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ssnsfit y states Court Decides liar flow Lines In Wrong, INTERESTS SUSTAINED t M. RlKht of Commission to Fix 9,drRl ... Which Must Bo Equltablo Horoaflor. t.n,lco. Oct. In sustaining br tbo government to nn .. iin for n ihju"""' ....... -v W'fn hern Pacific compute socking tl,8)?;.in tlio intcrstnto commorco "from establishing a " rate idfflinr between Oregon anu ,u.i fl ffe Unlto.1 States circuit court 10 ' vestcrdny rendered ft do Cfrfchyuphol,h r tho authority of "u.nn to fix freight charge e ' Zt It considers a just and ..nllcn Ion, the most important fejrS.ft.ocourt v.M not 1)0 nvnimuiu i"" ? t& victory of tho govornmon: np- Allies of tho United Staos district ' v' of i o and tho interstate Cr commission declared that this ft rit"Mlnco slnco tho enact i! .f tbe r.to law in which it was thtt tlc commission Lad orml 7, auestion of dlscrotlon and judg It and the first timo that thoro had lB Plated squarely before ft court of jurisdiction tho right of the com nUiion to make or correct rates undor "ne setiondedded was instituted by IK Southern Pacific and tho Oregon & alifornia Hallway after tho nnnounco Btit of an Increase In tho rates on Leb lombcr from tho Wlllamctto vnl lr in Oregon to 8an Francisco and ier lay points. Tho railroads nn mud that the rate, which was $3.10 ... i aim tiKt. war to bo incrooaod to k A protest was filed with tho inter lUte commerce commission by tho As iviittd Lumber Dealers of tho North- wi. and the commission, after Invosti ntijn, decided that $3.40 por 1,000 was Ircuonable rate. Tho objection of lie rtUnays to this decision took tho fora of a suit for on Injunction to sot uiJt the order of tho commission. DISEASE IS ABATING. Cholera In St. Petersburg Has Caused 2,108 Deaths. EL Pcteriburc. Oct. 1 For tho 24 inn ending at noon yesterday 223 itr taiei and 03 doaths from cholera lire teen reported by tho municipal kipitsli. For tho provious 24 hours tic statistics wcro 222 cases and 00 l.-il - CHIOS. One hundred and twonty-sovon rocov- wirt were reported veMordny as com jird with 137 the 24 hours onding at ioo the day previous. Tie totals since the beginning of the epidemic aro 5,055 cnswi, 2,108 deaths til 1,631 recoveries. There has been published an official report of an outbreak of tho cholera nt tie Parlovik military neadomy. This siows that tho diaeaso originated in ftl I1J.MM h .nnll mm uAvicu. kiivuvii, mioiu u iuuk ttmo sufftnag from incipient cholera and prepared the food for tho cadets for sereral days. Tho cook contracted tho disease in tho cholera hospital, whero h tn lent on a mistaken diagnosis. "Wen tho physician dlscovorod his orror til cook was discharged and allowed U return to duty. This gross careless. "11 itsultod in J8 of tho cadots coming inn with tho disease. Fivo of thoso uiei ended fatally. Aeroplane Deal Closed. Paris; Oct. 1 With ilin rntiHnnt of Alitor Wright, tho great Amorican jnitor, Lnmo Woillor hno ordered ft lth factory to manufacture CO aoro Etes built on tho snmo plan as wnpt'i machlno. Wolllor is tho hood he syndicate that is going to pay brothers $100,000 for tho t) rights to their machlno, provld I :i ; meets with cortaln roqulromonts, "I it ii believed that tho ordor placed the factory yostordav is nntlcl- W of the signing of a contract bo "een tho WrlRkt brothors and tho 'eh lyndicato. Forests Stilt Burnldg. Baa Jose, Cal.. Oct. 1 AUhounh tho 7 la complotcd filled with uraoko, J Wlnito dotoils can bo learned of tho st flro that hnn boon raging oast of Mion Itldgo and i,otwoon th0 Cftin. W.!" 8,lno1 crcVs. It Is ovidont, 11J V tlQ firo 'B tl burning "a doubtless spreading, as tho density ani.t!i 'moko complotoly hides tho ffi ftj ranK from view. Owing to tekri. Wlir8' communication with mt ol""vntory has boon cut off. v Ship Arms to Chinese. smmnnm ' v' l-Arma and Z 1 ? ! ?ro bolnB "Klnrly smug Wdh, V?ncouvor to W Chinese tf tho TniVtpirntca on 4,10 western sido "ten w '1'?' "wording to ft cliscovory imDrc, ?J r$ on ,,0,ir tho ntoamcr nabsV ii 1 th. i0mtr to that port found l!rUn,k.a,W,th falfl0 boUom8 slrca 21 ' in, which wro sovornl hun 1.1 ,n'nmunion and many M labeled "soap." First r...!.. 8af.. ,'ov,voa m