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SPLENDID SHOWING
Annual Report of Kansas City Bir-
 mingham System

New York, October 15.-The annual report of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Mem phis Railroad for the fiscal year ending June 30, Issued today, shows an increase of $9S1, ,S30 or 211a per cent in earnings, of 21 1-3 per cent in expenses and of $345, ,377, or 25 1-3 per mile were $7406, increase of $1365 per mile. The net earnings were $2374 per mie a gain of $4S0 over 1899. The company ope- rated 7191a miles in both years The surplus for the year was $3S5, ,SSS and the deductions were $137,49O for 5 per cent preferred dvi- dends for the calendar year 1S39 and $109, ,993 for per cent dividends for the first six months in 1900. In addition, $100 GOO was ap- propriated for improvements and trans ferred to the general improvement fund; $109000 having also been deducted from the years miscellaneous earnings for the same purpose. The surplus balance for the year, after all deductions, was $3S, ,406.
 The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming- shows for the fiscal year an Increase of $270 139 or 19 per cent in gross earnings and of $157,057 or 42 per cent in net earnings. Against the surplus of s376,7S1 for the year there were charges of $S16,S65, being per cent interest on the income bonds and $15,- 600 for new passenger equipment. No charge was made to construction account, but $114,- 800 were included in operating expenses for improvement.
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HIS FOLLOWED IN TIE
 WAKE OF GOAL MINERS STRIKE

New York, October 15-A special to the Herald from Hazeton, Pa, says:
 Want and ruin have followed in the wake of the strike in the anthracite region. Families who lived in comfort while the mines were in operation now feel the pinch of priva ton and the bare necessities of existence seem like luxuries; business men upon whom prosperity had smiled have hesss brought to the verge of bankruptcy; thriv- ing towns have become stagnant cas',-! travellers have forsaken them, and news paper correspondents and labor leaders coh- stitute the most important element in the floating population
 ''The production of coal constitutes the sole industry of this section. There is no farming in the neighborhood of the collier ies The land is rocky and bare. It has been stripped of timber, and stunted pines. oaks and underbrush struggle over hill and dale. Vast breaks are scattered about, each one supporting a sediment of miners with shabby rectangular cottages. Enorm- ous culm banks show how great the under ground work has been There are miles of subternanean passages in mines that have been in operation for half a ctntury, and in which the supply Is expected to last for three centuries to come. When President Mitchell's order for a strike went into ef- feet four weeks ago every mine in the Iackawanna and Wyoming valleys came to a sudden stop and work was suspended in many parts of the Schuylkill and Lehigh districts leaving only the comparatively small Panther Creek section in full opera ton.
 "Since then the missionary efforts of or ganizers of the United Mine Workers have resulted in the closing of the majority of the remaining collieries, the neighborhood of Tamaqua alone escaping. Strikers who
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had some little money on hand for an emergency have cut their living expenses down to a minimum, buying nothing but food and little of that. In some instances they are able to obtain some credit from local dealers, but the bills cannot run very high.
 Merchants who had large orders out standing when the strike began, promptly cancelled them refusing to make purchases until the trouble ended. Commercial tray. elers, usually the best patrons of the ho- tels, changed their routes, they could sell nothing in the coal regions.
 ''The theatres have been unable to at tract audiences and many of the best att fractions that had been booked cancelled their dates to the further detriment of ho- tel keepers.
 "As there was little coal to be hauled. the coal roads had to cut off the crews of most of their coal trains. There are ac- tually in the enormous yards at Mauch Chunk several hundred coal cars, which under normal conditions should be scatter ed on railroads from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
 '.In many towns 1t is now impossible to obtain coal for domestic use at any price, A pominent resident of Mount Carmel who did not take the precaution to lay in a supply, says he couldn't buy a ton. The inconvenience of having to depend upon wood fires would be appreciated by every housekeeper, especially as the wealth. CT in these mountains is far colder than in New York.
 ''The stagnation of trade here is of course felt by the manufacturers and wholesalers of the Eastern states who furnish the sup plies, and as the merchants can obtain no cash from their customers they must ap- peal to their creditors foi lei.iency. Ap- peals are being made to the United Mine Workers organization for funds for the relief of destitute strikers who can get no crcdit"
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MARCHERs LEAVE HAzLEToN
Start for the Panther Creek Valley
 Where Trouble Is Feared

