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A. The JnlILLSBR VOL. IX. IIILLSliOUO, OIIEOON, THURSDAY, OCTOIIEI. 23, 1902. NO. 32. EVENTS OF TUB DAY QATIILRED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HCMISniLRCS. Comprehensive Review uf th Import nt Happening, o( th, I'iMt Wetk, Pre sealed In Condensed Form, Moat Likely to I'rov, Interesting to Our Many Readers. Tlio United Irish league will raise $100,000 to fight tlia landlord. Fifteen llvra wore liwt by tlm recit ing "( boat In Chinese water. A Tnxta mob overpowered officer In court anil lynched two Negri es. General Mlli'a wa mbUd In Hono lulu of his valla" containing iowelry ml other valuables. Boilermaker In the Wabash shop at Hpringeflld, 111,. have gone on strike lor an lucre in wage. (ieorgn Hrolth, colored, an trial In Portland for murdering lila wife, baa Ixhih (otinil guilty of murder In the fir. t dngne. ' At ilia official trial til tin monitor Wyoming, alia showed kjhoh o( l'.'H knot), one knot mora tlian wa called tor In the contract. The aUteuient o tlm collection ol Inturnal revenue (or September ahow a dwrease ol $1,7 18,770, aa compared with tlio aoind iiMilltb ol 1U0I. Veiioaunla la again at out with Greet Drltaln. It la alleged tlm latter agreed to put down the rebellion II aha wore given a 30 ier cent reduction ol cus torn on good going into Venemela. . Tlm awretary uf tlio Interior bobla tliat In all huiueUid entries made ol lamia embraced In tlia former Klleta Indian reservation, throe years' actual realdeiica moat be proven bafor patent laanoa. The Irlab National!! created an other disorder In tlia llrltlah bouao ol common. Tba Mollneui Jury ha been com- plated and tba tat 1 offering It aide of the evidence. Representative 0. A. Connecticut, I critically recovery I not expected. 1 timed, 'ol lit and hi An electric, light wire etirted a fir In llolrna, Montana, which destroyed f 48,000 wcrtli ol property. A Rig Four passenger train ran Into an open switch 14 miua north ol Co lutnhu, Ublo, fatally Injuring several Krona. Tb National W. C. T. V., In session t Portland, Maine, paaaed a resolution rondamnlng the character ol advertlae- ninuta placed on bill board. Two person ware IcUUmI and 15 In Jured in a railroad wreck at Heme, Texas. Tba accident occurred at croaning, two train mooting. Matthew II. Money, a pioneer news paper nian ol the Pacific coaat, diod In Oakland, aged 70 year. At different times he conducted aevaral paiiera In diffitreut part ol Washington. Hallway switchmen of HI. Paul and Minneapolis have given notice ol a de mand lor higher wages and shorter houra. They will strike II the ralae la not granted. Brltlab army officers aay the Ameri ran home are lar bettor for cavalry ua than any other they ran obtain. Two convict In the Leavenworth, Kan., (ederal prlunn filed oft tleir aback lea and were about to escape when discovered, ,, , The treasury department ha aaked . lor offer ol property lor ala In Now York for uk to erect the new postolllce bnlldlng on, Ocean reaaali tailing bm Atlantic port are being delayed aomewbat on account of tbolr inability to aocure coal promptly. Sanitary condition in the Philip pine are rapidly improving. Cholera ha been totton under control and 1 rapidly dying out. France I lacing a aerlout labor iltu at Ion : Every anion man in the nation may be called out lo gain a univeisal eight hour day and an old age pension. Dr. William II. Bate, a well known Nea York physician, who disappeared lait Auguit, ha been found In London, Ho ay hla mind ha been practically a blank tince that time and he did not know bl own idontity. The exocutlon of Murderer Bcldlng 'will take place at Portland October 81 The Hay Han rebellion 1 at an end by tbe submission of the revolutionists. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw ha announcod that he will buy $20,000,000 cf 102S bond. The 28th annual convention of the National W. 0. T. U. ii In session at Portland. Maine. A new panel of 150 talesmen ha been railed to secure tbe Jury for the trial of Roland B. Mollneux. A collliton between two train in Ohio remitted lit both engine being do moliahed and 20 peraona injured. Blr Thomaa Llpton'i challenge to race for the America' cup ha been re ceived by the New York yacht olub. Tbe principal iitne before the niln era' convention will be provision for wen thrown out of work by the reten tion of nonunlonisti. The grand Jury found an indictment 'for murder In the first degree agalnat 'William Hooper Young, who ia under rrest at New York for the killing oi f' . Anna Pulltaar. SUOAK FACTOHV BUHNI'.U. l ire In Chkago Haaiilla In Loaa ol Valu able Property and Many Llvaa. tliicago, Ott. 23. rive men are known lo have loat their Uvea In a fire which tonight partly deatroyed