Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 01, 1906, Page 3, Image 3

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    THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MOXD AY, OCTOBER, 1, 190a
STICKS TO POST
IS
Keeper of Horn Island Light
house Declines Offer, of
Refuge on Tug.
WAVES CUT AWAY LAND
Bodies of the Victims of the Great
Storm or Wednesday Are
Picked Up Along the .
Gulf Coast.
MOBILE. Ala., via Meridian. Miss.,
Sept SO The number of casualties in the
great storm of last Wednesday is slowly
Increasing, as messages "arrive from
places -which have heretofore been inac
cessible. The total last night of the known
dead was 73. This number w-as brought
up to a certainty of 79. and a possibility
of 102, by the reports which reached Mo
bile during the night and early today.
Four bodies not before counted have
been found at Coden, and It is estimated
that 23 lives have been lost from the
oysteir fleet around Cedar Point. This
last estimate is not known to be accurate,
and is probably somewhat exaggerated.
U -ainn thai- it Inpltltfes aillOIlE the
dead every man aboard a fishing boat
who 'has not been heard of since the
storm.
It is known that some of the boats on
which these men were have been driven
ashore, and it Is entirely possible that
some of the crews managed to reach the
shore. It does not seem likely at present
that the death roll will amount in this
vicinity to more than 125.
Clearing Streets oi Mobile.
. Mobile itself is rapidly emerging from
the confusion caused by the storm. Large
gangs were kept working all of Sunday
in clearing the streets o debris, three of
the street-car lines have commenced to
run. for the first time since Wednesday,
the'confuslon at the docks is rapidly be
ing repaired and business will be at nor
mal action as soon as the railroads are
able to run trains.
As yet the Louisville & Nashville is still
disabled, and is the only road which is
not able to maintain a schedule. The
time when that line will be open for reg
ular traffic is conjectural. It will cer
tainly be the best part of a fortnight be
fore it will be running trains between Mo
bile and New Orleans. The Southern and
the Mobile & Ohio are running trains as
before the storm.
The situation along the coast to the west
of this city is now fairly well known. At
6cranton. Miss., one church, the Oddfel
lows' Hall and several buildings were
blown down. At Pascogoula Beach not a
residence is left standing, the river front
at that point is completely torn up. and
the lighthouse there has been destroyed.
Shipping at this point has been badly
damaged.
The revenue cutter Winona, for which
much fear was entertained, is now known
to be safe. The crew of the cutter res
cued the keeper of the Pascogoula light
house and his family during the storm.
Keeper lost W ith His Light.
The keeper of the Horn Island light
house. Just outside of Scranton. lost his
life. The captain of a tug which came
near the house at the commencement of
the storm urged him to leave, but he re
fused to abandon his post, and in a short
time was drowned. The entire end of the
island on which the lighthouse was sit
uated is said to have been carried away
by the waves.
At Biloxi the damage has been of a mi
nor 'character to buildings. Every bath
house in the place has gone, and the
beautiful driveway along the coast at this
point has been destroyed. Boats which
have from time immemorial found refuge
from all the storms that blew, by fleeing
into the back bay at Biloxi, were granted
no such immunity on Wednesday, and the
waves ran high and many of the boats
that sought refuge there were sunk and
all of them were badly damaged.
At Pass Christian no lives were lost
and the damage was slight. The wreck
ing of a few houses comprised the dam
age at Gulfport, and no lives were lost
there.
Five out of eight vessels at Ship Island
at the time of the storm were beached
and two will be total wrecks.
Vessels Ashore Off Horn Island.
Several vessels, .the names of which
are unknown, are ashore off Horn Island
and the small islands marking the pas
sage between Dauphin Island and the
mainland have been destroyed. The bea
con lights on this part of the coast are
not greatly damaged.
The schooner Alice Graham, of Mobile,
is known to have been lost, with her
crew of six men. This boat has been pur
sued by an evil fate. and. besides having
various mishaps from time to time, was
wrecked in the great storm of 1593, when
several people were lost from her.
