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, 1900-11-01

Mansfield, Ohio, Oct. 27.-The will OF
John Sherman was filed for probate to-
day. The estate is valued at S3,UOO,OOO
Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum gets
100000, half i'll real estate of her
choice u the rest in bonds. After 9th
er requests are paid she, with five 9TH
ers, get the residue. making her share
100000, and possibly more. The heirs
of Charles Sherman get $4,000 divided
among them; Hoyt Sherman. n brother.
gets 100 shares preferred stock in the
Des Moines street railroad. or. If they
are sold, $4,000 in cash. The heirs OF
the late Gen. William r. Sherman get
$4,000, as do also the heirs of the late
James Sherman. the children of sister
Susan BARLEY, the children Of Mrs.
Fanny MoultOn, and Lampson Sher-
man and Elizabeth Reese. Mansfield
gets 5000 for park purposes; Oberlin
college and Kenyon each get $1,000.
A biography is provided for to be
published by some competent person,
within Two years after Sherman's
death, and $4,000 is appropriated for
this, as he stated he felt it his duty to
the public.
The residue of the estate is willed
share and share alike to Mary Stewart
sherman McCallum, daughter: Henry
5. sherman, son of brother Charles;
Hoyt sherman, son of Brother James;
Htlemon Tecumseh sherman, son of
w. t.; Charles II. Sherman, son of
brother Lampson. and Charles n. Sher-
man, son of brother Hoyt.
, 1900-11-01
The wyoming Oil Fields.

Green River, Wyo., Oct. 26.-It ap-
pears that Marcus DAILY, the Montana
millionaire, is to enter into able and
aggressive competition with the Stand
ard Oil Company for the possession of
the future great oil output of the Cen
trail West.
There passed through Green River
yesterday en- route west George l..
Thayer of Geneva, Indiana, who says
that he is Days agent for the acquir-
ing Of oil properties in any and all parts
of the great western mountain oil ba-
sin, with the especial object of fore
stalling any similar work by the Stand
ard OIL Company.
AS an inducement to oil prospecting
in the DAILY interest, Mr.. Thayer is of
fering $500 cash for each and every
western oil claim showing even an oil
trace. As soon as an oil claim is ac-
quired by Mr.. DAILY a well is to be put
down and If paying oil is developed the
property is to be exhaustively devel-
oped.
, 1900-11-01

Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 26.-The follow
ing statement has been given out for
publication by President Mitchell OF
the United Mine Workers:
To the Miners and Mine Owners of the
Anthracite Region:
Gentlemen-After carefully canvass
ing the entire strike situation, we, your
officials. district and national, have
concluded that your victory is so near
" complete that no good end can be
served by continuing the strike longer.
The contest has been in progress for
thirty-nine days, and h companies
employing o have, with rev eXcep
tons, signified their willingness to pay
the scale of wages formulated by the
ran convention of October 18th
We are aware that some disappoint-
ment and dissatisfaction has been
caused by the failure of the operators
in districts / and { to separate the re-
duction in the price of powder from
the advance in wages. but, after care
full inquiry. we are satisfied that each
mine employe will actually receive an
advance of ten per cent on the wages
formerly paid. In the SChuylkill and
Lehigh regions the largest companies
have agreed that the sliding scale
should remain stationary at ten per
cent. until April l, 1901, thus remov-
ing one of the iniquities of which you
have complained for many years.
While it Is true that you have not
secured redress for all your wages:
while it is true that the increase in
your earnings will not fully cOmpen-
safe you for the arduous labor you are
compelled to perform, you have estab-
lished a perfect organization, which, if
maintained and conducted on business
principles, will enable you to regulate
many of your local grievances and
make your employment less hazardous
and more profitable than before the
strike began.
The companies agree, in their no.
tees, to TAX up with their mine EN-
ployes all grievances complained of,
We would, therefore. advise that when
work is resumed committees be select.
ed by the mine employees. and that they
wait upon the superihtendents of the
companies and present their grievances
, 1900-11-01

