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CAUTION ! lief re you buy a stove or range minlne I no Royal Charter Oak Better work, last fuel and la b..r. iin I U; longer. Prior reasonable. W. J. Scully, 4JI BOM) STKIiET. Between Mnlh and Tenth finest Restaurant In the City Keulur Mould cents Stiuiluy Pinner n Spiviulty W.W. Whipple Typewriters. improvements iwMttl Set our latest No. 2 Smith Premier Typewriter New Arl Catalogue. Freti . . . L- M. ALEXANDER CO. Ktolumve l'amtic Count lWiers 215 Stark St., Portland, Ons F V. M'KDl'llMK. I whI Aeiit. D, Cualom Hovine Broker. . ASTORIA, ORE Aceul W, r. A Co. mil fault!) Kxiirtui Go a. TESTIFIES IN HIS OWN BEHALF Admiral Schley's Version of the Santiago Fight. outlim;s plan of battle Tclll of Iki lailriKtlooi Mc lltd (Uvea Com naodlaf Ollkcr lie fori Uavlig llaaipioa Itoadi IsUdtsti tl Slpbct'i Villi. WAHIIIMiTuN, ivi. : -A lmir! H tit,-y ' k Hi' atan I iluy In hl own behalf In Hip c 'Urt nf limurv. and when ruurt adjourned he n,,j.n(!y ia. n,i. ly gotten nrll undi-r wuy lii III.- te-. I'm my Tln-r- d-m.iiitt;ni of nv kn 1 d'.nliiK Hi admirals ni I il only ! wis here a llr in the mml whan Imtli'ttt (I any reeling on tie .iirt of he listener Tlut wa w.'n-n tin? ad 1nir.1l, l.-Ulling h nrri.illn w.tli Sampson ill k'-y W.-st, I . I hon he jmuii"I til.- r-iiiiriiander-iiii'hief of I. in fi i: 1 1 hini. VI. 11 c .111" n.li'.urn. i-1 n.::ny . tii..r pit 1 'k th a lmir. ill I1111I H. li!-- .lunm-.t iik.i t!ii- 1 tin hv i'uIIiiiiiik she i'Un h!rh h.' I1.1 1 In tl. .ii.-.l l i ih - 1 Miiiiiuri.llnir iiftl i ii' fuie .'miii IIiiiiiIiii It u , j) UK I i-p:.li'-1 ti "II Hip 1 .iiiimint iiir ..in. :nl th- (c-ni-ral 1'l.in "f Hip 1 11 1 If.'ti iui'1 ! 1.1 rru In lh'- line f ImICp and tl K' ti'Til lr.n.'!,:.- .u:d In. t 1 nl .v k Iin- he ,1 ii lii.it - !. c 'iM'iilrnl!iii( t.ip.r fl ii jx rf 1 Itiem In their erl- r I .I d Ifmt f.r the r.. .:i t!n; It I.ti-r .lmia ..f hi til,, hi 1 l n all 1 niM.'k '.hi- lenler and r'ir reiilt.ni In e.- .( ui it .nr f , J h bii Iron." !.':.. I 'liillniiliiK. I , i f ihe arriv al "f I!'" Hi nil .iiid'..n HI Kfv Wer(. f . - .f-r ne.' .th H.iiiu.n. nn h,h vi-i'ii hp iimiri.'.l tie lil'.er ..f !i k . 11 ! iuyiltv I 1 the iu Ih. y li Ih p 'r"'en!i-l. n iv mivj- 1 ,.f eal:nir ff '':-n. fU'K S.-hl.-v m:.. -Afi.-r g i h.ild .if r..'l.-ni (It e. ! r. ll." nll.i li 11 well ;i lie- I. v r .-Ml 1 dly. and .lh thr l.itr . il'Thi'T .' the -ar I m s it hive . ii. . I ,ei .liit with w, r. w Hither. Wi ll I it "I m.i"V a il''tit .ih .ut whleii II. 1 in- nil II h i) hii'ti nude. One nf :he i-i!IV: 1 t , K.i t i N- Y .rk iibo-hit'-'v itii i-ti- 1 in. The r- ,i a; 'ej. fiiPK i a r.illlv.ir nneil, mil ;e,-l !:h I'r iJ.-elliiir ! im ..r )tu:i were nl w.iv 'n d.inpf.-r, uti.- ..f the nix-p-'imd- er Ruim .if ih- Itpxiklyn t--nt at nn iiiikI- . f "11 di-KP-ea by r.-mlnu Int ' e.ill.jcl.m wtlh oill'.er. The ir.ih:-n jir-'nenleil t.i 111,- t 1 .-nfueit'i. t.i ..lv,. hat nf i-oalinic -hii d inurb.