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Newspaper Page Textno TTR QREGOi MIST. v i) ST. HELENS, OBEGON, FRIDAY, OCTOIlEXl- 11, 190G. NO. 45. Y"OL. XXIII. ;nrT ! - NEWS OF THE WEEK Id a Condensed Form lor Oar Bosy Beadca HAFPEK1NGS Of TWO CONTINENTS A Rm rf Km Ut) Important few j Not Umi lfrtlnf Ia s f th Pset Wwk Whuleaaie dealer lo d!ni indt bav innonnfeJ en advance Inu price ol 20 . t tpt tmU m ' ' ' " "' ' Congress I ry l""tly lo pprot a ' I pint) to advent lb lrle at pcetel tlllil)M. Chicago com mi tit Inn man bava lodged protest with Keetttefy Wilton, claim Inn lit new tneal Impaction law create r a munopoly, ? . I J Tb threetenad lockout In th build ing (radix at Oakland It on. Nearly all ilia mill ara eloeed and building le elinnat at a standstill, Henatur Burton, ol Kama, hat baao dented a rehearing by tba Huprama court and will have to go to fall lor lx ninntht and pay a Una ol 11.600. lodepandant jtrab dealer ol Chicago hare told tb Interstate Conitnarca .. comuilaeloa bo (bay bava been rnlnad by rebate being given, tb lavored. 8in Joua, tba well known aranf- Iftt, d'oppod dd ol heart tailor on bis way from Olahoma City la till bom In (ieorgla. Death fern oa bit flit ninth birthday. An plotted In a'coal ailot tiaar tiuihatn, England, ktllad 25 and en tomWl ami miners. 1 Rcn parti ar working lo, raech Utal 1 mprlaontd nan, who may nolaurvlve. . A nw KUJab bat appeared In Main China will aak all powtrt to make Japan giv p Manchuria. M mhIjt aaya ba ha evident lo con vict tb Hlandard Oil company. , in fct1( an a government jl at on th Ohio rtvar klllad lbrD) Military mpplia lot naa by th Amarlran army in C'uU ara aiatlttad Maguon bat liiumnl Ilia (OTrnBWt of Culm and Talt and Uaeon hart r tnrnoJ boma. All mall lor Unltad RUU tioopt lo Cuba la ol lo liar ana and Iron tbara ' tant to It dtllnlloa. A Low Angnlaa tthraat car ran away on a ttaap grade baeaat tba brak wnold nut work. Two mn wr klllJ and a tcor aarlootly lnjarad. Th railway mall eUrkt rnnnlng ool ol llouatun, Tt. on tha Hootharn Ta rifle, haa gona on a ttrlka at a ratult ol tronlila wltb tb railroad company. DatartivM Irom London ar lntl gating lb allg4 Importallon ol Kng liah girl to work In Booth Carolina rotton tnllli cmtrary to tba contract lalmi Uwt. " . Mount FaJataa'1,M rol . tloa. Wranglaa ol anlont eaoaa a threat ol a g.n.ral bnllding luckont in uiucago A foronia nlrartllT ttndant Wat tha 8ri to ba kllld by lootball thit taaton. Wit'a aavt that, while ba hat no III fueling agalnat tha raar, be will again aarva him. never An Atlanta grand Jnry ba Indicted 20 white roan lor complicity In th re cent ontraga agalntt nag root In hie larewell addrett Talt told th Cuban that th UoImmI BlaUt will not leave til) lair election! ar torad. Racmtar Talt ha Inlormad a delega tlnn ol lale nl Pine cltlwint that It it ntfllea to think ol teparation irom t Cuba. - " """"' ' ' ( " "" - Tb Cbllaan con'gr, city and prop n.Mii nl Valnaralto. will coni' " bine to rebuild the city deetroyed by arlbqoak. . 4 s , ) t , .'i? lot, Ttarratt. now inlnltUr to Co lombia, it tlattd lor belter potltion either ambaaaador to Eraall or viae gov ' emor of the Pblllpplnaw.. ; f 1 ' - ' The daparmant ol Jnttlce It gaining Iraah avldenee ; that nunarwi oi men, k.ih kita and black, fere held In vlr, tnat tlavery In Southern Flordia y the lumbermen. Cuban Liberal hall Talt and Bacon attavlourt. A ton ol Vice Pretldent Falrbankt baa eloped wltb a Pitttburg girl ' A lone highway man held up In tha Tononah, Nevada, dlttilot, aad mcured nearly 15,000. Th. M.alnnnilland cabinet i itlll worrvlnii ovr th flablng privilege lot! U the United Blatea. j ' ' Tinnkar T. Waabington In an add ni.rnaa .trnnvlv advlted them to re main oalrn daring the prent trouble In the Houtb. ,t . ) t v . tj....i I. atinlllna all Japan ham : '. tkat 4art ol 'Manchuria controlled by tha caar' troop. China w in ti American englnwn lo take charge ol bar railway conatruc tion and will pay JJS.qOO a yr on a llv yeart' contract. Iu the eult aalnt the Standard ' OH eorr pany In Ohio It ha developed 5' that one ol tb large Engllb oil opmr ViH.jMMM- fV -owned 'byockefellei1 In-tereatt. NEXT POPE