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EVENTS JjFTHE DAY rNcwsy Items (fathered from Alt Parts ol the World, PREPARED FOR TOE DIM READER (Celt Important but Not Leu Inter line Happenings from Points Outilde the 8tsta. Severe fighting between the Span- IlnnU and Moore contiuci. Sir ThoniM Linton would Ilka an othor chance nt tlia Amerlcn yachting cup. Chief Forester Plnchot fount trueU fere after water power el ten In the Weit. An American flahlnir vesnel he been Malted for poaching on Mexican fishing (preserves. After a long fight Mm. Yerkes line lieen granted third of the estato of imr husband. General Grant says bo will uult tho Trmy If need be and give all hie time ito tetnpofBiice. The survey he begun on tho Inet link of the California railroad Into Uio KUm'h country. ,T-.o sultan of Morocco has put HI ' t. Dm nrafanilar. In death. Ullnir ITfiTmost horrible cruelly. YV. A. Clark, Jr.. eon of ex-Senator Jlark. of Montana, baa dUcoverrd a process for smelting zinc ore and may tiecome the line king of theAcountry. One man was killed and eight other Injured In a collision between a pas senger train ami work train on too EPugrt Sound railroad at Garrison tun 4iel, Montana. President Taft has declared hlmielf fin favor of ahlp aubeldy. The Miners' congress at Goldfleld, fNev., condemned the policy of Foreiter lIMnchot Dr. Cook la to dispatch a vessel North at once for his Instrumenta and khe Eskimo who accompanied him. In a speech at Seattle President Taft advocated the commlnlon plan of gov ernment for Alaska, tho same aa now fuied In the 1'hlllpplne. A Paris girl fater a quarrel with jihor awvethenrt thrust herself between f the bars of n lion's cago and was so fbadly Injured that she died. Father Setrle, a notcl aitronomer, kssys the tall of Halley's comot may Bill tho earth. May 2H the two bodies will bo closost to each other. Indications seem that tho number of bpald admissions to tho Alaska-Yukon- I Pacific exposition will not equal those Df the Lewis and Clark exposition. Bryan has wlUidrawn his offer to de Jato tlw UrllT question with Senator Ellalley, of Texas. lie says he wants ipubllc attention centered on the tarlli tissue, not on him and Iloltey. Taft favors tho issuing of bonds to laid irrigation In tho West. In his speech atSpokano Taft praised ato Ralllnger and Plnchot. The National Guard association will bold it next meeting In St. I.ouls. Whitney believes that both Cook ind Peary reached the North Polo. Eight sailor wero drowned by tho sinking of a collier on tho Atlantic coast Secretary Wilson, of tho Agricul fctural department, will resign Jan Itisry I. Speakers at the Mining congress at LOoldflrld, Nov., revived tho silver question. Ilornco Clark has bedn appointed (general manager of tho Dcnvor & Ulo Brando railway. District Attorney Jerome opposos gjudga Gaynor In his candidacy for S mayor of New York. Ilrvnn and Senator Uslley, of Texas, vlll debate tho tar I It quostlon oomo Ktlme In Octobor at Atlanta. Tho Ilrltlilr steamer Clan Msckln tosh Is reported to have blown up at sea and sunk with I us crow. A Snn Francisco hlghwnymnn has lieen sontonccd to CO yonra In tho penl- ontlary. Mdru earthnuakes!iiro predicted for Sicily. Spanish troops havo burned many Moorish villages. A French aviator has established a now record In Gormnny. A Boston brldo weighs 210 pounds and stands 0 foot one high. Six chlldron wero bndly injured in n Bchool flro nt Jcrsoy City, N. J. Mayor Galvin. of Cincinnati, has es tablished a "kicking day." whon all fcomplalnU aro to bo heard by tho city officials. CLASHES WITH GOVERNMENT. National Troops May Ha Oslled To Holilo Georgia Trouble Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28. Lawyers nun judges of the sla'.o nro Inlunsely Interested In tho serious clash now on between the stato and the Federal au horltlos In tlm case of Charles E. Stcg gall, In jnll at Trenton, Ga., for con tempt of court by order of Judge A. W. Kite, of the Dado county Suor!or court. Steggnll refused to testify be fore the grand jury In reference to an alleged distillery. Over Steggall the bitterest logal fight In tho history of tho stato has been precipitated, with both sides con fident and standing put. Should the State court porslst In its attitude of defiance to the mandate of tho