-d the IU vle nf :he w.irl l f.ir .'' year. I think we u. e.niiili!hei this i' n .imlily well. 1111 I r the elrounmUiu-ed." S' llley rel.lti-d the llie dent nf Clptllin S'.Kitii-e ciinilnit ah wrj the Ilni iklyn fnun the St. Paul nff Bant aifi, and prove Vd to give the Information h!eh SiB'te'e bid brUKht. "I nail :o htm: " 'Captain, have you Kvt the Pons her,-?' "lie r.ai.1: N'o. they are not In here. I have been In very elme.' lteferrlnis In a ireneral way to SlfCs-Ih--'ii vlli, Sehley Mid: "My habit of life, not only In point of command of Ihe miuadron, but aUo In rommind of the uhlp, wna to assume the reShinlbillty and diuicer of eon. sure of anv inoveim-nt that nilnht be made to Jimilfv It. but I w.ia newr wll'. Inif. under any i-ir.utnaiimeci, to te a pnrtlolpimt In tilnrlen I would not di. ilde. That wa tho senenil principle umn whleh I a.ted In ttits nia:t-r. "If any of u ma le mlstaki j during Ihe eanip.i nn of SjiiHI.ik.i or elseuhetv, It w .ik In hiippohIiik 'he Spaniards would ever do I'Ik'u at the riKht tlm". 1 bave often been surprised that Oervera did not leave Santiago wh.-n I left Cien fueifoa. I found out nfterwaida whv he did nut do It simply hernueo he oonld no:-.tnd therefotv v, did not suffer any." Sehley dlx.-uaieil h! dlspateh to Ihe nnvy depigment rexardnif disobey am e if or I.-in. He wild that traiu lated the mesjuKe n eentlally dif ferent from the JiRpateh as he h,l fr.ini.M It. lie confiiil.ii that there had been no dl."obed!anee; that he had eompll-d with the orders III return. nir to S-mtliiK-o and held that the proper eonuru -Hon of hla dlspateh would re lieve him of this eharxe. At tills point eourt Hdjourned. JKSIUTS C.OINM TO AUSTRIA. P.m-Oer.nans Opposed to lie Settlement of Fugitives, NKW YORK. Oct. !4.-Tlie Vienna cor.vspondetit of the London Times and New York Times savs the dread of relnforc-ments for the already formid able rlerlr.tl element bv the arrival of Jesuits foreed to leave France, Is Indl eal?d by queatlona aaked In the relchB raih. The Pan-Germans In particular iip.i-J thp iwill-ment of the F'emh ,'UK.tlvea In Auxirla. The gov-nimi'iit'a r-j) y in t r'urliiif. However, uimthi-r protin: ha hferi nuile, mi-irib.-ri, of tin- airnc liartv pMitinit nit the iuprpniiM-y of th . 'ill In i',le Aumr an chureh. The .v "iiiineiil uiK-d to follow the Pri-nch .- in.ple and rxerelne nr-iiter conirol net th" rel'irl iu ordem. The cornr pnn ti-rit :he appri-h'-n'I'.n thu xprefiip I wld'iipr'd. Tin: TRiAf- P ji'ikjb SuYM rrtl i"o.NVPfR.V'Y liffortH tn Hhnvv That Iipf'-nb-nt Cn 'plrej t i (ihtaJn Valuable M'tiln l'rop-rty. SAN' PltANTIWO. (t. M.-In th Noiiip .-iMit-rn t r Inventiifntlon, te f hp fulled Kt.itni f'ommiiii'l'inpr l'e- e.k t Klay. Attorney IMbOiury. in h.i eapa-lty "amlcua turlae." made a l:ni t tharK'' fiat a c innplracy exlst r I liPtw.-n Kn'ti-d Htatpn lilatr-et Judic? V iye, an) other t.i obiain p in .f a tiutib'-r of iii'iip iieur Nome. Pur ,iK the ei.imtnithm of Pamuel I'Uiiham the i.riKl'ial liKa.or of the T ipkuk mini. Attoni-v H'-nry interrup'.pld l.v i-klnif I'lPnlmry Just who h- hopd to eonmi't with th" nlb-K-'d conspiracy. I'iliturv anna' Tel. Hy the .-niliii..ny of this -.vltnesa 1 snt-n I h ;njf .hat An hi' Whii-ler jK t Inl 1 th.- ease ihrouuh Ju due Noy's; , fiat Aieinl r M. K-nr e hv hl Intlu ;.. with :h r-iurt i at.P'int'd re ceiver fir !v- nilni-s; that Judff N-iye. j v:--xii 1- r M-K'r.xie. It. I-. ftevens. 1 Ai.h.e Wh---l- r and others ere e,,iri ' I In a i n.ispl -a.'V to ob'.V.n his val I a ih - pr .p.-rty." j "Who are the othpra?" askd H'nrv "Thtt." repll'il I'.llslniry. "will ."me I on; lat-r." API-KAI, FH-iM NiiVP,-' Kl'MNO '. ntenl l That the AlaskJ Judae Kr n l In Trial nf R ihln-rv ""aa.-. SAN PliANi'lS'o. n,t. Zt IWire th- I'n .. Sut-s -lr-u:t cour. of a p. tM als t Hlay, a.'K.imentt were heard on ih.- pp-a! of (;.sirae Ailen from the Jiidem-n: "f ImpMa wim.