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COR VAILlS, BENTON COUNTY, OEEGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. NO. 44.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
The United Irish league will raise
$100,000 to fight the landlords.
Fifteen lives were lost by the capsiz
ing of a boat in Chinese waters.
A Texas mob overpowered officers in
a court and lynched two Negroes.
General Miles was robbed in Hono
lulu of his valise containing iewelry
and other valuables.
Boilermakers in the Wabash shops at
Springefild, 111,, have gone on strike
for an increase in wages.
George Smith, colored, on trial in
Portland for murdering his wife, has
been found guilty of murder in the firct
degree.
At the official trial of the monitor
Wyoming, she showed a speed of 12
knots, one knot more than was called
fo.r in the contract.
The statement of the collections of
internal revenue for September show a
decrease of $1,718,770, as compared
with the same month of 1901.
Venezuela is again at outs with Great
Britain. It is alleged the latter agreed
to put down the rebellion if she were
given a 30 per cent reduction of cus
toms on goods going into Venezuela.-
The secretary of the interior holds
that in all homestead entries made of
lands embraced in the former Siletz
Indian reservation, three years' actual
residence must be proven before patent
issues.
The Irish Nationalists created an
other disorder in the British house of
commons.
The Molineux jury hag been com
pleted and the state is offering its side
of the evidence.
Representative G. A. Russell, Tof
Connecticut, is critically ill and his
recovery is not expected.
An electric light wire stirted a fire
in Helena, Montana, which destroyed
$45,000 worth of property.
A Big Four passenger train ran into
an open switch 14 miles north of Co
lumbus, Ohio, fatally injuring Beveral
persons.
The National W. C. T. U., in session
at Portland, Maine, passed a resolution
condemning the character of advertise
ments placed on bill boards.
Two persons were killed and 15 in
jured in a railroad wreck at Herne,
Texas. The accident occurred at a
crossing, two trains meeting.
Matthew H. Money, a pioneer news
paper man of the Pacific coast, died in
Oakland, aged 70 years. At different
times he conducted several papers in
different parte of Washington.
Railway-awitchmen of St. Paul and
Minneapolis have given notice of a de
mand for higher wages and shorter
hours. They will strike if the raise is
not granted.
British army officers say the Ameri
can horses are far better for cavalry use
than any other they can obtain.
Two convicts in the Leavenworth,
Kan., federal prison filed off their
shackles and were about to escape when
discovered.
The treasury department has asked
for offers of property for sale in New
York for use to erect the new poetoffice
building on.
Ocean vessels sailing from Atlantic
ports are being delayed somewhat on
account of their inability to secure
coal promptly.
Sanitary conditions in the Philip
pines are rapidly improving. Cholera
has been gotten under control and is
rapidly dying out.
France is facing a serious labor situ
ation. Every union man in the nation
may be called out to gain a univeisal
eight hour day and an old age pension.
Dr. William H. Bates, a well known
Ne York physician, who disappeared
last August, has been found in London.
He say his mind has been practically
a blank since that time and be did not
know his own identity.
The execution of Murderer Belding
will take place at Portland October 31
The Haytian rebellion is at an end
by the submission of the revolutionists.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has
announced that he will buy $20,000,000
cf 1925 bonds.
The 29th annual convention of the
National W. C. T. U. is in session at
Portland. Maine.
A new panel of 150 talesmen has
been railed to secure the jury for the
trial of Roland B. Molineux.
A collision between two trains in
Ohio resulted in both engines being de
molished aud 20 persons injured.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge to
race for the America' cup has been re
ceived by the New York yacht club.
Th nrincinal issue before the min
ers' convention will be provision for
men thrown out ot work oy we reten
tion of nonuniomsts.
The srrand iurv found an indictment
fnr murder in the first degree against
William Hooper Young, who is under
arrest at New York for the killing ol
Mrs. Anna Pulitzer.
SUGAR FACTORY BURNED.
Fire In Chicago Results in Loss of Valu
able Property and Many Lives.
Chicago, Oct. 23. Five men are
known to have lost their lives in a fire
which tonight partly destroyed the
plant of the Chicago branch of 'the
Glucose sugar refining company, and
the list of dead will certainly be much
greater than five, and may reach as
high as 30. The estimates run all the
way from that number down to 10.
