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ISTHMUS CONDI TIONS IMPROVE Encouraging Report of Shonts, Chair man of Commission. 'Many Houses Erected and Old .Ones Repaired Docks and Railroad Shops Nearing Completion Gen eral Health ef Laborers is Very Much Better. Washington, Oct. 19. Chaiimin Shonts, of the Isthmian canal commis sion, made the following statement of his observations on the Isthmus of Pan ama during his recent visit: "The most encouraging feature of affairs on the isthmus, observed by every person during the last six or eight months who had been there pre viously, was the feeling among the men. Chief Engineer Stevens' meth ods and personality are making a strong impression and creating confidence in liiB measures. "I found that substantial progress had been made in the repairing and construction of hosues, over 200 of the old French houses having been repaired during the laBt two months. A large dock at Christobal, which has 28 feet of water, will be ready for snips in a very few weeks. Rapid progress is be ing made on dock 14, also at Cristobal. "When these docks are all accepted and in operation, we shall be able to handle all the commission material and a large part oi the Panama commercial freight from these docks, leaving the old docks largely for the use of ships of other lines. We are also putting in shops and terminal yards at Cristobal and have planned yards for La Boca and the end of the line. The bridges of the Panama railroad have been strengthened so as to cairy the heavier locomotives now arriving on the isth mus. "General health conditions are illus trated by the fact that notwithstanding we have increased the laboring force to nearly 4.000 men during the last four months, the number of patients in An von hospital was lower than for many previous months." ATTACK ON LOCAL TRUSTS. Government is Prosecuting Hawaiian Lumber and Meat Monopolies. Honolulu, Oct. 20. Acting under instructions of the United States attor ney general, District Attorney Breckens has instituted the first of a number of injunction suits for the purpose of breaking up the local trusts. A suit was filed today against the firms of Allen & Robinson, Lewers & Cooke and Wilder & Co. It asks that the Federal court issue a perpetual in junction restraining the above named firms from carrying out an alleged agreement controlling the entire lum ber business of the islands. It is alleged that the three firms named control 90 per cent of the busi ness here and have combined, in viola tion of an act of congress to prevent the unlawful restraint of trade. It is fur ther alleged that the price of lumber here, as a result of the combination, is 175 per cent in advance of that on the mainland. Practically all the lumber used here is imported. United States Dietrict ' Judge Dole signed an order to show cause why the injunction should not be issued. The hearing was set for December 4. It is reported that Mr. Breckens is about to file a similar suit against the cattle and meat dealers, of whom there are about 70, including many very prominent ones. It is alleged that practically all of the cattle ranchers of the island have combined to control re tail prices, agreeing not to compete and to sell only at a single market in Honolulu. TITLE OBTAINED FRAUDULENTLY Suit Begun at Tacoma to Recover Government Land. United States Has Been Defrauded Out or Large Tracts in Washing ton, Oregon and California Em ployes of Interior Department are Involved. AMERICAN RIGHTS SUSTAINED. CUBA FEARS COMPETITION. Probable Reduction of Tariff on Phil ippines Alarms People. Havana, Oct. 19. The fear that the United Stats will lower the tariff on Philippine products was one of the factors that led to the united movement of the seven commercial, industrial and agricultural organizations of Cuba in favor of a new treaty with the United States. The directors of the joint movement begun here Tuesday night visited Pres ident Palma this evening and outlined to him their purpose of securing a gen eral treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States to supersede the praesent reciprocity treaty between the two countries. The committee said it desired to inform President Palma defi nitely of the project that had been uu dertaken, in order that it might be as sured that the Cuban government fav ored it. Root Proves Gloucester Fishermen May Fish Off Newfoundland. Washington, Oct. 20. After a con ference between Secretary Root and Sir Mortimer I hi rand, the Britich ambas sador, lasting for an hour and a half, it was announced that a speedy