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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER, 1, 1906. E IN THE I Sixteen Balloons From Seven Countries Enter Contest From Tuileries Garden. WIND IS FROM THE EAST Eyes of Million People Watch the Airship Start on Test of Endur ance Santos-Dumont Pre sents the Only Novelty. CONTESTANTS AND THEIR BAL LOONS. AmorlrA S&ntos-Dumont. no nam; Lieutenant Frank , P. Lahm, United States. France Count de la Vaulr, Waihalla. France Count de St. Victor, Kochn. France Jacques Balsan, City of Cha tcduroux. Germany Captain Abercron, Dussel- . dorf. Germany Herr Scherl, Schwaben. Germany Baron von Hevald, Pot mem. Great Britain Hon. C. S. Rolls. Britannia. ...... Great Britain lrofeesor Huntington, Zephyr. . Spain Lieutenant Herrera, Ayayay. Spain Senor Salamanca, Norte. Spain Captain Klndelan, Montaner. Belgium M. Van den Briesche, OJouhi. Italy Slirnor von Welller, Elfe. PARIS. Sept. 30. Sixteen balloons, averaging over 2000 cubic metres capacity each, and representing- seven countries, sailed away from the Tuileries Gardens, in the heart of Paris, this afternoon in the first competition for the Gordon Ben nett cup for International aeronauts. The contest was primarily a long-distance race. The date had been carefully selected when the prevailing winds are from the west, in the hope of giving the aeronauts an opportunity to break the record of Count de la Vaulx, made in 1900, when his balloon landed in Korosty cheff, Russia, having covered a distance of 11S5 miles in 33 hours and 40 minutes. But today the wind was light, hardly more than eight miles an hour and from the east, thus making the shores of the Atlantic the limit of distance and robbing the occasion of its chance as a test of long-distance aerial traveling. Million People Gaze Skyward. On this account the race was a keen disappointment to the aeronauts, who had come from every corner of Europe. The rules of the contest, however, provided that in case of unfavorable atmospheric condiuons the judges could, at their option, make the test one of endurance to remain in the air. Nevertheless, as a spectacle the event was a brilliant suc . cess. It is calculated that over a 1,000.000 peoplo watched the balloons as they sailed away. A quarter of a millon had gathered iosldo the gardens, while the Place do la Concord, the bridges over the Seine, the embankments, of the river, house tops and every other point of vantage for miles around was black with people. ' The terraces in the garden had been reserved for invited guests. They were occupied by prominent aeronauts of Europe, as well as many distinguished visitors from various countries, the foreign diplomats here and the French Ministers of War and Marine. The for eign military attaches are especially in terested in the event, it being regarded as a great test of aeronautics and much more than a mere sporting contest. The start was preceded by the flight of hundreds of trial ballooncttes and the loosing of 500 homing pigeons. Novelty by Santos-Dumont. Each contestant is an experienced aerial pilot, but, contrary to expectations, Santos-Dumont, one of the two repre sentatives of the Aero Club of America, proved to be the only one to inaugurate a novelty. For the purpose of keeping afloat as long as possible he had equipped his car with a six-horsepower verticle propeller, with the object of lifting and lowering his balloon without discharging any of its precious ballast. The enthusi astic cheers of the multitude which greeted the ascent of Santos-Dumont showed that he w:s a favorite and quite as popular as his French rivals. Major Herzy, the companion to Walter Wellman in the Wellman-Chicago Record Herata North Pole expedition, acted as as sistant to Frank P. Lahm, Lieutenant in ii.e sixth United States Cavalry, the other American competitor. Each balloon carried a sealed recording barometer to work for 24 hours and a number of envelopes to be thrown out every two hours, in order to mark the Individual trail. Food for three days was also on board each car. Moon Will Aid tlie Pilots. Not the slightest accident marred the start. Each enormous balloon n turn soared aloft amid the plaudits of the crowd and sailed gracefully away to the westward. The full moon tonight will be of great advantage to the pilots. In ad dition to the cup which goes to the club of the winner and which is to be com peted for annually, there Is a cash prize of J2900 to the winner, J266 