BEAVER STATE HERALD
luwd two Friday
GRESHAM ....................... OREGON
EVENTS OF THE DAV
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts ol the World.
Less Important but Not Las* Intar*
esting Happening* from Point*
Outside the State.
By the explosion of a gun at Tou
lon 13 French sailors were killed and
a cruiser badly damaged.
Hearst may run for governor of
New York on the Independent ticket
A thousand small fires surround
Lakes Superior and Huron and the
northern part of Lake Michigan
Many settlements are cut off from
communication and their fate is in
doubt.
Authorities believe that the vigor
ous methods employed have checked
the spread of cholera in the Philip
pines.
Fire destroyed the plant of the
Portland Mill & Fixture company at
Portland, entailing a loss of *35.000.
The legislative halls of Indiana
was the scene of a small riot until
police interferred. Local option was
the trouble.
Charles Oliver, special detective,
has been sent to jail for two days for
approaching a juror in one of the
Ruef cases.
Germany objects to France receiv
ing preference over any other power
in Moroccan affairs.
A mob at Ft. Gaines. Ga.. hanged
a negro who assaulted an officer.
STEAMER ON ROCKS.
CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG.
Star of Bengal Loses 110 of Crew and
8« Salmon Cargo.
! Government May Have to Proclaim
Martial Law.
Seattle, Wash, Sept 23 -Advice»
last night from Alaska by the United
States signal corps say that 110 men.
including nine whites, were drowned
in the wreck of the American bark
Star of Bengal, on Coronation island,
west of the Prince of Wale* archi
pelago
Twenty-seven of the vessel’s crew
and passengers were saved The Star
of Bengal belonged to the Alaska
Packers’ association, and was on her
wav to San Francisco with a cargo
of 54 000 cases of salmon.
In addition to her crew she carried
too Chinese and Japanese who were
employed in the canneries of the
company and taken aboard at Fort
Wrangel.
The Star of Bengal took aboard
cargo at Fort Wrangel. consisting of
canned salmon, and started down
Summer strait in tow of the tug*
Hattie Gage and Kavak As the ves
seis neared the open sea. where the
sailing craft would have sea room to
work off shore, the wind was stead
ily freshening, blowing on shore. The
tugs struggled valiantly to keep the
ship clear of the rocks, but the wind
drove it down on the rocks lining the
shore of Coronation island, w hich lies
at tlie mouth of Iphigenia bay, and
to save themselves from destruction
the steam vessels were forced to cast
off the lines and head out to sea
The Star of Bengal went onto the
rocks in such a position that the tugs
could not get near enough to give any
assistance, and the Gage headed for
Fort Wrangel with news of the dis
aster.
RUSSIANS DIE BY HUNDREDS
Official Report* Don't Account for All
Cholera Victim*.
St. Petersburg. Sept 23.—Up to
Rain has greatly cleared the atmos
noon yesterday the municipal hos
phere at Chicago, and it is hoped will
pitals reported for the preceding 84
check the numerous forest fires.
hours 417 cholera cases and 176 deaths.
Mrs. Howard Gould, in her suit for
divorce, asks *120.000 a year alimony There is a total of 1587 patients in
the various hospitals.
Wilbur Wright has broken all air
That the municipal statistics are in
ship records by his latest flights in
France
complete is conclusively proved by
Some of the Pennsylvania coal the number of interments. At one
mines have closed because of a lack cemetery they aggregated 424 for the
of water.
last three days, or within 20 of the
Pickpockets following Buffalo Bill's total number of deaths reported.
show secured fully *1000 at Belling
The cholera dead are being interred
ham. Wash.
at Preobrazhenskoe, which is about
One of Burns’ detectives has been one hour distance on the railroad A
held guilty of approaching a juror
train of several coaches, carrying the
in one of the Reuf cases.
mourners and a dozen freight cars
A preacher at Taylorstown. Pa., with the dead in rude coffins, goes
was forced to resign by women be daily to the place The scenes arc
cause he denounced the powder puff. heart rending in the chapel, where
Gagen and Woodboro, two Wiscon service is conducted uninterruptedly
sin towns, have been wiped out by night and day.
