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It is unusual for so many vessels to bunch here so early in the season, and In the present case it Tras due to the delayed arrival of a num ber of ships which should bave been, here earlier, and to the fact that others ar rived several weeks earlier than they were expected. The same conditions ex ist on Puget Sound, the only difference "being that the Puget Sound ships are re ceiving much slower dispatch than is be ing given the Portland ships. So far as known, not over a dozen ships and steamers for wheat loading are due at Portland within the next six weeks, and only about half that number are due at Puget Sound ports. This will leave a shortage in tonnage available for wheat at a time when the movement is usually the heaviest, but owing to the depressed condition of the wheat market, the move ment may not be heavy enough to cause any advance in rates. The vessels nearest to hand for Portland are the G. H. Wap paus, from Kiao Chou; Marechal Devout and Rlckmer Rickmers, from Nagasaki; Irby, from Freemantle; Cleomene, from Newcastle; Thornliebank and Barlillan, from Santa Rosalia; Lady Isabella, from Valparaiso, and "Werra, from Honolulu. MADE A RECORD RUN. Steamship Queen Arrives "With Big: Crowd From Cape Koine. PORT TOWNSEND, "Wash., Oct 2. The steamship Queen arrived this morning from Cape Nome, bringing 471 passengers and $500,000 in gold dust. The Queen made a remarkable run from Nome to Puget Sound. "When the Queen sailed from Nome the disabled steamer Nome City had arrived with her crank shaft broken. The Steamer Santa. Anna was also at Kbme. Passengers from Nome report that place as being crowded with people await ing an opportunity to get out. Purser Curtis reports that the entire accommoda tions on the Queen for the next trip from Home had been engaged before she sailed south on her present trip, and the same can be said of all steamers that are to make another trip. Numbers of indigent people continue to swarm into Nome, some with only a few dollars, while many are penniless, and as all the accommoda tions on future passenger steamers have been engaged by these with money, the outlook for unfortunates to reach civil ization is gloomy- Custom-house receipts at Nome show that 7000 people arrived there this season, and that 4000 have al ready departed. RAN INTO PILOT SCHOONER. Hercnles Did Damage to the Amount of Several Hundred Dollars. ASTORIA. Oct. 2 While the pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer as anchored in the stream opposite the city, last evening, H was run into by the steamer Hercules, w ith one of the Hale &. Kern barges, load ed with rock, in tow. As the steamer was swinging the barge to an anchorage, the tide set them against the bow of the schooner, striking only a glancing blow and carrying away the forward spreader and fore stays. The damage will amount to several hundred dollars, and will delay the schooner going to sea for some days. Harry Morse Still Unchartered. The American bark Harry Morse, which brought the "pack of the Alaska Fisher men's Packing Company from Alaska, is still unchartered, although that company has an option on her until October 15 to return to Alaska next year in the same service. If this charter is completed, the Morse will go into the coastwise lumber business until Spring, and otherwise she w ill load lumber for the Philippines. MORVEX AXD RELIAXCE. Two Well-Known Ships Partially Destroyed by Fire. Damage by fire within the past few weeks has put thre ships well known in Portland temporarily out of business. The burning of the Cromartyshire off the coast of Africa was reported several days ago. but later advices state that the ves sel will be saved, although the necessary repairs will cost over 15000. The last is sue of Lloyds Index reports the burning at Iquique of the British ship Reliance. The dispatch was dated September 12, and 6tated that the vessel was still burning, and would probably be a. total loss. She had on board at the time 3200 tons of ni trate of soda. The British bark Morven, which loaded at Portland last year, put irto Pernambuco September S with her cargo afire. She was en route from New castle for Cape Town, and the fire had not gained such headway as to make matters very bad. After discharging a portion of her carco she was expeted to proceed. