FOR NEW ALLIANCES Britain May Consent to Russia Controlling Turkey. THREE NATIONS TORM COMBINE ftuaaln, Germany and France May Unilo to Counterbalance Eflect of Anf,lo-Japanese Alliance. Paris, Oct. 5. ( 'Imncclloric here Hinl I lir'HilxxX Europe are taking the kcelllMl interest ill lllll X IHH i 1 I hikI vcii probable form itl ion of new Euro pean alliance coiiscipicnt iimiii the ter minal inn ( the war and tln conclusion of H closer Anglo-.lnpanesn alliance. This him been advanced beyond discus man in tin newspaper n inl hit already revched the Mage of discreet diplo mat ic soundings. The proposed realignment of Euro I i mwith i h 1 i v i 1 t Into three main imivi'ini'iitN II rut, Uritish inclination toward mii accord willi Russia; second, h German movement for an alliance off. setting tin Anglo-Japanese lilliance, Hinl tliinl, Uiihhii ) ii'imiin overtures to induce ! ranee to join the latter group ing. Oreat Britain's desire for a rap jiroclieiiient with JCuhhih has brought about tlie distinct 1 i .li mia t if sugges tion tluit (ireat Jtriliiin in ready to give fuller recognition to Russia's privileged position in Southern Turkey, notably nt CoiiHtantiuople ami along tint Ros I'lmriiH. KuHnia's ainlnt ioiiN in that direction have heretofore encountered strong opposition in England Tim view in I'M'iifii official quarters is distinctly favorable In an Anglo KunHian rapprochement.. It was one if the projects of M. DclciiSHe when for ijf it minister, to have K ing Edward visit Emperor Nicholas an a mean of furthering the rccoiicilatioii of Russia and ireat Britain. Com crning the proponed (ieiniari Russian agreement, strong elements ill doth countries favor an accord as a cnuntcrpoinc to the A iiglo-Jiipanesc alliance. The Temps tonight prints HI) nilthori.ed interview With l'lllice von itiielow, th German imperial chancellor, at I'aden (laden, openly ad vocating a German-Russian rapproche ment. BREACH BETWEEN OFFICIALS Metcalf and Taft Disagree on Rules for Chinese Exclusion. Washington, Oct. 6. With tho re fill n to tliu city of tint preiiideiit and It i m official advisers, the hrerch he t ween the depart inent of State and the depart ment of Commerce and lahor in widen, ing over tint question of Chinese exclu sion, Secretary Metcalf does not take kindly to Secretary Taft's assertion that the methods of enforcement of reg ulationi) hy tint department of Com merce, and Lahor are largely icHponsi hle for the present emhiH rassing Chi nese hoycott, It in understood that lie ftill protest against any action tending to remove the regulation directing American consuls in China to personal ly iniiiiri into the truth of stulcnicriU in Chinese ccrticflatcs hy vising them. The great fight in congress fur yearn It ah lieen to reduce to a minimum the fraudulent admission into the I'nited Slates of Chinem' coolies tinder the Inline of students or htiHiucijs men. It bus lieen churned hy Western members that Home steamboat and transenntinent nl mil road companies have been en gaged in a coiiHpirncy to aid in the vio lation of the exclusion laws. It in known that Mr. Metcalf helicvcH that without thu co-operation of American consuls ahroivd the prenent laww would ns UHeh'HM, and that nliuoHt the same ruHiiltfl would he uttaincd an it thu K'ltt'H wens thrown opui to all CliincHO. The impreHHion in Hain hecomiiiK utreiiKtheniMl that th Chineao ipiefltion will finally result in Mr. Mftcalf'a re tirement from the cabinet. Doctor Arrested in Florida. Pi'iiHacola, Flu,. Oct. 6. The oflirial fever report for today follows: New vafieH, 10; total to date, 1H5; dcatlm, 1, total, H7; total diHchari'd, 75; under treatment, Hfi. A NeiiHation whp 4'reated thin afternoon hy the arrewt of Ir. J. H. Her run for refunal to allow a Hanitary ollicer to inspect hit hoiiBe. I)r. llerron Ih one of the oldest phym ciaiiH in the city, anil hy many in con sidered an expert on yellow fever. Tl e fever situation today while practically iinchiiiiK'ed, hIiowh more improvements in tho deaths. New Montana Reserves. Ilutte, Mont., Oct. 5. Advices re ceived from Washington state that President Koosevelt issued a proclama tion for two additional forest reserves in Monauii, at the same time providing for luro additions to tho two present reserves. Altogether ahout .,,L)50,()l)l) acres of land are involved. The two new reserves will he known as Hell (late and hijr ltelt respectively. Tho former will comprise ahout 1,40,000 ucres, and the latter (iDO.OOO acres. Yerkes to Succeed Metcalf. Washington, Oct. 