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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATUJK1AY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1903. IIZES PUT.4JP State Fair List Covers a Wide Range. FW ENTRIES IK SOMECLASSES the city yesterday and camped on the bank of the river. They gave the police very little trouble this year, as only a few of the old bucks took too much firewater. CONSERVATISM THE RULE JCxlilbltor Showing? in Several Dif ferent Lines Are Almost Sure of TaUingr Premiums at tke Sa lem Exhibition This Fall. SAIEM, On, Sept 4. (Special.) The State Board of Agriculture announces as liberal a list of premiums for agricultural exhibits as is offered in any state In the Union. Over 2250 cash premiums and a number of diplomas will be awarded at the State Fair, which opens here on Sep tember 14. . There are 918 different classes of livestock, farm products, manufactured articles, art work, etc., in which entries may be made. There is a state appropri ation for the payment of every premium in this department, and every award is worth its face value in cash. The premiums range in amount from $1 to 5300, and in the long list that is of fered every farmer, gardener, orchardist, housekeeper, manufacturer and artist may find some premium for which he or she may compete with some chance of be ing successful. Good Chance of Winning It is a fact not very widely known that for many of the premiums offered only a few entries are made, and if a farmer comes to the fair with products of merit he is almost certain not to go away un rewarded. In every livestock competition these premiums are awarded, so that at least three contestants in each class are cure of premiums. In all the departments two premiums are offered in each class. Thus, for ex ample, two premiums are offered for Fail apples, the first premium being $5 and the second $2.50. If there be but four entries in this class each contestant has even chances of winning, assuming that his apples are meritorious. No one can tell in advance what entries will be made, and many a farmer has come to the fair and, when he looked at the products on display, declared, "I could beat that my self." Taken as a whole, there Is always abundant competition for the State Fair premiums, yet it always happens that In some classes there are only two or three, and sometimes only one entry. "Where there are only two, each is certain of a prize, and the prizes are always worth the effort it takes to get them. It may truthfuily be said that if a man will bring to the Fair articles for entry In a half dozen different classes he Is cer tain to take some premiums If he has ex ercised a reasonable degree of care in making his selections. Prizes for Women and Girls. And this applies not only to farmers, but to their wives and daughters and to residents of the city. There are numer ous premiums for displays of flowers, the first premiums ranging from $2 to $10. There are prizes for fuchsias, roses, ger aniums, climbing plants, ferns, new or rare plants, begonias, heliotropes, ole anders, carnations, gladlolas, pansles, cacti, sweet peas, asters, dahlias and va rious other flowers and plants. Premiums are offered in amounts suf ficient to attract exhibitors, for all kinds of needle work, artistic and useful. The list of entries includes almost everything that a person might wear from infancy to old age. Those who are not handy with their needles will And nearly a hundred premiums offered for various kinds of cooking and preserving, and the bread and cake displays are never overcrowded. How EntrlcM 3Iay Be Mrvtle. The list of premiums is very long. The State Board of Agriculture always pub lishes the list In pamphlet form, which pamphlet may be secured by addressing either Secretary M. D. "Wisdom, at Port land, or Chief Clerk "Wylle A. Mooree, at Salem. The entry books will be opened at Sa lem on Tuesday, September S. and will close on Sunday night, September 13. En tries may bo made by mail, and the ar ticle to be exhibited brought to the fair the day before the opening, or sooner. If convenient. The entrance fee is 10 per cent of the first premium. Special Transportation Rates. The