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HEPPNER OREGON
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in a Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader
Matters of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance.
Cholera is raging among all classes
in Seoul, Korea.
The Santa Fe has obtained track
privileges in San Francisco.
A huge boycott against Japan has
been unofficially started in China.
Crush to Bee aviation tests in Faris
caused a riot and -wreck on railroad.
William Jennings Bryan was greeted
by an immense crowd on his arrival in
Fortland.
It is reported that Miss Gladys
Kerens, of St. Louis, will wed Prince
Schoenberg, of Saxony.
The Kock Island railroad has been
mulcted of about $300,000 by over
confidence in one of its big shippers.
Enormously rich deposits of silver
and cobalt have been found in Canada,
after having been overlooked for 30
years.
The real reason for the recall of
Charles R. Crane, minister to China, is
said to be indiscreet utterances while
in Chicago.
It has been revealed that two Chicago
aldermen are heads of one of the most
gigantic graft and corruption systems
ever known.
Wu Ting Fang visited a spiritualist
meeting in Washington and appeared
much interested, and intimated that he
might attend again.
Hearst has accepted the nomination
for mayor of New York.
A trainwreck in Kansas killed 17
laborers and wounded 10 others.
Freight cars are scarce in the East
and a serious shortage is predicted be
fore winter.
Prince Ito, president of the privy
council of Japan, will make a long
tour of Manchuria.
Professor Fryer, of California, says
China is preparing to make war on en
croaching foreign powers.
Wright made his first flight in a gov
ernment aeroplane and began the in
struction of signal officers.
Congressman Landis says the navy
is top-heavy and needs a strong mer
chant marine to back it up in time of
war.
A steamer reports that Beveral thou
sand natives were drowned on the is
land of Yucatan by the recent Gulf
hurricane.
Captain de Gerlach, who commanded
an Antarctic expedition in 1907, has
no doubt that both Cook and Peary
reached the Pole.
Mix, the American balloonist who
won the international balloon race in
Switzerland, is about to lose the prize
because some peasants dragged him to
the ground for a moment.
Director of Census Dana Durand be
lieves that college students will make
excellent census enumerators, and he
purposes to suggest that educational
institutions gives leaves of absence in
April next toBUch students as may
care to join the army of 65,000 enum
erators. Taft immensely enjoyed the beauties
of the YoBemite valley.
Spanish revolutionists predict a rev
olt against King Alfonso.
British and German admirals shook
hands across the banquet. table.
Glenn H. Curtiss made threa suc
essful flights in his airship at St.
Louis.
Near-beer dealers of Tennessee will
have to pay a tax of $1,150 each
yearly.
Dewey says the U. S. navy is by no
means a bluff. He advocates more
warships and a ship subsidy.
Accumulated sewer gas and waste
from neighboring garages caused a
tremendous explosion in a New York
sewer.
Nebraska Baptists are much wrought
up because a Mormon convict has been
appointed chaplain of the state peni
tentiary General Wood denies that the Boston
army and navy maneuvers caused
sickness and says much valuable knowl
edge was gained.
All the officials of Marshalltown,
Iowa, have been indicted by the federal
grand jury for imprisoning government
secret service agents.
During the absence of the American
representatives, Japan has forced
China into a treaty whereby the open
dor i n Manchuria ia closed to all but
the Japanese, and serious disagree
ment may follow.
Japan has forced China into a treaty
which closes the open door in Man
churia to all but Japanese.
American Consul Hanna, at Mon
terey, Mexico, again appeals for help
for the earthquake sufferers.
Beginning Nov. 1 the Burlington
will shorten its running time between
Chicago and the coast to 72 hours.
The Wright brothers will make no
more exhibition flights, but will begin
the manufacture of aeroplanes for sale.
CHINA BEGINS BOYCOTT.
Insulting Aggression of Japan Is Given
as Reason.
