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The state herald., 1900-11-02
CAPTAIN BEIGLER
WHIPS THE FILIPINOS

Manila. Oct. 29.-While scouting near
L,ooc n detachment of the Twentieth
and Twenty-eighth regiments, under
Captain Beigler, We're attacked by 400
insurgents, armed with rifles, under
the command of white man whose
nationality is not known to the Ameri-
cans. The insurgents for the most part
were intrenched. After heroic figh,
Captain Beigler drove off the enemy,
killing more than seventy-iive. The
fight lasted for two hours. Captain
Beigler and three privatcs were slight
ly wounded and two Of the Americans
We're killed.
An engagement took place October
9th between detachments of the Third
cavalry and the Thirty-third volunteer
infantry, numbering 10, and force of
insurgents including 400 riflemen and
1000 bolomen. The fighting was des-
perate. Finally. under pressure of
overwhelming numbers the Americans
were compelled to retire on Narvican.
Lieutenant George l.. Febiger and
four privates We're killed, nine wound
ed and four are missing. Twenty-nine
horses are missing. A number OF
transfers Were captured by the in
surgents. but We're subsequently re-
leased. The enemy's loss is estimated
at 100.
A civilian launch towing a barge
loaded with merchandise near Arayat
was attacked by force of $50 insur-
gents, under David Pagan, deserter
from the Twenty-fourth infantry. The
American troops on hearing the firing
turned out in force and before the
boat could be looted, and captured
Fagln, who holds the rank of general
among the enemy. and has sworn spe-
cial enmity against his former COM
pany. OF the twenty men he captured
n month ago seven have returned. One
was killed in fight. his body being
horribly mutilated. Fagin sends mes
sages to his former comrades threaten
Ing them with violence II they become
his prisoners. II was Fagin's men
who captured Lieutenant Frederick w
Alstaetter. who Is prisoner.
Gen. Halls expedition, with fore,
OF nearly 500 men, through the noun
tains to Binangonan, province of In
fanta. in pursuit of the insurgent gen
eral Cailles, although II discovered ne
trace OF the enemy, encountered great
hnrdships on the march. Twenty Chi
nese porters died. and forty men were
sent to the hospital.
After stationing garrison OF 90
men in Binangonan and visiting POLL.
10 island, OF the coast OF Infanta prov.
ince, Gen. Hall and the rest OF his
force embarked there on the transport
Garronnc.
Reports from Gen. Young's district
show daily Increase OF insurgents
there, owing to the fact that recruits
are going thither from towns.
While detail OF the Thlrty-third vol
unteer Infantry was returning from
Banrued on RATS II was fired upon by
insurgents, Sergeant Bcarstaller being
Killed and two nrlvnies wounded.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Phenomenal Rainfall.

Honolulu. Oct 2S.-The heaviest rain.
storm which has occurred here within
two years broke at Z o'clock Tuesday
night. For half an hour the rain fell
In torrents and within n short while
the streets We're impossible. The rain.
fall In Nuuanu valley, about two miles
from Honolulu, was S.15 inches, aud II
varied slightly near the city. The MI
uanu stream was soon swollen beyond
its boundaries and came sweeping
down with increasing speed. 1t broke
Its banks and washed every movable
object away. Acres OF the town on
both sides of the river We're submerged
TO n depth of three feet and some Of
the houses near the bank were almost
washed away. the Chinese being driven
away In wild haste. The water covered
the floors two feet deep In some cases.
good-sized portion OF River street
was washed away and the bridge lead.
Ing to the Palama district was carried
on. The heaviest rainfall in the city
proper was All inches. while the
heaviest on the island occurred ON the
north side OF the mountains. being q. 10
Inches. A native workman was
drowned.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
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Chicago. Oct. @o.-rhc postonicc
clerks Of Chicago hnvc entered the
rnnks OF the trade unlonlstr. The clerks
have affiliated themselves with the
American Federation OF Labor. aud
the new organization viii h" known ns
the Chicago rosioiiicc Clerks Union,
II II claimed ila, practically Nil of the
400 posIoilicc employees In Chicago nre
Included Ia the movement.
Foremost among the objects for
which the new union N io striy, will
he the adoption of the eight. hour work
Ing day FOR letter carriers Another oh
jcct 10 h" given almost equal proml.
ncncc viii he the agitation IN favor NJ
federal Legislation that win fS nhso.
in'cly the rnir of wages for letter cnr.
rlcrH nnd other postoiilcc employees. ink
Ing the mniicr completely ou, of the
hands Of the "promutlon board" aud
other Slmilnr nErnclcs.
II In 10 ho n labor union pure aud alm
pie, nDd viii direct ~ efforts SOLELY 10
the problem of bciiofing the lot of tho
rank aud illc of posloillee employees.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
ECHOES OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA STRIKE

