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GEN. WILLIAMS' REPORT
Would Have No Captain
Over 40 Years
of Age.
ALLOWANCES FOR EXPENSES
Russian-Japanese Treaty to Become Ef
fective Soon as Sijned Preaident
Entcitaini College Tthletei and Dis
cuaatt Modification! in Football,
Washington, Oct. ".-General Pleasant
Wiliam, in command of tlie department
if the Columbia, In hi annual report ex
presses derided view "n the inexpedi
ency of retaining in the military service
ofl'nrs, who by reason of age, mental
condition, or physical ailment are uo
able to endure the hardest field service
lie would have no captain over the age
of 40, and suggests a rigid examination
if every oltlirr before being placed in
command of a regiment. The general
also urge a more liberal allowance for
oltlivr' expense, lie llirve fortifi
cation on the North Pacific roast should
be strengthened.
General William, like every one of
the general ofllcer. advocate the re
e-Ubli-limcnt of the army canteen.
Effective When Approved.
Washington. Ut 9. -The treaty of I
lace .lt ween Russia and Japan become
effective upon approval without wailing
for a formal exchange of ratification
at Washington. Thi course a decided
on in order that the speediest poible
termination of the war be had. A soon
it ha been igned the fact will lie
communicated by cable to the state de
partment at Washington, and the Wash
ington government will apprise each em
jienir of the act of the other. With thi
accomplished the war U at an end.
Preaident Entertain! Athlete.
Washington, Oct. 9. President Roose
velt today entertained at luncheon, the
athletic adviser of Harvard, Princeton
and Y'ale. The president desired to dis
cus. with them the morale of football
with a view to eliminating a much of
the brutality a possible. The presi
dent hoie with the cooperation of the
college authorities that the rule of the
riiie may be amended so a to remove
the present objectionable feature of the
-game.
SECOND HAGUE CONFERENCE.
iW-rlin, Oct. O.The foreign odli-e
elate that (iermany ha accepted an
Invitation to a second Hague confer
ence on condition that points to be dia
cussed be arsnged beforehand, thus
avoiding subjects on 'which any pw,,r
ha reservations.
CROWE BROUGHT BACK
- TO SCENE OF HIS CRIME
Omaha, Oct. 0,-rat Crowe, ahackled
to a detective arrived in Omaha tonight
A crowd of 2,000 persons gathered at
tha depot Intent on securing a glanca
at Crow. A Urge cordon of polica open
d an aisle from the train to the patrol
wagon in which Crowe was taken to
jail. A large crowd followed the wagon
to the jail where another crowd had
Moscow, Oct. 9. Complete order tw
restored in lh trt by Hie police
ml military patrol reinforced by dra-
m m i t
gnori. vorn wa reumu in Mima sec
tion, but th atrike continue elsewhere.
A majority of the street railway em
ployee Uslay voted to accept em
ployer concession and it i believed
that service will be resumed tomorrow, '
It I persistently reHrted that th
team railroad employee wil strike
Wednesday, It l definitely ascertained
that no on waa killed In the disturb
ance Haturday, buv 73 were wounded,
including 23 gendarme and oldiera.
NEW YORK WINS FIRST CAME.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-Malerly pilch
ing by Christy Matthewson, backed up
by giltsdged playing by the men behind
bitu gave the New Yoik National league
hamplona the victory tolay over the
t'hiladelphian American league pennant
winner in the first game of a aeriea of
(him for the world' championship
Philadelphia failed to core. Matthew
on allowing the home team only four
hit, whjl.f thf Nnw Yorker scored
three run.
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ParlUmcnt Faces a Scene of the
Greatest Confusion.
Coabtion Leaden Decide to Abandon
Proposal to Impeach the Present Pre
mier-5tudats to Attend Parliament
today Wearinf MourniDf.
