AEROPLANE IS WRECKED
NEGLEOT8 GRAND CANAL.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
China Laying Up Trouble for Future,
Bays Critic.
Missing Ship Aeon Wrecked on
Island In Pacific.
ALL UN BOAtD REACH SHORE
Capteln
Takes
Engine
From Ship's
Cargo. Fits Up Ship's Boat
and Goes for Help.
Victoria, Il C. Sept 19 -Cabled
advices from Fanning island state
that the steamer Aeon, which left San
Francisco July 6 for Aucland, via
Apia, and was considerably overdue,
was carried on Christmas island by
the strong currents welting on shore,
and became a total wreck The ship's
company, 5u in all. look Io the boats
and landed at a small settlement (ac
mg the lagoon, all safe.
I here are lour women and two chil
drcn, mostly wives of officers of the
United States battleship squadron,
who look passage to join their bus
bands in Australia, including Mrs Pat
rick, wife of Chaplain Patrick, and
family All are camping on Christ
m.is island awaiting rescue.
1 he Aeon is fast on the coral island
partially lull of water and wrecked
beyond all hope of salvage, but the
&IH1 bags of mall aboard were likely
i<> be recovered The cargo included
«almon apd 2.000,000 feet of redwood
and some gasoline engines One of
these was fitted in a ship's boat to
lake Captain Dowme. the second of­
ficer and twn engin.er* to Fanning
island, lying 14 miles northwest, to
cable news <4 the disaster
Some of the salmon and general
merchandise wa* recovered and taken
ashore with the ship's boats, and a
stock of waler secured, the supply on
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---- > being poor
Christmas
island
Cap
lam Dowme had a difficult time
tain
reaching Fanning island The engine
fitted in the ship's boat refused to
work, and the boat was rowed back
to Christmas island, where it was re
fitted
After a long trip he reached Fan
si.ng island this morning The crew
was treated kindly by the staff of the
Fanning island cable station The
«learner Manuka, of the Canadian
Australian line, fortunately is making
a call at Fanning island to land sup
plies on her present voyage, and is
slue Tuesday next
It la expected she
will make a call at Christmas island
and take off the «urvivora of the Aeon,
wlm will be landed in Sydney by the
Manuka.
Meanwhile
the
survivor*
have
plenty of food and water, and there
is shelter fur the women in the house*
of a working eamp of some pearl fish
ermen employed by a British com
piny.
From the day the Aeon left San
Francisco nothing had been heard of
her until the dispatch telling of the
wiiety of the passenger* on Christinas
island Thia island is located near
the equator, about linn mile* south of
Honolulu and 3500 mile* southwest of
San Francisco
It is nearly 1000 miles
northeast of Apia, and it is supposed
that the vessel was disabled in her
machinery and drifted or in some
other manner managed to make the
island in safety
Fanning island is
just south of Christmas island, and
both are British possession*.
Christmas island has only a few in
h ’bitant«, is off the track of even
wind-jammers, and is one of the
world's most isolated spots.
Shanghai. Sept. 21
A writer in the
North China Herald protest* against
the unn which it being allowed to
overtake the great triumph of engi
nrering, the Grand Canal of China
The government, Ite point* out .it al
lowing the canal Io go to decay The
lower stretches have within the pa»l
few month* been allowed to become
the habitat of organized and aggre*
•ive river pirate«, who (ire into «team
launches and plunder passenger boat*
ind cargo boat* indiscriminately. Tn
the upper region* of the canal there
is, on the other hand, a constant
shortage of water, or so much that i*
cannot be utilized A more perfect
provision by nature of vast natural
dam* in the great lake* of southwest
Shantung and northern Kaingsu it
would be difficult to find anywhere
but they are either unused or mi*
used
I he writer goes on to allude to the
•ilting-up of the erratic Yellow river,
which I* now in many place* a* much
above the level ot all the surrounding
country a* the second story of a house
above the ground Those who know
best, he says, predict another tre
mendous calamity from this source in
the not distant future Then there
will be exchimations of surprise that
it did not come sooner, and howls (or
funds for 'relief.'' Millions of Chi
nese will be impoverished, hundred*
of thosands of them will be rendered
homeless, and tens of thousands of
them drowned and starved.