Adlrondacko. fLL.nlt0 N- Y., 0.ct. 1Tl.o ere n ho Mlromlncks which nin, ar?pn0rn.rlly chocked by heavy every if. "Kftin "prlnging into llfo in ?HthB n fcwnooVby ft steady ki danLi mos onco 'noro nro nssum. d,B a?e 1prI)ortIonB- Tho war 'aitrfi. .B,moa to Dnnnomora, ,g "re l In progress. IGNORANCE OF SANITATION. Lower Classes In Russia Rofuso to Bo Vacclnatod. Bt. Potorsburg, Sept. 298inco tho boglunlng of tho opidcmlc thoro havo boon jd,0H3 cases of Asiatic cholera ro iwrtod in Kussln and 7.102 dnnHi. t 8t. Potorsburg nlono, slnco tho prosonco ui niu uioonrto wns officially ndmittod Soptombcr 8, thoro liavo boon 4,031 cases and 1,871 deaths reported. Tho figures with roforonco to tho in vnsion of this city by tho disonso con not bo rollod upon as on a numbor of occasions nuthorltativo sources showod tho numbor of cases and doaths in a single day to bo for in oxcoss of that announced by tho authorities. Thoro is nn upprocioblo bottormont of tho sani tnry conditions and consoquont decrease in tho disooso as shown by tho figures givon out Sunday. For tho 24 hours onding at noon tho numbor of now cases in tho city was 208 and tho number of deaths 143, as bomparod with 312 now cases and 1C3 doaths for tho provious 24 hours. Difficulty has been experienced in doaling with tho workmen of St. Potors burg, who with tholr families comprise throo-if ths of tho population for tboy wero unnblo and unwilling to comply with tho sanitary precautions. Tho ignorance of tho lowor classos and their suporstitlon groatly increase tho diffi culties of tho situation. During tho oarllor stagos of tho opldomic few could bo prevailed upon to undorgo provcntlvo inoculation, which is provided froo of chargo, but latterly tho authorities novo mado Inoculation compulsory in soino qunrtors of tho city. SITUATION MOST SERIOUS. Unbrokon Drouth in East IsJ Raising Havoc With Industries. Pittsburg, Sept. 29 With losses ag gregating several million dollars from forest fires, and heavy damago to crops and livestock, and tho reported loss of A number of lives duo to fighting tim ber fires; tho enforced idleness of thou sands of workmen owing to suspensions becnuso of lack of water; tho authori ties anticipating sorious epidemics of contagious diseases, and many small stroams dried up and practically oblit erated, tho drouth of 1008, which has hold wostorn Pennsylvania, castorn Ohio and West Virginia for two months, remains unbroken. Whilo in the Pitts burg district tho water supply is suffi cient to carry on all business, tho low stago of tho rivers has caused a con gestion of much coal in this vicinity. Every avallablo bargo and float has boon loadod with coal, and at present thoro aro almost 20,000,000 bushels in tho Pittsburg harbor. About-: 15,000 miners employed in, tho rivor minos along tho Monongahcla val ley nro out of work. In all soctions of tho dry zono pray ers aro offered up daily and these pray ers will continuo until they aro an swered with rain. STUDENTS FIGHT DISEASE. Drafted in Manila to Battle With Epi demic of Cholera. Manila, Sopt. 29. Thoro wore 14 now cases of cholora and threo doaths re ported for tho 24 boors onding at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Practically tho ontiro staffs of the bureau of sci ences and tho local medical schools havo boon drnftod Into tho sorvlco to fight tho disease. Tho two lonior classes of tho medical schools aro acting ns nurses. A sorious situation Is causod by tho supply of dislnfoctnnts running very low. Tho bureau of sciences is experi menting with oloctrlclty and soa water to produco chlorine for uso until tno now surdI es of disinfectants arnvo. Enormous, quantities of ,dislnfectnnt,s havo boon usod in vigorous ouons w cleanso tho ontiro city. New Party In Cuba. Havana, Cuba, Sopt 20 That tho Liberal party will loso the ontiro nogro voto in tho coming olection Booms as sured, as tho result of an nttack mndo on a mass mooting of negroes by a mob t ti 1- rcn, nf tlmt tlin nocrro OI IJlUUimn. olomont proposed to form n national 1.. Mm T.thnrnls. OS tllOV Saw that such n party would draw moro from Uioir Tonus inu i - tlvos. Jonoral Estonot, loader of tho 1 nMA..nn.t flint. Ms nnrtv is n cortninty, ub his followors cannot hopo to Bocuro tholr riglits without a party of tholr own. New Road to Poaco River. ir.,.,n, in n. Snnt. 20 A snoclol T till w li vi , - w., -4--- dispatch from Winnipeg says? Tho Co- . - .1.1 ti- am. nadinn Pacino is ruining voy through from ft point near Atha basca loading to Grand Pralr lo, , north of Edmonton, Alborta. From there .tho main lino is being extended to , Pino Pnss. Tho compnny is concontrntlng Its efforts on n Burvoy through Pino Pass and from that point tre lino wll bo ex tended through .British Columbia to n point north of Princo Hoport. New Coal Field Found. Victoria, D. 0 Sopt. 80.