Denver. Oct. 26.-It is said that Pres
ident Trumbull of the Colorado x
Southern and Colorado Midland roads
will end cutting of freight rates be
tween Denver and Leadville, which
has been going on for several weeks
between his two roads on one side and
the Denver X Rio Grande on the other.
Mr.. Trumbull was in Leadville yester-
day and it was reported that he went
there to interview the merchants rela-
tive to the amOunt of business to be
expected, and that the result was not
cheering. 1t is said that all three roads
are anxious to end the rate war.
Traffic Managers Wellington of the
Colorado ~ Southern and Hughes of
the Denver x Rio Grande will return
to-day from the pass meeting in st.
Louis and tomorrow, it is said, they
will meet General Manager Schlacks
Of the Colorado Midland and settle the
rate war. since the beginning of which
the charge on fifth class freight has
dropped from go cents to - cents.
, 1900-11-01

death Is drawn by Father Rene, when
he describes the work performed at the
Holy Cross mission by his people.
by the end of July there were sixty
nine Indians afflicted with the plague
at Holy Cross. Our Catholic fathers
and mothers did all they could to re
lieve the distress. Father Parodi was
busy giving medicine and another
father was employed all day giving
spiritual comfort. A third priest.
Father Crote. was engaged in burying
the dead He had six funerals in Onu
day. Sixty died at Holy Cross alone.
There were sixty children in the mis-
sion. all of whom were more or less
but ten in the school from dying. Sis
ter Mary Josephine of the Sacred
Heart. who had been ffering from
heart disease. overtaXed herself and
died.
THE government furnished some as
sistancc to the suffering natives. but il
was inadequate. and now with the up-
prOach Of winter the Indians find them
selves without their customary rations
of food from fishing and the chases,
and the closing chapter In the tragedy
is the coming of the keen winter"
The lower Yukon has lost many IA
tives at various places, but on h Der
ing sea coast they went by entire vii
lagos. on the Alaskan coast and on the
Siberian side Dr. Sheldon Jackson re-
ports that half of the population sue
cumbed.
, 1900-11-01
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. 2T.-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-
pected the company will have fallen
into line before tomorrow night. This
will make all the miners in the Lacka-
wanna region free to work Monday.
There is great rejoicing all through
Scranton and the Lackawanna valley
ut the calling of of the anthracite min
ers' strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Oct. 27.-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 as yet they have
not posted the notices of the ten per
cent. Increase in wages.
The Pennsylvania Coal Company
will fall in line with the other com
panies on Monday.
The S~usquehanna company, at Nan
ticoke, has made no move as yet, and
it's 5000 employees are more or less anx-
ious as to the outcome.
, 1900-11-01
BOXER REBELLION
SPREADING RAPIDLY

London, Oct. 26.-''Rumor credits the
Germans" says the Shanghai CORE
spondent of the Times, with the inten-
ton to take early action in the Yang
Use region. where the military situa-
ton is becoming serious. The Chinese
troops there and in the north are dill
gently drilling and practicing musketry
firing under foreign trained officers.
Large quantities of provisions, war
material and treasure are being for
warded from the Yang-1se districts to
the imperial court"
Hong Kong, Oct. 26.-Advices from
Lienchau, on North river, say that
American mission property there IS
threatened with destruction by Boxers,
who have posted Il proclamation.
The Boxers took the American Pres
byterian mission buildings,
The rebellion is spreading along East
River and North river, in the province
of Kwangsi. 1t is supposed to be aimed
at the overthrow of the Manchu dy-
nasty.
The governor of Hong Kong has been
informed that 1900 villagers in the
KwaIshin district We're at
tackled by rebels at Pengkok. The vii
layers We're defeated and 1000 of them
killed. The rebels. who lost 400 killed,
burned two villages containing 5000
houses. A force of 1000 troops went
to the assistance of the villagers and
engaged the rebels on October %. No
details of the result have been received.
General Ho. with 1000 troops, has re-
turned to Wong Kong. having burned
the villages of Schanchautin and Ma
lantau.
, 1900-11-01

Paterson, n. j., Oct. 26.-Soulthrop.
the man who drove the cab in which
JeEnie B~osschieter, the young silk mill
employe, died last Thursday night, aft
er having been given knockout Drops
and assaulted, said to-day that a WON
an whose name he does not know was
in the saloon at the time the girls drink
was drugged. This woman, he says
helped Kerr, McAlister, Campbell and
Heath TO put the girl into the cab, and
stood by until the vehicle started away.
The police are searching for this
woman and also for the drug clerk
who sold choral to McAlister. He has
disappeared, but 1t is not thought he
has left Paterson. S%oulthrop says he
believes the unknown woman was a
stranger in Paterson.
, 1900-11-01

Capetowu, oct. 27.-The Beers tried
to capture Jacobsdal. southwest of
Kimberley, but a stubborn resistance
by the garrison was successful. The
Inter suffered severely, losing "a out of
% men
Hans Botha has cut off n train with
a accommodating party of the Highland
brigade, between Heidelberg and Grey
lingstad, T%raansyaal colony , tearing
up the rails in front and behind the
train. In the fight which followed two
captains and eight men were wounded
and all Were captured.
, 1900-11-01
Colorado Baptists, Convention.