The known dead at Dauphin Island are
Captain John Worlen, of the schooner
Irene: Captain Robert Peters, of the
schooner Louisa B.. and Mitchell Pisell.
mate of the same boat.
Four bodies have heen picked up in the
water near Dauphin Island and have been
burled there. Two were evidently sailors
and two were boys. The people on Dau
phin Island suffered great hardships dur
ing the storm, and for 24 hours were in
great danger. The soldiers of Fort Gaines
made a dangerous trip of two miles to
the residences on the island, offering to
give everybody shelter within the fort,
but the offer was in all cases refused, the
people preferring to remain In their own
houses.
Great Loss to Lumbermen.
It is now believed the loss to the lumber
interests alone by the storm will aggre
gate tl0.000.OO0. It is almost impossible for
ny person who has not been through the
storm-swept district to comprehend the
extent to which the country has been
swept of pine lumber. Tens of thousands
of trees of the finest quality have been
blown down. It is possible that some of
this may be saved, but much of it is lost
beyond recovery.
The number of logs that have been car
rfed out to sea or driven into inaccessible
swamps is enormous. The great major
ity of trees that had been weakened by
being tapped for turpentine were leveled,
and dealers in turpentine are very gloomy
over the outlook.
Iiist of Destroyed Vessels.
The following list today received from
Herron Bay of lives lost and boats de
stroyed at that place Is the first com
plete list which has been obtained:
Schooner Oyster Plant, total loss; one man
drowned.
Schooner Ethel, total loss; William and
Richard Talland. brothers, drowned.
l.yre Bord, total loss: Captain Jones and
mate, Mitchell Pendleton, lost.
' Governor Stone, wrecked; no lives lost.
Edward L.. wrecked.: no lives lost.
Country Girl, total loss; no Mvec lost.
Etta, of Point Clear, Ala.; Captain Phil
lips, two sons and one unknown drowned.
Acnes, total loss; Captain William Jones
and mate. Ben Yeager, drowned.
AID
DROWNED
Nellie, total loss. Captain James Read.
John Stahl and an unknown Norwegian
drowned.
Meadow Spring, total loss; Captain Sara
Hahn and a small boy named Wlnburg
drowned.
Sloop Two Friends. Captain Milton Jones.
of Alabama Port, and two boys named
Jackson, brothers, were drowned.
In addition to this the following boats
were destroyed: J. T. Little. Almangold.
Omaha, Never Tell, Edna B. and Little
Kelly.
Other lives lost at Herron Bay: Mrs
Oliver Dolan and two children; Captain
Talllard, of the schooner Never Tell, who
was drowned while attempting to reach
another boat after he saw that his own
was doomed.
FORTS DEMOLISHED BY WAVES
Five War Vessels Wrecked in Pen-
sacola Navy-Yard.
PENSACOLA. Fla., Sept. 30. The
known loss of life in the storm Thursday
is 30. which will Drobably be increased to
73. while the property loss will exceed
$5,000,000. From Fort McBae to Escambia
bridge, a distance of ten miles, the bay
shore has been swept clean, except a
few wharves, where floated a fleet of
larsre shiDs before the hurricane. Fort
McRae. one of the modern coast forti
fications, has been swept from the earth
and five lives lost. Fort .Pickens and Fort
Barancas are badly damaged, the former
almost wrecked.
The navy-yard has suffered to the ex
tent of over $1,000,000. Five war vessels
were sunk and driven ashore, the floating
dock crushed and other damage sustained.
Three lives were lost there. ' Jhe life
saving and Immigrant station onSanta.
Rosa Island have been swept 4complteb
off the map. and five persons are gnofvn
to have been drowned there. . n, M- V
The magnificent Escamla drawbridge,
costing hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, is gone, and three lives were lost
there. It was more than a mile in length
and owned by the Louisville & Nashville.
Three immense export docks of that com
pany have been swept away or damaged.
Every wharf and warehouse along the
city has been demolished, and the red
snapper fishing industry, the largest of
the world, destroyed. The immense packing-houses
have been carried away, and
of a fleet of about fiO vessels two remain.
