t h ft s I EVENTS jFTBE DAY Newsy Items flnlliorcd from All Paris ol tho World. -PREPARED FOR THE BUS1T READER Lois Important but Not Lett Inter siting Happenings from Point Outside tlio Slate. 'I'h ft w showered with flf ta by Pueblo Indians, A. I. Chnrllnn declare tlin heavy trains from tlio Mast will continue, Tliuiim .1. Llpton l niixlou for nn other try fur tho American yacht cup, Cook's discovery of tho North l'olo 1 uOUInlly recognised In Now York llly. It In now reported that Minister Crnnn U tho victim of political In trlguca. Torrllilo dorm In Houth kill at lend ftt), nnil oauae Immense property ilaiiuigo. I'rtlitcnt MotTnlt sy tho Oregon KlwJtrle will ultimately hull'! on to Itosnburg. Superior Judge at Washington rule thnt It U uut necessary to deelnro one' Htlltles wlmn rojUtrltn: In Hut state. A woman drawn by mistake a a Juror nt ! Angelr declare lie will ervn, uhI Itixro ems to bo nothing to pievcnt It. A family feud near Laey, Wash., rmiltfHl In tho Mowing up of a homo hy dynamite, and oKted a whole ImwwL(1 of degenerate. Hvi) ownvlet at wuk en read near jMsImh, Or., ovorwwret their two guard ami awsnped, taking two auto- HMtk revolver, (Ml In oaih and a Wmi mill buggy. Japan I praawlng her demand on China. Itttaafcin offlelaU oipfllwl an Ameri can at Ike uxplrnttea of lilt paasert. Killing frost Ih tho Houth have rnWml the prise of eutton eonslderahly. An Italian war-Alp baa arrlviM at Han l'rftMttu to wrtUIHto In tho l'ortela festival. A robber who hail held up a Chisago Iwnk remimltted aut(la whon cornered y police. Taft promise to help statehood In ArlMtwi, and sounds warning against fad uf Oklahoma. Hill say Oregon Trunk lino will lmlld feeders In Oregon, but not extend th wn Into California. A 1'orlland man helped hU wlfo draw up tho (taper In her dlvoreo proceed ing against himself, Tho rceont blluard caused many whlpwrceka on thn Great I.akrs, and ootiildernlilo loii of life. It li believed Uiat thn Japanese gov ernment, for personal reasons, forced tho removal of Crane, mlnUter to China. Hoelallat and radical In many Ku ropann capital have raised a storm of protest nt tho execution of tho Spanish rovolutlonlit Ferrer. Tho Nlcaragoan revolution against President Xelayn I rtlnlnj,' rapidly, And Indication, ant tint ho will toon bo forced to ileo tho country. Charles II. Grant, mlnUter "to China, lia been requested to resign, Hnow to nn and Intense cold prevail throughout tho Mlddlo West states. Crowd were so big nt tho Seattle fair that W. J. llryan found It difficult to ico tho oxhlblti. Nino Kuropoan countrlri havo agreed to rrcogiiUo cncli other't paatporta It ku(vI to tmirlng nutoUti. IVrrer, tho alleged rovolutlonlit ar TMtod nt llnreelonn, Hvaln, wna refuted iwrdun nml oxceutvd by (hooting. Tlio tiipromo court hat decided that tho olty ahnrter of St. Johni make that town oiompt from tho local option law. Two )rnkemen engngod In n good natured ifiifflo on top of a moving freight train, fell ofT and both wero Irillad. Wllllo Hoy, tho Indian outlaw, who murdered hi awootheart and hor father, 1 being helped by other Indiana to tdand ofT tho pono who havo him at lay. Tnft rocolvod n great wolcomo at T0 Angolon, Two mlddlomon among tho Chlcagu jraftor nro about to eonfcui, Bpeelnl Agont ninvli laid a trap for Jlnlllngnr, but Ills own frlenili foil into it. A tropical hurrlcano nlmont deitroyod Koy Wet, Fla,, nml did great damngo In Cuba. An 18-ycnr-old boy luccoufully robbed n Knutna bank and oliot po lleomnn, Bonntor Flint say ho will quit tho nonnto and try to ncqulro a compotcnoy for old ngo. IToarnt nnd Qnvnor havo opened the TTow York municipal campaign with vlolont attacka upon each other. CHINA BEGINS BOYCOTT. Imiultlng AKBremlon of Japan la divert a Iloaaoti. Toklo, Oct. IS. Coplea of circular lumivd In North China b; n body of Chliieno culling Itaelf tho I'npiiliir An wicliitlon uf tho Three Knutorn I'rov tucoa havo been received In .Inpiiu after having been aprtvid brondeiiat among Chlueao of the lower elnaaea, Tho clr eular en lit din Inllauunntory alnteiiient ngulnat tho Jnpnneao. They bear upon wiiat I called the "weaknoaa of poor t'hlnn" nnd tho "Inaultlng nggreaalon of .liipan," Aaaiirtioti nro nimbi that Jniian ha dnvaatatnd the' arubln land of North China nnd lum nnalnved laborer along tho lino of the Autung Mukden railroad, that Japnnnao oltlclal linve beaten thn men, Inaiilled tho women and terrorltod tho people. Thn olreular (mint out that tho weak neaa of ('hliia In a military aenao mnkn It Impoaalbla for her to reacrit thU