and satisfactory solution of the Gloucester Newfoundland fisheries controversy was in sight. Tiie facts obtained showed that the Newfoundland inspector of revenue protection service directed that American vessels should not be allowed to fish under American register, on the ground that they had never done bo in the past. Prior to this time the Amer ican fishermen had bought bait in New foundland under fishing license. They are now prevented by law from buying bait, and the authorities have been un willing to permit them to catch herring without a special fishing license. Mr. Root informed the ambassador that an American register is a ship's highest proof of nationality, and carries with it not only a license to trade, but also a regular fishing license. As soon as this fact is made clear to the Newfoundland authorities, it is ex pected they will withdraw all objec tion. Meantime, the American fisher men, with the approval of the State department, have been instructed to continue their fishing. Tacoma. Wash.. Oct. 17. In the Federal court today six cases were filed by Attorney General Moody on behalf of the United States to recover to the government the title to lands of the public domain in Washington, Oregon and California, ovl- of which the Unit ed States has been defrauded. The complaint charges that Freder ick A. Hyde, John A. Benpon, C W. Clarke; the Willamette Pulp & Paper company, a corporation existing under the laws of the state of Maine; Wil liam G. Gosslin, Allred Truxbury, W. H. Sawyer and others, by fraudulent schemes and practices, involving brib ery, perjury, suoorn-'tion of perjury forgery, fraudulent affidavits of persons not desiring or intending to purchase lands, and affidavits of fictitious per sons, have, while pretending to comply with the laws of the United States re garding the disposition of the public lands and the granting of lieu lands, divested the government of large tracts in the Vancouver land district in this state, and in California and Oregon. It is further charged that the defend ants employed one Henry P. Dimond, a lawyer of San Francisco, to assist them in their fraudulent procuring of public lands by representing them be fore the department at Washington, D. C. It is also alleged that the defendants employed Woodford D. Harlan and William E. Valk, employes of the In terior department, whose duties are to investigate and report on cases of the fraudulent entry and acquisition of lands, to give them information con cerning departmental affairs connected with the public lands and otherwise misuse their trust to aid the defendants in defrauding the government. DYED BUTTER FOR NAVY. WARSHIPS IN CARIBBEAN. MONOPOLY CHARGE FAILS. Beef Packers Will Be Tried, How ever, for Conspiracy. Chicago, Oct. 19. Federal Judge J. Otis Humphrey today gave a decision on the demurrer of the meat packers charged with illegal conspiracy. He overruled the portion of the demurrer in which the packers attacked the odd numbered counts, charging monopoly, was sustained. Following the decision, counsel for the packers asked leave to extend his demurrer to the third count of the in dictment to the firot count, to which he previously announced he would enter a plea of not guilty. The court allowed this and then overruled the demurrer to the first count. Judge Humphrey gave the defendants until Monday next to enter special pleas in the case. Popular Farewell to Wright. Manila, Oct. 19. Arrangements are being made for a popular farewell dem onstration upon the departure of Gov ernor I. uke E. Wright for America. It will take the form of a lanquet, public reception and a water pageant. Gov ernor Wright has vetoed the proposi tion to give him a valuable present, nubscribed for by the public, as it might be construed as indicating his intention not to return to the islands. The foreign residents of this city are enthusiastic over the proposition to give Governor Wright a farewell. France Ready to Enforce Demands on Venezuelan Government. Washington, Oct. 20. Secretary Root is doing all he can to assist in bringing about a settlement of the differences between the French and Venezuelan governments growing out of the refusal of the latter to longer maintain diplo matic relations with M. Taigny, French charge d'affairs, in Caracas. Today he discussed the situation with both M. Jusserand, the French ambassador, and Senor Veloz, the Venezuelan charge d'affairs here. The French ambassador, as he was leaving the State department, said M. Taigny was entirely without fault in the matter. He had merely obeyed