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9 THE SUNDAY- OREGONJAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 21, 19Q3. LOSS IS GREATER THAK REPORTED Cuban Hurricane Extends Across Island, Leaving ' Death in Trail. BATABANO LOSES HEAVILY Southern Coabt of Florida In Track of Cyclone Scene of . Much Lobs of Life and Debtruction. HAVANA. Oct. 20. (Special.) More eompJete reports have been received by Governor Mngoon and show that the re cent hurricane, which swept across Cuba, has .caused greater damage than was. at tlrst supposed. Scores of lives are now knowA to have been lost as the result of the storm. The worst reports corne from the Bata hano, on the south coast of Cuba, the point where the cyclone first struck the Island. Forty fishing schooners are now known to have been lost. Many corpses have been picked up floating in the bay, and it Is believed the dead at this point alone wiH reach nearty 100. The majority of the victims are Spanish fishermen. Wreckage from the vessels which were destroyed Titer the shores for miles. It Is believed that several small schooners were wept out to sea and lost, their crews pcrtehinK. Bululmiio SufTcrs Severely. The town itself suffered severely. Nine bodies have been removed so far from the ruins. On every hand are to be seen evidences of the storm's fury. Houses were blown down, trees were uprooted, and de vastation has been wrought generally. A conservative estimate of tho damage in that city 4s $Coo,ow). The greatest dam Hfte was caused in the lower portion of the city. The upper section away from the shore escaped almost miraculously. The wharves were badly damaged, in many cases completely wrecked. TUKKIISLK KFFKCTS IX FLOlUDA Hundreds of Sailors and Iredge Men Drowned Off Coast. JACKSONVILLE, Kin.. Oct. 20. A fipeeitii to the Metropolitan from Miami, Kla., eays: The Miami steamer St. Lucie was crushed- by the high waves in Thurs day's hurricane, and out of 100 persons on board 35 were lost. The steamer Peerless also lost about the same number, they being blown off the vessel. The launch Klmore was capsized, and Is thou-ght to be a total Ions. The launch Manny was badly dam aged. Work barges Nos. 6 and 7 and dredge No. 4. f the East Coast Road, broke away and drifted to sea.- but -are now safe on the other Fide of Bi-scayne Bay. Th- Peninsula & Occidental, shed was badly damaged. No persons at Miami were hurt. The houseboat Theta, north of Jupi ter, was turned over. A few persons were hurt, but none seriously. Two lighters were set adrift at Jew fish, and two water barges broke loose in Blarkwnter. The tide was three feet higher in Barnes Sound than Black water. Knight Key dock and crew are safe. About 50 men have Just ar rived at Miami from Long Key. They report about T men and the quarter boat at Long Key safe ; also two barges remain at Long Key, but the. remainder of the men and plant lo cated there are gone. It is estimated that 50 lives were lost on dredges at Lower Mutecumbe. The dredges Oyama, Mikado, Manetto and Dodge are Fa re. There was heavy loss of life on the dredges at Long Key. The steamer Vlglancia is expected this afternoon with bodies. The steamer Bisoayne arrived this morning in good condition. She met the steamer Virginia on her way after the bodies if the men who ware washed ashore from the St. Lu-ie. The steam er Biscayne gave the Virginia 25 men to assist In picking up the dead. The Biscayne was at Long Key after the storm, and reports boat No. 4 gone to sea. MIAMI STILIi CUT OFF. Little Abatement of AY i nil Along Florida Const. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Oct. .-(Special.) Communication with Miami is still cut off. Storm conditions still prevail all along the Klorida coast, and the wind Ls blowing a hurricane, while intermittent ahowers of rain continue to fall. The los by the storm along the coast will lie great, although details will not be possi ble for several hours. The remnants of the cyclone that laid waste Havana are spreading northwesterly, and. although diminishing In strength, are still of suffi cient force to demolish wires and gen erally interfere with all land and sea communication. The loss of life by the storm as now estimated will not be more than 150. The story of the destruction of KUiott's Key. 25 miles south of Miami, is confirmed in part, but those who are In a position to know declare that, when details are re ceived, it will be found that most of the workingmen there had warning in time to escape on the boats that were anchored to leeward of the little isle. The officials of the Klorida Kast Coast Railroad are sending men and supplies to several points along their line, where damage from the storm is reported. WltKCK OX V I RG I X I A CO AST Report of I'nknown Vessel From Cape Henry. NORFOLK, Ya., Oct. 20. A private message to the Virginia Pilot from Cape Henry reports an unknown vessel hard ashore n a dangerous place near the cape. The wreck is half .a mile south of Cape Henry life-saving station and is that of a large steamship. Life-savers from Virginia Beach are unable to secure a car to take them to the scene and are making the best time possible on foot to aid the Cape Henry station crew. Tobacco Crop Is Damaged. HAVANA, Oct. 3Q.