Hazleton, Pa, October 15.-The threat ened march of striking mine workers 10 the Panther Creek Valley started from this section tonight. The objective points of the marchers are Lansford, in Carbon County, and Coaldale In Schuylkill Coun- ty. These towns are about twenty miles south of Hazleton and the strikers expect to reach their destination early tomorrow Most of the collieres in this section are operated by the Lehigh Coal and Naviga- ton Company. They have been working all through the strike, despite the efforts of numerous organizers sent to that district for the purpose of inducing the men to quit. Other points in the Panther Creek Valley where collieries are still in operation are Nesquehoning and Summit Hill Groups of strikers started from various places near Hazeton and are expected to meet in the Panther Creek Valley.
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MEN WARNED
Not to Return to Work Pending a Set
 clement

Shamokin, Pa, October 15.-Committees of United Mine Workers called on miners this afternoon and evening to warn them not to pay attention to petitions being cir culated by agents of several coal-carrying companies asking miners to return to work pending a settlement between the opera tors, coal-carrying companies and miners. The committees informed the men that op- orators are trying to effect stampede among the men in order to break up the strike and that it is probable the opera tors have decided not to comply with the demands of the Scranton convention.
 Most of the miners in this section of the Ninth District assert they will not return to work until President Mitchell ad- vises them to do so.
 Operators continue asserting that they will not sign any agreement to pay the men a 10 per cent increase to last until April Everything continues quiet in this region.
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Large Bodies of Mine Workers
 Start for Region.
WILL ARRIVE EARLY THIS MORNING
General Gobin Will Assume Personal Command of the Soldiers Fifth
 Week of the Great Strike Shows Little Change

Shenandoah, Pa, October 15.-Advices have reached General Gobin, in command of the state troops here, that large body of marching strikers have left McAdeo for the Panther creek region. They expect to reach that valley in time to intercept the miners on their way to work in the mornr ing. General Gobin ordered six companies of the Fourth Regiment to leave tonight for that valley and special train on the Philadelphia and Reading Road to take them to Tamaqua, which station is but a few miles from Coaldale.
 General Gobin went with the troops and assumed personal command. The Gov ernors troop of cavalry, which is stationed at Oneida, will leave for the Panther Creek region early in the morning.
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PRINCE YUAN
Holds the Imp Seal-Affairs in
 China

London, October 16-"Since the Chinese court arrived at the new capital, Sian Flu" says d special dispatch from Shanghai, dated yesterday, ''reactionary edicts re- moving the moderates from high offices have been issued, showing that Prince Tuan holds the imperial seal"
 The Daily Chronicle. has the following from Vienna: None of the powers except France and the United States approve the Russian proposal to carry the claims for indemnity against China to the arbitration tribunal at The Hague"
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Interc. dei With tn. Czar

Berlin, October 15.-The Associated Press learns that the Chinese minister to Rus sia, Yang Yu, who visited Emperor Nicho- las at Lavadia yesterday, strongly ap- pealed tor the intercesklon of the Car in Chlna's favor and presented to him let ter from Emperor Kwang Su, together with documentary evidence tending to show that the Chinese ruler and court are less to blame for the anti-foregn outbreak than the Russian Emperor had been led to be- Heve.
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MIR. BRYAN INvADES
 THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY
Democratic Candidate Speaks at Home and Birth
 place of His Distinguished Rival.


 said they were all drawing blood from the American people.
 MT. Bryan said that the Vice Presidential candidate was hiding behind the Demo- cratic substitute of the bill of a perma- nently large army and that he dare not defend the original measure.'
 He denied that we have any title to the Philippines that accords with the Declara- ton of Independence, and he again eX- explained his reasons for assisting in se- curing the ratification of the peace treaty. He exclaimed:
 Republicans, are you not ashamed of yourselves? If your President has to de- pend upon his defeated rival to secure the ratification of this treaty you ought to commend instead of condemn me-"
 The point called forth one of the most pronounced demonstrations of the meet ings.
 Another Speech
 While MT. Bryan was speaking in the Centray Armory many thousands of peo- pie who were unable to gain access to the building gathered around the Holenden Hotel, from the balcony of which addresses were delivered by ex-Attorney General Monnett, Mayor Jones of Toledo, ex-Con- gressman Tom L. Johnson and others. MT Bryan having concluded his speech at the Central Armory, appeared on the Hollenden Hotel balcony, where he was introduced by MT. Johnson. The Presiden- dous cheering which continued for several moments. He spoke brifty discussing Imperialism" and the trusts.
 MT. Bryan left tonight at 10:30 for New York, which place he will reach at 2:35 D. m. tomorrow.
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Anxiety in Canton

