THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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I THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
At Lcxlngtdn, Va ex-Postmaster
General William L. Wilson died sud
denly. Lord Roberts has been gazetted hon
orary colonel ot the new regiment of.
Irish Guards.
Queen Wllhclmlna has proclaimed
her betrothal to Duko Henry of Mcck-lcnburg-Schwcrln.
President Krugor has postponed his
departure for Europe until October
20. He will land nt Marsolllos.
John Hughes, postmaster at Cam
bria, Pa., shot anti billed an unidenti
fied burglar who broke Into the of
fice. Whllo A. W. Stevenson, a council
man of Sallna, Kan., was sitting near
n horsp, the animal bit a portion of ono
of his cars off.
Tho Fond du Lac, Wis., postofnee
was entered by burglars and n largo
amount of stamps, money and regis
tered letters taken.
Tho comptroller of tho currency has
authorized tho First National bank of
Balllsaw, I. T., to begin business with
a capital of f 25,000.
The San Domingo uprising Is onded,
tho rebels scattered, tho troops pursu
ing them, confidence re-established
and business reviving.
At Wolfe City, Tex., tho seed houso
of tho Hunt county oil mill, was de
stroyed by fire with about $10,000
worth of seed. It was Insured for $23,
000. Hon. John Llttlo, ex-mombor of con
gress, former president of tho United
StatcB commission on tho Venezuelan
claims died of heart falluro at his
homo In Xetilu, O.
At Colfax, Wash., Judgo William Mc
Donald of tho suporlor court of that
county was placed under arrest on two
warrants, charging him with attempt
ed subornation of perjury.
Uy a vote of 410 to 325 tho Chicago
board ot trade defeated an nmond
mont calling for tho abolishment of tho
rulo recently ndoptod limiting trading
In grain futures to Blxty days.
Two hundred 'Uintah Indians from
Utah havo Invaded northwostorn Col
orado on tholr annunl hunting expe
dition, and as usual on such occasions
tho Bottlers nro groatly alarmed.
At OshkoBh. Wis., flro burned 13.
000,000 feet of lumber, portions of tho
Holllstcr-Amo3 company's mill, and
tho plant of Challnor & Sons. Loss
estimated at $300,000.
At Gladstone Mlch.,Mho mill of W.
H. Johnson burned. Tno origin ot the
flro 1b unknown. This mill wan mov
od from Metropolitan last winter.
Tho loss la $45,000, with $20,000 Insur
ance Tho Sons of tho Amorlcan Revolu
tion eolobnated at Boston ono of tho
greatest ovontn In tho history of tho
United States. Yorktown day, tho sur
render of Lord Cornwallls and the
foundation of tho Amorlcan ropubllc,
119 years ago.
Tho report of tho Illinois Daptlst
association shows that thoro nro nearly
800 churches in tho state which pay
tho pastor less than $350 por year
and a number of towns ot 1.000 or
moro population with no Baptist
churches.
Michigan's rocord of now factories
during tho last four years, as shown
by a canvnss Just mado by state- ofh
clals, Is 1,005, not ono of which was
In exlstcnco prjor to January 1, 1897.
At tho tlmo of tho canvnss .those In
Btltutioiis wero employing n total ot
23,000 persons and their pay rolls ng
grcgntod $33,000 a day, or approxl
matoly $1,500,000 a year.
Captain Goorgo Wellington Streotor
and bovoii co-defendants whoso at
tompt to hold filled In land on Lnke
front, nt Chicago, last Bummor resulted
in tho mobilization ot tho wholo po
Ilea forco of tho city, wero declared
"not guilty" of conspiracy to commit
murder. Tho ehargo of unlawful as
semblage still remains against tho
"squatters" on tho crlmlnnl calondar.
as well a3 a numbor of civil Bults.
Tho stato department has rocolvcd
a dlspntch from Vlco Consul Carroll
at Montoroy, Mox., Baying that Hun
tor E, Goldln, an Amorlcan cltlzon,
who was rocontly sontonccd to a term
oi eigm years imprisonment in a
Mexican penitentiary, has been re
leased from custody.
Tho Spanish govornmont will tnko
an active part in tho Spanlsh-Amorl
can congress and nn exceptional wol
como will bo given tho dologntcs.
tiio manuiaciurors 01 ueet sugar
started In tho great roflnory at Rocky
ford, Colo., with a capacity of 750 tons
of boots por day. Tho plant employs
ouu persons.
