THE STOBAX OREGOJOAN, PORTIAK33, SEPTEMBER' 3,r 1905; ' WANT OFFICE OPEN Many Residents in Roseburg District Complain. HITGHCOCK IN NQ HURRY Jjctn Land Business in Southern Ore gon Pile Up, Awaiting Appoint ments, In Splto of Ful ton's Ultimatum. OREGONIAN .NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 2 Many complaints are reaching Washington because the Rose burg Land Ofllcc remains closed, and all public land business in Southwestern Ore gon Is at a standstill. On January 9, 1905, Register Bridges and Receiver Booth, of Roseburg. were suspended, this action olosing the ofllce. They have ever since 'boon under suspension, though it is known that both are to be dismissed. Secretary Hitchcock has not shown any concern over the fact that land business an the Roseburg district has been stopped and has displayed little Interest in the appointment ot a new Kegister ana ite fcolver, especially since Senator Fulton tflatty declared he would prevent the con jflrmation of any men appointed by the Secretary over his protest. Information coming to the Interior Department in the iSearotary's absence Indicates that a great mass of land business has been accumu lating at Roseburg, and there Is a general clamor for the appointment of new offi cers in order that the office may be rc qpenod. However, no action Is being tak on pn these requests. Thej are set aside, to await the Sec retary's return, some time in the latter part of September. ACT OX OKANOGAN PROJECT .Reclamation Engineers Will Soon Decide on Its Merits. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 2. Investigations to deter mine the feasibility of the Okanogan irri gation project in Northern Washington are nearlng completion. Supervising Enr .gineerD. C. Heimey has asked for the ap jKilntiTient of a board of reclamation en gineers to meet at Conconully, in the lat 'tor part of September, linally to pass Hpon and determine the fate of this proj ect. It 'is believed that sufficient data is new at hand to tell whether this project Is feasible and whether or not the work Ib of such a nature that It can be built at a reasonable cost. Following the meeting of the board yet to be selected, announce ment will be made as to what disposition "Will be made of the project. Investigations on other projects in Washington are not so far advanced as on the Okanogan, and It will probably be late in the season before a board will con sider and pas upon the Yakima project, 'still under investigation. SETTLE DISPUTED POINTS i Continued From Page 1.) ned. In fact, no steps -whatever have yet b,ee-ii taken toward putting an end te the regular work of shipping mon and supplies to Manchuria or any other business oonnocted with keeping the Manchurian army on a war footing. It 1s explained that no orders will be given until the final signing of the peace treaty. AIUMY GETS NEWS AT TiAST Xcutral Zone Being Arranged and Peace Industries Revived. GIJNSHU PASS, Manchuria, Sept 2. The first intimation of an agreement be tween the peace envoys has been printed ia the army organ. From various sources the news of the agreement percolated In the communities of Kochlatien and Gun shu Pass August 31. but comment was withheld pending military sanction for its publication and the news is yet too vaguely known or realized to note Its ef fect. Arrangements, however, have al ready been instituted for the establish, znent and maintenance of a neutral zone between the armies pending their demobil ization. The army lias had ample time to accus. torn .Itself to the Idea of peace. The men have followed the discussion as closely as the delayed dispatches permitted, and It Is evident that the idea of paying an Indemnity was the most unwelcome of the Japanese conditions. The foreign military attaches are ex pecting to bo recalled and are arranging for formal leave-takings of the comman ders. The industrial and manufacturing Interests, disorganized by the war, are al ready preparing to resume their enter prises. The news of peace, as contained in Mr. "WItte's message to Emporor Nicholas, was communicated to the troops today and produced a good impression. The probability of soon returning home awak ened sincere feelings of gratitude toward Mr. Wltte. who has so well defended the honor and dignity of Russia in the Far East, saving at the same time tens of thousands of Russian lives, particularly valuable to the country at the moment of the awakening to better things. The hope was expressed that peace would be lasting and satisfactory to both combatants. The opinion here Is that the ending of the lS-tnonths war, so unfortu nate to Russia, was due to Mr. WItte's energy and firmness. VLADIVOSTOK GETS NEWS. Rejoices Russia Will Remain Great Power