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. Indravelli Sailed From Yokohama for Portland Last Saturday. The steamship Indravelli sailed from Yokohama for Portland last Saturday, and will arrive in about 10 days with a big cargo of miscellaneous merchandise. A full outward cargo will be ready for her -when she arrives, and she is sched uled to sail outward again October 28. The Kvarven, which has been in port for nearly three weeks, sailed yesterday, and it is doubtful about any more steam ers of the California & Oriental line com irg to Portland, as the O. R. & N. steam ers are taking care of about everything that is offering. The California steamers have got back on their regular schedule again, the Columbia arriving at San Fran cisco yesterday and the Elder at this port. The Sutherland was loading lum ber yesterday and the Glenturret com menced taking on a cargo of wheat. Steamship Line to Siberia. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. A special to the TJmes from Montreal says: The Canadian Pacific Railway Company will probably put on a line of steamers from Vancouver to Vladivostock, in or der to take advantage of the trade open ings, which exist in the East in conse quence of the opening up of Siberia. In any case it is certain, that an experi mental steamer will be placed on the line. William Whvte. who was sent by his company to make a report on the condl-, tions in Prussia, has presented his report to the executive board of the company, and it is learned that he is most favorably impressed -with the openings for trade. The directors will meet soon after the annual meeting to take up the report and decide what steps to take. Schooner Sennett Abandoned. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Oct. 2. The steam er Brunswick arrived here this morning from TJnimak Pass, where she was trying to get the schooner Sennett off the beach. When the Brunswick arrived at the scene of the wreck Captain Colestrup and Mr, Hcuskendorff boarded the Sen nett, but soon found that it would cost more to save the Ill-fated vessel than it would cost to build a new one. The Brunswick lay by for seven days, and stripped her of everything, and when she left there was only the naked hull with the lower mast When the Brunswick was about to start from the wreck she had the same experience that the Sennett had with a tidal wave. Her anchdr chains were parted like mere cords, and she was forced in shore. Had it not been for the skillful way in which Captain A. Ander son handled his ship the Brunswick would have left her bones alongside the Sennett. Nome City's Narrow Escape. PORT TOWNSEND, Oct 2. The steam er Nome City had a narrow escape from wreck. She broke her shaft 120 miles north of Dutch Harbor during a storm, and succeeded In working her way back. Tem porary repairs were made, enabling her to reach Nome, but before reaching that place a storm was encountered, and, not being able to make much headway with the shaft in such condition, she was driven within, a quarter of a mile of shore, and when, in that position lifeboats were provisioned and everything in readiness to abandon the ship, but the storm abated, and she got out of the perilous quarter. She had 22 passengers and a cargo of coal. On her return trip from Nome she will not carry passengers. Lake Steamer Foundered. KINGSTON, Ont, Oct 2. The steamer Richelieu, owned by the Richelieu & On tario Navigation Company, and engaged on the route between Kingston and Belle ville, foundered today while bound for this city. She was within three miles of port when she took a header and sank. A fairly heavy sea was running, which caused her cargo of freight to shift, and before it could be righted she filled and went down In about 60 feet of water. Her crew and passengers got ashore safely, but had a narrow escape. Veteran Sailor Dead. NEW YORK, Oct 2. Thomas Francis Murphy, a Sandy Hook pilot is dead. Murphy, who was a veteran pilot, fought In the United States Navy In the Civil War. and took part in the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimac He was assistant sailing master of the famous old American yacht Dauntless when she raced the English yacht Cambria from Dunt's Head buoy, off Queenstown, start ing July 4, 1870, and arriving at Sandy Hook July 26. To Abolish the Differential. SEATTLE, Oct. 2. Passenger represen tatives of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific. O. R. & N. and Canadian Pa cific are holding a meeting here this af ternoon, to consider the proposition of the Canadian Pacific to abolish the differ ential now allowed the steamships of lines other than the Canadian Pacific in the trans-Pacific passenger business. This differential is $16, and the Canadian Pacific demands that other