--A rich find of good coal with ft so&m eight foot in width lias boon located as a result of So boring at Deep nay, Vancouver Is land, nbout three miles south of Union Bay, by tho Wellington Colliery , com SnyofDuasmulr'sSons. The seam will bo worked as soon is orrangemonts ean be mado to sink on it. NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL APPEALS GUARANTEE CASE. Oklahoma Bank Will Tost Validity in Highest Court. Washington, Ort. 3. The appeal of the Noble State Bank of Oklahoma from the decision of the sunreme court of that state in the proceeding of the bank, which was instituted to test the constitutionality of the Okla homa bank guarantee law. h.is IWn docketed in the -supreme court of the united fatatcs. Governor Haskell, as chairman of the state banking board, is made the principal defendant. The case originated in the Logan county district court, of Oklahoma, which court sustained a demurrer and re fused to grant the injunction asked for by the bank. The case was appealed to' the supreme court of the state, where the decision of the county court was affirmed. The state su preme court held that the law was contrary neither to the federal nor the state constitution. The court will be asked to advance the case to the docket, but it is doubt ful if it can he henrd hffnrp tlii Nn. vember election. Vorys Was Reinstated. Washington, Sept. 30. The Interior Department has made public a letter of Secretary of the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss ilntcd Knufinhfr K 1R07 r. yoking the disbarment of A. I. Vorys, oi unio, irom practice belorc the de partment. Mr. Vorys is a member of the nolitt'r.it Ktnff nf Mr Tnff T4i letter states that Mr. Vory3 was dis- uarrcu ior Having withheld; pension moner and viol.itjntr flip -lnw rcl.itJv tp compensation for services jn pen- siun cases in connection wun me prosecution of a claim. In revoking te nrAtr Mr. H1ic ctnfnrl flint of tVim time of the disbarment Mr. Vorys was a law student and disclaimed any in tention ot violating the law. Cash for Reclamation. Washington, Oct. 2. Estimates given out by tho reclamation service show that Oregon last year contributed ap proximately $1,387,413 to tho reclama tion fund, making her total contribu tion to Juno 30, 1908, $8,107,822. For tho first timo since tlio reclamation law was passed, Oregon dropped from first to second place on tho list of contribu tions, duo to tho unexpected boom in land sales in North Dakota, enabling that state to tako rank over Oregon with n lend of less than $200,000. Wash ington 's contribution is estimated at $843,762; her total, $5,089,050; Idaho last year contributed $400,625 or $3, 553,050 in all. Barrett Off for Coastr , Washington, Oct. 1. John Barrott, director of tho bureau of Amorican re publics, has gone to Albuquerque, whero ho will address tho Irrigation Congress. Ho will also speak boforo tho Trans Mississippi Congress at Ban Francisco and thon spend 10 days in Portland, Oc tober 12 to 21. On October 22 lie will havo a conference with tho Seattle Ex position directors in regard to participa tion of tho bureau and tho Latin-American countries in tho exposition. Resume Silver Coinage. Washington, Oct. 3. Director of the Mint Leach has announced that the government will resume the pur chase of silver for subsidiary coin age this week. The announcement says that 125,000 ounces will be pur chased each week for an indefinite period. The director of the mint ex pects a strong demand for. dollars and smaller coins as soon as the cotton crop begins to move and is prepar ing for it. Cholera Cases in Manila. Of.. 2 Oovornor-Oon- crnl 8mlth, of tho Philippines, hns tolo wiir ilnnartment that thoro wero 14 new cases of cholera during ... i i o . . i i - m ...... tho 24 liours onaing ni o o-ciucjs ium- ,1.,t mnrnlnn nml IS PflHOS for tllO 24 hours onded at 8 a. m. Wednesday. From .8 o'clock Wednesday morning un til p. m. tnoro wero sovon cusua. Cholera Cases increase. w-.i.inrrtnn Sent. 30. The cholera epidemic in Russia is increasing, says a cablegram to the marine hospital service trom a nuropean rcpun u ii.