EVENTS J)F THE DAY
Newsy Items (iiitliereil (rum All
1'arls of tlio World.
PREPARED I'UH THE BUSY READER
Liu Important but Not Lets Inter-
ailing Happening from Poind
Outildo tlio OlAta.
Thomii A. Kdlson I nt pnwnl tour
ItiK tl' I'nelhV count.
Forest llritt urn burning In C'nunda
Just ucro tin' linn from Malim.
A gil.atory olltcti building rusting
$:I0,()0,U0(I lit to litt irnrt.il In ChlrnK.
Tim American lintllisMm Mnlni- mid
Alabama Imvit Irft Port Said fur Kit
plea. Tim forest tiro near Im Angidca con
tinue to ilo lii'iivy damagi-. Otm town
linn been wImsI out.
Four troom of cavalry, together with
mmiiI of that vicinity, nrn fighting
fori'it IU' in'iir Sturgi, 8. I).
A hurricane, w.fjit Turku Island,
llrltUli Wit Indie, ditroylng tho
capltnl and killing ninny iMmpltt.
Oltlclnl statement alwiw tlmt tlm
'lmlirn altuntluu In St. iVlrrsburg mihI
IhruuglKHil KumIii a inurh wnri
Tim number of titiomployi-d In Ion
lmi wo atrlklngly Illustrated when
3,000 limn surrounded n bMipltnl which
had ndvrrtln-d for n orlrr nt (4.60 n
week nml. ininl.
A K'mrnl iiivratigntiou of tlm Full
limn company, it achwIuU of rnt nml
It nlh-grd discrimination, Ik to l
inniln by the Intnutnto Commcreo coin
iuImIihi nt Chicago.
Tlm Pacific fieri Ima loft Honolulu
for Samoa.
Tlm battleship lift bo arrives! nt
Albany, Weil Auatrnlln.
HumIb wna nlmot unltnl In tlm eel
vbrnllun of Tolstoi' HOth birthday.
Cnnt ilrltnln ha Juat launches! n
battleship larger than tlio DnndnaughL
Ornmny will reject tlm riotrt on Mo
rocco and rt'lnllona with Franco nn
trained,
II. II. Miller, Anmrlcnn consul gene
ml nt Yokohama, la on lila way liomr
for n vncntlon.
A furrt flri la raging In tlm valley
wral of a Angoln and M'Vrral amnll
town nro threatened.
In n ault agnlntt tlio Standard Oil In
Now York th couiinny hna liwn order
l to produeo lctlr contnlnlnK 'vl
slrnco of bribery.
Thn extra ealon of tlm Iowa legis
lature hna adjournal to wnt November
at, wlmn nntmther elfurt will bo made
to elect u United Stat' senator. ,
Governor Hnnloy, of Indiana, rharg
d tlio IwlinnniNill kIhmiJ lionnl H6
for mMriHwInjc a graduating clniw Inat
Juno. Tlio fncl hna Juat becotno public
throUKh tlm auditing of tlm hill.
A Los Angeles preacher 7(1 years
old lua just married a woman of SI.
Kama City neuron fear a race
war. anl are arming fur the conflict
nliotilil it come.
A rumor of an attempt t" shoot
President Rosrelt it fullllil to he
Vllliout fiiiiiiilalioii.
MethiuliMt of lllinul arc JniuliiR
in the fiuht aKaiiiH the reelection
o( Cannon to coiiKrfts.
A New York man hat committed
miicnle hecaute the aiiti-hctting law
lric away his ImtmeM.
Several oil tank at I.enilville,
Colo . made a tpectncular hlae, be
aide caiuiuK contidtrahlc lots to
properly.
Port Hllcy, Kan., troops arc onion
a practice march of 130 inllci. When
truiiK out in marchiiiK, the column
wat almost five miles louu.
A woman 70 ycart ohl was trampled
tinder a horse' hoofs in Chicago,
Reckless driving Is given as the rea
son, ami the driver hat liccu arrested.
