f
OF THE DAY
OBJECTS TO ANNEXATION.
Want
Russia Fonra Austria Would
Moro Territory.
jtCinS GOtilGrCQ lrOm All nouncornent was mado today by the
AUiuiu uiiilu uh uj tno progress of the
negotiations at Berlin between M. Is
Volsky, tho Russian foreign minister,
nnd Prince von Buelow, tho German
chancellor. Tho conference bo far as
can bo learned, has scored no definite
results, and will bo continued.
parts of the World,
iWURl THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
WOULD LOSE REVENUE.
0SEDFORTHE
BUSY READER
novonuo Bureau Opposes Amorkan
Wines In Medicines.
Washington, Oct. 29. Tho Internal
revenue bureau is stronHv nnnnanrl fi
the contention nf thn rntirnmin
Advices from Berlin, however, have powers for a reversal of tho commit
in no wiso lessoned tho confidence hero J?'.? .rulln of March 2C 08, which
that tho proposed International con- IZZ'Tfl American
(rrnRa will nn(mnni.. i ... m wio munuiuciurc oi pro
gress will ultimately bo accented bv nr ntnrv m,n,.ia , i. 1 m.
.I.L....L ... .... "f .. u .i..j;uub. i0
uuAiiiunv. umiuuun nocrntinr.inna am uo bo. in tnn on n nn nF nn n ...t,i
mnat. Influential JJUtCn I (inf tn lm ni.tU,...t .. Im tn v nlnfa kn ...I t.J s.. it.
Come 01 l,lu : . ir whwhuiu ior bo mo tunc UIU lunr U1U1 wjuujjrivu wie
. ni but Not LosB fntor
tiling Hnppon'f'B0 "W,M
Outtldo tho Statu.
j.uvtjiiiiiiuni oi many millions in reve
nue annually. This would bo accom
"A with Venezuela. ",..... . . . ,u W,,1U
capers urge uiwr mo ruuirn oi m. iswolsky. Tho
hno 1 1 ' i 1 1 1 1 1 i. a . in" iiiviiiii.iiiii ill invn nniar , m i. - ... . - - -
in.. ...r I od tv- ... . i - - - - - vuf.u null, ill i 1 1 1 ii in irrnaa ni.i...i i . , , . ..
iW -" ,., , v.. nnttlritn. .. . ... . b- nmoutu. it is noinica OUt. DV tho ceri
ofServia, ior rou... tnoreioro, will bo correspondingly do- eral substitution in tho manufacture of
foncral Corbin says iooi u .. vu. proprietary medicines, etc., of non
- pnusc tnucn vrouuiu in vno i. iuwoiuKy, intorv owed bv tlm taxab o awpot. w no mm, i, k..
I m . a -..vi ... ...... irmvui 1IIUVII 11UIU LftUll
"u.,uo v f cmy a a uornn correspondent reinforced by tho addition of a preser
. . . - ...,, f!rmnn. Imlf W"y UCCiarCU mat Austria's act On VatiVO ac d. of non taxnbln rrm hmn.
mi. i.Ait ni u yuMi'h '- i ..-- i.i l ..it .i r . : i . - . . O I
1Derovotes. lma been found Kl,ri"u v . 'nv interests and ay for spirits which are taxed $1.10
imi.w v mi law Liiu iiiiiik'iiiii.inii t nn if iinninM i iuir rrn i inn f a. i i
f . inffft (!H. I t. t." . . ... . I .." . ' -j. v.., lun
new w u I'uonc couia easily bo under- which does not reau ro a tax to bo naid
Two colliers hayo loft ow i orK lor stocxi. but ho asked tho public to bus- on grapo brandy when used for this
Francisco nnu a io,uuu-nui penu juagment with regard to his ac- specific purpose is said to have been
4I..11.. Z 11.!.. i I 1 a -
nvity in wiib connec,uon until his re- solely for the encouragement of tho
grapo and sweet wine industries
Commissioner Capers has received a
letter from Senator Perkins, of Cali
t ! .l .. ' .
