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MAY MEAN WAR.
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OF THE DAY
mr Items Gathered from AI
parts ol the World.
PREPARED FOR THE
DUSY READER
important but Not Loss fnler-
dtlng HflpP"n"B
Outsldo tho Stnto.
The battleship t lias left Manila
'rtTarmy retiring board declares
..11 t , Kkkh ajtfif n
i tlril S I C ,lilB ! I
A I"11"", ,!, rnimlrv fill Ct.
Trkey to
A conference a - - -g
nJUil mUUUI "vr -
Britain.
i fin? Sotoyoino wen
Jja on Paget Sound durmg a
r A S, Wake lias uccii loumi
fITirillllllllK . . -
give juror ... the Ruef case
A Russian general was wounded by
J Jin troons during tl.c army ma-
Ualls became mixed with
blank shells.
The waterways convention lias
' i . ..niim.m askinir congress
K n a sl"P canal from tl.c Great
P.ff. .l.r (inlf. as the railroads
U(C, , .... .
tjnnot keep P 'ce wim ui vuuh.h. .
Easiness
A Massachusetts school teacher
L and forgot him. The boy re-
.i..A ... lu dungeon two days and
imeht while the teacher attended a
teddine 20 miles away. I he teacher
is prostrated and the boy uncicr a
pbysiuans care
Austria has sent a warship to Hcl
Piiic and threatens to annex Servia,
ur, dependencies of Turkey
,w,v 1 i. I .l..l il.?
threaten to rcvu ar.u ucuarc uicir
independence.
nii!t hanks will back Alaska-Yu
too Pacific exposition bonds to the
amount of fsoo.o'to.
A ohfnomcuallv rich discovery of
fidlw net n in. mi. in int Jiuintuu
Like district, uanaua.
limes I. 11.11 says railroads arc be
ini hampered by many laws. 11c ad
rotates deep waterways.
Delegates to the National Rural
Lettercamcrs association Javor auop
tarn of a parcels post law.
An American and two Spaniard:!
wt murdered by Filipinos in one of
tee provinces near Manila.
France continues to insist that an
cttraitional conference is the nnlv
vi miinn irir inn itiivin irniinij
iv ,.. ...... ..... ,,w....,v
Hearst did not appear at Reno with
it Ini!lnrm!i.tire rmr.lrr .mtrtnir
Men tnreatcned with dynamite.
A pessimistic fccinir nrcvails In
fifMf llrl-i.n ....I. ... I . I..
v.k.k WIIHMI ,11111 1WKU.U IU (111 LJIIV
Kiiitmtnt ot tnc near Eastern qucs
lion.
Btjrijtratlon In New York linn fnllnn
greatly from tho figure of 1004.
A German millionaire, linn mnrrlml n
. Louis heiress, after propositi!? by
".vicgiaui,
Mn. Jean DunNiniiir. wlin died .
vmir bi virtnr ii i n irt nr. .
nf t9 nnn nnn
10 IffO selinnl
'WHOr nt O'Nol. Noli., for lnml
i. . .. i . . . ' -
wuuu reservation.
la an attcmnt nnin. t,n...n
a. , . " " WMfcV. I IIUII1TU lib
mDonn. naa.ti ml I l.Ill- l in
J'e. Tlio mnrdorcm woro nrrcutod.
TIlS iufV linr tnr tl.n l.l.l T..
i .... -" " lllfcvnb -IlllUl
nuod, iiut fix of tho 12 men
removed by poromptory clml
i . . " h"' v. ..muni, nun uu
i.. . i '""'ui " uiwuuiiiif? oa race
t "," " iciiy unrorco ino laws
Nntfonnl t?..,.i Td.ii i
gelation i3 i OMlon nt 0nuilm.
i ,ly i U4 I. I ft I U
was
poopio nt
Over 40
thorn sorl-
an effort in boing mndo to
i convention nt Port
uSlli BooACr T' Washington
S"11?...5'000 colored pKoonlo
imZZ n K"ory foil.
H were injured, omo of :
5 aMSS. ,,08tr0ya FPOrty
n.i i
W&.Br Rnthorlng -for tlio
--wsippi congress.
AAT!,ric,l,m Kro ninB tho now
" of cbolora nt Manila.
trOUbie0 amt wnr ovir tho Balkan
le nrfnVin.1 co'ninorcliil bodies of
sMaJ,eonrt c,tl08 ro In sosslon
.HWICIBCO,
AlK'vof 2!omon ntttjmptoa to
tleetoa York for o eomlrig
' n' lut woro rofusod.