A crank who wanted to see the
president hat been sent to an aty
itiiu. He claimed to have located all
the bad men in lloiton, and wanted
Roosevelt to let hill) have 10,000
troops to capture them.
(.'mint Tolstoi nppoaca n public eoliv
lirntlon of lilt hlrtlidny.
A CMonuo limn hna ronlUod n million
dnlhira out of hind tnkon for n bad
ilobt.
Ilnwlildo, Nov., has lifRiin tho tntk
of rvhulldliiKi and hna mi aiiiplu food
"upply.
Jnitnm'so aoal ponchora enpturod by
Itiimlu coniphiiu of tho trcntmiHit ro
celvod. I.uto reports sny tho Knitllsh hop
crop is not so hudly dumiiKcd ixa first
Toported.
Thoro Ima boon nn Addition of throt
to tho Imnkura' colony In tho San Fran
olsco jall.
AUK NO MOHIi PENSIONS.
Ornnd Army Voles to Sospnrui Ap.
pnnls to Confirms,
Tideilo, (J, Sept, H Not for three
V-nr will tlir (iraml Army of tlie
KpmiIiIic k conirc fr further re
icl mruiiires Jt appeared to he the
loiiteuaiis of opinion of the leaders
ilmi loo muili ImmiucriiiK for pennon
lull and relief measures might soon
uMlc uu iiiiiligiiiricd impression in
the minds of congressmen and reflect
diurcdit on the civil war veterans at
the time in their live when they
tsould need Ihe mutt aitiitaucc nt the
(Minis of the nation they helped to
save.
Another way will he sought by the
veterans lo get before congress those
hits of legislation which they feel can
not wait, The attention at the ( A
K. dclrgates was called by Kite
llmwtiictt Sherwood lo Hie status of
the pending widows' pennon hill, in
whlrli at present it is rcmurcd that
applicants shall hac been married a
number of years prior lo the present
dale She asks tli.it the hill may be
altered to allow the eligibility of
those who marry up to the date of
the passage of the bill and that the
mailer may be placed in the hands of
the pension agents The tame plan
may he used with regard to the
amendment to the service pension
bill.
At the wish of General I II Sher
wood his dollar-a-day pension hill
was nut brought up for consideration,
and a resolution asking congress to
u ex prisoners n( war IX a day pen
sioti was laid over
Alter the installation of the newly
rlnted national oDicers, the (i A U
delegates decided upon Salt Lake
City as the next meeting place by a
tole of 401 to n for Washington
Alter Salt Lake City had been chosen
dr the encampment, Viec-Comuian
der in-Chief Scott notified the en
campment that Atlanta would be in
the field for 1110.
REVEALS DYNAMITE PLOT.
Dutcctlvo Glvm Sensational Testimony
at Strlkn Hoarina;,
Chester, I'a , Sept. 7 Testimony
given by a detective, who from the
start of the Chester trolley strike
posed as a street peddler and said he
had wormed his way into the confi
dence of the union leaders, was to the
clfect that he had received from their
lips the confession of a conspiracy to
dynamite and destroy street railway
property. The testimony caused a
sensation at the hearing of Patrick J
Shea, vice-president and national or
ganizer of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Street and Klcctric Railway
I'mployes; William Slockhart, presi
dent of the Chester division, and 13
strikers arraigned before Justice of
the Peace Williamson, at Media, the
county srat.
The IS defendants were held under
I3IHHI hail fr court The testimony
of the detective made out the prima
facie case against the accused men
DISTRUSTS JAPAN'SJMOVES.
