EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of tlio World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Lett Important but Not Lou Inter citing Hnpponlngs from Points Outildo tho Statu. Some of tlin mont Inlhionllnl Dutch piiHTH urge war with Veiiojtuidn. Tim cnr has lectured Prince George, of Stirvli., fur making warlike lectures. General Corhin says fool women like Mm. Ilnlnit cnuso much trouble In thu nrmy. Tim body of ii young Gorman, half devoured by coyotes, has been found licnr l,os Angeles. , Two collier havo left New York for Sun Francisco nrTd n 13,000-mllu nice lit on between them. Tim Chinese wnr Junk Whang Ho lift Sun Priinclsco Mnrch H for Now York nml has not been heard from since. Olllcials of two large Iloitton struc turnl steel companies hnvo paid fine of $1,000 fitch for collusion In con tracts. (iovi'rnor Pntllson, of Tennessee, says It lit now known who murdered Colomd Itnnklii mid punUlimi'nt will follow. Most of tho Japanese emigration companies Imvo susHnded, It In mild because of tho restriction on Japanese going to America, A sailing vessel hits just arrived nt Victoria, 11. C, which cnino from tho Atlantic by way of 1'mm) of Good Hoki Imjcoiuo thu weather was loo rough to innko It nround Cao Horn. Tim second squadron of tho ltnttW ship fleet has arrival nt Amoy, China. Ono of New York's four hundred gives as n lady's limit ono pint of champagne nt dinner. I ti Angeles IiIkIi school Itoy havo Lorn nuH'tidcd for branding with acid Initiates Into a school society. Rockefeller declares ho will continue tho development of his life's plans and abhors tho idea of n vacation. President F.llot, of Harvard univers ity, declares hlimutlf to bo a moderate drinker and opposes prohibition. John Hunts, nn F.ngllsh labor lender, hns nnKurel tho Itritllsh labor party by comparison of Ilritlsh and American workmen. Dan Crawford, 10 years ago ono of tho wealthiest men In Reno, has been convicted of being a common drunk and vagrant. A fire panic caused several girl cm ploycs of olllces in a 11-story Cincin nati building to leap to tho ground. Ten wero Injured. Tim North Dakota Supromo court has decided unconstitutional tho pledge feature of thu primary law of that ittnto by which members of tho legisla ture ntre liound to vote for tho senator ial candidate receiving the highest vote by tho people. Holland oxkicU to blockade Vene zuelan (tort. One denth lint resulted in Utnh from football tli a cniun. The torpedo boat tlotilln hits left Snn Diego for Mugdulutm buy. A Yrekn., Cut., murderer locked up Ills Jullor mid i-Hcnjicd to the hills, Pennsylvania rnllrond official udmlt giving tho Stuudurd Oil it secret rate, One county In South Carolina nml three In Ohio have voted for prohibi tion. Tho newspapers of Japan still con tain much comment Inudntory of tho Amurlcan fleet. Austrln nml Ilulgnrln havo both mndo concessions that assure thu Bal kan contvrence. Lord Curzon, formerly viceroy of India, has been reduced to poverty by extravagance mid speculation. One n'ght rider hns confessed to taking part in thu Heul'oot Inku mur der, Inpllciit.ng n number of promi nent men. Deadly fumoa from Mexico's, great oil well fire, (10 miles from Tamplco, hnvu killed more than n Hcoro of work men during tho past few dnyti. Tho company hm spent more than f 1,000, 000 in extinguishing the flumes. Los Angeles hns pnssed nn ordlnnnco barring fnku fortunu tellers. Castro Bays ho will not give In to Netherlands nml la rendy to fight nt any time. A largo wharf nnd two VobboIb wero burnod nt St. Johns, N. F, Tho Ions is placed nt $600,000. OUJEOT8 TO ANNEXATION. Russia Fears Austria Would Want More Territory. 