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IfSfTHE DAY Uflsy Items Gathered from AH parts oi itiu wunu. 0RED FOR THE BUSY READER Important but Not Loss Inter eitlng Happenings irom romis Outsldo tho Slato. I Hunger among tho Moora has lod to rtiirei ior v' i ihratlo man 78 yenra old Is to I'leoarry the wifo ho divorced CO yenrs .r., nlmteu aro thought to havo optored an American cuttor and mur dered the crew. Pnllce of Omaha aro buoy In tholr fOft tO prOVOnt nw iuihivkhuh llhthe Bireoitui otimv. Several English suiTrngottcs in Jail (a London havo rofusod to oat and had p.ifom rnllrondfl established cheap lueoriion rates from tho Middlo West hjtbe Atlantic una Huwuiur wm kuuu reiulta. Clarence II. Mackay saya tho roport that the rosini icick'"!'" cuunmuy 10 ,bout ot absorb tho Woatorn Union ia unfounded.. Th Wriirht brothora uro to start a fght against several flying machlnca I fMeh tnoy conmuor nmiiin""'j"" tttlr patents. Tha late Governor Johnsono, of Min fiflta left no will, but It was his wish dit bis wifo should havo all bia prop- tj, worth about ?18,uuo funeral Solicitor LoomiB, bf tho Mon Pacific, with headquarters at hnba, U to go to Now York to bo on bead of tho legal department oi tie Harrirnan lines. French inventors havo several new itroplanes. The death loss in tho Gulf storm ia Stoipiacea at mu. Ptsry says his indictment of Cook I fill contain 30 counts. Rellziouo rioH at Castro, Spain, re sited tn tho death of a priest. An Iowa grand jury has indicted 85 ceo lor a gigantic bunco game. Tie steel trust has secured a foot- told among rich districts of China. High winds havo fanned California I forest firca until thoy aro again assum CfdangerouB proportions. A young Chinese at San Francisco hi invented an aeroplane which haa I we several successful nights. Thousands of pounds of supplies aro I Utj; sent from Monterey, Mexico, to th flood sufferers. Pack mules are utd. The recent flood fatalities in North mi Mexico havo reached tho appalling Iuulof 3,000. Tho proporty loss will mcblnto tho millions. A conductor on tho Southorn Pacific ltfill..l. .1 T I...! u vj lutiv u cur uour nuur nunu, uui WW not insert tho key. Examinn foa revealed a diamond worth $275. Jii thought to havo been hidden thore J some thief who intonded to Bocure liter. Peary has arrived nt Svdnev'. N. S.. bis way homo. Damage to crops by tho Southern rm will reach $1,000,000. Government trnnna nf Pnrnminv hnvn wen repulsed by revolutionists. Dr. Cook has reached Now York nnd 'Ktived a tremendous ovation on land- Maxino Elliott, tho nctress, saya Edward is "charmingly, dolight- 1 ClatlS Rnrnr.l-nl.il 1 legal war over tho division of tho "ate. Ex-Governor Pardee, of California, BilHn rU'd anothor nttnckn Socrotary Tbe Pnstn(n a i i. .- 3 12-cent stamp. It will boar a Uene of Henry Clay. Anewtriboof Eskimos havo boon -Jj on Prince Albert Land. Thoy J wry tall and reBombplo tho North 4lDrlcan Indian. Thfl ftnl e -k . ... k . I . 01 1 nicK Calhoun lias continued until Soptombor 27. Jwelve deaths aro now reported from eorm which swept tho Gulf states. BoTnblirui8er Colo"do had to put in at C r0! account of b"d boilers. WU. ,ocn "Placed and tho vossol U1 Proceed on tho Anlntl ilBn Et.vi . mh mBldont Fairbanks lain .A(.W York In nnntnr. n t,t TMt for mayor. Hln'rl t,rlF1 wMI bo mado of tho bat. "P Delaware Octobor 20, teWabfth Dnii..... i'iha . i w " uaanuv ciiimiiiii w nun Fr. " ft VIUIHIIbUlUUI I HiO- tester ntni.i ... . lfl . ... "'"'w any a iiu nun liu tci itii.L. rk ... ... 