-nt f 'r all. ged r. hh-rv. Ini.e, oy rnlied Ptat - D. trlrt Julk-e N .. of Alaska. At:nrn"y fir the appellant ronten I p that Judice N v -a erred during the trial, an I thai he prlulc-d the Jurv astaln ihe prisoner hv Hid s.-reie r !mrk, an I by unfair and errneius ! rui.nns on ou stiitia of law. r,ni:s oVKIt FAIttAXKMENT. ltiirl r.Ktm Train P'o'ige Forty Feet Thr. F.i'allv Injund. ( TTI'MWA. Ii. Oct. The I'hl. . an 1. IturliiKton and Kansas City pas-eni- r triin was wr ked neir Fxlln t iilav. The entire trn'n. consisting of 1 liy c.iieh mill ant i-..mblna".on ears, wllh the eng!n-. 'oeing thrown ever a forty f.t em'iinkment. The earn iv. re silinter-d. Tiere wvre nearlv M ta-senTs In the coach and how they -i up" I Is a mystery. Thre. are pnib.ihly fatally Injured and seven others ba.llv hurt. CAPTAIN TII.LEY PET-ARTS Leaves f r Pang.i Paniro to Appear Be fore Cour: Mutial. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. Capialn It F. Tl'ley. sailed for Samoa todav on Ihe steamer Sama. i-apt n Tlllpy Is under orders to pro ved to Pango Tango to appear before the navil iurt mirtlal and answer to the chii'ges preferred nsnlnst him. WILL PIE NEXT TI'ESPAY. A-sassIn Cxilgisa to Be EUvtroruted at 7 in the Morning. ALBANY. X. T.. Oct. H.-Leon F. Cioli;osx, fie murderer of President MeKlnley. will be electrocuted at 7 a. m. on Tuesday. Oct ':'r 29, at Auburn prison. WATER POWER SECVRED. SPOKANE. Oct. '.'4. The Washington Water Power Company has secured In. teivst and it Is believed full control of the water p ctver at Post Falls, Idaho. This deal. It I believed, means, that elivtrlc poiver to operate the CiH-ur d'Alene mines will lie deve.ped In Sro k me. BREAKS HIS OWN RECOUP. KANSAS CITY. Oct. H Cresceua broke the world's mile record for a half mile track this afternoon. Rains: the distance In StW'U. and cllpplni? a ipiiiiter of a second off the best pre vious record, made by him at Toledo two weeks ago. WAPE PEFATES FLYNN. ANACONDA. Mmit., Oct. 24 Jack Wade, of Salt Iike, tonight scored a victory over "Poc" Flynn, of San Fran cisco. The flght was to have been for i.'rt rounds, but Wade knocked I1I3 op. ponent out In the 15th. PRICE OF SILVER. NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-8ilver, 57K. ARE IN TOUCH Abductors of Miss Stone Located by Missionaries. NOTHING FURTHER DISCLOSED lakaowt Wbtlacr Ncfailatlott (or Rnwia Have Beta 0peat4-OllkliU In Waik lo(ti (JnillUe', but Na Ad vk Kcc tlicd. CfiNST.VNTINOI'UR. Oct. 21 Ml i.nar'.e o-rjt!ni from Bamako"" liulKaria. are at last In toufh with the hrlK-inls who ablu.-teil Mas Stonp and Mm". Ts.lka. arc ir.linjr to di;tehe n-eelvej toliy. though whether nriT:-t-ona for t.ie :a.isom hive ac lui.lv lippn op'-iel t no-, dlael'wvj. OFFJi'lAUS All 10 OHATIFIKD. No Further Nws, H iwevt-r. It-celvej at the s-ar'.mfiit. WASHI.ViJTdN. Get. US- that iolss:onrl-s op-rattn( from Huliraria ar? In tou. h with tne br.itanla who ab duct 1 Ml Stone ia blKhlv gratifying 1 1 ofll.-lala h-ie. Set newa t- that ef-f.-i t, howpvpr, his ben reevlved at the d-partm-nt. ritft -.aJs cintlnu..- unre niitl.ngiy their efforts to aecure MVi Stone's re lea and today a dispatch was mit to Sje?n.-T Kdly. ae,.'r--.a.-v f th- l'nlte-1 StatirS legitl in at Con e'.anttnople, urging that rm!nari- K"t In communication with the brigands ,0 that the ran im could lie raid a.-ld the releiw of the m'ssionarr effeL-ied. AltRESTKD ON SrsPICION. Two M-n lk-!.