Wilbur W.l.-vi ..
tint in v rn K ' 0 Amorlcnn noro
n Me Vllu0' cnrrlo1 ns n Pnssongor
Kmdi. 81 a lnnn woighlng 210
b?o!dc'l!o1r.fi10tf, s,,ow ho num.
...., c010ra efinnu 1.. i I.. .i-
, jiuoain ala uo.
MolU0rVnSh K0yrninont docs not
t a atruJelo. " I)rovinc08 with'.
fi a'rn'!;0 I00" of tho Amorl
?enl it Toll "W'K r.v,ll ontortnln-
L'Angl!0 iy"oh R noro In "ourt
Ti,' but 1ll,ok Bontonco
Rld ami . "Rro l,ad nsanultod a
S. for jS 8 Bont t0 tUo Poniton-
Olouds Looming Dark Ovor Balkan
oiuiqi unco Moro.
i!trnntn ... I . t .1 ii
. " , ' which inrcrit
In ellfltltrn flin nn I ...I e . ..
- " l'nvilll into Ol Jlill
rono nro orvnlii lln. ...in. u....i.
like rapidity. Almost ovor night tho
urnduul v fkHNtinilmr n.i...u .
anco, has bocomo crowded with war
sows hit reached horo from sovoral
renn tlint turn ,ici..ii i.
uuiniiio HiroKcs nro
impending which ennnot full to brlnir
inuiinra lit n nrlotu ..-.i . - . "
nn h.uiiodinto war.
,, iH, 11,0 Proclnmntlon of 1'rlnco
i'ordlnnnil. nf Mm ln,i,.,,.,.i .
utirn. vvl.lol. ,.lll
ii.i.' ; ,T "oumciin,
Ifll.tlri fnm 1iIimaI 1 1. - i n . '
...V " . """D"- wiu who ot czar.
Tint riHlif I ....
. . "r,,w " """oiiiicomcnt liv
lltlXlttlOn of Mm nrnuniil n .
ii ml Ilurznirovltii. m mum.,., n
i ,, , rt"""Kl;o hid
Austro lfungnrlnn crown.
Elinor nciion will bo equivalent to
IVhl.H T'rlnnn I.V .l I ...... 1 ,.. '
.. . viuiiiuuiiD cuurso KccniH
uiiuunj, Koruun to procipunto a war bo
tweon Hulgnrin and Turkey.
jjuiiiin i Milan nnaniniiiin. 11..
V. i'"'"H.u ino qunr
1 of tlm V.nnt l!n,.ini:n ..nL
0 Orient ntllwnv winks into hmiwnld.
ennco. Uolh nrmioH nro roportod to be
qulotly and swiftly mobilizing on tho
borders. Bulgaria is said to bo buying
up munitions nnd liomnn nn n.n..i...
ten jo, ,
Tlln Ttl.1rrnrli.ru, l.n., tttt. . ,
- , V" " jhiui in incir
nrpiy, which hrw reached n lili'li state
nf nfrlnlnnn.. nlll. Ii r . n
.....w.vi.vj, 1.1HIUUH11 ii is pcrnaps
, , " : , . niu nur lor
.....v.i H.i.m mis Jung Jcon gUHpoctCd
dvantiigo to hor now than when tho
11 rlc Ih)i trntmrnnmn. I..... I... .1 1! .
, " liliu lllllu 10
Tturttn ti 1 w.. tin 1 . .
million nod neglect of tho old regime
AUTOS OFF STREETS.
rol
tli
Chicago Pollcomon Enforce a Long
l-orgotton Ordinance
Chicniro. Oct. 0 N enrlv 1000 nt n...
vviy ounv ciuzciih nnn soveral tourists
I nijll IKIHIIIIIIIL' CmCK Wn mlnir -!ror1.l
off tho South Hide, l.nnl
I ...I... .... .'V.
u v iuiuii. iiiick iiniiecinnn nnii fnr,.,i
0 do tholr BDOOlllnir ovnr Mm nnlinnrv
utronim lit .t..A I it... ...
by tho South Park commissioners of n
forgotten ordinance which fnr).;,i nnv
vohlclo on tho boulovnrds which emits
SlllOkO or nnv "stlnkiiiir mlnr." Pnn.
soqiiently ninny haughty persons whoso
luuruig curs woro rilling tho ntmos
phoro with tho reok of notrnl
tracked by tho polico and invited to
iioinKo tnoir orronsivo odors" olso
whoro.
