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Jl - PRICE FIVE GENTS. HI VOL. XLV.-NO. 13,957. OREGON, J?RTDA.Y, SEPTEMBER 1, 1905. r4 WARRING NATIONS AGREE Ml TRUCE Japan Quickly Follows Rus sia's !Lead in Giving ' Her Consent. GENERALS TO ARRANGE IT JSnpid Progress With Treaty May End In Signature on Tuesday. Wltte Tolls How Ho Bluffed Komura. -(PORTSMOUTH, X H., Aug. 3L Japan, .hrough Baron Komura, agreed to the immediate conclusion o an armistice. At 11 o'clock tonight Mr. Takahlra went to Baron Rosen's room and explained that he and Baron Ko mura had received instructions to ar range terms of an armistice. Baron Rosen immediately communi cated with Mr. Wltte, and it is prob able a meeting -jvill.be held tomorrow morning for the proclamation of a complete suspension of hostilities, pre liminary to the arrangement of the details by the two Generals upon the battlefield. ' GENERALS WILL FIX DETAILS Armistice "Will Be Arranged Between Llnlcvltch and Oyaina. PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Aug- 31. Rapid progress has been made today in the drafting of the treaty of peace. Baron Komura, at Mr. Witte'a request, tomorrow will probably fix a day for Its signature. Russla'j consont to a suspension of hostilities reached Mr. Wltte tonight In a cablegram from Count Lamsdorft, whom Emperor Nich olas has empowered to deal with this important phase of the negotiations. Although General LInlevltch has been Informed of the practical conclu sion of peace and directed to hold him self in readiness to open with Field Marshal Oyama negotiations for an armistice, the order for the suspension of hostilities and the signing of the nice will not go forward from "St. Ptenburg until Mr. Wltte has beon Informed by Baron Komura that the j Emperor of Japan has also given his consent and has empowered Marshal Oyama to conduct negotiations with the Russian commander in the field. Having advised General Llnievltch of the situation, Russia will not hold" herself res. cible for any clash which may occur beforo Japan has consented to an armistice. On this point, how ever, no serious anxiety Is felt here, and the Japanese roply Is momentarily expected. Bnpid Progress With Treaty. So rapidly and well Is Mr. de Mar tens, with Mr. Dcnnlson, performing his dollcate and Important task of drafting the treaty that he was able to return from the Navy-Yard tonight to report to Mr. Wltte the practical completion of ton articles of the treaty. It is expected the treaty will. In Its entirety, consist of 15 articles, exclu sive of the preamble. Japan's original demands are said to have numbored 13. Only 12, however, were presented to the Russians, as President Rosevelt is credited with persuading the Japanese plenipoten tiaries bofore the conference to with draw one of the conditions, which he regarded as unjust. Whether this 13th demand dealt with the fortifica tions at Vladivostok cannot be learned. Having waived three of the demands presented, the Indemnity, the Interned ships and the limitation of Russia's naval strength in the Far East, the Japanese' final contentions were nine. Several of these, however, will be divided in the treaty and grouped intq two or more articles. May Be Signed on Tuesday. Mr. Wltte Is exceedingly anxious to sail for home on September 12. In the meantime he is to take leave of Presi dent Roosevelt and personally present the thanks of his Emperor for the President's assistance. He Is therefore doing what he can to hasten the draft ing of the treaty, which he would probably be" prepared to sign by Tues day or Wednesday o next week at the latest, unless some obstacle should arise. The only difficulties which have thus far appeared have been due to the am blguouq language of certain parts of the dally protocols which form the framework of the treaty. It is here that the long experience and recog nized authority of the famous Interna tional lawyers are proving of assist ance to Japan as well as Russia. Both Mr. de Martens and Mr. Dennlson, who Is also well grounded in international law, are selecting with great care the language of each artiole, In order that the treaty may furnish no ground for differences In the future and accurate ly record the exact spirit as well as the substance of the agreements con cluded in the conference by the pleni potentiaries. It thus happens that the framers sometimes spend an hour In the selection of one word, to And final ly that they are both striving to ex press the Identical idea. ENDS SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA Britain Satisfied With "New Anglo Japanese Treaty. LONDON, Sept. 1. The conclusion of the new Anglo-Japanese treaty