-vd to He Conneete-1 With Cha-agi R.bery. CORNISM. N. V.. Oct. It The two men arrested yrsterlav on suspicion of j heitijj connected wllh th? Chicago pogt o!tlc riblM-rv were taken from a New (York Central freight train. Each of j the prisoners carried a teiesoope. jatch I el and b-tw vn them tte-v had half a j doi-n or more suits of old clothes which 1 vikiil I ke remnants from a rummag-J 1 sale. The nen gave th-lr names aj Wil liam Curria. of Trenton. N. J.. agl 37 yars. and Wililam Porter of Wor cester, Miss. Between them they are Mid :. have haj a kit of burglar tools and a iiuinti'y of tustaKe stamp, In elud ng due and special delivery stamps. COAL MINERS STRIKE OFF. Committee of the Miners Federation Pe el, I'd Against Action. NITW YORK. Oct. 24-In the ao pointment of the Paris correspondent of the London Times and the New York Times, the flr.naess of the French gov ernment has prevented the big coal m.ners- atrike that was 'hreatened. th committee of the Miners' Federation de ciding against action. Nearly all the opposition papers rail at. and Insult the committee for Its alleged lack of courage. In the chamber of deputies, remarks the convsp indent, eighty-five Royal ists and others put themselves on rec ord in 'h bote on the dawdling meas ures pr.iposed hy Mr. Basly, as encour sglng the strike. PERMANENT CENSUS BUREAU. Total Population In 1910 Estimated at lW.AOfl.noo. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. It is ex pected that the census committees of both h 'use. of congress at the coming sesion w ill const ler legislation looking to the pstibllshment of a permanent census bureau. Direct r Merriim today estimated that the total populathn of the United States. Including the new possessions. In 1S10 would be about I'sl.iWO.OOO people. SEVER!- ECONOMIC CRISIS. NEW YORK. Oct. 24. The Berlin eorresp -ndeiit of the London Times and the New Qork Times says the eno mlc crisis Is particularly severe In West Prussia. President Von dossier, with capital attracted from West Germany, hud succeeded in reviving the Industry and commerce of Pantile. These are now menaced by the prevailing depres sion. CHINA'S COAL MINES. Mining Expert Says They Are the Most Ex'ens've In the World. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 23. Herbert C. Hoover, a mining expert, who, ac- c rding to President Jordan, of Stan ford University, of which he Is a grad uate, has been receiving a salary of fil.OOO a year. Is here on his way lo London. After three years of expert explora tion on behalf of the board of mines of the Chin-- (jrvrnment, Mr. iT.vver dp-iar-.l that there la no valuable gild mlnea In "hl:ia. but lhat th tountrjr Is th r.ihesi in the world In cal boih bitu.n.noua and anthracite. A company nhhh t built a harbr at iiln Wan Tow la preparing ti eliip cok to Han FraiKia.-o i,n Ita own e li. This tokn. Mr. HiyVer lays, fan Si- landed hre at a rate wjil 1 w,ll make profitable the ameldnf of Iron In "al-furnla. Uliii-.'OVBitY OF PLsOT AGAINST LITE OF RHASH H i In Bro-hjera Implicated and Ar Banlh-d for Llf Panli at Teheran. LONDON. Oct. 24. "Newi has b-en r-cpived here from Teheran." rtyi a diapatrh fro-n St. Petersburg t the tally Mail, "of the discovery of.a er. lous pint against the life of th Shah. Toe leider of the cmapiracy w.-re the hash'a two bnthera. Grand Vlxlor. Sadr Aasam and the ahash'a aon-ln-!aw. Thi two broth ra have ri bmished for life to Ardebtl. The i.n-ln-Uw was sentenced death, but on th acaf f dd h' en:ence waa mutlstati-1 to fl g ging until he revealed all of tne c m spintors. The sb"h"a favorite. Gavanv. who was ali concerned, was pardonei on : the aciffild but died subs-.