Tokio, Oct. 12. Copies of circulars
issued in North China by a body of
Chinese calling itself the Fopular As
sociation of the Three F.astern Prov
inces have been received in Japan after
having been spread broadcast among
Chinese of the lower classes. The cir
culars contain inflammatory statements
against the Japanese. They bear upon
what is called the "weakness of poor
China" and the "insulting aggression
of Japan."
Assertions are made. that Japan has
devastated the arable lands of North
China and has enslaved laborers along
the line of the Antung-Mukden railroad,
that Japanese officials have beaten the
men. insulted the women and terrorized
the people.
The circulars point out that the weak
ness of China in a military sense
makes it impossible, for her to resent
this treatment, except by a boycott; and
call upon the people of China generally
to refuse all dealings w'.th the Japanese
All students and persons who value
freedom are called upon to propagate
the doctrines and join in adopting the
programme of the association. Failing
in this, they are threatened with vio
lence and even death.
The document concludes with the re
quest that Chinese vehicles, vessels and
railroads refuse to carry Japanese
goods. An endless chain is sought on
the request that patriotic citizens into
whose hands the circulars may fall shall
have them reprinted and scattered
broadcast, until Japan is completely
shut out from all commercial communi
cation with China.
These circulars have created some
thing of a sensation in Japan. Effort
is being made to prevent the spreading
of their contents among Japanese of the
ignorant class because the danger of
arousing feeling at this time is recog
nized. Meanwhile there is reason to believe
that Japan has called, or will immedi
ately call the attention of the Chinese
authorities to the boycott propaganda,
demanding that the circulars be out
lawed as illegal documents, and that the
Popular Association of the Three East
ern Provinces be brought under disci
pline. The exact method by which China is
able to control her people in this way
is not known, but it is believed here
that the government of China can sup
press promptly any boycott movement.
All merchants of standing in China
have official rank and can be disci
plined. ROTTEN WITH GRAFT.
New Chief of Police Exposes Terrible
Condition in Chicago.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 12. Appalling con
ditions brought to light during the trial
of Inspector McGann of vice conditions
on the West Side, the immediate for
mation of Jewish crusaders to drive
their people out of the pandering busi
ness, the organization of reformers,
state, national and international, to
check, if possible, the infamous "white
slave" traffic, all expose the shameful
fact that two men who have grown
enormously rich in criminal business
still hold important municipal positions
here and continue to have a prominent
voice in making the city laws.
The drastic order issued last night by
Chief of Police Steward to all mem
bers of the department to stamp out
vice, exposes frightful conditions in the
first ward, the very heart of the city,
where two politicians who hold oflice
in the city council are collecting an
nually more than $117,000, every penny
of which is spotted with blood and
crime. These two men, and their army
of "specialists" have the great red
light district on the South Side abso
lutory under control.
From the dives, the shady hotels, the
saloons and the gamblers of the South
Side territory, extending to and em
nraeing the Twenty-second street, "red
light" levee, two powerful business
men of the district are pocketing a
golden stream of graft.
For years the gigantic system of
corruption has obtained. It puts the
West Side ring of tribute collectors
that was routed by State's Attorney
Waymnn. through the conviction of
Police Inspector McGann, to shame. An
army of lieutenants has boon mar
shaled together to see to it that no
blood-stained penny even escnpes the
coffers of the master-soldiers of tho
night. They are constantly on guard.
No breaks" of faith ever sover the
masters from tho victims. There are
never any knife-in-the-back tactics
that result in scandals.
Cholera Threatens Seoul.
Seoul. Oct. 12. Cholera threatens to
become a serious epidemic here. The
authorities are taking every precaution,
but Seoul is not a sanitary city, and the
disease has spread rapidly. The pal.-ice
of the ex-emperor has boon invaded and
the home of the resident -general has
not been immune. The schools are
l..-.ed regnl.irly for fumigation. For a
vonr the ,minry authorities appointed
by the Japanese resident-general have
been cleaning np the city, but only
those who have gone into the alleys
and byways of Seoul can know of the
uneleanliness here.
