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LED BY A DESERTER.
Force of Insurgents Attempt to Loot
a Launch-RebeIs RepuIsed In
an Engagement.

Manila, Oct. ga civilian launch
towing barge loaded with merchan-
disc near Arayat was attacked by a
force of $50 insurgents under David
Fagin. a deserter from the Twenty
fourth infantry. The American troops
on hearing the firing turned out in
force before the boat could be looted
and captured. Fagin. who holds the
rank of general among the insurgents.
has sworn special enmity toward his
former company. OF the 20 men he
captured month ago seven have re-
turned. One was killed in a fight. his
body being horribly mutilated. Fagin
sends messages to his former com
rades threatening them with violence
if they become his prisoners. II was
Fagin's men who captured Lieut..
Frederick w. Alstaetter, who is still
prisoner.
While scouting near Loco. detaeh-
ment of the Twentieth and Twenty
eighth regiments, under Capt. Beigler.
were attacked by 400 insurgents
armed with rifles, under the command
of white man whose nationality is
not known to the Americans. The in
surgents for the most part were in
trenched. After heroic fight Capt.
Beigler drove off the enemy, killing
more than IS. The fight lasted for
two hours Capt. Beigler and three
privates were slightly wounded, and
two of the Americans were Killed.
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STRIKE CALLED OFF.
Men Are Officially Ordered to Return
to the Minex-News Causes
Great JOY.


Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 26.--The mine
workers strike has been declared OFF
against all companies which have COM
piled with the strikers demands, and
the strike will be continued against
those companies which have not
granted the Scranton conventions
demand. The strikers will return TO
work Monday at the places where the
tie-up is ended.
There was much rejoicing here
when the announcement was made
that the coal strike was at an end
in so far as concerned the col
lieries where the conditions demand
ed by the miners had been complied
with. The news spread quickly and
soon kilograms began to arrive at
headquarters. Most of them were
from local union officials congratulate
ing President Mitchell on the success
full ending of the contest.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 30.-0perations
were resumed Monday morning at a
majority of the collieries in the
Hazleton district and they will be
continued in full blast for the next
two months. The strike is still on at
the mines of the Lehigh q Wilkes
barre Coal company located at Auden-
ried, Honey Brook and Green Noun
tain. One of the officials of the com
pany said Monday morning that the
company had informed the men that
it would abolish the sliding scale and
agree TO pay the ten per cent. increase
until April / and they did not know
why they refused TO report. The mine
workers claim that they want writ
ten guarantee in this respect.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 30.-Over 5000
mine employees in the Lackawanna
valley refused to return to work Mon
day morning because the companies
for which they had mined coal failed
to comply with the terms of the
miners convention.
Shamokin, Pa, Oct. 30.-When the
colliery whistles blew Monday morn
ing $4,000 men and boys between
Trevorton, this place and Mount Car
mel reported for work. The only col
lieries idle are Henry Clay, Excelsior
and Cor5in. They will be in operation
in few DAVIS
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CENSUS FIGURES.
Some Interesting Statistics Regard
ing 159 Largest cities of the
United states.

Washington, Oct. 26.-The census
bureau, in q bulletin issued Thursday,
summarizes the returns of popula-
tion of cities having $4,000 inhabitants
or more in 1900. There are 159 of
these, and the bulletin shows that the
percentage of increase in population
from 1890 to 1900 was 32.5, as against
49.5 for the same cities in the previ-
Gus decade. The absolute increase in
the population from 1890 to 1900 was
4,s93,13 or S2,426 less than the abso-
lutte increase from 1880 to 1890, when
it was 1921 ,562. The 159 cities com
bined have population in 1900 of
1864, 625, against 1855, 4s9 in 1890,
and 9,933,927 in 1880. OF these 159 cit
les, divided into four classes 10 had
100000 and over, 10 had 100000 and
under 100000, 40 had $4,000 and I'M
der 100, GOO, and 81 had $4,000 and UNI
der $4,000 In 1880 there were only 20
cities which contained more than
100000 inhabitants, but in 1890 this
number had increased to 2S, and in
1900 to 3S.
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TRADE REVIEW.
Eject of the Campaign Is Felt In
Business CircIes-Tbe Cen
eraI situation.