-ou-nily In I prison. The whole revolutionary par ! ty. together with the higher pries a. I were In the pkt and all will be be headed or lmpi-Un'-d fir life. Th-re ! la a pa lie among the pe ip'.e at Tehe- TO PROTEX'T INDUSTP-IKS. Austrian Pass Restitutions Favoring Revislin of Tariffs. VIENNA. Oct. H. At a mating of committees representing Austrian agri cultural anl manufacturing Interest heid In Vienna lat nigh: to diacuss 1 measures for coping with the trans oceanic competition the following reso lutl in was adopted: "In view of th commercial poller of the United States and the examole of Germany, a complete recasting of the Austro-Hungarian customs tariffs Is advisable in order to affird adeauate and permanent protection to inlustrv and agriculture, to facilitate the con clumon of favorable commercial con ventions and to pnimote exportation. "Fjllonlng the example of the Unit ed States, facilities offered bv the cus toms tariff for concessions should b turned to advantage In the case of ev ery individual state. Treaties should lontnin nt clause granting the most fa vored nation treatment in a general and I r.nres-ricted senet but clauses should j lie inserted providing for reciprocity and j eU.vale,i; advantages." A further resolution advocated the conclusion of commercial treatle., for long periods w here they would give suf ficient pratctlon to home production, but recommend:-! treaties for short ter iods with the United States and the Argentine Republic, urg ng In conclu sion that the countries of Central Eu rope should "unite for a common de fense against tnns-oceanlc competi tion." ! AN UNMITIGATED NUISANCE. Winston Churchill Delivers Speech on South African War. LONDON Oct. 24. Winston Churchill. M. P., In the course of a speech at Leicester, last night, which is much commented on today declared that the war In South Africa has become "an unmitigated nuieance." The danger Is greater today than It was two years ago," Mr. Churchill de clared, "and the means of meeting the strain are being Sti-iouslv reduced." He urges the government to "re lieve L'rd Kitchener of th heavv de tail work and prepare for a nw cam paign with a refreshed army and a defi nite plan. DISTRESS IX WEST PRUSSIA. Municipal Work Urged for Relief of the Unemployed. BERLIN. Oct. 24 President Von Goessler of the Province of West Prus sia, has calUM a convention in Dantilc October 2S to discus? remedies for In dustrial and agricultural distress. A deputation fro-n 600 unempln-ed persons has visited the burgomaster of Dantzic to urge h'nt lo begin mu nicipal work for the relief of the unem ployed. The Hamburg nn ttal workers have pe titioned the senate of Hamburg to pro vide employment through relief works. FOR UNIVERSAL STRIKE. Committees Throughout the World. Anarchists. Asser:. Are Only Awaiting the Signal. BARCELONA. Oct. 24 The anarchist propaganda In favor of a general strike is prjving fruitful In Spain. Leading anarchists assert that the committee throughout the world, representing 8, 000.000 workers, are only awaiting the signal to Inaugurate a universal strike proposed ov German workmen and ap proved by the American and European committees. VENGEANCE OF A MISSISSIPPI MOB Negro Tied to Pine Sapling and Burned at the Stake. HAD ASSAULTED A WOMAN He Mad Ms Outcry talll Partly CaamaKg 17 Uw Flaajcf-Offered fit Resin s astf SaM H tkunti itif Fate. COLUMBIA. Mis.. Oct. 24. A negro named B.ll Morris, who assaulted Mr. John Ball at Ball town, was burned at the