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fK rior of Thibet. -
, c.-art lias been ordered
.Tm his lonely post at Fort Grant,
S&!l"eW test,
ifodean and Japanese sailors
. Wl. rtvincrately on a wrecked ship
ShcaP SfS drowning, but all were
AM SVC(1, , , i;
. lipen made public
ft em to prove that Senator
ffSer liln the pay of the
iundard Oil company.
. . ii -i.r.iinr cholera reports
It J sail) aiaw"'(i - V
h Vbten sent out from certa n cities
L chin" in order to get contributions
jron superstitious Chinese.
i i Hill says the day of cheap
.Li is over, that the food problem
... n.nl tlmt hf! urovcrn-
nt should be building schools of
Jiculture as well as warships.
Tift will make three big campaign
tosrt.
Chicago's population Is placed at
JJJI.06Q by the recent school census.
Seattle banks will sell the bonds of
lie Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc exposition.
A Minnesota woman walked 330
!$ to visit the grave of her bus-
fond near Chicago.
r....i. i.nnnt muted a stronir tribe
Congo natives who trade m con
tnbind arms and slaves. '
A negro was lynched for shooting a
Trbiit man in Louisiana, though the
latter was not seriously hurt.
A Baptist moderator In Kentucky
fed of heart failure ,whcn his son
Til arrested for selling liquor.
The French press is irritated by
tbe German criticism of the Franco
Spanish note regarding Morocco. .
Dimm lirilili official found fish
that had been stored 10 months in the
warehouse of the Hooth company that
wiled recently.
Four crooked hankers arraigned in
Judge Dunne's court in San Fran
isco broke down and wept, and plead
for a reduction of bail.
A commission appointed to inves
tigate New York's high buildings has
decided that they cannot be limited
ai to height, but restrictions provid
ing for light and air can be enforced.
Evelyn Thaw, reduced to novel tv.
vill return to the stage.
A Southern woman led n mob of
tochers against the assailant of her
Slighter.
A Canadian P.irlfir stritfrtirc-iWrr n
"Winnipeg ncar'y caused a riot by
shooting one of the strikers.
A practical joker at Windsor. Mo..
touched off a car of powder, killing
'even persons and injuring 30.
The president of the Chicago school"
wo lavors spanking as the best
method of overcoming the "frat evil."
Stockholders and directors of the
Oueago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
WW are coming to the Pacific coast.
.The Parsival airship, in a trial at
ttriin, for a time made better time
an express train. The aeronaut
"named in the air Hi hours.
frrmers in Ontario fi3litlng forest
wes were short of water and used
i m buttermilk. Fort William
a uch Lomond arc threatened.
Atl 9irmnl 1. 1 - t
. n Hl "as occn mauc to mow
resident Cabrera, of Guatemala,
a m. u lns- a" Inrnal machine to
'teleph0ne ln lis ofncCi T)c rcsi.
t escaped with a few bruises.
ivis now confined In the West
wester county jail.
Aft.1 co,l,rt for I,,inois ,,!s
soa.tab?lLIhni,ati" Wl'lSky
joSUnpcople ,wcrc killct- and 20 In
lislnni vTck on tl,c Yaz & Mis
S?fiiS,,cy railroad ne Clarks-
CforL C,licaK- The smoke
' hindered was 80 thick traffic
'Ste) Stewart, "the American
take "Si ,i ?s bccn ordered not to
Ayf'i Evelyn Thaw lias been
ill be Li. Ncw York sheriff and
"old to pay a millinpr's bill.
leJti?r.M' ?00dwin died in Los
b wile dny,s aft 'narrying
0," imfi Cn( w.as hened by
Wnsthim! 1 char8C8 brought
5hn So liat Cheilerton. rnd,
tht Lake SI na " c?"l? together on
the
Thirty-Four Passengers Injured In
Wreck In East.
Mondvlllo. Pn., Sent. 16 TlilWv.r,,.
porHons woro injured In thn i,
Erie train No. 4, Chicago to Now York
express, nt Oonova. Pn... ft urn nil anilK
eight miles wost of hero. Tho wreck
ll A Mat a ... i
roiaronu oaacinis bollovo, was duo to
persons having n griovanco against thu
company oponlng u switch shortly b3
aoro uio pngsongor train arrived. Tho
lMJHrod wero brought to thl dtv n,i
L'U woro tukon to n Sponcor hospital.
i-ivo, mior jmving tholr Injurlos
drossod, woro discharged, whllo 18 still
roinain at tno Hospital.
