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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-24
NEW y YoRK.
TIL. stock Exchange.

NEW YORK July z-The influential interests
which have gradually taken the leadership in me
stock market continued their efforts today 20 make
a rising market with the object a. involving public
buying They not discouraged hy the failure
IL outside interest TO develop on account OF last
weeks aayance aud they sesumed their builish
manipulation from the opening this morning There
was not much difficulty apparent IN advancing
pricer, II obstruction appeared IN the shape
n offerings in iarss volume that cdnid not he abb
sorhei the leaders turned their attention TO stocks
whose upward course easy The long interest
was considerable short interest whose position
grow, daily more precaFions. the technical condi-
items favored the advance There was some aces
sion of outside huyng well. which IL Ia the ulti-
mate object Of the husinR 20 act as reliance OF
absorbing stocks ct higher level The appearance
of this buying encouraged the professional bulls
70 r.douhisd effort. and the DAYS market As g re-
suit gave appearance Of greater activity aud
more strength than DAY last week This
was printiraliy true after Sugar had been checked
IN It's first reactinuAry tendency and was found 90
move upward easily on moderate ouytns THIS STOCK
market aud its late reaction precipifafed move
nnsnt 10 tako profits elsewhere that the closing
was easy at considerable recession from the beat.
The distinguished feature az the market It's
eypunes< "a might he expected from it, profession
ally manipulated character. few stocks we're 40
tive and strong. and larger numhrr showed sharp
advances after laying dormant for some time, 40
that very rncaEer transactions were sufficient TO
move them. But the majority @ the lat was only
moderately active and continued very sluggish.
small net changes being the rule in sympathy with
the strength In special stocks There vas dtspo-
sition 20 pick leading stock from each group
~ securities in which the interests conditions
we're allied and advance the leaders for effect on
their particular groups. thus permesiiug pretty
much the whole market With a show ~ strength.
Early advances IN Leather. Peoples Gas and South
ern Pacific proved aborfirc, and these stocks
relocated to the background
such tsvorites as baltimore 4 Ohio and Onion
Parihe we're notably neglected. and inclined
10 he heavy The hopefsiness q the bulls
pfeaifatei on the encouraging feeling regard
ins China. which reflected from Atrosd on tbs
coaldence That the money market assured ~
a considerable period q and appearance AZ
auie, ia political afairs a. ikry 70 intervene ~
fese the campaign takes On its rose active phase.
The shasnce II any engasemssts u gold fuF sx-
port today helped the market, A. wsil az favorable
crup
The bend market continued dun and pyiess moved
irf~gfiiarly Total saes. par value. 81 SoD
unifed States old IS coupon and neN Is advanced
! 80 the hid r5fcs.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-24
FINANCIAL AND
STOCK REPORTS.
SPOKANE.
Mining stocks.

SPOKANE, July es.-The closing bids for mining
ktrrrks to-day follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-24

Money on can iIfi ger cent Prime mercantile
pzps- tgi4s p~r cent Sterling exchange. firm. ~iih
sriHai business IN hankors Mns AZ - 81 fer de-
wand and AZ s. sssas a Ger sixty dsrt Posted
rates ~ e,A8l a. Commercial Rails, " ssi(ss 50.
silver osrt3hcsiss sitaSzss Rsr silver. slir. Asri
can taiiats. ssic.
Gsvesrmsn, bonAs. strong State bceds inactivs
RAilrozd bonds. iffegtsiAr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
SEARCH FOR BODIES.
Force of Men Work in the Ruins of
the New York Fire.
ONLY ONE VICTIM is IDENTIFIED.
Portions of Bodies. Believed to BE the
Remains of Three Four Per-
sons, Are Found - Thirty
Four Are Missing.