in Par East. VLADIVOSTOK, Sopt 1. (Delayed in transmission.) The first news of the- conclusion of peace at Portsmouth was received here Thursday night and printed bulletins containing the tele grams of the Associated Press and Mr. "WItte's dispatch to the Emperor were distributed In the streets. The popu lace and the troops, who had followed with keon interest tho peace negotia tions, recelvod with delight the state ment in the bulletins that Russia would remain in future the great power in the Far East. Peruvian View of Roosevelt. LIMA, Peru, Sept 2. Tho leading newspaper here, the Commerclo, In an editorial attributes the peace between Russia and Japan to the slngylar quail lies of President Roosevelt's character. It say that the United States does not desire a war to continue that is threat ening Its peace and the free develop ment of Its trade, and that tho experi ment Just made by President Roosevelt had a splendid outcome and undoubted ly will be repeated wherever there is an opportunity. Wireless Message Gave Xcwrfi NEW YORK, Sept 2. How the news of the RuBsIan-Japanese peace, agreement was flashed about tbfe Atlantic Ocean and received by vessels still several daya out of port and hundreds of miles beyond direct communication with wireless tele graph stations on land was reported by the steamship La Lorraine, which arrived here today. Last Thursday, while La Lorraine was about S00 miles cast of New York, the peace message was suddenly caught on the wireless instruments and the sender was learned to be tho Kron Prinz Wllhelm, bound for Europe and al ready about two days out of s'ew York. A defect In one of La Lorraine's shafts caused the steamer to make part of the passage at reduced speed. Japanese Enroys GoIn2 to New York. NEW TORlC, Sept 2. Baron Komura and Minister Takahlra, the Japanese peace envoys, .are expected to arrive In this city from Portsmouth on Tuesday or Wednesday. Baron Komura and his suite will take rooms at the Waldorf Astoria, where they lived before they departed for the scene of the' confer ence. An Invitation has been given the Baron to visit Canada, but he has not yet decided -on the trip. Baron Komura and Mr. Takahlra will be Invited to attend a meeting of the Nippon Club. There will be an open discussion for and against the peace terms. WILL USE LAWS' DELAYS BEEF BARON'S PROPOSE TO ATTACK INDICTMENTS. Decision Reached nt Conference With Larryera. Magnate "Will Not Appear la Person. CHICAGO, Sept 2. (Special.) A prayer for Injunction to restrain pros ecution, motions to quash the beef trust indictments, demurrers to the bill and pleas In abatement are expect ed to be entered by attorneys for tho indicted packers in answer to the Gov ernment mandate requiring them to appear In court Tuesday and plead to Indictments ngainst them. These counter-attacks on the beef trust prosecution are declared to have been decided upon at a momentous se cret conference between John 8. Miller, general counsel for the packers, beef trust's Individual attorneys and a num ber of Indicted magnates themselves. Besides laying out the lines of de fense, the packers' attorneys, it is said, also reached an agreement that they would appear before the bar ot the court unaccompanied, although tho 18 Individual beef barons were served with notices ordering them to appear in person. TAGGART NOTA DRUNKARD Fellow-Officers Rebut Charge of Al coholism and Insanity. WOOSTER, O., Sept 2. (Spoclal.)-Con- trary to expectations, evidence In rebut tal In the Taggart divorce onse was not concluded today, and as it stands, it will probably be finished before Tuesday, when the arguments are to start. A numoer of witnesses in Captain Taggarfs behalf are to be called Monday, among them Howard Taggart and .Major Newberry, of Pittsburg. It Is said Newberry's evidence will be of great Interest to the Captain. Both sides say that they have some sur prises to be made public after the evi dence is all submitted. The testimony this morning was all by deposition, and all very favorable to Cap tain Taggart Part of the session was taken up In the reading of the deposition of Major Charles G. Morton, who at Fort Leavenworth was the Major of Captain Taggarfs battalion. His testimony was offered In rebuttal and to materially strengthen the-charges ot tho plaintiff in regard to the. alleged conspiracy on the part of Colonel Miner and Mrs. Taggart whereby Captain Taggart was confined In the hospital at Fort Leavenworth on the charge of acute alcoholism, wnlch was placed ngainst him on the hospital rec ords. When General Miner went on the stand for the defense, he swore that this charge was not true, but that he had been con fined in order to obsorve his mental con dition. Then Colonel Van