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Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
Or INTEREST TO OUR READERS
General Review of Important Happen,
penlos Presented In a Brief anJ
Condensed Eorm. '
Tho Oregon building at St. Louis has
boon Bold.
Thn Mukden situation rcmnlna un
changod,
Popo Pius lias ntniost completely re
cosicd lils health.
In tho Cnnadlnn elections just held
tho Liberals won a great victory
Tho Amerliui nrlbltrntlon treaty with
Italy will bo ready for signatuies in a
few doys.
Great Britlan may ask Admiral Dew
oy to represent it on tho North sea
commission.
President RoobovcU narrowly oBcnprd
death while out tiding by being thrown
front his hoiso.
The coroner's jury nt Hull AikIb Hint
tho RiiBslan slilps II red on the trawlcia
without provocation.
America nnd Franco will bo asked to
nntiio a naval ofllcor 'to sorvo on tho
Nortli sea commission.
Twenty - ono Dtltish sailors ship
wrecked on Mnenlra Island, near the
entrnnco to tho Red Ben, Were mussa
cred by tho nntiveo.
Tho sinking of the .Tnpnucea battle
ship Ynshiiua by Husalan mines off
Dalny last Juno hits been conflrniod by
tho Tokio govuinmcnt
Ihierla fears that Uiitaln may yet
stop tho llaltlc licet.
Tho California airship has mndo an
other BUccvHBful (light nt tho tit. f.otila
fair.
Great activity prevails in naval cir
cles nt Gibraltar, but Urltain will not
explain its meaning.
Tho Russian squadron on tho wny to
the Orient carries, beside", its tegulur
complement, n largo number of lands
men. It In claimed that Kmopatkin will
retreat when Oyama again attacks, hav
ing tho smaller number of men and
guus.
DandltB hold up tho Cody, Wyo,,
Dank and killed tho cashier. "Buffalo
Rill" will take tho trail in pursuit of
them.
UniUd-States" Mln!i?BririnioB,to
Persia, has emphatically reiterated his
demand for tho Just nnd proper pun
ishirent of thoso responsible for tho
murder of Dr. Lara bee, tho American
missionary.
Tho failing of tho Russian squadron
from Vigo led tho British publlo to be
lieve tho time wna at hand for war.
The foreign ofllco explained that Russia
was only to detain olllcors having know
ledge of tho trawler incident.
Tho greatest battle of tho war is at
hand near Mukden.
Tho Japaneio nro tightening tho linos
around Port Arthuiv
Tho Huflslan'warslilpfl at Vgo expect
to remain for two weeks.
China will allow no Jioro contraband
to pass thiough her ports.
A Memphis, Tenn, building collaps
ed, burying a number of persona.
The jury in the Ames caeo has again
dieagreed, and Mlnncaplis ex-mayor,
inditced for grafting, is likely to go
free.
Rothschild has guaranteed tho suc
cess of the entire loan of 1270,000,000
to bo floated by Russia tho drat of the
year.
Russian papors are warning tho pub
lio nut to le too cuugulnu of an entire
ly satisfactory settlement of tho trawler
affair. ,
Tho Et. Louis fair has reduced tho
balance duo u,on tho United States
government loan of f 1,000,000 to
1101,651.
With both employers and employes
confident of victory, engineers in Illi
nois coal mines have gone on n strike,
against a reduction in wages. Fifty
thousand men are affected.
Another great strike is threatened in
Italy.
John W. Gates has made 14,000,000
in four months dealing In stocks.
Admiral Rojestvensky, commanding
the Baltic squadron, has resigned.
Charles Sweeney, of Spokane, may
build a 1,000,000 hotel in Portland.
Japan wanta an airship to use in ex
ploding dynamite over Russian forts
and ships.
The work of rescuing the men en
tombed in the Col dr ado coal mine Is
proceeding slowly.
The admiral commanding the Rus
sian Baltic fleet clings to his story that
he waa attacked first.
The commission to fix tho blame for
the North sea incident will be com
poeed ot five members.
From October 0 to 18 the Russians
place their loes in killed and wounded
at 800 officer and 46,000 men.
Captains Joseph Kuhns and John F.
