The Estacada Progress
O B J E C T S T O A N N E X A T IO N .
Russia
h o n e d Each Thursday
E S T A C A D A ................... O R E G O N
RESUME OF THE
WEEK’S DOINGS
G eneral
Review o f Im portant Hap
penings Presented in a B rie f and
Com prehensive M anner fo r Busy
Readers— National, Political, H is
to rical and C om m ercial.
C a p ta in Mains, who sh o t W. E. An-
nis, will plead insanity.
Los A n g eles has passed an ordinance
b a r r i n g f a k e f o rt u n e tellers.
C a stro sa y s he will not g iv e in to
N e th e r la n d s an d is read y to fight a t
an y tim e.
A larg e w h a r f and tw o ves sels w ere
bu rn ed a t St. Jo h n s , N. F. T h e loss
is placed a t $500,000.
G erm an y h as ag r e e d to t h e Balkan
confer ence, b u t ap p ro v es A u s t r i a ’s ob
je c tio n to th e p ro g ram .
P o rtla n d is to have p ay -as-you-enter
s t r e e t cars.
T h e com pany is now a r
r a n g i n g t h e d e ta ils for t h e i r use.
Evid ence has been se cu re d which
show's t h a t on t h e day th e Morse bank
failed a t N ew York he drew $211,000.
F o u r m in e r s h ave been a r r e s e t d a t
Tonopah, N ev ., f o r s t e a l in g hig h g r a d e
ore fro m th e m in es in which they w ere
w orking.
Fears Austria Would
M o re T e rrito ry .
W ant
S t. P e t e r s b u r g , Oct. 27. No a n
n o u n cem en t w a s m ad e today by th e
fo re ig n office as to th e p ro g res s o f th e
n e g o tia tio n s a t B e rlin b etw een M. Is-
wolsky, t h e R u s sian fo re ig n m i n iste r ,
an d P ri n c e von Buelow, t h e G erm an
chan ce llor. T h e co nference, so f a r as
can be learn ed , h a s scored no definite
re su lts , and W'ill be continued.
Advices from B erlin , however , have
in no w ise lessened th e confidence here
t h a t th e prop osed i n te r n a tio n a l con
g r e s s will u l t i m a t e l y be acce p te d by
Germ an y , alth o u g h n e g o tia tio n s are
a p t to be co n tin u ed fo r som e t i m e
a f t e r th e r e t u r n o f M. Iswolsky.
The
in v ita tio n to t a k e p a r t in t h e co n g ress
t h e r e fo r e , w ill be corre sp ondingly de
layed.
M. Iswolsky, in terv ie w ed by th e
Novoe V r e m y a ’s B e rlin co rre sp o n d en t
today, declared t h a t A u s t r i a ’s action
w as a blow a t v ital S lav in t e r e s t s and
t h a t t h e in d ig n atio n o f t h e R u ssian
p ress an d public could eas ily be u n d e r
stood, b u t he as k ed th e public to s u s
pend j u d g m e n t w i t h re g a r d to his ac
t i v i t y in t h is connection u n til h is r e
tu r n to R u s sia, w h en he hoped w i t h
t h e e m p e r o r ’s p erm issio n to m a k e a
s t a t e m e n t b efo re t h e douma.
I t is r e
po rted t h a t th e O eto b erists in th e dou
m a h ave decided to su p p o rt th e fo re ign
m in ister, b u t P r e s i d e n t Khom yko ff in
an in te r v ie w said t h a t R u ssia sholud
r efu s e to recongize th e a n n ex atio n of
Bosnia an d H erzeg o v in a, w’hich w a s a
m ere prelu d e to f u r t h e r ag g ressio n s
on th e p a r t o f A u s ir i a - H u n g a r y .
T h ^ U n i t e d S t a t e s is to h ave t h r e e
M A Y M A R R E C E P T IO N .
card in als a f t e r t h e reo rg a n iz a tio n o f
th e A m erican diocese. T h e new c a r d i
A u th o riti es F e a r T r o u b l e at Amoy
n als will be nam ed by th e pope soon.
W h en Fleet Arrives .
A lone ro b b er kid naped a w ealth y
Amoy, China, Oct. 27.— Disc overy
lu m b er m a n n ear Mount Vernon, W a s h
in gton, an d compelled h im to w r i t e a o f a rev o l u t io n i s t p lo t is cau s in g g r e a t
n ote a s k i n g for $5,000.
Befo re the u n easin ess to Chinese g o v e r n m e n t offi
money w a s p aid t h e l u m b erm a n es
cials.
caped.
F e a r s a r e e n t e r t a i n e d t h a t th e r a m i
Cholera in M anila h a s dwin dled down
fications o f th is p lo t m ay be f a r r e a c h
to p ro portions of l i t t l e im po rtance.
ing. T h e o b j e c t o f t h e rebels, it is
T h e Cleveland, Ohio, s t r e e t railw ay said, w a s to a s s a s s i n a t e hig h Chinese
com pany will sell seven t i c k e t s f o r 25
officials d u r i n g t h e f e s t i v i t i e s o f the
cents.
f o rth c o m in g recep tio n to th e A m erican
T h e re is still much u n r e s t in P o r t u fleet, t h e co n s p ira to r s hoping t h a t the
gal. D u r i n g a r e c e n t rev iew o f troops officials would a p p e a r in pu b lic in a
by t h e boy k i n g his life w a s sa ved only
body on t h a t occasion.
by th e m e r e s t chance.
E x tr a o r d i n a r y p recau tio n s a r e b ein g
F r a n k P i n k h a m , a t r u s t e d employe t ak en and will be ex ten d ed d u r i n g the
o f th e T aco m a Mill com pan y, of San s t a y o f th e fleet her e, an d p a r t i c u l a rl y
F ran cisco , has d isa p p eare d w i t h $30,- d u r i n g t h e functions. Viceroy Song,
o f F u k ie n province, who a r r i v e d h ere
000 o f th e c o m p an y ’s money.
y e s t e r d a y on t h e cr u ise r H a i Yung,
T wo s u i t a g a i n s t T h a w fo r money
s p e n t t h e n i g h t ab oar d th e ship.
h ave b een stopped because th e law r e
O rd er an d p e r f e c t sy s tem a r e b ein g
s t r a i n s pro ceed in g s u n til 12 m onths
ra pidly e s tab lis h ed a t th e re ception
a f t e r an a p p licatio n in b an k ru p tcy .
g ro u n d s w h e r e th e r e c e n t typhoon
A p lot h as been discovered by which w r o u g h t d e s tru c tio n .
