Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY 1RBJE j
1KA I II A UK, Proprietor.
" TERMS: U-23 IN ADVANCI3.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRICf-
Bourko Cockrnn of Now York -will
upeak In St, Joseph October 9.
Tho ntoamshlp Nome City, ten days
from Capo Nome, reports, another out
break of smallpox at Nome.
Tho population of Los Angeles, Cnl.,
Ib 102,479, against 50,395 in 1890; in
crease, C2.084, or 103.35 per cent.
Rodney Lowry, nopliew of cx-Govcr-nor
Lowry of Mississippi, fought a duel
near Tuscaloosa, Ala. Young Lowry
was fthot four times.
At Philadelphia, Pa., Naco & Swart
ley, wholosalo produce commission
merchant, failed. Tho failure is n
largo one.
Tho Michigan supremo court, in an
unanimous opinion handed down, de
clared tho act granting a bounty of
ono cent per pound on all beet Btigar
manufactured lu tho Btnto is unconsti
tutional. Joseph Campbell of tho staff of tho
Washington (D. C.) Popt, a woll
known writer on sports and theatricals,
died at Hot Springs, Ark., of Rright's
dlcasc. Ho was 33 years old and a
native of Boston.
At Helton, Tex., John 1J. Mcsscr shot
nnd Instantly killed ltov. J. D. Doyd.
Doth wcro prominent men. Mossor
burrendorcd to tho olflccnt. Tho cnuso
is not known, as no ono was present
whon tho shooting began.
At Freoporl, III., Jacob Schnclzcl,
one of tho mnBt prominent mon, who
has boon heavily lntorosted in various
banking institutions in South Dakota,
and who was widely known in tho
west, died, aged 74 years.
Gcorgo H. Wolshons, ona of tho best
known newspaper mon in Ponnsylvn
nla, committed nulcldo by sovorlng tho
artories in his arm with a penkuifo
In n Urrrlsburg restaurant. It is be
lieved his tnlnd was affected.
Morgan Lowts Eastman died at his
homo in Itoyalton, Wis. Ho was 80
ycara old and had boon n minister in
tho Congrogational church for rorty
oight years. Ho was pastor of tho
church in Itoyalton for twenty-four
years.
Reports to H. O. Dun & Co. show
tho number of commorclnl failures In
tho United States tho first nino months
of this year to bo 7.G11, against 0,854
last year, vith liabilities of 1101,807,
448, as compared with $57,703,905 a
year ago.
At Fond du Lac, Wis., tho Hclmor
Milling company's mill and olovator,
tho latter having a capacity of CO,-
000 bushels, wcro entirely dostroyod
by fire. Tho lota Is botwoon $50,000
nnd $00,000, with an lnauranco of $20,-
000 to $27,000.
Tho first telegram from Skagway
to Boattlo, marking an epoch in tho
history of business botwoon Alaska
and tho outBldo world, was received nt
Seattle, AVaBh. Tho timo occupied by
tho mosaago in transit wns soven
hours, which will bo roducod. Tho
lino over which It passed to Vancou
ver Is that which tho Canadian gov
ornment has boon engaged In con
structing for tho past four months.
Isaac Thompson, who lived a cen
tury and four years, died at his homo
at Leo, 111. Mr. Thompson was born
In Plttston, Pa., in 1790. His fathor,
who fought in tho revolution, fllud lu
Pennsylvania In 1858. Mr. Thomp
son camo west In 1860 and settled in
the town where ho died. Ho married
at tho ago of 21 and bocamo tho
father of fifteen children, six of whom
are living. His wtfo died m 188.6 at
the advanced age of 92 years.
Four non-commissioned officers who
have rendored good sorvlco in tho
Philippines hivo been appointed sec
end lieutenants in tho regiments to
which they were attached. Thoy aro
Battalion Sergeant Major Edward C.
Wells, Thirty-second volunteer infan
try; Corporal Junius I. Doyle, Thirty
second volunteer infantry; First Bor
gonnt a. A. F. Trumob. Forty-fifth
volunteer Infantry, and Sergeant Ma
jor Gustavus J. Haason, Forty-sixth
voluntcor Infantry.
President Ca&oro has Issued a nrocla
matlon convening tho congress of
Vonezuola for February 20 next.
At Galveston, Texan, twenty-one.
bodies woro rocovorcd from tho
debris, making a total of 2,390 olllclnl
ly reported as recovered elnco tho
storm,
A rocolvor has boon appolntod for
tho Mexican Gulf Coal nnd Transpor
tation company, operating oxtenslvo
coal mines and coko ovens nt Aldcrson
and Howo, I. T. Tho properties of
tho company roprosent about $200,000
Tho causo of tho fatluro Ik said to bo
Internal difficulties between tho "stock
holders.
