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Items Gathered from All
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Mtlng HnpponB
OuUfdo tho State.
P La I-ollcttc says the senate
SeM,or'r. Moaned.
Th, fate of the Balkan conference
..li', on Germany' consent.
I' xf-xienn rebels have been
ff X a rcvolt
American soil
a nrcmatiirc explosion oi uynni.mc
Arir, killed two men and
height other,
r,Mt Northern earnings ior uic
Unw a decrease of
last I'S"' " "...i. . ....
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year
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i German military, miiwrn ca
Vi . miv in the air. The occu-
a, fell i a tree and were uniti-
ureu.
Ftneru who have been going over
.Vf hooks of San l'rancisco have
Id a shortage of $00,000 in the
treasury
Senator I lkms says lie knows not li
J about the mariiagc of his daugh-
r to the Uukc of Abruzzt and con
fers the 11.1..1I escort a good Joke.
rjaring the reception of the Amer
ica licet at Yokohama all the Amer
ican admirals were carried around the
deck of tlictr vessels on. the shoijlders
Japanese admirals and captains.
Deaths in Luzon from tho storm will
jettl 500.
B&o has drifted to a depth of Jfi
m Montana.
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1 Oltfilirti.
A login German lmron 1ms boon vie-
on death lias been roportod from
Beiio camlkrs are putting tin n hard
9
Lrutcnant Jeiipson, who lina boon
Jotin W, Kern. Jr.. son of tho Demo
A Ktw York thief, nftor robbing a
uuru in .in iiulu.
Tie croatcHt celebration in the his.
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i in aiiiitil-uii tint L.
DUmomU equal to thono of South
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Women suffragists will meet at Se-
inr m mm
Qunue in Canada are raisincr a relief
fad to send to China to lieln the tarv.
French troops have had another en-
wm.nt t.M 1 1. At,.,,..,. -r-I.- 1 .. . .
Immense crowds attended the funeral
Br the hurstmg of a stcamnine four
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Governor Patterson, nf TnnV i,n.
v" iayior ana Captain Rankin.
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and in !,C man Wy" killl"ff two
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lent unjer"n,i8nment Just before
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Poopls Enrngod by Austrian Outrage
on vukoucs.
nclgrade, Oct. 21-Gcncral Vukotics,
ui umciai o: tne Montenegrin govern
ment, arrived here yesterday at noon,
iftcr an extraordinary experience at
Agrnm, where lie was arrrsir.t t, a...
tro-Hungarian officials and detained for
several Honrs. In an interview, the gen
eral said:
"On my arrival at Agrarn gendarmes
entered my car, dragged me out and took
me to the prefecture of noliee. t
then searched, and my purse, papers, in
wci, everything i ,ad( wcrc faken from
me. My baggage was also completely
ransacked. I game the Kcndarmerif m
name and explained my status as a spe
cial envoy to King Peter. I showed
also the passport and safe conduct tr!,,
me at the Austro-IIungarian legation at
ccmiijc, but all to no avail.
. "Ultimately I was ncrmitlrd n c.,i ,
telegram to Baron von Achrcnthal, the
Aiisiro-Jiiiinganan minister of foreign
anairs, complaining of the treatment .nr.
corded me, which was in violation nf
tcrnalional usage. After considerable
delay an order arrived from Vienna in
structing the police to release me. nnil
this was done.
"I was detained at the nolice st.nintt
for seven hours, and, as I lost mv train
connection, my journey was delayed al
together fourteen hours."
This occurrence ras aroused acrain a
bitter fcpling toward Austria-Hungary
on the part of the Servians, and the peo
ple arc greatly excited.
The general is the hero of the mo
ment in Belgrade. A great crowd of
students and others gathered in front
of his hotel yesterday afternoon, and
when the general entered his carriage to
drive to the palace the students unhar
nessed the horses and dragged the ve
hicle through the streets themselves.
Meanwhile the mob shouted its approval
of King Peter and Prince Nicholas and
cursed Austria.
PREDICTS BIG WAR
Balkan Trouble Means Dawnfall ot
Turkey, Says Escaped Prlnco.
Chicago, Oct. 21. Prince Shaban Bey
Gotshsa, leader of the Turkish revolu
tionists, upon whose head the sultan has
placed a price of $35,000, is living quiet
ly in Chicago. Prince Shaban would
become sovereign ofAlbania should that
country be freed from Turkish rule.