IOWA SYSTEM NOT LEGAL.
Federal Court Strike* at Evation of
Prohibition Law.
Davenport, la . Sept 21.—According
to a decision rendered Saturday by
Judge Smith McPherson, of the
United States eireuit court, the Iowa
mulct law system, undrr which sa­
loons arr now operating, i* illegal
Judge McPherson further declares the
Iowa mulct law is no license system
and that there ha* been no license
system in Iowa (or the last quarter
of a century, and for that time there
has never been a lawful sale of liquor
as a beverage within the state of
Iowa. Hr further holds that no per­
son under any circumstance«, can
lawfully sell liquor as a beverage in
Iowa The decision was made in a
suit of the United Breweries Com­
panies of Chicago vs. the
ic Fed­
eration of Davenport The complain­
ants charged the federation with a
conspiracy, and sought to enioin them
from abating property on which a sa­
loon had been closed. Judge McPher
son denied the application for a writ
of injunction Under the mulct law
Iowa saloonkeepers have hern paying
»Ano annually as a tax with the un
drrstanding that it legalized their sale
of intoxicating liquors and gave them
relief from the old prohibitionary law,
which is still on the statute books.
Wrights Will Not Give Up.
Dayton, (), Sept Is —When asked
if the accident yesterday would deter
either Orville or It s brother, now in
France, from further flights, Lorin
Wright replied:
“Decidedly no My brother* will
pursue these test* until the machines
are as nearly perfect a* it is possible
to make them, if they are not killed
in the meantime ami we have never
fe't much apprehension, knowing that
both boys are cautious in the ex
trente.”
The aged father of the injured man
is at Green« Fork. Ind , and will not
be advised of the accident until morn
ing Lorin Wright anil his sister,
Catherine, await with much anxiety
the outcome of their brother's in
juries.
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ALL PHICES ADVANCE.
Cott of Living, However, Increased President Dives Names to New Tor-
psdo Boat Destroyers.
Mora Than Wage*.
Washington, Sept. 1».—The aver­
age wag''* per hour in the principal
manufacturing anil mechanical Indus
tries of the country were 3.7 per cent
higher in 1907 than in 1906 while re­
tail price* of food were 4 2 per cent
higher, according to tl he July report
of the Bureau of Labor r. The regular
hours of labor per week were four-
tenths of 1 per cent lower, and the
number of employes in establishments
investigated by the bureau showed an
increase "I l per cent
The report show* that a* compared
with the ten year* preced ng 1890 to
1899. the average wage in 1907 was
28 7 per cent higher; the number of
employes 44 4 per cent greater, with
i decrease of 5 per cent in the aver­
age hours of labor per week
I he retail price of the principal ar.
tides of food was 20 6 per cent higher
in IVO7 than for the period 1890 to
1899 Compared With the average for
the same ten year period, the food­
purchasing power of an hour's wage
in 19 >7 was 6 h per eent greater
Re­
tain prices of food in 1907 were higher
than in any other year of the 18 year
period above named, being 4 2 per
ient higher than in 1906
PROBE SMALL COMBINE.
General Electric Company Not Sub­
ject of Federal Inquiry.
Washington, Sept 22—When a re
port that the government was inves­
tigating the General Electric com
pany a* a trust was brought to the
attention of the department of justice
Saturday, it was stated that it is a
fact thnt inquiry was being made into
certain comparatively small electrical
material dealers who are charged with
constituting a trust
Nothing has been heard from any
of the department subordinates about
the General Electric Company being
connected with the matter Rcgrel
was expressed at the department that
reports should be published on the
subject at this time, as it was de
clared no proceedings of any kind
may be taken.
The inquiry was yet unfinished, and
it was feared that a premature pub
lication may impede its progress.
BID DUNS ROAR IN PARIS.
Sleep Almost Impossible to Citizen*
During Military Maneuver*.