Only one of the five men whose bodies
have been recovered has been identi
fied. The fire broke out with an explosion
in the drying house, which it seven
stories in height, and stands close to
the main building of the plant, which
is 14 stories high.. A third structure
is four etories high. The two smaller
buildings were destroyed and the larger
building was badly damaged. The fire
spread after the explosion with such
rapidity that it was impossible for the
men in the npper stories of the drying
house to make their escape, and it is
the number of men believed to have
been at work on the seventh floor that
causes the uncertainty in the list of
dead. Some of the employes who made
their escape say that there were 20 or
30. and others say that there were not
more than 10 at work when the fire
broke out. Whatever the number, all
are dead. Four men leaped from the
upper floors and all are dead. Tht fifth
in the list is an electrician, who is
known to have entered the building,
and was there at the time of the fire.
He is supposed to be dead for the rea
son that all the firemen and laborers
about the burned building say that no
man made his escape from the upper
floors.
Secretary Glass, of the refining com
pany, stated that he estimated the loss
at $500,000.
SAMOAN CASE DECIDED.
King Oscar, as Arbitrator, Rules Against
the United States.
New York, Oct. 23. King Oscar, of
Sweden and Norway, has decided the
Samoan controversy in favor of Ger
many, says a dispatch to the Tribune
from Washington.
This fact became known on the re
turn of Mr. Grip, the minister of
Sweden and Norway, from a long visit
to his home. Mr. Grip called at the
state department, but did not, of course,
disclose the decision of his sovereign,
which must be formally presented
simultaneously to the three poweis
concerned. The announcement will be
astonishing to the governments of the
United States and Great Britain, which
were confident that they would estab
lish fully the legality and propriety of
the joint landing oi marines at Apia
in 1899 to sustain the decree of the
Samoan supreme court and end the
revolution. The full scope of the
arbitral decree of King Oscar is not
yet divulged, and the extent to which
it covers the claims for damage filed by
the citizens of three countries and of
France may not be known for several
days. These claims, which were nom
inally the prime cause for arbitration,
are insignificant, 'however, compared
with the question of national honor,
on which they depended, and if the
action of the United States and Great
Britain had been sustained by the
royal arbiter, would have fallen to the
ground."
TO REGISTER LAND TITLES.
Philippine Commission Decides to Adopt
the Torrens System.
Manila. Oct. 23. The United States
Philippine commission has decided to
enact a land-law registry bill drafted
by Commissioner Ide. The bill adopts
the Toriens registry system, with mod
ifications to fit local conditions, and
creates a land titles court. Land
titles throughout the island are at pres
ent clouded to such an extent that
sales of land and its improvements are
retarded. An enormous task is in
volved in the labor of clearing titles.
Government lands which were sold
under authority of the Philippines act
after that act passed the American con
gress, will be recorded under the Tor
rens system.
The commission has passed a bill de
fining the terms under which the Ma
nila street railway franchise is to be
granted. This bill provides for the
award of the franchise by competition.
Bids will be opened next March, after
advertisement here and in the United
States.
CHINESE RECORDS RESTORED.
American Officer Will Return Tablets of
Jade to Chinese Government.
San Francisco, Oct. 23. The famous
Jade tablets brought to this country by
Lieutenant F. M. Wise, of the marine
corps, will now find their way back to
China. Collector of Customs btratton
has been instructed by the secretary of
the treasury to turn them over to the
Chinese consul on the payment of $50.
The money will be given to Lieutenant
Wise, who has alleged all along that he
paid that amount for the stones. There
are 10 tablets in all, and on each are
inscriptions of great value. Un some
are the odd names of emperors long
dead, aud on some the names of be
loved empresses.
Britain Will Have Justice from China
Shanghai, Oct. 23. Four British
gunboats have been ordered from here
to the langtse Kiang, to Hankow, be
cause of the failure of the Chinese
authorities to deal with the murderers
of Bruce and Lewis, the English mis
sionaries who were killed. It ie said
that the Chinese authorities are alarmed
at Great Britain's step and that Prince
Ching, president of the foreign office
will confer with regard to the matter
with the British minister to China.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week Brief Review of thr
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth Latest Market Report.
