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REPORT IS APPROVED Miles' Estimates of Cost of Our Seacoast Defenses. TREATY WITH CANADA. F EAUS NO TROUELE WITH SPAIN THREE AGAINST ONE. Over Three Millions Needed-S605,O0Q Recommended for the Columbia and 91,140,000 for the Sound. Washington, Nov. 15. Seoretary Alger has approved the estimates for the coast-defense work submitted by General Miles, and they will be sub mitted to Chairman Cannon, of the house committee on appropriations some days before the opening of the session. In accordance with law, the expenditures of the different seaports are itemized, but the secretary will ask for authority to spend the money in lump sums, so that work on any par ticular defense may be hurried to meet emergencies. General Miles divides the fortification appropriation for the Pacifio coast, as follows: San Diego, Cal , ? 725,000 San Francisco 1,3S6,UU0 Columbia river r 60o,iM fuget sound 1,U0,0U0 In his report to the secretary, Gen eral Miles makes no referenoe to pos sible complications with Spain, but says: "Although the general desire of our people is to maintain a condition of peace with all nations, and the policy of the government is one of good will and peaceful relations with all others, yet nothing could be more injurious than to settle in a condition of inse curity and permit the lives of millions and the accumulated wealth of many generations to be destroyed or endanger- ed bv any foreign power with which we are liable to come in contact, and the general plan for defense which has been adopted by the government should be steadily pursued until the nation is in the condition of security and safety which a due regard for self-preservation would demand. Reciprocal Arrangement Will Be En tered Into. Washington, Nov. 15. Definite ar rangements have been made for taking up the subjects of a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Canada and to this end meetings have been ar ranged for between .John W. Kasson, who is especially delegated by Presi dent McKinley to conduct reciprocity negotiations, and Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian premier, and Sir Louis Davies, the minister of marine. This is the result of the long and friendly conference held yesterday between Sec retary Sherman and Sir Wilfred. The meeting will be held during the present visit of the Canadian offloials, but no exact time for it has yet been fixed, as it will depend somewhat on the time which can be spared from the Behring sea sessions. Arrangements are also contemplated for taking up the question of border immigration, North Atlantio fisheries, lake fisheries and all other subjects affecting the two countries. The meeting with Mr. Kasson will, however, be confined to reciprocity, as he is delegated by the president to treat on that suDieot alone. itis not ex pected that the reciprocity treaty itself can be matured during the present trip of the Canadian offloials, the desire be ing to arrive at some common tinder standing at this time and perfect details later. A FRIENDLESS PEOPLE. A VALUABLE CYCLOPEDIA. Commercial Directory of American Re public! Freaented to the President Washington, Nov. 15. Secretary Sherman, Minister Romero of Mexico, and Minister Merou of Argentine, mem bers of the executive committee of the bureau of American republics, were at the White House today and presented the first volumn of the commercial di rectory of the American republics to President McKinley. There was con siderable formality about the matter, the presentation being made in the blue parlor. Secretary Sherman presented the volume, saying the work was re garded as of "suoh vast practical im portance to the commerce of our coun try, as to,. be well worthy that we ahoulJ come in a body to present it to you. Upon looking through its pages you will discern its far-reaching value us a factor in disseminating general in formation respecting the natural re sources, the peculiar commercial activi ties, the varying occupation, the in dustries and the latent oapbilities oi the countries of the Western hemis phere." President McKinley made a formal Spain's Efforts to Turchase Warships Is a Failure. London, Nov. 15. Aocording to the correspondent of the Daily Mail the Spanish, naval authorities seem to re gard" the Spanish navy as superior to the navy of the United States, which may explain some of the bellioose utterances of the Spanish press. In connection with Spain's hunt for warships, American diplomats have learned that Spain recently endeavored to make an arrangement with Japan whereby, in the event of war with the United States, the 30 or so warships now building in various shipyards for Japan would be transferred to Spain, and it is supposed that, upon the failure of these negotiations, the Spanish gov ernment entered upon a deal with Chile for the transfer to the Spanish flag of several vessels about completed for the Chilean republic The diplomats referred to express the opinion that, from the standpoint of international law, the completion of such a deal might he regarded as an 1 furnish Peru with unfriendly aot toward the United Statos. Besides the Rothschilds, other prom inent financiers of