J TM -MORNING ASIXUUAN tl'tKlA, SCPJEMHEH J! ft, ifiWl. 8T0R3 CLOSES AT T P. Fashionable SKIRTS In great array . k Most of our skirts come from New York's loading makers. That fact establishes their stylishness,' - Most of them will fit without alteration, but if it should be necessary we will, have the change, made at our expense. Headquarters (or Dry Ctoodi RCMOKS OF CHANGES. British ' Cabinet Is Likely to B En tirely Reconstructed. NEW YORK. Sept. 24. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Lord Salisbury's manifesto Is remark able for the manifestation of style and argumentative force. It contrasts tronuly with Mr. Chamberlain's Bir mingham speech, which la open to criticism for faults of tast. Mr. Cham berlain evidently aimed, however, at drawing the (Ire of the Radicals and fitting them talking about South Africa and in this way hoped to swell the Un ionist majorities. The air w heavy in the political clubs with rumors of cabinet changes. Mr. Goachen's retirement from the admi ralty Is row regarded aa a foregone conclusion, since his health is broken and he Is weary of official responsibili ties and cannot be induced to remain at the nost Lord .Salisbury, who consid ers old age a poor excuse for retirement, is reported to be gr?atly annoyed by Mr. Goschen's determination to aban don office, but will be forced to And a successor for the admiralty. Lord Lansdowne's tenure of the war office will also be short, but he will not love the cabinet. Lord Salisbury's re lations with Lord Lansdowne are most Intimate, and he Is not convinced that anv change In the war office is re ouired. Well-Informed men who know what la going on behind the scenes assert that Lord Salisbury, when forced to admit that the logic of the situation requires a nw head for the war office, since military organization Is heralded as the first work of the next parliament, j will transfer Lord Lansdowne to the foreign office. This result has been pre dicted by Jeading members of the dip lomatic service, who have reasoned from the Intimacy of the two statesmen that Lord Salisbury wilt be likely to choose Lord Lansdowne as his succes sor in the foreign office. This transfer would leave S'r. Balfour leader of the ; commons, where the old Tories are not readv to take orders from Mr. Cham berlaiu.'' , ., v . The succession to the war office is generally conceded to Mr. Chamberlain on the ground that he is the ohTy min ister with sufficient force of character ' and administrative ability for carry ing out thorough and far-reaching re forms in the military system. The re formers. however. ' are' over-realous when they assume that the emergency requlied the services of Mr. Chamber lain at the war office. Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief and Lord Kitch ener as adjutant-general of the British armv must be in a bad way If the con centration of so much talent Is Indis pensable. One of the freshest rumors in the air points to another field of activity for" Mr. Chamberlain. This is the re port that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, as well fie Mr. Goschen, is weary of office and bent upon retiring from the cabi net. If this rumor be well founded, Mr. Chamberlain may become chancel lor of the exchequer and leave Sir Al fred Mllner to work out the settlement of South Africa. This solution would delight military men, who know that Mr. Chamberlain cannot be controlled from Aldershot and possibly It would tend to promote a, reconciliation of the whole race in South Africa, where the Dutch are bitterly prejudiced against him. If Mr. Chamberlain does not take the war office, George Wyndham may succeed Lord Lansdowne. He has earaed promotion by his debating skill and Is the most promising among the younger men on the Conservative side. The retirement of Viscount Croaj, the , Duke of Devonshire and Lord James is also strongly hinted at from many sources of information. Lord Salis bury, unless all signs fall, will be forced to reconstruct his cabinet after the elec tions. His superannuated colleagues have not learned the secret of perennial youth nor has he himself found It in his chemical laboratory at Hatfield. He is described by those who have recently een him as more communicative than ever, as harrassed and wearied with rubllc life and as hard to part from his colleagues or do anything but brood In silence about perplexities and Chinese complications. This Is. however, tio lack of either power or skill in his ap peal to the constituencies. MONEY MARKET PINCHED. All Bullion England Buys Abroad Is Re-exported. NEW YORK. Sept, 24.