"ft . t , W- . . "' t :v -t A MASSACRE FEARED ,An Outlaiidcr Thinks the Boers ' o Will Blo.w Up Johannesburg. SOME 1'IlflITIXG IS EXPECTED SOOX. 2llno Ilorr tlorniniln In Command of the. Tratmviml CoIiiiiiiih lilcorotl Cetnor nlilt Oior DUpiitt'lit-H Kriigor lVfuhe IIIm Troopt (iodtpreil. "London, Oct. .'I. The jjutpor that "fighting had already com mo need seems to havo originated at the Woolwich arsenal.' 'Matters are at' if standstill mid practically 110 dispatches from South Africa have, been received .this jtuoruing. No con Urination is obtaina ble from any source of the report con tained in a dispatch to the lS.xchnnge Telegraph company that th0 Doers have, captured Dundee. A letter from an outlander received in Birmingham was published yester day. If it reflects the general feeling of the British residents in Johannes burg, they must be in an awful funk. The writer says: "If it conies to a light, I believe the Boers will make a masiacre of it, blow Johannesburg to nits and shoot us on sight. In fact, I havo been told so by one in olllce." Reports from various arsenals and garrisons in Great Britain testify to the active continuance of military pre parations. The reserves havo received preliminary notice to.be prepared, and several regiments havd been notified -to hold themselves in readiness for active service. BO.MK PIOUTINO 18 KXl'KOTKD SOON'. London, Oct. !J. A special dispatch from Pretoria says that Gen. .Ian Kock will command the Boer forces on the Natal border, Commandant Cronje on thu southwestern and Gen. Schalk burger on tho eastern frontier, while Gen. Malan will be in command sit Ilustenburg. Altogether there will be nine generals in command of the columns. A complete plan of cam paign has been arranged with the Orange Free State. A rigorous cen sorship is maintained over all press telegrams. "President Krugcr addressed the troops which started for the Natal border on Saturday, appealing to their patriotism and wishing them Godspeed. Fighting is expected by Wednesday. ASIA MINOR EARTHQUAKES. It In I.'stiiiuUeil Tlnit 1,500 IVrrtoiiH lVr- lnheit Around AI1II11 In tint Kucent Kolxmlo hliiM'Jtri. Constantinople, Oct. 8. It is now estimated that 1,500 persons perished in tho earthquakes in Asia Minor, around Aidin. The first shock occurred :it four in tho morning of September 20 and lnsted 40 seconds. Tho effects were appalling. Whole villages were completely destroyed. The earthquake was felt as far as Scio, Mityleno and Smyrna. The latest advices from the stricken area show that men, women and children were buried in the ruins of their dwellings before they realized their danger. Numbers of bodies still Ho beneath the debris. About 500 per wins were killed at Sarakoni and some 500 at Denizli, where throe-fourths of tho buildings fell. There was propor tionate los-, of life in many of the smaller villages. THE MISSION FRUITLESS. Tin) Filipino Knvny IlHuimel Mutter with Gen. Otis with No IleHiilt -In. Mirj;'ntN Attuek linns. Manila, Oct. 8. The Filipino envoys called on Mnj. Gen. Otis yesterday and discussed matters with no result. Gen. Alejandrine said to a representative of tho Associated press that he had no in structions except to deliver a letter, which was 1 ejected. Ho will return to T.arlao to-day. Tho insurgents attacked Iiuus, on the Baeor road yesterday. The last advices from there were that the Amer icans had driven oil the enemy with livo casualties. The insurgents loss was estimated to be large. Aiulrcn'H North I'olo lluoy I'iiiiimI. Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 11. Tho buoy innrked "Andree Polar Mxpedition" which, with an anchor attached, was found September t) on the north coital of King Charles island by the master of the Norwegian cutter Martha Lar snak, was opened yesterday in the prcs--cneo of si number of experts and mem bers of the cabinet. It was found to lio tho so-called north pole buoy which Andree had arranged to drop if he suc ceeded in passing tho pole. Oyiinilln Cuiise-t u Driitl). .Tnplin, Mo., Oct. 15. An explosion -occurred at seven o'clock yesterday morning at the Sunday Mining com pany's plant, about a mile west of ,Iop im, which resulted in the death of Walter Hradley, a young miner, and the serious injury of Charles Shafer, a companion who was helping him charge a drill hole with dynamite. Klt'CtlmiK lit CoTini'dtlcut. New Haven, Conn., Out. !!. One hun dred and sixty-two of the KIS towns in the htate yesterday elected ollleials. lleturus up to midnight had been re- cciicd from lUIJ towns p tho 10S voting and tho tables bhow republican victo ries in 401 towns 'and democratic sue- . xs in U2. " -. CAPT. CARTER'S SENTENCE. Tho i:nil)cr.7.1liiK Knglnrcr Onlcor (iota rlvn Years' Imprisonment mill In, I'tnod 85,000 Sentence Approved, o "Washington, Oct. 2. Capt, Carter, Che embezzling engineer olllcer, is sen; teuced to live years' imprisonment and ito pay a Hue of $5,000. The sentence was approved by the president, l.ipt., Carter is now at Governor's island and under arrest and the sentence will be gin iinmediatelyi Fort Leavenwortl?, Kan., is designated as the plaquoof his confinement. Capt. Obcrlln M. Cnrtor Is 11 itatlvu of Ohff. nnil wis an olllcer of tho. engineer corps' of thl army. For II jenrs lie was in charge of the work In connection with the Improvement ol tho Savannah orlvcr Mil adjacent waters hi Georgia and Florida, During this tlnto ho c pendpd nearly S7,O0O,WX, f3,6W,ouo of which win ou tho Stivimnnh river nlone. Instead of smok ing competition In having tho work done he strenuously avoided It and managed so thai with only a single exception cveiy one of the contracts was awarded to the Atlantic Con tracting company, in which, tho tcstliuonj showed, ho was nn Intel estcd party. hnldluy ono-fourth of tho stock of the company and personally profiting to Hint extent In tho work. When Carter was appointed military attache 1 of tho American embassy at .London, he was succeeded by Capt-Gillette, who soon discov ered that Carter was guilty of forgery and cni bczzlcmcnt, and Investigation showed that he was short nearly $J,000,(KXI. Ho was duly tried by court-martial and convicted, Kuitucut legal counsol was employed In his defense and an up lcal taken to tho president with the above re sult. THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION. Kcuntnr Harris TIiIiiUh Thero Will Ho Kurly Action Taken by Congress n tint Mutter. Washington, Oct. 'J. Senator Har ris, of Kansas, who is in Washington, says he thinks there will be early ac tion by congress on the Philippine question. He believes that there will be a strong disposition to give the Philippines a free government, with certain control over their international affairs by this government, consistent with the responsibility wo incur in their behalf, and with the retention by the United States of perhaps a great naval station and a port and city, which shall be a great emporium of American trade and commerce in tho orient, lie believes that under the surface this is what the great mass of tho American people want, and that they do not want tho Filipinos its cither American citizens or colonial subjects of this government. Ho be lleveis that the thinking American who wants expansion means by that expan sion of trade, not empire. CAPTURED THE ROBBER. Virgil ltiiMsctt, u KaiiKiis (Mty Ntruet Car Conductor, .SniMonly und Unitxprct- ctllv lleeomns n IJoro. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 2. Virgil E. Bassctt, a (juiet, mild-mannered little conductor on tho Prospect avenue elec trio line, suddenly ami quite unexpect edly reached the heroic Saturday night. In a desperate encounter with high waymen he drove oil' one of them and captured the oilier. He was unarmed and used only his hands in the light. Tho robbery was attempted at Thirty first street and Prospect avenue, at the end of the Prospect avenue electric line. Bassett, alone with bis ear and Slu in fiires, fought for exactly seven minutes, until .smeared with his own blood, his head cut in four places, his forehead bruised and lacerated, ho had won the battle. Tho highwayman captured is Bert Hoskins, an oiler em ployed by the Metropolitan Street Rail way company on the Holmes street line. HANNA'S STATEMENT. Tho Si'imtor AmsiiIIm tho Jilru of Untitling Downy for I'rnilrinut II1Ivmh He- Klnloy Ixtu Cumllduto. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 2. United States Senator Mark Ilaunn says this of the possibility of Admiral Dewey for the presidency: Tho practice of continually placing tho uatnool Admiral I)(wey on tho Us' of prjspcctlvo presi dential candidates Is indecent It Is an Insult and a great lnjuitlco to tho hero of Manila, as he himself hus- frequently aid that nothing In tin.' world would Induce him to run for president 01 any other political ofllce To force upon this bravo and gallant sailor tho need of again and again deelarin,? that ho will notuccoptanv polit ical ofllce is. in my opinion, contemptible ami pluces this innn of Integrity storn purpose and do teimtuullon In tho rank', of those shifting aspir ants for political houois who havo not the stam ina to resist tho tUttory or blnmUslnnuut ol political schemers. Tho senator when aslced if Mr. Me Kinlev would positively be ti candidate for tho presidency again said every thing pointed that way. FILIPINO ENVOYS. They 1'retieiit it Letter 1 11 (Jon. OtlH from Aguloiililo u "l'ri'Hldout of tho Republic." Manila, Oct. 2. Aguinaldo's third attempt to shift his dilliculties into the field of diplomancy is a repetition of tho other one or two, with an impossi ble endeavor to obtain some sort of recognition of hit so-called government. Tho Filipino envoys had an hour's con ference with Gen. Otis yesterday morn ing. They presented a letter f 1 om Agui naldo as "President the Republic," which was largely a repetition of his re cent appeals for reeogntion. Gen. Otis informed them that while he was will ing to correspond with Agulnaldo as a general of tho Insurgent forces, he. must positively decline to recognine him as president of tho civil govcrm uiojn. . CAPTIVES SET FREE. Filipinos Deliver Up 0 the Amcr'i ocans Fourteen of Our Men. I.lcut. Ollinoro nnil UN l'nrty, However, Not' Among tho.Ni)'iiilier--Tlio Itotnriiod - I'rldiiiijirn Suy They Wforo. Treutod Hiijully by Trtclr. Captor. Manila", Oct. 2. Fourteen American prisoners, in charge of Gen. Alejandrlno and two other Filipino ofllcers, reached Angeles' ul Uilf o'clock Snturday"morn ing, on thchwny to Manila, where tho Filipino ofllcors desire .to interview Gen. Otijt. The party entered tho lines at Alifleles, under a flag of truce. All tho ollieers on thu stall's of Gens. Mnc Arthrir, Wheeler and yhcaton escorted the party to the railroad depot, whero a special train was made 11 p to take tho men to Mnnila. The train stopptid at San Fernando, whom tho Americans and Filipino commissioners were dined by Capt. Johnson. The American prisoners were dressed in new light blue Filipino uniforms, with canvas shoes anil hats. They were well and hearty and their ap pearance indicated that they had been well treated. Tho prisoners said tliat at first they had only received rleo as rations. They objected to this and later on they got coffee, hot rolls chicken, pork, vegetables and wine. They received an allowance f - ocnts a daj' for tobacco and luxuries. There was n feast at Tarlae on September 17, and Agulnaldo gave each of tho pris oners I. Each man received 611.50 ad ditional when he reached MabalaeaL Tho men were not required to work and were allowed to roam all around the towns. The party started for the American lines on Thursday, but was driven back by the tiring of the American troops in tho attack on Porac. Kono of these released American soldiers were cap tured in battle. The majority of them were taken prisoners while on picket duty at the front, or while straying outside the lines. As a matter of fact, several of the men are supposed to be deserters. They sny the Filipinos in tend to .surrender 25 more prisoners next Tuesday. Lieut. Gtlmore, United States navy, and his boat's crew aro still hold at Vigan. The prisoners unanimously praised their treatment. One man said: We havo been given tho lies, tho country af forded; lino houses for quarters, Mirvunls, good food, plenty of wlno and a money allowance. Agulnaldo