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TITFJ MOKNING OREGOITCAN. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 190C B NAVAL EQUIPMENT Report of Admiral Bradford, Chief of the Bureau. URGE EXPENDITURES DURING YEAR Improvement Desired at Guam and Tutuila Marconi System. Be com mended Cable Survey. "WASHINGTON. Nor. 14. The Teport of Admiral Bradford, Chief of the Naval Bureau of Equipment, records unprece dentedly large expenditures by cruising ships during the last fiscal year, and the disbursement of large amounts for freight Involved In tne transportation of stores. Admiral Bradford sets forth the desira bility of a naval station at Guam, em phasizing the importance of the Island as a naval base. He also recounts rapid im provements In equipment -work at the Ca vite naval station, and the completion of a cold-storage bouse at Pango-Pango, on the Island of Tutuila, Samoa. A new floating drydock for the naval station at Algiers, La., is to be completed by May, 190L The amount of coal being consumed by the Navy is increasing year, by year, and Its cost last year averaged nearly $2 a ton more than during the fiscal year of 1898. Admiral Bradford again renews his recommendations for new naval coal de pots. The bureau recommends the- installation of the Marconi system of wireless teleg raphy on board several ships of the Navy, provided it can be done at a reasonable cost. Experiments in this system of sig naling have proved successful in the main in the trials made by ships of the North Atlantic squadron, although quite a seri ous defect has been discovered. In the event that two vessels using the system should attempt to signal a single port or vessel simultaneously, the receiving sta tion or ship is found to be unable to dis tinguish between the messages sent for It. The report says the survey by the United States steamer Nero for a trans Pacific submarine telegraph cable be tween Honolulu and the Philippine Islands was most successfully accom plished, and that a satisfactory route for au all-American cable to connect the Pa cific Coast with the outlying colonial pos sessions of the United States in the Pa cific and with China and Japan has been discovered, thoroughly explored, surveyed and mapped. The bureau is now ready to lay the cable at any time. The attention of the department is called to the necessity "for a sun ey of the "Western Pacific Ocean. Many reported "danger spots" appear on the charts, whose absolute danger is doubtful, thus giving rl?e to a great deal of uncalled-for solicitude among navigators. Two parties were sent to the field by the naval observatory to witness the total eclipse of the sun May 28, 1900. The re sult, says Admiral Bradford, was on the whole successful, there being, however, some failures with minor instruments. Attention is called to the fact that an other total eclipse of the sun will occur May 17, 1901, which will be remarkable on account of tho long duration of the totality and of the high altitude of the sun. An estimate to enable the observa tory to send an expedition to witness this eclipse will be submitted. Suicides and Homicides In Army. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. Surgeon-General Sternberg has prepared statistics making a comparison of cases of suicides and homicides which occurred in tho Army during the years 1S9S and 1S99, cpm- fiared with the 10 years between 1SSS and 887 It shows thaTtherePwere Telallvely fewer homicides during those two years than during the previous decade. The av erage number of suicides per year in an Army of 27,116 for the 10 years was 17. The ratio per 1000 was .63 per cent. The strength of the Army in 1898 is given at 147 469, the average number of suicides 38, and the percentage per 1000, .25. The strength of the Army In 1899 is given at 105.S66, the number of suicides at 30, and the ratio per 1000, .28. During the 10 years from 1SSS to 1897 the homicides are-glven at 5.5 per cent, and the ratio per 1000, .20 per cent. For 1898 the number of homi cides Is 19, and the ratio per 1000, .18 per cent; for 1399 the number of homicides is 23, and the ratio per 1000, .22 per cent. Emergency Ration Tests. "WICHITA, Kan.. Nov. 14. Captain Fred "W. Foster, one of the Army officers in charge of the emergency ration test, left Fort Reno today on a 10 days' march in the Chaddo Indian country. He was in charge of a detachment of 25 men. They will be gone 10 days. On this march they are to test thoroughly the meat and compound food prepared under the direc tion of the "War Department. It has been agreed upon by those who made the other forced march that cakes of sweet chocolate were of no use In tne emergency ration. They think condensed milk would be of better service. Captain Foster says the march completed yesterday proved that the rations could be used on long marches, but when the men had to fight and march long, they would be of little eervlce. He and Captain Fountain, of the Eighth , Cavalry, will make detailed reports t6 'the War Department soon. Root's Trip to Cnba. HATVANA Nov. 14. Secretary Root. Governor-General "Wood' and party left