London and Paris have entirely cut off the monetary sup plies which Spain has hitherto suooeed ed ill obtaining. SOVEREIGN IS OUT. Henry A. Hicks, of New York, Head of Knights of Labor. Louisville, Nov. 15 James R. Sov ereign, who has been general master workman of tho Knights of Labor for the past four years or more, was this afternoon relieved of his office by the general assembly, which has been in session here sinoe Monday. Under or dinary conditions, Mr. Sovereign's term of office would not expire until next meeting. This, however, it is An Alleged Conspiracy to Wipe Bolivia Oft the Map. New York, Nov. 15. A dispatch to the Herald from Valparaiso says: A plan for a dreibund of Chile, Peru and Argentina is in existence, which, if adopted by the three governments, will wipe Bolivia off the South American map, Chile. Peru and Argentina divid ing her .territory. Startling as this statement is, there are many who are inclined to give it credence. Without a doubt some international move of im portance is under contemplation. Chiie and Peru have become entangled with Bolivia, and what the result will be no one can tell. The demands of the alarmists for an explanation from the government, it is generally believed.'are justified. Senor Salinas, Chile's minister to Sucre, Bo livia, has gone to Santiago to confer with the government on the situation. The government flatly denies that he will not return to Sucre, though there are grave fears that 'he will be mur dered if he does return, as the feeling there against Chile is intense. In the clubs, in cafes and at social gatherings, everywhere in Bolivia evervbodv hears Chile talked of as a faithless nation. Reasons for all tho feeling against Chile are to be found in the rebellion of 1891, and its bearing on the Ancion treaty. The revolution ists promised to Bolivia, if she would recognize the belligerency of the rebels, that if they were victorious they would give to Bolivia two years after victory the two Peruvian provinces of Tacana and Arica, held temporarily by Chile under the Ancion treaty.- More than six years elapsed since the victory of the revolutionists, and Chile has not yet fulfilled her promise, for ike reason that by doing, so she would trample on tho treaty. Bolivia now insists on the fulfillment of this promise, which Chile holds is illegal. In the meantime Chile recalled Senor Lira, the minister of Chile to Peru, who belonged to the revolutionary party, and has sent Senor Vicente Santa Cruz, a Bahnacedist, there with instructions to sound Peru on an alli ance against Bolivia, against which the government of Peru has grievances. The plan is to bring about a war with Bolivia and for Peru's asiistance it promises to return Peru the provinces of Tacana and Arica without putting the question to popular vote or de manding of Peru the 10,000,OOU soles ransom, as provided in the Ancion treaty. Chile has also prepared to all necessary arms and munitions to carry on a war with Bolivia. , In this connection the droibund against Bolivia is considered. Argen tina, it is said, will ba invited into the alliance to give strength to the move ment. The Heraldo says that it is reported all international affairs between Chile and Bolivia and Peru will soon be sat isfactorily settled, except the commer cial and police treaty, drawn by Bo livia, and leaving the solution of the Tacana-Arica question until next year. NORTHWEST BREVITIES Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST oi WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. fOffiee of Downing. Hopkins A Co., Chicago Board of Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber of Com merce Building, Portland, Oregon.) NOT THE RIGHT TRAIN. response, expressing his interest in the i whu8e gPnerai 0ffl0er8 during a work of the bureau and the hope that , lnBBtin fflra ftiwaTa in t.iia hands of the tho publication would lead to a closer commercial relation between the repub lics of American With the volume was transmitted a letter to the president from Joseph P. Smith, director of the bureau, in which he stated the objects of the publication. It is a commercial cyclopedia of the Western hemisphere, intended to furnish information for the benefit of merchants and agriculturists. President McKinley has been congratu lated from time to time during the progress of the work, and has shown great interest in it. A WHITECAP OUTRAGE. fwo Ohio Girls Beaten and Tarred and Feathered. Holgate, O., Nov. 15. Word reached this city this evening from Oakwood, a bamlet 25 miles south, of an outrage perpetrated last night by whitecaps upon two girls, Edith and May Rob erts, 19 and 17 years of age, respect ively. Ten days ago the young ladies received a whitecap notice warning them to leave the town and county, but they paid no attention to the no tioe. Last night, they were awakened by a band of eight or ten men entering their rooms and dragging them from their beds in their night-robes to the near-by road, where they were terribly whipped with a cat-o'-nine-tails, which was found this morniDg. After beat ing them, they gave the girls a coat of tar and feathers and took them back to the house, where they were found un conscious this morning. May, the