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The age-herald., 1900-10-31
CORBIN'S REPORT
Adjutant- General Gives Facts and Fig
 ures Concerning Army

Washington, October 30.-The annual re- port of Adjutant-Ge Corbin for the year ending June 30 1900, shows that the regular army consists of 2530 officers and 63,S61 enlisted men, and the volunteer army of 1545 officers and 31 ,079 enlisted men--a grand total of 9S, 790, distributed as follows:
 United States, 99S officers, of whom 76 are volunteer officers and 1898 enlisted men, all regulars; Alaska, fl officers, 10S8 enlisted men; Porto Rico, 9S officers, 2406 enlisted men; Cuba, 26O officers, 546S enlisted men; Philippines, 2967 officers, 69161 enlisted men; Hawaiian Islands, officers, 21S enlisted men, China, 80 officers 2060 enlisted men, There are S7 volunteer enlisted men in Por- to Rico and 33,0OO in the Philippines.
 The deaths reported in the army, both regular and volunteer, are: United States, 14 officers, 264 men; Alaska, men; Cuba, z officers, 146 men; Porto Rico, 35 men; Ha- waii, officer, men; Philippines. 49 officers and 1342 men; at sea, officers and S4 men; total, "A officers and 1880 men.
 In seven instances, owing to an error of officers dying having been counted twice, once as regulars and once as volun- teers, the total being sixty-seven officers dead.
 During the year there were discharged from service 22,592 men; deserted, 3993.
 The casualties In the Chinese campaign between July and October 1 are g officers and 100 enlisted men.
 In the 19549 accepted applicants for en- listment 16,54S were native born and 3001 Of foreign birth; 18,6l9 were white, 870 col ored men and 30 Indians. The enlistment numbered 15,58S and the re-enlistment 3961 Excluding re-enlistments, the percentage of native born among the original enlist ment was SS13 The recruiting officers re- jected 39,394 applicants.
 In the Philippine Islands from February 4, 1899, to June 80. 1900, 33 officers and 346 men were killed and 147 officers and 2576 men were wounded.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Official Announcement of Pop- u|atiOn of United States. ACTUAL FIGURES 76,295,22O Represents Gain of 13, ,225, ,464 or Nearly q Per Cent for the Past Ten Years-A Substantial
 Growth.

Washington, October 30.-The official an- nouncement of the total population for the United States for 1900 Is 76. 295, ,22O of which 74,627 1907 are collected in the forty-five States representing approximately the population to be used for apportionment purposes. There is a total of 134,15S Indians not taxed.
 The total population in 1890, with which the aggregate of the present census should be compared was 63,O69,756. Taking the 1890 population as a basis, there has been a gain in population of 13,225, ,464 during the past ten years representing an increase q nearly A per cent
 Following is the official announcement of the population of the United States in 1900 by States. In the figures the first col umn represents the census for 1900 and the second for 1890. The third column. when given representation, Is the number of h. dians not taxed.
 Population by States
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Replies to the Agreement

London, October So.-The British foreign office has not yet received the Russian and French reply to the Anglo-German agree ment on China The reply of the United States was expected this afternoon, but had not been delivered at o'clock.
 Russia's reply to the Anglo-German agreement was received at the foreign of- flee this evening. It is generally as out lined by the London Times in the dispatch from It's St. Petersburg correspondent this morning, cabled to the Associated Press. The officials of the British foreign office do not regard the Russian note as ade- quate treatment of the points raised in the Anglo-German agreement note. They say the Russian reply Hacks the definiteness so desired by Lord Salisbury
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
MIR. BRYAN
Concludes His New York Tour Gives
 Out Statement.