Three free rural mail delivery routes
out of Junction City will begin service
December 1.
Construction work on the terminal
yards, at Grants Pass, of the Oregon &
Pacific railroad will begin January 1.
Arthur Sco field, confined in the coun
ty jail at Albany for larceny, made his
escape a few days ago. He was cap
tured at Eugene.
The first carload of Oregon's dried
prunes of this year's crop left Albany
last Saturday for New York. Four and
one-half cents was received.
Marion county physicians have
formed a county medical society. C. S.
White, of Gervais, was elected presi
dent and C. H. Robertson, of Salem,
secretary.
J. F.' Markley, who murdeied John
D. Fain at Champoeg last June, has
been sentenced to spend the remainder
of his life in the penitentiary. He is
67 years old.
The first of Crook county's annual
fairs, held at Prineville, was a success
in every respect. Large crowds were
in daily attendance, and some fine ex
hibits were on dislpay.
The stage running between North
Yamhill and Tillamook was held up
about five miles from North Yamhill
Saturday night by three masked men.
The stage was bound for Tillamook.
The robbers secured $200 from pas
sengers. The recent rains throughout the Wil
lamette valley have enabled :the farm
ers to push the work of fall Beeding.
All fruit is picked and other fall work
over 'and a few days more of good
weather will enable the farmers to fin
ish seeding.
Superintendent of Public instruction
Ackerman recently asked several county
superintendents to offer suggestions for
the betterment ot the school system.
The ideas he has rlceived are many and
varied, and include higher qualifica
tions of teachers, consolidation of dis
tricts and an increase of the compulsory
attendance period.
A sale of 300 bales of hop at 25
cents is reported from Dallas.
A franchise has been granted for
another telephone line from Baker City
to Sumpter.
The report of Superintendent Lee of
the state penitentiary shows that on
October 1 there were 300 convicts in
the institution, 19 lens than at the be
ginning of the quarter. The earnings
for the quarter were $4,246.40 and the
total expenditures were $14,746.09.
With nnnrnnriftta ceremonv. Aeri-
miltnrnl hall, dnsicrned to facilitate and
swlvnnee nirnariment and instruction in
t -
agricultural lines at the Oregon agri
cultural college, was dedicated at KjOT-
vallis October 15. Addresses were
made by Governor Geer, Congressman
Tongue and a number of others. The
attendance from outside the city num
bered several hundred.
Four proposed amendments to the
Oregon constitution will be before the
next legislature for its endorsement.
These amendments were proposed by
resolutions approved by the last legis
lature, and they must receive the ap
proval of another legislature before
they can be submitted to a vote of the
people. The proposed amendments re
late to the state printer, city charters,
elections, state institutions outside of
Salem and repeal of anti-Negro section
of constitution.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaW alia, 6566c; blue-
stem 6869c; valley, 66$c.
Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew
ing, $21.00.
Flour Best grade, 3.003.50; grah
am, $2.853.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $11.02S ; gray,
95c$l per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,
$7.50; cheat, $8 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60 70c
per sack; ordinary, 6055c per cental,
growers' prices; Merced sweets, $1.75
2 per cental.
Poultry (Jhickena, mixed, ?;.oU
4.25 ; per pourd, 10c; hens, $44.50 per
dozen; per pound, 11c; springs, $2.50
3 per dozen; fryers, $33.25; broil
ers, $22.50; ducks, $55.50 per doz
en; turkeys, young, 1012c; geese,
$66.50 per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 13
14c; Young America, 14 14;
factory prices, 114C less.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27M30c
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 18
20c; store, 12 J 15.
Eggs 2327c per dozen.
Hops New crop, 2123c per pound.
Wool Valley, 1215c;. Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 2628c.
Beef Gross, cows, 33$c per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c.
Veal 7M8Hc.
