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The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
l1itch.ll Exp.ct, 70 Win,

Pottsville, Pa, Oct. 24.-Rain fell
heavily during the miners meeting
here yesterday, but the large crowd, es-
timated at nearly 5000 persons, did not
seem to mind the downpour. John Fa.
hey, president Of the district, presided.
President Mitchel's speech was list
ened to with great interest. His most
important utterance bearing directly
on the ending of the strike was as fol.
lows: &c.,
II believe 1t will be but few days
longer until the operators In the Hazel
ton. Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys
will consent to post notices agreeing to
pay the ten per cent increase In wages
until April 1. Il believe that IL you
stand together the rest of this week,
by Monday, at least, y0u can return to
work with everything won you struck
for" &g
President Mitchell then made a plea
that all remain loyal to the organiza-
ton after the contest is over, just M
they are doing now.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
END OF STRIKE
SEEMS IN SIGHT

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 24.-The Della.
ware, Lackawanna & Western and the
Delaware & Hudson. the Hillside Coal
4 Iron (the Erie) and the Lehigh &
Wilkesbarre coal companies, through
their general snperintendents this
afternoon agreed upon an additional
notice as to the ten per cent advance.
The same will be posted at once and
will help to settle the great strike
speedily.
The Forest Mining Company at Arch
ibald, employing 300 men, to-day post
ed notices giving the ten per cent in.
crease in wages, reducing the price OF
powder to $1.5O keg. the new price
to figure in the increse to contract min.
ers, and guaranteeing the increase to
continue until April next, and there
after until further orders The EN-.
ployes of this company have been on
strike since last night.
Notices of like character are ex-
pected to-day from all the large com.
panies In the region that have not yet
posted them.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
Air sbip Ar.,n succe,.rul. .

New York. Oct. 23.-Count Won Yep
pelin Is satisfied with the performance
Of his airship, says a Herald cable
gram from Friederischshafen. He says
1t has been proved that It was abso-
lutely under the control Of the steering
apparatus: This apparatus, however,
was not In most perfect order on the
first ascent. One Of the two rudders
belOw the machine at the stern would
not work freely. Thus instead of NOV
ing parallel with each other, the rud-
ders frequently formed an angle. This
defect hampered Count Won Zeppelin
very much, indeed. S.
Opinion in genera is somewhat un-
settled. The decisive trial has not yet
been made, for the machine Is still In
an experimental stage, though an un-
doubted step toward the achievement
of aerial fight has been made. A for
mer nautical engineer of Geneva, who
is watching the trials, expressed him
self as being dubious Of the machines
ultimate success.
THE prime condition Of navigable
airship," he said, "is that 1t must be
able to go to windward. This was not
done in the present; at any rate not
conclusively, nor do think 1t can be
DONE"
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
UNCLE SAM CAN STILL
GIVE US ALL A FARM

half as much n Neheaska AM only
lltt3e more than Arlnxs - Arkan-
~. +, +
Uncle Sam owns large tracts OF land
In the southern states-1 $4,000 acrea
In Florida, 100000 In Arkansas, 6OO.-
600 In Louisiana and q similar quantity
In Mississippi. which, however, IL most
ly In swamps. In Michigan 438, 900
acres are still available and In Wiscon-
sin 313, GOO acres. But he 10 selling Oh
his real estate quite rapidly, last year
being one OF the largest on record.
which seems rather singular in view OF
the prosperity that extended through
out the country. 4. s+ad
The total sales of government land
during the year ended lure 80, 1900,
were 13, 453,6S1 acres, an increase Of
over 100000 from the fiscal year Of
1899, and the cash receipts Of the land
office were $4.s72,75s, the largest for
several years.
During the year 61, go people took up
original homestead entries, amounting
to 6,47e. 100 acres; 3,479 people took mp
desert lands, amounting to 500, ,166
acres, while four persons fled timber
claims for $40 acres, making . total
OF q, ,753 new settlers upon unoccupied
public land, who took up o,O69, ,204
acres, or an average of 40 acres each.
Many farmers have sold out their
old farms in the older states to their
nefghbors, and have taken up new
lands in the west, which they have OBJ
tained for nothing. Eastern farmers
have also been able to'fit out their sons
with farm implements household
goods and stock and send them west
in better shape than they could have
done for many years before. ~
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
ROYALTY HONORS
THOMAS f. WALSH