He believes the present Balkan situation
is a crisis in European affairs that will
result in the disintegration of the Otto
man empire.
"I predict a general' European war as
a result of the Balkan difficulties," said
Prince Shaban.
Prince Shaban, who lives at 21 32
Michigan avenue, was a leader in the
organisation of the revolutionist party
in his province. He gathered an army
of 12,000 men, which was defeated at
the battle of Jackova in 1004. He evaded
capture and fled to London.
RAISE FUND FOR CHINESE.
Countrymen In Victoria Get News of
Lost of Crops by Floods.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 21. Local Chi
nese have received cablegrams telling
of heavy loss of life and great desola
tion of Yannan and Hciping, China, as
a result of the breaking of the dykes
and overflow of the West river, inun
dating the district for a hundred miles.
The number of killed is not given, but
the message states that the loss has
been immense, and starvation is feared,
and it appeals to the Chinese abroad to
send aid,
Subscriptions from local Chinese were
made within a short time after the re
ceipt of the cablegrams, which totaled
$7000, this amount being cabled to Chi
nese offic als at Canton for distribution
among the sufferers. Starvation is ex
pected to follow, as the disaster comes
at the time of harvest, when the crops
arc ready to be taken from the fields.
Half tne district is statca to uc nwucu.
Michigan Fire is Spreading.
SnnW Sie Marie. Mich.. Oct. 21.
Hundreds of residents in this district
lark 111 lttf1 firrlitincr fnrcst fires to-
Wilis inn n o -
day arc depending upon showers pre
dicted for tonight to give mucu nccucu
relief. A 40-mile gale spread the fires
in all directions touay. ii is h-tuhvu
that Suzar island, which has a ponula-
- . .. . . 1 . 1 nlntner
tion ot looo persons, is amwzc annual
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square miles have been burned over.
Gladys, Eckcrman, snciiuraKc aim
Whitcfish Point are surrounded. Brim
ley had a narrow escape today, but the
fires were driven ditch.
Return to Normal Basis.
New York. Oct. 20. The National
Association of Manufacturers an
nounccs that every branch of industry
is showing marked increase of busi-
i !... .inrlnir the nast three
liens i n'-i j . .o "
months the business conditions have
taken on new activity. In an exhaus-
c canvass among tne .i.wuo iucn.uw.a
.. :.!.. returns bear
ot uic assotiuuuii, I-- r,jn
out the prediction that practically
every manufacturing, uusic .
upon a normal basis of production
during mot).
Groat Storm In Montana.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 31.-A .heavy storm
cut Butte ott trom inc
Eastern Montana rcpons ...
delaying trains from five to ten
Tne unusuai nuw ..
caused loss to sheep.
newsIrom the national capital I
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ENLARGE MINIDOKA TRACT.
Government Withdraws More Snake
Rlvor Land.
Washington, Oct. 22. The Minidoka
irrigation project looks so good to gov
ernment officials that they arc making
preliminary surveys with a view to ma
tcrially enlarging the irrigation area on
the north side of Snake river. As far
as they have progressed these prclimi
nary surveys have been entirely satis
factory, so satisfactory that the sccrc
tary of interior recently withdrew from
all forms of entry 105,000 acres of land
on the north bank of Snake river just
cast of Shoshone falls. The withdrawn
land lies in townships 7, 8 and 9 south,
ranges 18, 10 and 20 cast. If it shall
be later determined to irrigate this land,
its Withdrawal will prevent speculative
entries.
The examinations .low under way
arc not only with regard to the possi
bility of carrying water onto this land,
but also as 'to the possibilities of in
creasing the amount of water in Snake
river for irrigation purposes through
construction of storage works on the
headwaters of Snake river and its tributaries.
847,000 Will Cover Shortage.
Washington, Oct. 23. Although thc
controller of currency yesterday ro
eoivftil tho report of Bunk Examiner
(hitch on tho Farmers & Tradors bnnk
at La Orandc, Or., ho rofuscB to mnkc
any statements other than have already
been published, holding the report as
confidential, an nro nil reports of bank
examiners. It is not believed that tho
Hhortagt will exceed that already pub
lished $47,000. Tho taco valuo of tho
honk's iisw'lfl was $100,231, nnd its lia
bilities, us far as ascertained, $213,515.