New York, Oct. 31.-All the efforts
of the authorities are now directed
to cleaning away the ruins of the
Tarrant and other buildings wrecked
by the great explosion of Monday in
the desire to find out how many bod
les are buried in them and to ascer-
tain what was the cause of the eX-
plosion. The efforts of the searchers
for the dead were rewarded Tuesday
evening by the finding of the remains
of 81. c. A. Schmidt, of $50 Clinton
street, Brooklyn, and the discovery of
what looks to be the bodies of three
other people. Schmidt was an en-
graver and had an office on the
floor of 1O1 Warren street The
body could be seen pinned down I'M
der mass of iron, but could not
be gotten at last night. The identi-
fication was made by a nephew of
Schmidt.
AT the northwest corner of the
Tarrant building at Warren and
Greenwich streets mass of cloth
ing and indiscriminate articles was
come across. and the mass was said
to be the bodies of three people. The
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
WILL TRAVEL 1NcoeN1ro.
President Kruger Will Not Seek
Omcial Recognition,

Paris, Oct. 31.-The foreign office of.
ficials believe Former Presid ent Kruger
will travel incognito during his visit
to the European capitals, relinquishing
it in each city only long enough to
permit an exchange of visits between
Mr.. Kruger and the head of the nation.
His stay in Paris will not exceed 4s
hours and possibly only "a. The
French government will not offer Mr..
Kruger any formal function, though 1t
is expected the city will tender him
demonstration which will be scene of
enthusiasm. The government will not
take part in the reception, but will not,
however, put any obstacles in the way
OF private plans of welcome. In short,
the government will not take any stem
likely to be construed as an offense to
Great Britain, though it is certain Pres
ldent LOUDER and Mr.. Kruger will ex-
change visits. The same proceeding, Il
is believed, will be followed at each
European capital visited,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
TREAcHERoUs BoERs SHOT.
Roberts CONFIRM. Sentence of Death
on Three Men Who Fired on Brit-
ish After SurrenderinS.

London, Oct. ga dispatch re-
ceived at the war office from Lord
Roberts, dated Pretoria, Friday oc-
tober &c, referring to the fighting of
Gen. Barton's column with Gen. De-
vets forces, October 25, says:
1.-The British losses were heavier than at
first reported. An additional officer and
u men We're killed and three officers and 25
men were wounded. The Beers left "a
dead and 10 wounded on the field and 26
Beers were made prisoners. Three Beers
who held up their hands in token of sur.
render and then fred on the British were
court-martialed, convicted and sentenced
to death. l have confirmed the sentence"
The dispatch also refers to minor
affairs in which the troops of Gen.
Kitchener and Gen. Methuen were enc
gagged and serious incident between
springfontein and Philippolis, Orange
River colony, where so cavdqrymen
were ambushed and captured by the
Beers, only seven of the party escape
ing.
Another dispatch from Lord Rob.
erts says:
Barton attacked the ubiquitous De Wet
near Frederickstad. The Beers were SCAT
tered In all directions"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
A PRETTY LARGE FAMILY.
Uncle Sans Enumerntors Count Over
Seventy-Six Million People
I'm United States.

Washington, Oct. 3l.-The official an
nouncement of the total population of
the United States for 1900 is Il, 295, 220,
of which 74,62T,9O7 are contained in the
As states representing approximately
the population to be used for appor-
tionment purposes. There is a total of
134,15S Indians not taxed The total
population in 1890, with which the ag-
gregate population of the present CEN
sus should be compared, was Ga, O69, 756.
Taking the 1890 population as a basis
there has been a gain in population of
l3,225.464 during the past ten years,
representing an increase of nearly 81
per cent.
The total population in 1890, with
which the aggregate population at the
present census should be compared,
was 63,o69,756, the gain during the past
decade being 1925, AGA, or very nearly
Fl per cent.
Following is the official announce
ment of the population of the United
States in 1900 by states, the first col.
umn representing the census for 1900,
the second for 1890 and the third col
umn. when given. representing the
number of Indians not taxed:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
Chester.

The people are quite active trying
to keep dry externally.
The public meeting held here Tues
day night in the interest of the demo-
cratic party was we'll attended by the
citizens of Chester. All irrespective of
party give just praise to the young
speakers.
Yesterday VIC attended the funeral
of Mrs. l. b. Rowland, at Lime
Springs. Mrs. Rowland will long be
remembered by her old friends for her
unusual good qualities as a friend and
neighbor-no one could excel her in
the characteristics which go to make
one like her, one of the noblest of wo-
men, kind and dutiful wife, a loving
mother and daughter who watched
with the atmostcare the aged mother.
now in her e0th-year If-any should
have the pleasure of home above it's
such as she.
Today we are to perform the last
sad rites in memory of Mrs. Phifer wi
dow of Isaac Phifer, who died last
summer. Tins one by one the old
ones are passing away.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
Saratoga.
Wet and muddy.