iuiinu. uuvocntintr tno rovnrani ami
Ke ,L . ,, ,, m? "avo "molded to support tho foreign transmitting a copy of a resolution re
OiEcials of two largo Boston ntruc- tniniBter, but President KhomykofT in cently adopted by the Manufacturers
.i efnni rnrniiuuiun ntu imim hiivh iin mrnrvir iv an im thnf fnnH ..u.i... i nvwi iMAi.nMHr i.' r. t r
1,000 enen ior i-uiiuo.u.. ... . roiuso to recongize tho annexation of nia, and tho Trans-Mississippi Com
mercial congress at San Francisco. It
also urges the reversal of the objec
tionablc ruling.
may.
on between tnem
The Chinese war junk Whang IJo
. swi-Ibco March o ior wow
ywk ana naa
not been heard from
regard to his
turn to Russia, when ho hoped with
' wmwvrwr u i)crniiHsion to make a
statement before tho douma. It Is re-
ported that tho Octobcrista in tho dou-
rvernor 1'aitlBOn. UJL AUiiijuaouu.
i. : Htft iinniunmnnr will
BoBnia nnd Herzegovina, which was a
rnero prelude to further arnrreBsions
on tno part or Austria-Hungary.
ut of tho Japancao umiirruiion
.U Unvt Rtl nntindcd. it fa anid
... un rnui riot Inn nn JnnnnAfln
Ul Li t VWi w. . - - w '"I ,
just arrived at
MAY MAR RECEPTION.
Big Scores in Practice.
manna, uct. au. While the scores
A..lknlltn. C -T .... I ..f,-. MV.tU;i UHUJiUIIUUUI,
iikiiiuiiiiui I ur . I IUUUIO Ul nmOV milnrirmi mndn In tnw I
wnen rieet Arrives. nrnctie. whiVh hn tnaf iwn xnnninii.
1 . r " . " - x... wv.iw.uu-
Amnv. P.hlnn finf 97 ntoo I co. will not be made nublic until thnv
I i . : 1 i. I J r - " f w.v. m. I - ml
AttilinKVCflscinaB jut urr.vuu uv f . - arrive at the Navy department at
Victoria, B. U., wnicn camo srom i tno - Washington, it has been announced
lluticbyway or tape ot uooa xiopo u..uo, vhhicbo Buvernmcni om- that all nrev bus records have been
. ik wnntlmr wfin trm rouirn to G n u. V.nbn rru d.i.i i . j xi.
Fears arc entertained that tho rami- boat squadron, exceeding all the scores
ficationB of this nlot mav be far reach- mat 0 bv .th0 Wilmington, present
" v I lrMnmm iL. A. I -
a' i i
aaiu, was 10 assassmato nign uiineso Millions for Deep Channel.
oiuciais curing tno icstivities of tho C.h onrm. nnf an Tt
forthcoming reception to the American deep water channel in Illinois can be
fleet, tho conspirators hoping that the constructed in six years and fully paid
officials would appear in public in-n for out of its water power earnings in
body on that occasion. 11 years thereafter, according to esti
.. i n ITn
Tka eccond squadron of tho battk)
.ir. A.. tin. nrrivml nf A mnv. Phlnn.
Ooe of New York's four hundred
a I If f.A .
a i iii ' a mir rnn ninr rT
I rlHAH
Los Angeles high Bchool boyB have
i.. i ,iii. ..)
iititps into a school sociotv.
Rockefeller declares hu will continue
.. t i. ir. i . . i
President Eliot, of Harvard univors-
xersnd opposes prohibition.
John Sums, an English labor leader,
tnzercu tnc uritnsn lauor nauv
nimiiiiriHi in in nrii iHri iiiiii t tiiitii'iih
l n P 1 f
uki trawiom, iu ycura ago one oi
weaitn cat men in Keno. has been
Tigrant.
a nre panic caused soveral tr rl cm-
1-
in vera ininp....
m North Dakota Supremo court
OCClded UnrmiRHfiitinnnl ihn nlnrlirn
I' ...I... T I .. , I U A h.lUI.
lire bound to votn for thn nnnnlnr.
candidate receivinir the hitrhest
Holland expects to blockade Vcnc
One death has resulted in Utah from
The torredo boat flotllhi lmq lnffc Rnn
A Yreka., Cal murdoror locked
-,-... ,m vntajcu W HlO I1I11H.
Extraordinary precautions are being mates submitted by Engineer Lyman
taken and will bo extended during tho
stay of tho fleet here, and particularly
during the functions. Viceroy Song,
of Fukien province, who arrived here
yesterday on tho cruiser Hai Yung,
spent tho night aboard the ship.
