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DEAD IN THOUSANDS Many Chinese Were Drowned In Hongkonfj Typhoon. ALL COMMERCE IS PARALYZED Half the Hirhor Craft Wrecked and Many Buildings Destroyed Ctmn Without Warning. Hongkong, Kept 20.- The typhoon which swept thin port, destroying a great number of vessels and causing much loss of life, was of n local nntiire, It came suddenly and without warning. The observatory had predicted moderate winds. Half an hour after the gun igual had been (I itiil the Ntorm was at tin height. Jt lusted two hours. MoHt of the damage was wrought on the kowlonn peninsula. Tim lows are estimated at several mill ion dollar. Over 1.(1110 mi rtipKi n and junks are missing from Honykong alone. Wharves weicsfcpl away and houses ollapHi.,1. 'I he military hurra) kit are in riuiiH, The hailn.r in strewn with wreckage thrown upon ti c shore. Hundreds of Chinese lun'men and their families were saved hy the bravery of the police and i v 1 1 irtuH, hut several thousand of the Chinese w aterd wellers miint have periHhed, many within short distances of the hhoro. Tlie losses in lives and property among the Chinese were ap palling. Today the police stations in Hongkong are surrounded hy Chinese identifying their dead. The families of the Hongkong hoatmen live night and day on the sampans, and thousands of these people are now homeless. The Chinese take the disaster calmly and show no manifestation of griel. hie launch that was capsized had Kit) Chinese on hoard. They were all drowned. Kir Matl mw Nathan, governor of I lotigkong, and the authorities, are doing all everything possible to remit r assistance. Reports of fresh disasters are arriving every hour. Only a few I'uropeans are missing. It is now estimated that fi.OOO Chi nese lost their livts. lieports are daily increasing the mortality. BEGIN THEIR TAbK. Taft and Bacon Hear Stories of Both. Factions in Cuba. Havana, Kept. 20. The presidents of hoth the Moderate and the Liberal parties this afternoon submitted to Kec retary of War Taft and Assistant Kecre tary of Ktate 15 aeon, representing Presi dent Koosevelt, their respective state ments of the facts leading up to the revolution and the conduct of belliger ents. Each of the presidents tomorrow will present a written statement of the terms he is willing to agree to in the interest of peace. General Menochal, representing the veterans, also related to Messrs. Taft and Huron the effort he had made in the line of peace and the diUicnltiei he had encounteied and vave his opinion as to what courses hold any promine of an amicable settle ment. Today's hearing began at the home -of Minister Morgan in the village of Marianuo, which is only three miles from the most advanced post of the in surgent force, that of Colonel llaldo mero Acosta, which is encamped ill the vicinity of Arrova Arenas. After the heatings Mr. Taft sai l to the Associated Tress that he hail just begun hia work and that It was evident the mission upon which he came would require more time than he had antici pated before his arrival. He intimated that ten days would b required to complete Jih errand, but he could not eay whether or not it would be neces-t-ary to visit insurgent camps or other cities than Havana. A private telegraph wire is being strung fiom Mr. Morgan's housti to the cable fill ice in order that Messrs. Taft and Itacnn may be able to report direct to Mr. Kooeevelt. Scotch Train Wrecked. London, Kept. 20. The crowded '.Scotch express train on the Great Northern Hallway, leaving London last nigtit, was wrecked outside of Grant ham at midnight. The train should have stopped at Grantham, but failed to do so. Hoon after passing the sta tion the train left the rails and then jumped a bridge. The engine and sev eral coacheB were dashed over the em bankment. There aro many passengers beneath the debris. Of ten extricated Ave have died. The number of lives lost ia not known. German Goods Burned. Uuenos Ayres, Kept. 20. According to the newspapers this morning, the custom house, which was destroyed by lire, contained 30,000 tons of merchan dise, mainly of German origin. The losses are estimated at $1,200,000. The origin of the fire ia not known. Five clerks and 70 workmen have been arrested. Five firemen were Injured. The dock and storehouses erected by the government, at a cost of $400,000, were completely destroyed. Artillery General Killed. Warsaw, Sept. 20. General Nicolal ff, of the artillery, baa been assassin td. Ha was erroneously thought to lie a member of the field court martial. 