Ba mboo s t r u c
r e v o lu tio n is ts in tended to kill a n u m tu r e s h a v e replaced t h e ru in ed build
b e r of-h ig h officials d u r i n g th e sta y of ings, and th e o r ig in a l plans fo r th e
t h e A m e r ic a n fleet in Chines e w a t e r s . e n t e r t a i n m e n t o f t h e officers an d men
A bomb th r o w n in t h e h e a r t of C h i o f th e A m e r ic a n fleet a r e likely to be
c a g o ’s dow n to w n d i s t r i c t p ractically c a r r ie d o u t in full. I t had been in
d estro y ed one building. T h e police are ten d ed to install a w ireless t e le g r a p h
u n ab le to g iv e an y reason fo r t h e o u t sy stem , b u t t h is pro b ab ly will n o t be
done, as t h e r e is no e x p e r t h ere to
r a g e and h ave made no a r re s ts .
c a r r y o u t th e work.
Over 1,000 cases o f so c a l l e d e g g yolk
h av e been th r o w n in to t h e ocean a t
SEVEN CHO LER A CASES.
N e w York.
T h e stu ff w a s im ported
f ro m C h in a and wras used in place of
eggs, b u t could n o t pass pu re food in Disesse M a k e s F r e s h S ta rt Among
spection.
Natives in Manila.
S e n a t o r L a F o l l e t t e says th e senate
M an ila , Oct. 27. S even n ew cas es
is g o in g to be cleaned.
o f cholera w ere re p o rt e d in t h i s city
T h e fate of t h e B a lk a n conf erence for t h e d ay e n d in g S unday n ig h t.
T h e s l i g h t increase in th e s p r e a d of
d e p e n d s o n G e r m a n y ’s consent.
the d ise ase is as crib ed by t h e a u t h o r i
T w o M e x ican r eb els h ave been
t ie s to th e many g a t h e r i n g s o f t h e peo
fou n d g u ilty of f o m e n t in g a revolt
ple on S a t u r d a y n i g h t and Sunday , and
on A m e r ic a n soil.
the f e a s t s t h a t accom panied t h e a s se m
A o r e m a t u r e ex p lo sio n o f d y n am ite blies. T h e sit u a t i o n is n o t considered
at D o u g las, Ariz., killed tw o m e n and to be g r a v e , as t h e h ealth d e p a r t m e n t
in ju re d eig h t o th ers.
feels t h a t i t h as t h e epidem ic well u n
G r e a t N o r t h e r n e a r n i n g s fo r the d er control, e x p r e s s i n g no a l a r m over
last fiscal y e a r sh o w a d ecreas e of th e incr ease .
$1,838,000 c o m p a r e d w ith th e previous
I t is pro b ab le t h a t th e g o v e r n m e n t
year.
will f u r t h e r r e s t r i c t th e g a t h e r i n g s of
A G e r m a n m ilita ry b allo o n ex the n ativ es , and also th e sale o f d a n
I t is believed t h a t the
plo d ed a mile in the air. T h e occu g erous foods.
p a n t s fell in a tree a n d w ere unin co ckpits located in th e s u b u rb s o f the
ju red .
city, w h e r e it is difficult to m a i n t a i n a
E x p e r t s wh o have b een g o in g over s t r i c t w a t c h over t h e sale of foodstuffs,
t h e b o o k s of San F ra n c i s c o have a r e resp onsible f o r t h e s l i g h t increase
fou n d a s h o r t a g e of $00,000 in th e in t h e n u m b e r o f cholera cases noted
a t ea ch week-en d.
city treasury..
Senator
in g a b o u t
t e r to th e
sid ers t h e
E lk in s says he k n o w s no th
Police Save Many Lives.
t h e m a r r i a g e of his d augh
D u k e o f A b ru zzi a n d c o n
S an F ra n cisco , Oct. 27. P r o m p t ac
nav al e s c o rt a g o o d joke. tion by m e m b e r s o f t h e police force
D u r i n g th e r e c e p tio n of th e A iner w as all t h a t saved a dozen o r more
ican fleet at Y o k o h a m a all the A m e r women fro m p ro b ab le d e a t h in a fire
icati a d m ir a ls w ere carrie d aro u n d the w hich d am ag ed t h “ Guiseppi hotel here
d eck of t h e i r vessels o n th e s h o u l d e r today. T h e flames a r e th o u g h t to have
o f J a p a n e s e a d m i r a l s a n d captains.
s t a r t e d in the o v e r t u r n i n g of a candle,
Deaths in Luzon from th e storm wih an d th ey quickly s p read th r o u g h the
reach 500.
f ram e s t r u c t u r e , se v era l people b ein g
Snow has drifted to a depth of 15 over co m e b efo re th ey could leave th e i r
rooms. P a t r o lm e n p lunged in to th e
feet in Montana.
An epidemic of typh oid fev er pre sm oky corridors c a r r y i n g o u t n early
a sc ore o f per so ns w h o m i g h t o t h e r
vails a t Montreal, Quebec.
Reno gam blers are p u t tin g up a hard wise h av e p erished.
fig h t to p rev en t being driven from the
Leave Sheep to Perish.
city.
Medicine H a t , S a sk a tc h w a n , Oct.
L ie u te n an t Je ppson, who has been
K in g E d w a rd 's messenger since 1901. 27. T h e first t r a i n s since N o v e m b e r
ig dead.
19 reached Medicine H a t fro m the
One hundred and fourteen thousand E ast S u n d ay ev en in g . R id ers g o t in
from
th e d i s t r i c t , s t r e t c h i n g to th e
appl ications were received for th e 0or<
farm s in the Rosebud, S. 1)., reservation U n ite d S t a t e s border, w ith f e a r fu l
j u st thr ow n open.
t a le s o f h ard sh ip s cre a te d by the
sto rm . Donald Ca meron, a sh eep her d-
A bogus German baron has been vie
er, w i t h tw o o th ers, w ere c a u g h t and
timizing Han Fra ncisco people.
forced to leave t h e i r sheep to p erish
One d eath has been repo rted from an d seek s a f e t y th em selv es. Camero n
M ontana, following the severe blizzard. b ecam e e x h a u s t e d an d died
A fter
J o h n W. Kern, Jr., son of the Demo b e in g 60 hours w i t h o u t sleep or n o u r
s r a tic vice presidential cand idate, is ishm ent, t h e o t h e r tw o reached sa fety .
seriously ill.
O vercom e by S m oke.
