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Horriman is endeavoring to gain con trol of thu 8t. l'aul railroad. Tho Jnnnnceo are capturing many Junks loaded with provisions trying to enter Tort Arthur. The itu'sians are dlenlnvlntr great activity at Mukden. 'Iho meaning of the move Is in doubt. A Japanese leader predicts a long struggle and expects that Japan will be out 11,000,000,000 In two years. Filipinos aro holding meetings ut Manila for thu pnrposo of discussing ways and menus of securing independ ence. Firo of an unknown origin started in thu hold ofkthu crulnor Washington, be ing built nt New York. It was extin guished buforo serious damage waB done. A robber walked into tho hank of n nin.111 town near Council Illufffl, Iowa, and after comicl'ing thu assistant o alitor to hand over 1 1,500 lockid 1 o in tho big vault and depaited. Russia is II ruling it vuty dllllcult to secure ships to carry coal to Vladivo stok. Tho HusslaiiH havo frustrated several attempts of thu enemy to break through tlielr lines. Tho International i'enro congrcsu Iiob madu an earnest appeal to all nations to take steps to avert more wars. Tho Japanosu aro feeling out tho Rus sian positions around Mukden and it genural advance is expected next week. It It said that Secretary Hitchcock's report on laud frauds was largely in tended to cover up ills own shortcom ings. Hops havo mado another advanco in thu Willamette valley, several sales be ing reported ut Independence at 31 cents. America Gains Another Victory Russian Court. St. Petersburg, Oct. 8. Contrary to general expectations, the represen tations submitted to Russia by the United States for tho recognition, with out discriminaton, of American pass ports havo not been entirely fruitless. Foreign Minister Ltiirsdorffg response, communicated to Ambassador McCor mlck today, ocn creates the hope that something may actually b accomp lished. After receiving consideration at tho foreign odlce, thu American not'i wiib referred to the high comlsslon for gen era) revision of passport Ihwb, which was created by imperial ukaso, in De cember, 11)03. All matters telatiug to passports and the exclusion of tho Jews are governed by the international laws of the empire, nnd tho question is out side of tho direct Hold of diplomatic negotiation. Uy ieforrihg thu pre sentation of tho United States, compli ance with which would Involve n modi fication of tho passport laws, to thu commission, which body is compotunt to act thi'icoti, n decisonof tliu question may be directly readied. An oillcial of thu foreign olllcc has been appointed by Count LaniBdnrff to sit with the tomnsslon, thus insuring consideration of tho international as pect of the question. Moreover, tho commission will sit under tliu dliurtlou of tho minister of thu interior and Am- uaBsmior .Mcuormick, who nmi an ex tended talk with Prince Sviatopolk Miisky, tiie minister of -'the intcritr. upon tliu subject this afternoon found him, as might havo been' expected from his recent public utterances, quite sympathetic. ' FIGHT AT SEA Russian Pleet at Port Arthur Ventures Out. PAYNC IS NO MORE. PORT IS EXPECTED TO GIVE UP Opinion Based on Assertions That Squadron Would Mikc no Sortie Until Hope Was Gone. Toklo, Oct. 7. Tokio has advices that Into yesterday uveningn naval bat tle had occurred at IVirt Arthur. Whllu no details aru ohtainablu other than that thu light is Raid to have followed a sortie on the part of tho Russian squad ron, thu belief prevails that thoru ran bo no doubt ap to the outcome. Tho Russian vessels, as is well known, aro In no condition to meet Admiral Togo's well-equipped and thoroughly repaired fleet. 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VON MKDA, Cashier TkGU A IRISH, Assistant Cashier. Capital ana Surplus lOtOOO Tho Chinese government says that if foreign capital Is needed for proposod railway construction, It will first turn to America. Chinese refugees from fiouthorn Man churia toy thu Japanosu are adminis tering affairs with a high hand. Thero is a great scarcity of provisions among thu native popualtion. Lieutenant Granvillo Fortoscue, American attarho, who has been with tho besieging forces at Port Arthur, is returning home. Ho is pledged to secrecy as to tho conditions around the fortress. Four persons were killed and fifty In jured in an English railway accident. Tokio is advised that the army is making steady progress at Port Arthur. Firo winod out an entiro villauo In gouthorn Russia. Five hundred fam ilies aro homeless. The Norwegian bark Sir John Law rence, from