the directions of the Paris foreign office when he sent to the Venezuelan gov ernment a letter of protest against its action in seizing the property of the French cable company. "Therefore," said the ambassador, "France will support him." He added significantly: "We have two beautiful warships now in the Caribbean sea." Coal Tar Was Used by Contractors at League Island. Washington, Oct. 17. That samples of butter submitted as a portion of a large quantity supplied to the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia prove to be colored with coal tar dye is the substance of a report which Chief Chemist Wiley, of the department of Agriculture, will submit tomorrow to Secretary Wilson. Specimens were re cently taken for analysis from the League Island yards hospital kitchen and barracks, from the United States receiving ship Lancaster and other na val craft by representatives of the Pennsylvania dairy and food commis sioners, who are said to have obtained similar samples from the men who sold the produce. Mr. Wilson will refer the report to President Roosevelt, who will, in all probability, call the attention of the department of Justice to the matter. RUSSIA IN NEW FERMENT. Strikes Break Out in the Big Manu facturing Cities. St. Petersburg, Oct. 18. The strike at Moscow has given an impetus to the new wave of strikes and disorders which is sweeping over the country and which promises a repetitioa of the period of stress that prevailed in Janu ary and February, though, it is hoped, on a less serious scale. Besides the tumult in St. Petersburg and Moscow, strikes and disorders inspired by the events in the latter place are reported from Saratoff, Kieff, Kazan, Kharkoff and other cities, while the strike move ment has again broken out in Moscow. Dispatchs from Ekaterinoslav, Ku ban and Tiflis report troubles in the Caucasus, which, however, have no connection with the Russian move ment. A large part of the working people seem to be inspired by a spirit of un rest. The movement is largely politi cal, and is engineered by the Social Democrats and Social Revolutionaries, many of the leaders of whom deplore the outbreak at this time, as it will interfere with the perfected campaign of the parties during the elections ot the donma. They say, however, that it was necessary to take advantage of the outbreak at Moscow, even though they were not fully prepared for the movement. I BRITAIN TO HAVE MIGHTIEST BATTLESHIP H. M. S. Dreadnought, 18,000 Tons, Is Planned to Be the Largest and Heaviest Man-of-War Afloat. PAY DUTY ON PRESENTS. President Orders Daughter 1 reated Like All Other Citizens. Chicago, Oct. 18. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Washington says: Secretary Shaw and Collector Stratton, of the port of San Francisco, have had a load of trouble for several weeks about which the public has known nothing, and it was lifted yesterday when the secretary was told by Presi dent Roosevelt to collect the legal duty on ali dutiable articles brought back to this country by Miss Alice Roosevelt. The tota.1 duty is expected to reach nearly $60,000. The daughter of the president has re ceived during her trip to the Philip pines, China, Japan and Corea many pretty and some quite valuable pres ents. Some of the customs officers suggested Miss Roosevelt ought to be allowed to bring the valuables in duty free, inasmuch as she was treated with all the honors of a princess and did much to cement friendship between the united States and foreign countries The belongings of crowned heads, of royalty and of diplomats are always ad mitted free of duty into the United States. Secretary Shaw received sug gestions until he was almost sick. The presents are worth probably $100,000, and if the usual rate of duty was im posed it wouia cost Miss Kooseveit or her father upwards cf 60 per cent or $60,000. Neither Miss Roosevelt nor her father is rich, although the young woman is understood to have a modest fortune in her own right. WILL DEFEND CANAL. KOMURA REACHES TOKIO. Received Warmly by Mikado, Coldly by His People. Tokio, Oct. 17. Baron Komnra, the Foreign minister, who acted as chief plenipotentiary for Japan, arrived here today from ancouver, 1?. C. 1 1 is re ception at the railway station was not enthusiastic, those present being prin. cipally government dignitaries The streets were strongly guarded by the troops, police and gendarmes. The baron drove to the palace in an impe rial carriage. United States Government Decides to Fortify the Terminals. Washington, Oct. 18. Fortification of the terminals of the