Iludapest, Oct. . W1icn parliament
reassembled today it wa to face a aitu
at im of the greatest confusion. A com
promise program wldch the coalition
Ica.ler requested Herr Von SaKj nenyni
Marich, the Autro-Hungnrian ambaana
dor at Itcrlin to submit to the king-cm
leror, seemingly proved a failure aa hi
maiety ha not yet indicated any in
tent ion to receive the amlaador for
this purpose.
tirrat nnmWr of student will pro
eeed to parliament tomorrow, all wear
ing mourning and carrying a black cof
tin, inscribed, "The Constitualion Ha
Kxpired." Coalition leader abandoned
the original intention to disregard the
royal metwage again proroguing the diet
No serious street disorder are feared.
According to the newspawr Ilaron
Fejervary ha already wrn reapolnted
premier. It i reported that the coal I
lion leader decided to abandon the pro
Mal to move the impeachment of the
Fejervary cabinet on the reaswmblmg
of the diet tomorrow. It is understood
that Fejervary will make an announce
uient to the house that the government
ha not yet formed and therefore the
house will again bo prorogued.
Count Andwrasy will read a reolu
tion of protest declaring that continu
na nrnminitliina sr unconstitutional be
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cause they render impoatlble the im
peachment of the Fejervary cabinet and
the existence of the Fejervary cabinet
ia nothing but absolutist.
fathered to witness the return of tha
prisoner. Crowe I not inclined to talk
but he said much had been published
concerning his doings, which waa with
out .foundation. In this category he
placed the alleged confession printed by
a Butte newspaper, Implicating young
iCudahy In tlif conspiracy. Crow
said ha was anxious for a rtiance to re
form nod get bacV to an honest life.
Wl TIES
AT BUDAPEST
J
ONES
FULTON ON THE STAND
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Identifies Correspondence
Introduced in
Evidence.
ANXIOUS TO HELP SOLDIERS
Aiked Department to Hold Up Claims
Until He CJuld Get Legislation
Through Exempting Veterans From
Actual Residence on Land.
Portland, kt. O.-Senator C. W. Ful
ton, sometime called In Washington the
"Oregon Delegation," because he i the
imly one of the state'a repreaentative
in the capital who is unsmirched, took
the stand today in the Jones cae and
identified certain correspondence that
passed between Jotie and himself, and
letter to the interior department urg
ing favorable action on the Jones claims.
4 Mr. Jones wrote to tne as represent
ing these claimants," said Senator Kxl
tons "I regarded him aa an agent for
them."
In a letter ent to the interior depart
ment, In which lie protested against the
holding up of the J one claims, the sen
ator expressed hi strong belief that an
injustice had been done Jones, whom he
believed incapable of any dishonesty. He
had unlimited confidence ia his integ
rity, the letter saUIi
"When you wrote those letter, yem
believed them to be true, did you?" he
wa asked on cross-examination.
"Most certainly I did" he replied.
The senator also testified that when
he Earned from the ejepartment that
several of the claims of the old soldiers
were regarded a fraudulent because of
evident non-reside nee, he asked the de
partment to continue the case until he
could secure legislation exempting vet
eran from actual residence.
GOULD IS CONFIDENT
His Friends Believt Ramsey Will Be
Ousted From Directorate.
Toledo, O., Oct. 0. Hoth George J.
Could and Joseph Ramsey, Jr., ex-president
of the Wabash arrived here today
to attend the meeting of the Wabash
railroad directors tomorrow. A large
number of director who seem frienJIy
to Could in hi Rtfit to control the road
are present. Ramsey, save for hi at
torneys seems to stand practically
alone. Both Could and Ramsey decline
to discuss the probable outcome of the
meeting, but Could' friends confidently
predict that Gould will not only retain
control of the system, but that Ramsey
w ill not even appear in the new director
ate. "
MEXICANS OPPOSE D0WIE.
Stores Sent to That County by Elijah
IL Burned by Citizens. .
Chicago, Oct 9. Dispatches received
here today indicate that the Mexicans
are very hostile to tha plans of John
Alexander Dowie to establish a colony
there, and their opposition has become
so marked that troops hare been ordered
to protect the property of Elijah IL It
is said that a large consignment of
tores sent ahead for the men who will
erect the temporary buildings has been
burned and that the Mexicans threaten
to burn Dowie's buildings aa fast as
they are erected. -
Reassured by the friendliness of
President Disx, Dowie "will go ahead
with his colonization plans, but his
followers in Mexico are reported as
greatly alarmed despite the presence of
a mrpe detail of rurale appointed to
guard them. There were rumor at
Zion City today that If Uie opposi
tion become too marked the plan
tation idea may be abandoned. The
Dowieite aay religiou intolerant i
responsible for the attack upon then)
in Mexico, a it waa in Chicago.