From S00 to 1000 homes have been de
stroyed and fully 2000 damaged to the
extent of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. Relief committees are working night
and day in an effort to relieve the suffer
ing of the hundreds of destitute.
MANY VESSELS ARE ASHORE
AVater Front at Pensacola Is a Mass
of Tangled Wreckage. f
PENSACOLA. Fla., Sept. 30 It is diffi
cult to give any adequate idea of the
magnitude of the storm devastation here.
The entire water front is a mass of tan
gled wreckage. The costly bridge of the
Louisville & Nashville, spanning Escam
bia Bay, was demolished, and it will be
many days before trains can go eastward.
Train service north has been restored.
Out of 13 fishing schooners of the E. E.
Saunders & Co.'s fleet, only one is afloat.
Warren & Co.'s fleet suffered equally as
much, only one vessel being undamaged.
The others are on the beach and some of
them are broken up. The tugs Monarch
and Mary L. lie high and dry on the
beach.
Among ocean-going craft high aground
are the Norwegian ship Ingrad. Norwe
gian bark Helmbal, Norwegian ship Avan
ti. Portuguese ship Ferreira. schooner
Donna Christiania. Swedish bark Alflld.
Norwegian bark Andrew, Italian bark
Avon, Norwegian bark Hereford, German
bark Maria. Swedish bark Neach. Italian
bark Olivari. Norwegian bark Superb.
The fishing smacks Lottie Hoskins and
Carrie B. Chase, and the lighter Iris
crashed into the bay shore home of Laze
Jacoby, wrecking it, and the crew of the
Chase were rescued from the front gal
lery of the residence.
It is estimated that 300 people are
homeless and in want, bnt citizens are
raising a fund, and it is not now believed
that any outside help will be needed.
Mrs. T. F. Mathews, wife of the bridge
tender at Escambia Bay, and two chil
dren were carried away in their house and
were drowned, despite the frantic efforts
of Mr. Mathews to rescue them.
GREAT TRACT WAS FLOODED.
Storm Covered Mississippi Delta
With Deep W'Aer.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30. Reports
that probably a dozen lives were lost
and that hundreds of square miles of
land were under IS inches to four feet
of water during the hurricane on the
Mississippi River delta were brought here
today. The inundated tract begins 50 to
70 miles below New Orleans, and Is most
ly inhabited by fishermen and oystermen.
Messages which left these villages last
night said that up to that time several
persons were still missing.
The loss to the United States Marine
Hospital quarantine station on Ship Isl
and is about $60,000. Of the eight sailing
vessels wrecked on the island, it is re
ported that half of them can probably
be repaired and refloated.
Six'Added to Death List.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 30. Six more
deaths were added to the list of drowned
in the Mississippi Sound region today.
Captain Culver, his wife and four boats
men, who were on an island in Grand
Bay on the Mississippi-Alabama state
line when the hurricane began, have been
given up for lost. Everything on the
islands wa3 washed into the bay, leaving
the place almoRt barren.
Another Storm Is Coming.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 The Weather
Bureau tonight announced that another
"tropical disturbance" is reported as ap
proaching the Yucatan Channel from the
east, but that there was no information
available as to the Intensity of the storm.
COAL RUNNING SHORT
Trouble at Fernie Mines Affects the
Canadian Northwest.
WINNIPEG. Man.. Sept. 30 fSpecial.)
As the result of the strike of 6000 min
ers employed at the Crow's Nest Pass
Coal Company and the Fernie-Michel and
Coal Creek companies at Fernie, a coal
famine threatens the cities of the Canad
ian Northwest. The mines at Lethbridge
have been closed down for several months
and when the managers of the Fernie
mine refused to discharge non-union min
ers. President Sherman, of the district
organization of miners, called all his men
out. Even the coke ovens are now shut
down.
The company is evicting the min
ers and their families from the
houses owned by it. and there have
been several clashes between the police
and the men. Go-ernment officials are
trying to settle the trouble by arbitra
tion, but so far without success.
ALL HER PUMPS AT WORK
Mongolia Starts for San Francisco
With Leak in Compartment.