Pueblo, Colo, Oct. 26.-With yester-
days sessions the twelfth annual state
convention of the Baptists closed.
one of the most important actions
taken was the decision made to pay off
the Indebtedness of the Montclair Bap-
tist Women's College. near Denver,
and open that institution at the ear
liest possible date. Over $1,000 was
raised during the afternoon session for
this purpose, and 1t is expected that
the rest of the money will be forthcom-
ing.
Officers We're elected at the evening
session of the State Baptist Young
Peoples Union, as follows: President,
j. III. Franklin, Leadville; vice presi-
dent, j. H. Stockham. Delta; recording
secretary, Miss Rose l.. Lee, Pueblo;
treasurer, Frank Terry, Denver; CORE
spending secretary, Miss S. NJ. Gill
christ, Denver.
, 1900-11-01

Montreal, Oct. 26.-Over a score were
wounded, IL fatally, in u conflict be.
tween militia and striking mill hands
at Nalleyfield, Quebec, yesterday.
Two hundred men employed by the
Montreal Cotton Company, on the foun
dations of u new mill, went out on a
strike, demanding an increase Of %
cents a day in their pay. The company
refused to deal with the union.
At dusk n big crowd, composed OF
strikers and their sympathizers, gath.
r and there was every evidence OF
trouble. About $50 the mob went tc
the Empire mill and began throwing
stones through the windows and other,
wise destroying property. The troops
charged the mob with fixed bayonets
They were driven back. Eight of tht
0ldiers were wounded.
, 1900-11-01

New York, Oct. 26.-Both the Ham
burg-American liner Fuerst Bismarck
and the French liner La Lorraine were
reported passing Lizard Head, Eng
land, at 800 this morning. Both YES
sells cleared Sandy Hook bar at 1905
p. m, October 18th. They have there
fore been in company perhaps during
the whole voyage, and the new French
liner has no doubt made the only
Fuerst Bismarck hustle to main .ain
her standing mong thea flyers" Their
time of passage to the Lizard is not
fast.
, 1900-11-01
Phenomenal Rainfall.

Honolulu, oct. 2S.-Thc heaviest rain.
storm which has occurred here within
two years broke at I o'clock Tuesday
night. For half an hour the rain fell
in torrents and within II short while
the streets We're impossible. The rain
fall in Nuuanu valley. about two miles
from Honolulu. was SD inches. and it
varied slightly near the city. The Nh.
uanu stream was Don 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 were submerged
to a depth of three feet and some of
the houses lear the bank were almost
washed away, the Chinese being driven
away in wild haste. The water covered
the iloors two feet deep in some cases.
y good-Sized portion of River street
was washed away and the bridge lead.
ing to the Palama district WAS carried
of. The heaviest rainfall in the city
proper was III inches, while the
heaviest on the island occurred ON the
north side of the mountains. being 9lO
inches. y native workman was
drowned.
, 1900-11-01

Chicago. Oct. 2a-Thc postonc,
clerks of Chicago have entered iii,
ranks of the trade unionists. The clerk,
have affiliated themselves with In,
American Federation of Labor, and
the now organization Will be known ms
the Chicago POStoitiCc Clerks Union
II Is claimed that practically all of the
l.ion p%ostotiicc employees in Chicago arc
Included in the movement.
Foremost among the objects for
which the new union Is 10 strive viii
be the adoption Of the cight-hour work.
Ing day for letter carriers. Another oh.
ject to be given almost equal proml.
nence will be the agitation in favor of
federal Legislation that will fix abs.l-
lutely the rate of wages for letter car.
riors and other postotlice employees. TAX
ing the matter completely out of the
hands of the promotion board and
other similar agencies.
, 1900-11-01
GREAT ANTHRACITE STRIKE
FINALLY DECLARED OFF