UNION MERGER FORMED.
Chicago. Oct, 9. Sympathetic atrike
In Cliieago probably will be more pre
valent in the future through aa alliance
between the teamtrs and the railway
freight handler. The flrt atepa to form
a merger of these union for "Offensive
and defensive" action were taken ye
terday. The name of the new federation
i the Shipping Trade Alliance. It aim
to embrace all organized worker whose
occupation bring them into contact in
any way with tlie transfer of frieght.
INDIANS HOLD CONVENTION.
North Yakima, Ot. 8. Tlie first na
tional convention of American Indian
assembled here todav with ten tribe
represented. About 3000 Indian are
encamped here. Tlie program, consist
ins of rat, war dance and othet
amusement, is being carried out. The
convention will wH a week.
REJECTS THE
Norwegian Storthing Votes Down
,t Minority Proposition.
Agreement Is Accepted by an Over
whelming Majority Throne Will Not
Be Offered to a Member of the Ber-
andottt Family.
Christiania, OOvt. 9. The Storthing,
after . two days of excited discussion
of the proposal of the republican min
ority to submit the Karlstad agreement
to a referendum, early this morning by
a vote of 109 to 8, rejected tha proposal
Tlie agreement was then accepted by a
vote of 101 to 16.
Thi ia a great vic tory for the govern
ment. During the debate Premier Mi-
chelsen made an interesting statement
on the subject of tlie election of a king,
which i construed as tantamount to a
withdrawal of Norway's offer of the
throne to a member of the Bernadottt
fj.mily.
ST. PAUL IN SAME POSITION.
Eureka, Cal., Oct. 9. Report from
the steamer St. Paul are to the effect
that the steamer is resting in an un
changed condition. Just what can be
done to save the ship will not oe known
for several days. The difficulty is to
get, near tlie vessel, either from land or
from sea. The durstlon of the present
fair weather and how long the vessel
will hold together i problematical. The
valuation of the vessel in the wreck re
port given by Captain Randall is
$273,000; value of the cargo, $73,000.
YELLOW FEVER .
REPORT
New Orleans, Oct 9. Fever
report i New caseU, 17; total,
3212; deaths, 1; total, 411; new
foci, 6,
A martyr to the fight against
yellow fever was Dr. C M. Shan
ley, formerly of North Dakota,
who died today at his home on
Bayou Barataria, after an illness
of two weeks.
After raining steadily 3d hours
the westher cleared late today.
Adverse winds and heavy rains
backed water from the bike, sub
merging the resr section of the
city and put a stop to sanitary
work. "
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STUDENTS FIGHT FIRE
President of University
Leads Young Men
in the Fight,
MANY HAVE NARROW ESCAPES
Fierce Forest Fires Sweep Over Hilla
and Threaten to Destroy California a
Educational Center Fijht Atainst
Flames Lasted Throughout the Day.
Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 9 A fierce foret
fire swept over the Berkeley hill back
of the university today and except for
the heroic work of 1000 studenU from
the Berkeley fire department, assisted
by hundre.1 of Berkeley citizens, prop
erty to the extent of hundred of thou-
and dollars would have been destroyed.
The flames, driven by a high wind, were
discovered thi morning while the stu
dent cadets were drilling on the campus.
I'resident Wheeler dismissal the cadets
and himelf led the students, who ba
les and coatless, without stopping for
fought the flames until late in
r
the afternoon.
Many students had narrow escapes
Prentiss S. Grey, president of the stu
dent body, Ray Gilbert, editor of Blue
and Gold, and Roy Elliott, football jlay
er, were cut off by a circle of fire and
compellfl to roll themselves in wet
sa.-Vs to save their lives. Several others
were scorched and burned. AAt 6 o'clock
tonight the flames were well under con
trol.