The Ohio supremo court hold tlio
Ohio tramp act constitutional.
Tho United States ralsos GG per cont
ot tho world's supply ot hogs. Tho
govornmont statistical bureau Hhows
122,000.000 hogs in tho world, with
09,000,000 of them in Undo Sam's do
main.
The Spanish cabinet has decided to
postpones tho opening ot tho cortos
until November 20 on account ot tho
Spanish-American congress.
Tho San Francisco, Cnl Examiner
says that Edwin Hnwloy, of Now
York, has been offered r.nd has do
cllncd tho presidency of tho Southoru
Pacific company.
A caso of III11088 suspected to bo bu
bonic plague Is reported at Stopheny,
a parish and suburb of London.
Among tne alterations soon to occur
In London nro tho widening of London
brldgo and tho building of a tunnel
from Rothorhltho to Shndwoyy, nt n
coat or jiu.uuu.uuu.
Kansas City packorB Inst wcok klllo.l
40,125 cattlo, tho heaviest slaughter 0:1
rocord for n weok. Of those Armour
killed 10,752, Omaha Packing conipanv
CC3, Fowler 110, Schwarzschlld & Sulz
berger 7.901. Swift 10,000, Cudahv
3.702. Ruddy Brothers 405. local butch-
-, era 385. A year ago tho corresponding
'Week 33,719 were KUieu.
irni
Tin First National of Now York is Out a
Fabulous Eutn,
A TRUSTED OfflClAL O0ES WRONG
Note Teller Alvoril It CharRcd Willi
Crookekncts on n I.nrco Scale How
He Covered Denclls Nothing Suspi
cious Win Noticed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Charles L. Al-
vord, noto tellor ot tho First National
bank of this city, Is a fugltlvo and de
faulter to tho. extent of $700,000.
Tho discovery of tho defalcation,
which was mado this afternoon, cre
ated tho utmost cxcltomont, but the
well known stability ot the First Na
tional bank and a statement Issued by
tho bank had a quieting effect. This
Btatcmcnt was ns follows:
"Tho noto toller, who has been In
tho employ of tho First National bank
for many years, 1b a doraulter to n
largo amount. His operations havo
continued for a considerable ucrioJ
and havo been skillfully concealed
through a manipulation of his bal-
nnco book. Tho discovery was mado
by ono of tho bank's employes a few
days after tho completion of an ex
amination of tho bank by tho United
States oxamlhcrs. During tho contlnu-
nnco of his peculations periodical ex
aminations havo been mndo by Boveral
distinct sets of examiners representing
Uiu comptroller s department, all ex
pert accountants, and tho bank hn3
also had frequent independent exam
inations, none of which hns dovolopcl
any Irregularity. Tho aggregato In
tho falso entries, nmountitig to $7uu.-
000, has been charged off on tho books
of tho bank out of tho rcservo fund
without diminishing tho surplus nnd
profits of tho bank ub ronortcd In Its
last published stntemont. It is cx
pectod that tho shortage will bo mate
rially reduced by a substantial Bum,
of which thero Is fair prospect of ro
covcry." Alvord had been with tho bank for
twenty years and was 0110 of the most
trusted men In tho Institution. Ills
stealings oxtonded over a long period,
but no suspicion of tho truth was
known until ten dnys ago, wncn no
sent word that ho was 111 nt his home
Aftor ho had boon away for n day or
two tho bank put experts at work and
some irregularities wero round. As
tho oxports dolvcd dcopor una deeper
Into Alvord's books the extent ot tho
defalcation began to dawn upon them,
when It wns found It reached tho enor
mous flguro of $700,000.
Whether that sum Is all that 110
took Is not yet known. It hns not
yot dovolopcd how tho noto teller was
able to put his lunula on so much
monoy. But ono of tho dlroctora la re
ported to havo said that Alvord was
nblo to take such a largo sum becauso
bb noto toller Uo was In charge of tho
mall. This ho opened ovory morning
nnd had amplo opportunity to abstract
noton, drafts, checks and monoy. or
courso ho had to bo especially 'skill
ful to mako his accounts balance This
director admitted that he was at n
loss to account for tho falluro of tho
bunk oxaminors to discover Alvord's
lrrogularltlos at tholr last examina
tion.
rarest Raynor IB In ennrgo 01 tno
national' bank examiners horo. What
Alvord did with tho cash la a mys
torv ns yet. oxcopt that as usual In
bucIi cases it is said a largo amount
ot It wont in Btock speculation. Tho
Btory Is that ho had lost $75,000 In
ono deal, but what deal It was has not
boon stated. It has been discovered
that during tho Bummmor Alvord vU
lted Saratoga, whoro no cut n great
flguro, Bpondlng monoy UKo a prince
BELIEVE END IS IN SIGHT.
