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OMAHA, MONDAY MOHXIXG, OCTOBER 8, 10().
SrN"GLl GOt'Y FLY 13 CENTS.
NO CALL MADE AS YET
Announcement of Convention of Striken
iB Looked For Today.
LEADERS OF MINERS
CTATHa;
VJP AT HAZLETON
President Mitcholl Refuses to Da,
able Action ol tue Men.
OFFICIALS OF UNION TO KEEP HANDS OFF
Bolief Prevails that Offer of Ten Per Cent
Will Bo Accepted.
ANNUAL WAGE SCALE LIKELY TO BE ASKED
SlcetliiRT llcltvecn Operator mill
Their Uiiiploj vn May Be I.uiik-Druuji-Out,
Online In Nature
of (.iiiiim-.nhIiiiiw,
1IA55LETON, Pa., Oct. 7. A ronfcrenre
which la bullovcd to mark tho beginning of
the end of thoautbravltoco.il inlnots' Btrii.c,
whit.i en. era upon Its fourth week tomorrow,
was hold at tho headquarters of tbu Unl.cd
Mine Vorkor3 hero this morning. Those
present besides l'resldont Mitchell werj:
Frod Dllcher of Ohio, a member of thi ex
ecutive board; President L. D. NIcIioIIh of
District No. 1, Lnckawannn mid Wyoming
valleys; James Duffy, lJletrlct No. 7. Le
high valluy, und John Fahoy, District No. !'.
Schuylkill valley. Although no Inforraailon
was Riven out. It is known a call for a Joint
convention was tho principal matter dls
cubkciI. Tho Associated Tress Is ublo to an
nounce that tho coming convention will be
hold In Seranton, unless something unforo
ueen happens before tho call. Besides the
matter of u call for the convention, It Is
tindcrotood representation was nlso consid
ered. Three district presidents mado full
rcportn as tb tho condition of their rcspco
tlvo districts.
President Mitchell, after tho conference,
said ho would have something to say tomor
row In regard to tbu convention. If the
date has been llxcd, only Mr. Mitchell and
his colleagues know It. Of course, the prin
cipal mutter to como before the miners will
bo the reception or rejection of tho 10 per
cent lucrenso offered by the operators. Pres
ident Mitcholl said today that not ono olllclal
of tho United Mine Workers will take a
hand In the action the convention might
tako, as the men themselves must settlo
everything that comes before them. How
long tho convention will be In session de
pends on the amount of buslucss presented,
amy Ak Aiumn! Wane Scale.
Tho oplulon provalls that tho miners will
accept the Increase Most of the mine op
erators who hnvo granted the concessions
do not specify In their notices how long tho
advance shall remain In force and It Is not
unlikely that an nttetupt will be made by
tho miners In convention to open negotia
tions with the operators looking toward an
understanding In the matter. President
Mitchell und tho other labor leaders arc
Btrong advocates of an annual wago scale
hrrangfiuot, .rftntlar to that lu forco lu tho
bituminous coal nelds. Tho operators In
thoso regions meet their employes each year
and Ox the wage scale. If this proposition
nnd that rolatlng to tho abolition of the
sliding scalo are brought before tho conven
tion nnd negotiations with the mine owners
aro opened It might coiiHKleraniy uciny
tho eottlcment of tho strike.
Sherln'it L'ltlnintuiii to Mil reborn.
A representative of tho Associated Pieia
learned tonight that Slier. ft Huivo Vma
renchod tho limit of his patience in r?
gard to the marching of largo bodies tf men
und that tho marchers must obey Jus re
quest to remain within tho pale of the
law or take the consequences. It Is known
h,o feels ho has been as lenient w.th I he
crowds as ho could possibly be and tl.at
tho action of soveral hundred men In run
ning across tho property of (lav n, PardJe
& Co. at Lattimor yesterday haB had much
to do with the decision to bo sterner here
after. Tonight n carload of tho sheriff's dep
uties, fully armed, lies lu the Lehigh Vn.
luy railroad yards ready to sUrl at u mo
rucnt'B notice.
A locomotive Is nearby with steam up
and all the telegraph operators on tho Le
high Valloy syste-m in this region are in
duty for tho purpose of sending messages
to Sheriff Harvey nnu to tne cn.et oi me
coal nnd Iron police. It wnn Ka.n il that
owing to rumors of contemplat d marches
tomorrow morning nil tho cump nlea .n
this region havo extra coal null iron po
licemen on duty tonight. All the Uh gh
Valloy Coal company colllerl s 'n th s ter
ritory ore heavily guarded. This . ompany
had squads of Its pollco brmmht here from
Wllkcubnrre, Mahanoy City. CcturalLi and
Loet Creole.
Harvey Cull on Mitchell.
Sheriff Harvey called on Pio.ildent
Mitcholl at strike headquarters this aft
ernoon and requested hlni as pn anient of
tho United Mine Workers to use his In
fluence to havo the strikers refrain from
further marching and if he did not M.tcholl
would bo t tld morally rcsp ns bio f . r
whatever happened. Mr. Mltclul:, It Is
understood, informed tho sheriff that the
orders for the marching d.d not cram a e
from hcadquaricra, but he would do eve. y.
thing to havo tho men on sinko preserve
thu peace.
Nil MnrchliiK Likely Today.
As far as could bo learned tonight thore
will bo uo niar hlng tomorrow moiniug,
In which eveut there Is baldly likely to bo
any trouble. The shcii.X's depu lea aio
sworn In by him and aro paid by ho no nty
nud the coal and Iron pail.o are conuu.s
sloned by tho state to act as special p
llcomen, but are under tho or en and p y
of tho coal companies which employ th in.
W. J. Klllcott. an aide on MaJ. r Getiir.t
Miller's staff, Pennsylvania Natl, nal gu r
was called on tonight by Pros dent Mltcho 1.
Tho two men wore together for a sh rt
time. Tho object of the conference Is not
known, as neither wouid havo au) thing to
say.
President Mitcholl will go to S -am kin
on Tuesday for tho purpose f pi rt clpat ur
In the labor demonstration at th t pa e.