Bold Thug Gets Thousands.
Seattle. Wash., Oct. 12. Binding and
gagging l)th the chief night clerk and
his assistant and carrying them to an
obscure part of the building, a lnne
highwayman -arlv today robbed the
office of the Groat Northern Express
company, at the King street station, in
the heart of the city, and carried off
sacks of gold, silver and a large amount
of paper money, which, it is believed,
will amount to thousands of dollars.
Fifty Thousand Disciples Attend.
Pittsburg. Oct. 12. What is assorted
to be the largest religious celebration
and convention ever held in this coun
try will begin here tomorrow, when the
international cr-iiH-nnial celebration and
convention of the Disciples of Thrift
(Christian denomination) convenes. It
is estimated that fully ."0,000 delegates
and visitors from all parts of the world
will be in attendance.
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
THIS HIGH SCHOOL UNIQUE.
Four-Year Course in Country District
Is Established.
Pleasant Hill Union high school
No. 1, the first farmers' high school
organized in Oregon, has added the
12th grade and can now prepare its
students for the University of Oregon
or any institution of like rank.
Located in the heart of the rural dis
trict, 12 miles from Eugene and five
miles from the railroad, this unique
high school is formed by the union of
five country districts. Some of the
students travel daily six miles from
their homes to school, while others
board in the neighborhood. Besides
their studies, the pupils are as much
interested in athletics, literary society
work and inter-scholastic debate as
those of any city high school.
Earl Kirkpatrick, the principalis a
graduate of the University of Oregon.
Cash for Coos Bay Road.
Marshfield "Who are the people
back of Haines and Clark?" is the
question asked on every street corner.
Money has been deposited in a Portland
bank by New York capitalists ready to
complete the buying of the right of
way of the Coos Bay, Oregon & Idaho
railway, according to a telegram re
ceived by President Grives.
A meeting of right of way and sur
vey certificate holders was held, at
which were present Fred Haines, the
surveyor in the field, and Francis H.
Clark, attorney for the company. A
proposition was submitted to the sur
veyor and attorney to complete the
survey and build the railroad. The two
wired New York, and a reply was re
ceived saying the necessary money was
on deposit in a Portland bank for the
completion of the work. The company
will begin construction work by May
1, 1910.
Railroad Commission Brings Suit.
Salem District Attorney G. W.
Phelps, of Umatilla county, has been
instructed by the railroad commission
to institute mandamus proceedings in
the Circuit court for Umatilla county
to compel the Oregon Railroad & Nav
igation company to comply with the
order of the railroad commission di
recting that the local train service be
tween Portland and Pendleton that has
been abandoned be again inaugurated.
The instructions were given the dis
trict attorney as the result of the agi
tation for better service started by
Judge Stephen A. Lowell, of Pendle
ton, and because the commission be
lieves that the railroad company has
not been maintaining a service that
is adequate and in compliance with the
order of the commission. '
Schools Are Overflowing.
McMinnville. The city schools op
ened with an approximate increase of
18 per cent over the enrollment of
last year. Pending the erection of
the contemplated new high school
building the overflow from the other
school buildings is housed temporarily
in one of the exhibition buildings in
the City park, and the basement of the
largest of the public school buildings
has been fitted up as the temporary
quarters for the 11th grade.
St. Joseph's Catholic school also
shows an increased attendance fully
equal in per cent to that of the public
schools.
Newtown Pippins in Test.
Eugene One thousand yellow New
town pippin trees will be set out about
three and a half miles west of Eugene
in the open valley as a thorough com
mercial test for the famous Oregon
apple. Dr. George R. Bergess, of Col
orado, is behind the enterprise and the
orchard will be planted an i cared for
under the supervision of J. M. Morris,
of Eugene. The tract of land has been
chosen by experts and is removed from
any orchards that may have pests. As
soon as the trees planted this fall are
well started another 1,000 will be
added.
