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HUNDREDS DROWN
IN LUZON FLOODS
Typhoon Swells Rivers to Torrents
in Few Hours.
Sweeps Away Whole Towns Dead
Number 300 in Cagayan Province
Alone Americans Drag Natives
From Roofs of Houses Floating
Down Swollen Streams.
Manila, Oct. 22 Belated reports in-
dieato that the storm of October 12 in
the Cagayan valley was the worst and
most destructive within the memory
of living inhabitants of tho valley. The
official figures are not yet available,
as many places have not yet been heard
from, but it seems ecrtaia that the
number of dead will reach 300.
There was a heavy typhoon and tor
rential rains throughout the valley and
in the mountains. The rivers were
flooded and in many daces rose to a
height of 30 feet, sweeping everything
before them in their rush to the sea.
Hundreds of animals and houses were
swept away by the waters.
At Aparri, which was almost com
pletely under water, the American resi
dents, headed by Lieutenants Trcadway
.and Clark, I'ohI muster Foss and Engi
neer Ciark, formed a rescue brigade,
which rescued scores of natives, taking
many off their houses while floating
town the river.
The government has dispatched a
coast guard cutter to investigate con
ditions and organize relief.
Jt is reported that cholera has broken
out among the refugees.
WAR CLOUDS THREATEN.
Situation in Balkans Far From Being
Peaceably Settled.
Paris, Oct. 22. The feeling in French
government circles is distinctly nerv
ous, both with regard to the situation
in the Balkans and the proposed inter
rational congress. Advices are that
the Turkish government is impatient
1 eeause Bulgaria has failed to present
Jin official communication since Tur
key received the French assurance in
the name of Emperor Ferdinand, while
from Sofia comes information, that the
Malinoff cabinet st iil refuses to accept
the advice of Ferdinand, who advocates
a peaceful settlement and insists that
it would le preferable to go to war
than to pay an indemnity.
Fntil the Bulgarian ministry yields
definitely it is considered by tho of
ficials of the French government that
tho danger of war has not been dis
pelled. Reports rurrent in Paris that Baron
von Bicberstein, the German ambassa
dor at Constantinople, has been coun
seling war, while not confirmed, caused
disquietude, especially as Germany's
attitude grows more and more enig
matical. CONTEST LAND PATENTS.
Mevada Miners Will Attack Southern
Pacific Land Grant.
Reno, Xev., Oct. 22 Colonel Win
field Scott Prosky, a mining man own
ing property in a number of districts,
yesterday announced that on January
3 next the statute of limitations will
have applied to the patents granted six
years ago to the Southern Pacific to a
large urea of mineral land extending
from Winneimicca to the Nevada Cali
fornia line anil affecting rights of hun
dreds of prospectors and miners.
The men have been patiently waiting
for a number of years, thinking a de
vision in the one case decided would
similarly affect them all. Now it is
discovered that each disputant must
file a separate protest to establish his
right. The railroad company hoped
this would be overlooked. However,
'very effort, will be made by tho de
partment at Washington to give a'l
claimants' an opportunity to present
their eases and have a hearing.
Andersonville Monument Project.
White Hall, 111., Oct. 22 The annual
convention of the Illinois Association
of Fnion ex-Prisoners of War met here
yesterday and will remain in session
over today. The principal matter to
receive attention is the project for the
erection of a monument at Anderson
ville, for which the last Illinois legis
latum appropriated .$15,000. The asso
ciation will have a leading part in car
rying out the project, as many of its
members were among the prisoners eon
fined at Andersonville during the war.
Diplomat With Record.
Copenhagen, Oct. 22 The new Dan
ish minister to Washington will be
Count Carl Moltke. He is only 40
years of age, but is considered to be
one of the cleverest of Danish diplo
mats. He has hail a somewhat unusual
career, starting as a navy officer and
Arctic explorer, being once the leader
of a large Greenland expedition. His
family ranks among the oldest nobility
in Denmark, yet he is related on his
mother's side to ex Empress Eugeuie
New Route for Smugglers.