Order and perfect system aro being
rapidly established at tho reception
grounds whero the recent typhoon
wrought destruction. Bamboo struc
tures have replaced the ruined build
ings, and tho original plans for the
entertainment of tho officers and men
of tho American fleet are likely to be
carried out in full. It had been in
tended to install a wireless telegraph
system, but this probably will not be
done, as thero is no expert hero to
carry out tho work.
SEVEN CHOLERA CASES.
E. Cooley. If the voters approve the
?20,000,000 bond issue next Tuesday:
ho said, tho state will bo able to make
the best paying public investment that
opportunity ever offered.
Favors Navy Yard at Mare Island
Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal., Oct
29. Rear Admiral Richard C. Holli-
day, chief of the bureau of yards and
docks of tho United States navy, left
here today for Washington, after hav
ing completed his official inspection of
the navy yard. From a statement
made by Admiral Holliday before he
left, it is believed that he will ask
congress for a large appropriation for
tho development of the navy yard when
tho session begins this winter.
Ngro Soldier in Hurry.
Washington, Oct 30. The attor
neys for Oscar W. Reid, one of the
negro soldiers who were discharged
from tho army on account of alleged
participation in the Brownsville affair,
endeavored today to have the Supreme
court advance the hearing of his case.
The case was decided against Reid in
the United States Circuit court for the
up
Olsesso Makes Fresh Start Among
Natives In Manila.
Manila, Oct. 27. Seven now caseB
of cholera were reported in this city
for tho day ending Sunday night.
Tho slight increase in the spread of
tho discaso is ascribed bv the authori
ties to tho many gatherings of tho peo- Southern district of New York.
pie on Saturday night and buntiay, anu
tho feasts that accompanied the nssem- Willet Will Defend Dodd.
blies. Tho situation is not considered Maro island Navy Yard, Cal., Oct.
to be crave, as tho health department oi a teleo-ram was received here
feels that It has tho epidemic well un- todav from tho Navv department at
rennsvlvnnin nti..i .,sJder control, expressing no alarm over Washington authorizing Paymaster P.
j U1I1UI1U UlllUlUlH UL1II11L lil t. .. I - ...... . i iii l !
uiiu sucrot raw, u ,B probabi0 that tho government tho Solace, to remain at tho navy yard
viw county in South Carolina and will further restrict tho gatherings oi untj the conclusion of the courtmar-
-... viiV ijuvu vuLua ior nromm- i tno nutivuB. unu uiau uiu diu v uu- r n or lieutenant r. n. uouu. ine
rm - w . i ii ..a ii ...
MnnAitn t rrvi u r iu 1 1 f ihvi'ii lihil, liiu i laAnwirtr t in an virtu rMi rn m.
uviuun uyvim w I JIUill ll'K Ul vuu vuou nr tit nun Kfs- vvui
1m newspapers of Janan still eon- cockpits located in tho suDurns oi tne pictt.d as rapidly as possible
m : - . l Mitii itmn it ia riiinriur. in mninLiiiii u
Kfclt mUaal0ry 01 ",0 strict watch over the sale of foodstuffs,
... . aro responsible for tho slight increase
. .Juiuuuu iiiLvi) iiiiLii I in inn nuiiiiiMr ill liiuiuiu buoua nvkvu
- vuliwVD30na rnat ansurn tho Hnl. nf nnn i wnn.nnr
sn - i
MVV
Lord
ua9 oCen reduced to novnrtv lv
vaganco and speculations.
,T 'Kht ridor
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- - ... vu Aktiii i ill ii. iiiK.. mur.
"'l"ltUL nir n Tlllmlw nf .
promi-
tVailt..
1Umcs frnm Mi.vI.aI. .nt
! inn nnaf f. .)-.... mi..
rwiiv una Cluing . 1 i . A . nnM
nni. . .. -. muiu kiiuu ai.uuu.
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r.. .
w AllPelea hna nnaA .11
ibko fortune tollers.
Cltm .
.u Nflva i. fit 1 . . .
etho.L-.i . IIUL KIVU III to
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r t; . ' .WMUV IAJ 1II11IL UL
. .tiiir.
A larm
Leave Sheep to Perish.
Medicine Hat, Saskatchwan, Oct.
