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The state herald., 1900-09-21
Children Burned In n Nursery.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Sept. 1T.-Six lives
Were lost, two persons Were fatally in
iured and several others We're serious
ly burned In n fire tonight In an old
four-stOry tenement the salvation
Army was using rs a day nursery for
little children. and five of the victims
killed Were children left there To be
cared for while their parents Were out
gaining n livelihood. Another victim
was a man who perishcd in an attempt
tn save the life OF his four-year-old
hoy. The dead are: James Harklns.
aged forty: Herbert Harkins, aged
four; Rhoda Harklns. aged five months;
Maggie Williams. aged three months;
Edward Mullen, aged four years, and
Myrtle Farrell. aged six years.
Those fatally Injured and not expect
ed to survive the night are:
Post Captain Elizabeth Erickson
aged twenty-five. and STAFF Captain
Bertha Anderson, aged twenty-five.
The following are seriously injured
and are In great agony, but expected To
recover:
Bessie Atkins, aged. five: Frank Hill.
aged two months; Albert Hin aged
three. and Joseph Benton. aged -four.
All of the dead bodies We're burned
10 a crisp and the charred remains OF
James IIarkiEs were clasplng what was
left OF his little son. Herbert.
The victims and those Injured he.
longed to or were In the nursery. cx-
ccpt James IIarlSlns. who came 10 the
rescue OF his orphans. The property
loss was only Sl,5OO.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
AMERICANS TOOK A ~. {;
THIRD OF PARIS PRIZES:

New York. Sept. I'm. ii. De
Young OF San Francisco, president OF
the Board of United States commits,
sioners to the Paris exposition. arrived
here to-day on the steamer New York.
MIR. DE Young was most enthusiastic
over the exposition. saying:s@
"The Paris exposition is the greatest
the world has ever seen. say this un-
qualifiedly, Notwithstanding the many
adverse criticisms which have been in
dulged In by many Americans. In its
displays of manufactures, in science
and In art, the exposition is simply
complete. There Is not line of any
thing used by man for transportation,
comfort or luxury. in any branch of
manufacture, which is lacking. Its ed
ucational value Is practically illimita-
bic. i fail 10 understand upon what
are based the adverse criticisms in
dulged in not only by visitors ignorant
of eNpositions but by intelligent and
prominent citizens. am afraid many
of these have not observed carefully or
at length. +l 4,IH5
Il am proud to say that Americans
took 1000 awards, or one-third OF the
entire number awarded. The Ameri-
cans at the exposition were the most
lavish entertainers of any nation. and
of the Americans the most epthusias,
tic hosts Were the Californlans. The
people from my state spent Sl3O.OOO In
taking care of guests and friends. II
all the states had done as well as Cali
fornia. there could be no criticism of
the American showing at the exposi-
ton" .f.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
LOUBET SETTLES
BOUNDARY LINE

Washington. Sept. 1.-The minister
of Costa Rica AT Washington. Senor
Calvo, has received a cablegram from
the minister of Costa Rica at Paris.
which conveys the information that
the president of the French republic.
NJ. loubct, who was the arbitrator an
pointed 10 decide the boundary lues-
tion between Costa I;ica and Colon
bia, by his award of yesterday fixed
the boundary limit between the two
countries on the Atlantic side at Mona
Point cor u. Currc,nt. uud On the Pa
cific side at Punta Burica. The rcpub-
lie Of Colombia claimed that the limit
should be fixed at Cape Gracio Adios
In the Atlantic, including the whole of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua Atlantic
coast, and that the limit on the Pa
cliic side should be placed at Boruca
river. TO the northwest OF Golfo Dulce,
which would have given Colombia a
right to half the territory OF Costa
Rica aud about two-thirds Of that Of
Nicaragua.
Costa Rlcn claimed the old limits be-
tween Central America and Colombia.
placed at the Island Escudo de Vera
qua. ON the Atlantic, and the River
Chlrlqul Nlejo tat the base OF Punta
Burica TO the southeasD on tthe Pa
ciiic.
The award, as already said. fixes the
boundary line ON the Pacific side at
Punta Burica. as claimed by Costa
Ricn, and on the Atlantic, denies the
right OF Colombia to any part OF the
territory of Nicaragua or any portion
OF that of Costa klcu beyonl Mona
Point.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
GALVESTON RESUMING ITS
FORMER BUSINESS LIFE