transportation companies have made most liberal concessions in order to aid the State Fair. The Southern Pa cific Company will transport all exhibits free both to and from the Fair. Ex hibitors will be required to pay the regu lar charges to the fair, but the money will be refunded when the articles are de livered to the company's agent for return to the point of shipment. This require ment is necessary to protect the company from being Imposed upon by persons who ship articles for sale and not exhibit. The O. R. & N. Co. and the Northern Pacific Company will return exhibits free of charge, but will require the regular rates to the Fair. Under these liberal rates given by transportation companies residents of every part of the state can participate in the contests for premiums. Any articles sent for exhibition, -without being accompanied by the owner or some other person, should be shipped to the Secretary, M. D. Wisdom, at the "Fair Grounds." Or., and a letter should bo addressed to the secretary a day in advance so that he may know the goods are coming. Industries in Healthier Condition Than a Year Ago. NEW TORK. Sept. A. It. G. Dun & Co.' weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: A striking contrast appears when comparison Is made with the corresponding week last year ! in trade. Prices were then tending upward in many branches of Industry, new business was coming forward more rapidly than It had been, and in the security market all records for activity and high prices were being sur passed. Later events have demonstrated that the situation was unhealthy and speculative excesses have been followed by reaction and readjustment. Conservatism was then the ex ception; It Is now the rule. Prospects for steady gains and their maintenance are brighter under the present Bystem. Buyers are still coming to the leading mar kets In great numbers, and testify to the sound condition of business at the interior. Manufacturing plants are busy throughout New England, aside from the cotton mills, and there Is notable activity in wearing apparel at tho South, while prospects for a large Pall retail trade are bright everywhere. Already there Is traffic congestion at several points, despite the fact that crops only have Just be gun to move, and railway earnings in August show gains of 0.3 per cent over last year, and 17.4 per cent over 1001. Unprofltably low prices have' had the effect of curtailing pro. ductlon in the iron and steel Industry. Mere machinery will bo Idle next week at the cotton mills, as the raw material is com ing forward very slowly, and available stocks are being held at prohibitive prices. Wool la firm at Eastern markets. Failures this week In the United States are 101. against 176 last week, 23S the preceding week, and 200 tho correBpondlng week last year, and in Canada seven, against 33 last week, S the preceding week, and 19 last year. CROP DEVELOPMENTS FAVORABLE. Fall Jobbing: Trade Reports Indicate Further Improvement. NEW TORK, Sept. 4. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Crop developments have been mostly favor able. Fall Jobbing trade reports indicate fur ther Improvement, and monetary conditions show less tension. The tone of general busi ness Is conservative, and the tendency Is to eliminate anything In tho nature of specula tion or overextension from business. Manu facturing industry shows continued activity, except In such lines as cotton and silk pro duction, which note the Influence of special conditions, and eo'me lines of Iron and steel. Evidence of an approaching slackening in the output of anthracite coal Is to be seen. Some improvement is noted in the car scarcity trouble, and gross earnings of railways con tinue large, but Increased cost of operations and heavy Improvement limit net receipts. Failures ahow only the usual midsummer vol ume, so far as number is concerned, but aver age suspensions foot up a larger total of lia bilities, particularly of small financial Institu tions and manufactures. Collections are still rather backward, though some Improvement Is noted where backward cropa have been real ized upon. Wool Is firm, on a demand suf ficient to cover sales of goods. Lumber Is active and firm at the West, but leather Is slow and draggy at the East, where labor conditions are not altogether settled. Wheat, including flour, exports or the .week ending September 3, aggregate 3.131,239 bush els, against 3,2-15,050 bushels last week; G.