27, Tho first trains since wovemuer
19 reached Medicine Hat from the
East Sunday evening. Riders got in
from tho district, stretching to tno
United States border, with feariui
tales of hardships created ly tno
storm. Donald Cameron, a Bheephord
er, with two others, were caught and
forced to leave thoir snoop to perish
nnd seek safoty thomsolvea. Cameron
bocamo exhausted and died Alter
Exceeds Contract Speed.
Newport, R. I., Oct. 27. The cruis
er Chester came in from sea today
after two das of endurance test off
tho coast in very rough conditions.
Tho cruiser exceeded her contract
speed, mado 23 knots an hour for 12
hoars with tho wind blowing moro than
40 miles an hour and 26 knots an hour
for four hours under somewhat loss
severe conditions.
Buffalo Leaves Bremerton.
Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.,
Oct. 29. Tho auxiliary cruiser Buffa
lo, which arrived here Saturday with
a draft of enlisted men for tho cruiser
Charleston, will leave today for Mare
boing 00 hours without sleep or nour- jBland and from thero will proceed to
iahment, tho other two rcacneu tmiuior. pftnama. The snip maxes regular trips
VERDICT WAS COMPROMISE.
Plea on Which Hyde and Schneider
Ask Now Trial.
wasnmgton, ucc. ai. Tho argu
ments for a new trial asked for by
JtreaericK A. liyde and Joost H. Schnei
dor, who were convicted last spring of
conspiracy in connection ' with land
frauds in tho West, were taken under
advisement today by Justice Stafford
of the Criminal court of tho District of
Columbia.
Counsel for tho convicted men con
sidered that the verdict was tho result
of a compromise, some of tho jurors
who favored conviction of all four of
the' defendants who were tried (Hvde
Schneider, Benson and Dimond) voting
to acquit JJlmona in exchange for the
votes of tho other jurors, who were in
clined to acquit all.
The prosecution asserted that con
promise verdicts were beine rendered
daily by juries. The defense charged
that the court had erred in telling the
jury that one of the defendants might
do convicted of conspiracy.
PLANS FOR GREATER NAVY.
Overcome by Smoke.
Cannonsburg, Pa Oct. 27.While
fiirnpHnir tho men fUrhting ilro that
"--"' . - . -, nl...l
broke out yosterciay in uio i-hwjuuik'
TinfTnln nomnanv'B Hazol mino, near
between Pacific coast yards and tho
isthmus earring service men and naval
supplies.
Mining Stock Tabooed.
Washincton. Oct. 29. In order
Jo
r wgo vhnrf n,..i ir t innns minoral manager of lfonn tho organization free from tho
'ltx . 1 MI1U LWII VI NNI) H lASfrf f IIU1U. 111 aV WWIU'wi r ' I . .
? 0t Rt Tl. vt , il. ,na mmri-nmn hV B1710KO. 1 aiianipinn Of OVaBlOn OI ICCfai reOUire-
t 1500,00? ltl Thvcl i shif i of 50 men each 'aro bat- Ss, George Otis Smith, director of
Cantt it.. n ,im. ihn Mnzo. but tho heat is so tho ceolocrical survey, has issued an
(."' "nS, Who Bhnfe W. 13. An. r"."b 7.. l,f nVn L.J "l.ll.Hln momhora nf tho Blir.
I mlntifna nf. fl time. Tho flghtors aro ov from owning Btock in any mining
hnvn the nstmnnntr f nn nronnrtv of which is in
nrk... " . MKiuiju 1.1 1.1 1 ii imi 1 k 1111 1 irii 1 11 iiiif- aiutviv unu - ------ . Vw..ii. -j
7. '"ice. bllf nn. 1 ........ "i.u.i l... limn.rniv TTnltorl StntfiS or AlUSKU.
"v" W the nrnW, .
.-t. Ulll.
Rovolt In Oorea at End.
Tokio. Oct. 27. Tho so-called insur-
Cablnet Meeting Short-Handed.
