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r H A Vol." VI RALEIGH,, N. C," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1900 No 108 'rM. BANKERS IN COUNCIL Ann! ol Convention Holding Forth in Richmond. ELCOMES IN PROFUSION tfrfurf' Hepert how a Large In rf ' lrmbrlilp nd oriiitti j:.rr,.mteJ-Tl"r of Interest to t rrtfi,.lon DiicuMjtn id -rs- tnniinl Af"dree-Ilerorts on Its V.i t. 2. The American . ir.ii ln-.-an it annual t.Iiy. Th.re were ;i m" c. in .i!t. ndanee. i .- 1 1 Lit. of St. Ioui. ; t nrIe at 10 .;: ; ir. The di legates hold a ri.f g.irle:i f the ... and witlw for com .: Ij i.uus 10 in;. tiv- rial laws. But we need more than this knowledge of these ieople. their coun tries, commerce ami law if we are to dominate their trade and be tlAir bank ers. To do those things we need a currency of utable value. No one will buy draft- upon us or deposit their money with ns if these draft and their credits represent doubtful and changing values, while a comictitor nation offers; a currency which does not nhrink and U measured at all times by an unchang ing standard. It is no answer to say that payment in gold, ir that is the stand ard desired, can be secured bv private contract. The very Tact that it requires a sjecial contract to secure It is a decla ration that the general law does not afford the protection desired. Hut fur thermore, it is not, as a practical propo sition, !os.ible to entirely safeguard one's self against the uncertainties of variable currency through private con tracts. The evils at home of such cur rency are bad enough, but in forHgn commerce they are possibly worse, and will prevent any iteople who are depend ent on such inonev from bankinir for those who can avoid them. Free choice will rarely bring them customers, though necessity may furnish them victims,. I think that all the members of this association will agree with me that a variable standard of value is to be de plored if possible, though we mav not agree as to what would constitute such a standard and how it could l lest avoid ed. I'urthcrmoie. few dispute the propo sition that gold is the most unvarvnig TUAN GOMES TO GRIEF Boxer Chief Falls Under Im perial Disfavor. THE END IS NOT YET V ' .1 Settlement of the Miners' . Strike Is Not in Sight. PUNISHMENT AWAITS HIM other Princes lit the Same Predicament-French Proposal for Settling the Chlneee Troutle in Line with the American' Policy-Late Cablegrams from ninlster Conner Contain Jio Complaint Against YnoLni ' ALL CONCERNED AT ODDS Operator Unable to Agree Upon Terms to Be Offered to the Strikers-Serious Difference Between Small Operators and the Railroads The Strike Tak ing on New Life -The Situation Ha Become IQore Complicated 'TasMngton, Oct. 2. The Secretary of State was assured by Minister Wu Ting Fans this morning that the impe rial edict providing for the degradation and trial of Prince ' Tu an and other Boxer leaders is authentic. It has been charged that the edict was concocted in Shanghai and that it did not originate money standard, though ome contend ' with Emperor KNvang Hsu. Mr. Wu's rS 'I " un- oniy or nesr sianuani . a,ivires in regard to th rW rp from ' A tlfV had. Mr. llrvnn k.h-s ho first ih- :-l-d Virginia's welcome sires to preserve greenbacks from leg- iiaiie destruction, and that he will then consider whether they should ever be paid, and if so. how. I would firmly establish gold as the only standard money f this country, as the past and present win h;hu mac ic is me lest stniMaru. I am a I way in favor of improvement, but I do not believe that everything so A IV A of Kithaund. gave , . ; riiy t th visitors. ... . i- -i.tl J. It. Purie'l, in Irvident Newton, of the -j:i:ig h.n:s.', made a few . ! t .cf h or two in reply .n.iries. Then the real ..i. i...it of v.uijth coai- t jr 'gram t uches some ' ti ..!is m "wh.ch Bauk- , v I . - II. lUan.h, of New : 1 , ..u .a.d rcpnt, as follows: I ur rcreturj IteporU .;!, and resoune- of the . i .ciH'i as fvlljws: ..: $ij,nj Sheng, director general of railways and telegraphs at Shanghai, who acts, says Minister Wn, as the chaiinel of commu nication between the central government of China and its ministers abroad. Sheng's dispatch contains more details of the decree than have heretofore been called is proerly named. j Ifiven in official and press dispatches. It Siuce our last meeting a step though says that by the edict, which was issued not as loll? a um :is I b.