Enlarge Freight Depot.
Albany The necessary equipment
to move the big city Southern Pacific
freight depot in this city has arrived
and work will soon begin. The freight
depot is to be moved 300 feet south of
its present location and a big addition
constructed. More room in the freight
depot has been badly needed for some
time because of the increased traffic.
The moving of the structure will pro
vide an open space on all sides of the
Union depot except on that fronting
the tracks and this space will all be
improved and beautified.
Plan Poultry Show.
Pendleton Umatilla and Morrow
counties will hold a poultry show at
Pendleton in January. This is the first
effort to make a poultry exhibit on a
large scale and promises to be very
successful. One or more of the best
poultry judges in the country will be
brought to Pendleton for he show and
every bitrd on exhbit will be scored so
that the owner may know eiactly in
what particular his birds are good or
defective.
Club Proposes to Grow.
Oregon City With a membership of
122, the Commerical club, of Oregon
City is desirous of making it 200 and
with that end in view has requested
its membership committee to work ac
tively during the month of October. It
is planned to give a banquet during
the latter part of the month and to in
vite the officers of the commerical or
ganizations in the various sections of
Clackamas county.
LAND PRICES GO UPWARD.
Values Advance Rapidly in Eastern
Clackamas County.
Oregon City D. W. Douglas, who
was in the city from Cherryville, re
ports a lively movement in property in
the eastern section of Clackamas
county. Forty acres that cost $550
seven years ago were sold last week for
$2,350, and 78 acres brought $2,500.
-Little of this land is cleared. Mr.
Truman, who paid $500 for 20 acres
four years ago, is to receive $1,500 for
the tract and only about one acre has
been cleared. Mr. Douglas has 80
acres that he secured eight years ago
for $10 an acre and he has been offered
$5,000 for his property.
Several Hood River men are buying
land in the Cherryville district and
they say the Boil and climatic condi
tions are admirably adapted for fruit
growing. One of these men recently
purchased 127 acres and he will clear
up 40 acres at once and Bet it out to or
chard. The Mount Hood Railroad
company is putting in a big dam across
the Sandy river and all of that terri
tory is experiencing a wonderful boom.
New Town Wins Prizes
Stanfield At the Eastern Oregon
district fair, held at Pendleton last
week, Stanfield came out with 25 first
prizes for products from the soil. And
this in addition to the many prizes
won by individual exhibitors. Stan
field is a new town in northern Uma
tilla county, in the midst of the Furnish-Coe
project. In addition to the 10,
000 acres of the Furnish project there
are about 15,000 acres of privately
owned irrigated lands tributary.
Irrigation Company Asks Time.
Salem The desert land board has
taken under advisement another peti
tion from the Portland Irrigation com
pany for an extension of time in which
to complete a portion of its work in
Klamath county. This is the fourth
time that the company has come before
the board with such a petition, many
reasons having been given for the de
fault. Very little work has been ac
complished. Holdings Not to Be Sold.
Marshfield Elijah Smith, chief
owner in the Southern Oregon com
pany, is visiting at Empire, where his
big mill is located. The mill has been
idle for some time and the extensive
land holdings are in the same condi
tion. There have been rumors that
Mr. Smith is negotiating for the sale
of his holdings, but these rumors he
denies.
Bonds Easily Sold
Marshfield The city of Marshfield,
it is thought, wiy have no trouble in
disposing of the city improvement
bonds. One man has bought $1,000
worth at par and other bids are being
made. The bonds are attracting the
attention of individual investors.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices : Bluestem,
96c; club, 88c; red Russian, 85c;
valley, 90c; Fife, 88c; Turkey red,
88c; 40-fold, 9Cc.
Barley Feed, $26; brewing, $27.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.5utf28.
Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$15fr 16 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $18
(ft 19; alfalfa, $14; clover, $14; cheat,
$13(14.50; grain hay, $15(?16.
Butter City creamery, extras, 36c;
fancy outside creamery, $'S30i 36 per
pound; store, 22.24. Butter fat
prices average lc per pound under
regular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 32(o:33c per
dozen.
Poultry Hens, 14(T14c; springs,
14 (a l4c; roosters, 9(rt, 10c; ducks,
15c; geese, 9fr10c; turkeys, 17(r
17c; squabs,$ 1.75fa2 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 9(a9c per pound.
Veal Extra, 10(ft:i0c per pound.
Fresh Fruits Apples, new, $1.25
1.75 per box; pears, $11.75 ; peaches,
75c(Ti$ 1.25 per crate: cantaloupes, 50c
(ft$1.25; plums, 25(?;50c per box; wat
ermelons, lc per pound; grapes, 85c(5)
$1.25 per crate; 15ta;20e per basket;
casabas, $1.50; quinces, $l(al.25 per
box; cranberries, $9(?i 10 per barrel.
Potatoes Buying prices: Oregon,
60(?;65c per sack; sweet potatoes, 2c
per pound.
Sack Vegetables Turnips, 75c((li$l
per sack; carrots, $1; beets, $1.25.
Onions New, $1.25 per sack.
Vegetables Beans, 4fr5c; cabbage,
((ic per pound; cauliflower, 50c((i
$1 per dozen; celery, 50ft; 75c; corn,
15ft 20c; eggplant, 75c(r$l per box;
horseradish, 9tf;10c per pound; lettuce,
hothouse, 75c(o$1.25 per box; onions,
126((ijl5c per dozen; parsley, 35c;
peas, 7c per pound; pumpkins, (n)
c; radishes, 15c per dozen; squash,
tomatoes, 50(560c.
Cattle Steers, top quality, $4.25(fi)
4.40; fair to good, $4; common, $3.50
f3.75; cows, top, $3.25frf3.35; fair to
good, $3(?L3.10; common to medium,
$2.50(a2.75; calves, top, $5(f5.25;
heavy, $3.50(rt4; bulls, $2(?;2.25;
Btags, $2.50(?J3.50. ,
Hogs Best, $8; fair to good, $7.75
(ft $7.85; stockers, $67; China fats,
$7.50(fj8.
Sheep Top wethers, $4(ffi4.25; fair
to good, $3.50(33.75; ewes, e. lees on
all grades; yearlings, best, $4(ft4.25;
fair to good, $3.503.75; spring
lambs, $5(ft 5.50.
Hops 1908 crop, choice, 17c; prime
to choice, 16c; prime, 15)c; medium,
15c; 1909, choice, 25c; prime, 24c.
. Wool 1909 Willamette valley, 20(3
24c; Eastern Oregon, 20(ft23c; mo
hair, 1909, 23(Ti24c.
FARM CENSUS ECONOMY.
Director Durand Hopes to Save Sev
eral Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Washington, Oct. 11. U. S. Census
Direcotr Dana E. Durand hopeB to save
severalj hundred thousand dollars in
taking the census of agriculture and
also to increase the accuracy of the
statistics.
The director stated today that at the
census of 1900 the agricultural data
were handled by means of punched
cadrs. For each farm a large number
of cards had to be punched, as the
number of facts recorded regarding a
farm was far greater than the number
of facts required regarding an individ
ual in the population census.
Director Durand said the statistics
of population and of agriculture are
collect' d by a different force from that
employed in gathering the statistics
of manuafctures. The population and
agricultural data are secured by enum
erators of whom there will be about
65,000 at the present census, they in
turn being appointed by the supervis
ors, of whom there are about 330. The
difficulty of securing competent and
faithful enumerators is very great.