places where 1t is needed, have been
encountered. Notwithstanding these
difficulties the work has gone on day
and night and the structure that Is to
bring Galveston in real touch with the
outside world is being steadily pushed
forward toward the stricken city which
Is SO rapidly recuperating.
The Santa Fe system has concentrat-
ed nearly all its best bridge and track
men on the work of restoring COM
munication with Galveston. Six hun
dred trackmen and $50 bridgemen are
engaged In the work. The track was
completed to Virginia Point Mt 1886
tonight.
State Health officer Blunt left here
to-day for Austin, where he will make
n report to the governor concerning
conditions in Galveston. ltis said that
this statement will estimate the NOR
tality at 5000 souls. DIR. Blount was
In Galveston several days and made Il
thorough investigation of the results
of the storm.
Miss Clara Barton of'the Ited Cross
Society arrived In Texas City tonight
with II hospital corps and supplies. She
will reach Galveston tomorrow morn
ing. Ntrf.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
TROOPS GOING FROM
AFRICA TO CHINA

London, Sept. 11.-In accordance
TO the prediction of Sir Robert Hart
that there will be further hostilitles In
China in November, the Associated
Press understands that the British
government Is already considering the
transfer of troops from South Africa
to India in order to make 1t practicable
10 send more troops TO China. Tho
military authorities consider the war
in South Africa so far ended that
troops may now be safely moved.
1t is possible that the Russian lega-
tion has already been removed from
Pekin To Tien-Tsin. but there is no def
mite news as yet as TO whether Ii
Hung Chang will after all go TO Peliin.
General Dorward is going to the cap
ital, leaving the British troops at Tien-
Tsin under command of Brigadier Gen
eral Horne Campbell. Vice Admiral
AlieXietf has returned to Taku.
The Americans have begun at Ho 81
WI a permanent telegraph line be-
tween Pekin and Ticn-Tsin.
The Pekin correspondent of the
Daily News says that the assassin OF
Baron Won Ketteler has been shot.
The Morning Posts representative
there says that the question is being
discussed of sending relief 10 a few
British, French and American engi
neers who are bcsieged in city 200
miles south Of Pekin. ..
The state herald., 1900-09-21
rrlc. ru, Upon Foreign n.aa..

Victoria, u. g.. Sept. 49, Advlccs 10y
the Heaconshlrr from Chinn tell OF .he
arrest Of Chinese with the heads OF
foreign soldiers In sacks. II seems tim,
head money Of ATTY ,acls is paid for
each head. This fact WIS brought out
by the discovery Of privni" papers OF
Niccroy ln Iu OF Ticn Tsln. In his
day book 'hcr" Is nm entry which
reads.
'"rnols 100 paid for the heads of two
Americans killed In the advance To tie
relief OF Tlcn Tsln. Tnclr fifty for the
two guns captured On the same occa
rlop."
When Captain l,cyis nnd three mn.
rines with him fell NJ the cngng.mcn,
before iI-l arsenal, attempts wcr.
inndc to d"cnplnic them. The next
night Chinese were found hiding IN the
mlllci. nni IN trying To escape were
bnyonc'"d, one clung with great per.
tlhnci'y To n hne. which, when II wnu
Opened. wns found Ia contain the bend
of n United States marine. Gunner
Watkins.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
GREAT STRIKE OF COAL
MINERS HAS BEGUN

