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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1901)
m e BOHEMIA NUGGET. COTTAGE GROVE. . . .OREGON. EVENTS OPTHB MY A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of (he Past Week Presented In a Condenicd Form Which It Most Likely (o Prove of Interest to Our Mini' Kvders. Tho Franco-Turkish disputo 1ms lcon settled. All Russian crops nro loportcd be low tho nvorngo. Gcnornl Smith says tho robol lender will soon bo captured. Escnjicd convicts in Kiinsns cap tured n thcrifT and deputy. Tlio Federal party continues its tur bulent meetings nt .Manila. Tariff legislation is not probable nt the coining session of congress. A Lick obs ervntory astronomer finds tho new star in Perseus is moving Sovcrnl burglnrics have occurred in Pendleton, Oregon, tlio past lew days A fatal duel in tlio German army may lead to n roichstag investigation An American schooner was seized bv a rortucucso cunboat in tho Azores. Surgeon nt Tort Townsend, Wash is ordered to Liverpool to inspect 1111 migrants. Lukban says ho will not surrender until tho Americans withdraw from Gnndarn valley. Northern Pacific and Great North ern railways may utilize Snoqualmio Falls, Wash., for power. Ono hundred and eleven sections of land in Malheur, Oregon, oil district have been withdrawn from entry. Turkey yielded to all of France's demands. Peter Maher knocked out Jim Jef fords at Baltimore. British trade in past ten months has greatly fallen oft. Longbaugh has been positively Identified at St. Louis. Canal system planned for Joining Baltic and Black Seas. Three missing soldiers from Second Oregon probably murdered. Company to drill for oil on Menzles' place in Eastern Multnomah. Spring salmon pack on the Colum bia River was 224,000 cases. Colombia is levying on the steam ship lines to raise war funds. Governors of neighboring states commend Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. The Pension Bureau is investigat ing utterances attributed to Dr. Mary Walker. H. St, John, who wrecked three banks In Washington, was arrested in London. Nine convicts who escaped from Leavenworth, were recaptured and two were killed. Mrs. Dunsmulr begins a legal ac tion against her son James, Premier of British Columbia. Li Hung Cbang'is'dead. The British cabinet discusses Franco-Turkish dispute. Ten persons perished in the burn ingvof a Wisconsin theatre. More money for tho great 1905 fair, though stock lists are not ready. Tho Panama canal has been offered to the Isthmian Canal Commission. General H. 0. Corbin and Miss Edyth Fatten were married at Wash ington. Millionaire Do La Mar takes a $200,000 bond on a Southern Oregon copper mine. Narrow guago railroad from Reno under contract to build into Lake County, Oregon. A man and woman wcro arrested at St. Louis suspected of complicity, in tho Wagner train robbery. Schmitz, tho Union Labor enndi date, elected Mayor of San Francisco by n,pluiality of 4,158 votes. Attorney llaynor began his argu ment in behalf of Schley. The appli cant and spectators wcro moved to tears, and one woman fainted. Republican landslide in Ohio. Oregon hop crop being shipped east, Argument was continued in Schley case. VICWS 0E THE STATE p-EN UURNED TO DEATH. Nine Mm and a Woman Lost Their Lives and Others Alio May Have Perished, llnrl.iv. Wis.. Nov. 8. Tim Klon dlko theatre, uwiii-d by F.dwnrd l.o nlalni. eaitL'lit Urn ourlv today, whil moot of tho inmates woro in bod Jommerclal and financial Happenings of Im. J mill tlio wooden struotuiu was it inuwi 01 1 1 10 111 Ik HUSH, 11110 mull mm I'll" :mb OF INTEREST from all PART8 OF OREGON. EXPRESS MESSENGER C. F. CHARLES. Who refused to open the express car for tho robbers that recontly hold up the Southern Paclllc expross train near Eugene, Oregon. His action prevented tho robbors getting a large sum of money. Mr, Charles will bo transferred to San Francisco and given substantial promotion by tho Wells, Fargo Express Company. HAVANA SEWER CONTRACT. Bid of McGlvney and Rockcby, of Jersey City, Acreptd. Havana, Nov. 12. The municipal council of Havana has decided by a vote of 10 to S to accept tho bid of S. r. McGivney and R. T. Rockcby, of Jersey City, which is $10, 