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EVENTS OF THE DAY M MS GalHered from Ail pans oi wo nuui" fgEPARED FOR THE : BUSY READER .n( but Not Loss Intor- lell imp-. - . eltlng rsapp'"&- " Outsldo tho State. Denver . .1 .....nltipr Im allium zci u ., t.iuur war is again on The ann K'1"""" " to present an ulti- cr. .t ...SI1 tut tin R'.' . X on His trip to Af- flCl ...:il 1.- -.1Mwl if Ubr New York delivery -...L. f,.r t ic delivery of mo il """" pickages, - mttWTii wrm. . hi , 31K) ,ncr) lit itcem ? loft their lives st illed States Steel corporation Jhoend $4.soo.o.o in Increasing the Jcty of t plants- F,nhc firt ti'"' ,lle sory o Jn I-rmriv-.i mint, pennies and Scls are l-be coined there. The emperor of China is reported ;d the empre- dowager yiH. St appoiiifd to control the des S of the Flowery Kingdom. District Attorney Langdon declares Htaey is a martyr u u.c i..w n prosecutions will continue tlc ,p,ie the attempted .usassumtion. The election uf Gomez in Cuba is & n certain. The flection is the r,,i !tD toward again turning the i.t: tr tii npnnle. rib Francisco has voted for municl- l" Liberals are expected to win In tlie nun circuuun. ciitro has finished his preparations R,r rtmiMe woro drowned in Niagara A German military balloon hit n tree I Tie fato of Chancellor von Huelow I ) - i i lntu. f nHnnntlintii ft rbrlen M. Schwab, tho stool mnn. it aj ritit nritnnn nninmnra n mi A Philadelphia hoarding houso has rwn r.inirn iin nv MinPK iinnii in nin ni'm winu in a Af tirt nAfiiiitfi it t ptrninil Iftmters of tho board of Bttnorvlfloni . r ... ... - - " n' IVdTal of f irinln wlin nrn in von !rrnl. uf nc n nil nr ill itnrnii int nrn injur- . iiihii nun uuiiunuu BhUUli' IUI Trnm lh am...... Tie house committee has hemm its Roosevelt Savl hp will nnl run fnr A committee of San Francisco citi- fire ormnnt r. i.:ii.i 1... .u h ailtOmohilr rnltiilril ivJtti n tnin A student at a Cltvplnnil nin'n. tint. Mrip.n .L. i . . a uita mi ml ... ii i ! " iiiivc io may in V .!"tin .,,,c Ncw York stock ex- Z?1 n" Jt sold for $85,000. A uus same scat brought Mount Rnl.... r . la k. ,i -iinniin. is ciaimco 6e the h Khcst peak in the Rockies. Kooscvelt ha '"land Hurincr T,i. ,: . ",""rS "i"" ..i: ii . ..... uui uiili. mil nun II attcmnts k,?,uu "ocas, Mexico oil well ,1""" "'"iidoncd. The oil ii - s uay. Qvelt win glvo a dinner to labor ilk ll.ii . - juaw cuiuuniiuii hih " virinnnv Corlnl... 'Us inll B ii Pl.t.,0 ro.r "I'aator from Now York ..' lunrcinn t.-, Ut( a"d hinckg. c-,wton o J. .T Tim k I'm r(s lhnt wilhln six years "et rnln,i 7, r"1 consume all tlie 4,1 mm country. l Pittil, i,8 ?'. Uonvor, ox-wifo of nd f0; ion r,ro ,ins rocolvod i(n 2. V0.l0r8 Cast tholr tmllntu fnr $kTn rCvontol on tho North . .'ten ini uy oroaKinc I ' ooo i 1 "ovorai cars i : tArtoa down hill ""oad thoy woro Bja0traeked. hlanic inaiutgers for FREE OF CHOLERA. Merchants' Association of Manila Is- . sues Siatomont. Mnnlln, Nov. 10,Tho Merchanta' nssocintlon of UiIh city Ima IbbucJ tho following Btutemcnt: "Mnnlltt is reported by tho health nuthoritleB to bo practically frco of cholorn. Slnco November 1 In a popu lation of nearly 2G0.000, ono case daily has occurred. Thcso cnBea wero found in outlying dlutrlctB, unusunlly vlBlted by whltofl. Tho lato vloltation proved to bo of a very light character Binco Its beginning, nnd in tho month of July woro only 22 cases among tho white population. Of theao but 10 nmv.,l fatal. Thcro was not a Bintrlo enso among tho 12,000 city Bchool children. Slnco tho American occupation in 1898 mo nurnucr oi wnitos in tho ialandB at tacked by cholera is 247. Of theso 120 CnflCB Wcro fatal. Tho mnlnrltv of deatliB occurred in 1902, when there wero G0.000 troops in tho islands and no precautions existed for protection against tho epidemic." Soldiers from Fort McKInloy nnd Bailors from tho Asiatic squadron are now entering tho city freely and the citizens nro anxious that Hear Adm ral Sperry will permit them to carry out tho plans for tho recepition of tho At lantic battleship Hoot. if theflo plans nro not enrried out It is feared that n false nnd harmful IrnnresHion will bo trivnn tn ihn wnrlil of tho sanitary condition of Manila, wnlch unquestionably is better than that of any other city In the Orient nnd probably unexcelled by any largo city of tho world. REDUCES FREI3HT RATES. Nippon Yuserv Knlsha Begins Fight for Trade. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 10. Tho Nip pon Yuscn Kaisha has decided to begin tho Btrugglo with the Canadian Pacific railroad for tho premier position in tho carrying trade of the North Pacific. Since tho ruling of the Interstate Commerce commission, by which ship companies advanced their rates, tho lines connecting with United States rnilroads, and moro particularly those under the United States flag, wcro placed at a disadvantage. The Cana dian Pacific railroad naturally took advantage of its position and declined to advnnco its freight rates. When tho conference at Seattle de cided to increase tho rates, tho propos ed increases wcro cabled to Japan, whero a meeting of Jnpancso shipping interests was called. Advices received by the Royal Mail steamship Empress of India were to tho effect that tho Nippon Yuscn Kaisha withdrew from this conference and has mado a general reduction of about 17 per cent lower than tho former freight rates, 'lho Japanese- steamship company proposes to bear tho burden or tho incrcasea railway charges nnd will give a lower .. r A I . ? rato across mo rnciuc. reuueuun of 25 cents per 100 pounds will bo mndo on silk and other valuable freights. FRANCE STILL FIRM. Government Confident Germany Will Meet Her Demands. Pnrls. Nov. 10. No word has come from Berlin with reference to the Ger mnn government's attitude with refer ence to tho Cnsa Blanco allair and a further delay is considered likely ow inir in unmii rnnfuslon which nrcvails among tho German officials nnd the ne cessity of maneuvering before tho M.lrhHtntr. But French opinion remains Herencly confldont that Germany event ually will yield upon tne point upon which Franco insists and express re- grot for tho incident. Thcro is no traco of "Uiuit" in mo Vmnnh nttltiifln nnd tho sncctaclo pre sented by Franco lust week must hnvo convinced Germany tnnt in an ner dealings with tho German government airnnhn of 1870. Franco novor displayed such an exhibition of nntlonnl solidarity. Moreover, Germnny doubtless is nwaro that Great Britain and Russia havo been consulted upon every step Franco has taken and fully share this government's view, and in addition nro prepared to gtvo material na wcu uo morul support to Franco. Record for Tunnel Work. Los Angeles, Nov. 10. William Mulholland, chief engineer of tho Loa Angeles ncqueduct, reports that all American records for tunnel boring in hnrd rock wero broken during October by tho city forces at work on tho Eliz i..i, iiinnol A distance of 4GC feet UUUVll miiiivn wus mado in 31 days, thus surpassing tho record on tno uunnison miiuui, mndo in January, 1908, by 17 feet. Tho Loa Angeles acqucduct is tho mu nicipal project by which tho city will procuro a daily water supply of 200, 000,000 gallons from tho Owona river. New Position for Bryan. t-i. vr.. in Tim nnnflU btncoin, woo., inuv. bio tondor of tho chancellorship of tho . .... .1 vt..i l,i tn Wllllnrn J. univoraity oi numuonu e -ii mnro in enn- urynn was ono ui mu .. hoction with tho vacancy which will bo i-.i t ....... 