Washington, Oct. 80. Today's cab-
'in Coron is practically ended, (not meeting was of short ourauon,
111 I"""' ,, J ..... 1.. Dnmofnnr nf tlia frpnmirv ho-
u"opah. K,, "u uuo" arroBoiu t uuv ww u'B"'7 - m, Wb nro makinir camnaiirn soeeches in
ttfc'w ?tca!'"B high grade merely a disorderly element Two- bers nr , making Sx
Wing. """es n which they woro thirds of tho japanoBo Mtenif T. ill
8 rui ,in i w t hdrawn In afowdays. 1 Motcau is 111.
n. ..
t ca8 l"170 Pny-na-yon-ontor
nri. . i u l.vj 1 1 1 1 in ii 11 nriU7 f 1 ra
us details for thni; . roction
President, In Message, Will Ask for
Many Additions.
Washington, Oct. 27. The president
will ask congress in his annual mes
sage, it is said, to grant four battle
ships annually. He adhers to his be
lief that this is necessary. The presi
dent will also urge additional amiro
piiations for the completion of a naval
base at Pearl harbor and of the Ha
wanan coast defenses, and he will
probably ask for increased facilities at
Mare island for handling naval vessels.
Another thing tho president will ask
congress for is adequate provision for
equipping and defending the naval
base at Guantanamo, where the Havy
department has planned great yards,
mi 1 m 14 . . a a
ine location ox tms naval depot is in
the vicinity of the Panama canal and
is regarded as of strategic importance.
Strict With Sailors.
Manila, Oct. 28. Sailors of the
American fleet will not be permitted
shore leave after 10 o'clock at night
nor allowed to drink water from native
wells during the stay of the American
fleet here, according to a rule promul
gated today. The first squadron of the
fleet is expected to reach here Novem
ber 1. The second squadron, under
Admiral Emory, which went to Amoy,
China, is expected to arrive November
8. The order issued today states that
although the health officials expect to
have the cholera stamped out complete
ly by the time the fleet arrives, they
will take no chances.
President 50 Years Old.
Washington, Oct. 28. President
Roosevelt was 50 years old yesterday,
having been Born October 27. 1858
So far as is known, no special prepara
tions were made for an observance of
the anniversary, and the president
probably passed the day very much ac
ording to the routine which marks his
everyday 1 if e. In the even ing there was
birthday dinner at the White House,
at which the members of the president's
family were joined by a few friends,
Only Congress Can Reinstate.
Washington, Oct. 30. Secretary
Wright said today that nothing could
be done in the matter of reinstating
Mingo Sanders, formerly sergeant of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, who, with
his battalion, was dismissed from the
army without honor, for alleged par
ticipation in the Brownsville disorders.
The only way now open for his rein
statement, the secretary said, was by
special act of congres.
Wright All Right Again.
Washington, Oct. 28. Orville
Wright, the aeronaut, will leave Fort
Meyer ho pital for his home at Dayton,
Ohio, on Saturday, if his condition
continues to improve. His sister, Miss
Catherine Wright, who has nursed him
at the army hospital, will accompany
him. Mr. Wright desires to vote, even
though it may bo necessary to carry
him to the polls.
Warships Leave Japan.
Washington, Oct. 28. A cablegram
to tho Navy department from Admiral
Sperry reports the departure of the
fleet from Yokohama. The first squrfd
ron of battleships will return to Ma
nila, whero they aro duo October 31.
The second squadron is now enroute to
Amoy, China, whero it is expected to
arrive next Thursday.
Frank Klggins Dies Suddenly..
Washington, Oct. 28. Frank Kic-
gins, of Tennessee," chief examiner of
tho civil service commission, died sud
denly Monday of uraemic convulsions.
John Kiggins, of Vancouver, B. C, is
a brother.
Government Buys Silver.
Washington, Oct, 27. Tho Treasury
department today bought 7,5000
ounces of silver for delivery nt New
Orleans and 50,000 ounces for delivery
at Denver at 51.670 cents per fino
ounce.
Whistler at Fort Wordon.
Washington, Oct. 28. Colonel Gar
land N. Whistler has been assigned to
Fort Wordon, Wash., and in command
of the artillery district of Puget sound.
Rural Carriers at Oakland.
Washington, Oct. 27. K. L. Thorn
ton has been appointed regular, Jere
miah L. Thornton substitute, rural car
rier on tho route at Oakland, Ore.
MINING CONGRESS CALLED.
Eleventh Annual Convention to Meet
In Pittsburg.
Denver, Oct. 26. Tho executive
committee of tho American Mining
congress yesterday issued tho official
call for tho 11th annual convention to
be held in Pittsburg December 2, 3, 4
and 5. 1908. A special effort is con
templated looking to the final enact
ment ot tne bill for tho creation of a
bureau of mines, now on tho calendar
of the United States senate for third
eading.