the plant of the Chicago branch of the UliinMe ugar refining company, ami the liat of deed will certainly lie much greater then five, and may Mai lt a h lull aa 30. The eetiuiat run all the way from that iiuiiiUt down to 10. Only one of the five men whoae Imdlea have lieen recovered haa been iilenti flul. The fire broke out with an explosion In the drying hoiiae, winch ic aeven atoriu In helulit, and etamla cloau to the main building ol the plant, which la 14 atoriea IiIkIi,. A third structure I four atorie high. The two umaller buildlnga were destroyed and tlio larger building was badly damaged. The tiro apread after the ciploaion with nch rapidity that It wa impoaaihlit for the men In the upper storie of the drying bouae to muke their ewae, ami it ia the number ol men lielieved to have been at work on the seventh floor that caunee the umvrtainty in ma li'i 01 lead. Home ol tlieeuiiloytwho nindej their eacaiie any lhat theie were or 30 ami other aay thai them were not more than 10 at work when the tire broke out. Whatever the number, all are dead. Four men leaped Iroin the upir Id Mir ami all are dead. The fifth In the list 1 an electrician, who la known to have entered the building, and wa there at the time of the fire. II la supposed lo be dead for the tea- eon that all the flremen ami laiiorera about the horned building any lliat no man made hi escape (ruin the upier floor. Secretary (ila-a, ol the refining com pany, atated that he eatlmated the loss al fftOO.OOQ. SAMOA CASK DECIDUD. King Qatar, aa Arbitrator, Rule, Agalnat the United State,. New York, Oct. 23. King Oscar, ol Sweden and Norway, ha decided the Samoan controversy In favor ol tier- many, aay a dispatch to the Tribune from Washington. This fart became known on tbe re turn ol Mr. Grip, the niinlxter nf Sweden and Norway, from a long visit to hi home. Mr. Urip callod at the state department, but did not, ol course, disclose the decision ol hi sovereign, which must be formally presented simultaneously to the three poweit concerned. The announcement will be astonishing to the governments ol the United State and (ireat ltritain, which were confident that they would estab lish lully the legality and propriety of the Joint landing of murines at Apia in 1MUU to sustain the decree ol the Samoan supreme court and end the revolution. The lull et-oiie ol the arbitral decree ol King Oscar I not yet divulged, and the extent to which It cover the claim for damnge filed by the citiaen of three countries and ol Fiance may not be known for several days. Then claim, which were nom inally the prime ranee for arbitration, are insignificant, however, compared with the question of national honor, on which they Ueiiemleil, ami it the action of tlm United State and (treat Britain bad been sustained by the royal arbiter, would have fallen to the ground. TO REQISTER LAND TITLES. Philippine Commission Decide, to Adopt th Torrent System. Manila. IK-t. 23. The United States Philippine commission has decided to enact a land-law registry bill drafted by Commissioner Ide. The bill adopU the Torren registry lystem, with mod IQcatlon to fit local conditions, and create a land title court. I.and title throughout the Inland are at pres ent clouded to such an extent that sale ol land and It Improvements are retarded. An enormous tuns ia im volved In the labor of clearing titles Government land which were sold under authority of the Philippine act alter that act passed tbe American con Kress, will be recorded under the Tor run ayatem. The commission has paeaed a bill de fining the terms under which the Ala' nlla street railway franchise is to be granted. This bill provides lor the award ol the franchise by competition Bids will be opened next March, after advertisement here and in the United States. CHINESE RECORDS RESTORED. American Officer Will Return Tablcta ol Jade to Chines Government. San Francisco, Oct. 23. The famous Jade tablets brought to this country by Lieutenant F, M. Wise, ol the marine corps, will now find their way back to China. Collector ol Customs Stratton has been instructed by the secretary of the treasury to turn them over to the Chinese consul on the payment ol (50. The money will be given to Lieutenant Wise, who haa alleged all along that he paid that amount tor the Btomis. There are 10 tablets In all, and on each are Inscriptions ol great value., On tome are the odd names ol emperors long dead, and on some the names of be lovod empresses. Britain Will Have Justice from China, Shanghai, Oct. 23. Four British gunboats have been ordered from here to the Yangtie Kiang, to Hankow, be cause 'of the failure, of the Chinese authorities to deal with the murderers of Bruce and Lewis, the English mis slonarles who were killed. It is said that the Chinese authorities are alarmed at Great Britain's step and that Prince Chiug, preuideut of the foreign office will confer with regard to the matter with the British minister to China. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THE STATE. Commercial ind Financial Happening ol th Past Week -Brief Key lew of the Orowth and Development of Various 4ndutrlca Throughout Our Common wealth-Latest Market Report. Three free rural mail delivery routes out of Junction City will begin service December 1. Consttuction work on the terminal yards, at (irant Pass, of the Oregon & Pacific railroad will begin January 1. Arthur Scolleld, confined in the coun ty jail at Ailwiiy for larceny, made bl em'a a few day ago. He wa ca turixl at Ktignne. ' The first carload ol Oregon' dried prunes ol this year' crop left Albany t Saturday lor New lurk. Four and one-half cent waa received. Marion county physician have formed a county medical society. C. S. White, ol (iervaia, waa elected preai- lent and C. II. Itobertaun, ol Salem, secretary. J. F. Mark ley, who mnrdeied John It. Fain at Champocg last June, haa been eentcnceil to snd the remainder ( his life In the iwnlUmtiary. He ia t)7 years old. The first of Crook county's annual fairs, held at Prineville, was a success in every rvsiiect. Large crowds were In daily attendance, and tome fine ex hibits were on dis!iy. The stage running between North amhill and Tillamook was bald up bout five mile from North Yamhill Saturday night by three masked men. The stage was bound for Tillamook. The robbers secured (200 from pas sengers. The rwant rains throughout the Wil- met to valley have enabled Jtbe farm ers to punh the work of fall seeding. All fruit is picked and other fall work over and a few days more of good weather will enable the farmers to fin lnh seeding. Superintendent of Public instruction Ackerman recently asked several county suxrlntemlents to offer suggestions for the betterment ot the school system. The ideas he has rlccived are many and varied, and include higher qualifica tions of teachers, consolidation of dis tricts ami an Increase of the compulsory attendance period. A sale ol 300 bales of hops at 25 cents is reported from Dallas. A franchise has been granted for nolher telephone line from Baker City to Sumpter. , The report of Superintendent Lao of the state penitentiary shows that on October 1 there -were 300 convicts in tho institution, 19 leas than at the be ginning of the quarter. The earnings for tbe quarter were (4,240.40 and the total expenditures were (14,740.0t. With appropriate ceremony, Agrl cultural hall, designed to facilitate and advance experiment and Instruction in agricultural lines st tbe Oregon agri cultural college, was dedicated at Cor vallis October 15. Addresses were made by Governor Goer, Congressman Tnnime and a number of others. The attendance from ontside the city mini berod several hundred. Four proposed amendments to the Oregon constitution w ill be before the next legislature for its endorsement. Theso amendments were proposed by resolutions approved by the last legis lature, and the must receive the ap proval of another legislature before they can be submitted to a vote of the people. The proposed amendments re late to the state printer, city charters, elections, state institutions outside of Salem and repeal of anti-Negro section of constitution. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat WallaWalla, 65gUuo; blue- stem 68gti0cj valley, 60 Xc. Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew- ng, 121.00. Flour Best grade, 3.00(33.60; grah am, I-.'.HD(!S3.2U. Mlltstuffs Bran, 118.60 per ton: middlings, 123.60; shorts, $10.60; chop, 1 17. Oats No. 1 white, ix.ua4igray, P5cll per cental. Hay Timothy, .iiugu; clover, 17.60: cheat, 18 per ton. Potatoes Best Burbanks, bU7Uc per sack: ordinary, 6055o per cental, growers prices; fllercea sweets, ii.rfoig 2 per cental. Poultry Uhlckens, mixea, f..ouo 4.26: per potird, 10c; hens, 14(94.60 per dosen; per pound, 11c; springs, $2.60 tits per doien: fryers, isos.zo; Droll ers, $202.60; ducks, $6(46.60 per dos- en; turkeys, young, iukc; gwese, t0(36.60 per dnien. Cheese Full cream, twins, I4c; Young America, 14 j 14Xi factory prices, 11 Vu less. Butter Fancy creamery, KJtsjsui nor pound: extras, auc; aairy, is 20o; store, 12MQ16. Eggs 23276o per doien. Hops New crop, 2123c per pound Wool Valley. 12K15c; Eastern Oregon, 814Koj mohair, 26328o. Jleel Gross, cows, per pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67o. VarI 7WO80. Mutton Gross, 3o per pound dressed. 6o. Lambs Gross, 3Xo per pound, dressed. 8c. Hog Gross, 6&87o per pound dressed, 707 Xe. COST OP PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Impressive Figures Taken from Report of Commlsalonor ol Education. Washington, Oct. 11.