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v K- ' .- - - ? I illllllrlrfli fflT WSmsMSS (1 l-l rtput Y2BSusZQ:n& n W,IH tr; any1 -v--w 1 Ai - - .f&? ; rMiJttta jt VOL. XLL NO. 12,700. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1901. PRICE FIVE CENTS. flf The label that means quality... A Those familiar with the"BLATZ" bot tle beers will always recognize the triangfed label. These are the bottle beer brands: Export Wiener. Ask for "BLATZ" and watch for this label. ROTHCHILD BROS., Agents, 20-26 N. First St. PEACE PROGRAM Steel Strikers Are Willing to Make Concessions, END OF TROUBLE MAY BE NEAR PREMO and POCO CAMERAS We can sell you a long-focus, reversible back Instrument, with double R. R- lens, time and Instantaneous shutter. 4x5...$11 5x7...$15 Take elevator to Photo Department You have been paying double these prices. Biumauer-Frank Drug Go.5 WHOLESALE AND IMPORTING DRUGGISTS. Proposal Agreed Upon by the Labor Conference at Pittsburg Friday "Will Be Laid Before the Trust Ofllclnls at New York. "STRONGEST IN THE WORLD" Assets $304,598,063.49 Surplus $66,137,170.01 L.-Samuel. Manager. SOS Oreponlan Bulld'ing. Portland. Or. PHIL SIETSCIIAN. Pre. C. W. KKOWLES, Msr. SEVENTH ASD WASHINGTON STREETS. PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT. Ftiropean Plan: $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day Adamant The Perfection sold of Wall Plaster Is applied to over one million buildings throughout the United States. Made in forty different factories. It is no experiment. Investigate. For information address Phone North 3091. THE ADAMANT CO. Foot of 14th Strsel. PORTJLAND, OR. PORTLAND POHTLSND. OREGON s& AMERICAN PLAN S COST ONE $3.00 PER DAY and upward. MILLION DOLLARS HEADQUARTERS EOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. The manage ment will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prices. A mod ern Turkish liatli establishment In the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Manager. CLEAR HAVANA KEY WEST CIGAR LEADS THEM ALL Blumauer&Hoch, 108-110 Fourth St. SOLE DISTRIBUTERS. Scott Thirty-second Year. PORTLAND, OREGON. A Boarding and Day School. Manual Training. Academv Military and Opens September 12, 1001, -with a. faculty of twelve competent teach ers, Trlio employ modern methods and understand boys. Illustrated cat alogue. ARTHUR C. SEWILL, Principal. Library Association of Portland if aIktstreStS Hours Prom 9 A. M. to 9 P. M, except Sundays and holiday. 29.000 DL.J7UZm& 250 F'ERIODIOm-S SS.OO 3 YEKH $1.50 TZ QUKRTBH SPECIAL RATES TO STUDENTS. $1.00 A TEAR "WELL BRED, SOON WED." GIRLS WHO USE SAPOLIO ARE QUICKLY MARRIED. Gold Ore Tom Chile. OMAHA, Aug. 25. Notice has been re ceived at the local office of the American Smelting' & Refining Company of a ship ment of gold ore from Chile. It 1b the first shipment of South American ore to this smelting company's plant, and is in tie nature of an experiment. The ore is said to be very rich, and if its treatment proves successful, the shipment will be followed by others on a large scale. Perth Amboy, N. J., Is the port of entry. Minister "Wilson Will Xot Retire. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Aug. 25. Henry L. Wilson, United States Minis ter to Chile, today formally denied the report published yesterday that he would i. Philippines Society Convention. BUFFALO, Aug. 25. The Philippine So ciety will begin its session at the Pan American Exposition tomorrow. General Miles is expected to take active part in the deliberations of the organization and has been Invited to make response to the address of welcome by Director-General Buchanan. In the evening a reception will be tendered General Miles and other visit ing officers. Thursday will be Cuba day and Don Senor Estrada will be the prin cipal orator. The average attendance for the past week exceeded any previous week by 1LO0O. Roosevelt Children Improving. NEW YORK, Aug. 25. The children of soon retire and devote bis time to com- , Vice-President Roosevelt are Improving at tnerce, representing: several American j the Roosevelt Hospital. The Vice-Presi dent spent a part of the day with them. PITTSBURG, Aug. 25. In furtherance of the "peace" programme, which is said to have been in course of preparation for several days, it was given out to day by one on the inside, and one who should know, that-the Amalgamated As sociation executives have consented to have certain propositions made to the officials of the United States Steel Cor poration through members of the con ciliatory