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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
SUMMARY OF TO-DAY'S NEWS.

Local.
Street car transfer mater natter, IS setsleo.
a rev policeman Is chosen
-EriiIiant wedding at the Jefferson
Money stolen returned 70 Richmond
gentleman. w. -,-,,
-adt,frfoual clerk at the postofflce.
-Tv,o more bodies found in the huh OF
the steamship Main. now at Newport
eDanisi TO canvass the Ninth District
loI The ne, Schooner John A. Curtis, of Rich
mond. in collision with a tug and
The Elks to have grand bazaar In
Many political discussions over the
State.
General.
All demands of miners granted and
the strike practically ended.
Bryan crested By crowds in the Esn-
-sIyss=rsoua saarder brought to light sr
-YoutsayC Gsgsnse rests its case. The
prisoners . sep1Isicn extremely critical.
-RoossyESe accorded a great reception
in Clevetaae q. Ac6 was hit on the head
with Il1&,
Fe.eiSu.
-iThe hoRlal ediet ordering punish
NIT of Chinese officials pronounced
forgery
Boxers sSsin active north of Pekin.
and allies ny send an expedition against
them.
-Russis,s a1tion In withdrawing from
concert may mean ultimate design - Aos
nexing NA6A1Arta.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
oI. Tbiebaut Held Il Conference With
Secretary Hay,
(Ey Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. October 1.-THE French
Charge Il 'Afaires, NJ. Thebaut- called at
the State Department to-day and had 4
conference with Secretary Hay. 1t is un-
derstooG that he presented q inemoran-
dunn proposing that the peace negotiations
with China begin Immediately, in ac-
cordancc with the favorable action Of the
Powers on the recent note o. the French
Government.
N. Thiebaut also made known the salts
factory character of the answers received
from the several governments, and pointed
out tire desirability of having steps taken al
once to carry out the several points on
which the Powers have been brought into
agreement.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
HOT TIMES IN STAFFORD.
\ Joint Discussion ai,u Excitement i'll
the Crowd.

Especial Dispatch TO The Time<.(
FREDrRICKSBURG, VA. October H.
Politics were warm at Stafford court to-
day. There was a Joint discussion. Con-
gresham John T. Rixey and HE Eighth
District clector, J.. II. Machen, Of Fair
fax. representing the Democrats, and Re-
publican district elector Nj. X. Lowry
speaking for the Republicans.
There were hot words and several fights
were narrowly avcrted in thea crowd.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
Hu:-Chow Has Fallen.
(By Associated Press

lBy Associated- Ffcss.1
HONS; KONG. Oet. It,-Adv.ees from
Canton say it is reported there that Sun
Vat Sen. ths reformer, captured Hui Chow
last Monday.
The Cantonese assert that II Hu: Chow,
which resisted the insurgents IN the Tai
Ping re1ekaon. falls thus, the insurgents
Will he ah'e ta .ake Canton Within a week
Admiral Ho.sWats, the bulk Of his forces,
lett Sam Clun this morning .n pursuit OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
YELLOW FEVER.
The Scourgc Raging i'll Island OF
Cuba.

(Dy Associated Press.)
NEW YORK Oct 1.-THE Evening
Post prints to-day accounts received by
mail of yellow fever in Havana,
The facts are shat yellow fever is now
raging not only in the districts w'here it is
yearly expected, but in places that nave
been considered safe from its raids.
The death rate has been comparatively
low the fever having appeared for the
most part in mild form.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
First AIceti"" Saturday.
lEr Associated press

PEkIN, october 16.-Eia T1en Tsin. Oc-
.ober l1.-Nia Shanghai, October 11-Prince
Ching and Ii Hung Chang have addressed
a joint meeting OF the Foreign Envoys.
fixing Saturday next for the first meeting
to discuss the conditions Of peace.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
Negotiations Begun.