NOT A 8AINT. Need ol a Pallilclan at the Vatican la Widely Recognized. Rome, Oct. 18. It anlte ol the fact that the pope It enjoying parted health, the mailer ol poealble rvtnlti ol Hit neat conclave, whenever It dour, occur, I biting iIIuciiimkI among the cariliualr, and Oil wltb no dettre to antldpale tb election or lo ba dUra apeilfiil to the pontiff. The feeling among the rarilliialt hat changed great ly tinea Augual, 1UUS, and today there eililt a tendem y quite oppoaile lo that which triumphed three yeart ago. In view ol the Vatlian'e per lancet with Franca, the cry thit Unit will be not lor a merely religion pope, but a po litical popa; not lor a taint, but lor a atalaaoian,- Kven the ttiongeet opponente ol three yeart bk i ol Cardinal Kampolla now favot bit election. Kampolla fallwl In 1WM rhl.llr waiia be wet vetoed by Cardinal Puiyna, In the nam ol Auatrla, apeak Ing lor the en tire Triple Alliance. Although Pope Piue bat auppreaaed the right ol veto .hroagtd by certain powera, the reeaon which Induced the Triple Alliance to . oppote Cardinal Kampolla itlll eiltt, and the church today le lee able to afluid dlapleaalng the Central Empire. Coneeo.aeutty there ere rumort ol an experiment with a foreign pope, In tplte ol the dielavor ol the lialtane. For the latt fonr can- tirlei all the pope have len Italian. FOOTPADS HARD AT WORK. Pollc Round Up All th Buiplclout Characlar Thy 8. Han Franctaco. Oct. 16. Deeplle the energetic mtaauree taken by tha pollc In rounding np all ei-convict anu ene- ptcloat charactere yaeletdey and today, tba actlvltv el the lootpailt and high waraien continued heveial report! ol roblivriea and attempted bold op wi made to the Dollce, Carl Wilaoo, a laliorer, wet ,neia up nd robtied ol by two men, while walking on Kuah etreet, near Kearney, about 10 o'clock toulKhl. Ae the loot oala atopped htm Wileon Bred a thot them In th daraneaa. in wieir haale In enamblng him. tna ropnere overlooked tba pUtul which be had Attract! bf tba aiiot, a nigiuwaicn. amn cam ruining up " "u - . . . i . t ahontloc at the fleeing men. Kdward Lant. a It reel car conductor, reported to th pojlre today that b waa bald up by two (awaked men at the niwih and ol tha Ftm building ahortly h.r.,ra 11 o'clock' loat night. While one ol them bald ty piatol egalnat l.n.'i head th atlier foolpao wni through hi pokta. and, according to I .n. mhhad MBB 01 tOU. An attamnted :hoia-UP wa reporiru Irom Golden Oat park. The approach ol MiM pedealrlaut Irlguier.ea awaj the hlgbweyma,A - . - . I. t BIO Q0H NEEDED. Oeneral Wood Alio Wi Sent to PW"PP' aton. OctMe.-- Wante Cavalry hllipplne Wahlngton, Oct.lfl.--An argnmeni gLa . ..a agalnat th reduction in tut numoer oi rmnna In th I'ljlllppinee la uiu ..j Major General lonam www, n,..,.lln that d vieion. in me annua Tha total aarrl.lor. on June 80 lael, nnrabed JO.ot.i men. w. r (r from Home,", . ... 1 1 i ,..u nl inrmitrn ilia eral woou, anu m.h.ncea. even Willi an our irw-j.. ni,Jt at Manila, the lore avail hi ha acareclv euillclent to de v." -T.-. - it Imm a aerioua aliaca. moiw over, a trong garrlaon thould be main ,.u..i her nntil condltlonnt pertain ing to tha civil governtkent ara well e ..t.ii.i.t enrf lha anlmoaitlee and die appolntmenu Incident to the building np ol a local goveruiuom and perhapt ttrained conditlont new have . ..Mlna anma Uanerai noou ufr" artillery to the preaent garrlaon and ending to tba Fhlllpplnet one equad- ron ol aacb ol the caveriy iri'i"- the United Statee. Pobllc ortler hat greauy improTru m Mllndanao. Tb rloa ontpu tnere i. eald to atoaed any prevlout year ana the people bav gone to work. A there I an large Mohammedan tlement there, and uneipecled aiaiuruanuee may occur a tha reult ol action ol re Ilgioui fanatic returning Irom Mecca, the repoi't tayt the garrlaon ihonld be concentrated. i ; i , ; ' ' . ' "' Pottal Deficit Lett. w..ni.tn.tnn. lfl. Pottmaater General Cortelyon baa given out an ad vance etatement of the receipt! and expenditure ol the pottal tervlne lor ' . ii v on in in the fltcai year ending june o, It tbowt a reduction ol the annuel de ficit Irom 914.572,584 lor 1908 to $10, kih mm for 1900. over 14 000,000, or 97 S2 oer cent Th total receipt lor 10 were 107,032,783, an Increate over 1006 ol $15,10(1,198, which I the greatett Increate lor any year in me hlitorv of the tervloe. The per cent ol Increase In recelpit lor 1D06 It U.8H. Economy In Brltlth Navy. ' London. Oct. 18. The Stendard thit morning tavi the government purpotet, end ol the year, to remove 80 efficient thlpe from active duty, in 1 ... In nnAnntll lea for an active fleet. Hix bettlehlp ol the Majeatio rj at will b r.moved. All ol theae will be placed In the home reterve. Tb entlr u i hm,.ii elate, eight fin vea- nujm, ,...r.