Thlrty-ono at tho injured wore pas
songora anu tnroo railroad omploycs. A
majority of tho formor worn Ttnllnn nml
Grook luborors. It is not bolloved any
of tho victims will dlo.
Tho train is duo horo at 12:C0 A. M,,
hut Ivan (1H tmilr lnn nn.1 u.n. -..!
over CO miloH an hour. Upon striking
track, thn nn.nmnlvn Inmln,,
Its side. Two of tho cars, a combina
tion mnnlnr nn,1 Itnttnnnn ... . M.i . .1
- " ""fsnn nm it uuy
coach woro domollshod. A majority of
niu iiijuiuu lYuiu riuiiig in 1110 cornutna
tion car.
FIVE KILLED IN DI8ASTER.
Collision Betwoon Regular and Ex
cursion Trains.
Chicago, 8cpt. 15. It is reported that
a wreck has occurred on tho Lnko Shore
& Michigan Southorn' llailroad, at Ches
terton, Ind., 50 miles from Chicago.
Wrecking apparatus and a special with
physicians havo been sent to tho scene
Jtoports from Chesterton, Ind., were
to tho cfloct that ll vo persons woro
killed and nioro than -20 injured. Tho
wreck was caused by a colllxlon betwocn
a passongor train which loft Chicago at
11:30 P. M., and which ran into tho
roar of an excursion tralaTJound for In
dianapolis via tho Lako Krlo & West
ern. At tno offices of tho railroad
horo it was said that but two or three
pasrongors woro injured.
Owing to Uio isolation of tho place,
dofinlto roports wero difficult to ob
tain. Conflicting reports were given by
tho few parsons -that could bo found to
talk about tho wreck. Tho number of
casualties woro given all tho way from
two injured to Ave dead and twenty
injured.
GERMANS SEEK NO FIGHT.
Von Buelow Declares His Nation Has
No Chip on Shoulder.
London, Sept. 15. Tho Standard yes-
t onlay morning printed. a long intorvlew
with Princo von Ituelow, tho German
chancellor nt Nordorney.
With reference to British npprohen-
sion in tho matter of Gorman naval
aggression, tho chancellor things that It
would bo moro nntural and excusable
U. tho Germans woro apprehensive of.
being attacked, pointing out that Great
Britain has not been invadod since the
time of William tho Conquoror. Con
tinuing, Princo von Buelow said:
"1 can assuro you that nobody of any
sonso or Influenco in Germany dreams
of picking n quarrel with tho English;
much less is thoro any such insano idea
ns that of Invading England."
Car Wrecks Ambulance.
Snn Francisco, Sept. 15. Tho ombu-
lanco of tho Ilnrbor Emergency Hos
pital was run into by a Folsom-streot
eluctrle car Sunday night and William
ircfformnn, hospltnl stoward, and Rob
ert Doofnor, driver, woro seriously In
jured. Doofnor's condition is said to
bo critical ns ho is suffering a fractured
skull as well nH other injuries. Tho am-
bulanco was crossing l-olsom streot
when tho car boro down on It nt a high
rate of spood, striking tho wagon in tho
center, hurllnir it n distance of 25 feet
and completely wrecking it.
Carry Cargoes of Salmon".
San Francisco, Sept. 15. Four ves-
sols bringing full cargoes of salmon
ftpm tho AlnjJtR stations havA arrivod.
Tho first to como in was tho slilp Llo
wollyn J. Morso, Captain Hemming,
after a pnssago of 20 days from Nusha-
gak with 40,047 cases of salmon. Sho
wns followed by tho ship Jnuiana, ap
tnln Olson. 25 days from Nushogak,
with 48,000 cases of Balmon. Lato in
thepnftornoon tho ship Htar or naiy mm
the Bark Charles B. Konney passod in,
both having full cargoes.
Forest Fires Abating.
TV.I..H. flnnt If! f!1llll(la 1111(1 Ml Mi-
sonco ot wind gavo tho Mosabu Bongo a
day of quiet Bunuay anu me
In ln n ninnnpn In til is locality.