Pacific Fleet's Program.
Washington, Oct. 21. The navy de
partment announced the plans for the
cruise of the Pacific fleet today. After
the fleet leaves Magdalena bay at the
completion of the autumn battle prac
tice, it will cruise down the west coast
of South America, visiting Panama,
Callao, Coqucmbo, 1 alcahuano and other
South American ports. The fleet will
return for the spring maneuvers in the
north Pacific, and then proceed to Cali
fornia ports.
Mann Declines Honor.
Washington, Oct. 20. Giving as a
controlling reason that his work in
Boston is still unfinished, Rev. Dr.
Alexander Mann, rector of Trinity
Episcopal church of that city, has de
clined the position of bishop of Wash
ington to succeed the late Bishop
Henry Y. batterlec. Dr. Manns
declination is the third since the death
o! Bisho" Satterlee about six months
ago. ,
Fleet Goes to Panama.
Washington. Oct. 22, When the Pa
cific fleet under command of Admiral
Swinbttrn leaves Magdalena bay about
December 1 on its trip south, it will
go first to Panama and then sail di
rectly for Talcahuano, a distance of
3,300 miles. The other stops in South
America, including Coquimbo and
Callao, will be made on the return, to
the United States.
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Court Wants No Politics.
Washington, Oct. 23 Tho supreme
court of the United Statca yesterday
indicated disapproval of tho efforts to
bring that court into politics at this
timo by denying tho motion to advance
the hearing in tho enso of tho Nobel
Htato bank of Oklahoma against Gov
ernor Hnskoll nnd othors, involving the
constitutionality of tho Oklahoma bank
deposit guaranty law.
Fleet Leaves Honolulu.
TI.,1.,I. rnt oi The Pacific
cruiser fleet, commanded by RcattAd
miral Swinburne, salicd at 0:15
o'clock Thursday morning, with the
accompanying torpedo-boat destroy-
nn in tnw. fnr the Pacific coast. The
cruisers will proced to Magdalena
bay for target practice, aticr wnicn
thev will visit the west coast of South
America.
Discontinue Fumigation.
Wrxshinirtnn. Oct. 24. In view of
(tin imnrnvpil conditions in San Fran
cisco, Surgeon-General Wyman. of
the public health and marine hospital
service, has instructed his officers to
liscontinuc the disintection ot outgo
ing vessels.
New Carriers for Oregon.
Washington, Oct. 21. Rural carriers
appointed 10 urcgon romca;
route 1, William Seals carrie, Charles
Seals substitute; Mcdtord, route i,
John E. ucnt carrier, ueorgc ti. wnuicy
substitute.
Fires In Adlronknck Forests.
Utica, N. Y., Oct. 21. Heavy winds
in the central AdiroimacKS nave pickch
..n ii.- firec which raced during the
long drought and are driving them on
as furiously as before.
Disease is Slaying Moors.
Wnaiitnfrtnn. Oct. 23 A virulont dhv
oaso, highly contagious and fatal in
ovorv easo, has brokon out at Rabat,
MorOCCO, and llio iluurou uuwiuiimvs
hnvn hoon nskod to tako nil quarantino
precautions.
Slocum Sent to Puget Sound.
Washington, Oct. 23 Convmandor Q.
R. Slooum, Unltod Statos navy, 1ms
boen ordorod to Pugot Sound navy yard
for duty as ordnaneo officor.
BEGINS WORK ON MESSAGE.
President Consults Secretary Straus
on Immigration Problems.
Washington, Oct. 20. The presi
dent is busy holding conferences and
working on his annual message to con
grcss. He conferred on immigration
matters with Secretary Straus and
Robert Watchhorn, commissioner of
immigration at New York. Mr.
Watchhorn's visit revived' speculation
regarding the successor to the com
missioner-general of immigration, the;
vacancy which it was - recently an
nounced at the white house would not
be filled until after election.
The general political situation was
reviewed at a conference between the
president and Representative Louden
slager, secretary of the Republican
congressional committee. Mr. Loud-
cnslagcr said he told the president that
the committee was getting plenty of
activity, though not plenty of money,
and that the Republican prospects
wcrc good.
PUNISH OFFICEHOLDERS.
Civil Service Men Suffer for Their
Political Activity.