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 22 Although
the smuggling of Chinese coolies across
the Mexican border has been practically
ended, it is acknowledged by the immi
gration authorities that many -Asiatics
are being illegally brought into this
country by water. Commissioner Wcd
dle says his office is badly handicapped
liy not having a fast boat in which to
pursue craft bringing coolies up the
coaat.
1 SOLDIERS ARE ATTACKED.
Revolutionists Start Guerilla Warfare
on Austrian Troops.
London, Oct. 23 Open warfare has
been in progress in Bosnia and Her
zegovina for 10 days, and scores have
been killed, according to information
brought hero yesterday by the Monte
negran agent. More than 120,000 Aus
trian troops have been attacked by in
surrectionists in the annexed territories
and the fighting has been continuous.
So far as is known np pitched battle
has taken place, as the insurrectionists
aro greatly outnumbered by the Aus
trians, but their guerrilla tactics have
been very effective.
The situation is so serious that tho
Austrial government has rushed rein
forcements to tho aid of the border
troops. Through strict censorship, the
agent said, the Austrial government has
suppressed all reports of the situation
as it really is. Anarchy exists in tho
eastern and southern sections of tho
annexed territory.
Tho Montenegran agent came here
yesterday to investigate closely tho ex
act situation with a view to learning
what course England will pursue in the
event that Servia and Montenegro de
clare war on Austria. The agent de
clares that tho action of Austria
amounts to an attempt to terrorize Bos
nia and Herzegovina into submission
by force of arms. The temper of tho
people, ho asserts, is such that they will
never mil niit to annexation.
The detention of Envoy Vuketitch by
tho Austrian authorities at Agrain
Tuesday was merely a pretext to allow
them to search his baggage, the agent
ilec.lared. For this reason, he said, the
apology offered by Austria was not ac
cepted and Montenegro will insist upon
the payment of an indemnity.
OKLAHOMA UNDER WATER.
Torrents of Rain Swell Riveis and
Flood Country.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 23 Seri
our floods threaten portions of central
and northern Oklahoma, the result of
a steady downpour of rain that has pre
vailed for the past three days, and is
still continuing. In some portions the
rainfall has amounted almost to the pro
portions of a cloudburst. Numerous
reports of loss of life, made yesterday,
are unconfirmed, and they are believed
to bo without foundation. No single
report of loss of life has been verified.
At Tulsa and vicinity the Arkansas
has risen ten feet in the 24 hours ended
yesterday morning, and was then still
coming up. This brought the stream
to within three feet of the highest stage
reached in the flood of last spring.
Many farms around Tulsa were flooded,
and farmers and their families were
compelled to move out. The town of
West Tulsa is threatened with inunda
tion. In the vicinity of Perry last'night all
streams rose suddenly, and hundreds of
acres of crops were flooded.
A third of the town of Pawnee, with
1500 inhabitants, was covered' last night
with six feet of water.
In the valley of the Canadian river
the valleys for several miles between
Shawnee and McLoud are inundated.
SEND WATER FROM ALTON.
One Illinois Town Supplies Drouth
Stricken Sections.
Alton, 111., Oct. 23 The continuous
drouth of more than 50 days in the in
land towns of Illinois tributary to Al
ton, has forced the residents of that
section to send away for water for
cooking and drinking purposes.
Each day a train of five cars is be
ing sent out from Alton, loaded with
water for the various towns in the
blighted district. Large steel coal cars
have been pressed into service, and are
loaded with 15.000 gallons each. Most
of the water is sent to Gillespie and
C'hipman, but others towns receive their
quota.
There is danger, according to Alton
Water company officials, of the supply
Icing cut off if the Mississippi river
falls much more. The stage of the
stream is lower than it has been before
in 20 years, and the intake pipe of the
company is now only 30 inches under
water. Unless the river rises, Alton
will soon bo short of water.
Czarina May Lose Reason.