of alll which the Associated Prejs an nounced on August 25 had been signed has only now become deflnifely known to the English newspapers which are keenly Interested In It and are anxious ly discussing its probable contents. An Important modification binding either power to come to the assistance of the other If attacked by one. in stead, as in the old treaty, of two pow ers, causes inquietude in some quarters, where it is thought to add enormously to Great Britain's responsibility, but on the whole complete satisfaction Is expressed as to the scope of the new treaty, ae far as it is at present known. Th,e Dally Telegraph, representing the views of the government and well reflecting the opinions of a majority of the newspapers, in an editorial says: "The new Anglo-Japanese treaty will guarantee the terms of the Portsmouth treaty. It will check any insane idea of Russian revenge, will render impos sible any anti-Japanese coalition and effectually terminate tho scramble for China." It is supposed that the new treaty establishes an unqualified defensive al liance betwoen Great Britain and Ja pan and It is believed not unlikely that India is Included in the sphere of ter ritory over which the treaty alms for the preservation of the status quo. Should this prove the case, its1 value to Great Britain will be enhanced. HOW WITTE BLUFFED JAPAN Pretended Indifference, Though In wardly Full of Anxiety. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3L Mr. Witte, interviewed at Portsmouth by the correspondent of the Slovo, la re ported to havo said: "You sco what one gains by standing firm. 1 was In a frightful position. I had not the right to accept a compro mise, and a rupture seemed likely to enlist the sympathy of all on the side of Japan. President Roosevelt appoalcd to my patriotism, Jpumanlty and good sense. Fortunately I succeeded in hold ing out to the end. "The Japanese could not read In my face what was passing in my heart. From the outset I assumed such an in different tone that It eventually car ried conviction. When the Japanese presented their written conditions, I laid them aside without looking at them and spoke of something else. On leaving the room I intentionally forgot the conditions lying on the table. When one of the Japanose plenipotentiaries drew my attention- to this, asking me If I did not wish to take away secret documents which some one might read, I put- the papers carelessly In my pocket. It was thus to" the 'last minute of the negotiations." GIVES THANKS TO ROOSEVELT Ozar Admits He Brought About Suc cess of Conference. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 3L Emperor .Nicholas, of Russia, has recognized grate fully the part President Roosevelt played In the successful negotiations tor peace. In a cablegram received by President Roosevelt today. Emperor Nicholas con gratulated and thanked the President for his efforts. The cablegram follows: Peterbot. Aug. 31. To President Roosevelt: Accept ray congratulations and earnest thank for havlnff crouch t the peace negotiations to a imcowful conclusion, owintr to your per sonal energetic effort. My country will jrnUe fully recognize the great part you have played In the Portsmouth Peace Conference. NICHOLAS. That the Russian Emperor should thank President Roosevelt for his efforts to in pure peace between Russia and Japan was to have been expected, but It Is par ticularly significant that In his cable gram Emperor Nicholas extended to Pres ident Roosevelt his "warmest thanks for having brought tho peace negotiations to a successful conclusion." The dispatch is regarded as one of the most remarkable of its kind evor sent by the head of one nation to that of another. Congratulatory messages are still pour ing in upon the President, and the ex ecutive office is swamped, and It will be many days before acknowledgments of all messages can bo sent out. NATIONS UNITE FOR DEFENSE New Anglo-Japanese Treaty Guar antees Mutual Protection. LONDON, Aug. 31. The report that an Anglo-Japanese treaty was signed 'August 12 by Foreign Secretary Lansdowne and Minister Hayashi is confirmed. While secrecy Is maintained for the present re garding the exact terms. It may bo said that the document Is of far-reaching im portance. It affords mutual guarantees for the protection of British and Japanese interests, even if tho two contracting pow ers are only threatened by a single hostile power, and assures the maintenance of the status quo In the Far East- The new treaty will be found to be a powerful factor In insuring tho peace of the world; at any rate so far as the Far East Is con cerned. Dcnnlson Veteran In Service. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 3L Special. H. W. Dennlson, the American legal ad viser to the Foreign Office of Japan, who is drafting Japan's share of the now peace treaty, is tho man who came through Seattle with the Baron Komura party. He has been 23 years in tho service of the foreign department, and war correspond ents vouch for the statement that no doc ument has gone out of the Foreign Offlco in years without Dennlson's approval. He supplies the Occidental view that the Jap anese statesmen acknowledge they fall to appreciate. Dennlson originally went to Japan as a Consul in the American sorv- Thlnk Kaiser Is Vindicated. BERLIN, Aug. 2L President Roosevelt's acknowledgement of Emperor William's co-operation in bringing about peace is widely commented upon as disproving on the highest authority the legends still circulating abroad that the German Em peror tried to prevent -peace. Dynamite Kills Four Men. LANCASTER. Pa., Aug. SI. Three Slavs and an Italian have been blown to pieces by the premature explosion of a blast near Safe Harbor. Another Slav Is miss ing, and Is believed to have been blown into the river, and two Slavs and a negro were badly Injured. The men were engaged in a large blast hole pO feet deep, and had just placed 'the dynamite and detonation cap, It4sc -supposed the tamp inx rod atroek'tba !Ci WOMAN TO WEAR ' MIRROR ON HEAD Milliners Decree It 'Shall Be Sewed in Crown of Fash- ionafale Hat GOOD FOR HASTY TOILET Great National Convention Devises Means for Surreptitious Primp ing and Gratification of Feminine Curiosity. NEW YORK, Aug. 3L (Special.) If you are a woman and In style, you must have a mirror in the crown of your hat. This Is the decree of the National Milliners Convention, which closed tonight, ahd the 1500 delegates hastened homo to put the edict into Immediate effect. This fad, which met immediate adoption, was im ported from Paris, and is calculated to permit milady to primp and admire her self in public without appearing to do so. The mirror-crowned hat was born of necessity. The mirror Is of extra line reflecting quality, and Is sewed Inside the top of the crown. Its uses will be found to be manifold, but it will come In most handy when a woman has her hat off and wants to fix her hair, use her powder puff and arrange her eyebrows before putting It on. With the mirror sewed In the crown of her hat, any woman may pre tend to be arranging her hatpin or somo other Incidental, when really she Is mak ing an impromptu toilet. Useful to Gratify Curiosity. The mirror will also be found useful and handy in railroad trains. In orowded dressing-rooms, at parks, on boats or oth er excursions, when the wind Is likely to play havoc with the feminine locks and redden the feminine nose. At the theater, if a woman wants to see who that loud or mellow-voiced per son sitting behind her In, she need"not boldly turn and "rubber." With the new mirror 'krrangemqnt In her hat. she can easily get the object of her curiosity in the focus and satisfy herself without ap pearing rude. At church, the lato-comers, who take back seats, will be at the mercy of the Toman with a looklng-rlass In her bat. She can carefully scan tho whole rear part of the chuch .and keep herself posted on the late arrivals, at the same time keeping track of the telling point In the pastor's Sunday-morning effort. Helps to Superintend Courting. The mother who rides In the front seat of the family surrey with her husband, whilo the daughter of tho household rldea behind with the young man who has been calling on her for six weeks, will find the mirror hat a useful household comfort. She can find out more conveniently when the psychological moment comes to look around and see If there is an automobile following. Tho decision of the convention has been that the popular Fall shades for hats will be light green and old rose, touched 1n with gold and purple, The plum and dahlia colors are the. proposed new things for midwinter. Lighter shades of pinkest dahlia, running Into heliotrope and lighter shades of green, will be for earlier Fall. GERMANY FEARS CHOLERA DREAD DISEASE HAS SPREAD OVER WIDE TERRITORY. In Fivo Days It Has Appeared in Twelve Scattered Localities. Government on Alert. BERLIN, Aug. 31. The spread of cholera from two localities on the river Welohsol fivo days ago .to 34 cases in 12 localities, extending from the Baltic to the river Warthe, 150 miles south, and Its appearance in Hamburg, has given an unpleasant thrill to the peo ple of Germany, for it may mean a long and steady fight, as la 1892-93, to prevent the disease from getting be yond control. In those years it Is es timated' that 200,000 -persons died In Prussia from cholera. The Prussian government is keenly aware of the possibilities of the dan ger, which so far is not regarded as giving any apprehension. A commit tee of the Cabinet, consisting of Dr. Studt. Minister of Medical Affairs; Herr von Sudde. Minister of State and Minis ter of Public Works; Herr Moller. Min ister of Commerce and Industry, and Herr von Eethmann-Holwelg, Minister of the Interior, has the central direc tion of the preventative measures. Numerous bacteriologists have been sent Into the InfecUd districts to as sist In the surveillance of persons who have contracted cholera. Cautionary notices are published in all the towns and villages within the affected area. MORE VILLAGES ARE INFEQTED One Death in Each and Several Sus picious Cases. RASTHNBURG, East Prussia, Aug. 21. There has been one death, believed to be. caused by cholera, in the village of. Haarls, and one in the village of Wamlke. and In both villages the government com missioners have discovered several suspi cious cases Quarantine May Stop Traffic. BERLIN, Aug. 31. Grain traffic with Russia on the Warthe and Netxe riv ers may 'be stopped by the German government to. prevent.rlvex men com inr from Rutsla into Germany. The municipal administration, on account of the appearance of cholera at Zan toch. has issued an earnest warning to tho townspeople not to use river water for" any purposes. All: the bath ing houses supplied by river water have been closed. AWAITS MOODY'S RETURN Appointment of Oregon Judge De layed Till 3IIddie of September. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 31. Private advices received here today indicate that the appointment of a Federal Judge for Oregon may be deferred until Attorney-General Moody returns to Washington. . not earlier than the middle of September. It Is evident that something has arisen at Oyster Bay to question the advisability of giving this office to Judge Bean, and yet, were Mr. Moody not convinced that Judge Bean la the best man for the place, De would probably before this have submitted some other name to the President. Most of the papers In the case are In Washington, and In all probability the Attorney-General will go again Into the records of the various candidates before making further recommendations to the President. New Oregon Rural Carriers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 31. Rural carriers appointed for Oregon routes: Albany, Route 6, Walter F. Whitlow carrier, Oscar G. Whitlow substitute; Lents. Route 2. Rob ert G. Tweed carrier, Perry A. Lilley sub stitute. VANGUARD OF GRAND ARMY Trainloads of Visitors Enter Denver for National Encampment. DENVER. Aug. 3L Alhtough the date for the opening of the 33th annual en campment of the G. A. R. Is fourdays distant, crowds of visitors began pour ing Into the Union Depot today, and by night the estimated number of arrivals was 15,000. Regular trains leaving Chi cago and other mid-Western points soon became overcrowded, necessitating addi tional coaches and engines. In one Instance, the regular Burlington train had grown to such proportions that when Denver was reached it was running In six sections, each larger than the orig inal train. Warsaw Welcomes Peace. WARSAW. Aug. 31. The commercial world greets peace Joyfully, as the eco nomic conditions will Improve. In con sequence, the Bourse here was animated today, au values rising. The editorial in the newspapers welcome peace and ex press the hope that Russia will now devote- herself to internal improvements. CONTENTS TQPAY'S PAPER Thf Weather. TQDAYfS Fair n vruyner. Nortlwasteriy f win TESTEKDAVS JfaxWnum-- temperature, "4 dep. Precipitation, none. The Peace. Conference. Both nations agree to armistice which, generals will arrange. Page 1. Treaty may be signed on Tuesday. Page-1. "Wltte tell bow he bluffed Komura. Page l- Both Russian and Japanese newspapers con demn terms and clamor for more fight !np. Page 3. Russian official version of negotiations. Page 3. Kaaoko proposes economic alliance between. Japan and America. Page 5. Terms of Anglo-Japanesa treaty. Page 1. Foreign. Sultan of Morocco refuses to give France satisfaction for Bouialn's arrest. Fag 1. Swedish-Norwegian conference meets. Pace- J, ' Tartars besiege fortress and massacre Ar menians. Page 1. Cholera spreads rapidly In Germany. Page 1. Three towns In Honduras depopulated by yellow fever. Page 3. National. Canal Board of Engineers meets today. Page 1. x Interstate Commission condemns rates on eern products to Pacific Coast. Page 5. General Chaffee on field of Waterloo. Pace 5. Politics. Great uprtslnj: in Philadelphia against bogus registration. Pace 