Mutton Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, 3gc per pound;
dressed, 6sC
Hogs Gross, 6 7c per pound;
dressed, 77)ic
COST OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Impressive Figures Taken from Report of
Commissioner of Education. '
. . Washington, Oct. 22. The annual
report of the commissioner of education
just submitted to the secretary of the
interior shows the grand total of pupils
in schools, 'elementary, secondary and
higher, both public and private, in the
United States for the year ended June
30, 1901, was 17,299,260, an increase
of 278,250 pupils over the previous
year. Of this number the enrollment
of pupils in institutions supported by
general and local taxes furnished by
states and municipalities was 15,710,
394, as against 15,443,462, the number
reported for the previous year. Be
sides there there were certain special
institutions, like city evening schools,
business schools, schools for Indians,
reform schools, schools connected with
asylums, schools ; for . cookery and
other special trades and vocations,
which enrolled nearly half a million
pupils. Adding the enrollment in
these special schools to that for general
education, the aggregate -is something
over 17,756,000- of on population that
received education for. a. longer or
shorter period during the year ending
June 30, 1901. '
The value of property used for public
school purposes has risen to $576,963,-
089 from $130,380i00S-in 1870, and the
expenditures for the' common schools
(including elementacry and secondary
schoois, but excluding all institutions
for higher education) amounted to
$226,043,236, having risen to this sum
from $43,396,666 in 1870. In 1870
the expenditures for schools per capita
of the population was $1.64; the past
year it was $2.93 per capita of the pop
ulation, the highest that it has ever
been. It was an increase of 10 cents
to each man, woman and child over
the year previous. The average at
tendance of each pupil for the entire
number enrolled was 99 days for the
year, an increase of 24 days over the
previous year.
TAFT ANSWERS THE TEACHERS.
Complaints About Philippine Positions are
Not Well Founded.
Washington, Oct. 22. Some time
ago complaints were made by school
teachers in the Philippines about the
hardships which they endured.. It
was asserted that good places were
given to a few teachers and bad places
to others. Complain t also. v was made
that the condition of the currency
caused a loss to the teachers, and that
the commissary supplies of the insular
administration were not good. All
these complaints were referred to Gov
ernor Taft. His reply has now been
received at the war department.
Governor Taft says that in the very
nature of things the teachers had to
enter upon duties which were largely of
a missionary character, and hardships
were certain to be the portion of some.
It was impossible to make all assign
ments equal, but as the facts became
known efforts would be made to equal
ize the duties of teachers, so that all
would share in the pleasant duties as
well as the arduous work.
Governor Taft says thai the comple
tion of boats that have been building
for the insular government there will
bring a better system of supply from the
commissary department.
ADOPTION ALMOST SURE.
Miners are Considering Peace Plan, wilh
Mitchell in the Chair.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 21. The
anxiously awaited convention of the
143,000 striking miners met yesterday,
but did not reach a vote on the proposed
plan of settlement. It is expected to
do so today. Theie were 662 delegate!
present in the Nesbit theater, where
the convention was held, and they were
empowered by their local unions to
cast 867 votes for or against President
Roosevelt's proposed plan of arbitra
tion. The majority of the delegates
were uninstructed. The few who were
instructed were engineers, firemen and
pumpmen who fear that the 5,000 strik
ers of these classes 'may not get back
their old places bow held by nonunion
men. This question of the engineers,
firemen and pumpmen proved the only
stumbling block in the way of almost
immediate adoption of the president s
plan, which carries with it declaring
the strike off, and a general resumption
of work through the hard coal mining
region.
Politics in King's Visit.
New York. Oct. 22. It is said that
the coming visit of the king of Portugal
to England has great political signih
cance, and that many important mat
ters between him and King inward in
regard to South Africa are to be dia
cussed, cables the London correspond
ent of the Tribune. Vague rumors
that England is seeking to purchase
Portugal's South African colonies have
been current for a long while, but at the
foreign office they are denied.
New Cruiser Washington.
Washington. Oct. 22. In view of
the conclusion retched today by the
naval beard of construction, plans for
the armored cruiser W ashington will
be completed and ready for advertise
ment by November 3, along with plans
for the twin ship Tennessee, lne reg
ular differential of 4 per cent in favor
of the Pacific coast bidders will be
offered.
STRIKE VOTED OFF
MINERS AGREE TO ACCEPT DECISION
OF ARBITRATION BOARD.
Great Rejoicing Everywhere In the Coal
Fields Engineers Firm to the Last,
. and Their Employment is Finally Left
to Executive Board Rooserelt Sum'
mons the Arbitrators to Meet.