The scarcity of gravediggers has
forest fires, leaving 4000 people home
less
caused a painful delay in the past few
days. 153 coffins containing bodies
Paris business is practically pros
trated because of the fire which de now being stored in the adjoining
stroyed the centra! telephone build woodshed. Some of the mourners
have been waiting their turn for sev
ing.
eral days.
Many villages in Michigan are
threatened by forest fires and the
Pennsylvania Fires Checked.
people are ready to flee, leaving every
Pittsburg.
Pa.. Sept. 22—Reports
thing.
received yesterday from Ashtola. near
Indiana anti-saloon wprkers met in
the legislative halls while the legis Johnston, where a forest fire has been
lature was in session and prayed for raging for several days, are to the ef
fect that the fire is now under con
a local option law.
A forest fire threatens to burn the trol ?.t Ashtola 10.000,000 feet of
house at Ballston, N. Y., where Grant logs were burned, and at Arrow, near
died.
by. 6.000,000 feet were destroyed Yes
Forest fires in Pennsylvania have terday heavy clouds of smoke hung
already burned over 30,000 acres, and over Windber. Johnstown and inter
are still burning.
mediate points.
A New York lawyer has just been
Late last night another fire started
arrested for defrauding a woman in the Hayden woods, near Greens
many years ago.
burg Yesterday the flames were
W. B. McAllister, of Omaha, has spreading rapidly.
In practically all the churches Sun
been appointed land agent for the
day special prayers were offered up
Southern Pacific.
that the drouth in western Pennsyl
Four out of a party of seven lost vania. eastern Ohio and West Vir
their lives when a launch was wrecked ginia might be ended.
on the Long Island sound.
Forget* Jungle Story.
The students of the Missouri school
for the blind have taken to roller
Chicago, Sept. 23.—For the first
skating, and make quite a success time since the appearance of Upton
of it.
Sinclair’s packing house expose. "The
Long dry spells have dried up many Jungle," the British government yes
rivers in the East, and forest fires terday contracted for an order of
cover the whole Atlantic coast with American meat, closing a contract
with Libby. McNeil At Libby, packers,
smoke.
for 5.000,000 pounds of fresh beef
The trans-Atlantic liner Mauretania
According to the contract, which was
lost a propeller blade in a storm, and
for hours lay helpless. There was, a made through Thomas Arskine. Brit
ish consul at Chicago, the price to
panic among the passengers.
be paid for the consignment of meat
Zia Bey, head of the Turkish secret is *500.000 Erskine requested the
police under the old regime, has had submission of bids for several million
to flee the capital for his life, and says pounds of canned meats
he is coming to Oregon to live.
Fire Peril Again Greater.
The battleship fleet has sailed from
Albany. Australia, for Manila.
Calumet. Mich., Sept. 23.—With the
A retired steel magnate of New forest fires in northern Michigan
Jersey was shot and killed by his con fanned by high winds, the condition
on the Canadian shore is worse than
fidential clerk.
it has been in the past three weeks.
Orville Wright was badly hurt and The fires are gaining in velocity about
his companion killed while making a Flucan, Niagara and Loreto and in
trip in his aeroplane.
the vicinity of Norway, Rockland and
A Swedish explorer has just reached Mass City, and the situation is crit
Simla, India, after nearly a year spent ical. Trains through Delta county
crowded with refugees fleeing from
in the interior of Thibet.
the threatened district into Escanaba
Colonel Stewart has been ordered and Menominee.
back to his lonely post at Fort Grant,
without taking the riding test.