- The annual report of the commissioner of education Just submitted to the' secretary of tbe interior shows tbe grand total of pupils In schools, elementary, secondary and higher, both public and private, in the United Mates for the year ended June 30, lUOi, was 17,299,2(10, an Increase of 278,200 pupils over the previous year. Of this number the enrollment of pupil in institutions supported by general and local taxes furnished by tatos and municipalities was 15,710, 3U4, as against 15,443,4(12, the number reported for the previous year. Be sides there there were certain special Institutions, like city evening schools, business schools, schools for Indians, reform schools, schools connected with asylums, school for cookery and other apeclii! trades and vocations, which enrolled nearly half a million pupils. Adding the enrollment in them siieclal schools to that for general education, the aggregate i something over 17,750,000 of our population that received education for a longer or shorter period during the year ending June 30, 1U01. The value of property used for public school purposes has risen lo (570,903, OhU from $130,380,008 in 1870, and tbe expenditures for the common schools (inclnding eletnentacry and secondary schoois, but excluding all Institutions for higher education) amounted to (220,043,23(1, having risen to this sum from (43,3UO,U(iO in 1870. In 1870 the expenditures for schools per capita ol the population wa,(l.(i4; the past yesr it was (2.93 per capita of the pop ulation, the highest that it haa ever been. It was an Increase of 10 cents to each man, woman and child over tbe year previous. ' The average at tendance of each pupil for the entire number enrolled was 99 day for the year, an increase of 24 days over the previous year. TAFT ANSWERS THE TEACHERS. Complaints About Philippine Positions are Not Well Founded. Washington, Oct. 22. Some time ago complaints were made by school teachers in the Philippines about the hardships which they endured. It was asserted that good places were given "lo a lew teachers and bad places to others. Complaint also was made that the condition of tbe currency can eel a loss to the teachers, and that the commissary supplies of the insular administration were not good. All these complaints were referred to Gov ernor Tatt. His reply has now been received at the war department.. Governor Taft says that in the very nature of tilings the teachers had to enter upon duties which were largely of a missionary character, and hardships were certain to be the portion of some. It was imrossible to make all assign' menta equal, but aa the facts became known efforts would be made to equal ize the duties of teachers, so that all would share in the pleasant duties as well as the arduous work. Governor Taft says that the comple tion of boats that have been building (or the insular government there will bring a better system of supply from the commissary department. ADOPTION ALMOST SURB. Miners are Considering Peace Plan, wllh Mitchell In the Chair. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 21 The anxiously awaited convention of the 143,000 striking miners met yesterday but did not reach a vote on the proposed plan of settlement. It is expected to do so today. Theie were 662 delegates present in the Kesbit theater, where the convention was held, and they were empowered by their local unions to cast 867 votes for or against President Roosevelt's proposed plan of arbitra tlon. The majority of the delegates were uninstructed. The few who were instructed were engineers, firemen and pumpmen who fear that the 5,000 strik ers of these classes may not get back their old places aow hold by nonunion men. This question of the engineers, flremen and pumpmen proved the only stumbling block in the way of almost Immediate adoption of the president's plan, which carries with it declaring the strike off, and a general resumption of work through the hard coal mining region. . 55 1 . ' ,)'.' Politics In King's Visit. New York. Oct. 22. It la said that the coming visit of the king of Portugal to England has great political signm canoe, and that many important mat ters between him and King Edward in regard to South Africa are to ' be dis cussed, cables the London correspond ent of .the Tribune. Vague rumors that England Is seeking to puiohase Portugal's South African colonies have been current for a long while, but at the foreign office they are denied. New Cruiser Washington, Washington, Oct. 22. In view of the conclusion retched today by the naval beard of construction, plans for the armored cruiser Washington will be completed and ready for advertise' ment by November S, along with plans for the twin