1 Nlcnlaieff was walking on Wllka street this morning, when he was surrounded by five revolutionists and shot dead. The murderers escaped. UHIDGE COLLAPSES. Many Killed and Injured in Oklahoma Train Wreck. Guthrie, Okla., Kept. 111. Eight pen p!e are dead, 20 more or less injured, and an many more are missing In the most disastrous wreck in the recent his to-y of the Hoc k Island, which occurred three miles from Dover, Okla., yester day. The engine, tender baggage and mail cars, smoker ami day coach of passen ger train No, 1 2, noithhound, left the high bridge that spans the Cimarron river, and plunged into the current flanked by treacherous quicksands. The locomotive disappeared from sight almost immediately. The mail and baggage clerks escaped from their coaches and swam to tbe shore. The accident was due to the defective condition of the bridge which was swerved out of line by the pressure of driftwood carried down by the swollen stream. The train was an hour late and was running at high speed to make up time. The engineer did not see tbe condition of the bridge until be was within a few yards, when it was too late to sir: p. He shouted to his fire man, threw on the brakes ami jumped. He landed on the very verge of the river bank and escaped unhurt. The li reman was leas fortunate, sustaining severe injuries. When the engine strut k the bridge the whole structure suddenly collapsed, precipating the engine and couches into the water. The chair car and two heavy Pullmans were not pulled in, hut remained on the track. Tim most authentic accounts place the number of passengers in the smok er at bet . i en 25 and .'ID. With but few exceptions these have not been ac counted for. The only hopeful news is contained in messages received from rural districts. Men on bits of drift wood have been seen going down stream at various points, but attempts at res cue have in most instances proved futile. NEW STORM ARISES. Santo Domin&o Again Infected With Revolutionary Fever. Washington, Kept. 19. Just as the Cuban insurrection appears to be on thetoint of harmonious adjustment, tbe United Ktatcs government is con fronted with a new outbreak in Knnto Domingo. Commander Kontherland, senior American naval oflieer in Do- minican waters, reported to the Navy department by cable late this alternoon that an insurrection is about to break out in Santo Domingo at any time. He says that tbe government has sent a force of 400 men to Monte Chrisio. The situation is declared to be acute. He fears that an uprising may take place. He requests that the Dixie, which is now in Cuban waters, be re turned at once to Kauto Domingo. When the advisability of withdraw ing the naval forces from Dominican waters was discussed when the crisis came in the Cuban revolt, a suggestion was made that it might give encourage ment to the insurgents in that island. It was finally decided, however, that the Dominican government had matters well in hand and that no change was to be apprehended with the present fleet of gunboats in those waters. FUNSTON TO LEAD. Will Be In Command of American Army in Case of Intervention. Washington, Kept. 19. General Frederick Funston, who is now on his way to Washington under orders from the War department, will probably be assigned o command the army in Cu ba, if intervention should be found ne cessary. While oniers nave not ueen issued for the movement of troops to Cuba, tl e army was never better pre pared for quick action, if it ia found necessary to send them to Cuba. General r niiston ia probably aa well informed regarding conditions in the islandas any ollicer of the army. He made a good reputation in the Philip pines, and only a few months ago at tracted attention by the manner in which he handled the diflicult situa tion growing out of the employment of troops in Kan Francipco after the earth quake. The fact that he ia under or ders to come to Washington and to await further instructions indicates that he ia wanted for important duty. Dynamite From the Sky. Erussela, Kept. 19. Kensational ru mors of a plot against the Russian czar and his family are being circulated here. It ia stated that the revolution aries, finding It impossible to approach the palace at Peterhof by tana or sea, have purchased balloons from an Amer ican inventor, the purpose being to as cend from the German frontier and drop down explosives on the palace. It ia intended to destroy the infant czare vitch and Grand Duke i'ladimir. It ia paid the authorities became aware of the plot and arrested the ringleaders. Her Position Dangerous. Honolulu, Kept. 19. The latest ad vices trw the stranded steamer Mon golia say that holds No. 2 and 3 are rilled with water Captaina of local vessela plying to Midway say that the Mongolia's position ia more dangerous than that of the Manchuria. Two anchors have been placed out and con siderable cargo thrown overboard. The steamer Iroquois leaves for Midway to night and the tug Restorer will sail Thursday. More Troops Ready for Service. Richmond, Ind., Bept. 19. Com panies G and O, of the Fourth United Btates Infantry, on the way from Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, to Fort Wayne, Mich., were today or dered to report to Fort Thomas, Ky., In anticipation of be ng sent to Cuba. SURROUND CAPITAL Army cf 3,000 Insurgents Out side City ol Havana. SHOW NO SIGN OF YIELDING Liberal Leaders Openly Show Them selves on Streets and Even Con fer With Government Officials. Havana, Kept. 18. The only results thus far of President Patina's order for the suspension of hostilities have been that Liberal leaders who'hitherto have had every reason for anticipating arrest are circulating openly in Havana again and even conferring with members of the government with regard to peace, and that such insurgents in the field as have