Washington, Oct. 24. More pun
ishment has been meicd out as the
result of charges of pernicious activ
ity in the poitical campaign. The
civil service commission today an
nounced that J. H. Foidham, a dep
uty collector of internal revenue at
Orangeburg, S. C, had been repri
manded and suspended without pay
for 15 days for active participation in
the Republican state convention at
Columbia. Robert A. Stewart, tem
porary deputy collector, who was
county chairman of the executive
committee of Clarendon county, S. C,
has been reprimanded. R. O. Pierce,
an employe of the Marc Island navy
yard, who announced his candidacy
as supervisor in the first district, has
been discharged. Clyde Knock, a let
ter carrier, at Independence, Kan.,
who became the independent candi
date tor the district court clerkship,
has resigned to avoid, dismissal.
'Played Ryan's Son'.
Washington, Oct. 20. The record
of a young man ' Alexandria, Va.,
who masqueraded liere for several
days as the son of Thomas Fortune
Ryan.- the New York multi-million
aire, is being investigated by the po
lice. The authorities have already
discovered that he has a wife and chil
dren in the Virginia city, and that he
was associated with a woman who is
believed to be the wife of a New York
stock broker. Detectives have discov
ered an alleged attempt by the young
man to defraud a guest of the New
Willard hotel by representing that
valuable pictures could be bought by
thc payment of a deposit. Tlje de
posit, however, was not paid.
Mortgage on Western Pacific.
Oakland. Cal., Oct. 21. The Western
Pacific Railroad company today filed a
$25,000,000 second mortgage with the
county recorder. The loan is secured
from the Central Trust Company of
New York City. The main line road
from Salt Lake City to Oakland is given
as security for the loan, which is to be
used as a stnkmg fund. The mortgage
runs for 44 years, bearing 5 per cent.
The first mortgage was filed September
1, 1003, and was for a loan of SflOOOO,-
000. This amount was secured from the
Bowling Green Trust Company, of New
York.
Wright Soon All Right.
Washington, Oct. 22. Orville Wright,
the aeronaut, who has been confined in
the hospital at Fort Myer ever since the
accident to his aeroplane on September
17, when Lieutenant belfndge met his
death, is rapidly recovering. He is ex
pected to be able to move with the aid
of crutches in a few days, and his sis
ter, Miss Catherine Wright, plans to
take him to their Dayton home by the
end of next week. Wilbur Wright, now
in France, will complete the tests of
their aeroplane before the army board
at Fort Myer, next spring.
Rains Will Put Out Fires.
Washington, Oct. 22. The cheering
news that the end of the. forest fires
now raging 111 the cast is in sight was
announced by the weather bureau to
night. Out along the southern edge of
the Rocky mountain states a storm is
scheduled to appear tomorrow midnight,
and, it will move northeastward, at
tended by rains in the valleys of the
Central and Atlantic states, The rains
promise to be sufficiently heavy to ex
tinguish the fires in the Allegheny and
Adirondack mountains.
Oil Company Blocked.
Washington, Oct. 21. The supreme
court of the United States denied the
motion for, a rehearing in the case of
H, Pierce Clay, of the Waters-Pierce
Oil company, o St. Louis. Pierc.e re
sisted an application for his removal to
Texas in connection with the prosecu
tion of his company on the charge of
violating the Texas anti-trust laws.
WHOLE FAMILIES DIE.
Plan Welcome to Fleet.
Amoy, China, Oct. 24, Admiral
Sah, of the Chinese navy, and Mr.
Sun, the provincial treasurer of the
reception committee to welcome the
battleship fleet, to this port, have ar
rived here on the Chinese cruiser Fei
Eng.
Dovartated District In Michigan Covers
100 Square Miles.
Alpena, Mich., Oct. 10. Out of the
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c ow tjji uiaiiiki iu uic nurui 01 ims
city, where flames are spreading un
told death and desolation unchecked,
come advices which indicate that the
number of dead will exceed CO and
may run up well toward 100. Early
Saturday it was known that 22 had
been sacrificed to the flames. Later
advices confirrn.cd this report and
added 10 more to the list of victims.
Today it is certain that the casualties
will largely exceed every previous
report.
