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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

Seattle, Oct. 28.-The Rev. Father John
b. Rene, in charge of the Roman Catholic
missions on the Yukon, has arrived at
Dawson with terrible story of the suffer
ings of the natives in that valley from an
epidemic q a mysterious disease resemb-
ling combination of pneumonia, measles
and typhoid fever. At Holy Cross mis-
sion 60 out of $50 Indians died in less
than two months. Famine now threatens,
as the natives have not been able to lay up
up supplies of fish and game for the WIN
ter. The plague has been general all along
the river and along the coast OF Boring sea,
and thousands of natives have died and
many more will die from the disease itself
or starvation following in its train.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
EmbezzIer Afford Caught.

Boston, Oct. 30.-4Cornelius J. Alvord,
Jr., the embezzling note teller of the First
National bank New York, was arrested at
the South End today. Alvord took his ar
rest quietly.
He arrived in Boston last week and went
to the Hotel Touraine, but did not regis
ter. On Wednesday he engaged back
room on the second floor of a lodging
house on Huntington avenue near West
Newton street, where he went under the
name of Mr. Smith of New York.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

London, Oct 3l.-i'he Chinese plenipo-
tentiaries opened negotiations, says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Elk
press, by proposing that China should pay
an indemnity of t400O0,000 1920, Co.,
000) in 60 installments, agreeing that the
likin ana the customs service should be
withheld until the obligation should be
discharged.
They also agreed that Prince Tuan
should be imprisoned for life.
Also that Tentsin should be treated as
an international district and other places
should be opened to foreign trade.
China undertakes to abstain from pur-
chasing war material abroad. In order to
raise the indemnity she proposes to double
import duties.
The Austrian minister has arrived.
A company of French troops, sent for a
days march west of Pekin to rid dis
trict that was reported to be infested with
Boxers, killed eight rebels, took one pris-
oner and captured a mitrailleuse.
The international column now returning
from Pao-tingfu is burning the villages
EN- route. The armed population is being
punished and all arms destroyed.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Beers StilI Fighting,

London. Oct 2S.-The retirement of
patch from Cape Town to the Daily
Mail force of Beers attacked and sur
rounded party of Cape police with a
convoy near Hoopstad, Orange River
Colony, last Saturday and short fight
ensued.
"The police" says the correspondent,
were forced to abandon two Maxims.
Ultimately reinforced by the yeomanry,
they succeeded in getting away with
the convoy, but they lost killed, II
wounded and Is captured. The colon
ials were outnumbered 10 to /, and the
engagement lasted for two hours. The
Beers have $4,000 men in the field
nearly half of whom are divided into
commanders of some 800 each, but are
capable of combination for large oper-
atoms"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Suicide at SpangIe.

Spangle, Wash, Oct 28.-Jacob Stein
er was found dead in tie town Jail this
evening lie committed suicide by hang
ing himself by tearing the blankets and
making a rope and tieing it to the iron
bars of the window. He was found by
the marshal. 9 He was arrested at the
Northern Pacific depot at o'clock in the
afternoon by the town marshal for being
drunk and disorderly. He was recognized
by parties here as being Jacob Steiner OF
Marshall Wash. The coroner has been
notified. When cut down the body was
still warm, but life was extinct. DIR. T.
E. HoXey pronounced him dead.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Drowned ut Semitic.

Seattle, Oct, 29-Torrey Carr, a son
of b. o. Carr and brother of General
e. M. Carr of this city, and Clark C.
Carr, son of General Clark e. Carr of
Galesburg, ILL.,, were drowned in Lake
Washington early Sunday morning
while duck-shooting from a canoe. The
bodies have not been recovered. Gen
eral e. NJ. Carr is a lawyer and Cen
eral G. L. Carr is campaign speaker
sent out from Illinois by the repub-
lican national committee. He was an
intimate friend of President Lincoln
and ten years ago was minister to Den
mark. The young men left the city
early in the morning, and about
o'clock were heard shouting for help
by other hunters. A few hours later
the fog lifted and their canoe was
found floating bottom up. Two steam
ers, chartered by friends, searched all
day for the bodies.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Census Figures Complete.

