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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
EXPLOSION IN HONGKONG
Four Houses Wrecked and Four
teen Persons Killed.
Supposed to Have Been Plot to De-
stroy the Yamen and Murder the
acknowledgements to BE Punish
ed-Emperor and Empress Dow
ager Anxious TO Return to PeIkin.

LONDON, Oct 30.--A Hongkong des-
patch of today's date says rUdz vacant
houses adjoining the Yamen were wrecked
by an explosion On Sunday and fourteen
persons were killed. II is supposed that
there was a plot TO destroy the Yamen
and murder the officials.
The lessee of the houses has disap-
peared. but the guarantoT has been ar
rested and will be tortured TO compel him
to disclose the names OF those implicated
IL the plot. The occasion viii also be
used 10 punish the reformers.
According to a despatch from Shanghai
the truth of the report Of the death of
Kang-yi. President of the Board of War,
and suicide of Yu Hsien, Governor of the
Province of ShaDsi, is vouched for by
viceroy Chang g-chi-tung. Correspondents
consider the news to be reliable.
The court has reached Singan-fu.
Grand Councillor Lu-chwang-ling is
stiU pursuing his policy of crippling the
southern viceroys and an influence is
gradually developing that is inimicable to
friendly foreign relations.
The new anti-foreign Taotai of Shang-
hal has reached Nankin. Vieeroy Liu
Kun VI remains unfavorable to his as
suming he office to which he has been
appointed.
The--eorrespenodent of news agency
telegraphs from Pekin that he has had an
interview with Prince Su, who accom-
panied the Chinese court to Taiyuen-fu.
He describes the march from Pekin TO
that place as diserderly flight IF a
panic stricken mob. Emperor Kwang-Hsu
did not desire TO leave Pekin.
According to Prince Su, the Emperor
and Empress Dowager are anxious to re-
turn to the capital, but have no faith in
the assurances OF their safety given by
the allies.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
ACTIVITY AT wILKEsBARRE
Resumption Nearly Complete in the
Anthracite Mines.


WILKESBABRE. Pa. Oct. 30-This
morning an army cf breaker-boys was put
to work. The coal prepared by the miners
yesterday set the breakers in operation.
This makes the resumption of work COM
pIete, except in the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company's colIeries. which viii resume
on Thursday after repairs are completed
The Susquehanna Coal Company miners,
at Nanticoke and Glen Lyon, returned to
work this morning on the advice of Presi
dent Nichols. who assured them that the
company would keep its promise to pay
the increased scale, although it would not
sign a written agreement
One hundred miners who had served as
deputies during the strike were boycotted
on their return TO work today. The union
miners refused to work with them and
/ the drivers 10 furnish them cars.
/ Some of the companies are taking steps
| TO bring men here 10 fiji the places OF the
miners who left this region during the
strike.
The companies are handicapped in op-
! Grating their mines and some are working
| with half a force.
! HAZLETON. Pa, Oct 3O.-At Lattimer.
/ where $50 men are locked out, large
force OF special officers was collected this
! morning in anticipation of a raid, but no
| strikers appeared. The company says it
| cannot afford to work two of its veins at
1 the increased wage rate and will abandon
! them. For this reason they refuse to take
| back the men who struck.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
THE FREDERICKSTAD FIGHT.
British Scatter the Beers, Ennicting
Severe Lcsses.

severe LeSsSs.
NORVALS POINT, Cape Colony, Oct. 30.
General Barton has had considerable
success in fighting the Beers at Frede-
rickstad. He had been harassed by Gen
eral De Vets men for some time, when
he made sudden attack with the Scots
Guards and the Welsh Fusiliers and scat
tered the Beers with severe loss. The
British buried over thirty Beers on the
field Several of these had been killed by
bayonets, the~fghting having been at close
quarters.
Three Beers. who raised white flag
and afterward fred on the British, were
captured and tried by court-martiaI They
were found guilty. and sentenced to death,
and General Roberts approved the sen
tence. They were shot on the following
morning in the presence OF the army.
During the march from Barbertom, Cen
eraI Frenchs command killed, wounded,
and captured about 100 Beers. They also
captured a great number of cattle and
large quantities of stores. General
Fre4ch has now arrived at Heidelberg,
which was his objective point.
The Concessions Commission has in
ished It's work at Pretoria
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CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
Sanitary Experts Views on the New
YORK i)iAaster.