London, struck on rocks off the coast of Norway end went down with all on board. Tho Santa Fe has largo gangs of men at work in Colorudo repairing tho work of the flood. It will take a week to make tho road passable, Detectives aro unable to find any clow to the persons who havo attempted to destroy the battleship Connecticut. Thure is little danger that any furthor attempt will be made, Marines are stationed all around the boat and oth ers on it. According to dispatches from Okla lima the South Canadian river is high er'timn in 40 years. It is feared that the loss to cotton and corn crops and bridges, witli other properties along the river, throughout tho territory. will by enormous. No loss of life has" been reported. Train Strikes the Wrcckanc Three People are Killed. Now York, Oct. 8. Whllo speeding along in the Uronx early this morning an nutoinobilu containing nine persons went off an embankment at One Hun dred and Slxty.flrst street and Jeromu n venue nnd two persons,-' man and n woman, wcro killed The machine fell on to the Now York Central tracks, and tho wreckage was struck by a south bound train. In tho nutomobilo when the accidont occurred were flvo women and four men. At Jerome avenue mid Ono Hun dred and Sixty-first stroettho roadway Is butweon IIO unr-IO fe'e't Hbove thn railroad tracks. When tliu big ma eliliiu plunged downward it struck near thu southbund tracks, and tliu nine persons and tho automobile wero caught by an incoming train. Rosldes tho two killed, all the others In thu automobile wore injured. Tlioy weru taken to the Fordham hospital, whoro it was reported at 1:30 this morning that at least four of thosohuit wore in a serious londitinn. Ono of the passenger on tho train said that the train wat running about 30 miles un hour when it struck tho machine Tho machine was n heavy tourliiK ear, and It Is said was lunuinu down Jerome avenue at u rapid rate of speed. TEARS AN AMERICAN PLOT. She STATION I'OR COLUMBIA. Navy Department Is Pushing Estab lishment of Wireless Telegraphy. Washington, Oct. 8. Admiral Man ney, rhief of the bureau of thu equip ment of the navy department, has Leen pushing with great energy tho estab lishment of wireless stations for nuval and genoral maritime use. A report addressed by him to tho secretary of the navy foino time ago, but Just mado public, shows thu bureau already has established 22 stations along tho coast. Among tho stations to bo established are tho following: San Diego, San Pedro, Point Conception, Point Rur, Point Arenas, Cape Mendicino, Cape Dlnnco, Columbia river, Cape Flattery, Poit Townsend, Rreinerton, Washing ton, Sitka, Dutch Harbor, Klska is land, Honolulu, Midway islands, Guam, Tutuila, Capo Rojeador, Point Piedras, Capoes, Ologapo, San Bernar dino, Port Sublg, Port Celiu, Point Tabuna, Iloilo, Susla Straits, European Statesmen llcllcvcs Has Designs on Trade. Pails, Oct. 7. Some European statesmen aro seriously oncerned for tho economic future of Europu, Cer tain among them, see, or fancy tlioy see, n deup-lald schema on tho part of tliu United StittcH for absorbing thu commerce of Asia, and appear to think tho moment lias arrived to Issue a seri ous note of warning. Today M. Melin, ox-prime minister nnd lender ol tho French Protectionists, sounds an alarm in thu Republiqun Francaisu in nn artlclu untitled "Tliu United States in Asia." M. Melin says no mlstnku should bo mado by Kuropo. Ilu Bays it !b in (ho direction of the Far Fast America is evidently turning ItH commercial am hition. England, ho says, will prefer to throw itsulf Into tho arms "of tho great American republic, which Is close to her and may render her service. In conclusion M. Melin pays: "Uno cannot refrain from rather melancholy reflections on tho commer cial and economic future of old Europe, Thu more her industry increases that much moro her machinery improves, and tho more her warehouses nru cram med with goods, Just so much tho moro restricted nnd narrow her expansion uuroau Decor lies, hlio now finds hcrnuM In the presence of 11 giant, who, with mighty Japan, Is taking away hor cus tom. After havlnir. poized n portion of that of South America, thu giant is now preparing to deprive hor of that of tlio lollow ruces, which is tho most important in tho world. Thu Justin promises to leave to Eurpo thu negrooH of the Soudan and thu vast regiotiB nt Africn, hut until that proves profitahlo poor Europe will havo timo to slew in her own Juicu." WILD RACE TO ESCAPE DANGER. Heart Disease Causes the Death of Postmaster General. Washington, Oct 0. -Henry O. Payne, postmaster