Jll iior Only Wiiltlnit for All Cnnipinlso
to l'ont Notice of Ailvtinett.
IIAZELTON. Pa., Oct. 22. Around
tho national hcadqunrters of tho United
Mlno Workers today tho bplier wa.i
unanimous that tho end of tho Btrlko
will como within n vory short tlmo.
Prc&ldont Mltcholl notwithstanding
contrary roportB, has EOt no uato ror
cnlllng off tho Btrlko. ab soon ns an
tho onorators signify tholr willingness
to nay a 10 nor cent, auvanco in wugo.i
until April tho national oxecutlvo
board will bo callod In Besslon to vote
on ontling tno coiuesi. rresiueiu
Mltcholl appeara to bo moro nnxlous
about tho Dolawnro, Incltawwanna &
Hudson and tho Delawaro & Hudson
Coal companies thnn any of tho others.
Thcso companies havo taken such a
prominent part In tho Btrugglo that It
lB,,boHovcd that na sooon as they post
supplemental notices tho othor opor
atora will fall into lino,
BRINGING III' ME VOLUNTEERS.
First to Leave tho 1'lilllpnlnra Some
Time In November,
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 24. At mlll-
tarv hcadauartoiB horo It Is Btated that
tho first Installment of tno volunteer
nrmy now In tho Philippines will loavo
Mnnlala ovomber 1. From mat time
until noxt Jimo tho transports will
bring homo about 25.D0O men at tho
rato of from 4.000 to b.uuu a monin.
Tho Blck will, It possible bo shipped
on earner tranBDons. Unit tnoy may
travel without crowding. Tho various
regiments will bo mustered out and
irnid aa soon aa posslblo alter incy
nrrlvo horo. By this arrangement tho
enmns now nt tho Presidio will uo bui-
flclont to nccommodato tho ontlro army.
I'toplo Welcoino the KolieU.
HONK KONG, Oct. 24. Tho situa
tion nt Canton la comparatively qulou
it 1b roportcd that tho consuls have ro
colvcd letters warning thorn of dnu-
' eors.
RofugooB from Hul Chow say xho
robolB nro welcomed ovorywhoro, Thoy
tnko nothing without payment and nro
treated as gueBts instead or. onomios.
Their loaders nro supposed to numbor
ten. oach commanding a Boparato band.
.Tho ono oporatlng In tho How Lung
hinterland is a moro stripuug, uut is
ovorywhoro successful.
IS STRUCK FOR $700,000
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United States Studying Over Agrrcm
Jletwnen Kicl:int nnd Uerinnny.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. It lo not
tho purposo of tho Stato department
to net upon tho suggestion contained
In tho HrltlBh-Gcrmun agreement re
specting China, and glVo It its r.d
horencc for several days at least. Tho
subject Is one ot sufllclcnt Importanco
to warrant careful consideration, nnd
especially Is It desirable that some fur
ther light bo shed upon tho third
clnuso of tho agreement beforo tho
I
United States acts, though It 1 not
doubted that at least a qualified ad-
horonco will bo given.
Tho department is In correspondence
by cablo with Mr, Conger, who Id nd.
vising it freely of tho various proposi
tions that arise before tho body ot
ministers resident nt Pckln, who nro
now, in conformity with tho terms of
tho French note consulting with this
object of beginning negotiations with
tho Chinese government. It cannot be
gathered, however, that nny marked
progress has been achieved up to thl3
moment.
Ohio Honors Slicrinnn.
COLUM11US. O., Oct. 21. Tho stato
officials held a meeting nt tho capltol
touny, Judgo Shuuck of tho supremo
court presiding, and took action on
tho death of Hon. John Shormnn. It
wob decided that a Bpeclal train should
bo chartered und all state officials at
tend tho funoral. The stato officers
will all bo closed on the afternoon of
tho funoral. A committee was ay-
pointed to draft Bultablo resolutions
Governor Nosh Issued a proclamation
announcing tho death, and Chairman
Dick of tho republican Btato executive
committee lssuod a proclamation bus-
ponumg all work of campaigning by
republicans Thursday, tho day of tho
innerm.
