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.rnettuM N. Bliss, ex-Secretary of
interior, i dead.
Turkish Pasha ha refused cub
Kit because Turkey will nut cede
to Italy.
mi Nordica made a siwiech from
mtomohile In San Franciaco, fav-
lt role for women.
tregnn dogwood tree will be used
mental pur(oe ai mo lamou
ring (ilace of leplitx, Germany.
it Portuguese parliament haa been
J in extra session to dispose of
Uonirohist primmer captured in
recent rebellion.
he campaign manager for Senator
iwnn, of WiHconiiin, aay they
idcred $107,000 a Very reasonable,
nse bill fr the election of sena-
.1 ' - . - .. i . u
Ill Al pirnun -r Bfrift-u at iip
r. wiih a tt'M'k of ptarmigan on
H. The birds were blown to sea
violent Bturin arid took refuge
..nl the boat.
hie government will offer fur sale
uction in wiiih ion nuiraio
(o(n which have been stored
In for ym. A minimum price of
rich ha been aet for the gas-
hut they are expected to bring
yti more.
i Lewinton Junction man, convicted
rfiviru t ilen wheut, got tin-. I
ring for me guarus wno were ut
-him to the pen, aql with hia
liniment in hia pocket bought bin
ticket ami Uianled the train for
.it Walla to nerve hi time.
-n War department ia to give ape.
t tttentuin to making coast defense
til efficient.
V.lbert I.eon, a Russian Jew, wan
t urvtl in New York ai bo about
riil fur South America. He ia be-
k-d to be one of tho most dMngeroua
lnterfviter ever known, and the
nfit Omul ia aaid to be flooded with
: lln bills by him and hia gang.
Im Italian flag now jfloat over the
Ijof Tripoli,
niteri of bodies at Austin, I'a.,
t being shot on sight by the military
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Fx port basic Bluestem,
'.S4r; club, 7S'l0c; red Russian,
; valley. 79m HOc: 40-fold. Me.
fclillitutfii Bran. I24.6IV.25 per
; middlings, $32, ahorta, $25.50it
lulled Imrlev T TilUil .1 1 Ml
lorn - Whole, $:i:l; cracked, $34 per
iriey New feed, 931M.3Z per
: brewing, $37.
t- No. 1 white, $29.60 per ton.
lay No. 1 Eastern Oregon tim
h $If.; 17.50; No. 1 valley, fir....
'); alfalfa, $12.60; clover, $9;
m hay. $li)if 10.60.
'luliry Hens, 14'iil4ie; springs,
U4Jr; ducks, young, lf('ll6ic:
!K'il2c; turkvya, li22e.
utter Oregon creamery, solid
k, 3.1c; printa, extra.
Vg' Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
t34c per dozen
j'ork Fancy, 10 it lie per pound.
- runcy, lajdf hc per pound,
rrsh Fruita I'eachea, 60a75c per
I plums, 60it,75c ier crate;
"s, 'lm 'lie per pound; pears, $loi
Per box; grapea, 60col$l.l0 per
apple, $lid 2.50 box; hurkle-
nea, 6Jri7ie uer uound: cranber-
I'l fiO ner barrel.
I'otatoea Oregon, IJc per pound;
wt potauiea, 2it;2te per pound,
tniona-dlifornia. 11.60 ner hun-
Vegetableg Artichoke. 76c per
bean. RfirlOc; cabbage, ot IJc
r pound; cituliflower, 76c $1.25 per
lz"i; corn, 2.rriaoc wr dozen; cu-
"wr. JWri 1.25 pT aack; eggplant,
"c pmiiul; garlic, 10djl2c pound;
'"re, 40fii6((c per dozen ; hothouse
'"ce, t.75 per box; peppers,
"c per pound: radiahea, 12c per
'"; siirouta. Merer pound: toma-
"". SOf.i 7r,c j,r Mtx. CHrn.t. $ 1 . 25
;sck; ttirnipa, $1; beet. $1.75.
"P 1911 crop, 32a:ic; olds,
ninnl.
W.hiI . Kantern Or gon. Dtt.llie per
'"id, according to shrinkage; val
'. l!i(((17c; mohair, choice, 35(ii
5.