Morrison, American attache! with the
Second Japanese army, have been re
called and ordered to Washington,
The Japanese have taken several
more torts around Port Arthur.
DOOM IS AT HAND.
Port Arthur Must Pail Within a Very
Short Time.
Ohofoo, Nor. 6. "Port Arthur is
doomed."
Tho correspondent of the Associated
Press hero has received information,
tho reliability of which ia beyond ques
tion, that tho Japanese now occupy po
sitions which placo the caBt Bido of tho
town at their mercy.
Jnpaneso arriving from Dalny today
report that tho Japanese have captured
Rlhlung mountain and Sungushu moun
tain, which lies between the railroad
and Rlhlung mountain. They also re
port that tho Japanese have also cap
tured EaBt Keekwan mountain.
Tho last assault has gained for them
positions which insure their ability to
enter tho main forts whouovcr they are
ready. It Is calculated by tho Japan
ese that if tho Russians ;do not surren
der, they wilt bo capable of prolonging
their final stand at Liaoti mountain
nnd on the Tiger's Tail for a month
longor, with tho mete hope of prolong
ing tho sttuggle. Long beforo tho Sec
ond Pacific squadron arrives tho Japan
cbo ting will wavo over; the wrecked cit
adol. Tlila will end .Viceroy Aloxieff'a
dream of an unconquerable city. Tho
Japnncao have not occupied tho main
forts nnd highest points of tho cast
hllla, but they occupy in overwhelming
numbers positions which will enable
them to diivo the Russians back when
ever they desire.
RUSSIAN OrriCCRS AT PARIS.
Witnesses In the North Sea Incident
Confer with Diplomats.
Paris, Nov. 0. Three olllceis of the
Russian squadron, including Cat tain
Cludo, who are tho principal witnesses
in tho North sea incident, arrived to
day from Vigo and went iinnudiatuly
to tho Russian embassy, whuio they
held n long conference.
Captain Chido was on board tho Hag
ship with Vice Admiral Rojestvensky,
nnd wna entrusted with 'tho task of
drafting tho olllclal account. After
the conference the officers declined to
nmko any public statement relative to
the affair until the report In delivered
In St. Petersburg, However, it can bo
Mated that their visit mora than ever
satisfies tho Rusalnn authorities that
tho presence of two Japancfo torpedo
bonta waa n positive fact, eye witnesses
maintaining that their identification
wbb unmistakable.
Thero continues to Ikj as understand
ing in Russian diplomatic circles that
two reports will bo sent separately, ono
from Hull and the other' from St.
Petersburg, to The HgH ' for final
hearing. . " .-
IMPOSED ON LABORERS.
Swlndllnn Employment Ajcnt Is Ar
rested In St. Louis.
St. LoiiIb, Nov. 6. Georgo K. Hall,
of Kansas City, waa today arrested by
a deputy United States marshal on tho
charge- of having obtained a fee of f 2
each from 200 labotera for securing
them employment and then sending
them to Alaska nt their own expenso to
work for a conitructlon company that
did not exist. The specific charge
qgninst him ia that ho used tho mails
to defraud. It iu alleged that Hall rep
resented himself to bo an employer of
labor for tho Alaska Yukon construc
tion company, that he secured 200 la
borers to go to Valde, Alaska, nnd af
ter collecting $27 from each, $2 as his
fee and $ 25 as transportation, it is
Bald he sent them to Alaska. Inspect
ot Bennett "declareu that when tho
laborers reached their destination they
learned that thoro waa no such com
pany as tho one named, and they madn
their way back as beet they could, after
much Buffering nnd hardship,
Ex.Lealslator Convicted or Bribery.
St. Louis, Nov. 5. John A. Sherl
dan, an ex-member of the house of del
egates, who was indicted on n bribory
charge, convicted and sentenced to tho
penitentiary foi five years, is dead at
tho Jefferson hospital, from tubercu
losis. Sheridan was not taken to the
penitentiary, as his enso waa appealed
to tho supremo court. Another Indict
ment, however, was pending against
him, and his caso had been eet for
trial on November 10. Kleven weeku
ago he was taken to the hospital where
ho died.
