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GEN. ALVAREZ CAPTURED.


MANILA. Oct i7.---Under cover Of
storm last night. Capt. Elliott. OF the
Fortieth Infantry. surprised tho. rebels
Headquarters near OroquofA. Island OF
ing, Gen. Aivarex with his stan. and
twenty-five soldiers
The capture IL important. and will tend
TO pacify the district.
Alvarez has been for q long time pro-
voking hostiiities In Mindanao, II was
he who effected the disastrous attack on
Oroauota some time ago. and he was
preparing another when he was captured.
Defachments Of the Twenty.seeoDd and
Eighteenth regiments engaged the rebels
near TublaHan. In Southern ranay. rpus-
Ing them, killing twenty and weunding
many.
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HOLOCAUST ~ VIEW YORK.
Eight People Either B~vsea or Sat-
located 90 Death.

NEW YORK. Oct II. Eight people
were either burned 70 death OF sas0naisd
three-Ht9ry and attic frame soluble fene-
Fnsnt house. IS and sais Hester street.
early today. The dead;
EaFah sass - years old Samuel gass
Is; Lena sass, >. Norris saHs. :; Mrs Hos
rorftx, ~. Rosa f~wss, 81. MsnGei strauss.
90. Samuel Strauss. -
Mary Murray, assf 70. eas severely
burned about the back and wss taken 70
q hospital
The FIRE was discovered shortly after ] no
e'eguck ~ the ianit1r 81 the buildings. lie
ran ouf into the hall 20 End 4, ASlAze
His shouts aroused the others ir she
house but the flames had already gained
feree hsadway and few had time 10 save
themselves hy the stairs.
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THE CENSUS IS COMPLETED.


WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-THE enumer-
alton work of the twelfth census Is COM
cally all paid. There we're 5000 EMU
merators and 2S7 supervisors. The cost
Of the enumeration will be about 81, 800
900 The factory work also is about fin-
the manufacturing and industrial lines
will complete their work and be paid on
by November l. The cost of this work
will be about $250000.
The whole force Of the census bureau
In being concentrated on the work OF
tabulating the statistics already gather
ed. The report of the census bureau,
when completed, will occupy eight vol
umes of 1000 pages each The work OF
the present census Ii heavier by several
million inhabitants than ever before, but
Director Merriam thinks II will be ready
for tho public six weeks earlier than
heretofore.
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keep an open sore that It might benefit
their party. Gentlemen. you cannot ahord
70 support party that approaches great
s sun ss swo Years IN that sso 'Pr rsn asn
Mr.. Var. wyck, who was nominated ny
Mr.. Croker. | speak advisedly. Il +
strictly q oiie-mafi power In New forK.
They denounced the trusts on the stump.
! would not promise AZ much as they CID.
because was hAmpered By the fact that
] intended TO make my words good !
insendsd 70 make my Psrrosm shros,sh ana n
New York the franchise tax BILL under
which two hundred millions OF corporate
property, street railway and similar
roll.
Promise and Performance.
THE result Is that within The past
six years OF Republican rule IN New xork
the tax rate has been lower than fof
years. That Is performance. on the o.nsr
Sr. Croker denonnces trusts, ana ne ~
one OF the biggest stockholders In the ice
trust. Mr., Cookers rival In his loyal sup
lie In against trusts IN his public capac-
fty. but In his private capacity ne y the
retained counsel OF the big corporations IN
the effort TO break down the franchise
NOW, gentlemen, me frst thing you
want Is sincerity--in making what you
say on the stump good on that stump.
and a ton OF oratory does not count 90
you what we have done and ask you 70
compare II with what our opponents
talked but what they did not do.
Gov. Roosevelt then pointed 70 the pre-
vailing prosperity, and cal1ed attention TO
the nonfunllment OF Mr. Bryan's proph-
ecfes OF evil.
was HIS vourteenth speech.
This wns the fourteerth speech which
Gov Roosevelt made IN Ohio today be-
ginning In Delaware, which city, Marion.
Upper Gandusky, Carr, Fostoria and Penn
berviile gave him rousing receptions. The
Sgrst bfe demonstration, however, was
made at Toledo, where the governor ADJ
dressed 4 crowd that almost nlled the
circus lot. An hour and half was spent
here N the parade and speaking.
Leaving Toledo at AS p. M. the train
made BRIEF stops At Clyde. Bellevue and
Ste ana marble company presented the
governor with 3 bucket nlled with sand
Wiches pie and coffee. and bearing the
legend. Eight hours and full dinner
rail-" Tonight Or Curtis, the governors
physician. who will leave the train at
Canton tomorrow, said:
Gov. Roosevelts voice depends upon
ercises 4 little more care than he has IN
the pest. think he may be able to full
iii his engagements but could not guar
anteo any voice where twenty-five
speeches ara made on two consecutive
days. with interrupted rest and under
great nervous strain Othc!wise Coy.
Roosevelt - m superb physical condi-
sion."
since leaving Chicago last Wednesday
morning Gov. kooneveit's train has trav-
cled l7f1 miiea and has been handled on
twenty lines Of road.
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BY SPECIAL TRAIN
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Senators Hanna ana Frye Address
Fasasrs IN Close-vote Dis-
tPeets.