303,01 5, for tho Havana sewering and paving con tract. Considerable feeling was man- fested during the session over tho circulation of a pamphlet insinuating that tho MrGiviiev-ltockoby bid was really the bid oi tho engineers' de partment. " I The papers assert that feeuor Tain ayo, secretary ot state and govern mcnt, has been challenged to tight a duel by a member of the Union Club whom, it is said, con or Tnuiayo and friend assaulted at the close of tho recent banquet given bv tho Cuban society to the visiting Chileans. senor Tainnyo was detained by the police but ultimately released by.the civil governor. The Democratic party, lias adopted General Bartolome Maro as its can didate for the presidency of Cuba. OMNIBUS HELD UP. Bold Robbery Within the Umlts of a JNorth Dakota Town. 12. way to Valley City, N. D., Nov. While an omnibus was on its North Valley City tonight it was hold up by masked men. Half of the pas sengere aboard were robbed, losing money and other valuables to the amount of about ?400. Lawyer Combs, who was riding with tho driv er, jumped from his seat in the dark ness, ran back to tho nearest house and telephoned to the police. By tho time the oilicers arrived, however, the robbers had escaped with their booty. There is no clew to their identity. The hold up took -place within the city limits and was a bold piece of work. Jury secured in tho Considino case nt Seattle. Franco has occupied thrco ports in JUitylono Island. Law students of state university on vergo ot "a strike. Beth Low and tlio fusion ticket elected in Now York. Governor Gcer is in receipt of a letter threatening his life. A boxer leader was appointed to tlio Chinese foreign ollico. It will probably tako tho official count to ucciuo whether woils or f gohmitz is elected mayor of San Fran cisco. English mail for Australia is deliv ered in 81 days when sent by way of tho United States, the quickor route. In 1891 tho Untied States sonnto passed a bill excluding anarchists, but It failed to pass tlio houso and did not becomo a law. Rev. Q, N. Hartshorn, LL. D., foundor and for almost 50 years presi dent of(Mount Union collogo, died at jlllianco, O., after a long illness from JJriglits disonso. Ho was 78 years old. Forgot to Close the Breeeh. Athens, Nov. 12. A terrible gun accident occurred yesterday on the British battle ship Royal Sovereign, outside of tho Ostoko harbor. An artilleryman forgot to close the breech before the gun was fired. Ono officer and six artillerymen were killed out right, the bodies ling terribly mutil ated, and tho captain and 13 sailors were seriously injured. American Schooner Seized. London, Nov. 12. Tho Exchnngo Tolegraph Company has received a dispatch from Lisbon announcing that a Portuguese gunboat has cozed tho American schooner Nettio and Lottie at Horta, Island of Fayal, in tho Azores, for clandestinely convoy ing 20 emigrants who wore trying to avoid military service. ORDER OF WASHINGTON. Charges Against Supreme Officers Not Sus I talned and Everyih ng Is O. K. ' Seattle, Nov. 7. Snproino Prosi dent W. W. Terry, Supreme Secro tary J. L. .Mitchell, Supremo Cap tain I'aul 'Pfordiior and T. U. Mc Devitt, of tho Order of Washington, have answered charges made by John R. Parker, president of tho local union, regarding tho organization Tho supremo oilicers were indorsed in every possiblo manner by the members of the union, and whatever dissontion there might Iihvc been, disappeared when President Parker threw down hii badge and withdrow from tho meeting. A unanimous vote of con fideneo in tho head officers was ex pressed by tho Scattlo union, and peace reigns, with tho exception that Parker is to bo tried under imiiench ment proceedings. Tho Order of Washington has un ions in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, and has a membership of over 12,000. The supreme officers aro leading citizens of Portland. It is incorporated under the laws of Oregon, nnd was tho first Bociety authorized to do insurance business in Washington under the now law. PACIFIC REGALIA COMPANY. Business of This Home Industry Requires a Larger Factory and More Capital. Portland, Nov. C Tho Pacific Re galia Company, of Portland, has been re-incorporated by