Bandits Cornered.
Cody, Wyo., Nov. 5. Tho different
bands of men hunting the men who
kilcd the cashier of the First National
bank have the robbers practically stir
rounded in tho foothills of the Owl
Creek mountains, 50 miles from here.
It ia reported that a laige force of their
friends are coming to their assistance
from the Hole-in-the-Wnll country, and
a number of men have left heio to re
inforce the pnistiers, "Buffalo Bill,"
with Indian scouts and cowboys, has
taken the trail, and a lively timo may
bo anticipated.
Poison Placed in Pudding.
New York, Nov. 5. Two persons
who ate n part of a pawling sent to a
theatrical boarding house in West
Forty-third street ate dying in Roose
velt hospital, a third ie In a critical
condition ami tho police are scouring
that part of the city in an effort to lo
cate the messenger who loft the package
at tho door. It is believed that the
sender of the package planned the death
of the entire household, with an idea
of revenge for some unknown cause.
Coal Prices Go Up.
Pittsburg, Nov. 5. Prlcea of all
grades of coal have been advanced 35
cents a ton as a result of the increased
demand for coal and tho strike of en
gineers in Illinois.
NINE DROWNED
City Suffers by Breaking of
Great Reservoir.
SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE INJURED
Disaster Occurs at an Early Morning
Hour and 200,000 Gallons of
Water Escape.
Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 4.A icscrvolr
of tho Municipal water works, located
near tho center of Wlniton Balom, N.
C, broko nt 5 o'clock this morning,
causing tho loea of nine Uvea and tho
Injury of four or flvo peraone.
Tho north side of the resorvoir, which
ia 30 feet high, tumbled ovor, falling
upon tho homo nnd barn of Martin
Pooplcs. Thoro wero about 800,000
gallons of water in tho resorvoir, and
the stream rushed to Polos pond, a
dlstnnco of nearly half a milo. Four
tencmunt houses wero waBhed Boveral
hundred yards.
Tho resorvoir was built in 1881 by
50 citizens. Ten years ago it nnd tho
entire water plant wore sold to tho
city. Soon thereafter ten feet was
added to tho height of tho reservoir.
Tho citv had Just had a largo stand
plpo completed. It is full of witter
and tho town Is prepared to supply
all demands. Tho thousands of gallons
of wnter that flowed from tho reservoir
formed a pond in tho vicinity nnd it
was thought that several people might
have been drowned iu this. Tho city
council met nnd decided to drain tho
pond in order to recover tho bodies.
Tho reforvolr wna situated about live
blocks from tho center of tho bnsinessl
district of tho city and wna surrounded
by n number of residences nnd small
stores. It is understood tho structure
had been condemned, but tho city
authorities had failed to remove it.
MINERS DASHED TO DEATH.
Carriage Carrying Them to Work
Gets Beyond Control.
Wilkoflhnrro, Nov. !. Ten men
wore killed and three forlously Injured
ty an accident nt No. 1 Auchineloso
shaft at Nantlchoku early today. Tho
men were mostly all upon tho mlnu
carrlngo to bo lowored to workings be
low. Tho signal wuh given to tho en
gineer who began lowering the men.
The carrlngo had gono but a few foot
when tho engineer lost control ot his
engines, owing to tho reverse lovers
falling to work, nnd tho carriage, with
its load of human souls, ten in all, was
dashed beyond the Ross vein, landing
nearly 1,100 feet below the surface; and
from thoro they wero precipitated 300
feet luithor into a sump,
Thoso who may hot have been killed
outiight wore undoubtedly drowned in
tho sump, which is fully 60 feet deep
with water. Up to 8 o'clock tonight
no human aid could leach thorn.
It may require two or three days ho
fore any of tho dead can he recovered.
TON OP DYNAMITE EXPLODES.
Earth Shaken to Plve Miles, One Man
Killed and 40 Injured.