-Reports of the dam age done by the storm in the interior of the island continue to come in slowly. The extent of the damage to the tobacco crop in the Province of Ptnar del Rto is not yet fully known, but it is belieVed to be great.. The tobacco was planted late this year on account of the continued rains, hence- the plants have not yet sprouted and many of the seed beds have been washed out, necessitating replanting. Which will retard-the crop. The storm is reported to have been very severe In the Vuelta Afjaja district of Plnar del Rio. RECOVERS SCORE OF BODIES Lost at Elliott's Key, Brought to Miami. MIAMI, Fla.; Oct. 20. The steamer Vir ginia, with 21 bodies from the ill-fated steamer St: Lucie, . arrived here tonight from Elliott's Key. Great crowds gath ered at the dock, some looking for bodies of loved ones, others out of curiosity. Many of the bodies are unidentified. Havana Wire Down Again. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (Special.) After being shut off since early today, the Western Union Telegraph Company got its cable to Havana at 5 o'clock tonight and held it for a space of five minutes, when it failed again. The cable itself is Intact, but the trouble is with the line between the cable station and Havana. Communication will be restored by Sun day noon. Saved From Open Boat. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.. Oct. 20. A wire less message was received here tonight from the steamer Lucas, two miles out, announcing that she picked up yester day morning 35 miles from Flowery Creek lighthouse seven men, all of whom were working for a fish company. Their boat had broken loose and they were carried out to sea. CHARGES EMERSON, FUSIOXIST, WITH CRIMINAL LIBEL. Accusation of Bribing- Democrats to Vote for Quay for Senator Rouses ex-Boss. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) A warrant calling for the arrest of Leads Emerson, Fusion candidate for Governor, was issued today. The com plainant was James 11. McNichol and the charges criminal libel. Later a suit for damages of $25,000 wae entered by Mc Nichol' s attorney for hearing before or after election. The suits were caused by a speech Em erson is reported to have made at Leb anon, Pa.. Oct. 15, in 'which he charged that McNichol bought five Democratic votes in the Legislature of 1901 to sup port Marshall for Speaker of the House. Marshall was the "Quay candidate," and on his election depended Quay's return to the Senate. Emen?6n declared that, when Quay had given up the struggle as hopeless, McNichol jumped in, declaring he would turn the tide. Emerson charged that McNichol bribed five 'Democratic members of the Legisla ture to leave Marshall, and paid $15,000 for each vote. UTES LEAVE FOR MONTANA IJcnegailc Indians Heading North Toward Crow Country. WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. The Interior Department today received a dispatch from Deputy Game Warden Johnson, at Newcastle. Wyo.. savin? that the rene gade Utes had left Gillette .and were mov ing north rapidly. , This is .interpreted to mean- that the Indians are headed for the Crow reservation or -the . northern Cheyenne reservation. The dispatch was transmitted . to Jhc. War. .Department..: SOLDIEKS GO IN PITUSIIT. Tenth Cavalry Leaves to Make "Good Indians." SHERIDAN. Wyo.. Oct. 20. Ten troops of the Tenth Cavalry left Fort Robinson, Neb., at noon today from Gillette. Wyo., to round i'! the band of marauding Ute Indians from the White Rock agency. Utah, who have been slaughtering stock and making other depredations near Gil lette. The commanding officer is said to have instructions from the War Depart ment to take the Indians dead or alive. WARNING TO THE THUGS Hold-l'p Man Caught in Act Given Ten Years at Folsonn SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. (Special.) A hold-up man who was caught in the act of robbing a man along the water front was given his deserts by Judge Lawler this morning, receiving a