HaZelton. Pa, Oct. 27.-According TO
President Mitchell, work at the collier
les operated by those companies which
have not yet posted notices will not be
resumed until they comply with the
demands OF Scranton mine workers
convention.
Scranton. Pa. Oct. 27.-President
Thorne of the Pennsylvania Coal Com.
pany will come here to-day to confer
with the coal officials about putting up
the ten per cent. notices. and 1t Is ex.
pectcd the company will have fallen
into line before tomorrow night. This
will make all the miners In the Llcka.
wanna region free to work Monday.
There Is great rejoicing all through
Scranton and the Lackawanna valley
at the calling OF Of the anthracite min.
ers' strike.
Wilkcsbarre. Pa. Oct. 2I.-The big
coal companies OF the Wyoming val.
ley are making preparations to resume
work Monday. The individual operators
are also getting things IN shape for
work again. although MS yet they have
not posted the notices OF the ten per
cent. increase In wages.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company
viii fall in line with the other com.
panles on Monday.
The Susquchanna company, Mt Nan.
ticoke. has made no move as yet, and
its 5000 employees are more or less nnx-
ious rs To the outcome.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

New York. Oct. Bottle long list of
fire horrors that have occurred In and
around New York was added to yes
terday by fire and explosion which
shook the loWer end Of Manhattan Is
land like an earthquake, hurled sew
en-story building into the air, and set
fire to two blocks of buildings, with II
loss of life that only the efforts of hum
dreds of men who We're rushed to the
work of digging away the ruins ms
soon as the fire was extinguished, will
reveal.
The big building of Tarrant & Co.,
makers OF medical specialties, stand
Ing ut the northwest corner of Green
wich and Warren street, and filled with
chemicals, took fire in some way that
may never be known, at about quar-
ter after II o'clock In the afternoon.
1t was sixteen minutes after noon that
citizen rushed into the house of n
fire engine on Chambers street, near
Greenwich, and shouted that Tarrants
drug house was on fire. He had seen
volume of black smoke coming from
the third story windows. An alarm
was turned In. Soon afterward sec
ond ana third alarms We're turned in.
One fire company had just arrived
when terrific explosion occurred and
threw the entire engine crew down the
stairway. The firemen, realizing the
danger of their position, rushed out of
the building to the street. The explo.
sion had filed the street In front with
a shower of falling glass and small de-
bris which scattered the crowd which
had gathered on the opposite sidewalk.
They We're dragging the line to the
doorway for the second time when
came another explosion. more terrific
than the first, and the whole crew was
hurled across Greenwich street, Devan-
ny being so badly injured that he was
sent to the hospital.
In the meantime. the other engines
that had responded to the alarm had
collected and the tiremen We're busy
rescuing people from surrounding
buildings. Fircmen had already taken
many girls down the only fire escape
upon the building. and more persons
had been carried down the escape OF
the Home Made restaurant, next door,
and the buildings adjoining.
The second explosion occurred about
five minutes after the first. From the
accounts of witnesses. the building
seemed to leap into the air and In Il
moment masses of brick wall, timbers
and stone We're falling into the street.
The force of the explosion tore away
the walls Of the big commission store
houses fronting on Washington street
and caused them to collapse, falling all
at once In n mass of timber. boxes and
barrels, from which the flames. which
burst out from the Tarrant building
like the belching of II cannon. broke
forth. The force OF the explosion be-
low had thrown the iiremen back
across the street, so that they were not
caught. but their escape from the rain
OF debris across the street was almost
mira aciIlOis
The state herald., 1900-11-02
AWFUL FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS
STARTLE NEW YORK CITY