younger of the girls, is in a critical condition, the flesh being cut to the bone by the whip. There is no olew to the perpetrators. I.adue Hobbed of Klondike Gold. Chicago, Nov. 15. Joseph Ladue, who struck it rich in the Kloudike.was robbed of $700 worth of nuggets in the depot of the Lake Shore railroad today. The thief managed to secure the gold while Ladue was walking from his train to the depot door. assembly, and can be chosen and de posed at the will of the majority. Along with Mr. Sovereign there were three other officers retired because of this meeting, viz: T. B. MoGuire, general worthy foreman, of Amster dam, N. Y.; Daniel Brown, of Mon tana, and II. B. Martin, of Minneapo lis, of the executive committee. Henry A. Hicks, of district assem bly 253, New York city, was chosen to fill Mr. Sovereign's place, and I. D. Chamberlain, of Pueblo, Colo., was seleoted as general worthy foreman. Stanfield Fitzpatriek, of Montreal, and Henry Bostock, of assembly 800, glass workers, were chosen as the two mem bers of the executive board, the third member being Andrew Best Woman In Polities. Tekamah, Neb., Nov. 15. Miss Alice Thomason and Professor C. S. Laughlin were married last evening. The affair grew out of the election. Professor Laughlin has been principal of the local high school for some time, and Miss Thomason had been his as sistant. He was a Republican and his pretty helper professed the Populist faith. This fall Professor Laughlin beoame a candidate for superintendent of pub lio instruction in Burt county. The Populitts induced Miss Thomason to accept their nomination. The cam paign became quite animated. Miss Thomason made speeches in opposition to Laughlin and the fight was spirited. On the eve of election, when it was too lato for the Populists to select a new candidate, Miss Thomason with drew from tho race. As Mr. Laughlin had practically no opposition he was elected. The next cay cards an nouncing their approaching marriage were sent oat. Both now admit that they intended to be married all the time, but thought all was fair in politics and took this method of being sure of the position they coveted. Held I'p by I.one Highwayman. Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 15. Word has been received here that the Warren mail and express carrier was held up a few miles from Warren by a lone high wayman. He turned over the express box, which contained a considerable amount of gold dust, although the ex act amount is not known. Boston, Nov. 15. By the collapse of a three-story brick building today four I men were injured, one of whom, it is I said, will probably die. I Amnesty for Competitor Trlsoners. Havana, Nov. 15. Dispatches from Madrid confirm the reports that the prisoners captured on the American schooner Competitor in April, 1806, will be included in the general am nesty decree soon to be issued. The finished portion of the new con gressional library of Washington has about, forty-four miles of shelving, which will accommodate over 2,000, 000 volumes. Missouri Itobhers Were Wrong In Thell Reckoning. Kansas City, Nov. 15. The Missouri Pacific pastenger train known as the St. Louis fast mail, which leaves Kansas City at BP. M., was held up by five masked robbers at 9:30 tonight at the Chicago & Alton crossing, just east of Independence, and less than a mile from the famous blue out, in which three trainrobberics have occurred within the past year. The robbers were disguised as women, and when the engineer saw thorn swing ing a lantern across the track, an ap parent signal of danger, he did not hesitate to stop. The engine's crew was covered with revolvers. Conductor Dennis O'Brien and Brakeman Michael stepped out to see what was the matter, and were greeted by a volley of bullets, which caused the greatest confusion in the passenger cars. The oonductor and brakeman were compelled to cut the express and baggage cars from the rest of the train, and the engineer and fire man were made to get down from their oab. The robbers quickly jumped aboard and took the engine and express car about two miles further east, where they stopped ana compelled Express Messenger Williams to open his car. He offered no resistance, as he carried no treasure. The robbers had evident ly intended to stop the St. Louis lim ited express, which leaves Kansas City at a late hour, and were greatly sur prised upon discovering that the cars which they had captured contained nothing of value. In their rage they pounced upon the express messenger and went through his pockets, but $2.65 was all they secured. After this they quickly left the train and disappeared in the darkness. After a delay of over an hour the train was got together again and started on its journey. The county marshal and his men were at the scene of the robbery very soon after, but there is every probabil ity that the robbers were safely in In dependence or Kansas City before any organized effort was made to capture them. The new standard postal card will be a trifle smaller than the card now in use, so that it can be inclosed in busi ness envelopes of ordinary size. Lone Highwayman's Haul. Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 15. Lotters I received from Warren state that the J highwayman who held up the express messenger a few miles from Warren j Novemlier 2 secured $1,000 in gold dust from the treasure box, besides coin and paper money that increased the booty to $5,000. flm naitin i.u'n nminfil has ftAfiiloil to appoint a municipal "hydrologist," whose duty it shall be to supervise tit water supply of the city. From All the Cities and Towns - the Thriving Sister States Oregon. Umatilla county recently bought a reversible road grader, and this county now has four road machines. The population of Lostine, Wallowa sounty, is now estimated at 175. Three months ago only 40 people were living there. A farmer of Tangent has nearly ready for trial a steam plow that he has invented, and which he thinks will plow 15 acres of ground in a day. A Curry oounty man soon expects to begin manufacturing barrels in which to pack fish. A number of such barrels are used on the Coquille, and some on Sixes and Elk rivers. George H. Tolbert, who is in charge of the Rogue river salmon hatchery station, says that 1,679,800 eggs have been taken. Some of the eggs now taken are hatching. The- cannery at Kernville near the mouth of the Siletz river, in Lincoln oounty, did a good business for the season just closed. It is reported that it canned about 10,000 cases of Balmon. Track laying on the Astoria & Co lumbia Rivei railway was completed to Aldrich point Monday night. The track-laying machine has been side tracked at Knappa, and the work is now being done by hand. Fish have been plentiful on the streams of Curry county this fall. One fisherman caught 250 big salmon in the Sixes in one night. Flora creek, Sixes and Elk rivers, Rogue river and the Chetco are all good salmon streams. An Oalkand, Cal., man estimates that the amount of apples contracted for in Coos county this season, includ ing those already shipped, figures' up to 80,000 boxes, and several thousand more boxes are being held for higher prices. Baker City is the only city in Eastern Oregon with a gas plant. There is also an electric light plant. Three new re torts have been added to the gaji plant, and hall a mile of additional main pipes have been laid since September 15 last. The cannery in Marshflcld shutdown last week. The pack for the season amounts to 8,500 cases, of which about 7,000 cases are ohinook. Some of the salteries are still running, and the fish ermen will probably continue opera tions until the middle of the month. A thoroughbred trotter juat 40 inches high and weighing 000 pounds was brought into The Dalles reoently. The animal is well built, and perfectly formed in body, but his legs are con siderably shorter than those of a normal horse. He was raisei in the Willam ette valley. The horso cannery at Linnton is fur nishing a market for considerable num ber of cayuses from Eastern Oregon and Washington, and will in time relieve the ranges of a large number of useless stock. One day last week 10 calroads passed through Ihe Dalles on the way to Linnton. They were a lot of ponies from the Warm Springs reservation. Washington. About $750,000 will be paid out for wheat at Tekoa this year. A new brewery in Colfax will heign operations this week. The proprietors of the Tekoa mills have 80,000 bushels of wheat now in store and are running on full time. They are shipping large quantities of flour to China and Japan and their ex port trade is increasing rapidly. One hundred and seventy-five Chi nese arrived at Taooma on the steamer Utopia last week, en route from the Blaine salmon cannorios for Portland. After landing they and their baggage were inspected ty uninese inspector Jossey, and then put aboard cars and dispatched to the metropolis. A California mining man has discov ered what he considers a good lead on the Elwha river, 15 miles from the mouth, in Clallam county. The ore developed $8.88 in gold and 17 cents in silver. The Selby Smelting Com pany, of San Francisco, offered to take 1,000 tons of the ore at the assay valu ation. The receipts at the Everett custom house for last month were $10,268.21, which was all paid in silver, making a little over a half a ton for Captain L. II. Coon to handle during the flrtit month he lias been in charge of the office. This is the largest month's busi ness that has ever been done in the history of the office. A proposition to establish, in Seat tle, a plant for the manufacture of oans, has been laid before the chamber of coinmoroe by Irving Ayres, treasur er of the Pacific sheet metal works, of San Francisco. He is investigating the probable advantages of such a plant, and on his report to the directors of the company, of whom lie is one, will depend the inauguration of the en terprise. The gathering of the cranberry crop at the Chabot marsh, near llwuco, was concluded last week, and the product i will be over 6,000 bushels. Last year , it was 6,600 bushels. About 40 China men were engaged as pickers this year, and about 100 hundred white people, men, women, boys and girls. At 50 cents a bushol, these pickers earned Just $3,000. ' At Olympia land office six final proofs were made, three were received from subordinate officers and three frouj homestead enrties wore made. AGAINST THE CANAL. Sure