5. It comes from high authority tonight that John V. Yerkes, of Kentucky, commissioner of internal revenue, will shortly enter President Roosevelt's cabinet as secre tin y of commerce and labor upon the retirement of Victor Metcalf, of Cali fornia, and that there is no queston that Secretary of the Navy lion a parte will suceeil Attorney General Moody Boon after congress meets. FORTY FEET ON BAR. That and Deeper River Channel Ne cessity for Port of Portland. I'oilland, Oct. 4. Whatever lies within the power of the business men of Cortland will b done to secure from the next sesHion of congress an item in the sundry civil appropriation bill suf ficient for completion of the work on the Columbia liver bar under '.he plans that have been submitted by govern ment engineers for completion of the south Jetty. At the same time the necessity ns a part of the important woik for a coi resiondingly greater dept h in the river channel from Port land to the sea will not be lost sight of, and at the same lime that phase of the ipiestioii will come under consideration and action. Theodore It. Wilcox, who has laliored incessantly in behalf of the river and bar improvements, and whose faith has never been shaken that the result de sired is within reach, points the ne cessity for action from this time for ward. 'Jul king has been done about what ought to be done, and Mr. Wilcox and Home others have been exerting themselves in work to bring about the results that have been talked alsiul, hut now it is presented sijuarely to the people of Portland as a duty for them to perform, if it is desired that the tralllc of the Hill railroads is to flow through Portland to the Orient, islandn of the Pacific and ports of the world, carried by the fleet, of the Hill steam ship companies, and other of the larg est ocean carriers. The Port laud commercial bodies have given iirx ti it 1 i f S ' I support in expres sions contained in resolutions in the past, and now, when it is imperative that action be suited to the conviction voiced, they will certainly be found alert and ready for strong personal work of their membership. ARE AFTER BANDITS. Posses Close on Heels of Men Who Held Up Great Northern. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 4. Sheriffs' posses hare traced the three men who held up the !reat Northern overland train just outside of r.iillard, to the dis trict lying north of llothcll, in w hich Harry Tracy, tint Orepon outlaw, lay hidden H 'u years ago. Along the same roads that w ere guarded in the bunt for Tracy lie deputy sheriffs in wait for the bandits, whom they believe will attempt to enter the town from that direction. The trail of the fleeing bandits was plain, once the officers caught it, for miles along the county roads. Thvr it turned toward the city, and it was uninistukthlo that the men were seek ing to re-etiter Seattle. The pursuing posses beat t'le brush half of last night and rnoHt of today before the men were called in for a abort rest, then hurried into the field again. Tonight Sheriff Smith went out per sonally to direct the search west of (iieen lake. lcputy McKinnon, who had followed the trail all day, with a deputy worked north of the lake. JURY IN RECORD TIME. Jones-Potter-Wade Land Fraud Trial Now in Progress. Portland, Oct. 4. Willard N. Jones, Thuddeus S. Potter and Ira Wade, charged jointly with having conspired to defraud the government of public hind, are now on trial in the Federal court before a jury that wan selected with but littje difficulty yesterday morning. It is a case that was easy of commencement, though it will be bit terly contested by M. L. Pipes and S. U. Huston, who represent Jones and Potter, and by J. H. Wyatt, of Albany, the attorney for Wade. Yeste'day af ternoon the testimony of John L. Wells, the first witness for the govern ment was repeatedly iuterrputed by Mr. Pipes and Mr. Huston, who de sired to enter and argue pleas covering the different lines of the testimony about to le offered by the government. The Jones case is remarkable for one thing, the shortness of the time taken by the attorneys for presenting their cases to the jury. Mr. Heney occupied about L'U minutes in his presentation while Mr. Huston for the defense was evea more brief. Beavers' Trial Coming Soon. Washington, Oct. 4. "George W. Heavers, former chief of the salaries and allowance division of the Postoflice department, will be tried at an early date on all the indictments returned against him," paid Holmes Conrad, counsel for the