NEW YORK, Get. 30.-Chief Sanitary III
spector Feeny, Of the Beard of Health, said
to-day:
I do not know what quantity of explo-
sfves we're stored in the Tarrant Building.
All cardiac stimulants contain nitro give
crime in diluttd form, but the Tarraa- firm
may have had ii in the pure state, in hHdi
-Iuted form. Twenty-Five or th.ry pounds
oi it in IS pure state would ruin az en-
tire city block
"CoIodion, composed OF gun cotton and
ether, is very explosive What quantity,
If any, the firm had, l am not able TO say
The firm had pierate of potash, which is
very explosive. The violent shock, which
was preceded by lesser shocks, may have
been caused by nitro glyeerine. Ordina-
rily, an explosion of this compound would
work up and down. and would not reno
outward as in this case"
An interesting statement bearing on the
questions as to what caused the aXpio-
sion5 and how much deadly material was
stored in the drug building was that said
TO have been made by Engineer Phillips,
of the Tarrant Building He is quoted as
having said that Louis Patterson, the
chief chemist of the firm, warned him
some time ago in. these words:
IF this building ever takes fire, you
get out just as fast as you can, and don
stop until you are five blocks away
Merchants in the neighbornCod said that
there had been a general feeling in the dis
trict for a long time that the thing 10 do
in case of fire in the Tarrant Building
would be to get as far away from the
neighborhood and as soon as possible.
There were many statements made yester-
day 10 the effect that recently the appTe-
hension in the vicinity had increased.
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The population OF the United States
was officially announced by Director
Merriam today as 1925, ,220, compared
with Cd. .069, ,756 in 1890, a gain Of 1895,
464 between 1880 and 1860, or an increase
of nearly q per cent.
While the statement is subject to final
yerifcation, it represents, approximately,
the total population OF the entire coun-
try, including all the States and Terrific
ries, including Alasaka and Hawaii. The
number of persons reported for Alaska,
as well as the figures purporting to give
the number of persons IN the service Of
the United States stationed abroad are
derived from partial data only. as all the
returns for Alaska and for certain mill
tary organizations stationed abroad.
principally IN the Philippines, have not
yet been received
OF the total population Of the United
States in 1900, 74,6 .907 persons are con-
tafned in the forty-f1ve States, represent
ing. approximately, the population TO be
used for the purpose Of apportionment Of
Representatives in Congress The state
nent also shows a total Of 134 158 Indians
not taxed, Of which 44,617 are found in
certain of the States, and which are to be
deducted from the population of such
States for the purpose of determining the
apportionment of Representatives.
The total population in 1890, with which
the aggregate population at the present
census should be compared, is 63069. .756,
comprising 81, ,622. .250 persons enumerated
in the States and organized Territories at
that census. SO, ,052 persons in Alaska. $780,
1S2 Indians and other persons in the In
dian Territory, 1882 Indians and other
persons on Indian reservations, etc, and
IS, $3.50 persons in Hawaii this Iast-named
figure being derived from the census of
the Hawaiian Islands taken as OF Decem-
Der rs, 1896
Taking this population as given above
fer 1880 as basis, there has been a gain
in population of Il, 225. 464 during the ten
years from 1890. 10 1900. representing an
increase Of very nearly u per cent.
No provision was made by the Census
act for the enumeration Of the Inhabitants
OF Porto Rico but a census for that island,
taken in 1883. under the direction Of the
War Department. showed a population of
95S, ,243.
Tie population by States is as follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
ALVoRD CASE ADJOURNED.
Delay occnsioned by the Question of
Jurisdicfien