treatment, nxtept by n boycott, ami enll upon thn peoplo of China generally to refuao all dealing w'.th tlip Japaneao All atiideiil and perann who value freedom nro called in win to iiropaitato tho doetrlnc and Join In adopting tho programme of the naaoelntlon. Falling In thli, they aro threatened with vio lence and even death. The document conclude with tho re queat that Chlneao vehicle, veaael and railroad refuao to carry Japaneao HocmU. An endleaa ehaln I anught on tho requeat that patrlatla eltlxeii Into whoae lianila tho clreuUr may fall ahall havo them rfiirlntml and acattoretl broadcaat, until Japan I completely ahut out from all eommvrelal eoinmunl cation with China. Theao circular havo created aomo thing of a aonajtlon In Japan, HITort I being made to prevent tho iprcadlng of their content among Japaneao of tho Ignorant claa beeauao Dm danger of aroualng feeling at thl time I recog nlied. Meanwhllo there I renaon to bellevn that Japan ha called, or will Immedl ately call tho attention of tho Chlneae authorities to the boyeott propaganda, demanding that thn circular bo out lawed a Illegal doeumenta, nnd that the Popular A aaoclnt Ion nf tho Three Kaat ern Province bo brought under dlacl pllnn. Tho exact method by which China I able to control her people In thl way I mil known, but It I believed hero that tho government of China can up prea promptly any boyeott movement. All merchant of (landing In China have ofMclal rank and can be disci plined. KOTTKN WITH OltArT. Now Chief of Follco Rxpoaca Terrible Condition In Chlcaeo. Chicago, III., 01. 12. Appalling con ditlona brought to light during the trial of laa'HMtor MfClami of vice condition on tho WmI Side, tho Immediate for mation of Jewlah cruaader to drive their peoplo out of tho pandering bui nea, the nrganltation of reformer, date, national and International, to cheek. If polble, the Infamou "white alavo" Unfile, all nxpoae tho hnmoful fact that two men who havo grown enormoualy rich In criminal bualnea (till hold Im'Kirtant municipal poaltlon here and continue to havo a prominent voleo In making tho city law. Tho draatle order laiued laat night by Chief of I'ollce Steward to all mem ber of the department to damn out vice, expoae frightful condition In tho drat want, tho very heart of tho city, whero two politician who hold ofllco In the city counell are collecting an nually moro than 1117,000, every penny of which la (potted with blood nnd crime. Theao two men and their army nf "apeclallata" have tho groat reil liirht illatrlct on tho Houth Hldo nbo- lntely under control. I rom the ilive, the rntiy lintel, the .iloon nnd tho p-nmbler of tho Houth Hide territory, extending to nnd em- nraclnir tho Twontv-oconil treet "roil light" levee, two powerful butinoaa men or tho iiiatrici aro pocKeung a golden dream of graft. For year thn clirnntlc (yttcm of corruption hn obtained. It put tho Wot Hide ring or trttiule collector that wai routed by State' Attornoy Wnyman, through tho convlellon of Follco Inipector MeOnnn, to (hame. An army of Houtonnntii linn boon mar dialed tngother to (eo to It that no blond atnlned penny oven eacapoa tho colTora of tho maiter-(oldier of tho night. They nro conatantly on guard. No break of faith ever (ever tho mniter from the victim. Thero aro ner any knlfo-ln-thc-back tactica that rcault In, icnndnl. Cholera Threatens Seoul. Seoul, Oct. 12. Cholera threnton to beenmo a (orloiK opldemle hore. Tho nuthorltle nro Inking every precaution, but Seoul I not a sarjltnry city, and tho dltenao hn (prend rapidly. Tho palace nf tho exciniieror ha leon Invaded nnd tho homo of thn xoiidont general Ipi not beon Immuno. Tho school nro clood regularly for fumigation, For n year tho sanitary authorities appointed by tho Jnpanoso rosldont-gonornl havo been clenulng up tho olty, but only thoto who havo go no into tho alloy nml bywny of Seoul can know of tho unclennlinoas hore, Fifty Thousand Disciples Attend, Pittsburg, Oct. 12. What Is assortod to bo tho largest Tollglous celebration nnd convontion over hold In this coun try will begin horo tomorrow, whon tho International contonnlnl colcbrntton nnd convention of the Disciple of Christ (Christian denomination) convonos. It Is estlmntod that fully 60,000 dolegntos nnd visitors from all parti of tho world will bo In attondanco. NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL I WHOLE WOULD TO TOA8T. ALCOHOL NOT A MEDICINE. I Taft Write floiitlinent for I'ortola Fes tival Day. Hun Francisco, Oct, 10. Tho toast compuaed by I'roaldniit Taft, which will be