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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGONIAN, FHIDAT, OCTOBER 21, .1004. SIGN OF PROSPERITY Postal Receipts of Oregon Show Marked Increase. RECEIPTS AT LEADING CITIES Portland; Baker City and Astoria Ar at the Head of the ListWash ington and Idaho Make t Good Record. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 20. With few exceptions, every Presidential poatofflce In the North west, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, shows a marked gain In .postal receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904. There have been a few instances of falling off in receipts, but very few. This almost universal growth of postal business la an unfailing evidence of prosperity. Postal receipts and bank showings come as near Indicating the public pulse as any facts and figures can show, and the showing In the Northwest Is gratifying to the ex treme. The forthcoming annual report of the Auditor for the Postofflce Department gives be gross receipts of all Presiden tial offices during the past fiscal year. Below are given the receipts of the Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska of fices, compared with the receipts of the year preceding: Oregon. lf03. . Albany $ 10,205 Arlington 2.504 Ashland ................. 7.702 Astoria 15,139 Athena 1.901 Baker City 14.974 Burns 2,505 C oqutile -. . . . Corvullla Cottage Grove Dallas Elgin Eugene Forest Grove Grant's Pass Heppner Hlllsboro Hood River Huntington Independence ............. Jacksonville Junction City Klamath Falls ; La Grande ............... Lake view ................ Lebanon AlrMlnnville Marshfleld Medford Milton Moro Mount Angel Newberg Ontario Orejron City Pendleton 15,910 Portland .' 301.430 Prineville 3.380 Hoseburs 8.151 Kalem 25.251 Fllverton 2.G04 fumpter 9.09G The Dalles . 10.828 Tillamook 2.805 I nion 3,620 Wasco Woodburn ' 2,433 6.150 3,680 3,042 2,511 13.242 S.359 7.173 4,014 2,839 5,030 2.172 2.544 8.573 2,007 2.285 0.213 4.709 5,046 2,324 1,199 1.102 3.022 2,221 .854 1904. F 10,630 2,564 8,381 16.871 2.021 16.448 2.655 1.315 6.600 4.200 3,848 2,693 14,551 4.222 7,907 3.936 3.278 5,839 2,334 2.833 1,115 1,190 2,973 9.03S 2.703 2.423 C.907 5.1S2 5,383 2.200 2,395 2,718 3.435 3.370 9.170 13,801 353.293 3,654 8.0S9 25.521 3.083 7.290 10.481 2.713 4.023 1.139 2,688 Totals $542,314 $619,219 Washington. . 1903. Aberdeen $ 10.359 Anacortes 3.S99 Arlington 2.595 Ballard - 8.652 Blaine 3.925 Bremerton ...... ........ 4,254 Buckley 2.5S3 C'sfitle Bock 1.148 (.'entrails. 6.195 t hehalls 6.3S4 Cheney 2.7S6 Clarksburg 616 l le Elum Colfax 10.5S3 Colvllle 3.204 CosmopollB Davenport 5.125 Dayton 5,811 EUensburg 7.997 Elma 2.599 Everett 2S.073 iarfleld 1.948 Goldendale 3,478 Harrington Hoqulam .. 7.956 Kelso . .v Kent 2,525 Laconner 2,058 i-ind Marysvllle - Montefano 3.S32 Mount Vernon 4.822 rorthport 3.CC5 North Yakima 15.979 Oakesdale- -- 2,820 Odessa fljmpia 15.600 Palouse 4.007 Fomeroy 3.676 Port Angeles 4.125 Port Townsend 6.523 Prosper .... Pullman 6.717 Puyallup 3.455 Republic 3.917 Kitzville 5,659 Rosalia Koslyn 3,970 Seattle S10.357 Pedro Woolley 4.197 Bhelton 2.544 Snohomish G.185 South Bend ... 4,241 Fpokane 137.473 Sprague 3,013 Punnyside Tacoma 9S.778 Tekoa 2.041 VancouVer .... 9.492 Valteeburg 3.202 IValla Walla 22.309 "Watervllle 2.S38 AVenatchee ...... ........ 5.774 "Whatcom 25.343 "Wilbur 4.004 1004. 12.301 4,570 2.742 10.992 4.182 5,011 2.556 2.274. 7.431 7.057 3.198 723 2.210 10.385 3.615 1.6S2 5.555 6,C97 8.264 2.7S6 30.127 2.598 lag those in the Philippines, which will doubtless also obtain their supplies here. The order applies only to cloth ing' and equipage, which, however, are very Important factors. The Army and Navy "Register of October 15 says: j.ae posts In the various departments will hereafter be supplied from the de pots at Philadelphia and San Fran cisco, and . arrangements have been made for stocking these with such ar ticles of clothing- and equipage as may be needed. In addition to the supplies available, taking: one year's allowance as the basis of the calculation. "We already are preparing," raid Major Dtvol, "to lay In a big stock, and if the clothing and equipage need ed can be manufactured here, we will be glad to encourage home production." SEATTLE IS PARALYZED. Her Alaska and Philippine Business Will Be Lost. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 20. Seattle shipping circles and Bupply houses are paralyzed at the announcement from Washington, D. C, to the effect that all Army depots in the Western third of the United States, except at San Fran cisco, are to be closed. This means that what little, share of the Alaska and Philippine Island business of the Government which this city has en Joyed for the past two years is to be taken away and given to San Fran cisco merchants, who are said -to have grown rich from their dealings with the Quartermaster's Department of the Army. It Is declared In every quarter here that the Administration at Wash lngton is bidding for the California Yote. Seattle interests are to combine, and an effort will be made to counteract the Senatorial influences wielded by California, and have the order rescind ed. The Chamber of Commerce will take it up without delay. INCREASE IN MONEY ORDERS. Business for the Last Fiscal Year Largest In Country's History. WASHINGTON. OcC 2a The total num ber of money orders Issued by this Gov ernment during the last fisr.al year passed the 50,000,000 mark, for the first time in history, as shown by the annual report of the superintendent of the money order system. The net revenue of the money order business was $2,523,403, an Increase of $288,494, as compared with the previous fiscal year. The gross revenue was $3,626,676, an Increase of $376,282. The number of domestic orders Issued was 50,832,554, aggregating $378,778,488, and international money orders Issued num bered 2.205.344, aggregating $42,550,150. Do mestic money orders paid and repaid numbered 50,550,368. "aggregating $37811,407; international paid and repaid, $915,836; fees received from issue of domestic orders were $3,039,440; from international, $444,950. There were 36,031 domestic and 6913 Inter national money order offices in operation up to today, against 34,547 domestic and 6322 International In operation June 30, 1903. The Issue of domestic orders In creased 4,450,873 in number and $25,150,840 in amount, while international orders is sued increased 294,195 and $7,312,215 re spectively. Antl-Tru6t Law Belig Tested. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. In the Su premo Court of the United States today the Hearing of the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the Penn" sylvanla Railroad Company was concluded and the court took up the case of E. J. Smiley vs. the State of Kansas. This case raises the question of the constitu tlonality of the state anti-trust law, which Smiley Is charged with violating by form ing a pool to control the price of grain, The alleged offense was committed in Rush County and the local court found him guilty, fixing the punishment at three months Imprisonment and to pay a fine of $500. The verdict was affirmed by the Supreme Court -and the case was trans ferred to the Federal Court on a writ of error. Smiley is secretary of the Kansas Graindealers' Association. CONVICTS ON ROAD WORK GANG WILL REPAIR THOROUGH FARE TO REFORM SCHOOL. Recent Rains Have Washed Out Grades Made in the; Dry Sum mer Weather. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 30. (Special.) A gang of 18 convicts and as many teams as can be spared from farm work will be put at work tomorrow completing the Im provement of the Reform School road. The grading of this road was finished last Summer, but as the soil was dry it did not pack well. The recent rains partially washed down the grades in some places. The grades will be repaired and a surface coating of gravel put on and rolled, so as to give the road a solid surface that will withstand the Winter rains. Besides this work the only other road building with convict labor this year will be the making of repairs on the road lead ing to the Asylum farm. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILlL WEAR THIS SEASON ASK BEN SELLING ABOUT IT HOOD RIVER TO GET TRADE. Business Men Help Klickitat County Farmers to Build Road. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) Hood River business men pro pose to secure the greater part of the trade of Western Klickitat County that now goes to Portland, and have sub scribed $300 to assist the settlers of the Trout" Lake and Camas Prairie country in constructing a wagon road down the White Salmon "Valley. The farmers have themselves advanced $1200 for this road, which will bring their settlement Ave miles nearer the Columbia river, and eliminate a 2000-foot grade. The Counties of Klickitat and Ska mania have constructed a bridge at the mouth of White Salmon River, costing $1800. Negotiations are already under way for the operation of a steam ferry between this city and Underwood land ing, the river terminus of the new Trout Lake road. That section of Klickitat County to be benefited by the new road aleady supports a popula tion of 1800 people. Hay, cattle, butter and cheese are the chief exports' A large scope of country is yet to be developed. COUNCIL MAY BUILD SEWER. Hood River Remonstrants Have Law Against Them. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) After the passing of an ordi nance providing for the construction of a sewer system In the City of Hood River, remonstrances began coming into the Council in such numbers that the services of an attorney were secured by the sewer committee to ascertain what authority the city lawmakers had in the matter. The opinion has been nanaea in tnat tne jity council by a two-thirds vote may order the con struction of a sewer system. If the health of the city demands it, and as sess the cost to the property benefited. whether the property-owners favor the sewer or not. As this city is badly in need of sewer system, all the members of the Council have expressed a determination to proceed with the construction of the sewer, although many property-holders are fighting the movement. 1.&J5 9,1?8 1.1SG 3.000 2.140 1,105 2.25tf 4.323 5.025 3,451 17.757 3.100 1.7b9 14.856 4.538 3.942 4.364 7.292 2.461 7.426 4.453 3.299 8.525 1.706 3.SSS 361.372 4.664 2,696 6.C44 4,819 162.401 3.069 1.7S4 113.235 2.53 10.539 3.450 24,077 3.22S 6.962 30.8S5 4.3p6 War Vessels Being Overhauled. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20. With the arrival of the battleship Massachusetts at the Loamie Island navy vard nreDara- ?5.J ' tlons were begun to repair the formidable squadron of war vessels at the navy yard so they can be mobilized next December. An officer of the navy yard said that "by Christmas all of the vessels must be at Hampton Roads for Winter maneuvers. As soon as the Massachusetts fastened to its dock today a large corps of mechanics boarded the ship. All classes of war ves sels are at League Island, Including the first-class battleships Massachusetts and Alabama, the cruisers Denver and Mont gomery, the auxiliary cruiser Prairie, the torpedoboat-destroyers Stringham and Hopkins, the monitors Mlantonomah and Florida, and several seagoing tugs. Totals $574,431 Alaska. Pouslas . Juneau . Nome ... Sk&Rway Valdes ... $2.4R5 .4,262 6,923 . 6.9S9 $1,008,778 $2,551 4.S70 MM 4.526 1.012 Idaho. Blackfoot $ Boise Burke Caldwell , Coeur d'Alcne .' Emmett Genesee Grangeville .............. Halley Harrison ....... f Hope .'. Idaho Falls Kendrick Lewlston Montpeller 1903. 4.SS1 33,190 2.341 . 5.0S3 4.010- 2.57S 4.716 3.390 2.712 S.115 2.177 12.415 3.384 Moscow 11.358 Mountain Heme 3,074 Mullan 2.219 Nampa 4.157 Ner Perce 1.231 Payette , '. 4.16S Tocatello .' 16.290 Kathdrum V. .. 1.408 Rlxbur 2.603 St. Anthony .- 4.5S2 Salmon ......... c. Sandpolnt Shoshone Silver City "Wallace TYardner XV'elscr 3.255 1,923 1.499 3.010 9,355 4.2S0 6,563 1904. 