A New York th ief, a f t e r robb ing a
jewelry stor e of valuable diamonds, es
C a n n o n sb u rg , P a., Oct. 2 7 . - W hile
caped in an auto.
d i r e c t i n g t h e men fig h tin g fire t h a t
The greatest celebration in the his b roke o u t y e s t e r d a y in the P i t t s b u r g -
to r y of J a p a n is being given in honor Ruffalo co m p a n y ’s Hazel mine, n e a r
o f the American fleet.
here, H. P. Jo n e s, g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of
Diamonds equal to those of South th e com pan y, w a s overcom e by smoke.
A frica are said to h ave been found in T h re e s h i f t s o f 50 men each a r e b a t
tl i n g w i t h t h e blaze, b u t t h e h e a t is so
D eath valley, Arizona.
in ten se t h a t they can work b u t five
Chinese in Canada are raising a relief m i n u te s a t a tim e . T h e fighte rs are
fund to semi to China to help the starv g a i n i n g slowly and e x p e c t to h ave th e
ing.
fire controlle d by tomorrow'.
_ 7
French troops have had another cr.
gagenient with Moors. T h e latter wcri
Revolt in C o rea at End.
defeated.
T okio, Oct. 27. T h e so-called i n s u r
Immense crow ds attended the funeral rectio n in Co rea is p r actically ended.
service o f Bishop Potter. T h e service^ T h e troops a r e still on a c tiv e duty,
were very simple.
h u t t h e in s u r g e n t s h av e dwind led to
Two-
By the bur sting of a stcampipe font m erely a d iso rd erly elem ent.
men were cooked to death on a steam t h ird s o f t h e J a p a n e s e troops in No rth
C h in a will be w ith d ra w n in a fe w days.
barge on Lake Michigan.
CANADA ELECTS
LAURIER PREMIER
M IN IN G C O N G R E S S C A L L E D .
Eleventh Annual Convention to M eet
in P ittsburg.
D en v er, Oct. 2 6 .— T h e e x e c u tiv e
c o m m i t t e e o f t h e A m e r ic a n M in in g
co n g ress y e s t e r d a y issued th e official
Majority Reduced from What It Was call f o r t h e 11th an n u al co n v en tio n to
be held in P i t t s b u r g D ecem b er 2, 3, 4
Five Years Ago.
an d 5, 1908. A special ef fo rt is co n
t e m p l a t e d looking to t h e final e n a c t
m e n t o f t h e bill for th e creatio n o f a
Conservatives Lose O u t in O n tario, b u r e a u o f m ines, now on th e calen d ar
o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s se n a t e for th ird
W here They Expected to M ake
reading.
G reatest Gains— Q uebec Will Send
P a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n is called to th e
an Alm ost Solid Liberal M e m work o f congress in m a k i n g i n v e s ti g a
tions r e l a t i n g to th e p ro tectio n o f th e
bership.
lives o f m i n e r s ; pr oposa ls for th e e lim
in atio n o f f ra u d u l e n t m i n i n g stock
o p e r a t i o n s ; t h e r e la tio n s b e tw e e n cu s
O t t a w a , O n t., Oct. 2 7 .— E le ctio n s
to m s s m e lt e r s and t h e ore p r o d u c e r ;
for t h e Fed eral house o f common s w ere
Fed eral aid for m in in g schools an d e x
held y e s te rd a y th ro u g h o u t Canad a. Of
p e r i m e n t s t a t i o n s ; t h e e x p lo ita tio n o f
th e 221 co n s titu en c ie s in t h e dominion
t h e r a r e m in eral resources o f th e coun
only tw o Rouville, O n t., an d S outh
t r y ; t h e co n serv a ti o n o f m in eral r e
York, Ont. r e t u r n e d m e m b e r s by a c
so u rces; t h e t i m b e r an d w a t e r supp ly,
clam atio n . In all t h e o th ers, w i t h the
and th e unific ation o f th e m in in g law s
ex cep tio n o f five, which will hold t h e i r
o f t h e se v era l s t a te s , a r e t h e p a r t i c u l a r
elections later, th e r e w ere co ntes ts.
s u b je c ts w hich will be u n d e r d isc u s
T h e r e t u r n s show t h a t S i r W ilf rid
sion. I t is anno unced t h e convention
L a u rie r , th e p r e s e n t p p rem ier, who in
will be an open foru m for t h e discus-
th e las t house had a m a j o r it y o f 66,
! sion o f all m in i n g subjects.
will be r e t u rn e d to th e house for a n o th
T h e call in v ites th e p r e s i d e n t o f th e
e r five y ears, w i t h a m a j o r it y o f b e
U n ite d S t a t e s , the g o v ern o rs and heads
tw een 55 and 60.
o f co m m ercial bodies to a p p o in t d ele
F re n ch Ca n ad ian Que bec rem ain ed
g a t e s . A special f e a t u r e o f t h e body
loyal to th e p rem ier, el e c t i n g a m e m
will be a coal m in e g a s t e s t i n g p la n t,
b ersh ip a lm o st solidly L ib era l.
now in course o f co n stru ctio n in P i t t s
On tario , w h e r e th e C o n s e r v a tiv e s e x
b urg. u n d e r an a p p r o p ria tio n made d u r
pected to m a k e t h e i r h e a v i e s t g ains,
in g th e l a s t session o f cong ress, w hich
did n o t come u p to t h e o p p o sitio n ’s e x
will then be completed.
p ectatio n s.
T h e r e t u r n s in d icate an
a lm o st even ly divided
m em b ersh ip ,
E N O R M O U S L O S S IN C O A L .
com pared w i t h 39 L ib e ra l s an d 47
C o n s erv ativ es in th e la s t house.
N o v a Scotia, W’hich a t t h e l a s t g e n T rad e Loses $ 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 W eekly by
er al elections in 1904 r e t u r n e d a solid
Cotton Lockout.
L ib e ra l p halanx, g iv es t h e C o n serv a
London,
Oct.
26. T h e s h u t t i n g
tiv e p a r t y se v era l seats.
R. L. Borden, le ad er o f t h e Co n serv do wn o f 500 mills as th e r e s u l t o u f th e
ativ es , w as elected by a s u b s t a n t i a l co tto n t r a d e lock o u t has re duced th e
m a j o r it y in H a l i f a x , w’h ich su p p o rted co n sum ption of en g in e coal by 700,000
h im fo u r y e a r s ago. All th e m in is tons p e r week. Calcula te d a t $2 p er
t e r s h ave been re-e le cted w i t h t h e e x ton, th i s re p re s e n t s a loss o f t r a d e
ception o f W illiam T em p le to n , o f V ic a m o u n t i n g to $1,500,000 a week.