here for Cieufuegos. Santa Clara, by spe cial train, today. There the Viking will be boarded for a trip along the coast. Gonzalo Quesada, Horatio Rubens and the members of General "Wood's Cabi net accompanied Secretary Root as far as Batabano. where the Kanawha, as well as the Viking, was in waiting. The party making the trip from Clenfuegos con sists of Secretary Root, his son. General "Wood. Mr. Frye, Major Baker and Major Greble. Naval lieutenants Censured. "WASHINGTON, Nov. It The Naval Court of Inquiry, which investigated the collision on October 16 near Newport of the torpedo-boats Dahlgren and Craven, has made its report, recommending that lieutenant Ford Brown, of the Craven, be tried by court-martial, and that Lieu tenant William G. Miller, of the Dahl gren, be censured. On the recommenda tion of the Judge-Advocate-General, Sec retary Gage dispensed with the court martial and administered censure in both cases. Torpedo-Boat Ashore. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The Navy De partment has received a. dispatch from Annapolis saying that the torpedo-boat Stockton has gone ashore on Horn Point Shoals. She struck at 9 o'clock Tuesday night. There is small chance of getting her oft until the wind changes. The Stockton is one of the new boats, and was about to have her trial trip, the Board of Inspection being on her. Insane Soldiers. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. Thirteen insane soldiers from the Philippines; who had been confined in the Presidio Hos pital, have been sent to the Government Asylum at "Washington, D. C. Ten more Insane men will soon arrive here on the transport Logan. Turkish Government Involved. NEW YORK. Nov. li.-Vlce-Chanccllor Stevens of Newark. N. J., will, on No vember 21, hear an action in Chancery In volving title to contracts with the Turk ish Government, said to be valued at over 9600.000, whb& his been Instituted ty n International Emery A Corvndoo Company. The company has applied to the court for an order directing the National Abrasive Company to assign to It the contracts in question. The suit is brought In New Jersey, because both are organized under Its laws. The contracts. It is claimed, were orig inally secured from the Turkish Govern ment by "William F. and Alton H. Kim ball, of Tiffin, O. The International Com pany obtained an option on an assignment of them. This option, the present de fendant's claim, expired through failure of the complaining company, allowing the option to lapse. MAIL ADVICES FROM ORIENT Details of the Insurrection In South ern China. VICTORIA. B. oTnov. 14. Writers In Oriental papers say that the rising in the south is Aot so much against for eigners as against the Manchu party. A Japanese Mail correspondent says: "The success of the insurgents la their encounters with the imperial troops is greatly Increasing disaffection. Rebels are now masters of a great part of Kow loon and Tung Kiang districts, and they have possession of six of the 10 princi pal places in Hwul Chow, all walled towns. The government troops sent from Canton were recalled October 17, which gave the impression that attacks on Canton itself were feared. October 15, rebels were operating within 30m,les of the British frontier, and on the same da,te a report was given out that they had attacked a French "steamer en route from Kwan Chou to Hong Kong, killed two members ctf the crew and stolen 532,000. The leader of the rebels is Dr. Sun Tat Sen, who some years ago be came notorious because of an attempt of the Chinese Legation in London to kidnap him and send him a prisoner to China with Kang Tu Wei, formerly head of the reform party, who fled to America. The Triad Secret Society and the Hakhas have joined forces with the Insurgents." A Canton correspondent writes: "News reached here that rebels are mustered In great force, about 20,000. mostly Hakhas and Tongkin men, and in a number of sanguinary fights have repulsed the Imperial troops, a great number of the latter being killed and wounded. Four officers who were cap tured were beheaded publicly. A great part of their funds, it is said, have been- subscribed in Singapore and America." A manifesto Issued by the rebels has been translated by the China Mail. No attempt is .made to disguise the fact that China has been beaten and that she is now at the mercy of her foes.. It is the Chinese Mandarinate, rather than foreigners, who are marked out for ha tred in the manifesto. These officials aro blamed for the decay and distress of China, and charged with having be trayed their country. On the whole, the manifesto is patriotic and free from bit terness towards other countries. Fire broke "out en the Monterey Octo ber ZL The flames came from the electric-light room, and it was feared that they would spread to the magazine. Volunteer firemen and the crew, how ever, soon brought their hose Into play, and in a short time all danger was past. Five of the crew who had gone below narrowly escaped suffocation. The dam age was small. The correspondent erf the Universal Gazette, at Yin Kou, Manchuria, says that the massacres by Russians, who, attacking