government, engaged in the prosecution of the postal fraud cases, yesterday. "The government will press tho cases for trial as soon as the condition of the criminal docket ad mits their being called up. I do not see that anything can stand in the way of an early disposition of the matter. " Las! Mail to Nome. San Francisco, Oct. 4. Advices from Washington announce the last dispatch of mail for the season via steamers to Nome, Alaska, will lie made not later than October 1, 1I0T. It will not lie possible, to transmit all mail matter in the form of parcels to Alaska postollices until the opening of navigation in Alas ka next spring, but arrangements with Canada have been perfected w hereby mail may be conducted to and from the Yukon district. May Succeed Sargent. Washington, Oct. 4- - Kuniors are afloat tonight that John Mitchell, pres ident of the United Mi no workers of America, will be appointed commis sioner of immigration to succeed Frank P. Sargent. Mr. Mitchell had a con ference with President HooBevelt today and afterward talked with Mr. Sargent. When questioned tonight he refused to confirm or deny the story, LAND FRAUD CASES Honey Working Hard to Secure More Convictions. LAWYERS WANT CASE DISMISSED Should Indictment Be Found Faulty Defendants Will Go Free on Statute of Limitations. Portland, Oct. 3. Willard N. Jones, ThaddeiiD S. Potter ami iia Wade will face the Federal court this morning charged with a conspiracy to defraud the government, provided Judge Hunt overrules the demurrer to the indict ment, which was argued yesterday by S. U. Huston ami M. I,. Pipes for the defense and Histrict Attorney Heney for the government. Several moves have been made by the defense to prevent the case coming to trial, but so far they have lcen un successful, though their efforts have hindered the consideration. The first indictment against the defendants was admitted to be defective by the district attorney and was dismissed, while the present indictment was returned just as the statute of limitations was about to run. A plea in abatement was filed by the attorneys ss the second step, but this whs overruled by the court, upon which the demurrer was presented. Yesterday morning it was submitted upon a statement of contention by tin; different attorneys interested in the case. The court listened to the argument on Isjth sides and then took the matter of its decision under advisement until this morning, when it w ill make known its opinion. If Judge Hunt should de cide for the defense, the defendants would be enabled to escape prosecution entirely, as the statute of limitation has by this tune run and no new in dict merit could be draw n or voted to replace the present one. STEALING IS EASY. New York Bank Clerk Takes Money to Prove It. Nwe York, Oct. M. I!y the confes sion of Henry A. I-onard, a young clerk in the employ of Halle & Stieg litz, brokers at HO Hroad street, the mystery of the robbery on Wednesday last of f :i.V.r,000 worth of securities from the National City bank was clear ed up today. Leonard who lives with his parents at ft;t Fast 130th street, was arrested yehterday and kept in clcse confinement while the detectives continued their search for the missing securities, every dollar of which was recovered today. The prisoner, who is only 24 years old and who has previously home the reputation of an industrious and thoroughly reliable clerk, made the as tounding statement in his confession, that he had planned and carried out his scheme of forgery not from a crim inal motive, but solely to show by w hat a simple device the elaborate safe guards of New York banks could be set at naught. That this statement is in a measure correct is shown by the facta in the case. TRAIN HELD UP. Great Northern Express Car Dyna mited and Safe Looted. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 3. Tho Great Northern overland train, leaving Seat tle at S:L'0 last night, was held up and the baggage and express car dynamited half a mile east of mile post ten, about five miles from liallard, at 8:45. It was 11 o'clock before the train pulled into Kdmonds and the most meager re ports were sent to the local office. Three men are known to have done the work. Two boys, who got on the blind baggage here, as soon as the hold up began entered the passenger coachoe and began holding up the passengers. They were captured. They say two of the men were on the blind baggage when they got on and the third got on at Hallard. All were dressed with raincoats and slouch hats. Agitating for