8t. Petersburg, Oct. 27. No nn nouncement was rnnde today by tho foreign olllcu its to thu progress of tho negotiations nt llerlln between M. Is wolsky, thu ltusslnu foreign minister, and Prince von Ilueluw, the (ionium chancellor, Tho conference, so far as can be learned, hns scored no definite results, nnd will be continued. ' Advices from llerlln, however, Inivu In no wise lessened the confidence here that the profaned International con gross will ultimately bo accepted by Germany, although negotiations lire apt to lie continued for some time after the return of M. Iswolsky. Tho Invitation to take purl in tho congress therefore, will be corrcsitondingly de layed. M. Iswolsky, Interviewed by tho Novcmj Vremya's llerlln corresjtondent today, declared that Austria's action was n blow ut vltnl Klnv Intbrests and that the Indignation of tho Kussinn press nnd public could easily be under stood, but he asked the public to sus pend judgment with regard to his ac tivity in this connection until his re turn to Russia, when ho hoped With tho emperor's ormisslm to mako u statement before tho douma. It is re ported that the Octoberlsts In the dou ma have decided to supfKirt the foreign minister, but President Klsunykoir In nn interview mid that Kuasiu sholud refuse to reconglzo tho annexation of llosnln nrd Herzegovina, which was n mere prelude to further nggressiona on the part of Austria-Hungary. MAY MAR RECEPTION. Authorities Fear Trouble at Amoy When Fleet Arrives. Amoy, China, Oct. 27. Discovery of n revolutionist plot is cnuslng great unenslness to Chinese government olll clals. Fears are entertained that the rami fications of this plot may Iks fnr reach ing. The object of the rebels, It is said, was to nssasslnnto high Chinese olllcials during the festivities of the forthcoming reception to the Amerlcnn Meet, the conspirators hoping that tho olllcials would appear in public in a lody on that occasion. Kxtrnnrdlnary precautions nro being taken and will lie extended during tho stay of tho lleet here, nnd particularly during the functions. Viceroy Song, of Fuklen province, who arrived here yesterday on tho cruiser Hal Yung, Sent tho night aboard the ship. Order and jterfect system aro being rapidly established at tho reception grounds whero tho recent typhoon wrought destruction. Ilamboo struc tures have replaced the mined build ings, nnd tho original plans for tho entertainment of tho officers nnd men of the American lleet nro likely to bo carried out In full. It had been In tended to install u wireless telegraph system, but this probably will not be done, ns there Is no exert here to carry out tho work. SEVEN CHOLERA CASES. Dlteito Makes Fresh Start Among Natives In Manila. Manila, Oct. 27. Seven now cases of cholera wero reported in this city for tho day ending Sunday night. The slight Increase In the spread of tho disease Is ascribed by the authori ties to the many gatherings of tho jteo plu on Saturday night nnd Sunday,, nnd the feasts that accompanied the assem blies. Thu situation is not considered to be grave, as the health department feels that it hns thu epidemic well un der control, expressing no alarm over the Increase, It is probable that tho government will further restrict tho gntherlngs of tho nntivca, nnd nlso tho snlo of dan gerous foods. It Is believed that thu cockpits located In tho suburbs of thu city, where It is dllllcult to maintain n strict watch over tho salo of foodstulTs, are responsible for thu slight Increase In tho number of cholera cases noted nt each week-end. Leave Sheep to Perish. Medicine Hat, SnHkntchwnn, Oct. 27. Tho first trains Hlnco November 10 renched Medicine Hat from thu Kust Sunday evening. Riders got In from tho district, stretching Vo thu United States bonier, with fearful tnlos of hnrdships crented by tho storm. Dounld Cameron, n shcephcrd er, with two others, wero caught nnd forced to lenvo their Bheep to perish nnd Beck Bnfoty themselves. Cameron became oxhnusted nnd died After being GO hours without sleep or nour ishment, tho other two reached safety. Rovolt In Corea at End, Toklo, Oct. 27. Thu so-called Insur rection in Corea la practically ended. Tho troops nru ntlll on nctlvu duty, but tho Insurgents lmvo dwindled to merely n disorderly clomont. Two thirds of tho Jupanoao troops in North China will bo withdrawn in afowdays. NEWS FROM THE WOULD LOSE REVENUE. Revenue Bureau Opposes American Wines In Medicines. Washington, Oct. 20.