been consulted, while expressing themselves as agreeable to settling mat ters amicably, at the same time assume an independent attitude, which cannot he said to bode particularly wel1 for prompt, settlement of existing differ ences. in the meantime, Cienfuegos ia in a state of siege, communication hy tele graph being severed not only in the di rection of Havana, but to Kantiago as well. It is known that Cienfuegos had not been attacked up to midnight Kun- day, but what has transpired since that time ii not known here. A II accounts agree that there easily are 3,000 insurgents a few miles south east of Ifavana, and rumors are in cir culation that they will enter the city peaceably if they are not molested, but that they will fight if they meet with resistance. AH visitors to insurgent camps in Havana province return with this impression, but it is believed no attempt will be made against Havana until the arrival of Pino Guerrera's force, which now iB variously reported to be from 20 to 40 miles distant. The general impression is that the presence in Havana harbor of the American cruiser Denver will not act as a deter rent to such a movement, the auxiliary cruiser .Dixie having gone to Cienfuegos ami the cruiBer Des Moines having gone presumably to bring to Cuba Kecretary of War Taft and Assistant Kecretary Itacon. GERMANS WANT PROTECTION. Murder of Bush Causes a Vigorous Protest by Ambassador. Kt. Petersburg, Kept. 18. The inse curity of life and propeity in the Baltic provinces, which culminated ast Satur day in the murder of Herr Bush, a rich German manufacturer and the leader of the German colony at Riga, has led the German embassy here again to make energetic representations to the Foreign oflice concerning the adoption of meas ures for the protection of German sub' jects. Bush was killed by agents of the revolutionary organization engaged in levying tribute. Dr. von Miquel, first secretary of the German embassy, called today at the Foreign office and presented the report of the German consul at Riga regarding tbe killing of Bush, who was struck down in bis own factory. He called attention to the length of time the reign of terror has lasted. Although the armed revolt was crush ed and the country reconquered by tne forceB under General Orloff last winter, robberies and murders have continued unchecked for over a year and a halt. There are 5,000 German subjects living in Riga. The Ameiican consul at Riga has not joined in this demand for protection. There are scarcely any Americana there. Alfred BuBh was a partner in the Bush-Hinge Manufacturing company. From Odessa, where the conditions are almost ai bad an in the Baltic pro vinces, the embassies have been in formed that guards have been furnished for tbe consulates and the residences of the various consuls. Typhoon Hits Hongkong. Manila, Sept. 18. Cable reports from Hongkong Btate that a typhoon which sprang up suddenly at 10 o'clock this morning did enormous damage to the shipping in that port. Tbe Ger man steamer Jobaune and the British steamer Kan Cheung Here sunk. The Hongkong, Canton & Macao company's steamer Fatsban foundered and of the crew the purser and mate alone sur vive. The Canadian Pacific Railroad company's steamer Monteagle went ashore. All business in the city ia at a standstill. Labor Party for panada. Victoria. B C, Sept. 18. The Trades congreaa, which commenced its sessions in Victoria today with representatives of 400 unions and 25 members present, will consider the question of the entry into politics, a resolution to that end having been introduced this afternoon by K. II. Grey, president of the Victo ria Trades and Labor council. This resolution urges the formation of a Ca nadian labor party, with a national, provincial and municipal platform. Watching for More Loot. Chicago, Bept. 18. Acting upon in formation that loot from the wrecked Milwaukee Avenue bank, of which Paul Stensland waa president, ia hidden in Chicago, the police have placed guards over two banks with deposit vaults in which it is suspected some of the plundes may be found. The Bum may run into the hundreds of thousands. SLAVES IN RAILWAY CAMPS. Negroes by the Hundred Make Com plaint to District Attorney. Knoxville, Term., Kept. 18. The Federal grand jury now sitting in this city is investigating alleged peonage cases at stveial railroad camps in this vicinity where hundreds of negroes are employed. The investigation is poing on secretly nnder the direction of a de tective sent here by the government from Washington on the complaint of numerous neg-oes to District Attorney J. R. Pen land. All last week the government build ing waa crowded with negroes, who one by one told their tale of woe and maltreatment before the justice. It is believed indictments will be found this week against some prominent railroad contractors arid their subordinates. The government detective vifited the railroad earn pi in the role of a man de sirous of purchasing timber lands. He spent a week or more in several differ ent camps located in Blount county, and quietly gathered a volume of evi dence. Most of the negroes were brought here from North and South Carolina and other