5.417 35.743 2.592 6.062 .5.285 rtSO 2.815 5.3S0 3.676 2.433 1.079 10.860 2,169 13.965 3,809 11.749 3.332 2.4 5S 5.361 2.764 5.377 15.891 3.152 3.224 4.6S4 3,152 4.550 2.672 2.761 10.778 4.118 7.152 Two New Steamboat Inspectors. WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Captain Hen ry M. Seeley, of Boston, was appointed Inspector of Hulls today, and Theodore T. Mersereau Inspector of Boilers in the Steamboat Inspection Service at New York. These appointments are one of the results of the conclusion of the inves tigation of the Slocum disaster. SAYS THEY ABE METERING. END LIVES WITH GAS. Former Minister and Young Woman Dead at Bay City. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. Rev. Charles G. Adams, formerly an Episcopal minister. but more recently a lawyer, committed suicide today by Inhaling illuminating gas. ADout two ana a nan years ago Adams shot and killed Dr. J. A. Jessup, an Oak land dentist. He was declared Insane and sent to an asylum. After being released he began the practice of law. Despond ency is the supposed cause of his suicide. Miss Fanny Lent committed suicide to day by gas asphyxiation. She was the daughter of the late William M. Lent, a prominent pioneer, who died in the city on Monday last. ADMITS HE IS MURDERER. Frenchman Clubs Friend to Death as Result of Quarrel.' GLENDIVE. Mont., Oct. 20. Charles Comment, a Frenchman, was captured at Sheep Mountain today by a posse, which had been purslunlg him since Thursday, when the body of George C Farrants, an English 'sheepman, was found at the Iat- ter's camp with the head crushed to an unrecognizable mass. Comment, when taken, admitted he was the murderer. He said he and Farrants had started on trip together and quarreled. Farrants gave him a beating. When Farrants stooped over to spread his blankets for the night. Comment clubbed him to death with a neckyoke. Total $170,14S $105,161 TO SUPPLY ALL ARMY FORTS. San Francisco Depot Will Furnish the Northwest. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. Quarter master Major Dcvol said today to a representative of the Associated Press what the orders he has just received from Washington regarding supplies for the Army willv greatly Increase the Importance of the Army post in this city. According to an official commu nication from the War Department, "all posts In the Department of the Colum bia, including Alaska, California and the Colorado, together with Forts As Finnlbolne, Harrison. Missoula and Yel lowstone, in the Department of Da kota, will be supplied from the depot at San Francisco." "This," said Major Devol, "Includes approximately 14,710 -men, not lnclud- Correspondent Sticks to His Story About the Japanese. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 20. The Bourse Gazette's correspondent at Muk den sticks to the story that the Jap anese are slowly retiring. On the other hand, several other correspondents tele graph that operations have been sus pended, owing to the rain. They say the armies are confronting e,ach other across the Shakhe River, and add nothing Important is expected for several days. The Russkoe Slovo's correspondent says a rear-guard engagement has occurred east, but he gives no details. Possibly the correspondent refers to the report from Toklo of the Taltz River engage- 4 mcnt. Additional details of the capture of Lone Tree Hill bestow much credit on Colonel Baskolt, of the Thirty-sixth Rifles Regiment, who was leading one of the storming parties. Finding that his men were giving way, he seized the regimen tal colors and dashed forward toward the Japanese trenches, shouting, "Brothers, save the flag." The regiment, although terribly punished, responded gallantly. The wounded In the trenches fought with their teeth. The Wllmanstarand Regiment, while storming the front of the hill, fired by mistake on some of their comrades who were circling the Japanese flank. The warm clothing on the Japanese corpses was promptly appropriated by the Russians Over 600 Japanese were burled on the hilL One correspondent sends an unverified report that the Russians so far have cap tured 47 guns. ColoVnblans Reported In Ugly Mood. COLON, Oct. 20. There is a rumor cur rent here that a large body of armed Colombians has been concentrated near Culebra with the Intention of making an attack