visited us and shook hands Three of tho boys refused to shake hands with him. Judging from the stories of tho prisoners, they have been lioni.ed by tht people. They report that five sail ors, survivors of Naval Cadet Wood's party, arrived at Tarlab Wednesday. Though small importance is attached to their judgment, they agree in say ing the Filipinos tiro "tired of the war, but say they will light for independ ence to the last." Tho released prisoners iUso say the idea of independence has taken firm hold of the. Filipinos, and they threat en, if conqueicd, to exterminate the Americans by assassination. Aguinal do seemed popular among till tho j)eo plo tho pri-oners met. 1'lie country, they say, is full of rich crops. All the prisoners have stories of in-, teresting experiences. Those captured at Caloocan were inarched along the railroad at night through towns occu pied by the Americans. TO TRAP THE REBELS. Wiir Department OIlleluN Holies o Thero Ik No Kuciipo from (ho Annies nf Luw- ton iuiiI U lienton. Washington, Oct. 2. War depart ment officials say that important de velopments in tho campaign in the Philippines aro daily awaited. The expectation is based upon the report received tit the department of the ad vance by Lsiwtoii and Wheaton to ward Porac, which army ollieers say will be followed by the opening of thu campaign. Tho forces under Wheaton and Lawton now hold a piece of terri tory shaped like a broad triangle, lying between the insurgents and therailioad and tho cily of .Manila. The enemy have two routes along which to retreat. One will take them into the mountains, where they will have difilouky in obtaining supplies and at the same time they will be sooner or later hummed in by Gen. Lawton. 1'lieso mountains, the Cor dillera d- Cabusilarn, vary in elevation from :J,000 to I.OllO feet, und throughout tiie greater part of their blopes afford good camping grounds for our cavalry. If the insurgents escape to the south of tho Cordilleras and in the direction of tho Subig bay region, a rapid and determined movement on tho part of the combined forces of LawUm and Wheaton would drive them down into the peninsula opposite Manila bay. Here for a lime they could get up into the Merlvale Sierras and defy our men, but here, too, sooner or later, they would be cornered. Will Coidci Duty Free. Washington. Oct, a. Tim soldiers in tho Philippines have desired to send various mementoes and trinkets to relatives and others, but havo been stopped by the customs laws. It is in tended to make an arrangement where by these packages will not bo subjected to customs supervision. They aro to bo vouched for by ofllcei'K, and will bo nllowud Jo come through the mails on, the payment of regular pontage duties. THE COMING CENSUS. flenrrnl Schedule He Ixnticil by Coiihiih oilleo for Kttituicrn- tlnu of Iilw Stock, Washington, Sept. 20. Very soon n general schedule for the enumeration of llvp stock will be jnit forth, in a tenta tive form, by Statistician Powers, of the census olllce, for discussion and, if necessary, correction. It will be some thing like the following: ANIMALS ON HAND JUNK 1, WpO. " - Ago. Number Value. B . Calves Under I e Steers ltov:....i ,' Hirers .... Owr S ., '..... Mulls laud over .....: . Heifers 1 to'.'....:., ' Cows kept for '. milk... 0cr2..... Cows aiul-lirlr- orn not kept for milk Oxer 8...', '..... Colts Under !.: v llorson ....... ltol!.; ,... Horses Overi ,."' Mulo eolts Under I Mules 1 to 2 .- Mules ()ori . Ashos ti burros All ages . Liunlis UnuVrl Sheep (owes) Ovorl Sheep (bucks und wethers) Over I . Swine . ......... All ages , Coats All ages 1 Manias, .. All ages 1'UKl'MII.OOD ANIMALS I1Y FAMILY NAMK. AND THK.NU.MHUU OF KACH I'lOU FA KM. Kind. Number. Kind. Number. Horses . MuIih , Ooats.., Sbcop ,. Swliio,. Cattlo Total receipts from sales of live stock laisaa $- Market value of nil animals, slaughtered on tho farm In 1S9!)..