Mount Vernon, N. Y, Nov. 4. Tho
explosion 'of ovor a ton of dynamite
under tho Bond street bridge tit 1
o'clock today shook tho city nnd the
sin rounding country within n radius of
live miles, probably killed nt loast ono
person nnd Injured nearly 40 others,
two of whom may die. The man sup
posed to liavo been killed was an Ital
ian in charge of tho dyumalte, Ho
waa Boon nt his post of duty just beforo
tho explosion and no time of hint bus
since been found.
There wero 2,300 poumU of ilynnmlte
stored at tho sldo of tho deep rock cut
running from tho western limits of tho
city to tho Now York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad station, which waa
used for blasting a path for additional
tracks. The explosion tore a hole in
tho ground fiO feet deep that Is now full
of wnter from a hidden spring, wrecked
tho Bond street bridge over tho railway
tracks, and broke nil tho windows
within n quarter of a milo. The force
of tho explosion, as Is usual, waa down
ward, but the uphcavol along tho sides
of tho cut hurled larRo stones for blocks.
Many houses wero shifted from their
fonilatlons, walls wero stripped of
plaster ami furnituro was splintered.
Torpedo Boat Missing.
Algiers, Nov. 4. It la stated that
one of the torpedo boats of Admiral
Rojestvensky'a squadron In missing, the
torpedo flotilla having put in at this
port. This dispatch, if found to bo
founded on fact, would seem to bear
out the reports which have been cur
rent lor several days past that Admiral
Rojestvensky fired orr his own boats.
The admiral, In his explanation of tho
Dogger Bank tragedy, stated that one
of the torpedo boats which ho 11 rod on
disappeared, and that may be tho boat
now reported missing.
Supplies Reach Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, Nov, 4. Great excito
ment has beeii caused here by the ar
rival in port of a number of commercial
vesttols with much needed supplies,
Thero waa a heavy enow storm today
and winter is Betting in. Most of the
naval attaches have already left Vladi
v oat ok. General Artamanoff, chief of
division, who has been quartered here,
left today. The general is popular
here and his friends turned out and
hade him a hearty farewell.
Russia Again After Pket.
London, Nov. 4 The Chronicle has
ay dispatch from Paris stating that tho
Russian government has renewed its
efforts to buy Chiean and Argentine
warships through William R. Flint &
Co., of Now York.
ISSUES PROCLAMATION.
President Sets Aside Novemfer 24
as Thanksgiving Day.
Washington, Nov. 2. The president
yesterday issued tho Thanksgiving day
proclamation, setting aside Thursday,
November 24, "to bo observed as a day
of festival and thanksgiving by all of
tho pcoplo of tiro United States at homo
nnd abroad."
Tho proclamation was issued from
the state department by Secretary Hay.
It follows:
"By tho President ot tho United States
A Proclamation:
"It has pleased Almighty God to
bring tho American pcoplo in safety
and honor through another year, and
In accordanco with tho long unbroken
custom handed down to ua by our fore
fathers, tho time has como when a
special day shall bo set apart in which
to thank Him who holds all nations in
the hollow of His hand for tho morclca,
thus vouchsafed to ut. During tho
century and a quarter of our national
1 1 fo we as a pooplo havo been blessed
beyond all others, and fcr this wo owo
bumble and heartfelt thanks to the
author ot ell blessings,
"The year that lina closed has been
ono of peace within our own borders
as well as bctwoen us nnd all other na
tions. Tho harvests lave boon abund
ant, and thoao who work, whether with
hand or brain, aro prospering greatly.
Reward has awaited upon honest effort.
Wo have been enabled to do our duty
to ourselves nnd to others. Never has
there been a timo when religious nnd
chnritablo effort has been more evident.
Much has been given to us and much
will bo expected from ua.
"Wo speak of what has been done by
this nation in no spirit of boaHtfulncss
or vainglory, but wlthfull nnd reverent
rcitllnxtlon that our Btrength isns uoth-'
lug unless wo nro helped front nbovu.
Hitherto we have been given the heart
iest strength to do tho tasks nllotted to
ua na they severally arose. Wo nro
thankful for nil thnt haa been done for
ua in tho past, and wo pray thnt In thn
future wo may bo strengthened in tho
unending struggle to do our duty fear
lessly and honestly, with charity nnd
good will, witli respect for ourselves
and witli love toward our fellow-man.