The steamship City of Soattlo, ar
rived at Moattlo, Wash., from Skag
way with $1,500,000 in KlondtKo trcas
uro and 317 paasongers,
Tho assessor's returns show tho pop
ulatlon of Oklahoma to bo 390.500.
This Is a CO per cent insreaso In the
population Blnco 1893.
Gen, MacArthur sends tho follow
ing casualties In tho Philippines;
Killed, between Puvla nnd Santa Bar
bara, Panay, October 1, Second Lieu
tenant Max Wagner, Twonty-Blxth
roglmont, U. S. V. Infantry, Lieuten
ant Wagner was from West Red ford.
Mass,, and during the Spanish wnr
was a lieutenant in tho Bignal corns.
Tho advertising and exhibition car
belonging to tho state of North Oar
ollna wns destroyed by tiro with all
Its contents at KlngBtou, O. Tho
two mon who woro In it woro nronsod
by tho barking of a dog and baroly os
caped with their Uvea. Tho loss will
aggregate $18,000.
Consorvatlvo estimator place tho
Amount of hay Montana cattlo and
sheep men will bo forcod to Import
from without tho state this soasou at
300,000 tonB. Other flgm'es place tho
needed amount as high as 500,000 tons.
The hay crop In Montana is almost a
blank In some districts that in nor
mal years have an exportable surplus.
LEAVES
IT TO MINERS
President Mitchell Sajs Strikers
Must
Fasa on Operator's OITur.
NOT TO DECLARE THE STRIKE OFF
Accumulation of Forty Year Injustice
Cunrint lln Wiped Out nt Onco Mine
Otrnrr lire of tlm Opinion thnt Vnrth-
cr Conci (nloiu ATI It lla Mnde,
SHAMOICIN, Pa., Oct. 10. Tho
crlklng miners held nn immense pa
rade hero this afternoon, 15,000 be.
lng In line. Tho procession waa re
viewed by President Mitchell and
others.
President Mitcholl was enthusias
tically received whon ho aroso to ad
drees tho assemblage. Ho spoko ot
tho enthusiasm displayed by tho men
throughout tho unthniclto region and
wont Into the situation ns It now
stands. In referring to tho prospect
ive ending of tho strlko, ho said:
"Every other Btrlko that has taken
plnco In tho anthracite region has
been declared off by your oftlcera.
Heretofore, whon men went on strlko
they remained out for n tlmo nnd
thon tho chief executive or tho exec
utive board declared tho strlko oft
without consulting the wlshca of tho
Btrlkors. 1 want to say, as I havo
said beforo, that this strike will never
end until tho minors through dele
gates In convention end it for them
selves. Wo havo called n convention
nnd you mon are invited to Bond dele
gates thcro. Yoou aro lnvitod to pass
Judgment on tho operators' propo3l-
tlon. If you bollevo that they net In
good faith; If you bcllcvo 10 per cent
to bo enough; If you bollevo that thoy
will pay tho 10 per cent for a year,
thon you must dcclldo whether to re-
turn to work. If, on tho other hand,
.you reject tho offer and coutinuo on
strlko John Mitchell will bo thcro to
help you do it. I do not expect thnt
this one strlko will erndlcato all tho
wrongs from which you suffer. I do
not believe that tho accumulation of
forty years of Injustice can bo wiped
out at once, but I do bcltovo thnt you
havo established an organisation here
that with each succeeding year will
gtvo you Improved conditions of em
ployment."
Interviews with prominont operat
ors today elicited a uniform declara
tion that no further conscsslons or
modifications of tho present offer will
bo mado and that tho miners must
tnko It or loavo ItJust as It stands.
They say It Is plain and comploto nnd
contains nil thoy can or will concede.
Tho 10 por cont Incroaso moans that
every mnn In tho region is to hnvo
$1.10 for tho work for which they
formerly received $1, tho operatord
say. Tho powder matter is simpiy
a mnttor of bookkcoplng. Instead ot
giving tho mlnorB 10 por cent lncrenso
flat ho will havo his credit increased,
say 3 por cont, ana rrom tins uouu
sldo will bo BUbstrnctcd 7 por cont of
whatovor percentage of oxponso It la
found tho diffcrenco in tho cost of lna
powder amounts to. Tho purposo is
simply to put an end to tho howling
about powder bolng Bold at cxorbltnnt
prices. Powdor Is tho basis of tho
wngo scale, it is explained, and to
decrenso Us cost is to Increase tho
wages.