a Republic. Ixndon, Oct. 3. Tho Christiania correspondent of the London Post says the agitation against tho terms of the Karlstad agreement continues to grow. Critics declare the terms have placed the government in a humiliating posi tion, but the delegates shrunk from rejecting them or taking the conse quences. The object of those who are behind the agitation is to weaken the government in order to prepare the way for a demand which is being ad vanced for the establishment of a re public. Blame for Wreck Fixed. New York, Oct. 3. Responsibility for the accident on tho New York Ele vated railroad recently, in which 12 persons lost their lives, was fixed today by a coroner's jury upon two men. Cornelius A. Jackson, tho towerman who set tho wrong switch, and Kelley, the inotorman, who drove his train around tho curve with a speeU which caused one etr to jump the track into the street, were both charged with criminal negligence. Fire Destroys Army Stores. Tokio, Oct. 3. It is officially re ported tliat the damage caused by the tire in the army storehouse at Hiro shima amounted to 1,849,107 yen, equivalent to about V24,533, including the buildings, provisions and clothes which were destroyed. SANDS ARE RICH IN ORE. Black Deposits Near Mouth of Co lumbia Give Results. Portland, Oct. 3. Ir. Havid T. Day, chief of the division of mining arid mineral resources of the I'nitixl States Geological survey, announces that his experiments with black ands at the Lewis and Clark exposition have been eminently successful. Ir. Hay says the black sand found in the vicinity of the mouth of the Columbia river is of suffi cient value to warrant its being concen trated, as ilVontHiris valuable minerals that will average not less thr.n $7 per ton. The experiments carried on in the concentrating pavilion at the expo sition proved that a ton of the black sands taken from the Columbia river will average $r in magnetite, or iron, and $2 in other minerals. He says the exact value of the gold and platinum has not been determined as yet, but that the iron alone makes it valuable enough to pay the cost of transmuta tion and then leave a sp!endid profit. I)r. Hay has been experimenting with these black sands for some time. He says the extent of the sand beds H practically unlimited, arid that in porne places they have been found to be 70 feet in depth. Samples have been taken from the surface sands and from the bottom of the beds, and the rich mineral always shows up when the sand is concentrated. He says the deeper the sand is obtained the richer it is in minerals. DRIVEN BY CLUBS. Martinique Workmen for Canal Com pelled to Land at Colon. Colon, Oct. 3. Six hundred and fifty lalKirers from Martinique, brought here Friday on the French steamer Ver sailles, under contract to work on the canal, refused to disembark or to sub mit to vaccination, which is imjx-rtive under the American sanitary regula tions. They clamored to le taken back to Martiniuqe, asserting that they had been misinformed as to the conditions here before they embarked, and that later they learned these conditions were intolerable and deadly. Yesterday morning, however, 500 of them were with difficulty persuaded to land, and these were sent to points along the line of the canal. One hun dred arid fifty remained on board and declined to leave the ship under any consideration. These were forcibly ejected from the vessel this afternoon by Panama and Canal zone policemen, but not until nearly every one of them had been clubbed and several were bleeding from ugly wounds. All yesterday and last night the Ver sailles was guarded by Panama police men. F.arly this morning the French consul at Colon, M. Iionhenry, ap pealed to the men to listen to reason, explaining that they had left Martin ique under contract with the Canal zone emigration agent, guaranteeing the payment of their passage here, and that while working on the canal they would have, in addition to their wages, the guarantee of free quarters and free medical attendance. ARMY STORES BURN. Temporary Buildings Contained Mil lions of Dollars' Worth of Goods. Tokio, Oct. 3. A file which broke out in an army storehouse at Hiro shima at 1 o'clock and continued for over three hours, destroyed 20 tempo rary buildings, together with their con tents, consisting principally of provis ions anil clothing. The cause of the fire is being investigated. A largo portion of the clothing had been removed from a new storehouse before the fire. The extent of the dam age is believed to be