Dunkirk, October SO.-Wm. J. Bryan con- tour in this city tonight. He began the day at the town of Addison, and spoke at the following other places:
 Hornelsvilie, Almond, Afford, Andover Wellsville, Belmont Friendship, Cuba, Hinsdale, Clean, Salamanca Randolph, Jamestown and Dunkirk. All these towns are in the southwestern part of the state, and all have been strongly Republican in the past. The meetings of the day were generally well attended and some of them quite enthusiastic
 MT. Bryan lett late tonight for Ohio ex- pecting to begin a one-day tour of that State, with speech at Toledo tomorrow morning. He has made 110 speeches in New York State. Before leaving tonight Mir. Bryan made brief statement, giving his views of the situation. He said:
 lf the Republicans come from the vari- ous counties where p oils have been made, can be taken as representing the general sentiment throughout the State, we have more than an even chance of carrying the State."
 MT. Bryans train did not reach here until o'clock tonight, but after his arrival lie made three speeches, one in the open air and the other two in public hals There were large audiences at each of these places, the principal one being at the op- era house. He began his speech there at 10 o'clock, being introduced as MT. Bryan of New York"
 In his speech MT. Bryan compared the national government to corporations and the officials to boards of directors. In or dinary affairs if board of directors were not satisfactory 1t would be replaced by others. He thought it should be so in the national administration, and if the people were displeased with the Republican party they should make their dissatisfaction felt
 He said the trouble with us now Is that i've are mingling standard oil with the standard of life. s."eand .aa- consequence the whole system is becoming adulterated.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
MORE MINES RESUME.
Situation in the Anthracite District
 Shows Improvement.

Hazleton, Pa., October 30.-The men em- ployed at the collieries of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company today adopted resolution requesting the company to abolish the sliding scale and guarantee to pay the 10 per cent. increase until April l. If the company agrees. work will be resumed at once.
 c. A. Pardee & Co. hired seventy-five men at the Cranberry colliery today to take the places of strikers who have not reported for work. The "Lokie'' engineers, whose places were filled by others, have not been reinstated. Many of the union men gre still on strike at this mine because of the refusal of the firm to reinstate the union engineers. c. A. Pardee & Go. have refused to reinstate the men at Lattimer who went on strike and got their settle ment.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31

as he fell the two remaining companions became terrified, and leaving the dead one, set out with the wounded one over the hlll to the south in the direction of the Alice mines.
 Burgess managed to drive on into Aver ton with the body of MT. Hosler, and then gave the alarm. The Mount Pleasant po- llce and the clerical force turned out one hundred strong to hunt the robbers, and soon coralled the two, who had concealed themselves in the field, with summons to surrender. The robbers answered with a volley, in which one of the posse received a slight wound in the chest. The outlaws in their fortified position made fierce stand for few minutes, until one of the posse got in their rear He killed one of the robbers and the other surrendered and was brought to the office of s. Rhodes and was remanded to jail.
 In the meantime another division over hauled the third would-be robber, who had received a ghastly wound. The ball entered his mouth and, penetrating his head, came out at the back of his neck. He is not ex- pected to recover
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
GEORGIA c. SMITH
To be Made General Manager of St.
 Louis-Louisville Lines

Atlanta, Ga., October 30-A private tele- gram received in this city tonight from Washington says:
 George c. Smith, president and general manager of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, has been decided upon as general manager of the St. Louis Louisville lines of the Southern Railway, with headquar- ters in St. Louis.
 MT. Smith is expected to take charge as soon as the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis road, which Is now in the hands of a receiver, passes under the control of the Southern Railway. MT. Smith will also have Jurisdiction over the Southern's lines running from Louisville to Lexington, Ky.
 The official announcement is expected in a day or two.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Unfavorabie News

London, October 30.-"Most serious trouble,r' says the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, 'is brewing in the Yang Tse region, whither the Empress DoWager has sent emissaries to raise the power of the armed bodies to exterminate converts and expel foreigners. She has appointed Yu Chien, a notoriously anti- foreign general, to be military governor of the Yang Tse district.
 In the province of Kwang Tung, accord- ing to the Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Mail the rebellion has been subsid- ing owing to the scarcity of arms and am munition,
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
NEW YORK
Will Give Majority of Fifty Thousand
 for MT. Bryan.