lines raise their rates that much. Ship Load of "Wall Paper. PHILADELPHIA, Oct 2 The Ameri can ship Hawaiian, which arrived here Tuesday from Hilo, will carry back to San Francisco from New York 1,500,000 rolls. of wall paper, consigned to persons on the Pacific Coast This shipment is the largest one of the kind ever made from an Eastern port Inspecting American Canals. MONTREAL. Oct. 2. H. M. Gibson, chief traffic superintendent of the Man chester Ship Canal, who has been com missioned to visit the chief Atlantic ports on this side for the purpose of establish ing new steamship lines to Manchester, will spend a week here. He will then visit American cities. Police Department Collections. ASTORIA, Oct 2. The sundry licenses collected by the police department during the quarter ending September 30 amounted to the sum of $1,080 50. This does not In clude fines and forfeitures, but the amount was largely increased by the fakers who visited the city during the regatta. Delinquent Tax Sale Postponed. ASTORIA, Oct. 2. The County Court to day decided to postpone the sale of prop erty held for delinquent taxes until Mon day, November 4, for the reason that it will be impossible for either the county or city to get the Hats Teady by next Mon day, the dare originally fixed. Lake Steamer "Wrecked. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Oct 2. The Northern Wave entered the canal tonight with the crews of the steamer Drake and the schooner Michigan, which foundered off Vermillion Point this even ing during a severe storm. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Oct 2. Arrived In at 11:30 A. M. Steamer Elmore, from Tilla mook. Arrived down at 10:20 A. M. and sailed at 11:15 A. M. Norwegian steam ship Kvarven for the Orient, by way of Ladysmith and San Diego. Arrived in at 1:30 P. M. and left up at 4 P. M. Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from San Francisco. Con dition of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth; wind, southwest; weather, cloudy. Glasgow, Oct 2. Arrived Anchoria, from New York. Bremen, Oct 2. Arrived Darmstadt from Baltimore. London, Oct 2. Arrived Menominee, from New York. Liverpool, Oct. 2. Arrived Michigan, from Boston; Waesland, from Philadel phia. New York, Oct 2. Arrived Georglc, from Liverpool. Hong Kong Arrived Sept. 19. Indra pura, from Portland, Or.; Empress of China, from Vancouver, via Yokohama. Yokohama Sailed Sept. 28. Indravelli, from Hong Kong, for Portland, Or. Movllle, Oct 2. Arrived Laurentlan, from New York, -for Glasgow. Philadelphia. Oct 2. Sailed Nederland, for Antwerp. San Francisco. Oct. 2. Arrlved-Steam-er Curcoas, from Guamas. Sailed Ship Erato, for Queenstown. Port Los Angeles Arrived Sept. 30. Steamer City of Para, from Honolulu. Port Townsend, Oct 2. Arrived Steam er Braemar, from Hong Kong; steamer Elba, from Yokohama; steamer Borneo, from Yokohama. San Francisco, Oct 2. Arrived Steamer Columbia, from Astoria. Sailed Bark Snow and Burgess, for Port Gamble; schooner Gem, for Coos Bay; steamer Corona, for Seattle. Seattle Sailed Oct. L Steamer Dlrigo, for Skagway. Redondo Arrived Oct 1. Steamer Rob ert! Dollar, from Whatcom. Port Townsend Sailed Oct. 1. Bark St. James, for Seattle, as before reported. Mollendo Arrived Sept. 29. British bark Mary A. Troop, from Port Gamble. Shanghai Arrived Sept. 2L Norwegian steamer Guernsey, from Vancouver. New York, Oct. 2. Arrived Kalserin Maria Theresa, from Bremen. Sailed Philadelphia, for Southampton: Germanic, .for Liverpool; Friesland, for Antwerp. London. Oct 2. Arrived Rosarlan, from Montreal. Hoquiam, Wash. Sailed Sept. 30 schooners W. J. Patterson, Laura Madser and Wawona, from Aberdeen. Hong Kong, Oct 2. Arrived previous Steamer Queen Adelaide, from Tacoma, via Hiogo. Southampton, Oct 2. Arrived St Louis from New York. y Church and Saloon Stand. It is related that while the flrer at Gresham.was in progress Tuesday, several prohibitionists loudly prayed that the sa loon of Ford Metzger would meet Its doom. Some time ago a long remonstrance was filed in the County Court against the granting of a liquor license to Metzger. Against this was Metzger's petition, nu merously signed. He showed that he con ducted an orderly place, and got the li cense. The fire continued to burn until most of the town was gone, but 'the prayers that the house of the sinner mlgh.t iaii were unanswered, xne sajoon sun stands, and also the church.' BOER ATTACK REPULSED DELAREY RATOED KEKEWICH'S CAMP NEAR PRETORIA. In the Short Fight the British Lost 83 Killed, the Dutch 128 Wounded, LNDON, Oct. 