St. Petersburg, via Eydtkuhnen, Oct.
23. Unless the czarina leaves soon for
sea voyage to the Mediterranean she
will lose her mind, according to infor
mation conveyed yesterday to the em
peror by her physicians. Keduced to a
nervous wreck by terror of revolution
ary violence, the empress is suffering
almost constantly from hallucinations.
For days she refuses to utter a word,
believing that she is a victim of a
vocal defect making speech impossible.
Again, she thinks herself crippled and
demands to bo wheeled in an invalid
chair.
Huge Ranch Changes Hands.
Ogden, Utah, Oct. 23 A deal was
closed here yesterday by wVieh a mil
lion dollars in cold cash will be paid for
the biggest ranch in the intermountain
region. The purchasers are David Pe
des, M. S. Browning. Joseph Snowcroft
and Adam Patterson, Ogden capitalists.
They obtained title to the famous
Sparks JIarrell ranch in Nevada, which
covers hundreds of square miles. .The
new owners will put 100,000 sheep and
50,000 cattle on the mammoth range im
mediately, r
Electric Power Over Sierras.
San Francisco, Oct. 23 W. A.
Worthington, assistant to the director
of maintenance and operation of the
Harriman lines, is conferring with of
ficials of the Southern Pacific system
regarding the proposed changes of the
motive power to electricity in the Si
erras, both to facilitate shipments and
reduce the cost of hauling.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND
ENLARGE MINIDOKA TRACT.
Government Withdraws More Snake
River Land.
Washington, Oct. 22. The Minidoka
irrigation project looks so good to gov
ernment officials that they are making
preliminary surveys with a view to ma
terially enlarging the irrigation area on
the north side of Snake river. As far
as they have progressed these prclimi
nary surveys have been entirely satis
factory, so satisfactory that the secre
tary of interior recently withdrew from
all forms of entry 165,000 acres of land
on the north bank of Snake river just
cast of Shoshone falls. The withdrawn
land lies in townships 7, 8 and 9 south,
ranges 18, 19 and 20 east. If it shall
be later determined to irrigate this land,
its withdrawal will prevent speculative
entries.
The examinations .low under way
are not only with regard to the possi
bility of carrying water onto this land,
but also as to the possibilities of in
creasing the amount of water in Snake
river for irrigation purposes through
construction of storage works on the
headwaters of Snake river and its trib
utaries. $47,000 Will Cover Shortage.
Washington, Oct. 23 Although the
controller of currency yesterday re
ceived the report of Hunk Examiner
Catch on the Farmers & Traders bank
at La Grande, Or., he refuses to make
any statements other than have already
been pul dished, holding the report as
confidential, as are all reports of bank
examiners. It is not believed that the
shortage will exceed that already pub
lisher! $47,000. The face value of the
bank's assets was $166,231, and its lia
bilities, aa far as ascertained, $213,513.
Rains Will Put Out Fires.
Washington, Oct. 22. The cheering
news that the end of the forest fires
now raging in the east is in sight was
announced by the weather bureau to
night. Out along the southern edge of
the Rocky mountain states a storm is
scheduled to appear tomorrow midnight,
and it will move northeastward, at
tended by rains in the valleys of the
Central and Atlantic states. The rains
promise to be sufficiently heavy to ex
tinguish the fires in the Allegheny and
Adirondack mountains.
Mann Declines Honor.
Washington, Oct. 20. Giving as a
controlling reason that his work in
Boston is still unfinished, Rev. Dr.
Alexander Mann, rector of Trinity
Enisconal church of that city, has de
clined the position of bishop of Wash
ington to succeed the late Bishop
Henry Y. Satterlee. Dr. Mann's
declination is the third since the death
of Bisho" Satterlee about six months
ago.
, Fleet Goes to Panama.
Washington. Oct. 22. When the Pa
cific fleet under command of Admiral
Swinburn leaves Magdalena bay about
December 1 on its trip south, it will
go first to Panama and then sail di
rectly for Talcahuano, a distance of
3.300 miles. The other stops in South
America, including Coquimbo and
Callao, will be made on the return to
the United States.
