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- - a: -V' - 4& v J' f r -. I 'VsivSK15- V -v- V--? (Mutate S-feia6 sv i " VOLUME XXXI.-NnjMBER 29: COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1900. WHOLE NUMBER 1,589. "-- r" S. ImttiuiL i hr . . - : f C The hero Is he who does what oth ers dare not do. Ha me. lookina at tfee matter from tne point of cocMDfm sens', expects to CURE coastf asttoB br taking pills and aeons catbrrtics; a PEHJCAKENT CtHE is only affected by re aaorta Uie CAUSE. GARFIELD TEA SO CUBES. The most dangerous anarchist Is one who does not rule himself. nli 1 1 m. BMhlH B)vma. sr children reetilns. eaKens the pama, reduces la: a a . . . - a Ma a hMaVlA. .luiripiuucimiwiaarauGi """ Error Is truth upside down. George L. Rees in Ram's Horn. HO! FOR OKLAHOMA! SjyCi"! ten zucir laadt to open to aeitlemeaW Stibicrttie for THE KJO t A CHIEF devoted to Infor mation about tiete lands. One yesr. tlM. Single copy. 10c nlcr!ler receive fre- iHornated book on Oklahoma. Murpia's Manual 210 pace Settler' Galdei witb 2oe i-ect:onl map UO. ilp25c .Ml aix-va, ij.72. iddrei Dick 1. ilorgaa, Peiry, O. T. It is not ho much what would Jesus do In my place, as what shall I do with him in my heart. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of re gEAueic. F9I DIZZINESS. FOR SlUlallESS. FCHTMHIUTO. FM CHSTtPATWI. FBI SAUJW SIM. CARTERS ITTU IYER PILLS, JF3"? 7KES0MPIIX1QI .. SJUm CURE SICK HEADACHE. If yom have leen paying- 94 to ." fur sh.tei, a trial of "W I- Doug las e3 or 93.50 shoe will convince you that they are jut as sootl In every way uxd cot from 91 to Sl-5) Ie Over 1,000.0. Km earers. Cnff pir of W. L Dragbj ijor 4J-3U snaeiwu w!I sftirsiv twepara araronifT 5a oriW TVearethe Iarsrr-t maker of men's and 3,'VO ulinis in the Tvorld. V.' and sellmore 9.1 and .U31 shoe than any etiier two mnnnfiictarers in tne V- s. The reputation of W. L. 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It will car, yoa. At all drareists or or- mail prepaid. SI S tes; X boxes UL Hook'ptfree. WrttK EUREKA CHEMICAL. CO.. La Cl W.N. U OMAHA. No. 43 ipaa pa;iaaaaaiaaaaki9frs vl t x J , .i '',-. 1 ZZZm lti3? - s f aaa' tls55;IflIIaiflS sifI5flllffIIIfffltf -?" ? S- -5 " 2 iE, :V 5S inslHBsa -? -ll if slsis .3 3 5 i"I - Hi-.i--f -lis- ? ?;: 3.T2. 5 ii3 35?2 J' 21!' ! -saSaJsaaf BhtJ -at TT 5 C v J - ai " a 5 S . aaagg. 5 3 a-?2 m &&e?&-z J IMhoes ? 32, 1 M T UNION MADC IfrVSTCOLCB e vtri c- v r w!I sftirsiv etteai r jsvt'-' t y-; wjl TTi T . "BUM. HEMEfiS ALARMED Laadra 8j B Goal Oeapuiai an Try imgte GraikTkaa. Off lATttS SMUI AT MTOKU Tar WU1 Hot OcaaX ta C Daaadt4-Aa f He- .tiatloa. IIiim at Appasra la si-at. Wara SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 20. It ii prac tically certain that the miners wllL not go to work Monday, as was expected from the action of the Philadelphia conference and the Scrantou confer ace yestrday. Some oC the biggest of the local companies are balking at the agree ment to continue the 1U per cent agree nemt ia force until April 1 next, as is demanded by the resolutions of the miners. They were willing enough, yesterday to amend their notices to conform to these demands, but today they seem to have undergone a change of heart, and only one operator of any prominence would say outright that he would make the modification. They say it would be humiliating for them to come out with an amendment to their nouces. As one prominent operator put it: "The modification would serve but one purpose, and that is to gratify a whim of John Mitchell. We don't propose to waste any energy bowing and scrap ing to Mr. Mitchell." WILKESBARRE. Pa., Oct. 20. The strike leaders here are growing sus picious that there is some kind of an agreement between the coal com panies by which they expect to break up the miners' union. The offer of the Reading company and the opposi tion to the same on the part of the other companies is something the min ers cannot understand. In a conference in Philadelphia Wednesday the Lehigh Valley agreed to the same terms with the Reading, so far as their collieries were con cerned, but the company refused to make the same concessions to their employes in the Wyoming district. The officers of the United Mine Workers here say there is no consist ency in that. The sction of the Lack awanna, Ontario & Western, Pennsyl vania company and other large pro ducers in combining with the Lehigh Valley on the powder question tends to confirm the views held by the offi cers of the union that a concerted effort is being made to get the better of the union and Incite a break in the ranks of the strikers. The opera tors who participated in the confer ence in Scranton say they are acting in good faith. HAZLETON, Pa.. Oct 20. As far as the United Mine Workers officials are concerned, matters are at a standstill in the anthracite miners' contest with the operators. There was nothing new in the situation today. Much dis appointment was expressed In this re gion today because an early ending of the strike was prevented by reason of the powder grievance. B3EIS WLtf lir THE f IGITINC Kelly-Kaaay Obliged to Sead Rallaf Col aaaa to Jag-eraf oatein. LONDON, Oct. 20. Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria under date of October 19, as follows: A party of Boers got into Jagersfontein on the night of October IS and a fight en sued in the morning. Our loss was eleven killed. The Boers lost their commandant and twenty, killed. Kelly-Kenny dispatched a column under Hughes-Hallett, which should reach Jaggersfontein today. EI0 TAKES MIS OWN Uf C. Sleaolaa Sealp Experience Infra ti tad of RepabUc. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Nicholas Scalp, a Swedish naval cook who was on tho battleship Maine when it was blown up in Havana harbor, shot and killed himself in Brooklyn today. Kis jaw was shattered by flying iron in the Maine explosion and he had been unable to eat solid food since. This and the delay in getting an increased pension made him, very despondent. Average Crop of Potato. " CHICAGO. Oct. 20. The potato crop of the United States, according to the Orange Juad Farmer's final reDort. at the practical nletion of the har vest, approximau 239,000,000 bushels, or nearly 5.000,000 bushels less than last rear, and a fairly good yield com pared with the average of the last ten years. Extremes in climatic condi tions were responsible for holding the crop within bounds. Otherwise, the liberal area seeded last spring and the favorable start given to the croo would have brought a phenomenally heavy yield. Compromise la Kaniacky. FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 20. The conference committee which has been considering the disagreement between the two hoases of the legislature and which has been unable for the last few days to reach an agreement, today agreed on a report, which foreshadows the passage of an election law this week. A compromise substitute of fered by the anti-Goebel democrats was adopted by the conference com mittee. 16 to 4. and it is nearly cer tain the bill will now pass. DUUka taa Baron's Recall. NEW YORK, Oct 20. Distrust o' German's attitude in China has been revived as a result of Information re ceived her showing the hostility of the Berlin government to a policy of conciliation in the settlement of the far eastern question, says a Washing ton correspondent of the Herald. It has been learned that the recall of Baron Speck von Sternberg, the Ger man charge d'affaires, was due to his efforts to smooth the road lookinz to a prompt peaceful solution of the Chinese trouble. Pao Tlag Fa Caatarad. TIEN TSIN, Oct. 20. -Reliable un official reports say the advance guard of the allied forces entered Pao Ting Fn Wednesday, October 13. The city, it is added, was practically deserted and offered no resistance. The Brit ish column captured seveaten impe rial soldiers at We-Nan-SIen, October 10. who were part of the force of 2,000 men seat to disperse the Boxers in that region. The captives assert that they killed 200 Boxers and were re turning to Pa-Chow when they were fired uysm aad dispenai by the Fr-aci. J 11 MA KAMK MCF AM TssUI I eraaUy StaBa ay Jaffa Maa- tar mt Vkm Vaaaaat Caavt. LINCOLN, Naa., Oct. St. Ataini aave been greatly simpliflai by Jadje Munger af the federal coart la the suit of the state against the First National hank of Ainu, and Its stockholders. The attorneys were prepared to read reams of papers and to talk adlsssfy on the complicated questio pressated. but the judge ordered a special finding of the facts, and the first witness, Aa ditor Cornell, was called. The case grows out of the failars of the bank in 1897. which was a state de- f pository at the time. Treasurer Bart- ley had on deposit 140,824. Tweaty flve thousand of 'this sum the state seeks to recover, that being the maxi mum the treasurer was allowed to de posit under the law. Suit was origin ally brought in the district court of Harlan county, but was dismissed sad transferred to the federal court. This is set up by the defaamaass as on of the grounds for deafease. Thay also claim that the fact that the de pository bond was not renewed at the beginning of Hartley's second term should excuse them from liability. It has been proven that Bartley was bet ting 6 per cent interest on his deposit. but allowing the state only 3 per cent, reserving half for himself. Judge Wil liam Gaslin, one of the defendants, says this agreement vitiates the con