Philadelphia, Sept. 1T.-The great
strike of the miners in the anthracite
coal fields OF Pennsylvania, which rep
resent practically the hard coal out
put of the world, began to-day. Accord
ing to President Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers of America, who Is per-
sonally directing the strike from his
headquarters at Hnzleton. the success
of the first days efforts to tie up the
mines exceeded the expectations of the
strike leaders.
The hard coal region is divided into
four great districts, the Lackawanna,
Wyoming, Lehigh and Schuykill re-
gions. In the first two, representing
nearly 10000 men, the tie-up is prac-
tically complete. Only one mine, en-
ploying n few hundred men, is being
operated. and this the strikers say
they hope to close soon. In the Lehigh
region the situation is standoff,
about 5000 of the 10000 employees hay
ing quit. Principally because the union
has comparatively little strength in the
Schuykill region and the workmen
there have no decided grievance, as in
other districts, the strike was not gen
eral among the upward of 10000 men
tlIlplbltu IHuitulIolS lp-InSut, uoN :
ever, point to the closing tomorrow of
some mines in the last named district
that operated to-day, despite the asser-
tion of officials of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal Company and other COM
panies operating in the region that they
will continue their collieries in opera
tion. Nearly all the efforts of the strike
leaders are being devoted to organic
La.
Lchigh regions, and tonight their or
sanizcrs and orators are redoubling
their efforts.
No violence worth mentioning has
marred the first day of the struggle.
Practically no progress has yet been
made In the effort off some of the
clergy to bring about n settlement of
the trouble through arbitration.
HlaZelton, Pa. Sept. 1I.-President
Mitchell tonight gave out the follow
ing statement:
Information received up TO tonight
shows that 10000 mine workers are on
strike "a the anthracite region. OF this
number T2.0cO are in district No. l, 30,
600 in district No. 3, and 10000 In dis
trict No. I.
Reports received are to tho effecS
that large number of those who went
to the mines to-day will join in the sus-
pension tomorrow.
The number, of men now out on
strike exceeds that of any other indus
trial contest in the history of our cOun-
try"
Mr.. Mitchell decided an important
point to-day in the matter Of arbltrn-
tion. Last week tile miners employed
by G. Il. Markle n Co. decided not TO
strike until the firm had passed upon II
set of their own grievances, which diff
fer somewhat from those of the United
Mine Workers. The firm has an agree
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Think The, ,,a,, co.p.r. Assassin.

Frankfort. Ky. Sept. ls-'rhe first
really sensational tstimony In the
trial Of James Howard. charged with
having fired the shot that killed WI.
liam Goebcl. was given to-day 10y Bow.
man Gaines and james Stubblchcld,
n former deputy sheriff. The former
Identified Howard ns the man who
ran out from the rear OF the state
house grounds aud jumped over the
fence Immediately after Ia" shooting.
Gaines was positive In his idcntlnca.
tl0n.
He said Howard then wore mus.
iache and was followed by man who
was tall and slender. \ boy who was
near 10y nt the time VIII also be- In
troduccd ns witness to corroborate
Gaines.
The most sensational witness, how.
ever. nnd at the same time the most
important witness from the prosecu'
tons standpoint. was james Stnbblc.
field. who testified that Howard .x'
ultlngly told him he fired the shot tim,
took GOcbol's life.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Kruger GoinE To Holland.

Lisbon. Sept Snturdny.-Th
Portuguese government hns telc.
srnphcd 10 the governor Of Moznm.
bllue authorizing the departure OF
Mr.. Kruger for Europe. The governor,
however, must satisfy himself thnt
Mr.. Kruger IN really going 10 Europe.
lie IL Instructed To take all precautions
TO safeguard the safety of Mr.. Kruger.
The newspapers here sny TINT Mr..
Kruger VIII take the German steamer
Hrrzog n, Iourcnzo Marques, his d.s.
tinnilop being Holland by way ~ Mnr.
settles Mrs. Kruger IL here. .H
A special dispatch from Naples snys
M agent of the Trnns,nni states Tint.
the object of Mr., krugcra visit TO Eu.
rope IL TO negotiate settlement with
Grent Britain nhd that he has full
power 10 net 90 tim, end.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Petroleum on,rnr of tnc csnntr,.