drunk nil over the world nt the hour when tho I'ortola festival opens horo noxt Tuesday, has been received by the niiniiiitlfo In chnrgo of tho celebration. Tho toaat follows! "Blnco I'ortola looked through tho (Intilim dale, Hon I'mnclico hn twice bacomo tho Imperial city of tho Pacific, Drat by tho energy of a pioneer race and (toady growth Into tho Western imotropollsi second, after complete de struction by thn grent Hume nuil In tho face of insurmountable obatacles by a reuenerntlon rapid and com- pleto n to bo tho wonder of tho world. May livr future growth bo n remark ablii n her pat. nnd may her clvle rlghteouanoa and tho Individual hap. pliita of her citizen keeji paco with It." Arrangement hnvo been made for the drinking of this toast in all foreign countrlos whero American gather, and by ofllclal and elvie organisation throughout the Uilltvd State. With tho drinking uf tho toast the ichool rhildrn will nrlte and clirer tho re built elty. Hvurywhero tho drinking of tho toaat ami tlio elieerlug ot the children will bo timed to agree with tho hour of tho opening of tho festival, which begin nt noon (Pacific time), October IV. IMMJOKANTH AIIE HELD UP. Forced to Mortgage Homes to Purchaso Tickets. Washington, Oct. 14. "Theao poor proplo on the other luo aro mauo uy tho steamship agont to mortgage their property In order to procure their tickets to eomn here. Tho matter ha gene to suck a length that It has been taken up Iiy too state department with tho Creek foroign department." This statement wa made by Assist ant CummlMioncr General of Immigra tion Iirnel in tho course or the recent hearing of the representative of now Hiper,who urged tho conaerving or tho mmlirrant' rlchti of appeal and tho placing of men representing tho variou imtlennimea that supply tlio largo num ber of Immiurant on the (pccla! board of Inquiry. secretary .Mellarg aKej questions to bring out details. "I It not well known," ho asked, "that thl Imalnea Is (tlmpVatcd by steamship companies nnd tickets (old at exorbitant rate!" "The business doean't oxlst among the Christian peoplo. I havo no knowl edge of It," replied IaiuI N. Hammer ling, of counsel for tho complainants. "Hut it was brought to your atten tion!" "Yes." "The Immigrant find that ho has to pay 0 per cent on twice tho amount of money it should havo cost for tickets," interjected Mr. Lamed. "Is not tho person with tho prepaid ticket more or less likely to become a publle charge!" continued Mr. Me llarg. "He Is confronted with tho debt which Is usurious and a great burden. Ho Is confronted with two or threo time thn normal cost of transportation, though ir ho hail paid his rare out or hi own pocket ho could buy hi own tioket nt a normal cost." Appeals to a rand Jury. Annapolis, Oct. 1(1. It l( said that tho mother of young Lieutenant James N. Hutton, Jr.. of Oregon, who met hi death nt the Naval academy during a fight with brother officer, will lay charge against certain of tho marine officer before the federal grand jury nt llaltlmore. At tho iccond Investigation of tho death of Lieutenant Hutton last Au gust, Mr. Sutton charged that her son had beon murdered. City Fathers Must right. Washington, Oct. 12, Indian Com missioner Valentine nsserted today that hi bureau would lend nil possible administrative support In tho prosecu tion of several officer of Mnrshalltown, la., indicted for conspiring to Interfcro with n special officer of tho Indian sorvlce-whilo the latter was Investigat ing alleged sales of liquor to Indians from tho Tama reservation, Postal Receipts a row, Washington, Oct. 13. Tho pcrcentago of Increaso of postal receipts at Port land for September, as compared to September last year, waa greater than nt any other postoftlco in tho United Stntes oxeept Senttlo and Now Haven, Seattle's big Increaso was duo to the oxpositlon. Dominican Order Elocts, Washington, Oct. H. Tho Very Hov. I.nwronco L. Kearney, O. P., of Znnes vllle, O., wns yesterday for tho fourth tlmo elected provincial of the Domin ican order in tho United State. Tho Very ltov. T, P. O'JJourko, O. V of tills city, wai elected soclus to tho pro vinclnl. Dominican Hovolt Suppressed. Washington, Oct. 15. Tlio American legation nt San Domingo hns telo grnphed tho stnto department that n slight local uprising near Monto Ohrlstl under thn leadership of Qenerali Na varro nnd llodrlguox, has boon sup Intoxicant Seldom Successful In Com batting Disease, Washington, Oct. 12. That alcohol In any form Is but seldom of distinct value In the treatment of d I sen so np poarod