At tll.lt hundrcdfi of enra nuenned tt.r
tho reason that thoy woro traveling so
insi trio oior aid not nssnii tho watch
men until tho machines woro beyond
reach. Tho immo wan rnmn.amt inlv
easy whilo tho huh was shining, for tho
mini nppio or siuoko cntiiu tnen lie do
tcctcil. but tho officers iilinndnnml
metr eriorts when dnrkness foil. Of
tho thousands of norsonx ordered off
tho boulovnrds, nono disoboyed, so the
city guins no rovonuo.
200,000 ARE AFTER LAND.
Last of Undo Sam's Distributions in
Rosobud Reservation.
Dallas, S. D.. Oct. 6Two hundred
thousand persons will tnko ndvnntngo of
tho opening of 820.000 ncres of freo
government lnml in South Dakota, to
morrow. Tho parceling of this vnst
tract of farm country in the Rosebud
Indian reservation is tho Inst of Uncle
Snm'rt big land distributions. Every
ono is to have n chnnco nt a IGO-acro
slico. Land adjoining it is now selling
nt $20 to $.10 nn ncrc. It is estimated
that this drawing will surpass nil other
govon.mont openings in .tho number
who will tako pnrt, nt least 200,000
poopio being expected to register. The
rtumlicr or JOU-ncro rnrms is uuuu. this
means that only ono person out of ovory
10 enn posslhly got n farm.
Already crowds hnvo arrived nt the
border, nnd hnvo sot up tonts propnrod
to ninko n comfortnblo stny until nftor
the drawing. Tho registration points
nro nt Dallas and Gregory, 8. D., on
tho east border of tho reservation;
Chamberlain and Presho. S. D., on tho
north, nnd O'Neill and Vnlontlno, Neb.,
on tho Bouth.
Castro Ignores Holland.
Tho llncuo. Oct. 0. Somo concern ox-
ists horo ovor tho roport not yet entire
ly confirmed, thnt President Castro has
rn inn I ml Mm nncnl.il nntn of tho Dutch
government. Mnny nro opposed to
belligerent action on mo pari oi nui
lnml In tho wish thnt Tho llnguo, ns
tho sent of tho ponco conforonco, bo not
. ;a, it.- 1 .1 - e
:onnoeted in nny wny wim mu juuh ui
i'iir. Tl.n eriiisor Trccht hns boon
plncod under ordors to proceed to tho
In Mm West Indies. When
sho nrrlvos in West Indinn waters thoro
will bo four warships under tho JJutcn
flng assembled nt that station.
ciflc
con
coot
In
OnnnHinn Strlko Is Off.
Winnipeg, Oct. 0 Tho Canndlafi Pn-
e. mechanics' strlko hns noon or-
ficlnlly doclarod off. Tho settlement
nt .trll'rn ivim flrat nnilOUIlCOll tO-
tllgllt through tho conservativo govern-,
mont in this province Hon. Robort
Bogors hns boon in Montronl for some
dnys, with tho view of bringing tho
tontiinj? pnriiPH voKnwrt uu
.Ia.I 'Pirn fnnim nm tllOBO brOUUllt
- - -
tl.n l.nnr.l nf Cnticilill 1 1011 nllll tllP
Loinioux net for settling labor disputos.
Greater Thnn Thought,
nombnv. Oct. 15. TJpwnrds of 7000
bodies niyoady hn o boon oxtrlentod by
tho lionlth dopnrtniont of Hydorniimii
and tho bol of provails tnnt ino ww
... .11 i . il.n tlnnila tl.nr
dontn rou resuiiwig ifui
dovnstntod tho Hydornbnd nnd Doccnn
districts n wook ngo will oxcood nil
provlous ostlmntos.
Russia Has Disease In Hand,
. i n.t n Tim nl.nlnrn
Ht. roiorsuurKi vuv. -
. t.-t . ...11 In l.nnrl.
opidoniio is ueiug nujx- "
eonsldoriiig tho hold It had on tho city
i m ..... .nnmrna in nrOVOnt US
spread woro takon. In tho 24 hours
from noon Bnturdny until noon loiiny,
tho now ensos numuorca iao nnu uuui.m
02.
news from the national capital
SPOKANE NEYT YEAR.
PROSECUTES ALL TRUSTS.