to the second and $133 to the third. There are In ad dition several other prizes. Including the Contcssa Campello's cup for the best voyage, the English team prizes for me teorological observation, the gold medal for endurance, the Gaulois distance cup and, the Santos-Dumont prize for the greatest distance in 48 hours. TROOPS ARE TO LAND (Continued From Page 1.) acting secretaries and chiefs of bureaus were at their desks and every office was humming'wlth activity. Scores of clerks who have not worked on Sundays since the Spanish-American War were on duty at the War and Navy Departments and at the headquarters of the marine corps. General Ainsworth, Military Secretary, and General Bell, Chief of Staff of the Army, worked throughout the day con cluding arrangements for the departure of the first expeditionary force to Cuba. Orders for the movement of the troops were sent out last night, but today scores of orders were sent to officers who are on leave to join their regiments. Transports Have Been Engaged. General Humphrey, Quartermaster General, practically closed arrangements today for transports which are to con vey the expedition to Cuba. The ships will be ready for departure before the troops have been mobilized at Newport News. If It should be necessary to send AC BENNETT a second expeditionary force to Cuba Im mediately following the first, the War Department apprehends some difficulty on account of the quarantine laws of the various Southern states. A transport returning to any Southern State from Cuba will have to remain in quarantine five days before it can take on a cargo of troops for Cuba. The War Department has taken up this matter -with the authorities of the Southern States In the hope of arranging for a waiver of the five-days' quarantine reg ulation. Secretary Taft, as the head of the Pres ident's special mission to Cuba, has available 5000 marines and bluejackets who could be landedr on Cuban soil In a few hours In case of emergency. More marines are on the way to Cuba and will be available for emergency Bervice In two or three days. Sumner Takes First Troops. It will be a full week before the forces of the Army can be landed In Cuba. The first detail of troops will leave New Tork Wednesday aboard the Army transport Sumner. They will arrive at Havana Saturday next. It probably will be sev eral days later before other troops of the first expeditionary force of the Army will be able to reach Cuba. Where they will be landed is yet undetermined. It is likely they will go to Havana,, but their precise destination will not be de termined until practically the hour of the sailing of the transports. No time Is being lost in hurrying troops to the point " of mobilization Newport News, Va. The order of President Roose velt, received at 10:55 o'clock last night at the War Department, was Imperative. The text was as follows: "Arrange for 6000 troops to start for Cuba as soon as possible." Orders Are Quickly Sent Out. This telegram was received in answer to one sent to the President yesterday morning by the War Department offic ials, following the message from Sec retary Taft. Immediately upon the re ceipt of the President's orders, tele grams were sent to the troops selected for Cuban service to move at once. By midnight last night all orders to troops had been despatched, and a dispatch re ceived today by the Military Secretary, General Ainsworth, Indicates that the orders are being carried into effect. Nine hundred men will sail from New Tork next Wednesday on the Army trans port Sumner. One light battery from Fort Sheridan, at Chicago, will embark from Port Tampa for Havana as soon as arrangements can be completed for the movement. The remainder of the first expeditionary force, which will number about 5G00 men, will sail for Cuba from Newport News, Va. T4ie troops to go to Cuba are battalions of infantry from Plattsburg, N. T., Bar racks. Accompanying them will be some officers and men of the Medical Corps and Hospital Corps and Signal Corps. Loading Supplies on Sumner. The Sumner is loading at New Tork. She will carry commissary supplies for the first expedition for 30 days, in addition to the necessary supplies for her crew and the men she will carry on the way to Cuba. The New Tork depot of the Com missary Department was open all last night and all day today, and every effort is being made to facilitate the departure of the Sumner. It iB likely that the troops to sail on the Sumner will be