committee of the National Civic Federation, which proposals are expect ed to bring about a settlement of the great strike. Those interested in the matter were in waiting all day today for word to pro ceed with the programme as outlined at the conference of the Amalgamated ex ecutives and the conciliatory committee of the Civic Federation last week. The propositions, which are to be taken to New Tork, carry certain conditions by the Amalgamated Association which it is hoped will pave the way for the re opening of direct negotiations between the association and the company. The propo sitions carry much of the terms under which President Shaffer and his advisers stand willing to settle. What these terms are and the mode of their presentation are carefully guarded secrets. There is alone the implication that they contain concessions of such Importance that those in interest expect the corporation to drop its adverse attitude arid reopen negotia tions. The proposal contains nothing looking to arbitration. This mode of settlement was waived on the advice of the Civic Federation men. While the conferees were discussing plans, the Amalgamated men were shown the Impracticability of sympathetic strikes by the miners and other organized men affiliated with the American. Federation of Labor. .- The action of President Shaffer in ab rogating the wage contracts with the Federal Steel Company covering Its West ern mills, and in other Instances, was questioned. Messrs. Mitchell, White and Jenks spoke on the Importance of ob servance of wage agreements as con tracted by the labor unions. President Shaffer maintained his position to the satisfaction 6f most of the conferees. It had been reported that, the conferees disapproved the move In abrogating the Federal Steel Company contracts and told President Shaffer so with unmistakable emphasis. Of this, however, Secretary John Williams said today that during the con ference he had heard no adverse criti cism by the Civic Federation conferees on the attitude of President Shaffer in this matter of contracts. Opening Up n Tin Mill. v Some remarkable changes in the con dition of the strike-ridden mills of the United States Steel Corporation are prom ised for the present week that will change the aspect of affairs considerablv if car ried out. It was stated on good authority today that before the end of the week those of the plants that have been op erating on a single turn would be run with a full force, and for the 'usual three full turns each day. Men enough have been secured for this purpose, the om clals say, In spite of the claims of the strikers that the companies could not get enough men to operate their plants, and the managers of the various mills say they, will be ready with all the skilled men required to start up the machinery and turn out. a heavy tonnage. The most interesting situation is in the Star mill of the American Tinplate Com pany here. This plant was until this Summer considered as doomed. The tin. plate company had, it Is said, decided to abandon the mill and move the ma chinery elsewhere. Since the strike has come on them and it was demonstrated that the operation of the mill with non union men was possible under the pro tection of a well-equipped police force, the officials decided to keep this mill going, make extensive improvements In Its equipment and make it a permanent fixture of the company. The most sig nificant feature of this plan has been carried out during the past week. This consists of fitting the mill in the same manner as that of the Monessen plant. The former eight mills have been changed to four double mills. Other Improvements have been added that will give the plant a larger capacity. Increase Its force of men and make it one of the most mod ern of all the tin plants of the company. With the completion of these Improve ments the company will be prepared to place a sufficient number of men in the plant to work the four double mills three full turns. This is said to be expected to take place during the present week. Before Saturday, according to Superin tendent Piper, of the Star mills, the plant will be opened to its full extent. Referring to the present condition of the mills, Mr. Piper said: "We received eight skilled men early this morning. J R. Phillips, of the com. pany, accompanied them to the mill, and It was not until after they were In and comfortably settled for the night that the strikers discovered their presence. These men are of the best In the trade, and will enable us to move the