Adirondack Town* in Peril
New York. Sept. 23.—Alarm is felt
Mexican
and
Japanese
sailors
fought desperately on a wrecked ship in many sections of the state because
to escape from drowning, but all were of the rapid spread of the big forest
fires that have been burning for many
finally saved.
days in the Adirondack*. According
Letters have been made public to dispatches received by the Associ
which seem to prove that Senator ated Press here last night, dangerous
J B. Foraker is in the pay of the fires are burning in some score of
Standard Oil company.
places, and a number of small towns
and summer resorts are threatened.
It is said alarming cholera reports
have been sent out from certain cities
Cholera on Tranaport.
in China in order to get contributions
San Francisco Sept. 23 -table dis
from superstitious Chinese.
patches from Manila report that a
J. J. Hill says the day of cheap case of cholera broke out on the
wheat is over, that the food problem transport Sheridan shortly after her
is a serious one, and that the govern departure from that port on Septem
ment should be building schools of ber 15. The vessel put back to port
and it now in quarantine.
agriculture as well as warships.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
STEAM PILOT SCHOONER.
LOOK FOR INFLUX.
Board of Pilot Examiner* Want* Stat* Bumper Crop In Southern Oregon I*
to Purchase Schooner.
Sure to Attract People.
Salem.—In it* annual report to the
governor the state board of pilot
examiners recommend* the purchase
and maintenance by the state of a
pilot schooner. It is the only method
by which the stale can hope to exer
cise any control over the pilot* and
set down any rule* governing pilot
age at the mouth of the Columbia
River, according to the commission
It i» set forth that the lite ot a
pilot is hazardous, it involve* risks
and hardships that are not generally
known to the public, and the board
feels that the Columbia river pilots
have been at times unjustly criticised
\ssumption of responsibilities are
greater also on the Columbia bar ac
cording to the board, than is gener
ally realized
It is believed the serv
ice is a* efficient as possible under
present regulations
It is recommended that the legist*
lure amend the present pilot laws,
giving the commission authority to
examine and license pilots, to revoke
licenses for cause, to make rules and
regulations for maintenance of ef
ficient pilot service and require all
licensed pilots to report to and fur
nish such information to the board a*
shall be required, so that the comm s
sion may be fully informed of all mat
ter* relative to the service.
After Big Contract.
Portland —Several Portland firms
have made bids on a *500.000 gov
ernment contract for hay and oats
for the Philippines, which will be let
by the quartermaster's department
October 5 The contract is the larg
est one of the kind ever placed on the
Pacific coast. In the specifications
issued by the quartermaster, bids were
asked on 10.000 tons of hay and ooo
tons of oats. Delivery must be made
in the Philippines within the next six
months William Albers, of Albers
Bros. Milling company, has just re
turned from Seattle, where he Ins
been looking after the bid made b>
his firm Allen A Lewis, of Portland
are also preparing to bid on the mam
moth contract.
Portlard Livestock Show.
Portland.—General and favorab'e
response is being received from the
local, county and district fairs an I
stock shows of the entire Northwest
to the invitations sent out by the
Country Cluh and Livestock associa
tion requesting that these organiza
tions be officially represented at the
Pacific national show and harness
races here next week The Interna
tional of Chicago, the greatest stock
exposition in America, will be repre
sented. as will the National of Denver
Rush Work on Springfield
ne.
Eugene.—J O. Storey, president of
the Portland. Eugene A Eastern rail
way. is in Eugene. He announced
that work on the big bridge for the
line which is to extend .¡cross the
Willamette river at Springfield will
begin right away, and a* much of the
structure completed this fall as pos
sible In the spring, when a l dan
ger of high water is over, the bridge
will be completed and the line will
be extended from Springfield on up
the McKenzie valley.
St Petersburg, Sept tie- St Pct
ersburg is tn the deadly grasp of
Asiatic cholera, which already has ex
reeded in »everity and number of
death* the visitation of 1693. The
disease is increasing daily at an alarm
ing rate, and iinles* the authorities
show in the future a much greater
degree of ability to cope with the
situation than they have in the past,
there is every reason to fear that it
will get out of hand. The govern
ment's threat to apply the provisions
of martial law has driven the munici
pal officials to beud all their euergies
to clearing the city of the scourge.