concentrated In New Tork on Tuesday. Commissary-General Sharp will not cease his work on the departure of the first expeditionary force to Cuba. As soon as the troops are landed, which will be within ten days, another full supply of commissary stores for 30 days will be sent to Cuba by a merchant liner. One week later a third supply for 30 days will be forwarded to Cuba. The object of sending the supplies so rapidly is -to get them into the depots at Havana and have them handled without confusion. Major Henry E. Wilkins, now assistant to Lieutenant-ColonelA. D. Kniskern, the purchasing commissary at Chicago, has been ordered to Cuba as the chief com missary of the expedition. He already has started from Chicago for Havana. Captain Henry G. Cole, of the Commissary-General's office here, has started for Cuba with a force of clerks. They will sail from Tampa, Fla., tomorrow night for Havana. Commissary Well Cared For. Captain Francis J. Koester, commissary at the Washington Barracks, will leave tomorrow for Newport News to superin tend the loading of the supplies on the transports which are to sail from that port and to provide for the subsistence of the troops at Newport News before their embarkation. Captain Leo F. Porter, of the Commissary-General's office, will be the assist ant to the Chief Commissary at Havana. He probably will sail for Cuba on the transport Sumner next Wednesday. A dispatch was received at the War De partment today from Brigadier-General Theodore J. Wint, commanding the De partment of the Missouri, that he would arrive here Tuesday. He will be in com mand of the troops at Newport News as they mobilize there, and will direct their embarkation for Cuba. Two companies of Coast Artillery will be ordered to New port News to act as provost guard. SUMNER LOADED ALL NIGHT Orders Have Been Given Transport to Sail Tonight. NEW TORK, Sept. 30. The equipping- with supplies of the transport Sumner, which late tomorrow will em bark the first expeditionary force for Cuba, continued uninterruptedly to night. Orders have heen received at Governor's Island for the Sumner to sail at 6 o'clock tomorrow night and late tonight these orders had not been countermanded and it was expected the transport would be ready to sail at the hour specified. The Sumner will carry 900 Ameri can troops, comprising two battalions of the Fifth Infantry stationed at the Plattsburg, N. T., barracks, and a bat talion of engineers from Washington, D. C. The Sumner will sail from Gov ernor's Island and probably reach Ha vana on or before Saturday. DES MOLNES GOES TO SANTIAGO Cruiser Has Marines That Can Be Landed to Keep Order. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Announce ment was made at the Navy Department today that the cruiser Dee Moines, which a few days ago was ordered from Ha vana to Cienfuegos, Cuba, to reinforce the Marietta and Cleveland, had been ordered to Santiago, Cuba, and already had sailed. The order for the move ment of the Des Moines was given by Secretary Taft and naval officials here do not know the precise significance of it. It is believed, however, to be a pre cautionary measure and not because of any disturbance at Santiago. The Des Moines has a considerable THE DIFFERENT STORE 'M v Every Word in Supplementary Bulletin to Sunday's Full Page Story of Today's Features Planned for the "Different Store's" Visitors NOSE AROUND This la Merely a "Different" Way of saying "WELCOME I" Come and saunter thru. See the new merchandise in all its pristine beauty ; admire ' the beauty of the new styles for you can't help but admire, their charm appeals so strongly. Allow our salesfolk to become "guides" and. mate your trip 'round the store a tour of sightseeing. Rubber ! Peep! Stare! The harder and longer you look at things the better pleased "our folks" will be for we'll feel we've got you interested in the new "wrinkles." So whether or no you've shopping to do today just put us on your visiting list, come down to the store, and "NOSE 'ROUND." NEW ARRIVALS Pind some on third floor; the others on the fourth: with three great, swift, safe and spacious passenger elevators running to all. Every year brings forth great improvement in all that pertains to home-fittings and house-furnishings. We're always on the lookout; always get the newest, prettiest and smartest that foremost producers conceive. Every thing not up to the "O.'W. & K." standard is rejected. Let our shop "guides" show you thru the lines of house fit tings today. Among the hosts of attractions that'll tempt your eye will be noted these we print. Fall Showing of Dazzling Sparkling Cut Glass There are hundreds of beautiful pieces from which to make your selection, and we very cordially invite' you to visit this wonderful "grotto." We are Portland's sole agents for Libbey 's Cut Glass The Best. Third Ploor. NEW ARRIVALS of Mantel 'Clocks, Wall Clocks, Office Clocks, Gold and Alarm Clocks. Special designs in fancy Clocks. Gas and Electric Lamps in handsome new designs and shapes. Welsbach, Block and Imperial Burners for gas lamps. ' Handsome display of new lines in Marble Busts and-. Pedestals. 