NEW YORK. Oct 30.-Co7neI.us D. AL
vord. the defaulter of the First National
Bank who was arrested in Boston yes
terday, passed the night at police head
quarters and was turned over 70 the United
States authorities this morning. The news
that the absccnder was in the prison at
Mulberry Street drew large crowd there
early today with the hope that it could
see the man who could steal 500 coo from
a conservative institution
Shortly after 10 o'clock Detectives Carey
with AlYord between them He was not
handcured, and as he walked along he
talked quietly with the detectives, who,
while on duty at times in Wall Street.
had known him as d friend
The three walked down Mulberry Street
and found the shortest way to Centre. on
the way, Armstrong gave AIsord d cigar
All three smoked and were chatting freely
when they reached the Centre Street Po-
Ice Court. On entering the court they
went at once 10 Magistrate FIammer. De
tective Armstrong said that far the pres
ent he did not know the pIIce Depart
ment's jurisdiction in the esse and would
like time to consult with the PiHkerton
agency
Jacob H Miller. AIvord's counsel said
that he was willing 10 have 1 delay to find
out where the case belonged, whether with
the district attorney or with the Centre
Street Court, All agreed on an adjourn
ment and AIvord was remanded back 10
police headquarters until O'Clock this
afternoon.
All through the court proceedings, Aivord
did not say a word. He remained stoIid
throughout and was guarded by his coun-
sci. When he went back to police head
quarters with the detectives he was as
composed as ever and looked like a man
| prepared to meet the worst
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
FATE OF BoER RECRUITS.
Information Concerning Chicagoans
Received by Cable.


CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The fate of the
thirty-six Chicago young men who Joined
the Boer Army in South Africa last winter
has been learned by the United Irish So
cieties through cable despatch sent by
Capt. Hugh B. Ryan,.
The thirty s.z. who left Chicago in Feb
ruary under the auspices OF the United
Irish Societies, were Joined in New York
by sixteen more. All went as members
Of hospital corps, under protection of the
Red Cross, bat on their arrival at their
destination they formed a company of
fighters and joined the Boer Army Cap
tain Ryan was taken a prisoner by the
British, but escaped and made his way to
Paris. from which point he sent the cable
despatch received here. A summary of the
information it contains is as follows:
Kfiled-Edward H. Eagan, Chicago;
Michael C. O.Hara, Chicago; Ernest
Luther, New York; - Dunno, Boston
Prisoners of war-Richard J. CahfH.
Chicago, sent to Ceylon; Dennis Foley,
Chicago. sent to Ceylon; John Riley,
Holyoke. Mass, sent TO St. Helena
Prisoners escaped-Dr. a. F. Conroy.
Chicago, expected in New York today or
tomorrow; Richard Morrissey, Chieaeo;
Hugh B. Ryan, Chicago.
Missing-DanieI McHugh. Chicago;
James L, Malloy Boston; Dr. Ross D.
Long, Chicago.
number of survivors are now at
Trieste, Austria, and have asked assist
ance to enable them to get home
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE.
Earl Lii and Prince Ching in suprem,
Authority In China

Authority In China.
Advices received at the State Department
from Minister Conger today show that sat
isfactory progress is being made by the
foreign ministers at Pekin in formulating
the propositions which they viii submit to
Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching as a ba-
sis for peace negotiations. Several esqui-
ries have been made of the department by
Minister Conger and instructions la answer
have been sent. The ministers have pass
ed tie question Of the punishment of the
Boxer leaders and are now concerning
themselves with matters OF greater i'm
portance to the powers. 1t IS believed here
that basis for n gotiatfons Will be reach
ed very soon.
The department. adviees indicate also
that Ii Hung Chang and Prince Ching
constitute the supreme authority in Chi
ma. They make suggestions to the EN-
peror IN a perfunctoTy way. but are pro-
ceeding as they see fit without regard to
opinions which the throne may have.
No credence is given here 10 the Shang-
hal report that the Chinese Government
has offered to pay s200, COS, ,000 indemnity
and Danish Prince Tuan for life, as well
as make Tientsin an international dis
triet and abstain from the purchase of
war material abroad.
Earl Ii and Prince Ching recently sub
mitted some propositions to be used as a
basis of peace negotiations, but none so
radical as these. They have not changed
propositions in any way.
Count Cassiui the Russian Araba ssador
TO the United States, paid his first visit
to the Secretary of State today since his
return from St. Petersburg. The secre-
tary and the Ambassador had long in
terYiew
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
DEATH OF AN EDITOR.