HONOLULU. Sept. 30 The steamship
Mongolia sailed for San Francisco today.
She is reported to be leaking about a
foot an hour in compartment three. The
pumps are being worked.
REBELS AGREE TO
LAY DOWN ARMS
Funston Has Amicable Confer
ences With the Insur
gent Chieftains.
MARINES COME ASHORE
Force of 450 Is Sent to Clenfueg09
to Exert a Calming Influence
Where Affairs Are at a
High Tension.
HAVANA, Sept. 30 The work of dis
posing peacefully of the revolutionary
forces in arms against the Cuban gov
ernment is already practically under way.
Brigadier-General Frederick Funston.
chairman of the disarmament commission,
had two amicable conferences today with
L General Pino Guerrera and Del Castillo.
ana arranged a programme periecuy
satisfactory to all concerned. In fact
General Funston said this evening that
the wind-up would be so smooth and rapid
that it will take much less time than had
been anticipated.
The first landing of any considerable
number of Americans took place tonight,
when 430 marines came ashore from the
squadron in the harbor. This force pro
ceeded for Cienfuegos this evening on a
special train. It was explained that this
movement was not made on account of
actual trouble in Cienfuegos, but for the
purpose of exerting calming influence on
the local situation, which contains some
possibility of a conflict by reason of the
tense feeling existing between the gov
ernment volunteers and the insurgents.
Gloom at the Palace.
The day at the palace passed quietly
and rather gloomily. There are as yet
no signs of Secretary Taft's actual oc
cupancy of the edifice, which today was
the scene of a number of farewells to ex-
President Palma and his family. The
members of the diplomatic corps and the
foreign consuls called in a body to say
good-bye. They gave expression to many
sincere words of friendship and apprecia
tion of the character and kindliness of the
late head of the republic.
benor .fauna received ail his visitors
with quiet dignity and seemed entirely
reconciled to going, although he still
appears dejected at the outcome of the
revolution. Toward evening the private
reception-room of the palace was
thrown open, and scores of personal
friends called and remained for some
time with Senor Palma, his wife and
other members of the family.
The ex-President is besieged with re
quests for interviews by cable and in
person. London newspapers are urgent
in asking for an interview. To the ca
blegrams, the ex-President has not re
plied, while to the newspaper cor
respondents here he has sent word that
he has nothing further to say.
Palma Would Leave Quietly.
Today Secretary Taft sent a letter
to Senor Palma saying he desired to
escort him to the railroad station to
morrow and show him every courtesy
due his exalted position. Senor Palma
thanked Secretary Taft cordially, but
said he wished to leave quietly with
out ceremony.
The disarmament commission has de
clared that the rebels shall not receive
payments for their arms, but each man
will be given transportation and sub
sistence until he reaches home. The
programme of disarmament is simply
that one member of the commission,
accompanied by one or more represen
tatives of the revolution, will visit,
each command.
The arms will be deposited with the
battalion commander, who will turn
them ever to the commission. The reb
els will take their . horses home, the
animals which have been stolen to be
returned later to the owners on proper
laentincation.
Special Train for Insurgents.
In order to expedite the return home of
the large number of revolutionists in Pinar
del Rio Province and avoid possible dis
turbances, during the operation, a special
tram wiu be run. beginning vv ednesdav
from the point on the line nearest the
rebel camps to San Juan de Martinez, the
terminus of the Western Railroad. Men
and horses will be distributed at the in
termedlate stations. The government will
begin distributing rations in the rebel
camps tomorrow.
The provisional government has no ex
pectation that even a considerable num
ber of the revolutionists will surrender
their arms. Most of the weapons are the
personal property of the men carrying
tnem. ine nrst agents or the disarma
ment commission left here tonight for
Puerto Principe. Others will start tomor
row for Santa Clara Province on a spe
cial train, which will pick up the arms
turned in at the various places on the
way.
Guerra to Aid Disarmament.
As Santa Clara Province contains the
largest number of rebels in arms, the
work there will be especially arduous.