tract entered into by the bank's sure ties since it was entered into by Presi dent Burr and Cashier Sullivan with out the knowledge or ratification of the board of directors. Oaaha Girl Wlat taa Medal. AURORA, Neb., Oct 20. The state Woman's Christian Temperance union closed its annual convention with a diamond medal and musical concert in the opera he use. The contestants were: Mayme Listen of Beatrice, Lil lian J. Challis of Omaha. Ora E. Shin rock of Omaha, Albert Wolfe of Odell, Grace McDonald of Murray, Guy Mun sell of Omaha. Miss Ora E. Shinrock of Omaha, was the successful contest ant The diamond medal was present ed to her in an appropriate speech by Hon. L. 0. Jones of Lincoln. The prize offered the musical contestants was awarded the Wood-Burt quartet The convention pledged $1,000 to be paid by January 1st to the temple. Farmer Saak 2!ew Eand. OMAHA, Oct 20. Homeseekers made a crush all by themselves at the Union and Burlington passenger sta tions Friday.They were availing them selves of the regular homeseekers rates; while those from Illinois were coming on the round trip rate of $12 to any point in Nebraska, livery in coming and outgoing road without ex ception, had extra cars. Union Pacific No. 5 went cut in two sections, and the Burlington for the west also went out in two sections. It was a crowd of as industrious and honest looking people as ever boarded a train. Near ly all carried Immense valises and car petbags and lunch baskets. GootlTiawat PIERCE, Neb., Oct 20. This year has been one of unexpected prosperity to the citizens of Pierce. The volume of trade has been exceedingly large, and the merchants are more than sat isfied. The following gentlemen havo built fine residences: H. H. Mohr, house and barn, $25,000; C. E. Huton, house and barn, $3,000; A L. Brandle, house, $1,200; George E. Drebert, house, $2,000; W. B. Chilves, house, $4,000; C. Jewet house, $1,000. Jade Post Back from Alaska. COLUMBUS, Neb.. Oct 20. Judge A. M. Post returned from Alaska, where he went as one of three district attorneys for the territory. He will not return to Alaska until spring. He left Eagle City September 26th, but stopped a few days at Dawson City, and also a few days at Skaguay. While in Alaska he traveled 1,900 miles on the Yukon river. The judge is In the best of health. Straek by Lightning. CRETE, Neb., Oct 20. A severe thunder storm visited Crete aad vicin ity. The rain fell in torrents, the wea ther guage showing .50 of an inch in less than half an hour. The storm was accompanied by a heavy wind and hail. Mrs. Beal of this city was struck dead by lightning about 7 o'clock. She was out on the front porch of her residence when there came a loud crash of thun der, accompanied by a vivid flash of lightning. She was instantly killed by the shock. B ratal Asaaalt oa a Girl. FAIRBURY, Neb., Oct 20. John Gerberding of Plymouth precinct, was brought to Fairbury and jailed, charg ed with assaulting Anna Mieroth, a 14-year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mie roth. He had overpowered' the girL but her screams were heard by her brother, who grabbed a shotgun, and when Gerbending started to run shot him. twice in the back. As the shot was fine the wounds Inflicted are not fataL Gerberding was bound over to the district court aaral Dative TABLE ROCK, Neb., Oct 20. C. E. Llewellyn of Omaha, special agenc of the postoffice free rural delivery, was in' town a day or two ago looking after the establishment of a route from this place. As there have been two or more proposed routes and there will have to be more preliminary work done he will return a little later to determine the matter and establish tie route selctd. Bnrglara RaM Aarara. AURORA, Neb.. Oct 20. Burglars entered the postoffice at this place, bat failed to find anything except a few pennies. They also visited the drug store of G. B. Williamson, and opened the safe, securing therefrom about $15 in old. coins which were kept as me mentos, also a valuable gold ring set with the monogram, "K. PJ Hart's bloodhounds were put on the scent and tracked the burglars to the depot at Hampton, six miles east, where it is supposed- the burglars boarded a train. Saarea lis a Barglar. SEWARD. Neb.. Oct 2- Burglars made an attempt to loot Geehner Bros.' dry goods store and Fred Goeh ner just escaped being shot Fred forgot his overcoat when he locked the store and went back after it about 10 o'clock and while there thought he would go down" in the cellar aad ses if there were say rats ia the ttapv that had base set While ha was in the cellar he hard, sasae. glass break in. the rear of the store and weat un to investigate, He found a burglar, who made his OUTLOOK M ROSY OieRtin lariat oa Figuring tba