Cattle -Choico ateer. $5.35(n 5.45 ;
"xl. $.rK.5.25: fair. t4.75;5: me-
$1.50fo4.75; poor, $3.764.60;
' row. $4.3O(,4.70; fair, $4'
common, $2.60fn 3.50; extra
;ce spnyed heifera, $4.40(.) 4.60;
' heifera, $4.25;.4.40; choice
". :.26,3.B(): irood. $2.76m3;
"""on. 2f,(2K(1-
15"' 7.25; Ko.id. 7fi.7.15; com-
I ft. . "'-K"
ll.l;
P": iriMnl it,..? on.
no,'l Choice vearlinir wethera.
fatse WO()i ta.9R,i.4rt. ehoice
furling wethera. east of mnuntaina,
''" 3. 25:
F-"5"3.(l.r.- i.i,. ti or,,.,
Pft vniFim laiiM'n,
r"1; chciire vBrlin i W.r,tt 9f-
tMt,,ta rh,)ice lamb. 14.15; culla,
15
! K"l. $4.25fd,4.50.
K-(hoice light hog, $7.25(i
TURK REFUSES POHTFOLIO.
Balleva Hi Country Should Yield
Tripoli to Italy
Kome Convinced that the only poa
aible way that Turkey could aave ft
government from disgrace wato cede
Tripoli to Italy, Kechid I'asha refuaed
to accept the portfolio of Foreign
Affair In the new Turkish cabinet.
Thia I the explanation given out by
hia frienda here. It la announced that
hia colleagues disagreed over the pro
gramme that Kechid I'asha submitted
for a aettlement with Italy.
Demonstrationa in honor of King
Victor Fmmanuel aa he proceeded
from San Hosmire to Naples for a
farewell to the troop embarking for
Tripoli Indicate that the war contin
ue isipular.
Most of the bishop have directed
the clergy to urge their congregation
to pray for the ucce of the Italian
army.
It I understood here that the pow
er will make representations at Con
atantinople, notifying Turkey that
Itay, with a view to avoiding very
grave complications, haa agreed to
limit the war to Tripoli.
A circular note from the Turkish
government asking the powers whether
they consider that the time has arrived
to aeek a basis for negotiation look
ing to peace between Turkey and
Italy, and under what conditions, has
been presented to the German foreign
ollire at Ilerlin. The note contem
plates the cession of Tripoli to Italy
under certain conditions.
The Italian torpedo boat destroyer
Horea arrived at Malta escorting a
steamship with prisoners of war from
Tripoli.
The Itritish officials decided to re
fuse the Italian vessel a supply of pro
visions. The prisoner include Turkish offi
cials and the crew of a torpedo boat
destroyer w hich surrendered at Tripoli.
TURKEY IS SUING FOR PEACE
Italy to Increase Term If War I
Prolonged
Ixmdon Most of the correspondents
are united in the opinion that Turkey
is renewing her elTorts to secure
peace, but they differ as to the pro
cedure to be followed whether by ar
bitration through an Furopean con
ference or by other means. Reports
from Rome are that it hostilities are
prolonged Italy will insist upon a
heavy indemnity.
Italian reports tell of the sinking
of two Turkish torpedo boats with a
loss of 300 Turks near San Giovanni
di Medua. The Turkish versions min
imize the affair.
The Chronicle' Constantinople cor
respondent say that there i great ac
tivity on the part of the Italian war-
hips throughout the archiH'lagn and
in the Ionian and Red seas. It is be
lieved their intention is to block the
Dardanelles.
Rexirts are current that Said I'asha
will resign and Kaimil I'asha become
grand vizier. There ia every indica
tion throughout the Turkish dominion
of an energetic spirit in favor of a
holy war, but in Constantinople the
people p.'ay constantly for peace.
According to the correspondent, the
American ambassad' r, W. W. Rock-
hill, i.aa been instructed from Wash
ington to use hia influence for peace.
The ambassador will have an inter
view with Said i'asha. Russia is
joining with the United States in this
action.
Turkey has sent another note to the
powers asking for intervention and
offering to grant every reasonable
concession to Italy.
Rebel Rob and Wreck.
Mexico City The band of Zapatista
who dynamited the "bridge of death,"
on the Interocean railroad near Axo-
chispam, in I'uebla recently, held up
and robbed the passenger train from
Attencingo and by refusing to ermit
the trainmen to go back and flag a
freight train that was following the
passenger train, caused a wreck in
which the fireman and a train boy
were killed and 15 passengers injured.