Panama canal is one of the subjects to be considered by Secretary Taft, when he makes his visit to the isthmus, and for this purpose he will be accompanied by members of the first committee of the Fortifications board. This committee consists of Major J. P. Storey, ex-chief of artil lery, retired; Brigadier General Alex McKenzie, chief of engineers; W. M. Crozier, chief of ordnance; Samuel M. Mills, chief of artillery; Captain Charles Sperry, of the navy, and Major George Goethals, corps of engineers All the members of this committee will not accompany the secretaiy and untii definite orders are received it is prob able that General Storey, Captain Sper ry ami Major Goethals will be the members who will go to Panama Fortification of the canai was forbid den by the first Hay-Pauncefote treaty, but this treaty was amended by the senate. The canal treatv which was finally adopted and is now in force, Menace to the Flag. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 19. At the meeting of the American Missionary association today Rev. Mr. Do rem us Scndder, of Honolulu, pleaded for the establishment of Christianity as the re ligion of the islands, pointing out that the Japanese living there maintain Home 50 schools to teach their children Buddhism, the Japanese language, and loyalty, not, he asserted, to the Stars and Stripes primarily, but to the em peror of Japan. Jer-y Simpson Has Quiet Day. Wichita, Kan., Oct. 19. At 10 o'chx-k last night ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson was sleeping soundly. He passed a quiet day. His son, lister Simpson, and family arrived yesteiday morning from Roswell, N. M. j Alturas, Cat., is in Ruins. Reno, Nev., Oct. 20. From an un known cause a fire started at Alturas, Cal., at 9 o'clock last night, and when the flames were under control late this afternoon the greater portion of the thriving Modoc county town was in ashes, at least $75,000 worth of prop erty being swept out of existence. The fire started in a candy factory, from what cause will probably never le known. A brisk wind carried the flames from one building to another, the fire fighters being unable to check its coarse. The emperor showed exceptional and which superseded the Clv-I?n1ur 1. i - Ti TT 11- . i I. . 1 nunur iu carun rwomura oy uispaicning treatv lias no mention of fortifications. to okohoma, where he landed from but does allow the United States to use me i-.mpress ot India, Colonel Inouye, such military force as mav be necessary in a iunjmy a am- ir-ram , wno went to DOliee anl ttrotert th rnna i -i.i . .. -i aionPiue uie steamer in a liippateh 1 A. 1 1. T dohi ana orou&zni Jvomura asliore. c I V LCI IU Francis is Found Guilty. Philadeiphia, Oct. 20. Stanley Fran cis, who has been on trial in the Unit ed States District court since October 9, charged with using the mails to de fraud in connection with the defunct Storey Cotton company, was today lounti guilty, francis, who was known under several aliases, waa charged by the government with being a principal in the Storey Cotton company, which when closed by the postal authorities, owed $2,926,578 to "customers." Great Storm in Oklahoma. Guthrie, O. T., Oct. 20. Heavy wind storms prevailed throughout East ern Oklahoma last night. The worst was at Manfoodkit, where two children were killed and nine persons injured, two prabably fatallv. At Meriden a house was demolished, but no one was hurt. Near Cu-diing farm buildings were damaged, but no persons have been reported injured. by Uncle Sam. Havana i)i t IS Tim ctx-on Sweden Dissolves Union. mercial. industrial and H.-nhnrul Stockholm, Sweden. Oct. 17. TIia hussni'iatmna nf ruin ot ;,; , Sweden ex here tod.v. unanimously passed a reso. lut union between Norway and isting sine 1814 has been dissolved. both houses of the riksdag having pass .. I 4 1 1 1 I 1 . I cu mc government inn repealing me act of union and recognizing Norway as a state separate , from the union w ith Sweden." The lower house adopt ed the bill without debate, but two or three members of the senate expressed the opinion that the dissolsution was a irreparable minsfortune and would be regretted, Both houses subsequently passed the new nag law. Want Prohibition in Arizona Tnc9on, Arizona, Oct. 17. A Star special from Present t says that the Ari zona Association of Congregational Ministers has adopted a resolution urg ing congress to incorporate in the Ari zona statehood bill a pmliibitirn against the licensing of gambling, lot teries and the sale of intoxicating liquors in the state of Arizona, claiming protection to