Oldham , th e c e n t e r o f t h e s p i n n i n g
to ria , B. C., m i n i s t e r o f inland r e v e
in d u stry , is th e first o f th e cotton
nue, who lost by five votes.
to w n s to feel t h e pinch o f t h e lockout.
O f th e 320 mills in th e to wn only 20
A R R E S T 14 N IG H T R ID E R S .
a r e now w o rk in g . I t is n o t th e o p e r a
t i v e s who h ave the^r lock o u t p ay fro m
Sixty-O ne N ow Held in Connection t h e i r u nions to fall b ack on w’ho a r e
W ith Reel Foot O u trage.
b e g i n n i n g to feel th e p r e s s u re o f th e
C a m p Reno, Reel F o o t L ak e, T en n ., in d u strial w a r f a r e , b u t t h e sh o p k e ep
Oct. 27.
F o u rte e n p riso n ers w ere er s, p a r t i c u l a rl y a t th e sm a ll shops,
b r o u g h t into cam p today in connection who de pended on th e c u sto m o f th e
w i t h r e c e n t n i g h t r i d e r o u t r a g e s in mill g irls .
No one h a s the h e a r t to buy a n y t h i n g
th i s section. T h is m ak es a to tal o f 61
No new
now in custody her e.
T h re e m ounted s h o r t o f a c t u a l n ecessities.
s c o u tin g p a r t i e s w e n t o u t and tw o of d resses a r e b e in g m ade in Oldham j u s t
th em re tu rn e d . T h e t h i r d will n o t be now, an d d r e s s m a k e r s a r e r ed u cin g th e
back b efo re t o m o rro w n ig h t.
The n u m b e r o f t h e i r wor kroo m hand s, and
d e t a c h m e n t headed by M a jo r R. E. th e m i l l i n e r s ’ shops, o f w h ich t h e fe-
M a rtin is p rep ared to go to Obion to m als cotton o p e r a tiv e w as th e gen ero u s
n i g h t to se a rc h f o r t h e m y sterio u s p atro n , a r e de serted.
T h e s i t u a t i o n w a s disc ussed a t a
m asked m en wh o w e r e re p o rte d to
have been seen n e a r t n a t town. A f t e r m e e t i n g o f th e d istr e s s c o m m i t t e e last
co m m u n ic a tin g w i t h s e v era l people n i g h t and t h e m ay o r has sum m oned a
Colonel T a t t o m decided t h a t th e sto ry special m e e t i n g of th e council for t o
w as w i t h o u t fou n d atio n a n d recalled n ig h t, w h en a d ep u tatio n fro m t h e d is
t r e ss c o m m i t t e e will m ak e su g g e stio n s
the orders.
Bo th Union C ity a n d S a m b u r g , w here for p r o v id in g r e l i e f wor k.
the soldiers are cam ped , w e r e t h e cen
t e r s o f i n t e r e s t to day in t h e n i g h t rid er
G A M B L E R S W IN .
troubles. A special t e r m o f t h e Coun ty
co u rt convened a t Un io n C ity today
Reno Votes to Continue W ide Open
and all o f th e evidence in th e Reel
To w n as B efore.
F o o t lake case w a s laid b efo re th e
ju ry .
________________
Reno , N ev ., Oct. 26.— Ren o w ill r e
m ain a wide open to wn fo r some t im e
W A IT IN S P E C T O R ’S R E P O R T .
to come, according to th e r e s u l t o f the
c i t y election held h ere S a tu r d a y , when
Decision on S ta r o f Bengal W reck th e g a m b l i n g e l e m e n t won by a m a j o r
May Have Serious Results.
ity o f 566 votes o u t o f a to tal o f about
S an F ran cisco , Oct. 27.— T h e in sp ec 3,100 v o tes cas t. T h e election w a s on
tors o f hulls and boilers, who h ave a c i t y or dinan ce to fo rb id t h e ru n n i n g
been i n v e s t i g a t i n g th e w r e c k o f the of g a m b l i n g g am es u n d er license in th e
sh ip S t a r of Be ngal, w hich w e n t as hore c i t y o f Reno. T h e o rd in an ce w a s p u t
on th e A las k an co ast some w e e k s ago, to th e city v ote upo n t h e p e titio n of
111 lives b e in g lost, finished t a k i n g t h e A n ti- G am b lin g league, wh o made
tes tim o n y y e s t e rd a y and took the case a red ho t fight a t t h e polls.
T h e leagu e open ed
headquarters
u n d er ad v is em en t.
C a p ta in W a g n e r , o f t h e Ben g al, has a b o u t tw’o m onths ag o and has wor ked
filed c h ar g es o f cow ardice a g a i n s t th e d ilig e n tly ever since, h olding m as s
t u g c a p t a i n s for t h e i r ac tion in c u t t i n g m e e t i n g s and s p r e a d i n g l i t e r a t u r e
his sh i p loose an d it is ex p ected t h a t b ro ad cas t and th ro u g h t h e m ails. The
the decision o f th e in sp e cto rs will b e a r g a m b l i n g f r a t e r n i t y w orked quietly,
w e i g h t in th e pro ceed in g s r e s u l t i n g b u t t h e r e s u l t show s t h e y w o rk ed
from th ese c h arg es. I t is s t a te d h ere effe ctiv ely . T h e d e f e a t o f t h e o r d i
t h a t t h e U n ite d S t a t e s D i s t r i c t a t t o r n an ce is p artly due to th e f e e lin g t h a t
ney o f A la s k a will b r in g C a p ta in W a g g a m b l i n g should b e stopped t h r o u g h o u t
n e r ’s c h a r g e s a g a i n s t t h e c a p t a i n s of th e s t a t e and n o t alone in Reno.
T h e fight will be ca r r ie d into th e
th e K a y a k and H a t t i e G ag e before the
le g i s l a t u r e a t th e co m in g session.
Federal g r a n d ju r y .
Calls W ill Fo rg ery.
M o ro s Battle W ith L abo rers.
N ew York, Oct. 27.— D e c l a r i n g th e
s i g n a t u r e in a will d isp o s in g o f ab o u t
$1,000,000 a fo rg ery , t h e w ill b e in g
t h a t of Am b ro se B u rb an k , w h o d ied in
1904, Dr. A lfred H. H a m ilto n , o f A u
burn, N. Y., a handw’r i t i n g e x p e r t,
cre a te d a se n satio n in th e s u i t a g a i n s t
Caleb H. B u rb an k , a n ep h ew o f th e
te s ta to r , d u r i n g t h e t r i a l in t h e U n ite d
S t a t e s C i r c u i t c o u r t h ere today. T h e
nephew is e x e c u to r o f t h e e s t a t e and
was n am ed r e sid u a r y leg atee, in ad d i
tion to r e c e iv in g a d i r e c t b eq u es t o f
$600,000.
