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NEWS OFTHE WEEK
la a Condensed Form for Oar
Busy Readers.
A Riiumt of the Last Important but
Not Lata Interesting Evants
of tha Pact Waak.
Sicily baa been ibaken by an earth
quake. Tba government will prosecute tba
sugar troat.
A plot to blow op tba rcir'a yacht
baa jait been discovered.
President Roosevelt baa ordarad aix
mora warabipa and 1,000 marine to
Havana.
Twenty have bean killed In the race
war at Atlanta. Troops are now in
control and quiet reigns.
United States marines bave been or
deraJ to guard the British railroad in
Bant Clara province, Cuba.
Tba American legation at Stockholm
bad a narrow escape from being blown
up by Finnish refugee revolutionists.
Russian authorities have secured evi
dence that Gentral Trepoff waa poison
ed. A doctor baa been arrested for
complicity in the crime.
Samuel Gompers, preaident of tba
American Federation of Labor, says
Littlefleld won hia fight in Maine with
money. J!e accuses Cannon of contin
uing the wrongs of labor and Taft of
defending the injunction policy when a
judge of the Federal court.
Because of the absence of Taft and
Bacon the meeting of the executive
committee of th National Red Cross
society has been postponed nntil Octo
ber 17. It Is tbe purpose of tee meet
ing to decide what disposition shall be
made of the $2,500,000 Han Francisco
relief funds still held in Washington.
Bryan opposes annexation of Cuba.
Speaker Cannon aays ha is not can
didate for presidential nomination.
Tbe Chicago city council it working
for cheaper telephones, light! and atreet
cars.
Will Thut Forca Intervention by the
United Statat.
Havana, Sept. 18. Tba Cuban re
public ttanit on tha verge of a second
period of American Intervention. Tha
Moderate oartv. which six weeks, ago
waa in control of every office in tha it
land, national, provincial and munici
pal, ia determined o abdicate every
thing and compel tha United States to
intervene. Id fact, every government
official from President Palma down ia
sincerely anxious to forca euch inter
vention rather than yield to any one of
tha terms offered by tba Liberal party
and those in arms against tbe govern
ment. Tba Liberal leaders characterize tha
conduct of tha government as treason to
tha republic, while Secretary of War
Tift regards it as an unwarranted and
dishonorable attempt to force tba band
of tbe United Statea into Intervention.
This, it baa been atated, ia precisely
what President Roosevelt baa been most
anxious to avoid.
Senor Palma bas called special ses
sion of congress for Friday, when be
will present tba resignation of himself
and Vice President Mendea Capote.
Tba Moderatea, however, will not at
tend that see ion of congrees, for in
their hurriedly called National Mod
erate assembly yesterday afternoon
they decided unanimously limply to
quit forthwith. They will not even at
tend the approaching sees ion or have
anything more to do with tbe govern
ment of Cuba, alleging that they bave
been unjustly treated by Mr. Roose
velt's commissioners.
TALK WITH REBELS
Mediators Agree WItb One Side
and Submit Plans to Other.
FAIR AT SAN FRANCiSCO.
UNWILLING TO SWALLOW DOSE
Taft and Bacon Tell
Tarma Arranged With Lead
rt of Liberal Party.
Citizen Desire lo Show That Me
tropolis Haa Not lost 0r'P'
San Franciaco, gpt. 25. A very
ambitiout k heme Las been pat forward
bare thia week In the form of a P'o
poeal that Sao Francisco bold a world't
fair In 1911. The id as bad been tag-
I seated early In the yaar, but nothing
waa uearu oi It following n" D "
thia week, when W. H. Milla, of tbe
Southern Pacific, 10 a Mter ,0 J001
D. Pbelan. revival h. dan. It
Government of originally intended that tba expoaition
snouia be commemorsti" oI al""
covery of the Pacific ocean by Balboa in
1013. xbo date 181 1 has been suggest
ed for tba exooaitinn u it follows so
closely on the world's fif to be held in
fans in 1810. an.i nii enable ran
Francisco to have the exhibits trans
ferred as they were from St. Loui. to
Portland.
The auggeetion of Mr. Mills bat been
well received. Mr. pbelan in a cordial
reply auggested that Mr. Milla consult
with others who are known to be Inter
ested in euch a project. I' sentiment
warrants, it . understood trial preum-
form
MUST INTERVENE
Only Disposition oi tne Contro
versy In Cuba.
STANDARD EMPLOYES STRIKE.
TAFT DESPAIRS OF MEDIATION
Moderatea Willing to Accept Terms
of Med!atora. but Liberals Not
Inclined to Yield.