In this region n flccroaso of $1.25 in
a keg of powdor menns a 7 per cont
docrcaso In tho miner s exponscs.
Thereforo whon ho has his expenses
roducod 7 per cent ho has his wages
lncrcnsd a llko amount. Tho other 3
per cont will bo mado up by Increasing
tho nllownnco por car for cutting nnd
loading. Whoro a minor gets $1 a car
ho will, under tho now Bcnlo, got $1.03
1-3 a car. His not earnings will bo
tho snmo whether ho gots tho Incroaso
flat or by figuring on tho docrcaso In
powdor.
Alleged Itohher on Trial.
OTTUMWA, In., Oct. 10. Samuel J.
Ilitchlo, formerly a prominont Chicago
First ward politician, who conductod
a saloon for Aldorman Coughlln, was
placod on trlnl hero on tho chargo ot
robbing Bradloy s bank of Eldon on
tho night of Fobrunry 1. 1897. His
counsel. It. D. A. Wndo of Chicago,
whoso famo was mado lu tho defense
of Pondorgast, tho man who shot, nnd
killed Mayor Cartor Harrison of Chi
cngo aovoral yoars ago, has arrlvod
and will assist local counsel nt tho
trial. Rltchlo's friends havo beon hard
nt work In his bolmlf. Dick Dodd. a
local gamblor who Ib concerned In tho
robbory, wont on tho stand and said
ho had novor Boon tho defondant bo
loro.
l'mittier Oreelt Miner yult.
MAUCH CHUNK, Pa., Oct. 10. In
tho Pnnthor Creek vnlloy today about
900 mlno workors nro out at Coaldalo
and vicinity. Tho collieries nffoctod
nro numbers 10 und 11 of tho Lehigh
Coal and Navigation compauy. The
company's officers aro doing nil In
tholr power to koep their mon at
work. Tho Btrlko leaders, however,
assort they will succeed In tying up
tho region In a dny or two.
Secure tlin TnuUey .Jury.
GEORGETOWN, Ky Oct. 10. Tho,
epoclal venire of fifteen men from
Bourbon county woro in tho court room
this morning when tho trial ot Honry
Youtsoy for nlloged complicity In the
Goobol assassination wns called In tho
circuit court. The first man called wan
nccoptod by both sides and tho Jury
waa comploto. Tho Jury was sworn
nnd Attorney Bradloy mado tho state
ment to tho Jury for tho common
wealth. KtiKlnnd'a Forelicn Poller.
LONDON. Oct. 10. Mr. Chamberlain,
oocrotnry ot statu for tho colonies,
Bponklng this ovonlng nt Sturbrldgo,
Bald: "Groat Drltaln'B forolcn nollcv.
nB I sum it up, is to remain on friondlv
terms with ovory great country In
Europe and on something moro than
frlondly terms with tho United States."
Mr. Clwmborlnln ridiculed tho nttompt
of the opposition loadors to hold him
as a bogy to forolgu nations. "Great
Britain's forolgu policy," lie exclaimed.
Vis in tho hands of Lord Salisbury
ud I havo not the presumption to
meddle with it"
LIST Of BOXER VICTIMS.
Itauks of Mltnlonnrlt Sndly Depleted
During the Ilnrlnint; In Chlnn.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. A complete
Hot of Protestant missionaries known
to havo been killed from tho begin
ning of tho Doxer movement to Sep
tember 5 has been received by tho
American DIblo society from Rev. John
R. Hykea, D. D., Its agent in Shang
hai, as follows:
In Shan Tung, Dccomber 31, 1899
Itev. S. M. Drooks of tho Church of
Englnnd mission.
In Chi LI, about Juno 1, 1900 Rev.
H. V. Normnn, Rev. C. Robinson ot
the Church of England mission.
At Pao Ting Fu, June 30 Rev. F.
E. Slmcox, Dulllon, Pa.; Mrs. Slmcox,
London, Pa.; three children, Dr. G.
Y. Taylor, all of American Presbyter
ian mission, Tnylorsvllle, Pa. July 1,
Rov. H. T. Pitkin, Philadelphia; Miss
A. A. Gould, Dcthel, Mo.; Miss M. S.
Morrill, all of the American Doard
mission, Portland, Me.; Kcv. D. Dag
nnll, Mrs. Dagnail, ono child, Rev.
William Cooper, all of tho China In
land mission, England.
At Ilslac Yl, Shans.', Juno 30 Miss
Whitchurch, Miss Scarell of tho China
Inland mission, England.
Near tho Yellow River (while flying
from Shansl), July 15 or 1G Rev. G.