Hoff, the sur geon In charge of the hospital, in his deposition. Bald that Taggart was not a victim of acute alcoholism, and that there was nothing wrong with his mental con dition. Now comes Major Morton by dep osition and swears that be was Intimately associated with Captain Taggart during most of his military career, and particu larly so during the trouble at Fort Leav enworth, and that he never knew or heard of Taggarfs being Intoxicated, and that there was absolutely nothing wjrong with him, mentally or physically, when he was confined at Fort Leavenworth. THOUSAND - MILE TROLLEY Electric Cars Will Soon Run From New York to Chicago. CHICAGO, Sopt 2. The Record-Herald today says: Continuous trolley rides from Chicago to New York over two routes, and between Chicago and Cincinnati, are among tho transporta tion probabilities of the near future. William S. Reed,' a builder of rail roads, who has an office in tho First National Bank, has organized a syn dicate which has purchased the Chi cago Electric Traction Company, and ha organized two other companies which will completo the gaps which now bar a continuous ride on electric roads betweon the cities named. Mr. Reed asserts that these trans portation feats will be made possible by next June, and that the traveler may go from Chicago to New York by way of Buffalo, and then through New York State, or may branch off at Cleveland and take a long-distance airing through Pennsylvania, and so on to the metropolis. The Chicago Electric Traction Com pany, which is now In the hands of a receiver In Judge Kohlsaafs court, Is to be taken out of litigation, and will then bo absorbed by the Chicago & Southern Traction Company, n new In diana corporation, which Is capitalized for $2,000,000. This will be Increased to $4,000,000. The latter company Is to construct a line from Harvey to Kankakee, a distance of 36 miles. Other lines then will take up the connection, completing the route be tween Chicago and New Ycirk. Storm Smashes St Louis Houses. ST. LOUIS, Sept 2. A heavy rain and electrical storm here-ioday caused much damage. Lightning smashed the front wall .of the home of Frederick Brockshmltt, stunning the parents and two children. Four new flat buildings were demolished, a number of houses were unroofed and xnuchother damage was done. Winners in Uintah Lottery. VERNAL, Utah, 6ept 2. More than 60. 000 acres of land on the Uintah reserva tion have been filed upon as homesteads by persons who drew lticky numbers in the recent drawing at Provo. So far, the names of 55 persons entitled to make filings have been culled at the land of fice, and of these 381 have responded and on nam6JttAa.il. LORDSHIP OF ASIA Purpose of New Anglo-Japan ese Alliance. RUSSIA IS ENEMY FEARED Ameer of Afghanistan Changes Tune, but " Kitchener Distrusts Him. What Was Czar's Mes sage to Kaiser? LONDON. Sept ' 2. (Special.)-Great Britain and Japan are in league for the lordship of Asia. Two great facts stand out conspicuously In the Asiatic policy of Great Britain, now'. that the mists have rolled away from the Portsmouth -conference. One Is' the enlarged alliance with Japan and thfe othor the new programme on India. Perhaps the two should be con sidered In solidarity, since each Is a fac tor distinctively anti-Russian In origin and tendency. . No TruKr in Afghan Friendship. By the alliance In Its new form the con tracting powers guarantee the status quo In Asia, each pledging to defend the other If its Interests are attacked by any power or combination of powers. Russia Is the state whose aggressions they have most to fear In that part of the world, for she will take the earliest opportunity to re coup herself for the loss of Manchuria. With the collapse of the Russian mili tary bubble, the Afghan ruler changed his tune and sent flattering messages to Cal cutta. But he could not deceive the grim Kitchener. The latter has no contldence In the Ameer, and the "buffer state" is no longer regarded as likely to help check the Cossacks, should they try to descend upon the fertile plains of India. May Give France Free Hand. As illustrating the international effect of the permanent settlement the Parts press points complacently to the Morocco Sultan's compliance, under German prompting, with the demand of France for the release of the Franco-Algerian cit izen in whose behalf a military demon stration was threatened. The Matin con siders Von Buelow's course slgnlncant of a change of heart. Other Journals would not be surprised If the Kaiser, "Imitating the magnanimity of the Japanese," was to adopt the whole programme of Rou vler and bid the French go ahead in Mo rocco. This line of comment is irritating to Berlin, but William and his chancellors have