New York, oct. Pr. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says; THE cleo
tions mean a great deal to all business in
terests, and, although confidence in the
future is seen on every hand. it is but
natural that men do not care to take un-
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 so, 900 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, Il is likely TO
be better for business in the long run that
conse rvatiye ideas for the present are en-
tertained The weather over a great part
of the country has been favorable for agri-
cultural operations. which are progressing
WELL and in the east the unsea sonabie tenn
perature has retarded general trade COM
paratively little. as there has been no great
stimulus vet 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.
Failures for the week were 205 in the
United States, against 1870 last year and q
in Canada against % last year"
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THE EAST.

At Cambridge, Mass, the worlds BIZ
cycle record for an even hour, behind
pace. was placed at 40 miles $50 yards
by Will c. Stinson.
At the age of 116 years Edward
Henry, reputed to be the oldest man
in the country, died at his home in
Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born a slave
in Culpepper. Va, in 1884.
The First national bank of New
York offers a reward of 5000 for the
arrest and detention of the defaulting
teller, Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr
In Pennsylvania the whole anthra-
cite region is filed with JOY over the
termination of the coal miners strike.
Exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggre-
gated $1.739.411,15s, against $685.
493. 1862 the previous week. The de-
crease compared with the correspond
ing week of 1899 was rs.
Business failures in the United
States in the seven days ended on the
Goth were 2O5, against 2o9 the week
previous and 1870 the corresponding pc
riod of 1899.
The death of Edward Dewey, broth
er of Admiral Dewey, occurred at his
home in Montpelier, VT, aged II
years.
Work has been resumed by the $780,
600 miners of the anthracite regions
in PENNSYLVANIA, most of whom have
been idle for nearly a month because
of the strike.
At Brockton, Mass, Harry Fixes
broke the 25-mile bicycle record, his
time being 81 minutes and > 3-5 sec
onds
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TO RESTORE PEACE.
Minister Conger Ordered 10 begin Me-
gotiations at Once-Chinese
Officials Suicide.

Washington, Oct. 26.-Minister Con-
ger has been authorized by his gov
eminent TO begin negotiations at once
with the Chinese ENJOYS ON the basis
of the points in the German and
French notes upon which all of the
powers are agreed. Upon these
points where divergence of views has
been found to exist, the governments
of the powers themselves will negoti-
ate with view to reaching further
understanding. 1t is understood that
the ministerial representatives at
Peking of the other powers have sim
liar instructions. but whether they
have or not, Mr.. Conger is not to be
restrained
Washington, Oct. 26.-The state de-
partment has received notice from
the British government of the terms
of the arrangement reached between
Great Britain and Germany as to
China. This is similar at all points TO
the copy furnished by the German
government through Count de Quadt
several days ago. The state depart
ment now win prepare its answer,
which, as already indicated in these
dispatches, will deal with the points
likely to be acceptable 10 the other
governments, leaving the third para
graph for further consideration.
Washington, Oct. THE Chinese
minister has received a dispatch stat
ing that Kang-Yi, member of the
On hinet with YunO-Tu and one of the
intense anti-foreign leaders, whose
punishment was demanded by the
powers. died of illness on the 18th
inst, also that Yu-Hsien, the late
governor of Shansi, who is said to
have been responsible for the death
of many missionaries, has committed
suicide by swallowing gold leaf. Min
lister WI regards this act as the result
of the disfavor which the high officials
have received from the throne.
Gov. Yus method of suicide, by
swallowing gold leaf, is peculiar TO
China. 1t is a means by which high
personages take their nfe, the gold
leaf being representative of their high
station. The leaf forms ball in the
canals of the body and brings death
from suffocation.
London, Oct 29.-Dr. Morrison, wir-
ing to the Times from Picking, under
date of October &c, says: The foreign
ministers in conference decided to add
the names of Prince vi and Wing Men
10 those of the seven officials whose
execution France has demanded.
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A CALL TO GIVE THANKS.
President Mckinley Issues HIS An
nunl Thanksgiving Day Proc
IamatiOn TO the Nation.

