THE MORXIXG. OREG OXI AN. TUESDAY. 2s'OTE31BER 3. 190S. -IN FEE OF PLAGUE American Sailors Land at . Amoy but Are Under Guard. ALL KEPT WITHIM GROUNDS '.Two Thousand Jackie Restless In Chinese Port Becaose of Restrtc- . tions Placed I'pon Them to Prevent Epidemic. AMOT. Nov. t Two thousand men of the ttecmd squadron of the Atnerl . can fleet were allowed to land yesterday, and wer'e.ierved at the reception arrour.ds with a European luncheon and a Chinese dinner. The men. however, are allowing ureal disappointment be- - . cause they are not permitted to leave the (rounds, 'restrictions havins; been, placed upon them because the autliori- ties do not believe that the city Is yet free from cholera and plag-ue. Admiral bah. of the Chinese navy, yesterday cava a luncheon in honor of Rear Admiral Emory and the fleet commanders. The German cruiser Niobe left here .yesterday. , VISITORS WARMLY WELCOMED : Japan Gives Pacific Coast Business Men Cordial Reception. , KOBE. Japan. Nov. t The reception ' which was accorded the visiting: busi ness men from the Pacific Coast of the United States yesterday on their ar rival here was of a most enthusiastic nature and attended by scenes of pop ular demonstration such as have not been observed here since the exciting; days of the Japanese-Russian war. Yesterday the Americans, accompanied by tne Governor of this Province and many high municipal and provincial officials, were entertained on a trip .about the beautiful Inland sea of Japan, the excursion being made in a steamer especially chartered for the occasion. Returning the party visited the dock yards and many large industrial plants near the city. Last night the feature of the enter tainment was a huge torchlight pro cession. The Am-rlcans have' been greatly Impressed not only with what they have seen of the modern life of Japan but with the cordiality of their recep " tion as well. NEW WARRIORS DEFECTIVE BATLESHIPS NORTH DAKOTA AXD DELAWARE WEAK. Newport Conference Orders Altera tions Florida and Vtah Also Need Changes. WASHINGTON. Nov. i In view of the order of the Secretary of the Navy re voking the prohibition recently placed ' against officers who attended the New port conference from discussing its ac tion, an officer who was prominently identified with the entire proceedlnps to day stated that It had .substantiated, with a few minor exceptions, the charges of defects pointed out in Commander Keyes' letter on that subject. This of ficer has been foremost In his denuncia tion of naval defects. The conference decided, he said, that very few of these could be remedied In the North Dakota and Delaware, which are now 40 per cent completed, but sug gested that. If practicable, additional case armor of about 100 tons be placed around the smoke pipe and up-takes to protect them against splinters. The ad ditional armor would .increase tho pro tection to eight inches. They recom mended that. If practicable, an entire fire control mast he placed forward of the smokestacks, for that In case the vision from the rear mast is ooscured by smoke, a clear t-lew could be secured from the other positions. The conference hesitated about making extensive changes In the plans- of. the Florida and l"tah. as any alteration that would Involve a considerable change of weights would require a reconstruction of the plans. - On the important subject of what ought to be the type of the next battle-ships to be designed, the kind of battery they should carry, and their armor, the con ference has not marine a decision. v t MANY HOLDUPS IN BAY CITY II- i n -" . Vnmasked Robber Gets 6 In Saloon Before Eyes of Eight Men. SAN" FRANCISCO. Nov. t Highway men were busy in this city tonight, though their results financially were small. In the outskirts of the tenderloin district a saloon with eight men in it was held - up by a lone robber, who took SS9 from the till and departed unchecked. Earlier in the evening W. L. Edwards, who resides at the St. Francis Hotel, re ported to the police that two men had held him up on California street, in the very shadow of the Fairmont Hotel, re lieving him of 115 and his watch. Several burglaries also were called to the notice of the police, though no cap tures have been reported. SUCCUMBS TO ANESTHETIC A. W. Campbell Dies While Vnder grilng Operation for Ton.-llitls NORTH . YAKIMA. Wash.. Nov. . 