Rob 1'oor llox of Church.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Oct. 24.
Father Q. Andre of tho Church of No-
tro Dnmo des Lourdes. noting that tho
poor box In tho church was being
robbed, hnd It flttod with a burnlar
alarm. When this rang todav ho
dashed into tho church and out Into
tho street In pursuit of tho robbor.
The priest finally overtook tho thief
nnd handed him over to tho doIIco.
Ills namo was M. Landrv and ho was
a cigar maker ot rcspoctnblo antece
dents. About an hour nftor being
locked up Landry was found hanging
In 11 Ih cell, doad. He hnd commlttod
suicide
American Mlaslonnry Association,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 24. The
fifty-fourth annual meeting of the
American Missionary association open
ed horo today with over 400 delegates
In nttondnnco and will contlnuo until
Thursday morning with morning, aft
ernoon and evening sosslons. Mnyor
W. P. Hnycs gavo tho address of wcl-
como from tlio city nnd llov. r. b.
Moxom, D. D., the address of wolcomo
from tho churches, to which Pro3leut
F. A. Noblo ot Illinois mado response.
New Cabinet Tnko tlio Oath.
MADRID, Oct, 24. Tho new Spanish
cabinet took the oath today. Senor Sll-
vela, bellovca a great mistakes was
rondo lu not giving tho nnvnl portfo
lio to Senor Sanchez Toca and that it
was an equal mlBtako to roialn General
Linares ob mlnlotor of war.
Tho prosB polntB out that five of the
ministers are generals. Tho official or
gan of tho nrmy declares tho tlmo '.ir.s
arrived to undortako energetically tho
reorganization of tho army.
Territories Want Statehood.
VORT WORTH, Tex.. Oct. 24. Tho
cltizons of Oklahoma nnd the Indian
Territory want slnglo atntehood lor
tho two torrltorlos. Tho formation of
leagues to promote this end hns com
menced. Tho first loiguo was organ
ized at Wagonor, I. T. Determined ef
forts in thlB direction are being mndo
by tho loading people of those tcrrrl-
tones.
Revolution In Suppressed.
SAN DOMINGO. Oct. 21. Tho com
plete Biipprcsslon ot the rovolutlon Is
ofllclnlly announced. Gonoral Garcia
has surrendered unconditionally.
aenor Biota nnn boon nrro3tod on
tlio chnrgo of complicity In tho move
ment, Senor Desprndel hns boon ap
pointed minister ot agriculture In suc
cession to Sonor Vnsquez.
Kettle Indlnnn Htrlko
LINTON, Intl., Oct. 24. Tho strlko
at Island City mlno No. 1 has bcoit
settled, tho coal comnnnv nfirreelnir to
'glvo employment to tho man who was
objoctlonnblo to It, but resorvlng tho
right to employ or not employ nny
union minor in tho future Over C00
minors wero out.
l'leaned vrlth Itiisslnn Circular.
ST, PETERSDURG. Oct. 24. Gcn
ornl G. B. Williams, tho forolgn rep
resentative of tho Cramps of Philadel
phia, has arrived horo. Tho officials
of tho Russian ndmlralty havo In
formed Gonornl Williams that thov aro
highly ploasod with tho trial perform
ance of tho Russian crulsor Varlac.
Not Counterfeit lllll.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Tho sccrot
8orvlco bureau of tho treasury depart
ment hns discovered n now Indian
head $5 counterfeit. Tho noto Is of the
sorleo 1899, chock letter D, fnco pl.uo
No. 20, back plato No. 23, J. W. Lyons
register nnd Ellis II. Roberts treas
urer.
Morn Troops Leave l'ekln.
PEKIN, Oct. 20. (Via Tlon Tsln.
Oct. 21, and Shanghai, Oct. 23.) Tho
Fifteenth Unltod States Infantry has
dopartcd from tho city. It wna escort
ed boyond tho walls by tho othor Amor
lcan troops. Tho d:tfo ot tho mooting
ot tho foreign ministers with Prlnco
Chlng and LI Hung Chang has not yet
been definitely fixed. Some of the
mlnlfttors hnvo not yet received in
structions from their governments:
two nro nbsent from tho capital and
pno Is HI
CONSIDER THE LATEST PHASE
SPAIN BADLY TORN UP
Military and Oivio Elomonts Struggling
to Control Government.