From Shamokln ho will go to Pt-ranton,
whero nnothor labor domonstratl n will b
held ou Wrdncsday.
tlunUcr Charity for tinlveiiton.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7. The caah con
tributions by tho citizens of this com
munity to tho relief of the Toxn.i BiiftViors
now eixceeil $100,000 and n conilderntdo fur
ther lucrenso H looked for 111 tho next few
rtays. Nearly nil thin has nlrcndy been
sent to Clovernor Buyers of Texan and Is
exclusive of numerous tralnlonds of provi
sions, clothing, dru?B nnd other nrtlclcs
pent In response to tho uppeul of tho fin
ernor. The lied Cross society of this city,
which has also sent considerable cash nud
clothing nnd drugs, Is still nctlvelj en
gKed In tho work of gntherlni; suppllt-H,
which nre being shipped ns rapidly ns pos
sible, and money Is still being placed In
glass bowls Btmioned in the central part
of tho city.
WHERE HITCH IS PROBABLE
Operator mill .Miner l.llicly to l)N
iiuicc Out l'u hi' I.nlioriT ut
CoiiiIiik ( oiifcrcncc.
FCRANTON, Pa.. Oct. 7. Now that a
convtnt.ou to consider the 10 per cent offer
Is ansured attention Is turned to the ques
tion of what the couipan.es mean by in per
cent In the cafe of the miner nnd his
helper.
4Kj?y miner works by contract nnd pays tho
ititjmp'Z,-"'3 0111 ot "l8 earnings. As n ruic the
in. ' uuis nix loans oi coai, ior wuicn id
gels $6.30. Out of this ho pnys for powder,
oil and repair for tools nnd the wages of
his helper. Tho laborer's pay is fixed at so
much per day and in this region It averages
about Jl.'.'i. After paying too laborer and
tho expense of powder, oil, ec, tho miner
has nLotlt $2.30 left for himself. Ten per
tent advance give's the miner G3 cents extra
per clay. The laboicr Hants his lu per cent
or 1'. cents, nnd as n consequence the miner
mubt be' content with 15 cents, or 7 per cent.
Hut In many Instances n miner had two
laborers. This mentis that 30 cents must
tome nut of C.I cents and the miner finds
b.mself enjoying an advance of only 6 per
cent
Just how the opeiators waut this offer in
terpreted Is not known here The local
operators say that tho men who framed the
oiler cither did not have In mind that the
miner pnyB the lalorcr or else, having been
In mind, figured the laborer out of the con
sideration altogc ber and left It for tho
miner und laborer to settle between them
selves what If nny of the 10 per cent In
crease the laborer should receive. The
laborers will not, It Is believed, be content
with nnythlng less than a full 10 per cent
raise nnd this It Is thought Is going to cause
u hitch.
SOLDIERS WILL BREAK CAMP
OmIiik to Improved nudltlnii lit
MiciiiiiiiIokIi Buttery C "Will lie
Sent Home.
SHKNANDOAH. Pa., Oct. 7. Oeneral
Oobln announced tonight that, If tho wealhur
conditions are favorable tomorrow. Battery
C will break camp nnd leave for home. Tho
situation In this district, General Gobln
says, Is not such as to require tho presence
of the troops, and ho Intends to order nil
the soldiers nway us soon as possible.
Kit ward J. Coyle. tho second victim of the
riot of September 21, who died Friday, will
bo burled tomorrow. All the local unions,
It Is suid, will attend the funeral.
Organizer Harris said today that ho will
go to tho Panther creek valley tomorrow for
tho purpose of usslttng In the organizing of
tho mine workers there.
STRIKERS FIRM AT SHAMOKIN
Lntll Order In (ilven to lletarn to
I .Work, OlVer of iprrntorn Will
' I lie iKiiori'il.
SHAMOKIN, Pa., Oct. 7. This has been
thu quietest day lu this locality since the
strike began three weeks ago. Outsldo of
hundreds of miners attending services at
vnrloiiB churches, the men kept close to
home, feeling that the strike would soon be
n matter of the past If President Mitcholl
calls far a convention. However, tho local
strikers say that until they nre ordered back
they will not report for work, no matter
whajt Inducements operatqrs and coal rarry
Ing companies offer. An attempt will ho
made to start up several collieries In this
section, but strike leaders say the men will
not respond,
GROWING COMMERCE OF CUBA
Nearly Kntlre Lot of Tolineeo H
liorteil from Inland linn Come to
the I lilted Mute.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The division of
customs aud Insular nTalr3 of tho War de
partment has mado public a tumivury of
Its regular monthly bu le In, gl lng the
commerce of tho Island of Cuba for the
sow n months ending January 31, lfcO J.
Tho summary shows that tho total vulu)
cf merchandise Imported Into tho I laud
during the period nahud anwun ed to $13,
169.055, of whlih amount $1, SSI, till was ad
mitted free of duty. Of tho total Imp-Ms
Into the Island $34,2(14,109 worth wns ca
tered nt the port of Havana. The Imports
from North America amounted to $22,
321.551. Tho total value of raerchandlso exported
during tho period named was $1 .9 5,492,
classified aa follows: Products of ugrl ul
tute, $10,371,509; manufactured rrtlccs
$8,019,280; products of the fortst, $176,872,
pio'luc'B of tho mines, $440, 52, and .r. c.es
not classified to the value of $941, 47J.
Tobacco being tho Icnd.ng artkie of ox-
port It will be Interesting to no e ih.t leaf
tobacco to the valuo of $j,5jI. 5i was o .-
ported from the Island during tho per od
mimed. Of this aim unt $5.064. V 7 was nken
by tho I'nttcd States. Tho cxp r.. tlo.. o
clgnrs during tho period nnimd amoun cd
In aluo to $7,993,963, Of th s araou.it
$3,o:&,31fl wns taken by the United S a.es.
Tho exportation of clgureit.s fiurl. g 'le
period named amounted In valuo to $192.