McConneil, Mrs. McConnell, one child,
Miss King, Miss Burton, all of tho
Chlnn Inland mission, England; M1&3
F. E. Nathan, Miss M. R. Nathan and
Miss Ilcnvsman of tho China Inland
mlBslon aro BuppOacd to havo beon
with tills party and to have shared
their fate, but as this is not conflrmsd
thoy nro put in tho list of missing.
At Klu Chou, Cho Klnng, July 21
nnd 22 Rov. D. D. Thompson, Mm.
Thompson, two children, Miss Des
mond, Miss Manchester, Rev. G. V.
Ward, Miss Ward, ono child, Mlas
Sherwood, Miss Thlrgood, all of tho
China Inland mission, England.
Enrouto to Hankow from Shansl
Miss Rice, July 13, Mr. SaunderB and
child, A. Dell; July 27, Mr. Saundem'
child. Jessie; August 3, Mrs. E. J.
Cooper; August 6, Miss Huston; Au
gust 11, Rov. Whltehouso. Mrs. Whlto
houso, all of the English Uaptlst mis
slnn, England; Mr. Ruynon, Mrs. Duy
non, threo children, all of tho Drltlsh
and Foreign B.u.o sjcioty, England;
Mr. Miller Wilson, one child, Mrs. J.
Stevens, Miss M. E. Clarke, of tho
China Inland mission, England.
Tho following is n list of tho mis
sionaries who aro unaccounted for In
date (September 5). It only Includes
those who were In tho provinces most
affected by tho Doxer troubles, viz:
Chi LI' und Shansl.
Tho last words from the following
who wcro stationed In nortjiorn
Shansl wns May 8: Mr. S. McKcc,
Mrs. McKoc, I. Anson, Mrs. Anson,
Mr3. Aspden, Miss M. E. Smith, Mr.
Pcrsson, Miss C. A. Larson, Miss Lun
del, Mlsa Egvl E. Pctorson, Mr. G. E.
Karlberg. A. Johanson, Mr. Hcdlun.l,
all ot tho China Inland mission, Eng
lnnd.
Tho last word from the following
was Juno -Mr. Ogron, Mrs. Osron,
Mr. Peat, Mrs. Peat, Miss Dob3on.
Miss Hurn, MIos E. Nathan, Miss M.
R. Nathan, Miss Hcaysman, Mr.
Young, Mrs. Young, Mr. Darnatt, Mr.
Woodloffo, Dr. Hewitt, all of tho
China Inland mission, England.
No word from tho following has
been heard: Mrs. S. Olson, Mrs. E.
Olscn, Mr, E. J. Compors and child,
Mr. Lutlcy's children.
Forty OruiilieU to Dentil.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 9. Flvo
thousand Pilgrims assembled at tho St.
NIkander monnstry In tho Porkhoff
district for a religious festival. During
tho night ono ot tho uppor floors col
lapsed nnd many of thoso sleeping
thoro fell upon thoso bolow. A panic
wns caused by a false alarm of flro
and four men nnd thirty-six women
wero crushed to denth, mnny others be
ing seriously Injured.
Apply Torch to Mukdein.
ST. PETERSDURG, Oct. 9. Tho
Russian genoral's staff haa. rocolved
official dinBpatchos confirming the re
ported occupation ot Mukden. Lieu
tenant General Subbovjtch entored tho
city October 1. Ho ndvancod from Old
Nlu Chwang on September 2 with
elevon battalion's ot infantry, two squa
drons of Cossack cavalry and forty
guns, and, after ngiu.ng two engage
monts, rounted tlio Chinese army on
Soptomber 27.
Uciihiii Iteturn AniioiiiiDril.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 Today tho
census bureau announced officially that
tho population of tho state of Dela
waro was 181.735 In 1900. aB ticalnst
1G8.493 In 1890. This la un Increase of
10,249, or 9.0 por cent.
Tho population of tho District. of Co
lumbla Is 278,718, ns ngaliiBt 230.392
ton years ago, an incroaso ot 4S.32G, or
20.9 por cont.
I'roelnttintlou ot l'eiioo.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. A dispatch to
tlio Journal and Advertlsor from Capo
town says: A proclamation of penco
In South Afrlcn Is expected to bo'ls-
Biiod by Field Marshal Roberts on
Thursday next, that being tho annlvof
snry of tho declaration of wnr. Lord
RobortB loaves at tho end ot the month
for England to nssumo his now duties
as commander-in-chief of tho Drltlsh
army.
Ilulmnlo 1'lHKUe In Wnlr.