Senators MAMMA o00 Ftye AWurcss
Fasasrs IN Close-vots Dis-
trtcts.
HURON, 3. D., Oct 1.-THE special
train hearing Senators Hanna and Frye
Travelled up and down through tho ccnn-
ties of Central South Dakota. In the dis
tricts where the vote. a. a rule, In close.
and where farmers compose greater
part OF the population. Fourteen stops.
varying In length from three minutes to
an hour. were made during the day.
Senator Hanna making speeches at Red
f,eid, Worthwhile. troton, Andovsr. Bris-
toll Bradley. Etrod. Bryant. Lake Pres
ton pesmet. frocucis, Huron Aberdeen
and Webster.
A GOOD dea, of spice was put into the
speeches at times by sharp questioning on
the part Of the audiences, who desired
10 hear about trusts and Imperialism,
and were not slow to make their wishes
known. This was true especially at Alb
srdeen. where senator Hanna was con-
efantiy interrupted during his speech ny
uu<sticns regarding various phases Of the
trust issue. Senator Hanna apparently
sn)uyed these interrurtt0ns. and fire.
aaensiy answered Thorn. During the ar
ternoan, while the train Was running
through a thiniy populated part Of the
state and stops were hrtef and lnfre-
auant. Senator Hanna spent about haiti
of hts time AZ the various stations in
shaking hands with the ernwds who
nearly dragged him from his car ON ono
occasion In the efforts 20 shake hands
with him.
At Webster he was visited In his car
by delegation % Sioux fnaiana frem the
Sisseton reservation. These Indians are
all voters The mest important taestlns
81 the day VAS held Tonight at Huron.
where the train stepped for the nixht.
and where beth Senators Hanna and
FIRE. and Victor Deliver made addresses
81 considerable iang,h
seheci Chtlar@a r@wn ous.
Five minute stcps were mace Nv the
sp~ctal train az Ettstol. tsraafay ana El.
req AHd about ten ninutes were srens
az Bryant Geod~sined audiences. eptn.
posed mostly Of farmers. we're presea,
a. all these PLACES And greeted Mr.
Hanna heartily. hsk tins helnx ftvtasa
between addressing a few words to them
ard IN hsnashekisg Az Bgaal~y schsai
~as dismissed " order % give the shlf.
area slfas &c see the Republican seaavr
ana their shFsn cTies mtngsss with ~
applause which greeted Asr Hama
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BRYAN CONTINUES
HIS TOUR OF NEW YORK.
Meets Large Crowds and Makes Ad-
1resses I'm Towns ON Hudson
4. River.