The passengers had been lined up
alongside the train and stripped of
their valuable when the freight train
thundered around the curve and
crashed Into the rear of the passenger
train.
Debate Equal SufTraca.
o.. t,'r.nnia,-n Dr. Charles F.
Aked, former pastor of John I). Rock
efeller' church in New York, and
Colonel John I. Irish met In formal
debate In Valencia theater Monday
night to settle, publicly, once and for
all. the virtue and general worth of
...n.imant NIn H for cutiR sutfrntrc
The audience, which had tilled every
nook and comer of the big theater
long before the debate began, follow
ed every thrust and parry with about
the same entuhsiasm as is found at a
heavy-weight ringside.
Thiv Chased By Auto.
Con Praneiitcn After an exciting
rbpso of four block in an automobile
in which aeveral shots were fired,
.'..nk ltauirhertv and Martin i.unn.
alleged highwaymen, were captured
by the police r"ry Monday, after they
had robbed Conrad Messner of Fort
land, Or., of $100 In gold. Messner
w.nfmnted bv two masked men
who covered him with revolvers and
forced him to surrender ms valu
able.
Delegat Bnp Spook.
ci r ..: t;,,irif mnninirs. dancing
or.. I niher nsvchical manifesta
tion are barred in the annual meet
ings of the National Spiritualist1 as
sociation of the United States, which
began here Tuesday. All suen mani
festation will be confined to evening
meet nirs. tho daytime Deing ,in
tirely to buainess.
WOULD RESTORE
KING MANUEL
Portugal Royalists Reported
Preparing for Fight
Republican Troop Surrounded and
Government Admit Situation
Becoming Grav.
Lisbon, Portugal Royalist, fight
ing to put Manuel back on the throne.
early Saturday morning surrounded
and cut olf the retreat of Republican
troops near Vinhaes, 17 mile west of
Bragaaza, according to a report which
haa reached this city.
Detail are lacking, but a fierce
battle between the opposing force 1
expected, lioth aide have been rein
forced during the last few hour, it is
understood.
There have been no disturbance In
Lisbon during the last day or two.
The i'ortuguese government no longer
denies, however, the situation in the
republic outside the capital is very
ed the Republican troop at a fortified
town 45 mile east of the liraga, and
that Captain Couciere will have 30,
000 men behind him when he invest
Oporto.
LAURIER FORCES RESIGN.
FUNERAL IS JOYOUS.
New Canadian Minister Taka Charge
ot Administration.
Ottawa, Ont The last meeting of
the Laurier govement waa held Fri
day. The resignation of the minis
ter will;be tendered to Earl Grey Sat
urday and R. L. Borden will be invit
ed to form a government. He may
have hi slate ready and begin at once
as Sir Wilfrid Laurier did in 1906.
Bye-election will be held aa soon aa
possible.
1'arliament Is expected to meet
early in November and finish its busi
ness before Christmas.
It is almost certain that E. E.
White, general manager of the Na
tional Trust company of Ontario, will
be Finance minister in the Borden
cabinet.
I'remier Hazen, of New Brunswick;
A. S. Goodeve, M. P., of British ColjJ
umbia; Senator Loughred, of Alberta;
Dr. Roche, M. P., of Manitoba.; Rob
ert Rogers, Manitoba's minister of
public works; Fred Cochrane, minis
ter of mines for Ontario; Andrew
EX-KING MANUEL, OF POkTUGAL, WHOM ROYALISTS
ARE TRYING TO RE-INSTATE.
Widow Sing Hymns and Deliver
Eulogy Over Oaad.
Indianapolis There waa no symbol
of mourning at the funeral of Charles
Buhland who died here laat week. In
stead, the casket in which his body re
posed was covered with gay-colored
flowers, and the widow, garbed all in
I white, sang two hymns, read the re
quest of her husband, and delivered a
I brief eulogy. The friends, who at-
tended the service, were told that it
was not an occasion of mourning and
! were asked that lamentationa be
pared.
I All this) was by the request of Buh
land, whose widow refused to use the
word "death" and spoke of her hus
band' "transition" from his earthly
sphere.
Mr. Buhland stood at the head of
the casket, almost amiling. She sang
in a clear, untroubled voice. She and
her husband had embraced Spiritual
ism several years before. She was
convinced, she said, that they had
not even parted, and she expects to
continue communication with him
in the spirit world.