Paris, Oct. 2O.-The King Of the Bel
gians gave proof Of his friendship for
the United States yesterday by attend
ing luncheon given by Commission
er General Peck to Thomas F. Walsh,
national commissioner from Colorado,
who leaves Paris tomorrow. The lun-
cheOn was served in the National pa
vilion, fifty covers being laid. The King
entered during the progress Of the lun-
cheon, accompanied by Counts Oultre-
mont and Themes. After being FORM
ally presented, his majesty said:
Il have come to pay homage to my
friend, Mr.. Walsh, and have the pleas
ure Of meeting American men, which
is always a source Of qualification to
me-" -. III.
King Leopold remained through all
the speeches which followed, rising
and bowling when complimentary refer
ences were made to- him or his coun-
try.
After the luncheon the King was in-
troduced to all and spake in fiattering
terms of the United States and its peo-
pie. qe
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
SECOND GOEBEL
ASSASSIN CONVICTED

Georgetown, KY, Oct. c1.-The jury
In the case Of Henry Youtsey, on trial
on the charge of being principal in
the GOebel assassination. returned a
verdict of guilty yesterday, fixing the
penalty at life Imprisonment.
When the jury was called Indge
Cantrill asked: "Gentlemen, have you
made verdict:"
The foreman nodded his head.
Pass up the papers to the c2erk, +"
said the judge.
The sheriff passed them up and the
clerk read the following:
I'VE, the jury, find the defendant
guilty and fix his punishment at con-
finement in the penitentiary for life"
"Gentlemen, is that your yer1ictY'
asked the Judge.
1T is," was the reply.
The. jury was then discharged and
the trial was at an end.
One OF the jnrymen said that t,allot
was taken last night. This morning
the vote was unanimous that Youtsey
was guilty, and then the degree II pun-
ishment was fixed.
Attorneys for the defense then be-
gan preparing motion for an arrest
OF Judgment. 1t ia likely n jury will
be impancled as quickly as practicable
to inquire into Youtsey's insanity.
The defense filed their motion for an
arrest of Judgment and Judge Cantrill
set 1t for hearing the second day of the
February term. Youtsey will not be
sentenced before that time.
On account Of Youtsey's condition It
was decided not to take. him to the
Frankfort Jail yesterday, and he may
not go for several days. .5f7
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26

Washington, ID. c., Oct. Pan Inn
preston pretty generally prevails
throughout the country that most ~
the public lands have been taken up,
but the annual report of the commits
sioner Of the general land office shows
that 017. lbs. $50 acres Of Uncle Sans
farm still remains open to settlement,
which Is 179,471,7 ,7O2 acres more than
have been taken up since the beginning
Of the government Besides this, 1884,
740,T6g acres have been withdrawn
from settlement and reserved as q
park, for the cultivation Of forestry
and for other purposes. There now re-
main unsurveyed 0O2.554,915 acres.
The biggest part of this Is In Alaska,
where 1900 900 acres are open to set
Element. f
Excluding Alaska and our newly ac-
quired possessions" In the West Indies
MD the Pacific ocean, Uncle Sam's
farm consists Of q. .O25, 600 square miles,
divided into $500 square miles OF wa
ter sud 2,D7O.O00 square miles OF land,
or 1.S8S, 478, 100 acres. Arizona has q
total area Of "a, OOO, 900 acres, of which
100000 acres remain open to settle
ment. Idaho has H,00O.O0O Of which
only 23O0O,O 600 have been taken up and
31.O00.OOO remain. Montana still has
100000 Of her 93,OOO,OOO available
for settlers; Nevada. New Mexico and
others of the arid states have cor
responding quantity. OF the agricul-
tural states nearly one-fourth Of the
area OF Washington, remains open,
nearly one-tifth Of Nebraska and ten
per cent of Minnesota. Oklahoma, the
newest Of the territories. has smaller
quantity of public land available than
any of the older ones-less than one
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
The R,es Forgery Case.


New York, Oct. 2O.-The preliminary
examination Of Albert T. Patrick and
/, Charles r. Jones, charged with at
tempting to defraud the estate of VIII
liam M. Rice by forged check for
$25 200, drawn In Patrick's favor on
Swenson & Sons, bankers, was re-
sumed yesterday. e,4
Mr.. Tyrell, of Milwaukee, nm expert
on handwriting, testified for the prose-
cuti0n that the signatures to the
$4,000 and $85, 900 checks, submitted
to him arc forgeries. His testimony
correlated that Of. Kinsley and Car
valho.
!, Mr. Tyreli said IN answer to
Magistrate Brann that the Fifth
Avenue Trust checks which the former
declared to be forgeries were written
on the snme day. and that the uacings
were done with q wet PEE.
Expert Cavalho said yesterday these
were done with dry pen. Mr.. House
asked the witness II he could reconcile
his statement with that Of Carvalho.
Harry Tolman Of Chicago, who de-
scrlbed himself as q .mlcroscopical ex-
pert" declared the checks forgeries
He also pronounced NJ forgeries the
signatures to other checks, including
one for $135. 900. the latter on the Fifth
Avenue Trust Company, and papers
of assignment and revocation of right
The prosecution rested and Wedhes.
day next the defense will begin.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
Chas.nK the Bexers.