505. Of thin amount $21,039 was ink. n by
tho United States. The export of all o h r
tobacco during the prlcd named ami timed
In value to $56,450, of wh ch am tint $.0,773
was taken by the United States.
SENATOR HANNA'S ITINERARY
Points to lie Visited h- the CtiHlrninn
llnrliiK HI 'lour of the
H ext.
CHICAGO, Oct. 7 (Special Telegram.)
Senntor Mark Hanna wJU Invado Bryun's
own state, Nebraska, tind other western ter
ritory next week. This stumping tour of
Wisconsin, Minnesota, tho Dakotas and Ne
braska was decided upon today at a con
ference of republican leaders called to Chi
cago by Senator Hanna to discuss tho po
litical outlook. Sena'ors Fairbanks anJ
Ilcverldge of Indiana. Ctlllom of Illinois and
Ppooner of Wlscunsln, National ComniltKe
itian It. 11. Schnel.ler and Edward Hosewaier
of Nobraoka reported to Mr. Hnnua the
exact situation In their states.
Tho senator will finish the work bosun by
Roosevelt. He will leave a week f.om Tues
day and begin his campaign ut Waukeaha
nnd Mndlson, Wis. Then."" ' will tako In
Lacrosse, Wis., St. Paul, X ?polU, Wi
nona, Fargo, H'Mimr k, Yankton, S. D.,
Omaha nnd Lluco.n. Ho will bo gone a week,
Aetor MoCimley Shot.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va., Oct. 7. William
J. McCauley, an nctor of Philadelphia, pi.iy
Ing with "A Woman In the Case" company,
was shot here today by Pearl bowman,
who lifter tho hootlnj escaped to Ohio.
Mci'auley and three friends hod entered u
restaurant and were talking to Miss Dorsey
Brown when Miss Newman entered ami
oiun?d tire. kllllnK McCauley Instantly Tho
woman Is mid to Imvo lieen Jealous of Mc
Cauley'B attentions to Miss Brown.
1'relclit i'l-nnle of I.nke .Superior.
IUi.l'TH, Minn.. Oct. 7. Tho traffic of
Laki- Superior to October 1 hu.s been com
puted nnd shows a movement of freight for
th live months of almost 20,000,000 tons.
This Is moro than for any complete yeur
prior to 1809. The September movement of
freight wns 3,411,150 tons and for the season
to datu lO.bTS, 175 tons.
RUSSIA READY TO NEGOTIATE
American Withdrawal Will Bring Li Hung
Chang and Do Giers Togethor.
D0WAGLRS NEPHEW SUCCEEDS TUAN
All Tort-Inn Troop Xmv In .SliniiKlini
Held to Iteiiel Hipec tetl AtlnrU
ol Adt niicliiK Army of
h.ilill) (Jlilni-ne.
LONDON, Oct. 8. In a dispatch from
Pekiu to tho Times, dated October 1,
Dr. Morrison says:
"It K.tks now as If M. de Olers, Hui
slnti minister to Chlpa, would negjilnto
with LI Hung Chang nt Tien Tsln. Thu
American withdrawal will facilitate Kuh
ula's tugutlntlona concerning Maiuhurla.
"All the mand.irins In I'ekln havo de
clined the empress dowager's orders to
proceed to Tau Tuen Fu, asslgulng vari
ous pretexts."
According to tho Shanghai correspond
ent of the Times, wiring October 5. It
Is announced that Hual Tnlu, nephew of
tho dowager, who was dismissed by Km-
peror Kwang Su In 1S98, hits succeeded
Prince Tunn In tho tstuig 11 ynmen nnd has
nlso been appointed gcnornllsslmo of
the Chinese forces, replacing Oenor.il
Yunc Lu.
Tho Shanghai correspondent of tho Morn
ing Post In a dispatch dated yestorday
Ktiya:
"All the forolgn troops hero aro held In
readiness against a possible attack by
S.000 Chinese troops now advancing along
the Grand canal."
Tho Morning Post has tho following dis
patch, dated October 5, from Ma Tow, on
tho Pel Ho. "Sir Alfred Oasclec, the
Drltlsh communder, has returned to I'ekln,
after Issuing orders that all tho Hrttlsri
troops except tho Wei Hal Wei regiment
shall prepare for the winter.
"Tho Amercan marines from I'ekln havo
arrived here. Some of tho French troops
aro leaving."
IMPERIAL
EDICT in PEKIN
Copy of Ileeree , DeiioiineliiK I'rttiee
'I'll ii ii nnd Other lloxer I.enilern
lleeelveil at Cniiltnl.
TEICIN, Oct. 3 (Via Tien Tsln. Oct. B, via
Shanghai, Oct. 7). By an Imperial decree
Issued at Tal Yuen Kit, capital of tho prov
ince of Shan SI, dated September 25, I2m
pcror Kwang Hu denounce the llpxer move
ment and designates for punishment nlno
ringleaders. He acknowledges his own fault
and rebukes himself, but he places the chief
blame upon the princes and nobles who par
ticipated In the movement and protracted It.
Prlnco Tuan, Prince Chung, Prince Tsal
Lien, Prlncu Tsal Ylng, Duke San Kaug,
Ylng Nlen, president of the censorate, and
Chao Shu Chlao, president of the Hoard of
Punishment, aro all deprived of their titles,
removed from ofiice and turned over tp vari
ous trial boards for further penalties.
Prince Tuan, by the terms of the decree, is
to bo tried by tho Donrd of Clans.
Copies of tho decrco have been received
here nnd are accepted as genuine. It Is re
ported that Tung Fu Hslaug has fled to tho
province of Shan SI, fearing punishment.
The fmprcssltm Is grawlnj that the liu
perlnl government Ik making an effort to
disperse nnd punish the Boxers.
The Imperial troops, which were seen Mon
day near Pel Ta Chu, are bolleved to have
been concerned In this movement. The act
ing viceroy at Tien Tsln was no tilled that
orders had been Issued to disperse tho Box
ers, but said ho feared to send troops be
cause of the presence of the allied forces.
An extended Japanese reconnolssance
south of I'ekln uncovered the enemy.