Federal court, the chances aro that most Interesting developments will camo to pass this week, which will re sult In tho arrest of several other offi cials. It is believed here that the Fed oral court will carry lUt point, even If obliged to make a direct apiwal to the United States government to enforce Its orders. Therefore, In tho settle ment of this dispute, national troops may have to be used, The acute situation In Dado county arose over an effort to secure evidence In an alleged bllnd-tlger case. Tho people of Dado county, near Itlslng Fawn, have believed n distillery hss been locuted In that neighborhood for some time, and that It has paid tho government llcenso to secure Immunity from Federal raids. In order to get the necessary evidence, the grand jury summoned before that body Charles Btrggall, storekeeper and government gauger. Steggall then communicated with the collector of Internal revenue, II. A. Itucker, asking him what he should do In tho matter. Itucker wired him that under tho government rules, he would have to keep quiet This Is tho outcome of a government statute, under the revised laws, by which government employes aro liable to loss of position, flno and Imprisonment, If they divulge informa tion secured In thelr.ofllcla capacity. SUggall promptly Informed the grand jury that he could not answer the questions put to him, andgavo the gov ernment rules aa his reason. Ills re fusal brought the matter to the atten tion of Judge Flte, who ordered him to answer. Three times ho was sent for, and three times refused to answer, and then ha waa sent to jail. Ho inada appeal tcthe Federal au thorities In Atlanta for protection. As the governmenttfsnnot aTord to allow lis employes to bo kept In prison fur obedience t6 government rules, the Federal officials determined to stand by Stsggsll. Ileforo they could tako action, how ever, Juilgo Fit" held that Itucker hod Intcrferred with the conduct of his court by ordering Steggall not to speak, and so ho sent Sheriff Thurman, of Dade, to Atlanta, to servo summons oo Itucker to appear In his court. CANADA KANTS ASIATICS. Railroad Contractors Facing Serious Labor Famine. Ottawa, Out., Sept 28. Tho Cana dian railways aro faco to face with a labor famine, and unless a plan can be devised whereby Asiatic labor may be Imported for construction work, much of their railroad building will havo to be abandoned. This Is tho opinion ex pressed by Colllngwood Schrleber, con sulting engineer of tho department of railways. On tho Weotorn prairies tho demand for farm laborers has temporarily do mo rallied tho railway construction gangs, tho Grand Trunk Pacific road being especially hard hit This road has beon ablo to retain only a small percentage of Its laborers employed on constructloi work, tho farmers In that section having offered as high as $4 a day for men while the railroad company pays but 13. In tho next two yearn, four now con tracts are to bo lot for construction work, and 5.000 men wilt be needed. Sir Charles HIvcrs Wilson, president of tho Grand Trunk system, has been hero consulting Sir Wilfred Laurior upon n proposal to employ Asiatic labor in building now lines. It is proposed to bring tho Asiatics to Canada and re turn them to their natlvo countries after tho work has been completed. Tew Changes In Minnesota. St Paul, Sept 28. Few changes nro lloblo to bo inndo Immediately in the administration of tho alTnlrs of tho stato of Minnosota. Governor Ebor tart say's ha will contnluo to carry on as far aa posslblo tho policies of the Into Governor Johnson. Many of tho Democratic governor's appointeos wero Republicans, and thoy may hold over. Some of the Johnson men havo said that they would resign. So far, how ever, Frank Day, Governor Johnson's private secretary, nlono has mado n definite announcement Shipwrecked Men Return. Victoria, B, 0 Sept 28. Seven survivors of the Japancso achoonor Ilykuman Maru, given up long ago us lost, returned to Hakodate shortly bo foro tho doparturo of tho Empress of China, which arrived hero last night Their schooner went ashore In tho Kuril Islands August 26, last year. NEWS FROM THE NATIONAt UANKB bOLID. Deposits Over Flvo Millions and Dig Surplus Reserve Washington, Oct 2. "Percentage of legal reserve to deposits, 21.07; per centaga to doposils