Washington, Oct 29-The work of
counting the inhabitants of the United
States is practically completed by the
census bureau and this week Director
Merriam will announce the population of
the country. His statement, however,
will be subject to some slight revision. All
the returns from Alaska are not yet in and
the returns from the American sailors and
soldiers serving in the Philippines and else
where abroad are not yet complete. These
figures will be estimated. The figures for
the states and territories will be official.
The work of the present census has pro-
ceeded upon system materially different
from the last census. The population I'M
der the last census was hand count and
was completed Thanksgiving day, 1890.
The work of punching the individual
cards containing individual statistics was
not begun until March, 1891, and not
completed until September, 1891. The
present count has proceeded as each card
has been punched, so that now with the
completion of the count the individual
statistics as punched in the cards are
complete The other statistics can now
be ground out mechanically from the
punched cards. After the total popula-
ton and the population by states and ter
ritores are announced next week the
bulletins showing the population of states
and territories by minor civil divisions
will be issued as soon as tabulated.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

New York, Oct. 2S-The Financier
says:
The statement of the associated banks
of New York city for the week ending
October p was not surprisingly favor
able one, the gains in cash holdings espe-
cially attracting attention. The known
operations of the week indicated that the
banks had lost money both to the treas
ury and to the interior, but so far from
showing this the averages reveal an act
ual gain of $2,323 800, both specie and le-
gal tenders sharing in the expansion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
MEN RETURNING 70 WORK
STRIKE A THING OF THE PAST
business VIII he Brisk From Now
On-Few Operators sim Resist
Only Small Concerns Refused to
Raise the Scale.

Wilkesbarre, Pa Oct. 29.-All the
coal companies in me Wyoming valley.
with few exceptions, have now posted
notices granting their employees the 10
per cent increase asked for by the
Scranton convention. The exceptions
are a few individual operators who do
not employ many hands. But 1t is said
that when the men employed at these
collieries report for work tomorrow
they will be told that they will
receive the same wages paid by
the other companies. The Kings
ton Coal Company had notices
posted today granting the in
crease. This company employs 22O0
men, and was the last of the big indi-
vidual concerns in the valley to grant
the increase. The officials of the Sus-
quehanna company had a conference
with their employees Saturday night
and agreed to pay them the advance.
President Mitchell and the executive
board of the United Mine Workers Wis
tied Pittston this afternoon. They
were received by a large crowd and
there was the greatest enthusiasm.
Addresses were made by President
Mitchell and others. Mr.. Mitchell told
all the miners to go to work tomorrow.
He also congratulated them on their
good behavior during the strike.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Beers Reiterated.

London, Oct. 30.-Tne war Office has
the following from Lord Roberts, dated
Pretoria, October %:
"Knox successfully engaged Dewet
October p. During the Boer retreat Knox
caught Dewet in the Rensburg drift. The
Beers lost considerably and left two guns
and three wagons in Knox's ands. An
other ammunition wagon was blown up by
a shell. The British casualties were nil .
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

Madrid, Oct. 30.--A conflict between
"a armed Carlists and detachment OF
gendarmes occurred Sunday near Bada-
Iona. The chief of the Carlists was killed
and another man was wounded. Three
Remington rifles were captured.
The band retreated in the direction of
Moncada, pursued by cavalry and in
fantry.
The Carlist general, Solivar, has been
arrested at Barcelona, and number of
other arrests have been made in connec-
ton with the Badalona uprising.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

London, Oct. Collaborating to dis
Norman Maccoll, NJ. A, January l from
the editorship of the Athenium marks the
completion of the longest editorship on
record in England. For 81 years he has
controlled the journal, beating Delane's
service on the Times, and he has prob.
ably had more to do with the formation
of the higher literary standards than any
man in England
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Four Children Drowned.