$- Nvunborof lleeees shorn Fall mm and Spring UHO Total Weight. Totlil Value. Wool. . Mohair No .. No... In the above flu term "horses" Ih in tended to include ponies. The count will be made of June 1, 19(10, in order to permit harmonious comparisons with the count of live stock in lb'JO, which is recorded as of dune 1. All that is indicated in the above table ami all 1 hat the law requires may be se cured if cory related interest, begin ning now, will work to that end. Di rector Merriam has suggested that the best way to do this is for all concerned to open ami keep such books or ac counts as will enable them, on t lie ar rival of the census ciiumerulor, to an swer his questions (practically as above indicated) promptly, fully ami accur ately. ALMONDS AND C0C0ANUTS. Callfornlit'M Iiiiruc l'roilnet Ion of the Former 11 ml Floi'liln's of the I, niter. There are, roughly speaking, 'J1,000, 000 pounds of almonds consumed in the United Suites each year, some eaten with raisins, senile used in the manu facture of candy, some ground for cream and flavoring extracts, and some, of an inferior quality, usetl for per fumery and soap. The state of Califor nia pi educes about 1 1,000,000 pounds of almonds in a j ear, or two-thirds of the amount required for domestic con sumption, und the other almonds are imported from European countries, from which, until a lew 3 ears ago, all the almonds were sent. The llgures of almond importations for the llscnl year lS'JS show importations of about 7,000,000 pounds. Of this amount 1,500, 000 L-iinie ftoiu Spain, 1,. 100,000 from Italy, chiefly Sicily, and the balance from Greece and Portugal. Cocoanuls to the value of about $000, 000 a year are imported into the United States from foreign conn tries or from countries which weie under foreign jurisdiction at the time of the last an nual tnasuiy icport. Uefore the begin ning of the ( ubaii war for indepen dence the importation of cocounuts from Cuba into the United States was to the alue of about SUOO.OOO a 3 ear. With the beginning of the war it de clined, and under the present tariff the duty on cocoantits further reduced the importation from Cuba, though a large inciease in the shipments of cocoantits is expected this jeur under American jurisdiction in Cuba nud Forto Jtico. The competition ol American witli for eign cocoanuls, the latter from tin West Indies and South American slates, has been more acthc In the case of almonds for the reason that thn chief source of supply of American cocoanuls is i'lorid.i, which is in closer ipioximity to ihe New Yoik market. The 1111111111I pindtict of Florida cocoa nuts amounts to about 7,000,000 pounds, of thc able of about W0O,00Oa3car, and the conditions as to nlmondsund cocoa nuts 111 c in this particular reversed. California produce: just twice as many almonds as 111 e imported into the United Stale.-, whereas 1'loiida produces just one-hall as many cocoanuls as arc imported. Most on Transcript. The DlNlliiflloti. "I noticed," remarked a friend of the orator, "that in your speech on corrup- iiuii in jiuiiuct, ynu useti tiie pnrasu 'pulling ui.d hauling seieial times. Isn't that a repetition? Don't the two words mean tho same thing?" J "Not necessarily," replied the orator. "They hae similar meanings, but they are not synonymous. Generally speak ing, the stronger your ptfll the bigger your haul. Get tho idea?" Chlcugo I TrJbuuc. DEWEY HOME-COMING The Naval Hero Gets nn Enthusi astic Welcome at Washington. AN INTERESTING CIVIC PARADE. Tho Cntholln Honlotles Matin 1111 Kffeotlvo Showing lu Mm Column Hot leweil TI10 Letter Currier' Illuminated Kuvel. ope and Other Novel lTeultiiron. Washington, Oct. . Tho home-coming" of Admiral George Dcwoy-rfor henceforth tho national capital is to bo his home was mado the occasion for tho greatest tribute overpaid by Wash ington to any individual. The citizens had mado every preparation to initko the occasion worthy of tlielr hero. Pennsylvania avenue was one mass of colored bunting along the entire lino of march from the station to the white house and, not content with this, few private citizens failed to make soino display of color on their residences. On tho faeatio of tho newly completed government post olllce building Uamed forth two inscriptions set in electric pobits, tho ono reciting tho famous