LONDON. Oct. 9. A bnctorloloElcal
examination has been made In tho case
of Seamnn Garnet who arrived at Now
castlo on Soptomhor 23 on a vessol
from tho Rio do la Plata and wont to
Llnnduff, Walos, whoro ho died last
Thursday, supposedly of fovor. The
roports allow uutntstaknbly that tho
disease wns tho bubonic plague.
HlrlUe U On In Deliver.
DENVER, Oct. 10. A general sua
pension ot tho building trades in Den
ver is threatened ns a result of
strlko ot tho union woodworkers at
tho flvo largest planing mills lu tho
city, which was Inaugurated to put
n stop to tno employment ot nun
union mon.
As union workmon will not handle
any materials from these mills while
tho strike continues, work will soon
havo to be Btopped on most ot tho
buildings In courBO ot construction
unless a settlement ot the difficulty at
tuo mills is rcucneu.
NO FEAR OF ILL LOU
triking Minora Ohooso a Day for their
Big Convention.
SESSIONS TO BE AT SCRANTON
Offer of Ton Tor- Cont Increno by Opcrn-
i
torn to He l'ully Cnnnlilere d Aroopt
Tnuoo Looked J'or Dlscutalon of
Wage Scale Mny Delay.
HAZLETON. Pa.. Oct. 9. The Issu
ing of tho call today jv President
Mitchell of tho United Mine Workers
of Amorioa for a Joint convention of
tho anthracite miners ;o bo held at
Scranton, to begin Friday for tho pur
poso of deciding whether to reject or
accept tho 10 per cent rnlso offered by
tho operators, is a long stride in tho
direction of bringing tho strike to a
closo.
It Is believed tho convention will
not bo n long ono, ns It Is. expected
tho miners will nccept the advance.
rhcro 13. however, a nosp'blllty that
by tho Introduction of a proposition
to abolish the sliding scalo nnd an
other to havo tho operators agree to
yearly wage contract tho termi
nation of tho strlko might be delayed.
None of tho operators seen hero today
would nave anything to say in regard
to tho convention call.
President Mitchell refused to say
anything as to what the' convention
would probably decldo In tho matter
of tho 10 per cent Increase. Neither
would ho nntlclpato what business oth
er than that relating to the ndvnnco
n wages would bo brought beforo tho
dclogates. It Is not likely that the
abolishment ot the sliding scalo will
como in for consideration.
Nono of tho labor leaders hero will
say whether tho Increaco will bo ac
cepted or rejected, but thro Is a strong
bllef that tho men will voto to go back
to work. Now that tho convention Ih
a cortnlnty there is n feeling of relief
in tho entire region, and It Is expect
ed thnt a week from to-lay will seo
tho mine workers going back to tho
mines.
President Mitchell will call the con
vention to order and will presldo over
its sessions. Tho secrotnucs will be
elected by tho delegates .-.nd It is al
most certain that tho convention will
vote that all ot its sessions shall bo
held in secret. In tho meantime the
labor loadors say their efforts to closo
up tho mines still In operation will
go on.
Notices of a 10 per cent advance In
wages and a reduction In tho price
of powder wero posted this morning
by M. S. Kommoror & Co., operating
tho Sandy Run colliery, nnd Coxo
Rros. & Co., operating six collieries.
The notices nro similar to those put
up by tho othor companies last week.
D. Marklo & Co., Calvin Pnrdee.
Dodson & Co. nnd tho SUvcrbrook
Coal company nro tho only companies
horeabouts that havo not yet notified
their men of nn Increase. Thoso four
concorns normally employ upwards of
4,000.
Tho text of the convention call Is
as follows:
To All Miners nnd Mine Employes
of tho Anthracite Region Drothers:
In vlow of tho fact that the mlno op-
orators havo posted notices offering
nn ndvanco In wages formorly paid,
nnd bcllovlng It to be our plain duty
to consult your wishes ns to our fu
ture action, wo deem It advisable to
ask you to select delegates to reprcsont
you in convention.
You nre thereforo notlfloa that a con
vention will bo hold nt Scranton, Pa.,
beginning Friday, Octobor 12, at 10
a. ra.
The basis ot representation will bo
one vote for oach 100 persons on strike,
or, If dosirod, one dolegato may rep
resent as many as boo mlno workers.
but no delegate will be allowed to
cast moro than flvo votes.
Each dolegato should navo creden
tials signed by the chairman and sec
retary of tho meeting at which ho is
elected, and whenever possible creden
tials should bear tho seal of tho local
union. JOHN MirOHELL.