1 liw tlm rnnlimation creaieu uunuuijr v of Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews. Mr. Bryan said ho had not heard tho report and would not discuss it. Tho mont on of Mr. Bryan's namo was more tho BURgostldn of tho student body than any sorlous thought by tho regents. Ten Killed; Many Hurt. Mauntoban, Franco, Nov. 10. An o-preBs train was derailed today near GriselB. Ton persons wero killed and many Injured, NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ROB SOUTHERN PACIFIC. CHANGE IN COINS. Mints Turning Out Gold Pieces of Now Design. Washington, Nov. 12. The mints of Philadelphia, San Francisco and Pcn vcr have begun coining new $5 gold pieces, struck on a different plan from any heretofore coined in the world. It follows an Idea expressed to Presi dent Roosevelt by Dr. William S. Sturgis Uigclow, of Boston, that to permit the coins being piled to a uni form height, a higher or stronger re lief miht be obtained by depressing the design below the field or face of the coin, instead of raising it above. as jtisual in all coinage operations. This would provide a flat field and a uniform thickness, the flat surface taking the wear and protecting the relief, the shanc of the denrcssion fol lowing the outline of the relief. The same design will be used on the new $S.60 pieces and all will bear the "In God We Trust" motto. FIGHT WILL BE CONTINUED. Government to Take Octopus Rebate Case to Supreme Court. Washington, Nov. 13. It was stated at tho department of justico that in view of tho largo amount of monoy in volved, tho important questions of law and tho popular iutorcst in the case, tho government would not rest on tho do nision of tho circuit court of appeals in tho Ktanilard Oil caso, but tliat tho caso would ho taken to tho supremo court of the United States at tho earliest possi ble date. This will bo dono bv an appli cation to tho court for a writ of cer tiorari. Tho application to tho court for a writ will ho submitted Novem ber 30. Attornoy-Ocncral Bonaparte said that a conference of counsel would bo held on Thursday to decide definitely on tho stops that would bo taken in bringing tho enso before the supremo court, iio said that many important rate cases de pended on tlio tinal decision or this caso, among them boinc seven or eight on other counts against tho Standard Oil company. DENY SETTLERS MORE TIME. Delinquent Minidoka Applicants Must Forfeit Lands December I. Washington, Nov. 14. Secretary Garfield has announced that ho will grant no extension of time to settlors on the Minidoka irrigation project in Idaho, who havo been backward in mnking their first annual payment to tho government, iinny settlers who should have paid $2.60 per acre on Do comber 1 Inst havo not yet paid up, and unless such payment is mndo before uo- cemhor 1 next, such settlors will becomo delinquent and their cntrios will bo can colled and all moneys they may havo paid thereon will bo forfeited. Bottlers under the law havo ono year grace, but tho secretary is unwilling to grant moro time than tho law allows. Fight for Colonel Stewart. Washington, Nov. 11. Tho enforcod retirement of Colonel William P. Stew art from tho United States army five years before tho ago limit has brought powerful friends to tho officer's aid, who onnounco they will lay tho matter before congress at the next session. It Is predicted that tho hearing will re sult in tho cxposuro of such a personal feud as intensified tho Milos-Corbin nnimosity. Friends of tho Port Grant exile declare thnt soyoral distinct in fluences drovo Colonel Stowart from tho army. Retiromont lost tho officer at least $10,000 in pay and tho oppor tunity of retiring with higher rnnk and prestige. Bids for Battleship. Washington, Nov. 12. The New York Shipbuilding company of Cam den. N. J., has submitted the lowest bid for the construction of the new battleship Utah. The bids were Moiulav. The New York Shipbuilding company offered to ful fil tlie government s pians, insiauinR turbine machinery and guaranteeing Mi' rnmnlption of the warshin within thirty-two months for $3,910,000. The bid guarantees mat tne vessel win make a speed of 20i knots. Water Okanogan Lands. Washington, Nov. 14. -At tho begin ..In.r nf Mm iiovf rriirntinn season, tho government will deliver water to 3,472 acres of tho Uknnogan irrigation proj ect in Washington, nnd a charge of $05 per ne.ro will ho mado for tho cost of bringing tho water to tho land, tius will bo divided into ton equal install ments with $1,150 per ncro additional maintonanco chargo. Payments becomo duo on May 1 of oach year, tho