Pari*. Sept. 21—Sleep in Paris has
been almost out of the question these
last nights, and Parisians and their
American and other foreign visitors
are getting a very good idea of what
it feel« like to be in a besieged city
The French military maneuvers this
year are on a larger scale than ever
before, more than 100.no> men taking
part in them, and every effort has
been made to keep the conditions as
nearly as possible to those of actual
warfare A supposed German army
is endeavoring to repeat what the
Prussian* did in 1870 71, while a
French army is defending the city
with bulldog like tewnciiy.
This is why you drink your absinthe
amidst the thunder of guns which
roar and belch fire from every fort tn
the triple line of defenses which sur­
rounds Paris like a wall of steel, and
fond though the Freud» are of mili­
tary display and the smell of powder,
they begin to wish it was all over,
that they might cat and sleep in peace
Two New Electric Lines.
Spokane, Wash,, Sept 19—Two big
electric lines arc planned to connect
this city with the Columbia River
near the mouth of the Spokane. It
has been
'in 'timed that Jay P
Graves and his associates purpose to
run a line to Davenport, then north
to the Spok ane ami Columbia Rivers
Now the Big Berni Transit company
states that work is about to begin on
its line which will extend from Spo
kane to the big river The Big Bend
Company has decided to increase its
capital stock from *100,000 to *3.000,.
000.
•Stewart Again Disappointed.
I.os Angeles, Sept. 19.—A dispatch
to I.o* Angeles from Fort Huachuca,
Ari«., says that Colonel Stewart, the
"military exile" at Fort Grant, left
Fort Huachuca yesterday to return
to his post in obedience to the war
department's order to return there
and forego the physical test of riding
the 90 miles, which he hail previously
hren directed to undergo. Colonel
Stewart’s physical condition is given
as the reason for sending him back
Uphold* Ancient Law.
Lansing, Mich., Sept. 19.—In an
opinion filed yesterday the Michigan
supreme court sustained the constitu
tionality of the maximum freight rate
law of 1872, which has been ignored rl
by the railroads as obsolete and de
nounced by them as unjust, unreason­
able and confiscatory.
NAVAL HEROES HONORED.
Plan Present for Kaiser.
Berlin, Sept. 21—The rumors pre­
vailing regarding the existence of
profitable diamond fields in German
Southwest and Southeast Africa are
about to receive confirmation The
colonial secretary. Herr von Dern-
burg, will on his return from Africa
present the kaiser with a golden cas­
ket full of rough diamonds from the
German colonies. The casket, which
lias been manufactured by a Cape
Town jeweler, is five inches long and
two inches wide. The lid of the box
is inset with seven large diamonds.
Jap Sealers Caught.
Washington, Sept 17 — President
Roosevelt has authorized the assign­
ment of the following names for 10
torpedo boat destroyer* authorized
by the act of May 13, 1908:
Hiram Paulding, Percival Drayton
Francis A
Roe, Edward Terry
George I! Perkin*, Andrew Sterrett,
Edward R McCall, William Burrows,
Lewi* Warrington, John Mayran
The 15 new submarine* will be
named: Stingray. Tarpon. Bonita,
Snapper, Norwhal. Grayling. Salmon
Carp, Barracuda, Pickerel, Skate,
Skipjack. Sturgeon, Thrasher and
Tuna. The colliers recently author­
ized will be named Jupiter and Cy
clop*. Collier* to be purchaied:
Vulcan, Mars and Hector
Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding wa*
distinguished for gallant service in
1812, and wa* assigned by President
Lincoln to put the navy in a state of
efficiency in 1861
Captain Percival Drayton wa* Ad
miraf Farragut * fleet captain in Mo­
bile bay
Rear Admiral Roe saw important
service in
tn the China »eas
seas and the civil
war
Commander Edward Terry was
commended for service during the
civil war at the battle of Mobile bay
_ ,
Rear Admiral Perkins was com­
mended by Admiral Farragut as an
efficient officer
Lieutenant Adrew Sterrett com-
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mu tided the Enterprise, and captured
a Tripolitan cruiser in 1801. threw her
armament overboard, gave her crew
one spar and a sail and let them go
Captain Edward R McCall. Lieu­
tenant Burrows, Captain Warrington
and Midshipman Mayran saw distin­
guished naval service, for which they
were publicly commended.
Filibusters Found Guilty.