Court Wants No Politics.
Washington, Oct. 23. The. supremo
court of the United States yesterday
indicated disapproval of the efforts to
1-rintr that court into politics at this
time by denying the motion to advance
the hearing in the case of the Nobel
state l ank of Oklahoma against Gov
ernor Haskell and others, involving the
constitutionality of the Oklahoma bank
deposit guaranty law.
Fleet Leaves Honolulu.
Honolulu, Oct. 24. The Pacific
cruiser fleet, commanded by Rear Ad
miral Swinburne, salied at 9:15
o'clock Thursday morning, with the
accompanying torpedo-boat destroy
ers in tow, for the Pacific coast. The
cruisers will proced to Magdalena
bay for target practice, after which
they will visit the west coast of South
America.
Discontinue Fumigation.
Washington, Oct." 24. In view of
the improved conditions in San Fran
cisco, Surgeon-General Wyiiian, of
the public health and marine hospital
service, has instructed his officers to
discontinue the disinfection of outgo
ing vessels.
New Carriers for Oregon.
Washington. Oct. 21. Rural carriers
appointed to Oregon routes: I.oranc.
route 1, William Seals carrie. Charles
Seals substitute; Med ford, "route 1.
John E. Dent carrier, George E. Lindlcy
substitute.
Fires in Adironkack Forests.
Utica. N. Y.. Oct. 21 Heavy wmd
in the central Adirondack's have picked
tin the fires which raced during the
long drought and are driving them on
as furiously as before.
Disease is Slaying Moors.
Washington, Oct. 23 A virulent dis
ease, highly contagious and fatal in
every case, has; broken out at Rabat.
Morocco, and tho Moorish authorities
have been asked to take all quarantine
precautions.
Slocum Sent to Puget Sound.
Washington, Oct. 23 Commander G.
R. Sloenm, United States navy, has
been ordered to Puget Sound navy yard
for duty as ordnance officer.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
BEGINS WORK ON MESSAGE.
President Consults Secretary Straus
on Immigration Problems.
Washington, Oct. 20. The presi
dent is busy holding conferences and
working on his annual message to con
gress, lie conferred on immigration
matters with Secretary Straus and
Robert Watchhorn, commissioner of
immigration at New York. Mr.
Watchhorn's visit revived speculation
regarding the successor to the commissioner-general
of immigration, the
vacancy which it was recently an
nounced at the white house would not
be filled until after election.
The general political situation was
reviewed at a conference between the
president and Renresentative Louden
slager, secretary of the Republican
congressional committee. Mr. Loud
enslager said he told the president that
the committee was -getting plenty of
activity, though not plenty of money,
and that the Republican prospects
were good.
PUNISH OFFICEHOLDERS.
Civih Service Men Suffer for Their
Political Activity.
Washington, Oct. 24. More pun
ishment has been meted out as the
result of charges of pernicious activ
ity in the poitical campaign. The
civil service commission today an
nounced that J. II. Foidham, a dep
uty collector of internal revenue at
)rangeburg, S. C, had been repri
manded and suspended without pay
for 15 days for active participation in
the Republican state convention at
Columbia. Robert A. Stewart, tem
porary deputy collector, who was
county chairman uf the executive
committee ot Clarendon county, S. C,
has been reprimanded. R. O. Pierce,
an employe of the Mare Island navy
yard, whq announced his candidacy
as supervisor in the first district, has
been dischargeu. Clyde .s.nock, a let
ter carrier at Independence, Kan.,
who became the independent candi
date for the district court clerkship.
has resigned to avoid dismissal.
Played Ryan's Son.