-The London financial eable of the Times says: A critical position is approaching In our money market again. Last week, although short credits were abundant, at 33'4 per cent often less, discount rates kept close to the four per cent bank rate. . - To' some extent, pprhaps. this awk wardness was due to the knowledge that 2,000, 000 treasury bills would be M. EXCEPT SATURDAY. Jtf lift1 1 1 """"""JSSSfflHSMBBB'1 on the Lower Columbia. offered to the market on Friday. It made up Its mind to get as near four pr cent as possible on those bills. An additional move, however, for the main tenance of the discount was found in the fact that the hank rate had not only ceased to attract gold to this market. but nothing prevented It from golnf way. " All the bullion arriving from abroad Is bought for re-export, and on Friday German bankers withdrew fJOO.000 in German gold coin from the bank. Short loans have been cheap also. merely because all last week the market enjoyed the use of about 2.000,000 bor rowed the previous week from the Bank of England. It was not able to repay the whole on Friday and it is now short of supplies. Next Tuesday It must find 2,000,000 required to pay for the treasury bills, and it will certainly have to go to the bank for a good part If not the whole of the money. The bank charges 44 per cent on advances and threatens to exact five per cert should the pres sure be sharp at the end of the month. Such is the actual position of our mar ket, and the prospect Is that It will be increasingly pinched next .month. For a short time in the beginning of October the release of government div idends, which will have been as usual furnished by means of credit received at the bank, may cause short advances to be quoted at low rates, but discount cannot recede. PLENTY OF PRUNES. California Cured Fruit Association Is Well Pleased With the Situation. SAN JOSE. Cal.. Sept. 24. The Cali fornia Cured Fruit Association Is high ly satisfied with the situation as It stands today. Prunes are coming into their warehouse at the rate of 1,500,000 pounds a day. While only about 3.500.000 pounds have been shipped, orders are now filed for about three times that much. Presi dent Bond states that the record of sales is larger at this time than at a corresponding date In any previous year in the history of the prune industry. This is so In spite of the fact that the Eastern jobbers consider the prices from a quarter to a half cent too high. CATHOLIC FEDERATION. Young Men's Union Will Discuss the Question. ' NEW YORK. Sept. 24. Catholic lay men and clergymen from all parts of the country will hold a- convention at which the federation of Catholic so cieties is to be a leading topic, in 3rooklyn on Tuesday and Wednesday. The organization Is the Young Men's National Union. " " Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wall, rector of the church of Holy Rosary, of this city, who Is president of the National Union, will preside. It is expected that Dr. Wall, himself an earnest advocate of Catholic federation, will advise the del egates to indorse the project as laid down by Bishop McFaul, of Trenton. FISHING BOATS CAPSIZED. . Many Drowned In a Storm in the Gulf of Georgia. VANCOUVER, B. C. Sept. 24-Four men at least met death in the equinoct ial storm that burst over the Gulf of Georgia. A fishing boat was seen to capsiz? Just inside the narrows and Its four occupants were thrown Into the water. A boat sent to the rescue was also'upset, but the men In it were pick ed up by a tug. The fishermen were not found. Great anxiety Is felt for other fisher men who are still out. Several small steamers and scows broke loose ffom their moorings and were damaged or sunk as they smashed Into the wharves. YOUNG LADY SHOT. Was Out Driving With a Young Man in Canada. HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 24.-Miss Griffin, of Dun'las. was shot and killed last night while out driving with Geo. Pearson, of Hamilton. According to Pearson's story they w.t-? passed by a rig from which two shots were fired. One of these struck Miss Griffin In the "imkI. He carried her Into a farm house, where she died. SUDDEN DEATH. Commercial Traveler at the Grand Hp tel, San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 24.-George C. Tietjen. a commercial traveler rep resenting the Western Implement Com pany, of'.T'Tt Washington, Wis., was found dad in his room at the Grand hotel. He was seen on Friday when he complained of heart trouble. NAVAL MANEUVERS. Began Yesterday at Narragansctt Bay, Rhode Island, NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. JS.