Major Henry j. Hearsey, OF New Or
leans, Passes Away.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct 30-Major Henry
James Hearsey, editor of the States, :"
died this morning at 2:40 o'clock.
Major Hearsey was an intimate friend
OF Jefferson Davis and was frequently
complimented by the ex-President of the
Confederacy for his adherence to the prin-
cipIes upon which the Confederacy was
founded A writer and author he en-
joyed reputation which extended over
the entire South.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.
"A Young Woman Taken Into Gus
tOdy by the Police.

a Young Woman Taken Into Gus
tOdy by the Police.
Detectives McNamee and Heiaa :oday
arrested and carried to Headquarters, Mary
Mann, comely girl, nineteen years old,
who is charged with petit larceny. She
was recognized at Headquarters as having
been in the tolls of the law on o+her oc-
casions.
Mrs. Margaret Miller, who is the COM
plainant. and who keeps a boarding house
on Massachusetts Avenue, between Sixth
and Seventh Streets northwest charges
that three weeks ago Miss Mann came to
her house to board Since that time women
in the house have been missing various
articles of apparel. 1t was not until
small diamond was picked out OF a hand
some cross that the police were notified
They located the diamond, which had
been set in a ring, in a pawn shop. They
also found most of the pIunder at the
girls home at Brightwood and arrested
her.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
SEIZED BY 4IGHwAYMEN.
Thieves Overcome Il Track Walker
and Rob Il Railway Station.

TRENTON, N j., Oct. 3O.-A gang of
masked highwaymen seized Track Walker
Doran, employed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Morrisville. Pa, early
this morning and taking from him the
keys of the railroad station, they blew open
the company's safe.
Just how much money the burglars Sc
cured is not definitely known, but the sta
tion agent estimates that there was about
500 in the safe. Track Walker DoTan says
there were four men in the gang and that
one of them stood guard over him while
the three operated on the safe
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
RESULT OF THE CENSUS
Population of the United States and
Territories, rs, 295, 220.

an Approximate Statement Issued by
ber of Inhabitants shows an In
crease During the Decade From
1890 to 1900 of 13,225,464, or a
Gain of Practically 2I Per Cent.
Figures Subject to Final yeriHca-
tion-To BE Used as the BASIS Of
Apportionment of Representatives.
Alaska, Hawaii, and Porte Rico.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
SEARCHING THE DEBRIS
Victims of the New York Explosion
Not Yet Recovered.

A Woman's aody Seen Amid an In
Observation-Disclosures BADLY Han
dicapped in the Fire-swept Area.
Getting the Ruins ia shape for Re-
movai-surrounding Buildings in
a Dangerous Condition Unsafe
Walls to BE Blown DOWNFALL Elk
cent Two OF the Turrant Conn
pany's Employees Accounted For.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
IA mURDERER ENDS HIS LIFE.
Pennsylvania Wife-SIayer Found
Dead Between Coal Cars.

READING, Pa, Oct. 30.-Charles A. Kef-
fer, aged twenty-eight, who took his
young wife riding in the country On a
chestnut hunt yesterday. shot her 20 death
in his carriage, and then escaped, was
found dead along the railroad in this city
at dawn this morning He had shot him
self between two coal cars
\ letter in his pocket says be shot his
wife while crazy over family affairs. He
meant to die with her in the CARR age, but
was too cowardly. Later. he had more
courage and killed himself with the same
pistol
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
ARRIVALS ON THE ALLIANcA
Minister Hart and Captain Crossmnn
Return From Colon.

NEW YORK, Oct. 3O--Among the pas
sengers who arrived today OF the steamer
Alliance from Colon were Hon. C. F. Hart,
United States Minister of Colombia, and
Capt. J. =. Crossman, agent OF the Pana-
ma Railroad steamers at Colon
Captain Crossman brought the remains
of his daughter, who died OF maIarial fe-
yer last January, for interment in this
country Captain Crossman was in COM
mand of the steamer Alliance when she
was fred on by a Spanish cruiser off Cape
Maysi, q short time before the Spanish
war.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
Massacre storx Denisd.

Adjutant General Corbin today received
a message from General Chaffee, at Taku,
denying the report that number Of Amer
leans had been murdered at Ching Ting-fu.
The message follows:
"Taku, October 20.
"Adjutant General. Washington:
October %, Later from Hutchison No
Americans at Ching Ting-fu.
DCHAFEEE y
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
MRS. CAWTaoRNE HELD.
Charge of Murder Against the
Woman Who Killed Her Son.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Oct 50.-Mrs.
Effie Cawthorne has been arrested by a
policeman at the house of her father,
Capt A. D. Story, since she confessed to
the murder of her son yesterday. The lad
was buried this morning The mother was
arraigned this afternoon on warrant for
murder and bound over to court.
Her attorneys. Andrews & Smith have
secured a writ of Iunaey upon which she
will be tried this afternoon by Circuit
Judge EstiII.
The story of Eugene, her ffteen-year-
old daughter, relates that the mother at
tempted to asPhyxiate the other three chill
dren and herself, and was only prevented
by the two daughters who were awakened
when the mother fell insensible across
their bed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
signal Corns Officers