<AN
MIsK LANDING, N. r., Oct, NV. J.
bryan made the hrst stop In his tour of
the state Of New York at Yonkers at
$50 Ne was cordially greeted by quite
9 throilg. The stop was for only ten
Mr. Bryan spoke for Ave minute, from
10 good crowd ut Tarrytown.
Flvs-minuts stops were made at Sing
In his brief speech at Peekskill MIR. Bryan
referred 20 Senator Depew. saying: II
am surprised to md 50 many people here,
where your distinguished senator lives
you would be afraid Of me as a dangerous
man. II II gratifying 70 md that so many
OF you have formed your opinion from
than those which emanate from your SEN
ator.. am sorry tha& cannot have his
AID. but there are 50 many other labor
l can get along without his support in
this campaign. You have heard OF the
dinner pail argument hero and your sem
ator n good man TO preach Il. for his
senatorial salary win Nil his dinner pail
ana leave the railroad salary for fair
supper In the evening"
Newharg and Poughkeepsie.
POuGHKEEPsIE N. r.. Oct fiat
mr. hryaY nna Rsr y soppsd
OF several thousand people.
Mr.. Bryan had fine crowd at Pough-
keepsie and was well received. He spoke
largely to defense Of the common peo-
pie, saying that there was no demagogism
In such defense.
At Albany.
ALBANY. N Y, Oct. i7.--william Jcn-
ninss Bryan rode around. two sidcs ~ a
triangle today. from HUDSON 10 Albany,
inclusive and probably spuke % ~ CO.'S
mopolitan a lot 20 pN opie as he las adj
dressed during The campaign. At Hui-
son he spoke TO gathering 81 business
people OF all classes. a TrnV 10 the ca
pacity Of an opera house and AZ nm over
how meeting OF collar factory and lam
dry employees. at Mechanicsville to rail-
road people. at cohoes 20 The. mass {
employees of the cotton and WOODEN mills,
and At Albany 20 two immense meetings..
one ~ the opera house and one outside,
The great meetings OF this strip we're
held at Troy. the home o. ex-senator
Murphy =, Albany ne home e es-
West Al both Troy and Albany the
meetings we're phenom~naiiy large and
enthusiasts, immense oycrfiows having
desired TO see or hear MIR, Bryan.
Mr. Bryan today alluded TO many
things which he has not mentioned NJ
many other places during tbs campaign.
II believe that Mexico Is far better on
because We took our TAG down from tbs
eApttat WNen the mexican war was over
ard brought Il back 90 the Rio Grande.
! think Mexico Is better today and Nc are
better than II We had held carpet bag
government y PLACE there By means q
ment IN Mexico, half Spanish and halt
fndsans, has developed the people more
and has brought them further than would
have bean tho case had We held Their,
ur1ey Guar asnain. IL ven doubt a. inok
as Mexico and compare Mexico with In
dte, Under thirty years ~ self govern.
suent Mexico has made more progress
thar meta has made IN tse years op-
pressed BY an Angie saxen Sosdscvy
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INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS


WASHINGTON. Oct. I7.-The monthly
statement OF the collections of internal
revenue shows that the receipts from all
sources during September, 1900. amounted
to $23, 4S3,sil. decrease as compared with
September. 1929. OF 81, 06f07i.
The receipts from the several sources
Of revenue are given an follows:
Spirits 81, 7oa. 0ss decrease SSi65l7.
Tobacco N5Ss ,s3s. decrease t&25.4
Fermentcd liquors s6,s21,e50, increase
$200, 06i
Oieomargerine sis7ssi. decrease $4,000
Special taxes not elsewhere enumerated
SO go, decrease t74.943
Miscellaneous $3,os3,osl. decrease s4si,-
s7s
For the three months ended September
90 1901. the receipts from all sources ex-
eeeded those for the corresponding period
af 1899 by $i,5i4.7S3
A notable decrease In the receipts Ia
shown In the sale of documentary and
proprietary stamps, the decrease in the
last month being Sass .7sG as compared
with September. 1899 and during the last
three months sk25i. s23 as compared with
the corresponding period last year.
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OPERATORS AGREE
70 MINERS TERMS.


dee a Co.. operating the Lattimcr coli
1ieries. and A. Pardee a Co., owners OF
the Cranberry mines. both OF them inds-
vidual concerns.
These companies win reduce the ptoce
OF powder from $1.75 to $50. which -
duction il TO be considered In arriving ~
net increase In wages
The news from Philadelphia spread
through the entire region with almost
lightning rapidity. and everywhere salts
faction was expressed by the striking
miners and others. 1t IL believed that the
strike will be officially declared on this
week and that the men will have chance
to return TO work on Monday.
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HOLDERS or syspIcATE STOCK.
Restrained Fves vetins II at Meet
ing In New Jsrsev.

NEW YORK. Oct. i7.--yics Chancellor
Emory at Newark. N j.. today granted
an order restraining the holders uf the
syndicate stock OF the DistiliIng Company
Of America from voting that stock at
the meeting 20 he held In Jersey City
today. The syndicate stock amounts 10
over t2cs.oco and without /. Il the syndi.
cate, which IL composed 81 w. G.. Whit
not have the twn-thlrAs 20 carry through
a proposal TO reduce the capital stock
of the company.
According 20 the allegation or DR.
phillp EriesseI af Chicago. the e0fupls! IN
ant In the sutt against the dtstiiiIne
company. this stock came into the pos
session Of the holders by fraudulent
methods.
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Wight school for Filipsnos.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IF, W. valIie.
director of posts in the Philippines, has
notified the pastoffice department that ne
has opened a night school for native post
al employees AT Samoiioc where they NAV
study English. A general order has been
issued tn the Philippines. notifying the
native employees that they will be expect
"a 70 use eyerv effort TO secure a working
knowledge ~ English. that night schools
will ee established wherever practicable
and that In the postal service preference
always will be given to Engiish-speaking
natives
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R~ss.,ra,ie. In easease.

