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BELL IN COMMAND
Tunston Will Return to United
States With Secretary Tatt.
i COMMAND WAS ONLY TEMPORARY
One Faction of Cubans Declared Fun
ton Deserted Them In War
Against Spaniards,
Havana, (. 11. (luneral Frederick
Funs ton will not continue ill command
of the American forces in Cuba. Gov
mor Taft announced tonight that lie
Mini General Funston will leave Havana
for the United States on (Saturday on
the battleship Louisiana. With them
will K" Assistant Hecretary of State Ha
con, and the afTain of Cuba will he left
in the handit of Governor Miigoon ami
General J. F. Hull. Explaining the
change of plans, Mr. Talt unit :
"Uenerl Funston was summoned on
a hurry rail from the Pacific count be
cause he wan well acquainted with
many of the insurgent chiefs here, ami
it thought he. coil li aid iih, an he
did greatly, in bringing the men in
arms to an agreement. General Funs
ton wan jut temporarily in command of
the troops in Culm merely as a conven
ience until G. neral Hell hIioii Id arrive.
General KmiHton, Mr. Uncoil and niy
milf, with Mrs. Taft and Mr, llacon
and our secretaries, are returning to
our permanent duties."
Tuft's especial confidence in the chief
of the general staff's ability to carry
out the ptogram the governor has ini
tiated reunited in the decision to con
tinue him in the island.
Many Cubans of the faction to which
Mendt i Capote and others who organ
ized the Moderate party belong, were
outiikpokeu againRt General tunston,
alleging that he hud deserted them in
the war to throw off the yoe of Spain.
SMUGGLE CHINESE..
Fishing Schooner On New England
Coast Lands Orientals.
Providence, K. I., Oct. 11. Eighteen
Chinepe were arrested today after the
capture hy the United States immigra
tion authorities of the schooner yacht
Frolic, for which revenue ollicers have
lieen searching along the New England
count for the past two weeks, were held
tonight hy United States Commissioner
!ros in $1,000 hail each lor examina
tion next Wednesday. All the men
declared they had heen in the United
States before, hut that their certificates
had heen lost, some in New York and
others in the fire at San Francisco.
This declaration contradicted a state
ment alleged to have heen made by
John C. Lehnemarin, of Hoston, one of
the men arrested for complicity in the
smuggling operations, who says the
ttallic has heen extensive and effective.
BLOW TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Had Planned Great Send-Off British
Envoy Worried.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. What is
described here tonight as the "ignomini
ous fizzle" of the much heralded visit
to Moscow and St. Petersburg of a li.it
ish deputation to present a memorial
of sympathy to the dissolved parlia
ment is another blow to the Constitu
tional democrats, who were arranging
a reception to the deputation as a bril
liant send off in the campaign.
This proposed visit was extremely
mharrassii'g to the British ambassa
dor, Sir Arthur Nicholson, in view of
the negotiations for an entente between
Kussia and Great Britain. Pressure
was brought to bear in London to stop
the movement, and it was decided not
to receive the deputation officially at
the empassy her. This device is
thought to have inspired the interview
jjiven out hy the iiritish consul at Mob
cow, who declared that the members of
the deputation were not known, and
that the proposed visit was in bad taste.
Trylnsr To Hold Together.
Helslngfors, Oct. 11. At today's
eession of the Constitutional Democrat
ic convention the committee's reoslu
tlonp reclaiming the impossibility of
passive resistance was adopted, 84 ayes
to 44 noes. The minority amendment
lerommeriding organization for passive
resistance was rejected by 83 ayes to 63
noes. The congress has shown eti iking
weakness in the party, which is highly
dangerous in view of the approaching
electoral campaign, and this in spite
of the influence toward cohesion result
ing from governmental prosecution.
Snow Over Middle West.
Chicago, Oct. 11. Various points
throughout Ohio report record break
ing weather yesterday. At Znesville
the snow fell for three hours, and the
remarkable thing about it is that the
Diiow came before any froBt had come
in that vicinity. An inch of snow fell
at Findlay. At Louisville theie was a
light fall of snow, and in the mountain
regions of Kentucky. This breaks all
records for early snowfalls. At South
Bend, Ind., four Inches of snow fell.