General Guerra himself will assist in su
perintending the work of the return of
his men to their homes after the forces
in finar del Kio Province have given over
their arms. General Funston expects to
remain in Havana in general charge of
the work of disarmament. When this is
completed he will take command of all
the United States troops in Cuba.
General Pino Guerra. speaking today of
the new situation in the island, said all
the men of his forces were eminently sat
isfied with the arrangements. He ex
pressed the belief that the stability of the
government was now assured, and pre
dicted that never again, would there be a
revolution in Cuba, thanks largely to the
United States Government for the hand
it had taken in the settlement of the dif
ficulty. Rebels Will Obey Chiefs.
Asked whether his men shared his con
tentment with the proposition to return
quietly to their homes. General Guerra
said:
"The men under our command will obey
us. Those who do not obey us never
were with us. The revolution is ended
and we have won, and we are supreme
ly content."
General del Castillo said:
"We would have preferred a peaceful
solution, arranged, if possible, between
the Cubans themselves, instead of inter
vention, but we are satisfied because the
corrupt administration has fallen and an
honest election can be depended on next
year. We consider our fight has not been
in vain. We have faith that the inde
pendence of Cuba is not endangered
by American intervention, and together
with General Funston we have drunk
a toast to President Roosevelt and the
independence of Cuba."
Bluejackets Carried on Street-Cars.
The landing party of marines and blue
jackets for Cienfuegos was made up of
detachments from the Louisiana. New
Jersey. Newark and Minneapolis. They
boarded 16 street-cars, in which they were
taken to Villa Nueva, where they were
Mail orders promptly
filled-New Fall
Catalog sent on request
MONDAY BARGAINS FROM "THE LIPMAN-WOLFE SCHOOL OF STYLE"
Women's 50-Inch Coats, $17.50 Value $10.50
New Popular Long Coats Just Received by Express. Greatest Monday Coat Bargain in Portland
Our Regular $25.00 Values for Only $16.75
64 new tailor-made suits, in
brown. The jacket is made
made in the new plaited and
Becoming
to Every
Woman.
placed on two trains of six cars each.
Tents were carried for the battalions.
and also three Colt guns. The two
sections followed the regular through
trains which left at 6 o'clock. The bat
talion attracted little attention, as the
transfer was not looked for.
The battleship Kentucky arrived here
tonight, bringing 500 more marines.
Governor .Taft has Informed all the
members of the Palma cabinet that he
would appoint Ministers in about 10 days;
in the meantime the sub-secretaries are
acting. It is believed that some of the
ex-members of the Cabinet will be re
installed. Governor Taft ha6 sent a ca
blegram to Senor Quesada. the Cuban
Minister at Washington, requesting him
not to press his' resignation.
Volunteers Giving Up Arms.
The disarmament of the Government
volunteers began here today, when the
Estrada Palma battalion of city militia
was disbanded. Naval officers feel some
anxiety concerning the cruiser Tacoma.
now on her way to Cienfuegos. on ac
count of indications of a hurricane in the
Caribbean.
The story published in the United States
that a number of American marines had
been killed by insurgents is declared by
Governor Taft and the rebel commanders
to be without foundation. Colonel Bur
nett, the ranking marine officer, is in
command of the battalion sent to Cien
fuegos. The first landing of the force to garri
son Camp Columbia will be at 5:30 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Th coming ashore
of these men, as well as the arrival of
some 6000 soldiers from the United States.
is not considered locally to intimate any
hostile purposes. Goernor Taft said to
night that he did not anticipate any trou
ble, and the bringing in of these forces
was chiefly to restore confidence in busi
ness circles, especially among foreigners.
The American troops will be quartered
in permanent barracks in the same man
ner that they are distributed at home in
time of peace. ,
Precautions Against Yellow Fever.
Drs. Finley and Barrett, the chief
health officers of Cuba, and Dr. Lopez,
the health officer of Havana, conferred
today with Governor Taft for the pur
pose of arranging extra measures look
ing to the extermination of mosquitoes,
or in other words to guard against yel
low fever. There" are six cases of fever
in Havana, and this causes some appre
hension. Governor Taft' has received telegrams
from provincial and municipal authorities
throughout the island declaring allegiance
to the provisional government. Many of
these communications were couched in
extravagant terms of fealty. Governor
Aleman, of Santa Clara Province, tele
graphs that he had already resigned to
the Palma administration, but had re
ceived no answer. He now sends his
resignation to Governor Taft.