Havana. Sept. 25. An unsatisfacto
ry conference was held at the palace
lt n.ulit bv Preaident Palma. Secre
tary of the Treasury Fontsy Sterling,
Secretary of Bute O'Farrill, Freyre
Andrade, speaker of tha lower bouse,
Secretary of War Taft and Mr. Bacon,
Consul General Steiuhart and Captain
McCov. when the mediators called tha
.ituilnn rl th. Pnhan administration
.t.tn. ni th. r.iu-a negotiations inary'step. will then bs taken to
.nkth. iik.u .n,i imnnti. The corporation to finan? the undertak
fct It n'ldnCK tn I lnE
be reaumed today. lt th eneral opinion that such
n .r. knnwn an exposition mora than anything else
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Havana, Sept. 22. Peace for Cuba,
unless accomplished through American
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luniTwiKig, eeems to D further away
now than when Secretary of War Taft
and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
began negotiation! to harmonise the
opposing factiont. Tha arrival today of
three United Statet battle ihipa and
two cruisers in addition to thoea al
randy bera bat bad little effect on tbe
inturgentt lo tha field, and, when tha
leaden of tha revolution were appiited
Conflict at Whiting, Ind , May Spread
Throughout Middle West.
Chicago, Sept. 24. Warfare be
tween tbe Standard Oil company and
tha labor unions of tbe country waa
begun last night, when the Whiting,
Ind., employes of the company quit
work to forca their demand for an in
crease in wagea. The atrike, which al
ready tbreatena to tie op tha business
of tbe big corporation in the Middle
West, it likely to assume gigantic pro
portions before it is ended. It waa ore-
dieted last night it mitrht involwa a!!
the employes of the company In the
country.
Already th t Chicago labor onions are
preparing lu eeist the opportunity pre
sented by the Whiting strike to make
more trouble for the company. They
were wholly unprepared, because tbe
employes there were not members of a
union, bnt after a hasty conference last
night it wm itid that they would sup
poit the n en who went out and that no
one from Chicago would take their
places. Three hundred firemen em
ployed by tbe Standard Oil company
left their place! yesterday. More than
5,000 employes who are working with
tbe firemen are scheduled to leave their
placea today. Theae include engineers,
skilled mechanics, laborers and othere,
the officials of whom said last niaht
DEAD IN THOUSANDS
Many Chinese Were Drowned la
Hongkong Typhoon.
ALL COMMERCE IS PARALYZED
Half tha Harbor Craft Wrecked and
Many Buildings Destroyed
Came Without Warning.
to be against tbe government. Tbe contribute to tbe future welfare of the squadron's presence they greeted that they would refuse members of the
FOREIGN IMPORTS EXEMPT.
Stensland bas arrived in Chicago. He
will plead guilty and expose all his
confederates.
Negroes ambushed and killed five
police at Atlanta. A roundup by
militia will follow.
An infernal machine addressed to
Jacob Schiff, tha New York banker,
bas been stopped by postal authorities.
The Hepburn rate law will abolish
tbe homeseekers' rates which have been
given by railroads to Pacific Coast
points.
Manchurian business it dead since
the Russian army left. Harbin ia de
serted and nothing flourishes except
roLoery.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, bas
been asked to assist in the California
campaign.
Admiral Dewey says the United
Btatea can best avoid war with another
power by having more warships than
that power.
The Interstate Commerce commission
investigating Union Pacific coal land
irauus in Wyoming, bas found tha
company used dummies to locate the
land.
Taft has a plan by which peace may
cuine wiuioui intervention.
Moody's Opinion on Meat Inspection
New Rules for Exports.
Washington. Sept. 26. A decision
has been reached by tbe department of
Justice that the meat inspection law
recently enacted by congress does not
apply to foreign products shipped into
this country. This opinion was pre
pared several days ago and submitted
to Attorney General Moody. He con
curred, it is understood, in the opinion
prepared by the department.
The acting secretary of commerce and
labor today promulgated certain rules
regarding the exportation of meata and
meat products, prescribing the manner
of inspecting carcasses and the issuance
of certificates, labels, etc.
Tbe rules require that both the orig
inal and duplicate certificate shall be
delivered to the exporter, who shall
file the original with tbe customs offi
cer and the duplicate with the con
signee, to be used by tbe latter in iden
tifying tbe shipment at the point of
destination by comparison with tha
original.
Clearance is to be denied to any ves
sel carrying meat product! for exporta
tion where regulations have not been
strictly complied with. The rules will
go Into effect on October 1.