The wreckage was thrown acros"
through the windows of the building
In which the Irving National Bank Is
on the northeast corner of the streets.
The offices of the irving Bank andk
those Of Mecklems Bros, bankers anE
brokers, We're nearly wrecked.
Vice President Charles II. Afattlagr
and John w. Castreel, Cashier james
A. Dennison, Assistant Cashier Benjn-
min Il. Werner, Paying Teller William
Dunlap and AdJuster Van Zeidt were in
the bank.
At the first explosion, an attempt
was made to gather all the money AMI
paper that was lying OH the counters
together and throw them into the safes.
and 1t was supposed that this had been
done, when the second explosion
brought flying glass anu plastering
from the skylight ceilings down about
the heads of. everybody and caused
them to escape In n hurry.
Captain McClusky of the detective
bureau, who hurried every available
man of his staff to the fire, was up
pealed to to protect the funds of the
bank, he being told that they were In
the vault, the door of which was sup
posed to he unlocked. When the cap
tain and his men went in, however,
they found about $4,000 scattered In
confusion over the counters and floors.
This was hastily thrown into the vault
and the door was locked.
In Mecklem Bros. office In the base
ment, there We're ii. ii. Mecklem AMI
his brother, William, with Frank Heck
enberry. II boy; Thomas Hackett, Il
clerk; another man named Bruce, and
some girls, among them Ellen Van
Deen and May Dunklemann. When the
fire broke out $0O.OOO in money lay up
on the counter. Heckenl,erry was stn-
toned ut the door while this was gath
cred together for putting in the vault.
The explosion tore down the build
ings to the west, the walls Of those OF
the Washington street side being
hurled outward to the streets ms II nm
explosion had taken place locally In
stead Of away at the Greenwich street
end of the block. 1t was thought, in-
deed, that explosions had followed In
these buildings, but no cause for them
could be found. The immense building
OF ]. II. Mohlmann 4 Co., fronting on
Washington street, simply collapsed. n
deluge OF barrels and boxes. filed with
fruit, rolling out and forming n pile
that stretched half way across the
street. DBL.
At the time of the explosion blazing
barrels were hurled clear across WASH
ington street and set fire to the build
ings to the west. threatening an extcn-
sion of the coniiagration In that direc-
tion. but the firemen deluged these
buildings and saved them.
The loss of life is not known, but
from all sources of Information II IL
gathered that there are perhaps the
bodies Of thirty persons In the ruins.
though because of the hot debris ami
the slowness OF the moving Of II, mo-
body had been removed up TO midnight.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
ABSCONDER ALVORD
ARRESTED IN BOSTON