Bonnparto Tolls About Work of His
DoDnrtmont.
Washington, Oct, 8, Attornov-nen
oral Bonnparto has mndo nubile his ro
p.y to n letter ho had recolvod from
loHophus Daniels, chairman of the
Democratic pross committee nt Chicago,
nsklng for fncts connected with tho
trust prosecutions by tho department of
justice, including tho present standing
or litigation against tho trusts.
Tho reply gives a summary of the
imnua iiroHucuicd suDstantiaiiy ns fur
nished in n recent report mndo public,
u cupy oi which tno nttornoy-gcnernl
forwards' to Mr. Dnnielii. Ttirt nttnr.
Jicy-gonernl says that his department
lias nrOSOCUtOd nil CHHAH nnrlnr flm
ianorrnan anti-trust or interstate com
merce laws that hnvo boon brought to
its attention from' responsible sources,
wh oro tho facts discloned wn.rr.inf. unci.
action. Ho continues:
"It is, of courso, needless for mo to
nny mnv mo moro rnct that a corpora-
nun or iiRHOCinrinn in en nil n tr.iaf'
iiy .Mr. John Moody in his manual, does
nrovo or oven, tenii tn tirnvn t.iint.
its organization or its mombers have
boon L'lliltV of vlnlntinn nf fnilnral
laws. Neither is such guilt suggested
uy mo tact that such organization may
Ip n lnrgo nnd apparently profitnble
DUHIIICBH."
ROADSBROKE PROMISE.
Commission Surprised JbySlnjunction
Suit at St. Paul.
Washington, Oct. C Considerable
surprise was expressed at .tho interstate
commerce commission today when news
was received thnt tho Hill and Harri
mnn railroads had gonn into tho circuit
court at St. Paul nnd asked that the
commission bo enjoined from enforcing
its now rates on lumbor shipped from
Oregon and Washington to territory east
ot tho Kocky mountains. Tho rates
tixcd iy tho commission woro to have
gone into effect in August, but Into in
July tho railroads asked for nn exten
sion of time, declaring it to bo impos
sible to proparo and publish now sched
ules by tho timo stipulated.
Thoy promised, if tho extension wa3
granted, to accept tho commission's
rates nnd put them into offoct on Octo
ber 15; nnd, furthermore, promised that
if this extension wns granted they
would not go into court and undertako
to have rates enjoined.
It is reported unofficially, however.
that theso roads, contrary to their prom-
se, hnvo nppcnlcd to tho circuit court
for tho eighth circuit nt St. Paul for
an injunction against tho commission,
and there is no possibility of a decision
hotoro tho date, when tho compromiso
rates were to have gono into effect.
Will Return February 22.
Washington, Oct. 8. Tho itinerary
of the return homo from Manila of tho
inttlcship fleet has been announced at
tho nnvy department. Tho fleet will
Icnvo Manila December 1, nrrivo nt Co
lombo December 14, stay thoro six days,
nnd then depart for Suez, which it is
scheduled to rench on January 5. Tho
ships will pass through tho canal nnd
eonl nt i'ort aaia ns expeditiously as
possible Thoy nro to spend tho month
of January and a fow days early in
February in tho Mediterranean, two or
thrco vessols going each to Villo-
francho, Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn,
Malta, Algiers, Negro Bay, Morocco,
tho wholo fleet lenving tho latter placo
Fobrunry 0, being scheduled to nrrivo
n tho Unitod atntcs on February 2L
New Quartermaster at Portland.
Washington, Oct. 1. Captain Ira L.
Fredenhall, quartcrmastor, will proceed
to Portland, Or.; and nssumo chargo of
tho offico o disbursing quartormastcr
nt thnt plnco,. nnd will nlso roport to
tho commanding gonornl, dopnrtmont of
tho Columbia, lor duty ns assistant to
tho chief quartermaster of that depart
ment, relioving Captain Henry Clnrk.
Captain Clark upon boing relieved will
procoed to X-ort Ward, Wnshington, nnd
HRtimo charge- of construction worK nt
thnt post.
Women Join Movement.
Wnshington, Oct. 8. Groat impotus
wns given to tho nnti-tuborculosis
movement in this country whon tho
Amoricnn Federation of Women's Club?
onlistod in tho cause. With n member
ship of 800,000 women, this organiza
tion's nctivo support in tho campaign
f cducntion wns plodgod by Airs.