China Sett Trouble? Brewing Over
Chantao Doundary Dispute
Pekin, Sept H Contrary to her
greemcnt to maintain the status quo
pending a settlement of the Chcutao
boundary dispute with China, Japan
has recently done a number of things
in this territory which arouses the
apprehension of the Pckiu govern
mcut. She has occupied the residence
buildings recently completed at Yeii
chi Ting in the disputed district; she
has brought into this town a joint
civil and military commander and
1,0)0 gendarmes and she is proceed
ing with the organization of the ex
isting system for the government of
the Corean population China has
protested to Tokio and to the Jap
anese diplomatic representative here,
but with no result whatever- The ar
rival of a battery of Japanese field
guns near the border has renewed the
fear of China that Japan proposes to
precipitate some action.
Four Hundred Panic Stricken.
New York, Sept. 8 Four hundred
young women milliners, employed on
Ihe upper floor of a 12-story build
ing nt tisa Hroadway, became panic
stricken when a fire on the fifth floor
filled the stairway so full of smoke
that they were impassable. All the
girl were taken from the building
without serious injury nml the fire
was extinguished with a loss of $ono,
ouo, Screaming with fright, the girl
first attempted to find nil exit by the
Mairs, but they were stopped by the
smoke nt Ihe seventh floor A num
ber of them were slightly injured.
Rain Rulnt English Hops.
Maidstone, Kiir., Sept. . The ex.
cessively wet weather, accompanied
by a high wind, ha completely ruined
a large pnrt ot tue icntisu nop crop.
Thousands of hop-picker who came
down from London are suffering
.cutely, The huts wherein they arc
quartered are flooded and in many
c&ies they are without sufficient food.
NEWS FROM THE
NO POLITICS PERMITTED.
QovBrninunt Issues Warning to Civil
Service Ernployot,
Washington, Hi-pL 12. A itolumu
, warning hit boon laaucd by tho civil
, Hitrvlco commlsalon to tho urmy of gov-
.iTiimt'iil cmploym In thin city nnd
tdanwlmro, iigiiluHl nldi-ntcpping tholr
work for Undo Hum In ordur to In-
dulgn in tho cnum of politic.
It nooiu that In past cnmpalgnH It
hnn been tho pructlco of many govern
ment official nnd clerk to resign w
thnt tlmy inny run for olllco In thuir
homo coimnunllii'S, or othorwiso be
coum actively ongngul In tolltlcnl
work, to bo rolnntntcd after election
!y, If Dm old Job atlll nppealn to
thorn. Thl year thoro will bo no re
instatement, nya thu commission. Tho
order I n follow:
"Tho cominlimlon desire to Inform
ench of tho department nnd iniUjMTid
out oxecutlvo olllcer of it attitude
toward employe In tho cluified ser
vice; who resign to become candidates
for olllco or to engage In nctlvu polit
ical work nnd who afterward seek re
instatement. "Inanmucli n tho insuancu of n cer
tificate I dlscretlunnry with tho com
mii(in, no certificate will bo Insued in
nny caao whero tho party socking: rt
instutement roalgnod with n viow of
running for olllco or Indulging in Klit
Icnl activity which would bo prohibited
If ho hail remained In tho service, and
afterward, having failed In hia candi
dacy, or having Indulged In contem
plated M)lltlcaI activity, seeks ruin-
tntement.
NAVAL CRITICS REBUFFED.
Roosevelt Promptly Approval Plant
for New Battlethlpt.
Washington. Sept H President
Roosevelt hat approved the plans of
the proposed new battleships Florida
and Utah, which wre authorized at
the last session of congress. In the
course of hit examination he sought
the advice of Commander Sims and
Lieutenant - Commander Albert I..
Key, who entertained what arc re
garded as radical opinions respecting
naval construction ami who frankly
criticised tome of the features of the
new ships. The prompt approval by
the president o ftlie plans is taken to
indicate that he was not deeply im
pressed with the arguments of the
critics.
It is expected that advertisements
for bids fr construction of the Utah
will he published in a few days. That
vessel is to be constructed at a pri
vate shipyard, while the Florida is to
he built at the Brooklyn navy-yard.