CAUSE SHORTAGE OF COAL.
visit to tbe pUce of the American
commissioners waa therefore not par
ticularly pleasant. On departing, Mr.
Taft announced that tbe conference bad
resulted only in exchange of opinions
and that another meeting was neces
sary. Tbe big doors of tbe palace clot
ed at nsual at 11 o'clock, but the presi
dent and members of tbe cabinet re
mained in conference long after that
hour.
At the conclusion of a long conference
between a committee of the insurgents
of eight members and the American
peace commissioners, the insurgent
committee announced that there was
practically no difference remaining be
tween it and Messrs. Taft and Bacon,
and that they would receive a draft of
the peace terms today. These probab
ly would be agreed to at a meeting to
be held in tiie Presidio, where the pris
oner members of 'the committee are
confined.
Mr. Taft said be could give no de
tails of Vhat transpired at the confer
ence, for the reason that it was neces
sary to treat with the government, lead'
era and that the publication of the
peace proposals might interfere -with
their prompt acceptance.
The absence of a definite statement
from the commissioners makea it im
possible to say whether tbe plans cairy
the resignations of the present admin
istration and the congressmen elected
last year or not. There is a strong im
pression that Mr. Palma will remain
and re-organise the cabinet, but that
new elections will be held for half tbe
senators and representatives, in other
words those who were elected last year,
and possibly also for provincial officers.
LUMBER TRUST ALARMED.
oi oau r rencisco. H II not mienueu iu tL, iniormat on with Hnanl.h
operate on any such srale as the St. j t fl .
Louii fair, but to use tbe Portland ex- ' 10 tb
position as a model .nd build on lines JbtT cannot come into the brush."
unique and artistic. Ai a site for the A meeting of the executive committee
necessary buildinirs. the burned area of the Moderate nart h..tn.
and Golden Gate park have been moned thia evening and It .u,
gested.
MANY ASSETS OVERLOOKED.
many
The government is buying
horses for use by the army.
The Standard Oil company's only
rival in Canada has lost its plant by
urr.
The bodies of 11 Japanese fishermen
gslanghteied by Russians have been
found.
The United States will send a cruiser
aquadron to Fes to support our minister
in bis demands.
i waive persons have been arrested
lor an attempt upon the life of Preimer
Molypln, of Russia.
The United States baa all prepare
tions made for sending a strong army
mi iudi ii necessary.
Senator Beverldge in a speech de
ciareu mat w tbe American flag is
again raised in Cuba it will never come
down.
negro assaults on white women at
Atlanta, Geo'gia, caused a race war In
which many of the blacks were killed
or injured.
Tbe Germsn prees is bitter in Its
denunciation of the action of Great
Britain in ordering a German liner out
of Portsmouth.
An outbreak is reported to bave oc
curred in era Cms, Tabasco and Chi
apas provinces, Msxico. Tsn thousand
men are said to have joined tbe move
ment.
Premier
insane.
Stolypin is declared to be
Anarchy in Morocco may force Inter
vention.
Russian terrorist! bave sentenced the
ciar to death.
Secretary Root waa received with
high honor at Panama.
Tbe steamer Mongolia bas been
floated and taken to Midway.
There are now 12 warships of the
different classes in Cuban waters.
The death list from the recent Hong
kong typhoon will probably reach ten
thousand.
Medical authorities in India have
discovered that the spread of the plague
bas been largely doe to rats.
A collision between two freight
trains on the Great Northern at Cut
Fank, Mont., resulted in tbe death of
five men.
An edict baa been issued in China
giving the people ten yeaia to qnit
opium nsing. At the end of that per
iod ita use and sale ia to be prohibited.
Railroada Refuse Cart and Boost tha
Price to Consumers.
Salt Lake, Sept. 28. That the rail
roadt are to blame for the high price
and periodical shortage of coal In Salt
Lake wat the conclusion to be drawn
from tbe testimony presented before
Cbarlet A. Prouty, of the Interstate
Commerce commission today. Tbe in
quiry was adjourned nntil Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock when it will be
resumed in Denver. Mark Hopkins,
who opened two coal mines at Cumber
land, Wyo., wat tworn at an expert
today. He . laid that coal could be
placed in can at Wyoming and Utah
mines lor 91 a ton and allow a reason
able profit. The present price on board
cars is $2 a ton. Salt Lake dealers pay
13.70 lor tbe coal laid down and tbe
consumer pays $5.25 a ton.
P. J. Quealy, manager of the Kem-
merer, Wyoming, coal company, and
Thomas Sneddon, superintendent of
the Diamondville mines, admitted that
their output could be increased to pre
vent the annual winter shortages, but
said that the railroads did not furnish
cars to carry a larger product.