1111 ot reaign gor fcarket r wlU no doubt furnish o good k r mochlnefy during the com H III S8, now 'actorioa nnd rail trtct f! b0,nB constructed and con- "'nglet puuuc improvomenta OANAOA'8 GREAT CROP. Yield Estimated at 100,360,000 B jsh ols of Wheat. Ottawa, Sopt. 21. An oflleinl stato mont of Hie grain liarvost of CanaHn Jias just boon lssuod by tho' government. Jt gives ostlmntos of production, com putod from roports of a largo staff of correspondents, nnd although totals nro somowliat loss than thoso of a month ago for wheat and bnrloy, they still show that Canada has rcapod nn im monso harvost. The whent crop is put down at 108, .180,000 busholu, giving nn avorngo of 22 bushols an ncro, and bnrloy at 07,000, 000 bushels, or 31 bushels nn aero. Tho yiold of oats is 353,000,000, or 38 bush ols an aero. Ono thing is nssurod, that tho Cana. dlans havo rotipod tho biggest and most itrofltablo grnin crop tho country ovor has producod, and with pro.ion't prices thoy will havo nir enormous sum added to tholr sponding powors. It Is ostl niatod that n surplus of $100,000,000 will go Into tho pockots of tho farmers. TRANSFER 18 URGED. Forestry Servlco May Bo Put Undor Interior Department. Washington, September 21. As a re sult of tho Pinchot-Ualllngor row, tho administration may Inter dotormino to rocommond tho transfer of tho forest sorvlco from tho ilopnrtment of tfgricul luro to tho department of tho interior. Such u chango can only bo tnado by act of congress, and it probably would call for cOnsldornblo pressure from tho presi dent In order to get tho noccusny au thority, cspocinlly if Oifford Pinchot is permitted to remain as chief forestor. Tho forest sorvlco, in the opinion of most Western men .in congress, is mis placed in tho department of agricul ture. It has nothing in common with tho other buronus of that department, but hns much iu common with tho gon oral land olTico and geological survey, both of which aro bureaus of tho do pnrtmont of tho intorior. In its pres ent situation, tho forest sorvlco is, or until recently was, in effect an Inde pendent buroau, subject to only nominal supervision by n cabinet officer. That is why tho forest sorvlco was allowed to grow up in tho agricultural depart ment, nnd that is why Mr, Pinchot has always opposed transfer to the interior dopnrtmont. MOON DISPROVES PEARY. Italian Astronomer Points Out Dis crepancy tn Story. TtOMK, Sopt. 21. According to tho well-known astronomer, Signor Fran- cosco Faccia da Schio, of Bergamo, tho moon absolutely disproves Commander Ponry's claim to having discovered tho North Pole. In his dispatch to the Nov York Times tho explorer states that April 0, having accomplished tho six stages ho had planned, ho was favored with an opening in tho clouds which permitted mm to take astronomical observations. From tli oho he established his position ns latitudo 89:57. Signor Faccia points out, however, that unquestionably accurate astrono mical calculations show that with the horizon at 80:57 tho moon could not bo seen nt tho tlmo indicated by Com mandor Poary, bocnuso from midday. April 5, Paris time, or 0 o'clock, contra! standard Umo, tho declination of the moon becamo nogntivo, Hint is to say, tho moon was bolow tho equator, which is tho natural horizon of tuo pole. Graft In Russia. St. Petersburg, Sept. 21. Dcsnlto the snnrncv of tho HtiHftinn war office, a scandal which promises to involvo prom- inont ollicinls in tno army tins icaiceu out. A general in command of tho provinces had for years boon drawing nav for tho officers and tho men of a six gun flold battery which exists only on pnpor. To koop tno irnuu irom uo incr discovered, tho gcnornl showed tho snmo battory twice to tho inspecting of ficers who visited his barracks occasion ally. Ho would show one battory, then, another, nnd whilo tho inspecting offi cers woro viowing tho second, tho first battery would bo rushed to anotiior gar rison, wltp.ro tho trooper wero roiii- spoctod, Ryan Succoods Rogers. Milwaukee Sopt. 21. John D. Ityan, of Now York, was olectod a director of tho Chicago, Milwaukco & St. Paul Knilrond Company today, to succeed llonrv K. Itogers,' docoasod. Donald Ooddos succoods his fnthor on tho di rectorate. Itosowoll Millor, William Kockofollor and .lolin A. stowarc woro M.Montfiil. Dnvld Ij. Husli was npnoint- o.l .mnnrnl tminnrrnr. II lid H. B. Klirlilicr. ox-gonoral suporlntondout of tho Chi cago, AUIwaUKOO l-Ugoi. ouium branch, becomas gonoral suporintomlont of tho wholo systom. Frenchman Is Kidnaped. Shanghai, Sopt. 21. News rcacicd Silicon from Tonkin roccntly thnt a Tirominont French rosidont t Hanoi hnd . . . , boon kidnapped uy ungnmis ooiongmg to tho hands of Do Tlinin, n famous outlaw. Tho robbors sent a niossngo to tho nuthorltloa that thoy would striko off tholr cuptivo's head at tho first vshot i..i t tlinin. Tho L'ovornmoiit retort ed by holding sovornl loading brigands prlsonors as security ior jub mu, Paulhan Fllos for $5,000. Hal Atifl flnnf. 