Washington, Oct. 30.-The state de
partment Monday issued the follow
ing:
"By the President of the United States
of America.-A proclamation.-It has
pleased Almighty God to bring our ma
ton in safety and honor through another
year. The works of religion and charity
have everywhere been manifest. Our coun-
try through all its extent has been blessed
with abundant harvests. Labor and the
great industries of the people have pros
pered beyond all precedent. Our COM
merce has spread over the world. our
power and influence in the cause of free
dom and enlightenment have extended
over distant seas and lands. The lives of
our official representatives and many of
our people In China have been marvelously
preserved. We have been generally eX-
empt from pestilence and other great
calamties and even the tragic visitation
which overwhelmed the city of Galveston
made evident the sentiments of sympathy
and Christian charity by virtue of which
we are one united people.
Now, therefore, j, William Mckinley,
president of the United States, do hereby
appoint and set apart Thursday, the 18th
of November next, to be observed by all
the people of the United States, at home
or abroad as a day of thanksgiving and
praise to Him who holds the nations in the
hollow of His hand. / recommend that
they gather in their several places of wor-
ship and devoutly give Him thanks for
the prosperity wherewith He has endowed
us, for seed-time and harvest, for the
valor, devotion and humanity of our
armies and navies, and for all His benefits
to us as individuals and as nation, and
that they humbly pray for the continuance
of His divine favor, for concord and amity
with other nations, and for righteousness
and peace in all our ways
I'm witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States TO be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand nine hundred, and of the in
dependence of the United States the one
hundred and twenty-ffth.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
"By the President: John Hay, Secretary
of State"
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AN AVALANCHE.
II Sweeps Down Mount st. Elias
Caused by "A Severe Earthquake
Damage to Town.

Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. ga
report has reached here from Yakutat
that Mount ST. Elias was badly shaken
by the recent earthquake that did so
much damage at Kodiak. Indian trap
pers and hunters who were in the vi
cinity of the mountain have returned
to Yakutat and say that the mountain
was badly shattered. The shock was
so severe that acres of ice broke loose
near the top of the mountain and
came crashing down the sides, carry
ing everything before it. Indians
state that from where the avalanche
started clear to the base of the noun
tain it made a track half-mile wide
where no snow or ice remains. All
the trappers had not returned and
some fears are entertained that some
may have been overtaken in the ava
lanche.
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A SAD DISASTER.
A Boat Capsixes on Snndusky Bay
m and Four Children Are
Drowned.

Port Clinton, o., Oct ga quad
ripple drowning occurred near Plaster
Bed, on Sandusky bay, eight miles east
of here, Sunday afternoon. The
drowned are: Douglass Stark, aged
three years; George Stark. aged five
wears; Alfred Stark. aged eight years;
Henry Stark, aged 10 years. They were
the children of William Stark. Mr..
Stark and the children went for boat
ride. On returning to shore the boat
became fouled in fish pound net and
the oarsman could not either forge the
boat ahead or go back. The children
became frightened and, leaning over
the side of the small craft, it capsized,
resulting in the four deaths BY drown
ing. Mr. Stark came here from To-
ledo three weeks ago. He then had
family of wife and ten children.
Last week Harvey, aged four, died,
and the week before another child, aged
three months, also died.
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DOINGS OR A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

