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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.