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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1908)
eItsTTti day parts oi we nwu PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER lt important but Not Loss Inter est Happenings from Points Outldo tho Stato. . Qoniplc. once territorial Eugeno ,h .' 'J' n U dead. governor ol v i. - gT, cnril1Kfielil grand jury lms in diS rX fir for taking part ... the race war. Thrcf tti.atsaiwl people arc home JhartC Faycttcvillc, N. C, as a result ( the floods T . .q,nts says if the railroads e n't lfft a,"IR' llloru w ' r lcprcsSi..n. The Ilril' tramp steamer Duncan ..funk oriental waters by a ty- gon i fty"c of 11,0 crow worc drowned, Mmonieiit f crops all over the i.rv ins Krcatly lessened the nttm- JJldte frnKht c-rt, and there may It t sIiurtaKf. a fut na'-ntf" collided with a Jk TrainVar Hardin, Okla. Doth tutn" wc overturned. 1 wo train OCn were killed The intir.titc commerce commis .,, hn ..utlme.l a fori.) of annual Ifnort t . br made by railroads, and s vj the i.-mpaiilcs must tell the sm.iunt uf Ini-iniM transacted. The Imptriil Japnncsc bank, at San Franciso lias been closed by the bank cummisSH'ncrs. The officers rode l.-an to themselves until only tuo in .ash ;ind a number of notes re left Ex-Scnator William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, is dead. Count Tolstoi's condition 1b such that recovery is not looked for. Two Chicago men have been arrested for forcing two small boys to atcal for tiem. Dr. Lcroy S. Chndwick, huflbanil of the notorious swindler, has filed a pe tition in bankruptcy. A San Froniscco man has been ar reted in Paris, charged with victlm iiing jewelers to tho extent of $50,000. Japan is preparing for a grand re ception to the American fleet. It is erpectcd to reach Yokohama October 17. When the American battleship fleet left Sydney, 80 stragglers hod failed to join their Bhips and will follow hter. A Supremo court juslico hns Bovere Ij reprimanded and discharged a grand jury because it would not indict saloon men for keeping open on Sunday at At lantic City, N. J. The Amateur Athletic union of tho United States has severed relations vith the British association because of the unsportsmanlike conduct of tho Britons m the recent Olympic games. Ten million bushols of tho new wheat crop of tho Pacific Northwest have teen sold. The French ambassador to Spain has teen called homo to discuss tho Moroc can situation. Tho president will go to Jordnnville, N. Y., to take part in tho dedication a public library. A. 0. Brown & Co., n big brokorngo wraof New York, has failed for moro M a million dollars. Six Chineso have been caucht nt El "Jo,Tox., who had boon smuggled across tho lino from Mexico. The government has about fixed tho responsibility for tho big robbery of "treasury t San Frncisco re cently. Returns from tho Domorcatlc pri vies indicate that Governor Ansel win again bo tho nomino for governor South Carolina. nS6.11"8 Stco1 comvany, whoso 2t is at South Chicago, has just put iM?enWork nnd oxnccta to employ thcr 500 next weok. toSviia,t ha8 1,8150(1 so Sioux Indians Z ?. 0CJ (,urinK tho. Btato fair "JopartinnroproducHon of tho SkK! 1KC2' whon 800 w,,ltos A IIailtl lma formally assumed w throne of Morocco. tevtK119 5ro in Omnlm destroyed Veral manufacturing plants. la&LVOn aolzc may Buccocd tho fSSmh0T8U nmbn88ft- lliiwit,lnoro womnn bas confessed u e ,n"lorod her husband bo ausnown9 cruel to hor. ircSr1 St,ntc8 ftntl Mexico aro "on ainat Honduras. 2ltJt Mnor Gnrl Lunnl o Wvelry WHa th0 obJoct) inionS iNa,tlonnl Guardamon aro UnitPV!l'i,t'r8lnthor!fl0 Bloot In Herr p , 08 "rmy mtcbes. tnan V0"""!"!!.), cashlur of a f!nr. CA. "Kl COmmittllrl antnMn 1Waral rnn.l ' fiehtt V """rn0VB nw propar WJer fo, miP10 Btato commiBsion'a ntes, mmS ft raise in freight TRAIN 18 WRECKED. Oottngo Qrovo Local Goes Into Ditch , Nonr Eugono. Eugene, Or., Aug. 25. Fireman Frank Boultor nnd thrco unknown tramps wore killed, Engineer Jack Nichols was fatally Injured, and six passongorB were badly hurt In a wreck of tho Bouthbound Cottage Crovo local shortly after 0 o'clock Sunday nipht, four miles north of this city. When two miles north of Irving, tho engino, going at schcdulo Bpccd, Htruck a cow, which was on tho track, nnd turned turtlo, landing in tho ditch. Tho baggage cars and passenger coach cb, pushing tho tender ahead of them, continued on tho tlea for 75 feet until tho baggage car climbed on top of tho tender and Btood on end. Tho impact hurled thrco of tho passenger coaches from tho track, only tho last two re maining on tho rails. Tho wreck, from tho standpoint of destruction to