Port Clinton, o., Oct. pa quad
ripple drowning occurred near Plaster
Bed, on Sandusky bay, eight miles east
of here, Sunday afternoon. The
drowned are: Douglass Stark, aged
3; George E. Stark, aged s. Alfred
Stark, aged 8; Henry Stark, aged ID.
They were the children of William
Stark.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

New York, Oct 2S.-William j. Bry-
ans second coming to this city was the
occasion Saturday of one of the greatest
political demonstrations of the campaign.
Fourteen thousand people cheered the
democratic candidate at Madison Square
Garden.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Wrecked on siberia,s Coast.

Seattle, Oct. 3l.-The steamship Ohio
brought news of the wreck of the schooner
Frances Alice, owned in this city, on the
Siberian coast. The schooner was 100 tons
register and carried crew of seven, all
of whom were saved. The vessel was
blown ashore during a fierce gale.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

Caracas, via Hayti, Oct. 30.-Secretary
of State, Washington Severe earthquake
Monday morning; great damage to prop
erty; several killed; president jumping
second floor government house, leg Dro-
ken; details from interior later
RUSSELL
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
Butte Miners sunocated.

Butte, Mont, Oct 3l.-William Whit
more, Robert Campbell and Charles Black
lie, three miners employed in the Smoke
h6use mine, were asphyxiated this after
noon by powder gas. They had fred IL
shots and went down too soon afterward.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
laps Approve.

London, Nov. 1.-The japanese minister
here, Kato Takaski, informed ii representa-
tive of the Associated Press that he had
delivered a note to Salisbury in which
Japan Internationally assents to the
Anglo German agreement in China
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

At Conneaut, o. three automatic ore
unloaders have been placed on Carne-
gie's docks, each one of which will dis
place about 100 men.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03

Everybody knows worse of himself
than he knows OF other nlen.-Doctor
Johnson.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-31

Tiger, which, with the first German
iron clad division, recently arrived n
Hong Kong. has been ordered 10 Annoy.
The rest Of the division viii be held
n readiness at Hong Kong.
Herr vonBrandt, former minister Of
Germany TO China, who was inter
viewed today regarding the situation,
made the following statement:
1T is an error to assume that the
Chinese trouble is at an end with the
relief of the foreign legations. AS a
matter of fact, it has but just begun,
because now the divergent interests OF
the powers are asserting themselves.
No doubt the United States would con-
clude peace Immediately and act as
a mediator If, unfortunately, Chinese
duplicity were not so apparent.
Russia wants the empress dowager
retained Great Britain wants. En-
peror Kwang Su at the head of affairs.
Germany runs the risk of being isolat-
ed or of being comDelled to confront
coalition of several powers, if, after
the arrival of Count Won Waldersee
she should wish to continue military
action, perhaps even single handed,
or if in her demands for redl ess she
should go further than the powers
principally interested in China
Regarding the cause that led to the
Chinese troubles, Herr Won Brandt
quoted verbatim the text of a remark
able report made by the chief Of the
Russo-Asiatic Bank of Pekin on June
18th last, but not heretofore published.
The passage of the greatest interest
is the following:
"A majority of the Pekin legations
have decided to demand the creation
of foreign settlements in Pekin, like
those at the treaty harbors, immedi-
ately after the arrival in Pekin OF
strong detachments. NJ. de Giers
| Russian minister) will endeavor to
reduce this demand to the appoint
ment of foreign police commissioners
under command of the legations.
Several of the legations desire a
| special regency over the emperor AID
| the removal of the empress dowag ger
| from power; but D. de Giers insists
| upon retaining the powers of the on
press dOwager, since the above ar
rangement would induce several pow
| ers to demand the appoint of their
candidates, as members of the regen-
| cy."
This report did not reach St. Peters
burg until July Both. Commenting
| upon it, Herr Won Brandt remarked:
This shows how far the Pekin min
| listers wished to go even before serious
| difficulties began"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-31
! DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
In This State to Open Septembe 10th.
The Agricultural Commissioners
Convention.
Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, n. c., August %.