-i K..rnii Tin- nrincinal centers of infection are St. Petersburg, Astra khan, Curjew, Juban, Rostow and the Don valley. Pensions In Northwest. Washington, Oct. 3. According to .1.. ..nnrt nf tp rnmmission- Hie .niiiniii i . . ... er of pensions, there are now 7,802 ! Oroornn rprpivmp $1.- 108.004 annually in pensions; 10,701 ' ir-i.! !.. ntvinir Sl.fiM.313. and 2,223 in Idaho, receiving $345,035. Straus Sniffs at Guarantee. tinnf f0. Snnrotarv Straus today said ho tbought nn exam ination should bo mado of tho f oiluro of tho Nntlonal Bank of Coalgato, Okla, . . -1 ILI .... l...nluliAH tit A Straus uociarcu mm cimo iumwu only Illustration of tho guarnntood bank doposlt schomo. Dpintnrs Get Raise. . i "i. o TIi n r yr rptr. wasningioi'. uu, . " --o ulation went into effect Thursday by WHICH IHC I'1'J " " - monotype operators in the employ of tlie govcriwicm creased from 50 to 60 cents an hour. Cholera in tho Philippines. Washington, Sopt. 20. Qovomor Smith nt Manila roports 30 cases of cholora -for tho 24 hours onding at 8 o'clock yostcrdny morning. From then until 4 o'clocMO cases woro roportod as against 20 at 4 o'clock the day before. TESTS NEW EXPLOSIVE. War Department Expocts Powder W Revolutionize Warfare. Washington, Oct. 1. Tho war depart mcit ig demonstrating at Sandy IIoo, proving grounds, Now York, with a com binntiott of powder and projective tha promises nn effective fighting rango o from 50 to 75 por cent greater than nn; at tho command of any other army o, tho world. Tho powder used in tho ox pcriments in dunnito, an invention of Lieutenant-Colonel Beverly Dunn, If hn an explosivo power 15 por cent greater than that of any known powder including tho Japanese shimoso powder. Tho ordinary sholl or projoctflo used by tho army has been elongated so at to lessen tho air resistance and other wiso shaped to recoivo tho full force ol tho powder explosion. Tlio preliminary tests at Sandy Hook havo v shown that tho now projectiles havo an cxtrcmo rango of from 50 to 60 per cent moro than tho old projectiles. In combination with tho now powder tho new projcctllo has an extreme range of from 50 to 75 per cent moro than the old projectiles. As the extreme rango of the projec tiles bcrctoforo used by tho army has been as great as that of any other ariny in tho world, tho now discovery gives to this country a fighting weapon effective at far greater rango than that of any ithor army. Tho cxtrcmo rango of a shell is a mile to an Inch. Tlio 6-inch sholl lias a rango of 6 miles, tho 12-inch shell a rango of 12 miles. GOMPERS WILL ANSWER Decides to Reply to Questions, but Under Protest. Washington, Sopt. 29That ho would roply to tho questions certified to the supremo court of tho District of Colum bia in connection with tho contempt proceedings against President Gompers and other Federation of Labor officials beforo tho examiner, as directed Satur day by Chief Juotico Claiburne, was announced by President Gompers on re suming tho witness stand. "I will answer the questions," he said, "but I will answer them 'under protest." Tho objectionable questions wero not presented immediately, but If r. Davin port, attornoy for the Buck company asked regarding tho publications con cerning tho company in labor papers. Mr. Gompers sought to curtail the in quiry by accepting responsibility for many of the utterances copied into thoBo papers. Upon the reading of ono of tho news paper clippings, Mr. Gompers reiterated the chargo that President Van Cleave of tho Buck Stovo company and of the National Association of Manufacturers is employing detectives in connection with tho contest with the Federation. Mr. Davenport protested against the charge, but