Washington, Oct. 20. The record
of a young man r Alexandria. Va.,
who masciueraded here for several
davs as the son of Thomas Fortune
Ryan, the New York multi-millionaire,
is being investigated by the po
lice. The authorities have already
discovered that he has a wife and chil
dren in the Virginia city, and that he
was associated with a woman who is
believed to be the wife of a New York
tock broker. Detectives have discov
ered an alleged attempt by the young
man to defraud a guest of the New
Willard hotel by representing that
valuable pictures could be bought by
the payment of a deposit. The de
posit, however, was not paid.
Mortgage on Western Pacific.
Oakland. Cal.. Oct. 21. The Western
Pacific Railroad company today filed a
$25,000,000 second mortgage with the
county recorder. The loan is secured
from the Central Trust Comnany of
New Ynrk Citv. The main line road
from Salt Lake City to Oakland is given
as security for the loan, which is to he
used as a sinking fund. The mortgage
runs for 44 years, bearing ," per cent.
1 he first mortgage was filed September
1. 11)03. and was for a loan of SiloOoO.
000. This amount was secured from the
Bowling Green Trust Company, of New
York.
Wright Soon All Right.
Washington, Oct. 22. Orville Wright,
the aeronaut, who has been confined in
the hospital at Fort Myer ever since the
accident to bis aeroplane on September
17. when Lieutenant Sel fridge met his
death, is rapidly recovering. He is ex
pected to be able to move with the aid
of crutches in a few days, and his sis
ter, Miss Catherine Wright, plans to
take him to their Dayton home by the
end of next week. Wilbur Wright, now
in France, will complete the tests of
their aeroplane before the army board
at Fort Myer, next spring.
Pacific Fleet's Program.
Washington,' Oct. 21. The navy de
partment announced the plans for the
cruise of the Pacific fleet today. After
the fleet leaves Magdalena bay at the
completion of the autumn battle prac
tice, it will cruise down the west coast
of South America, visiting Panama.
Callao, Coqucmbo.- Talcahuano and other
South American ports. The fleet will
return for the spring maneuvers in the
north Pacific, and then proceed to Cali
fornia ports.
Oil Company Blocked.
Washington. Oct. 21. The supreme
cotfrt of the United States denied the
motion for a rehearing in the r-e of
II. Pierce Clay, of the' Waters-Pierce
Oil company, of St. Louis. Pierce re
sisted an application for his removal to
Texas in connection with the prosecu
tion of his company on the charge of
violating the Texas anti-trust laws.
Plan Welcome to Fleet.
Amoy, Chim. Oct. 24. Admiral
Sah, of the Chinese navy, and Mr.
Sun, the provincial treasurer of the
reception committee to welcome the
battleship fleet to this port, have ar
rived here on the Chinese cruiser Fei
Eng.
SERVIA IS AROUSED.
People Enraged by Austrian Outrage
on Vukotics.
Belgrade, Oct. 21. General Vukotics,
an official of the Montenegrin govern
ment, arrived here yesterday at noon,
after an extraordinary experience at
Agram, where he was arrested by Austro-IIungarian
officials and detained for
several hours. In an interview, the gen
eral said:
"On my arrival at Agram gendarmes
entered my car, dragged me out and took
me to the prefecture of police. I was
then searched, and my purse, papers, in
fact, everything I had, were taken from
me. My baggage was also completely
ransacked. I game the gendarmerie my
name and explained my status as a spe
cial envoy to King Peter. I showed
also the passport and safe conduct given
me at the Austro-IIungarian legation at
Cettinje, but all to no avail.
"Ultimately I was permitted to send a
telegram to Baron von Aehrenthal, the
Austro-IIungarian minister of foreign
affairs, complaining of the treatment ac
corded me, which was in violation of in
ternational usage. After considerable
delay an order arrived from Vienna in
structing the police to release me, and
this was done.
"I was detained at the police station
for seven hours, and, as I lost my train
connection, .my journey was delayed al
together fourteen hours."
This occurrence ras aroused again a
bitter feeling toward Austria-Hungary
on the part of the Servians, and the peo
ple are greatly excited.