Four From a Thousand.
Chicago, Oct. 11. The one thous
andth venireman was passed today in
the case of Cornelius P. Shea, the labor
leader accused of conspiracy to extort
money from large epmloyers of labor.
Only four jurors bave been accepted
out of 1,000 candidates examined.
MAQOON ARRIVES.
Will Take Charge of Cuba as Pro
visional Governor.
Havana, Oct. 10. Charles K. Ma
goon, the newly appointed provisional
governor of Cuba, arrived here this af
ternoon. Coincident with his corning,
Governor Taft gave out a general decree
proclaiming amnesty not only to the
rebels, but to r 1 1 persons charged with
political offenses or crimen in any way
connected with the revolution.
The steamer Mitscotte, with Mr. Ma
goon, doner I J. Franklin Hell, Mrs.
Taft and Mrs. llacon, entered Havana
harbor at 4 o'clock this afternoon. In
the wnke of the Mascotte came the battle-hip
Texas with a detachment of S00
marines from Norfolk.
A laurch carrying Mr. Taft, Assist
ant Secretary of State llacon and Cap
tains McCoy and Martin, aides to Mr.
Taft, hurried oat to the Mascotte.
There followed another launch with
Genera Funston and his aide, and a
third with a committee of Cuban news
papermen, who carried huge boo, nets of
flowers which were delivered to Mrs.
Taft and Mrs. Ubcoii with a brief ad
dress of welcome.
After the presentations to the mayor
and the city council the party entered
carriages and was driven to tiie palace,
where Mr. Taft and Mr. Paeon and Mr.
Mugion had a long conference in the
governor's office.
Following this conference Mr. Ma
fcOon received the members of the
press. He declined to discuss his plans
for the future. He said be had expect
ed, upon arriving at Washington, to
have HO days' leave of absence prior to
his departure for the Philippines. He
did not regret, however, the change in
program and he declared himself grati
fied with being in Cuba. He said he
wou d take up bis residence with Min
ister Morgan as the minister's guest
pending the departure of Mr. Taft.
General Hell will reside at the army
headquarters at Marianao. General
unstoi: will make bis headquarters at
Camp Columbia.
BID TO DIG CANAL.
Commission invites Proposals to Com
plete Work on Isthmus.
Washington, Oct. 10. InvitaMons
for proposals to complete the Panama
canal were issued today by the canal
commission and the form of contract
nnder which the work is to be done
was made public by Chairman Shonts,
w ho also gave out a letter written to
the secretary of war giving the com
mission's reasons br contracting the
work.
The contract provides that each bid
der must undertake the entire work of
construction. No bar will be offered
to corporations associating in the un
dertaking, but the- must be legally
organized into a single body with which
the government can deal. Didders will
not be considered who do not have
available capital of $5,000,000. A
certified check for $200,000 is required
with each proposal f nd a bond of $3,
000,000 will be required from the suc
cessful bidder. The bidding is not
limited to American contractors. All
proposals are to be in before noon of
December 12, when they will be open
ed. Proposals are to be expressed in terms
of percentage upon the estimated cost
of construction, which is to be fixed by
a board of five engineers, three repre
senting the government and two the
contractor. The chief engineer of the
canal commission is to be chairman of
the engineering board.
In support of the commission's posi
tion that the cana! can be contracted to
greater advantage than it ran be built
hy the government, Mr. Shonts' letter
says that, "because of the unprecedent
ed and greatly extended industrial ac
tivity of the time and the consequent
violent competition for all classes of
superintendents, foremen, sub-contractors,
skilled mechanics and even ordi
nary laborers, it would take the cam
mission years to secure men to build
up departmental construction organiza
tions which would equal in efficiency
those now controlled by the leading
contractors of the United States."
Mope of Annexation High.