1 i Special.) A. V. Campbell. of the Taklma Grocery Company, the largest wholesale grocery in Eastern Washing ton, died this morning while undergo ing an operation for the removal of his tonsils. Campbell had been ill for a couple of days and this morning de cided to have his tonsils removed and went to a doctor to that end. He was given an anesthetic, which he re ceived jokingly, but succumbed to its effects. NEW FORM FOR FREIGHT Commissions Bill of Lading F.ffee live on 148 Roads. CHICAGO. Nov. 2. The new uniform bili of lading approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission went into effect on 14 railroada In the official classifica tion territory yesterday. Hereafter every shipment of freight in the territory east , of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio must o" inaae upon lue ubbis i form, unless a enipp-r. objecting to the terms; agrees to pay lo per cent mora than the regular freight. It was cus tomary to charge 20 per cent extra on shipments not under the old bill of lading. The new form is believed to be uni versally acceotable. It has a distinctive color, yellow, adopted at the suggestion of the American Bankers- Association, for all -Order'1 bills of ladiwt. which are negotiable and enables a shipper to ob tain an advance payment throueh a banker. The difficulty of fixing a definite basis for the settlement of claims prior to shipment " is also minimized. The Pennsylvania Railroad today announced that they had more than .10,000.000 copie of the new form printed,- It is through bills of lading chiefly that a record ia kept of the country's commercial ac tivity. '"""1L GILDfO YOUTHS .IB FRAUD PARISIANS CAIGHT RAISING MONEY IN DARK WAYS. Pawndealers Swindled by One Co terie, while Another Manufac , . t u res Bad Coins. PARIS. Oct. IW. (Special.) A num ber of young men, assiduous tn their attendance at pleasure resorts where the possession of money Is a necessary qualification to enjoyment, now find themselves In trouble through lending themselves to a scheme tor "raising the wind': devised by a man who laid him self out to exploit their financial needs. The scheme- consisted- In selling to dealers, pawn tickets which had been "washed'' and the amounts Increased. The young men who allowed their pawn tickets to be transformed in this way received a half or a third of the sum collected. A dealer In the Rue St. Uure discov ered that he had been swindled out of $30011. He lodged a complaint and the originator of the scheme and three men belonging to wealthy families were ar rested. The former counted on the families to pay the victims of the swindle and so escape a scandal. A General whose son Is Implicated In the affair has alread) parted with $00. Another prisoner Is the son of a well-known artist Another affair In which young men are concerned is being Inquired into. These young men. who possess diplomas awarded by the schools of electricity., physics and chemistry, occupied their leisure hours in manufacturing base coin- .They belong, to . .good . families. They are the sons of a County Coun cillor, an advocate, a business man and a doctor. A search of their rooms at Asnieres and the Rue Victor Masse led to the discovery of spurious 10-franc pieces. The police, however, have not been able to prove whether any of these coins had been put Into circulation. All the same, the young- men have been arrested. They declare that they have been denounced by one of their friends because they would not lend him money. Some young and pretty women have been the victims of a clever swindler, and they In turn sought, unwittingly. It is true, to swindle oertaln money changers In the center of the city They presented bank notes admirably engraved and printed. They were In the name of the Republic of the United States of Iona swid had a face value of "30 talents." The money-changers had some difficulty In convincing their oc casional clients that the Republic of the United States of Iona did not exist. The notes had been presented to the young women by a "very distinguished" man. He cannot be prosecuted, since the presentation of spurious bank notes to simple demi-mondaines does not con stitute a forgery. . PRISONER FIGHTS OFFICER Hair-Raising Struggle on Rapidly Moving British Train. LONDON. Oct. 31. (Special.) An ex citing story of a Scotland Tard officer's struggle with a prisoner on the footboard of a train traveling at a high rate of speed was narrated at Bow-street Police Court yesterday by Detective Inspector Sexton. The prisoner was a middle-aged Frenchman. Jean Marie Chenu. a laborer, and he was charged on an extradition warrant with hotel robberies at Bayeux and other places in prance. inspector Sexton stated that on Mon day morning he saw Chenu detained in Jersey prison and read the warrant to him. He replied: "I know all about it. I have read it in the newspapers and that I was sentenced to six months And ban ished. I will never be taken back to France to be sent to Devil s Island." On the way to London, between Teovil and Stourbridge, while the train' was traveling