Paul Pferdncr, J. L. Mitchell, John S. Finney, T. B. McDevitt and May Pferdncr, with $50,000 capital stock. Tho company manufactures badges, buttons, regalia and lodge supplies of all kinds. The factory now operates 30 machines of various kinds and will bo still further enlarged to accomodate its growing business. Preparing the New Canal Treaty. Washington, Nov. 11. Lord Paunco- fote, the British Ambasador, had a half-hour's talk with Secretary Hay in regard to preparation of the new Hay- I'auncefote treaty. It Is expected. In view of tho progress that has been made, that the convention may bo concluded the latter part of next week. West Point Rules Changed. Washington Nov. 11. Secretary Root has issued an order changing tho regulations relative to admission to West Point so that tho board may appoint candidates who are enforcing them to pass tho mental ex amination prescribed by the depart ment. portance A Brief Review of the Growth and Improvements ot the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Latest Market Report The Roaeburg water company's ox tensive, improvements are hearing completion. Tho St. Helens school district will issue $3,500 in school bonds to build u now school houso, Tho roads of Wasco county aro vastly improved bv reason of tho adoption of wide-tiro wagons.' Tho Salem Automobile Co. lias boon incorporated to operate aiitomobllu linos between Salem and suburbs, Nineteen meiul)ors of tho Oregon City militia company wore court- martialed for neglect of duty. County Commissioner Young, of Clatsop county, was in Astoria last week, nnd reports that tho county saw mill is in place and will at unco Ihj gin operations. The break in tho diko is being repaired by a force of men Tho Suiuptor Lunbor coniinny'ii now -id horsepower oneino has been installed at the saw mill at Similiter. and all three engines started up last week aim nro working satisfactorily, both in tho saw mill nnd the planing nun. Tho Chisholin logging camp near Knappa, tins closed down for the win ter, aftor having cut tho body of tim her it has Imjcii working on for several months. It will start up again in the early spring on n liody of timber in Mie same vicinity. Tho lumlor business of tho Oregon Commercial company,at Huntington, has increased to such an extent that tho capacity of their saw mill is not sufficient to supply tho demand for the product. The capacity of the plant will be doubled as soon as tho machin ery can bo purchased, nnd machinery win nisn no installed lor another largo pinning mill. Tho normal school building at Weston is hearing completion. Klamath Falls has six cases of smallpox. Tho publio schools aro closed. Grants Pass is considerine tho nro- hibition of bicycle riding on tho side walks within tho city limits. George A. Forbes has been encaged as physical director of tho Monmouth normal school. Prior to his coming to Urcgon he was at tlio Korea collego, in Kentucky. A contract has boon let by tho school teachers and clerks who have filed on land in tho south ond of Umatilla county, to build 18 cottage and 10 miles of fonco on their proj- erty. Cattlo feeding has begun at Butter creek. About 4,200 aro boinir feed. more than ever be for o in tho history of that section. Tho condition of tho cattlo is much bettor than usual at this season. woman nro missing, nnu more may U) others who have lost their live t tho lire. Tho building was a structure 125 feet long, three stories high nnd 50 feet wide, and valued at If 10,000. It was occupied by 25 jwoplo, consisting of tho Loolnir faintly niidnBiookconi' nunv who gave n vaudeville entertain mout six nights n week. On tho first lloor was tho auditorium, barroom iMinbllng rooms, dressing rooms kitchen. dluitiL' room, stage and pro priotor's bedroom. On tho necond Door were tho boxes and a number of Ud rooms, Thu third lloor was partitioned into sleeping apartments I ho lire is thought to hnvo lieen enusedliy the explosion of an oil stove in tho proprietor's bedroom. When tho alarm was rounded the Haines had cut oil" exit by tho stairway. Tito only remaining exit was through tho side and front windows. noma of tho women crawled through tho side win (lows, dropiicd to tho adjoining build ing nnd