Havana, Oct. 10. President Roose
velt's statement at Washington yester
day to Nicholas M. Riviero, the Ha
vana editor, that "the means taken by
the United States to prevent disorder
in Cuba must always be determined by
the existing conditions and with refer
ence to our solemn obligations to the
people of Cuba," is causing consider
able gratification here. This is not be
cause the words indicate any definite
change in his intentions, but because
he did not say anything about the early
restoration of sovereignty.
Illinois Has Lost Much Revenue.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 10. The asser
tion was made today before the railroad
committee of the state board of equal
ization by W. 11 Fleming and J. M.
Duffy, representing Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis, corporation counsel
of Chicago, that by two errors in meth
ods of assessing railroad property by
the state hoard of equalization, the
state of Illinois has lost revenue in the
past 30 years which would amount to
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Opens Another Reservation.
Washington, Oct. 10 The president
Issued a proclamation today fixing 12
o'clock noon on October 29 as the date
for opening the Walker river Indian
reservation, in Nevada, to settlement.
There are 268,000 acres of land to be
disposed of and the law permits its ac
qulsition under the general land laws.
The reservation is In the Carson City
lind district.
WILL LETCONTRACT
Roosevelt and Shonts Agree On
Method of Digging Canal.
WILL SOON MAKE PUBLIC TERMS
Chinese To Be Turned Over to Con
tractors Taft To Have Hand
In Contract.
Washington, Oct. 9. It has been
finally decided that the Panama canal
will be completed by contract. In a
few days the commission will make
public a statement setting forth its rea
sons for favoring the contract system,
and at that time a form of contract will
also probably be published showing ex
actly the sort of documer t believed by
the commissioners to be necessary for
safeguarding the wirk.
President Roosevelt is known to sup
port the commission in its position that
the work can be done more satisfactori
ly by contractors than by the govern
ment. He had a long c inference with
Chairman Shonts today on the subject
arid the various arguments in favor of
the contract system were discussed
fully.
This change in building the canal
will in no way affect the employment
of Chinese labor. Proposals for furn
ishing the Chinese labor were made
under such conditions that they can be
transferred to contractors and the terms
can be fulfilled in such a manner that
the government can give the coolies
just as rouih protection as it could if
the government were the direct em
ployer. It is likely that no disposition
will be made of the bids for supplying
Chinese labor until after the return of
Secretary Taft from Cuba, as he assist
ed in drawing the soecifjcations under
which proposals were offered and is
much interested in the conditions under
which the Chinese are to be taken to
the isthmus.
The president still intends to visit
the isthmus this fall and, unless there
he some change for the worse in the
Cuban situation, will probably leave
for Colon a short time after the election.
BRITAIN ACCEPTS TERMS.
Real Fishermen of Newfoundland Con
cede American Rights.
Washington, Oct. 9. The news that
the modus vivendi between the United
States and Great Britain regarding the
Newfoundland fisheries had finally been
signed was conveyed to Secretary Root
in a cablegram from Ambassadcr Reid
today, advising him that the British
government had accepted the terms.
No information has been received at
the State department concerning the
proposed resignation of the officials of
the Newfoundland government on ac
count of the new agreement.
Some facts in relation to the New
foundland government and the fisheries
were stated, in which it appears that
the British government has been very
much embarrassed during the negotia
tions on account of the demands of
Newfoundland. The Newfoundland
government is under the control of the
merchant fishermen of the island, thoBe
who buy, cure and sell the fishing pro
ducts. They oppose any American
fishing rights, including those guaran
teed by the treaty of 1618, and are dis
satisfied with any arrangement that the
British government makes to c.irry out
tho terms of that treaty.
The real fishermen of the island are
not in harmony with the restrictions of
the Newfoundland government, such as
denying the privilege of selling bait
and of allowing the fishermen to take
e uployment on the American fishing
vessels. The Newfoundland govern
ment has no real responsibility in the
way of carrying out obligations. That
devolves upon the British government.