1 A visit to our Art Rooms is well worth while and will please and interest you. number of marines on board that could be utilized as landing parties to pro tect property or life. To take the place of the Des Moines at Cienfuegos the Ta coma sailed today from Havana. The Prairie sailed today from Boston and the battleship Texas from Norfolk. The former carries IK) bluejackets and ISO marines, and , the latter 226 bluejack ets and 200 marines. They are expected to reach Havana on Thursday at the latest. The cruiser Brooklyn with a large num ber of marines will sail from League Is land, Philadelphia, next Tuesday morn ing. GREAT SATISFACTION AT ROME Confidence Expressed That Inter vention Will Bring Peace. ROME, Sept. 30. Officials of the For eign O'ffice expressed their satisfac tion on learning of the proclamation of a provisional government for Cuba, and hoped that it would mean the re establlshment of peace and order In the island. Entire confidence is expressed In government circles and by the press that the United States will find a defi nite solution of the troubled condi tions. Official telegTams announcing Secre tary Taft's assumption of the Govern orship were communicated to King Vic tor Emmanuel at the castle at Racco nigi. Pope Pius was most interested in the situation, and ordered that Mgr. Aversa. the apostolic delegate, 'Should delay. his departure for Cuba pending further instructions. FRANCE IS NOT SURPRISED. - All She Wants Is an Open Door for Her Goods in Cuba. PARIS, Sept. 30. The news of the es tablishment by the United States of a provisional government in Cuba creat ed no surprise in official circles here, where the refusal of the warring fac- tions to permit War Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to mediate was considered to make this step inevitable. The action of the United States is regarded as subserving the Interests of all foreign countries. France's only stake Is to safeguard her commercial interests, and so long as the question of the open door is not raised by some development she is not likely to take any action in the matter. TROOPS FROM FORT SHERIDAN Two Special Trains Will Convey In fantry and Field Battery. CHICAGO, Sept. 30. Brigadier-General W. H. Cater, commander of the Depart ment of the Lakes, received orders from Washington today directing two bat talions of the Twenty-seventh Infantry and the Fourteenth United States Field Battery, at Fort Sheridan, to proceed im mediately to Newport News, where they will embark for Cuba. Colonel W. L. Pitcher, In command of Fort Sheridan, ordered two special trains of 12 cars each for Tuesday morning, and it Is expected the troops will leave for Newport News the same evening. Ice melts at 32 degrees, wax at 149 degrees, lead at 628 degrees and platinum at 3,632 degrees. OLDS, WORTMAN & KING This Printed Announcement Carpets and Rugs Fourth Floor OF USEFUL AND HOMEFOLKS The "Crystal Grotto" is ablaze with bright and shining Cut Glass "Lib bey's." The display is superb this sea son and we are very proud of it. The name "Libbey" etched on every piece is guarantee of per fection. Delegates of 31 Governments Will Meet at Berlin. TO CONFER ON WIRELESS Agreement Will Be Reached for an Exchange of Messages Between - Various Systems Now in Op - eration In the World. BERLIN, Sept. 30. Delegates represent ing 31 governments will assemble here October 3, by Invitation of the German government, witlthe object of reaching a common agreement for the exchange of messages by the use of various wireless telegraph systems, and to define the basis on which private wireless telegraph com panies may operate with the consent of the governments. The conference Is a result of the Mar coni Company having refused to allow its stations to do business with persons using other than Marconi