rolling stock, is ono of tho worst in recent years in tho South ern Pacific in Oreiron. Thn nrlnn nnd tender nro a pile of scrap iron. iiio raim anu lies aro torn up for a dte tanco of 75 feet, whilo tho passenger coaches and baggago car lio on their Bides in tho ditch. Tho cow which tried to cross tho track and cnum-H th wreck was cut completely in two. ARE READY FOR HOME RULE. Cubans Capablo of Solf-Qovornment, According to Magoon. Hot Springs, Vn., Auir. 25. CharloH E. Magoon, provisional governor of UiUtt, talKcd with Mr. Tuft today re garding conditions in Cuba. That tho people of Cuba aro qualified for self government is tho positive assertion of Governor Magoon. The Cuban people, ho indicated, are heart ily in favor of government owncrshln of public utilities. They now own tho tolegrnph HncB and the test of the pbn- ular will, which has just been made on tho question of private concessions for telephone lines, ho believes has demon strated their desire for government ownership. The test referred towns mndo at tho suggestion of President Roosevelt, and consisted in the submis sion to tho 82 provinces of the draft of a law which, if approved and enacted, would have resulted, according to Gov ernor Magoon, in the telephone busi ness of tho island going into tho hands of tho present Hnvnna Telephone com pany. The concession of this company expired in 1910, whereupon the tele- phono lines and plant of tho company in that city will revert to tho Cuban government. FORTY PERISH WITH SHIP. Norwegian Steamer Goes Down Off Coast of Norway. Bergen, Norway, Aug. 25. Tho Norwegian steamer Folgcn Fondcn, from Bergen to Huugosund, on the west conBt of Norway, was wrecked Inst night near Skoncviks and sank in threo minutes. Tho steamer carried 70 passengers and it is behoved 40 of them wero drowned. Fifteen bodies havo been recovered. The captain of tho steamer was among those saved. The Folgen Fondcn carried on only a local traffic nnd it is believed that no foreigners wore aboard. It is reported that n torrttilo panic occurred when tho Htcamcr struck; that fearful scenes were witnessed as the vessol sank. Boats were hurriedly manned by those who had witnessed tho catastrophe and they hurried to whero tho steamer had gone down, but most of them arrived too late to rescue tho passengers. Victory Is Complete. Tangier. Aug. 25. Tho defeat of tho sultan. Abd El Aziz, by tho forces of hiB brothor, Mulal Hafid, has boon confirmed. Tho sultan of record was surprised on tho night of August 19 nnd most of hiB troops deserted to mo sido of tho uusurping sultan after tho firing of a fow shots. Reports indicate that tho dofeat of Abd El Aziz was duo largely to tho betrayal of his own tribesmen. Mulai Hafid has been pro claimed sultan of Morocco at Tangier and announcement of tho proclamation telegraphed to all parts of tho country. Minors Burn Nevada Town, nnnn Mnw Aiifr. 2R. Ilnzen. tho junction point of thrco railroads into tho mining camps was uesiroyuu firo, when minora celebrating tho sec ond stampedo to Rawhide, overturned gasoltno generator in uwir iwih. loss of nearly $100,000 wiwi caused, ........ l.i.lMlnrr in Itin town boitllT burned excepting tho Southern Pacific depot and froight Bhcds. Tho firo burned from tho eastom end of tho town to tho extromo western end. Alaska Town Wiped Out. nnAln Allir. 25. MoOrO City, Alaska, in tho Innoko district, was .Till v a. nccordinir to passon gorB who arrived on tho Northwestern today from Nomo and St. Michaels. Tho United States commissioners of- fico, tho jail and a few cabino wero loft standing. Turkish Capital Aflame, Constantinople, Aug. 25. Firo brokc- tl.la nffnrnnon in tho MnillDOUl UUb HMO -- quarter and within a very briof period a torriuio connngntwun wuo s'"tj- ntwi.wr urlnrl cnrrlod tllO flamCB nloilg at crcat speed and for aix hours thoy Bwopt over tno sccuon, uowujrii. 1,500 houses and snops, Von Sternberg Is Doad, TTl,lll,nf rjnrmiinv. AllC. 25.