1. Domestic Aeronaut blown, up by dynamite 1300 feet above earth. Page L American Jews' address to Mr. Wltte. Page 4. Printers strike spreads In Chicago. Page 4. Milliners' convention decrees women must wear mirrors in hats. Page 1. Depew repays loan to Equitable and defends bis action. Page 4. Whole village in Louisiana has yellow ferer. Page 5. Sport. Oakland wins ball game in twelfth inning. Page 7. Alex Chalmers. Oregon boy, made captain of Stanford football team. Page 7. Tommy Burns knocks out Dare Barry In 20th round at San Francisco. Page 7. Pacific Coast league scores: Oakland 6. Portland 4; Los Angeles 3. Tacoma 0; Se attle 3. San. Francisco Page 7. Wright wins National tennis championship. Page 7. Pacific Coast. Klamath Falls landowners will have to sign up on Irrigation agreement soon. Page 8. Last day of the regatta at Astoria. Page 6. Washington Railroad Commtfstbn''lrtllns" ready for struggle otfcr Itoslyn coal rates. Pag6 6. British Columbia man driven insane by a haunted revolver. Page 6. Choirmaster Taylor, of Seattle, did turn on variety theater stage. Page 6. Body of Charles Green washed up on shore of Columbia River near Kalama. Pae 6. CorvalUs club runs as of yore. Page C Commercial atad Mmrfac Bop market opens at IS cents. Page 15. Break In stocks at New York. Pago J5. San Francisco exporters buy barley heavily. Page 15. Chicago wheat market closet firm. Page 15. Review of Iron and steel trade. Page 15. Go to Inspect route of Celllo CanaL Page 7. Pour barks and two steamers reported char tered. Page 7. Marine notes. Page 7. Lewis aad Clark Expoietie. Admissions'. 34,307. Page 11. Airships will race today. Page 10. Japanese celebrate birthday of Crown Prince. Page 10. King County baa its day at the Exposition. ' Page 10. State commissioners will not send, samples ; to Jury of awards. Page lL Fortfead sad Tletetty. Bank clearances for the eight months of 1905 show a gain of more than 25 per cent over the same period last year. Page 14. General Compson. is dead. Page 14. Problems of rural schools theme Of discus sion at Congress of Education. Page-16. Druggists must keep records of sales ' poisons. Page 12. .-'J Letter-carriers get ready for convention. Page City employes who hypothecate their sl- aries may lose positions. Page 14. Southern Pail f.c Bd O.'ft? Jl'JhV efSces -will .be united today. Pse.ll.. - PDPLfLAR uprising AGAINST FRAUD Philadelphia Is Ruled by Votes of Dead Hen, Cats, Dogs, Peanuts. WILL GLEAN THE REGISTER Fifty Thousand Strong, People Will -Turn. Out to Remove 85,000 Bogus Names Ballots " Cast in Bundles. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3L-(Speclal.) Aroused as rever a community was aroused before, the people of Philadelphia will turn out 0.000 strong; on Monday and Tuesday ,jp oversee the revision of the official registry of voters. This demon stration of power and personal Interest anticipates a battle of ballots at the polls In November, when the most Important election ever held In tho county will be held. The issue Is simply the people against the politicians. Tho candidates are merely Incidents of the fray, and. strangely enough, none Is before the peo ple except machine men, who are to be removed within the week. The remarkable and most impressive civic movement now pressing the pro fessional politicians close to the peniten tiary started more than a year ago, when Charles P. Donnelly, chairman of the Democratic City Committee, ordered a complete canvass of the city to be made by the workers in his organization, which was then and Is now In disrepute. The Democratic canvass then made was fol lowed by a scries of prosecutions con ducted by a special committee of law yers, of which Francis Fldher Kane was chairman. A local newspaper supple mented this canvass with Intlraato inves tigations, which resulted In most sensa tional disclosures and more aggressive prosecutions In the courts. Dead 3Ien, CbUdrcn, Pogs .and Cats. These things brought out the fact that the Republican machine had placed up ward of S5.C0O fictitious names upon the official registry of voters, and that these names, wore used to manufacture joint majorities by means of stuffed ballot- boxes. Sworn evidence in possession of tho committee of seventy establishes the. fact that no fewer than 65.C00 bogus bal lots were cast at the municipal' election held in February last, and there Is evi dence in the possessipn of District Attor ney Bell proving that dead men; infants, girls, boys, tfJgs, cats and peanuts were voted and counted. Mon are now In Jail who permitted bal lots to be deposited In the boxes In bun dles. It was proved, before Magistrate Gorman that In one division