All MUG DISASTER fl SEJ THIRTY DROWNED. Catastrophe Occurred at the Mouth of the Bay ol Fundy But Four Saved ol All Aboard the Mont-cello. Tlit wort marine disaster in the long locks ami shoals at tlic entrance to the list of steamers wrecked among the Hay u( Fimdy occurred Saturday tnorniuK when the side wheel steamer City of Moiiticcllo, bound from St. John. N. It., (or Yarnmuili, N. S., w.n ovcrwlu lined by the mountainous seas only fo-r miles Ironi Iter destination nnd cnuullcd with M of her passengers find crew. A heavy ale was raging at the time and there was a tremendous Bea The place where theMoiitieello struck is at the month of the Hay of Fimdy where the watirs of tlie hay join those of the Atlantic. There are many reefs unit slmals at this spot and the currents tire many ami changeable, it being one of the most dangerous places on the coast. The bursting of the steamer's boiler added a new horror to the calamity, 'liny blew up with a tremendous report when the water reached the fires. This opened the ship's sides and undoubtedly many i f the firemen and crew were killed by the explosion. Just before she foundered an attempt was made to reach the land in a small boat in charge of the quartermaster and It roniaincd third Otliccr Hemming, a stewardess named Smith and three pas senders. This boat was smashed by a huge comber, the occupants beiiitf hurled limit upon the beach at rem broke, uninjured. These are the only survivors. AM day long Sunday the angry sea was easting biuised and broken bodi-s victims of the City of Monticello dis nster of Saturday, on the rocky shores and so far 25 corpses have been re covered. For ten miles wreckage of the steamer has been strewn along the coast and each receding wave leaves some fresh bit of wreckage, ghastly re minder ol the awful disaster. TROUBLE DREWING. Little Republic ot Are Rcsonlt Intrusion cl Bolivian Troopi. Hostilities are imminent in the er- ccntly proclaimed republic of Acre, be tween lirazil and liolivia. Acre is sit uated in immense rubber forests and its citizens are all engaged in the rubber industry, liolivia partially conquered the Utile country in August last anil tic copied Puerto Alonzo, the capital. Al though defeated the Acreans have refus ed to accept Bolivians dominion, An army has been collected bv Prcsi dent Rodriguez Aries, of Acre, and is about to lay siege to Catuaha, the prin cipal town occupied by the Bolivians. The town is being entrenched by the Bolivian troops. It is of great strategic importance. BOER COMMANDO SCATTEREO. Lord Roberli Reports a Successful Engage ment Near Bothavillc. Lord Roberts reports a successful en gagement with the liners in the Oranuc River colony in which one of the iso lated liner commandoes was badly smashed. It is the first effective work done by the British in many weeks. The report loiiows: "Col. I.c Gallais surprised 1,000 Boers three miles. south of ltothavtllc an completely defeated them. The British captured one 12-poundcr of Q battery one ic-poundcr of the Fourteenth bat tery, four Krupps and one Maxim; all tncir wagons and ammunition and one hundred prisoners. The Boers lost 25 killed and 30 wounded. Our loss was II killed nnd .13 wounded, including Lc viauais Kineu. ANOTHER STORM AT NOME. Much Property Wat Destroyed, But No Lives Were Lost. The steamship Charles Nelson has arrived at Port Townscnd, Wash., from Nome. She reports that prior to her sailing Nome Beach was swept by an other severe storm which did much damage to small shipping and to build jugs whose whose owners were unwise enough to commence construction on the beach after the September storm On this occasion, while the damage was heavy, there was no loss of hie. N large packets suffered in the gale, but many small cratt were demolished. GRIEF CRAZED HIM. An lewa Man Who Landed In Jail Fires II and it Cremated. At Lansing, la., the 12-year-old sou of Chris Rud was run down by a freight train and has left leg severed below the knee. The father took the matter to heart so that he became irresponsible assaulting an officer, wdio landed him in tail. it hi 11 20 minutes the tail am City Hall building were discovered to be on fire, and the agonizing shrieks of the prisoner told that he had paid the penalty of his recklessness with his lite The building cost $12,000, and wai totally destroyed. Rud leaves a large family in destitute circumstances. EnglUh Like Our Shoe. The latest discovery of successful American enterprise in England is in the boot and shoe trade. . Daily (he American article is gaining headway. One agent, after three years' work, cot 1,200 large