plant on a better basis than before." Outside of the Star plant today large numbers of strikers were on picket duty. They were quiet and orderly, but had "en o ca aiiu curs upen iur any signs of newcomers. The peculiar feature of the strike about the Star plant is the good feeling displayed between the strik ers and the manager of the plant. When the strikers were told of the claims of the officials of the Star mills, they denied tlyat there were as many skilled men, at work as was claimed, and said those who were In the plant were sent there from the Monessen plant, which was being crippled In order to ac complish this work. Strenuous denials were made regarding alleged desertions from the Amalgamated ranks to fill the positions offered by the corporation, and It was said that It would be Impossible to obtain men enough to operate the plant without settling the strike. At Other Plants. There was no change in the situation regarding the tube mills today. The mills were all quiet, and the former employes remained away from the plants. It is understood that the officials of the Na tional Tube Company have practically determined not to start these plants for the present. Everything at McKeesport is reported quiet. Pickets are around the Demmler tinplate mill in large numbers, but they are orderly and are determined to be on x hand all night, as they believed an at tempt would be made to- start the plant ih themorning. While the fires are light ed and the mill apparently in readiness for a start, the officials will not say just when the attempt will be made It wa9 stated tonight that when the lower union mills of the Carnegie Com pany, in Lawrencevllle, were ready to start up, the officials discovered they were short about CO of the skilled men who had been working there up to last night. As a result two of the roughing mills were idle, the 12-inch mill crippled, the plate mill was only operating about half thfe num ber of heats, and the nine-Inch mill Is Btill out and will not be operated. It was also stated that the laboring men In this plant had become discontented over the sltuatibn and had .announced that they would go back and do all In their power to assist In operating the mills. The skilled men, it is said, quit work much against their will, and only because they were members of the Amalgamated Association and to obey the orders Issued to them. All those who remain at work in the mill are understood to be receiving full pay, whether the plant is operated In full or not. ON THE SAFE SID Military Force at Manila Wiii Be Increased. TO GUARD AGAINST UPRISING CHICAGO MEETING A FAILURE. Few Steel "Workers "Were in Attend ance. CHICAGO. Aug. 25. The only visible result of the mass meeting of trades unionists and sympathizers, held in South Chicago today, was the declaration of one skilled worker that he would not again enter the mill until the strike was settled. The steel workers, whom the meeting was designed to reach, were not present In appreciable' numbers. Assist ant Secretary Tlghe, of the Amalgamated Association, was the principal speaker, and denounced former members of the association in South-. Chicago, "for de serting their union . under the guise of living up to a contract." Mr. Tighe con tended that the contract of the steel workers has been rendered nugatory by the encroachments of the steel trust, and that it is the duty of the Chicago steel workers to jo'In their fellow union ists In the East in a battle, where, he said, the very existence of the Amal gamated Association Is at stake. Press-Post Strike Indorsed. COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 25. Columbus Typographical Union, at a meeting today, approved the action of the Press-Post printers, pressmen and stereotypers in quitting their places and declaring a lock-out at the establishment. The man agement of the paper announced tonight that publication would be resumed at once. Inasmuch as no settlement with the unions Is In. prospect, this announce ment is construed to mean that an en tire new force of men Is to be Installed In the news and technical departments. The City Is Orderly, hut There Is Discontent Among- a Certain Class on Account of the Land Tax. MANILA, Aug. 25. Word was received today that the insurgent Colonel Loreel, with 17 officers and 13 men, surrendered yesterday to Captain Brown, of the teachers carrying on work in each room. These rooms are everywhere overcrowd ed, and many have no windows or floors. Sometimes one teacher has 100 to 200 pu pils." The education