neighbiring states. Witness es have told some frightful stories of the manner in which they were held prisoners at the camps for debt. They allege that a guard line is kept and nn man is allowed to pass bis line. They say tnal outrageous commissary prices are charged them and they get deeply in debt to the contractors. One or two witnesses told stories of seeing negroes killed and assert that the bodiea were Bunk in the river. BIG FLEET IS SENT TO SEA. Force of 4,000 Men Can Be Landed in Cuba by United States. Washington, Kept. 18. It is an nounced at the Navy department to night that the battleships Louisiana, Virginia and New Jersey have been or dered down tbe Altantic coaat on a shakedown cruise, and that they had been directed to keep in touch with the government at Washington by wireless telegraph and, if necessary, in the event of an emergency arising, they will be sent to Havana. It was also stated that the cruisers lacoma, Clt-veland, Minneapolis and Newark have sailed from Norfolk, Va. The Minneapolis and Newark carry about 700 men altogether and the Ta coma 150. Should all these vessels go to Havana the navy would be able to land a force of 4,000 men in Cuba by Wednesday or Thursday, if any devel opments should occur rendering such action naceseary. Final instructions will be given the Cleveland and other vessels when they reach Key Wast. The Cleveland Eailed from Norfolk Saturday, woile the Ta- coma left there Sunday. The Louisiana and the Virginia left Newport Saturday after hurriedly coaling. The New Jer sey sailed from Boston. TWO-CENT FARES IN EAST. Western Governors Say Population is Too Sparse in Their States. Harrisburg. Pa., Set. 16. S. M. Williams, secretary of the Pennsylvania State Board of Trade, today made pub lic copies of lettera received from the governors of several states on the move ment to obtain nniform legislation tbioughout the United States for a 2- cent maximum fare on all steam rail roads. A number of tbe governors are personally favorably to a 2-cent fare, and, in a few instances, they tell of the movements in their states to obtain the passage of such legislation in the next session of the legislature. The governor of some of the West ern slates say that because of the sparsely settled condition of their states the time is not yet ripe for a radical reduction of fares, but that such a re form will come aoout when the popu lation Increases to give the business to justify a cut. The Western governors express their approval of the movement so far aa it applies to the thickly popu lated states of the East. Earthquake Felt at Sea. San Francisco, Sept. 18. The lum ber laden ship Robert Searles has ar rived from Tacoma and northern ports. Captain Piltz, in command, states that anions' other incidents during the trip the officers of the vessel recorded a se vere earthquake shock, which caused a panic among the crew and threatened serious harm to the vesBel. Captain Piltz says that on the morning of Sep tember 14, when the ship waa within 250 miles of her destination, a severe disturbance of the water waa felt. The shock lasted si verel seconds. Manchuria Has Been Floated. Honolulu, Sept. 18. The Pacific Mail Steamship company's steamship Manchuria, which went aground on Rabbit island August 20, was success fully floated today and she is now be ing towed to thia harbor by the tug Restorer. A great crowd of people are watching the Manchuria being towed in. During the final efforta to pull the Manchuria off the rocks at veral thou Band bags of flour were jettisoned and is now washing ashore. Steamer Mongolia Aground. Midway Island, North Pacific Ocean, Sept. 18. The Pacific Mail steamship Mongolia, a sister ship of the Man churia, ia .aground on Midway reef. The ship ia being lightered and her passengers have been landed safely. Tbe weather ia fine and the sea ia smooth. HOW UNCLE SAM TEAGilFS HIS YMJHG SMniFRS. t Amer!''nrn may well be proud of fhelr great military training academy ;it Welt point; It Is one of the most complete Institution of It kind mid ftiriiisli'H the cadet with a thorough practical nml theoretical knowledge of in duties before he Is actually launch ed on iN enreer as nn officer. Thl I'ri-iit academy the upkeep ,f which costs the I'nited State government no h-is than fib. nit J'i.'iO.fs'iO kt fftirium furnishes rattier over .V jmt cent, of America' officer. Intending coinjx'tl tors must be between the age of 17 nwl i!