to The aotion of the market has been a great disappointment to the bulls, and there is a growing feeling that with favorable conditions in the winter wheat sections for the next two weeks, that wheat possiby may sag still lower. The news has been rather bearish in many respeots, the enormous receipts (much of which 'is low grade), the heavy rains in the winter wheat sec tions in the past week, the improved conditions in the Argentine, and the smaller demand for flour has caused a liquidating movement to set in that has carried May wheat down to a lower price than it has seen for a long time Claims are made that the ealier esti mates of Europe's import requirements of breadstuffs are now thought to have been somewhat too high. In addition, the demand has been, so far, easily met, causing together a shade of iudif ferenoe on the part of purchasers. In all estimates of the future, much is made of what may be expected of the crops o'f the Argentine and of the Au stralian oolonies. Too many perhaps, forgot that while harvesting begins in about a month, the products of the harvest do not appear, to any great ex tent, before April or May. The large shipments from Russia and America yet stifle any undue efforts on the part of buyers in Western Europe to secure larger shipments at present, especially as the quantity on passage is about double the amount so found at the be ginning of our crop season. It is not surprising, in view of these conditions that the markets have oocasions of re lapse, But later, when the two prin cipal sources of supply begin to bIiow actual exhaustion, as they may be ex pected to, at the rapid rate of shipping, an upward turn in altairs is likely to ensue., it snouM be no disappointment to those who habitually understate the resources of exporters to find relapse in prices when the 'facts showing it are developed. Still there need be no great apprehension of the future for the sup ply is none too great for the natural wants of the world. Portland Market. Wheat Whl la Walla, 72 73 c; Val ley and Bltu'Stem, 75 76c per bushel. Four Best grades, $4.25; graham, $3.70; superfine, $2.40 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 8384c; ohoioo gray, 8132o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew ing, $20 per ton. Millstiffs Bran, $14 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $15.50. Hay Timothy, $13 12.50; clover, $1011; California wheat, $10; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $010 pel ton. Eggs 22 24c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o; fair to good, 8540c; dairy, 2585c per roll. Cheese Oregon, lo; Young America, 12sc; California, 910c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.50 2.50 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.50; geese, $5.00; ducks, $3.004.0C per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llcpei pound. Potatoes Oregon Burhanks, 85 40c per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. Onions Oregon, now, red, 90c; yel low, 80o per cental. Hops 8 lac per pound for new Crop; 1890 crop, 67o. Wool Valley, 14 16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 712o; mohair, 20 22o per pound. Mutton Gross, bost sheep, wethers and ewes, $3. 60 2. 60; dressed mutton, 6o; spring lambs, 6)0 per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.60; light and feeders, $3. 004.00; dressed, $4.505.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.753.00; cows, $3.25; dressed beef, 45jC pel pound. Veal Largo, 4,'5o; small, 6 6o per pound. Seattle Market. Butter raney native creamery, brick, 24 (it 25c; ranoh, 16 18c. Cheese Native Washington, 2o; California, B'o. Eggs Fresh ranch," 80c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $3.50 8.00; ducks, $3.603.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $25 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $19 20. Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton 22; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton 32; whole, $22. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef. steers, 6c; cows, 6o; mutton sheep, 6c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 6c; salmon 8jc; salmon trout, 710o; flounders and sole, 8 4; ling cod, 4 5; rock cod 6c; smelt, 2,'y4c. iTresh Fruit Apples, Z5ol per box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 86 40c pears, $1 per box. Han Francisco Market. Wool Nevada .11 13c; Oregon, 13 14c; Northern 1416o per pound. Hops 12,14c per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $2022; Cal ifornia bran, $16.00 16.60 per ton. Onions New rod. 70ffi80e; do new ilverskin, $1.00 1.15 per cental. Eggs Store, 18 20c; ranoh, 89 41c; Eastern, 17 25; duck, 25c per dozen. Potatoes Now, in boxes, 80 70c. Cheese Fancy mild, now, 12'c; fair to good, 7 Ct. 8c per pound.. Citrus, Fruit Oranges, Valencias, $1.608.00; Mexican limes, $3.60f 3.00; California lemons, choice, $3.00 2.50; do common, 76c $1 per box, Hay Wheat, 1216; wheat and oat, $11; oat, $1012; river bar ley, $7 8; best barley, $10 12; alfalfa, $8ft9.50; clover, $810. resh Jrult Apples, 5(tuO jmr large box; grapes, 2540o; Isabella, CO 75c; peaches, 60c $1; pours, 40 65c per box; plums, 25 fa a 5c. Be Mwch Opposttson