Washington. Sept. lS.-The annual
report of the geological survey on the
output of petroleum for tho year 1859
shows total production of 5T,OI0.s5O
barrels. valued AT SGi.Gni 800.
While the production has not In.
creased much over lS9s. the price per
barrel has Increased from 80 ~ cents
10 Sl.13 l-5 per barrel. The report cites
AN Instance Of n well In Wyoming
which produced $3.50 barrels. valued
at S:Is,o2o, s. per barrel, MS against
5.lI5 barrels In lS9s Of the same value.
The oil of Wyoming Is largely luhricat-
ing and cylinder oil, and its good pual.
ity and its scarcity In that section ne
counts for the high price. Indications
point TO n long continuance of this sup
ply and an increase is looked FOR III
next years production.
The state herald., 1900-09-21


Galveston, Sept. 17.--Now that the
water works are running. some of the
streets lighted, many others nearly
cleared. of debris and telegraphic COM
municntion with the outside world re-
established. the people of Galveston
are anxiously looking forward to the
re-establishment of rail communica-
tion. They will not have to wait long,
for the work of re-laying the tracks
and rebuilding bridge across the bay
Is being pushed with great en0rgy The
officials In charge of the work believe
that they will he able to run trains in
to Galveston Union depot on Thursday
The work thus far done has been re-
markable and has been accomplished
under the greatest difficulties. The
track has been laid along right of
way which has been swept by the sea
and washed into ravines along n line
bestrewn with dead bodies of men and
animals. The men worked under
blazing sun, In water and slush and
mud, in surroundings sickening to the
senses and at first without adequate
supply of food.
The greatest difficulties in the way
of securing material for the work or
rather in getting the material to the
The state herald., 1900-09-21
rr.nch Slaughter Chinese.

Chicago, Sept, IA special dispatch
10 the Record from rckln says
After n personal investigation NJ the
reported 0uifhg"H purpoirnird NJ Tung.
chow, IN the province of chill. I hnyu
II Oii direct testimony tint women were
violated hy French soldiers mud their
husbands, lnw.nbldlng merchants, wcr
murdered with n cruelty equal To thni
of the Chinese themselves
TunRchOw lns been utterly destroyed
10y lire, nnd the lnphncsc troops. TAX.
Ing up position inside the gate. drove
ont $40 women nnd children.
Tho American troops were not linpll
Gated IN The amir,
General rhniro. II sending commits
rlou TO TunRchow. accompanied by M
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Teller p-na and $40 600 oonr.

Chicago. Sept. is-A shortage OF
s2o.ooo In the accounts of the First
National bnnk wns discovered to-day
through mn Investigation prompted by
the suicide yesterday of Teller George
=. Forbes, who before killing himself
wrote n farewell note 10 his mother IN
which he snid:
II was weak and let one | consId.
erred my best friend guide me Into irou.
ble. have not seen him since the
first Of september and do not know
where he is."
officials Of the bnnk now believe
that the friend referred to In the let.
ter IA william ~. Dunton. clerk In
the Union National bnnk when TINT
Institution was taken Into the First
National.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Am, rlean. Aila.L.d h, Chinese.

Tlcn Tsln. Sept. ~. via Shanghai.
sept. ia British signal oilicrr no.
pofiH n nhntp engagement between n
company 0f The Fourteenth tinitoi
states Infantry nnh 1000 Iloscfs M
Mh'ow, Oh the toni to rctin. The
amcrlcnh- hndc gallant stand. nnl "A
hp'hrliincht of Bcngnl Lancors nearby
nearing Tie fring, cninc to their rescue.
nnd charged the Boxers In the r,nr'
me Chinese were routed, leaving 100
uohu' The Americans hnd no ensunltI,a
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Return. From rw.,r,n census.