"It is an occasion," said the widow,
in speaking to those assembled there,
"when if ever I should be truthful.
I am standing by the side of the cas
ket which holds the form of my hus
band the one dear to me; the form
that I lovedX that I have embraced,
that has been my companion for more
than 30 years, lover tnd sweetheart,
husband and wife, father and mother.
Under these circumstances and sur
roundings the truth would be told."
Mrs. Buhland then declared that
within three hours of the "transition"
of her husband he had appeared to her
and their son, had conversed with
them, and told them of his desires and
his condition. Mrs. Buland did not
say what specific revelations he had
made concerning life in the next
world.
"He said before his transition that
he would come to us and he came as
he promised," she said.
After her eulogy, Mrs. Buhland
sang another hymn. No one was
tearful. The body was cremated, this
being also at the request of Mr. Buhland.
grave, although asserting that reports
concerning royalist rampages have
been greatly exaggerated.
It was reported that ex-King Man
uel was in Spain, presumably on his
way to Portugal. This was found to
be without foundation, aa information
came direct from London that Manuel
is still at Richmond with the queen
mother.
Dispatches from Madrid, Spain, say
that Portuguese Royalists concentrat
ed at Puebla de Sanabria, province of
Zamora, Spain, about 20 mile north
east of Braganza, Portugal, have
formed into three columns under the
command of Captain Couciere, Senor
Camacho Canavarro and Homen Crista.
Their first objectives are Chaves
and Braganza, where the garrisons are
reported to have pronounced in favor
of the monarchy and courtmartialed a
few officer who held contrary opin
ions. The monarchists now say the
entire Kpulation in North Portugal
has made common cause with them.
The government ia maintaining a
close scrutiny of Oporto, which is
looked uKn as the hotbed of the Roy
alist conspiracy. It was there that
spirited fighting between the Republi
can troops and Monarchists took place
Saturday, in which many of Manuel's
partisans were fired upon by the gov
ernment soldiers.
Broder, M. P., of Dundas, Ont. ;
George E. Foster, ex-finance minister;
Judge Doherty, of St. Annes, Mon
treal; T.Chase Casgrain and F. D.
Monk, of Montreal, are practically
certain to have portfolios.
ITALIANS OCCUPY TRIPOLI.
6,000 Carry Manuel's Flag.
Badajo. Spain (on the Portuguese
frontier) The Portuguese govern
ment admit that Royalist disturb
ances are in progress in Northern
Portugal, near the Spanish frontier.
It is asserted that 6,000 men are
following the white and blue flag of
the deposed King Manuel. It is also
said the RoyaliBts engaged and defeat-
Oregon Will Cruise South.
Seattle The battleship Oregon,
which has been at the Puget Sound
navy yard six years undergoing recon
struction, will leave here October 24
for Los Angeles to join the Paeilic
fleet for annual inspection. While at
I.oa Angeles the famous old battleship
will undergo exhaustive tests to ascer
tain her rtVectiveness for war duty.
Her new fire control system, wireless
apparatus and other equipment, that
was unheard-of when she made her
notable trip around the Horn, will be
given a thorough try-out. '
200 Rebel Put In Jail,
Mexico City. General Ambmsio
Figueora, In a bloodless battle at Chi
lapa, Guerrero, captured 200 Zapa
tists and placed them in jail at Chit
pancingo. He believe ho has thus
effectively broken the strength of Za
pata and Almazar, who have been ter
rorizing the states of Morelos, Puebla
and Guerrero for months. Martial
law is being discussed for Chiapas,
where two governments exist with
separate capitals.
Spaniard Finds No Trouble.
Madrid The governor of Pontevedra
inform the government (that he sent
an emissary into Portugal to learn
what the royalists were doing. The
agent reported that absolute order
reigned.
Portion of Fleet Proceed to Bom
bard Ctner Turkish Ports.
London The Chronicle' Constanti
nople dispatch from Tripoli says that
Italian warships are bombarding Ben
ghazi and Derna and that the former
is vigorously returning the fire.
The Italian flag floats over Sultania
fort at Tripoli which is occupied by
landing parties. Part of the fleet is
anchored in the harbor and the other
warships lie a short distance from the
dismantled fortifications.
According to a Constantinople re
port, the Italian warships bombarded
Benghazi and Derna.