In the vicinity of Mctz, Bolton and
Poscn the fires have burned suffi
ciently to leave several hundred
women and children cammng with
comparative safety in the open fields,
but near this city Saturday night the
fires became so threatening that
Mayor McKnight called out a volun
teer force Of several hundred men
with shovels to construct trenches in
an effort to stem the progress of the
names icwara inls ciiy. inc same
southwest wind that swept fires
through the village of Mctz is still
blowing, with consequent great dan
ger to. villages and farms.
I'ires arc still raging uncontrolled
through the counties of Sheboygan,
Presquc Isle, Alpena and Alcona, as
well as in other scattered districts
through northern Michigan. Diligent
search has been begun to determine
the full extent of the holocaust. It
may take many days to reveal the
tragedies that are likely to have oc
curred on isolated farms, with fam
ilies fighting bravely to the last to
save their lives and their modest
homesteads.
The death list may not be fully
known for a week. But it needs no
elaborated details to determine . that
the property loss will run into the
millions. Whole villages have been
blotted off the map and logging
camps by the dozen have been de
stroyed, with their entire season's
output.
TURKEY WANTS WAR.
Mobilizes Army in Asia Minor to Fight
Bulgaria.
Paris. Oct. 19. The optimism pre
vailing in official circles up to the
present time concerning the ability
of the powers to maintain peace in
eastern Europe was rudely shattered
on receipt of a telegram from the
French ambassador at Constanti
nople. M. Constans. announcing that
Turkey had ordered the mobilization
of her troops in Asia Minor, and it
is believed that a few hours will de
termine the issue of peace or war.
This is regarded as Turkey's an
swer to Bulgaria's refusal to accord
compensation for her independence
and to the powers which arranged the
program in London for the interna
tional conference.
Instructions have been hurriedly
forwarded to the, French representa
tives at Constantinople and Sofia to
renew their counsels of peace and the
other powers have sent similar in
structions to their representatives in
these cities, urging moderation on
the part of Bulgaria and Turkey.
The fear among diplomats, how
ever, is that intervention may come
too late and that the Bulgarians, in
their present state of excitement, may
accept Turkey's act as one of provo
cation and advance across the fron
tier, when a collision between the
armies would be inevitable and irreparable.
REVIVE SCHOOL QUESTION.
Chinese Demand Native Girts Be Ad
mitted to White School.
San Francisco. Oct. 19. An order
by the board of education for the re
moval of ten Chinese school girts
from one of the public schools of the
city to an annex of the oriental
school threatens to renew the Asi
atic school complication of a year
Soo Hoo rong, a local Chinese
merchant, through his attorneys has
threatened to sue the members- of the
board of education if they remove his
children from a school attended by
white children, and others plan sim
ilar action.
Fongs attorneys c.aim their client
and his wife were born in the United
States and that the children were
born here. They have a right to
claim American citizenship with all
privileges, they assert.
Ihe secretary ot the board has an
nounced that the order directing the
transfer would not be changed.
Kings Wins Over Welchers.
Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 19. The
insurance companies are preparing to
pay the thousands of dollars due on
policies held by residents of this city
whose homes and places of business
were destroyed in the fire that pre
ceded the earthquake of last January.
The English court of appeals has de
cided that the fire which swept
Kingston January 14 was not caused
by the earthquake, but preceded it.
The decision practically overrules
the earthquake clause. JLhe action
of the court means that millions will
become available to policy-holders
Caught Carrying Arms.
Buda 'Pest, Oct. 19. Six hundred
machine guns and 50,000 rifles which
Servia had purchased from Germany
and France, respectively, were seized
here when Austrian monitors in the
Danube captured a German vessel
conveying munitions of war to Bel
grade. Regard'ng the goods as con
traband of war, Austria is likely to
present energetic remonstrances to
both the marketing powers. Advices
from Belgrade declare that the war
fever there is again running high.
Famous Soldier Dead,
Tokio, Oct. 10. Field Marshal the
Marquis Nodzu, the famous Japanese
commander, who forced the passage
of the Yalu river at the outbreak of
the Japanese-Russian war and fought
the fierce battle of Nanshan, in which
he lost 3,500 men in order to beat the
Russians back, is dead.
DEATH LIST GROWS
41 Known Fatalities in Michigan
Forest Fires,
AT LEAST 1,700ARE HOMELESS
Fats of 60 Families Camped on Lake
Shore Remains in Doubt
Worst is Over.