Washington, Sept. l1.-Thcre have
been enumerated by the twelfth cen.
sns 10 date lis cities. with something
more than lI.OOO,OO0 OF the inhnbit.
ants of the United States. or less than
n quarter OF the probable total popu.
lntion. This count Is confined To cities
exclusively and the percentage OF In.
crease from is:D To 1900 cannot be L..
gitimniely applied 10 the whole coun.
try. The whole Increase noted Is thir.
ty-one per cent. while during the de.
cade from 1880 TO 1880 II was less thnn
twenty-five per cent. In 1880 the 10.
tnl population OF the country was o..
,,i2,2,2jO, bu, In that year the Indians.
Alnsknns and llawnlinns were not In.
clnded. Had they been the population
would have been Increased 10 Gl.2is,.
WD. Counting these people In the pres.
ent census VIII ndi materially TO III.
totnl. bringing II ADORE I5.OOp.OO0.
The percentage OF Increase In the
country has been less than In cities
and II II thought the average rate OF
growth VIII bc from twenty to twenty.
four per cent. Figuring on n twenty.
two per cent. Increase. the population
will he TI.3n.ii5. Add 10 this tho
Indians nnd the people of 'Ainskn and
Hawaii md tho total from. the whole
country will fall u little short OF So.
OOO.OvO.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
skeleton Tell. Tai. of Death In blizzard

Sal, Lake. Utah. Sept. 1.-THE half
eaten remains OF George IlIldltch Of
Pennington. private In Company T.
OF the National Guard. who disap-
pcaied last April. have been found In
the mountains near Morgan.
lie met his death while hcr'llng
sheep. losing his wny and encounter
ing terrific blizzard. and IN spite OF
the most vigorous search ON the part OF
his comrades. rclntivcs and friends mt
the time aud since. no trace OF the un-
fortunate young man WIS found until
Private Lawson OF the snmc company,
who was hcrding IN the vicinity of the
forks OF Lost creek last week. made
the grcwsomc discovery. The head
and hands and other parts OF the body
hnd been eaten away by coyotes during
the six months II Inns been exposed.
Practically only the skeleton was left.
md but for letter found ON piece OF
clothing that had withstood the wealth
cr. It In doubtful that Identification
would have been possible.
Al the time hc disappeared great
many searching parties were sent out.
Company T. ~ Bounilfui Of which the
young man belonged. turning out IN n
body and going NIL through the noun.
tnins In Morgan county.
The state herald., 1900-09-21

mcnt with Its men that IL any differ
ences fail of adjustment then the
grievances shall be arbitratcd. John
Markle, of the firm, yesterday agreed
to have Archbishop Ryan of Philadel
phia arbitrate the differences If the
mediators already decided upon by the
firm, and the men cannot come to n sat.
isfactory agreement
President Mitchell, however, stated
to-day that he should ask tho
men employed by Markle to
cease work. The men employed
sions through arbitration, he said but
1t was now n case of securing uni
form settlement throughout the anthra.
cite district.
About 100 forcign-speaklng miners
left HaZelton to-day for New York,
where they will take steamer fol-
Europe. These men expect IA long
strike, and rather than remain idle here
they preferred to 20 to their former
homes.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. 1S.-Aftcr
hearing reports from the mines the
representatives of the big coal com
panicS and operators went into confer
ence at 10 o'clock. The situation was
gone over, and views We're exchanged.
one of the operators said II locked like
a complete tie-up in the region. The
operators here do not look for Il com.
promise now. They are going to pre-
pare for the worst. II Is known tIiat
detective agencies in PlttSburg, Chi
cago and New York have received or
ders to send Il large number of opcr-
atives to the Wyoming region AT once,
The striking miners held Il meeting
to-day. and there was II very large at
tendance. Reports received from the
various mines TO the effect that ail
hands had refused to go to work
caused great enthusiasm. Organizer
Nichols addressed the men at length.
lie couuseled them to be On their good
behavior.
The total number of men idle in the
Wyoming region is about 22,GOO. The
ration for each company is: Lchlgll
and Wilkesbarre Coal Company. 800 :
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company.
5000: Susquehanna Coal Company,
1881: Kingston Coal Company, 2.2i! ;
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Coal Company, 2,3;Ei: LehiGh Valley
Coal Company. 1,l39: Red Ash Coat
Company. G52; Parrish Coal Company
i.1dG, and miscellaneous companies.
3,142.
At II o'clock 1t was given out nj
strikers headquarters that not ton
Of coal was being mined In the Wyo-
ming Valley mine outside of the West
End Coal Company'S collicrles ut Mo
canaqua. A committee Of United Mine
Workers was dispatched to MocanaIun
to confer with the miners there. and II
possible induce them 10 quit work.
The committee will have difficult
task. as the company has always treat
cd its men with exceptional kindness.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Confessed to IRE. an rnnoe.n, Man.