Manila, Oct. 26.— N in e F i l i p in o la
b o rers and t h e i r A m e r ic a n s u p e ri n t e n d
e n t w e r e killed in a d e s p e r a te fight
w i t h a band of Moros on t h e S h ep h ers
s u g a r p lan tatio n n e a r I l ig a n on th e
island o f Minda nao l a s t week, accor d
in g to n ew s t h a t reach ed h e r e today
f ro m t h e island. T h e men w e r e w o r k
in g on th e p l a n t a t i o n an d w e r e t a k e n
off t h e i r g u a r d by t h e Moro w ar rio r s.
T h e la b o rers lost h e a v ily b efo re th ey
rep u lsed th e a t t a c k i n g p a r t y in a final
rally . T h e Moros a r e re p o rte d t o h ave
lo st 20 killed and m a n y m ore wounded.
Receiver fo r 3-C e n t Lines.
Salmon in K am chatka.
Cleveland,
O., Oct. 27. T w e n t y
c red ito rs o f th e Municipal T ractio n
com pany h ave jo in ed in a s u i t as k in g
for a r eceiv er for the railro ad , w’hich
o p e r a t e s th e 3-cent f are lines in th e
city, and th e Cleveland r a ilw a y , h e a d
ed by P a t r i c k A n d rew s and Jo h n S t a n
ley, hopes to g ain control o f th e local
tractio n sit u a t i o n as th e outco m e o f
t h e h e a r i n g w hich w a s b egun today.
The p e titio n for a r e c e i v e r d eclares
t h a t t h e Municipal railro ad is di sposing
o f i ts p r o p e rtie s to per so n s who are
frien d ly to M ayo r Johnson.
S an Fra ncisco, Oct. 26 .— A cco rd in g
to H. P lau n and O. E. T h ie lm an , tw o
D an ish business m en w h o a r riv e d h ere
texlay fro m the O r i e n t on t h e s t e a m e r
China, a Danish sy n d ic a te h a s secure d
a 12-year concession fro m th e R u ssian
g o v e r n m e n t to o p e r a t e a sa lmon c a n
n i n g e s t a b l is h m e n t in N o r t h e r n K a m
c h a t k a , S ib eria . T h e Danes, wh o h ave
j u s t concluded a to u r o f th e g round
em b r a c e d in th e concession, declare
t h a t t h e w a t e r s f a i r l y t eem w i t h fish
an d say t h a t th e p l a n t will h av e a t r e
m endo us ou tp u t.
T o Unveil H arrison M onum ent.
Kills H erders and
Sheep.
Indianapolis, Oct. 2 7 . — A p a r a d e and
o th e r i n t e r e s t i n g f e a t u r e s will a t t e n d
th e u n v e ilin g today o f t h e handsom e
m o n u m en t erected to t h e m em o ry of
f o rm er P r e sid e n t B e n ja m in Harriso n .
Vice P r e s i d e n t F a i r b a n k s will preside
and t h e sp e a k e r s will include J o h n L.
Griffiths, A m erican consul to L iv e r
pool, and General Jo h n W. Noble, ot
S t. Louis, w’ho w a s s e c r e ta r y o f the
in t e r io r d u rin g t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of
P r e s i d e n t Harriso n .
S a n t a F e, N. M., Oct. 2 6 .— T w e n t y
thousa nd sheep, g r a z i n g on th e Cum-
b res m o u n tain ra n g e , in Rio A r e ib a
co unty, 140 miles n o rth o f her e, a r e r e
p o rted to h ave perish ed in t h e blizzard
w hich h as rag ed in t h a t se ction d u r i n g
t h e la s t t h r e e days . T h e sto r m is th e
w o r s t in y e a r s and snow’ is f ro m five .to
ten f e e t deep. Besides th e g r e a t loss
o f sheep, six h erd ers a r e m is s i n g and
i t is believ ed they w e r e also frozen to
d eath .
Think C astro Is Bluffing.
N ic a r a g u a Is Laid W as te.
M an ag u a, N icarag u a, Oct. 2 6 .— A
g r e a t s to r m h as p rev ailed t h r o u g h o u t
N i c a r a g u a since y e s t e r d a y m orn in g .
H eav y losses are rep o rted , b u t, as all
th e t e l e g r a p h and telep h o n e co m m u n i
catio n s h a v e been i n t e r ru p t e d and th e
ra ilro a d badly d am ag ed , it is im possi
ble to s t a t e how f a r r e a c h i n g th e sto rm
h a s been.
W illem stad , Oct. 27.— Acc o rd in g to
l e t t e r s received her e, th e people o f
Ven ezuela are confident o f a p r o m p t
s e t tl e m e n t of th e d isp u te b etw een t h a t
country and Holland. T h e re fu s a l o f
P re s i d e n t C a stro to rev o k e t h e decree
o f May 14 is r eg ard ed as a bluff to
d i s t r a c t a t t e n t i o n from th e d oings o f
th e rev o lu tio n is ts.
PIRATES LOOT
GERMAN SHIP
Chilean Bandits BoarJ Vessel Almost
Under Guns of Warship.
C re w A ttacked W ith Knives and O v e r
p o w ered— Vessel is S acked From
S tem to S tern and Lo ot C arrie d
Away
on
L ighters— O utlaw s
Es
cape Into Hills.
San F r a n c i s c o , Oct. 24.—T h e B r i t
ish s t e a m s h i p S t r a th f o r d , w h ich has
a r riv e d h ere fro m Chile, r e p o r t s a
su ccess fu l raid by C h ilean coas t
p irates o n th e G e r m a n ste a m sh ip
S e r a t o in t h e h a r b o r of AntofagastTi
o n th e n i g h t of S e p t e m b e r 28. T h e
c u t t i n g o u t ex p e d itio n w a s do n e a l
m o st u n d e r th e g u n s o f a Chilean
g u n b o a t . P u r s u i t was given, bu t the
b a n d i t s to o k to th e hills b ack of A n
to f a g a s t a a n d escaped.
T h e G e r m a n m e r c h a n t m a n w as a n
c h o r e d in th e h a r b o r lo ad ed to the
h a tc h e s w ith a c a r g o an d p r e p a r e d
for sailing o n t h e fo llo w in g m o rn in g .
O u t of t h e d a r k n e s s t w o dozen
p ir a te s le ap ed o n the v e s s e l ’s decks,
a n d in a t w i n k l i n g t h e w a t c h was
h o u n d a n d g ag g ed . T h e n oise o f the
s t r u g g l e a w o k e th e cap tain , w h o
g r a s p e d his r ev o lv er a n d r u s h e d on
deck.