Hong Kong, October 15.-Sun Yat Sen, according to reports from Canton, has taken the town of Kiu Shan on East river and is now investing the prefectoral city of Hui Chou A force of imperial troops from Canton was defeated by the reform- CTS, 200 being killed.
 The advices say also that there is great anxiety in Canton in preparations for dis patching troops to the disturbed dis trictS
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TROUBLE FEARED IN
 SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
Troops Sent to Panther Greek Valley to Prevent a
 Clash Between Strikers and NOn- Union Men.

examining trial, but the judge overruled the motion after a long discussion.
 Cuton was cross examined tonight and stood up fairly well under the cross fire. Upon the conclusion of his testimony the commonwealth rested It's case and the court adjourned until tomorrow to give the de- fense time to consult as to making a state ment to the jury.
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Questions Uo ne Considered

Paris, October 15.-It Is officially under- stood that if an international conference at The Hague concerning the Chinese ndem- nity question is finally decided upon it will not discuss with China the amount of com- pensation she must pay, but will confne it's labors to fixing and distributing the propor- tion of the indemnity which shall go to the several countries interested.
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u Hung Cnang En Route

Pekin, October 15.-Li Hung Chang has arrived at Tung Chow, escorted by Rus sians.
 It is expected that he will arrive here to- morrow.
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Closed Down for Repairs

New York, October 15-President Gray of the Federal Steel Company said today that the closing down of the company's mill at Lorain, Ohio, is for the purpose of making needed repairs. In regard to the proposed Union Steel Comapny, which is said to be process of formation, MT. Gray said that he knew nothing.
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Strike in England

London, October 15.-About 15,0OO Thames lighter men struck this morning, consider ably dislocating trade. The strike is the out come of differences to the interpretation of Lord Brassy's award which terminated the great strike of 1889.
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Hill En husiastically Received

Springfield, H., October 15.-The demon- stration today in honor of ex-Governor D. B. Hill of New York was one of the great est ever known Hill was met at the sta- tion by 5000 people.
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The Supreme Court

Washington, October 15. = The Supreme Court today granted motions advancing the Nicely case and the cases involving the question of the extension of the constitu- ton over the Philippines and Porto Rico to the second week In November. A number of minor decisions were handed down today
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state Official Dead

Richmond, Va October 15.-Joseph Ry- land, second auditor of the state, died this morning. He was well known in financial circles of the country owing to his connec- ton with the Virginia debt settlement.
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Senator Kennedy I'll

Dover, Del, October 15.-United States Senator R. R. Kennedy of Delaware Is at his home here seriously i'll, being threat- ened with typhoid fever.
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We're in the hall, and I unlocked the door
 and let them in and gave them the cart l r,dpas,
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 THE WEATHER.

