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V ' $ tl 8 tgffl. iOivi ESTIMATE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE BOXER UPRI8INO. 15,000 WERE KILLED Chinese Imperial Edict Orders Govenor to Select Sit for New Capital of the Empire; New York, On. . More tlutn 15.000 Tiatlve Christians and 150 Catholic and Protestant missionaries died the death of martyr during the last four or five months of the Boxers' uprising In the northern part of China. These figures are only approximate, SB It Ib Impossible to obtain a complete record of the Christians massacred un til the missionaries return to 'the dis tricts from which they were driven and make detailed report to their respect ive boards. At present It teems doubhtful If the missionaries can safely return to the more disturbed provinces for a year or lierhnoa lonirr Consul General Ooodnow, after mak , ing Inquiries of refugee missionaries ,it Jt Shanghai, reported the probable death of ninety-three American and British missionaries. Of this number thirty two are Americans. Me alBO reported 109 English and sixty-one American mtsMonarlea unac counted for. The number of native Christians massMcred. he believes, will reach 15.000. CHANGE SEAT OK IO V ETl N M ENT) Washington. D. C, Oct. i The Jap anese minister has left with the sec retary of state a copy of a telegram dqjtod October 1. received from the .Jiipsnese minister f,ir f . urralrs. to thin effect: The Japanese actinic consul at Shang hai reported on the 2Sth ult. the pub lication In Chinese papers of an un dated Imperial edict, the purpose of which was as follows: "Though we have accompanied her majesty, the empresw dowager, to Tal Yen and settled there. It Is not our In tention to remain there permanently. Inasmuch as Chang An was the seat of tiir ain.triii . u..-. in v.iiuia ail., uvmru by nature, we order the acting govern or of Bhen SI to select a suitable site for the Imperial palane in the city of Tsln gun Fu and to provide everything m-ewnary for our Journey thereto. He should bear In mind the hardships we are now exposed to and refrain from ll extravagant preparations.'' JAPANKSFJ TKOOlft CO HOME. IVkln, Oct. 9 The Japanese retro grade movement haa begun and Ja pan a forces In (Tilna are being consid erably reduced. It is officially stated that haJf the army will return to Japan. 8evera,l Japanese trains, said to contain a lot of treasure, have de imrted from the city. The Japanese as--rt that the trains contain ammuni tion. The Itritish authorities have ar rested a lot of Pekln Chinese for sell ing ammunition to the Boxer. The Americans are making a search f the Forbidden City for the Imperial powelaln collection, not f-r loot, but for the purpose of examination. NEGROES ARE HERE TO STAY. B.shop Says Nenroes Wantno Help From the Whites. Hamilton O., Oct. 9 The North Ohio African Methodist Kpfsropal conference adopted, aflcr a sensational debate, a report declaring that the sources to which many of the clearest heads and bravest hearts of both races have hope fully looked for a solution of the fu ruiled negro problem, namely. the church and the school house, seem from present facts and Indications to give promi.-e of disappointment and utter failure. Bishop Grant of Indiar:ar,olls, ills cussing the report, said: "I um ii ri American citizen. This is Toy country. 1 am not Klnt ar mn 1 to nk the white pi "pie what they are go ing, to d with us. We have reamed the 1 1 ne. where we ran ruy we r.re f Iifcilf -log whether We will let the while man stay In li.is country or not." Hl'KAKS P.ATTI.KMIIP KKtOUT. S:un Francisco, Cai., Oct. U - It w,is n re opl-breuking trip tl.e new buttle. f iilr Wi i.rvln made from t-Vittle- fi Irils !;,. Bh suiias"c(l the perform ;ine i f any vefnel ever turned out by the 1 i.i in Iron wick-. From S'-ittle to Int lionlta !l::hf, she cover, d the fllslaiice tw. rnll- in 3 hours. The Kteatner Queen, which has the reputa tion of In Ing the lastcht b' at on the nmi't, arrived from Seattle the night before. Kne made the Voyage 111 6j tiours. CON D I". M N 3 IilUTAI.VS counsK. l'aris, Oct. 9. The International peace fonsrresj empltomlze 1 Its w irk In nn appeal to the nations. In which the con gress condemns the refusal of the lirltlsh government to agree to arbl lr.it Ion or rnedlatve-i'. In Hiuth Africa, mid expresses keen regret that the majority of the governments who might have offered mediation abstained from so doing In spite of their pacific de ilaratlons at The Hague. CONDITION OK TltF.Afil'IlY. Washington, I. C Oct. 9. Today's atstetnent of the treasury balances In the general fund, exclusive of the $150, 000.000 gold reserve In the division of redemption shows: Available cash bsl Mt, IU,S39,Ji; fold. I8S.U9.140. GRAIN RATES TO BE RAISED. - - Eastern Railroad Agree on Freight Tariff. Chicago, Oct. .