profited by experience, and to con ciliate France Is the order of the day. "Nicholas sent an effusive message to Mr. Roosevelt, and the world knows tho text of It" says a week-end review. "What the world would rather see Is the text of tho communjention he sent Will lam, thanking him for the advice that stormy night off BJorke to refuse indem nity. But that did not go by wire." WILL IMITATE HOOSEVELT. Kaiser Will Go Down in Lake's Pat ent -Submarine ,Bont. KIEL, Germany, Sept 2. (Special.) A new submarine boat of 100 tons has Just been launched at the Germania wharves. It is intended to rush work on it as much as possible, as the Kaiser has signified his deMre to sink in it before the coming of Winter. The Kaiser has taken a deep interest In submarines ever since his In terview with Simon Lake, and the present boat Is declared to be of that type. Two features mark the Lake typo of submarine boats their ability to go to great depthsvind to run along the bottom on wheels ojrated with Interior machin ery. On the bottom, the wheels steer the boat In much the same way as the for ward wheels of an automobile guide it on a country road. The Kafser Is declared to be desirous of studying the Lake boat from the viewpoint of practical expe rience. For hours he has pored over the plans of the. boat and he has now Inves tigated every detail of Its construction. The Lakes, it is said, have also been at work on a searchlight In the effort to con trol the rays under water. Heretofore, the great difficulty In operating an elec tric searchlight under the sea has been the impossibility of centralizing the rays on a given object The water refracts the rays so that .they are lost a few yards away, and the depths beyond are as dark as ever. In one of his teats made In Berlin, Mr. Lake says, he descended to a depth of 137 feet and that he passed under a battleship without being discov ered. The Kaiser Is said to be deeply Inter ested In this deep-water feature of the boat a well as Its ability to roll along the bottom, and It la declared that prob ably, with characteristic braverj't he will Insist on descending to the greatest depth of which the craft is capable. It Is prob able that Count von Waldersee will ac company him, but It is not likely that the submarine voyage will extend out of the small bight that opens Into Kiel Bay at Klcihavcn. 30 miles from Kiel. FRANCE DEMANDS INDEMNITY Sultan Must Pay and Apologize for Outrage on Bouzlan. PARIS, Sept 2. The government has addressed to tho Sultan of Mo rocco another peremptory note, amounting to an ultimatum. The note says that the release of the imprisoned Algerian citizen, Bouzlan, is nov suffi cient, and demands. In addition, first tho payment of an Indemnity; second, the punishment of the Cadi who made the arrest and, third, a public apology. If all these demands are not granted within a brief delay, the French Min ister will be ordered to leave Fez pre paratory to the adoption of coercive measures Reception to Congressmen. BERLIN. Sept 2. The American Asso ciation of Commerce and Trade gave a re ception tonight In honor of the members of the Congressional delegation to .the Intcr-Parllamentary Congress who came over from Brussels. Those present were Representatives Richard Bartholdt of Missouri; Littlefield of Maine, Waldo of New York. McNary of Massachusetts, William Alden Smith, of Michigan; Nor rls of Nebraska and Barchfeldt of Penn sylvania, Discovered New Land in Arctic. STOCKHOLM. Sweden. Sept 2. A let ter from Relkjavlk, Iceland, written by a member of the Duke of Orleans' Green land party, says tho expedition discov ered a new and unknown land which was named Terre de France, and also dis covered that Cape Bismarck is a part of a -large island, and not on the main land, as hitherto assumed. French Consul to. Panama. PARIS, Sept 1 Jules Boeufve, cx-Chan-cellor of the French Embassy at Wash ington, has been appointed Consul at Panama. irWIIl Become Spanish Prince. MADRID. Sut 2 gte& have been taken for the Spanish naturalization of Prince Ferdinand ot Bavaria, who will receive appropriate Spanish rank in connection with the project for his marriage with the Infanta Maria Te resa, youngest sister of King Alfonso. Ambassador Meyer Will Rest. LONDON, Sept 2. Spencer Eddy, secretary of the American Embassy at "St Petersburg, who Is now in London," will return to .St Petersburg Septem ber 9, and act as charge d'affaires dur ing the absence of Ambassador Meyer, who will take a holiday. Typhoon Floods Shanghai. SHANGHAI. Sept 2. Shanghai was visited by k typhoon last night and this morning the entire city Is flooded, the water rising to a height of three feet This Is the first flood which haa occurred here within the last 50 years. Dispute About Macedonian Finance. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept 2. The Porte has replied to the note of the six Embassies, declining to accept the proposed scheme for the financial control of Macedonia. The powers, win Insist on the acceptance of the scheme. W BUILD TO COOS BAY INDEPENDENT LINE FROM ROSE BURG PROPOSED. F. J, Blakely Tells of the Projected' . Railway Backed by Kaat era Capital. , ' It hTv'ms altogether probable thatE. 'H. Harrlman will not be wlthbut oppo sition when his projected line into the Coos Bay country .becomes a. reality; There are at present two others who propose to build frpm Roseburg to Coos Bay In spite of the announcement that the Harrlman line will be extend ed from Drain to Marshfleld. F. J. Blakely, of Roseburg, president of the Light Water & Tower Company of that city, and owner of large prop erty Interests at. Roseburg and Coos Bay. was In Portland Inst evening and stated that It was practically certain that a line would be built connecting Roseburg and Coos Bay. Mr. Blakely Is associated with C F. Nilcs, president of the Security,- Savings & Trust Com pany, of Toledo. O., and other Eastern men, representing heavy capital. They have been considering the proposition of building from Roseburg to Coos Bay for some time nnd now stand ready to construct the line. Walter J. Snoc roa.i. formerly chief engineer for .the Toledo, St Louis & Kansas City arid other Eastern lines, has Just returned from an Inspection of the proposed route with most favorable reports. They propose to Incorporate and build to Coo Bay and then extend the lino through the Cascades at the Dia mond Lake Pass and connect with some other line in the Klamath region. This done. It Is Intended to construct a line Irom Roseburg to Portland, practi cally paralleling the Southern Pacific "There is an Intense feeling among the people of Coos Bay that they ought to have an Independent line running Into that region." said Mr. Blakely. "They consider that the line now being surveyed by Mr. Harrlman from Drain to Marsh fleld would simply make Coos Bay a way point and furnish him with a water level to San Francisco. The people of Rose burg. too. are dissatisfied with the proj ect They., realize that Roseburg Is the rational terminus for n line .running out of the Coos Bay region." The route which the new road would follow would be over the old survey made by the Spreckels Interests some years ago. It Is also reported that a man named Corksetter. at one time connr?ted with the Denver & Rio Grande, is looking at the same route. Mr. Blakely states that he knows nothing of this proposition, but If others are ready to build the road his people will not Interfere. "What we want." he said. "Is to see the Coos Bay country opened up,. It. Is a great region, and If others do not con struct the road, we shall do so." KILLED BY BOY DESPERADO Stone Finds 3fark in Girl Singing to Her Doll. NEW YORK. Sept 2.HoldIng her doll In her arms, Rosle Griffo, 14 years old, was Instantly killed yesterday near her homo In West Fifty-ninth street, by a stone alleged to have been hurled by Charles Giietto, an Italian of IS years. The boy escaped. Still clasping the doll, the bodv of the little girl was taken to her home, and de tectives were searching for the boy all night Giietto Is the lender of a band of young Italians who 'nave given the po lice much annoyance. For a long time they have annoyed tho keeper of a small store, who finally got a police man to drive them off. Giietto returned a few minutes af ter and crept up near the store. RobIo Griffo. who was a favorite In the neighborhood, at on the steos of the store singing to her doll. Muscarello, the storekeeper, sat near her, armed with a larce stone. Giietto. it ! snf,!. crept stealthily clo'ng the opposite side ot tne street. Ana wnen .Muscarello'a head was turned, threw it with all hia force. The missile struck the little girl squarely In the temple and she fell to the sidewalk, dvinr Instantlv. A. crowd of several hundred ouleklv fathered and gave chase, but Giietto evaded them and is Hill at large. Neighbors say Giietto was engaged to marry tho dead child's sister. LIVE WIRE KILLS TWO Dying Lineman Suspended Thirty Feet Above Street. CHICAGO, Sept 2. Two accidental elec trocutions occurred here today. Robert Allen, an electrician. 