Fewer Japs Coma,
Washington, Sept. 11. According to
ofllclnl figure mndo public by Secre
tary of Commerce nml I.abor Straus
today, tlm tide ot. Immigration from
Japan ha boon checked until now it I
hut one tlilrtl of wtwit li was n year
ago. Jnpanwo immigration for tho
lUcal your ll07 wai 30,000, Including
tho Japanese who went to Honolulu.
For tho fiscal year ending Juno 30,
1U08, immigration from Japan wan 18,
000, of which 9,u00 camo to the main
land of the United State. Tho bureau
of immigration ha estimated thnt 5,
718 Japanese left the United State for
Japan and other countries, leaving tlu
net increase for tho year but 3,800.
Of that Increase but 1G kt cent are
laborer.
Parker It Not In Raca.
Wnshlngton, Sept. 11. lleforo leav
ing for New York today, Judge Alton
II. Parker took cognlzanco of a roKrt
that ho would bo willing to mako tho
race for governor of the atute of New
York at tho npproaching election, nnd
said in o many wonl thnt ho wa not
so Inclined. Judge Parker Raid: "I
am not willing to run for governor of
New York. I do not feel that tho sit
uation and tho question sustained mo
in nylnK more than it I my desire to
never again hold public office. My
friends, I felt, would understand that
I mid precisely what I meant, and my
answer was intended to inform thcra
and no ono else."
Rootevelt Orders Appeal,
Oyster Hay, N. Y., Sept. 12. Whilo
Attorney General Charles J. Honaparto
was in conference with President
Roosevelt, tho reort of tho decision
rendered in Philadelphia today by tho
United States Circuit court, that tho
commodities clauso of tho Hepburn
railroad net is unconstitutional was
conveyed to tho president's homo by
tho Associated Press. Tho president
nnd Mr. Honaparto. after n discussion,
camo to n conclusion that tho depart
ment of Justice should take an appeal.
Mr. Honaparto would sny nothing
about what tho president had said in
regard to tho decision.
"Want Adi" Got Recruits.
Washington, Bept. 0 "Want" ad-
vortisenients hnvo been found helpful
by tho navy department In Its recruit
ing work, and hereafter most of tho
money available for that purpose will
ho spent In thnt class of advertising In
profcrenco to tho display forms.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
I'OLYOAMISrS SHUT OUT.
Secretary Slraut Approve Action on
Mormon Immigrant!.
Wnsliingtiin, Hepl. 0. Hccfctnry
Htraiia yesterday approved tlm actlun
of the local Immigration officials at
Ilottoii In tho o eullfsl Mormon easn,
wherein a number of lininigrnnts nero
held up on tho allegntinn of entering
thn country lo violation of law. Mr.
Htraua said that the two cnies of ex
clusion were on thn grounds, na to on.
f admission of belief in polygamy, and
a to tlio other, of physical and other
reasons. A number of other eases hnvo
been held up for further Investigation.
Lively interest has been takim in
tlieKO cases, on necount of tlio question
of Mormuuiaui, but Mr. Hiram aalJ that
tlm derision In nil of them wna wholly
regardless of tho question of Mormon
religion j that thu question of polygamy
was ono specifically provided for by
lave, nnd thnt hit action in tho matter
followed thu plain provisions of tho
statute
Henntnr Hmoot hnd a eonferenen with
the secretary an tlm subject, aad Sea-
ator Sutherland and Governor Cutlsr,
of Utah, have telegraphed to tho de-
pnrtment, oipressing their views nnl
dvoiro for tho treatment of tha Immi
grants without regard to tho religion
Involved.
TEST NEW WOODS.
Qovernment May Introduca New Zea
land Forest Trees,
Waihington. Sept 10. Far-off New
Zealand is the latest country to which
forest experts have turned in seeking
substitutes for the valuable American
woods used by the furniture, cooper
age, implement and similar wood
using industries.