--A general advanc in rates on ail classes of freight be tween Chicago and the Atlantic sea board is to be made by the rallroadi between these two points. At a meeting of the executive officers of the lines In the Centtl Freight association, which covers the territory between the Mis slaelppl river and Pittsburg and Buffa lo, In Chicago, It was agreed that a systematic advance should be started by Increasing the charges on grain, Hy the agreement entered Into the rate on domestic grain between the Mississippi river and New York will be advanced from 17'. 4 cents to ?04 cents per 100 pounds, and export tariff will go up from 15H cents to lS4 cents. Between Chicago and New York the domestic rate will be Increased from 13 cents to cents and the export from 13V4 cents to 16 cents. The Increased harges will become effective on No vember 1. It was also agreed that committees representing the roods In the Central Freight association and those In the Trunk Line association (roads east of Pittsburg and Huffalo) should meet In New York on October l'i for the pur- IH.se of compiling and Issuing a new classification for ail classea of freight, to go into effect January 1. By chang ing the classification increases In rates will be effected. FLOUR MILLS TO CLOSE DOWN. Falling Off of Foreign Demand la the Excuse. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 9. Nearly one-haif of the flour mills operating In Minneapolis closed Saturday night for an Indefinite length of time. The Washburn-Crosby company and the Pillsbury Milling company report that 0 ir cent of their mills wtll close, and It is also reported that the Consol idated Miliing comiaiiy will uim;on tlnue operations, although It Is not yet learned how many mills will be af fected. The officials report the cause due ex clusively to the late marked shortage Id the demand for flour. The foreign trad. It Us declared, Is practically dead, while the present stock of the mills will be sufficient to supply the domes tic trade for some time. It Is contend ed generally that the coming election and political influence have to some ex tent brought about the sudden decline In demand, and It is probable that none of the mills will resume opera lions until It Is over. SOME BI6 ELECTION BETS. A Million and a Half Has Been Wagered on Wall Staeet. New York, Oct. 9. James Kllduff Is willing to wager JIOO.OOO or any part of It that Hryan will carry Ohio. Ills offer has been brought out by the state ment of Joseph W. Tillman that the odds were & to 1 that MKlnley would win In Ohio. Mr. Kllduff, as soon as he heard of Mr I'llmnn's declarations, offered to take the Bryan end of the argument. Mr. t'llman refused to put up JIOO.OOO, but offered to bet JlOXiO to 1:1.000. Mr. Kllduff put Up his money today and Mr. t'llmiin will post his later on. About 11,-100,000 has been wagered In V!1 street on the election so far, One brokerage firm has negotiated bets amounting to about JTM.OOO. Richard Croker Is credited with wagering aUiut j'joo.ooo. DEWET FniGHTEHS THE BRiTiSH. Suddenly Appears Near Wepener and British are Scired, Aliwal North, Cape Colony, Oct. 9 Oeneral Iewet Is reported to be a few miles south of Wepener tin the Orange river colony, about seventy miles north of Aliwal North.) The li-iers near here, are In a state of great excitement. All the nut post camps have been called in md preparations ore being made to de fend the town. A detachment of Cajv police en gnged In reconnoiterlng koiixvllle (les than half way between Allwnl North and Wepener) rode out of one end of the town as the Ib.ers galloped In at the other end. Two mounted Australi ins were