The following order was issued today by
the War Department: Non commission
ed officers and frst-class privates of the
Signal Corps will be enlisted and may be
mustered. at the discretion Of the Chief
Signal Officer of the Army. in the class for
which they are competent and in which
there is vacancy. They will be promot-
ed and reduced in the class of their grade,
as fixed by law, By the Chief Signal Officer
OF the Army OF by his authority"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
SPAIN TO BUILD wARsHIPs.
Freneh Builders to Work on n New
Fleet,

PARIS. Oct. $0-The '-Matin'' says that
the Spanish Cortes recently voted credits
for the reconstruction of the feet. There
will be built eight ironclads, four armored
cruisers, and 100 torpedo boats.
All the work will be confined to French
shipbuilders and the vessels must be fin
ished within ten years.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
CAPE POLICEMAN ACQUITTED.
Tried for Murder Before Special
Tribunal.

CAPE TOWN. Oct. 3O.-The special tri
bunai organized for the trial Of persons
accused of treason and political offences
rendered a decision of not guilty today in
the case of Cape Policeman Smith.
who was accused of murder, he having
shot an inmate of Dutch farmhouse at
Colesburg who refused to bring a bride
to him.
The defence vas that Smith simply
obeyed the orders of his superior officer.
who admitted his responsibility.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
Ordered to inspect the Bufor

The following order was issued bN the
War Department today:
by direction of the Secretary of War,
Lieut.. Col. Henry G. Sharpe, Assistant
Commissary General of Subsistence. and
Major Henry S. Kiibourne, Surgeon. Uni
ted States Army, will inspect the United
States transport Buford on her trial trip
Lieutenant Colonel Sharpe will proceed
to New York city for the purpose indi-
Gated, and upon the completion of this
duty viii return to his station in this
city
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
Frightened Away by Smallpox.

WHEELING, W. Va. Oct. 3O.-on ac-
count of the smallpox in the region trav-
ersed by the new Baltimore and Ohio short
line west of Warrington, w. Va, hun
dreds of negro laborers employed in the
grading have left and the contractors are
almost without men.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30

James Buchanan was horn at Ringoes,
Hunterdon county, N J., June II, 1889,
and was reared on a farm. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and Clinton
Academy. afterward studying for the bar
at the Hebany Law School and serving for
four years in the office of Hon John T
Bird, Vice Chancellor OF New Jersey Mr..
Buchanan was admitted TO practice in 1864,
and was Reading Clerk of the New Jersey
Legislature in 1856 In 1868 he served
as a member of the Trenton Board of Edu-
cation. From 1874 TO 1879 he was presiding
judge of Mercer county and a member of
the Trenton Common Council from 1888 to
1885.
Mr.. buchanan was elected to the Forty
ninth. Fiftfeth. Fifty-first. and Fifty-seeond
Congresses as a Republican.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION.
Alleged Illegal Registration by Chi
cago Republicans

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The Cook County
Democratic Committee has obtained $50
warrants for alleged illegal registration
and makes the charge that the Republic
cans are trying to steal the election in
Chicago,
Several cities in the State have appealed
TO the National Committee for just one
speech by Bryan. All such requests have
been refused. Mr.. Bryan is to stay in Chi
cago two days, speaking day and night.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
A LiberaI-Unfoufst Gain.

LONDON, Oct SO.-The election on ork-
ney Island for member OF Parliament,
which is the last 20 be held, resulted in a
Liberal Unionist gain, the candidate CT
that party being elected by a majority of
forty.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30

Benjamin FlagIer was a brother of Gen
eral Flagler. late Chief of Ordnance United
States Army, who died about two wears
ago Benjamin Flagler takes his title frcm
having served OF. the staff of the Cover
nor of New York.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
TRIBUTE TO MR.. BRYAN
Three Thousand People Wait All
Night to Hear Him.

Nebrasisan Awakened at Port Jer-
Wis a. 2:2o O'Clock This Morning
by Enthusiastic Demands for :"
speech-A Procession Before Dawn
in Honor OF the Democratic Candi-
dnte-Nex York Town Gees Wild
over the Peoples Chnmpion-To
days itinerary Concludes His
Campaign in the Empire State.
The Programme Arranged for ohio