of cash on hand, redemption fund and duo from reserve agents, 20.06," Is tho way tho 0,077 national banks of tho country averaged In tho reports mado to thn controller of tho currency under tho call for their condition at tho close of business Sep tember 1. The loans and discounts for the whole United States reached $6,128, 882,801; United States bonds to se cure circulation, $CC8,CG0,170; bonds, securities, etc., 1808,388,143; due from national banks, state banks, and bankers and approvod reservo agents, $1,227,241,280. Tho lawful money reserve in banks roachod 1854,001,857. The C per cent redemption fund with the treaury amounted to 132,488,012. On tho score of liabilities, the banks had n paid In capital stock of $044, 042,007; a surplus fund of $607,081, 870, and undivided profits, loss ex penses and taxes paid, of f 203,760,488. There wero f 068,040,300 of national bank notes outstanding and an aggre gate of $2,018,813,727 was due other national banks and approved reserve agents. There wore unpaid dividends of $2,117,004. Tho Individual deposits footed up $6,000,803,008. KEEP DOOR OPEN. United 6Utei Will Take a Hand In Cblneso Situation. Washington, Sept 30. It Is report ed that the government will soon tako action towards preserving tho open door policy in China, which it is said has been seriously monaced by the re cent activities of Japan in the Chinese domain. It Is understood that Japan by the terms of tho rccont Japanese Chlneso agreement regarding the rights of Japanese In Manchuria has obtained control of extensive mining concessions In the southern section of tho grest province for an indetermin ate period. This is out of line with the open door policy as construed by tho late Secretary Hay following the exchango of notes between tho various powers in 1800, when the several gov ernmental spheres of influenco were defined. , For several weeks American attache! in the diplomatic service have been re ceiving Information as to the full un derstanding entered into between Japan and China regarding the Antung Mukden railroad, and tho concessions granted to tho Japanese, with the re sult that steps for a formal protest are being mado, It Is said. Wilson to Leave Cabinet. Washington, Sept 30. James Wil son, who has been secretary of agricul ture since March 4. 1807, a longer pe riod thof servlco than any cabinet offi cer In history, Is expected to step out about January 1 next Whom tho pres ident will name in his placo is not known, even If Mr. Taft has roudo a selection. Reports havo been frequent hitherto that Mr. Wilson was about to go. He and Sccrotary oT tho Navy Meyer wero tho only holdovers from the Roosevelt administration. Dickinson Racks Grant. Washington, Oct 2. Secretary Dickinson finds nothing to criticise in tho action of General Grant In taking part in a temperance and law-enforcement parade In Chicago in his uniform as a major general of tho United States army, and says as to such move ment, each soldier and officer has to determine for himself. Secretary Dickinson's declaration was brought out in reply to n letter of W. It Mich ael Is, of Chicago, criticising General Grant New Postage Stamp. Washington, Sept 29. A stamp of a now denomination Is to bo Issued by tho Postotllco department to conform with U,io recent Increase in tho prico of registration from 8 to 10 cents. Tho now Issuo is to be n 12-cont stamp, so that on ordinary letters one stamp will sufllco to pay for postage and registra tion. This now stamp may rbtlro the 13-ccnt stamp, Issued for registered letters going abroad, 6 cents being for postago and 8 cents for registration. Farmers to Aid Rosds. Washington, Sopt 23. As ajresult of his observations rocently into con ditions among tho agricultural classes in tho West, Secretary Wilson said that Fodorol control of railroad capi talization would lead to largo invest ments in railroad securities by Ameri can farmers. America to Claim Pole, Washington, Sopt 28, A new map of tho world, with the North Polo as American territory, will be issued by the hydrographlc office of the Navy department NATIONAL CAPITAL RECORD 8HORT NAME. Island on Coast of Cores Officially Known as "U." Washlnngtonf Sopt 28. Tho United States geographical board, which by executlvo order determines the spelling for all publications, maps