Particular attention is called to tho
work of congress in making investiga
tionB relating to the tirotflctinn of thn
lives of miners; proposals for the elim
ination of fraudulent minincr stock
operations ; the relations between cus
toms smelters and the ore producer:
i? ederal aid for minincr schools and ex
periment stations : the exploitation of
the rare mineral resources of the coun
try: the conservation of mineral re
sources: the timber and water supply,
and the unification of the mininer laws
of the several states, are the particular
subjects which will be under discus
sion. It is announced the convention
will be an open forum for the discus
sion of all mining subjects.
'lhe call invites the president of the
United States, the governors and heads
01 commercial bodies to appoint dele
crates. A special feature of the bodv
will be a coal mine eras testinpr plant.
now m course of construction in Pitts
burg, under an appropriation made dur
ing tho last session of congress, which
will then bo completed.
ENORMOUS LOSS IN COAL.
Trade Loses SI, 600,000 Weekly by
Cotton Lockout.
London, Oct. 26. The shutting
down of 500 mills as the result ouf the
cotton trade lock out has reduced the
consumption of engine coal by 700,000
tons per weeK. calculated at $Z per
ton, this represents a loss of trade
amounting to $1,500,000 a week.
uianam, tne center 01 tne spinnmer
industry, is the first of the cotton
towns to feel the pinch of the lockout.
Of the 320 mills in the town only 20
are now working. It is not the opera
tives who have their lock out pay from
their unions to fall back on who are
beginning to feel the pressure of the
industrial warfare, but the shopkeep
ers, particularly at the small shops,
who depended on the custom of the
mill girls.
No one has the heart to buy anything
short of actual necessities. No new
dresses are being made in Oldham just
now, and dressmakers are reducing the
number of their workroom hands, and
the milliners' shops, of which the fe-
mals cotton operative was the generous
patron, are deserted.
The situation was discussed at
meeting of the distress committee last
night and the mayor has summoned
special meeting of the council for to
night, when a deputation from the dis
tress committee will make suggestions
for providing relief work..
GAMBLERS WIN.
Reno Votes to Continue Wide Open
Town as Before.
Reno, Nev., Oct. 26. Reno will re
main a m ide open town for some time
to come, according to the result of the
city election held here Saturday, when
the gambling element won by a major
lty of 566 votes out of a total of about
,100 votes cast. The election was on
a city ordinance to forbid the running
of gambling games under license in the
city of Keno. The ordinance was put
the city vote upon the petition of
the Anti-Gambling league, who made
red hot fight at the polls.
The league opened headquarters
about two months ago and has worked
diligently ever since, holding mass
meetings and spreading literature
broadcast and through the mails. The
gambling fraternity worked quietly,
but the result shows they worked
effectively. The defeat of the ordi
nance is "partly due to the feeling that
gambling should bo stopped throughout
the state and not alone in Reno.
The fight will be carried into the
egisiature at the coming session.
Moros Battle With Laborers.
Manila, Oct. 26. Nine Filipino la
borers and their American superintend
ent were killed in a desperate fight
with a band of Moros on the Shephers
sugar plantation near Iligan on the
island of Mindanao last week, accord
ing to news that reached here today
from the island. The men were work
ing on tho plantation and were taken
off their guard by the Moro warriors.
Tho laborers lost heavily before they
repulsed the attacking party in a final
rally. The Moros are reported to have
ost 20 killed and many more wounded.
Kills Herders and Sheep.
Santa Fe. N. M.. Oct. 26. Twenty
thousand sheep, grazing on the Cum
bres mountain range, in RioAreiba
county, 140 miles north of here, aro re
ported to have perished in tho blizzard
which has roged in that section during
the last three days. The storm is the
orst in vears and snow is from fivo to
ten feet deep. Besides the o-reat loss
of sheep, six herders are missing and
it is believed they were also frozen to
death.
Nicaragua Is Laid Waste,
Manucua. Nicaracrua. Oct. 26. A
great storm has prevailed throughout
Nicaragua since yesterday morning.
Heavy losses nra reported, but, as all
tho teleeranh and telephone communi.
cations have been interrupted and tho
railroad badly damaged, it is impossi
ble to state how far reachincr the storm
has been,
LAURIER IS ELECTED
Premier's Majority Safe, Though
Slightly Reduced.