in an orderly, business-like manner,
and ask that they be corrected.
Your attention is respectfully called
TO the fact that the laws of the state
of PENNSYLVANIA provide that miners
should be paid semi-monthly, upon de-
mand. We would, therefore, advise
that each min employe serve notice
on the companies that he expects to be
paid his wages twice zach month, as
provided by law.
The practical benefits to the miners
which accrue from thorough %organiza-
ton have been so clearly demonstrated
during this strike that it should be
needless for us to urge upon you the
necessity of maintaining your union
intact. We trust, however. that those
who are now members of the union
will be unceasing in their Ell to in
luce all other mine workers to ally
themselves with the United Mine
Workers of America at once, as it will
be impossible for you to secure higher
wages in the future, or even TO main
tain the present rate of wages, unless
you are prepared to offer a united re-
sistance if any attempt is made to re-
duce your earnings upon the eXpira-
ton of the present offer.
As there are some few companies
who have neither posted. notified nor
signiied in any other name their will
ingness to pay the ten per ad-
II in wages and suspend the slid
ing scale, we would advise that unless
the men employed by such companies
receive notice before Monday that the
advance will be paid they remain away
from the mines n continue on strike
until the companies employing them
agree to the conditions offered by the
other companies. The employees Of the
companies who have offered the adj
vance of ten per cent. and abolished
the sliding scale are hereby authorized
to resume work Monday morning, DC
tober %. and 10 he prepared, If called
upon, to contribute a reasonable
amount of their earnings for the main
tenance of those who may be COM
PEELED to continue on strike.
The address is signed by the national
and district officers of the United Mine
Workers of America.
, 1900-11-01
LA CROSSE VISITED
BY A HEAVY FLOOD

-,
La crosse, WIS" oct E'-ln th'
tWehty-i"lt hours preceding : O'Clock
Yesterday morning seven aud nhe-lunf
ter Inches oi rain rel III thiS city. me
storm was the most severe IN ms cry
altmouEh II was Stn"raily lelt Wlthin "
TaIlus ~ nttN miles from mere Inc
milwaukee, road WI ereh much damage
10 lts tracks ana II" TRIMS nave ar.
rived rom the east Tor tWehty-tou
hours. La crosse river marshes
, 1900-11-01

Toledo. o., Oct. 2g.-In the sugai
trust coffee war. carried on here BE-.
tween the Arbucklcs and Havemeycrs
Judge lugsley this morning rendered
"A decision of much Importance. The
ArbuckIeS. as stockholders In III,
Woolson Spice CO.. had been refused
all recognition by Hayemeyer and his
association. The suit was for til,
purpose of establishing the A~rbuckIcs
rights rs stockholders. The court held
that the ArbucklcS were entitled 10 b,
registered as stockholders. to have Ger.
tificatcs Issued for their stock. and ia
be permitted to inspect. in rerSon or by
attorney. or an accountant. the books
and records Of the WOolSOn Spice Co.
, 1900-11-01

New York. Oct. 2G.-The New York
Yact Club met tonight, and Commo-
dore Ledyard assured the members
that a new cup defender will be built
to meet Thomas Lipton's Shamrock H.,
and he said they could rest on his as
surance that neither effort of any sort
or skill will be spared to make her Il
success. He said he was sorry at this
time he could give no The new
boat will be built and handled by a
syndicate. Several members of former
syndicates were present.
, 1900-11-01
I~rhIIIppInr KcNrnnc.

Washington. oct, 2g-Thc receipts
at the Philippine treasury for the
month of August, 1900. were SO3I. 5Gl.
The treasury receipts for the CORE
spending month Of 1880 were S525. 1893,
showing an Increase In favor of the
month of August. 1900. as compared
with 1899 Of SIU9,3GS.
, 1900-11-01

~ Ut has frequently been stated that
Mrs. Louis Botha. the wife of the
Boer general, is a descendant of
VyRobert Emmett, the Irish patriot. This
q isa mistake. She is a descendant of
Emmet's elder brother. Thomas Ad-
q Luis Emmett, who was one of the
United Irish Directory in 1888, and was
punished by the government by con
inement in Fort George for three
years.
, 1900-11-01

A Universalist minister in Middle
town, N. Y, in order to be allowed to
lay the cornerstone of his peoples
new house of worship, will have to
join the Mason's MO Rev. Mr..
Emery is no mason. but he will pay
SIS for the privilege of holding a
trowel in his hand for fifteen minutes
C9r less. Otherwise. there might fol-
Tow a strike. or boycott.
, 1900-11-01

The wedding present of the emperor
m empress of Russia to the new
queen of Servia is a necklace and tiara
of diamonds and emeralds valued at
100000.
, 1900-11-01