(By Associated ?rcss.)
LONDON, Oct 1.-THE Chinese Minister
here asserts that peace negotiations nave
actually begun at Peksn between the
Chinese plenipotentar:es and the repre-
sentatives of the Powers al the Tsung Ii
Yamen
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
ROBERTS REPORTS,
Number OF Minor .AftairS AID Surrcn-
der Of Thcuuis Bo,hu.

tBy Associated rrcSs)
LONDON. Oct IA dispatch received
here to-day from Lord Roberts under
date OF Pretoria Tuesday. October 18th,
-eports a number of minor affairs, but
saws tnat the only incident of Importance
was the surrender OF Theunis Botha a
brother of General Botha, at Volksrust,
October 18th
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18

TIE insurgents. leaving 80 trocPs to pro-
tee. San, Chtn ard sending esO to sarrisoa
the Marsiarin station az Nai Teu. CT sae
western arm OF Peep Bay
The United safes s:t:oe2t A-Esss'a'
c,on, Swat,o. arrived &; t:oas heas.
coa.ed and proceeded To- Canton
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
Ordered Back to Pekin.

(ky AsSoclateli Tress.
Berlin. October I'm. DeGiers and
the. Russian Legation. according to a
dispatch from Tien Tsin TO the kolniscf,e
Eeitllng, have been ordered 10 return TO
Pels:n within a few days
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
This is Abolished and Advance Guar
antesd Till April Next.
CONFERENCE WAS HARMONIOUS.
Nothing Now Eemains but for the
Miners to Rcsunc Work. and
This VIII Probably Be Done
by Monday Next = Gal
In:nation Of Meeting
Began Tuesday.
(By Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.-Ihe strike
Of the anthracite mine workers OF Penn
sylvania, Which began September Nth,
practically ended to-day when the Phil
adelphfa and Reading Coal and Iron
Company and the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company agreed TO abolish the sliding
scale in their respective regions and to
Grant an advance IN wages of ten per
cent. net, the advance to remain in opera
ton uni April ist. 1891, or thereafter
'.'his action meets the demands Of the
Scranton miners convention.
The decision was arrived at after con-
ference OF representatives of tn indi-
v!tlual coal operators and the large coal
carrying companies. The conference he
gan yesterday. To-day's action was the
elimination OF the recent meeting of the
individual operators at Scranton, follow
ing the Mine Workers convention in tnc
same city. Nearly al! the collier.es in the
coal region had, previous to the mint rs
convention posted a notice granting an
advance of ten per cent. The mine work
ars in considering this. demanded that
the sliding scale in the LehiSh and
Schuylkill districts be abolished. the ad-
vance guaranteed until April 1<t, and all
other differences be submitted to arbitra-
ton.
COMPLETE VICTORY.
The individual operators agreed to
everything. and the appointment of q
committee to induce the Reading and
the l. high companies to abolish the Sid
ing scale and make the wage increase
permanent followed 1t is conceded that
the result OF to-day's conference is
complete victory fer the men
All the demands of their convention are
acceded to, and as one OF the individual
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
TORPEDO BOATS COLLIDE.
The DahiSren and Craven Crash
Together.

WASHINGTON. October IA telegram
was received at the Navy Department to-
day stating that the tropedo-boats DalGren
and Craven were in collision outside New
port last night. and were obliged to put
back They reached Newport in safety.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
K.n.c,.,s Dcnur,arc l'ossponod.

(By Associated Press.)
LORENZO. MARQUES, Oct. 11.-A1r.
Kruger has postponed his departure for
Europe until october Goth. He will land
at Marseilles.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
MANIELO INDICTED.
On the Promise 70 Never Drink Again
He Was Baiicu.

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
HANOVER C. Il. VA. Oct. 1I.-Junius
NJ ManteIo was indicted for the acci-
dental shooting OF his daughter. Upon q
solemn oath. voluntarily made, never 10
drink again he was admitted TO bail in
the sums of $50 to appear at next court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
RANGE CT cFTHERmonrTEn

The following was the range of the thcr-
rnometer at The Times ONCE yesterday:
p A. N. IS: u AZ, Sc; 5 r. NJ. so: 6 p. A.,
50: 9 P. AZ. ss: u AZ, 4s. Average ,empera-
ture. IS 2-S.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-18
WEATHER FORECAST

E-orscas. for THURSDAY and Friday.
Virginia ana North caroiina--Gencsal
fair THURSDAY ard Friday: light % fresh
northeaster!y winds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-09

third Fall sufficient  the old Call THE WOLF He is always and prices:
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THE CHTLD'S MIND.
Let Hlm Look Into Every Phase q h.
dnstrlaI Iffe.


