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.