No rain has fallen and tho situation will
bo sorlous until moisturo puts an onu m
tho smoldering Arcs. Grnnd Mnrnis, on
tho north shore of Lnko Superior, Is con
sidered safe owing to tho back-flros
around Uio Uttlo town. Tho woods xor
nonrly 100 milon along tho north slioro
nM nMnn nnd millions of foot of stand
ing timbor is still in dnngor.
Trouble-In French, Congo,
n i. Hn.,t IK Pnssonirors who
arrived at Antwerp Sunday from the
Congo roport sorlous troubles in tho
" i. r. .i.nn not revolted
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and In soctlons surroundod a numbor or
whltos. A roller rorco wns son m -
ii - i.tin. ..ml onvnrnl OBtttlttO'
BIO OI HID wivv -7, ,
'monts woro fought, many boing Jellied.
Stoal Valuable Gems.
San Bernardino, Cal., Sept. 15-One
of tho most daring thorts oceurnng iu
mining camps of this county - In . yoari
has jSst been reported to the sl oriff
turquolso goms vaiuou at "-'-"g
boon romovod from a cacho in a shacK
at tho Wood & Co,'s gem mlnos, u
miles north of Hart.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
ALL PRICES ADVANCE.
Cost of Living, However, Incroasod
Moro Thnn Wages.
Washington, Sept. 10. The aver
age wages per hour in the principal
manuiactunng and median cal indiis
tries of the country were 3.7 per cent
higher in 1007 than in 1000. while re
tail prices of food were 4.S per cent
higher, according to the July report
of the Bureau of Labor. The regular
nuurs oi lanor per week were four
tcntlis of l per cent lower, and the
number of employes in establishments
iiivcitiigaicu uy tnc bureau snowed an
increase of 1 per cent.
The report shows that, as compared
With the ten vcirs nr,.rliiicr leori n
1800, the average wage in 1007 was
HH 7 nnr -mil I. .. .. 1 r
. i--. .i.mi iunm.1, nuiuucr oi
employes 44.4 per cent greater, with
a decrease nf .'. mr mnt ... ii -,,
age hours of. labor per week.
i nc retail price of the principal ar
ticles Ot fooil W.tl 2(1 ft rw-r font ti1.r
m 1007 than for the period 1800 to
1800. Compared with the average for
the same ten-year period, the food-
Plirchasilla HOWCr of nn linnr'a
in 10D7 was 0 8 per cent greater. Rc-
liiiii prices oi toon in 1007 were liiglier
thnn in anv other v,nr nf
period above named, being 4.2 per
cent higher than in 1000.
WRIGHT WILL WIN.
Exports Say His Aeroplane Meets
Al. Requirements.
Washington. Sent. 15. Sicranl corns
officers horo freely express tho belief
that Orvillo Wright, who shattered all
records in his history-making acroplano
flights, will bo ablo to exceed bv a wido
margin tho requirements of tbo war de
partment. Ono official predicted that
tho Wright aeroplane will bo ablo to
mako 42 miles an hour. Tho matter of
remaining in tho air for a given length
of timo bothers no ono now, sinco
Wright sailed for 02 minutes and 15 sec
onds, with perYoct case.
'the members of tho signal corps -aro
all anxious to take a trip in tho machine
sinco Lieutenant Lahm sailed about
with Wright at Fort Mycr last week.
Orvillo Wright Is tho hero of tho day
and his claim to tho titlo of "king of
tho nlr," though not advanced by him
self, is not disputed. He has received
congratulations from neronauts from all
parts or this country and huropo, but is
calm and unassuming as usual. Ho has
little to say except that bo "knew tho
machino would do it."
Jap Sealers Caught.
Washington. Sept. 17. (The depart
ment of justice was advised yesterday
of the capture of two Japanese ves
ic's and between 30 and 40 Japanese
sailors caught seal poaching within
the thrcc-mile limit off St. Paul
island. The revenue cutter Bear over
hauled the foreign vessels and cap
tured them after a chase. The men
were taken to Unalaska and will be
later removed to Valdcz for trial. On
one of the schooners were found sev
eral hundred skins, and the small
boats were covered with blood, show
ing that the seals bad been killed
within the prescribed three-mile limit.
Examine Col. Stewart.
