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Newspaper Page Text.4 COLLIDE IN BIG SWAMP Two Passenger Trains Come Together Near New Orleans. Eleven Persons Dead and Score In jured Heroic Work by Women to Stay Intense Suffering of Victims Wreckage Takes Fire and Adds to Horror and Suffering. New Orleans, Nov. 12 Eleven per hoiih a re Known to lie dean ana a score or more are injured as a result of a wreck yesterday morning on the New Orleans & Northeastern railroad at Lit tie Woods, 12 miles from New Orleans lietween Slidell and New Orleans the tracks of the New Orleans & North eastern are used by the ('J rent Northern nnd it was a suburban train of this roai from Covington that crashed into the rear of a local Northeastern train from Ilattiesburg, Miss., telescoping the four rear conches. Little Woods is so surrounded by swamp that the only access to the scene is by way of the railroad. When tho rescue party reached Little Woods the ceno was one of terror, desolation and death. The wreck had caught fire and the first efforts of the loungers around the camps went toward subduing the flames. In this they had been partially successful, but little succor had been given to the badly injured and several if these died while lying around the Miiiiiildering debris. Hude bandages had 1 n bound about their wounds in an olfort to stop the flow of blood and many instances the later investigation of the surgeon discovered that inoro than one life had been saved in this manner. None worked harder than the women passengers in this crude surgery, MAY BE ANDRE. Skipper Finds Remains Under Cross Bearing Explorer's Name. Copenhagen, Nov. 32. There is rea son to believe that the body of Pro fessor S. S. Andre, the Arctic explorer, who, in 11105, made an attempt to reach the north pole in a balloon, has been found on the coast of Labrador. A letter received from the captain of the Danish steamer Inga, dated Labra dor, September 30, reports that Captain Chatker, skipper of the American schooner Pelops, of Conception Bay, N. V., discovered in northern Labrador a 'ross bearing the name "Andre," and that beneath this cross he found a body and a box of documents. lie dug under the cross and found human remains and a box containing papers. Captain Chatker said that he removed the cross, but he refused to say whether or not the papers were in liis possession. The Inga's captain asked how the name "Andre" was upelled. On being told, he took a piece of paper from liis pocket, on which was written the name as it appeared on the cross. It was "Andree." The place where the cross was dis covered is an absolute desert and is rarely visited, even by the Eskimos. What became of Andre's two compan ions, if the discovered remains prove to be his, is a problem, but the light proVi jibly will be thrown upon their fate by an examination of the papers. GRILL OIL TRUST. Stuff Sold in Canada Said to Be Ex pensive and Dangerous. Winnipeg, Man., Nov. 12 A sweep ing investigation of the affairs of tTie Standard Oil company in Canada was started here yesterday as the result of a series of explosions east of here in which more than a score of persons re cently lost their lives. The investiga tion is being conducted by both the pro vincial and the dominion officials. Each body is working separately, but both are reviewing the same evidence. The quality is one of the most im portant facts to be established and the officials first went to Swan river, where a family of nine perished because of an explosion of inferior oil. The investigators have learned that oil selling for 40 cents a gallon can be bought HO miles away in the United States for 12 cents a gallon. The Stand ard Oil officials say the difference in price is due to a local syndicate of deal All Bribes in Evidence. San Francisco, Nov. 12. Judge Law lor yesterday ruled that the various briberies and offers to bribe the former lioard of supervisors by Abraham Ruef through James L. Gallagher constituted 4 'similar offenses," and sustained the contention of Assistant. District Attor ney Francis J. Heney that in order to show the relations lietween unci aim the supervisors he was entitled to intro duce evidence of oilers to bribe in the various other franchise matters other than the particular indictment in the Vnited Kailroads case. Ends Public Ownfrship. Cleveland, Nov. 12. Two receivers for the Municipal Traction eompany and the Cleveland Railway