captured. Porno of the Itiuxvll! have destrr yed their stm them from falling Into !he Koirs. e merchants s to prevent the hands if 13 AN" "AItri;.NT lir.'ITr.UCAN." Peorln. I!!., ''t. It. The Klni'man I'low comi'iiny's works 1 -ave re-iumcd operations after a three we. U -i' .liut d'.wn for rep.tlrs. Tiie opening was marked by .1 icdil lion f II, e wni'.s of in.re than yo ctnf.lnyes, the cut ranplmr from 10 to 1'., per cent. I'lece men suf fered mont by the new scale. The Kingman company offered no explana- lion and the cut Is thought to be u po lltloal play. Mr. Kingman Is an ardent ' rcpubllcan. ACCEPT TIIE OUT. Lancaster, Ph., Oct. 9. The t.fioo striking employes of the four rolling mills of the Sui'queiiannn Iron and Steel company at Columbia have de cided 10 accept the 2i per cent cut In wages and go to work, provided the company wl I pay thn puddlers' help ers 3 cents a heat In addition to (lis (II rate. EVEN A TRUST IN MARBLES! Bteubenville, O., Oct. 9. The Amer ican Marbla company, orgunlzel under New Jersey laws for $200X00, lighted It J forty-pot furnaces here today. It will enjoy an exclusive tnotmioly In the United Ktntes, as glass marbles are no iiadt in this country. DENOUNCED. REPUBLICAN 'HIRED BUTCHERS' SLANDER IS DENOUNED. ROSEVELT PEDDLES LIE niwunnrPimntar ii Fionuittd by Hi Decant Republican Oppo nents In Nebraska. Omaha, Neb, Oct. 9. Candidate Koosevtlt pranced around on the plat form while he was In Nebraska and filled the air full of foul slanders and put to tliame the biggest liars and blow hard swell heads that ever dis graced this young commonwealth. There was no running Spaniard to snoot In the back in order to "show off," so the republican candidate for vice presi dent and tlv present governor of New York, In order to attract attention to lis rambling harangu' s, had to resort to a vicious and altogether unwarranted attack on W. A. Poynter, governor of Nebraska. Koosevelt said In his speeches that Oovernor I'oynter had declared In a speech that our soldiers In the Philip pines were "hired butchers," and "115-per-month hirelings," etc, Roosevelt Bald that Dietrich, :he man the repub licans are running for governor, told him that he (Dietrich) heard Governor Poynter, at a picnic at Dakota City, re fer to the soldiers at "fif teen-dollar-a-month hirelings." EDITOR WARNER TESTIFIES. Following Is a letter received from Editor M. M. Warner of the Lyons Mir ror, and one of the best known citizens of the state: "Lyons, Neb., Oct. 5. To the Editor of the WorIrJ-fiera.il!. I not ice that Roosevelt in his speech at O'Neill, Neb., said that Dietrich and Htuefer are quot ed as saying that Oovernor Poynter In his speech to the old settlers' meet ing; at Dakota City said our Philippine soldiers were '15-a-month hirelings." I wish to brand this as a lie. John D. Webster's advice comes In here all right. "I also wish to state that I heard every word of Governor Poynter"s Da kota City speech, and w'len he paid a glowing tribute to the patriotism of Dakota eounty pioneers as being 'among the first to raise the flag of freedom on Nebraska soil and to read the Immortal Declaration of Independ ence at the first Fourth of July celebra tion rver held In Northern Nebraska, he received great applause. As the fheerlng died away 1 heard Dietrich, Stuefer and some republican politicians saying among themselves that 'It was a d n Bryan speech,' Just because he re ferred to Old Glory and the great De claration of Independence. Do we want such men as these for governor and state treasurer? This shows how the spirit of Imperialism Is taking hold of even the republican nominees for state officers. M. M. WARN ICR." WHY NOT QUOTED BEFORE. Isn't It a glorious attitude In which the republican candidate for governor stands? "Here he claims that on August la, last, he heard Poynter, at a picnic at Tmkota City, refer t the soldiers as 'flfteen-dollar-a-rnojith hirelings.' That was more than six weeks ago, What has Dietrich been doing with his knowl edge in the meantime? Has anyone, in el. U;.t ti;..c, hrri h!:n ccrr.'j ci:t boldly, In his own person, and publicly and on his own n sponslbllity charge Poynter with using such language? If he has, I in ver heard of It. Instead, he waits until Governor Roosevelt comes to Ni braskn and then sneaks up to him and whispers: " 'I heard Poynter call the soldiers butchers and hirelings six weeks ago. You Jump in and give him h 1 for it.' That's a brave and manly thing for u man to do, Isn't It? Why didn't lie tell bi:i own lies and throw his own mud? Why did be go and pcistijdc Rou::r veil to do It for him?" J:oo.cvit bad ample opportunity to correct himself, but, like the hhootin.; of the lleelng Spaniard in Hie back, he was Klad of the cl.aii -e t'i i!o .om -tiling to atti.