Aigun, Klrin and other towns, killed several thousand Chinese, were the result of a delre for vengeance be cause of the killing of 200 Russian troops by the treachery of tho Chinese Gen eral, Chou. Before the outbreak of hos tilities a Russian General called on Gen eral Chou and attempted to make a com promise. General Chou gave a favor able reply, but as soon as the Russian officer withdrew from the gates he closed them and opened fire. Thus taken by surprise, the Russians lost over 200 men. General Chou has since taken his life. He swaMowed opium, but, death not coming as speedily as he expected, he climbed into his coffin and ordered some of his men to shoot him. Sev eral shots were necessary before hft suc cumbed. In Japan, public opinion is much ex cited against the master and officers of the steamer Matsuaymo Maru, which took fire near Seen Zakl. They "deserted her in the small boats, leaving her crew to the terrible fate which must, have befallen them, had not the Matsu Maru happened to see some passengers on the burning vessel and proceeded to their assistance. The officers have all been arrested and are awaiting trial. THE STRONG MINE AFFAIR. Cripple Creek Mlneowner Returns to Face Charges Against Him. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Nov. 14. Samuel Strong, a prominent Cripple Creek mining man, has arrived home from his European tour, and announces his readi ness to face tho charges recently brought against him in connection with the de structive explosion which occurred at the Strong mine, in Victor, six years agd. The Strong shafthouse, orehouse and ma chlnery were blown up May 25, 1894. The explosion was one of the sensational In cidents of the "Bull HUl" war, where the miners of the Cripple Creek district were on strike, and hundreds of deputy Sheriffs were enlisted and armed in Den ver to oppose the strikers. Robert J. Lyons, Nicholas Kelly and several other miners were tried, convicted and sentenced to long terms In the peni tentiary for the Strong mine affair. Their innocence has since been shown, apd they were pardoned. They have brought suit for $150,000 damakes each against Strong. It is alleged in the complaint that Mr. Strong himself caused the explosion. He had agreed to sell the property to E. W. Giddlngs and William Lennox. At the time 6f the explosion he had already re ceived $20,000 as part payment for the property, and a balance of $40,000 was due In a few days. It Is claimed that ho discovered the value of the property after he had sold It, and that he expected that after the workings were destroyed by the explosion, the purchasers would fall to pay the balanoe due, and the property would revert to him. MOODY'S SUCCESSOR. Rev. G. Campbell Morgan May Take Up His Work.' NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The Journal and Advertiser prints the following: The news that the life work of Dwlght L. Moody is to be taken up by the Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, of London, has been favorably received by all those who heard Dr. Morgan preach when he was in New York. He Is a speaker of magnetic power. The information that Mr. Mor gan has been Invited to come to this country by Will Moody, son of the dead evangelist, has Just been made public The invitation is seconded by the trustees of the Moody schools. "But It Is too early to style him Moody's successor," said R. A. Torrey, superinten dent of the Blble Institute in Chicago, which was a Moody Institute. "The place of the great evangelist cannot be filled otx hand." Mr. Morgan Is only 87 years old. When S3 years old he began to preach. His first pastorate was In the City of HulL There he told the citizens with great frankness what he thought of their mor als. In 1SS3 he was pastor of the West minster Congregational Church there. Mr. Moody took a great liking to Mr. Morgan. He Invited him to Northfield, Mass.. and Induced him to speak at his meetings. During his visit to this coun try Dr. Morgan preached .with great suc cess at Dr. John Hall's church, and was at one time suggested as Dr. Hall's suc cessor. At present Mr. Morgan Is pastor or the Newcourt Congregational Church. Is Ieados a church three years old. NEW YORK SWEAT-SHOPS TESTIMONY BEFORE THIS INDUS TRIAL COMMISSION. No Improvement fa the Condition of Garment Workers la the i Metropolis. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Thomas M. Rlxey, Labor Commissioner of Missouri, appeared before the Industrial Commis sion today. He gave a detailed account of the St. Louis street-car strike of last Summer, and said the reason he had not invoked the state arbitration law for the settlement of the strike was that the law was Inadequate. He advocated compul sory arbitration. James B Reynolds testified as to the redemption of the slums of New York City. Eldrldge street, Mr. Reynolds said, Is now largely occupied by Russian and Polish Jews and by Roumanians, but he thought these were gradually being crowded out by Italians, as the Germans were earlier by the Jews and the Irish RETIREMENT OF A SIR CHARLES TUPPER. i Since tho general election In the United States there has been talk about men, some great men, others less, great, retiring from politics. 