first payment becoming duo in 1009. Rush Work In Klamath. Washington, Nov. 13 Tho reclama tion sorvico has announced that tho Klamath irrigation project is now 34ij nor cent completed. During October four soctions of tho Kono canal woro complotod and tho south branch canal so fnr ndvancod that it will ho com pleted boforc tho oponing of noxt year's Irrigation soason. Bids fc Baker's Postoffice. Washington, Nov. 14 Bids for tho construction of tho Bnkor City, Or., postoffico, for which $00,000 has beon appropriated, will ho opened November 28. A total of $5,000,000 provldod for public buildings will ho covered by bids to bo oponod this month. To Recognize Paraguay. Washington, Nov. 13. Tho stato do partmont has amiouncod tho adininis tratlon'a decision to rocognizo tho now government of Paraguay, wh oh was ostahllshod as tho rosult of tho suc cessful rovolution last spring. FbW CHANGES OF SENATORS Cummins Will Go From Iowa Kern From Indiana. Washington, Nov. 10. The present indications nro that tho Republicans will have about a two-thirds majority in the United States senate, as tho result of tho election last Tuesday, or virtually tho same os at present. Of the 92 members of that body, 61 hold over, leaving only 31 places to fill. Of tnese 19 aro held by Republi cans and 12 by Democrats. Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Maryland al ready have chosen DemocrntB, and Kentucky nnd Vermont Republicans. The other senators of whom successors are to be elected aro : Reputflicans Allison, Iowa; Ank eny, Washington ; Brandegee, Connect icut; Gallignr, New Hampshire; Hasn brough, North Dakota ;Heyburn, Idaho; Hopkins, Illinois; Kittredge, South Dakota; Long, Kansas; Penrose, Penn sylvania; Perkins, California; Piatt, New York; Smoot, Utah; Stephenson, Wisconsin. All of these will be suc ceeded either by themselves or other Republicans. Democrats Clay, Georgia; Gary, South Carolina; Gore, Oklahoma; Mil ton, Fbrida; Overman, North Caro lina. All of theBe will be succeeded by Democrats. The only senatorships remaining in doubt are those in Ohio, Indiana and Oregon, which are now represented by Senators Foraker, Hemenwny, and Ful ton, Republicans, and Colorado, Mis souri and Nevada, represented by Sen ators Teller, Stone and Newlands, Democrats. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, is about to realize his ambition of becoming a senator from that state. He has many admirers in Washington and his entry upon the scene of national politics will be observed with keen interest. If Indiana should send a Democrat in place of Hemenway, it is supposed here that John W. Kern, the defeated vice presidential candidate, will be chosen and he would be the first Demo crat to occupy a senatorial seat from Indiana since 1899, when David Turpi ie surrendered his office to Beveridge. Roosevelt Leads "Hike." Washington, Nov. 11. President Roosevelt yesterday led a party of CO, composed mqstly of high officials of tho army and students of the Army War college, in a five-milo tramp through Rock Creeit park. A portion of tho routo was up and down hills and over rough roadways, tho president fre quently taking tho small army of pe destrians over barbed wire fences. It was after dusk when tho long walk ended, and not a fow ot tho party wero much fatigued, whilo the president was in high spirits and fine physical trim. Banker to Be Sentenced. Washington, Nov. 12. The supreme court of the United States has af firmed the decision of the court of anpcals of New Jersey sustaining the verdict of the Monmouth county court sessions which convicted President Albert C. Twining and Senator C. Carmcl of the Monmouth Trust & Safe Deposit company, of deceiving a state bank examiner as to the condi tion of their institution. It was con tended that the deception was prac ticed to cover up the misapplication of $30,000. Reputed Minister Comes. Washington, Nov. 11. Senor Joaquin Cnssnsus, wlio formerly represented Moxico in this country, and whoso ap pointment, to succeed Enrique