President of the United Mine WorkerB
ot America.
llounty for HhiiUhro Tnra.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. In vlow of
tho numerous Inquiries on the subject
tho navy department has authorized
tho statement that up to da to there
has been no distribution of bounty
money to tno officers nnd crews of tho
American squadron which destroyed
tho Spanish fleet off Santiago. Tho
matter has .)een penuing In tho court
of clnlms, and wnllo bounty money haa
beon nllowcd It has not beon determ
ined as to what amount or tho Indi
vidual allowances shall be, or whothor
the nllownnco shall bo paid Icy tho
court of claims or tho nnvy depart
ment. Moreover, even if these qucs
tlonn hnvo been determined, it will bo
necessary to sccuro nn appropriation
by congress to cnnblo tne payments to
bo made.
Not Until for Wnkm.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. The comp
troller ot tho treasury has rendored
a decision to tho effect that tho gov
ernment Is not llnblo to tho nxnensns
of n "wake" for a pensioner who leaves
no ostate. In this case tho ucnslonnr
wns a woman living in County Kerry,
Iroland. She was tho mother of a de
ceased Unltod States sonntor and drow
a pension of $12 a month. Tho amount.
of tho bill rendered wao for olcht
pounds nnd nine shillings, tho cost ot
tho wake bolng over half this amount
The law permits n liberal allowance
for tho funornls ot Indigent pension
crs, but not for extra oxponso.
Klilpiiieut of Alouny.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. Tho ship
ments of money to tho Now Orleans,
St. Louis nnd Chicago BUb-trensurles
for the movoment of tho crop contlnuo
from the treasury. Tho snlpments for
today wero $400,000. On Saturday last
the total shipments for tho season
nmounted to $10,440,000. against $5.
425,000 for tho same period last year.
showing an Incroaso to nearly twlco
tno rormor amount. Of the total
amount New Orleans had received $6.'
340,000. Tho treasury officials regard
tho shipments as showing an unusually
prosperous condition of affairs In the
south.
FAIL TO INFLUENCE COURT. ,
Urortu to Tniluco Majestic to ltetnrn nre
of No Avail.
WASHINGTON, Oct. V Tho effort
to lnduco tho Chinoso imperial court
to return to Pekln has failed, after a
week's persistent effort on tho part
of tho powers. News to fiat effect was
brought to tho Stato department today
by tho Chlneso minister, who received
it via St. Petersburg from Viceroys Liu
Kun Ylh nnd Chang Chili Tung, under
date of October 4. Minister Wu re
ceived tho message last night. It was
as follows:
"The departure of their imperial ma
jesties for Shensl (provlnco) was duo
to distressing conditions at Yal Yuen
Fu. Thoro Is a scarcity of food sup
plies In tho province of Shensl on nc-
count of long continued 1'rought, nnd
tho provincial capital (Ts Yuen) is
almost desorted, tho trades peoplo hav
ing left on account of the disturbances
caused and continued for months by
the Doxer rebels, who had Invaded that
provlnco with the cncouiagemcnt ot
Governor Yu. Their majesties, there
fore, woro obliged to proceed to Shensl,
where telegraphic communication with.
Shanghai and other parti ot tho em
pire is opened, and rapid communica
tion with their majestlca may, there
fore, bo carried on, thus court and offi
cial business may bo transacted moro
expeditiously by tholr presenco in
Shensl rather than in Snnnsl. Tho
reasons for tho tompornry postpone
ment of their majesties' return to Pe
kln nro. tho presence of tho nllled
forces tliero, on account of which so
licitous fear Is doubtless entertained,
besides a dread of tho outbreak of epi
demic diseases, which usually follow
after great disturbances, destruction
of proporty nnd military operations.
It is hoped that tho powers will bo con
siderate In their Judgment in this mat
ter."
The Important feature of the mes
sage Is tho confession that the court
Is restrained by fear of tho nllled forces
from roturnlng to Pekln. Tho move
ment takes the emperor nnd empress
dowagor about 300 mlle3 further away
from Pekln, though, according to tho
statements contained In tho message,
by reason ot direct telegraph com
munication with Shanghai, the court
practically will bo nearer for purposes
of negotiations with the outside world
than it was at Tal Yuen. Minister Wu
has been informed also that Viceroy
Yu of tho provlnco Just vacated by tho
court has ben Impeached because of
his nntl-forolgn tendencies, which is
tho first stop toward his degradation.
It is said there nro no boxers in tho
newly choson locality, so that tho
court will have thrown off hostllo In
fluences recently surrounding It. .Is
tho dispatch Is dated four days ago,
It Is taken that the trip of tho Im
perial party began prior to that tlmo.
WILL TAKE LIP FRENCH NOTE.