FORECAST FOR ALABAMA: FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY,; NORTH TO WEST. WINDS.
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| ship; but so intensely cannish and secre-
| tive are they, that nobody has any idea
what forms their superstitiOns take As
they never marry outside of their sect.
their mental and physical peculiarities are
perpetuated, unaltered or intensified from
generation to generation. The Spanish e.p-
sy is born IshmaeIite. Every mans hand
is against him and he feels ii no more than
fair that therefore his hand should be in
every mans pocket Dishonest by nature,
instinct and education. and priding himself
upon it as an Indian upon his stoicism, a
Gitano considers 4 highway robbery al
though it involves a murder, as some thing
to boast OF. His wife shares his agreea-
BILE pursuits. and his children are trained
! to surpass their parents cunning if they
can. Frequently the wife Is much the
worse rogue of the two. She wanders about
telling fortunes and selling infallible love
potious, which she compounds from the
most disgusting ingredients. She does not
hesitate at child stealing or any crime
that puts few pesetas in the family purse;
but her virtue has passed into a proverb
Like Caesars wife she is absolutely above
suspicion.
A terrible punishment awaits the gypsy
woman who violates her conjugal VOWS. or
who is even strongly suspected of having
done so. Her own relatives take her in
hand and scourge her into insensiblity:
and then she is dragged TO some secluded
place and buried alive.
From Triana it is pleasant sunset drive
to 1talica, following the muddy banks OF
the Guadalquivir a mile or two, and then
across country to the foot OF some low.
olive-covered hills Here you find all that
remains of the splendid Roman city which
Scipio built and Adrian adorned and where
several emperors were born-among them
Trajan who seems 10 have left a deeper
mark than the others upon the surround
ing region. Tiers Of benches may yet be
traced in the great amphitheatre, and all
around are the cut and polished stones OF
fallen palace walls. LuXuriant grass and
wild flowers cover the arena. whose soil
was fortified through many generations
by the blood of martyrs. gladiatOrs and
wild beasts. In the vaults that once served
as prisons for the captives and dens for the
animals. few gypsy families live; and ont
they swarm like flies 20 beset the visitor
with the usua! opportunities.
FANNIE WARD.
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white silk shawl beautifully embroidered
in flowers in their natural colors. In her
hands she held pair of ivory castinets
and clattered them necessarily. Warming
up to her work she moved to the very
edge OF the stage. until we expected every
minute to see her tumble off upon the
heads of the people. an3 contorted herself
as lithely as Little Egypt" on the Mid
way Plaisance. But this was not by any
means the dance of Cairo. The Ole seems
to bring every muscle of the body success
sively into action-head. arms. and waist
playing as prominent a part as the feet
themselves Another and another girl
Joined her. until there were dozen or
more on the stage. At a given signal the
tune was changed to livelier one; the
orchestra played faster and faster; tie
audience growing excited, crowded around
the platform and cries of ARE! Are!
filled the court-the 1.-THE bodies of the
dancers all the time swaying To and fro
keeping perfect time TO the furious music
The girls tore their wreaths in pieces and
showered roses upon the performers; some
pelted them with oranges, few Ia very
few threw small coins, and an occasional
hat was tossed upon the stage by some en-
thusiastic fellow, to be instantly kicked
back again over the heads OF the bystand-
ers amid tremendous applause.
One Ole was quite enough to satisfy
our curiosity, and We soon made our
adieux to the host and departed amid a
clatter Of heels that We were assured
would continue unwearied all day and far
into the night.
The Jaleo is more Oriental than The
Ole being accompanied by Arab music,
low and melancholy, with sudden pauses.
The dancer merely shuffies her feet, with
out once stirring out of her tracks, mean
while swaying her body like a crazy thing,
beating her brown palms together like
mufiled drum and chanting wild recita-
tive whose chief burden is 'Jaleo. ia
leo!" Somehow, senseless as il Is. 1t
works upon your nerves and stirs you
strangely, like the song of an Arab Aiake
charmer. the chant of an Irish wake dance,
or the low, monotonous beat OF an Indian
calabash drum at a warriors funeral.
The origin of the GitanOs, or Spanish
gypsies, is involved in mystery; and their
habits of daily life, their marriage eere-
monies, and other customs are jealousy
hidden from the eyes of strangers. Their
harsh and gutteral language is almost i'm
possible for foreigners 10 acquire. and
even the Spaniards, who are constantly
trading with the gypsies and to whom
knowledge OF their jargon would be OF
greatest service. have never mastered
dozen words Of "Romany,' as the peculiar
dialect is called.
Every Gitano is pagan; his religious
ideas never extending beyond fetch wor-
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TOURING AMONG NOMADS
Experiences in a Gypsy Quarter of
Seyille's Suburbs.
A Settlement Where Spanish Assas-
sins. Professional Beggars, Ban
dittf. md Other Outlaws Have Full
sway-Ruins of the Town in Which
Roman Emperor Trajan Was Born.