2. Lord Kitchener today reports that two officers and 31 men have been killed in an attack made on Colonel Kekewich's camp at Moedwlll. The Boers, who were under Commandants Delarty and Kemp, lost 14 officers and 114 men wounded after two hours' fighting, when the Boers were driven off. Colonel Kekewlch was among the wounded. The Boer reverse occurred September 29. The Boers are reported to have been 1000 strong. Lord Kitchener, In his dis patch, says the British repelled the at tack with great vigor. Colonel Kekewlch was slightly wounded in two places. He says that all ranks have behaved ex tremely well. The wounded were taken to Rustenburg, half way between Pretoria and Mafeking. Lord Kitchener confirms the heavy losses of the Boers, about 250 killed and 300 wounded, during their attack on Fort Italia and Fort Prospect. He says the guns recently captured at Vlakfonteln have been recovered from the Boers. A telegram from Bloemfonteln Indicates that the guns Lord Kitchener reported having recovered were dug up, the Boers having burled them. A mixed column under General Kitchener, Lord Kitch ener's brother, has been sent to relieve, presumably Natal, from Commandant General Botha's forces. It has reached Vryheld. The casualty list shows that in the fighting at Caledon River last Friday Colonel Plumer lost two officers and 10 men killed and wounded. THE GOVERNMENT WAKES UP. Fresh Drafts to Replace Kitchener's Exhausted Forces. LONDON, Oct 3. "For months past we have been told," says the Dally Graphic this morning, "that if the Boers would only abandon their elusive tactics and come to close quarters we should see what we should see. The Boers have taken us at our word and the results are certainly not encouraging." The chorus of dissatisfaction with the inertia of the government is dally gath ering force. Winston Churchill, speaking last night at Oldham, described the sit uation in South Africa as "serious and disquieting." He said the war could be ended only by vigorous military opera tions. The Dally Mall and the Dally Chronicle comment upon the fact that the huge, British army Is seemingly only able to remain on the defensive. The Standard says: "The Boers' plan Is to keep Lord Kitchener's army busy in the north and to give the roving- com mandoes in Cape Colony an opportunity to raise the Cape Dutch against Great Britain." It is believed that the government at last, recognizes the necessity of meeting the renewed Boer activity. Preparations are being made to replace Lord Kitch ener's exhausted men by fresh drafts. An order has been issued rendering it im possible to obtain discharge by purchase from any of the army reserves, sections of which are being prepared for mobili zation. Lord Kitchener has sent home a fresh batch of Imperial yeomanry suffer ing from organic diseases unfitting them for life on the veldt, together with a strong protest against the waste of pub lic time and money in enlisting such men. There is further evidence of the serious ness of the situation in Cape Colony. The Cape Premier, Sir Jobn.fiprigg, has gone to Johannesburg to meet Lord-Kitchener and Lord Milner In conference, probably on the subject of declaring martial law in Cape ports. Mocdwell, the scene of the bold attack by Commandant Delarey on Colonel Kekewich's camp, is 65 miles west of Pretoria and 15 west of Rustem burg. As the wounded were being brought to Rustenburg, it looks as if Moedwlll hadbeen abandoned. Boers Still in Strong Force. NEW YORK. Oct. 2. Commenting on the South African situation, the London correspondent of the Tribune says: "The war news remains as ambiguous as a Delphic oracle. Lord Kitchener's weekly return of Boer losses was not un favorably but the faith In these arith metical demonstrations of British prog ress has been impaired. While 2000 Boers have been killed, wounded and captured in September, the commandoes still retain the power of attacking in considerable strength and capturing convoys. The Boer force, estimated by Lord Kitchener at 13,500 in July, has been reduced on the face of the returns by over 5000, yet the 8000 maintain an effective resistance In the Transvaal, encourage a widespread and systematic revolt In Cape Colony, and are making a formidable demonstration on the borders of Zululand. The guerrilla war fare against the War Office continues with unabated ardor, but without substantial results. Whatever may be the relations of Lord Kitchener and Mr. Brodrick, it Is evident that there is discontent among the officers In South Africa, that fresh blood Is needed, and