the Arizina Indians anil the o'tizenship of the state, as provided by the Oklahoma bill. ion that the great commercial need of Cu'ia is a new. and. if possible, a permanent, commercial treaty with the United S ates. The meeting elected a committee to initiate a movement to ward obtaining such a treatv. Louis Galban, a leading importer and presi dent of the Havana chamler of com merce, was chosen president of the joint movement. The British are about to begin the construction of the largest, heaviest, most powerful and most costly battle ship ever built, and Intend to have the pennant flying from ner mast with in sixteen mouths afier the date on which the first keel plates are iaid. This Invincible and Invulnerable war vessel Is to be named Dreadnought, and the British admiralty has designed her to be capable of equaling her name. She will mount more heavy guns than any two battleships now afloat; will be able to withstand an nttack from a submarine, and If she happens to touch off a floating mine will be able to continue afloat until a port is reached. In addition to these enviable virtues, the Dreadnought will also have great speed, and, if she wants to "turn tail" her engines, de veloping a speed of 21 knots an hour, win enaoie ner to outdistance any too pressing foe. Even If overtaken, the very thick armor plating will enable her to stand unusual punishment, and for dealing with torpedo boats she will have a small battery of one-pounders and six-pounders. She will also be armed with torpedo tubes, but will be unique in having no secondary bat tery. No details of the armor to be placed on the Dreadnought have been given, but It Is known that she will be the most completely armored ship afloat Her armor alone will weigh about 5,- 0(iO tons. In eunDower ih Drond. nought Is designed to be the most for midable warship ever 6een. No bat tleship in the world to-day carries more than four 12-inch guns, but the Dreadnough will mount no fewer than ten, or two and a half times as many as any ship afloat. This enormous bat tery of 12-Inch rifles will have a com bined muzzle energy of 4SO.OOO fnnt. tons. Each of these big guns will throw a shell weighing S50 pounds, the combined battery being able to throw over four tons of projectiles at one discharge. The Dreadnought will be able to throw this Immenso vnirV.f metal a distance of five or six miUo at which range the shells would pierce the armor of practically any battleship afloat. Progress in Battleships. There has been a wonderful ad vance in the development of battle ships within the last ten years. In 1S05 Great Britain had twenty-three armored ships, each of more than 10, 000 tons. To-day. If there are Includ ed the ships being built, she has sixty. In 18f5 the heaviest British battle ship was the Royal Sovereign, of 14. 2(W tons. There were eight ships of this type, and they were regarded as the finest afloat. France at that time had fourteen battleships, each of over 10,000 tons displacement, the largest being the Bouret, of 12,205 tons. There are now twenty-six battleships, each of more than 10,000 tons. In the French navy, the heaviest being the Demo cratic class, now building, ships of 14, 635 tons. Italy, In 1S05, had ten bat tleships ranking above the 10,000-ton class, the heaviest being the Lepanto, a 15.900-ton ship, built In 1SS3, and so heavily armed and armored that she almost found It difficult to get out of her own way. She Is now ranked as a second-class battleship; but she Is not considered fit to stand even In that line. The Italia, sister ship to the Lepanto, was built In 18S0, and was for many years the largest bat tleship afloat She represents an early attempt to build a monster battle ship, but apart from size, she has never been considered at all formida ble. Italy now has fourteen battle ships, each over 10,000 tons, the heavi est being the Reglna Margherita, 13, 124 tons. In 1895 the United States and Ger many were equal as to battleships of over 10,000 tons. Each had four; tha United States had the heaviest ship in the Iowa, of 11,340 tons. Germany's four were uniformly 10,300 tons. Now Germany has eighteen heavy battle ships, and six building. The United States has twelve, with thirteen build ing and two projected. The heaviest German battleships to-day are her 12,-997-ton class; the heaviest In the Uni ted States is the Connecticut class, 1G.000 tons. The wars of the United States with Spain and Japan with Russia have not been without their lessons to the naval powers, and the tendency Is to build larger and heavier battleships, so