Tien Tsin, Oct. 2O.-Reliable unoffi-
cial reports say the advance guard of
the allied forces entered Pao Ting Flu
Wednesday, October 18th. The city,
1t is added, was practically deserted,
and offered no resistance. The British
column captured seventeen imperial
soldiers at We Nan Sien October 10th.
who were part of the force of 1900
men sent to dispose the Boxers In that
region. The captives assert that they
killed 200 boxers and were returning
to Pao Chow when they were fired
upon and dispersed by the French.
The British confiscated their arms
and horses and released the imperial
soldiers.
Runners report that many Chinese
are returning to the villages in the
path Of the German French column.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
ANGLO-GERMAN
EASTERN ALLIANCE

London. Oct. 22.-Germany and Eng
land have formed an alliance to main
thin the territorial integrity of China
and to keep the ports open.
The terms of this agreement, which
was arrived at October 16 between
Lord Salisbury and Count Won Hatz-
feidt, German ambassador to England,
are officially given out as follows:
THE German government and her
British majestys government, being
desirous to maintain their interests In
China and their rights under existing
treaties, have agreed to observe the
following principles regarding d mu.
tual policy in China:
Firstly. 1t Ia a matter of joint perma-
nent international interest that the
ports on the rivers and laterals Of Chi.
ma should remain free and open to
trade and to every other legitimate
form Of economic activity for the peo-
pies of all countries, without distiuc
tion. and the two governments agree
on their part to uphold the same for all
Chinese territory. as far as they car
exercise influence. ty
Secondly, both governments agree
that they will not on their part make
use Of the present complication to OBJ
tain for themselves any territorial ad.
vantage in Chinese dominion, and will
direct their policy toward maintaining
undimInished the territorial condition
of the Chinese empire.
Thirdly, in case of another power
making use Of the complications In Chi
ma, In order to obtain under any form
whatever such territorial advantages
the two contracting parties reserve to
themselves the right to come to a pre-.
liminary understanding regarding the
eventual step to be taken for the pro
teation Of their own interests in China.
"Fourthiy, the two governments will
communicate this agreement to the
other powers interested, especially
Austria, Hungary, France. Italy, Jap
an, Russia and the United States. and
invite them to accept the principles re-
corded in 1T"
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
WILL NEGOTIATE
q WITH CHINA

Washington, Oct. 10.-Tfbc Chinese
government hns made request upon
Secretary Hay that negotiations begin
tomorrow at Pekin looking to set
tiement of the Chinese question. 1t IN
said at the State Department that Mr..
COnger's instructions are sufficient in
breadth to enable him to proceed with
negotiations without further orders
from the department.
However, as the Chinese counter pro-
posals received yesterday through Mr..
Conger appear to warrant further in
structions from the. President and Sec
retary Hay, Mr.. Conger will be wired
to-day an outline of the course he is
to pursue in furtherance of the plans
already committed to his care. Our
government does not regard the Chi
'nese tender as sufficient to meet the
necessities of the case. 1t Is not indi-
Gated in what respect they fan short,
the Chinese agreeing, according to their
note, to express regret, admit liability
for indemnity, and yield anything in
the way Of treaties, In consideration Of
the withdrawal Of the troops and an
armistice. 1t 10 inferred that our OBJ
lection is based ON 4 lack Of guaran.
\ tees Tor tne present safety 09fAmerican
cltisens at the legation Id China, as
well a. for the protection soe the mis-
slonAry and trade interests IL the fu-
ture. sae 70 ~. 49,
The message III Ne Chinese EN-.
lperor to the President plring early. nc.
gotiations for a settlement and the
Iresideht's reply therefor. were made
public to-day. .5a9
The cabinet meeting to-day was de-
voted principally to the consideration
Of the Chinese. situation. After the
meeting the meaabars seemed i'm.
pressed with, the favorable, turn mat.
tiers had taken and the prospect of a
sattsfa ctoSy adjustment. The govern
ment has Received tho proposals Of IA
Hung Chang and Prince Ching, offer.
Ing indemnity and guarantees for the
future and they have been accepted
In good faith.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
vote on Revision Of r.ith.