Phillip N. Mooro, of St. Louis, tho
presidont, at a public mooting of wom
en's clubs at tho now National Mu
seum, whoro tho Tuborculosis Exposi
tion is boing hold.
Rejotts Changed Terms.
Washington, Oct. 10. Tho contract
if tho Pacific Coast Construction com
pany, of Portland, for construction or
n dnm nn tho Lowor Yollowstono irri-
imilnn nrnlncr. Iii Montana, has boon
susponded and tho reclamation sorvico
has boon authorized to compioio mu
ork by force ncocunt. This action
n tnkon ns n result of tho rofusnl of
ho contractors to comploto tho work
In nnenrdnnco with tho terms Of tllO
contract, largoly in tho matter of timo.
Sockeya Pack 338,000 Cases.
WnHl.Iiiirtnn. Oct. 7 Consul-Gonornl
West, of Vnncouvor, hns roportod thnt J
.. . . . , I f I... .. .... . B ll.A
tho toim cnicn tor wiu nuusuu ui mu
sookoyo salmon was 338,000 casos nnd
tho oxcess of tho pnek for the year
was largely conflnod to tho cnnnorlos
on tho I'rnsor nnu HKoonn rivers, muro
boing n noticonblo falling off in tho
pack on Rlvora Inlet.
Government Buys Silver.
Wnshington. Oct. 0 Tho tronsury do
pnrtmont todny purchnsodx 120,000
minces of fino silver nt 51.772 cents.
Sovonty-flvo thousand ouncos of silver
nro for dolivory at Phlladophla, and tho
rost nt New Orioans.
STANDING TIMBER SUPPLY.
Census Boing Taken Amount for 23
Years Computed.
Wnshington, Oct. 10. Tho Nntional
conservation commission hns cnuscd
tho first comprohensivo nttempt at tho
census of tho stnnding timber in tho
United Stntca ever undcrtnkon. Tho
commission needs tho informntion to
help comploto its inventory of tho coun
try's natural resources which it will
include in its report to tho president,
and since that report is to bo sub
mitted on tho first of next year, it
needs tho information at once. In con
sequent tho work on tho census has
been stnrtcd with a rush nnd is now
well under way. Estimates as to the
amount of standing timbor in tho Uni
ted States range all tho way from 822,
802,000,000 to 2,000,000,000,000 board
feet, n difference of moro than n trillion
feet in tho viows of tho best oualificd
authorities in tho country. ,
In tho opinion of tho forest sorvico,
tho most cnrcfully prcpnrcd cstimntcs
yet mndo nro thoso of Henry Gannett,
pumisncd ny tno JiJth census of 1000,
which placed tho total stumpago at 1.-
390,000,000,000 board feet. Mr. Gan
nett was recently chosen by tho presi
dent to compile all tho information
gathered for tho commission. Tho cen
sus is expected to givo an accurate
basis for computing how long our tim
ber supplies will last.
Tho consensus of opinion is mat tho
present annual consumption of wood is
about 100,000,000,000 board feet, or
something moro than that. A loading
authority has plnccd it as high ns 150,-
000,000,000 board feet. Assuming thnt
stumpago of 1,400,000,000,000 bonrd
feet, an nnnual uso of 100,000,000,000
board feet and neglecting growth in the
calculation, tho exhaustion of our tim
ber supply is indicated in 14 years,
and assuming tho samo uso and stand
with an. annual growth of 40,000,000,000
feet, a supply for 23 years is indicated. '
Jobs Go Begging.
Wnshington, Oct. 9. Civil service
cxnnnnntions aro to bo held today and
tomorrow to secure eligiblcs from which
to mnko nppointments as examiner in
tho interstnto commcrco commission.
Contrary to oxpectations, there have
boon fow applicants for theso positions,
which aro to pay from $1800 to $3000
a year. This is duo to the fact that
the requirements outlined by tho com
mission aro difficult to meet, and tho
examinations aro very exhaustive, in
volving export knowledge of general
auditing, disbursements, freight, pas
senger nnd claims accounts in connec
tion with steam roads and nccounting
in connection with electric railway, ex
press service, steamship sorvico and
other common carrier service.
Washington City Secures Meeting of
Irrigation Congress.
Albuquerque, N, M., Oct. 5. Spokane
was selected as tho meeting placo for
tho seventeenth national irrigation con
gress. at tho close of tho sixteenth con
gress Saturday. Pueblo withdrow nt
tho last moment, and tho vote was made
unanimous.