Washington,
Sept. 18.—The
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.— state
department is in receipt of a telegram
from the American consul at Bahia,
Brazil, reporting the conclusion of the
trial of the filibustering expedition
led by Sebastian H. de Magali into
that republic in 1907 The expedition
consisted of eight men under the
leadership of Magali, four of whom
were Americans. Samuel Parker, Her
bert Phannebcck, Everett Wilson and
George Vice, all of New York.
The consul reports that Magali re­
ceived a two-year sentence; that Vice,
who wa« seriously wounded in the
skirmish which led to the arrest of
the men. was acquitted; that George
Gordon, a Scotchman and follower of
Magali. was sentenced to one year
and that the remaining members of
the expedition were sentenced to an
prisonment for one year and five
months each.
Washington. Sept. 17- The depart­
ment of justice was advised yesterday
of the capture of two Japanese ves
sc’s and between no and 10 Japanese
sailors caught seal poaching within
the three mile limn off St
Paul
island The revenue cutter Bear over
hauled the foreign vessels and cap­
tured them after a chase. The men
were taken to Unalaska and will he
later removed Io Valdez for trial On
one of the schooners were found sev­
Check Upon Fires.
eral hundred skins, and the small
Washington. Sept 17.—Bids will
boats were covered with blood, show­
ing that the seals had been killed soon be invited for installing fire p rrl-
with.n the prescribed three mile limit tection system« in defenses at the
mouth of the Columbia river Sixty
thousand dollars have been allotted
Examine Col. Stewart.
for this project. Army and navy
Washington. D C. Sept 18—It wireless experts are working in uni­
was announced yesterday that the war son in the extension of a system of
department would soon order Colonel communication in the far north The
W F Stewart, the Fort Grant exile war department ha« been advised of
stationed at Huachuca. Ari«., to ap­ the probable completion during the
pear before the retiring board, to be present month of the new wireless
given a strict medical examination as stations in Alaska.
to hi’ physical condition If the board
finds Stewart unfit for service, hi*
Ready for Launching.
retirement will be compu'sory. It i«
'Washington.
Sept 2.1—According
made clear that his examination will
be sufficiently thorough to finally de to reports received at the navy de­
tcrmnie hi* physical qualifications for partment yesterday, work on the
North Dakota, the new battleship
service in the army.
now under construction at Fore
Mass, is nearing comple­
Two-Cent Postage to Great Britain River,
tion. and will be ready for launching
Washington. Sept 19 The 3 cent within the next two months. The
postal rate between the United State« North Dakota is designed to be one
nd Great Britain will go into effect of the speediest battleships afloat, and
October 1
After that date letters will he surpassed by few war vessels
may be sent to the United Kingdom of the world.
for 2 cents which formerly required
5 cent« to carry
Postoffice* Advanced.
At the same time the rate of post­
Washington Sept. 19—On October
age armlicable to letters mailed in the
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nited Kingdom of Great Britain and t the following fourth-class postof-
Ireland for delivery in any part of " the ficc« w ill be advanced to presidential
United States will be one penny for grade, salaries of postmasters being
fixed as indicated:
each ounce or fraction thereof.
Oregon — Arleta. Freewater and
Weston. *1100; Bend and Falls City
Retire American Dreyfu*.
*1000
Washington. Sept 23.—Secretary of
Washington — Edmonds, Starbuck.
War Wright yesterday announced Lumas and Tenino. $1100; Medical
that Colonel William F. Stewart, now Lake »1200; Black Diamond, *1000.
Idaho—St. Maries. *100.
at Fort Grant. Aria., had been ordered
Wolves Kill Little Girl.
Ely, Minn.. Sept. 21—The young
daughter of Peter Kobe, a home­
steader living in the wild section
along the Little Fork river, northern
Minnesota, was attacked by a pack of
wolves while going on an errand to
:i neighbor with iter young bro'her
and was killed and partly devoured
The boy escaped, and. running home,
gave the alarm. The mother hastened
to the scene of the tragedy and found
the horribly mutilated remains of her
child.
Head* Off Hili'* Road.