Joint Salmon Fishery Regulations.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 9. An Ottawa
dispatch says recommendations for
amendment.! to the fishery regulations
have been made by the joint fishery
commission of British Columbia and
Washington. The Americana askrd
that fishing be prohibited in tbe Fraser
river above New Westminster, but the
Canadian commission did not agree to
this. The American commissioners
will recommend to the Washington leg
islature a series of resolutions with the
object of protecting certain salmon
schools.
Hard on Veal Shippers.
Chicago, Oct. 9. Commission men
in this city today prepared a petition
to the government that the time for
the use of a new quality of paper on
shipments of veal be extended from
October 1 to November 1, the date by
which the stockyards packers are to
change the labels. The express com
panies are refusing to pick up ship
ments not wrapped in the legally speci
fied paper and the loss to the Chicago
market alone is thousands of dollars.
Plot to Destroy Nome.
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 9. A report
reached thia city today to the effect
that a plot was discovered to destroy
the city of Nome by fire September 24.
One fire was started, bnt timely efforts
prevented its spread. It ia understood
that important arrests are to be made.
GERMANY REACHING OUT.
Establishment of Bank Prt of Game
to Get Control of Persia,
Berlin, Oct. 9. The efforts of Ger
many to establish a bank in Persia are
only a part of a very deep game beir.g
played now for the ultimate control of
the Persian gulf by the German govern
ment. The statement that this bank
will be purely commercial is one that
causes amusement in diplomatic circles
in Kurope, where it is felt that the for
eign office will have to take energetic
steps to prevent the bank being estab
lished. German influence in Teheran is very
strong and cautiously but surely Ger
many is pushing its policy forward.
First came the building of the German
railroad to the shores of the gulf, and
the intrigue that has since been taking
place to secure the shah's permission
to make Koweit the terminus. Then
only a month or two ago came the
establishment of a German line of
steamships to trade along the gulf, a
line heavily subsidized by the German
government.
Now comes a proposal for the estab
lishment of the bank. There ia good
authority for the statement that the In
dian government is watching every
move very carefully, but ihe English
foreign office so far has remained su
pine.
LEAGUE FORMED AT HAVANA.
Promoting of Stable Government Is
Given as Object.
Havana Oct. 9. The preliminaries
of an organization to be called the
Good Government league of Cuba were
begun this afternoon at a meeting of
Americans, Cubans and others, at
which resolutions were passed to the
effect that the purpose of the associa-
lon should be the 'promoting of all
legitimate means, tbe establishment of
a permanent, stable and lawful govern
ment, competent to administer justice,
insure democratic tranquility, promote
the general welfare and insure the
blessings of liberty to all tbe inhabi
tants ol the island."
It was declared that the league in
tended to adopt whatever meanB to this
end were deemed wisect by a majority
of the membership, which is intended
to be representatives of all nationalities
and sections, and net to be committed
to any line of action until it is decided
what is most conductive to the objects
named.
While there was no expression to
that effect, the movement generally is
regarded as pointing eventually toward
some more definite degree of American
control or oversight in Cuban affairs
than is vouchsafed by tbe Piatt amend
ment. FOURTEEN OFFICERS LET OUT.
Result of 4,598 Courts Martial Dur
ing Past Year.
Washington, Oct. 9. During the
last fiscal year, according to the annual
report of General George B. Davis,
judge advocate general of the army, is
sued today, 4,596 trials by general
court martial were held. Fifty of these
trials were of commanding officers, 42
of whom were convicted and eight ac
quitted. Fourteen officers were dis
missed by sentence. In four cases tbe
sentences were commuted to loss of
rank; in two cases resignations, "for
the good of the service," were accepted
in lieu of confirming the sentences, and
in one case the sentence was disap
proved. About 50 per cent of the enlisted
men convicted by general court martial
received sentences involving dishonor
able discharge and about 5 per cent of
these sentences were awarded in view
of previous convictions.
The trials by general court martial
during the year showed a decrease of
204, as compared with the previous
year.
Rebels Waving Machetes.