T h e p i r a t e s c r e p t in to th e
sh a d o w as th e cap tain ap p r o a c h e d
l i e w a s s t r u c k f ro m b e h i n d w ith a
b elay in g pi n a n d fell u n co n s cio u s.
By th is tim e th e c rew w as a w a k
ened a n d as t h e y a p p e a r e d on deck
the p i r a t e s a t t a c k e d th e m . A p itch ed
b a t t l e w ith k n iv e s followed, in which
se vera l of th e c rew w e r e b ad ly i n
ju r e d a n d th e r e m a i n d e r b o u n d and
g ag g ed .
T h e C h ilean s t h e n sa ck ed th e ves
scl fro m stern to stern , lo a d in g th eir
loot on l i g h te rs they had b r o u g h t with
them .
E a r l y n e x t d a y a C h ilean g u n b o at
e n t e r e d th e h a r b o r a n d th e p l ig h t of
th e S e r a t o w as d iscovere d. A lar ge
p a r t y w as se n t in p u r s u i t of the
p irates, w h o had se vera l h o u r s ’ sta rt
a n d fou n d sa fety in t h e hills.
R E V E A L S S H A R F P R A C T IC E .
Schem e
to M ake Uncle Sam Defend
C a b re ra ’s Stealings.
|
S O L D IE R S AR E A T T A C K E D .
Revolutionists S ta rt Guerilla W arfare
on Austrian T ro o p s .
London, Oct. 23.— Oj»on w arfa re has
I eon in progress in Bosnia anil H e r
zegovina for 10 days, an d seores have
been killed, according to inform ation
i roup ht hero yesterd ay by the Monte-
negran agent. More th an 120,000 Aus-
fYian troops have been a t t a c k e d by in
surrectionists in th e annexed territories
in l the f ig h tin g has been continuous.
Ho f a r as is known no pitched b attle
lias tak en place, as the insurrection ists
are g reatly outnum bered by the Aus
trians, hut th eir guer rilla tactics have
been very effe ctiv e.
The situation is so serious t h a t the
Austrial g o vernm ent has rushed rein
ioreeuieuts to th e aid of the border
troops. Throu gh strict censorship, the
ag en t said, th e Austrial gover nm ent has
suppressed all reports of the situation
as it really is. Anar ch y exists in the
eastern and southern sections of the
annexed territory.
The Montenegra n ag en t came here
y es terd ay to in v estig ate closely the ex
act situ atio n with a view to learning
what course Engla nd will pursue in tin-
event t h a t S ervia an d Montenegro d e
clare w ar on Austria. The a g e n t de
d a r e s t h a t th e action of Austria
am ounts to an a t t e m p t to terrorize Bos
nia an d Herzego vina into submission
by force o f arms. The temper of the
people, he asserts, is such t h a t they wil
never subm it to annexation.
The deten tio n of Envoy Vuk etitch by
the A u str ian au th o rities a t Agram
Tuesday was merely a p r e te x t to allow
them to search his baggage, tin* agent
declared. F o r th is reason, he said, the
apology o ffe red by A u str ia was not ac
cepteil, an d Mon teneg ro will insist upon
the pay m en t of an indemnity.
HUNDREDS DROWN
IN LUZON FLOODS
Typhoon Swells Rivers to Torrents
in Few Hours.
Sweeps Away W hole T o w n s — Dead
N um ber 3 0 0 in Cagayan Province
Alone — Am ericans D rag Natives
F rom Roofs o f Houses Floating
Down Swollen S tream s.
Manila, Oct. 22__ B e la te d reports i n
dicate t h a t the storni of October 12 in
tlie Uagayan valley was the worst timi
most des tru ctiv e within th e memory
uf living i n h a b ita n ts of the valley. The
official fig u res aro not y et available,
ia m any places h ave n»>t y et been hoard
from, bu t it seems certain t h a t the
number of dead will reach 300.
T here was a heav y typhoon an»l t o r
rential rains th roughout the valley and
n th e mountains. The rivers were
flooded a n d in many places rose to a
¡»eight of 30 feet, sweeping ev ery th in g
before them in th eir rush to the sea.
Hundreds of anim als an d houses were
swept aw ay by the wat»*rs.
At Apar ri, which was almost com
pletely u nder water , the Am er ican resi-
lents, headed by Lie ute nants T re ad w ay
md Clark, P o stm as ter Foss and Eng i
neer Clark, formed a rescue brigade,
which rescued scores of natives, tak in g
many o f f th eir houses while flou ting
town the river.
The go vernm ent has di sp atc hed a
O K L A H O M A U N D ER W ATER.
•oast g uard c u t t e r to in v estig ate con-
lit ions an d organize relief.
It is reported t h a t cholera has broken
T o rre n ts o f Ram Swell Rivers ano
>ut am ong the refugees.
Flood C ountry.
Oklahom a City, Okla., Oct. 23__ Seri
W AR C L O U D S T H R E A T E N .
our floods t h r e a te n portions of centra
ind no rth ern Oklahoma, the result ot Situation in Balkans F a r F rom Being
a stead y downp ou r of rain th at has pre
Peaceably S ettled.
vailed for th e p a s t three days, a n d is
Paris, Oct. 22.—The feeling in French
still continuing. In some portions the
government circles is d istin ctly nerv
rainfall has am ounted almost to the pro
e s , both w ith reg ard to th e situation
portions of a cloudburst. Numerous
n the Ba lkans a n d the proposed i n t e r
reports of loss of life, m ade yesterday,
national congress. Advices are t h a t
ar e uncon firmed, an d they are believed
ho Turkish g o v ernm ent is im p atien t
to bo w ithout foun dation. No single
uecause B u lgaria has failed to present
report o f loss of life has been verified.
in official commun ication since T u r
At Tulsa and vicinity the Arkansas key received th e F re n ch assurance in
has risen ten feet in the 24 hours ended
he name of E mpero r F erd in an d , while
y es terd ay morning, an d was then stil
rom Sofia comes in fo rm atio n t h a t the
coming up. This brou gh t the stream
to w ithin th ree feet o f the highest stag» Malinoff cab in et still refuses to accept
he advice of Ferdinand, who advocates
reached in th e flood of last spring
Ma ny farm s around Tulsa were flooded, i peace ful se ttl em en t and insists t h a t
an d farm ers an d th eir families wen. t would be prefe ra blo to go to war
hnn to p ay an indemnity.
compelled to move out. The town oi
Until the Bul garian m in istry yields
W est Tulsa is th reaten ed with inunda
lefinitely it is considered by th e of-
tion.
ieials of the Fre nch g o vernm ent t h a t
I n the v icin ity of P e r ry last night al
stream s rose suddenly, and hun dreds of he d anger of war has not been dis-
»elled.
acres of crops were flooded.