-73,- 209 bushels this week last year; 4.400,004 In 1001. and 3,373,100 bushels In 1000. Business failures In the United States for the week ending September 3 are 1C3, against 142 last week, 133 in the like week of 1002, 123 in 100L and 154 in 1000. In Canada, fail ures for the week number 18. against 23 last week, and 14 la the same week a year ago. Bank Clearings. NEW TORK, Sept. 4. The following table, complied by Bradstreet, shows tho bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended September 3, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, as compared with the correspond ing week last year: Marion County Teachers' Institute. SALEM, Or., Sept 4. (Special.) The an nual session of the Marlon County Teach ers' Institute will be held In this city be ginning, next "Wednesday morning and continuing three days. The sessions will be held in the assembly-room of Unity Church, where the accommodations are better,.4han can be secured In the City Hall, where institutes have usually been held. County Superintendent E. T. Moores has secured as speakers at the Institute Pro fessor Frank Itlgler. of Portland; Mrs. Helen M. Pennell, of Monmouth; Profes sor I R. Traver, of Salem, and Professor D. A. Grout, of Portland. Professor Traver will have charge of the musical programme and Miss Margaret J. Cooper will serve as secretary. Serious Accidents at Whatcom. EVERETT. Wash., Sept. 4. Gust "Wist, employed In the camp of the Port Susan Logging Company, had his right leg so badly smashed between two logs as to necessitate amputation. A. C. J. Arnesdn received probably fatal internal injuries last night In the O. K. shingle mill In this city by stepping upon a loose plank and plunging Into the machinery. Sale of Larpre Tract of Timber. CHEHALIS. "Wash., Sept. 4. (Special.) The H. McCormlcK Lumber Company, of McCormlck. has purchased 1400 acres of fine timber at the head of Elk Creek, above Dryad from the banking house of Cuffman. Dobson Sc. Co., of Chehalis. for S30.13L The timber Is in sections' IS. 20 and j0. range 5 west. The McCormlck Com pany can reach it with its mill by building about four miles of railroad. ...? New Tork .. Chicago Boston Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg San Francisco .... Baltimore Cincinnati ........ Kansas City Cleveland Minneapolis New Orleans Detroit , Louisville Omaha , Milwaukee Providence , Buffalo , St. Paul Indianapolis Los Angeles St. Joseph Denver Richmond Columbus Seattle Washington Savannah Memphis Albany Salt Lake City.... Portland, Or Toledo Fort Worth Peoria Hartford Rochester Atlanta Des Molncs New Haven Nashville Spokane, Wash' .... Grand Rapids ..... Sioux City Springfield, Mass Norfolk Dayton Tacoma Worcester Augusta. Ga Portland, Me Scranton Topeka Syracuse Evansvllle "Wilmington, Del .. Birmingham Davenport Fall River Little Rock Knoxvllle Macon Wilkesbarre Akron Springfield. Ill .... Wheeling, W. Va Avtchita Toungstown , Chattanooga ....... Kalamazoo Fargo. N. D , Canton, O , Jacksonville. Fla . Greensburg. Pa .. Rockford. HI Springfield. O ..... Blnghamton Chester, Pa Bloomlngton. Ill . Qulncy. Ill Sioux Falls, S. D. Mansfield. O Jackeonvllle 111 ... Fremont, Neb .... Utica Decatur, 111 Houston Galveston Charleston, S. C. Totals. U. S $1,659,230,000 Outside New Tork.. 728.012.000 CANADA Montreal $ 10.012.000 Toronto 13.010.000 "Winnipeg 4.020.000 Halifax 2.301.000 Ottawa 1.003,000 Vancouver, B. C 1,342.000, Quebec 1.653.000 Hamilton 1.007,000 St. John. N. B 1.101.0CO Victoria, B. C 493,000 London 769,000 Clearings. Inc. Dec. 831.217.000 24.5 137,862,000 2O.0 103.817.000 0.2 .... 100.924,000 13.7 .... 40.574,000 24.4 .... 38,438.000 10.9 .... 32.309.000 20.8 19.387.000 2.4 18,978,000 12.3 19,580,000 23.G 15,244.000 2.7 .... 10,540.000 0.3 9.S06.O0O 11.0 0.050.000 12.1 .... o,::io.ooo 14.7 .... C.603.000 23.1 .... 7.120,000 20.1 .... 5.358.000 7.1 .... C. 142.000 20.3 .... 4.018,000 11.1 .... C.42S.O00 28.1 .... 