This afternoon the American troops were
rovlewed by Geueral Chnffeo In front ol
the Temple of Heaven, all the foreign staffs
being present.
EARL LI ST7RTS"0NCE MORE
Chlnrne I'ence CoiitmlHnloHer Again
Reported an on Illn War to
I'ekln Confrrenee,
TIEN TSIN, Saturday, Ott. 6. LI Hung
Chang, whoso visit to Pekln had apparently
been postponed Indefinitely, loft this morn
ing for tho Chinese capital.
Tho live Belgian engineers nnd fifteen
missionaries who had been kept prisoners
for many weeks at Pao Ting Ku, but were
recently released under orders from LI
Hung Chang, who directed that they havo
safe escort to Pekln, refuse to start, fenr
Ing treachery on tho part of the Chinese
escort.
An expedition to Pao Ting Fu is now
scheduled to start tomorrow, Sunday. It
Is repotted that the Boxers havo placed
Improved gunboats on tho grand canal
to defend the town, although already
practically deserted In anticipation of yie
projected attack
Tho Russians havo furnished tho escort
for Lt Hung Chang to Pekln.
GERMAN TR'OOPS FORCED BACK
Body of 8,000 Chinese, Supposed
He Lt IIuiik CiiniiB' Veteran,
Htop nn Advance.
to
LONDON, Oct. 8. The Standard has the
following from Tien Tsln dated October 5:
"A German force came Into collision with
8,000 Chinese described as "Boxers," a few
miles south of Tien Tsln this morning, The
Germans were checked and compelled to re
tire on Tien Tsln. There Is reaton to be
lieve that the Chinese In this caae were not
Boxers, but were LI Hung Chang's veterans
who had been ordered to wait near hero in
view of the possibility that the foreigners
would bar his progress to the capital."
MAKE ATTACK 0N SAI-WAN
ItoxeriH In l.nrcr Nniutirr Attempt to
Tuke Marliot Timvii, but Are
ItepulHcd,
HONG KONG, Oct. 7. Yesterday 1,000
rebels attacked tho mnrkot town of Sai
Wnri, eight miles ucrtheast of San Chun,
but were defeated. Tho peoplo of San
Chun closed their shops, expecting to be
attacked bIbo.
The troops hero are being held In readi
ness for nny emergency and tho pollco
ferces along the Kowioon frontier have
been Increased.
Mil mi il uuh Die of luJurlCH.
HOCK SPRINGS. Wyo., Oct. 7.-Arthur
Murmiuuh. whom mnther Uvea nt Sprlng
lleid. III., died at the Htato hospital here
tonight from a f.hock following the ampu
tation of one leg and n part of the other
foot. Ho fell from a boxcar, the wheels
iTushtnir his Umb3.
Mm emeiitu or Ocean Mel, Oct. 7.
At New York Arrived Etruria. from
Livernoo' nd Qtieenstown; Lu Touralne,
from Havre,
At So'.,ii..impton Hailed Deutsehiatid,
from Bremen, for Cherbourg and New
York.
At Bremen Arrived Aller. from New
York, via Southampton.
At Antwerp Arrived Noordland, from
New York.
At Queenntown Palled Lucanla, from
Liverpool, for Nev York.
RECEPTION FOR ROYAL PAIR
I'rlnoe Alliert and III llrlde l.Nt.Mi
to tlir I ntrl.ille hoiiK .if TlioiiMindn
ol tlil.dreii nt ilruineln,
imt'SSKLS. Oct. 7Prlnce Albert of
Uelglum and his bride, Duchess Eliza
beth of Hntarln. .vcro received at tho
town hall this afternoon. Tho royal pro
cession was warmly ncclalmcd by tho pop
ulace. The scilnllst members of the munic
ipal council were absent from tho cere
mony. When It was over the royal couplo ap
peared on n balcony facing the square,
where school children wore assembled to
tho numLer of y.OUO. The latter waved
thousands of Uelglum and Uavarlan flags,
whllo the onlookers generally cheered and
waved hnndkerchlcfs.
The chlldicn then sang a popular patri
otic hymn, while the prlnco and princess
reviewed tlum. As the socialists kepi
I heir promise not to demodgtruto In favor
of amnesty nnd universal- sutfrago nnd ns
uo hostile manifestations were mnde, tliu
royal pro(cs3lon went On foot to the
bourac. wl ore It was received with great
enthusiasm.
Prlnco Albert and the princess, sur
rounded by their suite, si cod at tho head
if tho grnnd staircase nnd watched thv
school children and then the numerous so-
! duties march by, each delegation throw
ing a boquct nt the feet of tho princess.
LIPT0N DENIES PORK CORNER
KiikIImIi Vaelitninnn rirr.laren that II Ii
1'm-cliai.es In 4 hleno Were
Iieultlniatc.
LONDON, Oct. S. Sir Thomas Llpton, !n
thu course of an Interview that appears
lu tho Dally Express this morning, de
nies nny attempt to corner pork In Chi
cago. He says: "I havo never tried to
corner food. On the contrary, my object
Iibh been to lower rattier than to raise food
prices. What happened wns Blmply this:
I received a Inrgo government order, com
pelling me to keep a big Bock in rcsorvo.
My buyers In Chicago bought entenslvely
and consequently I hold a rather bigger
stock ttan usual.
"It Is legitimate business to execute my
contracts and their execution will not af
fect the American public at all. I ob
ject to corners on principle."
BUBONIC PLAGUE IN WALES
Sailor from Hlo de In I'ltitn Ulen of
Drrnil lUeue Inntend of fever
Hi Flrnt Believed.
LONDON, Oct. 7. A bacteriological ex
amination has been mado In the case of
Seamnn Garnet who arrived at Newcastle on
September 23 on a vessel from tho Hlo do
la Plata aud went to Llandnff, Wales, whero
he died last Thursday, supposedly of fever.
The reports show unmistakably that the
disease was the bubonic plague.