- -Tho Internal revenue burenu Is strongly optioned to tho contention of tho California grape growers fur n reverse) of thu commit tee's ruling of March 2, 100H, which Inhibits the use of fortified American sweet wines III thu manufacture of pro prietary medicines or comounds. To do so, In thu opinion of olllcials, would Im to violiitu the law and to deprive thu government of many millions in reve nue annually. This would be accent pUshed, It is ixilnted out, by tho gen eral substitution In the manufacture of proprietary medicines, etc., of non taxable sweet wines, which have been reinforced by tho ndditlon of a preser vative acid, of non taxable grafie bran dy for spirits which aro taxed $1.10 per gallon. Tito purpose of tho law which does not require n tnx to be paid on grape brandy when used for this specific pur(Mso is said to have been solely for tho encouragement of the grnpe nnd sweet wine Industries. Commissioner Capers has received n letter from Senntor Perkins, of Cali fornia, advocating the reversal, nnd transmitting a copy of a resolution re cently adopted by the Manufacturers' and Producers' association of Califor nia, nnd the Trans-Mississippi Com mercial congress at San Francisco. It nlso urges the reversal of thu objec tionable ruling. Dip Scores In Practice. Manila, Oct. HO. -While tho scores ami figures of tho cruiser nnd gunboat squadron mndo in target and battle practice, which has Just been conclud ed, will not bo made public until they arrive at tho Navy department at Washington, It has been announced that all previous records have been broken. The Kninbow led in thu gun boat squadron, exceeding all tho scores made by the Wilmington, present holder of the trophy. Millions for Deep Channel. Chicago, Oct. 30. Tho proposed deep water channel in Illinois can be constructed in nix years and fully paid for out of its water power earnings in 11 years thereafter, according to esti mates submitted by Kngineer Lyman K. Cooley. If the voters approve tho $20,000,000 bond luo next Tuesday, he said, tho state will bo able to mako tho best ftaying public investment that oportunity ever offered. Ngro Soldier In Hurry. Washington, Oct. 30. Tho attor neys for Oscar W. Held, ono of tho negro soldiers who were discharged from the nrmy on account of alleged participation In the Brownsville alTatr, endeavored today to have the Supreme court advance tho hearing of his case. Tho case was decided ngainst Hold in tho United States Circuit court for tho Southern district of New York. Willet Will Dofsnd Dodd. Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal., Oct. 31. A telegram was received hero today from the Nnvy department nt Washington authorizing Paymnatcr P. J. Willet, who had been ordered to join the Solace, to remain at tho navy yard until tho conclusion of tho courtmnr tiul of Lieutenant E. II. Dodd. Tito hearing of tho case will now bo com pleted ns rapidly ns possible. Exceeds Contract Speed. NewHirt, H. I., OcL 27. -The cruis er Chester camo In from sen today after two da; A of endurance test otT thu const in very rough conditions. Tito cruiser exceeded her contract speed, mudu 23 knotH nn hour for 12 hours with tho wind blowing more than 40 miles tin hour nnd 2G knots an hour for four hours under somewhat less sovcru conditions. Duffalo Loaves Bremerton. Nnvy Yard, Pugut Sound, Wash., Oct. 2D. Tho auxiliary cruiser HulTn lo, which arrived hero Snturday with a draft of enlisted men for thu cruiser Charleston, will leave today for Maro Island and from there will proceed to Panama, Thu ship makes regular trips between Pacific coast yards nnd thu isthmus earring service men and naval supplies. Mining Stock Tabooed, Washington, Oct, 20. In order to keep thu organization freo from thu suspicion of evasion of legal require ments, George Otis Smith, director of the geologlcnl survey, has issued nn order prohibiting members of thu sur vey from owning stock In any mining company, tho property of which is In thu United States or Alaska. Cabinet Meeting Short-Handed. WuBhlngton, Oct. 30. Today's cab inet meeting wna of short duration, only thu secrotnry of tho treasury bu Ing present. Tho other seven mom bora nru making campaign SDocchcs In behalf of Judgu Tuft, while Secretary Metcalf is ill. NATIONAL CAPITAL VERDICT WAS COMPROMISE. Plea on Which Hyde and Schneider Aik New Trial. Wnshlngton, Oct. 31. The argu ments for a new trial asked for by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schnei der, who were convicted last spring of conspiracy in connection with land frauds