general of tho United States, a member of tho nation al Republican committee, a Btnlwart of his party, with tho history of which, in ills homo statu nnd nationally, ho had been identiled for many years, died at his apartmontsnt tho Arlington hotel nt 0:10 Inst night, aged 00 years. Dcatli was duo to disuaso of tho mitral valve nnd dilution of the heart. Mr. Payno has been in poor health for nt leoBt two years, but his last Ill ness covered only Boven days, an attack of heart troublo last week precipitat ing tho end, nt a timo when, after n lest, ho appeared to havo recovered n small measure of tho vitality impaired by years of arduouus labor. Death camo nftor nearly six hours of uncon sciousness. Tho Inst oflicial caller to Inquire ns to Mr. Payno's condition was President Roosovclt, and ho had been gone only about ten minutes when thu stricken member of tho cabinut ux- pi red. The death of tiio postmaster genoral came ns tho result really of a succes sion of sinking spells duo to a weak heart Hint enfeebled tho sick man un til finally thu heart literally gave out. Novor in lecont yearn robust, Mr. Payno was tumble to withstand tliu shock of tho sinking spells, and last Friday, when ho had two sinking spoils, It was believed ho wan rapidly nppronchlng the cud. While moderato doses of heart remedies sulllccd nt first, It became necessary by Sunday to give much mure powerful stimulants, and tho doses wore given In gientur quanti ties than on any previous d.y. DEATH IS SURE Payne Only Kept Alive Use of Stimulants. by STRENGTH IS PAST FAILING 1 ramlly Has Been Summoned to the Bedside of United States Post master General. 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It Is roported that General iiaslllo Munoz, leader of the Uruguayan rovo lutionists, has been shot by his former followers. Considerable loss of life and prop erty was occassional by fire in the ar tillery and ammunition magazines at Sevastopol, Russia. The ciar may block the plan for the Immediate reorganization of the Rus sian army. Por-ttna'ster General Payne continues in a dangerous condition. His life bangs bi the balance. Russians made a raid on Junks car rying supplies to Oyama and des troyed a number of them. The Japanese have begun a genoral advance oa Mukden, Chairman Tawney Coming, Portland, Oct. 8. James Tawney, chairman of the exposition conlmltteo of the United States congress, is to visit Portland next summer to attend the Lewis and Clark exposition, Mr. Tawney will bo remembered as the con gressman who stood hy tho Oregon del egation at the timo the exposition ap propriation bill was brought up, and ho is in a large measure responsible for the passage of tho hill. Word of his intended visit was received yester day by President Myers, of the stute comiBslon. May Have Robbed Attaches. St. Petersburg, Oct. 8 Thu French embassy hero lias leceived informtiou that two Chinamen li.no been arrested at Chofoo wliilo trying to exchange $2,- 000 in riench and (jcrman notes, be lieved to havo been stolen from Lieu tenat do Cuverville arid Captain von Gilgenheun, respectively tire French and German naval attaches at Port Arthur, who have mysteriously disap peared. A local paper intimates that thu Japanese are the real culprits. Deathblow to Bullfighting in Spain. Madrid, Oct. 8. Tho Institute of Social Reforms, after a heated discus sion today, decided by 13 votes to eight to ratify tho absolute prohibition of Sunday bud fighting. This is consid ered to l)e the death blow to bull fight ing in Spam. Blast furnace rilled With Hot in Wdke of Trolley Car. New York, Oct 7. A ton-ton rolling blast furnaco filled with hot Iron used for tho welding of the Joints of trolley tracks tias been tho cause ol an excit ing rldo for u carload of people in New ark, N. J. Thu furnaco became un manageablu on thu top of a stoop hill, and started down witli rapidly Increas ing speed In tho wuko of a trolley cur bound toward tliu conter of thu city. Tho motorman put on full speed, Int the muss of iron and firo gained stead ily. Wlien it seemed a disastrous col lision was inevitable, thu car crew and ten pusaengers, soornl of whom were women, hold n hurried consultation and decided that the only chancu to save their Ihes was in Jumping. After thu race had gone on for a quarter of a inilo, witli thu furnnru steadily gaining, the runaway machine swerved uud struck an oncoming car. Thu passengers escaped serious injury. Diplomats on Isthmus of Panama Will Be Accredited to America. Washington, Oct. 0. Uhllo has formally recognized thu absolute sov ereignty