or girisjghas not been thought as Important as that of boys, but wherever a school for boys Is estab lished It will be the policy to establish one for girls. It has been planned to conduct teachers institutes in all the provinces at an early date. Evening schools have been established where prac ticable, arousing great Interest upon the part of the people. One high school at the capital of each province will be estab lished In 1902. Dr. Barrows, city superintendent of schools of Manila, reports of the first six months of his work: "The most significant change Is that which has taken place in the attitude of the Filipino teachers. In December the plan was adopted of having the teachers of English devote at least the last half hour of the forenoon to the instruction of the Filipino teachers, and at the same time the announcement was made that very shortly Spanish, as a medium of In struction, would be abandoned. With a very few exceptions, the teachers ac cepted the proposed change of language, and their attitude has now become one of real eagerness for the adoption of Eng lish. They have also so far progressed la SMALL PRUNE CRO American Yield Half of Las! Year's, CALIFORNIA'S BIG DEFICIENCY Oregon, Washington and Idaho WI1J Prollt From the Shortage to the Southward Carry-Over in Cali fornia 20,000,000 Pounds. 8HHHM HMMHtttMMtM'MMMMM e COLONEL WILLIAM HANCOCK CLARK. Benten by Strikers' Friends. CHICAGO. Aug. 25. Striking machin ists of the Allls-Chalmers and the Gates Iron Works continued picketing the plants today, despite the temporary In junction issued by Judge Kohlsaat. It is rumored that five imported machinists who ventured outside the plant were waylaid and severely beaten by the friends of the strikers. Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld had been asked to fight the .Injunction .on the.,partof iJjJiBtrllt afs. ' ", . DIED ON HIS BALCONV. Sudden Death of United States Attor ney Evans, of Minnesota. -MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25. Robert G. Evans. United States District Attorney for Minnesota, died suddenly today from heart disease, on the balcony of his home on Queen avenue, Kenwood. He had been apparently in the best of health. Mr. Evans was 47 years old. He was a prominent candidate last Winter to suc ceed Senator C. K. Davis in the United States Senate, and his physician bellqvets that his death was due more than any thing else to overwork In that campafgn. His wife died four months ago, and It is believed by his closest friends that this loss hastened his death. Mr. Evans had been entertaining Senators Fairbanks of Indiana, Quarles of Wisconsin, and Clapp of Minnesota the past week, and In a run away accident eight days' ago Senator Fairbanks and Mr. Evans were badly bruised and shaken. General Robert Williams. NEW YORK, Aug. 25. General Robert v Williams died last night at the Hotel Netherwood, near Plalnfield, N. J., from apoplexy. He was 75 years old. General Williams was born In Virginia and was a graduate of West Point. In 1SD2 he was appointed to the position of Adjutant-General of the Army and retired a year later. He married the widow of the late Stephen A. Douglas. He left three sons and three daughters, First Lieutenant Robert C. Williams, of the Thirteenth Cavalry; Sec ond Lieutenant J. C. Williams, of the Twelfth Infantry, and Lieutenant Philip Williams. U. S. N. OLDEST LIVIXG RELATIVE OF CAPT. WILLIAM CLARK, OF THE LEWIS AXD CbARK EXPEDITION The Oregon Commissioners o the. Pan-American Exposition have . secured the consent of Colonel "William Hancock Clark, "of New York City, to become Che guest of honor at the exposition which Is proposed to be held In Portland In 1003, in celebration of the Lewis and' Clark expedition, by which the 'Northwestern territory was opened for settlement. Colonel Clark Is the oldest surviving relative of Captain "William Clark, of that famous expedition. He Is a nephew of the late Colonel John O'Fallon, of St. Louis, and until 20 years ago was a resident of that city. "I was born in the City of St. Louis 02 years ago, at a house at tho corner of Broadway and Olive street." said Colonel Clark to a Globe-Democrat correspond ent, "in the same room and on the same bed where my grandfather died. I am a grandnephew of that Clark who was associated with Meriwether Lewis in the exploration of the Northwest. It has given me special pleasure to respond to the Invitation extended to mo by Oregon to be present at Its exposition In 1903. But In the meantime I am deeply Interested