Wncliinirtmi T1 C. Smt 18. It
O-"--,
was announced yesterday that the war
department would soon order Colonel
W R ?trn.-.irt tli?. Fnrt Ornnt exile.
stationed at Huachuca, Ariz., to ap
pear, before the retiring board, to be
crirf nirw1ip.il pv.-iminntinn
to his physical condition. If the board
finds Stewart unfit tor service,' nis
i-..iirniniit wilt Ii" rnmniilsorv. It is
made clear that his examination will
be sufficiently thorough to finallydc
tcrminc his physical qualifications for
service in the army.
Two-Cent Postage to Great Britain
Washington. Sept. 10. The 2-ccnt
postal rate between the United States
and Great Ilritam will go into ettecr
October 1. After that date letters
may be sent to the United Kingdom
for 2 cents which formerly required
cents to carry.
At ti enmn timi the rnte of nost-
age applicable to letters mailed in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland for delivery in any part oi tne
United States will be one penny for
each ounce or fraction thereof.
Check Upon Fires.
Washiiifirfon. Sept. 17. Bids will
soon be invited for installing fire pro
tection systems in defenses at the
mouth of the Columbia river. Sixty
thousand dollars Have been allotted
for this project. Army and navy
wireless experts are working in uni
nn !n the extension of a system of
communication in the far north. The
war department has been advised of
the probable completion during the
present month of the nqw wireless
stations in Alaska.
Postofflcos Advanced.
Washington. Sept. 10. On October
i it. fnllnvvintr fonrtll-ClaSS . nOStOI-
f:-c will lir ndv.inccd to nrcsidential
grade, salaries of postmasters being
fixed as inutcatcii: v
Oregon Arleta, Frccwatcr and
Weston, $1100: Bend and Falls City,
Washington liiimouus, aiaruucK,
Lumas and Tcnino. $1100; Medical
Lake. $1200; Black Diamond, $1000.
Idaho St. Maries, $too.
Trust Busters In Conference.
Ovster Bay. L. I., Sept 12. Tho
biff stick is believed to be in training
today nt Sagamore hill, where a con
ference is being held by the president
with Herbert Knox Smith, commis
sioner of corporations, and tho official
government investigator of trusts, and
Attorney General Bonaparte, The
subject of tho conference was not made
known.
NAVAL HEROES HONORED.
President Gives Names to New Tor
pedo Boat Destroyers.
Washington, Sept. 17. President
Roosevelt has authorized the assign
ment of the following names for 10
torpedo boat destroyers authorized
by tnc act of May 13, 1008:
Hiram Paulding, Pcrcival Drayton,
Francis A. Roc, Edward Terry,
George II. Perkins, Andrew Stcrrctt,
Edward R. McCall, William Burrows,
Lewis Warrington, Jolm Mayran.
The 10 ncw submarines will be
named: Stingray, Tarpon, Bonita,
Snapper, Norvvhal, Grayling, Salmon,
Carp, Barracuda, Pickerel, . Skate,
Skipjack, Sturgeon, Thrasher and
Tuna, The colliers recently author
ized will be named Jupiter and Cy
clops. Colliers to be purchased:
Vulcan, Mars and Hcct6r.
RcarAdmiral Hiram Paulding was
distinguished for gallant service in
1812, and was assigned by President
Lincoln to put the navy in a state of
efficiency in 1801.
Captain Pcrcival Drayton was Ad
miral Farragut's fleet captain in Mo
bile bay.
Rear Admiral Roe saw important
service in the China seas and the civil
war.
Commander Edward Terry was
commended for service durinsr the
civil war at the battle of Mobile bay.
Kcar Admiral i'crkins was com
mended by Admiral Farratrut as an
efficient officer.
Lieutenant Adrcw Stcrrctt com
manded, the Enterprise, and captured
a Tripolitan cruiser in 1801, threw her
armament overboard, gave her crew
one spar and a sail and let them go.
Captain iidward R. McCall, Lieu
tenant Burrows. Captain WarrinKton
and Midshipman Mayran saw distin
guished naval service, for which they
were publicly commended.
Filibusters Found Guilty.
Washington, Sept. 18. The stLte
department is in receipt of a telegram
from the American consul at Uahia,
Brazil, reporting the conclusion of the
trial of the filibustering expedition
led by Sebastian H. de Macali into
that republic in 1007. The expedition
consisted of eight men under the
leadership of Magali, four of whom
were Americans, Samuel Parker, Her
bert Phanncbeck, Everett Wilson and
George Vice, all of New York.