"In this great republic tho effort In
combine national strength with person
al freedom is being tried on it scale
more gigantic than ovor beforo in tho
world's history. Our success will mean
much not only for ourselves, but for
tho future of all mankind; and every
man or woman in our land should feel
the gravo responsibility resting upon
him oi hor, for In tho last analysis tills
success must depend upon the high
averago of our individual citlienshlp,
upon the way in which each of us does
his duty.by himself and his neighbor.
"Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt, president of tho United States, do
hereby nppolnt and eet upart Thursday,
the 24tli day of this Novomber, to be
obaorod na a day of festival nnd thanks
giving by all of tho people of tho
United States at homo or abroad, nnd
do recommend thnt on that day they
cease from their ordinary occupations,,
and gather In their several places of
wo ship or in their homes, devoutly to
glvo thanks to Almighty God for tho
benefits Ho has conferred upon us na
individual nnd ns u nation, and to
beseech Him that iu tho future Ilia
dlvlno lavcr may bo continued on us.
"Iu witness whereof, I havo here
unto sat my hand and caused tho seal
of the United States to be affixed,
"Done at thy city of Washington,
this 1st dav of November, in the year
of our I old, ono' thousand nine hundred
nnd four, nnd of the Independence of
the United States tho ono bundled and
twenty-ninth.
"THHODORK ROOSHVHLT.
"JOHN HAY, Seorutury of State.
"By the President."
China Refuses to Let Russians Sail.
Chofoo, Nov. 3. Tho ollicers and
crow of tho Ryeshitelni, tho Russian
toipodo boat deatroyer, which was cut
out of this harbor August 12 last by tho
Japanese, went on board tho German
Btean er Vorwaerta tonight, bound foi
Shanghai, where they wero to join the
officers and crew of tho Russian cruiser
Askold, Beforo tho vessel, sailed,
however, the RuHslans suddenly re
turned on shore, the government at Po
kin having at tho last moment rescind
ed tho permission nhich had been
granted thorn to proceed to Shanghai,
Caught Trying to Smuggle In Drug.
New York, Nov. 3. Custom agents
in Iloboken havo attested it longshore
man in the act of removing from n
dock u bag containing 380 ounces of n
drug used In tho treatment of consump
tion, which ia said to bo worth in tills
country $150 an ounce. The prisoner
declared the bag as handed to him over
tho side of a steamer just in from Kur
opo, and that ho wbb told to carry it
immediately to an address in Manhat
tan, where lie would bo well paid.
Cone of Crater Tails in.
Naples, Nov. 3, Tho cone of the
crater of Mount Vesuvius, which
formed during tho lato eruption, fell
into the crater today with a tremendous
roar. Thero Immediately issued ex
plosions which shook tho whole moun
tain, follcwed by tho omission of a
black column which gradually spread,
falling in tho form of ashes over the
surrounding country within a radius of
25 miles. The disturbance lusted but
a short timo.
Depot Contract Has Been Let.
Seattle, Nov, 3. J. D. Funoll, as
sistant to President Hill of the Gieat
Northern railroad, returned from St,
Paul today with the news that the con
tracts for the union depot in (his city
and extensive improvements to tho
Great Northern's docks had been let.
He refused to givo out the contract
price. The depot will be built by u
Chicago firm.
SAILS JHE AIR
"California Arrow" Proves a
Great Success.
AERONAUT WAS UP 2,000 TEET
Prying Machine at St. Louis Turns
In Every Direction and De
scends Easily.
St. Louis. Nov. 2. -After circling in
every direction at a height of 2,000 feet
above tho Cascades in sight ot thou
sands of cheering, enthusiastic specta
tors on tho World's fairgrounds, A,
Roy Knabonshuo, of Toledo, in com
mand of the airship "California Ar
row," today returned to tho p.ace from
which ho started over the same course
that ho had come, covering the three
mllea and a half of the round trip
under his own power and demonstrat
ing tho claims of tho inventor. Captain
Thomas S. Baldwin, of San Francisco,
that tho "California Arrow" ia not
only dirigible, but that it can make
headway against n moderate hroese.