The general is the hero of the mo
ment in Belgrade. A great crowd of
students and others gathered in front
of his hotel yesterday afternoon, and
when the general entered his carriage to
drive to the palace the students unhar
nessed the horses and dragged the ve
hicle through the streets themselves.
Meanwhile the mob shouted its approval
of King Peter and Prince Nicholas and
cursed Austria.
PREDICTS BIG WAR
Balkan Trouble Means Dawnfall ot
Turkey, Says Escaped Prince.
Chicago, Oct. 21. Prince Shaban Bey
Gotshsa, leader of the Turkish revolu
tionists, upon whose head the sultan has
placed a price of $.15,000, is living quiet
ly in Chicago. Prince Shaban would
become sovereign of Albania should that
country be freed from Turkish rule.
He believes the present Balkan situation
is a crisis in European affairs that will
result in the disintegration of the Otto
man empire.
"I predict a general European war as
a result of the Balkan difficulties," said
Prince Shaban.
Prince Shaban, who lives at 2132
Michigan avenue, was a leader in the
organization of the revolutionist party
in his province. He gathered an army
of 12,000 men, which was defeated at
the battle of Jackova in 1904. He evaded
capture and fled to" London.
RAISE FUND FOR CHINESE.
Countrymen in Victoria Get News of
Loss of Crops by Floods.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 21. Local Chi
nese have received cablegrams telling
of heavy loss of life and great desola
tion of Yannan and Helping. China, as
a result of the breaking of the dykes
and overflow of the West river, inun
dating the district for a hundred miles.
The number of killed is not given, but
the message states that the loss has
been immense, and starvation is feared,
and it appeals to the Chinese abroad to
send aid.
Subscriptions from local Chinese were
made within a short time after the re
ceipt of the cablegrams, which totaled
$7000, this amount being cabled to Chi
nese officials at Canton for distribution
among the sufferers. Starvation is ex
pected to follow, as the disaster comes
at the time of harvest, when the crops
arc ready to be taken from the fields.
Half the district is stated to be flooded.
Michigan Fire is Spreading.
Sault Ste. Marie. Mich.. Oct. 21.
Hundreds of residents in this district
who have been fighting forest fires to
day are depending upon showers pre
dicted for tonight to give much needed
relief. A 40-mile gale spread the fires
in all directions today. It is reported
that Suzar island, which has a popula
tion of 1000 persons, is ablaze almost
from end to cud. Near Tedour sixteen
square miles have been burned over.
Gladys. Fekerman. Shelldrake and
Whitefish Point are surrounded. Brim
ley had a narrow escape today, but the
fires were driven back.
Thousands Die by Storm.
Amoy, Oct. 21. The damage done in
Thursday's typhoon was much greater
than at first reported. In Chang Chow
.1000 houses were destroyed, and 1100
persons killed. In Lamcheng. 15 miles
west of Chang Chow, 300 houses were
destroyed and 1200 persons killed. Five
years ago Lamcheng was flooded, and
;;ooo were drowned. Fifteen miles north
of Chang Chow, three villages were en
tirely destroyed in the storm and 200
persons were killed.
Greit Storm in Montana.
Butte. Mont., Oct. 21 A heavy storm
has cut Butte off from the north and
west. Eastern Montana reports bliz
zards, delaying trains from five to ten
hours. The unusual snow is believed
to have caused loss to sheep.
TOTAL DEATHS IN
FORESTS NOW 41
Many Families and Schccl Children
in Michigan Still Missing.
At Least 1,700 Homeless Many Bod
ies Yet to Be Found Fate of 60
Families CamDed on Lake Shor
Remains in Doubt Fires Burning
but Worst is Over.
Alpena, Mich., Oct. 20. The cer
tified known death list resulting from
the forest fires in Presque Isle and
Alpena counties stands at 41, with sev
eral persons still reported missing
and a probability of severe loss of
life in northern Pulaski and Krakow
townships in Presque Isle county.
At least CO families were living near
the shore of Lake Huron in the north
ern half of Pulaski and Krakow town
ships and nothing has been heard of
them since the fire.