30 years old, while repairing telephone wires. In some man ner grasped hold of a wire heavily charged. He was held to the wire, 30 feet above the street for Jin Interval, clinging convulsively. Then he fell to the ground and was dead when picked up. Nels Anderson, motor engineer for the Illinois Steel Company, was electrocuted by coming in contact with a Hvo wire which fed tho motor connection with a hoisting crane. Anderson was seated on an arm of the crane, doing repair work, when a sudden Jar of the heavy metal piece caused him to lose his balance. He was directly over a pot of naolten metal and the only support within reach was the heavily charged wire. He knew that touching it meant instant jleatb, but It looked as if he chose the easiest of two deaths. Storm Wrecks Banana Crop. SAN JOSE. Costa. Rica. Sept 2. Reports reaching here today gave partial details of the damage caused. in the .banana zone by the hurricane of August 3L The fruit ot many ot tne aest farms was nearly or wholly blown down. About l,GQQ.tt0 bunches of banana were lot DROP HflRDT'SNflME He Will Not Be on the Jury of Awards. OLD SCANDAL IS REVIVED Letters in His Possession, However, exonerate Him or All Charges or Wrongdoing at Omaha. President H. W Goodo and Colonel Henry E. Dosch will remain on the Su perior Jury of Awards at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and another member will be appointed In the place ot H. B. Hardt assistant to Director Dosch. of the Division of Exhibit. The matter of the Superior Jury of Awards was definitely settled yesterday afternoon, when a com mittee from the Oregon State Commis sion held a consultation with President H. W. Goode. The members of the com mittee were J. H. Alberts, R. Scott and fVW. E. Thomas. The other two members f the Superior Jury ot Awards aro ex- avor George H. Williams, chairman. and Theodore B. Wilcox. Statement by Goode. President Goode stated to the commit tee that Mr. Hardt was not a member of the Superior Jury of Awards. Inasmuch as he had not been confirmed by the Ore gon State Commission when his name was submitted for approval. President Goode and Director Dosch were confirmed by the State Commission several weeks ago. Later the name of Mr. Hardt was submitted, and then the State Commission refused to confirm President Goode" and Colonel Henry E. Dosch as members of the Superior Jury of Awards. One of the members of the committee that called on President Goode stated that the Jury would stand as It Is, with another Juror lo be appointed. A communication from E. Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee, which charged H. B. Hardt with irregularities while con nected with the Division of Exhibits at the Trans-MIsslssIppl Exposition, was be fore the committee. It Is probable that the matter will be dropped, as Hardt re ceived the Indorsement of nearly all ot the officials. Including President Wattles, when the exposition was over. Hardt Accuses Rosewater. Mr. Hardt state that he aroused the enmity of Mr. Rosewater, through re fusing to b.e directed by the latter when he was following tho Instruc tions of President Wattels. Rosewater was a member of the executive committee- After that he says ho was the object of many bitter attacks In the Omaha Bee. The whole affair wad threshed over In the Omaha papers In 1S9S and Mr. Hardt has documents to prove that he was completely exoner ated of all the charges that were pre ferred against him. Charges of graft were made against him by H. S. Coch rane, ot the Schofleld-Schurmer Oil Company and by H. A. Searle, of. the Monarch Axle Grease Company, both exhibitors at the Fair. Hardt has In his possession autograph letters, from Cochrane and Searle', which, he says, completely exonerate him. The letters state that they had never .known any wrongdoing on the part of Mr. "Hardt and the allegations wero made through, unfortunate misinformation. The letters were published in the Omaha World-Herald. Speaks Highly or Hurdt. President Goode and Director of Ex hibits Dosch stated yesterday that they had the most Implicit contldence In the absolute Integrity and honesty of Mr. Hardt, and that his work with the Lewis and Clark Exposition had been characterized with unusual clean ness and thoroughness. They said his services were almost Invaluable to the Exposition, not only on account of his experience, but also because of his trustworthiness. They stated that President Wattles and E. E. Bruce, manager of the division of exhibits at the Fair, both recommended him in the most glowing terms. The State Commission at the meeting yesterday afternoon withdrew their aproval of the rules and regulations under which the awards will be made, which provide for the exhibitors fur nishing the division of exhibits three samples. It Is understood that the committee of the State Commission also discussed this matter with Presi dent Goode and that the question will be settled shortly. The Exposition management hns no desire to oppose the best Interests of the exhibitors and the state and foreign commissioners by the system of awarding the medals. This question