ARMY HOLDS POWER AT PRESENT
Appointment of Wcyler u Cttptnlu Gen
eral of Madrid In Nature of Dell Tlio
llutcher of Innocent Cuban Assumes
Duties of III No r OflU-e.
MADRID. Oct. 23. General Azcnr-
rngiThas succeeded In forming a cabi
net with tho following distribution of
portfolios:
President of tho Council General
Azcarruga.
Minister of Foreign A ffalrB Marquis
Agullar Campo.
Minister of War General Linares.
Minister of Finance Senor Aller do
Salajaro.
Minister of tho InteriorHonor
Ugarte.
Minister of Justice Marquis Vadlllo.
Minister of Public Instruction Se
nor Garcia Allx.
Minister of Agrlculturo nnd Public
Works Senor Sanchez, Toca.
Tho post of tho minister of marine
has not, yet been filled. General Az
carrnga presented the list to tho queen
regent this evening and tho ministers
will tnko tho oath tomorrow.
Tho under secretary of tho interior,
tho prefect ot Madrid und tho mayor
of Madrid, ns well ns several prefects
of departments, havo resigned.
In spite of the ministerial crisis, of
which no Is tho cause, General Wcyler
has taken up his duties ns captain
general of Madrid. He Is accused of
antl-parllamentary Intentions and his
appointment which was mado by tho
nunistor or war, General Linares, un
known to the othor ministers, la re
garded by them as tantamount to the
abdication of power by Senor Sllvola,
who tnus "throws himself into tho
arms of militarism.''.
Tho present crisis Is nn outcomo of
tho conflict between tho civil and mili
tary elomonts. Since their roturn from
Cuba Generals Wcyler and Linares
havo gatheied around them a group In
defense of the Interests of tho army
and, in splto of tho budget's economics
wiiich havo been universally demand-
fd, they aim to reconstruct' tho nrmy
and navy. Tho flrat stop In the direc
tion of this plan waa to proclaim the
independence of tho minister of wnr
ugalnst tho members of tho cabinet
nnd General Linares annointcd Gen
eral Wcyler to bo captain general of
Madrid, as part of this policy. General
wcyler, who recently ndhered to tho
liberal party, which he hoped evont-
aauy would enablo him to get tho port
folio of war, announced that ho accent
ed tho post as a military man and not
nn a politician. Nevertheless It Is
thought hln present notion will cause
him to bo abandoned by tho llbcrnls.
In tho meantime General Wcyler re
tains his post, saying ho waa nomi
nated oy the government ot tho queen
regent and apparently he bellovcs no
one dares remove him.
Vlco Admiral Churrora will prob
ably bo appointed minister of marine.
Senor Agnsta, who was Interviewed
today on tho cnblnot crisis, snld If Gen
eral Azcnrraga succeeded In forming
a ministry ho would bo ephomcral.
STRIKE MAY BE NEAR ITS END.
President Mitchell Kxprcsse Optimistic
View "f Mining Situation,
IIAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 23. President
Mitchell In nn Intervlow tonight prac
tically admitted tho anthracite coal
minora' strlko would end as soon ns tho
operators nil posted a notlco guaran
teeing tho ndvanco of 10 por cent until
Apru 1. rrosiuent juiicneu sum:
The prospect of an early settle
ment of tho coal Btrlko Is becoming
brighter. Some of tho operators havo
not yot posted a nbtlco signifying tholr
willingness to fall In lino with cither
tho Reading company or with the
proposition mado by tho Lehigh Val
ley company in tho Ilnzlcton recion
If nil of them notify tholr minors by
posting notices or otorwlso that an
actual advanco of 10 per cent will bo
paid each mlno employe and guaranty
Its continuance until April 1, togothor
with the abolition of tho sliding scnlo,
1 boiiove tno terms would bo accented
Tlio reduction in powder from $2,75 to
si.DU 11ns confused tho miners, lint
aomo of tho operators havo explained
how contract minors would receive tho
full advance of 10 per cent as well n3
all othor employes and I bollcve this
obstacle can bo overcome"
Funeral of John Hheruuin.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23 Tho fun
oral arrangements ot John Shorman
so far as they pertain to tho services
in Washington, wero completed this
nfternoon. Thoy will tnko nlaco at tho
inio resmonco of Mr.,.Snerman on
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock
Rov. Maekoy Smith of St. John's Epls
copal church will bo tho officiating
ciorgymnn. Immediately after tho
runorni Borvfcoa tho body will bo tak
en to .Mansfield. O.. whoro tho nr
rangomonts for tho Inst sad rites havo
been loft In tho hands of Roprcscnta
tivo w. a. Kerr and othor friends ot
tho family.
l'ult'.lo Appeitl for Aid.