Mr. Gomperspersisted, de claring with emphasis that if; was true. Colonel Stewart Reports. Washington, Sept. 30. Colonel W. F. Stewart, of the coast artillery, com manding the ungarrisoned post at Fort Grant, who is to appear before a retiring board, to detcrmine his physi cal fitness for further service on the active list, has reported to the War Department. No date has yet been set for a meeting of the board. Charles Stewart, a lawyer of San Francisco, and brother of Colonel Stewart, is here looking after the lat ter's interests. Gompers Back at Van Cleave. Washington, Sept. 30. Testifying in the contempt proceedings against him and other labor officials, Gompers de clared the fund of $1,500,000 raised by President Van Cleave of the Em ployers' association for "educational purposes" had been used in an effort to bribe labor officials and in employ ing spies to follow labor leaders. Gompers said he had been shadowed everywhere by detectives. Let Stewart Rest. Woshington, Oct. 2 In accordance with Colonel Willinm F. Stewart's re quest that he bo allowed to rccuporato from his journey from Fort Grant to Washington boforo ho appears boforo tho medical members of tho rotiring board, tho board has decided to post pono tho examination of tho army offi cor until noxt week. Office Seekors Must Resign. WnshiniTtnn. Oct. 1. Constornation was creatod horo by tho announcement that President Koosovoit naa aociaca that all government employes who wish to tako an activo part in politics must rnsSrrn fhoir nositions with tho crovom- mont, nnd that thoro is no hopo of their regaining their positions artor tno cam paign is ovor. Wright Asks More Timo. Washington. Sept. 30. In order to give Orville Wright time to recover from his injuries recently received in the accident to his aeroplane at Fort Myer, the Wright Brothers have made application to the signal corps for an extension of nine months' time, or un til June 28 next, in which to make the official tests of their machine. Ask Roosevelt to Decide. Washington. Sept. 20. To Presi dent Roosevelt will be left the de cision whether the Washington monu ment' is to be used as a wireless sta tion for the purpose of conducting experiments with ships at sei and possibly across the Atlantic ocean. Political Riot In Cuba. Washington, Oct, 1. Dispntchos ro colvod at tho war department front Pro visional Governor Mngoon show that nno man was shot and killed and oight injurod by canos and fists as a result of political disturbances in Cuba. RUSSIA BEGRUDGES MONEY. iuroaucracy Weighs Dollars Heavier Than Human Life. St. Petersburg, Sept. 28 -Tho bu laucrncy of St. Petersburg is weighing llurg against human life, and as a ro jit Russia is today threatened with no of tho gravest cholera scourges in bo history of tho empire. Premier Stolypin into whoso hands jo wui a. ui, cuiurciug laipcriuivu buui iry reforms was recently placed, is noeting with discouragement from thoso n authority on every hand. They nro rotestlng vigorously against tho enor ious expense involved in cleaning up no city, and as a result of their oppo ition tho work will probably be only nlf dono. Ono of Premier Stolypin's proposals i a complcto new system of sewerage, uo estimated cost of which is $40,000, 00. It is being pleaded that tho advent f cold weather will put an end to tho hplera spread, whereas the history of 11 cholora plagues has beon that cold reathcr is but a temporary check, boing ollowed in tho ensuing spring by a re currence of tho scourge Bad as conditions aro in St. Peters urg, thoy aro hardly to bo compared .vlth tho menacing aspect of the dis aso in other parts of tho empire. In (cores of towns tbo wretched poverty of ho people, covered with tho ignorance ind superstition against remedial mcas jres, makes tho work of guarding igainst the fearful outbreak in tho ipring an utter impossibility. Doctors aro appalled at tho prosnect. 