The length of service is very short, 15
days in the cities and 30 days in the
country districts. The pay is small,
averaging perhaps three dollars per
day in the country districts and a trifle
more in the cities, practically the pay
of ordniary mechanics. Not only,
therefore, are most of those who seek
to be neumerators able to command
only moderate pay in their occupa
tions, but many of them are men who
can not command regular employment
and who are looking for odd jobs.
The director hopes that a consider
able number of the colleegsand univer
sities of the country jnay see fit to give
leave of absence to their students for
the short time required to do this work
of enumeration. The college student is
a very useful enumerator in some
cases, but it is exceedingly desirable
that enumerators should actually live
in the distritsc where they work, and
tnere are multitudes of districts where
no college students reside or where such
students are in institutions hundreds or
thousands of miles from their homes.
Another class who can render good ser
vice as enumerators are school teach
ers, but, with the enumeration taking
place in April and May instead of June
as formerly, few school teachers can be
spared from their duties to take the
censuB.
DRY FARMING CONGRESS.
Great interest Is Shown From All
Parts of the Country.
Billings, Montana, Oct 11.. An in
teresting example of the widespread
interest in the dry farming movement
was given in the morning mail received
by the secretary the other day when
fourteen states and Canada were rep
resented in the memberships recorded.
These ranged from the Pacific coast on
the West to Pennsylvania on the East
and from Canada to New Mexico.
There were several memberships from
Canada. The states from which the
applications came were California, Col
orado, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraksa, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Wsahington and Wis
consin. Memberships are being received at
such rate that the edition of the Hand
book of Information, which contains
the report of the third session of the
congress, has been exhausted and the
secretary has been compelled to an
nuonce to new members that there are
no more of these valuable books avail
able. All persons joining the congress
from this time on will receive the sec
ond annual Handbook which will con
tain the proceedings of the Fourth Dry
Farming congress which will meet at
Billings, Montana, October 6 28, and
a resume of the contents of the first
edition.
The officers of the congress set out
after the close of the Cheyenne meet
ing with the ambition of making the
membership of the congress total 10,
000 before the Billings meeting and
the indications are that they will come
very near that goal. In one day re
cently the secretary received 180
memberships coming from all parts of
this country and from several foreign
lands. Every mail brings more.
Wins Riches in Old Age.
Los Angeles, Oct. 11. Py a decision
of the United sYttos circuit court of ap
peals today, Timothy Carroll, a pioneer
of Southern California, wins his fight
to compel the Los Alimilos Sugar Com
pany to pay him royalty on his patent
beet dump. The decision crowns with
victory the struggle of Carroll, who is
70 years old, against poverty and hard
ship. 'It will make him independently
rich before tho expiration of his pat
ents six years hence. It will put an end
to litigation that commenced 12 years
ago, when tho sugar company refused
to recognize Carroll's rights.
Improve Immigrant Station.
El Portal, Cal., Oct. 11. One direct
result of President Taft's trip to the
West has been the immediate improve
ment tf immigration conditions at San
Francisco. By the .president's direc
tion Secretary Nagel ordered that the
new immigrant station on Angel island,
San Francisco harbor, be opened at
once. The opening of this station had
been held up for a long time for want
of an appropriation for furniture and
supplies.
Riches Fall on Old Man.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 11. James
Fagan, an aged switchman here, re
ceived official word today that a Car
negie pension of $10,000 was awaiting
his disposal. Fagan worked on the
Pennsylvania railway when Mr. Car
negie was his division "superintendent,
and the $40,000 is accumulation of a
snug persion put aside some years ago
for the switchman.
OFFICERS LEARN
AEROPLANES
Signal Men Fly With Wright in First
Government Airships.
Aviator First Makes Two Test Flights
and Then Takes Lieutenants Lahro
and Humphreys Reaches Height
of 150 Feet and Speed of Almost
Mile a Minute.
College Park, Md., Oct. 9 For the
first time in the history of America, an
aeroplane owned by the United Statea
government soared in the air today.