SIIAMOKIN, Pa.. Oct. 23. For tho
first time ninco tho nnthrnclto cool
Btrlko began a public appeal for aid
was mado this after.noon by n com
mlttoo cnluug on business men and
collecting monoy and provisions for
impoverished fnmllles of strikers.
Depend Upon the Election,
NEW YORK, Oct. ?3. Whlchover
way tho presidential election goes may
docldo who Is to bo tho noxt president
gnoral or tho Daughters of tho Amer
ican Rovolutlon, says a special from
Washington to tho Herald, It has
boon doclded by many of tho lending
mombors to usk olthcr Mrs. Roosevelt
or Mrs. Bryan to fill thts position.
Neither is nt present n member of tho
organization, but both nro eligible,
and ono ot tho board ot managers
mado tho statement that papers havo
boon mado nut for tho admission ot
both to tho rnnks ot tho Daughters,
EX-SENATOR SHERMAN DEAD.
Urilii ExhanUlon tho Immediate Onut
of Ills Taklns Off.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Hon. John
Sherman, former roprcncntatlvo in
tho houso, for a long time a momber
of tho Benato and twlco holding cabinet
positions, died at' his rcsldcnco in this
city shortly boforo 7 o'clock this morn
ing In tho 78th yenr ot hU age His
death had been expected for days and
loving friends gavo him their unre
mitting caro and nttontlon to tho end.
Tho Immediate couso of death waB de
scribed as brain exhaustion incident
to oxtromo weakness, due to old ago
and to sovoral attacks of sickness,
from which ho hnd suffered for tho
past yoar and a half. Slnco Saturday
afternoon Mr. Sherman has been most
of tho tlmo unconsclo8, rallying par
tially nt Intervals, when plight nour
ishment wns given him. Ycstcrdny
afternoon evidences of tho approach
ing end were manifest and ho fnlled
to regain consciousness nftcr 3 o'clock,
passing away peacefully Just aftor
dawn broke About 1 o'clock this
morning ho rnlllod somewhat from
tho Btupor and turned himself over
In bed, but nftcr that ho gradually
sank until the end came
During tho day and evening a num
ber of Inquiries wero mndo nt tho
house concerning tho condition of tho
Blck man, President McKInley bolng
nmong tlioso who sent to ask about
him.
Several days ago, realizing tho
critical condition of Mr. Sherman, tho
members of tho household and rela
tives horo. sent telegrams to a largo
numbor of tho family connections
throughout tho country notifying
them of his cxtrcmo Illness, and soma
wero nble to reach horo boforo he
did. Most of those who arrived wero
at tho bedside when tho end came,
tho number Including Mr. and Mrs.
Colgate Hoyt of Now York, Mr. and
Mrs. Frnnk Wlborg of Cincinnati,
Mrs. William K. Otis ot Now York
City, P. Tecumsoh Sherman, a son of
tho Into Gcnornl Sherman; Charles
M. Sherman of Chicago and Miss Llz-
zlo Sherman. Others who wero nt the
bedside wero Mrs. Jamos McCnllum,
tlio adopted daughter, who had been
ins constant attendant, and nor nus
band. Gonoral and Mrs. Miles, tho
latter a niece of Secretary Sherman,
wero at tho houso tho greater portion
of tho day and evening, but left for
tnoir nome shortly nftor midnight
Thoy wero summoned when It wns ap
parent tnat tno end wa3 near and
reached the houso a few minutes after
tho venorable statesman had passed
away.