company will be appointed today by Federal Judge Taylor. He made it clear that tV 'receivers were merely to preserve t bo propertv and that lie would not, un dertake to determine the rights of the rlevoland lailw:.y company or the Mu nicipal Traction company as to restora tion of their property, but would re serve that question for the final hear ing. Largest in the World. Chicago. Nov. 12. A permit for the construction of what architects say will be the largest office building in the world was procured yesterday. The building will be erected for the Top ples Gaslight & Coke company and will stand at Adam street and Michigan avenue. It will be 20 stories high and will contain 7,020,000 cubic feet of air space. MINE EXPLOSION FATAL. Awful Disaster in Germany Claims 339 Known Dead. Ha mm, Westphalia, Oermany, Nov. l.'l The greatest mine disaster in many years in Germany occurred yesterday morning at the Kadbod mine, about throe miles from this place. There was a heavy explosion at 4 A. M., and al most immediately tho mine took firo. Of UNO minors working underground at tno time, only six escaped without in jury. Thirty five men were taken out badly hurt and 37 dead were brought HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON, D. C. CHANGE IN COINS. Mints Turning Out Gold Pieces of New Design. Washington, Nov. 12. The .uints of Philadelphia, San Francisco and Pen U . - . M - - to the mouth of the pit. The remain- ver have begun coining nev $5 gold ing 302 have been given up for lost. pieces, struck on a different plan from I he explosion was unusually violent, Lmv tiprntnfnrp n-MM-yujtf ihu! or ino Hiiarts. wnicn nau r4. r, . t..: If fl 1 rl 1 V vat HI i -rm I 1 1 n f f li n dicimia 1 work was begun. In addition the UL1U k. oust veil uy Jr. vviniaiu flames and smoke proved to lie almost Sturgis Bigelow, of Boston, that to insurmountable obstacles in tho efforts nermit the coins beinir piled to a uni of tllO reselling Parties. A Snecial fnrm liroo-lif -i InVlier nr ctrnnmr rf orps, composed of tho men who ren- lief might be obtained bv depressing ered such valuable aid in the terrible the design below the field or fare of mine disaster ai uourneres, France, in the coin, instead of raising it above March, l!)0(i, arrived upon the scene as usual in all coinage operations shortly before noon, but were unable This would provide a flat field and a to enter the mine, being forced to await uniform thickness, the flat surface the result of the efforts of the firemen taking the wear and protecting the 10 keep uie names in check. relief, the shape of the depression fol luoantime Heartrending scenes took owing the out me of the re hef place at the mine when tho dead and The same design will be used on injured were brought to the surface, the new $2.50 pieces and all will bear ami mere were similar scenes in the the In God We Trust motto. town when tho injured were transported through the streets to the hospitals. ... . . . ' ni it ,. I or nn.iTtiiil ipn M 1 o'c ock the tiro had made creat nvani "ill oc iuii i mucu. headway, and later in the afternoon, after a consultation of the engineers, Government to Take Octopus Rebate ! W,H lt 1 u,i any lurtner at- Case to Supreme Court tempts to rescue the entombed men r would be in vain, owing to the impossi- Washington, Nov. 13 Tt was stated bility of entering the galleries. At the at the department of justice that in same time an order was issued to Hood U.;nw ,lf i, inr nf mnnpv in Hi o nu' no " " First reports indicated that the ac- voivea, uie important questions or law cident was the result of an explosion "1 the popular interest in the case, the ot coal dust, but the statements of the government would not rest on the de injured men rendered this improbable cision of the circuit court of appeals in ind it is not clear just what caused it. the Standard Oil case, but that the case would be taken to the supreme court of FREIGHT RATES UP. the United States at the earliest possi ble date. This will be done bv an appli- Railroads Gain $10,000,000 Yearly tiorari The appncation to the court Dy rMew i arm. for a writ will be submitted Aovem Los Angeles. Nov. 13 Ten million ,jcr lobars a vear will bo nd.led tn the Attorney-l.eneral lionaparte said tliat freight revenues of the. r.i ilronrf!. bv U conference of counsel would be held the increase in west-bound transconti- on Thl,rsilay to decide definitely on the nental freight rates -which become ef- steps that would be taken in bringing feet ve .Linnarv 1 nccnnl intr n th oti. tiie case berore tne supreme court, ite mate of Fred I Gretrson. traffic, man- B!d that many important rate Cases de 7 I i i ii r . ii..' iger of the Associated Jobbers of Los P nU( a 00 nn!U uecision oi mis case, Angeles. among them being seven or eight on Mr. (iregson has just received a press "tner counts against tne standard un proot ot the new tariff, which is issued tulllr"; by the Transcontinetal Freight Bu reau the first copy of the new tariff to reach Los Angeles. "The increase in rates is not nearly is bad as I feared it would be," said Mr. (iregson, after going through the tariff, "One item which might work a hard DENY SETTLERS MORE TIME. Delinquent Minidoka Applicants Must Forfeit Lands December I. Washington, Nov. 14. Secretary Garfield has announced that he will ship on our foundrymen and some manu- grant no extension of time to settlers tacturcrs is the rate on certain kinds of on the Minidoka irrigation project in iron, which has been raised from 75 to Idaho, who have been backward in 80 cents and on which the rate is the making their first annual payment to same on the unfinished as on the fin- the government. Many settlers who ished product. should have paid $2.60 per acre on De- Live poultry in carload lots is cember 1 last have not vet paid un, and raised from $2.00 to $2.20 a hundred unless snich payment is made before De weight. Boots and shoes are raised cember 1 next," such settlers will become from $2.50 to $2.7a, plaster from $7 to delinquent and their entries will.be can- $S a ton, while hardware and structural celled and all moneys they may have iron men are touched up all along the paid thereon will be forfeited. Settlers line, rummers supplies, building hard- under the law have one year grace, but ,-are, drugs and chemicals, glassware, the secretary is unwilling to grant more lectricai machinery ami many other time than the law allows items are raised. " Fight for Colonel Stewart Washington, Nov. 11 The enforced retirement of Colonel William F. Stew- All Depends on Note to the Powers art from the United States army five From Austria. years hetore the age limit has brouirht powerful friends to the officer's niil. St. Petersburg, Nov. 13. Although ho announce thev will lav the matter - : a j i a i l . . ' no uir vi uuLwuru caim is maintained he-fore congress at the next session. It at ino missinn ioreign oirice, me is predicted that the hearing will re Balkan situation has now reached an 8Ut in the exposure of such a personal acme singe, wnere everytuing uepenas f0Url as intensified the Miles-Corbin upon the nature of the note which is animosity. Friends of the Fort Grant xpected from Vienna today and the exile declare that several distinct in- outcomo ot the mediation which Kus- fhiences drove Colonel Stewart from ia, I ranee and Creat Jintain have un- the army. Retirement lost the officer ertaken at Helgrade, at Aurtro-Hun- at least $10,000 in nav and the wnor- gary's request, with a view to limiting tunity of retiring with higher rank and the belligerent activity of Servia. prestige. it mediation is not successful, war is recognized as a possibility in authori tative circles. The Ausf ro-IIungarian- Servian relations are too strained, it is WAR AGAIN POSSIBLE. Bids for Battleship. Washington. Nov. 12. The New v.,-i- ci,;k.,;i,i;., r r- believed, to permit present conditions! . v t cK,;f' ,i i,... to continue indefinitely. ... f . rrtn,trlI(.tim. f tu. 1 he Aus r.an note . will definitely out- bntteshi p Utah. The bids were me the attitude of that government re- f.i, ti, v... -:. - i ,i ''v.i iniiuaj. i lie new ll'IN u ,.mg oi ,e anuexauon n shipbuilding company offered to ful Bosnia and Herzegovina and possible fi, tIlp lWPrnm-t',-ni,n, iefan; FEW CHANGES OF SENATORS Cummins Will Go From Iowa Kern From Indiana. Washington, Nov. 10. The present indications are that the Republicans will have about a two-thirds majority in the United States senate, as the result of the election last Tueeday, or virtually the same as at present, Of the D2 members of that body, 61 hold over, leaving only 31 places to till. Of these 19 are held by Republ cans and 12 by Democrats. Alabama. Arkansas, Louisiana and Maryland al ready have chosen Democrats, and Kentucky and Vermont Republicans The other senators of whom successors are to be elected are : Republicans