0er on the other side of the boundary Una similar remarks have been heard. Sir Charles Tupper, who came out from England four years ago to take the offlce of Premier, and who was soon defeated by Sir Wilfrid Laurler, has decided to retire to private Jlfe on meeting with another adverse vote when opposed to the French-Canadian. The party which Sir Charles led went on No ember 7 to as relatively great a defeat as did the .Democrats In this country tho previous day. Sir Charles himself sought re-election In Cape Breton, but the people turned him out and put in a Liberal. Cape Breton is a famous constituency. In the days of the Georges, before a Dominion ot Canada was ever dreamed of, the Duke jot Newcastle, then Prime Minister of England, was discussing Cape Breton wltlr his 'private secretary, who Informed him, much to his surprise, that Cape Breton was an island. "Cape Breton an island!" exclaimed the Duke- in amaze ment. "Show It to ma on the map. So it Is. I must ro and tell the King that Cape Bre ton Is an Island." Which fact goes to show that tho Cabinet Ministers ot England knew very .little about the colonies of the crown In the days when the Georges ruled over the land. Sir Charles Tupper Is 70 years of age. He has been In harness 00 years. Defeated at his time of lire, it is only natural that he should sigh for home and wish to end his days not amid the turmoil and bustle of politics, but In the tjulet of hlsnatlve Nova Scotia. Many of the sitting Conservative members have offered to resign their seats eo that he may re enter Parliament, but Sir" Charles firmly declined to accept., by the Germans. He said that the chil dren of the quarter manifest a disposition to become ashamed of their parents, and not all of them were disposed to adopt the trades of their parents. Mr. Reynolds also contributed consider able information concerning the sweit shops of the East Side. He said that garmen-maklng Is pursued largelyln that section in private apartments, and titat it had degenerated in recent years. Ho attributed several recent failures of large establishments to the sweat-shop compe tition. He had investigated an Instance of IS workmen, four of whom were work in reularly 20 hours per day, six of them 18 hours, and others less time, ranging down to 10 hours per day. In cases of long-continued dally service,' the wages were not increased commensurately with the time put in by the workers. In many cases the workrooms are used as sleep ing apartments, and a large percentage of the quarters are In unsanitary condition The witness said the force of inspectors under the state law was Inadequate, and that there had been complaint against the too strict enforcement of the law, because of the danger of compelling the removal of the workers to other states. Mr. Rey nolds said that there was much typhus and also much tuberculosis in the sweat shops. Garments were often thrown upon the dirty floors, and when Governoi Roosevelt, who Investigated the ques tion, visited the quarters, he found goods stored in a back room occupied by a man In the last Btages of tuberculosis. The wit ness expressed the opinion that four fifths of the garment work in New York lu&me In the sweat shops. An establish ment on Fifth avenue was as apt to em ploy these agencies as places elsewhere, and the style of a garment was no guar antee against the place of manufacture. ELMIRA'S MAYOR ARRESTED. Charged With Forgery in the First Degree. ELMIRA, N. Y.. Nov. 14. Dr. Prank L. Flood, Mayor of this city, has been placed under arrest by virtue of a warrant is sued by Recorder Michael Danaher, upon a complaint sworn to by Alderman Fran cis McCann. The warrant charges forgery in the first degree. The action 'was not surprising, as it had been rumored ever since the arrest of Miss Catherine Loonle that she had in an affidavit Implicated the Mayor in her crime that of offering lor record forged deeds of property belong ing to Miss Margaret G. Kennedy, ot Binghamton. Miss Loonle, who Is under sentence of four years and nine months at Auburn prison, was taken before the Recorder and reiterated the statements that she had previously made In the affidavit, which Is in possession of District Attor ney Aldrlch. Upon waiving examination the Mayor was held to bail in the sum of $10,000 to await the action of the next Grand Jury. His bondsmen are his cousin, ex - Representative Thomas S. Flood, Judson Clark, capitalist, and Fire Com missioner Everett La France. Flood Is 49 years of age, has a wife and two daughters, and Is one of the most competent and skillful physicians In the city. He was at the last municipal elec tion elected Mayor, succeeding ex-City Chamberlain F. B. Bundy, now serving a sentence In Auburn prison for em bezzling about $80,000 of the city's funds. HOLDS IT UKCOKSTITCTIOWAL. California Judge Decides Forest He. serve Law Is Invalid. FRESNO, Cal., Nov. 11. According to a decision on demurrer given this morning by United States District 'Judge Wall- born, in the case of Lee Blastngame, It Is held that the act of June 30, 1898, au thorizing the Secretary of the Interior to make regulations for the protection of forest reserves is unconstitutional, be cause, in effect, it delegates by Congress legislative power to an Administration officer. The decision, it Is claimed, prac tically throws open to the sheepmen all the reservations, though they are still liable in civil suits for damage for tres pass. United States Attorney Flint will appeal. PORTO RICAN SCHOOLS. Work of Educating tho Islanders Has Only Begun. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. M. G. Brum baugh, Commissioner of Education for Porto Rico, says the school system now in operation there Includes GOO teachers and 38,000 pupils. This is only a begin ning, as there are 300,000 children of school age without school facilities, most of whom would enroll if they could. The report says the present school law should be wholly abrogated at the coming ses sion of the insular legislature, for many reasons and a new law passed. A change in the licensing of teachers is needed to protect good teachers "from the machin ations of worthless teachers and from the pernicious Interference of politicians." FAMOUS CANADIAN. , 1 , There are over 100 American teachers, and the demand is for more. One group of these American teacher? Is denounced as "seekers after novelty and new experience, mere adventurers. Who imposed UDOn the Administration and the children, and who used the sal ary ana position of teacher solely to see a new country for a vear and then rntnrn Fortunately, these are gone, and the bet ter leacners remain to carry on a help ful and arduous task." Thousands Of children nre hnlf.rlntnort hdlf-fed and half-housed, and at least SO per cent of all the people are illiterate. There are no public school buildings arid no public colleges or universities. POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S FIGURES. One Hundred nnd Twenty Million Dollars Required for the Year. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Postmaster-General Charles Emory Smith has framed his estimates to qe submitted to Con gress, and will ask an ae-trrmtta nf nvi,f $120,000,000 as the appropriation for the en- me aervice ior me ii seal year ending June 30. 190L This includes an estimate of $3,500,000 for the rural free delivery service. By the close of this fiscal year 4300 rural free delivery routes through out the United States will have been en tabllshed, -and the general extension con templated" for next year win Involve about 4500 additional routes. The success of the service so far instituted has re sulted In plans for a general extension next year. The Postmaster-General, to gether, with other officials, is investigat ing the feasibility of putting the service In operation at every point throughout the country not reached by the regular free delivery service in operation In the cities. , Dend Letter Office Business. ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The annual report of the Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office shows the large Increase of total receipts of undelivered mall matter over the previous year of nearly 30 per cent. The number of pieces of matter received from all sources was 7,536.158, aenlnRt fi 5S !R3 fnr tho nu1lnn- ..o. Letters and parcels held for postage numoerea 144,619, and the misdirected1 ,422,-793- nearly 85,000 letters were received which bore no addresses whatever. The letters addressed to guests of hotels and undelivered numbered 2S9.624. The total number of unclaimed parcels of all de scriptions was 180,914. There wert 660,461 pieces of mail matter addressed to foreign countries and returned from there as un dellverable. The number of letters and parcels opened was 6,676,003, an ircrease over the preceding year of 9 pe cent. There were 50,523 letters containing an aggregate of $44,140, and letters contain ing drafts, notes, money-orders, etc., of the face value of $1,136,645. 'Foreign let ters and parcels found undelivered and returned to countries of origin numbered 606.412. "War-Tax Decision. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The Commis sioner of Internal Revenue, in reply to an inquiry from New York as to whether "revenue stamps are required upori an assignment of a mortgage, executed and delivered subsequent to July L 1893, the mortgage having been issued and record ed prior to that date and therefore not taxable," has Tendered a decision to the effect that "a tax accrued on every i as signment of a mortgage based upon the amount of money remaining secured thereby on a lease based upon the unex plred term; on a policy of life Insurance based upon the amount of insurance, rev -mainlng In force under the assignxrent, "on a flretj marine and casualty pilicy based upon the unearned premium." PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY ANNUAL SESSION OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE OPENS IN "WASHINGTON. Address of the "Worthy Master Deals With the Condition of Farm ersOther Convention. WASHINGTON,, Nov. 14. The 34th an nual session of the National Grange, Pa trons