Manufacturers in this country have
been facing a constantly decreasing
supply of available hardwood timber
for a number of years, and the time is
already at hand when efforts must be
made to look to tue preservation ol
the American species most in demand,
and to scour foreign lands for trees
which may prove valuable as substi
tutes. Seven different New Zealand hard
wood trees have just been put through
a scries of tests by the United States
forest service in co-operation with the
university of California in the timber
testing laboratory at Hcrkelcy. The
trees showed up remarkably well in
comparison with white oak, which is
one of the strongest woods in the
United States, developing under test
when in an air dry condition a crush
ing strength of 8300 pounds per square
men, and a bending strength of 13,100
pounds per square inch.
Swinburne May Look for Aeon.
Washington, Sept. 8. Instructions
have been sent from the navy depart
ment to Admiral Charles Swinburne,
in command of the Pacific fleet at
Honolulu, to keep a lookout for the
llnttsh steamer Aeon, which hat not
been heard from for wcekt. On
board the vessel are the family of
ClMiiUm Mower R. Patrick. U. S. N .
and Mrs. William K. Riddle, wife of
Lieutenant Riddle, also of the navy.
The Aeon left San Francisco July C
for Samoa, where she is long over
due. Since the Pacific squadron on
its departure from Hawaii will pro
ceed to Samoa, it is thought that the
distressed ship may possibly be
sighted.
Nothing Doing for Kathleen.
Washington, Sept. 8 Miss Kath
leen M Roosevelt Crouin, the woman
who called at the white house last
week and demanded admission on the
ground that she was a long-lost
daughter of the president, bat been
sent to St. Hlizabeth's asylum She
protested against being sent to the in
stitution, declaring that "her father,'
President Roosevelt, would have the
court officials punished. The woman
appeared at the white house and told
a policeman that she wanted Mr.
Roosevelt to vacate her room at once.
She said she was 37 years old and
came from San Francisco. She ad
miiteil havinir been tried for insanity
in California
Another Successful Flight.
Washington. Sept. 10. At Fort
Meyer yesterday Orville Wright made
the two greatest aeroplane flights
ever made in public in this country,
remaining in the air for more than
eleven minutes on his first flight and
for nearly eight minutes on his second
(light There was apparently no rea
son why the flights could not have
been of longer duration, as the aviator
landed the last time because of the
approaching darkness. Throughout
both flights Mr. Wright apparently
had the machine under perfect con
trol, rising at times to 00 feet and
making sharp tums
Double Park Guard,
Washington, Sopt. 0. Provision Is
being mndo nt tho war dopnrtnient to
increase tho garrison at Yollowstone
National park. It is proposed to double
tho forco. Tho rccont holdup by a lone
highwayman of soven tourist coaches
with 120 passongors calls attention to
tho noeessltv ot a more thorough super-
I vision of tho park precincts.
RAWHIDE IS BURNED.
Nevada Mining Town Almost Wiped
Out by Conflagration.
Rawhide. Ncv.. Sept. 7 A fire that
started Friday in Dr. Garner's office,
a veritable firetrap, spread with light
niiiK-like rapidity and, despite the vig
orout efforts of the fire department
and 50') miner volunteers, eight
blocks, comprising all the business
section of the town, were a mass of
flames The fire-fighters soon discov
ered their efforts were of no avail
against the fire, so they began dyna
miting adjacent buildings. Over a
ton and a half of dynamite was used.
At 11 o'clock the total area was a
mass of ashes and tmoldering embers.
Among the first buildings to go was
Collins' hardware store, which con
tained two tons of dynamite, which
exploded with terrific force, hurling
burning planks and boards a great
distance and setting fire lo numerous
buildings simultaneously. This ca
tastrophe led the firemen to fight the
flames with dynamite, which prompt
action saved the outlying portions of
ihe town. A strong wind was blow
ing, which twept the flames south
ward across Rawhide avenue and east
across Nevada street.
The buildings destroyed will alone
result in a financial lost of 1750 000.
with no insurance The contents of
the buildings are a complete loss and
will swell the total to considerable
more Many people were slightly in.
jurcd by flying debris, but none are
reported seriously hurt.