An attempt was made to show that
the Union Pacific railway carries sup
plies for its mines at a lower rate than
that quoted to independent operators,
but this was not substantiated by di
rect testimooy.
Saxons Join for Defense.
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tendon, oepi. 20. 1 be Udesea cor
respondent of the Standard telegraphs
that the British and American club of
Odessa has been inaugurated under the
presidency of Lieutenant Smith, the
British consn) general, and the vice
presidency of Thomas E. Keenan, tbe
American consul. "To face the troub
lous times through which tbe country
is passing, tbe correspondent contin
uee, -it was thought eminently advis
able that tbe members of both com
monlties should have a common ren
desvous and refuge."
Army la Ready.
uyster Bay, Sept. 26. Plans for the
trsnsfer of troops from the United
mates to Cuba In event of the failure
of Secretary Taffs mission to bring
ooui a peaceiui solution of the trouble
in tbe island republic bave been com
pleted. The final step was taken to
uay, according to an announcement
made here tonight, when the transport
uumer, now lying at tbe New York
navy yard, was put in commission.
negotiations are already under wa for
the acquisition of merchant steamers to
oe used as transports.
Terrorists Try Fire.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 26. The Yam
burg district baa been devastate! hv a
series of conflagrations which are be
lieved to be the work of organised
bands of incendiaries. Six Brivata .
tates have been destroyed, and a great
paper factory has been burned 4 .n
Two villages were in flames today.
Great damage waa done bv fire in tha
Ohkhota quarter of St. Patainhnr. l..
night. Three persons are known to
bave lost their lives in thit fire.
Addt to Montana Rsssrves.
Washington, Sent. 26. The secra.
tary of the Interior today withdraw
from entry 380,000 acres ef land In the
Kalispell, Mont., land district, which
are to be added to the Lewis and Clark
and Kootenai foreet reservea.
Federal Investigation Expected to Re
sult In Reduction of Prices.
San Francisco, Sept. 26. The Fed
eral grand Jury will commence ita in
vestigation of tbe lumber trust October
2. United States District Attorney
Devlin bas completed hia investigation
of the great combine and its methods,
and he ia satisfied that a trust does ex
ist. All the Information in the pos
session of tbe government prosecutor
will be turned over to the jury. There
are many witnesses to be examined in
the case, and these will be subpenaed
to appear before tbe body during the
course of the investigation.
Lumbermen state that the brice of
timber bas reached its highest mark
and the action of the government will
probably cause a decline. An authori
ty on the situation this morning stated
that lumber prices will drop November
1, and the succeeding months, will see
a gradual decline in ail grades of build
ing material. This lumberman state
that the decrease is partially due to the
settlement of the sailors' strike. He
says tbat timber cau now be brought
into San Francisco at much lower rates
man heretofore, and can also be hand
led much more rapidly.
Appeals to the In.urrents.
Havana, Sept. 25. Secretary Taft,
fearing tbe disturbing effects of the
lanaing ot American troona. ha .li.i
ed against such a step, and instead h.
iib appealed to the leaders of tha la
urgema 10 lurnisn guards for Ameri
can property. Copies of the appeals
are being sent to the insurgent leaders.
A messenger bas arrived at the legation
from Americans in tbe Manicaragua
u;iuK mat ouu 01 the force on
uorvmaman nad looted a nnmh.. i
stores and that anarchy prevails. They
-wa fa VWTVtlUOi
Illinois Bank Examiner May Ba Atked
to Resign.
Chicago, Sept. 25. Depositors in the
looted Milwaukee Arenue Savings
bank, of which Paul 0. Stensland was
president, will make a demand on Gov
ernor Deneen this week for the removal
of Bank Examiner C.C.Jones. How
the state examiner overlooked for 10
years such gross frauds ss those contin
ually perpetrated in tbe Stensland
bans: was a subject of comment among
tbe members of the depositors' commit
tee immediately after tbs failure.
Thia oversight msv bave been over
looked, however, had it not been dis
covered yesterday that 340,000 in as
sets passed unnoticed when the exam
iner made bis last instigation into
the institution's condition. Of this
sum, fHl.ooo is in actual cash, and
perhaps the most s'srtling feature of
tbe case is tba fact that bad any one
cared to pocket this money no one
would have been the wiier.