at tne Coming Session. i Washington, Nov. 15. One of the. prominent measures which will be brought before congress at the coming session is the consideration of the Nic aragua canal. From the present out look it is probable that no action will be taken, and that a final vote on tha bill will not be reached. The main proposition which is now pending is the construction of the oanal by a 00m pany, the bonds of which to the amount of $70,000,000 shall be guaranteed by the government. It is not strange, in view of the re oent complications whioh have arisen, that members of congress hesitate about going into a scheme involving any suclv guarantee. It may mean that the Uni ted States will not only pay the interest, but, in the end, will be compelled to pay the principal of these bonds. There is also fear of a scheme or trick by some underhanded and underground meth ods. People do not care to be entangled with a concern which is operating for its own profit. Many men would gladly vote for the building of the Nicaragua oanal if the United States would have .absoltue control, and if it was assured that it could be built for $100,000,000, but, as the matter stands now, it is very doubtful whether the canal can be built for that amount, and it is also doubtful whether the company which owns the concessions will be able to carry out the plans and purposes of the bill which has long been pending before congress. It is well known that the greatest benefits that would come from building the canal would accrue first to the At lantic coast New York and New Eng land then the Gulf states, next the Pacifio states, and following, possibly the states bordering on the Mississippi river, which would ship thoir products to the Pacifio coast by way of the Nic aragua canal. It must be acknowl edged th.t the interior states would de rive little benefit, and is it not to be wondered at that their representatives hesitate about them embarking in any such undertaking. Even big Tom Reed, the speaker of the house, hailing from Maine, a great maritime state, hesitates about putting the seal of his approval, or, in other words, allowing , the Nicaragua canal bill to come before the house, when it involves suoh a vast expenditure from the United States treasury. These arethe reasons that will pre vent the consideration and passage of the Nicaragua oanal bill at the coining session. "X" RAY IN A DAMAGE SUIT. Roentgen's Discovery In Court for tha First Time. New York, Nov. 15. "X" rays were used in oourt for the first time in this country in a damage suit before a. ury in the Brooklyn superior court. Martin Hutchinson, 9 years old, was subjeoted to ray examination for sev eral minutes. Ho was injured on Christmas night, 1895, by being eject ed from a street oar. The plaintiff contends that the head of the left humerus was fractured from the boy's fall from the oar when the oonductor threw him off. A dynamo was plaoed in front of the jury box and near the lawyers' table, and a large Crooke s lube was used. Soon after the case had been resumed young Hutchinson's jacket and outside shirt were removed. The arms and shoulders were exposed. Befoie the examination the question as to wliotner any possible injury would result from the examination was discussed. J. Stewart Ross, who rep resents the plaintiff, insisted that a limit as to the time of the examination should be set. It was decided that it should be three minutes. When the boy took his seat with his loft shoulder about six inches from the Crooke's tube, he smiled at the jury and the lawyers. Dr. William Morton looked at the boy's left shoulder through a fleuroscope, nd Judge John son, who presided at the trial, stood np and timed the proooeding. George L. Fowler then took the fleuroscope and looked at the boy's left arm and should er until time was called. Dr. Morton and Dr. Fowler will toll on the stand the result ot the examina tion. Thoy are witnesses for the de fense. Previous to that made in court there had boen examinations ot the 1 boy's shoulder. The examinations were made to fchow the lesult of the fractures. Outlook Has Improved. New York. Nov. 15. A dispatch to the Herald from Madrid says: The out look as regards the United States is considered to have improved. Greater quiet prevails here. It is reported here that the papal nuncio at Madrid who is at present in Rome has received instructions fom the pope to exhort the Spanish clergy against espousing tho cause of Don Carlos. Weavers' Demands Granted. Philadelphia, Nov. 15. The 250 Weavers employed by F. A. Baohnian Hi Co., who struck about three weeks ago for higher wages, returned to work tiiis aftornon, tho company having granted them an advance of from 5 to 8 per cent. The strike of weavors threw nearly 1,000 persons out of work. ' ' Polar Expeditions. Stockholm, Nov. 16. King Oscar ami a number of private persons have contributed sufficient money to insure the dispatch of the Swedish polar ex pedition in 1898, which will be led by Professor Nathorst, the geologist. The) cost of the expedition is estimated at 70,000 crowns. ' The Decree of Antonnmy. Madrid, Nov. 15. The royal flecros) granting aurbnomy to. Cuba will be formally gazetted November S3.