At Grand Lake a farmer and wife
and four children are known to have
taken refuge in a boat and nothing
has since been heard from them.
A dozen school children sent home by
the teachers have not been heard from.
While big fires are still burning
throughout the northern tier of coun
ties, not a single village or town is now
known to be in danger, and only the
Hurst branch of the Detroit & Mackinac
railroad is out of commission.
Some apprehension is felt for Grace
Harbor, which is located on the shore of
Lake Huron, northeast of here. No word
has been received from there since the
fire.
At the lowest estimate there are 1700
people homeless, and there is not even an
adequate supply of water. '
The Detroit & Mackinac Railroad
company ordered 150 pumps sent into
the fire district. The relief fund at Al
pena has reached $3000, and is growing
rapidly.
MYSTERY ABOUT MAINE.
Warship Arrives Unannounced and
Authorities Keep Quiet.
Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 20. The bat
tleship Maine, one of the special service
squadron that has preceded the Atlantic
battleship fleet on its voyage around
the world, arrived in the lower bay yes
terday. The Maine has been in wireless com
munication with the commandant of the
yard here since Monday morning. The
messages have caused considerable stir
among the officials of the yard, who
refuse to reveal their significance. For
the first time this year, wireless oper
ators have been forbidden to disclose
the contents of the messages.
It is understood that the Maine will
stay in port here for three weeks, and
after a cruise will later return for a
general refitting. During the present
stay the vessel will go to the Kittery
drydock to have her hull scraped.
The Maine and the Alabama sailed
from Hampton Roads as units of the
battleship fleet. They were detached
from the fleet at San Francisco and
sent ahead to prepare the way.
The Maine's last port was the Azores.
The Alabama is expected to reach New
York tomorrow. She left the Maine
last Wednesday.
THOUSANDS ARE'STARVING.
Floods Devastate Vast Area in China
at Harvest Time.
Victoria. B. C. Oct. 20. Local Chi
nese have received cablegrams telling
of heavy loss of life and great desola
tion of Yannan and Heiping. China, as
a result of the breaking of the dykes
and overflow of the West river, inun
dating the district for a hundred miles.
The number of killed is not given, but
the message states that the loss has
been immense and starvation is feared,
and it appeals to the Chinese abroad to
send aid.
Subscriptions from local Chinese were
made within a short time after the re
ceipt of the cablegrams, which totaled
$7000. this amount being cabled to Chi
nese officials at Canton fir distribution
among the sufferers. Starvation is ex
pected to follow, as the disaster comes
at the time of harvest, when the crops
are ready to he taken from the fields.
Half the district is stated to be flooded.
Guilty of Disrespect.
Yokohama, Oct. 20. The court
martial that tried Lieutenant Frank
T. Evans, of the battleship Louisiana,
son of Rear-Admiral Evans, found he
was not guilty of intoxication, but was
guiltv of disrespect to his superior of
ficers and of leaving deck while he
was on duty. The court's sentence
was, that he shall lose 150 numbers
and receive a public reprimand. Rear
Admiral Sperry criticises the sentence
as inadequate and too lenient and
says he approves it only in order that
Lieutenant Evans shall not entirely
escape punishment
Tolerance Must Be Advocated.
Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 20. In his ser
mon Sunday, on "The Sacred Use of
Smidav." Rev. Joseph L. Garvin, at the
First Christian church, declared for the
opening of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex
position on Sunday. In explaining his
position he said that since the expo
sition is elevating and instructive ar.d
the majority of men' and ..omen do not
go to church on Sunday, the spirit of
tolerance should impel helpfulness from
church people in the selection of other
places.
Three Shocks in Manila.
Manila. Oct. 20. Two sharp earth
quake shocks were felt here today, fol
lowed by a third, wh-'ch was less severe.
No damage was done in or about Ma
nila, and as yet no report has been re
ceived from other points on the island.
The first shock came at 10:50 A. M.,
the second at 1:40, and the third at 3:10
P. M.