In the success of the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition and will contribute whatever I may towards that end." Colonel Clark fought through the Civil "War and emerged from the Confederate Army as a Major. Ho is related to the Churchllls and to many of the famous families of the South and tho "West. He was accompanied to the Pan-American Exposition by Ida wife, who was a Miss Julia Hancock. "I had quite a library of documents and records," says Colonel Clark, "bear ing upon the Lewis and Clark expedition,' which had fallen to my care by Inherit ance. But a recent Jlre destroyed many of the documents that would have been Invaluable in the recent effort to determine the precise boundaries of tho Louis iana Purchase." o-o -- o-o o America's Most Beautiful Woman. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 25. A private telegram from Charlottesville, Va., an nounces the death of Miss Maude Cble man Woods, In that city. Miss Woods was pronounced the most beautiful woman In America by a committee, from the Pan-American Exposition, and her profile adorns all the medals issued by the board of awards. Fourth Infantry, at Tallsa. The sur render of numerous other smaller con tingents last week brings the total to more than 100. , Governor Taft is expected to return to Manila Tuesday, after having appointed civil officers throughout all Northern Lu zon. In the City of Manila there are now less than 1000 effective soldiers, and It has their knowledge of English that it would be possible, with the opening of school In June. 1901. to use only English. Almost without exception our teachers are becom ing appreciably more loyal to their work and more conscientious In Its discharge. "The question of religious Instruction In tho schools has also been settled, and without friction or any loss In the at tendance of pupils. Upon receipt of an been decided to increase this number by official copy of act No. 74, of the PhlUp- ANOTHER TOUCH OF SUMMER High Temperature Record nt Many Points in Kansas. TOPBIvA, Kan., Aug. 23. Kansas was given another touch of Summer today, after three- weeks of very moderate weather, accompanied by cool nights and occasional Tains. Tho temperature In some places was recorded at 106, and at Topeka the mercury hovered at tho 105 mark. The rise in the temperaCure was not predicted, and came wholly unexpect ed. Wichita recorded 104, Sallna 105 and Atchison 102. At Leavenworth, there were several prostrations. Hard Storm at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25.-4Minneapolls experienced a fierce rain, wind andMiall storm this evening, which did muchrdam age. In fhe business section of the city large plate-glass windows were smashed. The car system of the city was demoral ized for three hours, the trolley lines be ing crossed with those of the telegraph and telephone companies. At one of the Great Western steel electors the heavy cupola was blown fru the building, smashing a house near by, the residents narrowly escaping lnjury In the resi dence sections, windows In" many houses were battered out, trees were blown down and other havoc done. four companies of Infantry. The official reason for the increase is that the guard duty Is too heavy for the present force. As a matter of fact, however, there is a feeling that, although there is no ap parent prospect of trouble, nevertheless, in the event of an uprising in the future, such as Is always possible among the Malays, it would be better to have a suf ficient body of troops available. General Chaffee says he considers the City of Manila to be perfectly orderly, and he can see no prospect of an upris ing. Commissioner Wright thinks the people "extremely peaceable." He Is sat isfied that although among a certain class there Is some discontent, on account of tho land tax, which is not yet under stood, this class is not likely to foment trouble. Many Army officers say they are grati fied at the increase In the military force. They think that with tho military guard withdrawn from the prison, another up rising there might result In the release of about 1800 prisoners. This possibility is regarded as a menace to the city by those who take that view of the case, as they regard the white guard as In sufficient. Civil officials look upon this contingency as unlikely, Inasmuch as the 600 white police could mobilize at the prison before any of the prisoners could escape and become dispersed throughout the disaffected district. pine Commission, which forbids any re ligious instruction