Allison, Iowa; Ank eny, Washington ; Brandegee, Connect icut; Galligr, New Hampshire; Hasn brough, North Dakota ;Heyburn, Idaho; Hopkins, Illinois; Kittredge, South Dakota; Long, Kansas; Penrose, Penn sylvania; Perkins, California; Piatt, New York; Smoot, Utah; Stephenson, llf All ( '111 Wisconsin, ah oi tnese win De suc ceeded either by themselves or other Republicans. Democrats Clay, Georgia; Gary, South Carolina; Gore, Oklahoma; Mil ton, Florida; Overman, North Caro lina. All of these will be succeeded by Democrats. The only senatorships remaining in doubt are those in Ohio, Indiana and Oregon, which are now represented by Senators Foraker, Hemenway, and Ful ton, Republicans, and Colorado, Mis souri and Nevada, represented by Sen ators Teller, Stone and Newlands, Democrats. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, is about to realize his ambition of becoming a senator from that state. He has many admirers in Washington and hi3 entry upon the scene of national politics will be observed with keen interest. If ndiana should send a Democrat in place of Hemenway, it is supposed here that John W. Kern, the defeated vice presidential candidate, will be chosen and he would be the first Demo crat to occupy a senatorial seat from Indiana since 1899, when David Turplie surrendered his office to Beveridge. compensation to Servia and Montene gro, and the nature of the note will de termine whether or not an international congress can be held. Chinese Emperor Dying. Pekin, Nov. 13 The condition of the emperor is so serious that tho various legations here are sending cable dis patches thereon to their respective gov- fil the government's plans, installing turbine machinery and guaranteeing the completion of the warship within thirty-two months for $3,940,000. The bid guarantees that the vessel will make a speed of 20? knots. Water Okanogan Lands Washington, Nov. 14. At the begin ning of the next irrigation season the government wUl deliver water to 3.472 acres of the Oknnocran irrigation prot ernmenis. mere nave noon circum- net n Was i nctnn. nnd a n nrm nf i - - - tantial rumors among the people of per acre will be made for the cost of; he death ot the emperor and his ltt e ' ' " ' " imt me j:uin. mis rot her. tho infant son of Prince Chun, 'B he divided into ten equal install- has been brought into the palace. The nients with $l.;i0 per acre additional mperor has been suffering for ten years maintenance- cnarge. rayments hecome st from chronic nephritis, a condition "" on -Al:.v 1 "h year, the nrst now complicated with diabetes and sci . payment necoming due in jshisi. atica. It is admitted that Ins brain is affected. To Improve Tennessee River. Iluntsville, Ala., Nov. 13. The Ten nessee Kiver Improvement association met in convention in this city yester day with a good attendance of dele- Rush Work in Klamath. Washington. Nov. 13. The reclama tion service has announced that tho Klamath irrigation project is now 34'-V per cent completed. Muring October four sections of the Keno canal were complete-' and the south branch canal c fr n-lvnnced tint it will be com- Roosevelt Leads "Hike." Washington, Nov. 11. President Roosevelt yesterday led a party of 60. composed mostly of high officials of the army and students of the Army ar college, in a five-mile tramp through Rock Creek park. A portion of the route was up and down hills and over rough roadways, the president fre quently taking the small army of pe destrians over barbed wire fences. It as after dusk when the long walk ended, and not a few or' the party were much fatigued, while the president was in high spirits and fine physical trim. Banker to Be Sentenced. Washington, Nov. 12. The supreme court of the United States has af firmed the decision of the court of appeals of New Jersey sustaining the erdict of the Monmouth county court essions which convicted President Albert C. Twining and Senator C. Carme! of the Monmouth Trust & Safe Deposit company, of deceiving a state bank examiner as to the condi tion of their institution. It was con tended that the deception was prac ticed to cover up the misapplication f $30,000. Reputed Minister Comes. Washington, Nov. 11. Senor Joaquin assasus, who formerly represented Mexico in this country, and whose ap pointment to succeed Enrique Creel as linbassador to the United States, has r some time been anticipated, reached ashington last night, accompanied bv s family. Senor