ship Tennessee. The reg ular differential of 4 per cent in favor of the Pacific coast bidders will be offered. ' STRIKE VOTED OFF MINERS AGREE TO ACCEPT DECISION OF ARBITRATION BOARD. Oreat Rejoicing Everywhere la the Coal Field, Engineer, Firm to the Last, and Their Employment Is Finally Left to Executive Board Roosevelt Sum mons th Arbitrators to Meet. Term and Cost of Strike. duration of strike, dajra 1'4 Mm i,n trtk H7.KO l'Mii dtnrcliy affected ft,i Total 1om u all elaraea 'J),iM),il I'rlra ol at beginning ol trike, (r Urn 't In H Preaent price ol eoal, per Ion 2 to t Cause of the Strike. Tbe inlnen demand, which were re fued, wem aa follows: An eight-Dour day; an Inereane In pay for men on piecework proportionate to thai given to day laborer, by ihorlenlng of hour,; Juit weighing of eoal mined, liiu-ad of arbitrary mcuurenient by varying "carloada"; a fixed Kale of wage, the rate for the same work to be the same everywhere; an agreement embodying these demands, entered Into by the operators and Ih union. Wilkstbarre, Pa., Oct. 22. With a shout that fairly shook the convention building the representatives of tbe 47, 000 mtneworkers who have been on strike since last May officially declared off at noon yesterday the greatest con test ever made between capital and labor, and placed all the questions in volved in the struggle in the bands of the arbitration commission appointed by the president of the United States. When tbe news was flashed to th towns and villages down in the valleys and on tbe mountains of tbe coal rrg' ions, tbe inhabitants heaved a sigh ot relief. Many days have gone by since such welcome news was received. Everywhere there waa rejoicing, and many places the end of the strike as the signal lor impromptu town celebrations. Tbe anthracite coa region, from its largest city, Scranton, down to tbe lowliest coal ttch. has suffered by tbo conflict, and everyone ....... now looks lor better limes. While the large army of mineworkers and their families, numbering approzi- mately 600,000 persons, are grateful that work is to be resumed on Thurs- dav. the strikers have still to learn hat their reward will be. President ' ' ..... I Roosevelt, having taken prompt action in calling tbe arbitrators together lor v..e.rrel u.eewUuuJr.oy, -. ers hjpe they will know by Thanks- . . I vingday what practical gains they have made. The vote to resume coal mining was unanimous one. and was reached only Iter a warm debate. The principal objection to accepting the arbitration Dlan was that no. provision was con- taiued in the scheme to take care ol those men who would fail to get back their old positions or would be unable to get work at all. The engineers and pumpmen get better pay than other classes of mineworkers, and they did not wish to run the risk of losing alto gether their old places and being com pelted to dig coal for a living. This question came op and was argued right up to the tune the vote was taken, ao one had a definite plan to offer to over come the objection, and the report of the committee on resolutions, recom- mending that the strike be declared off, and that all issues be placed in the hands of the arbitration commission for decision, was adopted without the question being settled. A few mo ments before adjournment, however, a partial solution was reached wnen a oeieguw uo ,urwiru... vy . ihA hull mnvn that thfl nrnhlAtii he I placed in the hands of the executive board for somtion, and his suggestion was adopted. SPEED SACRIFICED TO POWER. Naval Board Decides to Make Important Changes In New Cruisers. Washington, Oct. 23. The naval hoard ol construction today finally de- elded upon the features of the armored cruisers authorized by the last act of conoress. SDeed has been sacrificed to power. By a VOte Of four against one, fcnglll- eer in Chief Melville's proposition to give the big Bhips 25,000 horsepower and a speed of 23 knots at a minimum was re ected and the horsepower will stand at 23,000, which he estimates will actually bring the speed down to about 21 knots. The new boats therefore will be three and one-half knots slower than the four famous Eng- lish armored cruiser of the Drake class. To offset this lack of speed the Tennessee class will have a much more powerful battery, namely, four 10-Inch 211 nB in the two turrets against two nine-inch guns in the main batteries 01 the British Bhips. Tho Tennessee class also will have more armor, the protect ive deck at its thickest part being four and a half inches with six-inch side armor. Navy Yard la Too Small. Washinaton. Oct. 23. The annual report of Bear Admiral Kennoy, pay master general of the navy, devotes miiiiK ,nu. in shns'inir that there IS a shortage of officers for the work. It stated that there 1b