CHICAGO, Oct ft@~Tsere were added
90 the registration lists w tbs second ara
last aaY pf regis, rstissr tsS ~ nAsaea
Thexs, taken with the AN go nAsres placed
81 the heaks en- Monday. wtvea a fetal -
el tH names a. the registration tn the
thirty Eve Wards ~ C'heaEN FOR thts
year. Altheaxh a revision nf the figures
may Yeancs this total some. this Il the
largest registration In the history - the
city As compared with TIE registration
~ @ea@ ns 1895, the total this ysax -
q. las greater. ard exceeds that ~ 1855
which Was 8&TG. by -SESG
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ship Texas has been ordered out of COM
mission. The Golfers PompeiI and Leon
idas. now at League island yard. and the
prepared for service. They will be equip
ped with merchant crews. The flagship
Brooklyn with ADMIRAL Remey on board
has arrived at Nagasaki on her way to
Manila The Adams has left San Diego
for Magdaiena The surveying ship
Ranger " az the Mare island navy yard.
The Wilmington has sailed from Per-
nambuco for st. Vincent
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PICKING, Oct. i5.--Ii is regarded ss GER
tain that all the imperial edlct ordering
the punishment of high officials was
forged and was concoeted with the idea
Of preventing ali advances on Paotingfa.
Prince Ching and Earl IA Hung Chang
deny its authenticity. Count Won Wat
Aersee is expected to arrive here October
II,
Small marauding bands have been tr0u-
bicsome In the Vicinity Of the summer
palace and punitive expedition IL being
Organised 20 proceed against them.
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BsssI~ship In Com ,aissies.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 1.-THE battle
ship Alabama has gone into Commission.
The entire crew of $50 officers and men
Capt. w ~ Brownson, who Will cnrn-
rnand the ship. read his orders and Rad
the Gag and his pennant raised. II IL
expected that the battisshfp viii remain
"A IL 0slANaZA stvax shout iva xeala
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DENVER. Oci. ia special to the
News from FL PAso, Ter, says:
A fatal wreck occurred on The South
ern Pscifsc today. sixty miles east 81
this city. A bridge gave way Az a west
hound freight train was passing over
Y. ard the snglre ard faur ~ the cars
went down Engineer John SchaTsr ard
Fireman w. II. Edison wfrs killed. Re-
cent heavy rains bad weakened the
foundations ~ the bridge.
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grand jury was drawn. by express on or
about November 20. 1899. day or two
before the grand jury which found the
Indictment was empaneiled.
Witness said there had been no exam
nation of the contents Of the box after
II had been received by him
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SAYS NEGOTIATION HAS BEGUN.
sir Chih Chen Luh Asserts II NJ n
Fact.

LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE Chinese minis
ter Sir Chin Chen 10 Feng Luh. asserts
that peace negotiations have actually be-
gun at Picking between the Chinese rien-
ipotentiaries and the representatives ~ the
powers In the tsuns II yamen building.
which. he adds. has been given over TO
the Chinese FOR that purpose.
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wATERTOwN N. Y Oct. fT-~Adlai
r. Stevenson who - making 4 tour "a the
state arrived IN this cltv this afternoon
lie WAS met az the station bs a iargs AID
enthusiastic Crowa and escorted 10 thr
Nvgtrw9 house hg a committee 4 lead.
saE Demacrats
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brief address. He shook hands with all
OF them.
Don't you get tired senatorr queried
A farmer at Eiroy, after giving Hanna
hand a grip that made him vince a
little. -. -, - ,.,sh,rv,v
MY harf is pretty hard. too" =.
Al Lake Preston stop OF about nl-
teen minutes was made while Mr.. DOLL
yer and Senator Hanna addressed fair-
sized crowd. Senator Hanna then start
ed 70 shake hands with the people gath
cred around the rear Of his car. but was
almost pulled or the platform In the
struggle to clasp his hand. and was
finally compelled to beat retreat.
Reception at Huron.
At Desmet the same programme Of
shaking hands and speech-making was
gone through during the Ave minutes the
train stopped. 1t was dark when Iro-
auois, the next stopping place, was reach
ed. but. In spite OF this. large crowd
met the train and enthusiastically cheer
ed the national committeeman. The re-
ception given Senators Hanna and Frye
at Huron was a unique one. In and
around the little park near the railroad
station, and on both sides OF the street
leading up town, were stationed several
hundred members of tho local Republican
marching clubs. carrying torches and Ro-
man candles. and as the visitors alighted
from the train the sky fairly blaxed
with stars and rockets The principal
meeting was held in the opera house. and
here Senator Frye spoke at length. An
overflow meeting was also held, Senator
Hanna and Mr.. Dolliver speaking from
a stand erected In front of the first
National bank building. From the over
flow meeting Senator Hanna was escorted
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Population Of Alaska.