-nl fwinil f.r has been taken toward fixing gold in the monetary scheme of this eountry. I refer, of course, to the act of Congr ss approval March 14. l!K. It authorizes an increase in the national bank circula tion, and leaves undisturbed our ten dif ferent kinds of money, and it should, therefore, not offend, though it ink not satisfy, tne monetary exiiansionist. This action leave the standard silver ddlir a legal ienier to any amount in payment or an uebts, pultlie anl private, exept !'. I where otherwise expressly stiimlated bv i.j -I,..m i contract. It provides that nothing in it . . .Ol.-iM i shall le construed to ntTi'ct the lesral ten- i.ir ine:nler were I dcr qualities "as mw provided by law, f.i.:ure. liqit.d ilion and of the silver dollar, or of any othr i the asMH-satioti. reduc- money cihiuhI or issued by the United ;u:; to :s.'Wl. Might hun-, Stands." - Therefore, all private eon . v i memlHTs have joinetl 1 trai ts merely providing for the pnvment - 1. a net gam over t ti :n-:t'. crh":p f v. .v ttuiiraccs 4..VH) niemlcr5. :. -4.iro'u and ui. divided , of "bdlars" can still 1m- discbarred by the payment of silver dollars. Sherman certificate, and greenbacks: that is, it has not affected the tandard of private .i'2.AS.ii J; om-! contracts. It has, however, provided September 23th, Prince Chwang, Prince Yih. secondary princes Tsai Lien and Tsai Ying are deprived of all their res pective ra nis and offices. Prince Tuan is deprived of office and handed over to the imperial clan court which shall con sult and decide upon a severe penalty, and his salary is to 'be stoppeu. Duke Tsai Lien ana the 'president of the ccu- sorate, Yang Nieir, are handed over to Scranton, Pa., Oct. 2. There is today no early settlement of the strike in sight. The big companies, which are also the carrying companies, and the individual operators, differ over the former's pro posed basis of -settlement, the latter de-f daring that such settlement -would be unequal and place them at the mercy of the carriers. Moreover, the Dela ware and " Hudson Company hesitates about joining the other large companies, General Superintendent Rose saying that no instructions one way or the other have been given him by President Oly phant, and the Pennsylvania Coal Com pany, it is said, has not even been asked to participate in the operators' deliber ations. Vice President Thome, of the latter company, when here laat week, announced that if their connecting line from Lackawanna to Kingston, X. Y., was bujilt, giving them tide-water , con nection,' they would quickly eji-d the stnke ho far as the Pennsylvania coin- lany afid the individual operators of the Lackawanna and vyonung valleys were concerned. The individual operators declare for .-rion on treight tolls for their ners and bands and bearing . crudely printed signs declaring they were oa strike for fair play, for bread, for, full dinner buckets, for cheap powder, for recognition of the union and for many other things. A crowd of breaker boys carried one saying: "Give -our fathers justice, and we can go to school." Another declared: "In a free country we are, but freedom we want." Still another asserted: "We will fight to the bitter end." Many bore Mitchell's picture and some words of praise. One local had some men in a wagon drilling rock; another had some of its men in frock coats and high hats to represent Mark Hanna, J. P. Morgan and the operators. One carried an effigy on a stretcher bearing the card: "Dead man no good." Some of the men wore their mining clothes, but most of them put on their best. They- were cheered repeatedly all along the line, the features being greeted with shouts and the blow ling of tin horns. For over two hours they marched, some of the late arrivals dropping into line wherever they chanced to strike it, and some reaching tdwn only in time to get to the park in tirna to near tne speaking From McAdoo, thirty-five miles away, and in the Lehigh region, some few men inarched and were given a place of honor in tne parade. After passing over the principal streets of, the city, the paraders