Creel us ambassador to tho United States, has for so mo timo been anticipated, reached Washington last night, accompanied by his family. Sonor Cassasus denied that ho had received any notification of his appointment or that ho liad boon sent to tho United States by his gov ernment under any special mission. Twin Sisters Win Court Honor. Washington, Nov. 7. Twin Bisters, Misses Ethel A. and Florence M. Col ford, of thiB city, have been admitted to practice in the United States Su preme court. They are the youngest women ever admitted to practice be fore that tribunal, and both are pretty. Their ability got for them an indorse ment from tho department of justice. Bids on Eugene Bui'rtlng. Washington, Nov. 11. Bido were oponod yesterday for tho construction of a public building at Eugono, Or. Tho hiddcrB wero as follows: Campbell Building company, Salt Lnko, $55 000; W. O. Ilcckort, Eugono, $02,580; Goo. C. Mouror, Snlom, $03,320; Wolch Bros.. Salom. $54 957; Charles A. Gray, Port land, $00,225. No award has yet boon mndo. Chosen on Fourth Ballot. Washington, Nov. 12. Rev. Dr. Al fred H. Harding, who for twenty-two vcars past has been rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church here, was Tuesday elected bishop of Washing ton to succeed the late Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee. Dr. Harding was chosen on the fourth ballot, up to which Dr. McGill, also of this city, had led in the balloting. New Postoffice at Santa Rosa. Washington, Nov. 14. Tho contract for tho construction of a now postoffico building at Snnta Rosa, Cnl., to roplaco tho ono shnkon down by tho carthctnako of 1900, has boon awardod to Hoyt by tho tronsurv dopartmont. Tho contract prlco is $55,550. Forest Sorvice Depositary. Washington, Nov, 13. Tho forest sorvico has ohoson tho .First Notional bank of Portland depositary for tho funds of tho forest sorvico in Orogon, 810,000 Said to Have Been Secured by Gang in San Francisco. San Francisco, Nov. 9. The opera tions of a clever gang of Bwindlers and forgers who have secured large sums from the Southern Pacific wero ni?S known today when Jackson H. Gordin ier, counter clerk under J. M. Brewer in the freight claims department; Frank W. Smithson, a clerk in tho Merchants' Exchnnge; Luther W. Rood and Edward F. Chapler, conduct ors for the Pullman company, were ar rested. It Is said $10,G00 has been se cured by their friends. Tho thefts wero accomplished by forgery and the doctoring of vouchers for the payment of freight claims. These vouchers are sight drafts on the Southern Pacific company, 'ineywere taken by Gordinier and turned over to Smithson, Rood and Chapler, who cash ed them. Gordinier was counter clerk in tho freicrht claims department, of which J. M. Brewer is the head. Gordinier would take tho filled out vouchers for claims and turn them over to one of his confederates, who would pnnh thorn. In some instances he forged assignments of claims against the company in favor of fictitious per sons, and his confederates would forge theso fictitious signatures. FAIRBANKS SEES VISION. Lumber Going by Water From Pacific to Chicago His Idea. Chicago, Nov. 9. Vice President Fairbanks was the principal speaker at the banquet of the Bankers' Club of Chicago tonight. In discussing "The Panama Canal" Mr. Fairbanks said: "Hand in hand with the construction of the Panama canal should go the im provement of our great rivers bo as to insure an adequate stage of water and reasonable charges for the transporta tion of the products of our farms and factories over large areas. "The recent adoption of a constitu tional amendment by the people of Illi nois, empowering the legislature to authorize a bond issue of $20,000,000 for orivintr Chicago an outlet by a deep waterway to the Mississippi river, is an important and significant step and we can indulge the belief that in the course of a few years upon the comple tion of this enterprise and the Panama canal, lumber and other products from the Pacific coast will be