General Fimston tonight estimated that
from 15.000 to 25.000 horses not belonging
to the rebels are now In their hands.
Hot Day at Los Angeles.
L03 ANGELES. Sept. 30. This was the
hottest day of the year. At 12:30 P. M.
Weather Observer Oliver recorded 106 de
grees In the shade on top of the Los
Angeles Trust building. 117 degrees in the
sun at the same elevation, and 112 de
grees in the shade In the streets.
The river Orinoco has more tributaries than
any other river. The total number is put at
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Ladies' 50-inch Coats, of fancy mixed cloaking, in light and dark gray, made
with full loose back, stitched straps, fly front, four pockets, velvet collar, new
coat sleeves, with turned sleeves, edged with velvet. The yoke and sleeves
are lined with satin.
Monday Sale, each.
New Long Plaid Coats, $25 Value for $15
Ladies' 50-inch all-wool Fancy Plaid Coats in gray plaid and tan plaid, made
double-breasted, in the new collarless effect, with braid and velvet trimming
around the neck; full new coat sleeves with cuffs trimmed with braid and vel
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Sold regularly at $25.00 for our Special Monday Sale 4fflDUU
Long Plaid and Checked Coats, $27.50 Vals. $18.50
Ladies' 50-inch all-wool Fancy Plaid and Checked Coats in gray and brown,
made double-breasted, with full loose back; collarless, with fancy velvet piping
and braid trimming; new sleeves with fancy trimmed cuffs and r r2f
satin-lined. Special Monday p AOecJv
64 New "Prince Chap"
this season's popular "Prince
27 inches long, single-breasted and lined throughout with satin.
gored shape. Sold regularly at $25.00, Monday Special
FIRST PORTLAND &XHIBITION OF
The New
College Hat
The Millinery Sensation of the Season
"Cheyenne" is the most dashing style ever created -Latest
and smartest model for immediate wear. The
hat that has captured New York within two weeks
with its snap and dash. Made like picture, of fine felt in
pearl, smoke, champagne and white, trimmed with silk
cord and tassel. The brim is caught up in front and
pinned to the crown with a college pin Columbia,
Harvard, Princeton, etc. Opening sale
in Portland Monday at Z.O
PENSION ROLL LESS
Death Carried Off 43,300 Dur
ing the Year.
SOME RATINGS ARE RAISED
Widow and Three Daughters Are
Still Carried on Account of the
Revolutionary Avar Total
Less Than Million.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. The net de
crease in the pension roll of the United
States for the fiscal year ending June
30 last, amounted to $12,470. the largest
decrease ever known In the history of the
country. These facts are brought out
in the annual report of Commissioner of
Pensions Warner, which has just been
completed.
The report of the. Commissioner ex
presses the opinion that there will be a.
still more marked decrease during the
present vear. During the year there
were added to the rolls 33.569 new pen
sioners and 1405 restorations and renew
als, making a total addition of 34,874.
The total number of pensioners on the
roll during the year was 1,033.415.
The number of pensioners dropped from
the roll during the year was 47.444. leav
ing the number of pensioners on June
30, 1906. 983,971. The maximum of pen
sioners in the history of the bureau was
reported January 31, 1905, when it was
1,004.196.
Death was the principal cause of the
decrease of the last year, the number
of names dropped on that account being
43.300. Of these 29,208 were those of sur
vivors of the Civil War. leaving 666.465
survivors of that war still on the roll.
There are still four pensioners on ac
count of the Revolutionary War, one a
widow and the other three daughters;
6S0. all widows, on account of the war
with Spain, and 11.427 on account of the
Mexican War. Of the Mexican War pen
sioners 3934 are survivors.
The Commissioner calls attention to the
fact that while there has been a ma
terial decrease in the number of pen
sioners, the annual value of the roll is
nearly as large as it was last year.