marched across the river to West Side Park and it was there the speeches took place. Two glee clubs sang to ease the impatience of the crowd while the speak ers were coming, and when they did appear the strikers yelled themselves noarse T. D. Nichols, president of the First district, introduced George Purcell of In diana, who, in a few words, told the strikers to maintain their organization and they would gain sunremacv. because in the end the operators would be com pelled to recognize the union. Father Dunn of St. Marv's Church. this city, congratulated the strikers on being so orderly and well-behaved so far, and said they had won the admiration of the church and the public. He asked God to bless them and aid them to wiii. . President Mitchell's speech was short and to the point. He spoke about fifteen minutes, and declared his position defi- uilcij in uvu ux me paragrupns, saying: "I want to say to you now that I am quite familiar with your defeats and with your partial successes. This creat strike will not be closed as were other strikes. Before this strike comes to an end I shall call a convention. I shall ask every local union, I shall ask every colliery on strike to send a delegate there, to send more than, one delegate if they want to, and let them determine the question themselves. I believe that your interests in this strike are greater than my interests, and I shall not decide thatyou will go back to the mines; I WAY UNDEfr,,c MARK How Lands Are Assessed in Two Large Counties RULE TO DIVIDE VALUES Several JUarge" Plantations In North ampten Listed far Below Their Ileal Value Edgecombo Co nnty Citizen a ' Say AeseasmenlaLre About One-half Actual Value Fourteen ITltnesaee i - . . Examined Darin; tUe Day. , J.". 1 5s3 i i ! total, that something over $.s.'liMKK.OOi out of alnmt $l.irjiLi'w(MNKi of government . l'..07." more than the J bond bearing 'I, 4 and ." per cent, inter- I.i -1 year's n:emlers. ct, and payable in "coin." may be re- .. . I n t include the tapita funde.1 into II per cent, gold binds. That . .. r;j mcinWrs. who are i. to !e assured of gold iu payment of :i d in.l V no itatc- ::-- tf uly submitted. JAS. 11. llUANCH. Sectary. WJrf Freeldent Hill - i-.-l -t de!icrcl tiis annual the interest and principal of these bond. a redu product! one of them saving this morn the -said board, who shall consult audiing that if the carrying companies will decide upon a severe penalty, and Kang make hb allowance of 05 instead of GO Yi, assistant grand secretary and presi- per cent, of selling prices for their pro- dcut of the civil board, and Cuiao-Shu- duct,' they will join with- the big con Vhiao, president of the board of punish- cerns in effecting a strike settlement. inents, are handed over to theboard of A committee of the smaller operators censors, who shall consult and decide has gone to .New York to confer with. ....... i . I . i j j. it j.i mi upu i u peiiaiii. ine presmenis on tnas maiier. xuey a u shal, not dcid th t shall stay out T he terms of the edict, it is said, are in that city now. It is announced that thom k,, k. ,iv.-T; J:.Awii satisfactory to this govornment which if they.-do not get this concession they has proceeded on the theory that more will declare the present agreement an- could be accomplished by encouragmg iinHed. the Chinese government to act in good The notice which the big cocypanies .faith than by coercive measures. Ipiit-np this morning to their miners al- A telegram received at the State Deilows them a 10 per cent, increase in partment today from Miuister - Co'nger wages and states that other grievances at Pekin. confirms the annooncement will be taken up with their own em from St. I'etersburg that the Ilussiau oloyes. but behind this is the intimation Minister,. M. DeGiers, ami the legation that thT increase will come out of the staff had wirhdiuwn irora lVkiu to lien nronosed cut in the price of powder. Tsiu iu furtherance of"the Itussian plan There was some excitement around the . I. t t : ..!!. lour Honor, .ur. t ri"i (:.' and Gentlemen, and Gmi- American Hankers As- It :It fir me to assume me s 1 i. t in this, the iH'autiful ' ..f Virginia, where I was t r ir--l and spent the first ten : r, !