WASHINGTON. Oct ff.--The census bu-
rrau expects 10 ne able Co announce the
population Of Alaska and the Hawaiian
Islands early next week The count IN
Alaska ls all In except small section
Of the southern part. Inhabited chiefly
by Indians
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BOY THROWS STONE
AT ROOSEVFLT'S READ.
HE ~ = Cleveland HooAlum, but
Hss HAT Prevented His BEING

CLEVELAND, o.. Oct. 17.--At New
burg tonight a boy standing some dis
lance away threw : rock 1T Gov. Roose-
Welt ~ the latter was leaving the tent
IN company With National Committeeman
Hsrrick. al Ohio. and others. The rock
struck this governor on tho head. Quick
" the governors companions closed
around him and hustled him into pass
ing car. ON which he was borne away.
II was not hurt ~ all" said the gov
ernor. when he returned to his car and
THE rock WAS thrown by one ~ num-
her of hoodiums. and saw him throw
Il. II struck my head. but my hat pre-
wanted il from woundinG me. In the light
III the npiendid reception Cleveland has
given me the stone throwing II scarcely
worth remembering for a moment"
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NEw YORK Oet fT~-YOhn q wooItev
rrreihltien candidate tor president a.
dressed over sao persons At Cooper
tstnn tontEht Aa VAS toadly cheeres
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SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 1.-THE United
the DECISION OF the District xnurt in fhe
case OF J, T. BidduIph Arnold, who was
ordered eKtrziited 20 England. where ne
r. charged with appropriatlng the funds
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PRINCETON. ~. J.. Oct Eth. De-
gree 81 doctor Of laws VII ~ conferred
upon John HaS, secretary 81 state, at the
urday.
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MONTPELIER Vt. Oct 1.-THE ses-
ord ballot Tor United States senator tru1n
Nernors IN tha legislature toAsy resulted
sn no choice.
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NEW YDHK, Ort n Iae pAt1ss ~ ~
K4nst5eky. which has been ordered y ass W.
Asiasse station, viii leave thg hfyas
navy yard tomorrow. She WI 1870
marines from the Vermont 20 tne ~
squadron 20 fiI out the compseu$sss.c ~x.l1
the various vessels In Admirai
squadron.
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ana win then Join the ssertA -
squadron
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-03
KILLED BY TIE D()NAGER
CHINESE EMPEROR'S FAVORITE
WIFE WAS DROWNED IN
A WELL
OTHER WIVES ARE CAPT1vEs
a Hundred Bodies of the Imperial
Harem Are i'm the Hands of
the Advertisements
Active.

BERLIN, Nov. 2-Off1cial kilograms
from Court Waldersee show that all the
German troops have arrived in China and
been distributed The First and Second
marines the First infantry brigade and
a small force of cavalry and artillery are
stationed at Pekin. The Second infantry
brigade with a corresponding force OF
artillery, engineers and cavalry, is at
Poa Ting Flu The battalion is at Shan
Hal Kwan. The Third infantry brigade,
with a company Of tsharpshooters, two
squadrons of cavalry and several bat
teries is at Tien Tstn. One battery and
several Howitzers are at Taku, and
force of troops is distributed along the
railway from Pekin to Yang Esun, super
intending the work of construction.
A special dispatch ito the Hamburg cor
respondent says: in a well situated in
the imperial palace precincts in Pekin
was found the body of Emperor Kwang
Sus favorite wife Shen I'll, whom the
empress dowager caused to be drowned
before the fight of the court from the
capital. The second favorite. Shing Fl.
and hundred ladies belonging to the i'm
perial harem are prisoners in the hands
of the allies
dispatch from SPao Ting Flu, dated
Nov. 1, says: "Telegraphic connection has
been completed with Pekin entirely by
the Germans. The railway from Pao Ting
Flu to the capital lis. nearly completed.
French detachments are guarding the
line. The health of the German troops
is steadily improving
Another batch Of letters from German
soldiers in China appears today in a num-
Der Of papers among them the Hanover
Courier, which editori&lly demands official
statements with reference to the details
given by the writer's of the crualties al
legged to have been committed by German
troops in China =
This demand is warmly supported by
the F'reissinnlge Zeitung.