I'reildent nod Cabinet to Dlnnun Chinese
Situation ut the Coming Meeting.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Develop
ments of consequence In tho Chlneso
situation nro not looked for until nftor
tho return of President McKlnley to
tho capital. Ho Is epected on Tuesday
morning and on tho nftornoon of that
day n cabinet meeting probably will bo
held, when tho questions presented by
tho French note will be discussed in
an informal way. Tho French note,
recently addressed to tho powers, Is
not reparded as of pressing necessity
for action as several of tho nations in
terested already havo Instructed their
representatives in Pekln to ascertain
whether tno imperial edict completely
names tho persons deserving tho pun
isnment. Other features of the French
proposal contain propositions which
can remain in abeyance. xi.t& govern
ment may not consider seriously tho
propositions which look to tho prohibi
tion of tho importation ot arms into
China and tho dismantling of tho for
tifications. Interest meanwhile centers
In tho report which Mr. Conger will
mako regarding the adequacy of tno
punishment to be meted out by tho
Chlneso government to those persons
who wero Instrumental in tho Doxer
rovolt nnd tho futuro courso of this
government may depend largely on
what may bo developed by tho investi
gations now in progress. No advices
havo como ns yet from Mr. Conger
on this subject, but this is not surpris
ing ns the work to bo undertaken Is
of considerable magnitude
Tho war department officials expect
that all tho Amorlcan troops which aro
to bo sent from Pekln to Manila will
bo out of China by tno 21st Instant.
Ncbruaknni do to Indln,
DOSTON, Oct, 9. Twenty-eight mis
sionaries who aro to sail on Wednes
day on tholr way to tho field of labor
to which they havo been assigned in
tho far east waro mado tho guests of
honor of tho Baptist ministers at their
mooting In Tromont Templo today.
Tho nowly assigned missionaries
aro: Rov. A. Ehrgott nnd wlfo of
Ohio, to Rangoon, Durmnh; Rov. G. J.
Hulslngs nnd wife of Mlchlngnn, Rev.
W. T. Elmore and wlfo of Nebraska
nnd Miss Lillian Bishop of Nova Sco
tia to Teluga, India; Rov. W. F. Dowd
and wlfo of Michigan nnd Miss E. A.
Ixmg of Illinois to Assam; Miss E.
Scott of Pennsylvania nnu Miss A. D.
Mason of Illinois to Burmnh.
Spend llulf n Million.
WAUKEGAN, 111., Oct. 11. Armour
& Co. of Chlcngo will oroc nn Immense
ice house nt Round Lake, 111., this tall,
to cost, bo report says, f.100.000. Al
ready the grading of tho sito on tho
south bank ot tho lake Ins been com
pleted. Round Lake Is on tho St.
Paul railroad's now Fox Lnko exten
sion ncd Is about forty miles from
Chicago.
No Truco of the Ciiptlvn,
MANILA, Oct. 5. (Via Hong Kong.
Oct. 9.) Tho report ot tho capturo of
about sixty men ot tho Twenty-ninth
Unltod States infnntry on Marindlquo
island Is confirmed through communi
cations from MacArthur nnd Kompff
from Mnrlndl.quo islnnd, but details aro
lacking. Tho Ydrktown's relief column
landed nt Torrljos, on tlio Marindlquo
coast, nnd marched to Santa Cruz,
which was the proposed routo ot tho
captured party, without vncounterlng
tho enemy,
Havo a Battlo with Obincso Outside of
Tien Tain.
HOW THE CONFLICT CAME AD0UT
Kenaon to IlrlleTe, It I Alleged, thnt tho
Chinese Were I.t Hunc Chnnc'ii Men
and Not ' Iluxeri Foreign Troopi nt
filinnahnl Threntened. f
LONDON, Oct. 8. Tho Standard has
tho following from Tion Tnln, dnted
October 5: "A German force camo
into collision with 8,000 Chinese do
scribed as Boers, a few miles south of
Tien Tsin this morning. Tho Germans
were chocked and compelled to rctiro
on Tien Tsin.
"Thoro is reason to bellovo that tho
Chlneso In this coso wero not JJoxers,
but wero LI Hung Chang's veterans,
who had been ordered to wait near
hero in vlow of the possibility that tho
foreigners would bur his progress to
the capital."
According to tho Shaughal corre
spondent of tho Times, wiring Oct. 5,
it Ib announced that Hual Tnl, ncphow
of tho dowager, who was dismissed by
Emperor Kwang Su in 1898, has suc
ceeded Prlnco Tuan in the tsung 11 ya
mcn and has also been appointed gen
eralissimo of tho Chlneso forces, rc
plncng Gcncrnl Yung Lu.