that they may carry more tremendous bat teries. The determination to build these enormous ships was arrived at only after considerable discussion. It was thought by some naval construc tors that more units, each of consid erable power, were to be desired above a few battleships of the greatest power. It was thought that the Dreadnought would be the last word In warship construction for many years, but now It appenrs that Japan Is to build three battleships of 19,000 tons each. Ger many Is reported to be considering a 20,000-ton warship, and France next year is to lay down one of 20.500 tons. Ferhaps the contest will end In uni versal peace, for there Is a limit to battleship construction, and If It Is not reached In the Dreadnought, It at least must be near. 1 ' 1 Sr- science Ships Scare Moors. London, Oct. IS. The British For eign olhce lias sent instructions to its minister to Morocco to take the most energetic measures in regard to the capture of the two officers of the roval marine. Several British warships are already off the Moorish coast in con nection with the wreck of the repair ship Assistance in Tetuan bay, so there is plenty or force available to impress the Moorish authorities with the ne cessity for prompt redress. Naturalization Frauds React. Washington, Oct. 17. The license of ten mates, pilots, masters and engin eers at San Francisco were revoked to day by United States sieaiiil"at in spectors. The actum in each case was for the reason that their naturalization paperswere obtained by fraud. The hay fever serum or pollantlne ot Dr. Dunbar of Hamburg is shown to have proven very effective. Having first proven that hay fever is due to the pollen poison from grasses, ew roals and other plants, the Investigator sougnt a preventive hy repeated vac cination of animals with the poison of pollen. The antitoxin thus produced In the blood serum neutralizes the poisonous effect of pollen In the eyes and nose. The serum Is not Injected under the skin, like others, but simply applied to nose and eyes. The precision of ituxlern observa tions brings to light unexpected facts. At the Paris Observatory Jean M.is cart lias noticed that the surface of a thin layer of mercury is not plane, but undulated like water disturbed by the plunge of a stone, and has also detivt- 1 anotner movement tnat proves to be a true tide, due to the sun and moon. The measurements have been made repeatedly during the month Preparing Reserve Vessels. MlUl tlie "s microscopes or tiie lnstru- CherlMurg, Oct. 18. Active work is n u ' l"1 going on here in preparing reserve ves- grt nuT lnan e llos:, rr,,r- sels for service in ca-e of event n ilities ' Tbe "auxetophor.e" is an attachment in Venezuela. The arsenal and the J for reinforcing the sounds Kiven forth artillery depot are workimr at full pres-' l,y phonographs and gramophones, .n sure. The cruiser D-.saix, hich left ' vented by Mr. l A. Parsons, the ln yesterday, took a large store of amnm- j ventor of the steam turbine, and Mr. nition for Fort du France, Island of Horace Short A small valve of pe Martinique. culler construction controls the ad mission Into the trumpet of com pressed air supplied from a pump or bellows. The action of the apparatus is compared in the Scientific American to that of an air relay, whereby not only are greater power an! volume im parted to the sounds. Imt t.ie full ness and richness of tone are height ened. It Is said that on a calm lay the auxetophone can be heard distinct ly at a distance of two or three miles, and that In speech every word may be clearly distinguished as much h Th0 yards away. Everybody has noticed how friction generates electricity, whether on th back of a petted cat, or on a rubbed class or gutta-percha rod. or at the fingers' ends of a person who has vig orously shuffled his feet over a dry carpet. Sparks can often be drawn from swiftly niOTlng belts on machin ery, and in wearing and spinning processes the fibers sometimes accum ulate troublesome electric charces. A method known as the Chapman proc ess has been devised for neutralizing the static electricity generated jn t. I ton and paper mills, printing pre rooms and other places. It consists of a transformer stopping up nn alter nating current to HUts or 2iVMl volts and an Inductor composed of fine st-l wires enoasd In hard rutuwr, and fir ranged with Its points placed stiovs the web or other object In which t!i static electricity Is t be neutralized. Charges parsing from the points pro duce the desired effect A small bey's '..lea of the board ot health Is six meals dally.