reached tho ground in safety with slight injuries. HAD STOLEN BANK NOTES. Arrested at a St. Louis Hotel Alter They Had Tried to Pass the Bills. St. Louis, Nov. 8. Tho police hnv in custody at tho l'our courts u man and woman suspected of complicity in the robbery of nn oxprowi enr on tho Uront is or thorn railway, lien Wagner, .Mont., July 3, last, when tho safe was blown oimui with dyna mite and a consignment of unsigned notes lor tho iNntloiml hank of Helena. Mont., amounting to bo tween 150,000 mid $ 100,000 was stolen ui this amount, JS.OW in new notes of tho Helena bank were rccov ored, having boon foiind!in tho iwis session of tho man and woman, who were registered nt the Lnaledo Hotel ns Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rose. Thoy arrived at mo hotel last Friday mid announced that thoy would prob ably stay sovcrnl wooks. TRIAL OF CONSPIRATORS. The congestion of railroad tios in tho mill company's yards at Nicolal has caused tho mill to only run half time, and consequently many men havo been thrown but of employment and havo moved away. Italy's New Battle-Shlp. Now York, Nov. 11. Tho battle ship Brennetto Bren has been suc cessfully launched at Castlemare, in the presence of tho King and Queen, says tho Naples correspondent of the Herald. On tho arrival of tho Queen she was presented with a magnificent bouquet. Her Majesty performed the christening ceremony, and as the battle-ship glided into tho water tho ships of the Mediterranean squadron fired a royal salute. Tho Bronnotto Bren Is ono of tho largest ships of the Itallnn Navy, havlnir a disnlnccmenf of 13,000 tons. Her launching weight was 7000 tons. Gave the Officers the Slip. Topoka, Kan.. Nov. 12. Throe of tho oscaped fcdornl convicts havo been located in a buildinir in Shorov. a suburb of Topoka, ever sinco Satur day. Tho polico wore notified and thoy mndo n hurried trin out. RHow- ovor, tlio men had becomo susnicious. and eluded tho polico by leaving about 10 minutes boforo tlio polico arrived. A iioitro woman"noticed tho convicts and hor husband gnvo tho alarm, Formal Dinner at White House. Washington. Nov. 11. Tho presf' uent and Sirs. Roosevelt gave their ursi iormat dinner at tho Whito uouso tonight, when a company of is persons was assembled In tho fam ily dining room, which was beauti fully adorned with white chrysanthe mums. The guests Included Secre tary and Mrs. Hitchcock, Admiral Dewey, Colonel Sanger, Assistant secrtary of War and Mrs. Bangor; Mr. and Mrs, Whitolaw Reld; Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Adams, of Boston; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Itockhlll, Com mander and Mrs. Cowles nnd Miss Roosevelt. Carter Has More Evidence. Leavenworth, Kan,, Nov, 11. Ob orlln M. Carter has boon notified of the granting of a civil trial In tho United States Circuit Court in Chi cago. Colonol h. D. Carter, I. Stanton Carter and Horace Stono, a Chicago attorney, havo boon hero In consul tation with tho prisoner, gathering information for tho approaching trial. Tho purposo Is to try at this trial to Introduco evidence which Captain Carter assorts was excluded at tho court martial, Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Wnlln. nominnl. 5555JrcT: bluestem. SGc: Vallov. ODQUDWC. Flour Bost grades, S2.05Q3.50 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats Nominal J0(3?L00 pr cental. uarioy roed, Sialo.bO; browing. $ iti.uu per ton. JHilistuiTs Bran, S17018; mid dling, $2021; shorts, 19020; chop, $10. Hay Timothy. $1113: olovor. $79.50; Orogon wild hay, .50 per iton. Butter Fancy creamery,2527Ko; dairjv 1820c; etoro, ll15o por pound. Eggs Storage, 20o; fresh, 2321o; Eastern zUzl. Cheese Full cream, twins. 12J ldo: Young America, 13K14c. Poultry Chickons, mixed, $2,50(3 3,00; hens, $1.00; dressed, 10llc per pound springs, $2,50(3 3.00, per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old $3,00 4.00 for young; geese, $o7 pordoz en; turkeys, livo, 10llo; dressed, 810o por pound. Mutton Lambs,3Jo gross ; dressed C0Jc per pound; sheep,$3. 