that recruiting has virtually stopped. No official return has been pub lished for a long time of the numerical strength of the army in South Africa, It Is customary to estimate it at 200,000, but these figures are probably grossly ex aggerated. AFFAIRS IN THE ORIENT. Japanese Press Comment on the Death of McTCinley. VICTORIA, B. C, Oct. 2. Nagasaki pa pers report that there Is In that city a band of gypsies who were expelled from Russia and are trying to beg enough money to bring them to America. Nine men from the Japanese steamer Tenuyu Maru, which left a Japanese port on an otter-hunting trip, were arrested by the Russians on Robben Island, on sus picion of poaching, and were sent to Vladi vostok, while 350 sealskins taken by them were seized. Several of the native Japanese papers appeared with turned rules on the day following the receipt of the news of the death of the President, and all contained columns expressing regret at the loss the country had suffered. The JImmin says: "All civilized nations must mourn his loss; above all, the Japanese, who were assisted primarily by America to enter the community of nations, and who have to thank the late President for the kindly and sympathetic words publicly used by him In reference to their country. Ameri can progress will, however, not be inter rupted by this event,, however lamentable it is In itself." Famine is feared in Manchuria as a re sult of floods, in which railways, crop9 and all kinds of property were destroyed. France, It is said, Is about to construct a line of telegraph from Tonquln to Amoy, and thence to Port Arthur, giving France direct communication in the far East, in dependent of British lines. Australian papers received today by the steamer Aorangl contain many references to the assassination of President McKin ley, and express horror at the dreadful deed. TOLSTOI'S OPINION. Franco-Prussian Alliance Has Had a i Pernicious Influence. LONDON, Oct 2. The Revue Blanche of Paris recently asked Count Tolstoi for his opinion on the Franco-Russian alli ance, and the Paris correspondent of the Times sends the reply received by the paper. Tolstoi says that, in the first place, the true Russian people do not kno.w of the existence of an alliance, but if they did they would have the common sense to understand that this exclusive alliance with another nation could hot have any THE It - f . if . , i r P - H" u i 3 r . . $ - - 4 i ' , - . ' ii i . R?lEt BANDS other object than to support It against its enemies, and perhaps involve them In wars. Therefore, the alliance would be displeasing to them. Count Tolstoi says the object of such al liances Is war or to menace war; that their Influence must be mischievous generally, and that they can produce only the great est mischief to the nations forming them. France's government, press and society have already made compromises, andwill be forced to make more, in regard to French traditions of freedom and human ity, in order to pretend to be united in sentiments and intentions with the most despotic, retrograde and cruel govern ment In Europe. In Russia also the al liance has already had a pernicious influ ence. Russia no longer cares for Euro pean opinion and, feeling herself backed by this strange friendship with the na tion reputed to be the most 'Civilized in the world, daily becomes more retograde, des potic and cruel. Portuguese Attacked by Moors. LONDON, Oct. 2. A dispatch to the Times from Tangier says a most regret table incident has happened at Fez. A Portuguese subject, who does not speak Arabic, had recently arrived In the city and approached the tomb of a local saint. There was" nothing to show that the thor oughfare was forbidden to Christians. A shop man called out to the stranger that he must not proceed along the street in question, but the visitor did not compre hsnd what was said to him and did not halt. Directly afterward he was attacked by a fanatical crowd. The physician who Is attending the Injured man says that his recovery is uncertain. The Times corre spondent remarks that this attack -would not have occurred had the Sultan not neglected his duties in the northern part of his kingdom and remained for six years in Marakeah (City of MoroccoJ". Austria's Attitude is Approved. LONDON, Oct. 2. The Vienna corre spondent of the Times says that the atti tude assumed by Austria-Hungary toward the proposed German customs tariff is ap proved by the whole country. The promptitude of M. De Szell, the Hungarian Premier, In speaking out is cordially praised, and it is recalled that