The aldermanic council Saturday
voted »25OOUU to enlarge the hospital
space, to purchase and distribute dis
tnfectants, the supply of which in Si
Petersburg is well nigh exhausted,
and to expedite the interment of
bodies, which has been notoriously
slow. The deadhouse* are over
crowded and many corpse* lie un
buried.
Under his authority, the prefect of
St Petersburg. General Dracheffcky
on Saturday prohibited the sale of
liquor throughout the city, including
the government vodka shop*, until
September 22. and he has further or
dereil that hereafter the sale of the
liquor shall be suspended al 3 P M
on Saturday until 1 A M Monday
This action has been taken in order
to diminish alcoholic excesses, which
very materially increase the liability
to cholera infectum and the general
spread of the disease
Myrtle Creek—The farmers in tin*
and other localities through thia coun
ty are in the midst of the harvest of
the large crop of prune* The con
tinued dry weather ha* brought the
crop earlier than usual, mid thy fruit
drier* are taxed to the limit
The price paid to the farmer* this
season add* evidence to th* ever
increasing possibilities of Oregon
some of the grower* receiving a* high
a* Ji cent* per pound for their crop
of »runes, tin* being the basis price
paid for the 30 to 35 site, and |c les*
per pound for each five prune* to the
pound smaller.
A representative of one of the large
nurseries of the state has sold »evcral
thousand fruit trees for the fall plant
ing Apples are to be extensively
plauted. as also prune*, plum*, cher
rie*. peaches and a great variety oi
the small fruits and berries to which
Oregon is *o well adapted
During the past three months no
less than 20 new families (people who
have been attracted to Oregon from
the east by the many resources) have
bought farms and settled in this one
small community. A great many of
the people coming to Oregon have
come through the influence of friends
already here, but more have been at
tracted by the flood of literature
which is scattered daily by the com
tnercial clubs, citizens' league* and
similar organization* throughout the
state.
USE PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
With the bumper crop* raised in
southern Oregon this year, it is to be
expected that the population increase Mr*. Rockafallar Say* Public Instltu
during the coming year will break
tions Ara tor Poor.
all record*.
Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. »2
Mr*
William Rockefeller, who. with her
•4.000 to the Ton.
Burn* — Intense excitement prevads husband, is in thi* city, said yesterday
here as the result of a rich strike that »he believed the children of the
made by O J Darst, who has been rich should be sent to private rather
prospecting in Gold gulch for several
than to public schools.
year*.
He ha* discovered a ledge
“All I have ever tried to be is just
which assays from »4« Ml to »4500 a
ton The ore contain* both gold and an ordinary mother,“ said Mrs Wil
sliver The ledge upon which the liam Rockefeller, at the Pfister Hotel
strike was made is located about 150 "I have two «mi and two daughters
miles from the railroad It is now
planned to stage the rock to Austin and they are ju*t four ordinary boy*
or Vale, where it will be shipped to and girls. I have brought thrm up
the smelters at either Boise or Salt the best I knew how, and used all
Lake City.
the common sense I had to think of
the best way* and means to make
Wallowa County Fair. *
Wallowa — The Wallowa county them good average men and women
"Did my boy* <*o to public schools?
fair, to be held in this city October
». 9 and 10. w.ll be one of the most No; that would have been most sei
tish
in a city bke New York, where
successful fairs ever held in this coun
tv Special rate* will be granted on our schools arc crowded It is only
the railroad, and a big attendance is fair that parent* who can afford It
assured Already over a dozen ath should send their children to private
’etic events are provided. The ex- schools, and thus allow room in the
libit* will exceed anything ever known public schools for children who must
in th.s valley Races will be a feature depend upon the public school* for
and dramatic performances will be their entire education
"My boy* were sent, like thousands
given at least two even ng* The
play will be a home talent production of other New York children, to pri
vale schools, where they were in daily
contact with other children They
Will Contest Claim*.
studied like ordinary boy* and had the
Pendleton —Claiming that he is
the original discoverer. A II Ander same ambition* in their school work
When they had finished school they
son an old Alaska prospector, will
contest the location* made by James were sent away to college.’’