to bo tho consensus of opinion of tho twelfth International Congress on Alcoholism, held In London In July last, according to a report of its pro eoodlngs given out by the publle health and marine hospital servico today. ina report was prepared by Dr. Hold Hunt, chief of tho division of- pharma ecology of tho public health and ma rino service. Homo evidence, Dr. Hunt declares, wa brought forward to show that alco hol, oven In modernto amounts, has an unfavorable effect upon offspring, and ha a tendency to lower resistance to Infection. ASKS DIO BUM FOB CANAL. doethals Can Do $18,003,621 Worth of Work in 1010. Washington, Oct. 12. Tho Panama Cannl commission has submitted to the (.erctnry of war an cstlmato of appro priations aggregating IS,0(5324 for work on thn canal during tho fiscal year beginning July 1, 1010. Of tho amount nsked for tl.V'01,030 is for skilled and unskilled labor, and tS0,218,0,3 is for material nnd supplies used in construc tion work. Tho total appropriations made by congress up to this time on account of tho canal I $210,070,468. Colonel Ooetbnls, chairman and ehlef engineer of thn commission, has declared the great waterway will bo completed by January 1, U01S, and has estimated the total cost at 1373,000.000. Tho unusually large amount asked for tho new fiscal year, it Is said, li duo to the fact that work has entered a more advanced stage. BEST ENOIKEERS LOST. Competent Men rind Private Enter- priiei Pay Better. Washington, Oct. 13. Tho extensive development of Irrigation In tho West by largo corporations during the past few years Is making it oxtremcly dif ficult for the United States reclamation service to retain its experienced engi neer. Thoae engineer who have sue cewfully built big projects for the gov ernment, and demonstrated their com petency to handle such undrtaklngs, can rendlly command salaries far in ex cess of what they aro paid by tho gov ernmrnt. From tlmo to tlmo during tho past year very tempting offers havo been made to a number of thn best engineers in tho reclamation service, and several have been unable to withstand the lure of higher ealnries. Tim latest of them to leave tho government service was Ira W. McDonnell, the engineer who had chargo of tho construction of tho Gun nison tunnel, in Colorado, recently opened by President Taft. 8ovcral others have gono before, and it Is feared that still others will follow. 4315 Desert In Ten Months. Portland, Oct, 15 That thero have lieen 434S desertion from the United State army since tho beginning of th year 1 shown by circulars received by United States Marshal Heed yesterday, Tho nrniy follows tho plan of polico department in combing tho Union for desertors, and sonds broadcast a full- face and prodlo view of every deserter. A special file of the army circulars Is kept by Marshal Reed, the number stamped on tho latest ono received show ing tho runaways rrom January 1, ivw, to data exceed 4000. Taft Will Leave It to Knox. Prescott, Aria., Oct. 13. President T,nft evinced great iutcrest today in the press dispatches from Washington con cerning tho Crane case, but gavo out no statement regarding it, the intimation being that there will be no statement from Mr. Tuft nt any time. Secretary Knox is In full control of tho state do pnrtmont, and it Is presumed that ho hns been authorised by tho president to accept Mr. Crnno'a resignation forth with. Undo Sam to Print Postals. Washington, Oct. 13.-Press manu facturer will soon bo nsked to furnish proposal for building presses to print nliout 800,000.000 postal enrds annually at tho government printing office. Tho government printing ofllco will not have to begin printing tho cards boforo about February 1, 1010. To avoid delay In turning out enough enrds to keep tho postoftlco department supplied nt nil times, duplicate niachinory will bo In stalled. Hoar Klamath's Tlaint Washington, Oct. 15. According to tho revised schedule, tho senato Irriga tion committee, which will reassemble at Denver Novembor 1, will spend No vember 10 Inspecting tho Klamath ir rigation project and listening to settlers who hnvo suggestions or complaints to offer. This will bo tho only stop in Oregon.. At least soven members of tho commltteo will bo presont. American Protest Predicted. Toklo, Oct. 12. Special dispatches from London received hero Insist that tho Unltod States Is preparing to mako a vigorous protest ngalnst tho recent agreement between China and Japan in rolation to Manehurlan affairs. FARM CENSUS ECONOMY. Director Durand Hopes to Save Sev eral