delivered in Chicago by an all-water route, and that Chicago will, in short, enjoy many im provements and advantages of cheap transportation which are to flow from the completion of both of these great undertakings." UNEARTH HUGE SWINDLE. Get-Rich-Quick Scheme Offered In vestors Fabulous Inducements. New York, Nov. 9. That they have uncovered a great get-rich-quick swin dle, rivalling in magnitude that of the Storey Cotton company, of Philadel phia, is the belief expressed tonight by postal authorities here after a raid today upon the offices of George W. Emanuel & Co., private brokers, on Fifth avenue. Two arrests were made by the police on complaint of postoffice inspectors. Louis A. Prince and J. Walter Lebarre are held for the action of the Federal authorities. The postal officials are looking for Emanuel, the head of the firm, but beljeve that he has gone to Mexico Emanuel & Co., are accused of hav ing used the mails to defraud by seek ing to sell the stock of a Mexican gold mine which their literature is said to havo represented as yielding a yearly return of 29 per cent to the investors, fully guaranteed by an international banking house. According to the post al authorities 50,000 or more investors havo remitted money to Emanuel & Co. to the amount of at least $500,000. Detain Wives for Tax. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 9. A question as to whether Chinese wives of white men are liable to the $500 head tax on landing in Canada has been raised by the arrival on board the steamer Em press of India today of two British en gineers who have been working on the Canton Kowloon railroad, bringing Chinese wives. They hold that their wives should be considered as taking the husband's nationality, and conse quently not be amenable to the tax. The question has been referred to Ottawa. Censures Island Policy. Chicago, Nov. 9. Professor Frede rick Starr, of the University of Chica go, in a public address hero today, de nounced tho continued occupation of tho Philippines by tho United Spates, and said the Filipinos probably would never adopt the English language. Pro fessor Starr further declared that the American teachers being sent to the islands were inferior and that all tho improvements there were paid for by the Filipinos, who were heavily taxed. Open Door to Revolution. Willemstad, Nov. 9. The treaty of 1894 between Holland nnd Venezuela has been revoked by Holland in accord ance with tho ultimatum delivered in Holland's second note. The t!uracoa government haB received an order to declare the port free for tho import and export of weapons and ammunition and it iB also announced that tho gov ernment will in no way interfere with revolutionary movements. No More Japs W II Come. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 9. Advicea were received by the Empress of India today that Count Komura, minister of foreign affairs, has given instructions to local governors of Japanese prefec tures to prohibit emigration of Japan ese laborers to America and Hawaii. KILLED BYASSASSIN Edward Cannock Slain in Nash ville by Political Enemy. WARNING HAD BEEN GIVEN HIM Shooting Was Dono by Robin Cooper, Whose Gather Was Criticised in Carmack's Newspaper. Nashville, Tcnn., Nov. 10. Ex-Sona-tory Edward Carmack, editor of tho Tennescoan, was shot- and killed at t o'clock yesterday afternoon on Seventh avenuo North, in front of tho Polk flats, by Robin Cooper, a son of Colo nel Duncan B. Cooper. Mr. Carmack was going north on Seventh avenuo in front of tho flats, and Colonel Cooper and his son, Robin, wero approaching Soventh avenue on Union street. Soon after they camo into sight of ono an other tho shooting was begun, Robin Cooper, it is said, firing two shots and Senator Carmack one. Colonel Cooper, it is said, drew his pistol, but did not fire. Senator Carmack foil to tho ground, dying instantly. Robin Cooper was shot in the right shoulder, but was not oadly wounded. It is understood that tho trouble was ono of tho results of a recent Dem ocratic