-.. Ii.xmI. niul S4rvel an t. it 'banking iu all iositious ; f eahiT. ;.. k:i- Iflge of the ixiple of i I l' aund that we will t '--in til ides inot ourteins '':.: if ti..n. ainl no effort will I r u..kt- ih viMt to this ity v i.i.-'ni -.-r of this association ' in !h lifi-. - f t!. ijiaractrr of its people. r;.i! iiujxirtance anil its hls 'f 1 ;un rttnfidetit that all will - :'.. ,!t,.j' whirh has brought ' i i;i . ity Iwfore which those - v . and Grant, fought - ; armifs in the greatest f ra i.-rn titii'. as thereby we ', !"" i't;rtft.'. .if that which wr ! i jHS-Ially in this rum- ' i.-. 'U.ti a Grant and a Iee .iii... nnirorm. and Jhat !.--! aldirini ti the battleships :V I t.i-. Sr.it-H U-.irs the name S' t.. ri w iii.-h was bwatctl the ' "f Ie f nfeleracy. a name i - ' "in i i ii aval annals by the they must te rcaujusteil. as it were, into t0 intiuce tie Chinese sovereigns and I headquarters of district No. 1 this morn- - rr mii. o.m.a i ions u n ji in a ur jjoverunieut to return to the capital and, ing when the pnoposed terms ot tne opr beghi negotiations for peace. jerators were announced. Tne general Government officials have little to Kay opinion was that the proposals should concerning the terms of the French pro- not be considered. posal for a settlement of the Chinese The struggle between the strikers and troubles, except iu expressing gratitica- operators is evidently taking on new tion that it is iu accord with the attitude life in this district, and, with the smaller assumed by the United States in regard operator at loggerheads with the large to rlie ntinishinent of the Boxer leaders companies, the situation has become .ind th initiation of -peace negotiations, much complicated. The new proposal of France that the ini- Ex-Mayor O'Connell, of this city, who portation of fire arms and ammunition is interested in mine operation's here and . ier cent, oasis, as you may say. so far n interest is concerned. In other wonls. the act deelare that "coin" in the londs referretl to shall mean "gold." ,: be reviewed the new if the holder will accept in exchange for . rn:iting the K4ukers of t his present and . per cent, bonds, v a i l financiil legU.ation in others bearing, on the average, less th in 1! -;! as follow: half the interest he. is now receiving, ami if he will not accept such readjusted bonds lie may still be paid, both a to principal and interest, in silver. There still remains unfunded into these II pr cent. ImhuIs about $.V0.KiO.(K)0 of the SNIU.fX lO.Ci n that may Ik- exchanged for 1! per cent, "gold bonds. Having pro vided for the possible issue of $S."9. iMXi.oon of gold lMnds common prudence demanded that our goiu reserve should o strengthened, and this the act has done, but t falls far short of establish- ; ing the gold standard in this eountry. and does not secure it against the policy of a President or Secretary of the Treas ury hostile to gold. The passage of this i b..ve American commerce r ; nd which was sunk off rr.inr,. iv the Kearsarge ' V . ; ' ,;:,!d Sunday morning in June "Ih.it whirh recloth.il Ie in " -s I i:.ii..J Alabama amongst the tie Tnitol States, evidenc Mi'i'y d..-s. tiiat we are again. ; i -- th.in - r In-fore. oii. people, u-iit it burdens. I will not . " th.. -White Man's r.urdens." ar,. ..nrs. and we must lcar -Tav or another, though just mi. -ni, JM..Ir iheiu I io imt pro- i.tit it is altogether : : 1 h itibl call your attention f-rHiir-s of coliditioiK result 41 l'e war with Spain, am! -:! .; v of our eiiii n try dur- f t 'uUt it r.ine years, that ns.. r- or less din-ctly a large tht fllellllM-rs ..." t tils niiu'i:l. " - t'ag has l.-en carriinl into ' f th.'- world. llow long ' ; i t!...- part, and just what r ''; 1 '"'Present, no iu can now f:us n ay U safely said: We '-a lit cotuuiereial shell and j f r eountry will never again I L.i I, within the confinesj of d States. This new condition vs ..f th,. eountry must meet, u the custutlians of the money ' ia:;v. aiul if they do not use ;.riy and to the best advantage .;.! r.f xi-hauge. other foreign- t"ip reward that nhonld be r -t retired that we will not 7 ro long do awkwardly, i I . p. n-irely what can be bet- ' "tk-rs. Excellence of r- r-- d-ui.iti.le of n. and thcre- '" -liicate ourselves in the " "f world. Wo must nc- i-, h,-. nith tlo character of and the countries to which t . a. as. We must know what " -luce and what they n ... 