CHURCH ON MOUNT ZI0N
Corneratnne of Cntliollc Edifice I.nld
liy Illhoi of Jerusalem In the
Xnme of the Pope.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 7. Today the bishop of
Jerusalem, In the nama of tho, pope and In
the presence of the German consul and 500
German pilgrims, laid t - Vncrs'tono of
the chuvch wiifcli'ls" to "be uett'od on MouTJV
Zlon on the site Abdul Hani Id presented to
Emperor William on the occasion ol the lat
ter's visit to the Holy Land.
Penry Not Likely to Return,
ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Oct. 7. Tho failure of
the Peary exploring steamer Windward to
return from the north leads local ob
servers to bellevo that the explorer will
not attempt to get back this fall. Prob
ably the season Just past was an open oua
In tho far north. Should that have been
thu caso Lieutenant Peary Is likely to
havo taken tho Windward to some high
latitude, hoping to use It In a further ex
pedition next summer. TIiIb would mean
that he has made no special record during
the presont year.
Ajcree on Xeir Boundary Line,
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Via Galveston,
Tex.) Oct. 7. The special commissioners ap
pointed by the governments of Nicaragua
and Honduras to tlx the boundary between
tho two states, a matter long In dispute,
hnvo concluded their work amicably, tho re
sult being satisfactory to both governments.
President Zclaya, the cabinet nnd tho
congress are about to return to Managua
from the city of Granada.
After American Cerenl Company.
LONDON. Oct. 7. The Dally Express
makes the following announcement this
morning: "Thu British syndicate which re
cently tried to secure control of the Camp
Bird gold mines Is now Booking to acquire
control of the American Cereal company,
and has authorized Mr. Barber, president of
tho Diamond Match company, to deposit
700,000 with a Chicago bank to buy cereal
shares at 35 each."
Anniversary of I'nrnell'n Death.
. DUBLIN, Oct. 7. Tho anniversary of the
death of Charles Stewart Parnoll. the Irish
statesman, wbb celebrated today by a small
procession to Glasnevln cemetery. Tho
fathering was smaller than It had been on
previous anniversaries. Messrs. John E.
Redmond and Patrick J. O'Brien wero pres
ent. Soveral wreaths wero deposited upon
tho grave, Including one from the widow.
Another Victim of I'lunne.
GLASGOW, Oct. 7 A man who was
brought here from Oovan, on the Clyde, Just
below GInsgow, and received at the city
hospital on September 20, died there today
of the buboulc plague.
LONG TOM MUST GO HUNGRY
lloer.s llnve o Ammunition for Their
Mont Ilfleetlve Plecen of
Artillery.
LONDON, Oct. S. It Is estimated, ac
cording to tho PIctormarltzburg corre
spondent of tho Dally Mail, tl-at fr m 4,050
to 5,000 Boers have retrca ul fr m I'i'
grlm'B Host, northeast of Lyd i burg, with
fcur long toras and twen y-two oh r
puns. The correspondent und rstands .ha
tWlr long torn animunltton Is almost ex
hausted. llolicrtn to Leave This Month.
LONDON. Oct. 8. Lord Roberts, tho
Dally News announces, will leave South
Africa during tho last week of October.
The authorities have decided to limit tho
number of colonial troops which are to bo
tho quocn's guests In London to 500,
Hostile Iteeeptlon to llowle.
LONDON. Oct. 7 John Alexander Dowle
of Chicago, who recently came to England
to promote tho Zionist movement, begun
his campaign yesterday In St. Martin's
town hall In London, meeting with rathor
a hostile reception.
Loudon Volunteer Leave Capetown.
CAPETOWN, Oct. 7. The City of London
Volunteers sailed for England today, their
departure being attended by a scene of tre
mendous enthusiasm,
NINE KILLED IN TORNADO
Death List at Biwabik Much Larger Than
at First b'upposetl.
MORE THAN THIRTY PERSONS INJURED
l.oeouiotlve, with Km llnnliiccr mill
1- it email, I. tiled Oil Itn Truck
anil until .lieu liurleil l.e
neHlli Hie Wtfi'ki
BIWABIK, Minn., Oct. 7. Tho tornado
wliKii n.htd lu ibis ilctnLy ius. ov.u ng
wiih mo uiusi viuleni over ep ricu.cd
i.uliuuuuis. i lie Btuiui cUi a puiv..y
feci in wid in ihrougu thu u-r-uwosum
corner uf nus towu, coinpiuui t.iecK n
.hu butldlliks It sltuck. ill
s.iait nu vs i
i,mi iiui.uiuds ol inreo iuino.1, i. hull s.Oud
lu ihc put n uf tho Biorm, wuro le-uccd to
Kitml.nt; woou. the p.ojieity los i oslt
n.iuul at from $7o,uiiU to $.0u,,00 und .he
kui-wn futuilties number nine, wl.n u ecor.i
or tnoru injured, sumo bevorelj, otuor
only slightly.
'lne siuriu Bwept In a northwesterly ill-re-dull
alter leaving lie re a..d s.iuuk a Bl
ue l'luiiisii Bctliciiiciil near iIku Luke,
whero a number of build.LKs were wrci.ci,
Hi ono uf wlnon an enure fuail.;, Ci.sl.
.ng of husbaud, wife and f-ur clil.uien,
were IiihuiuI) killed. So tar their uuieo
have not been ublulued. It Is uiu.evcd hat
when the muru remote diBtiicts are uciM
from further cnsuaitles may lie rcpor..d.
Ibo lint of loose killed und Injured, bo
far ns learned, follows;
Killed:
MR. AND MRS. MAROW1TZ.
WILLIAM I11L3TRU.M.
FAMILY OF SIX, near Piko Lake, name
not known:
Seerely Injurdcd:
Andrew Anderson, a locomotive fireman,
severely scanted; will recover.
F. Murray, locomotive eug.neer, Beverly
scalded, otherwise Injured; will recover.
Andrew Debbo, laborer, severe scalp
wound; will recover.
John Morrlston, foot badly crushed.
About twenty-live others were moro or
less severely cut aud bruised.