of Husbandry, began here today with a good attendance, and will con tinue for a week or more. The chief feature of Interest today was the annual address of Worthy Master Aaron Jones, of Indiana, who said that in most ot tho states the order had enjoyed great pros perity during the year. In a few states it had not succeeded so welL The mem bers of the Grange, whOeafnllatlng with each of the political parties in the last campaign, had emerged from its battles without disturbing the fraternal spirit actuating the order. Never had the con ditions been moref favorable for the ex tension of the order than now. While agricultural conditions are some what Improved over what they were a few years ago, they are not what they should be, said Mr. Jones. The prices of articles farmers buy, he said, are too high, compared with those ot what they had to sell, and such remedial action should be had as would cause an equitable adjustment of prices In all the leading staples. He urged opposition to the ship subsidy bill, and spoke of the growth of Industrial combination, -until the entire country is Justly alarmed." He "urged an amendment to the Constitution, clear and expressive In its terms, empowering Congress with the right and authority to regulate corporations. -The interstate commerce law, the worthy master argued, should be amended so that all sections of the country could secure fair and equi table freight rates. This being secured, the hardest blow that at this time could be struck to monopolies and trusts, and the greatest encouragement to enterprise and thrift, would bo given. The report of tho secretary, Dr. John Trimble, of Washington, showed that 1S2 new Granges had been chartered during the year, the order now numbering over 500,000 mebmersf METHODIST MISSIONS. Annual Mcetlnsr of the General Com mittee. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The annual meeting of the General Missionary Com mittee of the Methodist Episcopal 'church, which is to continue for a week, began today at the St Paul M. B. church in this city. The purposes of the meeting are the appropriation of mon eys for missionary work for the ensuing year and tho apportionment of this ap propriation at home and abroad. Bish op Charles E. Fowler, of Buffalo, pre sided. The committee; is composed of all the Bishops in the country and the corresponding secretaries of all the mis sionary societies. Among the Bishops present were: Andrews, Warren, Nlnde, Walden, Joyce, Goodsell and Cranston. Tho meeting today was conducted by Dr. S. F. Upham. of the Drew Theologi cal Seminary. The committee appropri ated $1,203,000 for foreign and home mis sions. Much time was taken up by the bish ops in the afternoon In the discussion of the matter of defraying the expenses of bishops sent as superintendents for for eign mlslsonary fields. A resolution was finally passed that such expenses should be paid by the society. Ten thousand dollars was then appropriated for offlce expenses of the society, and another de bate followed over the division of the whole amount of money for mission work for the year. It wis finally decided that 43 per cent should go to tne home mis sion work, and "57 per cent to the work In the foreign mhslons. The amount, given for the work in India is $2S44 more than last year. A special committee of five. With Bishop Thoburn as chairman, was then appoint ed to devise ways and means to raise $2,000 000 for missionary work, the sum to be known as,20th century offering. . IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Important Subjects to Be Discussed nt Chicago Sleeting. WASHINGTON Nov. 14. Two import ant subjects to be discussed by the Ir rigation Convention at Chicago next week and to be urged upon Congress this ses-j slon for appropriation ai;e projects for the irrigation of the arid lands of the Milk River Valley, In Montana, and for furnishing a big reservoir plant at Pima and Maricopa connections In Gila region in Arizona. The first project is calculated to cost about $2,000,000 altogether. Already tho summits of the Rockies adjacent to the Canadian border have been surveyed to ascertain the area tributary to this point of diversion of water. It Is stated that probably half a million acres of the arid lands In the Milk River "Valley will bo reached If the project is executed. It is proposed to build a canal beginning from St. Mary's River, carrying the water into the north, and subsequently the south forks of Milk River, and out on the plains to the east. Among other things it is claimed the building up of an agricultur al country there will furnish feed to Winter cattle that now frequently die by the thousands in cold seasons. The National Irrigation Congress will iike ly ask an appropriation of about $250,000 to begin the work. In the Arizona project it is proposed to build about 50 miles up the river by the present reservation a reservoir costing In the neighborhood of $1,500,000, which will supply not only these once prosperous but now distressed Indians, but as well a large area of public lands calculated to pay the cost of the entire project.' ARMY OF