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Term and Cost of Strike. A
Duration of strike, days
163
Men on striKe
147,000
500.000
People directly affected
Total loss to all classes $200,000,000
Price of coal at beginning of
strike, per ton $5 to $6
Present price of coal, per ton $25 to J0
Cause of the Strike.
The miners' demands, which were re
fused, were as follows:. An eight-hour .
day; an increase In pay for men on
piecework proportionate to that given
to day laborers by shortening of hours;
just weighing of coal mined, instead of
arbitrary measurement by varying
"carloads"; a fixed scale of wages, the
rate for the same work to be the same
everywhere; an agreement embodying
these demands, entered into .by the
operators and th union. v
Wilksebarre, Pa., Oct. 22. With a
shout that fairly shook the convention
building the representatives of the 47,-
000 mineworkers who have been on
strike since last May officially declared
off at noon yesterday the greatest con
test ever made, between capital and
labor, and placed all the questions in
volved in the struggle in the hands of
the arbitration commission appointed
by the president of the United States.
When the news was flashed to the
towns and villages down in the valleys
and on the mountains of the coal reg
ions, the inhabitants heaved a sigh
of relief. Many days have gone by
since such welcome news was received.
Everywhere there was rejoicing, and
in many places the end of the strike
was the signal for impromptu town
celebrations. The anthracite coal
region, from its largest city, Scranton,
down to the lowliest coal p&tch, has
suffered by the conflict, and everyone
now looks for better times.
While the large army of mineworkers
and their families, numbering approxi
mately 500,000 persons, are' grateful
that work is to be resumed on Thurs
day, the strikers have fctill to learn
whatthenrTeward-ivill be.- - President
Roosevelt, having taken prompt action
in calling the arbitrators together for
their first meeting on Friday, the min
ers hjpe they will know by Thanks
giving day what practical gams they
have made. .
The vote to resume coal mining was
a unanimous one, and was reached only
after a warm debate. The principal
objection to accepting the arbitration
plan was that no provision was con
tained in the scheme to take care of
those men who would fail to get back
their old positions or would be unable
to get work at all. The engineers and
pumpmen get better pay than other
classes of mineworkers, and they did
not wish to run the risk of losing alto
gether their old places and being com
pelled to dig coal for a living. This
question came up and was argued right
up to the time the vote was taken. No
one had a definite plan to offer to over
come the objection, and the report of
the committee on resolutions, recom
mending that the strike be declared
off, and that'all issues be placed in the
hands of the arbitration commission
for decision, was adopted without the
question being settled. A few mo
ments before adjournment, however, a
partial solution was reached when a
delegate in the furthermost corner of
the hall moved that the problem be
placed in the hands of the executive
board for solution, and bis suggestion
was adopted.
SPEED SACRIFICED TO POWER.
Naval Board Decides to Make Important
Changes In New Cruisers.
Washington. Oct. 23. The. naval
board of construction today finally de
cided upon the features of the armored
rrnisprs Authorized bv the last act Of
congress. Speed has been sacrificed to
power.'
By a vote of four against one, Engin
eer in Chief Melville's proposition to
give the big ships 25,000 horsepower
and a speed ot Z3 Knots at a minimum
was rejected and the horsepower will
ctonrl at 23.000. which he estimates
will actually bring the speed down to
about 21 J4 knots. lne new Doais
therefore will be three and one-half
knots slower than the four famous Eng
lish armored cruisers ot tne uraue
To offset this lack of speed the
Tennessee class will have a" much "more
powerful battery, namely, four 10 inch
guns in the two turrets against two
nine-inch guns in the main batteries of
the British ships, lne lennessee ciass
also will have more armor, the protect
ive deck at its thickest part oeing iour
and a half inches with cix-inch side
armor.
Navy Yard is Too Small.
Washington, Oct. 23. The annual
report of Rear Admiral Kenney, pay
master general of the navy, devotes
much space to showing that there is a
shortage of officers for the work. It is
stated that there is a demand for the
enlargement of the storage plants at
.Washington, Boston, Norfolk, Mare
Island and Puget sound. A modifica
tion of the bill compelling advertising
for supplies is asked for in the interest
of the service.
REBELS DEFEATED.