Receiver Fetter will report the dis
covery to Judge Brentano tomorrow,
and the report will be followed by a re
quest from the depositors for an ex
planation or a resignatiot from Exam
iner Jones.
unanimously to accept whatever dispo
sition of tbe controversy Messrs. Taft
and Bacon may decide upon, in the
hope tbat such a concession will induce
the Liberals to yield similarly. The
latter however: bave ai vet aiirniflml
no willingness to accept the decision of
the American mediators.
Messrs. Taft and Bacon have practi
cally abandoned their hope of finding a
middle ground and fear tbat a decision
in lavor of either side would result in
no more than temporary tranquility
for the island. It is their belief that
American occupation ia the only way
to end the civil warfare, ami It ( nnt
denied that Intervention must be fol
lowed by American soveieinnitv. Mr.
Taft has cabled to President Roosevelt
regarding the gravity of the situation,
and Mr. Roosevelt is expected to dic
tate any lurtber program.
organisation work when new member!
might be put to work in place of tbe
sinkers.
Tbe firemen were called out because
tbe representatives of the Standard Oil
company nfused to advance wagea from
22) cents an hour to 25 cents an hour,
and agree to grant all the workmen tbe
eight hour day. They also refused to
recognise the union.
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN BEGUN.
MEAT LABELS TO TELL TRUTH
Pork
TWENTY BODIES EXHUMED.
Mora Victim
ims of tha San
Disaster Fund.
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Francisco
San Francisco, y. 25. Another
tragedy nas been brotgbt to light
through the fiodiogot ths remains of a
score or more of bodes in the rains of
a lodging house a bs corner of Fifth
and Mina streetsj
J. R. Armstrong, 1 contractor, made
the grewsome find vbile clsring away
debris which choked tbe thoroughfare.
The lodging house, which was a four
story frame building, was tossed bodi
ly into Minna street in a heap by the
earthquake and immediately took fire.
It it said that the Irs south of Market
street originated here.
Fifty people wen in the r ace at the
time of tbe shake, only sevei of whom
have been accounted for. Krs. Mur
ray, toe landlady, bis never wen seen
or heard from and it is tbotgbt that
ber remains are smnnu thoe) found.
She it said to bavs 1 wealthy daughter
New Route for Chinese.
St. John. N. F.. Rent 9H 1- 1
lean yacht, claiming to bail from New
lork, left Placentia RnnH..
Vd2 Chinese, whom it is supposed
w smuggle into Canadia
Mai a j
ports. The Colonial
cruiser Aeptune haa been Hi.n..K-.j -
quest of her, and bas been instructed to
seise her for alleged violation of the
-T.r V ln en,bri8 passengers
Jermit- Thi ' th- third
practice.
this
Investors Trust Uncle Sam.
New York. Bent. 2R rvv. .
.1 . ' ' ' vuLau uuima.
11?' ."J . .ony 4' Polt -inc.
trnn l IK 7 a UB. At the bot-
?- . ' nflaeo h' "J broad
is tbe knowledge that tbe United Ht..-
KTw.1?."' U?der th Pulsion, of
. .... .uienument. is tbe reeponei.
bl. guardian of th. Cuban peace. Fi
n" SSTLJ. "Pconfi-
. "'""menu ability to
put an Instsnt quietus to the fighting
as soon as int.t..n.i. "
i, necessary.
Soldiers Induced to Desert.
San Francisco. Hani ?si
problsm I. .., Ui'Tu 'm U
tary authoritiea in this city. Soldi.
re reported ,0 be deeertin,
number, and the reason given for ffi
increased abandonln.
mint0 J" lVh- & -P'oy-ment
agent, are lurin. m. . P .V
-rvlce by offer, of bij p.y f0, ,m.n
service la civil lif,. B P 7 loT ,m11
residing in New York ritv anc A broth-
er-m-iaw in vaiiejo. 1
Armstrong positively identned one
body as being that of a vang man
named Woods who was empjed by
tbe Risdon lion works.
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Motors for All Lines.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 25. At apidly
at tbe cars can be turned ou Of the
shops the Union Pacific is eqipping
its branch lines with its new gHline
motors, which, in ths opinion ofHl H.
it 1 ... 1
narnman, will revo Unionize th tail
Wilson'. Rules Forbid Calline
Beef and Libel, on Lard.
Washington, Sept. 22. Further rul
ings in connection with the enforce
ment of the meat inspection law after
October 1 next were made public today
by the secretary of Agriculture and
give an idea of what consumers are to
expect hereafter when purchasing meat
prod acts, particularly canned gocds.
a nytbing savoring of a false or decep
tive name will not be tolerated and no
picture, design or device which gives
any false indications of origin or qual
ity will be permitted on any label, as
for instance the picture of a via a d bear
ing on a label placed on beef products,
or the picture of a chicken upon the
label of a veal or pork product.