and charts .for tho government in this country, has just Issued a pamphlet containing all decisions rendered during the year closed July 13, 1809. The list of names adopted by the board contains the shortest geographical name on record, it being "U," which Is an island east of (Juelpart Island, on tho southern coast of Cores. I It used to be "in the olden days" that tho river Po In Italy had the dis tinction of having tho shortest geo graphical name on record; but it will bo seen that U goes It one better. Ma, an Island in Cores, bay, Asia; UI, an Island on the western coast of Cores, an J Uo, an Island In Inland sea, Japan, are closo seconds for brevity. A new name in tho list is "Paradise Dry," Cache county, Utab, which, In these days of activity by Prohibition ists, should bo welcome while "Bitter waUr," Kern, county, Cat., will have to bo accepted by the "wets" In that section. Powers Not to Interfere. Washington, Oct 1. The attempt of tho sultan of Morocco to obtain for eign intervention in the conflict be tween his country and Spain was de tailed In a dispatch made public today from United States Minister Dodge at Tangier to the Stato department Mr. Dodge added that the French minister to Morocco, who is dean of tho diplo matic corps, was about to address a circular note saying the French gov ernment did not consider this a case in which It could take action. It la not thought the United States will tako part in tho adjustment Government to Appeal. Washington, Sept 20. Solicitor General Dowers stated today the De partment of Justice hod directed that an appeal bo taken from Judge Bean's recent decision in tho civil suit against tho Barber Lumber company. This suit was brought by the government to cancel tho Barber company's titlo to considerable valuable timber land near Boise. The appeal was recommended by Special Attorney Payton Gordon, who prosecuted the salt io?,tho govern ment' Marino Corps at San Francisco. Washington, Sept 29. A division office of tho marine corps will bo estab lished at San Francisco October 1. Major Henry L. Roosevelt will bo in charge of the office. Disbursements of all kinds, except for public works and transportation of marines, will be made from this office. The arrangement will bo of great benefit to contractors and others receiving money from the marine corps on the Pacific coast it will save about 30 days in the receipt of money from Washington. Not Prey of Moro Pirates. Washington, Oct 1. Rumors in official dispatches that the revenuo -cutter Sora had been csptured by Moro pirates wero proven unfounded, and great apprehension was relieved by the receipt hero today of news of tho safe arrival of the cutter at Sandakan, Brit ish North Borneo. On board was J. L. Perrine, collector of the port of Bala bac, who made the journey to purchase supplies. No word of an encounter with pirates was contained in the news of the vesiol'a arrival. Crop-Moving Money In Sight. Washington, Sept 80. In view of tho fact that but 240 National banks out of a total of over 7,000 in this country havo acceded to tho recent re quest of Comptroller of Curercncy Murray, that more $5 notes be taken by them, It appears that tho prediction of tho scarcity of small money in the crop-moving period this year is not looked upon seriously by the bankers of the country. White House Scorched, Washington, Sept 28. A slight fire broke out in tho old portion of the ex ecutive offices of tho Whito House late this afternoon. It originated in a flue of ino of tho chlmnoys and spread to some of the rafters. The fire -department was called and with the aid of a chemical engine had the blazo under control in a few momenta. Tho dam age is estimated at about $100, Leprosy In Earl's Skin Washington, Oct 1. Dr. A. Arra auro Hansen, discoverer of tho leprosy bacillus, has officially announced that ho found the bacillus in tho skin of John Early, tho North Carolina soldier whoso detention here for many months attracted wide attention. Oregon School Land Patented, Washington, Sept 29. Tho uecro tary of tho interior has approvod a patent to the state of Oregon school list 26, embracing 9,106 acres of land In The Dalles land dlsrict HILL GIVE8 PRIZE8. Railroad Builder Helps Cry Farming Congress With Cups. Billings, Mont, Sept 27. Fivo sil