25 gross; dressed, uo por pound. Hogs Gross, hoavy,$00;25; light, $!.755; dressed, 77kJo per pound. Veal Small, 8Q8J4ojlargo,77K per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $3,504.00; cows and heifers, $3.003.b0; dressed beef, bJSuc per pound. Hops 810Uo por pound. Wool Valley, 11 13)0 por pound; hnstorn Oregon, H3l2o; mohair, 20(3 21c por pound. ' Potatoes ()585 per snck( Kansas Oity is troubled with a gang of female footpads. Senator Hnnna's Beoretnry says that sinco 1890 500 children hnvo been named aftor tho senator. Rankers nnd brokers unito in Buying that Roosovolt's nttitudo litis inspired confidence. It is said that King Oscar will send one of his sops to represent Sweden nnd Norway at tlio St. Louis exposition. Polish Students Agitating Their People to an Effort For Independence. New York. Nov. 8. Tho trial of 13 Polish students for belonging to cor tain secret societies in various uni versities was, says tho Berlin corres pondent of tho Iondoii Times, begun in Pokoii yesterday. Tho prosecutor claims mat ineso sociotlcn aro united in a Polish students' league, tho oh jectot which is the restoration of Pol ish independence. Ono student has confessed that ho circulated 50 copies of a pamphlet proclaiming that l oiantl was not yet lost. Polish secret societies, says tho corrcsiioudont, hnvo been increasing rapidly and tho l'riissinn government is determined to adopt a strong hand' cd iiolicy. POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODED Train Torn Into Kindling Wood, but the Crew Escaped. Albuquorquo, y, M., Nov. 0. Tho powder magazine of tho Santa Fo Pa cific, at Williams, containing 2,000 pounds of powder, exploded, tho shook breaking windows nnd glnsswaro, nnd teaiiug olr doors of houses. Tho mag' nzino is supposed to hnvo caught firo Ironi sparks from nn ongiiio which was switching near by. Tho engineer and switching crow escaped injury. but tho cars thoy wore switching wero torn into kindling wood and tho on gino wrecked. Tho damago is.not Known, out win amount to several thousands of dollars. LODGED IN CAVES. Miss Stone's Captors Were In Bulgarian Ter rltory Last Week. Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 8. Tho brl- gands having Miss Stone, tho Amer ican missionary, nnd her companion. Mmo. Tsilka, in thoir custody, wero in Bulgarian territory, near tho Turk ish frontier, last wcok, accordi'mr to nutnoriiativo intelligence Tho captives wcro lodged in caves, nnd iircs wcro lighted to protect thorn from tho sovoro cold. Sinco then tho brigands and tho women hnvo gono to somo placo unknown, Turkey Calls on England. Pnris, Nov 0. -"Tho norto asked Great Britnin," snys tho Constniiti- nopio correspondent of tho Echo do Paris, "to fulfill tho terms of tlm convention of 1878, wliorehy, in ox change for tho island of Cyprus, Groat Britain guaranteed tho integ rity of tho sultan's Asiatic possess ions. Tlio porto holds that under this convention Great Britain should protect Asiatio Turkoy ngainst attack by Franco, and suggosts that Great Britnin should sond a squndron to tho Lovnnt for that purposo." Passed Worthless Checks. Astoria, Nov. 7. A man bv tlm -. r ' - nnmo ot JO. Jt. Jlnrrnnn. ivlm rnm-,. scritcd himself to bo nn ndvortising solicitor, nrrived in Astoria fnw unys ngo, nnd has boon engaged in different occupations until ycatorday, wiwii no uisappcarcu lor parts, un known. Boforo lenvin L' ho llllll nnv. oral checks cashed for smnll nmoiints. Tho chcoks woro drawn on thn Flrf. National bank, of this city, and signed by himsolf, COiWICTS AT LAKWJIi MUTINY OF FEDERAL PRI80NEUB AT LEAVENWORTH. Twtnly.SU Deipiradoes' Broke Hie Cor don ol Armed Guards and Escaped Carried an Official Willi Thcm One Man Killed and Five Wounded of the Convicts. Lonvonworth,, Kan,, Nov, 11, Ono mnii wan killed, tlvo otliorit wero wounded and SO ileuwpritto convletn aro ut largo ns a result of n mutiny late this afternoon at tho alto of tlio now United Htntes prison, two nilleii southwest of hero, where four hun dred prisonem from thu foiloi'tit prison, In cliargo of HO united guards, were nt work. When tlio trouble began thu rebellious prisoners hnd only two re volvers. These revolvers hnd bi-oii secreted In one of thu walla of thu building by some unknown person. There nro two walls partly completed and tlio rest of tlio situ of the build ing In suroimdod by u hlh woodou utockadu, Uiih. Parkor, of