The secretary of the navy has given
his consent to the removal of the bat
tIeship Maine from Havana harbor.
A census office bulletin gives poPu-
lation of the 159 cities in the United
States having $4,000 each, the combined
population being 19,694,625. the in
crease over 1890 being 4,s39,1 1876.
In the explosion at Indian Head prov
ing grounds, % miles from Washing
ton, the government lost SsO,OOo worth
of powder.
The gold in the treasury al WASH
igton on the goth amounted to S45l,-
477,4O4, the highest point ever reached
since the foundation of the govern
ment.
Statistics issued by the treasury de-
partment show great gain in value OF
American manufactures shlppeu
abroad.
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The activity of the FiIinino iunta
in Paris was giving rise ia the rnmor
OF an alliance between Spain and
Aguinaldo.
Al Victoria West, South Africa, the
military depot, containing vast stores
of food and ammunition. was de-
stroyed by fire.
Word has been sent to Minister Con-
ger to begin peace negotiations nj once
with the Chinese ENJOYS on the basis Of
the points in the German and French
notes upon which all the powers are
agreed. Upon those points where di-
Nergence OF views has been found to ex-
lst' the governments of the powers
themselves viii negotiate with view
to reaching further understanding.
emma is apparently preparing for war
with ailes, stores, arms, ammunition
and treasure being constantly shipped
from nangtse cities TO Picking.
Lord Roberts hopes to leave South
Africa for home about November Is.
The American tweeds have praetjc-
ally driven the Scotch tweeds from the
domestic market.
insurgents killed 1000 villagen in
the kwai Sin district in China and the
rebellion in the south was spreading.
throughout Abyssinia tobacco smok-
ing has been prohibited by the govern
ment
At Valley Field, Quebec, cotton mill
operatives and soldiers had an encoun-
ter and Is strikers and two soldiers
were injured.
At Peking an imperial sdict was
communicated to foreign ministers
asking the powers to name Boxer
leaders and suggest their punishment.
kang ii and Yu Sien, Boxer leaders.
committed suicide by swallowing gold
leaf.
Fouriesburg has been declared to
be the capital of the Orange Free
State.
The Transvaal has been proclaimed
part of the British empire.
Belgian war correspondents report
the massacre of $4,000, rather than
5000, Chinese by Russians along the
Amur.
In Berlin the one hundredth ami
versary of the birth of Field Marshal
Won Moltke was celebrated.
In severe battle with FiHpinos
near Narvican, Luzon, four American
soldiers were killed.
Americas proposal to promise to
preserve China and to maintain the
open door" has been accepted by
France. and other powers are expect
ed to do likewise.
At the age of II years Max Muller,
professor of comparative philology at
Oxford university, died at Oxford,
England.
Beers surrounded a patrol of Cape
police, killing seven and capturing
two Maxim guns. The burghers were
said to have $4,000 men in the field.
On the Siba inn and Alaskan coasts
entire villages of Indians have per-
ished from the plague.
In battle near Loco, Luzon, two
United States soldiers were killed and
four wounded.
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FLOODS IN WISCONSIN.
Railways suffer SevereIy-0ther
Serious Damage Caused,

La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 29.-Great dam
age has been caused by heavy rains.
Enormous loss has been suffered by
railroads, business men and farmers,
and hundreds are without homes. 1t
is impossible to estimate the damage,
as many towns are without communi-
cation and no facts can be obtained.
The railroads running into this city
have suffered great damage. The
trains from all directions have been
tied up. The worst damage is reported
on the Milwaukee road.
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Venezuela-Preside Castro
Is Injured.

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 3O.-At / As
a. m. Monday Caracas was visited by a
severe earthquake. Fifteen persons
We're killed and many others injured.
Great damage was done to buildings.
including the Pantheon and the
churches. The United States legation
was badly damaged. but all the occu-
pants escaped unhurt. President Cas-
tro, who leaped from balcony on the
second floor of the government house.
had one of his legs broken.
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The News Condensed.