Aloena. Mich.. Oct. 20. The cer
tified known death list resulting from"
the forest fires in Presque Isle and
Alpena counties stands at 41, with sev
eral persons still reported missing
and a -probability of severe loss of
life in northern Pulaski and Krakow
townshins in Prcsoue Isle county.
At least CO families were living near
the shore of Lake Huron in the north
ern half of Pulaski and Krakow town
ships and nothing has been heard of
them since the fire.
At Grand Lake a farmer and wife
and four children are known to have
taken refuge in a boat and nothing;
has since been heard from them.
A dozen school children sent home by
the teachers have not been heard from.
While big fires are still burning
throughout the northern tier of, coun
ties, not a single village or town is now
known to be in danger, and only the
Hurst branch of the Detroit & Mackinac
railroad is out of commission.
Some apprehension is felt for Grace
Harbor, which is located on the shore of
Lake Huron, northeast of here. No word
has been received from there since the
fire.
At the lowest estimate there are 1700
people homeless, and there is not even an
adequate supply of water.
The Detroit & Mackinac Railroad
company ordered 150 pumps sent into
the fire district. Ihe relief fund at Al
pena has reached $3000, and is growing
rapidly.
MYSTERY ABOUT MAINE.
Warship Arrives Unannounced and
Authorities Keep Quiet.
Portsmouth. N. H.. Oct. 20. The bat
tleship Maine, one of the special service
squadron that has preceded the Atlantic
battleship fleet on its voyage around
the world, arrived in the lower bay yesterday.
The Maine has been in wireless com
munication with the commandant of the
yard here since Monday morning. The
messages have caused considerable stir
among the officials of the yard, who
refuse to reveal their significance. For
the first time this year, wireless oper
ators have -been forbidden to disclose
the contents of the messages.
It is understood that the Maine will
stay in port here for three weeks, and
after a cruise will later return for a
general refitting. During the present
stay fhe vessel will go to the Kittery
drydock to have her hull scraped.
The Maine and the Alabama sailed
from Hampton Roads as units of the
battleship fleet. They were detached
from the fleet at ban Francisco and.
sent ahead to prepare the way.
1 he Maine s last port was the Azores.
The Alabama is expected to reach New
York tomorrow. She left the Maine
last Wednesday.
THOUSANDS AREJSTARVING.
Floods Devastate Vast Area in China
at Harvest Time.
Victoria. B. C, Oct. 20. Local Chi
nese have received cablegrams telling
of heavy loss of life and great desola
tion of Yannan and Helping, China, as
a result of the breaking of the dykes
and overflow of the West river, inun
dating the district for a hundred miles.
The number of killed is not given, but
the message states that the loss has
been immense and starvation is feared,
and it appeals to the Chinese abroad to
send aid.
Subscriptions from local Chinese were
made within a short time after the re
ceipt of the cablegrams, which totaled
$7000, this amount being cabled to Chi
nese officials at Canton for distribution
among the sufferers. Starvation is ex
pected to follow, as the disaster comes
at the time of harvest, when the crops
are ready to be taken from the fields.
Half the district is stated to be flooded.
Guilty of Disrespect.
Yokohama, Oct. 20. The court-
martial that tried Lieutenant Frank
T. Evans, of the battleship Louisiana,
son of Rear-Admiral Evans, found he
was not guilty of intoxication, but was
guilty of disrespect to his superior of
ficers and of leaving deck while he
was on duty. The court's sentence
was that he shall lose , 150 numbers -and
receive a public reprimand. Rear
Admiral Sperry criticises the sentence
as inadequate and too lenient and
says he approves it only in order that
Lieutenant livans snail not entirety
escape punishment.
Tolerance Must Be Advocated.
Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 20. In his ser
mon Sunday, on "The Sacred Use of.
Sunday. Rev. Joseph L. uarvm, at the
First Christian church, declared for the
opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position on Sunday. In explaining his
position he said that since the expo
sition is elevating and instructive and
the majority of men and women do not
go to church on Sunday, the spirit of
tolerance should impel helpfulness from
church people in the selection of other
places.
Three Shocks In Manila.
Manila. Oct. 20. Two sharp earth
quake shocks were felt here today, fol
lowed by a third, which was less severe.
no damage was done tn or about Ma
nila, and as yet no report has been re
ceived from other points on the island.
Ihe first shock came at 10:50 A. M.,
the second at 1:40, and the third at 3:10
P. M.