Philadelphia, Oct. 2O.-The vote Of
the Presbyteries on the question Of the
revision of confession of faith as thus
far reported. is as follows:
For revision only, 80; 'declamatory
statement, 20; supplemental creed, so;
substitute creed, 8; revision and sup
Elemental dismissal OF creed, 10; the
whole subject, 33; total number of
Presbyteries voting, ITO. There are x32
Presbyteries, including twenty.one in
foreign lands, most of which will not
vote in time for the report Of the COM
mittee, and there are eight or ten
Presbyterles which have only one
meeting in the year, in the spring.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
BIG NEW YOKK
BANK DELEGATIONS

New York, Oct. zl.-Charies I. Al
word, note seller Of the First National
bank oe this city, 10 q fugitive and q
defauiter to the extent Of 400, 900.
It u not known ~ yet that this u the
full extent OF the deSaIcation.
Alvord has been with thsi bank TWEEN
II years, and was one of, the most
trusted men In the Institution. His
stealinEs extended over long period,
bat no suspicion Of the truth was
known until ten days ago, when he
sent word that he was III At his home
After he had been away for day Of
two the bank pht experts at work and
some irregularities were found. As the
experts delved deeper and deeper Into
AlvoFd's books the extent Of the rob
berg began to dawn upon the olllcers,
until they were overwhelmed to And
that 1t had reached the enormous figure
Of $500 900. fs
What Aivord. did with an the cash
is also q mystery as yet, except that, as
usual In such cAses, 1t In said that a
large amount Of 1t went In stock specu-
lation. One story Is that he lost $75,-
600 In one deal. but what deal it was
is not stated. 1t has been discovered
that during the summer Alvord visited
Saratoga, where he cut great figure,
spending money like a prince. He
rented a palatial mansion there, kept a
fine stable OF horses and besides play
ing the races is said to have frequented
gambling houses.
II these stories are true, Alvord dis
played entirely different characteristics
than those he showed at home. In this
city he was known az a man of very
regular habits. Among his associates
he was looked up to and on Wall street
was known as Happy" Alvord, be
cause of his CHEEKY ways. His home
was in the suburb Of Mount Vernon.
This home IL a magnificent place, locat-
ed on Chester hill, one Of the most
artistic sections Of the. town. 1t is
surrounded by luxurious grounds and
there are extensive stables.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
YOUTSEY TRIAL
Il. is CONCLUDED

GEORGETOWN, KY, Oct. 0.@Thefe
win b no verdict In the Youtsey case
to-night. When court net at $50
O'clock tonight the case was formally
submitted to the jury. The Judge told
Them they could use their own pleas
ure about considering the case to-
night o.. tomorrow morning. They de-
cided to take the papers to their rooms
tonight and report back at 0. O'Clock to-
morrow morning, and they were sent
to their boarding houses with that un-
defstanding.
Yautsey's condition tonight il better
than yesterday. He has taken nourish-
ment to-day without trouble, and ply
sicians say that his temperature, pulse
and respiration are normal
Colonel NelsonI began his speech III
the Youtsey trial to-day. He said the
belief existed that juries are being
s.packed" In these cases, '.for the de-
fendant had been unable to secure a
juror Of his own political faith to sit In
the case"
He asked the commonwealth's attor-
ney whether he would ask that Yout-
sey be convicted for firing the shot or
for aiding aud abetting the firing.
,.i II will Leave that for the jury to de-
termine," responded Franklin.
In referring to Youtsey's present
physical condition, Nelson felt like ask
ing, Can O dead man have fair trial
as guaranteed by the constitution; that
Youtsey 10 to all intents and purposes
Of this trial dead man." He said
Youtsey had right to defend the ex-
cutive building II 1t had been attacked,
and his having gun January 9th
was not suspicious, because every 9TH
er man In that building was armed at
that TIME. f st &
He said the testimony plainly showed
that Youtsey was not even In cOntem-
plation of any crime and that John
Ricketts, story that Youtsey took
twelve or fifteen men into the hall and
stationed them there shortly before the
shooting was completely destroyed.
Nelson took up all the testimony and
commented on 1t In detail. He spoke
for ive hours and did not conclude till
after 2 p. IN.
Commemorative Attorney Franklin
began his speech at 3:35 O'Clock this
afternoon and spoke till Z o'clock. He
scored Ex-Governor Taylor, saying if
he had two sparks of courage he would
return here and help Youtsey out Of
this trouble, II any of the witnesses
had lied to Youtsey; that II Taylor had
even only one spark of manhood he
would now commit suicide under the
whip of his conscience. He said IL Ar
thur Goebel Ind told an untruth as to
what Youtsey told him, then Arthur
G0ebel WAS worse man than the one
who assassinated William Goebel. He
cited many incidents as told by other
Witnesses, that corrobofated what
Youtsey told Goebei, and said ex-Gov-
eronr Bradley's absence MS witness
practically corroborated Cuiton's testi,
not have = talk with Bradley, then he
miles to confound Culton and save
Youtsey from death.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
nsvolting Crime In New York.