SEVILLE, Spain. Feb. 12.-No foreigner
comes to Seville without visiting the Gyp-
sy town. Trians which lies just across the
Guadalquivir; and to find "jaleo,' or
dance. in full swing is considered happi
ness indeed. But IT is rather dangerous
sport for male spectators, though welcom-
ed effusively on account Of the money they
are expected TO spend, or which may be
stolen from their pockets. There is no ac-
counting for Spanish Jealousy, especially
when infsmed with too copious potations,
and the careless Gringo who expresses adj
miration for any special dancer, may pres
emily feel her Gypsy lovers knife in his
back. Not only are countless. murders
committed in Triana. but the assassination
Of many a stranger In the streets of Sc
willie has been traced to his visit across the
river. whence he was followed by some
stealthy villain, gliding like snake In
the shadows. till a convenient spot was
reached for the swift. because accCstom-
cd. work Of murder and robbery. Then,
silently and swiftly, the Gypsy slides back
10 Triana. where TO find him is as easy
task as hunting a criminal in the under
ground passages OF San Franchises China
town, or for the typical needle in the hay
NOW.
AS the Gitanos OF Spain are q race to
themselves, distinct from any other on the
face Of the earth. so their villages are to-
tally different from other centres OF popu-
lation. In fact. the few places where they
swarm IN incredible numbers can hardly
be called towns or cities. because they have
an unconquerable aversion to fixed habita-
o.
than canvas walls. Like flies around a heap
Of carriol. they are continually coming
and going about the swarming place; and
they are really of less value in the uni
versal economy than flies, because the lat
ter IN time, remove the offensive sub
stance that first attracted them. While
pursuing their secret and congenial ayo-
cations of smuggling. thieyery and murder.
the csfensible calling Of the Gitanos is that
of the fortuneteileT the horsetrader, jock
ey, guide-anyt hing that promises little
money without manual labor; for OF all
evils 10 which flesh is heir the true
Gypsy considers worst the eating OF bread
in the sweat OF his brow.
Crosses Indicating Crime.
All over this sunny land Of song and
laughter the highways and byways are
dotted with wooden crosses. each marking
a wayside rurder. The traveller on a
lonely read. in the mountains or corn
lands, In the region of olive groves and
orange orchards, or tho warmer valleys
where grapes grow. who suddenly comes
uron band Of strolling gypsies, finds
himself In very ill-fortunc indeed. Doz-
ems of children, yell trained in their part,
instantly surround him, stretching out
their hands and whining for aims, even
embracing his knees, or holding on TO his
feet. = he is mounted. and selling his
barro - the az. IL is Is impossible TO
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pleasure must succeed pleasure else past pleas
ure turns to pain" by always drinking hcuriciis
beer you will have continuous round 81 Pleasure,
because Maerzen, Senate. and Lager posses such
superior qualities for giving satisfaction TO every
body Phone 634, Arlington Boiling Co., for
case of IiCurich's.
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WEALTH FOUND and LOST
Mines Fabulously Rich of Which
No Trace Remains. --

Discoveries in the Distant south
vest-A Nugget That Weighed
Zoo Pounds CONTRIBUTED by the
King of Spain-Massacrcs by In
dams of Daring Adventurers.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-15
,~OdpOwiedzi redakcji.

- Oh. Il. D.i X. G.. w Buffalo. -
Z~awiadomieh o posiedzeniach regular
nych ME podajemy.
- Oh. j. p. w Toluca. - u Rosia
zadnej konstytucji niema. Car jest sa-
mowiadnym jej panem. p Milreis (ty-
STAG rejsow) jest to moneta portugalska
wartosci Idol. i 8 cent. w Brazylji
milreis, wprowadzony tam przez pcrtu-
g~alczyk0w, jest moneta majaca wartosG
80 cent ~nominalnie, poniewaz jednak
inanse brazylijskie bardzo zle stoja,
wskutek czego z}oto i srebro znikIo
tam 2 obiegu, cena banknotow brazy-
lijskich tax spad}a, re obecnie nap. MOI
ma dostac "a jednego dolara szeSc mil
reis6w W p%apierach.
- Oh. M. w. w Baltimore, b. r.
W Buffalo i inni. - Sprawozdania z OBJ
chodOw umiescimy W przysz}ym hume
RE.
- Oh. +. X. W Detroit. - Wiersz
ME nadaje sic do druku.