New York, October 30.-Chairman James J. Mcclure of the Democratic State Com mittee gave out tonight the following state ment from the Democratic State Commit tee on how the State would go. He said:
 "Our canvass of the State gives Bryan 50.00O majority, and it also shows that the Republicans will not come to the Bronx with more than 10000 majority. l have re- trained from making any statements here- tofore until our canvass was completed. Our estimate is a very conservative one"
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
l,lspAtch rom Chafree

Washington October S0.-A dispatch re- ceived from General Chaffee at the War Department today says:
 Later from Hutchinson, no Americans at Ching Ting Flu"
 This is in reply to an inquiry sent by the War Department asking information about Americans who were supposed to have been located at that place.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31

Princeton, N. J., October @.-President Cleveland being shown a publication in the Philadelphia Times to-day purporting to be an interview with him said: "The whole thing from beginning to end is an absolute lie, without the least foundation or a shad- ow of truth. have never uttered word to any human being that affords the least pretext for such mendacious statement. have already telegraphed the Philadel-
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
MR. CLEVELAND DENIES
 AN ALLEGED INTERVIEW

phia Times to this effect"
 The utterances ascribed to ex-President Cleveland in the publication referred to, embodied an expression that there would be a Landslide the morning after elec- tion."
 MT. Cleveland was quoted as naming cer- tain elements working in favor of the dem- oeratic candidate and discussing MT. Bry- an as an orator and as an efficient cam- paigners.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31

promptly lynched
 Those who composed the lynching party are said to have been among the best citi- zens of the community, and they went about the work quietly and orderly. The negro was found at the home of another negro in the neighborhood, and his guilt being established. no preliminaries were indulged in. The negro had been hanging around the neighborhood for a couple of weeks.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Hard to Down

London, October 30.-The Capetown cor respondent of the Daily Mail comments on ''the astonishing outbreak of the Boer ac- tivity," and points to the possibility of the Boers having been reinforced. Complaints are being heard in Capetown, he asserts, regarding the premature disbanding and dispensing with the services of the various volunteer forces"
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
DETAILS
 OF THE CATASTROPHE
Effort to Find the Number of Bodies Buried Beneath
 the SmouIdering Ruins in New York.

lines. In regard to the Southern Pacific itself MT. Hayes will pursue much the same policy that he has on the Grand Trunk and Wabash. His constant aim has been to cut down operating expenses with out injuring the road.
 "A more friendly policy toward the Atchison will be pursued, and 1t is expect- ed there will be some understanding be- tween the two companies as to new con- struction wherever their territory overlaps, as in the case of the New York Central and Pennsylvania"
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Russia's Rep V

London, October 90.-Russia, says the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times, In acknowledging the Anglo-German agree ment unreservedly accepts the first two clauses as establishing principles she her self had already advocated. Concerning clause 3 she simply refers the two con- tracing parties to the Russian circular of August 25 saying that she would modify her attitude according to circumstances.
 The fourth clause is very curtly dismiss ed with the remark that it does not call for comment
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
COUNTY MOB
 J LYNCHED A NEGRO BOY

Anniston, October so.-(Special.)-At Duke, a small station on the Louisville and Nash vile and East and West Railroads sixteen miles north of here, last night an 1S-year
 old negro youth named Abernathy attempt cd criminal assault on the H-year-old adopted daughter of W. N. Thompson, sec ton foreman on the Louisville and Nash vile. The negro was captured three hours after the attempt, and was identified and
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Nnw It Is Mnrrncco

London, October 30.-"A widespread trib- al revolt" says the Tangier correspondent of the Daily Mail, has broken out in Mo- rocco against the provincial governors Serious fighting is anticipated.
 The French are preparing an expedition to suppress Moorish bandits who are &C., tive in the Algerian hinterland.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Looks Bad for Reformers