apparatus. This con troversy began soon after the Marconi Company, in 1901, set up stations for pub lic telegraph purposes. The refusal of these stations to take messages sent In by the Slaby-Arco (German) apparatus brought about the international wireless telegraph conference, also by the invita tion of Germany, In 1903. Eight govern ments took part, as follows: The United States, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Russia and Austro-Hungary. The delegates of six governments agreed in the final protocol to a Beries of recom mendations looking toward the co-operation of all users of wireless. The dele gates of Great Britain and Italy, because their governments had contracts with the Marconi Company, did not sign the recom mendations. Little has come of these' recommendations. The Marconi Company has continued to set up stations and to refuse the messages of rival systems. The most important act In the contro versy in the conference was that of the United States in 1904 directing the Mar coni Company to remove its apparatus from the lightship Nantucket. Germany will propose to the conference that an International bureau shall be es tablished for the control of wireless tele graphing; that each wireless station must be connected with the ordinary telegraphs by special lines: that the conditions un der which wireless stations shall work with dompanies that do not subscribe to the conclusions of the conference shall be laid down by the conference: that gov ernments which do not adhere to the con vention may do so later; and that when controversies shall arise over the inter pretation or application of the convention they shall be submitted to arbitration. Application of Algeclras Decisions. TANGIER, Sept. 30. The Sultan has of WILL HOLD COUNCIL Must Be Backed Up by the We are showing a most excellent line of Carpets and Rugs for fall buying. Our stock embraces the latest pat terns in foreign and domestic manufacture, including rare specimens of Oriental make. The season for autumn selection is at hand and we can show you just what you want. We're that positive of the fact we'd like to have you MAKE US PROVE IT I See prices in another column. DECORATIVE THINGS THAT ALL LOVE TO HAVE IN PLENTY All the New 1906 Fall Styles Handsome Draperies Fourth Floor. 'A very select showing of Drapery Materials, in fancy colored floral and stained glass effects; also figured ream color and white. Prices, the yard 45c, 75 to $2.25 Pretty Drapery Cretonnes, in stripes, .floral and sha dow effects. Prices, the yard 17S 20 65 to $1.25 Newest effects in Drapery Silks, in plain, Oriental, figured and floral designs, grass stripes, etc. Prices, the yard 65, 85tf to $2.50 Heavy Tapestry Portieres, Oriental designs, at, pair.... .; $2.75, $3.50 to $6.00 Plain colors, fringed and corded at. pair t $4.00, $5.50, $7.00, $8.00 to $13.50 Very heavy rich colored Velours at, pair. .$40 to $50 " NEW CARPET LINE READY Note the Prices. Bigelow Axminster at, yard ....$1.98 Fine rich Wiltons at, yard $1.71 Best Wool Velvets at, yard $1.44 Best Body Brussels at, yard ; .$1.67 Tapestry Brussels at, yard 81 to $1.13 A complete line of Linoleumn, Matting, Rugs, etc. ficially charged Mohammed El Torres, his. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Sldi El Mokhlrl. Moroccan delegate to the Algeclras conference on Moroccan re forms, and El Menebhik, ex-Minister of War, to discuss with the Ministers of tho powers at Tangier the conditions for the application of the decisions of the Alge ciras conference. ABBREVIATI0NN0T REFORM (Continued From Page 1.) already calls 'Mile End Road,' and will soon call with native perfection of accent 'Mawl Enn Rowd.' Young Actors' Speech Perverted. "Even on the stage young actors are rebuked for speaking as ladies and gen tlemen used to speak, and are deliberately taught not even parvenu English, which is bad enough in all conscience, but pos itively Hoxton English. The classic beauty of speech by which Forbes Rob ertson makes 'Hamlet' still fascinating, in spite of its intellectual obsolescence, will soon be mimicked (let us hope suc cessfully) as an eccentric dialect, and Mr. Blank (the name of the excellent actqr escapes me for the moment) will perhaps die prematurely, worn out by efforts to conceal his natural propensity to speak like a gentleman and acquire the common language of the barrow and the motor car in all its abhorrent smartness. "I insist on this aspect of the case be cause, while