Cassasus denied that had received any notification of his appointment or that he had been sent to the United States by his gov ernment under any special mission. Twin Sisters Win Court Honor. Washington, Nov. 7. Twin sisters, Misses Ethel A. and Florence M. Col ford, of this city, have been admitted to practice in the United States Su preme court. They are the youngest women ever admitted to practice be fore that tribunal, and both are pretty. Their ability got for them an indorse ment from the department of justice. B ds on Eugene Building. Washington. Nov. 11. Bide were opened yesterday for the construction of a pul lie building at Kngene, Or. The ) idders were as follows: Campbell 1'nilding company. Salt Lake, $."." OftO ; W. O. lleckert, Eugene. $(i2.."S0; Geo. ('. Mourer, Salem. $ti3.320: Welch Bros., Salem, $."4.0.7; Charles A. Gray. Port land. $(ki,225. No award has yet been made. STANDARD GAINS POINT. ASSASSIN'S SHOT FOR EX-SENATOR Murder is Result of Political Trouble in Tennessee. Appeal Court Refuses Rehearing in Great Rebate Case. Chicago, Nov. 11. A rehearing of the appeal of the Standard Oil com pany of Indiana from the sentence of $29,240,000 fine imposed by United states District Judge Landis in the government s prosecution for receiv ing rebates from the Alton railroad was denied yesterday by the United States circuit court of appeals, pre sided over by Judge Orosscup. The government will appeal to the United states supreme court for a writ of ccr tioran as soon as possible. Meanwhile additional suits against the Standard Oil company of Indiana have been fully prepared, and trials may be demanded within two weeks Two of the suits charge rebating in . .... i ; . .'ii. i .i f i Luiim.-j.umi wiin srupmcius on tne i i- Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 10. Ex Sena- ..at kx r.dsicui iimui?) ana in wo ine unB lm,.,.,i ,., ,.o u hVfillC'tllA Ar I orrn I linfa MilfAil I ' was the hue of shipment. The case 0clock VL.stenav afternoon on Seventh i-i i , ' ,'. I avcuuo Ui III, JU XI UU t UJ. X U1U vvjiiuii niuiciincms were returned DV U'i..,. i .. i,,.t : iu.u, Mdiiu jun. np, fllintnn U rVnr,pr Mr flarmaflr Cases in which charges of rebating waa 1oillLf riorth (tn rSl4VPnlh ftveillia iu are mnr p in cnnnnctirin ...itl, ch,A ra mcnts over the Chicago & Alton are ... n..i.L u!.... ip u: , , , , . . . nuu uia huh, lwuiu, were approaciiiui; rt T';.7i c. . r- . T beventh avenue on union street. Soon S t Jrll i TCt Att-0ry after they came into sight of one an ,S,' i"d.SC.,reS ,0f ,w,tne"es ,n the other the Bhootin wasbeeun. Kobia Edward Carmack Is Killed by Robin Cooper Victim Fires Back, In flicting Slight Wound Cooper, Senior, Had Been Criticised in Carmack's Newspaper. three cases already have been ques tioned. In overruling the petition for a re hearing, the court emoted from its for mcr opinion and from Judge Landis ruling to prove that the sentence was really aimed at the Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey, which had never been tried. The court holds, as to the plea that the Standard did not know it was not paying the lawful rate that the testimony of Edward Bogardus only went to the jury on the issue whether he had made diligent en deavor" to ascertain the lawful rate Cooper, it is said, firing two shots and .Senator Carmack one. Colonel Cooper, it is said, drew his pistol, but did not fire. Senator Carmack fell to the ground, dying instantly. Robin Cooper was' shot in the right shoulder, but was not oadly wounded. It is understood that the troublo was one of the results of a recent Dem ocratic gubernatorial primary, in which Carmack was defeated. Carmack. since he became editor of the Tennesseean, had been caustic in cricising what he vjvawi oai..iiaiii liic laniui Idle, 11 , T, , . " , , , but that the question as to whether ca!!e,d ,the democratic machine and ha, he had knowledge of the lawful rate was excluded. NORTH DAKOTA LAUNCHED. printed several editorials about Colonel Cooper. tihin the last few davs, it is as serted, Colonel Cooper notified Carmack that these editorial criticisms must cease. Anotner editorial referring to the enlonel nnnpnrpil in tho nnnf-r rpa. First of American Dreadnaught Class terday morning, and this is supposed to ot Battleships. have been the immediate cause of the Quincy, Mass., Nov. 11. The battle- tr.ublo . ship North Dakota, the first American nator uarmacK ren ar tne edge war