KnabetiBhuo started from the aero
nautic course at 3:37 P. M., and re
turned after his remarkable flight at
4 :05 P. M. On tho return trip the air
ship moved slowly over tho exact spot
from which it had arisen 28 minutes
previously, and glided about 100 feet,
(urtlior west, wliero it settled gtacefal
ly to the ground.
The descent of tho nrlshlp was the
signal for a demonstration tho equal of
which has not been seen sinco the
whcola of tho World's fait started last
April l;t response to the prcoaure of a
key by President Roosevelt. ' Dozens of
eager hands wero outstretched to grasp
mo iraino ot trie airsmp una mo nying ,
machine with its daring navigator was '
carried around tho concourse upon tho
MiouUlors Of tho Shouting men. Hats
were thrown into tho nir, and when
Knabenshuo called for threo cheers for
hla homu town they wero given with a
will, nnd another round followed for
Knabeushue and Baldwin.
CIRCULATION IS INCREASING.
Philippine Currency Legislation Is.
Proving a Success.
Washington, Nov. 2. Tho bureau of
Insular affairs today gave out a state
ment touching conditions applying to
tho Philippine currency. Tho secre
tary of war has received tho following
cablegram from tho civil governor of
the Philippines, showing the effect of
tho currency legislation:
"The ftViiroachOL, October 1, when.
tho flrat curroriuy taxing became effect
ive, caused largo oxpoit of Mexican
pesos commercially nnd large inflow of
Spanish-Filipino coins into tho treas
ury. 1 "In September 1,107.500 Mexican
pesos wore exportod nnd 538,522 Spanish-Filipino
pesos came into the treas
ury and wore withdrawn from circula
tion. During September tho actual
circulation of new currency increased
1,081,000 pesoa. In October to date
1,082,005 pesos, American currency.
Mexican havo been exported commer
cially and 050,000 Spanish-Filipino by
tho insular government for recolnngo.
Havo on hand nearly 500,000 Spanish
1'illplno pesos for rccoluage. Increase
of actual circulation new coins for
October approximately 1,300,000
pesos."
TERM IT WANTON.
British Commissioners Investigate
Attack on Pishermen.
London, Nov. 2, Four commission
era, representing the board of trade and
owners, who wero sent October 26, at
tho suggestion of tho foreign ofllco, to
ascertain tho damage done to tho North
sea trawlers by the Russian Second
i'aeiflo squadron, have Juet returned
and presented a verbal report confirm
ing the report that some of tho trawlers
wero seriously damaged by sheila and
machine gun file, while othcrti sufferad
in n smaller degree. Trawlers and
fishing gear wore destroyed or damaged,
they say, and fragments of n four-inch
shell which bttiHt on the deck of the
trawler Thrush and many othor evi
dences of the "deadly and wanton" at
tack weio found.
Japan Gives Line on War Budget.
Tokio, Nov. 2, Preliminary esti
mates of tho budget, covering January,
February nnd March, 101)5, and the fis
cal year commencing in April next,
have been completed arrd will be sub
mitted to tho Diet at its next meeting,
November 25. Tho wnr expenses aro
estimated nt $385,000,000 and the or
dinary expenses at 100,000,000. It Is
proposed to provide for tho war ex
penses by increasing tho tuxation to
115,000,000, by retrenchment in the
administrative expenses and public
works of 135,000,000.
Sure Only Eighteen Perished.
Trinidad, Colo,. Nov. 2, -Eighteen
colllna wero shipped to Toreio today on
an order ot tho Rock Mountain coal and
iron company for tho burlul of the vic
tims of the explosion which occurred a
few days ago. The bodies have not yet
been recovered, but local officials of the
company who have canvassed the town
now assert that only 18 men were in
the mine at the timo oi the explosion.
It ia conceded that none of these will
bo found alivo.
Chinese Bandits More Active.
Harbin, Nov. 2. The activity of
Chinese bandit" is increasing all along
tho railroad, and the region is swarm
ing with Japanese spies in Russian.
Chinese and European disguises, who
nro offering largo rewards for the Gh
neao engaged in supplying the Russian
commissaries, hoping thuB to crippla
tho Russian supply department.
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