-From out of the darkneoa the hostile squadron made up of the battleships Keanvirg and Indiana and the gunboats Eagle and Scorpion, together with a fleet of six, torpodo boats, attacked the oppos ing squadron, male up of the Massa chusetts, New York, Vixen and Ley den, supported by land batteries, and from what can be -een at this hour through the am.tke that overhangs the bay after the battle, the defending squadron was triumphant. Captain Folger. of the battleship Kenrsarge, commanded the attacking craft and Admiral Farquhar directed the defenders. The maneuvers last night, which commenced at S:4S nd lasted nearly three hours, were In reality a night battle to test the effectiveness of nn attacking squadron aided by torpedo boats against a naval force aided by shore batteries In which searchlights for the time blng were used In place of shells, a well-direct d ray for a cer tain time rutting a craft out of action. If a torpedo boat could hold within range of her searchlight one of the hostile ships by firing a red rocket, the craft on the defensive was out of 'ac tion, the fact that the torpedo boat had opportunity to blow her up constituting victory. If. on the other iand. a battleship got an opposing craft within range of her light and was able to keep that vessel under Its r.ys for the required lme. the battleship's victory was shown by a blue rocket. Preparations for the mvk sea tight were carried out In detail to the ex treme with as much attention nlmost as If a real fight were Impending. NEWPORT. R. I.. Sept. 24.-AU U In readings for the naval maneuvers which will begin today, when the squadron will leave the harbor to be gin the blockade of Naragansott buy, which has not been under such sur veillance since the days of the Revo lution. Captain Mason, commander of the torpedo flotilla, which Is under his torpedo station, said last night thnt the personal command, was well equipped for the work laid out for It. Frequent drills have been held and the com manders of the various vessels hive well understood the plars for Individual and concerted action. It Is the largest torpedo flotilla that ever acted together In the American service. As there Is a chance of ships being ordered to stay away at any time, the maneuvers, which were Intended to cover a week, will be finished in three days. This will afford ample time for the umpires to render their decision and for the committees on arbi trament to collect various attacks and give Its opinion. Until this Is dune It will be Impossible to tell whether or not the fleet has really run the forts successfully or the torpedo flotilla or the blockading fleet is the victor. It was learned last night that the hlockaders have the grntfst fear of the submarine bat Holland. They think they can run the forts and they believe tfcey can pick up with the sf-archllghts the surface boats before they get Into distance, but they have no scheme of preventing the Holland getting underneath and "destroying" the war vessels. The Holland will act independently of the rest of the torpedo flotilla. KOMATIPOORT OCCUPIED. Many Muritlons of War and Thous ands of Cattle and Sheep Captured. LONDON. Sept. 24. Lord Roberts re ports from PrHorla. under date of Sep temher 24, that guards under General Pole-Carew occupied Komatlpoort this morning. The bridge was found Intact. Much rolling stock, locomotives, truck loads of "long Toms" and munitions of war were captured. Only a few ri fle shots were Irsd. Lord Roberts adds: "Paget captur ed Er&muss ramp. 3,000 cattle, 8.000 sheep. 33 prisoners. Methuen made an other big haul of stock." GOEBEL TRIAL OFF. Grand Jury Reports That No Further Investigation Can Be Made. FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 24. The 'ranklln county grand Jury reported finally today that owing to difficulty In procuring the attendance of wit nesses from a distance no further In vestigation could be made of the Goe- hel assassination, but recommended that certain persons be placed under bond to aftpear before the next grand Jury. FUSION DESPAIRED OF. Idaho Democrats and Populists Cannot Agree. BOISE. Ida.. Sept. 24. The Populists and Democrats have held several con ferences today and this evening hut without result. Tonight It looks as though there would be no fusion. The Democratic ticket as filed has three Populists on it but there Is no Demo cratic name on the Populist ticket and it Is more than possible that there never will be one on It - ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. Valuable Collection Presented to Yale University. ; , NEW HAVEN, Conn!, S-pt. 24,-It was announced last night by the au thorities of Yale university