Geographical names are allowed to be
used only with the words "cut "
"type," "brand," or "style," as the
case may be, except upon foods pro
duced or manufactured in the place,
state, territory or country named. For
instance, "Virginia ham" must be
marked "Virginia style ham;" "Eng
lish brawn" must be "English style
brawn;" "Westphalia ham" must be
"Westphalia style ham." The word
"ham," without prefix indicating the
species of animal ia considered by the
department to be a pork ham, but trim
mings removed from the ham and used
in the preparation of potted meats or
sausage, or when nsed alone, may be
known as "potted bam" or "ham aau-
Parties Hold Muzzled Conventions
Reaction in Trepoff'. Favor.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 24 Activa
work in the autumn electoral campaign
was inaugurated by the Octoberist,
who today opened the Ksun congress
with delegates from 12 of the Volga
provinces and tbe vast ceniral districts
of Rusnia in attendance. Alexander
Guchkoff, the Octoberist leader, was
present, laboring tooth and nail.
Owing to failure of the Octoberists to
obtain official sanction, tbe congress
was held behind closed doors and mem
bers of the press were excluded.
In pursuance of the decision of tbe
government to permit the national con
gress of the Constitutional Democratic
party anywhere except in St. Peters
burg, the administration has permitted
the reopening of Constitutional Demo
en til clubs in Moscow and elsewhere,
but pirsists in its determination to
supirdss political agitation in the capi
tal. The most remarkable development
of the week haa been the change in sen
timent concerning tbe late General
Trepoff. The universal choru. of mal
ediction and condemnation has given
place since his death to a non-partisan
appreciation of his real merits and de
fects, and his career has been the sub
ject of fair and even laudatory criti
cisms in nearly all circles. M. Mem-
chinskl, a prominent writer and pub
lisher, who was recently suppressed,
bnt who is now a contributor to Here
lorn, gives the following verdict on the
basia of lifelong acquaintance with tbe
dead man:
"General Trepoff was an excellent
man and a good official, thoush he
sometimes violated bit own convictions
because of a false notion ol soldierly
obedience. He would have made a
splendid soldier, but lacked a thorough
cuucauon ano, above all, the prepara
tion necessary lor the political activity
thrust upon bim. He possessed, how
ever, one great asset, lacking in all con
temporary Russian statesmen character."
HoDgkong, Sept 20. Tbe typhoon
which swept thit port, destroying a,
great number of vessels and causing
much loss of life, was of a local nature.
It came suddenly and without warning.
ins observatory bad predicted moderate
winds. Half an hour after the gua
signal had been tired tha storm wat at
ita height. It lasted two hours.
Most of the damage wa. wrought on
the Kowluon peninsula. The losea
are estimated at several million dollars.
Over 1,000 sampan, and iunki
misaing from Uonpkong alone.
Wharvea were s ept away and house
collapsed. The military barracks are
in ruins.
Tbe harbor I. strewn with wreckage
thrown upon the shore. Hundreds of
Chinese bratmen and their families
were saved by the bravery of the police
and civilians, but several thousand of
the Chinese water-dwellers must Lave
perished, many within short distancea
of the shore. The losses in lives and
property among the Chinese were ap-
paumg. looey me police stations in
Hongkong are surrounded by Chineee
identifying their dead. The families
of the Hongkong boatmen 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 grief.
One launch that was cspsised had 130
Chinese on beard. They were all
drowned.
Sir Matthew Nathan. nmn, i
HoBgkong, and the authorities, are
doing all everything possible to render
sssistance. Reports of fresh disaster.
sre arriving every hour.
Only a few Europeans are missing.
It is now estimated tbat 5,000 Chi
nese lost their lives. Reports are daily
increasing the mortality.
BEGIN THEIR TASK.
sage."
Frankfurter sausage no longer can be
known as such, but must be called
"Frankfurter style sausage."
The rule, clearly define what consti
tutes pure lard, but prescribe that a
substance compoeed ol lard, stearin or
omer animal tai and vegetable oil may
be labeled "lard compound."
Newfoundland Angry at Parent.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 24 The re-
ported determination of the Imperial
government to override the colonial au
thoritiea and concede to the American
commission a more liberal construction
of the herring fishery law. asked on be
half of American fishermen, has evoked
much criticism here. Canada, it is
said, may be a factor in tbe dispute, as
Taft and Bacon Hear Stories of Botlv
Faction, in Cuba.