customers, his turnover this year amounting Jo many thousands of pounds. Six Millions Starving. Oriental advices state that four to six millions Chinese north of Peking are in danger of starving, their crops having been a total failure. One million piculs of tribute rice were to be dispatched" from Shanghai and distributed among these hungry hordes from Ticn-Tsin nnd Peking, but the military forces it Shanghai gave orders that no rice should be sent out of Central China. There is danger that an immense swarm of robbers will be sent out of the fam ' ine district, at usually happens. LATEST NEWS NOTES. Frank Mav. t6 years, Bedford, Pn., was accidentally killed, while out hunt ing. Murdered Fcrrell has been transferred to the death cage in the Ohio pcnitcii- '3' The Cfamblclt murder trial at Steu- ruville, O., has reached the argument stage. The total of cash subscriptions to the alveston relief fund has reached 1537"). lohn A. Russell, of F.lgin. III., has signed the position of attorney general f l'uerto Rico. The cvmiiasiuni at the University of otre Dame. South Bend, lnd., was dfc- Iroycd by lire. Mai. lien. Klwcll S. Otis arrived at Chicago ancf took command of the de triment of the Lakes. The New Kensington (Pa.) board of trade is prosecuting milk dealers for doctoring their product. l.t." Nabors. n nfm, shot and kill ed J. L. llolcomli at Coanomn, Miss., and was promptly lynched. At Fort Kenton. Mont., six prisoners have escaped from the county jail, and one has since been recaptured. The recent reticence of the Chinese ends to the conclusion that they arc plotting further acts of treachery. The Globe Window Glass works nt rimllav. ().. has resumed operations nfter an idleness of over a month. Snow nnd hail is reported in north ern Virginia, ami snow in the valley ls ir south as Kock Bridge county. David llnrran. 80 years old, was Will - 1 at Willoughbv. ( )., by one of his mints. Potter Michael, aged Co. Louise Frost, aged 11, was assaulted and murdered at Linion, Col. There were 14 stab wounds in the child's body The report of Quartermaster General .tulinutoii shows an expenditure for the army during the year of $8,i,o7H,oj5. The British transport Ilawarden Cas , having on board the Royal Cana dian regiment, has sailed from Cape Town. The Japanese battleship Mikasa, said to be the most formidable vessel 111 the world, was launched at Barrow, Eng land. Miss Bemita F. Clark, of Rockford, 111., an army nurse during the war with Spain, committed suicide in a Chicago hotel. The town of Wren, southwest of Lima, ()., was ahncst wiped out of ex istence by fire, lhe loss will reach $100,000. The work of rebuilding the Valley Street railway has been commenced it Sharon, Pa. Improvements wilt cost $100,000. Six young men were caught robbing 1 clothing store at Parkersburg, W. Va. T.ach was dressed 111 a complete new outfit. A passenger train ran down a wagon and fatally injured three occupants and slightly injured two others near Mew Lenox, 111. Hundreds of the clergy nnd several bishops have been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in the Carlist move ment 111 Spain. Fifty-two cars and the electrical ma chinery of the Norfolk, Va., Trolley Railway Company were destroyed by lire; loss $150,000. Americans citizens complain that German authorities expelled them from Alsace-Lorraine when they went to visit their old homes. Nineteen of the crew of the collier City of Vienna were drowned by a col lision with an unknown steamer in the English channel. Field Marshal von Waldcrsec will try to compel by force of arms the return of the Chinese emperor and empress dowager to 1 eking. . While excavating near Cumberland Mil., Supt. Daniel J. Williams discover ed a fine cavern filled with glistening stalagmites and stalactites. Two express trains collided in Ger many. A gas reservoir exploded, set ting fire to the wreckage, and seven per sons were burned to death and four in jnred. The Italian government has decided to adopt serious measures for the pro tectum of King Victor Emmanuel. special section of police is being organ ized. The Bcllcfonte (Pa.) chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution dedicated a monument near Old Fort in Pcnns valley to mark the spot where 1 nomas andoran and Jacob Shadacrc were killed by Indians in 1770. Two steamers nnd 20 odd sailing ves sels were wrecked in the Black sea dur ing the recent storms, several founder ing with their entire crews. The Flmore Cooper Live Stock Com pany has tiled a bankruptcy petition t Kansas City, Mo., with liabilities of $(100,000 nnd assets of $.oo,ooo. A