The consul reports that Matrali re
ceived a two-year sentence; that Vice,
who was seriously wounded in the
skirmish which led to the arrest of
the men, was acquitted; that George
Gordon, a Scotchman and follower of
Macali. was sentenced to one. year.
and that the remaining members of
the expedition were sentenced to im
prisonment for one year and five
months each.
Cruiser Boston to Junk Pile.
Navy Yard, Puect Sound. Sept. 10.
The usefulness of the third-class
cruiser Boston, which played a bril
liant part in the battle of Manilla, now
in Bremerton harbor, authorities say,
is over. This ship, which during the
Spanish-American war was considered
highly efficient, has long since be
come obsolete. Her size and arma
ment are very small, compared with
the modern armored cruiser of the
Washington type. Officers state that
the only use to which the Boston
could be put would be coast patrol
duty, and the ship is in need of such
extensive repairs that it is not likely
she w.H be commissioned again unless
there should be an urgent need of
ships. '
Ono HunterxWorth Thousands.
Washington, Sept. 15. Reports to the
United Stntes forest scrvico indicato
that Undo Sam's professional hunters
nnd trnppors who havo been assigned
tho tnBk of disposing of "predatory ani
mals" nro activoly engaged in tho work.
Hunter ureiacnstein, employed in tho
Boise national forest, Idaho, killed 240
coyotes, six wildcats and ono bear dur
ing tho past season. As conservative
estimates by stockmon placo their lossos
each year by ono animal at $100, in this
caso alono stock valued at moro than
$25,000 has been saved, at a coBt to tho
government of $1,105,, Broidcnstein's
salary.
Aeroplane Test Extended. I
Washington. Sopt. 25. Socretary W
War Wright has declared ho would
grant A. M. Herring, tho Now York in-
vontor, 30 days in which to complete tho
noroplano which ho is building to dem
onstrate to tho United States govern
ment, Herring was to have had his air-
shin eomplotod and ready for a test at
Fort Mycr, Virginia, Monday, norring
hos asked for timo to make shop tests
of his now invention. Tho fact that
Secretary Wright is willing to wait a
month for a demonstration of tho aero'
plnno is significant of his intorost in tho
Invention.
Support Hepburn Clause.
Washington, Sept. 10. United
States District Attorney Bonaparte to
day ordered that an. appeal be taken
to the supreme court of the United
States from the recent decision from
the court of appeals at Philadelphia
declared unconstitutional 'the com
modity clause of the Hepburn act.
The decision held that the portion of
the railroad bill that ordered all rail
roads to dispose of their coal mines
and other property holdings was un
constitutional. Wireless In Far North.
Washington, Sept. 10. Army and
navy wireless experts are working' in
unison on the extension of a system
of communication in the far north.
The war department has been ad
vised of the probable completion dur
ing the present month of the new
wireless station at Unalaska, andjhe
navy department has arranged to have
a wireless station on Mummy Island,
at the mouth of Prince William
Sound. I
BREAKS MORE RECORDS.
Groat Aeronaut Excels Former Feats
In Three Particulars.
WashIngton,.Sept. 14. In two flights
at .t'ort Myor Saturday afternoon, Or
villo Wright, in the Wright flyer, broku
throo records, staying up nino min
utes and six and one-third socond in the
first flight, In which Major Gcorgo O,
Squicrs, acting chiof signal officer, ac
companied him, Mr. Weight broko tho
record for a two-man flight, which he
established on Tuesday. Tho first
flight was at 4:20 o'clock.
In ,tho second flight, which started
at 0:17, Air. Wright broko tho record
for timo and distance of a heavier
than air flying machine, which ho es
tablished fby remaining in tho air for
one hour, fourteen minutes and twenty
four Bcconds. In this flight ho also
went Higher than an aoroplanist has
over gone, rising to an altitude of 250
feet.
Mr. Wright also maintained a highor
speed than in his othor flights at Fort
Mycr, traveling around tho drillgrounds
at tho rnto of 38.75 miles an hour on
tho first flight, when Major Squiers
accompanied him.
Tho distanco of this flight was 5.88
miles. In Saturday's flight, Mr.
Wright broko Iho world's recdrd for
timo and distanco for tho fifth timo
last week.