there on November 3. the first anniversary of the secession of Panama from Colombia. The canal tone authorities are investi gating the report, though not much Im portance is attadhed to the rumor, the origin of which is attributed to malcon tents. Underwood Awarded Grand Prize. ST. LOUIS. Mo.,- Oct. 20. (Special.) The Underwood typewriter has again suc cessfully demonstrated its superiority over all competitors by winning the grand prize at the St. Louis World's Fair. Statistics of Oregon Penitentiary SALEM, Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) The quarterly report of the State Penitentiary for the three months ending September 30 shows a decrease of two In the number of prisoners confined. At the close of the last quarter the number of convicts was 334. Since then 35 have been received and 35 discharged. One has been transferred to the asylum, leaving 332 now on the roll. The earnings of the prison for the quar ter were as follows: Board of United States prisoners, J622.2S; convict labor In Northwestern Stove Foundry. $4126.92; labor on public roads. 524 days, at 40 cents. $209.60; team on public roads, 30 days, at $3. $50. The expenditures were as follows: Sal arles. $5512.87; articles consumed, $6265.54; machinery, eta. $212.39; public roads. $533.73; matron, $120; repairs and improve ments. $2721.77; total, o.656.3o. Canadian Pacific Makes Promises. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 2a Assist ant Traffic Manager Greer, of the Cana dian Pacific, has sent a message from Vancouver replying to the Chamber of Commerce request made to all the trans continental roads, that his company would do what It could to relieve the shortage of cars for shingles in Northwestern Washington. He makes inquiries as to the number of empties needed and for what territory. Many of the mills, of which .there are more than 100 in Whatcom County alone, have closed down with their storage facilities filled. One plant In this city, with the largest warehouses In the state, has about 115 carloads accumulated and will be forced to close If relief does not come soon. MADE RIGHT FIT RIGHT PRICED RIGHT RAINCOATS AND- OVERCOATS QUALITY immeasurably superior to those of any other store. - , FABRICS, choice selections from the best foreign and domestic looms. FIT equal to that of the best merchant tailor. PRICE a little more than half. RAINCOATS, S12.SO to $35. OVERCOATS, $15 to $40. BOYS' OVERCOATS, $25.95 to $1 5 GIRLS' COATS and DRESSES Tailor Made Superior to those sold in the dry goods stores at ONE-QUARTER LESS. v FOOTBALLS, AIR RIFLES, INGER SOLL WATCHES GIVEN AWAY With all Boys' Suits and Overcoats BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Marquam; Jacob Mlley, Aurora; J. E. Marquam, Marquam; Nicholas Rath, George; George H. Webster, Clackamas; Mat Kandle, Highland; Herman Bruns, Sandy; John L. Evans, Mullno; J. C. Yoder, Needy; John R. Duncan, Sandy: George Lazelle, Oregon City; Ward B. Lawton, Oregon City; Lorenzo Tenny, Viola; W. H. Bottemlller. Highland; Elrlc Capen, Willamette: James Smith. Macksburg; George P. H. S. White, Au rora; William F. Harris, Beaver Creek; Charles A. Lakln, Milwaukie; E. H. Burghardt, Damascus; Paul R. Meinlgv Sandy; R. W. Porter, Oregon City; Al bert W. Fankhauser. Milwaukie; John Page, Gladstone; Frank H. Hilton, Can by; David Robeson, Meadowbrook; Charles Epler, Wllsonvllle; John C Wetzler, Milwaukie; Phil T. Oatfield. Milwaukie; Albert Clossan. Wllhoit Springs. married to Linginda Waker, who sur vives him. There are ten children, four daughters and six sons. Business Men Against Prohibition. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) Prohibition In Clackamas Coun ty, as proposed by local option, to be voted on In November, Is being fought by the liquor dealers from a business viewpoint. A petition, addressed to the taxpayers of Clackamas County and protesting against the plan by which the counts and not the precinct Is made the unit In the fight, 'was circulated among the business men. heavy taxpay ers and leading professional men of Oregon City yesterday and today. Jhe signatures of more than 50 of the prominent business men, represent ing many of the most substantial tax payqrs In the county and every line of business, were secured. Copies of the petition will be printed and widely dis tributed to the voters of the county. Body of Pioneer Found In River. SPRINGDALB, Mont., Oct 20. The body of Edward Forrest, an aged pfbneer of Montana, was found In the Yellow stone River today. Forrest had been missing for some time, and It is supposed he fell Into the river while fishing. He at one time possessed considerable wealth, having engaged In mining and ranching, He was the first Sheriff of Deer Lodge County. Convicted Murderer Goes Free. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. William B. Kennedy, the colored man who was con victed of murder In the first degree for firing the shot that killed Policeman Eu gene Robertson, June 21, 1902, was today discharged from custody by Judge Lawior, A. motion for a new trial of the case had been granted by the Supreme Court on the ground of Insufficiency of evidence. Funeral of Charles M. Johnson. CORNELIUS. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) The remains of Charles M. Johnson, who died in Gaston Tuesday, were brought to Cornelius today for burial The deceased was born in Galatia, Sa line County. III-. May 5, 1S54. He was Well-Known Montana Attorney. BUTTE, Mont., Oct CO. James Wade Forbls, one of the best-known attorneys In the Northwest a member of the law firm of Forbls & Matteson. died at his home in this city at 8 o'clock this morn ing. The cause of death was a short but severe attack of pneumonia. He was taken suddenly and violently 111 Monday morning at 2 o'clock, and from the first little hope has been held by those In attendance. Jury List of Clackamas County. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 20. (Spe cial.) County Clerk Sleight and Sheriff Shaver today drew the Jury list to serve at the November term of the Clackamas County Circuit Court. There Is a large docket of divorce and criminal cases to be disposed of at the next meeting of the court, which will be convened Mon day, November 7. The jury consists of: Monroe Irish, New Era; E. A, Shaver, Pale, thin, nero ous, depressed, toeak, tired out? Ask your doctor about tak ing Ayer's Sarsaparilla for this bad condition of your blood. If he says, "All right," then take it. If not, then don't take it.. We feel perfectly safe, for we know what doctors say about this iauiii .uiwuiviuw. xoweu, JCu Ogendai's Mind Needs a Rest. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Oct 20. (Spe cial.) Jacob Ogendal was taken to the In sane Asylum Tuesday. His hallucination Is that some one Is trying to kill him. He lived alone In the woods near Chinook. He owns a valuable flshtrap at Chinook and a rest, may restore Osendal'e mind, so the doctors think. cial.) While the exact registration of Clackamas County is not known, be ,causo of cancellations. County Clerk. Sleight reports that approximately 4430 voters have properly registered. The servatlvely placed at 4500. Editor Appeals to Supreme Court. SALEM. Or.. Oct 20. (Special.) The case of State of Oregon vs. Arthur Conk Hn, convicted of criminal libel and fined $250, has been appealed to the Supreme Court Conklln was charged with libel against Attorney Robert G. Smith, of Grant's Pass. Helena's Debts Too Heavy. HELENA, Mont, Oct 2a The State Su preme Court today affirmed Judgment of the District Court. Judge J. M. Clements, of Helena, in holding that the City of Helena had no legal right to expend money for purchase of water- mains when the city has already exceeded the legal limit of indebtedness. curred in Santo Domingo, and that the Custom-House at Porto Plata, has been or will be taken possession of by an American representative. Similar action Is expected at Monte Cristi. Gives Himself Up for Shooting. MILES CITY. Mont, Oct 20. George Sock, a saloonkeeper at Jordan, Mont, has Just arrived and surrendered himself to Sheriff Savage, stating that he shot and killed Edward Karl at his saloon last night Troops for Election Purposes. ROME, Oct. 20. The War Office has Issued Instructions to military command ers for the distribution of troops during the pending electoral campaign. Under these instructions, should a request for solders' be made at any of the smaller places In the Kingdom, based on the as sumption' that public order Is endangered, the request must be compiled with within a day. Delegates to Commercial Congress. SALEM, Or., Oct 20.