ver cups, aggregating $220 in value, will bo features of the list of prizes offered by James J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern railway, for best exhibits at tho International Dry Fanning oxposl tlonhlch will bo held at Billings, Montana, Octobrr 26-29, in connection with the Fourth Dry Farming congress, October 20-28. George J. Ityan, gen eral Industrial agent of the Great Northern, has sent to the headquarters of tho congress at Billings a list of the prizes and the conditions under which they will be awarded. The aggregate v!ue of all the prizes is $1,000. This award by Mr. Hill Is similar to that made by him in tho case of tho Omaha Corn exposition, with the exception that the cup feature is made a special one In favor of tho Dry Farming con gress. In regard to the cash prizes, Oregon, Washington and Montana are given the same list thereby eliminat ing the competition of one state against another where conditions for certain crops might be better in one state than the other. , BURNING LAKE STUDIED. Adventurous Spirits Go Into Crater o Active Volcano. Honolulu, Sept 27. L. M. Hate, J. Reynolds, and Earnest Moses, a photo grapher, descended today into the pit of the crater of Mount Kilaueau, re maining half an hour on tbfc edge of a burning lake of lava and'fire. This I the first time that this feat has been accomplished. The members of the party ventured almost to the rim of the seething lake and attempted to take photographs. The heat was Intense and at times the adventurers walked over partially molten areas. After completing their observations, they returned safely to the rim of the crater, where half a dozen friends had witnessed tho descent Kilaueau is one of tho largest active volcanoes in the world, on the east elope of Maunaloa, Hawaii island. Its altitude Is 4,400 feet and the circum ference of its crater is about nine miles, with a depth varying from 700 to 1,100 feet depending upon the level of the molten lava. Violent eruptions occurred in 1797, 1844 and 1866, and since the latter date thero havo been several outbreaks of less severity. ENGINEERS TO YIELD. Settlement of Miners' Differences In Butte In Sight. Butte, Mont, Sept 27. Although no definite statements havo yet been made by either side, it developed lata tonight that there is plausible prospect that the differences existing between the Brotherhood of Stationary Engin eers No. 1 and the Butte Miners' anion may be settled, and the miners will re turn to their work at the various prop erties before tomorrow morning. It is known that certain overtures have been made to the engineers by the officers of the miners' union, and it is quite probable the engineers will make certain concessions which will be ac t.pteable to the miners. Whether the concessions will be permanent and whether they will involve a return of the secediag engineers to the Western Federation of Miners, it was impossi ble to ascertain. The adjustment will be reached, it is believed, without bringing the mining companies into the controversy, either as arbitrators or because of their influ ence, and it Is highly probable that thero will be nothing for Charles Moy er, president of the Western Federation of Miners, to settle when he arrives. Omaha Strike Nears End. Omaha, Sept 27. Chances of end ing the streetcar employes strike seemed favorable tonight President Wattles, of tho car company, after a mooting with the municipal officials tomorrow, will make a plain state ment of what conditions would bo ac ceptable to the company. The strik ing employes, ho says, will bo given an opportunity to accept bis conditions, lit u disturbance just before the care stopped running for the day, James Murphy, a conductor, waa knocked down and seriously injured. Launch Sinks, 80 Drown. Victoria, D. B., Sept 27. Mail ad vices from the Orient tell of n ship dis aster on the Westriverof South China, involving a loss of 80 Uvea. The launch Wo On, from Weichu for Ho Yuen, on August 11 capsized three mllos from her destination. The accl dont was caused by the strong current Twenty of her 100 passengors were saved by swimming and by clinging to wreckage. Tho Chinese authorities at Weichu chartered a steam launch, which proceeded to the scene to recover tho bodies of the victims. Johnson's Will