Reports curre nt in Baris t h a t Baron
A third of th e town of Pawnee, witl
°n Biebor8tein, th e German amlmssa-
1500 in h ab itan ts, w as covered last night
lor a t Constantino ple, has been coun
with six feet of water.
In th e valley of the Canadian rivei seling war, while not confirmed, caused
disquietude,
especially as G e r m a n y ’s
the valleys for several miles between
ittitu d e grows more ami more enig
Shaw nee an d Me Loud are inun dated.
matical.
San F ra n c i s c o , O c t
24.— U n ite d
S tates i m m i g r a t i o n i n s p e c t o rs w h o
have b een in v e s tig a tin g n atu r a l i z a t i o n
f rau d s in th is city a r e said t o have
f o rw a r d e d a r e p o r t to W a s h i n g t o n te-
v e a ’in g t h e fact th a t D i e g o E s t r a d a
C a b rera, so n of th e G u a t e m a l a n p r e s i
d ent, is a n a t u r a l i z e d citizen o f the
U n ite d S tates.
T h e r e p o r t f u r t h e r reveals th at
y o u n g C a b r e r a t o o k this step a t the
in stan c e of his father.
It is alleged
th at t h e p r e sid e n t of G u a t e m a l a to o k
this m e a n s o f s a f e g u a r d i n g his p r o p
erty in th e s o u t h e r n rep u b lic u n d e r
th e A m e r ic a n citizen sh ip of his son
A fter y o u n g C a b re r a b e c a m e a citizen
His f a th e r b e g a n th e t r a n s f e r of larg e
p r o p e r t y h o l d in g s b o th in th is c o u n
try a n d G u a te m a la to him.
The
SEN D W ATER FRO M A LT O N .
tr a n s f e r s still c o n tin u e a n d th e U n ite d
S ta te s is u n ab le to p r e v e n t th e actio n
an d in th e ev en t of w ar in G u atem ala One Illinois To w n Supplies D routh-
could be called u p o n to p r o t e c t y o u n g
S tricken Sections.
C a b r e r a ’s h o ld in g s, say th e officials.
Alton, 111., Oct. 23.— The continuous
drouth of more th an 50 days in the in
S A IL S IN T R IU M P H .
land towns of Illinois t r ib u t a r y to Al
ton, has forced the residents of that
Zeppelin Airship M akes G re a t S h o w
section to send aw ay for w ater for
ing in Germ any.
cooking an d d r in k in g purposes.
F ri e d e ri c h s h a v e n , Oct. 24.— T h e r e
Each »lay a t r a i n of five cars is be
c o n s t r u c t e d Z ep p elin dirigible a i r
ship No. 1 m a d e n tr iu m p h a l r e a p ing sent out from Alton, loaded with
p ea r a n c e an d as cen sio n w ith t e n p a s w ater for th e variou s towns in the
se n g e rs F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n a n d w en t blighted «listriet. L arge steel coal cars
t h r o u g h ev o lu tio n s t h a t f o r speed and have been pressed into service, and arc
sta b ility w ere m o s t s a tis facto ry . T h e loaded with 15,000 gallons each. Most
trip in th e air las te d for t h r e e a n d a of th e w a t e r is sent to Gillespie and
half h o u r s a n d p a s se d w i t h o u t a hitch. Chipman, but other s towms receive theii
T h e b allo o n m a d e an a v e r a g e speed quota.
T here is da nger, according to Alton
of 29.21 m iles an h o u r at a m e a n al t i
tude of 800 feet. D r iv e n a l tern ately W ater company officials, of the suppl)
by a single m o t o r a n d t h e n by b o t h being cut off if the Mississippi rivei
m o to rs , th e craft m ad e e as y p ro g res s, falls much more. The stage of the
its m o v e m e n t s b e in g c o n tr o lle d with stream is lower th an it has been befori
facility.
A e r o n a u t s ? n d t h r o n g s of in 20 years, an d th e in tak e pipe of tin
the po p u lace cro w d e d t h e sh o r e s of company is now only 30 inches undei
L ak e C o n s ta n c e from 2 o ’clock until water. Unless the riv er rises, Alton
5:30 y e s t e r d a y evening, w a t c h i n g the will soon bo shor t of water.
e v o lu tio n s o f th e airship.
C O N T E S T LAND P A T E N T S .
Nevada M in ers W ill A ttack Southern
Pacific Land G rant.
Reno, Nev., Oct. 22__ Colonel Win-
Held Scott P rosky, a m ining m an own-
ng p roperty in a nu m ber of districts,
yesterday announced t h a t on J a n u a r y
: Best th « Statute o f limitation* will
»ave applied to the p aten ts g r a n te d six
ears ago to the Sou thern Pacific to a
urge area of mineral land ex ten d in g
from Winnemticca to th e N ev ad a Cali-
ornia line a n d a f fe c t in g rig h ts of hun-
lreds of pr ospectors an»l miners.
The men have been p atien tly waiting
for a n u m ber of years, t h in k ’ing a <le-
•ision in th e one case decided would
similarly a f fe c t them all. Now it is
liscovercd t h a t each d isp u tan t must
file a s e p ara te pro test to es tablish his
Hght. The railro ad company hoped
his wouhi be overlooked. However,
•very e f fo r t will be made by th e do
lar tment a t W ashing ton to give a'l
•laimants an o p p o rtu n ity to present
heir cases and have a hearing.
Andersonville M onum ent P ro ject.
V. hito Ilall, III., Oct. 22.— The annu al
convention of the Illinois Association
St. P etersb u rg , v ia Eyd tk u h n en , Oct
>f Union ex Prisoners of W a r met hero
23__ Unless the czarina leaves soon for
vesterday an d will re m ain in session
a soa voyage to th e M ed ite rran ean sin
•ver today. The principal m a t t e r to
will lose her mind, according to infor
oceivc atten tio n is the project for the
mat ion conveyed y es terd ay to the cm
peror by her ph ysicians. Reduced to a ■rection of a mon um ent a t Amlcrson-
nervous wreck by t e r ro r of revolution ville, for which the last Illinois legis-
ary violence, the empress is suffering
atu r e appropriate»! $15,000. The asso-
almost co n stan tly from hallucinations
iation will have a leading p a r t in car-
For days she refuses to u t t e r a word
believing t h a t she is a vi ctim of a rying out th e project, as m any of its
Members were amon g the prisoners oon-
vocal defect m ak in g speech impossible
Again, she th in k s herself crippled and Hned a t Andersonv ille during th e war.
demands to be wheeled in an invalid
chair.