The homo In which tho Mnrowitz family
lived was completely wrecked and .he body
of Mrs.-Marowitz was found fully 400 leet
away, every bone In her ludy broken and
her clothing completely str.pp. d iff. Tho
body of her husband wns found today in
the debris of their home, horr.biy mu
tilated. William Hllstrom was struck on the head
by a falling tree nnd his flkull cru-hed.
Ho afterward died at the hospital.
Tho engine house of tho Duluth, Mesaba
& Northwestern railroad was comp et ly
wrecked and a number of locomotives nnd
cars were shifted from the tracks nnd
pounded Into scraplron.
The ciiglno on which Murray and Ander
son wero when tho storm broke was blown
from the track and tho men woro pinned
beneath It and horribly burned by the c3
caplng steam. Other men at work n.ur
them had narrow escapes. Sc.o.al car.s
from tho Des Moines & Northern tracks
wero found In the Duluth mine pit hun
dreds of feet away. Many of tho bulldlcgs
destroyed were owned by the mining com
panies and tenanted by their emp.o. en,
"""The duration of the tornado was Iibs than
five minutes, but lt was prtccdod by an
unusually severe thunder and la nstorm.
The rain has flooded many of v lie opun
pit mines and they will he unnble to oper
ate for some time.
DYNAMITE MAGAZINE GOES UP
Kvery Window In I'.veleth, Mlunexntn,
Shntteicd, hut o Lives
Are I. nut.
DULUTH. Minn., Oct 7. A special from
Bvoioth, Minn., tonight reports one of the
largest cxp.oilons In the history of the
state. Seven thouaand live hundred pounds
of dynamite in the powder magazine at tho
Spruce mine, about half a milo from town,
blew up about li:30 o'clock this afternoon.
A holo one hundied feet square and twenty
five feet deep marks tho spot where the
magazine atood. Tho forco of the explosion
wns so great that there Is not n pleco of
glass over a foot square within a radius ot
two miles of the mine. Every window and
mitror In Eveleth was brukon, while In
saloons all bottled goods were demolished.
The loss In the city Is estimated at $30,0' 0.
The damago done to the Spruce mine was
about $3,000, the mine laboratory und ware
houses being totally wrecked.
At least two hundred persons were hurt
moro or less from being thrown by tho
Bhock or hit by shattered glass. The explo
sion was plainly felt at fllwablk, twelve
miles distant. The causo of tho explosion
is unknown.
FIELD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
CouurcKallonal Church Will Mateo to
Keportn nt .lleetlnu lu
St. Lnnls.
ST. LOUIS, Oct, 7. Next Wednesday the
American Board of Commission. rB for For
eign Missions will beg.n Its nlno centh an
nual meeting at Pilgrim Co grest nil
church In this city. Tho moeuiig will be
In session three dayH and w.ll bj rep e o
with matters of interest and great tmpo.t.
President Samuel B. Capen of Boaou w.,1
preside. Between 250 and 300 c rporaio
members, returned foreign mis to arl b
ar.u wurii(.-r3 in uuiuu nu uo . aa .i.c.r w. es,
olllcera of the various w iuo . s
boards ahd tlinolcglc.il sti den s
ui. Bloa
W'll. .0
present, In addition to man p.outn nt
congregational ministers nnd aymen uom
dltfcrent parts of tho country. Nono tut
corporate members of the board are alkwed
to vote nt the annual nice in b, ltvugh
the others mentioned are ent.t.od t .hko
part In the proceedings. T. Is will b t o
most Important of any meeting eve. hjld
by the board Binco its organ. tat. on In loio,
owing to tho fam.no in Inula and in v w
ot many workers killed nnd th proper y
belonging to the missions under ihclr c n
trol destroyed. Mattois r la ng to tie
work in th.He and other finds will conn
up for dlsiUBslon and action and olllcers
for the ensuing year will b" el-cted. On
account of tho splndld record mado ly lu
present officers it In beloved iiat il wil
bo ro-oloctcd. Tho reports w 1 a ow t e
boaid's financial condition the b et U has
been In many years.
ritlnn Kascr for .Mexican Dollar.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. "7. Exchange on
Now York hus fnllon from $1.10 to WiytiSi-.
Hankers do not anticipate a steady rise In
silver- The demand for Mexican dollars for
China continues. Thero Is some talk In
cotton manufacturing circles of asking the
government to remove the duty of 7 centh
per kilogram on Imported cotton, but this
riilef would not help the situation much.
'1 Iiobo cotton manufacturers who prepared
long ago for the making of hlgli-grndu cot
ton goods nre now reaping thu rewurd of
their foresight.
lleutxchliind Afloat Once More,
LONDON. Oct. 7 Tim steamer Deutsch
land. Captain Albers, which left Hamburg
yesterday for New York nnd was reported
as having ground d In the Elbe, sailed from
Boutliumpton at 1:10 p. tn, today,
condition of the weather
Forecast for Nebraska
l''nlr; Warm. r; Bi'tithcrly Wind
Teiiipetatiire at Uliiuliu VMeriln i
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7 n. in It II p. in r I
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strathcInaHITnew york
Lord llluli CoiiiiiilNsloner of Canailii
Talk of IteKliiient Which
Ileum Illn .Name,
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Lord Strathconi,
the loid high commUsloacr of the Domin
ion of Canada, arrived on tho steamer
L'trurln today. Ho Is a director of tho
t-omtiicrcini uaoio company, a director of
tho German Atlantic Cable company and
was the first president of tne Canadian
Pacific railway. Lord Strathcona fur
nished nnd equipped a mounted regiment
nud sent It from Canada at his own
expense to fight the Doers. The regiment
consisted chlctly of scouts uud cowboys
and was commanded by Colonel Steele.
"Much against my will," said LorJ
Strnthcona, "the regiment has been named
Struthcona's Morse' nud being composed
of cowboys and scouts It did duty ns
i-coutH in General Buller's forward march,
u fact, I regrot to any, which accounts for
the regiment's depletion. Many have boon
killed und a very largo number wounded.
They left In March and I du not know
when they will bo bnck."