gubernatorial primary, in which Carmack was defeated. Carmack, sinco ho became editor of the Tcnnesscean, had been caustic in cricising what ho called tho Democratic machine, and had printed several editorials about Colonel Cooper. Wtihin tho last few days, it is as serted, Colonel Cooper notified Carmack that these editorial criticisms must cease. Another editorial referring to the colonel appeared in tho paper yes terday morning, and this is supposed to havo been tho immediate cause of tho trouble. ' As Senator Carmack fell at tho edge of tho street Colonel Duncan B. Cooper put his arm around Robin Cooper and both walked a few feet down Seventh avenue to Dr. R. G. Ford 's-of f ice, whero tho slight wound in Robin's shouldor was examined and treated. An ambu lance carried the body of Mr. Carmack to an undertaking establishment. DIRECT PRIMARY WINS. Carries Four to One Throughout the State of California. San Francisco, Nov. 10. California has joined Oregon, Washington and other states that have adopted tho di rect primary, and tho vote cast last Tuesday in that state in favor of tho now system is so emphatic that it can not be wondered that even a boss-rid-len legislature was compelled to heed tho do'mand that a direct primary amendment be submitted to a vote of tho people. In San Francisco a majority of nine to one was piled up in favor of the amendment, and across the bay in Oak 'and, Alameda, and Berkeley the ver dict was almost as strong. Under the new law California will in future mako all nominations by direct vote, and party conventions will bo virtually abolished, except for the con trol of party nffa'rs and adoption of platforms. Tho total vote of tho Btate is not yet available, but complete ro turn from tho six counties casting tho largest vote indicated that the primary amendment carried about four to ono in tho stato as a whole. OLD CASE SOON ENDS. Virginia and West Virginia About to Settle Long Standing Trouble. Richmond, Va., Nov. 10. After drag ging along for years, the end of tho famous Virginia-West Virginia debt question is now in s?ght. Eminont counsels representing tho two states issembled hero yesterday for tho first formal hoaring in tho caso. before Charles E. Littlofield, of Maine, who as beon appointed master in tho pro ceedings. Tho Virginia-West Virpinh debt dis nute aroso out of tho creation of tho stato of West Virginia out of tho orig inal domain of Virginia, and tho proper npportionment of the then bonded in debtedness of tho latter state. A suit is ponding boforo tho United States "upromo court, and upon tho ultimate roport of tho master. Mr. Littlefiold, doponds tho adjudication of tho matter. Want Inland Wuterways. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10 Tho Gulf coast inland waterways convention, which assoniblcd in this city yestorday for a two dnys' session, promises to bo a largo, influential and highly inter esting gathering. Tho convention aims to proinoto tho commorco and industry of tho southern coast states by tho im F'ovomont of tho rivors omptying into tlio gulf nnd tho construction of cnnnls. Tho states chiefly interested in tho movement aro Texas, Louisiana. Ton nossoo, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Shot by Lunatic. Now York, Nov. 10 Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of Now York City, was wounded in tho abdomen yesterday morning by a bullet flrod by E. II. B. Mackoy, an eccentric English stenog rapher, who then committed suicide. Ho was resting woll last night, and un loss complications dovolop ho will ro cover. Mr, Morgan probably owes hia lifo to tho quick wit and bravery of his 14-yoar-old daughter, Dorothy, who saw Mackoy draw his rovolvor, and struck it with hor hand. Long Distance Wireless Record. Soattlo, Wash., Nov, 10 Tho wire less operators at Tatoosh Island, estab lished a 2300-milo rocord Saturday night, when they plckod up an order from tho armorod cruiser West Vir ginia, of tho Pacific floot, for lumber with which to construct targets.