Winnipeg, Sept. 21. By the pur
.
chase of the Alberta Irrigation com­
pany's line in South Alberta for *20,-
(KXl.OOO, the Canadian Pacific railroad
intends making the Crow's Nest Pass
the main line to the Pacific coast to
head off the Great Northern, which
road, it is said, has been trying to get
control of this railway for years.
Orville Wright Injnred and Hi* Pac­
tanger Killed.
Washington, Sept. IS — After hav­
ing drawn the attention of the world
to hi* aeroplane flight* at Fort Meyer
and having established, new world’s
record* for heavier-than-air flying ma
chine*, Orville Wright ye*terday met
with a tragical mishap while making
a two man flight. The aeropianist
was accompanied by Lieutenant Thos
E. Selfridge, of the Signal Corp* of
the army. Lieutenant Selfridge wa*
fatally injured and died at 8:10 o’clock
la*t night. Mr Wright wa* seriously
injured, but i* expected to recover.
While the machine wa* encircling
the drill grounds, a propeller blade
snapped off, and, hitting some other
part of the intricate mechanism,
caused it to
I
overturn in the air and
fall to the ground, enveloping the two
occupants in the debris. Soldiers and
spectators ran across the field to
where the 1 aeroplane had fallen and
assisted in lifting Mr, Wright and
Lieutenant Selfridge
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from under
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the
tangled mass of machinery, rods, wires
and «hred* of muslin. Mr. Wright
was conscious and said:
“Oh. hurry and lift the motor”
f Lieutenant Selfridge was uncon­
scious. Hi* head wa* covered with
blood and he was choking when the
soldier* extricated him from under the
machine.
Dr. Watters, a New York physician,
was one of the first to reach the »pot
and rendered first aid to the injured
men When their wounds had been
bandaged, Mr. Wright and Lieutenant
Selfridge were taken to the Fort Myer
hospital at the other end of the field
Mr Wright lapsed into a state of
sem-consciousness by the time he
reached the hospital, but Lieutenant
Selfridge did not regain consciousness
at all. He was su'fering from a frac­
ture at the base of the skull, and wa*
in a critical condition.
After a hurried surgical examination
it was announced that Mr. Wright
was not dangerously injured He is
suffering from a fracture of his left
thigh and several ribs on the right
side are fractured. Both men received
deep cuts about the head. Mr Wright
regained consciousness at the hospital
and dictated a cablegram to his
brother at Le Mans, France, and re­
quested that the same message be sent
to his sister and father at Dayton. O.,
assuring them that he was al! right.
Charles White, of White & Middle
Ion Baltimore, a mechanical expert,
gave this description of the accident
to Messrs. Wright and Selfridge:
"The aeroplane was performing
beautifully for six or seven minutes,
when suddenly one of the propellers
broke near the end. This caused the
machine to become so thoroughly out
of balance through centrifugal force
as to make it unmanageable, and it
made a dart to the ground while still
under operation of the right propeller,
causing it to s'rike the ground with
a great deal more force than it would
have done by gravity.
“I do not feel that this is any seri­
ous defect in the machinery, but
merely want of better construction in
I 'he propellers. Therefore. I do not
feel that the machine should be con
demned beyond this point I should
imagine that, when the machine made
the dart for the ground, it fell at
the rate of 20 miles an hour Wright
and Selfridge were not thrown out.
The accident was due entirely to the
defective propeller.”
French Editors Worried.
Paris. Sept. 18—The French press
is displaying much irritation over vio­
lent criticism of the Franco-Spamsh
note regarding Morocco that are ap­
pearing in the newspapers of Ger­
many; hut the government is content
with the assurances received yester­
day from Herr Stemrich, acting for­
eign secretary for Germany, that the
note would be studied in an amicable
spirit. If this is done, the foreign of­
fice cannot understand how Germany
will be able to disassociate herself
from the other chancellories of Eu
rope.
Can't Limit Skyscrapers.
Pittsburg Steel King Celebrates
Golden Wedding.
HIS EOCR CHILDREN HIS GUESTS
Fulfills Promise to Distribute Wealth
Among Yourgstara "In Time
To Do Them Some Good."
Pittsburg. Pa., Sept. 17.—At the
golden wedding supper recently given
by him and hi* wife, W H. Singer,
one of the Pittsburg »teel magnates,
distributed 416,000,000 among hi* four
children, each child getting *4,000,000.