that an un- t'sually valuable collection of Arabic manuscript, made by Count tandbrr. has been presented to the university by Morris K. Jessup, of New York city. Cvunt Landberg Is a distinguished Swedish collector and traveler, his lib rary of Swedish literature having bn purchased last year by Harvard uni versity. The Arabic collection coiulsts of 300 manuscripts. They cover the whol range of Arabic history and literature and many of them dato back to th twelfth ami thirteenth centuries. The collection was purchase! at a ct of about KO.OM. As an evidence of the I-amlberg vol ltction. Professor Fischer, of Ililc, one of the most distinguished scholar in Germany, has expressed hi inten tion of visiting America for the special r.urpoe of making a thorough study of these Arabic manuscripts. It Has also been announced that David J. Rrewer. associate Judge of the supreme court, has accepted the position of lecturer and th resjumslbll. Ity of cltiienshlp on Dodge foundation. These lectures will be delivered at Yale next Saturday and were provided for by W. E. Dodge, of New York, who gave last spring to the Yale corporation a fund of 130.000. Frederick M. Wanvn. professor of Roman language In Adelbert college of the Western Reserve university, of Cleveland, has been appointed professor of foreign languages to fill the vacancy of Professor Jules Luquirs. MORE TEXAS FLOODS. Towns and Railroads Much Damaged by Overflowing Rivers. DALLAS. Tex.. Sept. 24. City Mar shal IVaton. of Dublin. Tex., at 1 p. nr. today, telephoned aa follows: "The disaster at Rrownwood Is re ported here today as being a wry ser ious on. Eight persons have been drowned, and part of the town badly wrecked by water. The town is entire ly cut off. both by wire and mail. The Fort Worth Rio Grande railroad west vf Dublin is crippled by washouts, and as the wires an; down, trains that have been laid out cannot be heard fnm. No lives have been lost near Dublin, but the property damage Is large. The Leon river and It branches have swept over an Immense area In the country around Dublin. Further to the west. In thr Brwnwood am-tli-n, the Colorado, t'herco. Pecan and other rivers and theli tributaries have made widespread damage." A bulletin from Temple ot 11 p. m.. says- "Can't hear a word from Brownwood county: wires gone and traffic suspend ed: Immense damage to road." MARBLE FALLS DESTROYED. HOUSTON. Tex.. Sept. 24.-A bulletin from Austin says: It is ruin.)tvd here at a late hour tonight that the town of Marble Falls hus been wash.'d away oy the Colorado river anl that there Is a fifty-foot rise at Klngsland. Efforts to reach Marble K.ills nr.' without avail. It H a small town of S00 people and twenty-five miles above Austin on the Colorado river and 's a terminus of a branch of the Austin and Northwest ern road. TARN DROFPED ON HOUSE. Minnesota Cyclone Killed and Wounded Many People. MINNEAPOLIS. S"pt. 24.-A sp-clul to the Times, from Faribault, Minn., says: Meager details have Just reached here of a catastrophe which visited the vil lage of Morrlston, ten miles wet of Faribault, shortly before 6 o'clock this evening. The village was struck by a tornado and a barn was raised In the air and dropped dlrwly on top of Paul Gatseke's saloon, where sixteen people had taken refuse from the storm. The saloon collapsed and all its occu pants were buried In the debris. At present It Is said that eight dad bodies and three Injured persons have been taken from the ruins. The killed: Jake Miller, Jake Wea ver. Jr., Frank Pitman, of Watervilie; Otto Gatiek". John Rohr, Jr., E. L. Brooks. W. S. Wait. The Injured: Frank Wilder. Paul Gatseke, Porter White. Lewis Pitman. Jr. LATEST DEATH LIST. Galveston News Believe Victims Num bered Less Than Five Thousand. GALVESTON. Sept. 24. The newest llfct of deaths from the etorm represents a total of 3,W9 names. The Indications are that not more than 2,000 will be actually accounted for. It is reason able to assume that 800 or 1,000 people were lost whose names are not ob tainable, which would make a total list on Galvrston Island of about C.000. The News Is of the opinion that the death list on the Island is slightly be low rather than above 8,000, This statement Is made notwithstanding the fact that there are close observers at Galvtton who are still estimating the death IihI on the Island as high as 7,000. WHITE COLLAR LlNt Columbia River and. Puget Sound Nay Igatlon Company. i Bailey Gatzert leaves Astoria dally except Sunday at 1 f. m. Leaves Por!and dally except Bun day at 7 a. ir White Collar Line tickets and O. 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