A crowd of 5.000 persons gathered to
witness the flights and their enthusi
asm know no bounds. It was all the
cavalry, detailed to guard tho accoplane
from damage, could do to keep the
crowd back. They cheered Mr. Wright
until ho went away in tho signal corps
automobile.
AIRSHIPS ARE CRUDE.
Edison Criticizes Both Dirigible Bal
loon and Aeroplane.
Seattle, Sept. 14. Thomas A. Edison.
the noted inventor, who is taking a
vacation on the Pacific Coast, says that
neither tho aeroplane nor the dirigiblo
balloon will successfully solve tho ques
tion of navigating the air. Asked if,
in giving up tho commercial side of his
work, ho would make a study of the
airship, he said:
"It is likely that I shall pay some
attention to the navigation of tho air.
I have dono so in the past, but I had
not the time to make serious effort. I
am firmly convinced that tho timo is
near at hand when it will bo possible" to
sail through tho air as easily and as
safely as wo now go by land or by
water.
"I have little faith in tho acroplano
or tho balloon ns a means of aerial
navigation. Tho aeroplane of the
Wright brothers depends too much on
the personal equation. Place some
other man in that caroplano and it
would not work. It depends upon the
skillful handling of the machino by the
inventor.
"It is also unlikely that tho efforts
of inventors who have pinned' their
faith to tho dirigible balloon will meet
with success. When you have some
thing that is lighter than air it is ap
parent even to the layman that it is a
toy of the winds. It is wafted about
like a thistledown when a strong wind
is blowing. Tho aeroplane and the
dirigible balloon will bo improved, I
have no doubt, but I look to see the
application of a principle different from
either in the successful airship."
MORE CARS IN SERVICE.
Decrease f 30,371 in Number Idle
Helps Railroads.
Chicago, Sept. 14. Another big boost
toward prosperity is indicated by a
weokly report of tho car efficiency com
mittee of the American Railway asso
ciation, which was issued Saturday.
Tho total of surplus cars on railroads
of the United States and Canada has
been reduced to 222,632, a decrease tit
30 371 sinco tho last report. Of this
decrease, 21,723 are boxcars and 7,253
coal and gondola'.
Tho decrease in boxcars is tho largest
since tho maximum surplus of 413,605
was reached. An increasing activity in
repairing cars is shown by a reduction
of 7,662 in tho numbor of bad-order
cars.
Small shortages aro reported on a few
railroads, tho shortages totaling 1,418.
Regarding this condition, Arthur Hale,
chairman of tho committee, says:
"Whonovcr those shortages aro ef
such a nature and extent as to justify
action by the committee, conditions are
brought to the attention of the roads
reporting a jurplus, and arrangements
are made to transfer equipmont to tho
roads having use for it."
Race Trouble Feared.
Seneca, Kan., Sopt. 14. A clash bo
tween whites and blacks is feared hero
following an attack on Samuel Murphy,
a farmor, by two negroes, Jim and Allie
Johnson, Friday night. Tho negroes as
saulted a white boy who taunted thorn
about a horse race they had lost, and
Murphy interfered in behalf of tho lad.
A mob quickly pursuer nnd overtook
tho negroes, and armed with ropes were
bent on a lynching, which was only
nvoidod by tho pluck of a doputy sher
iff, who, gun in hand, 'stood in tho door
of n vacant houso and hold tho mob
at bay.
New California Regiment.
San Francisco, Sopt. 14. Recruiting
is in progress for tho organization of a
now regiment of the national guard of
California, to bo stationed at San Fran
Cisco, in conformity with a movement
which has been started by representa
tives of commercial bodies of this city.
Tho action of tho business men of San
Francisco in reorganizing tho national
guard has tho sanctipn of Governor Gil
lott, who is ready to equip tho organiza
tion as soon as it is mustered in.
New. Jap Man to England.
Tokio, Sept. 14 Taka Akira Kato,
proprietor or tho Tokio Daily, an inrm
ontial Japanese paper, has boon appoint
ed ambassador to England, to succoed
Count Komura, who was recently re
called from England to assumo the post
of minister of foreign affairs in the new
cabinet, lvato is an mnuontial citizen
of Japan. Ho has twleo boon minister
of foreign affairs.
HONOR CHAMPIONS
Oregon Gives Welcome to Her
Athletic Sons.