Many acts of heroism were enacted
and were it not for the cool-headed
ones among the fire-fighters several
fatalities would have resulted. Fren
zied men, whose fortunes were going
up in flame, rushed madly forward in
their attempts to save their belong
ings, and would have perished had
not restraining hands detained them.
LAND GRANT SUIT BEGUN.
Government Seeks Return of Tract
Given to Railroad.
Portland. Sept. 7 Suit by the
United States to cancel the Oregon &
California land grants has been filed
in the United States court for the
district of Oregon. The government
asks for the forfeiture of all lands in
cluded in the two grants to the de
fendant railroad company, valued at
$40,000,000. If this relief is denied,
plaintiff requests the appointment of a
receiver to take charge of all unsold
lands, included in the grants, and tht
disposition of the same under the re
ceivership in tracts not exceeding 100
acres to each purchaser and for a
consideration not exceeding $2.30 an
acre If this petition is rejected, the
plaintiff asks for a mandatory injunc
tion requiring the defendant corpora
tion to sell all of the unsold lands re
maining in the grants in quantities of
not more than 160 acres each and at
a price not exceeding $2.30 an acre.
It is also asked by the government
that the defendant company be re
strained from asserting any further
claim to the land, making any further
sales of the property or trespassing
thereon. An accounting also is asked
from the railroad company to the
government for all money realized by
the defendant company from its sales
of the lands.
FIGHT WITH JAPANESE.
Men From British Cruiser Stand Oh
Brown Men.
Shanghai, Sent. 7. Outnumbered
ten to one. bluejackets from a British
cruiser in this port put up a desperate
battle with Japanese non-commissioned
men and a motley Japanese
mob, until the police broke up the
fight by the free use of revolvers, fir
ing repeatedly into the mob. Many
Japanese civilians were wounded, but
were carried away by their com
panions. The fight started over the arrest of
a Japanese officer for a particularly
atrocious assault upon a low-class
Furopean woman, which was resented
by the English jackies. A well-organized
riot came simultaneously with
the publication of a letter from the
Japanese consul-general to the mu
nicipal council, which was of a highly
recriminatory and incendiary charac
ter, and defended the ruffianism of
Ids own people and the failure of his
court to assist in maintaining order.
The fri-lini between the British and
the Japanese is intense, and further
outbreaks arc feared.
Sails From Melbourne.
M.IKnnrni. .-nf 7 PlinCtUallv at
6 o'clock Saturday evening the Con
necticut, flagship of Rear-Admiral
Snprrv. rnmmauder-in-chief of the
American Atlantic fleet, weighed an
chor and pointed tier prow nown wic
bay. With clock-like precision 14
others of the white-hulled craft fol
lowed in her wake and began the
cruise to Albany, West Australia,
The New Jersey remained in the har
bor to convey the American mail,
which is expected shortly, to the fleet.
As the vessels passed down the bay
many salutes were tircuj
Japanese Town Burns.
Tokio, Sept. 7, Fifteen thousand
people are homeless as the result of
a fire which almost entirely destroyed
the city of Niigatat 18 miles north
west of here, it is estimated rnai
5,000 buildings were destroyed. The
town has a nonulation of 40.000. The
government has been asked for aid
and tents are being supplied. Food
depots will be opened at once. So far
as is known no lives were lost.
ARMY BROADENS OUT
Aeroplane Fleet Is Planned as
Addition to War Equipment
ASK CONGRESS FOR THE MONEY
General Atltxt Certain That Lawmak
ers Will Be Liberal Toward
Proposed Scheme.
Washington, Hcpt. 8. Should tho
tests of the Wright brothers' acroplano
prove successful, it la probable that
within ono year the war department
will have a fleet of aeroplanes as well
a a fleet of dlrglble as an adjunet
for military warfare. I)rigadir-Gen-eral
Allen, chief of the signal corps,
bcllcvM congress will be liberal In its
appropriation If the tests are a sue
eeas. A full report of both tho dirgiblo
and aeroplane test will bo got ready
for submission when tho $1,000,000 ap
propriation for aeronautics comes up
for discussion.