This arises from the fact that the ratr
ings of many invalid pensions are con
stantly increasing, the average Increase
last year being $1.22.
The report shows that in the entire
history of the country the total expendi
tures on account of pensions has been
$3,459,860,311. of which only $96,445,444 had
been paid out prior to the beginning
of the Civil War. The total payment 1
fie E
Sold regularly at $17.50. Very Special
Chap" style, made of fine all-wool
" silk dust ruffle. Regular price
$7.50, at
of pensions on account of the Spanish
War reaches $15,438,355 up to date.
FUXSTOX'S PLANS INDORSED
Shorter Enlistment and Higher Pay
for Soldiers.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 Acting Inspector-General
Galbraith of the Army,
in his annual report, says that the gen
eral condition of the Army has improved
during the year as regards military con
struction, and that the troops are in a
fairly satisfactory state of efficiency
and readiness for field service.
The plan suggested by General Fun
ston. that the term of first enlistment be
limited to one year, is favorably regarded
in the report, because practically it would
remove the blight of desertion, and be
cause the enlistment of a young man
for three years' service at low wages
Is opposed to the prevailing views among
laboring classes.
In the opinion of the Inspector-General,
the pay of enlisted men should be In
creased. The report indorses General
Funston's plan for the establishment of
a National reserve force.
RAILROADS TO EE SUED.
Complaints Made of A'iolation of
Safety-Appliance Law.
. WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. Attorney
General Moody has directed that suits
be brought against a large number of
railroad companies to recover penalties
for violation of the safety appliance law
through failure to keep their equipment
in proper condition. The largest number
of violations attributed to any road is
that of 51. against the Delaware & Hud
son Company. The total number of vio
lations is 181.
Certificates for Chinese.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng, the Chinese Minister, called
at the State Department yesterday and
conferred with Acting Secretary Adee and
Chief Clerk Denby, respecting the issu
ance of certificates to Chinese who may
desire to come to America from other
countries than China. A satisfactory ar
rangement for the issuance of the certif
icates was made.
CHINESE ARE SMUGGLED IN
First on Soil of Humboldt County
Since Trouble in 1885.
EUREKA. Cal., Sept. SO Twenty-seven
Chinese were brought into Humboldt
County this afternoon on the steamer
Roanoke from Astoria, to work at the
Starbuck Tallant cannery at Port Ken
yon, at the mouth of the Eel River. They
are the first Chinese admitted to Hum
boldt soil since February 8, 1SS5, when
310 Chinese were with bag and baggage
shipped to San Francisco on the steamers
City of Chester, and Humboldt by in
censed citizens because of various crimes,
climaxed by the killing of David Ken
dall, a Councilman.
The management of the canneries some
months ago asked the Chamber of Com
merce of Ferndale, near Port Kenyon,
for permission to import coolie labor and
to work inside the cannery only, during
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October Sale of Elankets and Comforts.
Monday Sale of Suit Cases and Bags.
Extraordinary Sale Prices in Drug Department.
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the fishing season and then be deported
The chamber conceded the request, but
similar bodies of the county, together
with all organized labor, loudly con
demned the action, alleging that the first
lot of Chinese would be but a wedge for
more to follow.
The Chinese Imported yesterday kept
aboard the steamer until time to leave
for Eel River Valley, then a box car
was shoved on a siding beside the ware
house, the Chinese were loaded into it
with their baggage and the car was taken
away. The coming of the Chinese was
kept a secret.
General Harris Is Dead.
PARKERSBURG. W. Va.. Sept. 30
General Thomas Haley Harris. Brigadier
General in the Union Army during the
Rebellion and brevet Major-General, died
at his home at Harrisville today, aged 93
years. At Appomattox he silenced the
last battery that General Lee ever placed
in action.
Killed in Run to Fire.
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O'Connell was killed and seven men of
insurance fire patrol No. 2 were injured
last night at Van Buren and Sangamon
streets, when a trolley car crashed into
and overturned the patrol wagon, in
which the men were on their way to a fire.
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