The reputation of the mosquito,
S@hich was never of the best, is being
torn to shreds by the scientists these
days. The insect has been proved to
lbe one. If not the sole. means of spread
dig malaria; N now it has beer dis
yfpYered that elephantiasis. a hideously
Reforming disease of the tropics. is due
TO the action of a very miAute worm
(which enters the body through the
mosquitoes proboscis while the in
sect is sucking its victims blood.
, 1900-11-01

A New Jersey farmer read all the
campaign literature sent to him by the
opposing organizations and then com
mitted suicide. The warning contained
In this case fairly bulges out.
, 1900-11-01

Happiness is like a meteor. 1t
.blazes and goes put and all is blacker
than before 1t came. People are often
deceived as to their true interests.
, 1900-11-01

The pleasures of dissipation are
like gaudy colors-they attract for a
moment, but afterwards they oppose
the senses.
, 1900-11-01

body OF Lieut.. Fred H.. Beecher
Gen. Forsyth's scouts. which was
buried on Beecher Island in the Ark
=l=zare ricer, Colorado, 80 years ago. has
been recovered, and will be sent to
Brooklyn. Young BeeCher, who was
a nephew of Henry Ward Beecher, fell
.JnNa light with the Cheyennes under
=. ftoman Nose. Gen. Forsythe. Lieut..
Beecher and AZ men were surrounded
H'by nearly 1000 Indians. Two men.
Charles Christy and Fletcher Vilotte,
thgot through the Indian lines and event
.9lpaaiy brought relief, Soon afterward
they were detailed on the squad to bury
Lieut.. Beecher. Both men were at the
recent unwilling Of a monument on
Beecher Island. and it was through
them that the long lost grave was To-
Gated and the body recovered by the
relatives.
, 1900-11-01

between Formosa and the coast of
lies in a group of twenty-one is
lands, in]terspersed with innumerable
reefs and lodges. which are called the
Pescadores islands. According to the
Investigations of "A Japanese g~eologist.
E1bese islands rave suffered in "A re-
: Rarkable manner from the northwest
winds. which blow with savage vio-
''lence there during nine months OF the
ygyoar. The original area OF the islands
has been greatly reduced by erosion,
and their surfaces are barren and desc
I'1ate. so that the wind-whipped group
forms "a quasi-desert amidst the green
&c" Island world of northeastern Asia"
, 1900-11-01

Common sense in an uncommon de-
gree is what passes in the world for
wisdom.
, 1900-11-01

The man who reflects deeply will
g soon be a light instead of a reflector.
, 1900-11-01

No prattle is so ~purposeless as that
of prayerless preaching.
, 1900-11-01

The police of Cincinnati state that
there are two lovers in that city who
have been engaged to be married for
the last fifteen years This postpone
.ment of the fateful plunge, however,
is not due to the prospective bride
+ groom being a laggard in love: still
less is it due to the bride proving I'M
duly coy. The simple explanation is
that no time has occurred during the
hpove period when they were 10Th out
Iof prison at the same time.
, 1900-11-01

Berlin last year for the first time
registered over 1000, 900 strangers who
had visited the city. Vienna, which
formerly had more visitors h Ber-
lin, counted only a few over 500, 900
iN1s99. and was surpassed by Munich
with 100000. Dresden had over half
h million visitors; Hamburg. Leipzig
and Zurich each about 400, 900, and
Stuttgart. Basel n Dusseldorf each
over a quarter of a million.
, 1900-11-01

.,ouoiNany people are said to have given
,a,ng lthg dimensions OF their houses when
.tii'thor census enumerators asked them
about their length OF residence. The
oloo .1tnis' .,ontry referred m,s, hayn tear
rather short.
, 1900-11-01

ID Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon has re-
turned from Britain and will make his
Rfadquarters in Boston for "A season.
EJIG4 church in Topeka some time ago
granted him eight months leave of alb
sence. His new story Will deal with
tie servant girl problem. and those
sYhp have read the opening chapters
pronounce II equal to In His Steps"
A great institutional church, mod
-eled after the famous Metropolitan
Tabernacle OF New York, is planned
by the Methodists Of Chicago. as a re-
suit Of recent consultations.
There was recently celebrated in
Berlin an orthodox diamond we'd
ding" t. e., a connubial partnership
Ygn75 years. The nonagenarian bride
,Ahd the almost centenarian bridegroom
are not wealthy people. Herr Muller
is Q, pensioned schoolmaster.