in thu West, were taken under advisement today by Justice Stafford,, of tho Criminal court of the District of Columbia. Counsel for thu convicted men con sidered that thu verdict was tho result of a compromise, some of tho jurors who favored conviction of nil four of the, defendants who were tried (Hyde, Schneider, Mention and Dlmond) voting to acquit Dlmond In exchange for the votes of tho other jurors, who wpro In clined to acquit all. Tho prosecution asserted that com promise verdicts were being rendered daily by juries. Tho defense charged that the court had erred in telling tho jury that one of tho defendants might be convicted of conspiracy. PLANS FOR CHEATER NAVY. President, fn Message, Will Aik for Many Additions. Washington, Oct. 27. Tho president will ask congress in his annual mes sage, It Is said, to grant four battle ships annually. Ho adhers to his be lief that this is necessary. Tho presi dent will also urge additional appro pi lations for tho completion of a naval base nt Pearl harbor and of tho Ha waiian coast defenses, and ho will probably ask for increased facilities at Maro island for handling naval vessels. Another thing tho president will ask congress for is ndequnto provision for equipping nnd defending tho naval base at Guantnnomo, where the Navy department has planned great yards. The location of this naval depot Is In the vicinity of tho Panama canal and Is regarded as of strategic importance. Strict With Sailors. Manila, OcL 28. Sailors of tho American fleet will not be permitted shore lenvo after 10 o'clock at night nor allowed to drink water from native wells during the stay of tho American fleet here, according to a rule promul gated to lay. The first squadron of the lleet is expected to reach hero Novem ber 1. The second squadron, under Admiral Emory, which went to Amoy, China, is expected to arrive November 8. Tho order issued today states that although tho health officials expect to havo the cholera stamped out complete ly by the tlmo tho fleet arrives, they wHI tako no chances. Only Congress Can Reinstate. Washington, Oct. 30. Secretary Wright said today that nothing could be done in the matter of reinstating Mingo Sanders, formerly sergeant of the Twenty-fifth infantry, who, with his battalion, was dismissed from tho army without honor, for alleged par ticipation in tho Urownsvillc disorders. Tho only way now open for his rein statement, tho secretary said, was. by special act of congrcs. Wright All Right Again. Washington, Oct. 28. Orvlllo Wright, tho aeronaut, will leavo Fort Meyer he pital for his home at Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, if his condition continues to improve. His sister, Miss Catherine Wright, who has nursed him nt tho nrmy hospital, will accompany him Mr. Wright desires to vote, even though it may bo necessary to carry him to tho (tolls. Warihlps Leave Japan. Washington, Oct. 28. A cablegram to the Navy department from Admiral Sperry reports tho departure of the fleet from Yokohama. The first squad ron of battleships will return to Ma nila, whoro they aro duo October 31, The second squadron is now enrouto to Amoy, China, whoro it is oxpectod to arrlvo next Thursday. Frank Klgglns Dies Suddenly. Washington, OcL 28. Frank Klg glns, of Tennessee, chief examiner of tho civil rcrvlco commission, died sud denly Monday of uraemic convulsions. John Klggins, of Vancouver, II. C, Is n brother. Government Buys Silver. Washington, Oct. 27. Tho Treasury department today bought 7,6000 ounces of silver for delivery at Now Orleans nnd 50,000 ounces for dolivery nt Denver nt B1.C70 cents per fine ounce. Whistler at Fort Worden. Wnshlngton, Oct. 28. Colonol Gar land N. Whistler has been nsslgned to Fort Worden, Wash., nnd In command of tho artillery district of Pugot sound. Rural Carriers at Oakland. Washington, Oct. 27. K. L. Thorn ton haa been appointed regular, Jere miah L. Thornton substitute, rural car rier on tho route at Oakland, Ore. MINING CONGRESS CALLED. , Eleventh Annual Convention to Me In Pittsburg. Denver, Oct. 20. Tho executive' committee of tho American Mining I congress yesterday issued tno onicioi call for the 11th annual convention to bo held in Pittsburg December 2, 3, 4 and C, 