vessel of the Dreadnaught class, f the street Colonel Duncan B. Cooper was launched at the yards of the Uore au' River Shipbuilding company. at loth walketl a few feet down Seventh Quincy Point, at 12:27 P. M. yester- : euu.e. l" n- f."lee' w?f 6 was examined and treated. An ambu- carried the body of Mr. Carmack day in the presence of more than 10, Ofio people, including representatives , rif f,i-r ctatpc tti mlinnit rrrwr- I ernment at the yards to witness the to an undertaking establishment, launching, This American Dreadnaught, when she has received the additional groom ing due her after she is afloat, will be bigger and swifter and deadlier by far than the British vessel that inspired her. and will be an improvement on DIRECT PRIMARY WINS. Carries Four to One Throughout the State of California. San Francisco, Nov. 10. California that vessel by so many features of lias joined Oregon, Washington and Yankee ingenuity that there will be other states that have adopted the di no comparison between the two. In rect primary, and the vote cast last nothing "that Great Britain is building Tuesday in that state in favor of the for herself are the many advantages new system- is so emphatic that it can- of tlje American ship utilized and her not be wondered that even a boss-rid- virtues are foreshadowed in the craft den legislature was compelled to heed of the immediate future only in those the demand that a direct primary vessels that Brazil is having made in amendment be submitted to a vote of England under contract. the people. The launching of this ship is held In San Francisco a maionty of nine by authorities to mark an era in the to one was piled up in favor of the advancement of the navy. No such amendment, and across the bay in Oak single stride has been made in naval land, Alameda, and Berkeley the ver- construction since the days when ar- diet was almost as strong. mor plate was first used on the Moni- Under the new law California will in tor and the Merrimac, for the policy future make all nominations by direct embodied in the building of the North vote, and party conventions will be Dakota is as far from that of the other virtually abolished, except for the con vessels recently built as her size is trol of party affairs and adoption of greater than theirs. QUAKES IN DEATH VALLEY. platforms. The total vote of the state is not yet available, but complete re turn from the six counties casting tho largest vote indicated that the primary amendment carried about four to one in, the state "as a whole. OLD CASE SOON ENDS. gates from the several states interested pleted before the opening of next year's in ine improvement or me waterway, irrigation season I tie association purposes to put forth every endeavor to secure an appropria tion from the coming session of con gress to carry out the plans for the improvement of the river in order to make it navigable. Prepares for Big Influx. Butte, Mont., Nov. 13 That the Northern Faeifie expects travel into the northwest next year to exceed that of any previous year is indicated by the statement of President Elliott yes terday that the company has ordered P3 new passencer coaches, which will be placed .'n the transcontinental jtorvice next year. An increase in the service throughout the northwest will be made. Bids for Baker's Postoffice. Washington. Nov. 14 Bid for the const met ion of the Palter Citv. Or.. pi'stoffiee. for which f 00. 000 lias been Chosen on Fourth Ballot. Washington, Nov. 12. Rev. Dr. Al frt d It. Harding, who for twenty-two vo.ts pit Ins been rector of St. Fail's Episcopal church here, was Tuesday elected bishop of Washinrr ' o to succeed the late Rev. Henry V. S-tterlce. Dr. Harding was choen mi the fourth billot, uvt to which Dr. McfJill. also of this city, had led in the balloting. Three Weeks of Quiverings Drives Out the Miners. San Bernardino, Cat.. Nov. 11. Death valley and the surrounding Virginia and West Virginia About to country are in wie u.rue, u. a ri s , L Standing Trouble. rf (nrlhniiil-ic xi-hir-h hpfran fnr o v weeks ago, and the most violent of Richmond. Va., Nov. 10 After drag- which occurred last Wednesday morn- ging along for years, the end of tho ing before daylight, causing conster- famous Virginia-West Virginia debt nation among the mining camps, and question is now in sight. Eminent resulting in many miners and pros- counsels representing the two states pectors fleeing from the