all of tho official ballots were In the boxes before noon on election day, and that all voters who appeared at the polls later In tho day were tricked Into casting sample bal lots, which, of course, were not counted. The plan, scope and daring of the frauds startled even the hardened leaders of the Republican. organization, who now frankly admit that they had no conception of tho aggregate fraud. Drastic Action Against Fraud. Seven separate and distinct canvasses of the city have been mado by Independ ent agents. The police have made two canvasses In all wards and three or four In others. Sixty policemen have been scheduled for dismissal for making false returns to Director Potter, who Is per sonally directing the campaign against fraud. Fourteen policemen were dismissed today for the same offenses. No fewer than 6000 bogus names were found in the homes of policemen and firemen. Mlnutcmen appointed by a committee, of which Cyrus D. Foss is chairman, will man every division house on Monday and Tuesday, when the official revision of the list will be made. The committee of sev enty nnd tho city party will have special watchers on hand. The police, acting un der drastic orders from. Mayor Weaver, will attend, and the much-scared Republi can machine has Issued orders dated to day directing the Assessors to remove every questionable name and to add only such names as are properly vouched for by reputablo men. THEX TOTED DEAD 3EBN. Election Conspirators in .Philadel phia Brought to Justice. PHILADELPHIA, Auff. 31. Peter J. Wagner, Assessor of the Thirty-seventh Division of the Twentieth Ward, was held in $1500 bail today, and Lewis J. Buck, William G. Turner and Law rence Farrell, election officers of the same division, wero each held In $1000 ball, charged with conspiring- to make false returns of the February election. John H. Fulmore, Republican leader of the ward, was arrested and hold In i $500 ball, charged with intimidating; a witness ana ooai.ruci.iiiK justice. . J-"! iwenucin naiu ia m uo uuiuuuauic section of the cits. Testimony was offered to show that men who had -been dead for years were voted, and that persons who -had not lived In tha division for "years were placed on the Assessor's list and their names voted. The Director of Public Safety today is- Hsued orders to the various police lieuten ants of the city, directing- them to de tail policemen to appear before the Assessors of their respective election divisions on the evening- of September 5 and present to the Assessors all ficti tious names and those of- persons who have died, moved or are Illegally upon the votlnjr lists, and request the- As sessor to strike tho same from the rolL After a recent canvass by the police It was announced that Ihey discovered more than 60.000 names Illegally upon the election lists. The Department of Public Safety has prepared 60,000 affidavits sworn to by jjollcemen, and these will be preseateti to the Assessors when the demand is made upon them to strike oft- the al leged bogus 'names. LOCK OR SEA-LEVEL CANAL Board oC Engineers Meets Today to Consider Problem. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. The Board of Consulting Engineers of the Panama Ca nal Commission, which Is to make recom mendations, as to whether the Panama Canal shall be constructed with locks or ahould be a sea-level canal, will meet here tomorrow. This board Is made up of Army officers and eminent engineers of America, and foreign countries. The board was created by President Roosevelt in an executive osier made last June, and to it will be referred all data that has been collected by the commission bearing on the type of the proposed canal. The board Is to make its recommendations to the Isthmian Canal Commission, which, in turn, will report to the President. Today Gci ral George W- Davis, chair man of thW Consulting Board: General Ernst. General Haines, Admiral Endlcott and Major Harrex, members of the Isth mian Canal Commission, held a meeting and discussed the preliminaries of tomor row's gathering, with a view to bringing before the board the data which the com mfrslon has on hand In a manner to se cure the best results and expedition. The data consists of reports, surveys, maps and other documents bearing upon the subject to be, considered. Several members of the Consulting Board have personal knowledge of condi tions on the Isthmus, as they have served on other commissions which have made a thorough study of the canal problem. FIXES PAY OF ENGINEERS Each Member of Consulting Board Is Given $5000 and 'Expenses. OYSTER BAY, Aug. 31. President Roosevelt today signed an executive order fixing the compensation of