Frisa af rMarmWagelncTta-. I T MMEIS WANT TOI COT ta Origtaal PatU Bex Afrit-l AwaMai. SCRANTON, Oct 19. Representa tives of nearly all the big companies of the section conferred here today and made an agreement to amend the no tices already posted, attaching the fol lowing: This company desires to say that it is its intention to Day the advance ia wages above noted until April 1, l9El,Aorthe distingalshed composer of anu- and thereafter until further notice. This was given to the press: The representatives of the coal com panies after their meeting stated that they had ordered their men 10 per cent advance as indicated by the no tices they had posted, that this notice specifically stated that the reduction of powder from $2.75 to $1.50 would be considered in arriving at the wages of their contract miners. It was explained when the notices were posted that the offer was to stand until April 1, and indefinitely thereafter, but inasmuch as there seems to be some misunder standing in this matter they have agreed to add to their notice a clause that it is their intention to pay the advance in wages until April 1, 1901, and thereafter until further notice. The conference was held in the. of fice of the Temple Iron company, in the Board of Trade building, and was attended by General Superintendent E. E. Loomis of the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western, General Superin tendent W. A Lathrop of the Lehigh Valley. General Superintendent M. H. Starrs of the Scranton Coal company (Ontario & Western), President Wil liam Connell of the Connell Coal com pany, who is chairman of the indepen dent operators' committee; General Superintendent W. J. Richards of the Lehigh St Wilkesbarre Coal company, General Superintendent Morris Wil liam of the Susquehanna Coal com pany (Pennsylvania railway), General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Coal company (Erie & Wyoming Coal company), J. L. Crawford of the Tem ple Iron company. General Superinten dent Reese G. Brooks of the Long cliffe, Lafflin & Greenwood Coal com panies. National President Mitchell, District President Nichols, District Secretary John T. Dempsey and National Organ izer Fred Dilcher of the United Mine Workers have all been quoted as say ing that the resolutions of the Scran ton convention contemplated a straight advance of 10 per cent for all parts of the region and that the matter of having this increase made up in part by a decrease in the cost of pow der In these upper regions, where powder Is sold for $2.o a keg, was not agreed to. The powder question, they one and all said, was left out of the present negotiations, with the under standing that it should form one of the grienvances to be adjudged and which the officers say the operators tave agreed to have with their men "ta take up any grievances they may have." President Mitchell, when informed of the action of the operators, stated that he would have to decline to dis cuss its probable effect until he had given the matter careful consideration. He would not say whether or not it would be possible to deal with the dif ficulty without another convention. President Nichols, whose whole dis trict is affected by the powder ques tion, said this evening it looked to him as though another convention was necessary. "I do not know that the delegates will consent to waiving their demand for a straight increase and al lowing the substitution of this clause about powder which the operators are so insistent about" said he, "but with out their consent I do not see how the matter can be adjusted. To me it looks like a prolongation of the fight" Coasal Ragwrtale Dead. WASHINGTON. Oct 19. The state department has received a report from the consul at Nagasaki, of the death at that place September 13 of Bertrand W. Ragsdale, vice consul and marshal of the consular court at Tien Tsin, China. Mr. Ragsdale was a resident of Santa Rosa. Cal., and was appointed marshal in 1S93, and vice consuL in 1900. He had gone from Tien Tsin to Nagasaki in July for the benefit of his health. After Braxil's President. NEW YORK, Oct 19. The police of Rio Janeiro, according to a dispatch to the Herald, have arrested, an Italian named Angel Manetti, who is known as the friend of Caserio, who assassin ated President Carnot of France, and of Bresci, who killed King Humbert of Italy. Manetti, it is charged, was plotting to take the life of President Gampos CaHes of Brazil. Prof Whitney Drops Dead. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Oct 19. ProfL. Joseph Whitely, principal of the Salt Lake School of Law,, dropped dead out of his chair in a restaurant today from hemorrhage of the brain. He had taken a degree at Oxford univer sity, and before, coming to Utah was a clergyman in the Church of England. Proposals from Chinese. WASHINGTON, Oct 19. For the first time in three days Minister Conger was heard from at the state depart ment today. He communicated by ca ble the substance of certain proposi tions advanced by Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang as a basis for the con duct of. negotiations for a settlement of the Chinese trouble. The Chinese government already has prepared the way for these by a preliminary action looking toward the punishment of Chi nese officials guilty of complicity in the Boxer uprising. Casnlac ta Stady la EMPORIA Kan., Oct 19. A. R. Tay lor, president of the Kansas State Nor mal school, has received a letter from Fred. W. Atkinson, superintendent of public instruction in the Philippines, asking what terms the State Normal school of Kansas will give students of the Philippines. The Department of Education In the Philippines has de cided to place some of the natives in United States schools, so they may come in contact with American social, coaunercial and political usages. INK I SWTfNCE Of HAUL Fradarleaad Sir Artkar. la aar. PARIS, Oct 19. (New York World" Cablegram.) Empress Frederick can- live more than six weeks. Both aerbr William, her son, and Queen vTktoria, her mother, were so notified yesterday by the physicians in attend ance. The dowager empress- is afflicted with cancer of the spine, according to a high German physician who has ar rived and who met here one of the sreaoetof British diplomats. The Llatter repeated the information to me. Sir Arthur Sullivan Is in Paris in charge of two attendants. He is on his way ta the Riviera, but was compelled by extreme weakness to break the trip aad- step here for rest To some friends who called on him he express ed, wimapif as sure that he shall never be able to return to England, realizing that his case is past helping. An emi nent French physician, an old admirer sic, visited him today and afterward concurred in the invalid's conviction that he was doomed to an early death. It is uncertain how soon, if ever. Sir Arthur will be able to proceed south. SEES NEW ERA F0K AMERICA. ArehbUhoa Ireland Talks of This Cot try's Position la Commerce NEW YORK. Oct 19. Archbishop Ireland, just returned from an extend ed trip abroad, today gave out a state ment of his impression of the showing made by tha Americans in Paris. The only criticism to be made, in Ms opin ion, is that in most cases artistic effect has been sacrificed for plain utility. This, he said, resulted in a failure to attract as might otherwise have been the"case. The number of awards made to American exhibitors should make the people here proud of the part taken by the United States. The most pleasing feature, he added, was the American pavilion, where all Ameri cans were made to feel at home. By the exhibit this country's resources are better known than ever before, as seen by an increased demand for our products. "A new era," said he. "has set in for us in commercial and diplomatic rela tions and with the opening of the twentieth century America steps into the front rank of nations." 5o 3ferey for Backet Shoes. CHICAGO, Oct 19. Board of Trade operators will tomorrow enter into what they call the last skirmish with the bucket shops. Thirteen of these concerns have been obliged to close their doers and thirteen more have at last given up their fight to secure the Board of Trade market quotations by roundabout means. One concern today was still using the quotations under a temporary injunction, but this case comes up on court tomorrow, when counsel for the board will present ar guments for its dissolution. In view of Judge Kohlsaat's decision enjoining a number of local bucket shops from using the board's quotations, the direc tors expect another-victory. Want to Bar Oat Americans. BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct 19. The Midland iron masters are inquir ing of officials about the reported in tention to prefer American manufac turers to British in awarding contracts for the executive railway and bridge construction contemplated in South Africa. Several of the principal iron men. who are conjointly making these inquiries, intend to organize a cam paign to presB the government into fa foring British manufacturers if it Is found that any contracts are likely to go to the United States, even though the American bids should be lower than the British. Yellow Fever Increasln g. HAVANA, Oct 19. Yellow fever is increasing here. It Is said that there is not one block in the city but has contributed from one to seventeen cases. If there is no improvement there will soon be an exodus from here. Frank W. Hayes, the general man ager of the