a demand (or the enlariroment of the . Btorage plants at Washington. Boston, Norfolk, Mare Island and Puget sound. A modiflca tion of the bill compelling advertising for supplies Is asked for in the interest of the service. REBELS DEFEATED. Oovcrnmcnt Force, of Venezuela Score a Vktory-3,000 Dead and Wounded. La Victoria, Venezuela, Oct. 21. A messenger has arrived be re from tbe ne of the engagement near this place between the goveinment troops and revolutionists, bringing news that after teveral days of terrible fighting, 9,000 rebels under General Mendoza aban doned the field, having retired from their last position, six miles from La Victoria, Friday night, retreating in the direction of Villa de Cura. Ac cording to President Castro the killed and wounded number 3,000. During the last days of tbe fighting tbe temperature rcwe to 116 degrees, and a visitor to tbe scene of the en gagement d '.flares he never saw sncb a terrible spectacle aa was presented bv the battlefield. The victory of the government troops. which is said to be due to the personal courage of President Castro, who, twice, with a Mauser in his hand, charged at tbe head ol his soldiers, ia consid ered a serious setback to the caiiBe of the revolutionists. A courier from Valencia, who arrived here today, reports that up to yester day that town was not in tbe hands of the revolutionists. PANIC IN BALL ROOM. Fire In Albany, N. C. Building Resulted In One Death and Many Injured. Albany, N. C, Oct. 21. Fire broke out shortly before 11 o'clock tonight in the Tower & Brooks store, one of the largest in the heart of the business awtion of the city. For a time tbe entire dry goods section was threatened, and only by moat heroic work on the part of the firemen were the flames practically confined to the building in which the fire started. One fireman was killed and a number injured. At the time the fire broke out a dance was in progress in a hall on tbe top floor of the burning bnilding. Es- P 10 tne atreet wa cut oil by the ,88t ,Preadin flroM Md 25 T0UD men Women Wer Ultei 0ut of ' If 1. !.! 1 1 - 3! , wiuuuwa nun ueipeu over aajoin- 'ng toofs. The shrieks of hysterical women created much excitement, but headeil aremen soon carried them , , . . . , " " """ UI CBYW' wvnKB 1 1 1 a ; . "" "oue were eenousiy hurt. Ten minutes after the fire was (lis- covered flames were pouring out of . , , AVATtf BFISIInui aa W.I naiitlikAalnis V. n i I . I """'' ..o.,...B log were ablaze in many places. Tbe Municipal telegraph company's build ln8 as badly scorched, the windows being shattered by the intense beat and the frames twisted out of shape and ciiarrea. It was two hours before the flames were fuily under control. It ia impos- si ble to secure any estimate oi th 'oases tonight. BOXERS NOT YET PUT DOWN. Chinese Viceroy Asks Missionaries Not to Travel In Disturbed Districts. Pekin, Oct. 21. The new viceroy of Sze Cheun province, Tsen Chun Suan, reports that the Boxers have not been suppressed at Cheng Tu and two other centers and be asks the ministers and missionaries to refrain from traveling in central Sze Cbnen at present. The emperor's reception at the sum' mer palace today was attended by the diplomatic corns except in the case of R ... . minist., cj. ErnfiKt S,tnw ne nvui8 oeciineu wc'ai intercourse on account of the miscarriage of justice in the case of the murdered English missionaries, Bruce and Lewis, in Ho- nau province, where the responsible officials were exculpated and ignorant peasants were beheaded. The negotiations for the departure of the international troops from Shanghai have been interrupted. It appears that Great Britain before consenting to the evacuation aesires a more aennite ar rangement in regard to her status in '" lauguw vaite uu mora precise stipulations concerning non-alienation 01 territory m that region nooaeveii uomg wen. Wash'ngton, Oct. 21. While Presi- dont Kooserelt was unable to go to Oyster Bay to register his vote for the November election, he will go home to vote. The president Is progressing finely toward complete recovery, and ia now able to move about without crutch es or even a cane, but his physicians have advised him not to travel any dis tance for at least two weeks. For this reason he will be unable to attend the Inauguration of President Woodrew Wilson, of Princeton university, al though he had epxressed his particular desire to be present when President Wilson is installed. Dewey Is Honored. Philadelphia, Oct. 21. At a meeting today of the board of governors of the Thomas Jefferson memorial association is of the United States held in Independ ence hall, Admiral Dewey waa elected president, and the board consists one member from each of the original - 13 states, the District of Columbia