 Expand the child's mind by showing from time to time scenes from all sides Of life. Take him today to studios and let him see how pictures are made; next week to silk factories. to learn the poetry Of labor, and afterward to brick yard and an iron foundry, not forgetting the claims of great churches and monuments upon an eleYating edu- cation. The attenuation of city and country is a delightful stimulant. When travel is possible we should give the child glimpses of mountains and sights of the sea. and let him become sac- qgainted with mountaineers and fisher men, even as he ought in town to know something Of the ways and thoughts of the workmen. so that he may come to feel sympathy with all sorts of people and understand the merit of labor. Experience of this kind is worth far more than theoriz- ing in school books. It is not particu- iarly interesting to a child to read that he should be grateful to all the people who supply him with his daily com forts--to the farmer. the baker. the manufacturer and the builder. But when he sees how grain grows and is converted into flour; how furniture is wrought from blocks of wood and thread woven into cloth, the whole history of the objects about him is re- vealed. The different parts of life be- come connected and he gets a sense of the thread of harmony that runs through it all. And he has . moment of satisfaction, coming through a feeling of kinshtp with the world. which is more useful than gratitude upon general principles.-F1orenc Hull Winterburn in the Woman's Home Companion.
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SOME FIGURES ON rHElcEMEN
He Handles an Immense Amount of
 congealed Water Daily


 From the Philadelphia Record: How'd you like to be the ieeman?" Snyder, the calculating barber, was ar tiseally executing a quiekstep on the razor=strop when the above little ditty floated in from the busy thorough fare, causing a smile of contempt to fit across his features. That simply makes me weary" he remarked, as with flourish he daubed the patrons face. You hear that latest aequisi- tton in the way of slang phrases re- peated by men of every station. just as if the iceman's lot was an earthly paradise As a matter of fact. the in diyidnal who embarks on career which involves the marketing Of con- gealed= moisture doesn't have to run around searching for his troubles. How many people do you suppose ever think of the amount of money that drIps right out of the iceman's= hands when the snn. beams down an his heavily loaded wagon? Don't amount to much, eh? Well, you'll change your opin- ion when l bring up a few figures for your consideration. Starting out with a ton Of ice. I estimate that melting alone causes a dead loss of about 100 pounds to the dealer. That doesn't seem much. but when you calculate that about 100 wagons q cay right here in town lose that amount he fig ures are amazing One hundred thou- sand pounds at, say 10 cents per hum dred, runs ap the tidy little sum of s100. Three hundred and sfXfy-fve times $100 gives Us the annual loss locally of s36.500 Takes a little nerve, doesn't it, to be an ieeman? Then if during the summer these drippings could be collected I figure that they'd supply all the hospitals in town with ice water baths fer sunstfeke patients. Frozen into a solid lump, the entire years drippings would make a cube as big as a ten-story office building. Then, again, the waste when the cakes are cut is enormous, to say nothing of what vanishes into the air when the ice is whisked clean with brush broom. But, without going into fur ther details. think you'll agree that the man who peddles ice has enough trouble 10 worry him into an early grave. Tonic?''
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 = s1Sy~ra@uv@~vns

Fernandina, Fla, is the largest ship ping point in the world for phosphate rock. The rock. which is used as fertilizer, was discovered in Florida in 1888. h 1890 the shipments from Fer nandina amounted to 10.4 .428 tons. Each year it has increased, until last year 195.000 tons were shipped from that port. This year it is expected that the shipments will reach 288,000 tons. All the phosphate rock shipped from Fer nandina goes to foreign countries. The harbor of Fernandina is unsurpassed by that of any Florida port, the depth of water over eing 223a feet
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penaltmsnt store Lew ln Missouri.

Depa1 tment store Law ID Missouri
 The anu-department stere law of Missouri went into effect recently. It imposes a license fee of from $500 to $500 year on all classes of goods designated by it and sold in any store giving employment to fifteen or more persons The license commissioner, each city having one. decides whether the fee shall be minimum, maximum CT intern ate There are depart nent stores in Missouri that deal in ninety and more different classes of goods. At a minimum rate, such stores would be compelled to pay from S27,- 0G0 a wear upward in taxes. The small dealers and merchants in single lines of goods will fight for the enforce ment of the law by employing all legal help possible The department stores will fight the law, striving to prove that 1t is unconstitutional.
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SPECULATE IN HISTORIC SPOTS
What the Birthplace of Famous Men
 Are worth as q Business.
Last year no fewer than 36,000 peo