Conlan on what is declared to be rich
MAKE LAST STAND.
placer ground, last located in Juniper
canyon Anderson says Conlan was
employed by him a* a driver on hi* Nevada Only State in Union That Al
prospecting trip, and located the claim
lows Gambling.
while the discoverer was nursing i
Resume Railroad Work.
Reno,
Nev.,
Sept 22 The gambler*
rattlesnake bite, from which he is
Tillamook.—Work on the Pacific just recovering.
| of the United State* will make their
Railway A Navigation company's
j final stand for freedom in Nevada
railroad is being resumed as fast a*
O. R. A N. Answer* Complaint*.
¡next month At that time a special
men arrive. The first work to be
Salem —The O. R A N has filed election is to be held in Reno to give
taken in hand was grading south of
answer*
to
the
two
complaints
Bay City, and since then the pile
the people an opportunity to vote on
driving and bridge crew* have been brought by the railroad commission 'the question whether or not the gam
alleging
unfair
and
excessive
rates
on
getting in shape to resume work
It
is expected that the steam shovel will grain from eastern Oregon point* to ! bling house* of this city should be
be put to work this week, and in that Portland. The railroad company de closed.
event most of the work will be well nies all the allegations of the com
For six month* the fight ha* been
started all along the line by the end plaint, but acknowledge* that the tar
iff* exist as they were stated in the j in the making, each side making every
of the week. •
complaint The company denies that ■ preparation for the contest. Nevada
the rates are excessive
i* now the only state in the union
Begin Seeding at Athena.
where gambling is licensed. Mon
Athena —The first rain of the sea
tana legislated it out of existence
PORTLAND MARKETS.
son has fallen here. It was accom
some time ago. Arizona followed
panied by a severe electric storm,
Barley—Feed, »'.’6 per ton; rolled. suit, and the toleration which kept
which destroyed telephone communi
gambling going in Denver and Salt
cations for an hour or two. The deep $27 50912“ 50; brewing. »26 50
Oat*—No. 1 white, »30 per ton; Lake has been withdrawn.
dust along the roads was suddenly
Nevada only remain*, and nearly
converted into mud, and the summer gray. »29
Wheat—Club. 89c per bushel; forty every prominent gambler in the coun
fallow in* the field* was made ready
try
is now located in this state
for seed. The farmers are rejoicing fold, 92c; turkey red. 92c; fife, 89c;
oyer the rain, and fall seeding will be bluestem. 93c; valley. 91c.
Firefighter* Lose Ground.
Hay—Timothy. Willamette Val'ev
gin within the next few days.
Albany. N. Y., Sept 22 Although
»14 per ton; Willamette Valley ordi
nary. »11; Eastern Oregon, »16 50, New York ha* one of the best
Tillamook Street Fair.
mixed, »13; clover, »9; alfalfa. »11; al equipped forest fire fighting organiza
Tillamook.—Tillamook City will falfa meal. »20
tions in the country fresh fires are
have a street fair and carnival Sep
Fruit—Apples, new. 50cfti»l 25 per being reported daily from the Adiron
tember 23 25. The fair will be held box; peaches. 25rti65c per box; pears, dacks and Catskill regions Unless
tinder the auspices of the band boys 20c@$l per box; plums. 50c <'1*1 per there is a heavy rain soon the dam
who have secured the concession* of box; grapes, 40c0i»125 per crate; age may approximate that of the de
the American Amusement company Concords 20c per basket; huckleber structive fires of 1903, when over
for the occasion The business men rie», 89i loc per pound.
450,000 acre* were burned over, en
have subscribed liberally towards the
Potatoes — 85(a90 per hundred; tailing a Io»* of »»00 000 in standing
enterprise and elaborate preparation* sweet potatoes. 2c per pound
timber, log* and pulp wood Every
are being made.