ftdlelSn, n. L., Angus ~.
The democratic national campaign in
North Carolina will begin September
10th. Definite announcement to this
effect was made today
Two more members of the Associa-
ton of Commissioners of Agriculture
arrived today to attend it's convention
here, these being Frank Hill, of Lit
tie Rock, commissioner for Arkansas,
and President Dugger, of the Alabama
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
The features of the session of the
convention today were the address on
Soils and Soil Tests by Milton Whit
ney, chief of the soil test division Of
the United States agricultural depart
ment, and the illustrated lecture on
Good Roads" by State Geologist
Holmes.
The soil test in this state is making
good progress. The exports are now
along on the line of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railway.
The Raleigh hosiery and yarn mill
has sold its mule" Spinners, made in
1890, to Huntsville, Ala, mill. and is
putting in new mules" which will
spin finer yarns.
DR.. Richard H. Lewis, secretary of
the state board of health, says that
there are now five times as many foci
of small poX as there were last year
at this date.
For st. Luke'S home for aged and in
firm women and also for the widows
of confederate veterans, S3,519 has been
raised in various cities and towns in
this state. The home is here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-31
INTERNATIONAL GOMPLICATION
Summing up of the situation by n
Wcll-Posted Diplomat

One of the best posted members of
the diplomatic corps, who is actively
engaged in the present negotiations,
today summed up the international
complications substantially as follows:
The powers were in complete ac-
cord up to the time of the taking of
Pekln; but with that accomplished, the
more important question arose as to the
future course of the powers in deal
ing with China, and, on that there is
not as yet any complete accord.
Thus far, 1t seems plain that the
United States opposes the dismember-
ment of China, or any move towards
territorial expansion there, and in this
position Russia and France seem to
agree.
''On the other hand, while there is
nothing definite indicating territorial
expansion, yet the exchanges have led
to the belief that Germany, Great
Britain, and probably Japan are not
averse to a course which will bring
about territorial divisions within the
empire.
1T was supposed that Japan stood
against any division of the empire, but
the landing of japanese troops at Annoy
cannot be accounted for on the ground
that a japanese temple has been
burned; so that it is the accepted view
that Japan is, at least, making ready
to be in a position to share any di-
vision of territory which must come
The course of Russia in taking New
ChWang cannot be viewed in the same
| light as the landing Of troops at Annoy
or Shanghai, as this was for the sole
purpose of protecting RusSia'S line
and any ulterior territorial purposes
have been disclaimed by Russia
so far as Great Britains purposes
are concerned, in the absence of any
| decl3T of
troops at Shanghai is strong evidence
| that Great Britain wishes to control
| the -ang Tse valley.
| "C<l the part of Germany the doubt
as to her future course is due mainly
| to Count WalderSee'S speeches since
| taking of Pekin. These have indicated
| that he was going or an extensive cam
| palgn and that The fall Cf ne Chinese
| capital was only the initial step in a
| comprehensive programme, requiring
the presence of a large army. Just
| what this means is not clear, but it has
| at least created much surprise in
| Washington and some other capitalus.
| The differences over Lii Hung
ChangS credentials are three fold. One
| view, including that of the United
| States, is that the credentials are ac-
| ceptabe; another Is that they never
| have been shown to cary authority;
! While the third view is that the origi-
| nal credentials were valid at the time
| given, but have since become invalid
| through the flight of the emperor and
| empress dowager and the complete col
| lapse of the Chinese government
| The question Of credentials does not
| seem so difficult to deal with, and it
| probably will be solved to The satisfac-
| ton of all concerned, but it is not clear
4 thus far that the powers can be
| brought into complete accord on a gen
4 eral policy for the future Of China.
Each appears to be waiting for the
| other to act, and on the part of soue
| there is a traditional Discrimination to
| go into the outlining OF policies
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-31
EPSTEIN SHERMAN MARRIAGE
A Morning Wedding Handsome We'd
ding Breakfast Numerous Guests.
Personal Notes.