Through the filing of certain paper*
in the Allegheny county courthouse
yesterday this fact came out, and wa*
later admitted by the Singer family,
which is one of the best and oldest
in Pittsburg The millionaire invited
his children to assist in celebratiug
bis golden wedding anniversary on
May 27. The children were the only
guests, and each found by his or her
plate a small "dinner favor/' consist­
ing of checks, bonds and deed*
amounting to »4.000,0 >0.
The Singer children who received
»4 ooo.ooo each are :
William Henry Singer, Jr., land­
scape painter, now in Norway.
George Singer, iron manufacturer, '
Pittsburg, now in the White moun­
tains on his vacation.
Mrs. William Ross Proctor, wife of
a Philadelphia architect.
Marguerite Singer, youngest daugh­
ter, now living with her parents.
Mr Singer made his fortune in iron
as a member of the famous iron firm
of Singer, Nimick & Co. He also is
connected with many banking insti­
tutions in Pittsburg, and is considered
one of the very rich men of the coun­
try, his remaining fortune, after giv­
ing his children their share, being
probably »15,000,000.
Mrs. Singer, who has a fortune of
her own, made through investments
by her husband, received several •
pieces of valuable real estate as her
golden wedding present.
A peculiar feature of the case wa*
made known late yesterday. William
Henry Singer, the son, who chose an
artistic career rather than the iron
business as his life's work, will scarce­
ly be able to enjoy his millions in
America, owing to the great fear his
wife bears for the “Black Hand.” She
received a threatening letter at her
home in Sewickley, and it frightened
her into hysterics. Her husband was
finally compelled to take her abroad.
It is said they will remain permanent­
ly in Norway, as Mr Singer expects,
in spite of his wealth, to spend all his
time in painting.
Mr Singer is following the policy
Did down by his life-’ong friend,
Charles Lockhart, of the Standard Oil
company, who some years before his
death, invited all his children to a
dinner party, at which, under each
plate, was found »1.000.000. Lock­
hart and Singer many years ago prom­
ised each other that they would be­
gin to distribute their wealth among
their children “in time to do the
youngsters some good.”
GETS ANOTHER ROAD.
Union Pacific Secure* Control of Chi­
cago & Northwestern.
Chicago, Sept 16 —A report from
Wall street of a traffic agreement be­
tween the Union Pacific and the Chi­
cago ft Northwestern, amounting to
complete control of the latter road
by the former, gained stiength yes­
terday in financial circles on the re­
fusal of Marvin Hughitt. president of
the Northwestern, to discuss state­
ments made in the Wall Street Sum­
mary under the head of "Harriman
Properties.
The report is that the Harriman in­
terests have ab«orbed the Chicago &
Northwestern by the simple device
of a guarantee on the stocks of the
latter company. It is pointed out
in the article, which appears to be
inspired, that the stratec-'ic position
of the Chicago & No- hw-«tern is
such that it will not come -w-ith:n the
meaning of the law that orohibits
merging or single control of parallel
competing railways.
New York. Sept 18.—Thè commis­
sion appointed about a year ago to
investigate high buildings in New
York City, and particularly on Man­
hattan Island, is ready to submit the
printed record of its work It is said
the report points out that it is impos­
Lightning Slays Birds.
sible to hold the height of buildings
down to the present' public fire pro­
San Francisco Sept. 17.—The Pa­
tection service, because, it is argued, cific Mail liner City of Para, which
to appear before the retiring board
that would limit buildings to about arrived yesterday from Panama and
Coast Defense Changes.
here
If Colonel Stewart is found to
way ports two davs ahead of time,
Washington, D. C. Sept. 18.—The 100 feet in height.
lie unfit for service, he will be com­
was struck bv lightning during
‘
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pelled to retire from the army The Sixteenth company of the coast artil­
heavy electrical storm encountered
Cholera is Subdued.