4 th.. routes br whieh thev :. uio.i iiuickiv ami most ' iuut inform onraelreit vf feature of their couimcr-- banks. Before we can hope for any legislation of that kind the people at large, the masses, must be made to un derstand the necessity of it. and the jus tire and wisdom of its specific provisions. And I care not how the value of th's bank money may be secured, nor how far may 1 .... . . 1 I . . 1 t It I- 1 1 A - 1 into China be promtutetl permanently, near wnamoKin ana oenanaaaa, touay - . a I .flail I 1 unreiroiit v does not meet wnth favor xn reiterotea ms opinion tnat tne wno.e miv.mnniit eiieles. although officials sav rvurrtose of the big -Coonpanies is the . . ... - -C7 .' . . - . . . . o that thev have given no consideration squeezing out or nusiness or uie smaii to that proiMjsition anu win not uo so operators. -jioiuer muivmuai upcimoi. oTitil it has been made bv Prance to the said ITnited States. "The men in JNew lork nx tne post or 4:.nernllv. the obieet on to placing a coal and then hx the rare or carnage. permanent embaivo on the importation Thus the individual operator is at their .,f Tminltions of war into the empire" is mercy. It means absolute nun for some thit if would be nniust to cut off so of us unless -both enas or rne contract large a proportion of the world's popu- are considered and we are given a bet-. ter rare ior coai. s val- to m- super- have control in pro- situation most mini1 Gratification is expected ly high offi- niized aiid they cannot deal as they set oU iho rpurosent the views Of the out to uo wiin me iriKe piuuivm. .,,,.f tii nrooiiitmPnt of t.he Neither 'thev nor the nn'davidnal opera vicerovs of Nankin and Wu-Chang to tors 4iave been consulted in the slight assist Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching est degrees by the New York parties in tne conuuet or peace negooauous . , with the powers. ' One offcial said to- ix any or tne lnoivmuai operators are l. :... fmni ihu lisii or hre arms, and rnatl T . T . 1 av a. 1 . 1 - 111 lltll aV A J 111 f. aV4 X. -- V " - 1 acr means, m my i iugmcnt. .it. nn; measure would naturally carry with "It is an unheard of thing in tha winch w-e snouni reaiie iimi, un- stoppage of the nmnufacture of ley for the powers in New York uersiano iue, seuun.e.n 01 mis rouiur. - flnd gun powder in Avhich the terfere. ITereto-fore, tne mining on tne ouestion or currency legisiauon. r . - i;mm, n,ients. Officials intendents of the great companies and that is. that there is no .ope m ine "v;f ... nro to ive any been delegated full .power to near future, if at nil. in the nre-tin oi M "V: Vreju.h urosa to raze all matters pertaining to anthracite th:s generation or any eiaoorate 'currency ,lotwp- i.k-in and the during interests. The present A - I Hon. W It IFI I . I uir IA -s. ' I . - .e nacin.en. aoM.u ..; 7 - ' flnd to maintain legation guards in places these superintendents in umore i lan or nu oiner u.ni - . - nnh-appv nosition. Their control is templates the issue of money ty the! of them, Jjut by yoUr own voices you shall determine that. "Let me impress upon your memories this fact: That you cannot reasonably expect to remove and eradicate ,all the evils, all the injustices, that have' been heaped upon you for forty long years of no organization, but I do believe that a victory has been gained. I do believe" that part of the wrongs will be righted, tind if you will . stand ; together as one man, refusing to move until you - all move, then just as sure as I am here, just as sure as you 'are here today, you will achieve the greatest victory indeed, the first great victory ever known in the history of the anthracite region." SNAP FOR CARNEGIE Weldori, N. C, Oct. 2. Special. Judge Shepherd convened his court in the rail road taxation cases this morning at 9:30. . The lawyers made good headway and examined many witnesses. George P. Burgwyn of ' Northampton county was one of the best witnesses for the railroads. He named some of tha biggest and most valuable farms which, in liis judgment,, are valued at about one half their real value. He named 'one plantation worth $27,000 assessed for taxes at about $9,000, and knew of