Havana, Sept. 20. The oreaidanta l
both the Moderate and the Liberal
parties this afternoon submitted to Sec.
retary of War Taft and Assistant Secre
tary of State Bacon, representing Presi
dent Roosevelt, their respective state
ments of the facts leading tin tn th.
revolution and tbe conduct of belliger
ents. Each of the presidents
will present a written statement of the
terms he is willing to asree ta in th.
interest of peace. General Monachal,
representing the veterans, also related
to Messrs. Taft and Bacon the effort be
bad made ln tbe line ol peace and the
difficulties he had encountered and
gave his opinion as to what course,
hold any promise of an amicable settle
ment. Todsy'a bearing began at the home
of Minister Morgan in tbe village of
Marianao, which it only three miles
from the most advauced post of the In
surgent forae, that of Colonel Baldo
mero Acosta, which Is encamped in the.
vicinity 01 Arroya Arenas.
After the hearings Mr. Taft raid to
the Associated Prees that be bad just
begun his work and tbat it waa evident
the mission upon which he came would
require more time than be had antici
pated before hi. arrival. He intimated
that ten day. would be required to
complete hi. errand, but he could not
say whether or not it would be neces
sary to visit insurgent camp, or other
citie. than Havana.
A private telegraph wire i. being
strung fiom Mr. Morgan', house to the.
cable office in order that Messrs. T.ft
sne oas lor years enforced against " con may be able to report direct
Americans tne laws that Newfoundland 10 itooeevelt
now seek, to make effective.
Suit. Secretary Wilson.
Washington, Sept. 22. Secretary
James Wilson, of the department of
Agriculture, tods v. when shown the
road business of thamnntrv bv ml ing Loudon disnatch reirardinir tha artinn
- wwuu-- J 1 I r n
tne small feeder lines profitable tsl by of the city corporation in pledging
overcoming the threatened danvous itself to urge a bill for the compulsory
competition of the electric roa by Inspection of csreasses at tbe time of
providing an efficient, rapid an tco- slaughter, said it was . a step in the
uuiuiv imerurDan lar on IDS ncss rigni Oireciion. He lelt unra that an
of the steam roads. Tha motoi are standard set bv the British wovernmant
built on an entirely new plan. could be fully met by American pack
ers ana be therefore bad no lean tbat
tbe exportation of meata to England
would be diminished by such a law.
Standard Oil P,nt Bssiegei j
Chicago, Sept. 25. Angered a
report that further demonstrate cf
force by pickets which lbs Firein's
union has thrown mmA ha Started
"1UUIIU
company'! pint ,t Whiting, 1,
w.u oring militia, m.rtial law is; a
Will Pay No E lood Money.
oi. reierBuiirg, eepl. Z4. in re
sponre to representations with regard to
the murder at Riga September 15 of
Herr Busch, a partner in the Busch
Hinge company and a leader of tbe
German colony at Riga, the Foreign
omce today informed Dr. von Mique,
first secretary of tbe German embassy,
that, while Russia made every effort to
discover and punish murders, it cannot
consider the question of paying a cash
indemnity and tbe laying down of a
general rule applicable to all foreign
era in itussia.
Wanta Meat Inspection.
London, Sept. 22. The city corpora
tion, at a meeting held today, resolved
to exert pareasnre on tha nraaiHent nf
practical cesestinn l hminea. ft- the local nnnrnmunt hn.rt T R ......
chants of that town have come for the introduction of a bill for mm!
"uiuiy m the strik.tV favor, oe pulsory inspection at the tima nf
nor slaughter of all animals Intended fnr
(d I the food of man aa wait h. nl.l
mat the management't threat to stamping by insperctot of all meat
ueu win be followed by rlonf round to be without disease. Thit bill
bloodshed. i I is to provide further that all fnIn
killed meat brought in be reo aired to
com pi witn tbe same standard 1
home-made meats.
Standard Oil pl.nt i, pr,ctically n
siege by the striker, and it It N
Day of Rest for Railroad Men.
Paris, Sept. 24. Although the rai
roads are specifically exempt from the
operation of tbe Sunday rest law, tbe
cnairman 01 the six leading railroad
companies bave notified Minister
ruouc workt Barthou that thev have
arranged to grant, within 18 months
02 holidays a year to their entire staffs
numbering in all 280,000 men. It is
impossible to make this day of rest
tan on Honday, but it will come for
dinerent men in rotation. Tb will
place the railroad men on an equality
wiwi oiuar woramen in noiidaya.
Decisive Battle imminent.