Havana branch of the North American Trust company, who is suffering from yellow fever, is very low and Mrs. Hayes has been isolated with him. President Sends Condolences. WASHINGTON, Oct 19. President McKinley today sent a message of con dolence to the family of ex-Postmaster General William L. Wilson, who died at Lexington, Va.. yesterday. The president and Mr. Wilson served to gether in the house-of representatives for several years and. despite their po litical differences, were warm personal friends. To Deport tha Barghers. PRETORH, Oct 19. The Boers are daily tearing up portions of the rail road and cutting the telephone and telegraph wires. Their atacks are in tolerable. The repairing linesmen can not leave the garrison points without considerable escorts. The only remedy semes to be to corral all the burghers and deport them, as none apparently can be trusted. Sort on on Board of Arbitration. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. There is some talk tonight of ex-Vice President Levi P Morton as the third member on the part of the 'United States on the The Hague International Arbitra tion board. Mr. Morton saw the pres ident today, but at the White House neither confirmation nor denial of the reports was obtainable. American Gold Stay Come Home. LONDON. Oct 19. The Times, dis dussing possible gold movements, says in its financial column: "In a normal year it would be safe to say the Amer ican demand had ceased, but the pres ent year presents many variations. It would be rash to assume that Europe will not have to repay ere long a part of its borrowings. Germany, Russia and Great Britain, at the present mo ment are more likely to be borrowers than repayers. It is prcabble that af ter the American election money will be easier to employ than now. China Haa Proposals. LONDON, Oct 19. A representative 'of the Associated Press learns that Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang have flnally succeeded in drawing up a joint proposal for a settlement Beyond the fact that it is likely to require considerable alteration before being presentable, nothing is learned here regarding the actual terms. The Qkinese minister here. Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh, professes ignorance of such proposal, but it can be definitely aid that it is now engaging the atten tion of the British foreign office. GREAT SME IS OVER Eftrj Point Demanded by the Mem It Conceded. Taf f TIE tmateyas Gat Increase or Taa Par Caat AhaUttua af SUdlag Seala aad Araitra- laa Bala TfoUee are ta Bt Pi Italy. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct IS. The great strike of the anthracite mine workers of Pennsylvania, which began September 17, practically ended to day, when the Philadelphia 4 Read ing Iron am?. Coal company and the Lehigh Valley Coal company agreed to abolish the sliding scale in their re spective regiees and to grant an ad vance In wages of 10 per cent net the advance to remain in operation until April 1, 1901, or thereafter. The decision was arrived at after a conference between representatives of the individual coal operators and the large coal carrying roads. The conference began yesterday. Today's action was the culmination of the re cent meeting of the individual oper ators at Scranton following the mine workers' convention in the same city. Nearly all of the collieries in the coal region had previously posted no tice granting an advance of 10 per cent The mine workers, besides this, demanded the sliding scale in the Le high and Schuylkill regions abolish ed, the increase to be guaranteed un til April 1, and other differences sub mitted to arbitration. The individual operators agreed to everything. It is conceded that the result of to day's conference is a complete victory for the men. All the demands of their convention are acceded to, and as one of the in dividual operators put it the oper ators go a little further in maintain ing the advance after April L This same operator said: "It is all up to the miners. We have agreed to everything, nothing re mains but for them to return to work as soon as the notices are posted by the managers. These notices will con form to the Reading's notice. I look for a resumption af ojiorations by Monday at the latest The conference was entirely harmonious and every phase of the strike situation was gone ever." Just how soon the order notifying the men that the strike is over will be posted can only be conjectured. It is believed here that no order to re turn will be issued until a notice similar to that of the Beading and Lehigh companies is posted at all the mines. The Reading company's notice reads: "It hereby withdraws the notice posted October 3, 1900, and to bring about practical uniformity in the ad vance of wages in the several coal regions, gives notice that it will sus pend the operation of the sliding scale, will pay 19 per cent advance on Sep tember wages until April. 