the members of the advisory board of engineers of the Isthmian Canal and the amount the Gov ernment will pay them for personal ex penses. Each member of the board will receive $5000 en completion of the report on the canal plans which the board Is to make. Following is the tt "of the order: It la ordered that each member of the ad. vlsory board of englneera upon plans of the Panama Canal shall be allowed $5000. payable upon the completion of the report of the board. In addition thereto ha ehall. when on doty -with the board, be allowed $15 per day for personal expenses from the date of leaxins his home until hl return thereto, in cluding Sundays and holidays. He shall aim be allowed actual cost of transportation In curred by him In travel on duty In connection with tho board, to Include coat of ticket by rallway or steamers, sleeper or parlor-car ac commodations, baggage transfer, caba and porterage. It Is further ordered that the allowances of $3000 to General Davis and General Abbott shall be Increased by the amount of their retired pay for tho time during which they are employed upon the work of the board. It being my intention that those members of the board shall receive the same com pensation or this work as the other mem bers and this increase being made to provide for usual deduction of reUred officers pay. KEEP FOOD IN COLD STORAGE Shonts Prepares 4to Install Plant on Canal Zone. WASHINGTON. Aug. ZL Chairman Shonts, of tho Isthmian Canal Commls 'slon, has returned after a trip to Oyster Bay. and to- New York, where he looked Into the details of establishing cold-storage facilities on the isthmus. The plan Inpludes refrigerators on the ships, a big cold-atorage warehouse at Colon and ten refrigerator railway cars, which are being built In Chicago' to transport food supplies to Panama, stopping and de livering orders At any of the labor camps along tho way. Foodstuffs will be sent from the United States in five days, and delivered on short notice without any danger of spoiling-, said Mr. Shonts. "Food will be bought In Jamaica and In tho United States by the Commission and sold to the clerical and laboring force on the isthmus. Wo shall make neither profit nor loss." Between S00O and SOOO laborers, mostly gathered from the zone and from -Jamaica, are digging on the canal. In two or three months tho work on the canal will be In full swing. Secret Emissary From Panama. NEW YORK. Aug. 31. On what he said was a secret mission to see President Roosevelt, MIncanor Obarrio, a promi nent citizen of Panama, arrived in this city today from Colon. Mr. Obarrio was one of tho original junta which was In strumental In establishing the Inde pendence of Panama. TARTARS SLAY ARMENIANS Besiege and Massacre Them In Fortress of Shusha. TIFLIS, Aug. ZL The town of Shusha Is besieged by Tartars, who are well armed and are massacring the Armenians. Telegraphic communication with Shusha was cut off this afternoon. (Shusha lies 70 miles south of tho City of EUsabethpol. in Asiatic Caucasus. Its population In 1SS0 was 32,400. The place formerly was a fortress and occupies a peculiarly strong position."1 -being, situated on the crest of an isolated and rocky hill. Inaccessible on threo'sldes. It is- celebrated for its silk culture and carpets and for a famous breed of horses. The climate Is rigorous. Shusha formerly was the capital of the Khanate of Karabagb, annexed by Russia In 1S22. AMERICAN CIRCUS STRANDED Owners Will Be Suod for Abandon ing Players in France. GRENOBLE, France, Aug. 3L The re maining destitute persons belonging to the stranded McCaddon's American Circus are In a pitiable condition. The manage ment of the circus has not transmitted funds for their maintenance. An influen tial committee of American residents of Paris Is raising a public subscription, and Is resolved to sue the circus managers before a court In the United States for the amount expended by the committee. BE GIVES 2iO SATISFACTION Saltan of Morocco May Xet Be Whipped by France. PARIS, Aug. 31. The French Minis ter at Fax, Morocco, telegraphed this evening- that the Sultan had released the- Algerian citizen Bousain. but that he had accompanied his release with a letter not giving- satisfaction for the French demands. The government is determined to press Its claims until they ars fully satisfied. LOWN TO ATOMS HIGH III THE A Terribly Dramatic Fate Befalls Baldwin, the Famousy : , Aeronaut, DYNAMITE DESTROYS J-HM Hod Ascended to Explode Six Deadly Sticks When Explosion Came.. Only Fragments of the Body Are Found. GREENVILLE, O., Aug. 31.