-o t attention to hi.n:e:r, no matter bow couaidiy that somei i.in W .IS. RAILROADS IN' I'dLITICS. The t.'illroad maioi: is v. ho nie hand ling the i a mpaiim of the It piibii .1.1 ' candidate for i-uvi -i a r, tie trilrteil tin ; ii a to. s and m in mm ; 1 1 c..l;i e lie f il.-e. hood that i.o.er. or i'ojiiter had ie. j feni d to the Kolde is is "SI.', p.-r inoruii j l.lii'lln'.'-" Till tal ceoo.l was it so j ;ri ulal.-d by M.". lico.-evelt in the far, of Governor l'oynters exrll.lt denial.! The railroad malingers are very arise ious to defeat Govt i nor poynter, noi only hfcauiK tin y si ek to rupplunt lilm with a coiporatiori tool, but also b-- cause tiny have a perajiiul grievance against the govt t nor. The doi-pei a iloti of these railroad mamigeis Is wed known when they seek to make it appear that the gov ernor Is unfriendly to the soldiers, when In fact one of the notable events of the previous olliclal record was when lie Flood up for the soldiers In the face ol one of the worst Inst.iticeii i,f coiporii tlon meanness that has ever gone or fft-'ord. II will be remembered tint at oik time the plan to biliif, I lie FHist N'e. hrasku, boys name, on a rpeclnl train Seemed certain lo fail. Thru Gover n n Poynter issued a .titttmi rit addressed to the public. In that statement the governor loll the pillule exact, y of the way In which the Nebraska rallri adi had sought to bleed the people of their state. He has nevtr been forgiven fur that statement. It will be remembered that the Fiur llngton and Cnl m Pacific railroads were cold and indifferent to all the pleadings of Governor Poynter for a special rate from California to home for our returning soldiers, or that the roads should bring the boys home and wait until the legislature could convene to pay the bill. Rut no, the boys were In Sin Fran cisco and had to come home. Of course they wanted to come back in a body and with flying colors. The railroads hastily organised a soldier fare trust and raised the price on them and de manded spot cash in advance. Governor Poynter exposed the scheme and with the help of Nebraska's patri otic people and newspapers secured a free ride home for the gallant First Nebraska and thereby hangs a polit ical tale. WHARTON BARKER SPEAKS. He Opines That McKlnley :WIII Be Elected, Omaha, Neb., Oct. 9. Wharton Bar ker, presidential nominee of the mid road populists, was at the Paxlon ho tel Sunday. He came In from Sioux Falls, where he has been completing arrangements for the filing of a mid road national ticket in South Dakota. Mr. Barker talked freely of cam paign affairs, and said he expected to see McKlnley elected. He said he was of the opinion that were it not for His own candidacy Bryan would have a majority In the electoral college, but he thought he would poll enough votes in Nebraska, Indiana and West Virginia to take them away from Bryan snd give them to McKinley. He said iie regarded Missouri and Kentucky as doubtful states for the same reason. ABOUT PROSPERITY. "ThlB matter of recent big loans to Europe has been paraded as evidence of our national prosperity, but what is the fact? We did not loan a dollar over there because we wanted to, but because we had to. It was practically taken from us at the muzzle of a gun. There Is an inside to all this that is not a matter of public knowledge. Rus sia came over here first and wanted to borrow 1150,000,000, or 300,000,000 rubles. We did not let her have it. Then Ger many came, and wanted $18,000,000 at a 2 per cent long time loan, covering fifty years. She did not get it. Then Sweden wanted $10,000,000, but It was the same result. Next England wanted !8,000,00. and she got It. But how? She had to have it, and