Tho lord high commissioner left for Mon
treal tonight and when asked what ho
thought of tho result of tho English elec
tions .said with a smile, "lt would not
be proper iu the lord high coinmlsHlonur
of Canada to permit himself to discuss
English politics, hut I mny say that there
Is a wave of imperialism sweeping Irre
sistibly over Europe Ah for Joseph Cham
berlain I have known htm for forty yeara
back, have known htin outside of politics
nnd very Intimately Indeed. A more up
right and honest man 1 havo never In my
life met."
BACK UNDER THE OLD FLAG
Teller Miter llepiilillennn Doer! 1 1 1 tit
nud Ally Theumelves with the
McKlnlcy YVlnir.
DENVER, Oct. 7. (Special Telegram.)
Senator He-nry M. Toller, eo far as Colorado
Is concerned, Is n mnn without a party. The
Teller silver republican party In Arapahoe
county Ib practically a thing of the past.
Moro than 300 of the delegntea who wero
elected to attend the county convention of
that party tn Denver havo formed a club and
have signed a pledge to stand for the' honor
of the nation and Us ling and bo counted
again under the banner of republicanism.
Two hundred of tho membera of tho party
who were not delegates have signed n sim
ilar pledge and nio out working for tho suc
cess of tho republican ticket from top to
bottom. Among them ore Colonel A. W.
Hogle, Captain A. McD. Brooks, Toller sil
ver candidate for sheriff last full, Senator
Theodore H. Thomas, William K. BateB, L.
A. Lang, W. S. Mnyfleld, Mrs. A. W. Hogle
and hundredB of others representing tho
moat prominent business men aud women of
Denver. Mrs. Hogle whr, vice chairman of
tho Teller silver republican county central
committee.
POLICE THINK WILL FORGED
Document Lenvlna; Whole of I, ate
MIlllounlrc'N Koi-lime to 111
l.mvjer I uiler Suspicion,
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. Albert T. Patrick
and Charles F Jones, nttornoy and secre
tary, respectively, for tho Into William
Marhh Rico, whose chcckK they aro accused
of forging, are still In the Tombs, whither
they were committed in default of $10,000
ball ench on Friday lust. An nttempt will
be made tomorrow by tho authorities to
obtain possession of the will alleged to
have been drawn by Mr. Rice, In which ho
gave to Mr. Patrick lila entlro fortune,
nftcr dividing $500,000 nmong hln relatives.
It Is tho Intention tn submit thin will, as
soon ob It can bo obtalnod. to tho atten
tion of tho handwriting exports to do
termlno Its genuineness. In tho meantlino
tho exports will continue tholr examination
of the alleged forged checks and tho two
documents which purport to nsslgn to Pat
rick tho entlro Rico estate.
All of those havo been declared fraudu
lent by at least flvo experts, but no nt
tempt has been mado to discover thej
author of the attempted forgeries.
HEAVY FOG DELAYS STEAMERS
Collier from
Tit illn,
I'hilnilelphln Cut
hut Km I re Crew
Ik .Sated,
In
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. The big trans-Atlantic
liners Campania, Pennsylvania, Ems
nnd Ethiopia aud half n dozen other steam
ers which hailed from their docks yesterday
wero compolled by the heuvy fog to anchor
In tho lower bay last night. They all passed
out early today, hut there was still much
fog, making It necessary for them to pro
ceed with caution.
Tho Old Dominion lino steamship Hamil
ton, bound here from Norfolk, ran Into and
sank the Philadelphia schooner A. A. Shaw,
coal laden, bound for Providence, thrco miles
, frora NortntmBt End lightship, early this
j mornlnK. c.npUin Smlth anil 8l)vcn
, comprl8lnK tho chooner crew, were flawd
and brought hero on the Hamilton. Tho
1 Hamilton was running at ton knots spend at
tho Hnm nnil timet. Iho Sh.iw in Hu, ilmiur
fog, cutting her nltnoit In two.
OREGON MINE REPORTED SOLD
IliiKllsll Syndicate Snld to Hate l'ald
lu KxcesN of 82,000,0110 for lied
Boy Property,
BAKER CITY, Ore , Oct. 7. A dispatch
from London 3tntrr. that the Red Boy mine,
near this city, ban hern sold to an English
syndicate. It In snld the purchase prlco Is lu
excess of two million do lars.
.cuttle Aliiindoned Milp,
NEW YORK. Oct. ".--The British Hteaincr
Knliiit Templar. Captain Finis, whleh ar
rived tonight from North Slilolds. reports
that on October 1 It Kllued the abandoned,
lirltlfli ship Nonpareil of Loudon, whlrli
!ft New York on September 10 for Snurn
baya, Jinn, and wns abandoned on Septem
ber 22. Captain Fails ivnt ii bout to i!io
Nonpareil nnd lt wan thought possible that
lt could be towed Into port. There was only
fourteen ItichcH of water In Its hold. A vol
unteer crow wns put nboaid and u hawser
wriH paused to tho vessel. lt was towed
from 0:50 p in. until midnight, when the
wenther became very rfijally with heavy
rain. At 2:15 a. m. on October 2 tho huwrer
parted. The Knight Templar Btood by until
da light, when It was decided to tako off
tho volunteer crew nnd Bcuttlo the vessel.
It was set afire and In a short time wim a
mans of flamei. It wnn thought that It
would eventually sink, ns the water was
wanning around the hatches.
Th Nonpareil wan' found directly In the
track of vctipriB hound for and from Europe
nnd about 1,200 miles from Now York. Tne
vessel wnn laden with caso nil. Itn owriern
were the BUndurd Oil company. Tho crew
of thu Nonpnrell was taken off hy the
steamer (llcngoyl, which arrived on fiep.
tembcr V) from Bayrout,
) 'J :J(;()
Nebraska Oity Peoplo Eager to Defend the
Great Starch Tactorj. v
SMYTH'S MISTAKE OF THEIR TEMPER
Effort to Take a Little Frivato Rovougo Has
Proven a L'ooniorang.
BUSINESS MEN EXPRESS SENTIMENTS
Oppoic Trusts, but Support Their Local
Enterprises Loyally.