3nd say that whatever tho outcomo in it. Jfetersburg, there is no hope of im provement elsewhere. It is estimated that throughout Bus jia thoro havo already been 18,000 lcaths from cholora. In many towns 5 per cent of tho cases have terminated fatally. ABOLISH COLONIST RATES. DROUTH IS BROKEN Parched and Suffering Eastern States Welcomes Rain. Plan Almost Unanimously Approved by Western Railroads. Chicago, Sept. 28. The colonization of the western country a going to bo materially retarded if railroads be tween Chicago and tho Pacific Coast carry out a plan which has been ad vanced by executive officials. A prop osition has received the approval of nearly every railroad in the Western Passenger association to abolish all low or reduced rates after January 1, 1009. tins determination has been reached because of tho alarm felt over the re duction in net passenger revenues of western roads. This reduction is laid at tho door of reduced rates, and genuine alarm is felt for the future. Railroad officials declare that with tho 2-cent rate generally there can bo no reduced rato without passing tho margin -of profit. It is estimated that western roads havo lost this season several millions of dollars in passenger revenues, com pared with what hoy would have en joyed had they maintained a minimum 2-cent rate west of Chicago. This con clusion is based upon careful statistics prepared by tho Alton and other rail' roads, which show that railroads have carried moro passengers than ever, but at a less net-revenue than accrued from a smaller movement. This can mean only one thing, it is said, and that is tho return of a minimum 2-cent rate everywhere. It is not expected that this change can be brought about until the first of the year, but it now seems certain that, if tho public desires reduced rates, they can be had only by a return to the 3-ccnt basis. CHfNESE'AVOlD HEAD TAX. Hundreds Admitted Into Canada on False Statement. Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 28. A scheme has just been laid bare by tho controller of Chinese immigration nt Ottawa, which is bolioved to bo tho most elaborately conceived fraudulent device for effect ing tho Chinese "invasion" of Canada over perpetrated. By means of this device hundreds of young Colostials havo been flocking in at the eastern ports of the Dominion and escaping the $500 head tax by passing themselves off as merchants or other privileged classes. Canada has thus boon victimized through honoring certificates of tho chargo d'affaires ad intorim nnd consul general at the im perial Chinoso legation in Mexico. statistics Initio trade and commerce department here show that 280 Chinese immigrants woro admitted into Canada recently at tho ports of Montreal and Halifax alone, without paying tho head tax and that not more than 15 Uhineso should have been so favored. Land Grab Thwarted. San Francisco, Sept. 28. Stato Min eralogist Aubury after a long fight has compolled n. II. Yard & Co., speculators associated with tho Western Pacific, to roleaso their hold on 13,000 acres of rich mineral land in Plumas and Butte coun ties. This land was located by Yard and his nssociatos somo years ago. Later Aubury filod an action in tho land of fico on tho ground that while it had been taken as mineral land nnd was known to contain minerals, tho land was desired for railroad purposes. Tho land offlco has now cancelled tho filing. Russia Seizes Yankee Gold Nome, Alaska, Sept. 25. Apparent ly without warrant and with no ex planation given, the gunboat Chilka, belonging to the Russian government, with the Russian governor aboard seized $10,000 from American miners who had been working in Anadir, Si beria, on beptembcr 15. lhe miners were workinir under an agreement made by John iRosene, of the North east Siberia company, with Czar Nicholas 11. Work fcr Young Teddy. nartford, Conn., Sopt. 28. Theodore RoosovoH, Jr., Is to begin service with tho Hartford Carpet Works at Thomp sonville todny. Tt is thought ho will enter the operating department. FOREST FIRES ARE EXTINGUISHED Had Just Destroyed Village In Adi rondacks When Downpour Be ganCold Wave Is Due. Washington, Sept. 29. The drouth which has prevailed over the entire eastern section of the United States for months is broken. Rain has been general over the entire affected area. The weather bureau announced last night that the heavy rains would be followed by a drop in the temperature today. Forecaster Garriot said it would be about 25 degrees cooler. Rains will cease tomororw