sentence that will give him employment on the rock pile at Folsom for the coming ten years of his life. The fellow was Bernard Duf fey. He was arrested by Policeman Jen kins in September while going through the pockets of Harry Gibbons, from whom he got 85 cents. When up for sentence this morning a plea for clemency was made on behalf of Puffey by his attorney, on thex ground that the hold-up man was - not armed at the time of taking the money. This argument had no weight with Judge Law ler, who said from the bench that the thugs now harbored in the city should be taught a lesson and an example should be made of everyone caught. Accordingly he sentenced the thug to 10 years In state prison. MORE DELAY FOR HERMANN Trial on Washington Indictment Comes After Christmas. OREGONI AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 20. Representative Binger Hermann will not be placed on trial in this city on the indictment charging de struction of 3." official letterpress copy books until some time after the Christ mas holidays. No definite arrangement for the trial has been made, but the court's docket is now . so filled that it will be impossible to hear the case with in the next three months. Since tho case was last postponed at the time Mr. Heney was called to San Francisco nothing has been heard from Hermann and his whereabouts are un-. known to the court. No anxiety is felt on that score, however, as he has prom ised to appear when needed. Under the agreement made last Spring. Hermann cannot be placed on trial at Portland un til after his case has been trie'd here. SQUIERS GOES TO PANAMA Succeeds Ma goon as Minister to Isth mus Republic WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. It was an nounced at the State Department today that Herbert G. Scjuiers, of New Tork, had been selected to be American Minis ter at Panama, to succeed Charles E. Magoon. Schuinan-Heirik's Concert Tour. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Mme. Schu-mau-Heink appeared in eoncert this afternoon at Carnegie Hall. This was the first of a series of concerts which she will give in a number of the larger cities throughout the country. CALLS ON HEARST TO PLAY FAIRLY Hughes Gives Opponent Credit for What Good He Does. CAMPAIGN GROWS LIVELY Republican Candidate Tours North ern New York and Joins Issue With Hearst on Gas Investi ' gallon In Empire City. OGDEXSBURG, N. Y.t Oct. 10. C. E. Hughes today made I' long sweep Into the great north country, his travels for the day bringing him from the foothills of the Catskill Mountains to the shores of the St. Lawrence River. Stops were scheduled at six cities, but at many other places crowds were gathered at the sta tions. Wherever it was possible, Mr. Hughes shook hands with the people. Mr. Hughes spoke here tonight in the hall where on Thursday night Mr. Hearst DELEGATES FROM ALASKA TO CONGRESS l , , ! I f aSRTVft; 1 I t A -y :t 'hi f I: I j Thomas Cole. appeared. The hall was crowded to its capacity, and Mr. Hughes was enthusias tically received. . "When my opponent talks of Thomas Jefferson and .Abraham Lincoln," said Mr. . Hughes, "I want to know whether Thomas Jefferson or Abraham Lincoln would haye organized his .business. into a corporation and evaded the Just responsi bilities of citizenship. I want to know whet her Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Jef-lerson"- -would-' -"have - " devised - '& ' scheme through which the burdens of government could be ignored. It is a. very small mat ter whether my opponent's corporations pay taxes, in one sense? it is a very great matter whefher my opponent Is political ly sincere. "Yesterday he spoke of me as having been attorney for the lighting trust. The lighting trust, as it is commonly meant in the City of New Tork, is the lighting with which we dealt in the gas investiga tion with which I had the honor to be connected. Now, the fact is that 17 years ago I did write two or three briefs for one or two electric companies in connec tion with the matter of taking down the overhead wires, but I never represented the Consolidated Gas Company or any gas company, or what we are now deal ing with as the lighting monopoly or the lighting trust, in my life. "I- have no desire to take- from my op ponent the slightest credit to which he is entitled in regard to the 80-cent gas fight. Nor should he, on the other hand, attempt for the purpose of getting votes to minim ize the work of the gas investigation. Ho knows better." Mr. Hughes tonight gave out the fol lowing statement: "Our meetings this week have been more encouraging than those of last week.. Everywhere