semi-official statement from Nome bankers gives the gold output of that district as $ooo,ooo for the past season as compared with $2,000,000 for Ifvjo,, Cigarette dealers of Chicago who are fighting in the courts the payment of the $100 license fee imposed by the city council two years ago, have lost their case. The Argentine government has pub lishcd a decree declaring that Villa Con cepcion is infected with the plague, and that other raraguayan ports are suspi cious. Jerry Lynch, aged 72, believed to he the last surviving member of the crew of the Confederate battleship Alabama died at his residence in Innian Park, Ga., Thursday. The iron mines discovered a year ago in the government 01 is.ursK tin tne south of European Russia) for the working of which 18 companies were partially established, prove to be value less. Reports from the northwest show general full in temperature of 15 to 20 degrees with light falls of snow at sev eral points. This is the coldest weather of the season. The Russian government1 intends sending an agent to the United States to study homestead legislation, wit the view of its parallel application to the peasant communities. , The police have traced the securities that were recently stolen from the iti can. They were sold at Genoa to some persons that are supposed to have gone 10 tne unueu siates. IE BOXERS DEFEATED. Alter 6,000 Are Killed In Fierce Battle, Bend ol 300 Fight On Until Cut Down. A battle was fought at Tsan-Tsou, on the Shantung-Chili-Li border, a few days ngo between imperial troops and oxers. Gen. Yuan's troops numbered 000 and the lloxrrs t2,ooo. Two tholl tnd men were left to guaxl Tsang- Choit ami Gen. Mei, in charge of the im perial troops, gave battle outside. The battle lasted nil day and resulted the defeat of the Boxers with great oss. 1 heir leader. I hen, relused to re treat, and when the fight was lost fought it It ,100 desperadoes in a ravine until wero killed. II is head was taken and hung on the walls of the city. Six thousand rebels were killed. Consul Goodnow, of Shanghai, has ade a summary ol the Boxer outrages, bowing that 0.1 American nnd British missionaries were murdered and 17 (her missionaries in Shaitsi and Chih- i are missing. Telegrams from Peking, dated S1111- iv, sav: I lie triads nave broken out in Kwang-Si and Marshal Sit, com mander-in-chief of the imperial forces, is nskmg for 10.000 men to suppress them. The British have dispatched in ntry nnd artillery to guard the Kow .0011 frontier. The Canton papers feport the exertt m of Chit, a prominent leader of the 'riads, nnd the arrest of Yeting Heiing o, a prominent reformer. The Chinese peace commissioner! having urged the dowager empress to xecnte immediately 111 llsien, govern or of Shensi province, niul Gen, Tung Fu Slang as proof of the good intentions f the government to punish adequately those officials who nrc most responsible or the and foreign atrocities, a reply has come from the court that the utmost sentence for Yu llsien will be banish ment and that, as the court is now in the power of Tung Fu Siang's troops, it is impossible to punish Tung Fu Siaug at all. WAR TAXES TO BE CUT. How Much Reduction It Practicable Will Depend Upon the Phllllplnet. Representative S. E. Payne, of New York, chairman of the ways and means committee nnd Republican leader of the House, says he will call a meeting of the Republican members of his commit tee for November 20 to outline a par tial program for work in the House during the approaching session. One of the matters winch will come before this meeting will be a reduction in the war revenue taxes. He did not think that the reduction would exceed $15,000,000, or less than one-fiilli of the present revenues from this source. Much, he thought, would depend upon the condition of affairs in the Philip pines when the bill came up for consid eration. If a considerable army had to be maintained there for any length of time it might be wise nut to cut the revenues too closely. 