Melons—Cantaloupes, 509 i 75 c per effort is being made to hold the pre*
crate; watermelons, |9ptc per pound; ent fire* in control In 132 town* in
$4.000 Worth of Hay Burns.
the Adirondack* and Catskill regions
casabas, »2<b 2 25 per dozen.
Vegetables—Turnips. »1 50 per sack; 743 fire wardens arc at work.
Drewsey.—Sim Hamilton a hay
raiser of Drewsey valley, about two carrots, »1 75; parsnips. »1.75; beet*
Pari* Has Big Fir«.,
mi'es from here, lost four stack* of »1 50; artichokes, 65c per dog.; beans
Paris. Sept. 22 —Fire broke out
hay by fire. The totjl value of the 3(H4c per pound; cabbage, 2c per
stack* is placed at »4000. The wind pound; cauliflower »1 25 dozen; cel last night in the Central Telephone
drov- the *park* from a fire which ery. 75c9i»l per dozen; corn, 75c9i»1 building and spread with «itch rapidity
bail been started in some foxtail into per sack; cucumbers, 3O9i 4<>c per box;
•he stack* before Mr. Hamilton was egg plant. 50c9i»125 per crate; let that the telephone employe* were
tuce, head, 15c per dozen; p-rrsley. forced, after fcrief and ineffectual cf
aware of it.
15c per dozen; peas, 6c per pound; forts, to extinguish the flames, to flee
peppers. 89(10c per pound; pumpkins hastily to the streets The entire
Eugene Will Spread Herself.
19i lie per pound; radishes. 12jc per bui'ding was soon in flames, and this,
Eugene ha* decided to be 15.000 big dozen; spinach, 2c per pound; sprout* together with the postoffice, which is
in 1900, and with that end in view the 10c per pound; squash, 40c per dozen; located close to the Place des Vic
Eugene Commercial club ha* started tomatoes, 17jfri25c.
lories, was totally destroyed. The
out to secure »15,000 for advertising
Butter—Extras, 34c per pound; loss is estimated at »5,000,non
purposes. The latest city directory of fancy. 321c; choice, 30c; store, 18c.
Eugene gives the population at 10.000.
Two Town* Wiped Out.
Egg*—Oregon, extras, 296130c;
In 1900 it was 3236.
firsts. 27(<i 28c; seconds, 83@Mc; East
Chicago, Sept. 22.—Long - distance
ern, 2619i27c per dozen.
telephone message* to the Tribune
Re in Help to Apple Crop.
Poultry—Fancy hens. I3ic; spring. from Rhinelander, Wis., state that
Medford. — A
heavy rain fell 14ic; ducks, old. 12<o I2ic; spring, It the town* of Daggan and Woodbnrow
throughout the county last week 'a 15c; geese, old. 9c; young, lOthjllc; have been destroyed by forest fires
Coming at this time, its effect on the turkeys, old, 17(Rl8c; young, 20c
The 4000 residents of the two town*
Veal—Extra 8<ii,8|c per pound; are fleeting through the burning
apple crop will be good, a* well as
laying the dust, which had become ordinary. 7(S71c; heavy, 5c.
woods to Rhinelander, panic-stricken.
very deep, as no rain had fallen since
Pork -Fancy Rjc per lb ; ordinary, Many people of Woodborow are
c;
large,
5c
July-
missing
CHINA IS STRICKEN
Cholera Epidemic In Cities Is
KIIII iki Hundreds.
MOKE CASES APPEAR IN MANILA
Rigid Inspection Discover* Many Con*
cealed Cate*--Army Fighting
Disease In Phillpplnee.