Boston. Oct. 3O.-C. l.. Alvord. Jr..
the absconding note teller OF the Fir,
National bank in New York city, who
is charged with stealing S700,0O0 from
the bank. was arrested here yesterday
afternoon by Chief Inspector William
Is. Watts of this city and Detective
Armstrong Of New York. In an ordi-
nary lodging house at the corner OF
West Newton street and Burlington
avenue.
Chief Watts says ii. \. Alexander.
business man OF Denver, furnished
the Boston police with the first infor-
ma,ionof the presence of Cornelius Al
word In this city.
I'VE really started" said Chief
Watts, from statement made to me
by Alexander, n business man from
Denver. that he had seen the missing
man at the hotel TOuraine. l notified
Captain McCluskcy OF the New York
detectives. and Sergeant Tinker OF his
force was sent over nj once.
we found at the hotel TINT a maj,
answering Alvord's description Ind
been nt the hotel and registered under
the name OF Byron Sterling.
Inquiry nt the hotel brought out the
fact that man answering the descrip-
tion had registered as Bryonf Sterling
and had been assigned room. but
that he had not used 1t. On the arriv-
nj OF Sergeant Tinker search OF all
the hotels In the city was made. with.
out success. From Information
brought TO Chief Watts he and Deiec-
tive Armstrong went to n boarding
hAnsn n tia. Itanl ua
went M TO n back room on the iirst
floor and found the door locked.
On gaining admlttancc ms gas In
spectors, Armstrong identified Alvord,
who seemed greatly relieved that Arm
strong had arrested him. and said 80.
During his stay ut police hcadquar-
tiers Alvord told Chief Watts that he
had not seen his wife for two weeks.
although prior to that he had told her
OF his financial circumstances and
asked her II he should XIII himself or
face II out. She had told him TO face
II out. When asked what he had done
with the money. he said:
well. 100000 is whole lot OF
money. hut II goes easy"
In referring To horse races. he said
he had backed horses. hut never on
race tracks. and had owned fast horses
himself. lie said he Ind lived his life
ana Ind taken life 10 Its full at the
rate OF $4,000 n yenr or more. lie said
he would not make nny fight. would
throw MP his hands. take his sentence,
and nficr that wns over would come
out Into the world neaIn. lie snid he
knew he would bc unable to secure
bnil and TINT he had nothing with
which to make restitution.
On being searched ut police h,nh.
quarters only n few dollars were found
In his pocket. These he was allowed
10 keen.
The police deciln" to give on, amy lie.
tails about the Identity Of Mr.. Aicxnn.
der. and state that the latter Is anxious
10 avoid Dotorleiy.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Warned Atain., the Chinese.

New York. Oct. ao.-"Thc Chimes.
exclusion net VIII expire In iDos. I'm.
less we nrc an the alert. Cinnamon VIII
pour IN among us nnd the country viii
he nlled with cheap Chinese labor"
Chairman Jnmes- Mnruir. of III.
Central Labor Union made this mn.
noinccmcni before meeting of TINT
body. His remarks created rcnsn.
tion.
II wish To CIV. this timely warning. q"
continued 'b. chairman. 80 ibni labor.
Ing men nnd women throughout ib.
United states shnll take measures To
have another exclusion blll pn-s.si.
VISIT Your congressman nni see how
u" -'nnis On the question. Put him On
record"
The meeting resolved To- call IN. NJ,
,ention of NIL irndes 10 the exclusion
net
The state herald., 1900-11-02
ArbncLic I,.n,. IN. rru.,

Toledo, o., oc'. 20.-in the sugar
trust coffee war. carried Oh here be-.
tween the Arbucklcs and iInvemeyers.
Judge Pugslcy this morning rendered
decision Of much Importance. The
Arbuckles, ms stockholders In The
Woolson Spice Co.. had been refused
all recognition by lIaycmcycr nnd hi.
association. The suit was for thi
purpose OF establishing the Arbucklu.'
rights ms stockholders. The court held
that the Arbuckles were entitled To bc
registered ns stockholders. TO have c.f.
tihcn'cs issued for their stock. and "a
he permitted to inspect. In person or by
attorney. or an accountant. the book
and records of the Woolson Spice CO.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
EXPERT TESTIMONY
In THE RICE CASE