she told her financial princes that unless it was forthcoming it would force the unload ing of American securities on the mar ket for what they would bring. It was privately agreed, however, that as soon as the condition In England would stand It, the bonds would be trans ferred to European holders, but Eng lish financiers are to say when that time arrives. NEARING ANOTHER SQUEEZE. "Now, this does not mean such a condition In reality as they are trying to make the people believe. If money was easy, would any of those nations have been seeking loans over here? Money has been worth G and 8 per cent in Berlin ever since last January, whereas its usual price Is about Z per cent. It has been Inevitable that we were approaching another squeeze, ever since the tremendous Jump In all prices a year and a half ago, and It means more wreckage." DENOUNCE ARMY CANTEEN. Methodists Will Call the Present Administration to Task. Chicago, Oct. S. The nullification of the euntei n law by President McKinley will be denounced by the ternperaance committee of the Methodist conference In the resolutions to be presented this week. The chief executive, on account of thi partisan feeling of some of the ministers, will not be named in the resolutions, but his nit will be brought forward and recensured, and a demand for a re-enactment of the canteen law will be Incorporated In the resolutions. The extension of Hie liiii r t ra flic In lhe eastern possessions Is regarded by lie committee as due to administration favor and will be condemned. The pro hibition element, which largely domin ates the conference, is expected to sub- ri'ue enthusiast! ally I i a new pnlit bill cry that lhe ( oiiimit lee has incor poi.md In tiie i e.sol u t hilts, that of "No rum un 'oi' the flat;!" REPCSLICAKS FE',R FEFZC1S. Cfmyo Mil's to O'fir to Prevent Bryiina Success. Joliet. 111., Oct. i. -Noll,-,. I,.-,., l,een (-Iv.-ri that the convener iit.d bilh t mill of the Illinois Sle.-l company are! the: plant of lhe Pres.-ed illeel company will rtari again on next Monday. As u re. v ul t J .11)0 .lolli'l vvi rk'nig men, who ex pected to be out of employment until after election, are preparing to go back to wotk. When the Illinois Steel company rhut Its mills on Katui'lay President liuf fiiifton openly said a fear of Bryan's election wrs the p:l nary cause. It soon bi-fiime a intent that there was a dis position iinMir.g the men to resent this fiction, flt'.d politic! ins reported a loir Ineicn o In lit; y in trntinicnt. It Is t pojiid that t',e trruMlcnn cnmpn: rm.inavsvt 1 el l n . onf .! rpcf! with the rob mn 'if. .v. iir.1 tu'd Com a con tinuerl shtt'.-d -.vn of the mlc'i! leJult In t!.t !" of irin.'ls to Mc Klnley -I C-.at the inliU 1 lccp-ined ni.M nftr election V.-iJor P. M II. Ken 1-1: it. F-e.r-Itifjnlry. l.as been placed on (he tv lived list oi: Mr ow n app lcatlon aft- i thirty nis of iti vlce. WILL MEET. CONVENTION TO TAKE ACTION ON WAGE QUESTION. TEN PER CENT RAISE Will Dlscuae Whether or Not Oper ators Recent Offer la to Be Accepted. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 8. President Uitchell has at laHt announced his in tention to call a convention of miners lo decide what action shall be taken in regard to the operators' announcement if an offer of 10 per cent increase In ages. lie announced that a mass Greeting would be held in Shenandoah, which ivould, he said. Issue a call in a few lays. The men, it is believed, will be n favor of accepting; the offer of the :peralors. The date and place for nolding the convention will be decided uiion at Hazleton by President Mitchell ind others. President Mitchell addressed a large ly attended mass meeting and review ed long parades of miners at Shenan doah Saturday afternoon and at Mt. Carmel at night. More mines were closed today, the most important being those of Mr. Par dee. Mr. Pardee announced that work would be suspended ujitll further no tice, because, he said, the authorities did not afford sufficient protection to him employes from intimidation from strikers, and he therefore would cease work to prevent injury to property and possible loss of life. Many hundreds of strikers, accom panied by women, marched to the Lat tirner mines this evening, and though tney did noi attack the ncrkir.cn cr commit any violence, they marched back and forth on the public road near the mine in such a way that the Pardee miners feared attack should they merge from their homes to go to work. In thia way the strikers effectually pre vented the starting of operations, and Mr. Pardee's decision to close the mine followed. Quietness prevailed in the other sec tiona of the coal region. The Delaware & Hudson company joined with the oth er operator and posted notices of a 10 per cent increase. OFFER OF INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS. They Poat a Notice of a Ten Per Advance. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 8. In compliance with an agreement of the Individual Coal Operators' association, covering the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys, to give an Increase In wages to their striking mine employes, the following notice was posted by each operator in the assof-ation at the mines controlled by him, was issued this morning: "It will adjust Its wages so as to pay to Its employes on and after Oc tober 1, and until further notice, a net increase of 10 per rent on the wages heretofore received: "It is understood in the foregoing that the power will be sold to miners for $1.50 per keg, and that the difference between this rate and the old rate of $2.75 shall be taken into account in figuring the net advance of the price noted above for this class of work." This is Identical In form with the no tice posted in the Hazleton region. This notice was put ui lil r.o czz thar? sixty mine openings, but nobody went to work, inquiry at the offices of several of the operators revealed the belief that the strike could not continue much longer, probably not over another week, aa by that time the miners and laborers will thoroughly understand the situation and realize what the increase means. It was also learned that the rate applied t every condition of earnings that held before the strike was declared, and that this meant the allowances for "dead" work and hard places would stand. Many of the strikers, in fact the great majority of them, hold that the proposal of the cperatms Is too low to be considered. They will, however, ab:de by wii.itevcr notion President Mitchell may decide upon. i'.KRMAXS MOW DOWN 400 UOXRP.S. London, Oct. !). A special dit'pa tcli from Sharorh.il, uimI t date: of Oct. ":, says tin; Cliiiie.-e r-port that 2,0'K) P...X tia attacked I wo lattiiiocs of Germans at K'au-Ku .Men, mar Pel-In. The I'.ox cis lusl 40') men and the (lirm.'ins five. The latter are now raid lo be burning the Boxers' villages around Pckin. A dispatch from Tien Tsin, dated Oc tober 2 says: "C.encriil Caselce clairn. that the Iiritl'-h from the gunboat Pii, my were lhe fust to receive the surren iler of the Hhan-Hai-Kwan forts." COKRCINO 'K MPLOYKS. Walcrtowii, N. Y., Oct. 9. Tho Rem-Ington-Mnrlin company of this cily, which Is building a large paper mill at Noi folk, fit. Lnwnnoc county, have notliicd their workmen that In cage Bryan Is elected In November they l.ced not coaie to work on the morn ing of the 7th, as work on the big plant will be suspended Indefinitely, or unlil the future policy of the r.ew adminis tratlon slmll lie known. All ma l ten relating to the projected mill have been irrangrd with a view to postponing It.-, completion Is case Bryan Is elected. James Rllllmim, treasurer of the com talttee appointed by the New Ycrk chamber of commerce for (he relief of the .Galveston sufferers, has acknowl edged receipts to date of $100,000 THE BOER PRISOXERS CF Wit. Sixteen Thousand Patriots In the Hands of the British. London, Oct. t. The war office has the following from Roberts; "Methuen arrived at Rustenbura; yes terday. He had two engagements with Commandant Lemer's force September 25. The casualties were one severely and two slightly wounded. Seven Boers were killed and twenty-four made prisoners. "Clements is Bending twenty-four prisoners from Magelsberg. The total number of Boer prisoners is now 1C.MQ. The burghers are surrendering dally. Kelly-Kenny reports that he had aa engagement lasting three hours at Bull- foutein yesterday with a strong force of Boers. The casualties were five offi cers