Hundred Thouund Dollars. Washington, Oct. 11. U. 8. Censui Dlrecotr Dana E. Durand hope to savo several hundred thousand dollars In taking the censui of agriculture and also V Increase tho accuracy of the statistics. The director stated today that at the censui of 1000 tho agricultural data were bandied by means of punched cadrs. For oach farm a large number of cards bad to be punched, as tho number of facts recorded regarding a farm wai far greater than trio number of facta required regarding an individ ual In tho population censui. Director Durand said tho statistics of population and of agriculture are collected by a different force from that employed In gathering the statistics of manuafcturea. The population and agricultural data are aecured by enum erator! of whom there will bo about 05,000 at tho present census, tbey in turn being appointed by the supervis ors, of whom thero aro about 330. The difficulty of securing competent and faithful enumerators li very great. Tho length of servico li very short, 1G days In the cities and 30 days In the country districts. Tho pay is small, averaging perhaps three dollar! per day in the country districts and a trifle more in the cities, practically the pay of ordnlary mechanics. Not only, therefore, aro most of those who seek to be neumeratora able to command only moderate pay in their occupa tions, but many of them aro men who can not command regular employment and who are looking for odd jobs. The director hopes that a consider able number of the colleegsand univer sities of the eountrymay see fit to give leae of absence to their students for tho short time required to do this work of enumeration. The college student Is a very useful enumerator in soma cases, but It is exceedingly dcslrablo that enumerators should actually livo in Use diitritsc where they work, and tnero re multitudes of districts where no college students reiide or whero such tudents are in Institutions hundreds or thousands of miles from their homes. Another class wbo can render good ser vico ai enumerators are school teach ers, but, with tho enumeration taking place In April and May instead of June aa formerly, few school teachers can be spared from their duties to take the census. DRY FARMING CONGRESS. Great Interest Is Shown From All Parts of the Country. Billings, Montana, Oct 11.. An in teresting example of the widespread interest in the dry farming movement waa given in the morning mail received by the secretary the other day when fourteen states and Canada wero rep resented in the memberships recorded. These ranged from the Pacific coast on tho West to Pennsylvania on the East and from Canada to New Mexico. Thero were several memberships from Canada. The states from which the applications came were California, Col orado, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraksa, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Washington juid Wis consin. Memberships are being received at such rate that the edition of the Hand book; of Information, which contains the report of tho third session of the congress, has been exhausted and the secretary has been compelled to an nuonce to new members that there are no more of these valuable books avail able. All persons joining the congress from this time on will receive tho sec ond annual Handbook which will con tain the proceedings of tho Fourth Dry Farming congress which will meet at Billings, Montana, October 6-28, and a resume of the contents of the first edition. The officers of the congress set out after the close of the Cheyenne meet ing with the ambition of making the membership of the congress total 10, 000 before tho Billings meeting and the indications are that they will come very near that goal. In one day re cently the secretary received 180 memberships coming from all parts of this country and from several foroign lands. Every mail brings more. Wins Biches in Old Age. Los Angeles, Oct. 11. Hy a decision of tho United States circuit court of ap peals today, Timothy Carroll, a pioneer of Southern California, wins his fight to compel the Los Allmltos Sugar Com pany to pay him royalty on his pateut boot dump, Tho decision crowns with victory the strugglo of Carrol), who Is 70 year old, against poverty and hard ship. It will mako him independently rich beforo the expiration of his pat ents six years henco. It will put an end to litigation that commenced 12 years ago, when tho sugar company refused to recognize Carroll's rights. Riches Fall on Old Man. Ban Antonio, Tox., Oct. 11. Jamos Fngan, an