1901, and thereafter until further notice; and will take up with its mine employes any grievences which they may have." No formal announcement has been made by the Lehigh Valley Coal com pany, but a3 the Reading's statement has been made public, Vice President Garrett of the Lehigh company said: "Concerning our operations In the Schuylkill country, our notion will be similar to that of the Reading. In other regions certain things must be treated separately, and we have not decided with regard to them. These matters are in the handi of Superin tendent Lathrop." Culvin. Pardee A Co., extensive indi vidual operators in the Hazleton dis trict late this afternoon announced that they will tomorrow post notices similar to that issued by the Reading company. This indicates what the in dividual operators will do. RUSSIA AFTER NEW LOAN. Rfforts of XaseoTite Governaiaat ta Sat Stoney in Jew York. NEW YORK, Oct 18. The Evening Post today says: The reported nego tiations of New York and Paris bank ers with agents of the Russian gov ernment were denied by persons in position to know. While it is con sidered doubtful whether a portion of the loan could have been placed in Paris under any circumstances this season, the project is deemed impossi ble now that the Bank of France has concluded to give up some of its gold to New York. A financier identified with previous movements of the kind declared today that it was idle to talk of another Russian loan so far as New York is concerned. Good Crops ia Porto Rico. WASHINGTON. Oct 18. Secretary Long has received a letter from Gov- I ernor Allen of Porto Rico, in which the latter tells of an extensive tour of the island, of the prosperous con dition of the sugar crop and the out look for a very satisfactory coffee crop. Governor Allen predicts that with these prosperous crops the people of the Island will soon be upon their feet financially. Bailer aa VMef or Army. LONDON, Oct 18. Under reserve the Daily Express publishes a report that General Sir Redvers Buller has been summoned from South Africa to succeed Lord Wolseley as commander-in-chief. Lord Roberts declining to ac cept the position without a free hand. Foot. Up as,eee,i NEW YORK. Oct 18 The fire which started In Port Lima, Costa Rica, Sat urday, according to late dispatches re ceived here, destroyed the entire busi ness section of the city and caused a property loss of over $2,000,000. Short Cabinet Session. WASHINGTON, Oct 18. The cab inet meeting today was devoid of in terest Nothing new regarding the Chinese situation has been received and after a short discussion of the po litical situation the meeting ad journed. EmgUsh Laagaage la Philippines. WASHINGTON. Oct 18. F. W. Vaille, director of posts in the Philip pines, has informed the Postoffice de partment that he has opened a night school for native postoffice employes at Samolpec, where they may study Eng lish. A general order ha; been Issued in the Philippines, notifying native employes that they will be expected to use every effort to learn the Eng lish language; that schools will be es tablished where practicable and in the postal service preference will bt given to English-speaking natives. S4XMRS STtf MAKafRS. ' aa avert ta Class tka tacr Creek Warnings. LANSFORD, Pa., Oct 17. About 1.500 men and sixty women and girls marched eighteen miles from the south side Hazleton region during the night for the Panther Creek valley, where they expected to close all uf the ten collieries of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company, but just as the weary marchers were nearing their desination this morning they were met on the road by three com panies of infantry and at the point of the bayonet were driven back four miles to Tamaqua and dispersed. An other crowd of 800 strikers from the north side of Hazleton also marched here and succeeded in closing the com pany's No. 1 colliery at Nesquebouing, near Mauch Chunk, before the crowd was scattered. The presence of the soldiers was entirely unexpected and the strikers were much crestfallen, that they failed In accomplishing tha object of their long march. The march on Panther Creek valley was on the strikers' program for sev eral days. The United Mine Workers, ever since the strike started, have been attempting to close the collieries of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company in tnis region. Organizers were constantly in the region, but as a rule they did not meet with much success and it. was decided to U3e stronger methods to get