- Sneck Von Stornborg, formor Gorman nmbasBador to tho United States, died horo yofltorday morning. fltfslRj THE NATIONAL CAPITAL FIND NEW ROUTE. Jnpanoso Laborers Eotorlng United States as Studonta. Washington, Aug. 29. Tho depart ment of commcrco and labor has refer red to tho Stato department a new question which has arisen under tho administration of regulations exclud ing Japanese of tho laboring classes. The Incident reVcals a method not hitherto COnflldnrnd wlmroliv llinii.ni.il. " - ' - " - j vlvUOt41IUO of Japanese laborers could gain accesB 10 hub country without recourse by tho United States. Mivuki Komurn mitted through Seattle on a passport miowing mm to ue a student. He had about $60 in hiB possession at tho time. Instend of rrntn mediately, he went to work. Next he crossed into (Jannda and found employ ment. Ho decided to re-enter the United States, which ho did near Port Hill, Idaho, and was taken into cus- toay. Cannda refused to allow him to bo sent hack to the Dominion. This brought tho matter before tho head of tho department of commerce and labor, and it being decided that tho law gave no authority for his deportation to Japan, he was discharged. Authorities here consider tho case of considerable importance. If there Ib no provision for deportation in such cases, there will be nothing to prevent other Japanese from making use of tho Bamo expedient to get into this country and to remain here. RENEGADES GO HOME. Utah Indians Who Went to Dakota, Returning to Reservation. Washington, Aug. 25. The officials of tho Indian bureau arc expecting soon to hear of the arrival at their old reservation in Utah of 400 renegade Indians, who have spent the greater part of the last two years on tho Soiux lands in South Dakota. The Utes started on the long march overland July 20 and when last heard from had passed Fort Robinson, half way between tho starting and stopping points. At Robinson some of tho In dians dropped out and tho bureau is now puzzled as to what to do with the stragglers. They are going slowly over the journey of 600 miles, disturb ing no ono and attracting little atten tion. Tho Indians havo manifested no dis position toward improper conduct. When they went away they said they were confident they could do better north, where game was moro plentiful and the supervision Iqbs rigid. On arrival, they professed to be satisfied with their new homes and haughtily spurned overtures to return. When, however, they found that game laws wero as rigid in one state as another, and especially when they discovered that they must work or starve, they seemed to experience a gradual change and they havo recently been insistent upon returning to their Utah lands. Liquor Taxes Falling Off. Washington, Aug. 28. The monthly statement of tho collections of internal revenue shows that the total for July, 1908, was $22,029,316, which ia a fall ing off of $2,899,500 as compared with July, 1907. The most noteworthy de crease is m tho receipts from the retail liquor dealers special tax which amounts to $210,149. This indicates that 8,0 16 retail liquor dealers went out of business during July, which is said to be largely duo to prohibition legislation in the various states. Slow to Adopt New Plan. Washington, Aug. 25. T. P. Kane, deputy controller of tho currency, stated today that tho published state ment that a largo number of national bnnkB in Oklahoma had notified tho controller of tho currency of their in tentions to surrender their national charters and enter the stato banking system, because of tho opinion ren dered by the attorney genernl that thoy cannot lawfully avail themselves of tho stato guaranty laws was not in accordance with tho facts. To Build Clear Lako Dam. Washington, Aug. 26. Tho secre tary of tho interior has authorized tho reclamation servico to begin construc tion of tho Clear Lako dam in tho Kla math irrigatiaon project, by force ac count. Tho total estimated cost of this work la $165,000. Bida for erec tion of this dam havo been rejected on tho ground of excessivo cost, and it is behoved that work can bo carried on effectively and economically with tho force in hand. Kormlt Stops Runaway. nvHtor Bnv. Auer. 29. It was stated horo tonight that Kermit Roosevelt, Becond son of tho president, stopped a team of horses this after noon, nftor a wild chaso on horse back along tho shoro road into iJay villo, and probably saved tho lives of Mrs. Frank Hilton, ot wow xorK, ana her two small sons. Discuss Tariff Changes. Wnshinirton. Auir. 28. Tho subcom mittee of tho senate committeo on fi .,nn..A wlitnh lmn under consideration proposed changes in tho administrative features of tho tar.it law, touay com pleted its preliminary work In Wash ington and adjourned to meet in New York at tho call of tho chairman, Sen ator BurrowB. WORK OF VALDALS. Ninety-four Yoars Ago British Tried to Burn Capital. Washington, Aug. 26. Ninety-four years ago Monday a British army, un der the command of General Ross, en tered the city of Washington, having defeated 6,000 American soldiers on their way. Tho capital was abandoned to the invaders, President Madison and other high officials of tho government hav ing left the city before the arrival of tho British. In rcven'go for a Wash ingtonian having attempted to kill General Ross, whose life was saved . at tho expense