Rumors of a naval engagement in
Turkish waters, of an attack against
Mytilene and of the blowing up of the
Italian battleship Conte di Caviour at
Tripoli have not been confirmed from
any quarter.
A report is current from Constanti
nople that while Germany favors the
adoption of the Italian ultimatum as
the basis of peace negotiations. Great
Britain proposes that Tripoli shall be
come a privileged tributary Turkish
villayet, under joint Turkish-Italian
administration, thus retaining the su
zerainty of the Sultan.
Youths Dead on Shasta,
Sisson, Cal. At the bottom of the
narrow box canyon on the east slope
of Mount Shasta, the bodies of Harry
Mapes and Herbert Barr, two 19-year-old
boys, who were lost in a snow
storm a week ago, were found Friday
by Matt Kolen, a veteran mountain
guide. Two miles from where the bod
ies were found was a hunters' camp
established by the two victims shortly
before they were lost in the storm.
More than 100 men were searching for
the young men for several days.
End of Strike Is Forecast.
Ix)s Angeles "The strike will be
over within 30 days; trains are be
hind time, engines need repairs, and
no competent men can be had to fill
our places," was the statement issued
here by the strikers' publicity com
mittee of the Harriman employes.
Superintendent Piatt, of the southern
division of the system said conditions
were satisfactory and that more men
were working now than at any time
since the strike was begun.
Per Capita Cash S34.36.
Washington, D. C. Each citizen of
the United States, under an equal di
vision, would have $34.35, the per
capita circulation on October 2, ac
cording to the circulation statement of
the treasury department. The total
money in circulation amounted to $3,
242,182,716, an increase over the pre
ceding month, when it was $3,228,-913,634.
TAFT CLIMBS RAINIER.
Autos Stick In Mud But President
Enjoys Day.
Tacoma President Taft climbed to
the foot of the glaciers on Mount Rai
nier Sunday and narrowly escaped
spending a night in the mountain fast
nesses. The presidential party made the
ascent in automobiles and when near
ing the highest point reached by the
roadway, most of the machines be
came mired in mud up to the hubs.
For several hours the narrow road was
completely blocked.
Forest ranger with team of horses
finally cleared the way, but night had
fallen and a storm threatened as the
president started down the decline.
With searchlights blazing the way,
the president's car crept slowly along
the edges of precipices and at times
the outer wheels were within two feet
of a sheer drop of 1,000 feet or more.
Mr. Taft returned safely to his
train, which had been taken to Ash
ford, near the mountain, and resumed
his jounrey.
Despite the threat of storm, the
slippery mud and danger of night
travel, the president declared he had
thoroughly enjoyed the experiences of
the day.
Schoolboy Has Lockjaw.
Newark, N. J. The life of Julius
Mandeville, a 7-year-old school boy
living in this city, hangs in the bal
ance as a result of an attack of lock
jaw due to the infection of a vaccina
tion wound on his right arm. When
the boy was enrolled at the Warren
public school he was obliged by the
regulations to submit to vaccination.
A few days after an abcess formed on
the boy's wrist, his arm swelled, and
convulsions followed. Doctors believe
that dirt got into the vaccination
wound, causing tetanus.
Cook's Polar Case Bare,
Copenhagen Dr. Cook's Greenland
"case" by means of which he would
be able to prove that he had gone to
ward the Pole has arrived here.
When it was opened it was found to
contain a broken sextant, but no pa
pers. Cook a Eskimo, Itukusab, says
j that Cook's Pole stories are pure tic
jtion. Knud Rasmussen has given up
trying to find the Miekelsen expedi
tion and hope that Miekelsen is still
alive is small.
'Slavery Is Ended in Tripoli,
Rome The Italian authorities at
Tripoli have issued a proclamation
, suppressing slavery. Tripoli was the
only remaining port on tne coast 01
Africa where slavery still prevailed,
notwithstanding the efforts of Great
Britain and France to prevent the
traffic.
General Spinsgardi, minister of war,
went to Naples to superintend the or
ganization of the expedition.
Squirrel's Doom Sealed.
Sacarmento Prosecutions of prop
erty owners who do not properly pro
tect the public from bubonic plague
by the slaughter of ground squirrels
has been ordered by the State board of
health, following a conference with
Dr. Rupert Blue of the United States
service. A report by Dr. Blue
showed 13 Federal and 61 county in
spectors now in the field.