Hong Kong, October 30.-Reports from Canton say the explosion that occurred there Sunday morning, destroying four houses near the Governors Yamen, is likely to prove serious to the reformers The officials, according to the advices are convinced that the destruction of the Ya- men and the murder of officials was con- templated.
 The house dn which the explosion oo- cured was unoccupied, but was visited oc- casionaliy and the packages were taken
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
BAD BLOOD BETWEEN
 KAISER AND THE GEAR
Anglo German Agreement Said to Have Resulted from Strained Relations Between Two Monarchs.

there. The lessee of the building Is miss ing, but his guard has been arrested, and the authorities hope to compel him to give the names of all persons implicated.
 It is probable that evidence will be man ufactured against the sympathzers of the reform movement
 It has been ascertained that six persons were killed and two wounded
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Another High Official Dead

Washington, October 30.-The Japanese legation received a dispatch today giving news of the death of Wang Won Shao im- perial treasurer of China, in addition to those high officials whose deaths have al- ready been announced. Wang Won Shao was one of the most loyal adherents of the imperial family, and when they took flight from Pekin he insisted upon following, de- spite his advanced age His death came from natural causes, probably from old age and the fatigue of the flight.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
At His old Game

London, October 3O.-The Shanghai cor respondent of the Times, wiring yester- day, says:
 "Li Hung Chang has wired to Chang Chi Tung, the Wu Chang viceroy, that the peace negotiations are satisfactory, but to other leading officials he has telegraphed exactly the reverse, bidding them prepare for eventualities."
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Plans Kept Secret

Pekin; October So.-A meeting of the dd- plomatists was held this morning to con- sider the formal negotiations for settle ment of the Chinese difficulty. The de- cision arrived at is kept secret in order to prevent any information reaching the Chi neSe.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31
Report from Pao Ting Flu
Wilson Ordered Home

Washington, October SO.-Orders have been sent to Pekin detaching Gen. James H. Wilson from duty as chief of staff under General Chaffee and directing him to re- turn to the United States. It had been the purpose of the government to make General Wilson a member of the Protracted Ameri- can Commission to treat with the Chinese government for the settlement, but the abandonment of that plan in favor of ne- gotiations through Minister Conger made it unnecessary to retain him there.
The age-herald., 1900-10-31

FAIR WEDNESDAY AND PROBABLY THURSDAY; LIGHT TO FRESH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-25
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