New York, Oct. 2.-Followlng the
announcement OF Professor Witthnus'
discovery of enough mercury to cause
death In the kidneys and intestines OF
William Marsh Rice. the old million
airc whose sudden death more than n
month ago led TO so many sensational
developments, and the chemists furth-
cr statement that mercury formed no
part OF the fluid used In embalmlng the
body. n consultation of the authorities
will he held tomorrow which may de
eide the next step In unravellng the
mystery.
That the old man had n pcnchant for
patent medicines, and that he fire.
auently took them Is admitted by his
physician and others who knew him
DR.. Curry says that In none OF the med.
icien prescribed for the old millionaire
by him was there any mercury, but he
adds that he found Mr.. Rice was TAX.
Ing n medicine thnt was given 10 him
by n friend, and that II was not with.
ont some argument that he induced the
patient 10 stop taking H..
An cndeavor TO learn what druggist
prepared the medicine prescribed by
Dr. Curry for Mr.. Rice was futile To-
day.
Many physicians spoken 10 agreed
that one OF the easiest ways 60 bring
about n mans death would he by the
administration Of mercury In minute
doses. They also said the symptoms OF
Illness noted In Mr.. Rice Just previous
TO his death would be- caused by this
poison. given IN this manner. II would
produce r-tchlng mud dys"ntcry and the
autopsy In NIL probability would show
traces OF the poison In the stomach and
more In the intestlncs. For week bc.
fore Mr.. I,ice's death he was III. and he
was led To believe this resulted from his
pnrtnklng of several baked bananas
lie was weak. hut he did not seem to
fcar he wnS In nny immediate danger
~ 1.oIh
The state herald., 1900-11-02

A remarkable engineering feat IL
soon TO be attempted In Boston-th,
moving OF n six-s,ory brick and stone
hotel building from one site to an.
other without taking It apart. The
ground upon which the building now
stands Is OF a swampy character. rad
$50 piles will have TO be driven around
the foundations OF the structure 70
support the 1000 Jacks upon which II
will be raised from lts foundation prior
to It's removal. II will be transported
to It's new location. ~ fee, distant. on
steel rollers.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Saving. Bank D.posIt.,

Washington, Oct. 2o-The comptrol.
Ter OF the currency reports the amount
OF deposits and number OF depositors
In savings banks In the United States
In 1896 and 1900 ns follows:
1&6-Number Of banks, oss: aggre.
gate deposits, SI,035, iGG. .IGs: number OF
depositors, 5,0G5,I9i; average deposits,
S376.5O.
1oOo-Number of banks. 1902. nggre.
gate deposits, S2,3s9. Tl9,95i: number Of
depositors, 5,s9s,ooi; average deposits,
Si0i.33.
Increase since 1s9G-Numbcr of
banks. Ia; aggregate deposits. S5iI..
2o3,4sG: number OF deposItors, $50 59T.
average deposits. s2T.s3.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
Now itnn,r To frnnr..rr.

Denver. Colo. Oct. ~. The Choc.
tnw. Oklahoma 4 Gulf rnllrond hns Of.
ilclnlly announced tint II win build
from Waterford, Indian Territory. 10
Amarillo, TcxnH. whore IL win connect
with the Colorado a Southern rnllfond
The work win br begun within few
weeks The construction Of this linz
will open n new road for Colorado bnsi.
ness TO the middle Sucih nnd win form
n short llnc between Colorado aud
Memphis, Tennessee nnd contiguous
territory. II also gives the chorinw
foad nn outlet to the west nnd To old
Mexico. The line viii be 15J miles
long.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
,,,.,,u.. IN. rnu,.. M..,.

Washington. oct ~ An order wnH
issued to-day disseminating m. divi-.
ion of ruln nni the eastern anu west.
afn departments ~ that division nnd
establishing N" Department ~ 'ubn,
ucnernl Leonard Wood Is placed IN
command ~ the new department, Grn,
,ni Ilihiuri isrc IL ordered 10 coin.
mnni the Department of the Missouri,
headquarters ~ umnlih. ocnetnl FL
well X. OTIS has been ordered To chi.
cnRo 10 commend the Department of
the Lakes
The Department of tho Missouri lins
brpn uniief command NJ gcnernl M"f
tlnn nnd the Department ~ the Lakes
Under command NJ 'ionefnl Wade,
bath ~ whom hgyc had The command
temporarily,
The state herald., 1900-11-02
sherman "a MuI,,.M,,,Ior.,rc.