Havana, Oct. 9. Reports received
here late tonight from Guinea and A1
quizar declare that disbanded rebels are
riding about these towns and waving
their machetes in a threatening man
ner. General Funston will go to Gai
nes tomorrow. The members of the
disarming commission for Santa Clara,
accompanied by Jos Miguel Gomez,
Garcia Canizares, ex-speaker of the
house of representatives, and others ar
rived at Casilda, the port of entry to
Trinidad, this evening. They were
met by a large crowd.
Steeds From the Desert.
New York, Oct. 9. Twenty-seven
Arabian horses were landed today from
the steamship Italia. Tbey bave been
on the way from Syria since August 14.
This importation is said to be the
largest of the kind ever made and is
the result of the only trade ever issued
to an American. Homer Davenport
negotiated the purchase. The animals,
he says, represent the only strictly des
ert bred thoroughbreds ever brought to
this country.
Accepts China's Word.
Shanghai, Oct. 9. Sir Robert Hart,
director general of the Chinese imperial
customs, has issued a circular to the
foreign colony here, saying that he has
received assurances that his status with
regard to Chinese customs will not be
changed and that he ia satisfied there
will be no undue interference with for
eign control of the customs.
Ministry to Resign In Protest.
St. Johns, N. F., Oct. 9. It was re
ported today that tbe ministry, follow
ing the recent example of tbe national
cabinet, intended to resign aa a protest
agalnBt the temporary arrangement of
Great Britain and the United States,
by the provision of which American
herring fishermen eeenre privileges con
trary to the laws of New Foundland.
VAST IRRIGATION PROJECT WELL UNDER WAY.
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Work Is bolng pushed on the vast
Klamath, Ore., reclamation scheme,
well undpr way, to make productive
230,000 acres of land now useless. Of
that area there will be 15.000 acres
ready for the plow of the Irrigator
next spring, nays C. M. HysU.ll In the
Portland Journal.
Tho insiln canal, which leads from the
lower end of tho upixr Klnmnth lake
to n point In the denert nine miles east
of tlie town of Klaninth Falls, Is being
rapidly constructed. Tho water Is car
ried from the upjer lake through n
tunnel under a hill Just north of the
town. This tunnel Is being rapidly con
structed. It Is being driven from both
ends, and also by drifting from shafts
sunk along the right of way. The tun
nell will fe completed during the com
ing winter. It "w ill tie 3.300 feet long.
13 feet wide on the bottom and 14
feet 4 Inches high, with an arched roof.
Through It will flow a volume of water
11 feet high.
The nine mile section of the main
canal to he completed In next February
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Quaint and Curious.
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Stjlen of Long Ago.
The monstrous appearance of the la
dles' hoops, when viewed behind, may
be seen from the following cut, copied
from one of Rlgaud's views. The ex
ceedingly small cap, at this time fash
ionable, and the close upturned hair
beneath It. give an extraordinary mean
ness to the head, particularly when the
liberality of gown and petticoat Is
hoops 1740.
taken Into consideration ; the lady to
the left wears a black hood with an
ample fringed cape, which envelops her
shoulders, and reposes on the summit
of the hoop. The gentleman wears a
email wig; the skirts of his coat are
turned back, and were sometimes of
a color different from the rest of the
stuff of which It was made, as were the
cuffs and lapels.
Earrptlan War Chariot.
This chariot, which Is mentioned In
various parts of scripture, and more es
pecially In the description of the pur
suit of the Israelites by Pharaoh, and
of hla overthrow In the Red Sea, was
a very light structure, consisting of a
wooden framework strengthened and
adorned with metal, and leather .bind
ing, answering to the descriptions
which Homer has given of those en
gaged In the Trojan war.
The Bides were partly, nnd the back
wholly, open ; and It was so low that
a man could easily step Into It from
behind ; for there was no seat, the
rider always standing In war or hunt
ing, though when wearied he might
WAS CHARIOT OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
occasionally sit on the sides, or squat,
in eastern fashion, on his heels. The
body of the car was not hung on the
axle In eqiilllbrlo, but considerably
forward, so that the weight was
thrown more upon tho horses. Its
lightness, however, would prevent this
from being very fatiguing to them, and
this mode of placing It had the advan
tage of renderlug the motion more easy
to the driver. To contribute further
to this end, the bottom or floor con
sisted of a network of Interlaced
tho'nga, the elasticity of which in some
measure answered the purpose of mod
ern springs.