CONTESTS TO BE ORDER OF DAY
Conservatives Lose Out in Ontario,
Whero They Expected Their
Heaviest Gains.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 27. Elections
for the Federal house of commons were
held yesterday throughout Canada. Of
the 221 constituencies in the dominion
only two Rouville, Ont., and South
York, Ont. returned members by ac
clamation. In all the others, with tho
exception of five, which will hold their
elections later, there were contests.
The returns show that Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, the present ppremier, who in
the last house had a majority of 66,
will be returned to the house for anoth
er five years, with a majority of be
tween 55 and 60.
French Canadian Quebec remained
loyal to the premier, electing a mem
bership almost solidly Liberal.
Ontario, where the Conservatives ex
pected to make their heaviest gains,
did not come up to the opposition's ex
pectations. The returns indicate an
almost evenly divided membership,
compared with 39 Liberals and 47
Conservatives in the last house.
Nova Scotia, which at the last gen
eral elections in 1904 returned a solid
Liberal phalanx, gives lhe Conserva
tive party several seats.
R. Is. Borden, leader of the Conserv
atives, was elected by a substantial
majority in Halifax, which supported
him four years ago. All the minis
ters have been re-elected with the ex
ception of William Templeton, of Vic
toria, B. C, minister of inland reve
nue, who lost by five votes.
ARREST 14 NIGHT RIDERS.
Sixty-One Now Held in Connection
With Reel Foot Outrage.
Camp Reno, Reel Foot Lake, Tenn.,
Oct. 27. Fourteen prisoners were
brought into camp today in connection
with recent night rider outrages in '
this section. This makes a total of 61
now in custody here. Three mounted
scouting parties went out and two of
them returned. The third will not be
back before tomorrow night. The
detachment headed by Major R. E.
Martin is prepared to go to Obion to
night to search for the mysterious
masked men who were reported to
have been seen near tnat town. After
communicating with several people
Colonel Tattom decided that the story
was without foundation and recalled
the orders.
Both Union City and Samburg, where
the soldiers are camped, were the cen
ters of interest today in the night rider
troubles. A special term of the County
court convened at Union City today
and all of the evidence in the Reel
Foot lake case was laid before tho
jury.
WAIT INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
Decision on Star of Bengal Wreck
May Have Serious Results.
San Francisco, Oct. 27. The inspec
tors of hulls and boilers, who have
been investigating the wreck of the
ship Star of Bengal, which went ashore
on the Alaskan coast some weeks ago,
111 lives being lost, finished taking
testimony yesterday and took the case
under advisement.
Captain Wagner, of the Bengal, has
filed charges of cowardice against the
tug captains for their action in cutting
his ship loose and it is expected that
the decision of the inspectors will bear
weight in the proceedings resulting
from these charges. It is stated here
that the United States District attor
ney of Alaska will bring Captain Wag
ner's charges against the captains of
the Kayak and Hattie Gage before the
Federal grand jury.
Calls Will Forgery.
New York, Oct. 27. Declaring tho
signature in a will disposing of about
$1,000,000 a forgery, the will being
that of Ambrose Burbank, who died in
1904, Dr. Alfred H. Hamilton, of Au
burn, N. Y., a handwriting expert,
created a sensation in the suit against
Caleb H. Burbank, a nephew of the
testator, during the trial in the United
States Circuit court here today. The
nephew is executor of the estate and
was named residuary legatee, in addi
tion to receiving a direct bequest of
$600. 000.
To Unveil Harrison Monument.
Indianapolis. Oct. 27. Anarade and
other interesting features will attend
the unveiling today of the handsome
monument erected to tho memory of
former President Benjamin Harrison,
Vice President Fairbanks will presido
and the speakers will include John L.
Griffiths, American consul to Liver
pool, and General John W. Noble, ot
St. Louis, who was secretary of tho
interior during the administration of
President Harrison.
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Think Castro Is Bluffing.
Willemstad, Oct. 27. According to
letters received hero, tho people of
Venezuela are confident of a prompt
settlement of the dispute between that
country and Holland, The refusal of
President Castro to revoke the decree
of May 14 is regarded as a bluff to
distract attention from the doinga of
the revolutionist!.
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