21. Louis Paulluin. tho ri..,ii nvinfnr. flvlncr in . a Vo sin bi plane horo today, won a prize of $5000. Ilo covorod 73 kilomotors (451 mllos) lu ono hour, at an altitudo ranging from 210 to 300 foot. Ho mndo his way up and down tho const lino, part of tho tlmo ovor tuo norm oou. xu uukuhhk il. n,.tnfnv fnll into thn wator. Ho VUU T. iivw - -- - - vas promptly roscuod by spectators and roooivou no jujunui. news from the national capital I OREGON SALES SECOND. Total Receipts of Gonoral Land OfTico Fall Off, However. Washington, Sept. 25. The total cash recoipta of tho goneral land olTico for tho fiscal year ended Juno 80, loot, were $11,627,087, which is a decreaso of about $1,000,000 compared with tho provlouB year, according to a state ment issued by the commissioner to day. Of tho total receipts, $0,235,234 wna rccoivod from the solos of public lands nnd $150,401 waa received as reclama tion water right charges. Of tho sales of public lands, tbe reclamation fund will receive approximately $8,500,000. North Dakota lends tho statca in tho amount of recoipta from tho salea of public lands, with a total of $1,282, 086, and Oregon la next, with a total of $950,063. Tho total area of land patented during the last fiscal year was 18,072,377 acrea. TAFT WANTS NEGRO VOTES. Deplores Any Discrimination Against Black Men. Washington, Sopt. 23, Taft haa placed himself on record, in a letter to a local nowspapor, as being opposed to suffrage restrictions intended to dis criminate against tho negro race. In answer to a letter asking his opinion concerning tho franchise amendment to the Maryland constitution which is proposed, the president aaya: "It ia deliberately drawn to impose educational and other qualifications for tho suffrage upon negroea and to ex empt everybody else from such qualifications. "This is a gross injustico and ia a violation of tho spirit of the fifteenth amendment. It ought to be voted down by every one who is a Democrat or a Republican, who ia in favor of a square deal." Internal Revenue Increases. Washington, Sopt 24. There was an aggregate increase of $1,190,037 in internal revenue receipts for last month, aa compared with the corres ponding period of 1908, tho receipts aggregating $20,284,735. For spirits tho total revenue was $9,319,872, which is an increase of over $285,000 na compared with the 1908 receipts for tho same month: tobacco recoipta ag gregated $4,740,083, which ia an in crease of almost half a million dollars; fermented liquors $6,078,540, which is an increase of almost $500,000. "Poaf Mutes to Help. Wash: gton, Sept 22. Believing that dea, mutes would make good oper ators for fhe puncturing and tabulating machined . to be used in compiling the returns & tbe next census, Secretary Nagel, otthe Department of Commerce and Labor, is inclined to appoint them to such positions, if capable men ap ply. This work requires great care in ita performance, for the reason that there is no way to obtain a check on the result and tho secretary can seo no reason why the deaf and dumb Bhould not bo especially efficient. Jap Laborers to Re-Enter. Washington, Sept 23. All the Jap anese laborers who, while returning from the conneries in Canada where they had been working during the sum mer, were hold up by the United States immigration officers, have been order ed re-admitted into this country. Tho Department of Commerco and -Labor, in deciding in favor of the Japanese, holds that the laborera went to Canada for temporary purposes only and had no intention of abandoning their domi cile in this country. Cuba Is Sadly Stricken. Washington, Sopt. 24. More than ten lives Were lost and property worth ovor $2,000,000 destroyed in tbe torna do which recently swept ovor the prov ince of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Reports