6.O90.O00 42.2 4,347.000 11.1 .... C.055.000 38.S 3,302.000 11.0 3,792,000 13.4 3,1(05.000 12.9 2,540.000 .... 9.1 2.073,000 41.1 1,801.000 5.0 3,322,000 20.4 2.029,000 1.4 .... 2,824.000. C.4 3,153.000 19.2 2.378.0OO 7.1 .... 2.090.000 2S.4 .... 2.135.000 10.5 2,470,000 21.1 1.855,000 5.2 1.0S9.000 2.057.000 2S.8 .... 2.104.000 50.8 .... 1.852.000 39.7 .... 1,000.000 20.3 990,000 .... 15.8 1.212.000 0.4 1,297.000 5.1 1.515.000 35.9 1.742,000 24.5 .... 1,320.000 10.0 750.000 39.0 1.411.000 33.3 .... 1.524.O0O 28.1 .... 1.45S.O0O 29.0 .... 1.131.000 0.0 .... 998.000 11.3 .... 993,000 0.1 1.090.000 5.5 .... 878.000 12.8 624.000. 12.2 599.000 4.1 .... 1,124.000 34.4 C17.000 .... 7.3 8SS.000 49.2 MAKING A HARBOR THERE 019.000 024,000 '577.000 494.000 542.000 049.000 503.000 395.000 018.000 520.000 122.8 378,000 331.000 417.000 330.000 425.000 351.003 369.060 , 170.000 224.000 240.000 223.000 2.305.000 260.000 11.308.000 5.481.000 060.000 1.0 14.5 30.4 24.5 8.5 42.' 13.7 41.3 8.5 15.0 30.7 1.0 53.0 10.5 54.0 27 2 V.4 7.0. 15.7 10.3 21. 2.8 16.0 56.0 12.0 .33.9 31.8 43.0 43.9 35.4 11.2 0.7 Totals, Canada ...$ 46.747,000 4.7 .. Dedicate China's Buildinjr Today. ST. LOUIS, Sept 4. China's building site at the world's Fair will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon. Short addresses will be delivered by President Francis, "Wong Kai Kah, the Imperial Commissioner of China, and Director Frederick Lehmann. VAAXOUVER PEOPLE DETERMINED TO HAVE SHIPPING. Progress of the Rate . "War on the Upper Columbia Lloyds Liner Disabled. VANCOUVER. "Wash., Sept. 4. (Special.) A large and enthusiastic meeting of citi zens was held at the Standard Theater last night to confer in regard to the mat ter of dredging out the bar Just below Vancouver. It was decided to place the matter in the hands of the Commercial Club, and a committee of five members of that body was placed in charge of the work of increasing the subscriptions. The sum of $740 was reported as having been raised last week, and $700 more was raised last night at the meeting. Conservative estimates have fixed the cost of tho im provement at $2500. This will give a chan nel 16 feet wide and as deep as neces sary. The first proposed cost of $5000 was figured on a 24-foot channel. The $2500 necessary will be raised within the next taches to a vessel built in Chicago and' just sent on Its first trip across Lake Michigan. Tho boat Is the Grace J., the smallest freighter on the lakes, and the first gasoline freight ship ever iven attention by the United States Inspectors at Chi cago. It Is believed to be the only freighter of its kind entered on the list of the United States inspection service. It was built to enter the fruit trade between Chicago and Michigan ports. Lloyd LIner'n aiachinery Disabled. NEW TORKr Sept. 4. The disabled steamer Barbarossa, of the North German Lloyd Line, arrived in port today under her port engine. Captain Mentz says that oh Friday, August 28, at 7 o'clock In the morning, the starboard engine became dis abled, and investigation showed that half of the propeller was broken. The ship was stopped, the outboard section of the shaft was .secured, and the steamer pro ceeded. There was no excitement among the passengers, as very few knew of the matter until afterward. Her Days Probably Numbered. NEW. TORK. Sept. 4. Tho old White Star Line steamer Germanic arrived today from Liverpool and Queenstown, on her last voyage of the season, making the run In 7 days, 12 hours and 24 minutes. The JOHN KENDRICK BANGS' BEST HUMOR A New "Genial Idiot" Series Will Begin Publication in The Sunday Oregonian. Commencing tomorrow, The Sunday Oregonian will publish, a se ries of talks by John Kendrlck Bangs on live and timely topics. Every one who knows the best product of American humor in the last generation knows "Coffee and Repartee." Probably In no other of his works has Mr. Bangs quite equaled the Individualizing raci ness of that jeu d'esprlt. Now it must be within the memory of every reader of "Coffee and Repartee" that the hinge the delightful interlocutor of that scintillating collection of dialogues is a certain "genial idiot," upon whose monumental and impenetrable