wounded and one officer missing. Tiie Boers lost heavily." THE BOERS DEFEAT BRITISH. Capture Fifty Thrse Prisoners and Also Consideradle Supplies. Durban, Oct. 9. The details of a dis aster to the British convoy near De Jagger's Drift show that the early re ports underestimated the extent. The Boers numbered 450, commanded by Christopher Botha. The British force, comprising the Durban volunteers, was completely surprised. The British had outspanned when the attac commenced and the native ox drivers were shot down. The British casualties were one officer killed and six wounded. The lloers took fifty-three prisoners, who were subsequently released. The Boers captured one Hitchkiss gun and set fire to twenty-four wagons. They carried off supplies together with oxen. and mules, leaving one mule and wagon for the transportation of the British wounded. MENACE FOR GLASS TRUST. Independent Concerns Organizing to Contest Fields With Trusts Marlon, Ind., Oct. 9. The independ ent window glass manufacturers of the country are now at Pittsburg perfect ing organisation of the Independent Window Glass company, which wfll act as selling agent for the factories. Ita plans will be similar to those followed by the old American Glass company, the predecessors of the present com bination. It Is estimated that the in dependent men will be able to start with a combined daily output of 15,000 boxes of glass. This, with the output of the co-onerative plants, will be suffi cient to eupply the demand in thle country. If the plana of the independ ents carry out well and they can pro duce this much glass they claim it will be a stunning blow at the trust. The independent company will be capital ized at $50,000, or 525 for each pot rep resented. The headquarters will prob ably be in some Ohio city, where the company will be incorporated. The agent appointed will apportion among" the manufacturers the orders received for glass. NEBRASKA FARMER CAUGHT. Caught By a Matrimonial Act For a Snug Sum. Dunbar, Neb., Oct. 9. Fred Specht, a well-to-do farmer of Otoe county, liv ing here, being matrimonially inclined, answered a matrimonial advertisement and after a brief correspondence and courtship parted with $500 and a dia mond ring to a Chicago woman. Specht was captivated by Marie Belinger, who represented herself a great "church, worker and Christian woman, 24 years old, with $n,C00. who desired an affec tionate husband." He imagined he fill ed the bill and went to Chicago to meet the adventuress. She received him in a brown stone front and after all arrangements for the wedding and the honeymoon had been made Incidentally mentioned that she needed $500 to force ,se a mortgage on a niece of property. Specht pro duced the money and waited for his bride-to-be to return. He waited and watched and instead of praying finally resorted to the police. But they were unable to heal his wounded feelings or replace bis rnonry. KARL I.I IN AN AMIABLE MOOD. Tien T:-:in, f-t. fl. Li Hung Chang has ordered tile release and safe escort to Pi kin of five Rolf-Inn engineers and fifteen mis-.dor'ks ,who have been kept prisoners ninny weeks at Tao Ting Fu. Li Hung ("hang is apparently do ing his utmost to please (lie powers. London, The Chinese embassy has been inlb--od that LI Hung Chang left 'lien Tsln Thursday for Pekln. Hl'OAR KINliS ARK MAKING IIP. Paris, Oct. ft. I English and Paris peo ple, aware of the petty Jealousies and '.ecret hatreds which divide the Amer ican sugar barons, are discussing with surprise the fact that Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Spreckles of Fan lranclsco have lined twice with Mr. and Mrs. Have imyer of New York at tho Rltz hotel. It Is presumed that some big financial omblnation Is being arranged. CHAIRMAN M'CUntK ILU Fyrnc'iFC, N. Y., Oct. 0. While d Ilvrrlng a campaign sped h In the city hall to an iiii(ll"iice of more than 2,f0' persons, Mayor James K. McOuIre, the chairman of the dcmocratlo executive committee, was talen 111 und had to bo ossified from tl hall. He was half wuy through his, speech wvaan he coU lapsed, . MOVEMENTS OF JAPANKfJ?. Pekln, Oct, 9. The Ninth J.ipanone brigade Is leaving here. Tl.e Twenty first Japanese brigade will To:nJa la Ptkln and Tien Tsln-