- --- . ,l. wig, will be placed in reaervo w.v..v ,nA imir armored cruleeit Will muni, .. be paid off. ,. 1 Rain Damaiea Cotton. n,,.nn. Tax.. Oc 16, A heavy rain hat fallen over th ground In part ol Tex' th Pt 2 hour, aoing con Iderable damage to the cotton crop There will be a heavy lott In ilea. I OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ill ,, , - ' , - t ; OREGON FIR FOR PULLMANS. Million of Feet Uted Every Year for Palace Car. ; Portland In 18 month Portland hat lurnlthtJ between 40,000,000 and 80,000,000 leet bf fir lumber lor ute In the conttrnctlon ol cart at tha thopi ol tha Pullman Car company, located at Pullman, III. In the pnrcbata of thit material, the company hat expended cloee to 11,600,000. Theee flguret ara voached for by Al bert Joust, purcbailng agent ol the Pullman company, who wa ten! to he Wett 18 montht ago to hoy lumber. Tha Bret It need txclotlvely lor tiding on boxcar, and. betide th lumber bought here, more I continually being i-ontravttd lor In other trctlont. Some ol th material It dreaeed, inch at floor ing, elding and the like, while more bee been ebipped rough. There le no proepectlv ceeietlon ol the buying to far at the pine it con earned, and. while fellow pine 1 alto largely need, that ir not being ilrawn Irom thit locality. In the conttruction ol tleeplng and paaeenger cart only hard woodt are ntllixed, particularly (or flnlehlng tha Interior. Home ma terial le often lett In dry kilnt lonr or Ave monthe, tabled to elow heat and the air drying proceee, In order that when fitted in car it I perfectly ee- oned. Prlcet of Cattle Advancing. La Gran le Peter O'SallUan, wbo hae luat returned Irom a vltlt to Wal Iowa county, tayt that one ol the chief cauaee lor the prevailing proeperity In all aectiont ol that country It tha In create In the price ol cattle. Bepre- tentative! ol tha Pacific Meat company ar making large pnrchatet, and Walla Walla buyer ar looking lor leeoere The range leatlng plan bat proved very atitlaclorv. and tbe forming of tepar- ata bonndarle for cattle and iheen baa reentted to the advantage of the cattle, which come Irom tbe range in fin con ditlon. Applet at th Fruit Fair. Hood Kiver Tbe exhibit ol applee arown bv A. I. Maeon. which took the iweepetakee and eeviral other prixet at the Hood Kiver Fruit lair connaiea ol three boxec taken Irom 9 year-old treee. planted 83 to the acre. Tbe treee averaged live and a hall boxee and altogelhti be took 1,141 boxee from bit orchard. In th entire yield there wera only 64 wormy applet dor Ina the teaaon tnl the tree were craved tlx timet wltb areenateof lead In the whole yield there were only 64 boxee that went tmaller than lonr tiert to the box. Teacher Ar Scare. Baker City Teacher ar frightfully trart-e in Baker county. The county tuperlntendentit offering high wtget and good poeitiont to the pedagoguee ol the countv. but cannot get enough u-hnnl ma'ama to fill the poeitiont. At the reeult the teacher have had an In create In wagee from $35, the average l..t rear, to 960. which it thit year average. Teaohert getting $80 and over ia common rather than teachert with talarie of MO or leit. Want Paatenaer Bridge. Oregon City For the accommodation nl the oeobl ol Oawego, the Ctackama ronntv court will be atked to negotlat wltb the Bouthetn Pacific company to the and that the county may conatruct n nnner deck on tbe company' rail road bridge to be contracted acroet tbe W 1 1 lamette rl ver at Oiwego. I ne p inn ol the Otweiro neonle who will petition the county court loi tnl cuon it 10 tecure lor themeelvet a meant ol croet