Secrotnry Sherman's death occurred
In tho handsome homo on K street,
watch ho Had eroded eight years ago
it is a largo doublo houso with white
stono front and with tho hall running
through the middle Tho houso facci
on Franklin Squaro, tho 'prettiest res
orvatlon and park In tho capital cltv
bomo weeks ago tho secretary deeded
tula vaiuablo proporty to Mrs. Mc
Callum. Tho secrotnry was a largo
noiuor or real estate in this city.
having lnvo3ted oxtonslvoly In that
line from tlmo to tlmo durlntr his
resiacnco here. Conservative estimates
of his woalth place !L at a round $1,-
uuu.uuu, most or which Is believed to
consist or wasnington real estate
Othor Investments consist of securi
ties and if is stated that tho old fam
ily homo at Mansfield, O., romaincd in
nis possession, notwithstanding re
ports that ho had disposed of it prior
to his return to Washington last
month.
COUNTESS IS AFTER DIVORCE.
Carl IlusscUs Mutrliuoulnl Troubles Mny
Soon End.
LONDON, Oct. 23. Tho matrimonial
troubles of tho Earl and Couute3s
Russell mny vory shortly bo brought
to a final conclusion. According to
tho official causo list Just lssuod tho
countess petitions for divorce It Is on
tho undefended list, tho carl not en
tering any appearance
Kngllsh Comment mi Klierimui.
LONDON, Oct. 23. All tho morning
papers puuusn long ouuunries and ap
preciations of tho distinguished career
of John Sherman.
ino iimoa says: "Uo was a man
who, with llttlo help from fortune and
nono from genius, exorcised for many
years a commanding lnfluenco on tho
government of his country and enmo
wnnin a stop of tho presidential
cnair. "
Henry Miller Dend.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. llonry Mil
ler, a neighbor of lloraco Greoloy, Is.
dead at Uliappaquo, N. Y., In his SOtli
year. Ho was tho Inventor of tho
steam air brake, his patient having
been Issued January 8, 18G5, and all
railroad brakes now In uso, It Is said
aro patterned aftor his invention.
Cholera In Jnpun.
ST. PETERSDURG, Oct. 23. A dis
patch received from Vladlvlstock says
cholera Is Increasing to such an ox
tent In Japan that steamers thenco
havo been quarantined. Tho dispatch
adds thero havo been a numbor of
deaths on board of steamers coming
from iiugasalfi.
lloom Silver BInrket. ,
LONDON, Oct. 23. It developed to
day that purchases of sllvor for India
havo been resumed and today thero
was buying nlso for Both Germany
and China. This led to a boom In
tho silver market today. Thero Is not
an overabundance ot tho metal hero,
Itonsts KnUcr's I'et roller.
BERLIN, Oct. 23. Tho Frclsslnnlg
Volkshnrtel, whoso loader la Horr Eu
gono Rlchtor, la convention nt Gorllbo
today adopted a resolution against
Emperor William's Chlueso policy
particularly condemning tho unduo
prominence assumed by Germany
which tho resolution declares to bo
In no way Justified by Gormany'a ac
tual Interests. Tho convention also
donounced tho recently proclalmo
doctrlno ot world omplro ns "loading
to ccasoloss interference ovorywnoro
endangering Germany's International
position.
D
MBS
Mitchell Holds Operators Bcsponsiblo f .r
for Ocmtinuanco of Goal Strike
;ri
N
STRIKERS NOT TREATED FAIRLY
No Disposition to Meet Minors In,. Their
Own Conciliatory Spirit 0..1r tSUty
Vivo Par Cent of tlio Owners Unve 'So
1'ur Aoeedod to Iteiiuest of MlnoriT",.
IIAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 22. Who.
Prosldent Mitchell of tho United Mlno
WorkorB wag askod today what ho
had to say in regard to tho settlement
of tho minors' strlko ho said:
"As thero appears to bo some dis
position on tho part of tho public to
place tho responsibility of tho. prolong
ation of tho strlko on tho shoulders
of tho Mlno Workers, spoaklng for
them I want to Bay that when tho
Scranton convention accepted tho 10
per cent advanco In wages, providing
tho oporntora abolished tho sliding
Bcalo and guaranteed tho payment pf
tno nuvanco until April l, tho minors
had met tho operators moro than half
way. Thoy hnd shown a conciliatory
spirit and I know of no good reason
why tho proposition should not havo
been accepted by the operators. As a
consequence, tho responsibility for tho
continuanco ot tho strlko rests on tho
falluro of tho oporatora to treat tho
proposition of their workora consider
ately.