thore has been frreat Inter est, not to say enthusiasm. We continue to meet many Democrats who refuse to stultify themselves by approving the ac tion of the Buffalo convention." PEOPLE'S OR CORPORATE RULE Bryan Says That Is Issue Xow Re fore Country. DENVER, Oct. 50. William J. Bryan was compelled to abandon his arrange ments to speak In Denver tonight because of an engagement to deliver an address at Indianapolis. Ind.. on Monday, which required that- he should leave Denver this afternoon He spoke for 20 minutes, how ever, from a baggage truck at the Union Depot, while waiting for the regular Bur lington train to depart at 4:35. addressing more than 1000 people. While he was speaking snow fell steadily and the cold wind which was blowing made his audi ence restless. Enthusiasm was rife, not withstanding the discouraging weather, and Mr. Bryan was cheered as he made pointed references in his remarks. Mr. Bryan approved of the action "of the Colorado state Democratic convention In unseating the Speer delegation from the City and County of Denver, admitting that the unseating of a regular delegation was unquestionably radical, but contend ing that sometimes it became necessary because of -the influences which sought to control the organization. He declared that the great' issue before the people now was whether the people should rule the country or corporate in terests should be given the rein. Private monopoly had thrived so long under Re publican rule, he said, (hat the people had unwittingly surrendered the right to govern themselves. Legitimate corpora tions should be and could be controlled, he asserted, but private monopoly soon became so arrogant and powerful that the people's rights faded away and their power to govern vanished. He concluded by advising all who voted for him in 1896 and 1900 to vote the straight Democratic ticket again this year. Earlier in the day, Mr. Bryan visited the largest towns in Northern Colorado and was greeted by large audiences in spite of unfavorable weather. Cannon Defends Wadsworth. BATAVTA. N. Y.. Oct. 20. Speaker Can non, of the House of Representatives, ad dressed a large audience here tonight. He devoted a portion of his remarks to the career of J. W. V adsworth, of Genesee, present chairman of the House committee on agriculture, who seeks re-election from the Thirty-fourth District. Mr. Cannon supported Mr. Wads worth's position In the i Investigation of the packing-houses and his attitude on the meat inspection bill. Mr. Cannon went West at midnight. BOSS MCRPHY IS GRILLED. Hearst Calls Charges of Tammany Leader Stupid." SARATOGA, .N. T., Oct. 20. Before leaving for Glens Falls today W. R. Hearst .made the following statement about the charges made by c. F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall: "When these charges were ffrst made I said that they were nothing more than a stupid campaign ' falsehood. They were proved to be exactly that both false and stupkl- -There has been much needless and baseless criticism of the so-called Gilsey House clique, or executive com mittee of the Independent League, from which I have frequently been specifically excluded. I do not desire to be secluded. I am ' proud to be associated with the gentlemen of the Independence League who have unselfishly given so much of their time and contributed from their own pockets to promote the cause of the peo ple in the last campaign and in this cam paign. "Murphy's -statement is not any more false and foolish than other statements that have been made, but I am distinct ly glad that he -made that statement and that he was put under oath before the grand Jury and compelled to say it was baseless and reckless. "The Independence League is endeavor ing to the best of its ability honestly and unselfishly to serve the people to promote the interests of the people and secure the election of men who will faithfully serve the people. Where Democrats are in dorsed they are indorsed because they be lieve they are of the character of men who will serve the people. Where Repub licans, like Judge Rosalsky, is endorsed it is because we believe that he has served them faithfully. He is endorsed for that 14 "3 Frank X. Waskey. reason, and for no other reason whatever. We are willing to unite-with honest men of any party to further the people's cause, but we make no deals and submit to no dictation:" - HEARST FAVORS GOOD PAY' Tells Laborers Good-AYages Should ; : Follow-Good" AYork: " SCHENECTADY. N. Y.. Oct. 20. With two big meetings in this city and two in Glens Falls, William R. Hearst tonight closed his fourth up-state