wet and muddy.
Corn husking in order.
Hogs are dying of cholera about
here as elsewhere.
John d. Jones is drawing buckwheat
to Elma and selling it there.
Converse and Reed two slimpsy
young lawyers from Cresco made
slimpsy speeches to slimpsy audience
Tuesday evening. They said as Hanna
has said, that there were no trusts,
and that imperialism was a good
thing and that we should vote the
republican ticket. Most of the people
in and about Saratoga are too intelli-
gent to believe any such bosh from
paid petifogers, but will do what is
right and vote the straight democrat
ticket and thus uphold the constitu-
tion and stand by the Declaration of
independence.
Keep the flag flying as the beloved
emblem Of liberty, not as the despised
insignia of conquest.
Joe Buresh, whom the republicans
nominated for constable and whom
some of the republicans have been
parading as convert, denies the soft
impeachment and states fatty that
he is not and never has been a repub-
lican. So far, for these these republi-
can conversions have been traced up,
this is the way they usually turn out,
both locally and abroad. j. p.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
SHORT SPECIALS.

Gen. D. NJ. Frost, for so years one Of the
best known residents of ST. Louis, Mo- is
dead, aged H.
There is no truth in the report that
Queen Victoria is ILL., though. naturally,
she Is affected by the death of her grand
son. Prince Christian Victor Of Schleswig.
Holstein.
A cut of cars at the Hooking Valley cross
Ing on West Broad street, Columbus, o.,
crashed into a trolley car in the fog early
IN the morning. Four persons on the car
were severely injured.
A dispatch from Edmonton, N. w. T.,
states that the house of settler named
iutsko at Egg Lake East was burned
down few days ago. five little children
losing their lives In the building.
Joe Ess. leader OF the Massilon (O) mill
tary band. was killed near Canton. o. He
was riding on the platform of a crowded
train from the alliance republican meeting.
He struck the truss of bridge and was
thrown under the train.
In his annual report to the governor Of
Georgia, Adjt Gen. Byrd recommends that
the negro troops of the state be disbanded
and mustered out of service, because he
believes they cannot be of any service to
the state from military standpoint.
Capt. E. B. Babbitt, ordnance depart
ment, stationed at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds. has been ordered to San Juan,
" 1siCo, loT the purpose OF examining
all ordnance material in the department Of
Porto Rico with reference to its condition
and serviceability.
AS Lon Laswell and Miss Lille Henley
were out riding In a buggy in Memphis,
Tenn, the horse became unmanageable
and kicked the vehicle to pieces. His hooe
struck Miss Henley on the head, dashinH
her brains out. Laswel was fatally in-
jured in tho same way.
The Louisville (Ky.) Evening Post prInts
an AFFIDAVIT OF Finley Anderson, the tele-
graph operator upon whose testimony Ca.
lsb Powers was convicted of completely
In the murder of Gov. Go.Lel, in which An
dsrson swears his story to4d on the stand at
Georgetown was perjured
It 10 learned on excellent authority that
John W. Gates. who recently purchased q
controlling Interest in the securities Of the
Kansas City Southern railroad formerly
the Kansas City, Pittsburs & Gulf has
sold such control to q syndicate represent.
Ing various connecting roads.
A special from Kaukauna, Wis, says
Norman Brokaw. a millionaire paper man.
ufactlrsr. died after a lingering illness re-
sutlinS from appendicitis. Mr.. Brokaw
was one OF the most prominent paper man.
ufseturers In the country, owning mills at
kaukauna. Little Chute, Appleton and
,WauAau -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
TRADE REVIEW.
Dnsct OF the Campaign Is Felt In
Business .Circles--The Gem
eral, Situation,