aged switchman here, re ceived ofllclal word today that a Car negie pension of (10,000 was awaiting his disposal. Fagan worked on the Pennsylvania railway whon Mr. Car nmrtn wftk his division superintendent. and tho (40,000 Is accumulation of a Jsaug perslon put aside tome years ago for tho switchman. HURRICANE ON GOLF Fierce Storm Does Great Damage In Florida and Cuba. LOSS MAY REACH TO $2,008,088 Hundreds of Homes Wrecked Local Troops In Charge2and Martial Declared at Key West. Key West, Ha., Oct. 12. As a result of tho hurrlcano which struck tho southern coast of Florida today, Key West tonight Is a mass of wreckage, and tho damago to property is esti mated at (2,000,000. Martial law wa proclaimed, and the Key West guards took charge of the elty. The United States government has been asked to dispatch troops here without delay. Chaos reigned on every hand, and fow people remained in their homes. Hundreds of booses were totally wrecked, and others damaged. While the hurricane is tho worst that Key West has ever experienced, the local weather observer said tonight that tho Indications are that tho entire oast coast of llorida would suffer. Ono hundred vessels were In tho har bor, but flvo remained at anchor, tho others having either gone to sea or been washed upon tho beach. Btreets along the waterfront ' aro a mass of wreckage. liriek, as well as frame buildlns. throughout tho city suffered from the hurricane, and- many close escapes from death have been reported. Several factories wero partly de stroyed, Including the Havana-American, Martinez, Nichols, Buy Lopez, Manuel Lopez, Fleitas Toreys, Cortes and Wolf eigzr factories. The top of the First National bank was blown off and the postofCce Is damaged. It is known that many have suffered serious injury, and unconfirmed reports say that several lives have been lost. The storm reached its height at 1 o'clock today, when the wind had an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hoar. This was a hard, steady blow from 8 A. .M. to 3 1. -M., when tho gale began to dio down, and by -t o'clock tho center of the hurricane bad passed this point. As soon as tho wind had subsided plundering began. Tho city polieo foreo was unable to cope with the situation, and the mayor decided to take strin gent "measures to suppress looting, his proclamation of martial law resulting. Almost overy nationality is represent ed among tho city's population of 20, 000, one-half of -whom are employed in cigar manufacture, fisheries and salvage companies. CUBAN FRUIT CROP BUFFERS. Damigo In Vicinity of Havana Esti mated at $1,000,000. Havana, Oct. 12. The most serious tornado since tho big blow of October 17, 1000, struck Cuba early today, de vastating tho western portion of the Island. In Havana many minor build ings wero blown down or unroofed, flvo persons were killed and about 23 wero injured. Tbo greatest damago done was in the harbor, where forty or fifty lighters, many launches and small tugs wero either sunk or blown ashore. At Sasa Illanca great anxiety was felt throughout tho day for tho safety ot the Word liner Morro Castle, from New York, and of the Plant lino steamer Miami, from Key West. Both of those steamers, however, ar rived safely at K:30 this afternoon. Tho total damago in Havana and vi cinity Is estimated at (1,000,000. Communication with tho Interior has been interrupted, except with parts of Havana and Plnar del Bio provinces, in which orange and other fruit crops suffered severely. Thore wero heavy floods at Vuelta Abajo, tho tobacco region, hut the to bacco crop has not been seriously af fected beyond the washing out of tho seed beds, which at this season of the year may be ronewod. Japan American Jok.es. Schenectady, N. Y., Oct, 12. At a dinner given by tho General F.Iectrio company tonight, tho honornry commer cial commissioners ot Japan, who had passed tbo day inspecting tho largest electrical manufacturing plant in tho world, were entertained by tho Jest & Sons club with a minstrel show. Tho ondmen, who wero Japanese blackened nnd disguised, twisted several Ameri can jokea into Oriental setting and sprung them In their native tongue. Blank surprlso on tho faces of tho guoats gavo way to hearty laughter. Even the white men joined in - Fire Nips (1,000,000 noma. Narragansott Tier, It. L, Oct. 19, "Conochet," tho home of ex-Governor William Bpraguo, ono of tho most beau tiful estates in Bhode Island, was de stroyed by fire early today, with all Us conlonts. The total loss is estimate! at (1,000,000, with bo insurance.