of thu United Staten over the Panama canal zone. Othor nations which havo been holding hack to await tho outcomo of the diplomatic tost caso will do tho same. Tho result will be that practically all the foreign diplo mats on tho isthmus will bo accredited to this country instead of Panama. Chile some timo ago applied for an equattim for Groonimo Osso, who wbb appointed consul at Panama. The re quest was withhold, owing to the, un settled condition of affairs. Though uiiH country exorcises iuii control over thu canal zone, tho land belongs to Panama. Today tho secretary of stato disposed of the question by issuing the exequatur, but instead of being In the regular form It is a notification to Gen oral Davie, governor genoral of the ca nal zone, that Mr. Oesu Is authorized to reprosent Chile in all diplomatic matters involving the canal strip. This will probably Involv.o further differences between this government and tliu republic of Panama. CORTELYOU WILL SUCCEED HIM. Japan To Increase Navy. San Fruncit-co, Oct. 7, From Infor mation recoivud in San Francisco by prominent Japanese, it is evidently the purpose of Japan to take immediate stops toward increasing her lighting efliciohey to a very considerable degreu. It is stated the Japanuo government has determined to place contracts ut once for some 20 warships to bo completed at as early a dutu as possible. ft is further stated the greuter number of these ships aro to bo built in thiHcoun try, and that several will bo Lull t in San Francisco, He Is Expected to Enter the Office About December I. Washington, Oct. 0. -In succession to Mr. Payne, Goorgo liiuce Cortelyoti, ux-eecretary of tho department of com merce and labor, and now chairman of tho Republican national committee, will become postmaster general. Mr. Cortolyou's appointment as head of thn pnstoliice department was de termined on several mouths auo bv Piesidcnt Roosevelt, when Mr. Payne indicated to the president lilfc desire to retire from the department on account of tho precarious rtuto of his health. Mr. Payno would havo resigned the portfollo.long ago hud It not been for tho then pending investigation of the affairs of thu department. ilu felt, however, and said many times to his friends, that lie could not relinquish thu duties of thu olilco whllo thu inves tigation was pending, uud expressed his determination to curry this work to u conclusion. Washington, Oct. 4. Postmaster General Payno Is still allvo, but only as thu result of thu injection of tho moBt powerful drugs known to tho med ical profession. Frcnuonl sinkinir spoils marked tho day yesterday, and his condition ia decided) worsg this morning than it was 24 hours ago. Thu physicians express not tho slightest hopo for his recovery, and during the night possessed so little confidence that their distinguished patient could live through until morning that at mid night bulletins wore issued predicting dissolution within n fow minutes, and at 2 o'clock this morning they placed tho limit at two hours at tho outside, with tho probability that every moment would be tho lust. General Payno, after spending the forepart of the night in n quiet sleep, was so I zed at midnight witli n sinking spoil votso than any that had preced ed It. Powerful restorutlvoB adminis tered in larger quantities than thereto fore given produced not tho slluhtest apparent effect, and tho inemliers of thu family weru hastily summoned to the bedsido. Two hours Intor n niessngo was rc colved from tho bedsido that thu gener al was still nlivu, but nil hopo had been abandoned. Tho physicians nfusod to statu how long their patient could sur vive, but statud that while ho might livo for two hours, on tho othor hand, the end might come nt tho next mo ment. After administering tho stimu lants at midnight, thu physicians dis continued the use of drugs, and thero altur allowed nature to take its course. Shortly after half past two, tho pa tlont showed signs of reviving, and a. few seconds later ho complotely re gained consciousness, and exclaimed "Hello'' to thoso about him. Dr. Ma grudur asked him how ho was feeling and received the reply "first rate." Milk was then given him to drink. Shortly alter 4 o'clock. General Payne's prlvato secretary Issued a bul letin in effect, that the patient wu resting easily. It was added that Gen eral Payne's pulse was steadier and hl respiration moro natural than It had been for days. A consultation probably bo hold this morning. MANY A BRIBE. rill Steel Pldtes Being Shipped. Minneapolis, Oct. 7. Fifty curs of heavy steul platen, intended for the Japanese go eminent, aru now being transhipped at Minnesota transfer. They are from tliu Curnugiu company, at Pittsburg, nnd uie consigned to the company's agent in Japan. Tho plates vary in thickness from half an inch to an inch and a quarter, and aro of the kind ordinarily used in the construc tion of cruisers and torpedo boats, Large Oil Plant Burns. FJndlay, 0 Oct. 7. Tiu plant of the National Refining company was burned today. Loss, 200,000. Tho Ore was started through lightning strik ing a tank which at the time contained about 30,000 barrels. Toga for Moody. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 0. Tho Telo gram tomoriow morning will say: "Governor John L, Rates will, in all probability, at the next meeting of the governor's council, announce tho ap pointment of Attorney General Wil Hum H. Moody, of Haverhill, to suc ceed Senator Hoar, Shortly beforo his death, Senator Hoar communicated to Governor Hates his wish that the pres ent attorney general might succeed him us senator from Massachusetts, and it Is understood hero Mr. Moody will ac cept." Believes Confession Not True. i'opeka, Kan., Oct. 0. Robert Ro maino, who confessed to complicity in tiio Independence and Vindicator out rages in Colorado, was taken to the Kumiss penitontiury fioru hero toduy, Ho will sero u sentence for robbory. I'hu Colorado ofllcials'liuvo decided to drop for the present all notion of porno cuting Roiuuiuo for ills alleged part in tho explosions, us tlioy beliovs his con fession is not true, and made witli tiie sole pnrposo of ovudiug punishment, Jjpun Does Not fear Cruisers. Tokio, Oct. 0. -Thu navy depart ment discredits tho report thlat th Itusslan cruisers Rossia, Gromobo andc liogatyr have been repaired ut Vladi vostok and aru ubout to descend for another raid on tho Japaneso coast. The navy department further expresses thu belief that thu Rogatyr ia complete ly disabled, Ex-Speaker Kelly Informs on the Missouri Combine. St. Louis, Oct. fi. In a written con fession today Charles F. Kelly, speakor of the house of delegates during 11 per iod In tho life of tho boodlo combine, relates tliu stc ry of that combine. He declares n prominent politician prom ised himself and others implicated that tiio next cltcu't attorney would bo "nil right," arid promised if they would re main firm ho would recuto for thciu either continuances until the next cir cuit attorney took office or pardons; afterwards, Ho declares tho politician said tliu new circuit attorney, for which olilco the Democrats today, mado their nomination, would ho "his man." Kelly declared tho politician paid him 115,000 of 60,000 promised to keep away fioni tliu ginnd Jurv, hefcro which he had been subpoenod to appear alter John K. Murrell returned from Mexico and turned states' evidence in thu city lighting deal. He went to Kuropu hy way of Canada, taking tiio riarno of James Iigau. It was tho in tention of Iho politician, KoMy said, to have him remain away until uftor thu statute of limitations had run out on tho liuhting deal, liy a miscalcula tion, Kelly said hucamu back (00 soon, ar d wus urrestcd. Kelly is under conviction for perjury In connection witli "boodlo" cases, and his tiial on thu chargu of bribery in connection with the siihuroan fran chise deal will bo called Monday, Ho Is now out on bonds. Honor will Go to Widow. London, Oct. 6. Tliu St. James Ga- zette says thu lutu William Vernon Harcouit. who twice refused 11 peerage, eventually accepted the honor ami wottl 1 havo been gazetted Huron Mal would on thu next birthday honor list. "Fate," tliu paper adds, has Hindered thu event impossible, but it is deemed probablu thut a baronetcy following tliu proceeduru on thu death of W. II. Smith, who was a minister of war in Lord Salisbury's cubinuts of 1885 nnd 1880, will nevertheless be conferred on Ijuly llarcoiirt" Day Home from Ala.tka. Washington, Oct. fi, Judge Day, who wuh sent to Alaska last Juno to in vestigate charges brought against Judges Drown and Wlckeisliam and various other oflleiuls of tho Judiclury, haB returned to Washington to roport to thu attorney general nnd president. On his report, tho president will de termine whether tho judges and various district attorneys and marshals shall lie reappointed or whether servico de mands new men. Lives of four Snuffed Out. Carteisvlllo, Ga., Oct. 5. Uy the falling of earth and ore in the Moman mlno, the lives of (our men were snuffed, out here today. Two others are seri ously injured and are expected to die. i 4 l i 1 n (r ? I 1 M 4 1 fi B! '' k flgiBwarwirwiqni