GRAIN GOSSIP-Gossip by private wire
TO Z. II. Is. Smith & Co. ST Paul mem
bers OF the New York Stock exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade-News Bureau
says: A summary of winter wheat crop
conditions is made by King 81 Co. as a
result OF 4,463 reports, covering Ohio In
Micbgs IlAn 0hio kansas ad Missouri and
oadly, less than half a crop. not enough
TOT bread and seed. One-third of the
area area VIII be abandoned. Kansas reports
declared grand. Illinois promises a good
crop Missouri full one. /, Michigan
a6out half a crop" Paris: Wheat IN
chfa4rEge 4p pAandt1Werp, = lower.
,,n IL Y EKPOQL, April A.-Wheat quiet,
unchanged to 1sd higher; May, IS Cd:
S 5Fy Ss SGD; Corn steady, 3z@Ssd higher;
M May, as I'D; July, IS 1134d; September,
NEW YORK, April M.-Flour-Receints
z4,lS9 bbls; exports, 6,00O bbls; dun ana
easy, especially for the top grade of win
Ter extras. The general market showed
sell; Minnesota patents, So, 7O0l3. 90: Winter
extras, $2.60@2.S5. Rye flour inactive
" w heaat-Receipts. 49, 1855 bu; spot steady:
SIC ~ e GeG tore Go O. b. aqat No red
1 R741s I. o. o. atloat to arrive; No hard
Duluth, 77Ac f. o. b. affoat. Options
Slg; 'zaGgazzc closing at 721zc; July, 723s
gf31sc, closing at 731sc Corn~ReceiDts
aa9fZ9 ou; exports, 4,03G bu; spot firm: No
0nt tic e b. aoat and 46zc elevator
7. <1".-JS o7S0tt18C, Closing at 44C
447sQ45Ac. closing at 45%c oafsMRe.
steady; No 2, Csc; No. 3. PIC: No 3
white, 291ac; No. 3 white, 2S1b@29c: track
mixed Western, 2S129c; track white .2S@
94c; options opened and closed steady at
Bc advance; May closed at 26sLc: No 8
white oats, May closed at 2g1Sc ~ :
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April N.-Flou,.
steady. Wheat steady No. / northarn
6612e; No. northern, 651S0s6c Ryo
steady; No. 1, 5773@58c. Barley steady.
NO. 421ac; sample, 36Q42kc. oats d11il
GRAIN AVAILABLE SUPPLIES Mem
York, April ESPECIAL telegraphic and
canle messages to Bradstreets shows the
folloWlng changes in available supplies
from last account: Wheat, United States
| ana canada east of the Rockies. de-
crease, $4,000 liverpool corn Trade
59o,cOo; total supply, decrease, 98S. 900 h1i
Corn. United States and Canada east Of
Koehes, decrease, $4,000 Oats TTnite ~
StateS ana canada, east of the Rockies
decrease, I,0i4.o0O bu Among the more
important decreases reported 70 Rrod :
! streets. not given In official visible snnnIv
SIateinent, are those of SOC. 0O0 bil ~
NorthWestern interior elevators, 947 C00
ou at Chicago private elevators: 195. 00a h,y
at oGSIeveland, 123,000 blu at Portland Me . !.
%, GOO bu at Fulton and Newport News est5 ;
ana aT0 9U,9Oo nu at Joliet. Fort Worth and
Manitoba storage points The princirai
increase is that of $4,000 bu AT Esast H. M
-nuque The aggregate stock of wheat
neld at Portland. Or, and Tacoma and
Seattle, Wash. decreased $4,000 bu last
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-25
gained 1-1sc by

that for an hour, then gained 1-16c by
The cash wheat market was fairly
I12c over the May future. Other grades
sold relatively better than yesterday. May.
wheat closed at 6S34@631sc and July at
Open High Low Closing.
Wheat Ing. est. est. Tues. Mon;
May Nay -. -. 65sa 1914 ssI.35 ssaGG48 Sc
July ......65 1-i6 655s IS 655S 65AA
On Track-No. hard, 66%c; No. 7
April oats, 2fHc; April corn. s61c; fax lax
seed, $1.69..
CASH SALES.
No. l northern, 81 cars. 6457sc.
No. northern, 10 cars. 647sc.
No. l northern, 8 cars, 64Ac.
NO. northern. CAR to arrive. 647sc.
No. northern, II cars, 633sc.
No. northern, 900 blu to arrive. .6SAc.
No. northern, 2 cars, 631bc.
No. northern, zscarss 6s3311sc-v,-,,,.~r
No. 2 northern, cars, 6SAc
No. 2 northern, cars 6Sc.5:aT z.,a.
No No wheat car. :629sc; ?3szss 6os Htt.a
No. : wheat cars, 621ac.
NO wheat, 5 cars, &c. l:y-.r
First patents, $3.6O@3.65; rye -four per
Dbl. pure. $2.65@2,7 bran in bulk, sSl1<75@
in bulk. $12.25@12 5Oa red dog, in I40-ib
sacks, f. o. b.. $14q14.25
81 Cor des- corn. 36Ac; No. 8 yellow,
6ats53No. oats, :2s1h@24c; No. white
Rye-No. Eye quoted at 62Ac.
BarIey ranges from 35@4Oc for choice
Coarse corn meal and, cracked corn in
SACKS per ton sacks extra TO jobbers
i /, oats, 0O-lb sacks, sacks extra, $1425@.
.Hay-The market presents no new fea-
lures Sixty tons We're received. Demand
SJ626V o1oo,, Il
mixed timothy $.5O98; Iowa upland, $50
Sooi Minn sssd a. upland sS@S coarse to
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
= Roads: Nc, III No i. No 2. No s. Rel. Cd Sd
en- G. S&o5 St P.i:. g g Is s 3
n. & ST; L.: i:seo,S7 ! S,sr5fo- /
500 800, Line 80. 2....S. 10 = t8maGS : 4
S S2s aSIl { o. -, il 4 ::
Mimi Trans. -. evraaar. - -, 90. :.
o Totals -. ~ 1 s5 81 Is IA
co WIher Grains mo 2 corn, car; No 5
rye, cars; No. 3 rye, cars; no. 5 barley.
l car; no grade barley, 1 car; No. I f1ax'
3 3 cars; rejected flax. I car no grade flax,
. Cars sar Inspected out-Wheat, No. hard.
5orthern. 60 cars; No. 8. 25 cars; rejected,
ears; No. oats, q cars; No. flax, II
Receipt s--Wheat, 2O4 cars. 1853 200 bp.
corn, $500 bu; oats, 1860 bu: barley 756
6 6bi rye go 6u; fax, $500 bu; flour, 355
o o1lS 90 9111stus. Y TONS hay, 60 tons; fuel
chandise, 2.eS2. S35 lbs; lumber, 20 cars
SnlpmnSenmnts-W Wheat. 81 cars. 25.75O bu;
oats, ISo9 u bI; barley. $50 bu; rye, L640
pu;e TAX; l02GO bu; flour, 1855. bbis; mill
stuffs, 1,965 tons; fruit. $1,000 lbs; m r11el
chand1se, 1875, 40 lbs; lumber. rs cars:
machinery, 172 400 lbs e@i -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