will be decided by the committee on exhibits, which will hold a meeting within a few days. At the meeting of the Oregon State Commission yesterday afternoon a Jury was appointed to award the $2000 "In cash prizes for the best Oregon County exhibits. The Jury Is composed of Commissioner Wilson H. Falrbank, Massachusetts; Martin J. Wessels, Idaho; Commissioner J. A. Fllcher, Cal ifornia; Commissioner W. N. Steele, North Dakota, and Carles Camp! Wyoming; Tho J2000 will bo awarded In four prizes, J1000, $500, $300 and $200. LOANS WITHOUT SECURITY Law Persistently Violated by Broken Savings Banks. DENVER. Colo.. Sent L RerMror e vick. of tho defunct Denver Savings Bank, has reported to the District Court today on the condltlomof the bank. He believes that the assets of the bank will pay 73 ncr cent of depositors' claims nnri . authority to declare a dividend of 10 per cent at once. Tne report reads In part: "X am convinced that during the past few months the affairs of the hnnv h.v. been conducted la gross and willful viola tion of the banking laws ot this state. Loans have been made to persons asso ciated with and to companies officered by the same persons who. made the loans as officers of the Denver Savings Bank, and such loans wero made without collateral or upon collateral which was of a fl!mv pretext "On the books of the bank appear en tries of loans to Kink houses In Indian Territory and Texas." DENVER. Sept 2.-Judge John L Mul llnsi In tne District Court today ordered Receiver Guy Leroy Stevlck, of the Den ver Savings Bank, which closed Its doors August 19. to pay depositors Immediately a dividend of 10 per cent IN PERIL FR0M MANIAC Wild Man Is Hunted by YittsbHrg Posse. PITTSBURG, Sept 2. Armed with shotguns-and revolvers, the Misses Birdie and. Jennie Walker, of Walker's Mill, about ten miles southwest of Pittsburg, are guarding against an expected attack from an escaped maniac, against whom they -.testified when he wa3 tried for mur der in this- city February 6. Two hun dred farmers and miners are aiding Coun ty Detectives Joseph Kohen -and Robert McMillen In their hunt for the fugitive. Two bloodhounds are also on the trait Thoma3 O. Russell, the fugitive, esoaped from the Insane department at the Coun ty Home, Woodvllle; lato Friday night, and has been hunted ever since. He was sighted for the first time about S o'clock tonight within 200 yards of the Walker farm. Several searchers started In pur suit, but the fugitive escaped In the .woods and Is thought to be either hiding In the brush" or an abandoned coal mine. The Cherry Hill mine Is being guarded, as some of the searchers believe he has taken refuge there. LABOR AVERTS SPLIT. Chicago Federation Rescinds Edict About Labor Day Parade. CHICAGO, Sept 2. The threatened dis ruption of the Labor Day parade In this city has been averted. Tho Chicago Fed eration of Labor had issued an edict that no musicians save those wearing a uni form prescribed by the Federation should be allowed In the march, and It had ap pointed a committee to see that no mu sician wearing another uniform appeared In the parade. If one was found, his mu sical Instrument was to be taken away from him and he wag to be removed from the parade. The teamsters and freight handlers, who had made contracts with bands which did not wear the Uniform declared by the Federation of Labor to be the only cor rect thing, declared that there would bo trouble If anybody attempted to take their musical Instruments away. The feeling grew bitter and for a tlmo threat ened to ruin the parade. The Federation this afternoon decided to" recall Its edict and musicians in all varieties of uniforms will be allowed In the line of march. Most of the largest organizations, such as the carpenters and printers, will have picnics on Monday. The teamsters will attempt to muster every one of their members to walk. Their purpose is to show that they were not discouraged by the recent strike. Labor day will bring no Joy to Infants of the poor, for milkmen will not make deliveries Monday. Milk delivered Sun day morning, 43 hours old at that time, must serve until Tuesday morning. All Will Preach on Labor. CHICAGO, Sept 2. Practically every Presbyterian minister In the United States will preach on some, phase of the labor question tomorrow, as the result of an appeal from the department of church and labor of that denomination, which hns its offices In Chicago. Besides the 7000 Presbyterian ministers, thousands in other denominations have taken up the question, so that more labor, sermons will be heard on Sunday than on any other day in the history of the church. Over lOOT requests for special literature to be distributed after the sermons have come to Superintendent