Tho new governing board of tho con
gross, created by this meeting, was
elected Saturday at a meeting of the
oxecutivo committee. This board hns
full powers to mnnago tho affairs of
tho congress and to continue its work
between sessions. Tho members nro:
President, G. II. Barstow, of Texas;
secretary, B. A. Fowler, of Arizona;
W. A. Beard, of California, chairman
of tho executive committee, and Fred
J. Kiosel, of Utah; Dr. W. J. McGeo, of
wiianmgioD, jj. u.; jonn Dixon, of
.Montana, nnu ono othor member, who
is to bo selected by tho bpard.
Tho closing session was mado inter
esting by a strong address by Congrcss-
... Trtr...t. i.. r, li. . t
i.mii uvcuuu iu. jvunnuuii. oi juuuiHinna,
1 At 1. . .
iirusiuuni oi tno national rivers and
harbors congress, who urged co-onera
tion between his organization and the
national irrigation congress.
That an internationni congress will
bo held at somo one of tho South Amer
ican capitals in 1010 is now fairly ns
surcd, although tho matter will not be
determined until tho congress meets in
Tho industrial exposition will con
tinuo until October 10. Between $1C.
000 and $20,0Q0 in trophies and prizes
win bo awarded at tho close of the cx
position.
RUNS ON TIES.
Controller Roasts Examiners.
Washington, Oct. 7. Lawrenco O.
Murray, comptroller of tho currency,
hns declnred thnt tho common fnult of
nntional bank examiners is that they
delay too long in closing tho banks
intrusted to their care. Ho addressed
sixteen examiners yesterday at a
meeting to which they had been sum
mencd. Tho conferenco will last a
week. Murray warned tho examiners
against extravagances, carelessness
nnd lack of judgment. Tho receiver
ship of national banks should be
placed on a square business basis, he
declared.
Not Much Hope for Stewart.
Washington, Oct. 8 Tho medical
mombers of tho special retiring board
of tho army hnvo decided ngainst Col
onel William F. Stewart, tho famous
Fort Grant exile, and sustnined tlio
roport of tho surgeon nt iort Huachuca,
Ariz., who held that Colonel Stowar
had boon afflicted with serious ail
ments sinco 1875, when it was neces
sary for him to rofrnin from activo
sorvico for n timo. This indicates thnt
Colonel Stownrt will bo found by tho
bonrd to bo incnpablo of sorvico and
probably will result in his boing ro
tirod on that ground.
Legislation Against Opium.
Wnshington, Oct. 7. Ronewed efforts
nro to bo mado at tho coming session
of congress, which will receive the
henrty indorsement of tho ndministrn-
tion, to socuro legislation to restrict
tho importation of opium into tho
United Statos. Dr. Hamilton Wright,
ono of tho American commissioners to
tho Internntionnl Opium convention nt
Shanghai noxt January, loft Wnshing
ton yestordny for tho West, propnra
tory to sailing to China, Octobor 20.
Fish Resigns for Politics.
Washington, Oct. 7. Tho resignation
of Hamilton Fish, nsslstnnt treasurer
of tho Unitod Statos at Now York, was
accepted yestorday by Presidont
Roosovolt. It wns announced thnt
Fish hnd resigned bocauso ha had beon
nominatod for congress. This is in
nccordnnco with tho recent order given
out by President Jtoosovelt thnt no
employes of tho govornmout can pnr-
. ! 111!
No Uroublo Over Morocco.
Wnshington, Oct. 7. Ambassador
Jussornnd, who hns roturnod from his
vncntion in ivrnnco, doclarod yester
day that thoro wns not tho slightest
troublo botwoon Franco nnd Germany
ovor tho Morocconn question. "Just
prior to my leaving homo," ho said,
'n most conciliatory noto was re
coivod nt tho Fronch foroign offico
from Germnny. I soo no good roason
why good fooling should not continue."
Wheat Crop Again Short,
Wnshington, Oct. 9 With a world's
whont crop for tho socond yonr in suc
cession mntorinlly below tho nvorngo,
snys n crop roport of' tho donartmont -of
agriculturo, tho oxtont of tho probahlo
Europoan demand for foroign whont is
a subject of special Importnnco. Tho
lntost ostlmato of tho Hungarian min
istry of ngriculturo indicates a shprtago
for Europo of 18,000,000 bushols.
Fast Passenger Makes Mile a Minute
' Without Rails.