ing tb Willamette river and more Di rect communication with thit city. Inatitute Aroutea Interett. Myitle Point The Farmer' loatl ni. .n.l (air. which ha luet cloaed proved a great uuceei. The tUeplay ol ....innltnral nrcvlnntt convinced all vl- Uor ol the agricnltural poetibllitiee of tbe region abont Myrtle Point. Dr. Withycombe of the Oregon agricuuuiai college gave an illuetrated lecture on ol tha dairy cow. Aa i). I. la a dairying region, tut lecture ... well attended and tbe farmer got many benecliial ldeaa from the doctor remark!. Land Withdrawn From Entry. TI,- Dallea The local land office i in Nx-elnt ol a telegram from the com m..lnner of the general land office -itinirawlne from filing or entry, un der the coal land lawe, an tne pnouo land embraced In th louowing town' hiep: Townehlpt 9 eontn, rangea it 26 and 20, K. W. v. lownaiupe -.,.h r.noea 24. 26 and 26. E. W. P townehlpt 8 touth, ranget so, o, a. W. D. Much Grain Accumulate. La Grande Homer Littleton, fore man of the Chat. Playle warebout at Alicel. report that a large quantity ol grain hat accumulated, owing w tne embargo placed agalnat railroad ship ment ol wheat Irom tne interior pun. to Portland, on account ol the grain- handler' etrlke, but tnat tnipmenva will now be returned. Crook County Horte for Alberta. Pendleton Thirteen carloade of range hortet were thipped from tbi city to Alberta lait week. They are owned by M. R. Cowell, and were tak en from the range in Crook 'onnij. The hlpment wat contigned to Shelby Junction, Mont., but the hone are de tigned lor the Alberta market. ROCK CREEK'S FINE FRUIT.'- Qrowert Buty Picking Large Crop pf Apple and Pear Rock C,.k - The rancher! along IW-k creek have tttDoed out of the bay arveet Into the frnit haiveat, and are I picliog applet ana peart, rruu meo are pioud ol their orchard and claim that Hood River or any other locality in tba Northsett can produce no liner fruit or more abundant yieldt. Frnit I i lufpped from thit tertion to many mportant point in the Eatt, and com pare favorably wltb any ol tbe pro lucta In theee marked. The leading fruit growert ar William Head and A A. Carotbert. The former bat an or bard ol 10 acre, th latter atout zu acret. Mr. Head ba picked and thip-1 ped about 800 boxee ol applet, peacbee ind Pear a to Spokane. Walla Walla and Pendleton and other point eatt, I while eome wat thipped to Condon and Arlington. He eetimatee be will bave I 1,000 boxee of winter apple for thip-1 ment. Mr. Carol her ha thipped 1,- 000 bixee of Iruit and will thip 1,300 more. Tbete gentlemen get tbe high- ett price for their Iruit. Fruit grown on Rock creek captured Brat prlae and gold medal at the Omaha expotition a few year ago. Th exhibit waa made bv A. A. Carothert. and wat a eurpritel to orcbarditti, packert and dealer. Hop Ar On the Up Grade. Salem The hop market at Balem hat attorned a very active condition in tb lait day or two, and now every dealet in tbe city ha order for bop at a tligbt advance over flguret named a week ago. Krebe Broa. bae received an order for 1,000 bale at 16H cent a pound. All other dealer ar offering that price. Kreb bought tb Clan- field crop ol 176 baiee at Ueuei. jot- rob Harrlii and Catlin a Linn were alio buyer on tbe Wett ilde at lz entt, while Lacbmund Plncut paid 17 cent for a choice lot bought Irom a dealer at Dalla. Modern Pyramid Builder. Albany The Modern Pyramid Build er! wat launcned laat weex wnen tne firtt lodge or local pyramid of tbe or der wae formed in thit city. Tbe local pyramid it the firtt lubordinale branch of the order, and wat named Pyramid No. 2, the tupreme pyramid being Py ramid No. 1. Fred Fortmiller wat choeen chief builder; W. Lair Thomp- aon. tcribe. and E. . Cntick, cutto- dlan. Tb order atari with abont SO member. To Ettabliah Big Sawmill. Albany A tawmill with a capacity of 20.000 leet per day ia to be eetab- llthed aix mllet eontb of Browntville by G. B. and E. H Dickinton, ol tbie city. A contract with tha letteee ol tbe land aecu'ed require that the plant be in operation by January 1. PORTLAND MARKETS, Wheat Club, 64366c; blueetem, 68(St60o; valley, 67c; red, 61062c Oat No. 1 white, 23.50Z4; gray 122022.60 Barley Feed, 120.50 per ton; brew ing, 121.60; rolled, (23. Rve 1.25(31. SB oer cwt. Corn Whole, $26027; c acted, $28 per ton Uay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10(9 11 ner ton: Eaatern Oregon timothy, $14016; clover, $8 60O7; cheat, $7(9 7.60; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $11.60; vetch bay, $707.60. Fruit Applet, common to cboice, 25076c per box; choice to fancy, 76cO $1.25; grtpet, 60cO$i-50 per box; Concorde. Oregon, 27 Wo ball baeket; oeachee. 