-(Special.)-Gov- ernor Chamberlain today appointed J. E. Altcheson, of Portland, and F. B. Hol brook, of Irlgon, as delegates to the trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, to be held at St Louis. Registration In Clackamas County. OREGON CITY, Or.. Oct 20. (Spe- Captaln Edwin N. Whltehouse. NEW YORK. Oct 20. Captain Edwin N. Whltehouse. U. S. N., retired, died today at Varenna, Lake Como, Italy. He was formerly a paymaster, and was at one time head of the department of provisions and clothing in Washington. New Trouble in Santo Domingo. CAPE HAYTIEN, Haytl, Oct. 20. It is reported that fresh disturbances have oc- Practical. Washington Evening Star. i"So you don't care for poetry?"" "No," said the eminent inventor. "Only the othen day I heard a young woman singing 'had I the wings of a dove.' New -the wings of a dove would be wholly ln cufficient in atmospheric resistance for any practical purpose whatever. What she really wants Is a tetrahedral kite." Prussian Crop Report. BERLIN, Oct 20. On a scale of two signifying "good and three medium, the Prussian crop report for the middle of October shows the condition of Winter wheat to be 2.6 and of Winter rye 2.7. Much-needed general rains benefited all crops, but cold weather Is retarding their progress. Little Boy Hit by Car Doing Well. Little Harold Ellis, who was badly in jured by a street-car Wednesday after noon and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, was reported at an early hour this morning as doing very nicely. The phy sicians in attendance state that the child has a fair chance for recovery. Fire. Destroys Texas Bank. WEST POINT. Tex., Oct 20. Fire to day destroyed the National Bank bulldr lng and three other houses. Loss, $80.000. In EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE for November MR. THOS. W. LAW SON tells how George Westinghouse, a world giant, fought the "System" to a standstill, and how President Roosevelt kicked "Standard Oil" out of the White House. The description of his meeting with Henry H. Rogers de serves a place in literature. We wish you to compare the November EVERYBODY'S with any mag azine published. Read HALL CAINE'S greatest Story "THE PRODIGAL SON." Read in "NEW FIGHTING MACHINES" how Americans are su preme in devilish ingenuity. Read EUGENE WOOD'S joyous satire full of sense on "IS BATHING GOOD' FOR US?" Look at the beautiful sketches of Washington by VERNON HOWE BAILEY. Read the bright short story, "SOUVENIR NIGHT," of a bachelor de stroying the souvenirs of his many courtships before his wedding day. Look at the stage beauties and the portraits of the people who are doing interesting things. Read "Straight Talk," edited by our readers. Read our modest de partment "With Everybody's Publishers." Read the short stories by HART LEY DAVIS and "CHE BUONO." Read well, read the whole magazine and you will find it the best ten cent general magazine in the world, with MR. LAWSON'S article thrown in for good measure. The Publishers of EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE take this method of ex pressing their sincere gratitude to the public for the wonderful appreciation with which their efforts have been rewarded. The November number of EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE, out October 20, is sold on all news stands unless sold out. NOVEMBER EDITION, 60,f 00 COPIES 17 Meflths Age 159,001 Cepirs A Quadrupled Circuiatim IT'S the ADVERTISING MAKES THIS NOVEMBER ADVERTISING, $48,200 . 17 Months Ago it Was S9J0O Quintupled Advertising Receipts TEN CENT MAGAZINE POSSIBLE The Ridgway-Thayer Company? Publishers New York City