Guided by Wilbur Wright, it flew five
times in the dedication of the govern
ment's tract of land here as an aviation
ground.
With almost ideal conditions for
spectators and a breeze blowing
scarcely at the rate of a mile an hour,
Mr. Wright began the flights to teach
officers of the signal corps how to
handle the machine. Off the starting:
rail at 3 :00, he circled the field for
three minutes. Again at 4:09 Mr.
Wright was off for another flight.
This time he was in the air five min
utes. At 4 :51 o'clock he soared away
to return after about five minutes.
Each time he had kept to the reserva
tion grounds.
Then Lietuenant Lahm took his
place in the extra Beat. At 5:15 p. m.
the two rose probably 150 feet. They
went a mile and a half toward Wash
ington in hardly more than as many
minutes, fn about five minutes after
they had left they landed within 20
feet of the starting rail. In another
short flight, Mr. Wright took Lieuten
ant Humphreys with him.
Flights probably will be made to
morrow and on days following until the
officers are familiar with the new art.
CHINA PREPARES FOR WAR.
Preparing Her Youths to Resist Greed
of Foreign Powers.
Berkeley, Oct. 9. That China i
making thorough preparations for
armed resistance in the encroachments
of foreign powers at the present time
was the statement made at the stu
dent's meeting at the University of
California today by Professor Johrt
Fryer, head of the department of Ori
ental languages, who has just returned
from a year's travel in the Far East.
"The large body of Chinese youths
and men," said Professor Fryer, "now
to be found in the universities and
lower schools of the United States is
an indication of the advanced educa
tion which the empire has come to
consider necessary. There is but one
reason for it to prepare the young
Chinese to take part in a struggle that
is surely coming.
"Educated in our colleges, these
young men are sent back to China and
form the nucleus for the corps of lead
ers that will one time direct the Chi
nese army. Everywhere in the empire
are to be found evidences that the Chi
neFe are planning for war. Their sol
diers are constantly drilled, and drilled
in the most modern way. The Chinese
have reached the point where they
will no longer endure the encroach
ments of foreign powers, and some
time, before very long, they will take
to the field of battle to settle their
difficulties."
CURTISS THRILLS THOUSANDS.
Flies in a 15-Mile Wind So as Not to
Disappoint Crowd.
St. Louis, Oct. 9. Under adverse
conditions, Glenn H. Curtiss, by a
flight in his biplane late today in For
est Park, received the applause and
cheers of many thousands of persons
who had waited for hours for the wind
to slacken.
Curtiss, facing a 15-mile wind, rose
in his machine 30 feet from the ground
and flew the length of the aero field.
He covered a quarter of a mile and was
aloft 45 seconds.
Early today he remained in the air a
minute and a half and sailed three
quarters of a mile against a 5-mile
wind.
Famire ot Cars Is Near.
Chicago, Oct, 9. The railroadB of
the country are already face to
face with a freight car shortage. The
information disclosed is that the sur
plus of freight cars of the entire
country has practically been wiped
out. Where little more than a year
ago there were nearly 40,0000 idle
freight cars standing on sidetracks,
there is now a small shortage in sev
eral lines of traffic. The prediction is
freely made that belore winter the
country will be facing the severest car
shortage in the history of railroads.
Cuban Finances Improve.
Havana, OcL 9. Marcelliono Diaz
de ViHe-Gas, secretary of finance, to
day gave out the conditoin of the
Cuban treasury concerning which un
favorable rumors have been current.
The secretary says its condition has
improved considerably since the close
of the period of American interven
tion. Then the treasury had a balance
of $2,685,228, against $8,40,956 obli
gations. The balance on September
30, showed $1,035,302.
Winter Finds Colorado.
Denver, OcL 9. A drop in the tem
perature accompanied by enow flurries
in some sections was reported from
Colorado pionts today. In Denver a
light snow fell. No serious damage
has been done in the fruit section.