THREE WIN AT OLYMPIC EVENTS
Thousands Witness Big Parade on
Portland Streets Number of
Trophies to Favorites.
Portland, Sept. 15. Crowds of
laurel leaves, more modern and spec
tacular, of course, than the simple
token of victory of ancient Greece,
were pressed upon the brows of Ore
gon's victorious athletes last night
on the triumphal return of Smithson,
Gilbert and Kelly from the Olympic
games in London.
All Oregon joined in the demon
stration, and no Olympic winner,
even in the days when poets sang
of heroes and of men who sailed from
the shores of Troy to bring back
honor, ever received a more royally
enthusiastic welcome on his home
coming. On their journey across the
continent honors and attentions were
heaped upon them, and on their en
trance into thc4 borders of their na
tive state admiring multitudes con
tended to do them homage.
In Portland last night enthusiasm
reached a climax in a eortreous
pageant, rivalling in spectacular bril
liancy and display any similar scene
that has been presented in this city.
Aged men and women participated,
children took part and small boys
yelled themselves hoarse in an intoxi
cation of admiration.
The most spectacular feature of the
demonstration was the big parade.
Thousands of persons witnessed it
and thousands cheered it as it passed.
In every street through which the
parade passed sidewalks were lined.
while windows and every available
point of vantage were crowded.
In addition to the individual trophy
presented by the City of Portland to
the boys, each has also been the recipi
ent of a handsome trophy the gift
of each respective Oregon town
claiming one of the boys as a native.
baker City on bunday night pre
sented Dan J. Kelly with a loving
cup of beauteous design, and last
night Forrest C. Smithson received
a similar trophy as the gift of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club.
Charles L. McNary, of Salem, on be
half of the citizens of the capital,
presented Alfred C. Gilbert with an
other handsome cup.
As an additional honor, Dr. Morn-
son, on behalf of the Multnomah
Athletic Club, announced that that
institution had voted a life member
ship to each of the victorious trio.
REPUBLICANS WIN.
Majority in Maine Much Reduced in
Four Years.
Portland. Me.. Sept. 15. The Re
publicans carried Maine yesterday
by about 8,000. plurality, as against
26,816 in the last presidential year,
and 8064 in 1006. At midnight re
turns for governor from 468 out of
519 cities, towns and plantations
give Bert M. Fernald (Rep.), 72,177;
Obadiah Gardiner (Dem.), 64.093.
The same places in 1904 gave Cobb
(Rep.), 75,334; Davis (Dem.). 49.-416.
The remaining places in 1904 gave
Cobb 1630, Davis 730. I he missing
towns, which are small, four years
ago cast 1630 Republican votes and
730 Democratic.
The Democratic vote increased
more than 13.000 over that of 1904,
while the Republican vote fell off
about 2500. The Republican plural
ity is the smallest recorded in a
presidential year in 25 years.
The two parties split even in the
20 cities, each capturing 10. The vot
ing was particularly heavy in tne
rural districts, owing largely to the
popularity of Mr. Gardiner among;
the farmers as head of the State
Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, the
Democrats making large gains.
All four Republican candidates for
congress were elected, and for state
auditor Charles P. Hatch, Republican,
of Augusta, defeated his opponent.
Cholera Proves Deadly.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 15. It is an
nounced officially that from noon
September 12 until noon yesterday
there were 236 cases of cholera and
64 deaths in this city. The mortality
since the beginning of the epidemic
is over 25 per cent. One of the vic
tims yesterday was a tenor belonging
to the famous choir of St, Alezandre-
Nevsky. who was stricken after the
service. A council of physicians has
recommended the closing of the sa-.
loons at 5 o'clock on workdays, as
alcoholics arc especially susceptible
to the disease.
Harrlman Makes Big Profit.
Chicago, Sept, 15. The net earn
ings of the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific railroads for the
month of July were the largest that
either of these roads has reported
for that month in their history, in,
the cases of both, however, the gross
earnings showed a material decrease
as -compared with last year. A good
showing in net earnings was brought
about by a material reduction in op
erating expenses.
Take Evidence on Merger.
Salt Lake City, Sept. 15. In the
federal court here an order was en
tered yesterday appointing Sylvester
G, Williams, of Denve special ex
aminer to take evidence in the'suit of
the United States government against
the so-called merger of the Harrl
man Pacific railway lines.
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