1008. A special effort Is con templated looking to tho final enact ment of the bill for tho creation of a .bureau of mines, now on tho calendar oi vno umu.li ouiics bciiuuj iui uiuu reading. Particular attention I called to tho work of congress in making Investiga tions relating to tho protection of tho lives of miners; proposals for tho elim ination of fraudulent mining stock operations; tho relations between cus toms smelters and the oro producer; Federal aid for mining schools and ex periment stations; the exploitation of the rare mineral resources of tho coun try; tho conservation of mineral re sources; tho timber and water supply, and tho unification of tho mining laws of the several states, aro the particular subjects which will bo under discus sion. It is announced tho convention will bo an open forum for the discus slon of all mining subjects. Tho call invites tho president of tho United States, the governors and heads of commercial bodies to appoint dele gates. A special feature of tho body will bo a coal mine gas testing plant, now in course of construction in Pitts burg, under an appropriation made dur ing the last session of congress, which will then bo completed. - ENORMOUS LOSS IN COAL. Trade Loses $1,500,000 Weekly by Cotton Lockout. London, Oct. 2C.Thc shutting down of COO mills as the result ouf the cotton trade lock out has reduced tho consumption of engine coal by 700,000 tons per week. Calculated at $2 per ton, this represents a loss of trade amounting to $1,500,000 a week. Oldham, tho center of the spinning industry, is the first of tho cotton towns to feel the pinch of tho lockout. Of tho 320 mills in tho town only 20 are now working. It is not tho opera tives who have their lock out pay from their unions to fall back on who aro beginning to feel the pressure of tho industrial warfare, but the shopkeep ers, particularly at tho small shops, who depended on tho custom of tho mill girls. No ono has the heart to buy anything short of actual necessities. No new ' dresses are being mado in Oldham just now, and dressmakers aro reducing the , number of their workroom hands, and the milliners' shops, of which tho fe mals cotton operativo was tho generous I patron, are deserted. The situation was discussed at a meeting of the distress committee last night and the mayor haa summoned a special meeting of tho council for to night, when a deputation from the dis tress committee will mako suggestions for providing relief work. GAMBLERS WIN. Reno Votes to Continue Wide Open Town as Before. Reno, Ncv Oct. 26. Reno will re main a vt ido open town for somo time to come, according to the result of the city election held here Saturday, when tho gambling clement won by a major ity of 666 votes out of a total of about 3,100 votes cost Tho election was on a city ordinance to forbid the running 1 of gambling games under license in the ! city of Reno. Tho ordinance was put , to the city vote upon the petition of tho Anti-Gambling league, who mode a red hot fight at tho polls. The lcaguo opened headquarters about two months ago and has worked diligently ever since, holding mass meetings and spreading litcraturo broadcast and through tho malls. Tho gambling fraternity worked quietly, but tho result shows they worked effectively. Tho defeat of the ordi nance is partly duo to tho feeling that gambling should be stopped throughout tho state and not alone in Reno. Tho fight will bo carried into tho legislature at tho coming session. Moros Battle With Laborers. Manila, Oct. 26. Nino Filipino la borers and their American superintend ent wero killed in a despcrato fight with a band of Moros on tho Shephers sugar plantation near Ilignn on tho island of Mindanao last week, accord ing to news that reached here today from tho island. Tho men wero work ing on tho plantation and wero taken off their guard by tho Moro warriors. Tho laborers lost heavily beforo they repulsed tho attacking party in a final rally. The Moros nro reported to havo lost 20 killed and many moro wounded, Nicaragua Is Laid Waste. Managua, Nicaragua, Oct 26. A great storm haa prevailed throughout Nlcarogua slnco yesterday morning. Heavy losses are reported, but, as all tho telegraph and telephone communi