we seem Incapable of grasp ing the enormous advantage of making English the universal language both for writing and speech or of understanding how our spelling obstructs that consum mation, most English men and women would almost rather die than be convict ed of speaking like costermongers and flower girls. Our governing classes dropped half the continent of North America from sheer carelessness. Sooner than drop an 'h' they would steep Europe In blood. It, therefore, hits them purposely in tHBir vulnerable point. Pitman Style Will Never Be Popular. "For this very reason, however, the re form cannot be effected by shortened spelling, which Is indistinguishable from ordinary wrong spelling. If any man writes me a letter in which 'through' is spelled 'thru' and "above" "abuv," I shall at once put him down as illiterate and in consequence plebeian, no matter what board or what potentate sanctions his orthography. Really phonetic spelling is quite unmistakable in this way. No lady or gentleman will ever be persuaded to spell lke the late Sir Isaac Pitman, who was a very energetic bookseller and a very bad phonetician, but anybody mlgt spell like Henry 8weet without compro mising himself indeed, with positive af firmation of having been' at Oxford. A practically correct phonetic spelling Justi fies itself at once to the eye as being the spelling of an educated man, whereas shortenings and so-called simplifications suggest nothing but blunders. "I, therefore, respectfully advise the President and the board to take the bull by the horns without wasting further STORE NEWS Goods in the Store Olds, Wortman & King For Full List of Today's Extra Special Bargains and Newest Arrivals SEE SUNDAY'S PAPERS AN ART SHOP ATTRACTION! 59c Buys $1.25 Cushion Tops Pretty Cushion Tops that are so much in demand now that the gift-giving season draws near; they have plain backs in white "huck-a-buck" and linen, all stamped in handsome designs of English eyelet, hedibo and filet embroidery; regular $1.00 and $1.2.3 values; special today at 59 Under-Apparel and Boudoir Garb for Women and Children Today at Special Prices Annex, Second Ploor. A big and diversified collection of all manner of gar ments which by the very force of their high character in fabric, design and elaboration establish themselves far above the commonplace. Among a host of special at tractions on this floor today the following appeal strongly to the thrifty shopper: WOMEN'S WHITE PETTICOATS FOR LESS. Ladies' White Petticoats of fine lawn nainsook or Eng lish nainsook, trimmed in Valenciennes, torchon and cluny lace or fine Swiss and Hamburg embroidery, from the neat ' and dainty to the most elaborate at ..ONE-THIRD OFF Regular prices from $6.50 to $27.50 Special prices from $4.33 to $18.33 WOMEN'S SHAWLS AND FASCINATORS IN THE SALE. Women's Wool Shawls and Fascinators, different kind of stitching, colors red and black; regular price 43c and 50c; special 23 CHILDREN'S BONNETS AT A SPECIAL PRICE. Children's Full Front Bonnets, of Bcngaline silk, trimmed in large silk bow, shirred silk around face and silk lined, colors red, navy and white; regular price $2.75; special at ....$2.19 WOMEN'S WARM WINTER GOWNS AT REDUCTION Women's Flannelette Gowns, in dainty colorings or white, made in a variety of styles; regular prices $1.25; spe cial at 98 time and enlarge the alphabet until our consonants and vowels are for all prac tical purposes separately represented and defined. By rhyming with words in daily use we shall then get a word notation which may be strange at first which does not matter but which will be neither lu dicrous nor apparently ignorant which does matter very much, indeed. "One other point is of importance. The new letters must be designed by an artist with a fully developed sense of beauty in writing and printing. There must be no diacritical signs to spoil the appear ance of the pages of new type. It is a mistake to suppose that the Bible teaches us the sacredness of pseudo-etymological spelling, but it does teach us the comeli ness of a page on which there are no apostrophes and no inverted commas." BIBLE NOT WORD OF GOO BISHOP WILLIAMS SAYS BOOK I NEEDS NO DEFENSE. Young Men Just Out of College Are Often. Misled by Impossibil ities of Genesis. DETROIT, Sept. 30. Bishop Charles D. Williams, of the Episcopal diocese . of Michigan, in an address to Y. M.' C. A. members here today on "The Bible and the Word of God," declared that the Bi ble was not the