of damago are just reaching Havana. More than 2,000 people aro without shelter or supplies. Several hundred houses and huts and tobacco barns, sev eral thousand acres of tobacco and many small vcssols along tho coast were de stroyed. To Sell Canal Zone Junk. Washington, Sept 22. At tho of fices of tho Panama Canal commission bidB were onened todav for tho snlo nf what remains of tho old French com- nonv'a machinery in tha cnnnl ?nnn. Tho amount of this junk is estimated at over 100,000 tons, and includes old locomotives, dump cars, barges, dredg es and miscellaneous junk left on the isthmus bv tho French, tocothor with n quantity accumulated since tho begin- ning oi operations oy tno Americans. Riding Test Is Criticized. Washington, Sopt 22. Tho Roose velt riding teat for the officers of tho army is a detriment to the servicee, rather than an aid in efficiency. This, in subBtanco, ia the severo criticism of tho tosts mode by General Albort L. Myer, commanding the Department of Texas, in hia annual report. General Meyor invora yearly oxamlnationB of all officers to ascertain their fitness for their duties. 673,531 Aliens Como. Washington. Soot 22 A nnt In. crease of 673,631 in the population of the United Stateo bv tho arrival nnd doparturo of aliena occurred during the last fiscal year, against an increaao of 209,867 over the previous year. Thore waa a falling of in immigration from 782,870 aliens during the previous fis cal year to 761,780 last year. 8ILETZ 8EEKING PATENTS. Court of Equity is Hearing Oregon Homestead Cases. Washington, Sept. 21. Proceedings looking to compelling tho patenting of tho Jong-suspended Silctz homestead en trios in-Oregon woro bogun in tho court of equity in this city today. Stoarman & Loughran. local representatives of A. tt T C MrA n till in equity praying for an order restraining uio secretary oi tno jiiicrjgr unu wiu commissioner of tho gonoral land ofllco from promulgating final decisions now in course of preparation, directing tho cancellation of tho entries in question until tho final hearing on a bill for a mandatory injunction compolling tho is suance of final recoivers' rccoipts as of dates of reception of final and commu tation proofs at tho Portland land of flee. Thcso cases woro adjudicated by tho interior dopartmont upon contests filed against ontrics long after tho lapse of two years from tho datos on wnicn proofs wcro received at tho Portland office, and it Is contended by counsel for tho claimants that the department acted without its power in authorizing proceedings under contests filed after that period, it being argued that sub mission to tho register and receiver of proofs, regular in form aid unobjec tionable, entitled tho claimants to final receiver's rccoipts on tho dates when such proofs came in tho hands of tho rccister. and the rocoivcr had later, it is alleged, defaulted in his duty under a law in withholding tho issuance of such certificates at that time. Counsel contend that tbo issuance of receiver's certificates was a ministerial act, which might have been compelled by mandamus, inasmuch as the proofs when received at tho Portland offico wero unobjectionable. Had tho certify catcs been issued when tho proofs woro presented at Portland, the contests brought more than two years after tho making of proofs would havo been barrod by tho provisions of tho act of March 3, 1801. Rasin Wine Fight On. Washington, Sept 24. The taxabil ity of rasin wine was threshed out at a five hours hearing before tho commis sioner of internal revenue today and decision on the question was reserved The rasin fight dateB back five years and was brought to a bead last autumn, when an order was issued by the in ternal revenue commissioner holding that rasin wine waa taxable This or der was suspended from time to time and was to have gone into effect Sep tember 1 last, but was postponed for 30 days to permit the incoming com missioner to consider the case. Old Capitol Guide Dies. Washington, Sept 26. One of the most striking and picturesque figures around tho capitol