Tho Shanghnl correspondent of tho
Morning Post, In a dispatch dated yes
terday, says: "All tho forolgn troops
hero nro held In rendlness against a
possible attack by 8,000 Chlneso troops
now advancing nlong the grand canal."
According to native reports both sol
diers nnd peoplo havo fled from Pao
Ting Fu. The expedition to that point
ha3 been delayed owing to tho lack ot
transports for the Gormnns.
Tho Morning Post has tho following
dispatch, dated October 5, from Ma
Tow, on tho Pel Ho: "Sir Alfred Gnso
lee (the British commander) has re
turned to Pekln nfter Issuing orders
that all the British troops oxcept tho
Wei Hal Wei reglmentB shall proparo
for tho winter.
"Tho American marines from Pekln
havo arrived hero. Some of tho Fronch
troops aro leaving."
HONG KONG, Oct. 8. Yesterday 1,
000 robels attacked tho marked town of
Sal-Wan, eight miles northeast of San
Chun, but were defonted. The peoplo
of San Chun closed their shops, ex
pecting to bo attacked also.
Tho troops hero nro being held In
readiness for any emergency and the
police forces along tho Kowloon fron
tier havo been Increased.
Tho expedition to Pao Ting Fu Is
now scheduled to start tomorrow. Sun
day, It Is reported that the Boxers
havo pieced Improved gunboats on tho
grand, canal to defend the town, nl
though already practically deserted In
anticipation of the projected attnek.
The Russians have furnished tho es
cort for LI HHng Chang to Pekln.
Went J'olnt Wniterii Strike.
WEST POINT, N. Y., Oct. 8. Twenty-two
waitors In tho cadet moss stop
ped work Just before tho dinner hour
last night, and refused to handle a sin
gle ration unless a ralso of $5 a month
in their salary was guaranteed. Malor
Hall, treasurer of tho commissary de
partment, was summoned, and acceded
to the demand. A strike Is also pend
ing In two of the other departments.
The grievances are based upon tho re
cent incroaso in tho numbpr of cadots.
which naturally makes additional work
for tho civilian employes. Tho old
scale for tho mess hall waiters was
$20 per month with rations.
Soldier Oeta Lonsr Sentence.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Privato
Frank Miller, Company I, Twenty
third Unltod States infantry, was con
victed by court-martial at Cebu, Phll
lpplno Islands, of tho chargo of crim
inal assault and sentenced to bo shot
to death with musketry. The oaso
having been submitted to tho presldont
for his action ho commuted tho sen
tence to "dishonorable discharge, for
feiture of pay and nllowanco and con
finement at hard labor In a peniten
tiary for a period ot twenty yoars."
Philippine Revenue.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 8. The
War department today mado public n
statement showing tho revenues In the
Philippine Islands for tho first seven
months ot 1900 to hnvo boon 84.782.080.
an Increase over tho corresponding pe
riod of 1899 of $2,095,333. Tho cus
toms receipts for tho period nnmed in
1900 woro $3,362,245, nnd internnl rev
enue recc' s $330,101. Tho postal ro-
coipts beginning July 1 wro doposlted
in the treasury and for that month
amounted to $110,845.
Itiixter lit (liven Pmoo.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct 8. Tho Bur
lington railway tonight sent to Ex
press Messenger Baxter of Kansas
City a wnrm letter of commendation
for his courageous act la frustrating
tho holdup near Council Bluffs bv
shooting and killing ono of the rob
bers. Tho letter nlso contained a draft
for $500 as further evidence of aDnro
clatlon. Iloem Itutreitt With Gun.
LONDON, Oct. 8. It Ib estimated,
according to the PletormarltzburR cor
respondent ot tho Dally Mall, that
from 4,000 to 5,000 Boors havo rotreat
ed from Pilgrim's Rest, northeast ot
Lydenburg, with four Long Toms and
twenty-two other guns. Tho corre
spondent understands that tholr Long
Tom ammunition is almost, exhausted.
Cuttle Movement.
BELLE FOURCHE. S. D., Oct. 8.
Probably tho last shipments of cattlo
from this part of tho Rlack Hills
rouges have beon mado tor tho season.
Tho Franklin Stock company shipped
1,800 head of steers this week, which
will bo tho last heavy Eblnment. Bv
' tho 20th of this month nil feeders will
havo been sent to Nebraska and othor
I feoding points for tho winter. Tho
1 grass on tho rnnges is not in very good
condition, owing to tho now growth
thnt started after tho lalns sot in
three weeks ago.