EMPLOYES TELL OF THEIR TREATMENT
Mcatly Work nt Good Wnite, M'ttli
lvliiducn il nd Consideration at
All Tliuex, In the Report
the VAorkrrn (ilte.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. Oct. 7 (Spe
cial.) Nearly two weeks have elapsed slnco
Mr. Bryan and Attorney tleneral Smyth
mnde their special trip to this city for the
ptilpose of speaking to the people and alia) -ing
theli inuiguniiou over tho nttempt of
the iiuorncy general to suppress the Btarch
woiks. iheie has been time for sober re
flection and the abatement of paxsion, yet
iho people of the entire community arc us
Indignant over the attorney general's at
tack upon their leading Industry as they
wero Immediately after tho flllng ot tho
suit in tho supremo court.
When, nearly throe weeks ago, tho citi
zens of Nebr.iska City heard that Mr
Smyth had begun quo warranto proceed
tugs In the supreme court at Lincoln, alleg
ing that thu Argo starch factory was con
trolled hy u IrtlBt and wa being conducted
In violation ot tho laws ot tho stato, nnd
playing for a Judgment from tho courts that
could result In nothing but tbo closing ot
tho factory, they arose en masse In ilevmiucta
tlon of the action. A public meeting was
promptly cnlled by the mayor and severnl
thousand peop.o fiom nil purls ot the county,
regardless ot political nlhiintlons, responded
to tho call. At this meeting n number of
prominent citizens, of all political parties,
criticised the action of tho attorney general
bitterly and tehemently, and a set of resolu
tion wns unanimously adopted nud directed
to be ptctei.tcd to Mr. Smyth. Thcso resolu
tions declared that tho attorney general hnd
be-gun an nctlon, under tho gulso and pre
tense of attacking n trust, to drive from
business tho enterprise which of .ill others
In this city had conduced most to the
material prosperity of the people, that the
march works had been a poaltlvo benefit to
tho city and had never been the subject of
complaint from any iinnrtor, that tho com
pany was not In tho nature of a trust, that
tho attempt of tho attorney general to drlv
thn company out of business wns "born of
a spirit of revenge" and Involved the tue
of an olllclal position "to gratify a porsonnl
dlBllko." nnd tho closing of the starch works
would be considered as a public calamity
for Nebruskn City and Otoo county.
ltrjnn lluilien to the Drench.
As soon ns Mr. Bryan heard ot the pub
lic Indignation at Nebraska City Ho de
cided to "cut Bhort his days of rest" anl
hurried hero for the purpose o: r p .Irlng.
If ho could, tin damage tbut had occurred
to his party through the blunder of the
nttornoy general. He came on tho ulgnt
of September "26 nnd brought Mr S .iytii
and several hundred shou.era . rom Lin
coln with him. Upon tho arrival of th
party John Mattes, Jr., tho democratic
mayor of Nehrnskn City, Bought cut the
attorney general and prcncnt.d him a copy
of tho Indignation resolutions. Tho presen
tation speech of tlio mayor wan to tho
polut, nB follows:
"Mr. Attorney fJenornl: I desire to pie
sctit you these resolutions und iu connec
tion with this I desirn to say that tho
cltlzotiH rfit Nebraska City do not wlBh y u
to Interfero with their manufacturing In
stitutions under the pretense of enforcing
tho law or for nny other reasons,"
Ah he concluded tills little Bpeoch the
mayor walked promptly away from the
attorney general, not scorning to consider
nny remarks the latter might make of any
consequence. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Smyth
hnd an nudlenco ot about 1,800 peoplo tit
their evening meeting- Iho burden f Mr.
Bryan's song was that ho had nu d b ro to
hco tho Htarch works cIobciI, but wanted
It rrstored to Its first owners.
"Ab a matter of fact," ho sa'd, "tho peo
ple of Nebraska City are niwro Interested
In tho dissolution of the march trust than
the people of other parts of th sate
When tho Argo wus an Independent com
pauy It was controlled by eltizeus of Ne
braska City and Nohnihka City Interests
could be considered by Its management.
But If the National Starch company, with
headquarters In New York, is allow, d to
absorb this Industry, the control will bo
removed from Nebraska City to Now York
nnd the wishes and Interests of the people
of Nebraska City will have llitlo consid
eration." What the. People lcl.
Now, ns a matter of fact, the people of
Nebraska Cltv ore not nt all Interested In
tho dissolution of tho Starch trust, because
they deny that any such trust Is In exist -ern
e. They know that tho Btnrch works l i
their city, ns operated nt present, furnishes
a healthy mnrkot for tho lending farm prod
net of tho locality, pays tho very highest
ptico for corn, sella Its manufactured prod
uct at a prlco based upon cost, with a fair
profit controlled by the competition of other
companies, employes hundreds of men and
women nt good wages, novcr has any trou
blo with Its employes and Is cntlroly lacking
In tho characteristics of a trust. When Mr
Bryan tells tho peoplo of Nebraska City that
their wJbIioh and Interests are not con
sidered by tho National Starch company
the facta In the ease controvert tho Btuto
raent. Joy Morton Ib chairman of the ex
ocuttvo board of the National Starch com
pany and both Joy and Carl Morton are
mombern of th board of directors. Tho
two Mortons and the people represented by
them, own the controlling portion of iho
stock of tho company and their will Is
law In tho mnnagoment of tho business.
When Mr. Bryan sots himself up as tho
protector of Nobranhn flly Interests nnd
warns tho people of that town against thu
Mortonu tho protectorato he offers Is po
lltely but firmly rejected. With nbout
$r,00,000 of capital Invested In Nebraska
City und with their name linked to nearly
every public entorprlso In tho community
the Mortons are not likely tn forgot or
Ignore tho Interests of iho town.
Ab your correspondent, In compuny with
a local banker, passed a magnificent pub
lic library building and romnrked to his
companion that It was unusual for a town
of Nebraska City's bIzo to possesB such an
Institution, tho banker said' "Joy Morton
built ihat library and preni-ntnl l to thu
city, IIo'b tho man, you know, that Mr.