-In sight oC 3000 persons. Professor John Baldwin was blown to atoms here this afternoon by the explosion of six 3ticks of dynamite, while 1500 feet In the air. His wife and threa children were among the spectators who witnessed the tragedy. Baldwin has been giving daily exhibi tions at the county fair here. He would! ascend several thousand feet In the air and explode dynamite at Intervals. Today he mounted 1500 feet In the air. Every eye among the thousands of spectators below watched him until he became al most a mere speck. Airship Lost in. Cloud of Smoke. Suddenly a great cloud of smoke ap peared. It hid the airship from view, the spectators supposed, as the balloon had vanished completely from sight. In an other moment the sound of the explosion reached the straining ears of the watch ers, but the airship did not again appear. For a moment the crowd waited expect antly, thinking a view of the aeronaut would be obtained through a rift in the smoke. Then a groan of horror rose from the multitude. The airship had vanished. Only Fragments Found. Searchers immediately began looking for fragments of the wrecked airship. A half mite away they found pieces of the silk cloth of which the balloon was made, and splinters of the baskct-Uke framework on which the aeronaut had been perched. Scattered on a CO-acre field were found fragments of Baldwin's body. The dis tance which the remnants fell was so great that the crowd had not seen tho fragments fall. Ignited Gas in Balloon. No one can tell how the accident oc curred. The sir sticks of dynamite whlchK Baldwin carried with him exploded simul taneously, as only one report was, heard. It Is supposed that In Igniting the fuse connected with the dnamlte he fired the gas in the balloon, and that It exploded, causing the dynamite to explode also. Baldwin's business was aerial warfare demonstrations. For nearly 20 years he had been giving balloon and airship exhi bitions about the country. He was 3T years old, and his home was at Losariti vllle, Ind. It was with great difficulty that Mrs. Baldwin was revived from tho faint which followed tho tragedy, and to night her condition is critical. It was Baldwin's 201st ascension, and the third this week. NORWAY WILL BE REPUBLI0 Prominent Swede Says Democracy la Gaining Power There. CHICAGO, Aug. SO. Dr. C. Walden strom, one of the leading figures in Swed ish politics, close friend of King Oscar, membor of the Riksdag for 20 years and a leader In religious reform in Scan dinavian countries, reached Chicago yes terday for a brief stay. In an interview Dr. Waldenstrom asserted that Norway Is drifting with apparent certainty toward the formation of a republic. While Nor way, he declared, may yet get a kin?, his personal view was that the republi cans as against the friends of the mon archical Idea are gaining ground. Dr. Waldenstrom said the Swedish and Norwegian governments will today begin further negotiations. The Norwegian. Storthing Is expected to assemble within a few weeks. Asked if Sweden accepted in good faith the recent referendum vote in Norway, for dissolution, Dr. Waldenstrom replied that the vote did not properly express the views of the Norwegian people as a whole. He then disclosed an alleged trick by which, he hinted, tho tremendous affirma tive vote was obtained. "The ballots used at the polls all were marked ye3 and no one was expected to vote 'no' in any event," said the Doctor. "The only way a negative vote could be cast was by "writing on a special ballot. Ia addition, the men In charge of the election showed strong antipathy to anyone's casting a negative ballot, and persecution, or what amounted to it, followed him who flew ia the face of the influence behind the referendum." Dr. Waldenstrom said the action of Norway had been a hard blow to King Oscar, who, he declared, had aged rapidly In the past few months. First Meeting of Conference1. KARLSTAD, Swewen, Aug. 31. The first meeting of the Swedish and Norwegian delegates appointed to consider the terms of the dissolution of the union of Sweden and Norway was held here today. It was agreed that each delegation should elect Its own chairman. The Swedes se lected Premier Lundberg and the Nor wegians, Premier Hchelsen. Each will preside on alternate days. It was de cided that the conference shall be secret. The next meeting will take place Septem ber 1. Woman and Baby Drown Together. PUEBLO, Cola, Aug. 3L The bodies of Mrs. L. B. Haver, 'wife of a prominent real estate dealer, and her 5-year-old son were recovered from the Bessemer ditch early today. " The bodies were se curely tied together with a stout cord. The woman is said to have been in poor health for some time. No explanation was left by her for taking- her own life or that of the child. r