cations havo been interrupted and the railroad badly damaged, it Is impossi ble to state how far reaching tho storm has been. JLAURIER IS ELECTED PfCmler'S Majority Safe, TflOBflll Slightly Reduced. CONTESTS TO BE ORDER OF DAY Conservatives Lose Out In Ontario, Whero They Expected Their Heaviest Gains. OtUwa, OnL, Oct. 27. Elections for tho Federal house of commons wero held yesterday throughout Canada. Of tho 221 constituencies in tho dominion only two Kouvllie, Ont, and South York, OnL returned members by ac clamation. In all the others, with the exception of five, which will hold their elections later, there were contests. The returns show that Sir Wilfrid Lauricr, tho present ppremicr, who in tho last house had a majority of 66, will be returned to tho house for anoth er five years, with a majority of be tween 55 and 60. French Canadian Quebec remained loyal to tho premier, electing a mem bership almost solidly Liberal. Ontario, where tho Conservatives ex pected to make their heaviest gains, did not come up to the opposition's ex pectations. The returns indicate an almost evenly divided membership, compared with 39 Liberals and- 47 Conservatives in the last house. Nova Scotia, which at the last gen eral elections in 1904 returned a solid Liberal phalanx, gives the Conserva tive party several seats. R. L. Borden, leader of tho Conserv ative's, was elected by a substantial majority in Halifax, which supported him four years ago. AH the minis ters havo been re-elected with the ex ception of William Templcton, of Vic toria, B. C, minister of inland reve nue, who lost by five votes. ARREST 14 NIGHT RIDERS. Sixty-One Now Held In Connection With Beet Foot Outrage. Camp Reno. Reel Foot Lake, Tenn., Oct. 27. Fourteen prisoners wero brought into camp today in connection with ' recent night rider outrages in this section. This makes a total of 61 now in custody here. Three mounted scouting parties went out and two of them returned, 'ihe tnird win not do back before tomorrow night. The detachment headed by Major R. E. Martin is prepared to go to Obion to night to search for tho mysterious 'masked men who were reported to . have been seen near tnat town. After communicating with several people Colonel Tattom decided that the story was without foundation and recalled the orders. Both Union City and Samburg, whero the soldiers are camped, wero tho cen ters of interest today in the night rider troubles. A special term of the County court convened at Union City today and all of tho evidence in the Reel Foot lake case was laid before tho jury. WAJT INSPECTOR'S REPORT. Decision on Star of Bengal Wreck May (Have Serious Results. San Francisco, Oct. 27. The inspec tors of hulls and boilers, who have been Investigating tho wreck of the ship Star of Bengal, which went ashore on the Alaskan coast some vfeeks ago, 111 lives being lost, finished taking; testimony yesterday and took tho caso under advisement. Captain Wagner, of tho Bengal, has filed charges of cowardice against tho tut: contains for their action in cutting i his ship loose and it is expected that the decision oi the inspectors win near weight in the proceedings resulting; from theso charges. It is stated here that the United States District attor ney of Alaska will bring Captain Wag ner's charges against the captains of the Kayak and Hattie Gage before the Federal grand jury. Calls Will Forgery. New York, Oct, 27. Declaring the signature in a will disposing of about $1,000,000 a forgery, the will being that of Ambrose Burbank, who died in 1904, Dr. Alfred II. Hamilton, of Au burn, N. Y., a handwriting expert, created a sensation in the suit against Caleb II. Burbank, a nephew of the testator, during tho trial in tho United States Circuit court hero today. The nephew is executor of tho estate and was named residuary legatee, in addi tion to receiving a direct bequest of $600,000. Think Castro Is Bluffing. Wlllemstad, Oct. 27. According to letters received here, tho people of Venezuela aro confident of a prompt settlement of tho dispute between that country and Holland. Tho refusal of President Castro to revoko the decree of May 14 is regarded as a bluff to distract attention from the doings of tho revolutionists.