"The public should undorstnnd thnt
unsatisfactory as Is tho proposition of
tho oporatora who mako tho reduction
In tho prlco of powdor a part ot tho
ndvanco of 10 per cent, that even this
proposition has not been offered by
a very largo numbor of tho coal-pro-
ducing companies In tho anthruclto
region and until all companies guaran
tee tho payment of 10 per cont ndvanco
nbovo tho rato of wages paid In Sep
tember until April 1, according to tho
decision of tho Scranton convention.
tho miners arc powerless to act. I
want to ropeat again thnt thero can bo
no partial sectional settlement of tho
strike"
Tho largo companies In tho Lehigh
region that havo refused to move at
all slnco tho Scranton convention was
held nro Coxo Bros. & Co., tho largest
coal producers In tho Lehigh region:
G. D. Mnrklo & Co.. tho Lehigh &
Wilkt-sbaroa company, tho Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company and a largo
number of smaller companies. ThcrG
is also a considerable number of coal
companies In tho Lackawanna and
Wyoming regions that have not guar;
antccd tho payment ot tho 10 por cent
advance until April. Tho only dis
trict that has accepted tho terms o
the Scranton convention in full Is No.
9, better known as tho Schuylkill dis
trict.
Companies which produce G5 por
cent of a total production of tho an
thracite coal fields havo guaranteed
tho payment of tho 10 por cent ad
vanco and havo abolished tho sliding
Bcalo.
When Mr. Mltcholl waa asked what
ho would do If all tho companies wero
to post notices, ho said:
"When all tho companies havo
posted notices then I will havo some
thing to say."
When It was suggested to him that
thero might bo a break In tho ranks
of tho strtkors If the contest wus to
contlnuo longer, ho said no men will
go back to tho mines until they aro
notified officially to return.
The Btrlkors hero believe thnt tho
companies which havo fallod to com
ply with tho agreement of Thursday 8
conferenco to post nn amendment to
tho original offer continuing its ap
plication until April 1 are Influenced
by a dcslro to hold up tho sottlomont
and seo If It la not posslblo to caus
a break In tho Schuylkill region.
Cntnlnt; to the Unltud States.
. PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 22. Tho
Commercial Gazotto tomorrow will
cay: Seybold and Dlckstod of Shef
field, England, tho largest manufac
turers of cruclblo steel in Great Brlt-
nln, contemplnto moving their plunt
to tho United States. A slto providing
oxccllcnt water and rail shipping fa
cilities hns been optioned near Wheel
ing, W. Va., and it Is proposed to erect
thereon n modern plant costing up
ward of $3,000,000, which from tho first
will employ nbout'3,500 mon. Tho ob
ject of tho movomcut Is to get Into
tho American market. Constantly In
creasing cost of coal In England Is a
promlnont factor acting as an Impetus
to tho movement.
Second Successful Test.
FREDERICSHAVEN, Germany, Oct.
22. Another trial of Count Zeppelin's
airship was mado today, resulting In
a sorlcs of successful evolutions.
Tho airship, with Count Zeppelin
nnd Herr Eugcn Wolff on board, as
cended nt C p. m, to an altltudo of
flvo-elghths of a mile, whoro various
manouvors ere executed. It then do
Bccnded slowly to tho wator, which It
.reached noar tho point of departuro at
5:25. Tho king nnd queen of Wurtom
burg wltnosaod tho trial.
Indians Mny Canto Trouble
DENISON, Oct. 22. Tho Creek full
blood council has been Joined by tho
ChoctawB, Chlckasaws and emlnolos.
Thoy nro armed with rifles. All de
clare thoy will stand by tho treaty of
18CC and will not tako allotment of
landB. Colonel Sheenefelo, agent of
tho Flvo Civilized tribes, is confident
that ho can handle tho situation.
Immigrants "Held Up."
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Tho entlro
list of ateonago passengers of tho La
Bretngno, 716 in numbor, wero held up
on tho registry floor of the bargo of
fice today, b-cause It was claimed that
a majority ot tho names wero Improp
erly mnnlfested. No such hold-up of
immigrants ns this has occurred lu
yoars. If over boforo. The Immigrants
would havo Icon sont back to tho ship
had not tho agent of tho French lino
nppoarcd in tho afternoon and sup
plied a bond of $5,000 that tho flues
for nil immigrants Improperly manl
fostcd would bo paid.
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