TENNESSEE. Annual Reunion of the Society Be gins at Detroit. DETROIT, Nov. 14. The Society of the Army of Tennessee began Its reunion In Masonic Temple tonjght. For over two hours, after being formally welcomed by Mayor Maybury, of this city, the society listened to papers and patriotic speeches by members, reminiscent of the Civil "War. General Russell A. Alger presided and in troduced the speakers. General Grenvllle M. Dodge, of New York, president of the society, the first speaker, reviewed the achievements of some of the famous Generals wrho are members of the society. Speaking of General Alger, he said that when his tories are written, his administration In the "War Department will be given Its due as one of the great administrations. General Henty Cooper read a paper pre parer. Dy Mrs. John A. xxgan. who was unable to be present, in which she told of the progress being made on the monu ments the society "Is erecting at "Wash ington. Major Lee Rassleur. Command er-in-Chief of the- Grand Army of tho Re public, made a short speech, in which he eulogized the private soldiers. Speaker Henderson made the last speech of the evening. Daughters of the Confederacy. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Nov. 14. Th first session of tha seventh nnnnnl .-in vention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was called to order here to day by Mrs. Edwin G. Weed, general president, xne ittDie from which the Scrlnture lesson wan read xran th mm- upon which Jefferson Davis took the oath of offlce as President of the Confederate States. After welcoming addresses and responses, the convention adjournal until a p. M. National Coancll of Women. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. It The National Council of "Women devoted the morning session to a oiscussion OI the I council's work and how best to co-operate READ THESE THEY ARE THE LEADING SIGNS OF CATARRHAL DISEASE. Expert Treatment With a Prompt and Permanent Cure at the Nominal Fee-Rate of $5 a Month. This Fee Includes All Medicines and the Constant and Watchful Care of All Patients to a Final Cure. Great numbers of people suffer from the malign poisons of catarrh, as from other subtle chronic maladies, without any correct or definite idea of the nature of their affliction. The following symptoms have been carefully arranged, to enable many sufferers to understand just what It is that alls them. Many diseases, known under various specific names, are really of a catarrhal origin and nature. Every part of the mucous membrane, the nose, throat, eyes, ears, head, lungs, stom ach, liver, bowels, kidneys and bladder, are subject to disease and blight by ca tarrh. The proper course for sufferers Is this: Read these symptoms carefully over, mark those that apply to your case, and bring this with you to Drs. Copelahd & Montgomery. If you live away from the city, send them by maU, and ask for mall treatment. In either instance, and whether by mail or office treatment, the patient may be assured of the speediest relief and cure possible to medical sci ence. CATARRH OF HEAD AND THROAT The head and throat become dis eased front neglected colds, causing Catarrh 'vrhen the condition of the blood predisposes to this condition. "Is the voice husky?" "Do you ever spit up sllmef "Do ypu ache all over?" "Do you blow out scabs?" "Is the noa stopped up?" "Do you snore at night?" "Doe your nose discharge?" "Does the nose bleed easily?" "Is there tickling In the throat?" "Do crusts, form In the nose?" "Is the n3o sore and tender?" "Do you sneeze a great dealt" "Is this worse toward night?" "Does the nose Itch and bum?" "Is there pain In front of head?" "Is thero pain across the eyes?" "Is there pain In back of head?" "Is your sense of smell leaving?" "Do you hawk to clear the throat?" "Is there a dropping In the throat?" "Is thf threat dry In the morning? "Are 'ou losing your sense of taste?" "Do ou sleep with the mouth open?" "Does the nose stop up toward nlifc.tr CATARRH OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES This condition often results from catarrh, extending from the head and throat, and if left unchecked, ex tends down the windpipe into the bronchial tubes, and in time attacks the lungs. "Have you s. couch?" "Are you losing flesh V "Do you cough at night?" "Have you pain In side?" "Do you take cold easily?" "Is your appetite variable?" "HaTe you stitches In side?" "Do you cough until you gag?" "Are you low-spirited at time?" "Do you rale frothy material?" "Do you spit up yellow matter?" "Do you cough on going to bed?" "Do you cough In the mornings?" "Is your cough short and hacking?" "Do you spit up little cheery lumps?" "Have you a disgust for fatty foods 7" "Is there tickling behind the palate?" "Have, you pain behind breastbone?' "Do you feel you are growing weaker?" "la there a burning pain In the throat?" "Do you cough worse night and morning?" "Do you have to sit up at night to get brtath?" CATARRH OF THE STOMACH This condition may result from' several causes, but the usual cause Is cntnrrh, the mucus dropping dovrn into the, throat and being swallowed. "Is there nausea?" "Are yeu costUe?" "Is there vomiting?" "Do you belch up gas?" "Are jam lightheaded?" "Is your tongue coate'd?" "Have yeju waterbrash?" "Do you hawk and jplt?