action of the secretary of war was lery wi'l be relieved from duty at the
taken on receiving reports from Fort Presidio. San Francisco, and will pro­
Manila. Sept. 18 —The cholera con August 30. when steaming from Aca­
Grant that Colonel Stewart was unfit ceed to Fort Stevens, Oregon, for tinnes to recede During the 24 hours iutla to San lose de Guatemala. The
station about November 1 The Six­ ending at 8 o’clock this morning vessel was struck several times. The
to take the 90-milc ride.
ty-third company, coast artillery, will there were 25 cases and 12 deaths only damage sustained hv the liner
May Try to Sava Aeon.
b- relieved from duty at Fort Casey. Only four cases were reported this was the loss of the foretenmast whi’h
was shattered into splinters. Tn the
Washington. Sept 23—The captain Washington, and will proceed to Fort forenoon.
One hundred additional inspectors morning after the storm had passed,
of the .American transport Solace, Worden. Washington, for station
were enlisted today in a united effort thousand, of dead bird« were gathered
which is to go from Samoa to rescue about December 1.
to stamp out the disease before the up on the bridge, awnings and decks.
the shipwrecked crew and passengers
Will Experiment in Forestry.
Atlantic fleet arrives, and there is
of the British ship Aeon, has been
No Trace of Massing Steamer.
Washington. Sept 22—Forest ex­ every reason to believe that it will be
instructed by Secretary Metcalf to
ni ke an inquiry regarding the possi­ periment station« will soon he estab successful.
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Honolulu. Sept 17—The British
bility of saving the vessel This fished in a number of the national
steamer Marama. which arrived here
Worse in St. Petersburg.
course is taken at the request of the forest states of the west, according to
yesterday from Brisbane, Australia,
nsurance underwriters in England plans which have just been completed
St
Petersburg. Sept. 18—Three
by the national forestry service. An hundred and fifty cases and 155 deaths reports that nothing was seen of the
through their agent at’ Baltimore.
experiment station has already been from Asiatic cholera have been re­ missing steamer Aeon, despite the
Torpedo Practice Ended.
established on the Cococine national ported for the 24 hours ending at Get i’-it a sharp lookout was kept
throughout the entire trip. The Aeon
Washington, Sept. 22 —The navy forest, in the southwest, with head- noon yesterday.
The municipal administrations are «ailed from San Francisco on July 6.
department has ordered the torpedo quarters at Flagstaff, Aria.
tmder fire from all sides for. their 71 days ago. for Australia, and. as
boats Goldsborongh. Rowan, Fox and
Jap Warships Coming.
criminal inefficiency and for their fail­ nothmg has b«-en heard from the ves­
Davis to hold target practice in
Drakes bay. near San Francisco, The I Washington. Sept. 19. — Advices ure to make adequate preparation for sel since sailing, gravest fears for its
vessels will then proceed to San J from Japan state that the Japanese hospital, ambulance and sanitary serv­ safety are entertained.
Diego, arriving there not later than cruisers Aso (ex-Rayanl and Soya ices.
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Indian Murder* Recklessly.
October 24, and then joining the Pa­ (ex-Varag) will visit Pacific coast
Punish Congo Outlaws.
Denver, Colo., Sent. 17.—Frank
cific fleet for a cruise to the south­ points next spring. The vessels arc
two captured from Russia.
ward.
Paris. Sept 18.—Dispatches tn the Howe, a 15-year-old Indian boy, got
government from the governor gen possession of a revolver today and,
Approves Newberg Bank Change.
Wright Still Improving.
real of the French Congo say that a riding through the streets of Pagosa
Washington, Sept. 23 — Orville force of 1660 French troons. U"de’ Junction at breakneck speed, shot
Washington, Sept. 23.—The con
trotler of the currency has approved Wright, who was seriously injured Captain Jnltix. have routed the Ouda: and killed Amee Baker, the 4-year-old
the conversion of the Rank of New Thursday in the aeroplane accident, tribe, whose territory is in the center daughter of James Baker, a member
berg, Or., into the United States Na­ which caused the death of l ieutenant of the trade in «laves and contraband of the Ute tribe. The lad continued
tional Bank of Newberg, with *50,000 Thomas E. Selfridge, continues to im­ arms The tribesmen's losses num­ on his wild dash to the hills and dis­
appeared.
prove.
bered 1006.
capital.