at full speed, the prisoner sud denly opened the door and sprang out. The witness Immediately seised him and, after a fierce struggle In the doorway and on the footboard, lasting some min utes, succeeded in drawing him back into the carriage. He threatened to min der the Inspector or commit' suicide and the officer placed the handcuffs on him. When the charge was mad against him the prisoner at the Bow-street Po lice Station said: "If you do not forgive me. 1 shall yet murder you or myself." and consequently has been kept under special observation. LORN COUPLE SEEKS DEATH Rather Than Live Apart, Young People Commit Suicide. BERLIN. Nov. 1. The . Tlergarten h.is been the scene of a love trag edy, the victims being a bookkeeper and a talloress, who decided to die together because their union was opposed by tne letter's mother, a widow, who relied on her daughter's assistance to bring up a young family. So that the couple should be kept separated the girl was sent from home but they ultimately met and the book keeper suggested that they should take an automobile trip. As the au tomobile was passing through the Tlergarten the driver heard five shots and called a policeman, who found the lovers lying in a pool of blood in the car. The girl was dead and her lover, who was wounded in the head, was removed to a hospital uncon scious. MAN FALLS UNDER TRAIN Henry Payton Fatally Hurt After Attending Relative's Funeral. CENTERV1LLE. Iowa. Nov. I. Board ing a train here to return home after at tending the funeral of his brother. Sen ator Payton. Henry Payton fell under the steps and was Internally Injured. He died this afternoon. He was of a promi nent theatrical family and was associated with his brother. Corse Payton. in the Lee Avenue Theater in Brooklyn. He was a brother of Mary C. Spooner. man ager of the Bfjou. Brooklyn, the mother of Cecil and Edna May Spooner. A patent has been granted on a syrinxe I!ke machine for Injecting poisons around the roots of eds without injuring sur rounding "vegetation- - . - BIG AUTD IS FIRST 40-Horsepower Locomobile Wins 24-Hour Race. FAR AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS Franklin Second and Studebaker Third Accidents Put Several Out of Contest on Track at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Nov. . (Spe cial.) Like a specter of the night, the 40-horsepower Locomobile driven by J. Murray Page, who had remained at the steering wheel 31 hours out of the 24, emerged from the darkness and sped across the tape at Ascot Park at 10 o'clock last night, winning the first 24 hur automobile race ever held on the Pacific Coast. The Locomobile had achieved a mile age of 916, the Franklin, a six-cylinder roadster, driven by Guy Irwin, Ralph Hamlin and Jack Lowe, was a con tender from start to finish and crossed the tape second, with a total mileage of 835 ftiiles. A specially good showing was made by the Studebaker. which was third, with 629 mileage. The sur prise of the race was the showing made by the little Reo KIddo. driven by Au gust Oberlln. which closed fourth, with 474 miles total. Ihe Reo Is a one cylinder 10-b.orsepower machine. Race Is Run in Laps. The rac began yesterday at 4 o'clock witn seven entries. Franklin, Locomobile, Studebaker. Reo KIddo, 8urrset.- Blue Bird and Pope-Hartford, and was -distributed over 30 hours be ing divided Into four legs. After mak ing 146 miles the Pope-Hartford drop ped Itr gearcase on the ground caused by burning out lta main bearing and was out of the running. The Franklin led at the finish of the first leg at 11 o'clock last night. The race was re sumed In the fog at 1 A. M.. continued until 6 A. M.. the third and fourth legs being from 8 to 2 P. M. and from 4 P. M. until 10 tonight. The Blue Bird went out at 4:2S this morning, owinr to two cylinders becoming cracked. At 7:15 tonight the Sunset broke its left steering knuckle, crashed through the fence within sight of the grandstand, and turned completely around, alighting right-side up and neither injuring nor throwing out driver and mechanician. Once before the Sunset broke its left knuckle, turning around, but etayed in side the track. Diamonds for Prizes. The race early simmered down to a contest between the Locomobile and the Franklin and up to 6 o'clock tonight there was but four miles difference. At that moment the Franklin, which was second, twisted its main shaft off the differen tial, causing a delay of three hours. The Locomobile and Franklin through the race, barring trouble, average a speed of a mile in 1:15. The feature of the race, aside from excitement and enthusi asm of the spectators, was the consistent running of the cars and the mileage piled up. Auto enthusiasts say Ascot can bs made one of the speediest tracks In the United States. The prizes are: First, $1500 worth of diamonds: second, 1500 diamonds: third. 