It it now fullr realized by army
officers that tbo United States is far
behind other countries in ncronautie.
While demonstrations have been mado
abroad that air craft are an absolute
necessity in future warfare, no steps
have been taken here, and army ex
perts are now anxious to make up for
lost time by quickly assembling an
aerial fleet.
When, on September 27, 1007, it wa
announced thnt tho war department
would buy a direlhle balloon nnd an
aeroplane, somo person believed tho
plan would never materialize. Only sov.
eral army officer who knew of tho
future plan realized that an effort wa
to bo mado to establish an aerial fleet
for the United States government.
It is said at Fort Myers that Secre
tary of War Wright has approved tho
request of Drigsdler-Gener.il Allen that
Captain Thomas S. Ilaldwin, who sold
dirgiblo No. 1 to the army, be hired
to supervlso the transportation and ex
hibition of the airship and the hydro
gen plant, which Captain Baldwin also
supplied to the government, to the mil
itary exposition at St. Joseph, Mo.,
which begins on September 21.
From St. Joseph the dirgiblo will be
taken to the Aeronautical and Signal
Corps school at Fort Leavenworth, la
command of Major Russell, and on the
completion of the modern balloon
bouse at Fort Omaha, about the middle
of next October, It will be taken there
permanently.
FIRE IN MINNESOTA.
Several Small Towns Are Threatened
With Destruction.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 8. The Mesaba
range tonight Is threatened with a new
outbreak of the firo which swept away
Chisholtn Saturday and wiped out thou
sands of acres of standing timber.
After a day of quiet the flame, which
died down Sunday, were fanned Into
renewed fury again yesterday and nrn
sweeping on toward Ilibblng, Buhl and
Nnslnvauk from the south.
Snowball, 100 Inhabitants, was des
ttroyod yesterday afternoon by a fire
that camo upon it suddenly. The peo
pie had no opportunity to fight tho
flames, and fled in terror. Snowball is
about two miles from Nashwauk
Brooklyn, a small suburb of Illbbing,
is threatened by fire. Buhl and Nash
wauk. which were threatened with de
struction Saturday, are again in dan
ger. Tbo citizen aro fighting tho
flames desperately. Aurora is sur
rounded by fires nnd the citizens aro
fighting them.
Mitchell, a small town about ono mila
south of Hibbing, was threatened with
destruction all day yesterday, and was
saved only by the efforts of the In
habitant and the employes ot the Du
luth, Mesaba & Northern railroad,
whoso roundhouse is situated there.
Several hundred men aro still guarding
tho place. Tho pino timber wbieh sur
rounds Mitchell has bean almost nil
contumed.
Between Nnshwauk and nibbing, a
region 22 miles long, the fircsta aro
ono continuous front of flimoH. Front
Ilibblng it is nn appalling sight, and
big clouds of smoke have been pouring
ever tho threatened city all day, hiding
the sun.
May Arbitrate Dispute.
Trovldcnce, It. I., Sept. 8 Thero Is
a possibility thnt arbitration may bo
called upon to end tho troubles of thn
local street railway and their em
ployes, which threaten to precipitate a
general strike on tho trollev lines it
erated by tho New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad lu three states.
Should such n strlko bo ordered, no
less than 32,000 men would be involved.
Tho whole troublo aroso over tho dis
charge of 54 men employed by the local
company. Tho company official de
elaro that tho action was duo entirely
to a breach of discipline
Fertilizer Plant Burn.
Chicago, Sept. 8 Tho wool housa
and fertlllzor plant of Armour & Co.,
in the Union stockyards, woro dostroyed
bv flro last night. The building wera
fivo stories high, built of brick, and.
, covering tbo entire block. The firo
.was the first in tho stockyard in seven
years, and attracted an immense crowd,
'of spectators. Loss, $500,000.