Last year no fewer than 36,000 peo- pie passed the turnstiies which guard the entrance to the little room in which Burns first saw the light. In 1928. the centenary year of Burns Ge. Der reached 2s.000. and as smanded from each wis., itor a vet simple calculation will show what a ss sum of money is annually obtained by this means. The cottage is a very humble. one-storied little erection, with a matched roof, and the poets father, when he first went to live there. would have opened. his eyes pretty widely had anyone been able to tell him what 3 sum was one day to be received for il. The place was bought from him fafter the poets death) by corporation of shoemakers, who afterward sold it to the present trustees for $30,0 ,000 Another famous birthplace which attracts large mum, Der of people is that of Thomas Car lyle at Ecclefechan, which is twenty or thirty miles north of Carlisle. There is no fixed scale of charges for visiting this cottage, but as 1.205 people climbed the stairs last year and each probably left something with the care- taker it will be easily seen that here, too. is a nice little property. There are other places, more or less well known. scattered about in different Tarts of England and Wales, which the tourist often visits. Shakespeare is still a veritable little gold mine to Stratford-on-Avon People from all parts of the world make pilgrimages to the little Warwiekshire town in order to see the famous poets birth place. The charge for admission to the house is s pence, but as an interest ing museum is usually visited at the same time, for which an extra 5 pence is demanded, few persons leave the building without leaving shilling be- hand them. Then there fs. Ann Hatha- ways cottage to be also seen. This is a mile. away from Stratford, at the pretty little village of Shottery, and it is where the poets wife was wooed and won. The writer, during a recent visit to it. was informed that on an average loo people a day all the year round came to see the cottage, and as each visitor pays 6 pence s. .500 or $4,000 q year must be made put of it.
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How to Make a rernerr.

An nnsightly or dark corner of back yard or garden may, without much difflcuity, be converted into quite an attractive spot by the construction of a fernery. This can be done by re- moving the flags, if any, rearing them on edge as kind of border line, filling in behind with good garden soil, if leaf mold and sandy peat are not ob- tainable for mixing it. See that there is plenty of drainage by placing thick layer of broker stones or bricks at the bottom, then add the soil in the shape of gently sloping bank, stud ding it with rough stones (the rougher the better) from a sandstone quarry. In gathering wild ferns do not attempt to bring home large specimens. Be content with small plants with plenty of root. They will make fair show sn themselves if properly attended tia
 The ProverD Applied.
 Indignant Citizen-0h, yes, you ar- rest a few newsboys for shooting craps for pennies, but you let the big gam blers go unharmed-I almost said un- touched. City Official-HaYe you never heard of the proverb about taking care of the pennies and letting the dollars take care of themselves ?-Indiauap Journal.
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z oNDERFUL oEYsER AT WORK
California spouter That Throws Water
 500 Feet in the Air.


 From the Scientific American: The people of southern California have re- gently been favored with one of the most extraordinary exhibitions of nat ural phenomena on record-one which has even astonished beyond measure ment all classes of a community fla miliar already with instances of what nature can accomplish when it sets out to do something out of the common. Southern Galifornians are so used to shocks of earthquakes. ineipient volca- noes. or threatened tidal waves that it takes something extremely eruptive to disturb their ordinary eomposure, but the successful effort of a rural rancher in his search for water with which to irrigate his fields, parehed with long drouth, has turned the gaze of the whole state toward the little town of Whittier,a a hamlet located in the neigh borhood of Los Angeles. Some weeks ago q farmer named Myers. living at Santa Fe Springs, began sinking an ar tesian well. Others in the neighborhood had successfully tapped a subterranean flow at depths of from 300 to 400 feet, and AIr. Myers hoped for a successful Issue to his enterprise. By slow stages the drills descended until depth of 800 feet was attained. This was on Sum- day, May fl. A drill weighing 200 pounds #as employed and the prospect Of tapping a good flow of water was be- coming more and more encouraging. A ten-Inch pipe had been sunk some dis tanee, and the usual preparations made for controlling the flow when it diG make it's expected appearance. The heavy drill was working with it's usual monotonous regularity, when. after one deep plunge, loud roaring sound was heard coming from the well. accomDa- nied by jets of muddy water and out bursts of heavy stones. Soon after the drill itself made tzs appearance. foi. lowed by a grand s5-umn of water. which forced itse.f sher and higher until the top reached a elevation Of 500 feet. The fo~ vas accompanied by vast quantities Of gas smelling of sulphur strongly and IgBiting when fire was applied, burning with strong blue fame. Oil in considerable quan- titles was mixed with the flow. The stones were thrown to an equal height with the water and the exhibition of tremendous force was appalling to the last degree No geyser of the Yellow stone eyer disDIaved such activity. The column of muddy water was like great pillar. extending almost to the clouds and falling back to earth again in graceful festooHs. The force ex- erted vas equal to a thousand powerful engines. For two weeks this phenome- non has been actiTe. though some dimfnuttQn of the force exerted Is be- ginning Q be apparent.. The flow Of waterIs= enormous. =aad. the country being fat. some difficulty is appre- headed D it's control.
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A Q .,np,ioation of Relationships.