The will of Mrs Annie B. PIankin-
ton, widow of the late John Plankin-
ton, of Milwaukee, provides for the
payment of $72, 400 in legacies.
David Giddings, pioneer of the re-
gion of the great lakes. died at She
boygan Falls. aged "a years.
A. w. Merrill, editor of the Courier,
published at Prairie du Chen, died
at the age of So years. He was the
oldest printer in Wisconsin, having es-
tablished the Milwaukee Sentinel in
1882
Joseph Mandelert, president of the
French LAUNDERING company and a di-
rector of the Lumbermen's national
bank at Chippewa Falls, is dead. He
leaves an estate worth 100000.
Rev. Samuel Groenfeldt and Miss
Amy B. Long were married at the
home of the brides parents in Stur-
geon Bay. The groom is the pastor
of the Moravian church.
The body of Oscar Prieuer was
found in the woods near Halcyon. Mr..
Prieuer, who lived near Black River
Falls, had been missing since Septem-
Der %.
Copper in paying quantities has been
discovered at a point along the st.
Croix river, two miles south of Os-
ceola.
Ex-Banker L. p Hummer has returned
to Alma from Republic, Wash, to stand
trial on the charge of receiving depos-
its after he knew his bank was in
solvent.
BENJAMIN c. Dockstader died in Maus-
ton, aged rs. Mr.. Dockstader and wife
settled in Mansion in 1854 and were the
oldest continuous residents.
The 1s-months-old child of William
Baker was poisoned by eating parlor
matches and died in Babcock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Evans celebra-
ted in Racine the fifty-ninth anniver-
sary of their marriage
Edward McInter, postmaster at Ban
croft. has d carrier pigeon which came
10 his home few days ago. There is
a silver band on one of the carrier
pigeons legs with the following letter
and figures: X 11.203.
An inventory in the estate Of the late
Jobn Black. of Milwaukee. shows the
aggregate value of the real estate and
personal property at s6jG.364.59. The
claims against this estate amounted
to only $3.50, which is a rare occur
renee in a case like this.
Carl Barwick, a molder. 50 years old,
committed suicide in the presence of
his wife by shooting himself.
The steel tower for the display OF
wind signals is completed at Washburn.
George W Blake. democratic candidate
for congress in Eleventh Illinois congress
sional district dropped dead after polit-
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Stands by a Former Utterance.

Princeton, n. j., Oct. 30.-Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland has sent a letter to
Hon. Don NJ. Dickinson in which he
says his present political attitude is
outlined in an address to the Reform
club dinner in New York in April,
1897. In this speech Mr.. Cleveland
condemned the course of those who
were sowing the seeds of discomfort
and cultivating a growth of sectional
and class suspicion and distrust. He
also regretted to see the remedy for
supposed financial ills proposed in the
free coinage of silver with depreci-
ated currency and cheap money.
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La Crosse, Wis, Oct. 29.-One of the
most daring bank robberies in the
history of the state occurred early
Saturday morning at Prairie du Sac,
small town near Baraboo, Wis. The
Prairie du Sac bank, at that place,
was entered, the safe blown open by
means of dynamite and its contents
looted. The robbers secured S1,5C0 in
silver and about 300 in gold coin, be-
sides several valuable checks. In all
about $4,000 was stolen.
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Acted In seIf-pefensc.

George Sohr, charged with assault
ing Walter Jensen with knife, was
found not guilty by jury in the mu-
nicipal court in Racine. August %
Sohr and his cousin, while walking out
with two girls, were set upon by 10
or IL boys. Sohr was knocked down
He pulled knife and proceeded to
cut right and left, stabbing three
boys. Jensen was ba lily hurt, but re-
covered. The jury held that Sohr
acted in self-defense.
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Trnn.vnnI Annexed.

Pretoria, Oct. 27.-The Transsaal
was on Friday proclaimed part OF
the British empire. the proclamation
being attended with impressive cere-
monies. The royal standard was
hoisted in the main square of the
city, the grenadier5 presented arms,
massed bands played the national an
them, Sir Alfred Miner read the
proclamation and 5000 troops. repre-
senting Great Britain and her eel
onies marched mast
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1t will be interesting to note what
the result of this cane fad for women
will be. On the theory probably that
Satan finds some mischief for idle
hands to do" woman always has en-
deavored to keep hers pretty well oc-
cupied. With one she takes a half
hitch on her gown and with the other
she hangs on to her purse, her hand
kerchief and various other things that
man carries in his pocket. So how
about the cane? win she carry it in
her teeth? If not, to the load of
which hand will she add it?