerg. 1 ne rnnce ol Wales
Duke of Connanght will represent
land at 'the ceremony.
Dr. Koch, who has arrived at M
seilles from Mew Uuinea, where
studied malaria for M n-onths. sav-J
has succeeded in cultivating the mall
bacillus, ne says mosquitoes are
principal propagators.
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