of his horse, tho British attempted to burn the capital. That building was saved, but the congres sional library was destroyed, and with it many valuable historical documents. The torch also was applied to the White House, tho Treasury and the War and State departments, and before the British evacuated the city and the flames were extinguished, property valued at $2,000,000 had been destroy ed, and in addition several socre of Americans were killed or wounded. LOWER ARMOR BELT. Naval Experts Decide to Change Line on Future Fighters. Washington, Aug. 27. It is an nounced here today that at the summer conference of naval officers at the na val war college at Newport, at which have been discussed the designs for the new warships for the past six months, it was deeded to lower the armor belt on the battleships to be constructed after the Florida and the Utah have been finished. The armor belts on the Utah and the Florida will be the same as that on the Delaware. The decision to lower the armor belt was made because ot the advance toward perfecting torpedoes. The naval authorities decided that the greater protection below the watOr line was needed. Five-inch rather than six-inch guns have been decided on as the better for the secondary batteries. Military masts will be abandoned and the new battleships will be provided with one and possibly two steel fire-control tow ers 90 feet high. Ordered Out of Exile. Washington, Aug. 27. Orders were issued by the War department today directing Colonel William F. Stewart, of the Coast artillery, who several months ago was sent to the abandoned military post of Fort Grant, Ariz., on account of "temperamental incapa city," to proceed to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to take the riding test prescribed for field officers. At the conclusion of the test he is directed to return to Fort Grant. Fort Grant is 26 miles from the nearest railroad. Fort Huachuca is about 100 miles from Fort Grant, on the Mexican border. Colonel Stew art has the option of riding on horse back 30 miles a day for three consecu tive days or walking 50 miles in the same period. Warships Not Faulty. Washington, Aug. 26. The report that the battleships of the North Da kota and Delaware clas are regarded as unsatisfactory by the naval board, recently in session at Newport, is not credited here. Assistant Secretary Newberry, who was in consultation with the board, stated that no radical changes would be made in the plans of the Florida and Utah, the battleships of tho Dreadnaught type. The board will not have its report completed until next week, when it will bo sent to the president for approval. The new idea that will bo recommended a3 a result of the Newport conferences will be carried out in the Utah and Florida, but will not bo the cause of any changes in the plans of the North Dakota and Delaware. FEAR STRIKE RIOT. Pure Food Law Not Bar. Washington, Aug. 28. Tho United States pure food law, instead of ham pering foreign trade, has benefited it, and seems to havo carried with it a greater respect for foreign labels, is tho opinion expressed by the United States consul, Dominic I. Murphy, at Bordeaux, Franco In a report on French o-ports to the United states, Consul Murphy says tho records of the Bordeaux consulate show that tho de clared values of exports of French foods and food products to tho United States during the first year of the operation of tho pure food law actually increased. Big Overcharge on Rice. Washington, Aug. 27. Tho Bayou City Rico mills, of Houston, Tex., has filed a complaint with tho Interstate Commcrco commission, against tho Houston & Texas Central, tho North ern Facific and other roads, alleging excessivo rates on rico to Portland. On n shipment of threo cars, it is alleged, a 78-cont rate was charged, 55 centa boing tho proper rate. Reparation of about $400 is asked for and an order making tho 65-cent rate tho maximum. Report Treaty Failure. Washington, Aug. 27. Attompts aro being maudo today to verify a re port that leaked out of diplomatic cir cles yostorday to tho effect that all elTorta to effect an immigration treaty between tho United States and Japan havo failed. Tho Btatoment was mado by a visitor to Washington who is thoroughly conversant with affairs in tho Far East, after conferenco with a member of the Stato department. Conditions Growing Serious In Ala bama Coal District. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 24. The nervo tension in the Alabama strike zone is exceedingly taut. The attempt at assassination of a nonunion miner at Pratt City last night is a theme of general discussion. Deputies attempt ed to make an arrest for trespass at mine No. 5 of tho Tennessee company near Pratt City today and mot resist ance on the part of white women. Two women wero arrested. A big barbecue was held at Fulton Springs several mlleB north of thiB city today. Several thousand miners, union men, were present, and W. R. Falrley, Alabama member of the na tional board of mineworkers, was among the principal speakers. A number of evictions from com pany houses has been accomplished at tho Sayre mines. Big bodies of men are meeting all trains along the north end of tho mineral railroad. Reports come that threatening let ters are being dropped on the porches of homes of men remaining at work, and as a result many men are leaving. AVERT CLASH ON BORDER. French and German Officers Cool headed In Emergency. Paris, Aug. 24. War between Germ any and France was averted by the cool headednesa of French and Geruman army officers in a dramatic frontier episode which is reported from Lunes ville. Two German army corps are en gaged in maneuvers near the border, and yesterday morning a battalion of French rifles, marching out from Ram bersvillers, approached within 50 yards of the frontier and suddenly found it self face to face with a German regi ment which was drawn up at an equal distance on the other side. The troops stood looking at each oth er for a moment without uttering a word or giving vent to an explanation, and then their respective commanders simultaneously orderered them to face about, and they were soon at a prudent distance from each other. A fine illustration of milita'-v discip line was given on both sides, as a cry might have been the signal for serious trouble. BUILD MANY SHIPS. daps Will Have Large Fleet of Auxil iary Cruisers. New York, Aug. 24. According to Kashiera Shiba, one of the managers of the Mitsuhishi dockyard at Naga saki, Japan, the Japanese government is making earnest efforts to increase its fleet of auxiliary cruisers. Mr. Shiba, who arrived at the Hotel Astor tonight, declared that while the Japan ese navy is highly efficient, there is need of a fleet of steamships which could, in time of war, be converted in to cruisers. "Our dockyard," said he, "is work ing at its fullest capacity. We are at present turning out three 14,000 tur bine steamships, which will do 21 knots, and which will ply between San Francisco and Hongkong via Japan. The boats will use oil for fuel. In ad dition to these boats, we are building four large steamships, which will run from Japan to 'England via the Suez canal. All these vessels will be at the service of Japan in case of war. Our dockyard, of course, ia not the only one that is active in producing this big order for auxiliaries. The dockyards at Kobe and other places are all run ning at their full capacity." Strikers Cry"Conspiracy. Montreal, Aug. 24. A formal state ment issued today by Bell Hardy, chair man of the federated trades of the Canadian Pacific railway system, charges that the strike of the past three weeks, in which 8,000 workmen have been engaged, is due to a conspir acy on the part of some of the officials of the company to disrupt the unions and drive the union men from the company's employ. This conspiracy, Hardy alleges, had its inception in conferences held by the railway super intendents and master mechanics early in the present year. Cloudbursts in Colorado. Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 24. Cloudbursts in the vicinity of Florence tonight transformed Oak, Chandler and Sand creeks into raging torrents, which are sweeping 'through Florence and vicini ty leaving ruin in their wake. The damage is expected to agrgegate $150, 000. Tho Florence Fuel company alone has been damaged to the extent of $2,000. Wotor covered the Santa Fo tracka to a depth of several feet, and tho Rio Grando'a are in danger. Derelict In Mid-Pacific. Honolulu, Aug. 24, The steamship Asin which arrived here today from Hongkong and Yokohama encountered a derelict schooner in latitude 33:56 north, longitude 163:25 east. It is thought that tho dismasted vessol was tho Japanese schooner Kinomoto Maru. Tho Asia carries a cargo of Bilk valued at two and one half million dollars, to bo landed at San Francisco. Tho steamer Aorangi en route from Van couver to Australia arrived here today. Meteor Falls in Kansas. Salina, Kan., Aug. 24. A largo meteor fell threo miles north of Ells worth last night, lighting up tho coun try for miles around, and burning brightly 20 minutes after it struck the ground. Tho meteor exploded when it struck tho ground, and Bhook tho town of Ellsworth. BANDIT'S RICH HAUL Stops Eleven Stages in