Mansfield. Ohio. Oct. 2I.-The will Of
John Sherman was filed FOR probate to.
day. The estate Is valued ut $1,000 900.
Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum gets
Sl0o,OOo. half In real estate OF her
choice and the rest In bonds. After 9th.
cr beluests are paid she, with five 9th.
crs. get the residue. making her share
100000, and possibly more. The heirs
OF Charles Sherman get $4,000 divided
among them; iioyt Sherman, n brother,
gets 100 shares preferred stock In the
Des MolDes street railroad. or, II they
nrc sold. $4,000 In cash. The heirs Of
the late Gen. William II. Sherman gel
$4,000. rs do also the heirs Of the late
james sherman. the children OF sister
Susan BARLEY. the children Of Mrs,
Fanny Moulton, and I.nmpson Sher.
man and Elizabeth Reese. Mansfield
gets 5000 for park purposes: Oberiln
college and Kenyon each get 5000,
A biography Is provided for to be
published by some competent person.
within Two years after Shcrman's
death. mud $1,000 Is appropriated for
this, n he stated he felt II his duty 10
the public.
The residue ~ the estate Is wilied
share nnd share alike 10 Mary Stewart
sherman McCnllum. daughter: Henry
\. Sherman. son of brother Charles,
iIoyt sherman. son OF brother James,
lIilcmon rccnmsch sherman. son oi
W. r.: Charles II. sherman. sou OF
brother Lnmpson. mud Charles n. shcr.
man. son of brother Iloyt.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
In TIE Public Gpe
Mr.. Asfor q Mascof.


Mrs. Jack Astor of New York and
Newport is regarded as a verltable
mascot by the yachtsmen of the sea-
board. She has an unbroken line of
yacht-sailing victories to her credit
and is in great demand by the skip
pers of the thirty-footers at present
The finish of race is foregone con-
clusion when Mrs. Astor steps aboard.
Mrs. Astor braved the elements one
day last week In the race for the cup
offered by Harry Payne Whitney.
Gowned in natty costume Of black,
with the ends of white feather boa
about her neck streaming out in the
fresh breeze, she made beautiful pic
ture. There was quite sea on the
outside. but the little races made bet
ter weather OF 1t than the seventies.
and Mrs. Astor added to her triumphs
The state herald., 1900-11-02

Moved by the descriptions of the
last resting place OF his friend nnt
ally, King Victor Emmanuel In tbs
Pantheon at Rome and with memories
OF the stately and solemn grandeur o.
Great Brltain's Walhalla-namely
Westminster Abbey. present In hi
mind. Emperor William has resolved
TO create at Berlin. In the immediate
neighborhood OF the Imperial resi-
denee, species OF Teutonic Pantheon
TO serve as last resting place for The
illustrious dead of Germany. and In
asmuch as he Is aware that neither
the Prussian legislature. nor the par
lament OF the empire viii vote th'
funds for the purpose he has announc
ed his Intention Of raising the $4,000
900 necessary for the execution OF hli
design by means OF huge lottery.
The state herald., 1900-11-02

The youth of Brussels. 1t appears
were not slow TO exploit the Shah.
weakness for children. which was in.
cautiously referred to In the press. An
enterprising lad wrote to his majesty
that n bicycle would make him COM
pletcly happy. but the fact must not
be divulged TO his parents; while an.
other child asked for a doll In similar
terms. In both Instances the gifts
were forthcoming. with the result that
on the last day OF his majesty's visit
the Persian legation was besieged by
youthful applicants. many OF whom
were made happy by practical proofs
OF the shah's generosity.
The state herald., 1900-11-02
rnliirrlr. it..un. ME-.

WllkoHhnrfe, i'n., oct ~. An the
conl companies IN the wyoming valley.
WITH f'w exceptions. have now posted
notices rrnhiinR their employees the irn
per cent lncrrnsr nsk"d for hy the
Scranton convention. The exceptions
nre n few individual operators wlii ,lo
not employ many hnnd-. ilut II Il said
whe. the men employed NJ these col.
llofieH report fnr work to-day they viii
ho told they win receive the same
wnHps linl1 lt HE other rnmunuipH.