Government Forces of Venezuela Score a
Victory 3,000 Dead and Wounded.
Victoria, "Venezuela, Oct. 21. A
messenger has arrived here from the
scene of the engagement near this place
between the government troops and
revolutionists, bringing news that after
several days of terrible fighting, 9,000
rebels under General Mendoza aban
doned the field, having retired from
their last position, six miles from La
Victoria, Friday night, retreating in
the direction of Villa de Cura. Ac
cording to President Castro the killed
and wounded number 3,000.
During the last days of the fighting
the temperature rose to 116 degrees,
and a visitor to the scene of the en
gagement declares he never saw such a
terrible spectacle as was presented by
the battlefield.
The victory of the government troops.
which is said to be due to the personal
courage of President Castro, who, twice,
with a Mauser in his hand, charged
at the head of his soldiers, is consid
ered a serious setback to the cause of
the revolutionists.
A courier from Valencia, who arrived
here today, reports that up to yester
day that town was not in the hands of
the revolutionists.
PANIC IN BALL ROOM.
Fire In Albany, N. C, Building Resulted
in One Death and Many Injured.'
Albany, N. C, Oct. 21. Fire broke
out shortly before 11 o'clock tonight
in the Tower & Brooks store, one of the
largest in the heart of the business
section of the city. For a time the
entire dry goods section was threatened,
and only by most heroic work on the
part of the firemen were the flames
practically confined to the building in
which the fire started. One fireman
was killed aud a number injured.
At the time the fire broke out
dance was in progress in a hall on the
top floor of the burning building. Es
cape to the street was cut off by the
fast spreading flames, and 25 young
men and women were lifted out of the
front windows and helped over adjoin
ing loofs. The shrieks of hysterical
women created much excitement, but
cool headed firemen soon carried them
to a place of - safety. Several women
were, burned, but none, were seriously
hurt. -
Ten minutes after the fire was dis
covered flames were pouring out of
every window, and neighboring build
ings were ablaze in many places. The
Municipal telegraph company's build
ing was badly scorched, the windows
being shattered by the intense heat and
the frames twisted out of shape and
charred. , L
It was two hours before the flames
were fully under control. It 'is impos
sible to secure any estimate of the
losses tonight.
BOXERS NOT YET PUT DOWN.
Chinese Viceroy Asks Missionaries Not to
. Travel in Disturbed Districts.
Pekin, Oct. 21. The new viceroy of
Sze Cheun province, Tsen Chun Suan,
reports that the Boxers have not been
suppressed at Cheng Tu find two other
centers and he asks the ministers and
missionaries to refrain from traveling
in central Sze Chuen at present.
The emperor's reception at the sum
mer palace today was attended by the
diplomatic corps except in the case of
the British, minister, Sir Ernest Satow,
he having declined all social intercourse
on account of the miscarriage of justice
in the case of the murdered English
missionary s, 'Bruce and Lewis, in Ho
nan province, . where, the responsible
officials were exculpated and ignorant
peasants were beheaded.
The negotiations for the departure of
the international troops from Shanghai
have been interrupted. It appears that
Great Britain before consenting to the
evacuation desires a more definite ar
rangement in regard to her status in
the Yangtse valley and more precise
stipulations concerning non-alienation
of territory in that region.
Roosevelt Doing Well.
Washington, Oct. 21. While Presi
dent Roosevelt was unable to go to
Oyeter Bay to register his vote for the
November election, he will go home to
vote. The president is progressing
finely toward complete recovery, and is
now able to move about without crutch
es or even a cane, but his physicians
have advised him not to travel any dis
tance for at least two weeks. For this
reason he will be unable to attend the
inauguration of President Woodrow
Wilson, of Princeton university, al
though he had epxressed his particular
desire to be present when President
Wilson is installed.
Dewey is Honored.
Philadelphia, Oct. 21. At a meeting
today of the board of governors of the
j Thomas Jefferson memorial association
! of the United States held in Independ
ence hall, Admiral Dewey was elected
president, and the board consists of
one member from each of the original
13 states, the District of Columbia and
the territories. The territories are
represented by Hon. Mark A. Smith,
' of Arizona.
THE CELILO CANAL
BOARD OF ENGINEERS ARE IN DOUBT
ABOUT THE HARTS PLAN.