New York. Oct. pr. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says: "The cleo
tions mean great deal to all business in
terests, and. although confidence In the
future Is seen on every hand 1t is but
natural that men do not care 10 take I'M
necessary chances and therefore delay new
engagements as far as possible until after
the ballots are counted. But contracts for
steel rails for the season thus far are with
in $4,000 tons Of last years heavy bookings,
and the confidence in an ultimate marked
Improvement is so strong that all raw ma
terials are firm. and without any specu-
lative activity to stimulate them However
unreasonable fears may be, 1t Is likely to
be better for business In the long run that
conservative ideas for the present are en-
tertained. The weather over a great part
OF the country has been favorable for asri-
cultural operations, which are progressing
well, and in the east the unsea sonable tenn
| perature has retarded general trade COM
parattvely little. as there has been no great
stimulus yet this season. Conditions in the
iron and steel market steadily improved;
orders gradually swell In volume and buy
ers make less effort to secure concessions.
In most cases quotations are not altered
'tatlures Tor the week were 2O5 In the
United States. against 100 last year and Is
In Canada. against % last year"
Bradstreet's says: despite some irreg-
ularities, growing out of unreasonable
weather conditions, heavy price changes
In leading staples or increased conserva-
tism in some trades as the election ap-
proaches, the general business situation as
a whole is encouraging and new elements
or manifestations of strength appear from
time to time. Perhaps the most notable
feature of the week is found In the indus
trial situation. which has been distinctly
Improved by the apparently official and
final action taken toward ending the an
thracite coal miners strike. In view of
he mt hot nNCf nf No. -, ~
tanned increased wages, the effect on busi-
ness In the producing regions can hardly
be otherwise than beneficial, while the
trade at large must reap benefits from the
Of trade which showed Improvement are
those of shoes, leather and kindred prod
ucts at the east, which are reaping the
benefit of better distribution in the country
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
Chester.

The Democratic rally Tuesday even
ing was we'll attended. A large num-
Der of ladies being present, thus show
ing that the ladies are taking an in
terest in the present political cam
paign. The speakers all acquitted
themselves grandly for new beginners,
especially young Mr.. Head, the Kid
orator of CreSco. His address would
have done credit to men of more ma
ture years. A close attention was
given to all the speakers, we never
have any disturbance at Chester
In any of our political meetings.
This is as it should be, thus giving the
right to every one to express his own
political faith untrameled by others.
Carter & Courtney have a car of fine
Missouri apples on the track, 50. 25 per
barrel.
Brown & Capper will have car of
No. York state apples in few DAYS:
also Babcock 4 Nichols, +. E. Lawson
and w. Ii. Barnes are expecting car
of N. Y. apples, so that our market
will be supplied for the winter with u
good assortment to select from.
Mrs. Isaac Phifer died yesterday
morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. e. Tibbals north of the old town
of Lime Springs. The funeral will be
held at the M. e. church in Chester,
Thursday at IL O'Clock a. m. Ms.
Phifer has been ailing ever since her
husband had his pension taken away,
over one year ago, and worry with the
death of her husband in June, has
been the cause of her loosing her mind.
She leaves to mourn her loss seven
children, three sons and four daugh-
ters. Chester has lost in the past year
five of its oldest citizens, all of them
having past the thaee score and ten
life mark.
Babcock s. Nichols are moving into
their new store. Its as nice store as
there is in the county.
Ransom Spencer and family have
moved back to Chester.
Fred Lowry and wife left yesterday
for Creseo, his future home. We We're
all sorry to lose SO worthy family.
Fred has left a host of friends in
Chester,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
THE EMPIRE STATE.
MIR. Bryan Says the Democrats Have
More Than Even Chances of sue.
cess In New York,

Dunkirk, n. Y, Oct. 31.-W. j. Bry-
an concluded the final day of his last
campaign tour in this city Tuesday
night. He began the day at the town
of Addison and spoke at the follow
ing other places: Hornellsville, Al
mond, Afford. Andover, Wellsville. Bel
mont, Friendship, Cuba, Hinsdale
Clean, Salamanca. Randolph. James
town and Dunkirk. All these towns
are in the southwestern part of the
state. ana all have been strongly re-
publican in. politics. The meetings of
the day were generally we'll attended,
and some of them quite enthusiastic.
Mr.. Bryan leftiate at night on the LAX
Shore railroad for Ohio. expecting to
begin a one-day tour of that state
with speech at Tolelo this morning
at II o'clock. All told he has made
about 40 speeches in this state.
Before leaving here Mr.. Bryan made
a brief statement giving his impres.
sions of the situation in New York
He said: "If tie reports which come
from the various counties where polls
have been made can be taken as rep
resenting the general sentiment
throughout the state we have more
than an even chance of carrying the
state.
Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. a1.-John G
Woolley, prohibition nominee for pres
ident, in his trip across central Penn.
sylvania on Tuesdoy made total of II
stops and 10 speeches. Harrisburg was
reached for the evening rally at 1880
An extensive parade and demonstra-
ton preceded the evening rally, which
was held at Board of Trade hall.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
SP0ILS THEIR PLAN
Gang Of Robbers Attack a Colliery
Pay Wagon.
THEY SHOOT DOWN THE PAYMASIER.
= = =.
His PluclSy Driver saves the Money
After Killing One Robber and
WOundins Another Third
Rascal Killed by n Posse.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 31.-AFour ltal-
ian miners attempted to rob Pay Clerk
William Hosler, of the Southwest Con-
nellsville Coke company, while making
his trip between this city and Alver-
ton with the pay roll of the .tlverton
and Tarr works, amounting to $4,000.
Mr.. Hosler is dead; his companion,
Harry Burgess, messenger of the COM
pany, is wounded; two of the Italians
are dead, third fatally wounded and
the fourth in Jail.
Hosler and Burgess left this city at
one o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the
safe containing the money TO pay off
the men at the Alverton and Tarr
works. As they reached the summit of
the long hill above Norwood, just be-
low which lies Alverton, large coke
town, without seconds warning four
Italians fired a volley from their hid
ing place and sprang forward, firing as
they advanced. Mr.. Hosler fell dead at
the first ,volley, Young Burgess, though
wounded, was able to return their fire
with effect, and one of the number at
the horses heads fell dead. A second
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
MORE MEN RESUME.
Operations Are Besun I'm several
Moro of the Coal Mines in
Pennsylvania.

Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 31.-The Oneida
and Derringer collieries of Coke Bros.
d Co. began operations Tuesday and
the Cranberry mine, operated BY A.
Pardee & Co., Which was idle Mon
day on account of the refusal of the
men to return to work until the sus-
pended Locke" engineers are REIN
stated, also resumed but not with a
full force. The Lehigh &, Wilkesbarre
company's mines are still idle, but
otherwise everything is moving
smoothly in this district. A commit
tee will wait upon Supt. Drake at Lat
timer to secure the reinstatement of
the union men who the company
claims are not longer employees. be-
cause when they went on strike they
received a full settlement for all
wages due them.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 3l.-The men
employed Mt the collieries of the
Lehigh g. Wilkesbarre Coal company
net Tuesday afternoon and adopted a
resolution requesting the company to
abolish the sliding scale and guaran-
tee to pay the ten per cent. increase
until April /. The company imme-
diately agreed to the proposition and
posted notices. Work will be resumed
as soon as the mines can be put in
shape.
c. Pardee & Co. have refused to re,
instate the men at Lattimer who
went on strike and got their settle
ment. The firm announces that il
these men want work they must re-
apply and take any position offered,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
bold Robbers Raid a Town.
ordered to Return.

Washington, Oct. 31.-Orders have
been sent to Picking detaching Gen.
James X. Wilson from duty as chief of
staff under Gen. Chaffee and directing
him to return TO the United>S States. 1t
had been the purpose of the govern
ment to make Gen. Wilson member of
the projected American commission to
treat with the Chinese government for
settlement, but the abandonment of
that plan in favor of. direct negotfa-
tons through Minister Conger made 1t
unnecessary to retain Gen. Wilson in
China
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
visit the Mckinley.

Canton, o., Oct. 2s.-Capt. and Mrs.
McWilliams, Chicago, the latter Mrs.
Mckinley's cousin, are here for sew
eral days visit and accompanied the
president and Mrs. Mckinley on an
extended morning drive. Congress
man r. w. Taylor awaited the pres
ident on his return and spent short
time with him: There was the usual
number of social callers and of people
to pay their respects.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-02
In Memory.

In memory of little Eugene, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Dougherty, who died
August 20, age year months and
days.
Dear little Eugene, gone to his rest.
Gone from our home, from mothers breast,
Mournfully, tenderly, solemnly lay,
The form Of our darling beneath the cold clay.
Dear little hands folded and Still,
Sweet little voice never to thrill;
Our sad yearning hearts with Its music so sweet
TIL across the dark river, our darling we meet,
Gone with the flowers blooming 30 gay,
Bright little blossom faded away.
ione where there's no sorrow naught but love
Brightly to shine as an angel above.
Sorrowing mother. great is thy woe,
Gaief that no other, but mothers know,
Trust In the Saviour, Who said In His love,
"of such is my heavenly kingdom above"
Naught but the casket remains to us here;
The gem is reset In a far brighter sphere
The form of our darling is cold meath the sod,
But the spirit rests safe in heaven with God.
A FRIEND.