stake today. He was taken to the scene of the crime, tied to a pine sap ling with chains and bis feet and hand chained to nis body. Pine knots and pine straw were piled about the body and saturated with coal oil and the whole set on Are. The negro made no outcry when the flames first reached him, and only when he was partly consumed did the specta tors notice any movement on his part. He male no resistance when being bound to the stake, and said he deserv ed his fate. FREIGHT CARRIES IDLE. Big Staamers In New York Find Diffi culty in Securing Cargoes. NEW TORK. Oct. 24. Numerous floating grain elevators looming above the stores of the Atlantic basin back of Governor's Island, and 124 berth ed steamers, many of them tossing Idly as an attest to the unprecedented dull ness in ocean freights, savs the World. It Is due to the shortage of the corn crop out West. Corn exports are 3, OnO.OOO bushels behind the same date of 1J00. "Corn makes ocean freights, not wheat," explained Broker Dunham, of Dunham & Moore, freight brokers and f.irwardlng agents. Experts estimate 100.000 tons of ocean cargo space tKd up In New York, about the tame amount In Philadelphia and smaller amounts In Boston. Baltimore. Norfolk and New Orleans. Coal that was for merly carried to Europe for $3.73 and 14 a ton Is now carried for J2. General cargo, from the Gulf to Denmark that brought 14 50 and $3 a ton is now being taken for 13.12. Ocean freights have fallen off 20 per cent at least. Bennett. Wash & Company of this city, have chartered out 170 steamera for their clients, many of whlcft are doing nothing at all. Even the big trans-Atlantic steamers have difficulty l.i securing cargoes. PAN-AM ERIC AN FINANCES. Must Clear $30,000 a Day to Maye Pay ment on Mortgige Bonds. BUFFALO. Oct. 24 The Pan-American Exposition Company has $S04,000 -ash to Its credit to be devoted to pay ing an adltional proportion of the first mortgage bonds. Already $1.250,0O of the $2,300 000 first mortgage bonds has been Pali. The amount now due on the first mortgage bonds Is $446,000. The exposition has nine days more. If It should clear $50,000 a day for the nine days It would have sufficient cash, to make the last payment on the first mortgage bonds. If it fails t average a net profit of $30,000 a day there may be a default on a part of the first mort gage bo.id payment. Th hollers of the second mortgage bonds seem to agree that no payment w-'.U be mvle to them. The unpaid contractors are clamoring to get the 70 per cent still due them on fh?lr claims, but thus far they have been unsuccessful. The second nvrt gige bonds 'otal $300,000. The stock represents $2,100,000. Th? amoun: of contractors' claims is not stated exact ly at present. AMEER ENCOURAGES TRADE. NEW YORK, Oct. 24. A dispatch to the London Timss and the New York Times from Simla says It is reported that Ameer Hablb Ullah has made a liberal advance to the merchants of Kabul for the purpose of stimulating trade and reviving the former flourish ing commerce with India, which Ameer Abdur Rahman's policy practically des troyed. ELDER SMITH CHOSEN. SALT LAKE, Oct. 24 Elder Hyrum M. Smith, son of President Joseph F. Smith, of the Mormon church, was to day chosen to fill the vacancy In a quorum of twelve apostles caused by the elevation to 'he presidency of Jos. F. Smith. CONVICTED OF MURDER.' TACOMA, Oct. 24 Alexander C. Vane?, who shot and killed F. Franklin at Eatonvile. September 2, was tonight convicted of murder In the first degree.