Impudence and Inexhaustible wit the whole airy but potent mechanism of laugh ter swings. Fortunately for the public who seek solace for their cares in light reading, Mr. Bangs has been persuaded that this "genial Idiot" Is too good to perish that the world wants to hear more of him., The author has not been brought to take this view merely as good ' com mercial policy; he has heartily realized that half the idiot's funny things have not been printed. In this persuasion he has prepared a new series of papers, which th e "genial idiot" will illuminate with perhaps even more than the brilliancy of his former boarding-house utterances. Mr. Bangs' first paper of the new series "WILIi BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW. v few days, and the work prosecuted until, completed. It Is asserted by shipping men', that the work heretofore done on the bar has not done any good, as the current has filled up the cut. Another channel will be dredged. Four vessels are now In the harbor loading lumber, and more have been chartered. The committee of business men appoint ed to solicit subscriptions met with flat tering success today. In a short time they secured about $3000. Most all the sums given were from $50 to $300, and none was for a sum less than $25. Several bus iness men gave $300 and a good many $100 and $200 each. If the river Improvement district is formed and that tax is col lected, the money subscribed on this will not be required, otherwise the sub scribers will pay the respective sums, less any money they may have paid here tofore for the same purpose. The citizens mean business, as the liberal subscriptions show. It Is expected that $5000 will be raised If required. The Northern Pacific dredge has been removed from below this city, where it was dredging out the channel, to a point opposite this channel near the ferry land ing. The sand has accumulated so deep that tho boat can land with difficulty. After a few days it Is expected the dredge will again take up operations" at the bar below this city. Tho steamer Signal, from San Fran cisco, came In this morning and will load 700,00") feet of mixed lumber. She Is char tered by the Columbia mill, but the order Is being filled by the Lucia mill, and the vessel is lying at the latter dock. The schooners Zampa and J. M. Coleman are loading at the Columbia mill. Tho ship Two Brothers Is still here, waiting for ..ho channel to be deepened. It Is not known when she can get away. It is said the mill company will not be held for any dam ages on account of delay to this vessel's sailing, as the ship was brought in here contrary to the desires of the company. It was thought that she could clear all right. Secretary Shavr at Columbus. COLUMBUS. O., Sept 4. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived here this morning. He delivered an address this afternoon at the State Fair crounds. Jtciurnlng: From the I'otlatch. HO QUI AM, Vash.,Sept. 4. (Special.) Bryan Leaves For Connecticut xow tnat tne jiotlatch is over on North NEW TORK, Sept. 4. W. J. Bryan left xeawi inuiar.s are au in uic city on tonight for New Haven without seeing, theln way up-the country to the hopUso far as known, any of the prominent over a hundred. of them arrived in local Democrats. BOATS DO LARGE BUSINESS. Crowds Come Down on the Gatzcrt and Spencer. The steamboat rate war between tho Regulator and Spencer lines Is making good business for the two warring com panies. How long the heavy traffic will continue Is a question, but It Is probable that when the traveling public has had Its fill of cheap riding and business falls off, some steps will be taken to bring the con test to an end. At present, however, tho boats are coming and going full every trip. Tho Bailey Gatzert was again the first to come In yesterday afternoon. She reached her dock at 2:20 and landed 297 passengers. At the Regulator office It was said the Gatzert will carry out 300 passengers on her trip up this morning. The Charles R. Spencer arrived at 5 o'clock and brought 200 passengers. Cap tain Spencer explained the delay as caused by tho large amount of way business' at the 14 landings made on the trip down. Gasoline Freighter on the