tour. At Glens Falls, the birthplace of Charles E. Hughes. Mr. Hearst's opponent, where Mr. Hughes himself spoke day before yes terday, Mr. Hearst had a warm reception. The Opera-House was crowded and there was a large overflow meeting. The crowds here and at Glens Falls were largely com posed of workingmen from the factories. Mr. Hearst's speeches dealt with his at titude toward labor. He said: "I, believe that good wages for good work is an American principle and is Just as important to the business man who keeps a store or conducts any other legitimate business as it is to the labor ing man who works for wages. The prosperity of any legitimate business man depends upon the purchasing power of the masses. Where the mass of the people receive the greatest amount in wages and salary they spend more money at the stores. These stores order more goods from the factory, the factories demand more raw materials from the mines and the farms, the standard of living is higher and the whole business community and the farming community prosper. I do not entertain these ideas for campaign purposes, but have entertained them and advocated them and practiced them all my life." HENEY TO PROBE GRAFT (Continued From Page 1.) cover, although it was stated over a week ago that Burns had been lending some as sistance to the Investigation of charges of graft. He was able to eecure cnyugh evi dence to warrant a further and vigorous prosecution, and today Spreckele and Heney talked the matter over before Dis trict Attorney Langdon, with the results stated. Heney states that for the success of the work it must be done secretly and against great obstacles, but that he has no doubt of its ultimate success. He states that the obstacles are no greater than In the Oregon land cases, and he is satisfied they can be overcome. He declares he already has sufficient evidence to warrant this confidence. Masonic Temple Destroyed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20. A re that started shortly before 1 o'clock in the afternoon in a booth connected with the street fair in Kansas City, Kan., on Ann street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, caused a loss estimated at over $150,000, and for a time threatened the business center. The Masonic Temple, at Seventh and Ann streets, valued at J50, 000: 80 boottis, containing valuable ex hibits of various kinds, and five resi dences, were destroyed, and the Central Christian Church, at Seventh and Arm strong streets, was damaged. The fire started from the overturning of a small stove in one of the booths. Wait for Waverly Heights. Makes its presence known by many signs, glandular tumors, bunches in the neck, cutaneous eruptions, in flamed eyelids, sore ears, catarrh and wasting diseases. Hood'sSarsaparilla Effects permanent cures. Scrofula STRIKERS BALK AT LUCE (Continued From Pace ! night, "were in fact union men, but there was no rule that they should belong to the union. . As a matter of fact, if the strike were to be settled on the basis of excluding? the weighers, samplers and machine men from the agreement to recognize the union, there would be no objection on 'the part of some of the dock owners, in isolated cases, as it were, to employing union men in these capaci ties. It is the principle that we are con tending for. Dragged In by the Ears. "From our standpoint tho union was not justified in bringing this particular question, up after negotiations for a set tlement of the strike were commenced, inasmuch as the status of the weighers, samplers and machine men was not in volved in the original controversy. "If the union will concede to us the right to follow our own inclinations in the matter of employing weighers, sam plers and machine men,' concluded Mr. Burns, "there will be no difficulty about settling the strike. We can nnd places for and will take back all strikers who were in good standing with the union at the time the strike, was declared and will recognize the union. "Of course we shall insist on taking care of the men who are now working for us, but as. fast as they drop out we will till their places with union men. As to this phase of the settlement there is no misunderstanding between ourselves and the union. Here is the view of the strike situa tion taken by Mr. Sewell, who gave out the following interview last night: 3Ir. Sewell Gives Version. "The strikers have been advised, all along, to place the matter of adjustment in the hands of their committee, and it is believed they will approve of any recom mendation made by this committee, al though the committee has never been ac corded