Chicago. Oct. 3. Passencers on the
Lake Shore Twentieth Century Lim
ited thought they were taking break
fast in a wreck as the tender trucks
of the giant locomotive hauling the
fast train left the tracks a half mile
west of Gary at 8 A. M. yesterday.
For a mile the wheels of the tender
bumped over the ties, while the en
gineer sought to halt the flyer, speed
ing to Chicago at the rate of 60 miles
an hour. The dining car and the
smoker also left the raiTs.
For what seemed to the passengers
three or four minutes the train dashed
ahead, but with slackening speed. Af
ter about a mile it was brought to a
stop and it was found that no one was
injured. At the point where the ac
cident occurred the tracks of the Lake
Shore arc elevated so that an embank
ment of eight or ten feet descending
on either side promised a dangerous
plunge if the bouncing cars left the
rails.
The airbrake on the diner, loosened
from its fastenings, fell to the ground.
This derailed the diner, the smoker
and the tender. An angle-bar of the
track was uprooted and tore through
the floor of the diner, causing a panic
among the passengers at breakfast.
WRIGHTS LATEST WONDER.
Beats World's Record With Passenger
on Board.
Lo Mans, Oct. 4 Wilbur Wright, the
American aeroplanist, who holds the
world's record for an aeroplane flight,
estnblished nnother world's record yes
terday afternoon for tho timo and dis
tance with a passenger. With a French
journalist by his side, ho remained in
tho air for 55 minutes and 37 seconds,
circling tho field 24 times and covering
a distanco estimated at 58 kilometers,
or about 36 miles. His best previous
flight with a passenger was 11 minutes
35 2-5 seconds.
By his feat Mr. Wright" practically
fulfills tho conditions of a contract
signed by him and Lazaro Weillcr, who
represents n syndicate, whereby Mr.
Wright receives $100,000, and tho syn
dicate takos in return tho patent rights
of the Wright mnchino for Frnnco and
tho colonies, with tho privilege of man
ufacturing aeroplanes on this model.
Tho sun was setting when Mr. Wright
nnd his passenger, started, and the
flight was completed in tho moonlight.
When thoy alighted, tho French jour
nalist in his enthusiasm threw his nrms
nround Mr. Wright's neck, nnd tho
great crowd of spectators was hardly
less demonstrative in its manifestations
of dolight.
Sue for Timber Value.
San Francisco, Oct. 5 Suit for the
recovery of $5174.87, said to bo tho
vnluo of timbor cut from tho govern
ment lands allotted to tho Indians of
tho Klamnth tribo nnd sold hy tho In
dians to the dofondnnt corporation was
filed by tho government attorneys horo
Saturday against tho Klamath Mill &
Trnnsportntion company. In a similar
suit somo years ngo Unitod States Dis
trict Judge DoIInvon hold thnt tho In
dians hnd no right to sell timbor off
their nllotmonts unless tho procoeds of
such snlo went to tho government.
. Miners Accept Old Scale.
Whooling, W. Va., Oct. 5 President
Thomas L. Lowis, of tho Unitod Mine
Workors of America, stated yestorday
that tho operators nnd minors of Mon
tana and Wyoming hnvo signed nn
ngreomont for wages on tho bnsls of
last year's scale, nnd thnt 12,000 mon,
who have beon idlo sinco Soptombor 1,
will now roturn to work. Ho says a
mooting of oporntors nnd minors will be
hold noxt Tuesday at Sonttlo, Wnsh., to
agroo upon a scalo for thnt stato.
Central America Sends Gold.
Snn Frnnclsco, Oct. 5. Tho mines rf
Salvador nnd Moxico have contributed
$108,508.70 to tho wealth of this coun
try in tho form of gold nnd silver bul
lion. It onmo up in tho trensuro vault
of tho Pacific Mall steamship Newport.
Half comos from tho Buttors gold mine
in Snlvador, tho romninflor from widely
known mines back of Mazatlan. It is
the largest amount of treasure brought
from tho southern const in ono consign
ment in months.
CZAR OF BULGARIANS
Prince Ferdinand Issues Procla
mation of Independence.
WANTS NO MORE TURKISH RULE
Austria- Hungary Also Steps in and
Will Annex Two Provinces
of the Sultan.
Constantinople, Oct. 0. Bulgaria has
declared her independence of Turkoy
and is marching her troops to tho fron
tier in preparation for war. Turkish
troops arc also advancing.