1 here were, how ever, a number of items in the present law that might be wisely eliminated nnd these would receive attention. Mr. Payne said that the ship subsidy bill would be taken up and an effort made to pass it at the coming session. COURT-MARTIAL CASE8. For Robbing Peaceful Natives Three Filipinos Are Executed. Two courtmartial cases in the Philip pines made public by the war depart ment Saturday were the trials of Ro man Santiago nnd I'ablo dc La Cruz, both native Philipinos, and of another native, also named Roman Santiago. In the first instance the two natives were members of a band of guerrilla mauraudcrs who seized upon two peaceful natives, robbed them, accused them of being American spies, hanged them to a telegraph pole and shot tlicm to death. Roman Santiago, the second, was charged with taking part in the forcible seizure of live natives who were drag ged from their homes at night in the barrio of Namipitan and who were, with one exception, found mutilated and life less in a nearby held, lhe evidence in this case pointed conclusively at the band of which Santiago was a member, Death penalties in each case were ap proved and executed. $15,000,000 FOR A MINE. Great Cold Mining Property Said to Have Been Sold to a Syndicate. Although the reported sale of the Portktnd mine is denied at the offices of the company in Colorado Springs, Col., it is generally believed in mining circles that this great Cripple Creek property will pass into the hands of an r.nghsh syndicate consisting of the Venture corporation, the Exploration Company and Werner, Belt & Co., the South African diamond miners and in vestors in Mexico mines and railways. It is said that the price to be paid is about $15,000,000. It is believed that the Fortland will be consolidated with Stratton's Independence, Limited. Such a -consolidation would create probably the greatest gold-producing property in the world. Enterio Fever In China. Count Waldcrsce telegraphs from Pc kin that dysentery, which has caused so much sickness among the troops is abating, but that enteric fever still pre vails. Military operations go on with out cessation. Two companies of Jap anese have been dispatched against the Boxers in the Chu N1I1 Sien neighbor hood. Robert G. Dun Dead. R. G. Dun, head of the R. G. Dun mercantile agency, died Saturday at his home in New York city of cirrhosis of the liver and heart failure. Born of Scotch parents in Chillicothc, O,, in 18.26. Robert Graham Dun began life by clerking in a country store for $2 a week. In 1B51 he entered Benjamin Douglass' mercantile agency in New York, became a partner three years later and purchased a controlling inter est in the business in 1859. The chief of the agency's publications is the pe riodical known at Dun's Review. REBELS NOT SUBDUED. General MacArthur Reports Thai Large , Army It Still Required In the Phllllppinei. "For many years to come, the neces sity of a large American naval and mili tary force is too apparent to admit of discussion," says Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, military commander in the Philippines, in his report upon the sit uation there. He-says a widely-scat tered formation of Filipinos quicklv followed the guerrilla warfare, which led to a corresponding dissemination of American troops! there being 53 mili tary stations in the nrchipelago Novem ber I, lK)o,, nnd 11,1 stations September 1, lono. This resulted in a large lum ber of minor affairs. 'The casualties be tween the dales stated were 208 Ameri cans killed, 7W wounded and cap tured. 'The Filipino losses being .1,2.7 killed, (). wounded and 2.K04 captured. "The Filipinos," he continues, "are not a warlike or ferocious people, lft to themselves n large number of them would gladly accept American su prcmaey. j hey seem to be, however. uctuated by the idea that in all doubtful matters of politics or war men arc never nearer right than when going with their own kith and kin regardless 01 consequences. REVOLT IN COLOMBIA. The Liberal Uprising May Cause the Overthrow of the Government. A dispatch from Guayaquil, Ecuador, says: Important news indicating that the liberal rebellion in Colombia will result in the overthrow of the government has been received from Panama by the steamer Loa. Gen. Uribe, chief of the liberal forces in the east, has won an important victory in the capture of Co ronal, one of the government's strong holds in the llabana region of Bolivar, this city, which has 10,000 inhabitants and is important because it will give the rebels a base from which to operate against the Caribbean ports of Carta gena and llarranqiulla, was held by 1 government force about 1,000 strong. un uer nen. nouriguez. unoe nilacKeu with a force of several hum red men After several sharp encounters he sur rounded the place, and Gen. Rodriguez seeing it would be useless to resist, sur rendered on October 15. Liberal terms were granted bv the rebel leader. He permuted Gen. Rod riguez and his officers to depart with swords ami baggage and all the ncces sary supplies and animals to transport their belongings. The soldiers were deprived of their guns and ammunition and then set free on parole. I his con duet on the part of Untie and the pres tigc of the victory made most of the men of Rodriguez s army his partisans and they were incorporated into his loree. With the fall of Bnrrawiuilla it is cen erally recognized that the insurrection will be a success, nnd the government is making effort to defend the port Gen. Pinznn. minister of war. took per- sonal command of a force of .1.000 men that recently started from the capital to operate against Uribe. It is feared however, that Ins army has been inter cepted by the rebels in Tolima orov ince, north of Bogota, as nothing had been heard of him in llarranquilln. The rebels of .Santandcr also would dispute his way. They hold stronir positions nt llarrauca and Hrrnie.