the men em ployed in the ten 'mines to go out on a strike. Accordingly it was arranged that a big demonstration should be held in the valley It was to have been held yesterday morning, but owing to the heavy rain and muddy roads it was called off until this morning. Those who took part were strikers from McAdoo, Yorktown. Bunker Hill and Silver Brook, from the south side of Hazleton. and the Freeland. Drtf ton, Jeddo and Beaver Meadow strik ers fronTthe north side. The women and girls all came from McAdoo. which borough is the only one in the Hazleton region which has organized female marchers. The marchers came down like two armies, the south side mea marching by way of Tamaqua, while the strik ers from the north side went over the mountains at Beaver Meadow and en tered the Panther Creek valley by way or Nesquehonlng. The south side army concentrated at McAdoo, and the order to march was given at 10:30 o'clock last night There were sev eral fife and drum corps and a brass band ia the line. The women and girls were conveyed in two large caaaibuses The whole town of Mc Adoo was out to see the marchers 3tart Until 12 o'clock the night was 'very dark, it being difficult to see any distance in the mountain passes, but after midnight the moon came out from behind a bank of clouds, and for the remainder of the journey the marchers had plenty of light As the town of Tamaqua was entered at 2 y. m. the strikers began to make as much noise as they could, in order to awaken the people who were unaware of the coming- of the strikers. The marchers went through the town without stop ping for rest and headed for Coaldale, four and a half miles away. At a point half a mile from Coaldale there is a sharp turn in the road and as the newspaper men rounded it there came a command of "Halt!" and about fifty feet in front of them stood solid rows of soldiers, who were stretched across the road with bayon ets fixed. The sheriff of Schuylkill county was with them. The command er of tne troops, speaking to the wait ing crowd, said: "In the name of the people of the state of Pennsylvania. I command you to disperse and to return whence you came." The strikers began to protest that they could not be stopped on a pub lic highway, and many of them showed a disposition to resist the sol diers. The officer in charge of the troops, however, kept his men in po sition and the strikersr seeing that the soldiers evidently meant business, slowly began returning toward Tam aqua. WRNS RACK THE RUCK ELA6S. Li Hong Chang Orders Them to Abaadoa Their Starch Xorthward. PARIS. Oct 17. At a cabinet coun cil held at the Elysee palace today tne minister of foreign affairs, M. Del casse, announced that all the powers have accepted the French note as the basis for negotiations. The minister added that he had been informed Li Hung Chang has just ordered tha Black Flags and Kwang Si trooops which are traversing the province of Hu Nan, on the way to join the court at Sian Fu, to abandon their march and return to Canton. Checker Championship. BOSTON, Mass., Oct 15. The first two gamea of the forty-game match for the world checker championship between Richard Jordan of Edinburgh. Scotland, and Charles Barker of this city, resulted in a draw The Bristol opening began both contests, and each drifted into the well known cross game. Banker Drops Dead. CLINTON, la.. OcL 16. i his after noon E. S. Carl, for many years cashier of the Citizens National bank of Dav enport fell dead from apoplexy while calling at the bank. He was one of the best known bankers in the west and only recently retired. Amaosblag the Amerieaaa. MANILA. Oct 17. (Via .Hong Kong.) A detachment of twenty men of the Twenty-fourth regiment, while engaged in- repairing telegraph wire. October 10, at a point near San Jos, Nuevo Ecija province. Isle de Luzon, were set upon by 200 rebels and were overpowered and scattered. Seven of the Americans reached San Jose, but it is probable the remainder were cap. tured. The enemy surprised a party of scouts of the Forty-third infantry at a point thirty-three miles from Takloban. Leyte island, killing three of the Americans at the first volley. Keeping the British Basy. LONDON, Oct 17. Lord Roberta re ports from Pretoria, under date of Oc tober la, as follows: "French started from Machododorp toward Heidelberg to clear a part of the country not yet visited by our troops. Mahon. com manding the mounted troops, success fully engaged the enemy on October 13. but our losses were severe, three officers and eight men being killed and thre officers and twenty-five mea wounded. French occupied Carolina yesterday, capturing a convoy durius his march." TEWOMMLIABLS. 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