by the teachers, a comprehensive order was Issued forbid ding the practice of religious devotion or Its employment as a means of furnlsb ment, the discontinuance of all teaching of the catechism or religious doctrine, and the removal from the school of all books containing such matter, and removal from schoolrooms of all religious figures, emblems, placards, etc. These orders were in every case complied with. There was no protest from either parents or teachers, and, as above stated, no diminu tion in the attendance, the school year closing with the largest attendance in. the history of these public schools. To many of the teachers the change was apparent ly welcome." According- to Secretary Lamberson, oj the State Board of Horticulture, Oregot will produce this year between 2o,000.C0 and 24,000,000 pounds of evaporated prunes These will grade from 40s up. Last yeaj a large part of the Oregon prune croj graded below 4(te, the yield being ligh' enough to permit plenty of room on th trees for the fruit to attain large slza The better yield this season will result Ic reducing the size of the fruit. whlch Ij crowded on the trees. It Is not expected that more than 100 to 125 carloads ot Oro gon prunes will be sent to market fresh, About half of Idaho's prunes will b shipped fresh, and a considerable pari Of the production of Eastern Washington, but those regions are nearer market than the Oregon producers, and nearness ti market Is an Important factor In the suc cessful handling of fresh fruit. Oregon! product will be evaporated, and there w'l be probably 1100 carloads of the cured fruit to go forward. Perhaps Clark, which Is Washington".! chief prune county, will send to market 73 carloads of evaporated prunes. The re malnder of the state will not double Clarli County's production. Idaho's yield wll." be under 200 carloads of 10 tons each. The news from San Jose Is to the effect that the California Cured Fruit Associa tion has had men out Inspecting evcrs orchard In the state and making- an est; mate of the prune product. To the fig urea thus arrived at the association has added 10 per cent, giving a total of a little more than 53.000,000. The total foi the Santa Clara Valley Is but 25,600,000 an against a crop of 100,000.000 last year. Th; California crop last year approximated 140.000.000 pounds, and this season's ylcM will be less than 40 per cent of that. The California association now has on hand less than 38.000,000 pounds of last year's product, of the four sizes, and these ars going- at the rate of 20 to 30 cars pei day, on the basis of 3 cents for JsOs, which Is equivalent to 3 cents for '40s tc 50s. In addition to this carry-over, which is being so rapidly reduced, a lot of 24,. 000.000 pounds of very small sizes was sold a few weeks ago, part of which has gora to consumers and part Is still in the hands of speculators. The prospect is that California's carry, over prunes will not exceed 20,000,00 pounds, when the new cron shall be rcadi for the market. To this will be added this year's crop of 55,000.000 pounds tot California, say 22.000,000 pounds for Ore gon, 4.000,000 pounds for Washington and 3,000,000 pounds for Idaho. Last year Ore gon marketed 17,500.000 pounds. Washing, ton about 1.000,000 pounds and Idaho's product was inconsiderable. Thus tha United States prune crop this year wll. be about 34.000,000 pounds, as agalnsl nearly 160,000,000 pounds last season. Thd crop In the Pacific Northwest is mate rially better this season than It wa3 last, so these states are likely to profit fronj the failure In California. Sale of Oklahoma Town Lots. WASHINGTON. Augr. 25.-A dlspatcQ received at tho General Land Office re ports that the 'total receipts from tha sale of lots in the new towns in Oklahoma, to and including August 24, aggregat J630.424. The sales were distributed aj follows: t - Lots. Lawton 1068 $351.S0S Anadarko 1043 17S.243 Hobart ..1123 12S.371 Assistant Commissioner Richards, whe has had. general charge of the sales, estimated that the disposition of the re malnlng lots will bring the grand total up to $700,000. Sir Frederick Robertson Drotvned, TORONTO, Ont.. Aug. 2S.