-i, on the Magda lena river, under command of Gen. Var gas Santos, and could stop progress of the government lorces by water, thus making Uribe free to operate in Boh var province. Late advices from Buenaventura also show a serious condition in the west Buenaventura is besieged bv a strong force of liberals and blockaded bv th rebel steamers Galtan ami Salinas. The government punboat Bovarn is held in the harbor. It is partially disabled and unable to give battle to the insurgent cratt. J he city is defended by 700 gov eminent troops, well intrenched. A de termined attack was made by the lib erals, but It was repulsed, the govern ment ccmir.nnder, however, is fearful that he will be unable to resist muc longer. Swift Rotributlon. At Logan, Mingo county, W. Va Adam McCoy was killed by his neigh bor, Albert Stinson, who after commit ting the crime, endeavored to escape to Kentucky in a leaky John-boat. 1 he craft sank in the swift tide of Tug river and Stinson was drowned. The two men made a wager on th result of the Kentucky election and each were laiining they won the bet when they came to blows. Stinson struck his antagonist a heavy blow with a cudgel, which fractured the skull death ensuing soon after. Stern Demand On Morocco. The instructions of the state depart ment to United States Consul Gunncre at Tangier are to collect an indemnity from the Moorish government for the murder of Marcus Essapin, a natural ized American citizen, who was kille about a year ago by a mob. The Moor ish government disclaimed resoonsibil ity for the occurrence. The battleship Kentucky is passing through the Medi terranean on her way to Manila. She may touch at a Moorish port, and her presence may stimulate action on the consul t demands. Threaten a Big Strike. The striking boiler makers in the shops of the Boston & Albany railroad in West Springfield. Mass., threaten to tie up the entire Vandcrbilt system if their demands are not granted. Th declare they have 20,000 boiler makers behind them. Cramblett Acquitted. At Steubenville, O., after three weeks' trial, three days being devoted to argu ments, the jury in the case of Quincy Cramblett, charged with the murder James Gosncll. came in Saturday, after four hours deliberation with a verdict not guilty. At the hrst trial he was found guilty, but was given a new trial by the tame judge. Cramblett has been in jail a year and he has had public feeling in his favor all the time. There wat only circumstantial evidence against mm. TO DISCUSS COMMERCE. Confederation Propotod Scheme to Form an Alliance ol all Central and 8outh American Republics. The formal deliberations of the Span- h-Amerlcan congress now in session Madrid, Spain, will be confined to commercial subjects, but the talk be tween the delegates In their informal gatherings is of a more serious nnd in teresting character. Chili is said to favor n Spanish-American confederation on the plan proposed by Bolivar ?5 years ago, and including all the repub lics from the northern boundary d Mexico to Cape .Horn. Argentina auds aloof, owing to hostility to Chili nnd Brazil. Peru nnd Venezuela arc inclined to regard the proposition as tmlrieiidly to the United Mates. It is openly rental ked by some dele- ales that the growing power of the United States is more of a menace to 011th American liberty than Kuroticaii lesire for territory. The journey of the American war vessel Wilmington into the interior of South America is spok -n of with suspicion and the occupation of Utiba is pointed to as an example of what any Spanish-American state nu-y expect that gives an opening to the Americans. Sympathy with Snain in her losset luring the late war is almost universal. and it is the opinion of correspondents irom London and Tans that an effort will be made as a result of the present congress to bring about a close defen sive alliance of Central and South America. 