Columbia River Current' So Strong That
Placing of Huge Rocks for Submerged
Dam is Considered a Daring Feat of
Engineering Several Favor Portage
Railroad Plan.
Washington, Oct. 22. The report of
the engineer board on its investigation
of the Harts plan for opening the
Columbia river between The Dalles and
Celilo, is to be delayed somewhat
pending the completion of certain esti
mates and computations, which are to
be considered before the report is agreed
to. There is doubt in the minds of
some members as to the practicability
of constructing the dam across ti e
river, upon which the success of the
Harts plan hinges. It is found that it
will be a most daring engineering- feat
to get stones for the dam in position,
and to retain them until the whole
work is completed. It is a work more
difficult than any of the kind yet under
taken by the engineers, although its
success is promised by some. The
probabilities are that there will be two
reports, some of the engineers favoring
a portage road as the best solution, un
less another and more favorable site
can be found for the dam. The boat
railway project was considered, but it
is not thought any member of the
board believes in its efficiency or prac
ticability.
The dam concerning the feasibility
of which doubt is expresesd by the
board of engineers is thus referred to
in the plan recommended by Captain
Harts:
"The proposed submerged dam im
mediately below the head of Five-Mile
rapids is designed to be made- through
out of large blocks of rocks or concrete
weighing 20 to 30 tons, each deposited
at random in a selected narrow part of
Five Mile rapids by means of derricks
on either shore. If found necessary on
account of thejswift currents, some of
the blocks could be anchoied to the
rocky banks by means of chains. The
dam need not necessarily be tight, but
should consist of enough blocks .to raipe
the present low-water level 20 feet.
Its top would probably need to rise to
within a few feet of the present low
Water level 'T"-z-9t,f.- - -
ILLITERATE- VOTERS.
They Comprise 11 Per Cent of the Total
Number In United States.
Washington, Oct. 22. There are 21,-
300,000 inhabitants of the United
States of voting age, and 2,300,000 of
them, or about 11 per cent, were re
turned on the last census as ill iterate
a very large proportion for a country in
which the opportunities for education
are universal.'
v An examination of the figures shows
that, contrary to the general belief,
it is not the- foreign born voters who
cause this percentage to be so high.
The proportion of illiterates among the
foreign born voters, in the United
States is 11.5 per cent, whereas among
the native born inhabitants the propor
tion is 10.5 per cent not a very im
portant difference.
The par', of the United States in
which there is least illiteracy is the
group of states which make up the
middle west and northwest. Iowa and
Nebraska have less than 3 per cent,
Kansas less than 4, and Ohio, Illinois
Cud Minnesota les& than 5 per cent of
illiterate inhabitants over the age of 29.
In Utah and Washington, in the Pa
cific group of states, the percentage of
illiteracy is less than 4 per cent; in
Colorado, Oregon and Wyoming less
than 5.
In New England and among the
native born inhabitants the percentage
is still lower, 1 per cent in Massachu
setts, 1.5 in Connecticut, 2 per cent in
New Hampshire, and 2.5 in Rhode
Island.
James Younger Dead.
St. Paul, Cot. 22. James Younger,
formerly a member of the notorious
James band of outlaws, which infested
the Western country a quarter of a cen
tury ago, committed suicide today by
shooting. He left a letter to the
press, in which be gives aa a reason
for his act despondency over continued
ill health and separation from his
friends. Younger was sentenced to
the Minnesota penitentiary for life in
1879, but was out on parole.
Appropriation for St. Louis.
Manila, Oct. 22. The civil commis
sion will probablyincrease the Philip
pine appropriation for the St. Louis
exposition exhibit by $100,000, making
the total $350,000. Fair Commissioner
Barret had addressed a meeting of
Filipinos, which was arranged by Gov
ernor Taft, on the subject, and the sen
timent of the meeting was in favor of
the increase.
Another Trip in Airship.
London, Oct. 22. Stanley Spencer,
the aeionaut, who recently made a suc
cessful trip over London, traveled 25
mnes mis anernoon in ma airsnip.
I He rose from Blackpool, but finding the
: northwest breeze too strong to make
headway against it, he proceeded in a
' southeasterly direction and landed in
an open country.
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