DYNAMITE EXPERT
GOES TO DEFENSE
McNamaras Get Advisor From
Side of Prosecution.
Secret Experiments Have Been Made
Minitur Times Build Will Ba
Built for Destruction,
Los Angeles Another of the wit
nesses who was depended on by the
state for important information in the
coming trial of the McNamara broth
ers on a charge of murder resulting
from the explosion in the Los Angeles
Times office has gone over to the de
fense. John Bermingham, Jr., a dy
namite expert who is known in all
sections of San Francisco, and who
has testified as an expert in many of
the big trials in California wherein
dynamite was an element, has been
retained in an advisory capacity by
the defense.
He was closeted for two hours or
more witn Clarence uarrow, cmel
counsel for the defense, and while
Bermingham refused to deny or admit
his connection with that side, it is
known from a source that is reliable
that he will be chief expert in matters
relating to dynamite, its make-up, use
and effect.
It is improbable that Bermingham
will appear as a witness in the case,
although it is possible that he will be
put on the stand to answer hypothe
tical questions. His first-hand knowl
edge of, the effect of the explosive
that wrecked the Times building, the
steel girders and machinery will not
be questioned, according to the present
plans. He is retained in a consulting
capacity.
GO ALOFT DESPITE LAWS.
Female Aviator's Wrist Cut Repelling
Officers.
New York Three Long Island dep
uty sheriffs undertook to preserve the
peace of the Sabbath by preventing
Earl L. Ovmgton and Miss Mathilde
Moisant, aviators, from attempting to
make flights at the Nassau boulevard.
The result was interesting.
Although the official meet of the
Aero club had been declared off, fol
lowing a decision by the Supreme
court that Sunday meets at which ad
mission fees were charged were viola
tions of the law, Ovington and Miss
Moisant desired to make flights on
their own accounL Miss Moisant flew
from the Nassau field to her hangar at
Mineola, and Ovington started on his
proposed flight to the Pacific Coast
with a package of letters, having been
detailed by Postmaster General Hitch
cock as the first transcontinental
aerial mail carrier.
Miss Moisant landed on the property
of her brother, Alfred Moisant, and
immediately a trio of deputy sheriffs
attempted to arrest her.
Miss Moisant s brother said that his
sister had entered her automobile just
after alighting from her aeroplane,
and that the deputies attacked her
chauffeur and severely clubbed him
when he refused to allow them to take
the woman from the automobile.
In the fracas Miss Moisant's wrist
was cut and she was much bruised and
shaken. The deputies had no warrant
to make an arrest.
Fowler Prepares to Fly.
Los Angeles The big biplane in
which R. G. Fowler expects to fly
across the continent has arrived from
Northern California. The aviator has
put his mechanics at work getting the
machine together and hopes to begin
the transcontinental journey within
two days. Fowler's machine is unus
ually heavy. With the aviator, it
weighs more than 1,500 pounds.
Fowler is confident that his motor
can develop more power than it did
when he was forced to abandon the
proposed flight over the wall of the
Sierras near Colfax, and that be can
make the aerial trip to New York in
23 days.
College Wives Faithful.
Northampton, Mass. The latest ev
idence of one of the accompanying;
benefits of a college education for wo
men has just come to light in an in
vestigation conducted by the alumnae
of Smith college, who find in cases
they have observed that out of 67 mar
riages of college girl graduates there
is only one divorce. In contrast to
this percentage is that disclosed by
the investigators, who have found that
there was one divorce out of every
10 or 12 martiagcs of non-college
women.
War Minister Castro Out,
Lisbon The minister of War, Gen
eral Pimanta Castro, has resigned.
The government has decided to ask
President Arriaga to summon Parlia
ment in an extraordinary session to
secure its consent to certain measures
for the speedy trial and punishment of
the conspirators in the attempted rev
olution. Contradictory reports are
being received here regarding the sit
uation in the North. The Monarchists,
do not appear to be making headway.
Duel Fought With Saber.
Havana Major Armando Andre,
editor of El Dia, and Dr. Miguel Men
cia, director of customs, fought a duel
with sabres, Mencia being severely
wounded. Mencia challenged Andre
on account of attacks in El Dia, charg
ing him with gross frauds in the man
agement of the customs house.