his states manlike counsel last year saved Austria from a suspension of the constitution. There Is- some criticism of Hungary for taking such a step alone; but under the Austro-Hungarlan Ausglelch commercial treaties must be aproved by both halves of the monarchy. Moreover, M. De Szell acted with the knowledge and approval of the Vienna Government and the Austro Hungarlan Foreign Minister, Count Go louchowski. Japanese Bank Panic Subsides. LONDON. Oct. 2. A dispatch from To klo to the Times says the recent bank panic at Osaka and Kioto has entirely subsided, and the deposits withdrawn have been returned. The public has learned the lesson that there Is danger In too many small and Ill-managed banks. The government had seized the oppor tunity to restrict the establishment of banks and to compel their rigid manage ment. The promotion .of new banks has ceased and many small, weak institutions are closing. The government will Intro duce at the next session of Parliament an amendment to the law governing pri vate and savings banks. His Pan-Ainerlcnn Tendency. BERLIN, Oct. 2. The Berliner Tage blatt says: "The Pan-American tendency of Presi dent Roosevelt appears from the atep he took when he ordered the Attorney-General of the United States to submit an opinion as to whether the concession for laying a cable between San Francisco and Manila, by way of the Island of Guam, could be given to a private company. The Attorney-General will probably reach a satisfactory conclusion, for the Americans have always excellently understood how to interpret treaties." Irish Discontented. DUBLIN, Oct 2. At the meeting of the United Irish League, In Dublin, the Lord Mayor of Dublin presiding, a letter of apology for absence was read from William O'Brien, M. P., who expressed a hope that "if the King visits Ireland next year the league will arouse a spirit which will convince His Majesty that he has come among a people discontented and disaffected to the core, only needing arms and the training of the Boers to testify to their hatred of England's rulB with an eloquence equal to that of the unconquered 'South African Republics." American Divorces Do Not Hold. -TORONTO, Ont., Oct. 2. An important verdict touching upon the divorce law was given in criminal session today when the jury found Minnie G. Woods guilty of bigamy. The accused was legally di vorced, according to the Michigan law, and remarried in Canada. The Judge HORSE SHOW EyERY EVENING Pioneers and Native Sons and Daughters will Celebrate the Portland Pioneer Street Tonight. AFTERNOON HERMANN, in His Great Ride for Life THE YODLERS, the Wonderful Warblers From the Tyrol The Greatest Electrical Illumination THE.LUNDGREENS, on Their Wonderful Revolving Ladder ALI ZADA, the Great Juggler SEE pSSe?ssoe. ADMISSION TO FIELD 10 CENTS. Carnival Tickets may be purchased during the day ntvA. B. Stclnbnch's and Meier & Franlc Special Rate Tickets issued by Transportation Companies Good seven days. charged against the prisoner, and told the jury that American divorces did not hold good in Canada. German Exports to America. BERLIN, Oo' 2. Exports from the Berlin district to the United States dur ing the quarter which has just expired amounted to $9,335,785, or an increase of $1,863,156 upon the corresponding quarter of 1900. ' Stores for Russian Squadron. LONDON, Oct. 2. A dispatch to the Times from Odessa says that reinforce ments and stores for the Russian squad ron in the Pacific will be dispatched from Odessa In the middle of the present month. Contract Laborers Excluded. MELBOURNE, Oct. 2. The House of Deputies today adopted a clause of the immigration bill prohibiting the entry into the commonwealth of any one Un der contract to do manual labor. Holland Boats for England. LONDON, Oct. 2. The first of five sub marine boats of 'the Holland type, build ing at Barrow-on-Furness for the Brit ish Government, was launched today without ceremony. Guatemala Denounced a Treaty. BERLIN, Oct. 2. The commercial treaty between Guatemala and Germany has been denounced by Guatemala and will cease to be in effect June 22, 1903. Election in Hungary. BUDAPEST, Oct. 3. The Hungarian Parliamentary general election has re sulted in the return of a large Liberal majority for the Government. New Manager of Southern Pacific. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2. James Agler, superintendent of the Oakland division of the Southern Pacific, has been appointed, manager of the company, to succeed James M. Herbert, resigned. Mr. Agler has been stationed at Oak land about four years. Prior to that time he was superintendent of the Salt Lake division. It Is expected that he will as sume the duties of his new office next Saturday. Herbert will remain with him several days and explain to him the work ings of the office. Manager Agler will appoint his own successor at Oakland within a few days. There Is a general belief that Superin tendent Palmer will be brought down from Sacramento and that Assistant Superin tendent J. C. Wilder, of the western di vision, will be sent to Ogden to become superintendent of the Salt Lake division. Murphy Sustains Devery. NEW YORK, Oct. 2. Police Commis sioner Murphy has sent to the Merchants' Association his reply to their communi cation of a few days ago, in which they made charges of injustice, tyranny and oppression against Deputy Commissioner Devery while presiding at the trials of members of the uniformed force. Com missioner Murphy says In his' reply that no charges have been made against Dev ery's record, that he is a man of experi ence, that the fines he inflicted were not excessive and were necessary to discipline the force, and that he sees no reason to place Devery on trial. Canadian Pacific Annual Meeting. MONTREAL, Oct. 2. At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Cana dian Pacific Railway, It was decided to make a new bond issue of 5480,000. It was also decided to purchase the Paciflc Navigation Company, which controls 14 steamers; to build three new steamers, one for the upper lakes, one for the Coast traffic, and one for the Empress line, and to establish a pension fund of 5250,000 for the benefit of their employes. The Same Old Fight. WASHINGTON, Oct 2. Mall advices Tecelved today at the Colombian Lega tion from Panama Indicate to the Colom bian officials here that the cablegram re ceived by them yesterday reporting a vic tory of Colombian arms in Goajlra re fers to the engagements in that province about the middle of September. ' A Prominent Educator. JACKSONVILLE, 111., Oct. 2 Philip G. Gillette, for nearly 40 years superintend ent of the Illinois, Institution for Deaf Mutes, died this morning. He had an In ternational reputation as an educator, was an ex-presldent of the National -Sabbath School Association, and a member of the International lesson committee. Voted to Strike. FALL RIVER, Mass., Oct. 2. The Tex tile Council, at a meeting here to night, voted to quit work Monday morn ing unless the operatives grant their- de mand for a 5 per cent increase in wages. AND EVENING ADMISSION 25c, CHILDREN 10c CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE". THE BUTCHERY IN SAMAR BODIES OF AMERICANS WERE MU TILATED BY REBELS. President of the Town Led the As sault in Person Filipinos "Were Summoned by Church Bells. MANILA, Oct. 3. The 'latest advices from the Island of Samar give harrowing details of the slaughter of the members of Company C, Ninth United States In fantry, last Saturday, at Balanjdsra. The ! President of the town, claiming to be friendly, led the assault In person. On hearing of the slaughter, Colonel Isaac D. Duersey, of the Eleventh In fantry, started for the scene Immediately with a battalion. The body of Captain Connell had been tied at the heels, satur ated with kerosene and partly burned. Forty-five bodies have been buried in a trench, leaving seven unaccounted for. The charred remains of many were re covered. In numerous instances the bodies have been badly mutilated. Three hundred Macabebes will also be dispatched to the scene of the massacre on board the eLgaspi, which Is delayed by a typhoon. The fight was long premeditated, and the Filipinos were called to commit the slaughter by the ringing of church bells at daylight. They got between the sol diers, who were breakfasting, and their quarters. The Insurgents were mostly armed with bolos, but they had a few rifles with them. The United States hospital ship Relief will leave here tomorrow with one bat talllon of the Seventh Regiment, and at Legaspl will embark a battallion of the Twenty-sixth Regiment to reinforce the troops In the Island of Samar. ARMY HOSPITAL SERVICE. General Sternberg .Pleased With Philippine Conditions. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2 In speaking of conditions In the Philippines, General the United States Army, who has just returned from the Islands, said: "I was surprised at the excellence of the hospital service and the arrange ments for caring for the sick and wound ed. We have a department In the islands that we should be proud of. The percent age of sick remains about the same as during the early part of the campaign, namely, about seven per cent. In Min danao, it is only four per cent. Taking into consideration what we have to con tend with over there, and comparing It with the records of the Civil War, it will be eeen that we have made great Im provements In our military hospitals. The new convalescent hospital at Santa Mesa, built of nlpa, Is almost perfect. "The men are subject to malaria, ty phoid and dysentery for the most part. The latter is the worst. A little bu bonic plague exists among the natives and Chinese, but it is not enough to occasion alarm or drive people into hys terics. I am well pleased with what I saw and am satisfied." General John F. Weston. Commissary General, who accompanied General Stern berg, reports that as a result of his trip to Manila, his department there has been centralized and decreased in number of employes, in consequence of the decrease of the army in the Islands to one-half its former strength. The Commissary De partment is now in the hands of 15 regu lar officers. One of the effects of the reduc tion of the army was to pile up a great Mii sufficient to give you most delicious tea biscuit using Royal Baking Powder as di rected, A pure, true leavener. A on MUSIC BY TWO FULL MILITARY BANDS Company. quantity of supplies, but nothing will be wasted. Certain kinds of supplies which could not be kept have been sold, but the staples are as good ae ever, and can be used by the army. General Weston found affairs In the Philippines in as good condition as he expected. ' THE TRIAD UPRISING. THE TRIAD UPRISING. Rebellion in Singling District Put Down by Chinese Troops. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. The State De partment received today a cablegram from. United States Consul McWade, at Can ton, China, confirming the reported upris ing in the Singling district. The dispatch follows: "Canton. Oct. 2, 1901. Secretary of State, Washington: General Wu, with 1500 sol diers, routed Triad rebels in Singling dis trict. Swatow, killing 200 and capturing and decapitating many prisoners. Ger man mission burned. German missionaries: fled to Hong Kong. M'WADE." This dispatch, taken In connection with previous advices the department has hafl from Minister Conger, leads to the belief that the Boxers have had nothing to do with the present outbreak, but that it is a local disturbance growing out of famine conditions whifh the Chinese Government can suppress. Transferring the Chinese Court. PEKIN, Oct. 2. Dispatches from SIngan Fu announce that the Chinese court Is preparing to start for Pekin about Octo ber 6. The temporary palace there Is being dismantled, and all the furnishings will be carried for use en route. The offi cials and servants will constitute a car avan numbering from 3000 to 5000 persons. An Imperial edict commands LI Hungr Chang to borrow 700,000 taels from the, Provinces to defray the expenses of the court's journey. Li Hung Chang said to day: "The court will certainly arrive In Pekln within two months." - Despite such official statements, many foreign officials here believe the Empress Dowager fears the foreign troops are kept to entrap and punish her. and their theory is that she will pass the winter in Kal Yuen Fu, sending the Emperor to Pekin. Missionaries "Were Warned. LONDON, Oct. 2. The Hong Kong cor respondent of the Times gives the follow ing additional details regarding the up rising In China: The correspondent says that the Plang Tong missionaries have just arrived at that city. They were warned In advance of the approach of the rebels, whose Idea it is to exchange the Manchu for a Ming dynasty, and to de stroy the "barbarians." The missionaries fled to King Ylng Chow, and thence to Swatow, where the German Consul acted promptly. The local officials and people at Plang Tong are well disposed toward the missionaries. One of the latter named Rutter Is missing, but Is thought to bo safe. Senator Far-well's Condlton. CHICAGO, Oct. 2. Ex-United States Senator Charles B. Farwell, In the hope that It would benefit his heilth. submit ted last evening to a critical surgical op" eratlon at St. Luke's Hospital. Today it ,was reported that he was resting easily, that he had stood the operation extreme ly well, and assertions of his recovery were made with confidence by attending surgeons and nurses in despite of his pre vious ill health and his age. He Is 78 years old. Dnlly Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Today'3 state ment of the Treasury shows: Available cash balance $169,713.S11 Gold 101,610.790 ifes