and the territories the territories are represented by Hon. Mark A. Smith, . If 1 A C- ... ot Arisona. THE CELILO CANAL BOARD OF ENGINEERS ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT THE HARTS PLAN. Columbia River Curreut So Strong That Placing of Huge Rocks for Submerged Dam la Considered a Daring Feat of Engineering - Several Favor Portage Railroad Pisa. Washington, Oct. 22. The report of , the engineer board on Its investigation of the Hart plan for opening the Columbia river between The Dalles and Celilo, is to be delayed somewhat, pending the completion of certain emti mate and computations, which are to be considered before the report is agreed to. There is doubt . in the minds of some members as to tbe practicability of constructing the dam across tl e river, npon which the success of the Harts plan hinges. It is found that it will be a most daring engineering feat to get stones for the dam in position, and to retain tbem nntil the whole work is completed. It i a work more difficult than any of the kind yet under taken by the engineers, although its success is promised by some. - The probabilities are that there will be two reports, some of the engineers favoring portage road as the best solution, un less another and more favorable site can be found for the dam. The boat railway project was considered, but it not thought any member of the board believes in its efficiency or prac ticability. Tbe dam concerning tbe feasibility of which doubt is expreaesd by the board of engineers is thus referred to in the plan recommended by Captain Harts: The proposed submerged dam im mediately below tbe head of Five-Mile pids is designed to be made through out of large blocks of rocks or concrete weighing 20 to 30 tons, each deposited at random in a selected narrow prt of Five Mile rapids by means of derricks on either shore. If found necessary on account of the'swift currents, some of the blocks could be ancboied to the rocky banks by means of chains. The dam need not necessarily be tight, but should consist of enough blocks to raise tbe present low-water level 20 feet. Its top would probably need to rise to ithin a few feet of the present low- water level." ILLITERATE VOTERS. They Comprise II Per Cent of tho Total Number In United State,. Washington, Oct. 22. There are 21,- 300,000 inhabitants of the United States of voting age, and 2,300,000 of them, or about 11 per cent, were re turned on the last census aa illiterate- very large proportion for a country in which the opportunities for education are universal. An examination of tbe figorea shows that, contrary to the general belief, it is not tbe foreign born voters who cause this percentage to be so high. The proportion of illiterates among the foreign born voters In tbe United States is 11.5 per cent, whereas among the native born inhabitants the propor tion is 10.5 per cerlt not a very im portant difference. The par, of the United States in which there is least illiteracy is the group ol states which make up the middle west sod northwest. Iowa and Nebraska have less than 3 per cent. Kansas less than 4, and Ohio, Illinois nd Minnesota less than 5 per cent of illiterate inhabitants over tbe age of 29. In Utah and V asbington, in the Pa cific group of states, the percentage of illiteracy is less than 4 per cent; in Colorado, Oregon and Wyoming less than 5. In New England and among the native born inhabitants the percentage is still lower, 1 per cent in Massachu setts, 1.5 in Connecticut, 2 per cent in . New Hampshire, .and 2.6 in Rhode Island. James Younger Dead. St. Paul, Oct. 22. James Younger, formerly a member of the notorious James band of outlaws, which infested the Western country a quarter ol a cen tury ago, committed suicide today by shooting. He left a letter to tbe press, in which he gives as a reason for bis act despondency over continued ill health and separation from his friends. Younger was sentenced to the Minnesota penitentiary foHife in 1879, but was out on parole. Appropriation for St. Louts. Manila, Oct. 22. The civil commis sion will probably increase the Philip pine appropriation for the St. Louis exposition exhibit by $100,000, making the total $350,000. Fair Commissioner Barret had addressed a meeting of Filipinos, which was arranged by Gov ernor Tatt, on the subject, and the sen tinient of the meeting was in favor of the increase. 1 Another Trip In Airship. -, London, Oct. 22. Stanley Spencer, the aeionaut, who recently made a suc cessful trip over London, traveled 25 miles this afternoon in his airship. He rose from Blackpool, but finding the northwest breeze too strong to make) . headway against it, he proceeded in a ...iL Jl I I . southeasterly direction and landed an open country. rj T i ' I t-t