another1' worth $20,000 assessed at be tween six and seven thousand. He named another large plantation of 1,000 acres, valued at $10,000, assessed at four on five thousand dollars. Mr. Burgwyn . mimed other well-known tracts which were assessed at much less thafn thtj lands would sell for; On cross-examina tion he said there was no understanding between the assessors to undervalue, but the rule was to put it at about two-thirds of the actual cash value. James Pender of Edgecombe county was an important witness. He had been a member of th finance committee and register of deeds ; for two years. The custom In Edgecombe county was to equali2ie, and the assessed values wero not over one-half the real value. Ho then cited a number of cases. Ono piece of land valued, for taxation atl three hundred dollars sold for seven hundred. He had offered eleyen hundred for a piece 'of land valued at five hundred and his offer had been refused. On another tract valued at twelve hundred ' and fifty dollars he had loaned fifteen hundred. He sold one acre for four hundred and sixty dollars valued at one hundred and fifty. Another.pla.ee assessed at twentyrseven hundred had an offer of Tour thousand and was refused. Many other similar cases were -cited. Sheriff Knight of Edgecombe said th average assessment-; iu his county would not exceed three-fourths. W, -H. Andrews of Edgecombe said: The rule in" my township is to assess at about one-half." , , v. K. ti. liyde , sai he i lived ' In Edge combe. -The ., custom .is,. to value land at about half, llad' served us deputy sheriff. : -.7 ' Mr. Thigpen lived in the same county. in No. 2 township. He did not think lands in his section were valued for taxation at more than forty per cent of actual value. The custom had prevailed I i i . :j 1. : . ... He Will Make Two or Tbree Millions ieu jenra 10 uimervan.e 111 111s cu i n.. v. on Armor Plate Contract. fourteen witnesses were examiueel to- . uay. Washington, Oct; 2. No decision was Charles Price, counsel for the Southern reached by Secretary Long today in re- Railway, arrived this evening. . gard to awarding the contract for armor- Witnesses examined today arc all' plates. ;. The amount required is placed prominent business men arid farmers.' at 30,000 tons. The price asked, with An adjournment was taken at 5 o'clock royalty, foots up approximately $15,- until 9:30 tomorrow morning. 000,000. - Only two of the steel companies were represented at the conference which had been arranged for at the Navy Depart ment today to- treat of the 'subject of naval armor. These were Mr. Linder man, for the riethlehem Steel Company, and Mr. Schwab, for the Carnegie Com pany, j. he 3imvaie uompany, tne low L1KE BARM7PS SHOW . - . .. . . m I l.Ariin rr. thof -f It a tt 1 r rwes tt II rofli c Tf be the compensation paid by the (ta.v,"t better seicn.ons nan tnese r tVur " K-rc i" Ji-.1 i -!ii ,.. .liniPiiit conlil Jrnve heen mane oy tne unucu m-i.. VUC1..U1V " 'wa.v Bill- Barm. a aaaaa v . fllrv- - . - 9 m - - - - w - - - work, and take a long time to persuade the people that the bankers are not get ting an undue advantage anl proit through their right to ine money. The unreasonable hostility with which so manv people still view the risrht of na tional banks in this, respect should con vince the most sanguine of how. almost k i trill iu. the task of reconcillnir: of the civilized worm, ine ottjciai went. a - tlwnr n fi t tomtit 1 n r L .ii L-in.i under consideration. And these viceroys to keep their provinces that hofpe realized. President I. 1) fv,1- .ci tisf ffnrr T.5 TTnnr' fh n n f? I 'N IChOlS. Of lJliStrlCt NO. J 01 the Uniteu. on.i Prin'f miin? hji'viiLj? shown them- Mine Workers, said he hardly thought n. ....,.o tn th,o n n f i jni-oi n I the offer would te satisfactory, as tne crusade, ami the two viceroys having strikers are Jbent. on having a gfneral conducted themselves, during the critical conference. District organizer Nicholas period of affairs throughout China, in a Burke said: 'The notice wont be .war tnat nau exrueu rue -laomiraiion 1 uuw ' on to say that it was no easy task for I1! r- nnrthinir nlonir these lines worth at tempting Everything of the kind which has lccn sucgesjed involves a greater or bs nbandonmcnt of the most