building was re moved by the death today of John Cal lan O'Loughlin, a former Confederate Boldier, old railroad man and for many years a guide at the capitol. He waa personally known to all the present and many former members of the sen ate and house and during hia long ser vice at the capitol has shown to thou sands of vuMtora the interesting ob jecta about that historic building. Red Cross Asks for Aid. Washington, Sept 23. The Nation al Red Cross today issued on apeal to all its branches in the United States to procure food and clothing for the bene fit of flood sufferers in Mexico. In a dispatch to the State department today Consul Hanna at Monterey further de picted the great loss and intense suffer ing occasioned by the Mexican floods. "The conditions are terrible," he tele graphed, adding that he is assisting in every way possible. Uncle Sam to Rescue. Washington, Sept 25. One hun dred American citizens stranded at Nome will bo brought to Seattle on a revenue cutter. Telerrnnhie nrrinra went forward today from Assistant secretary oi tno Treasury Hill direct ing tbe deputy collector of customs at Seward, Alaska, to have a revenue cutter pioceed at once from Seward to Nome, there to take on board the men and women who are destitute. Seize Japanese Poachers. Washington, Sept 24. Another soizuro of Japanese, alleged seal poach ers, this time at Walrus island, In Alaskan waters, was reported to the Treasury department today in a tele gram from San Francisco. Special Agent Judge seized two boats with a total of Bix Japanese on September 2, and tho men were brought to San Fran cisco yesterday by the revenue cutter Bear. To Collect Tonnage Tax. Washington, Sopt 23. Collection of tho tonnage tax undor the tariff law, rocently enacted by congress, will bo begun on October 5. Notice to that effect has been sent by Acting Secretary Ormsby McIIarg, of tho De partment of Commerce and Labor, to all collectors of customs. Lear to Succeed McHarg. Washington, Sept 22. Charles Loar, of California, solicitor of tho Department of Commerco and Labor, ia mentioned here for successor to Ormsby McHarg, assistant secretary, whoae roBignation from the depart ment bocomea effective October 1. Balltnger Is To Join Taft. Washington, Sept 22. Secretary Ballinger left this ovening for Denver, whore he will join President Taft on hlB WeBtorn trip. Mr. Ballinger ox pacta to accompany Mr. Taft only aa far aa Seattle, and to return hero to ward tho Utter part of October, JURY TAMPERING FOUND. Chicago Investigations Promlso Hugo Scandal In County Affairs . Chicago, Sopt. 20. A gigantic con spiracy for tho "fixing" of grand juries of Cook county, extending back over a year and culminating in the fraudulent certification of names for tho October grand jury, was roveolod today, whon Stato's Attornoy Wayman secured bench warrants for John J. Holland, secretary of tbo Cook county jury commission; Jury Commissioner Willis J. Eayburn, and Nicholas A. Mar tin, Alderman Michael Kenna's secre tary, on a chargo of tamporing with jurymen. Tho warrants woro issued today by Judgo Jesse A. Baldwin, of tho circuit court. Tho chargo against tho three is that thoy conspired to draw names of grand jurors in a manner other than that re quired by law. Coming at the height of tho trial of Inspector McCann for alleged grafting, the news of tho action based on alleged tamporing with tho jury lists caused great excitement in legal and political circles. Tho complaints on which tho warrants woro issued wero drawn up by a special agent of the state's attor ney, who has been investigating the jury-drawing methods for weeks. Under tho state law tho names of prospective grand jurors aro selected at random from a scaled box contain ing the names of 1500 citizens who have been oxamincd for jury service by tho jury commissioners and their fitness certified. A similar method is proscribed for potit jury lists. NEW DUTIES HURT. French Lace Manufacturers Hard Hit by American Tariff. Paris, Sept-20. What Franco thinks of America's new tariff schedule is be ing evidenced in no uncertain fashion these days, and the attitude of French manufacturers gonerally is correctly ex prcsed by lace and tullemakers of Calais, which has thrived for genera tions on its filmy products, with the women of the United States its be.