Lakes. CHICAGO, Sept. 4. Two-fold interest at- Germanlc will return to Liverpool and He up In reserve, to await the future disposi tion of the vessel. Her sister ship, the Britannic, was sold recently to be broken up. The Germanic had been recently over hauled to meet the same fate, but she may be put In reserve as an extra ship or until sho can be sold. Takes In Another Line. Announcement has been made that tho Puget Sound Navigation Company, which has already bought out the Thompson Steamboat Company and the La "Conner Trading & Transportation Company, has secured control of the Belllngham Bay Transportation Company. The two steam ers, Dode and Belllngham, will be retired from the Tacoma-Whatcom route, and better vessels will be put on. "Warships Leave Today. The cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat Concord will start down the river shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. At least that Is the word received at the pilot's office. Captains Peterson and Pease, the river pilots, have had instructions to be on hand at that hour prepared to take tho warships to Astoria. Captain Peterson will pilot the Marblehead and Captain Pease the Concord. Grace Dollar Breaks Her Rudder. HOQUIAM, Wash., Sept. 4. (Special.) Tho steamer Grace Dollar broke her rud der by running aground inside of the bar at the same place where the Lakmc met with a similar accident. The Dollar was towed up the harbor and taken to the mill. It is expected she will go on the new drydock here. Marine Notes. The Grande Duchesse Olga moved from Ankeny sand dock to anchorage In the stream. t The Ardencralg has finished discharging cargo at Mersey dock and shifted over to Montgomery dock. The dredge Portland will complete her work at Martin's Island today and drop down to Doubletower's. The Harvest Queen arrived up yesterday with the Tarn o'Shanter and left the bark entlne at the Portland Lumber Mills. Captain Edwards and Mr. Fuller, the local United States Inspectors, yesterday Inspected the steamer M. F. Henderson. The steamer South Portland is loading 1000 tons of whoat at Montgomery dock for San Francisco. She will finish her cargo and leave down today. The steamer Aberdeen docked at the foot of Couch street to discharge 500 cords of tanbark from Shelter Cove and 15 tons of Monterey sand from San Francisco. Domestic and Foreljrn Ports. ASTORIA. Sept. 4. Sailed at 0:30 A M. Schooner Endeavor for San Francisco. Ar rived at 9:40 Schooner Irene,- from San Di ego. Sailed at 10:40 British steamship In dravelll. for Hong Kong and way ports. Ar rived at 10:30 A M. American ships Berlin and C. F. Sargent, from Alaska. Condition of tho bar at 5 P. M., moderate; wind south east; weather hazy. San Pyranclsco, Sept. 4. Arrived Schooner Mclancthon. Coos Bay; schooner Wing and "Wins, Sluslaw; steamer Umatilla, Victoria; ship Spartan. Whatcom; schooner Fannie Adele, Gray's Harbor; barkentlne Retriaer. Port Hadlock; schooner Vance, Port Blake- "-J. tscuouaer wyeneia, xsanaimo. bauea Schooner Areata, Coos Bay; schooner West- i era nome, coos Say. Tacoma, .Sept. 4. Sailed Steamer Macki naw, San Francisco. New York, Sept. 4. Arrived Barbarossa, from Bremen; Zeeland, from Copenhagen. Halifax Arrived Sept. 0 Siberian, from Liverpool, via St. Johns, N. F., for Philadel phia. Queenstown. Sept. 4. Sailed Canada, for Boston, from Liverpool. Boulogne, Sept. 4. Arrived Noordam. for Rotterdam. Inlstrahull Passed Corinthian, Montreal, for Glasgow. Liverpool. Sept. 4. Arrived Common wealth, from Boston; Victorian, from New York. Havre, Sept. 4. Arx-cd La Bretagne, from New Yorlc r New York, Sept. 4. Arrived Fuerst Bis marck, from Hamburg. Scllly, Sept. 4. Passed Koenlgen Luise, from New York, for Plymouth, Cherbourg, and Bremen. Liverpool, Sept. 4. Sailed Celtic, for New York via Queenstown. Genoa, Sept. 4. Sailed Lahn. for New York via Naples and Gibraltar. Gibraltar, Sept. 4. Passed Cambroman. from Naples for Boston. Southampton. Sept. 4. Sailed Blucher, from Hamburg, for New York. Plymouth, Sept. 4. Arrived Koenlgen Lulse, from New York, for Cherbourg and Bremen, and proceeded. New York. ' Sept. 4. Arrived St. Louis, from Southampton and Cherbourg. Seattle, Sept. 4. Arrived Steamer Dol phin, from Skagway; steamer Queen, from Sound cruise. Port Los Angeles. Sept. 4. Sailed Deran ge re. NEW CHIEF OF EAGLES. Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan Wins After a Spirited Contest. NEW TORK, Sept. 4. Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan is now the head of the fraternal order of Eagles, having been elected grand worthy master at the con vention in Tammany Hall today. The election was a most spirited one, and there was lively campaigning from be ginning to end. Sullivan's election had been expected, but many Western con tingents favored the election of Vice-President Pelletler, of Kansas City, and waged a vigorous fight to place him at the head of the order. On the first ballot Sullivan polled 792 votes. Pelletler 729 and Henry ("Hy") Davis, of Cincinnati, 250. The two latter candidates then withdrew, and the Congressman's election was made unani mous. A protest was made against the votes from Honolulu, which were represented In proxy by the Callfornlan delegates. As the Hawallans were In favor of Sullivan, his adherents fought vicorously until the Callfornlan delecates were permitted to vote for their distant neighbors. Cape Nome, Alaska, the State of Washington and Texas went solidly for Sullivan. The Congressman drew from all over the country, even the far Western States sending him a good vote. W. F. Edwards, of Anderson, Ind., pres ent grand worthy chaplain, was elected grand worthy vice-president. His succes sor as chaplain Is Joseph H. Ellis, of Min neapolis. A. E. Partridge, of Aerie No. 1, of Seattle, was elected grand worthy sec retary. Edward I. Head, of San Francis co, was elected grand worthy treasurer, and "Hy" Davis, his predecessor as treasurer, was re-elected grand trustee, with Theodore Bell, of Napa, Cal.; D. F. F. McGlnnity, of Chicago; H. E. Norris. of New Haven. Conn., and J. J. Kennedy, of Buffalo; Edward Krause, of Wilming ton, Del., grand worthy conductor, and John W. Sheridan, grand inside guard, were re-elected. Call to Army of the Cumberland. WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. General H. V. Boynton has Issued a circular to members of the Society of the Army of the Cum berland, Informing them that the next re union of the society will be held In Wash ington October 14 to 16, and the society will participate in the dedication of tho statue of General W. T. Sherman. The headquarters of the society will be at tho Shorcham Hotel, and the first meeting will be held there on October 14 at 10 A. M. The annual exercises will occur on Wed nesday evening. The speaker of the occa sion will be General Gates P. Thurston. Army of the Potomac Meeting:. NEW TORK, Sept. 4. The adjourned meeting of the Society of the Army of the Potomac will be held In conjunction with the meeting of the Armies of tho West, at Washington, October 15 and 16 next. General Daniel S. Sickles will rep resent the society at the unveiling of tho Sherman statue, and General John R. Brooke, the president, will respond at the banquet. The headquarters will bo at the Ebbitt House. International Lyceum Association. CHICAGO, Sept. 4. The International Lyceum Association has been organized here with 250 charter members. The fol lowing officers were elected: President, Ralph Bingham, Pennsylvania; vice presidents, Robert L. Taylor, Tennessee; Robert J. Burdette, California; S. M. Speeder, New Tork; L. C. Vaughn, Wis consin, and Mrs. Katherine Eggleston, Ohio. Englcs on Excursion Up Hudson. NEW TORK, Sept. 4. The majority of the members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles today devoted themselves entirely to pleasure, taking a trip by-'Steamboat up the Hudson, around the Battery to the East River, and thence to Coney Isl and. About 3500 persons made the trip. "Western Engineer Gets an Office. EVANSVTLLE, Ind.. Sept. 4. The con vention of the National StatlonaryEngl neers adjourned today. P. K. Hogan, of Boston, was elected president, and J. F. Chambers, of Los Angeles, doorkeeper. k Above the Rest JL Because it's Best jff MnupSff A 5c cigar witli a ioc aroma. H SttSaSI A cigar of one price one quality. 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