-' iiinl they niUKt nl In nt least T feet Inches In height. They appear before an examination liard which meet In May, and should they suc ceed In pausing both physical and men- CADETS GOINO till tests they are allowed to enter the military, academy on June 12 for a four-years course. The tests of the prolonged probation are tu severe that often not more than 50 per cent finally pass out. Each cadet receives yearly, roughly, about $i)T0, out of which he has to pay for his messing and uniform. The life Is Spartan-like In Its simplic ity and In the severity of Its punish ments. The cadets are granted no al lowance or pocket money, and the use of Intoxicating drinks Is strictly pro- GUN DH1I.L OF CADETS. hiblted so much so, that should any spirituous liquor he found In a cadet's quarters he Is liable to be dismissed from the service; the use of tobacco is likewise forbidden. There are also very stringent rules as to the treatment of the Junior ca dets In connection with what Is known as "ragging," any cadet being consid ered guilty of bullying, even In the mildest form, laying himself ojen to summary dismissal from the military academy. Cadets are even forbidden to buy X "tiUAUD MOUNT" CADETS any newspaper or periodical without the express permission of the superin tendent, and no one Is allowed a ser viuit, so that each cadet has to clean his own uniform and keep his room tidy. As has benn already stated, the life Is u truly Spartan one, very little leave or holidays being granted. There Is a half-holiday ou Wednesdays and Sat urdays, and no study from Dee, 4 to Jan. 2; a longer vacation running to a few weeks is given to the cadet at the end of his second year. Work beglna dally at U a. ui. and continues with slight intermission till 0 p. in., each cadet being prepared to the fullest ex tent to take his 'place la almost any branch of the service. There are not only yearly and half yearly examinations, but monthly and weekly ones ; In fact, the cadet Is un der such close observation that he re ceives murks for the ordinary dally work, bne novel feature of the train ing at West Point Is that particular Im portance Is attached to the system of delivering lectures In a simple and con cise manner. Each cudet is made to work out a problem on a blackboard and then to explain It aloud to bis com panions. In conclusion it may be said that no expense Is spared In any way whatsoever to enable the West Point S A M."iiA t Is'?" ' ' cailet to compare favorably with tlm embryo officers of any other country. It must rmt l forgotten, however; that to pass successfully through West Point Is not the only way of entering' the t.'nlted States nrniy. There are two other means by which It Is possible t accomplish this end: (1) by direct commission; (2) through the ranks. A civilian to be eligible fur n direct com mission must be under 27 years of ngrt and unmarried; the nomination Is us ually obtained by political Influence, hut the candidate has nevertheless ti undergo a most searching examination. In the case of n private soldier desir ing to conifK-te for a commission ho must have two years' service, he under i"V, and also unmarried. lie has to ap- ' Mir Jtfc' TO DINNER. pear before a military board and If successful la again examined, the ex amination being extremely difficult London Sphere. THE FEMININE METHOD. How Tber Poula One Another by Their Polite Attentions. "There comes that bowl again!" ejaculated Mrs. Pryor, In a tone of de spair. A moment later she was at the door listening affably while her frlenil from across the street told how she "couldn't resist bringing over a bowl of these strawberries they are so unusu ally large '." "What about the bowl, Jean?" ciuer- irS the bachelor brother, who persists In trying to help. "Enough about It !" groaned his sis ter, as soon as the neighbor was safe ly out of hearing. "On my birthday three months ago, mind you Mrs. Fox brought over that bowl filled with some of her delicious home-made candy, and to save me I couldn't tell whether she was presenting me with the bowl or Just the candy. It's a dainty llttla dish, you see, and I didn't want to as sume that It was meant for me unless It was, so It was pretty embarrassing until a few days afterward I hit oo the Idea of sending her some of my strawberry sunshine In the same bowl. I thought If she hadn't Intended to give It to me, she would Just keep It after that. "Hut before a week had passed she sent It over again filled with some of her lovely orange marmalade. There wasn't a thing to do but repeat my lit tle ruse, and that time I gave her spiced gooseberries. Then back she came with some of her precious tutti frutti, and we've kept It up ever since. "All the treasures In my fruit-closet are exhausted, and I guess hers are. too, for you see -she's begun on the markets now, with these fresh straw- Wins ' -c! V t. IN FULL-DKESS UNIFORM. berries. I'm Just tired of racking my bruins for new dellcucles to fill that bowl with, and all I wuut to know l whether she keeps returning It because she thinks she has given It to me, or whether she Is sluiply paying back my attention to her each time. "Then why don't you ask her?" "Ask her?" "A man would." "A man no doubt!" (with Immensa superiority.) "And Just suppose she. hadn't Intended giving you the bowl at all! Whut then?" "Lot her suy so. Why, I'll ask her for you, sis." Mrs. Pryor actually squealed. "Oh! If thut wouldn't be Just like a mau blundering and club-like! Don't you suy one word to her ubout It, Sey mour! I shull manage to find out some way. Resides, I've Just thought what I can send back In the bowl next time. I'll make stuffed dates." Youth'" Companion. Our experience has been that whem a man approaches us and says: "A funny thing happened yesterday," and) then proceeds to relate It, the Incident Is not funny. It's easier to do the things we shouldn't do than It Is to avoid doing the things we should do. L-Lj