- customers. As a direct result of tho 70 ner cent tariff on laces and tulles, which the re cently adopted tariff law of the United States has marked up on this clas3 of manufactures, Calais is threatened with tho loss of many inhabitants. Former great prosperity of this city has dwindled almost to tho vanishing point. Conditions have finally become so aggravated that long-established bus iness men aro abandoning their estab lishments and moving away from tho city. Feeling runs high in Calais against employers. AMERICAN SURGEONS LEAD. Doctor Says Foolish to Go Abroad for Treatment. New, York. Sept. 20. Dr. Lewis Liv ingston Seaman, one of tho delegates to tho recent international medical con gross at Budapest, arrived on the steamer Campania from Liverpool, and spokc encouratnnpiv on thn shnwinw made by America and the success of it.. mu congress. "Tho Americans aro far nTiontl nf other nations in many branches of sur gory and medicine," said Dr. Seaman, -as snown Dy tiie testimony and tho uiniuus at tue congress. This is par ticularlv truo in tho citis. where wo excel both in th tronf raont of tho disease and the technique p 1 1 . ui me operation." Sneakincr crcnerallr. T)r. it was tho height of insnnitv fnr Amnri. cans to go aDroaa tor treatment by ioroign specialists wiion there are phy sicians nt home -who Could "wnllr nil around" tho European medical men. Japanese Mav Soon Flv. SHANGHAI. Sent. 20. Thn lK uiiiiounccment is mnoo that a so cioty for aeronautic research has been formod in Janan. undor thn tin nf ft, 1 - wvw w 4. V 1 VJ m.. - - . -n temporary quinary balloon Investiga- v.v... u.utj. J. I. jo 10 consist OI ilU mombors. solectod from oflienrs nn ia activo list of the nrmjr aud navy, and uum mvu oi science in general. Tho selection of the president and members Will bo mado bv tho minister nf with tho approval of tho cabinet. Noth ing is (loiuiueiy stated as to the pro vision of funds, but annnrontlv tho Of finnncinrr thn nntornrijan it Ml ,lnln a ' jv tiu i ui v u upon tho departments of war and navy. Grasshoppers In California. San Bornardino, Cal., Sent. 20. This city was overrun last niebt bv millions of grasshoppers that took possession of tho streots and disappeared mvsto. riously this morning. Last ovoning mynaU8 o tho insocts made their nn- poarancb, literally covering tho streets and sidownlks in tho business and rosi donco sections of tho city. Thoy dis- "it'"" 4i.u mo iijiproacn or unyiight. According to reports from Highland and other noints in thn vnlinv confined to this city. No damago to crops has been roportod. Steamer Ohio to Junk. Soattlo, Sent. 20. Tho snfn nf ,. wrecked steamship Ohio was brought down from Victorln Oil thft Trnnnnio Tf had previously boon taken to Victoria bv thn Onnnrllnn clmim 0.1 i tmIJow 1,08,3 at .tho Colnan dock ..v.v. iuu onto nnu us contonta woro intact, and thoro was n .largo sum of IllOIlOV In it whnn nnnnn.'T nil. n -y ... ......... ,vlvu, ijio Hjjm-gs givon nro $107,000. Tho wreck of tho Ohio itsolf will probably bo broken up for junk, Mexican Floods Raging. MnjriVn Pltv Rn on ... I. y. npociai ms- natnh frnni tlm fnmn m . , . : ji luiupau. near tho port of Tnmpico, says: Tho river suddenly roso last night, and tho wost orn part of tho city la tnundatod. Tho water is rising hourly. Roports from OULlVlntr rnnnhna i i -------o . ii.uafc manning. Water six foot deop is reported from nnmn inn) nn. T i , ... "--"'""-a. Muosun io bcock and crops will bo great. DEATH WINS FIGHT John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, Passes Away. WAS VERY PROMINENT DEMOCRAT Throe Times Elected Govornor antf Was Candidate for Nomina tion for President. KocheBter, Minn., Sept. 21. Govern or John A. Johnson, threo times elected rrnvpmnr of Minnesota and a candidate for tbo Democratic nomination for the presidency of tho United States, and looked upon by