1100 diamonds. INFLEXIBLE GREAT SHIP Britons Proud of Latest Addition to Their Navy. LONDON. Oct. 31. I Special.) English men are Justly proud of the new battle ship cruiser, the Inflexible, which broke all speed records for armoured vessels during her recent speed trials, steaming 28 knots an hour. Like the Indomitable, now In the Nore division of the home fleet, and the In vincible, approaching completion at Els wick, on the Tyne, the Inflexible dis places 17.250 tons of water. mounts eight 12-lnch guns of the new type, besides 16 of the improved 4-inch guns and has an armoured belt seven Inches thick, amidships, reinforced by 3-inch deck. The three ships are all. of course, turbine driven, and have water tube boilers. By the end of the present financial year It is hoped that the British fleet will contain, ready for any emergency, a squadron of four Dreadnaughts, besides the three Invlncibles. It will then be at the zenith of its power, and unrter no other flag will there be a single similar vessel completed at that date. But there are 35 ships of the Dreadnaught type building or ordered for Germany, France, Italy. Brazil, Russia, Japan and tho United States. SHIP STOCK TO CANADA Oregon Cattlemen in Syndicate Which Leases 10,000 Acres. WINNIPEG, Man., Nov. 2. A syndi cate of Minnesota, Montana and Oregon cattlemen has leased 10.000 acres of graz ing land near Chllico Lake, some distance from the head of Butte Inlet, British Co lumbia, and thousands of yearlings will be shipped in. The arrangements are In the hands of J. A. Stetson, of Duluth. In this locality there is no snowfall and young cattle stay out the year around. TROLLEY FOR GOLDFIELD Traction Company Will Be Per mitted to Charge 15-Cent Fares. GOLDFIELD, Nev;. Nov. 2. The Board of County Commissioners has granted a franchise for a street railway in Gold field, Columbia and Diamond Field. One mile of the line must be complete and in operation by June 30. 1P09. The maxi mum rate that may be charged for carry ing a passenger within the limits of Goldiield is 15 cents and 30 cents to Dia mond Field. CASTRO MARSHALS FORCES Venezuelan President Is Mobilizing Twenty Thousand Men. WIULEMSTADT. Nov. 2. The Nether lands government fixed November I as the limit of timo for Venezuela to revoke the decree of President Castro, Issued May 14, prohibiting the trans-shipment of goods for Venezuelan ports at Curacao. President Castro has refused to revoke this decree. A statement will doubtless be Issued tomorrow announcing the posi tion of Holland and Venezuela and what action will be taken. There is no question, however, that Venezuelans beileve The Netherlands Government Is preparing to blockade their- ports. Advices received by the steamer Zuelia from Maracalbo state that It was reported October 24 that President Castro had ordered the mobi lisation of 50,."i00 troops to be ready November 2. Two days later there were rumors In Maracalbo that General Nicholas Roilando. who previously had been charged with leading a revolu tionary movement in Veneauela, was crossing the frontier with 20,000 men from Cucua. Colombia. No further account of this movement could be learned, because mall and telegraphic communication with Cucua were sus pended the following day. Large ship ments of powder and shells .have been received at Fort San Carlos at Mara caioo Lake, and there is much activity around the frontier. SOLDIERS TO WEAR GRAY W ARTIME UNIFORM SCHEME IS DISCUSSED IN GERMANY. Present Apparel of Soldiers Too Highly Colored to Afford Pro tection to Men. BERLIN. Oct. 31. (Special.) For some time past the German army ad ministration has been considering the question of uniforms .and accouter ments In time of war. It has been long recognized that in modern war fare the bright tunics of the different arms and regiments with their flashing helmets and swords, would be quite impracticable. For the infantry, therefore, a new uniform has been de vised and Is stated to be ready at the army clothing depota for use in time of war. The general tone color is gray, the tunic Is loose-fitting, with dull bronze buttons and a double col lar. The belt, etc., Is brown. Every fifth man or so in the German army carries a spade, and the swords of the officers are dulled.