-SIr Frederlcll Robertson, Baronet, Clerk of the Sur. rogate Court. Osgood Hall, and son of thi late Sir Mucern Robertson, was drowned today In Fairy Lake, near Huntsvlllo, where he was spending the Summer. i FACING STARVATION. Will Not Refine Sugar. PEORIA, 111., Aug. 25. The plant of the Illinois Sugar Refining Company, located at Pekln, will not be started this Fall, and the growing crop has been sold to Ohio and Michigan factories. .The plant will be utilized for the manufacture of glucose while the fight between the trust and the independent company, which con trols the plant, is on in the courts. EDUCATION IX THE PHILIPPINES. Wliat Has Been Done in the Instruc tion of Pupils and. Teachers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. The Division of Insular Aff airs, , "War Department, has received a copy of the annual report of i Terrible Situation In Zapata County, Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 25. Reports today from Zapata County contirm the news that the poorer class there are facing starvation. They must have im mediate help in the way of food or the results will be terrible. Range water has failed, and cattle are too weak to travel and are dying rapidly. The coun try Is literally burned up by drouth. There Is not a green thing to be seen except cactus plants. Zapata County la oO miles from the nearest railroad, and whatever In the way of food Is sent to the farmers in the famine-stricken place must be hauled from Laredo, a two days trip at best. MaYOr Hicks, of this rltv lino ctnrtpr! .rroiessor x'reu v. iiuuuauu, we Beuei a relief fund, and has already sent a Superintendent of Public Instruction for , amall sum of money to Lare(Jo to be used the Philippines, which covers the time ln buying food for the sufferers Relief from tne enactment, oi ine .rnmppuie work u be continued here. Nothing has school law to the close of the last fiscal been heard from the War DenartmRnr In year, June 30, 1901. , The school law mentioned authorized the appointment from, the 'United States of 1000 school teachers, of whom Profes sor Atkinson says 781 had been appointed. There was no scarcity of material from which to make the selection, more than 8000 personal written applications having been filed. Speaking of the general conditions, Pro fessor Atkinson said: "The great present need is that of ade quate and suitable school buildings. Pres ent sohool buildings consist generally of one or two large rooms with several heard from the War Department In answer to a request for rations sent by Congressman Kleburg. Armour on His Way Home. CHICAGO, Aug. 25. Kirk B. Armour, head of the extensive Armour enterprises in Kansas City, and who was recently stricken with a critical Illness at Wat kins Glen, N. Y., passed through Chicago today en route to his Kansas City home. He was in a private car and was attended by a physician and trained nurses. Dr. Griffith stated that Mr. Armour was rest ing comfortably. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Philippines. The military force at Manila will be Increase to prevent a possible uprising; Page 1. Ono hundred insurgents surrendered during thj past week. Pago 1. A report on education In the Philippines wa$ made public Page 1. Domestic. Steel workers are willing' to make concession to end the strike. Pace 1. United States Attorney Evans, of Minnesota, died suddenly. Pago 1. A Tennessee nejrro murderer was burned a( the stake. Page 2. The Knlght3 Templar conclave at Loul3VlIl will open tomorrow. Pago 2. Foreisn. Turkey will not buy tho quays of the FrencS company. Page 2. Boers resume activity In Cape Colony. Page 2, Lord Strathcona may bo appointed to the Jolnf high commission. Page 2. Sport. Portland won from Spokane. 6 to 3. Page 3. Seattle defeated Tacoma. 7 to 3. Page 3. Holbein, who tried to swim the English Chara nel, was nearly drowned. Page 3. Pacific Conit. Saloon robbers Xn Tacoma killed one man and wounded two. Page 0. "Whitman County, In the Palouse, Wash.. dls trlct, has a record-breaking- wheat cropj Pae S. iSavls' bondsmen charge negligence in stlpulal tion recently filed in defalcation caaot Pace U. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon will produce between 20,000.000 and 24.000,000 pounds of evaporated prunes thU year. Pass 1. Death of David Simon, father of United State Senator Joseph Simon. Page 10. John Burns committed suicide ln tho Belve dere Hotel. Page 10. Calgary. N. "W. T.. police recovered $8300 to cash and $1000 worth of Jewelry stolen by Mrs. Burgess from T. W. Martin. Page 3. Subscriptions to the free swimming bath fund aggregate $3413 31. Page 3. Upland birds killed ln counties where tha game season Is open may not be taken intc counties where the season la closed. Page 8 Major J.' F. Case denies the stary of th wholesale marriage of American teach.e at Manila. Page 10. First automobile cross-country run to Oregon. Page 8.