75cll; peart, 7ficOll.Z9; crabapplee, $101.25 per box; prunee, 26050c per box ; cranberriet, uregon. $303. 5 per box; quince, $1016 per box. ! VegeUblee Beam. 607 We; cab base. , 1 i O IKo per pound; caull flower. HOl.25 per doxen; celery, 60 a 90c per doten; corn, 12o per doa- en: cucumoera. ion per uuibu, vhk plant, 10c per pound; lettuce,' neau, 20c per doxen, oniont, 10 & 12e per doxen; peat, 405c; bell peppert, 6c; Dumokint. lo per pound; eplnach, 406o per pound; tomatoea, 30060c per box; parsley, 10015o; tprouta 7 Wo per pound; rqnaeh, lt0 per pound; tnrnipt, 90cO$l per tack; car rott. $10125 per tack; beett, $1,250 1.60 oer eack. Onion Oregon, $101-15 PW bun ilrad Potatoet Oregon Burbankt, deliv red. 80086c: in carlott I. o. b. coon tiy, 75 O 80c; tweet potatoes, 22.vic per pound. Butter Fancy creamery, 25 030c par nonnd . Eggs Oregon ranch, 31032c per doten. Poultry Average old hent, 12o per .round: mixed ohickent, a 9 i apring. 12c; old rooetera, 9 O 10c; dreaeed chickena, Ul6c; turkey, live. 16fi21o: turkeyt, drened, cboice, 20022c; geeae, live, 910c; ducka, 14 015o. Veal Dretied, 5)08o per pound Beef Created built, 202H Pr nnnnd : cowt. 4 (3 5c: country tteere, 5 05Wc. Mutton Dretaed. fancy, 7o per pouuu, ---,. 1 . M,li.t-w KrftArt la nihil ' fftTIRV. I uu a . - - Pork Drened, 608c per pound. Hont-190, 14016c per pound; ions nnmin.i- i an nominal. . . Wool Eastern Oregon average best, 13018c per pound, according to shrink- age; valley, 200 21o, according to fine- ness: mohair, choice, Boqizoo. NOBLES FLY COUNTRY. Sf'U Jit Stampede of Ruaaian Rich to Refuge , 1 , In Fre England.;..; i Loudon, Oct. 12. For torn time patt ((element have been made with more or let authority to th effect that torn member of lb Czar' fam ily were making ecret arrangement to leave Rattle, tboald certain eventual!' occur,' and tak refuge in England Theee tatement nave been regaraeu Pr ol the neviUDie rnmoi. w o . - - a - J m -aealat-a ffo-tm the taa all - . MnMmv.u domniOIlt. fB, eititi0o by th Publlthert' Pro oorieapondent, howerer, reveal circum atance which point to their train Large anantitiet of Jewel, pictun and furniture bava arrived in thit country Irom tb Imperial palace in Kuaiia luat lately, and nave been placed in tafe ttorage. A leading banker told tbe Pdbliaheri'g Pro cor reenondent that coniignmaat ol prop- lerty of enormout value nd recently ar- rived there Irom ttuaata. "We bav received packet ol jewel, coatlv lurnlture and number oi pic- turee, the value ol each of which run well into five figurea," he id. "The owner ar very highly placed." Tb qaeation put point blank a to whether tbey belonged to tb woman offt, tbe reply wat mad that It wa gaintt tha rolet to give ucb informa tion. A confirmation of th aeeartlon that at leatt two of tha grand duke and grand dacheete intend to give tbe ter roriata a wlda berth, and to find an aaylum in England, 1 lonnd in tbe fact that inouirie for tb beat eatatec and bonae in tb market ar being made among Weal tna ettata ana noaea agente by Ruetian gentlemen, who, while taking for particular ol tb moat valuable eat a tee, refuee to give tbe oamea ol tb people for whom tbey are required. CAR BLOCKADE IN THE EAST Ordera for Thoutand Ara Given That Cannot Be Filled. Chicago. Oct. 12. Tbe ongeetion ol Ireight traffic bat iccreaeed to latt within the latt lew days mat railway official! tear they are toon to be lace to face with a blockade. Conditlont on th Eastern roade which have not only to handle tha bnaineee which tbey orig Inate bat have tbe crop of th Wet pouring in upon them for export, are natnrallv the wont, bat thote on th Weetern line alto are rapidly neoom Ing extremely