~. Louis. Sept iT.-frnnk Pcyton
wns taken bnck 10 Sioux City. Iowa.
Inst night 10 answer 10 the murder
OF John 4. Robson, 10 which he Il said
90 have confessed. Before leaving he
also said he nlonc wnr guilty OF rob
bling n snfc of SDi0 nj Clnrksylllc. Mis-.
siHrippl. George Simmons, n wealthy
PLANTER. was Indicted FOR this crime.
and IN account or the shame departed
from home aud Inns not been heard
from sincc. \ home was disrupted
nnd his mother almost went Insane.
pcyion confessed to the crime 10 free
mn innocent man OF the blight OF dis
honor.
The state herald., 1900-09-21
Amcrl,nn. 10 on, senn,lnr.

Pckln, Sept ~, win Shanghai. Sept.
IL Captain William W. Forsyth. With
800 men OF the sixth United Sintrs
cavalry, VIII start tomorrow on n tuug
IN the district 10 the northeast NJ re.
Kin Ia rescue Christians nnd 10 make
n tcn-dnys' reconnaissance, Other .N.
pcdltlons hive been PINNED, hui tho
general sentiment IN opposed 20 such
undertakings ~ they tend To keep the
country disturbed.
The British report that the Bengal
Lnncrfr entered lllnng ilsinng ahead
Of the Germans and temporarily hoist.
cd the British fng. They assisted tho
Germans In the n,.nck. The Chinese
lost 200.
The state herald., 1900-09-21

According to the Journal of German
Engineers, the French railroad trains,
instead of the English. hold the first
place for speed, schedule time being
the basis for comparison. A regular
train between Paris and Amiens makes
the distance. So miles, without stop.
in an hour and n quarter, or at the
rate OF G5 miles an hour. The fastest
regular train in Great Britain makes
90 miles an hour. for distance Of
only 80 miles, between Perth and For
TAX. In Germany a greater speed than
b6 miles an hour is prohibited. but the
fastest regular train makes only 81
miles. between Wlttenberg and Ham
burg.
The state herald., 1900-09-21

Vertical penmanshlp. adopted SO
widely in the public schools few
years ago. seems TO be going out OF
fashion. 1t is said to be slow to write
and not favored In commercial life
The return TO the SDencerian system
emphasizes the project to erect a me-
mortal library to Platt Spencer in Ge-
neva, o. Here. In little log house,
the great penman taught many branch
Is. especially the beautiful handwrlt-
ing which young and old came from
afar to learn. Until the age OF S.
Spencer had never seen writing paper,
but he had already traced his charac-
tiers in the sand OF the rivers edge
and on the bark OF trees HIS life was
full OF hardshlps. but many n man
reared in luxury may well envy the
Inscription. Poet. penman. educator,
reformer. benefaetor." engraved on his
tomb by grateful pupil,
The state herald., 1900-09-21
New Line pi,un-,l

Dendwood. $. D., Sept. 1s-Fiftccn
passengers from Colorado points came
In on tile Observation-Disclosures short
lines first train, arriving tonight. y.
Acton. prominent mining broker
from Colorado Springs. brought IN n
party of capitalists and big deal viii
be closed In the phunolitc belt this
week.
Three Denver commercial men were
In the crowd. They Will work the
Black Hills FOR their houses. The truin
tonight was met 10y n large crowd Of
Dcndwood aud Lead people. who
greeted II with cheers