message of tho president directing l)owo then thousands- of miles away in the far east, to go forth to destroy the Spanish licet, and thu other setting out the famous admiral's direction to tho lamented Oridloy, "You 111113' llru when you are rcaty, Oridky," which marked an epoch in the history of tho United States. Twelve thousand mem bers of civic orglinizaljons paraded be- ' fore him, besides tens of thousands, of nou-organi.ed cltiens, and in a roar of cannon rockets and thu blaze of led lire and tho thunderous chee.ringof tho populace and tho warm greeting of thu head of thoiiiltlon, Dewey came to tho , national capital to 11 -welcome such as has not bCon known here hitherto. Tho train as it reached tho lino of tho .District of Columbia stopped for 11. few minutes at the little station of Deadwood while tho reception commit tee wont through tho formality of pre senting the nation's guest tho freedom of the district. Tho ceremony was performed 13' District Commissioner Wright in tho presence of the. admiral's fleet captains, the military and naval members of thu party and as many of the reception committee as could bo crowded into tho admiral's car. John Addbon Porter, secretary to the presi dent, had first extended President Me Kinley's greetings to which (bo, admir al returned his thanks very brieilj. In a few minutes the train was in the brilliantly lighted depot. Tho llrst of thu parly to leave the station wits tho commit teu of citizens and armj and navy ollleials who had gono to New York to meet. the. famous ad-, mirul and escort him to Washington. The3' were quickly followed by tho ad miral himself and when ho-appeared to take his seat in tho carriage thq crowd went almost wild with excitement. As the admiral's carriago swung around the treasury toward the whito house a brilliant spectacle was spread out before him. To the right Lafayette" square was ablaze with electric lights, tho great trees and ilower beds spark ling with many lined lights, whilo in tho midst shone out in lingo oloctrjo letters, "Welcome, Admiral." Tho. navy department beyond was nljlazo witli lights as were the white houso grounds. A mighty roar went up from the crowd as tho admiral alighted at tho portico of tho executive mansion. . As ho stepped from tho carriage, Col-, lilughani, representing tho president, stepped, forward to escort him to tho east room, where Secretary Long, Assistant Secretary Allen and a bril liant assemblage of naval ollleials were ready to extend to him thu greet ing of tho 1111V3'. Arm in arm, Secre tary Long and the admiral proceeded 1)3' tho elevator to the upper floor of tho mansion. The members of tho cabinet had assembled in tho cabinet, room, while the president was alone in tins library adjoining. As Secretary Long entered with the admiral tho president came forward to greet tho famous sailor, and grasping his hand wished hlin a hearty welcome. The greetings with the cabinet wero brief and tho president and Admiral Dewey headed the party to the review ing stand. Tho head of the civic parade which had been arranged in honor of the ad miral began to pass in review beforo him shortly after eight o'clock. Thero were many novel and interesting fea tures relieving thu samciies- of the; ordinary civic parade. The spectacle, as the marchers eaino up thu length of tho avenue in tho glare of tho red lights, under sweeping arches of star:; from thousands of lloman candles, wnjt beautiful and impressive. The Catholic societies of tho district made a special effort to do honor to the admiral and with (excellent results, for their contingent was 0110 of tho most numerous and elVectivo in thu column. They boro great illuminated crosses, many of tho orders wero in uniform and all tho marchers carried flaming red torches. The letter car riers had till thu local postal cars in line, ablaze with light, spelling words of welcome to Dewey. One of tho fea tures was a gigantic illuminated eu velopo addressed to Admiral Georga l)ewc3', Manila, and marked "Itetur'ned to Washington.", The German socie ties had a most credit ablo'ioDrcbenta, lion ;. 00 0 n r o