Charles Stejzle, so that millions of pages of printed mat ter will be Issued presenting appeals to both church and labor as to their re spective duties- In relation to this prob May Call Ofr Santa Fe Strike. TOPEKA. Kan., Sept. 2,-After ap pointing a committee of seven to hold a conferenco with the management oX the Santa Fe regarding the calling off of tho strike at the varloua shops of that company, the delegates- to the annual con vention of District 41, International As sociation ot Machinists, adjourned until Monday morning. The action of the con vention In appointing a conference com mittee Is taken here as Indicating that the union is willing to abandon the strike It the strikers are taken back by the company. The district represents local unions at all shop points on the entire Santa Fe system. Railroads Sustain Firemen. CLEVELAND, Sept. 2. (Special.) The wages and hours of every locomotive en gineer in tho United States, Canada and' Mexico may be affected by a decision reached by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Roads today In which the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen- won a signal victory In the contest with the engineers. W. S. Stone, grand chief en gineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, is authorltyfor the state ment There has been differences be tween the two orders and the railroads mentioned sustained the firemen. Will Not Yield to Blacksmiths. TOPEKA. Kan.. Sept. 2,-Gcneral Man ager J. Hurley, of the Santa Fe Railroad, today stated that the company would not withdraw the bonus system from Its black smith shops before October 1 or at any other time. If the blacksmiths adhere to their ultimatum Issued yesterday, Mr. Hurley's statement means that the men will walk out on October 1. Dock Laborers on Strike. MONTREAL. Sept 2. Two hundred dock Jaborers went on strike yesterday for an Increase In wages. The strikers were brought here two years ago to take the places of members of the Longshore men's Union who went on strike at that time, demanding a similar Increase. FOREST FIRES STOP SHIPS Pali or Smoke Over St. Lawrence Makes Navigation Unsafe. MONTREAL, Sept 2. Fog-stranded vessels and smoke from forest fires have practically brought shipping to a standstill between Mon treat, and the Gulf of St Lawrence. Latest reports received here today from the stranded Allan liner Victorian, at Capo Charles, state that she has not moved and Is not filling with water. The passengers have remained on board. The Ley land liner Virginian, whlgh, went ashore yesterday at Crane Is land, below Quebec, was completely submerged at high water today. Her agents here say that they still hope to save the steamer. Reports from points along the river, tell of one of, the worst fogs and smoke palls in many years. 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"Word reached the pilot's office here to day that all big liners were advised to anchor at Battlscan, above the stranded Allan liner, wnlle- vessels In the low er river have been advised to move very slowly. The fog and smoke still hang over the river today, and three Liverpool liners due here were de tained Indefinitely. Steamers which sailed from here today are at anchor In the river above the stranded Victo rian, awaiting the lifting- of the (og. WAITS TO SEE BROTHER Deported Consumptive Secures De luy Under Pathetic Circumstances. NEWT YORK. Sept 2. The machinery of the Immigration law at this port has been stopped In the case of a young Irishman, who had been ordered sent back to his Island home, because he is, suffer ing from tuberculosis. This unusual pro cedure was taken so that the man's brother, en route from Indianapolis, might see him for the first and probably last time. Patrick Kilroy. a well-to-do old Irish man, who for nearly a quarter of a cen tury has made his home In North Salem. Ind., decided a few weeks ago that the climate of Indiana was the thing to re store the health of his son. Thomas, whom he left In Ireland when he came to the United States in the early '80. He sent for the joung man and wrote that Thomas would be met at the Indianapolis station by his brothers and sisters, sev eral ot whom he had never seen. Young Kilroy arrived In New York last Sunday morning on- the Celtic. The Marine Hospital doctors who boarded tho Celtic at quarantine, ordered his return on the Celtic Thursday afternoon Kilroy was ordered to prepare for the voyage Friday morn ing. A few moments later a telegram ar-" rived from KHroy's brother, who said that, although ho was coming East on the fastest "train he could get, he would bo unable to reach New York until 15 min utes ;af ter the Celtic sailed. 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