Ardmoru, I. T., ono of tho ringleaders of tho mutiny, walked to tho corner of tlio stoeliitdti. where the revolveru wore concunled, mid, under cover of souio weeds, se cured thorn without being dutectud. ltu returned to thu gang and pussed ono of tho revolveru to Kmnk Thomp son, n negro from Houth McAllatur, J. T., who secured It about his nerson. When K, Hinds, superintendent of t.ou- structlon, and three unarmed guard propnrod to round up the men ut tho end of tho day's worK, thu two urmod convicts covered thoiu with revolvers, and, encouraged by tlio other mutin ous convicts, forced tho men to walk buforo them toward tho northwest corner of tlio ctockado, whero they ex pected to mnko a lush tliroiH-.ii tin opening. Tno outuldo of tho stockndu wna guarded by armed men, and when thu convicts appeared ut thu opening thoy woro mot by C. U. Uurrown. a guard, who fought them back, but who received two shots in tho nuck. Tho convicts then rusltod ovor to tho south wall to another openhiK and woro met by Arthur Trolford. an arm. od guard, who lu In charge of nil thu convicts. Trolford resisted tho con victs and wbb shot twice, but not dan- gorously wounded. Defeated in their attempt to escape, at this point, thu men rushed to tho guard houso, a temporary frame structure whom thu arms nro kept. Tho gunrds from tho outside rushed In at this point ami drove tho convicts nway from tho guard house. P. J. Waldrupo, a guard, shot and killed Foril Qulnn. fiom Uyan, I. T. Tho prlsonors then mndo rush for tho main ontrnco, and 20 of them succeeded in escaping. Most of tho escaped men aro from Indian Ter ritory. Closely followod by tho guard, tho nion ran to a nearby forest and succeeded in evading thoir pur suers. Tho nion wont In tho direc tion of Kaston. Kan., and it Is renort- od that thoy havo hold up many farm ers, taking horses and clothes en rout. Tho convicts In thoir fllcht. com- polled F. Hind's, superintendent of construction, to go with thorn, and ho was not nllowod to rotum until thoy had gono almost two miles. W. F. Poasless, ono of tho fugitives, who had but 1G months moro to sorve, dosortod tho band a fow moments af ter Suporlntondont Hinds was re loasod. Tho two inon ronchod horu almost at tho samo tlmo. Thoy re ported that tho fugitives, aftor hold- ing a consultation, docldod that they wuuiu lorm inomsoivcs into sorurnl small partios, so that somo might cs enpo though othors should be cap tured. It Is tho Intontlon of all of thorn to attompt to roach tho rousdi country southeast of hero. BETRAYED HI8 TRU8T. Head Treasurer of the Maccabees Is a Defaulter Surety Companies to Hear Loss. Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 11. By hla own writton confession, Charles D. Thompson, supromo flnnnco keeper of tlio Supremo Tont, Knights of tho Maccabees, and a promlnont vessel and tug man of this city, Is n default er In tho sum of $57,000. Mr. Thomp son, however, was heavily bondod in the National Suroty Company, of Now York, and tho Fldollty nnd Oeposlt Company, of Baltimore nnd tlm nr. dor, thoroforo, Is protoctod from loss. Thompson mndo no effort to escnpo aftor his defalcation had boon dis covered. Ho la now at hln linmn nwaltlng tho action of tho bonding companies. Kate Greenway Dead. London, Nov. 11. Miss Knto Ornn. way, tho artist, is dead. Miss Orcenway won her fnmo ns i artist throuch hor Hitniri. AH nni! palntlngH of chlldron. Thoso woro drawn with such a whimsical grnco and hor chlldron doplctod lu such dainty fashion. In sneh that "Qreonway" chlldron became, tho fad. Hor art nroducml n. rnvnlilHnn In tho dress of chlldron, loading to tho adoption of sonslblo ns woll ns protty stylos, Sho contrlbutod to mnnv mntr- zlnOS and lllustrntnri mnnv rOilMrnn'a books. . General Oreely at Washington. Washington, Nov. 11. aonoral A. W. Qrooloy, chief signal ofllcor, ro turnod to -Washington todny nftor nn absence of flvo months spout In tho Philippines inspecting tho cablo and tolograph service of tho islands, aon oral drooloy had an Important confer onco In London with tho officials of tho cablo and tolegraph companies, which rosultod In nn ngroomont to re duco tho tolls to and from Manila on Government business about one-third.