'Telegrams from Berlin say: The Ger man government is keeping a careful watch on the deliberations of the Span ish-American congress nt Madrid, wi;h the object of learning South Ameri can sentiment toward German schemes of colonization in that region. WILL PAT FOR STRIKES. Austrian Manutaclurcrl Form an Assocla Ion. . Large Fund to be Collected. A number of Austrian manufacturers have formed an association for insur ance against strikes, according to Unit ed States Consul Hossfeld, at Trieste. It is the object of the association to in demnify its several members for nil osses sustained by them from unitist strikes which may break out in their re spective establishments. T.ach member is to pay a weekly premium equal to from three to four per cent, of the amount of his payroll. When a strike occurs a committee will be appointed to investigate all the circumstances and if the cause of the strikers be found just no indemnity shall be paid. A similar insurance association, al though on a smaller scale, is said to have been organized in Germany. "Both the Austrian and the German associa tions, it appears, savs Consul Hoss feld, "recognize in principle the justness of strikes, which is, in Germany at least, an important concession to labor." LYNCHERS SENTENCED. Louisiana Court Takes Firm Stand Life Terms Meted Out. William Daniels and Ross Johnson have been convicted of murder at Lake Charles, La., and sentenced to the Sta;e penitentiary for life. The case is a re markable one, since it marks the first instance in that State where would-be lynchers have been caught and convict ed. On September 27 of fliis Lake Charles a negro was captured and lodged in iail for an attempted assault At night a mob gathered and attempted to break into the prison. The sheriff's deputies resisted and during the melee one of their number was killed. Daniels and Johnson were convicted of doing the killing. The Retirement ol Tupper. Sir Charles Tupper, leader of the Conservative party in Canada, has an nounced his intention to retire from public life. He has been for nearly 45 years in public harness and desired to resign two years ago, but the party was unwilling to consent. Conservative members in all the prov inces have offered to resign in his favor, but he declines. He urged the several races in Canada to work unitcdlv to I make the Dominion great. CAPTURED AFTER A CHASE. A Montana Desperado Kills a Shenff and nounet Many Liners. 4 After a running fitlit. durinir wlii -h i three deputy sheriffs were wounded. , Sheriff Kellogg and a posse captured the desperado who robbed and probably i.ii.uiy mioi rranK iseaver near Logan, ' Mont., and then killed Sheriff Ymmtr I and wounded four deputies who attempt-1 ed to arrest him at Springdale. Two miles west of Big Timber a deputy sher iff challenged a man who proved to be the fugitive. The latter immediately opened fire. Other deputies came up. and after a long chase, during which dozens of shots were fired, the desperado was finally surrounded and overpower ed. None of the deputies wounded are fatally nurr An Inhuman Father. John Kremposky, an Austrian, who keeps a boarding house at Kearney. Pa., shot his 6-year-old daughter, it is claim ed, because she, while suffering with whooping cough, annoyed her father and kept him from sleeping. While Kremposky was being conveyed to the jail at Bedford his daughter died and he will be tried for murder. The pris oner said the shooting was accidental and happened while he was showing his gun to his nephew. CABLE FLASHES. t Ten thousand Irish children are taught the Erse language. The queen has issued an order for bidding the docking of horses' tails. King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, cel ebrated his birthday by pardoning many criminals. Two snakes have been found at Bray, Ireland. It is thought they were im ported from England. - NEW ALLIANCE. Reportt Say Thai Russia, France, Japan ail the United Stales Are Allied Against Germany and England. The announcement from St. Peters burg that Russia, France, Japan and the United States had formed an alliance to offset that of England and Germany has created a sensation in diplomatic circles nt Washington. While the state . department refuses to confirm the news there is no doubt that negotiations are in progress there, in St. Petersburg, at I'aris nnd at Tokio. 'There is also no doubt that the two adverse parties, Great Britain and Ger many, on the one hand, and Russia and France on the other, are playing for the support of the United States. America has become the balance of power for the seltjemetit of the Chinese question. She has more power to-day in that matter than has nny other coun try, for to which side she leans that side will carry its point. 