comparatively slight. There was no loss of life. A later telegram from Hiroshima said that the fire was still burning at 1 o'clock this afternoon. In addition to the 20 buildings, several others filled with fodder were destroyed. Although the buildings were constructed of light inateriul, they contained an enormous amount of stored goods, and the struc tures being of inflammable nature, the flames were difficult to extinguish, de spite the desperate efforts of the troops. The fire was discovered at 1 o'clock, and spread with great rapidity. It was probably of incendiary origin. The loss is variously estimated at from 2, 000,000 to 15,000,000. Ferry To Be Abandoned. Tacoma, Wash, Oct., 3. It is an nounced here that upon the completion of that part of the north bank line be tween Vancouver and Portland, the Northern Pacific will practically aban don the ferty between Kalama and Goble, and tho lino from Goble into Portland. It is understood that ar rangements have been made with the Astoria & Columbia River road where by this road will care for tho business along tko 40 miles of Northern Pacific, track between Goble and Portland in the future. Blown Up by Mine. Chefoo, Oct. 3. The coasting steam er Hsiesho, plying between Shanghai and Tientsin, struck and was totally destroyed by a mine !0 miles south of the Shantung promontory Saturday morning. FLteen persons ou board the vessel were drowned, included among them being Engineers Manchan and Muir. The foreign passengers and a portion of the crew of tho Hsiesho were rescued by two passing steamers. Seventy-one were taken to Shanghai. Big Order for Rails. Montreal, Oct. 3. It is officially an nounced that the Grand Trunk Pacific has given an order for M, 000,000 worth of steel rails to the Dominion Iron & Steel company, of Sidney, IJ. C. The contract calls for the delivery of the rails within five years NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. j i p i h- w- f rill The irjnunlfVer.it New York Stork Exchange has entrances on three streets P.rond, New nnd Wall. The present building Is worth, with the ground on which It stands, more than $7,000,000. It Is of white marble and Is said to be the finest building devoted to a similar purpose In the entire world. FROM CLERK TO MAGNATE. Remarkable Rise to Wealth and Power of Jme J. Ulll. Forty-one years ago James J. Hill, the great railroad magnate, who re cently celebrated his 07th birthday an niversary, was a mud clerk on a small steumbcat plying up nnd down the Mississippi. A mud clerk in Mississip pi Klver jmrlance Is applied to under clerks, who go ashore at Landings and check bnggnge and freight. That Is what Hill was. Not many years later he controlled the line of steamboats on which he had been employed as mud clerk. He Is a Canadian by birth, having leen born at Guelph, Out, In 1WS. His father was Irish, his moth er Scotch, and while the son had the characteristics of both races, he was essentially American, first and last. Ho attended the Hockwood Academy, a (junker school, for eight years, and then the death of his father threw him upon his own resources, which were ample. At the age of IS he looked alut him, and finally select ing St. l'eui as the most likely place In the Wet for an ambitious young man, he went there, taking a position as mud clerk on the Dubuque and St. Paul Packet Company's line of steaiu lxiuts. In the next few years he served with various shipping firms, and in 1SV took the agency of the North western Packet Company. He served In this capacity for two years, and then be started in business for him self, engaging In the fuel and transpor tation trade. As he once put It. "I found It better to expend my energies In my own behalf than In Itehalf of others." Among other things he de- JAMES J. BILL. elded in looking about that the rail road business offered even greater fields than that offered by river traffic, and firm in this belief he laid plans to secure the agency for the St. Paul & Pacific Hallrond, and his plans did not miscarry. They seldom have. In IStiO the Hill, Griggs & Co. transpor tation firm came Into existence. This firm was very successful, but not suffi ciently successful to Milt young lllll. About that time he made many trips up Into North Dakota, or the Red Kiver valley, and there he saw natural agricultural facilities, second to none In the country. It was a howling wil derness almost, but never mind that; the opportunities waited to be taken advantage of. and young Hill forth with did take advantage of them. In 