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you nervous and weak?" "Do ou have sick headaches?" "Do you bloat up after eating?" "Is there disgust for breakfast?" "Have you distress after eating?" ''Is your throat filled with sltme?" "Do you at times have d'arrhoea?" "Is there rush of blood to the head?" ' with the work of other organizations. Rev. Ada Spencer, of Providence, R. I., the recording secretary, submitted a plan for a completo reorganization of the standing committees under department or cabinet officers. Agricultural College Convention. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Nov. 14. The delegates who nave been attending the meeting of the association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experimental Stations In New Haven, came to Middle town today to celebrate the 25th anni versary of the rounding at "Weslyan Uni versity of the first agricultural experi ment station In the United States. Ad drosses were given by Professor "W. H. Jordan, of Geneva, N. Y and Professor "W. O. Atwater, who was the first di rector of tho Connecticut station. Greek Iietter Society Convention. EVANSTON. HI:. Nov. 14. The first business session of the Gamma Phi Beta Sociery was held at Lunt library today. Representatives of eight univer sities from California to New York were present. The alumni section in Chi cago, Syracuse, New York and Boston, was also represented at the meeting. Tho convention will close Friday even ing, i Episcopal Church Congress. PROVIDENCE, R. L, Nov. 14. Tho third session of tne 20th congress of the Episcopal churcn of the United States was held here today. Today's session was devoted to tno discussion of the topic, "Analysis and Synthesis in Relig ion." Important Business for Congress. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Senator Piatt, of New York; Fairbanks, of Indi ana; Foraker, of Ohio, and Thurston, of Nebraska, were at the "White House today. Senator Fairbanks said that In his Judgment at the short session of Con gress an Army reorganization bill and the reapportionment bill certainly would be passed, and that Nicaragua Canal bill probably would pass. Thomas Walsh, the Western mining millionaire, called to pay his respects to the President. For a Department of . Commerce. CHICAGO. Nov. 14. Resolutions were passed today by the executive commit tee of the National Business Men's League, asking President McKinley to urger In his next message to Congress, .early legislation favorable to pending bills establishing the Department of Com merce and Industries, and the reorganiza tion of the Consular service. m Bate- of Immigration. NEW TORK, Nov. 14, According to Commissioner of Immigration Fltchle, immigrants have arrived In this country at the rate of 1000 per day from all coun tries Bince July last. SYMPTOMS "Is there constant bad taste In mouth?" "Is there gnavlng sensation In stomacbT' "Do you feel as It you had lead In stomach? When you get up suddenly are you dlxxyr "When your stomach la empty do you feel falntr "Do you belch up material that burns ths throat ?r "When the stomach is full da you fiel op pressed?" CATARRH OF THE LIVER The liver becomes diseased by ca tarrh extending from, the stomach into the tabes of the liver "Are you Irrltabift?" "Are you nervous r "Do you gat dizzy?" "Havo you no energy 7 w "Do you have cold feet? "Do you feel mIserabl? "Is your memory poor?" "Do you get tired easily? "Do you have hot flushes?" "Is your eyesight blurred?" -"Have you pain In the back? "la your fleah soft and flabby?" "Are your spirits low at times?" "Is there a bloating after eatjng?" "Have you pain around the loins V Do you have gurgling in bowels?" "Do you have rumbling bowels r "Is there throbbing In the stomach?" "Do you have a sens of heat la bowels?" "Do you suffer from pains in temples?" IIP0 ?ou hV9 palpitating of the heart r "I there & general feeljng ot lassitude?" Do these feelings affect your memory?" CATARRH OF THE KIBNEYS AND BLADDER Catarrh of the Iddneyx nnd blad der results in two ways, first by taking cold; second, by overwork ing the kidneys in separating from the blood the poisons that have been absorbed from catarrh, -which affects all organs. Speedy anil in expensive care by the Copeland system. t "Is the skin pale and dry? "Has the akin a waxy look?, "Is the hair dry and brittle?" "Is the skin dry and harsh?" "Do the legs feel too heavy?" "Is there nausea after eating? ' "Do the Joints pain and ache?" "Aro they cold and clammy?" "Is the urine dark and cloudy? "Is this more noticeable la the- mornings?" "Does a deposit form when left standing?" "Are the eyes dull and staring?" "Is there a bad taste In mouth?" "Is there pain In small ot back?" "Do your hands and feet awelir "Have you pain In top of head?" "Has the perspiration a bad odor?" "Is there pufllness under the eyes?" "Is there a desire to get up at night?" "Are there dark rings arund the eyea?" 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