terinut. ( With tbe approach ot winter tne movement ol coal hat grown heavier, aggravating the cangeeted condition which al read v exitt. and traffic men tay they do not know what they will do for cart when the year t enormona crop ol corn it ready lor market, at It will be now In a ahurt time. A line belonging to ona of tba big Eaatern railway ayttemt bad order lor 4,235 car which it could not fill. The Pennsylvania propoee to give notiee that (or 36 bonrt It will receiva no conaiirnmente frore the Pitttburg dit- trlct, the object being io get ine trace nartlv clear of car wblcb bava accu mutated on It line. BUFFALO PLAGUED WITH SNOW Tear Down Wire, Wrecks Orchard and Kill Two Men Buffalo. Oct. 12. The atorm of mow and aleet which (went over thi part of the cjuutry laat night and today waa the wortt in many year I Telegraph, telephone and trolley linet I wera nroatrated in all directioot. Tbe damage to tha rich fruit belt of Chan (tauqua, Niagara and Orleant countiee I It Incalculable. Whole oiclardt ol l n.cr, treea and other tmall Iruit war crnahed to the ground by the wet, dinging mow, which fell ttead ily for m.nv honra. Tonight the weather It clear and I co(ji lnd the linet of communication ars being tlowly re-ettablitbed Buffalo bore the brunt of tbe storm The damage in this city alone Is not lar Irom a quarter ol a million dollars, and two deaths occurred, which were direct ly due to tbe effects of tbe storm. AM night the telephone and electric light systems wera paralysed. Tbe streets were littered wltb broken wires. Indian Out On a Big Hunt. New Westmineter, B. C, Oct. 12. Th Stony Indians of Alberta have again broken loose, and ara now on a wild game drive along the west Una of the Rocky mountains. Tbe game an thoritles have taken ttept to bave them pursued and driven out of tbe country, and a posse has been tent out. These Indiana bav always given tha Britith Columbia game authorities trouble, a everv fall tbey come into the province through the variont paste and hunt for teveral month! at toe wett lootniiu ol the Rockies Wireless Heralds the Charleston. . San Francitco, Oct. 12 Heralding her approach a thousand miles away bv means ol wireless telegraphy, the protected cruller unarietion came into port this afternoon and went to an an choraee near Bausalito. It was not un til late tonight that tbe quarantine om vials completed their examination ol the men on board. The Charleston comet here to be the flagship ol the Pa clfio squadron, and will fly the pennant of Rear Admiral Swinburne. Tw)) M()r6 Tf S,, . n ,yi Newport rewt, va., uci. u.-i" I transport Aomirai ocniey eaueu irum this port today, bearing the Seventeenth and Eighteenth batteries of mountain artillery. The City of Werhtngton with th First battalion of th Eleventh juinmry saiuu wui',, BAV CITY IS ARMED Vigilance Committee Hay Be Or- eanlzed for Protection. MAYOR DOES NOT LIKE PLAN Carnival of Robbery and Murder Ha ; Stirred Honett Citizen to a High Pitch. Ban Francitco, Cel., Oct. 13. Tbe general alarm earned by the nnmerou report ol hold-upe . and robbery hat aerloutly affected tha attendance at all placet of amutement. Hotel manager! and other animated with tb handling of large um of money bav mad elab orate defenalve preparation and there I a general arming on tba part ol cm- Ditcuning tba propriety of tb or ganisation of a committee ol aalaty in thi itato today , to deal wltb petty criminal who now infeat th city, Act ing Mayor Gallagher raid: There bll be no lynching in tnit city, and I tlncerely hop that at the meeting to ba held in union aqaare today tb leader will have enough en to do nothing that will injur tb city. "Tbey will call it a committee oi aafetv." tb mayor continued, "but other citie will call it a vigilance com mittee, and that will do irrevocable harm to San Francitco. It would be a cconfeeeion that the people of thit city ar not capable of protecting them eelvee, and wten I eay tbe people 1 mean the authorities with whom tbe people bave vetted the power of gov ernment. The plan ia on-American, 'The turpation ol tbe power ol tup- preeting crime by unauthorised pereont t a crime in itself. I thai! regard it as snch and will not permit it. 