UNION IS PLANNED
Aberdeen, Wash, Oct 9. There is an
active movement in Aberdeen and Ho-
quiam for a "Greater" Gray'a Harbor
city that is, for a unification of the
thrM towns Aberdeen. Hoquuun and
Cosmopolis, in which the population of
the harbor is centered. The newspapers
favor it and the press will be an Impor
tant factor in educating the people to a
point where they may realise that much
more i to be secured in the way of har
bor improvements, especially if there is
one pretty good sixed united city, rather
than three smaller ones, the interests of
which are more or less inimical,
The building of the electric railway
has done much to bring the cities of Ho-
quiam and Aberdeen in closer relations
and the same influence will be observed
when the road building between J Aber
deen and Cosmopolis is put in ope. at ion
Thst the "greater" city will come about,
possibly in the next fire years, is evi
denced by the movement ow on foot by
business men l the towns to se
cure the re aOni
irom luoni
Aberdeen and Hoquiam. The movement
will probably be successful.
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ROBBERS HOLD UP A
STAGE NEAR REDDING, CAL
Redding, Cal, Oct. 9.-One hundred
men are scouring the woods in all di
rections from Pitt River bridge in Bear
Valley, for three men who today at
tempted to holdup the Delmar-Redding
stage and shot Messenger Haskell
It developed that In addition to the
man who did the shooting, Iwo other
Salt Lake, Oct. .-Operating officials
representing almost the entire Harri-
man system, among whom was J. P.
O'Brien, general manager of the Harri
man line in the Pacific northwest, were
in Salt Lake today. It Is announced,
they met simply to get together on a
policy for bettering the operating ser
vice of the Harriman lines.
NEGRO GROWS RECKLESS.
Memphis Tenn Oct. . Wild with !
rage at the taunts or several small boys :
in front of the Bijou theatre tonight,,
an unknown negro emptied a revolver
into a solid man of people. One boy
is dying, another is seriously injured
and a negro girl slightly hurt. Tha
negro was not apprehended.
CONTRACT PLAN DEFEATED.
Chicago, Oct. 9. Mayor Dunnes' "eon
tract plan" for municipal ownership was
defeated by a three to one vote in tha
common council tonight. The plan con
templated paralleling existing lines. It
i now expected that the mayor will
abandon thi plan and bring in its place
hi "city plan" which contemplates con
demnation by the city of existing lines.
VILL MOVE
Vice-President Contemplates
Change of Residence.
Contract Let for Construction of a
Mansion at Mainsfield, Illino, Which
Will Be Finest in the State Outside
of Chicago.
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Bloomington, Oct. 9. Vice President
Fairbanks is said to be making arange-
ments to become a resident of Illinois,
lie has let a contract for a mansion to
be built for him at Mansfield, Piatt
county, and when his term at Washing
ton is ended it is the expectation that
ne will make hi home there. The vice
president has a brother, a banker, liv
ing at Mansfield, and both men own
thousands of acres in the vicinity.
The hoiie that Mr. Fairbanks will
erect will be constructed of stone ancT
steel and will be one of the . finest in
the state outside of Chicago. Its es
timated cost is $.13,000. The vice presi
dent and his wife passed the summer
at Mansfield, and the result U their de
sire to have a permanent home there.
WILL ASK LEADING QUESTIONS
McCurdy to Be Questioned Regarding
His Salary and Relatives.
New York, Oct 9. Richard A. Mc
Curdy, president of the Mutual life In
surance Company, will probably be the
most important witness in the insursnca
investigation tomorrow. McCurdy will
be questioned regarding his salary of
$130,000 a year" and the emoluments en
iove.1 hr hi relative. Robert IL Mc-
FAIRBANKS
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Otit f)QAfi's''y, son of the president, will prob-
. . i;. I.KW h nvsllw! and Robert Oliphant
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chairman of tlie Mutuals' committee on
expenditures may be recalled.
men engaged ia the attempted robbery.
Haskell was brought to Bedding tonignU
Although wounded in two places b la
not dangerously hurt The third shot
which would have probably, entered
HaskeU'e Head, wa deflected by strik
ing the messengers revolver. Th rob
ber followed the stage, shooting for 80'.
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