Washington. Rant . iv-nrHil4
information
from San Domingo, . battle bet
the government troop, Dd rebel fa
it Imminent and th. rnrthcomln
gagement is eioect.,! .. htt de,'
S3 ?-,r 'oV 'rt W.h",h "Sd 00 -Vy pr UbUh bs. touff coS
?J:t wint- ..on that tb. cify is Infest wi'th".
txp-i u. wmier woett narv- gang ofcieen rooda man. Th. kin.
Peasant. In Grip of Famine.
St. Petersburg. Sent. 22. Tha nffl.
clal report just issued give, but little
ground for expectation that tha famin.
Counterfeit Bill, at Moscow.
Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 24. Ten dol
lar counterfeit bills are numerous In
Moscow. They are all new and bright.
II1 Dlft a. I.
". It is a.M ,h.t should set was above the aver.,., .n.in. .1". IZZZirjllZ"' 01 "
government ..I. " I nm.-H au i. " Jt ' T'w printed, requlr
rebei. it -n.;.-, 7.. 'CMi- ..T.?: - lm?.et MP' koowl-dg, to detect
J uja ranciuv. i i r 7 .uruairn in. rail.
nr. oi the peasant, to pay taxes. mJ
Ud In thai D:II!aiA.
i all th. work of relieving th. ...
m..i. " wiiiiw" - I i , .. . " - '"""
nasiington. Sent o -Th. iot opon tna central government.
commerce of tha tt.i. BtateM
crossed the 3,000.0n nnfl mark
the 13 months anHI 'T.i. lnnM
. ""'"I Wim "-" .a
mem. (Suspicion points to two men.
RiTiug iiieir names as w. A. Kerning'
ton and Frank Clark, but thev haw.
succeeded in eluding the police.
Kurop.tkin'. History of W.r.
St. Petersburg. Sent. 99 i
... r . uvuaiBi
Imnnvti
f"'" r" 11,254 399.730 an -.urupaiam nas completed h i book re-
SV,I,74".K '2 T"ww'? !ht w!ar
fl.nl.nt.h' ' ".101,817,638. "wal tolome. and hat
JJuTJ "PpHed by ths bore been.ubmittedtotheg.ner.lrt.fi. it
statistic of the H.....t of my not be permitted ......i ' ,1
--fiiuiw- ii - . circuit-
narce and Labor.
tioa.
Monster Meteor Seen.
8torkton, Sept. 24. At 6 o'clock last
vening a great meteor fell in tba north
western Heavens, and many persons de
clare tbat an explosion occurred which
wa. felt in thi. city. A monster tall
of amok, followed tbe falling body
which teemed to go ln a sigxag course
Bomb, in the Palace.
H. Petersburg, Sept. 20. A deep,
laid plot to asesssinate the czar at the
palace at Feterhof was laid bare Wed
nesday. A number of terrorists with
the aid of one of the gardeners nf th.
grounds, secured a foothold in tbe psl
ace and brought in a number of bombs.
Six royal servants of tbe imperial house
hold were also implicated, a. wa. an
officer of tbe palace guard, who hsa
sinca committed .uicide. All of those
involved ln tbe attempted assassination
were arrested and will h trii u
drumhead court martial and executed.
Scotch Train Wrecked.
London, Sept. 20. The crowded
Scotch express train on the Great
Northern Railway, leaving London last
night, was wrecked ontside of Grant
ham at midnight. The train should
have stopped at Grantham, but failed
o do so. Soon after passina th.
tion the train left tha rail at.rl Ik..
jumped a bridge. ' The enirlna nH ....
aral coaches were dashed over the em.
bankment. There are many passenger.,
beneath tbe debris. Of
five hav. died. Tha number of livee
lost I. not known.
G.rman Good. Burned.
Bueno. Ayres. Sent. 20 i -,, i
to the newspapers thi. mornlna th.
custom house, which wa. destroyed by
-.. vuui.mmj ow.uihi ton. of merchan.
e, mainly ot German origin. Tha
osses are estimated at si tnn nnn
The origin ot the fire is not known.
Five clerks and 70 workman h...
arrested. Five firemen were injured.
Th. dock and storehouse, erected by
th. government, at a cost of 1400.000
wer. Completely destroyed.
Artillery General Killed.
Warsaw. Sent. 2fll4.n..l KM 1.,
eff, of tb. artillery, baa han ... .
ated. II. wa. erroneously thought to
be a member of tha flaU . ... ,
n. i - ,
ucucr.i iicoiaien waa
weiika atreet thi.
waiting on
moraine. h.n
wa. surrounded bv flv. ,..i.i
and .hot dead. Tha murderer.
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