'Should those men desire to co-oper ate with tbe authorities in ridding tbe citv of thugs and criminal!. I aball bt glad to bave their attiitance, but tbey mutt not act Independent ol tbe munic ipality. I will not allow millionaires to take thote steps sny sooner than would allow laboring men. There mnst be no violence committed by citi xens. Lynch law doe mora harm than good." OLD GIRARD SLAVE PEN. Discovery Made by Subway Workmen at Depth of IOO Feet. Philadelphia, Oct. 13. Bobway workmen digging beneath Water etreet (or tbe new tunnel station, uncovered at tbe depth of 100 feet what It clear ly an old alav prison. Tbe pen is composed of narrow cell in three tier. witb three-foot corridor between heavy wall. Tha cell run six to the tier Each It large enough to held tlx men packed in closely. Heavy iron ban covered the window! and in each cell were manacle tnpports. Directly above tbem ia the honte of Stephen Girard, an eccentric millionaire, wbo gave Gi rard eo lege to Philadelphia, and whose ettate is now valued at $100,000,000. In tearing down the old Girard home that tba traction company bought, the prison wat discovered. The old honse it within balf a square of the Delaware, and secret access by water wonld be easy. Girard believed . in slavery, owned slaves and many Louisiana sugar plantations. Cold Persists In Eaat. Washington, Oct. 13. Tbe cold wave is persisting in the Eatt. An other cold wave in the Rocky Moun tain region, in Idaho and Montana, and moderating in the South and con siderably warmer ia the central valleyt it tbe weather situation in a nutshell, as annonnced tonight by tba Weather bureau. It is warming up in the West generally, reaching over 60 degrees in the vicinity ol Chicago and the Missis sippi valley and over 70 degress wat of there. Armour' Cat Before Wilson. Philadelphia, Oct. 13; State Food and Dairy Comm'ssionet Warren this week caused warrants to be issued lor the arrest of severs! o' Armonr A Com pany's agsnls in this city on ths charge ot exposing for sale hams and other meata containing boraclc acid. Aaiitt snt Food and Dairy Commission- r D. Schick and N. B. Critcl field, secretary ot agriculture of this stste, today went to Washington to meet Secretary of Ag riculture Wilton and Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief chemilt of tbe department, and lay th facta in th case before them. Forest Reserves Safa From Fira. Washington, Oct. 13. Gifford Pin chot, chief ol the burean ot forestry, wbo rat just completed a tour oi tbe government forest reserves, called npon the president today. Mr. Pinchot ex pressed gratification with the results of his Inspection tour and and ot tba ex cellent condition in which he found tbe forest reservet. There hat been only one big fire on tbe reserve! during tbe tummer, be layi, and tbe burned area did not exceed 2,000 arret. Japanase Dasigns on Java. Rome, Oct. 13. Tbe newtpapere here today publith a private letter from Tokio that numerous Japanese emissaries bave been sent to the island ot Java, Dutch East Indies, with the mission to create incidents justifying a Japanese naval demonstration. It it reported that the Dutch ar much alarmed. authorities MAGOON ARRIVE3. Will Taka Charge of Cuba as Pro visional Governor. Havana, Oct. 10. Charles E. Ma goon, tba newly appointed provisional governor of 3nba, arrived here this at terncon. Coincident with bis coming, Governor Taft gave out a general deer) proclaiming amnesty not only to th rebel, but to til persons charged with political offenses or crime in any way connected with tba revolution. Tba iteamer Mascotte, with Mr. Ma- goon, General J. franklin neu, Airs. Taft and Mr. Bacon, entered Havana harbor at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Ia th wake of the Mascotte came the bat tleship Texas with a detachment of 800 marines from Norfolk. A launch carrying Mr. Taft, Assist ant Secretary of State Bacon and Cap tains McCoy and Martin, aides to Mr. Taft, harried oat to tba Mascotte. There followed another lanncn wilt Ueneral Funaton and his aide, and third with a committee of Cuban news papermen, who carried huge boquets ol