., BUTTER AND EGGS.aNNew York, April
Western creamery, .151A@1Sc; factory, 800
I45ae; EggsmReeelPts 2O2SS pkgs market ark
Southern at mark, 11@12Ac.
Chicago, April A.-Butter firm; cream
cries, -l91a@171$c; diaries, 1272@1513c. Eggs
SEED MARKETS. Chicago. April "a
The fiaxseed market of Tuesday pos
sessed no new feature sto speak of. It is
car, one car at Duluth and five cars at
Minneapolis. Cash fax at s173, May at
$LIA September at $lc251a, and October at
at S2.40 and. clover. seed at 81 per 100 lbs
Minneapolis flaxseedr quoted at Sligo per
BOSTON WOOL MARKET-Boston
April N-General business in the wool
market has been squiet with the tone
about the same as last week Territory
woods appear to take, the lead and the
larger part of the business done is in
woods grown west of the Mississippi river
Fleece woods washed. ranged quiet with
prices held about the same as last week
Following are the quota tons for leading
descriptions, Ohioie and Pennsylvania
1eeces, x and above Soc; Xxx and
Xxx and above, 30c!f delaines, 35c; No 1
combing and No. do and Is blood, quar-
washed, 32@35c. Michigan, Wisconsin.
etc.. x Michigan, 24c; No. 1 Michigan
combing, No. 2 do, 4 blood washed. 800
S4c; coarse and braid, Bic; x New York.
New Hampshire and Vermont 24c; No.
New York, New Hampshire and Vermont,
32GS5c; "a blood, 26c; do ~ blood 25c
pnwasheG medium, etc, Kentucky and
Indiana quarter blood combing, 270D271ac:
three-eighths blood, 27027bc; Missouri
quarter blood combing, 26c; g blood, 26c;
braid combing, 22@23c; Lake and Georgia,
24@2oc. Territory Wools-Montana and
Dakota, fine medium and fine, 21@22c;
secured, 57fD5Sc: sstanIe 60G7e2c. Utah and
Wyoming fine medium and fine, 10000;
secured. 55@57c; staple, 60@62c; Idaho fine
medium and fine, 1S@19e; secured 55057c;
liam secured basis spot prices, combing
superfine nominal, 93@95c; good, $4,000;
averages, 64695c.