Is Found. St Paul, Sept 27. It was learned today that Governor Johnson had left a will bequeathing all his estate, which probably will aggregate $26,000 to his widow. TWO TRiW COLLIDE Ten Men Killed and 16 Probably Fatally Hart. INJURED DRAGGED FROM FIRE Locomotive Bears Down on Caboose Without Warning Flames Con- sumelDemollshed Cars. Chicago, Sept 28. Ten men were killed and 16 probably fatally injured yesterday morning when a train south bound for Cincinnati on the Pennsyl vania road crashed into the caboose of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul cat tle train bound for the stockyards. Sixteen men were in the caboose of the stock train when the passenger train crashed into it In the railroad yards a few bloclu from tho downtown station. The engine plowed through the caboose, tearing it to bits and set ting fireto the debris. Six bodies wero recovered within a few minutes after the crash, while the flames were eating up the splintered pieces of tho demolished car. Sixteen injured were dragged from tho burning ruins. The passenger train known as the Cincinnati special of the Pan-Handle route) of the Pennsylvania left the union station soon after midnight No sig nals had been given, so far as could be learned, that any other train waa oa the tracks. The passenger train Increased Ita speed and when at One Hundred and Twentieth street the engineer saw the rear lights of the freight ahead. It was too lata to avert a collision. He used the airbrakes and reversed his en gine, but the train crashed into the caboose filled with sleeping stockmen, with tremendous momentum. PRESIDENT IN MINE. Taft Vlslta Famous Copper Diggings at Butte. Helena, Mont, Sept 28. Attired In a linen duster, an old black slouch bat and swinging an electric lantern at his side, 'President Taft waa locked In a narrow iron cage and dropped 1,200 feet through midnight darkness Into the depths, of tho famous old Leonard copper mine at Butte yesterday, and bad the raro experienco of seeing min ers at work with a giant drill In a vein of high grade ore that sparkled green with ita wealth of mineral. When he had ascended with a whiz after half an hour under ground, tho president blinking In the glare of the noonday sun, waa cheered to the echo by tho crowd of curious people gathered at the hoist and declared enthusiastically: "I wouldn't have missed it for the world." It waa'tho president's first visit to tho Montana copper district and be tween tho smelters at Anaconda and the mine at Butte, he had a series of Interesting experiences. Not the least of these was a thrilling automobilo ride over the mountains from Butte to the mouth of the Leonard mine. SPANISH ROUT MOORS. Tribesmen, Driven to Dire Straits, Ask Terms of Surrender. Madrid, Sept 28. The Wr office, announces today the complete success of the maneuvers against the Moors. Both Nador and Zetuan havo been occupied. At the latter town there waa bloody fighting with large bodioa of Moors. The ring around Mount Guruga la now considered almost closed and tho position of the Moors is desperate. Kald Amas appeared before General Marina, the commander of the Spanish forces, yesterday and asked terms of surrender for the tribes entrenched on Mount Guruga. The results of this conference are not known, but it is be lieved the Moors are ready to submit without conditions. Central States Are Shaken. St Louis, Sept 28. A slight earth quake, which waa felt through South eastern Missouri and in Southern and Central Illinois and Indiana, occurred today. In St Louis the tremor came at 3:47 o'clock. So far as has, been ascertained little or no damago has re sulted. Tho general direction of tho shock was west to east and it was felt moro clearly in thinly settled districts. Villages west of St Louts reported tho destruction of a few chimneys and in the west end of this city, the residence district, many sleepers were awakened. Mrs. Harrlman Takes Her Own. Goshen, N. Y., Sept 28- Tbo sim ple will of the late E. II. Harrlman, bequeathing his vast estato to his wid ow in toto, without reservation or con dition, was admitted to probate this afternoon. Mrs. Harrlman qualified aa executrix and became tho sole director of the railway magnate's millions, as suming her position as one of the rich est wocaen In the world.