flowers wbicb were delivered to Mrs. Ta't and Mrs. Bacon with a brief ad dress of weleome. After tb pre an ations to the mayor and tb city cien; 1 tbe party entered carriage and wa driven to tbe palace, where Mr. Talt and Mr. uacon and Mr. Magoon bad a long conference in th governor's office. Following this conference nr. Ma goon received tne mem pert oi w press. He declined to diacnts nis pians for tbe future. He said he had expect ed, opon arriving at Washington, to bav 30 daya' leave ol absence prior to bis departure for tbe Philippinee. H did not regret, however, tbe change in program and he declared bimeell grati fied with being in Cuba. He eaid he woUid take np hit residence with Min ister Morgan as the minister's guest pending the departure of Mr. Taft. General Bell will reside at tne army headquarter at Marianao. Oeneral onaton will make his headquarters at Camp Columbia. BID TO DIG CANAL. Commission Invites Proposals to Com plete Work on Isthmus. Washington, Oct. 10. Invitations for proposals to complete the Panama canal were iaaued today by tbe canal commission and the form of contract under which tbe work it to be dona waa made public by Chairman Shonte, who also gave out a letter written to the secretary of war giving tbe com mission's reasons tit contracting tb work. Tba contract provides that each bid der must undertake the entire work of construction. No bar will be offered to corporations associating in the un dertaking, bnt thev mutt be legally organized into a single body with which the government can deal. Bidders will not be considered wbo do not have available capital ol $5,000,000. A certified check tor $200,000 is reqnired with each proposal ind a bond of $3, 000.000 will be reauired from tbe suc cessful bidder. The bidding is not limited to American contractors. All proposals are to be in before noon of December 12, wnen tney win oe open ed. Proposals are to be expressed io term of percentage upon the estimated coat of construction, which is to be fixed by a board ot five engineers, three repre senting the government and two th contractor. The chief engineer of tha canal commission is to be chairman of the engineering board. In support of ths commission's posi tion that the canal can be contracted to greater advantage than it can be built by tbe government, Air. esonis- lener taya that, "because of the unprecedent ed and greatly extended industrial ac tivity of the time and tbe consequent violent competition for all classes of superintendents, foremen, sub-contractors, skilled mechanics and even ordi nary laborers, it would take tbe com mission years to secure men to build np departmental conttruction organisa tion which, would equal in emcieccy tboie now controlled by the leading contractors ot the United Btatei." Hop of Annexation High. Havana, Oct. 10. Preeldent Roose velt's statement at Washington yester day to Nicholas M. Riviero, tbe Ha vana editor, that "the means taken by the United States to prevent disorder in Cuba mnst always be determined by tbe existing conditions and with refer ence to our solemn obligations to th people of Cuba," it causing consider able gratification here. This is not be cause tbe wordt indicate any definite change In his intentions, but because be did not lay anything about tne early reatoration of sovereignty. Illinois Ha Lost Much Revenue. Springfield. Til., Oct. 10. The asser tion waa made today before tbe railroad committee ot the state board of equal ixation by W. B Fleming and J. M. Duffy, representing colonel James Hamilton Lewis, corporation counsel of Chicago, that by two errors in meth ods of assessing railroad property by tba state board of equalization, tha state ol Illinois bat lott revenue in tha past SO yeart which would amount to hundred ol million ol dollart. Opens Another Reservation. Washington, Oct. 10 The president iesued a proclamation today fixing IS o'clock noon on October 29 as the date lor opening the Walker river Indian reservation, in Nevada, tosettlement. There are 268,000 acres of land to be disposed of and the law permits its ac quisition under tbe general land laws. 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