'The United States has not committed itself to nny policy which demands a secret arrangement among the four pow ers. ANNEXING TERRITORY. Russia Claiming Land Near Tien Ttln by Right of Conquest. Gen. Lincvitch, commander of the Russian troops, has officially notified the foreign consuls through the Russian consul, that the land of the riverside op posite the British and German settle ments nt Ticn-Tsin has been annexed to Russia by right of conquest. Unless all foreign owners of property immediately deposit documents proving their owner ship, no claims will be entertained. Much railroad property, as well as the cast arsenal, is included in the territory annexed by Russia. The consuls will protest against the annexation. Advices from Washington and Lon don say the Russian ambassadors there discredit the story of actual annexation 01 territory near lien-1 sin, although they admit that concessions similar to those enjoyed by other powers may have been demanded. A dispatch to the Ifavas agency, in Paris, from Peking announces that n high Chinese personage says the rebel lion being organized in South China is runining commerce; that the revenues rre decreasing, and that the payment of the interest of the debt next spring is ooiimim. Prince Ching and I.I Hung Chanir, the dispatch adds, regret the delay In presenting the peace propositions and express fears as to the future. They are ready to accept propositions based on M. Delcnsse't proposals, but, it is further asserted, the foreign ministers are meanwhile marking time and dis cussing secondary questions. COPLEY GUSHER OUTDONE. A New Well In Woit Virginia Spcullng 6,000 Barrolt of Oil a Day. Another oil gusher, which began belching forth the green i, 'I at the rate of 250 barrels an hour, or 6,.fc bar rels a day, has been struck in the Sand Fork development, Lewis county, W. Va. The well tapped the pay at 9 o'clock Thursday forenoon. The new strike is owned by J. M. Guffcy & Co, . and the South Penn (Jil Company. It is only 47 days ago that the oil trade was startled by the South Penn Oil Company drilling in a 5.000-barrel gusher on the Copley heirs' farrrt. The new well is located on the Turner farm and about 1,300 feet due east of the Copley well. When the pay was tap ped the well at once began to spout oil, filling a 250-barrel tank in 40 min utes. Kruger Sick on Shipboard. Dispatches from Port Said assert that the Dutch cruiser 'Gctdcrland, has been obliged to reduce speed considerably in consequence of the illness of Mr. Kru ger. The Gclderland is not expected to reach Marseilles before November 15. The municipal council has adopted a motion expressing warm sympathy and admiration for the Boers "in their heroic defense of their independence", and resolving that the president and other officers of the council shall wel come Kruger at the station upon hit arrival in Paris and invite him to a re ception at the Hotel de Ville. The Na tionalist group in the chamber of depu- ttoa nrini ,intrl a rldpcmtirin ff m..t I I. ... tl.i, Too Hot tor the Sheriff. Sli'-rifT . Scott, of Grimes county, Texas, has consented to abdicate his office and seek a new career elsewhere, lie failed to please an organization known as the White Man's Union in bis administration of the office and a controversy ensued which culminated last week in a shooting affray. In thit the sheriff was wtjunded. his brother and William McDonald were killed, at was also John Bradley, Jr. Since then the sheriff has defended himself in the jail. State troops have arrived on the scene and they will es cort the besieged sheriff to Houston. For Rural Free Dolhrery. The appropriation for rural free de livery service which the postmaster general will ask from congress for the next fiscal year probably will be up ward of two and a half million dollars, as it is proposed to extend the service to all parts ol the country. Ine esti mates which will be submitted to con Ine esti- I ted to con-- J elivery ser- J be $17,140' cent.r gress for the regular free delivery vice, it is understood, will 000, an increase of 0.8 per cent. the appropriation for last year. NEWSY GLEANIN The population of Wyomi cially announced by the cei ts 93.531. John Kedmond said that fund will build a Parnell London. The Diamond M:l:h C move its general offices to New York city. ' A plot to escape from tl ty (III.) jail was discoved delivery frustrated. The population of Fl cially announced by reau. U S2S..U2. f I 1 1
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