Washington, Sept 22
Reports to
the public health service show that
cholera is epidemic in Amoy and
Hankow, China,'claiming at the latter
place 60 victims per day The disease
is also prevalent at Shanghai. Su-
i how. Nungvhow, Nmgpo and Nan
kin
Governor General Smith, of the
Philippines, »ent the following dis
patch to the bureau of insular af
fair* under today’s date:
'Tor the 24 hours beginning » A
M September 19. 4 1 case* of cholera-
on September 8o. 59 cases It is be’
lieved increase was due to putting on
2 ihi inspectors, who discovered hidden
cases Cold rains also served to in
crease the number of cases Have
whole police force of,Manila now on
house to house canvass. Tomorrow
Soo constabulary will lie put to work
if necessary
Increased inspection to
day and cold rain» may result in large
number of cases
si'11*
we h*J 31 *»•«•» '*
Marine hospital service advices show
that during the past month cholera
has appeared in various province*,
occurring in Santa
Barahara Jarov. Port of Ibiifo, Baro
laz and Duniangis
Mail advices say that the disease ia
clearing up rapidly jn the province«
which were first affected file cases
in the province» affected later remain
about stationary.
KEEP CASTRO FOR LIFE.
President'* Partisan* Start Movement
to Prolong Hi* Rule.
Caracas. via Willemstead. Cuvaeoa.
Sept 23 Partisan* of President Cas
tro in recent speeches have initiated
a movement to proclaim Castro pres
ident of Venezuela for life
Baron Zieckendorff, German mini*
ter. presented the answer of the Neth
erlands government tn the last Ven*
ezuelan note to Foreign Minister Paul,
three days ago Yesterday the minis,
ter took it to Valencia and delivered
It to president Castro, who is »till
enjoying himself with banquets ant
balls in the inland city The con
tent* of this last Dutch note are care
fully guarded, but there is good rea
son to believe that it is not an ulli
malum.
Ilaron Zieckendorff. who his acted
diplomatically for the Netherlands
’ince the rupture with Venezuela, w.ll
attempt to persuade President Castro
to yield sufficiently to avoid a eon-
flict. a* l.rrmanv it i. held here, dr
• ires that the Venezuelan status quo
be maintained
FEARS OPEN REVOLT.
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Monarchial Party in Portugal Storing
Arm* in Convent*.
Lisbon. Sept 22 —Insistent declara
tions that a revolutionary outbreak in
Portugal is impending continue to
make their appearance in the local
newspapers, and a new feature of
•bese reports is the statement tint
the monarchial extremists, ledizin;
that the Republican* arc arming for a
revolt are making ready for their de
fense bv storing secretly large quan
tities of arms in the convents of Lis
bon, where the authorities dare not
penetrate.
The movement is said to be sun
ported actively by the clerical party.
One of the monarchial organs says
that 17(18) persons have enlisted for
the purpose of attacking and destroy
■ng the office* of the Republican
newspaper*, and the Republicans de
clare if this is done they will retaliate
by starting a general riot and revolu
tion.
City at Marcy of DI*««««.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 22 -The chol
era continue* to increase rapidly in
bt. I etcruburg The efforts of the
authorities to stop the sale of liquor
between Saturday and Monday and
the other preventive measure, taken
have bail but little if any effect in
checking the spread of the epidemic
Between noon of Sunday and noon of
Monday the municipal hospital* re
ported 38o case* and 155 death«, and
the addition of the statistics from the
military and suburban hospitals for
this same period will swell this total
to truly formidable proportions.
Op«n Grand Trunk Road.
Winnipeg. Man. Sept 22
Alfred
VV. omit hr rw», of London, vice preni-
dent of the Grand Trunk railway, as
sisted by Charles M Hays, president
Trunk Pacific, yesterday
officially opened the Grand Trunk Pa
cific railway'« third transcontinental
railway across Canada, which is now
completed from Winnipeg to Battle
River, 666 miles, and is ready to
handle traffic that distance The road
will be completed to Edmonton, a dis
tance of 1000 miles,
Fear Fuel Famine.
.Ren<». Nev. Sept 22-Fuel mer
chants throughout the state are pre
paring to lay in a supply ,,f coal and
wood to prevent the possibility of a
fuel famine such as was experienced
last year. The Southern Pacific com
pany ha* sent out a warning.