full authority to settle tht mat ter. During the first three meetings with the exporters, the committee kept the union advised of every move. If the Mayor had made his proposal to arbitrate differences instead of wages, as the grain handlers were led to believe by the rep resentatives of the exporters, they "would not have kept the members of their union waiting, expecting to be able to secure for .them a basis of settlement that would be satisfactory. "They were led to believe that their differences could be amicably adjusted. The question of recognition of the union arose as a matter of dl&pute, and ever since that time the committee has never been able to reach a satisfactory under standing of that matter. "The weighers, samplers and machine men comprise but a small part of the grainhandlers. and have never been recognized by the exporters, except when doing other work. This has always been a-matter of dispute and one which has reused much trouble in the organization. It was the only matter that - remained unsettled Friday. Yesterday morning the dock managers, representing the export ers, and the committee from the grain handlers, met arid the matter of full recognition of the unioli came up. A plan proposed by the grainhandlers was adopted by both sides. This measure remained only' to be acted upon by the exporter themselves and everything would have been settled. This did not prove satisfactory to them and) a com promise measure was proposed by the grainhandlers and again accepted by the representative of the exporters. . "In the; meanMmeith- filanwhich the representatives of the grainhandlers had XijBo.pEJ sbm. 'uodn pai?)3s pdsoddns changed by the exporters, entirely alter ing it. The exporters entirely refused to recognize the weighers, samplers and machine men as union men, even failing to give them tlje slight recognition they enjoyed. under last year's agreement. When this amended clause No. 3, as pre pared" by the exporters, was presented to the grainhandlers, committee, so changed in its conditions. It was con sidered that further negotiations would be useless, and hopes for an amicable adjustment were practically abandoned. This is the present status of affairs. I am not even sure that another confer ence will be held." The present season promised to prove a banner year in the history of Port land's grain exporting business, but since the strike shipping has almost come to a standstill. , Yesterday another large steamship chartered to load here was ordered to Puget Sound. This vessel is the Brit ish tramp steamship Strathnairn, now ready to leave Hongkong. Instead of coming to Portland, Kerr, Gifford & Co., her charterers, have Issued or ders for her to go to Tacoma. This is the fourth large steamship diverted by that firm in the last few weeks, and as each or these large carriers is capa ble of haandling about 6000 tons it will be seen that 24,000 tons of grain will be shipped from Tacoma, though Portland was entitled to it. Three of the four vessels, the Brit ish steamships Aberlour and Strathfil lan, and the German steamship Neth erlands, are already on Puget Sound, whereas had the local situation per mitted they would now be loading here. Along the waterfront yesterday very little work was done, outside of loading vessels of the coastwise lumber fleet and the British steamship Wyneric. The largest nonunion crew was employed on the steamship Hazel Dollar, which is loading at Montgomery dock, and Kerr, Gifford & Co. have marshaled all their forces in an effort to get this vessel away within a reasonable time. Other vessels moored at the grain docks remained practically idle, for aside from small amounts of wheat placed in the Nerelde and Ville de Mulhouse, nothing was accomplished. The cement-laden ships are practically helpless, for the longshoremen remain ob durate and refuse to unload them, and the efforts to unload them with nonunion men have not been as successful as the shipowners had hoped. PACKING-HOUSES COMBINE (Continued From Pae 1.) with the new turn of affairs these talks are presumed to have had to do with tne proposed new English corporation. Then the prolonged stay of Sir Thomas Lipton. who still is credited with holding large blocks of securities retained by htm when his plant was transferred to other pack ers, is said td be significant. He has been much with packing magnates since his arrival in the city, and has spent some time at the Lake Forest homes of these men. Most of the conferences, it is de clared, have been held in that suburb. Capital to Be $500,000,000. If the English holding company is or ganized