essential featnres of true or redemjtion money, namelv: Instrinsic and fixed v:.lne. And the cbiscr we keen to true money and the few substitutes for it we have, the bet ter. The industry, capacity, commerce, and wraith of the people are all proper e'ements of their- credit: but credit, whirh means after all hone, relief, ex pectancy, should be eliminated as far as possible from mo-iey. Tor a thousand rears before coin were Invented money Pa'cd bv weizht alone and during that inriod the onlv confidence needed with nwnect to if was as to the nnrlty of tne metal, which was weighed out before him to whom it was paid. Therefore. ,t,in. hot necessity should induce the do:.tlon or. emission of representative; money. orderly and to protect foreigners during A Big Colliery. Cloaee Pottsville, Pa.. Oct. 2. The West- the Boxer troubles, but they hd done Brookside colliery, near Tower City, the so against great odds. . , largest producer that the Philadelphia a. v.,.,,. t oo t f t and Beading Coal and Iron Company plenipotenUary, no such complimentary have a,nd. Perhaps its most profitable femarks are made in official circles, but shut down today, and upward of it was explalneol today that the govern- s.ttlc lK ment has no iositive exidence connect- 1.ina"y worKmen srayea away ing him with the attack' on -the Iega- lu, "v"" lu .,'ei,"H-,,w .,auvu-, "ns. at Pekin, despite the u piclons I . The Lincoln and pood Spring col- of the fore gn ministers. Minister Con- " X . aiai.icu T "er. while .he had previous y reflected -"'"" - - bv inTerence on Yung Lu. said noth- be only a qnest10i? of a day or -so, as the nng in tHe telegram received from him men ff ff JnS.t? the Ells- iS trnAotiate7 peace I L iSAire Uorth eolliery, at Broad Mountain, claim nomtment to negotiate peace to indicate , t ' LnMU r5nvao ireneril -wi nnciticfop- tnai mir men are not uui u a '"""c that the Chinese general w as nnsatisfac- I rnI1:prv fls shr Anvrn Saturday to tory. An otiiciai or prominence sam to- -"-.v rrrs" r .i 'uAMn.A day that ihere is reason to .believe that P P c Ooerations Yung Lu is not as riacKas hesas been ".w ; Vmit week painted, svhd unless 'Minister Conger makes a protest against cis acceptance. Its verv name shows that it is the tfroremment will not object to him -.!.... tnm sAiYithinir which is con- na nlAnfrmtentiarv of China. n snnsuniiv 1 . - . . - . H0 w t, L. v . eAL to be better than the snDstuuie. Thit there may at times, and in places. w. need for more money than is tner d then to be nad. does not. by any lu aoA rr-Wtrh iimtlfie the UsCe of representative money. The ! " r mAntT because of a -wide- n 0 HI! OK . VI ill .. nr In ft tim ti JrHvJ circulation lelow the temporary Ln VlXL. eommunity. Mr. Trenholm . Money, ays "v -I- tio Poonle ? "1- .t,.:.; covcrnmental efforts I'll Uvl" that evi i .1 1 .4 alter ine renairs are compicieu. All the collieries in this rezion except those named, are shut down owing to the strike. The French Plan ParK Oct. 2. The foreign office an nounced that the summary of the new French note, made public in Vienna yes terday, is correct. - In the note referred to France agrees nk to the necessity of obtaining satisfac JttlTCHELTL, TALKS TO STRIKERS VTany Tlionsande Hear Hie Wine-work er President on the Situation Wilkesbarre. Pa.. Oct. 2. President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, tion for the anti-foreign ntrjw-L- hn snr-1 At Westside Park this afternoon, ad- fConlinneJ oa gests that the ministers in Fekin should I dressed an audience of at least 20,000 immediately begin nezofiatiohs on the persons. For two hours men. women and other nuestions at issue. Tho nntP slso boys - poured into the bijr park. The oroiKses the permanent nmhihition - of parade proved a great success. There I were about 13,000 men in line and they Cnntinuod on najra I tuarchttd ia. JLocaIm hmiad h hJ Big Fourron and Steel Trust 1T111 lie the reatest on Eartla. New York, Oct, 2. The statement i. made by authorities in the iron and steel trade that if President McKinley is re- est bidder when bids were last opened elected there will be,, in the near future. for supplying naval armor, sent no rep- a consolidation of the American Tin resentatives to the conference today. Plate Company, the. National Steel Conl Mr. Schwab saw the President about pany, the American Steel Hoop ' Com-' the armor plate at Canton Saturday and pany and the American Sheet Steel C om it is cousidereu certain that the Came- pany, four of the greatest trusts formed gie Company will get the lion's share of during the present administration. the contract, which at the prices asked, , -..Bach of these concerns is at present a would afford them a profit of two or largely controlling factor in .its particu- . three million dollars. lar line of business. The tin-plate trust The armor required is for eight battle- controls the .