JustIee Thomas MeGann, of Lorain, Ohio, within 24 hours joined in holy bands of wedlock Joseph Hartman and his son, Adam to the two Bordee sis ters, Katie and Gertie. An interesting complication of relationships thus arises. Of course, Gertie, who married the father, Joseph Hartman, will be both stepmother and sister-in-law to the son, Adam Hartman Hence. if Adam and his wife have children Gertie will be grandmother to her nephews and nieces. but Katie, the sons wife, will be aunt to her father in-law's children, and Adam will have to be an uncle to his own half-brothers and sisters. The children of the father will be annts and uneles and cousins to the children of the son. The wife of the father becomes her own sisters mother-in-law and father and son be- come brothers-in-law.
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PREJUDICE MADE PROFITABLE.
Superstition Against the Opal Was Mere

5upETs bAII0n A5AAnSG the OpdA 0aS 1ASEe@
 1y Jewellers Fiction.
 It is only within a few years that the fashionable women of Chicago could be induced to wear opa1s, although they are among the rarest and most beauti- fuI ef gems. But now the opal. long tabooed because Of It's supposed un- lucky qualities, is reported by dealers in gems =fo=be once more selling we'll With this information comes what parBofts @ be the true story Of how so beautiful stone came by it's pad name.
 It seems, according to he story. mat a Belgian jeweler. finding great de- mand for opals in Brussels. sent ane of his sa4esmen to LonHon t5 purchase a supply. On arriving there this emissaHg found to his ehasFin that the object Qf his quest was the most 3opu- lar gem in the English capital. and that i5s price was proportionateIy large. Forthwith he conceived the story that opals bring bad luak. He circulated this story diligently, with the surprising result that the much sought stones came to be sedulously avoided, and that their price rapidly declined. In the course of two months opaIs were ceiling in London for one- third Of the price previously asked for them, and the astute Belgian prompt ly bought up all there were offered for sale; in fact, all the opals that were to be had. Before the superstition he had started had time to reach the con- tinent of Europe, he had delivered the jewels to his chief, and the firm had placed them upon the market and reaped q mammoth profit on the trans action.
 The belief in the ilI-staked fortune of an epaPs owner grew greatly and brought fruit a hundredfold For twenty-five years past the stone has been almost unstable, in spite of it's beauty. Now someone has unearthed, or more probably invented the story of the Belgian speculator, and the pendu- lum of popular sentiment has begun to swing in the opposite direction.
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win Firing Suit in United ssetes Con

Win Bring Suit in United States Court.
 Tke heirs of Baron de Kalb, who served in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary war. will bring suit in tie United States courts for a sale in partition of land which was once owned by the government. The baron left son, Sebastian, whose son George went to Cincinnati. The widow found some time ago papers which her coun- sel says give her title to HOO acres of land in the vicinity of Chillicothe, Ohio, which had been given to Baron de Kalh by the government in payment for his services. This tract of land is now very valuable
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CHE=AP
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N BUSINESS CHANcE-Bight parties TA wanted with s2d0 each to join me n ee- veIoping gold and copper mine. Can be paid D monthly payments as work progress =. With this amount expen led can com mence shipping ore. If you want first-class investment nVes tigate this F0position.
 1t5 Il. r. PALMER, Tularosa. N. II.