1S70 he started the Hed Klver Trans portation Company, opening up the northwestern wilds to the farmer, and a year later he had bored his way Into the Interests of the Hudson Kay Company and consolidated with It. Hut in the meantime he had his eye on the gradually Increasing railroad Interests of the country, and In 1S72 his groat opportunity presented Itself. The St Paul & Pacific Railroad de faulted, and Hill, having foreseen It and laid his plans accordingly, prompt ly set about Interesting English capi talists In this road. Ixml Mount Stephen and Sir Donald Smith lis tened, and the end was that lu 1878 Hill gained control of the bonds" of that company, lu 1S83 he was maAe president. He reorganized the road nnd named It the St. Paul, Minneapo lis & Manitoba Railroad. Slowly but surely the Great Northern system came luto existence, lu .185)0 he be came president of the Great Northern, a system extending from Puget sound, on the Pacific coast, to St. l'aul; from Duluth ou the north to Yankton, S. D., ua the south. He started tho Northern Steamship Company, controlling ths great lake traffic, and not content with his line of trans-Paclflc steamships he Is now perfecting plans for additional Oriental trade through the Nlppon Yushon Kalsha Steamship Company. MS Newspaper advertising is generally recognized In this day and generation as a valuable adjunct In the business world. It Is not only regarded by ft large majority of retail dealers as a necessity and one that pays compound Interest, but the buyers likewise Insist upon consulting the advertising col umns of their favorite Journal. In the city the popular newspaper Is the dally. In the country the week ly press has an equally strong hold oa the reader. The best argument that advertising pays Is found In the prog ress advertising has made In the past few years both In the city dally and the country weekly. There Is as much reason why tha country dealer should advertise In his local newspaper as that the city adver tiser should persistently cry his goods In the city dally. It Is probable thnt the country merchant gets fully as large returns from his advertising, ac cording to the amount expended, as does the city dealer. The country dealer's newspaper an nouncements bring returns In in creased trade. The more care he takes In preparing his advertisements the better the results. The advantages of an advertisement are not all realized In a week or even a mouth. The re sults are cumulative. The newspaper advertisements keep their readers constantly Informed as to what the merchants have for sale. When au article Is needed the dealer who has been telling the public through the press that he has that par ticular line of goods secures a cus tomer. The new resident of a town early subscribes for the local news paper that he and his family may be come familiar with the town's doings, names, etc. The advertisements are a point of especial interest to them. The direct returns are not all the advantages of the merchants' adver tising, although the investment In It self Is undoubtedly a reasonably prof itable one. The local newspaper is constantly pointing out to Its reader the mistaken policy of buying from mall order houses and big depart ment stores. . The local advertisement will still further assist In discourag ing the practice and help to keep money circulating In local channels that would be lost forever if sent to catalogue houses. Northtteld (Vt.) News. Profitable Fellowship. Among the pleasures and profits of Intelligent travel are the companion ships one forms. The well-polsed trav eler Is never afraid to make new friends. He soon learns to read human nature sufficiently to know whom to trust, and he cannot travel, even to a very limited extent, without meeting many people well worth knowing. Tun little home circle is delightful and often helpful, but the view points and opportunities of! our fellow citizens are so nearly identical that our next-door neighbors are not apt to furnish as profitaole friendships as persons wo meet whose environments are different and who have, perhaps, had a wider range of opportunities and seen more of the things worth while, which aro the heritage of the traveler. When the man who is familiar with the East meets the man who has learned the great story of the West, the conversation is pretty apt to ba worth listening to. Four-Track Newsj There was once a woman who couli actually starch a man's shirt In the right place but she has been dead) several hundred years. I Bra