many as the possible Democratic standard bearer in 1912, died at St. Mary's hospital here at 3 :25 o'clock this morning following an oper ation last Wednesday. Death watch was kopt'at the bcdBido of Governor,John A. Johnson all day yesterday. Mrs , Johnson and two at tending physicians sat by the dying man, hourly expecting the end. At in tervals bulletins were issued, and each message from tbo ; sickroom was less hopeful than the one preceding. In the early morning Drs. Charles and William Mayo issued the first bul letin: "Governor Johnson has not made natural progress; bis condition , is grave;" it read, and waiting friends at once stormed the hospital for fur ther news. At 2 :3(P p. m. word came from the sick room that the governor bad been in a semi-comatose condition for two hours. Tbe source of this information said the patient might continue in this state for days, but there was slim hope that he would live more than a fow hours. Next came the brief bulletin, "Life is fast ebbing." At 1 :15 this morning Dr. Mayo said : "There is absolutely no hope. How ever the governor may not die for sev eral hours yet, possibly not before 6 o'clock." At 12 o'clock Governor Johnson waa conscious and complained of being un comfortable. He was conscious almost all night and evidently realized the end was drawing near, although he said nothing. , SOUTH IS STORM SWEPT. Gulf Hurricane Brings Death "and De struction. New Orleans, Sept. 21. After at taining a velocity of 60 miles an hour at New Orleans, last night, the West Indian hurricane that struck the Louis iana and Mississippi gulf coast was re duced in its intensity. It left four dead at New Orleans and perhaps others along the gulf coast, though no definite advices of mortality in other sections have been thus far reorted here. - The property loss in New Orleans will exceed $100,000. Many houses were unroofed and many frail buildings were partially destroyed. With all wires down it is impossible to ascertain the loss of life jor property along the gulf coast. The ferry steamer Assump tion sank, but no lives were lost. Much property along the river front was damaged. Taft Reviews Troops. Des Moines, Ia., Sept. 21. With a review of 5,200 soldierB from all over the Middle West by President Taft yes terday the greatest army maneuvers and tournament in the history of the country began. Brigadier General Charles E. Mor ton, commanding the department of the Missouri, stationed at Fort Omaha, ia in commannd of the operations. Cavalry, infantrv and artillerv tnnlr part in the tournament. Many valua ble prizes are ottered for the best tac tics, feats of horsemanship and evolu tions. The Third battalionn. RivtpontK infantry, captured first prize for wall scaling, a record of 27 Beconda waa made. Opium Will Do Good. Manila. Sent 21 Th Phiiimna -J-1VJ government soon will ahip to Washing ton nearly half a ton of opium the proceeds of many customs seizures. The government plans to dispose of the opium for medicinal drug manufacturers, receiving in ex- cnange memcines for tho use of hos pitals, disnennnrips nnH nthni- ment institutions in the Philippiens. vmen me transaction is completed the bureau of health will make cash re turns to the bureau of cuntnmn tnr tY,a tariff duty of tho seizures. To Remove Fulton's Body. New York. Sent 21. Th grandchildren of Robert Fulton, in a letter addressed to Cornelius Vander bilt. President of the Ful ton TYinntimint association, sanctioned today the re moval of Fulton's body from a vault in Trinity church to a mausoleum and memorial to bo built in RIvamIi). ,uu, U41V The moverment for the Fulton memo rial nas oeen under way for some time and $40,000 has been niihRPritmi t all it is proposed to expend $3,000,000. Cubans Are Destitute. Havana. Sent. 21 tiq.i. i and bridcrea betwnnn nivon. nri ti - --- - um x inner u L Ri? aro Btin down and consequently xcui uiipuusiDie 10 ascertain tho extent of the damnrm tmnl,f k. u Btorm in that section. It has been learned, however, that many hundred of peasants are destitute because of tha doBtruction of their huts and crops.