D enver E levator Burned.
C zarina May Lose Reason.
Russia’s Bloody Assizes.
St. P e t e r s b u r g , Oct. 24.— T h e Re ch
has o b t a i n e d a n d m a d e public th e of fi
cial sta tis tic s of the ex e c u t i o n s in
Russia d u r i n g th e y e a r 1908 on s e n
ten ces i m p o se d by the m i l t a r y cou rts.
T h e to tal is 027, of which 84 w ere so l
dier s a n d 543 civilians. A c c o r d i n g to
th e official classifications, 453 p ersons,
o r o v e r 70 p e r cent, w ere h a n g e d or
sh o t for m u r d e r o r r o b b e ry , a c c o m
p anied by v io len ce; 02 m e n w ere exe
c u ted for m u t i n y o r o t h e r of fenses
a g a in s t m ilita ry disc ipline. 71 for
crim es a g a i n s t th e sta te a n d fo u r for
desertio n .
Snow Blocks Railroads.
Gives A rm o u r Black Eye.
L a n s i n g , Mich., Oct. 24.— J u d g e
W ies t, of t h e c o u n t y c o u rt, has r e
fused the in ju n c tio n as k ed for by A r
m o u r & Co. t o r e s t r a i n t h e s t a te pu re
fo od d e p a r t m e n t fro m i n t e r f e r i n g with
th e sale of th e c o m p a n y 's g o o d s in
M ichigan. T h e ' s t a t e held t h a t ce reals
in s a u s a g e w ere an a d u lte r a tio n ,
w h ich t h e c o m p a n y denied.
The
c o u r t said t h a t sa u sag e m e a n t m e a t
an d t h a t cereals a n d w a t e r w ere
a d u l t e r a n t s ad d ed with an e v id en t in
t e n tio n to ch eat, a n d t h a t a d u l t e r a t e d
sa u sa g e w o u ld soon dr ive h o n e s t d e a l
ers ou t of th e m ark et.
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 23.—One of the
worst snow storms t h a t ever occurred
in the west is now at its height, and
has completely demoralized the service
of bot h th e Canad ian Pacific an d the
Great N orthern railroads. The storm
st a rt e d T uesday night. Ten inches of
snow have a lread y fallen, accompanied
by a hard gale. Snow has blown into
the railway cuts, an»] in many cases is
over ten feet deep. Snow plows are
cb 'a ring the Ca n ad ian Pac ific tracks,
but little progress can be made until
the snow ceases to fall.
Huge Ranch Changes Hands.
Lives Lost in Cyclone.
N e w O r l e a n s , Oct. 24.— A cable
fro m
Rlucfields, N icar ag u a, u n d e r
d a te of O c t o b e r 21. to t h e Picayune.
*ays: “ A d i s a s t r o u s h u r ri c a n e sw ept
th e c o a s t of N ic a r a g u a last F rid a y
t o S unday, d e s t r o y i n g t h e t o w n s of
Rio G r a n d e a n d P ri n z a p u l k a a n d d o
in g c o n s i d e ra b l e d a m a g e in th e i n
terio r.
O n l y m e a g e r ad v ices have
been b r o u g h t here b y sc h o o n er, hu t
it a p p e a r s t h a t t h e en tir e c o a s t from
P e a r l C a y s to Ca pe G racisa w as swept
a n d t h e r e w as m u ch loss of life.’’
Ogden, U tah . Oct. 23__ A deal was
closed here y es terd ay b v w>.ieh a mil
lion dollars in cold cash will be paid for
the biggest rnneh in the inter mou ntain
region. The pu rch asers are Davi»l Ec
clos, M. S. Browning, Joseph Snoworoft
an»i Adam P atterso n , Ogden capitalists.
They ob tained titlo to the famous
Sparks Harre ll ranch in Nev ada, which
covers hun d red s of squa re miles. The
new owners will pu t 100,000 sheep and
50,000 cattle on the mam moth range im
mediately.
E lectric P ow er O v e r S ierra s.
Train s 7 2 H ours Late.
Lo* A n g eles. O ct. 24 —O w i n g to
w a s h o u ts in e a s te rn C o l o r a d o and
w e s t e rn K an s as. S a n t a F e t r a n s - c o n
tin en tal t r a i n s are a r ri v i n g here 72
hour«; late. O v e r l a n d N o 1, due h ere
W e d n e s d a y m o r n in g , will n o t ar rive
until this even ing, m a k i n g t h e trip
f ro m C h ica g o in se ven days.
Denver, Oct. 22— F ire ev id en tly of
ncen diar y origin destroy ed th e elev ator
of the Hung ar ian Mills company a t an
early hour this morning, causing a loss
>f $450,000. In th e elevator were
stored 400,000 bushels of wheat, which
were consumed. About 1 o ’clock the
uolice officer on the beat noticed two
lien in th e elevator, an d when he ap
nroached th ey st a rt e d to run. The o f
ficer g ave chase, b u t the men disap
peared in the »larkness, and when he
returned the elevator was in flames.
D iplom at W ith R ecord.
Copenhagen, Oct. 22.— The new Pai>-
sh minister to W ashington will be
' ’oun t Carl Moltke. He is only 40
vears of age. bu t is considered to be
one of th e cleverest of Danish diplo
mats. He has had a somewhat unusnal
career, s t a r t i n g as a n av y o fficer and
\ r e t i c explorer, being once the leader
of a lar ge Greenlan»! expedition. His
family r an k s amon g the oldest no bility
in Denmark, y e t he is related on his
m o t h e r ’s side to ex Empres s Eugenie
N ew Route fo r S m ugglers.
San Diego, Cal.. Oct. 22__ Although
the smugg ling of Chinese coolies across
the Mexican border has been p ractically
ended, it is ackn owledged b y the immi
gration a u th o rities t h a t m a n y Asiatics
are being illegally b ro ught into th is
coun try b v water. Commissioner W ed
dle snvs his office is ba dly hamlicanped
by not h av in g a fast bo at in which to
pu rsue c r a f t b rin g in g coolies up t h t
San Francisco. Oct. 23.— W. A.
Worthingto n, assistan t to th e director
of m aintenance and operation o f the
Tlarriman lines, is co n ferrin g with of
ficials of th e Sou ther n Pac ific system
reg ard in g th e proposed changes of the
motive power to electricity in th e Si
erras, both to facilita te shipments and
reduce th e cost of hauling.
coast.