district. assembled here yesterday for the first Immense chances in underground! formal hearing in the case, before rivers which intersect the great sink Charles E. Littlefiold, of Maine, who are believed to have taken place, and has been appointed master in the pro- some of tne miners believe the waters codings. which once gushed through the valley The Virginia-West Virginia debt dis- will again within a short time be pute arose out of the cre-U'-m of tha flowing over the now arid sands. state of West Virginia out of the orig- Samuel Lawrence, one of the first inal domain of Virginia, and the proper miners to reach here with details of apportionment of the then bonded in- the earthquakes, said that for three debtedness of the latter state. A suit weeks past there had been one or two is pending before the United States temblors daily. They had all been supreme court, and upon the ultimate light with the exception of the one on report of the master. Mr. T,ittlefield, Wednesday. depends the adjudication of the matter. Dividend 629 Per Cent. Want Inland Wuterways. St. r.iul. Nov. 11. Word has Columbus. Ga., Nov. 10 The Oulf reached the Northern Facific directory coast inland waterways convention, that the extra dividend of $11.2ti which which asseml led in this citv v-sterdav wns recently declared by the North- for a two (lavs, to bo wesrern miprovrmem imn'ianv i-t . , ,. , . the benefit of the Northern Pacific :l larS' "ltl,,"tl:,l ''ighiy inter- s'ockhol-'ers will be paid on Decern- esting gathering. The convention aims her 3. The amount constitutes a 029 to promote the commerce an-1 industry ncr cent dividend on the stock of the of tho southern coast states 1 v the im Northwestern Investment company, r'ovement of the rivers emptying into which amounts to S2.7T5.000. and is to the gult and the construction ot canals. he nnid to all Northern Pacific stock- The states chiefly interested in the holders. The improvement company movement are Texas, Louisiana. Ten was formed soon after the reorganiza- nessee. Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama lion of the Northern Facific in 1S9T. ami l-Iorida. New Postoffice at Santa Rosa. Washington. Nov. 14 Tho contract Want Ships for Pacific. San Francisco. Nov. 11 A set of resolutions asking that the Pacific feet be retained in the Pacific ocean uul thnt it be augmented by the At lantic fleet was forwarded to President-elect Taft yesterday by the offi cers of the Calif.T-'ii i branch of the American National Red Cross p-vie'v. Taft is president of the American Na tional Red Cross society and the or- T 1 - 1 -, , l , . ; 1 i : ' -'.'y '"'r f tl.e construction of n new postoffice infirm here hones to have conid i-.. pniific miiMings will lie covered bv bids of 1000. has 1-eon awarded to Hoyt bv the treasury department. The contract price is $oo,5.i0, to be opened this month. To Recognize Paraguay. Washington. Nov. 13. The st.ito de partment, has announced the Adminis tration's decision to recognize the new government of Paraguay, which was estal lished as the result of the suc cessful revolution last spring. uilding at Santa Kosi. Cab, to replace orallc influence with him in making the one shaken down by the earthquake I j,e request. Forest Service Depositary. Washington, Nov. 13. The forest service hns chosen the First National bank of Portland depositary for the funds of the forest service in Oregon. N.itions Apr: Wr 'v"-tii Paris. Nov. 11 The threatened Shot by Lunatic. New York. Nov. M..Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of Now York Citv. was wounded in the abdomen yester-lav morning bv a bullet fired bv E. II. R. Mackev an eccentric English stenog rapher, who then committed suic:de. He was resting well last night, and un less complication develop will re cover. Mr. Morgan prol-ab'v owes his life To tin i)T'i''k wit an' braverv of ' is I t vear-old -laughter, IVrothv, saw Mackev draw lis revolver, struck it with her lrii-1. who an-1 Long Distance Wireless Record. Seattle. Wash.. Nov. 10 Th wire- rupture of the peaceful relations of less operators at Tatoosh Island. etab i;rrpirv and France was averted lished a 2300 mile record S-itnr-lav vesfcrdav by the signinc of an agree-! night, when they picked up an order i-c-it by the representative of both j from the armored cruiser West Vir ii:,,ns settling the Cns Blanc? dis- g'"ia. of the Pacific fleet, for lumber pute. with which to construct targets.