-tin-plate industry, having ships, six armored cruisers and three VIUSL U"T i 7- on,i" r.motifK0 ,A I being notoriously able to fix the price, of largest item of the kind ever required by tin plate. The. steel-hoop trust niakes; a.. I large part or its class or gooas. ine ereosfodihafihe Nationar Steel Company is one of. the; : uegie and Bethlehem companies had krgest .of the steel concerns. 1 he Sheet divided I the amount of armor, each bid- Steel Company is the newest of these din- the same price-$445-for class A concerns and controls the output of , M'S?alenitP St. combination, if it is formed. The American Steel Hoop Company has a capitalization of $:,000,000; tho tin-plate trust an authorized capital of ! $50,000,000 and an actual tissue of $4G, 325,000, and the National Steel trust an authorized and issued capitalization of $59,000,000. The Sheet Steel Com pany's capital is larger than any of these, three. The total capitalization of the but with the condition that considerable time be given before - deliveries negin All the bids were rejected. ELECTIONS lit CONNECTICUT Re tarns Shew Slight Gains In Favor o the Democrats New Haven, Conn., Oct. 2. Reports four is jnvexcess of $200,000,000. It is from alfbut four of the 162 towns of supposed .ftatjn the process lof consoli.-Connecticut- which held their general dation this capitalization will be further; town elections yesterday were receijed ZaSn i&fSn9 doue tms mnrn nar. As tnere are omy jloo 4 towns in the otate, ,ic was a geuciai 1 election. """ x. - . , - i an The Hemocrats eiecrea - municipal oiu IIOJIICIDE I If STANLTl cers In nve or six more towns than a will Mlnson Shootsand Kills Frank year ago, but 118 towns have, gone Re- Swaringen, Ills Employer. publican! The : Republicans have car- ' ried more than' nearly three times as . Albemarle, N. C, Oct. 2. -Special., many of'the towns in the State as the Will Hinson shot and killed Frank, Democrats. Swaringen last night about 8 o'clock. Last year, out of the 162 towns which The shooting took place at Swaribgen'a , held their October elections 125 went distillery near Porter's. . The men quar ' Republican and thirty-seven Democratic, reled about some whiskey. Hinson, who New London and Norwalk, which were was Swaringen's distiller, had been tak- earried at the last jeleetion by the Demo- ing whiskey whenever he wanted it. crats, went Republican. : - . Swaringen last week ordered him . to Half a dozen towns went juemocratie stop, xesreraay owarmgeu em ai ooy this year that were Republican a year to Hinson's room for any whiskey he ago. In all, the-fight was close and the might find hidden. He found three pints, election sharply contested. When Hinson returned he suspected that Swaringen had gotten the liquor,, ana nhan fVio-w mot a fpw mlmifps later Hin- Crazy Rlan Shoots a Priest Uon pulled his pistol and fired, the -shot V -Rvafnn. Oct! 2. John Gleason. who is taking effect in Swaringen's leftj arm; I -cwi in ho demntftl. . shrtt and kpH- I Swnrinen fired.- but missed. Hinson . ously wound ed. Rev. Lawrence P. McCar-J fired four more shots, each taking effect thy, rector of tne T.ioman jatnoiic inurcu in various pans w iuc "yyj- j . of the Most Holy Redeemer, of East fell and was carried to his house, where, Boston, at the parochial residence today, he died in thirty minutes. Hinson has . bullet lodged. in the clergyman's back, not been, apprehended. r . - . but the attending- surgeons think that John Austin of Union county secured the ball can be-extracted and that the the franchise for telephone lines hero Driest will recover. Gleason was ar- last night. An exchange will 'be .put i s 1, V -i lak