- The problem of the cavalry uniform was more difficult. The principal ob jection In abolishing the heterogenous characten of the uniforms was that without the distinguishing marks the horse regiment would not be able to re-assemble quickly after a charge. But the ease with which the enemy can discern at a distance the squat Czapka of the Uhlan, the massive brass helmets of the cuirassier, the lace aiguilles of the Hussar, and the bright blue tunic of the dragoon, made the Introduction of a less obtrusive pattern of uniform desirable. The cavalry, therefore, it is understood, will also be fitted out with gray uni forms, but out of diference to tradi tion each arm will preserve its tradi tional pattern of headgear, which will, however, have a gray casing. The artillery will- eventually alsd be fitted with the new uniform, but as in the case of the other arms, only for the time of war. At present experiments are being made with a short bayonet for cavalry to replace the sword. Four cavalry regiments are, by order of the Minis ter -of War, now trying a shortened form of bayonet which may be fixed to the carbine. The lessons of recent wars have proved that the cavalry must have a more effective weapon than the carbine for use as mounted infantry. The new idea is probably taken from the Russian army, for the Russian dragoons carry rifles with long barrels to which bayonets may be fixed. At present a new carbine is being served out to the cavalry with a range up to 2000 meters. Each man will carry 75 cartridges in his belt. VICTORIEN SARDOU IS ILL Condition or Dramatist's Health Causes His Family Concern. PARTS. Oct. 31. (Special.) Victorian Sardou the well-known author and play wright, who is now 77 years of age has been suffering from bad health for some time, and a few days ago his condition caused some anxiety to his family and Intimate friends, but news have been re ceived today of a slight improvement. H.s son-in-law Comte Robert de Flers, says M. Sardou according to words re ceived this afternoon was getting better. He had taken a cold last Summer which clung to him some time and developed recently into an attack of bronchitis. M. Sardou is at his country seat, near Maryland, has been constantly under the care of the physicians who had hoped to be able to have him taken to Biarrits shortly. In view of his continued feeble state of health, however, this idea of this journey was abandoned. Of course his relatives are still very anxious about his health and the present attack may be followed by a long period of convales cence. Strike Threatened at Mines. MADRID, Nov. 2. It Is reported here today that the copper miners in the Rio Bill Is Defeated William Is Elected RAH! RAH! FOR WILLIAM You Will Have to Pay That Bet You know you have been betting a nice piece of furniture on Bill. Your friends and neighbors have heard you say if Bill was defeated everything would be O. K., and you would get that furniture you so much need. Now' we have made it easy for you, and place on sale A handsome $15 rocker $(45 at the very low price of Beautiful 3-piece parlor 95 suit, $44.00 value for Zd tP Upholstered in plain or loose cushions. A rare bargain and not like many of .the fake sales you often see advertised. These two big spe cials are in our window, where you can see them. Remember, we can afford to and do sell furniture at a much lower price than the high rent dealers. Also remember our location, three and one-half .blocks east of the Morrison-street bridge. See us before you buy. HBHBBPi V360-3T0 EAJT ... This is a' signal for every man to do his duty. Polls open from 8 A.M. to 7 P.M. Our store open from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M. Everything here . for men and boys' wear. Today a-special gloves at $1.00. Business suits, the kind that will be faith ful, $20. 168-170 Third Street. Dinte district will go on strike. Detach ments of cavalry and Infantry and gen darmes have left Huelva for the district to maintain order. RHEINLANDER HENS WIN Crown Princess Cecilie's Egg Con test Finally Brought to Close. BERLIN, Oct. Mi (Special.) A quaint competition was entered on about a year ago in Lichterfeld-East, an outlying dis trict of Berlin. Its object was to dis cover the egg-laying capabilities of dif ferent breeds of hens, and the prize was a sum of J250, given by the Crown Princess Cecllle. The competing breeds were Minorcas, Wyandottes and Rhein landers. the last being a cross between the other two. A couple of purely Teutonic breeds also took part in the competition. Victory fell to the Rhein landers, each of the breed having laid an average of 24 eggs monthly during the nine or ten months the competition lasted. This is no contemptible perform ance when compared with the 40 eggs per annum laid by the ordinary German hen. The food given during the competition was alternately corn and soft food, such as bran, pulverised dried flsh and maize. The mortality among the 600 competitors was only 10 per cent. 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