7 New York, Oct. "a. Police investi-
CATION into the death Of Misss Jennie
Bosschieter of Paterson, New Jersey,
reveals one Of the most remarkable and
revolving crimes which has ever been
brought to light in this section.
The police have the Ave persons more
or less concerned In the affair In Gus
tody.
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-26
Aaothsr rsz.s Tornado.

Atlanta, Tex Oct. PA torna-
do struck about half a mile west Of
Lodi, and fifteen miles west of here
yesterday, sweeping everything for 200
feet wide before It. One house In the
center Of its path. occupied by 'colored
people. was destroyed. six people be-
ing killed outright. Three others are
mising.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-04
IOWA NEWS FOR IOWA READERS

tiated and, sold, and every obstacle was.
sur1nounted by the council with hands
down, until reaching one Of those par
amount issues. the question Of laying
the water mains. After deducting the
cost of the pumping station, we'll and
sufficient sum for hose, 1t IL found
main across one block, and unless help
is received in the form OF popular sub
scription or some other way Pomeroy
will not after all have the much-taIked-
of and sorely needed fire protection.
One plan suggested, and one that seems
the most equitable remedy for the diff
Guilty, is for the property owners to pay
the cost of laying the pipe along their
respective holdings. For instance, the
cost OF the main is so cents per foot.
The average business frontage is TWEEN
ty-five feet. This would cost $3.50, and
|divided between the twenty-five feet on
leach side of the street $6.25 would be
THE amount that each should pay For
1.-THE amount so paid the town proposes
Ito issue transformation on-interest-b bear
ling water script. that would be good
for its face for the: use of water. This
would simply mean for those who in
1tend using city water an advance of
the cost, while those who do not can
dispose Of their script to those who do
land eventually get their money back
lIf this scheme is taken hold of in the
lproper spirit Pomeroy can have as good
1 fire projections as any town Of its SIX
in the state: without it she will have
nothing Which will 1t be?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-04
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STATE FAIR FINANCES.
The surplus Not Likely to Exceed

The surplus NOT Likely to Exceed
$4,000.
Des Moinss. Sept. Am official set
Element If the finances of the state de-
#part,nen of agriculture. With reference
10 tbs. snfplsisaSe due To the last iatr:8
viii be mad public Sept. Ia, Miaen the
auditing committee meets. This COM
1nittee hopes 10 be able, at that time. 70
raaeh%a conclusion thru the medium Of
all bills PAYABLE which they hope viii
'be filed, without exception, before taat
time. Then also. the committee Will
make up the premium books. Secretary
Wan Houten urges that premium card
Iholdsrs refrain from applying for the
payment Of premiums until after Sept.
Il4. for it will be impossible TO pay be
fore that date, because the books Nil
mo, have BEEN made up.
Il believe that the surplus will not ex-
tceed SlS,0Uo, said Secretary Van Hou-
Item Monday. 1T was a fine fair. and
our receipts exceeded $4,000 but cur
llexpenses Mere enormously heavy. Take
1.-The night entertainment. for instance
Nothing like it was ever offered by for
4mer fair Arrangements. 1 cost money.
We feel very we'll satisfied with the in
Stitution. MOI only tue money w llldu's'
but the fact that We entertained the
people as they should be is gratifying
i've will be able to make detinite and
Ioficial statement of the finances by
Isept. II.
! Following is the resolution which ths
Estate horticultural Society has adopted
Irelative to Mr.. Nd. Wragg. of Nvaukee
4 and presenting him as the fruit grow
ers' candidate for director in the state
agricultural department from this dis
trict:
Resolved. That the State Horticnls
sItural Society returns its thanks to Vice
president NJ. J.. Wragg for the careful
land efficient manner In which, as gu,
Representative, Ne has performed hi