Correspondence of the Messengerp
Goldsboro. y. G, August 2S.
1t is now Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Epstein.
The hour was l1:30 this morning. the
place the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Sherman, in James street. The con-
tracing parties were AR. Ell Epstein
and Miss Rebecca Sherman. eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Sherman.
In the presence of numerous friends
Rabbi Mayerberg pronounced this
happy couple man and wife. a splen-
did wedding breakfast was served and
soon after the bride and groom board
ed the Coast Line train for Whining
ton and Wrightsville Beach. The
carry with them the best wishes f
their many friends.
Miss Jessie Bell. OF Trenton, is visit
ing Miss Mary Humphrey in the city
Miss Sallie Stevens is seriously III
with typhoid fever. Miss Leu Lane Is
also regarded seriously H.
Manager j. G. Sizer, OF the Western
Union telegraph office, OF this city, has
just returned from an extended visit
to New York city and Variety Springs.
Va. The strain oe .he immense busi-
ness Of his office during the state cam
paign was very severe on Mr. Sizer
and he sought 4 needed rest
Benz. Bell, OF the Messenger, passed
through this afternoon for Asheville
to attend a meeting of the Press Asso-
ciationl
Miss Bessie Bassett left this morning
for Oxford. where she goes 10 enter
upon her duties as teacher in the or
phan asylum.
Jos. f. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson
returned today from lengthy visit II
Morehead.
Horace King, or The Richmond L-o-
comotfve Works. passed through on
the latest iron horse addition to tn.
Atlantic Coast Line motive power.
The engine in the words of Hor-
ace, is a oute and made from the rail
up" II is a monster weighing Is2 600
pounds when empty.
LAGRANGE and Goldsboro cross bats
on the diamond here THURSDAY. The
visitors cleaned the stufffng out OF or--
boys when they met at Bether
may lcok out for a lickir~
Thursday. When the
the home team
of little bow
thy VIII
Pc'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-31
RAIN STILL NEEDED
BY the Crops Sn Most sections-short
Crop In iofctng at the
Departure OF q. W. whtte-Tom
Jones Sells His Body tn shaw Ini-
versity.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. G August IS.

Raleigh. " g. August @S-
The government crop report for this
state. issued this morning, for the
week ended hast night says that while
local rains have been frequent n
many eastern counties. as Well as on
the east slope Of the Blue Ridge. from
the 3oth 10 cath. the rainfall was very
irregulariy distributed and generally
insufficient. and, though refreshing TO
some late crops. the effects have not
lasted long. and the soil now appears
10 lie as dry as ever Crop conditions
are more diversified than ever and more
difficult 10 summarize. Where ms
partially broke the drought late ,orn
and cotton have been benefited.
The state amends the charter OF ,for-
TOW Bros. x Heath, OF Stanly coLnty.
50 as To allow it TO build and operate
cotton mills; authorized capital s o.
600.
w. p. Perkins. OF Ashe county. Is
appointed TO scholarship IN the Pea
body normal college. II is strange
but true. that nearly every scholarship
in this state is to persons in the noun
tain counties. 1t appears that these
make a speciality OF studying for them
The white republicans here say they
are heartily glad that Congressman
George Ii. White viii leave North
Carolina; that there = no room here
for him; and that instead OF settling
in New York 10 practice law. he ought
| to settle in Washington. which they
! term a negro paradise"
| Mr. McCullum, of Robeson county.
! OF the board of agriculture. says there
| Will be at the best only two-ihi-ds Of
| a cotton crop and half q corn crop n
/ his section.
| Tom Jones the condemned murderer
| in Jail here. who mus; face death on
! the gailows next Friday. has sold his
| body for SO to Shaw university. col
| ored. here.
! The walls Of the large cotton mill At
| the Falls OF Neuse. fourteen miles
| north of here. are completed. They
are Of stone quarred on the spot. The
mill is 60x200 feet and three stories
| high