and takes in the chief concerns now operating, the line-up will be as fol lows: Capital. Armour & Co 2o.000,000 Swift & Co 60.000.000 Nelson, Morris & Co 3f-.CW.O0O National Packing Company 15.000.000 Schwarzschild & Sulzberger 10.000.000 Cudahy Packing Company nominal The volume of business handled by these six concerns probably runs close to $750,000,000 a year, for thVt of the first two runs above J200.000.000 a year each. The capital necessary to swing the business in all likelihood is very close to the J500.000.000 suggested as the possible I SS ON capital of the new ' company. ' for. aside 1 from the nominal capital of the Armour I and Swift concerns, both companies are t very heavy borrowers of noney at all umes in tne open marKei. . These new rumors recall the effort made in 1902 to oieanize the Tnited States Packing Company with a prospective cap ital of Jo00.000.000. Negotiations were all but concluded for the taking over not only of the "big six" but all the minor packing concerns as' well. The tight money period which developed just at that time, together .with moves by the Government to prosecute the so-called "beef trust," are blamed for the project's failure. J. Ogden Armour was In conference with -Arthur Meeker at his Lake Forest home this morning, and Louis K. Swift was said to have been present. None of these men would say anything about the proposed new company. ARMOrR AXD SWIFT DEXT XV Know Nothing of Combination and Call Report Baseless. CHICAGO. Oct. 30. When asked tonight regarding the amalgamation of the pack ing interests. J. Ogden Armour said: "I know nothing whatever about such o proposition; in fact, this Is the rtrst that 1 have heard about it, and I am sure. If such a transaction was contemplated 1 would have some knowledge of it." Loui Swift, of Swift & Co., a!so em phatically denied there was any founda tion for such a report. During the afternoon Mr. Armour and Mr, Swift were in conference, but it was denied that their meeting had anything to do with the alleged combination of in terests. '' QUAKE WRECKS TRESTLE Portland, Me., Shaken and Xew Highway Bridge Damaged. PORTLAND. Me.. Oct. 20. Two earth shocks tonight destroyed about 100 feet of a temporary highway structure which crosses the upper harbor. The first shock was felt at 6 o'clock and the second at 7:07. Both shocks were light, but were distinctly felt by pedestrians. Accompany. ing the rumbling was the sound made by the cracking of the timbers of the tem porary structure. It is feared that great damage has been done to the foundation of the new high way bridge nearby, for which jajO.OOO was appropriated recently. SHAKES TIIIXGS OFF SHELVES Quake Rooks Islands Around Bidde ford and Breaks Dishes. BIDDEFORD. Me..' Oct. 20. An earth quake severe enough to rattle dishes and shake articles from shelves was felt at Biddeford Pool and Wood . Island, at the mouth of the Saco River, shortly before 11:30 o'clock today. It was the strongest and most noticeable of the series of earthquake tremors which has been felt in York County shore towns from Kit. terey to this city for two days, and it caused genuine alarm among the - resi dents of Biddeford Pool, eight miles from this city. The shock was not felt here, though In Kitterey and in York, to the westward, there was a very distinct earthquake at 11:10 A. M. NO ROAD TO PACIFIC COAST President Hughitt Denies Report About Northwestern Line... - MILWAUKEE, .Wis., Oct. 20. (BpecialJ President Marvin Hughitt, -of -tire "Chi cago & Northwestern road, while in Mil waukee his afternoon, put to rest all speculation regarding the company and a Pacific Coast line, which has been sug gested as one of the results of the com. pany's action in increasing the capitaliza tion of the company from $100,0u0,000 to S200.000.000. "The new stock is in the nature of an authorization by the stockholders, not an issue of stock, and it may be some time before it is issued," he said. "As to this talk of a Pacific Coast line, the company has at no time contemplated such an ex tension, or any other large extension of the present system. It does not contem plate it now. "We expect, however, to use money as needed for -desirable improvement of our present lines, Just as we have been doing in this state, where our Green Bay-Manitowoc line will be opened for business on Monday." MUST . ANSWER IN COURT Insurance Agents-Called to Account for Actions. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. With the return of Samuel Untermyer, its counsel, on the Amerika today, the International Policyholders' Committee announced that summary action would be taken for its crimina.1 charges filed with Superinten dent Kelsey against the New York Life. George R. Schrugham, the committee's organization manager, may go before a police magistrate and apply for a war rant for the arrest of certain of the com pany's officers or agents, on charges of insurance law violations. Snowstorm in South Dakota. BIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 20. Dis patches received at the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul office in this city state that a heavy snow storm with wind prevailed all night on the Rapid City extension of that road in South Dakota. The snow is drifting and Bnowplows have been ordered to Chamberlain and Presho. Waverly Heights. 66 71? 9 Humphreys' Seventy Seven Cures Grip and "There's nothing so bad for a Cough as Coughing." Coughing is like scratching a wound ; so long as it is done, it will not heal. When tempt ed to Cough, draw a long breath through the nostrils; hold it until it warms the air cells. The nitrogen thus refined, allays the desire to cough and gives the throat and lungs a chance to heal. The. use of "Seven ty-seven" will aid Nature in her ef forts to recuperate. At Druggists, 25 centi or mailed. ET'Doctor's Book mailed free. Humphrey's Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor William and John streets. New Tork.' COLDS The Coat That Was Dislocated By A. Taylor Cutter N' Off Sweat Me!" sa-ld the C&at. but this is Cruelty to Cloth." "What the deuce are you do ing with me. Old Dr. Goose?" "You've got me all shrunk up and stretched out In spots till I feel like a "distortion!" "Oli. that'll be All night, Mr. Coat," said the Doctor. "I'm merely putting a little Style into you by my Chain-lightning process!"; "Just grin and bear it for a few minutes longer, Mr. Coat, and the Opera tion will soon be over." So the Coat took Old Dr. Goose's -Medicine without wincing, and came out of the Ordeal looking Slick as a "Poole of London" Production. It laid around your Neck as Smooth as Varnish and it Curved round your Chest in a way that was Shell-shaped and Killing. When you were Slid into It carefully, by the Able Salesman, and were then in troduced to yourself in the tall mirror you couldn't hchi thinking "My, what a Handsome Devil that Person in the Glass is!" So you Bought the Slick Coat, and you know what happened to it a week, later. H was the Same Old Story of the tight Collar, the bulging Lapel, the sagging Shoulders, and the humable hunch-backed expression. All the "Style" . had vanished out of that Garment after the first few days' wear in Damp Weather. The Flat-iron faking .had wilted out, and your Coat heeded another close of Old Dr. Goose's Tonic, viz., pressing, to brace it up again. ' 1 But, if that Coat had been made by "Sincerity Tailoring," by thorough hand-needle-work Shaping instead of by the faky Flat-iron, things would have been everlastingly different. Because the strong threads in the close stitching would have held the garment In shape as long as the threads of the cloth held together. ' And the sincere hand-sewing which holds the curves and concavities 'of Ivuh, Nathan & Fischer garments in shape till worn out, also adds strength to the. cloth at the stralny places where strength is most needed.' , Of course, you couldn't know the dif ference between our hand-stitched "Sin cerity Clothes" and- the usual flat-iron-faked . kind until we told . you about it. . But, it's up to you- now. If your next suit pr. overcoat bears, the label of the "Sincerity Tailors," there wUl be mare satisfaction more permanent style,- and shape-retentldny 'In ' it than you're likely to get from a fairly high priced tailor. It wouldn't pay us to advertise that fact If we couldn't "Make Good" on It. Would it? So just make a note of our label (below), for it means Style-Insurance to you, and Shape-retention, at no extra, cost. That label reads SINCERITY CLOTHES made and guaranteed by Ruh, Nathan 4. Fischer Co. CHICAGO Start the Day witha drauchtof TARK ANT'S the firnt thine on rtslnK. nnd you utart the day rijtht. It' an efferve8ent, saline draught, very cooling and refreshing and peculiar? gratuyliig to the palate In bummer weather. Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient (Reg. u. s. pu. oa.) clears the limin, stffadtes the nerves and puts the digpfltive organs in tune tor the day. Children like it. For eo years TARRANT'S has heen pra Kribedas a preventative and cure forindi KPfltlon, billnunneBS, headache, constipation and liver trouble. Nothing like It at any price. 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