in the Mid dle Atlantic states, but may continue for 24 hours longer in the New Eng land States, which, until late yester day, had not shared in the general precipitation. Adirondack Village Burned. Utica. N. Y.. Scot. 29. Rain began falling at Clearwater and Long Lake yesterday and it is reported that indi cations are for a sufficient downpour to stop the fire ravages. A fire which destroyed the village of Long Lake West, causing a loss of $125,000, swept through the forest so rapidly that the firefighters had to flee for their lives. It is reported that during the fire four tons of dynamite, which had been sent in for use upon the railroad and in fighting the fire. exploded, causing great destruction in the immediate vicinity and badly twisted the tracks. Reports indicate that many exten sive private preserves in the vicinity of Long Lake West are being fire swept. Chasane Park, Dr. Seward Webb's estate, is burning and there are fires in Harry Payne Whitney's 80,000-acre estate. Rain Falls in New York. New York. Sept. 29. The lone drouth in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which has resulted in serious forest fires, stopped industrial pursuits and caused a water famine in many districts, has been broken by rainfalls. The drouth, which has been the most proloriged in many years, has lasted about eight weeks. So serious have been its effects, especially in the country districts, that prayers have been offered up in many churches for relief. Rain Puts Out Fires. Glens Falls. N. Y.. Sept. 29. The forest fires that have been raging in the foothills of the Adirondacks in this section for several weeks were extinguished yesterday by heavy rains- WHAT IS HAWAII? Judge Dole to Decide Important Case Involving Status of Islands. Honolulu. H. I.. Sept. 29. Is Ha waii a territory of the United States, as Arizona and New Mexico, or is it an insular possession, as Porto Rico and the Philippine islands? This is the question that Judge Uole Df the United States district court has been called upon to decide and attorneys all over the islands are awaiting the an swer to the question, as it will effect the status of nearly every legal prob lem that has come up for solution since the annexation'of the Hawaiian islands. The issue was raised in the case of Manuel Perez and Augusta Walsh, indicted under the Edmunds act. A plea of former acquittal was filed by the attorneys for the defense, it beintr alleged that the defendants were prosecuted tor the same ottense ana acquitted in the district court last April. ihe point of law raised by this plea is whether there are two sovereignties or one in Hawaii. If there are two. as in a state or territory of the United States, a former acquittal in the courts of one jurisdiction is not a defense in a court of another jurisdiction. But if Hawaii is not a full territory and there is only one sovereignty, an acquittal in any court is a bar to further prose cution on the same charge. Cholera Claims Many Victim's , St. Petersburg, Sept. 29. The num ber of new cholera cases in the mu nicipal hospitals for the 24 hours ended at noon yesterday was 263 ana the deaths 103. The statistics for the previous 24 hours were 268 and 143, respectively. Eight hospital attend ants have come down with the disease and the other attendants are in a state of panic. Great difficulty is being en countered in persuading them to re main at their posts. Premier Stolypin has written a sharp letter of censure to the mayor of St. Petersburg re garding the conditions Sternberg's Successor Named Berlin, Sept. 29. While there is no official confirmation as yet, it is be lieved here that Baron Mumm von Schwartzenstein, present ambassador to Japan, will be the successor of tho late Baron Speck von Stemburg as ambassador to the United States, It is known that Baron von Schwartzen stein has indicated his desire for the Washington post and from informa tion obtained it seems that he is con sidered the most likely aspirant. Cholera Declines IrTManila. Manila, Sept. 29. The cholera con tinues 'to decline. But .10 cases were reported during a period of 13 liours yesterday. Mrs. C. A, Carter, an American school teacher, is anions; those stricken.