The Egyptian chariots were Invaria
bly drawn by two horses abreast, which
were richly caparisoned. The
chariot of Kgypt ordinarily carried two
persons, one of whom acted as the war
rlor, tbe other as tho charioteer. Oc
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l- ' i n cf-ti r i r -k i i
will cover about 13,000 acrea of first
claas agricultural land that Is now
semlarld, excepting for one-third of this
area that I already susceptible of Irri
gation from an old project, known a
the Ankeny canal, now owned by the
government A large part of the re
mainder Is covered with stage-brush and
still held In private ownership, al
though ubficrltel by the present own
ers to the government project and sub
ject to sale under the formula prescrib
ed by the Irrigation law. Each private
owner Is allowed to retain 100 acres.
He must sell the rest of his holding or
ultimately submit to having the Water
Users' Association sell It at public sale.
Ultimately there will be hundreds
of miles of canals and ditches.
Through this whole project and ex
tending from Klamath Falls to Tule
lake, will run the channel of the Klam
ath river, providing perpetually water
transportation for the farmers. While
the lakes v.111 lie lowered nearly 15 feet
by tbe Irrigation plan, the present riv
er channel will be dredged and deepen
ed, forming a canal for navigation use.
casionally we find three persons In a
chariot, as when two princes of the
blood, each bearing the royal scepter.
or flabellum, accompanying the king In
a state procession, requiring a char
ioteer to manage the reins.
Pre-Adamlte Bone Cave.
Among the wonders of the world, the
bone caves of the pre-Adamlte period
deserve a prominent place. It Is to
this period that the extensive remains
of Mamnilferte found In the strata of
the Pampas of Buenos Ayres, and In
the caverns which are scattered In such
vast numbers over t' continents of
Europe and America, and even In Aus
tralia, are to be ascribed. Of these
caverns, a most extensive one, and
among the first which attracted atten
tion, la situated at Baylenreuth, la
Franconla, and the engraving which we
here given represents a section of It
The entrance of this cave, about
seven feet In height. Is placed on the
face of a perpendicular rock, and leads
to a series of chambers from fifteen
to twenty feet In height, and several
hundred feet In extent. In a deep
chasm. The cavern Is perfectly dark,
and the Icicles and pillars of stalactite
reflected by the torches present a high
ly picturesque effect The floor is lit
erally paved with bones and fossil
teeth, and the pillars and corbels of
stalactite also contain osseous remains.
Cuvler showed that three-fourths of
the remains In this and like caverns
were those of bears, the remainder
PBE-ADAUITE BONE CAVERNS.
consisting of bones of hyenas, tigers.
wolves, foxes, gluttons, weasels, and
other Carnlvora.
Arabl Pasha.
In a little house up a by-street of
the Mohammedan quarter, old, friend
less, broken, lives the man who might
have ruled Egypt
If you ask twenty people In Cairo
today, "Where Is Arabl Pasha?" fifteen
will tell you that he is dead, while the
other five do not know. In fact, after
the bombardment of Alexandria he was
sent to exile for life In Ceylon, but was
allowed some four years ago to return
to his native city.
It was only after a week's hard fer
reting that I discovered, through a na
tive Journalist, the whereabouts of the
great man.
Even uow, In his seventieth year, he
Is a big man ; In his prime he must
have been Immense. White hair and
beard; a broad, thoughtful forehead,
surmounted by the Turkish tarboosh;
kindly eyes, dulled a little by age but
lighting up wonderfully when he talks
about things which Interest him; a
straight, powerful nose; a large mouth,
which must once have been hard and
cruel, now softened by adversity.
Though the day Is warm, he wears an
overcoat, and he walks heavily on a
massive ebony stick. Pall Mall Oa.
zette.
When you pass a pig In a pea It
Is hard to Imagine how good pork will
taste next winter.
After a family has kept a cow In
town a few years. It begin, to look:
around for a parrot
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