Austria-Hungary has given notice to
tho powers that sho intends to annex
permanently to her dominions tho Tur
kish provinces of Bosnia and Herze
govina, which she has occupiod and
governed under mandate of tho great
powers for 30 years.
Tho proclamation of Bulgarian inde
pendence was mado by Princo Ferdi
nand in tho presence of his cabinet at
Tirnova, tho capital of tho ancient
kingdom of Bulgaria. Tho cabinet met
tho princo at tho frontier yesterday
and journeyed with him to Tirnova.
The dispute with Bulgaria began in
regard to tho control of tho Orient
railroad. Diplomatic correspondent
among tho -powers betrayed a serious
lacK of harmony and encouraged Bul
garia to take the bold step of today.
Turkey is convinced that Austria,
backed by Germany, encouraged Bul
garia to declare her independence in
order to strike a blow at tho Kiamil
ministry and compromiso tho new constitution.
Varna and other Bulgarian tbwns aro
placarded today with declarations that
the moment has now arrived to pro
claim independence, as otherwise Tur
key, on tho strength of the treaty of
Berlin, will demand tho restitution of
Eastern Bumelia.
GERMANY TO BACK AUSTRIA.
Favors Annexation Scheme Advises
Turkey Against War.
-Rovlirt ft.it tl rriin tnvnirr-wt nffinn '
Av.l..u, jtstf w . 1 1IU lUlCIU UU1VU till
day declared that Germany would sup
port Austria-Hungary in tho event of
the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Associated Press is authorized
to state that Germany associates her
self with tho mediation proposals sub
mitted by Great Britain to the Turkish
and Bulgarian governments.
It is recognized officially that Bul
garia's proclamation gravely compli
cates tho situation, and until the atti
tude of the sultan is known the German
government is unable to foresee its
course of action, except that in no
event will Germany bring pressure to
bear at Constantinople to influence the
decision of tho porto.
Should tu Turkish government seek
tho advice of tho powers regarding tho
advisability of asserting her supre
macy over Bulgaria by military force,
Germany will not bo nble to advise tho
porte to go to war. The Turkish army
is not prepared, but the Bulgarian army
is ready.
Servians Clamor for War.
Belgrade, Servia, Oct. 6. Tho news
of Austria-Hungary's action with re
gard to the annexation of tho prov
inces of Bosnia an'd Herzegovina has
aroused Servia to tho danger point.
Tho streets this evening are thronged
with a wild mob, many of tho rioters
discharging their revolvers and de
manding war with Austria, rather than
tako annexation.
TRAIN WAITS FOR CREAM.
First Eastbound on New St. Paul Lino
Starts Late.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 6 The first reg
ular passenger train from Butte to Chi
cago over tho Pacific Coast extension
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway left this city yesterday sev
eral minutes lato because of a tardy
milkman who failed to get nround early
enough to supply tho combination enr
with cream.
. This car is ono of the features of tlm
St. Paul trains, and it was not in
tended that on tho first trip out of
Butto tho lnrder should go wanting.
Tho train waited for tho milk vender.
Coal Bunkers Burn.
San Francisco, Oct. 0. A firo smoul-
doring in the bunkers of tho Pacifio
Coast Coal company at Bealo and Bry
ant streets burst into flamo early to
day, and for two hours threatened ad-
jacont warehouses and shipping. After
a tivo hours' ngnt tno nremon nuu iuu
blnzo under control, although reliof
lines will bo manned for a week or
moro until tho mass is thoroughly
drenched. Tho names devoured i,uuu
tons of coal nnd dostroyed a portion of
tho company's offices and warohousoa
on tho Bealo streot wharf.
Ten Victims of Firebug.
Now York, Oct. 0 Fire Marshal
Kelly announced today thnt tho Black
Hand is responsible for tho incendiary
tonoment firo yestorday, which cost
ten lives nnd resulted in tho probable
fatal Injury of sovoral others. Ho snys
that two mon woro seen rolling a bnr
rol into tho building a fow minutes be
fore tho firo broko out. Two oxplo
sions followed almost simultaneously,
Kelly says that cortain inmates of tho
placo "had rocoivod threatening lottors.
603 Mites Under Water.
Cherbourg, Oct. 6. Tho submarine;
Emornudo arrived horo today, aftor a
run of 81 hours, in which she covered a
distanco of 693 miles under water. Tho
vessel maintained a regular Bpeed of
nine knots nn hour. Tho crew, al
though much fatiguod, bore tho severe
trial admirably.
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