word of God and that the teachings to the contrary are the most prolific sources of unbelief the church has to contend with. The Bishop said: "Nowhere does the Bible declare itself the word of God.' Yet we are told we must take It in Its entirety. It is a ven erable book and visitors are requested not to touch it, as it is the direct word of God, there is no other. "Take the young man just out of col lege. He reads Genesis and finds impos sible geology, astronomy and ethnology. His teacher, when questioned, says: Manipulate it until it fits your sciences.' If too honest to handle the wbrd of God craftily, the young man gives up. the Bi ble. He refuses to stultify his reason. The Bible needs no defense; all it needs Is a square deal. There are those who read it devoutly and diligently, but I never say the Bible is the word of God. I say the Bible and the word of God. To those who accept the entire book as the literal word of God I point out that it is nowhere so stated. Christ tore asunder the Old Testament precepts, the law of Moses, and furnished new ones. Where the Old Testament directed men to hate their enemies the teachings of Christ were to love your enemies. "We must learn from the Scriptures itself how to read the new Scriptures. Some of us use it as a heathen does his fetish or amulet a wicked use of the book." Lisbon Denies Loot of Bank. LISBON, Sept. 30. The report published In the United States that a raid on the vaults of the Bank of Portugal was made Friday night by robbers who carried off $1000, and that the robbers were pre vented from making a larger haul only by discovery of their operations, Is untrue. N Fifth, Sixth and Washington Sts. LAND FOB THE PEASANTS ACREAGE AT LOW PRICE ON EASY PAYMENTS. Final Plans Are Being Completed by the Russian Government for the Distribution. ST, PETERSBURG, Sept. 30.-Ths final step to set in action the machinery of the Government's plan for the distri bution of land to the peasantry was ta ken today by the publication of volumi nous regulations to the local agrarian commissions, under which the sale of 11.000,000 dessiatines of land in European Russia will begin Immediately. These commissions, which are composed of dele gations elected by the peasants, land owners and the Zemstvos and of repre sentatives of the Government, act as in termediaries in the valuation of land and the fixing of conditions of sale. They are charged with arrangements for emi gration also. The acreage in Eastern Russia and on the Siberian steppes surrendered by the Emperor will be sold on easy terms. The price is less than J2 an acre, and pay ments are spread over 50 years. With the constitutional Democratic) Congress only one week away and the formation of a formidable new party on Count Hoyden's platform, peaceful re generation seems fully assured. The po litical campaign Is becoming animated. The ban upon the meetings of the Con stitutional Democrats in St. Petersburg and Moscow has been raised, and these assemblies have been sanctioned subject to the restrictions of Ex-Premier Witte's temporary law. Encouraged by this concession, the Con stitutional Democrats contemplate trans ferring their congress of October 6 from Helsingfors to St. Petersburg, but they will adhere to the arrangements made to meet In the Finnish Capital uniess they are definitely assured of non-interference, as they are In wholesome fear of the regulations of "reinforced security." It is expected that about 400 delegates will attend the congress. The appeal for mitigation of the death sentence passed tipon tho assassin of General Kozlov, who was killed In Peter hof Park last July, has been Joined by the General's widow. After fruitless In tercession with the commander of the St. Petersburg garrison, Mme. Kozlov has telegraphed the Empress, asking that no further blood be shed upon the tomb of her husband. Poles Escaping From Lemberg. WARSAW. Oct. 1. Hundreds of Poles are fleeing from Lemberg. Owing to the devastation of estates In that vicinity the refugees are In most destitute con dition. Conditions In Warsaw show no signs of Improvement. Attacks upon the police continue -with unabated zeal on the part of the terrorists. Trains are held up daily and mall cars rifled. A rimly jeweled crown, which coat 20. 000. has disappeared from the church at Mont. St. Michael, Rouen. One version Is that it hKH been stolen, another that it has been hidden by the priests to eave it from confiscation by the government. 1