Yellow stone Park. SECURES OVER TWO THOUSAND Unarmed Passengers Also Give Up Watches, Jewelry and Other Val uablesSoldiers Pursue. Lake Hotel, Yellowstone Park, Wyo., Aug. 25. The greatest stage hold-up in the West in many years, at least in the number of coaches held up, occur red yesterday within the boundaries of the Yellowstone park. The work was done by a lone highwayman, and the passengers were absolutely helpless in his hands, as no guns are permitted in tho park to either drivers or tourists. In all, it is estimated from the state ment of passengers, that something: like $2,000 in cash was obtained, drafts worth $10,000, other papers and transportation, besides a rich haul in watches and jewelry. In all, 21 coaches left the Upper Geyser basin in the morning. The highwayman was encountered about five miles further on at a lonely spot along the banks of Spring creek, a tributary of the Fire Hole river. The creek is lined with bushes. The first lot of coaches, numbering seven, and following each other closely, passed by the place unharmed. There was a gap between them, and the next lot of eight following. After the first of the eight came along the highwayman stepped from the bushes and ordered the driver to halt. He did not molest the driver, nor any of the drivers following. These eight coaches had barely gone on when three more came along, and these were robbed in a like manner. In all about 125 people were held up, though not all of these suffered loss. When the robber ordered the drivers to move on, he stood a few minutes with his gun pointed toward them, and then walked down the road. As quickly as possible after a tele phone was reached at Thumb Station word was sent to the soldiers and a detail started in pursuit of the man who is described as about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with bluish-grey eyes, and bristly grey whiskers. He acted liEe a man short of breath or a consumptive. GUN SILENCER IS TESTED. Maxim's Latest Invention Gives As tounding Results in Practice. Springfield, Mass., ' Aug. 25. The official test of Hiram P. Maxim's1 gun silencer was made by officers stationed at the United States armory here to day. The test, it is said, proved the truth of the claims of the inventor. The device was attached to a regula tion army rifle. The test was made at regular ranges, relays of signals being; stationed at intervals. It was found that while the discharge of the une quipped rifle is audible 7,700 yards, with the silencer this distance was cut down to 1,500 yards. Further tests were made to determine whether the silencer interferred with the velocity of the bullet and it was found that this interference was slight, reducing the velocity not more than 5 or 6 per cent. INDIGNANT AT CASTRO'S ORDER Citizens of Parian Ports Resent Em bargo on Travel. Port of Spain, Aug. 25. News has been received here that President Cas tro has instructed the collectors of cus toms in Venezuelan ports not to clear any passengers lor the west Indian islands. The Venezuelan consul here has been instructed to withhold pass ports from persons desirous of taking passage on the steamers to Venezuela. This action on the part of the Venezue lan government has caused great indig nation and is a serious blow to the in habitants of the Parian ports and Cuidad Bolivar, and will add consider ably to the misery already existing there. Bandits Burn Two Towns. Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 25. it is re ported here today that the towns of Lowry and Ataska, on tho Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad's river extension, wero burned in a raid by a mysterious company of mounted men last night. The mounted company completely sur rounded the two towns and fired every building. The reason for tho raids is not known here. Colonel Holmes. president of the Dakota National bank, who is president of tho Lowry bank, confirms tho report that his bank was burned. million for Balloon Plans. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 25. It was learned today that Count Zoppolin was ogain visited two days ago by agents of tho mysterious American syndicato which offered $4,000,000 for the airship recently lost at Echterdin gen. The Americans aro now trying to securo possession of the new balloon under construction by Zeppelin, to bo known as No. 5. It is said that they havo even gono ao far aa to offer $1,000,000 for the plans. Old Virginia Is Shaken. Richmomnd, Va,, Aug. 25. There wero several severe earth tremors felt in Powhaton, Amelia and Chesterfield counties last night and this morning. No ono was hurt and no property dam age dono.