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EVENTS OF THE DAY TROOPS AHD CALLED. Vlolouco reared at Cherry, 111., When Dead Ars Itecovorod. Cherry. III., Nov. 17. Troon linvo Nowsv Items Galliorcd from Alt " "i i"vt n..y untow-ni unuj iiu Iik-iiiuiulrntloii nt tho HI. J'oul conl mtno when bodies of tlio 300 niun entombed by Saturday's culnml ntjilui aro tiroii(ht to Dip surface. Hlivrlir Hkoglund, of lluretiu county, with authority from Htnto'i Attorney Kckhnrt, telegraphed farts o! the World. PREPARED FOR THE BUSV READER Lett Important but Not Lttt Inter ettlng HiippantnKt from Point Outtldo tho Olnte. ( utiniiii snys he l imt wir of Iho Inii". A Illrliiiminl. Vn., Imy' vllm I vogue III daylight, tint nt night ho can -, dearly. Tln fuiir men who held iii n Union Purine I nil ii nt Ouinhn Mny Ti have lucil enteiierd to lift' liiiirioiiiiii'iit. Mr Yerki hit iiiiuuUlinl nit fliilui li Hi" 3,&iM),O0il liwi In Now York for n ciititldorntlmi of IOO.000. A I .i Invite, Imltf inllllonnlra hut fointmtteil milnliUi rather llinn fnce I r m I for tin1 luiintrr of our f hi employe. Hvnntiir AKIrleli My tho coming emigre" will have n big taik ahead or It In deputing of vllnl iiii-ll(iin to t'OIIII tip. Japan' prlnrliHil mineral production nre, In order of linpoitnneo named, cop tier, sulphur, silver, Iron, coul, pcjru ii'tuii, and Ull. Hun rrmirltcV warring Chlnesn are rating wtldent meat In tjio hope of ab sorbing ferotlty and lliu Improve, their DtchtlHK HllMeuey. Alliert T. Patrick, eonvlelpd of tlte munlrr of hi ewptoycr In New Voik in HXhi, tin teemed n writ of hubea rorp, r-ttitable November, 80. Pai llu declare that 1'ransn dis criminate wantonly against Catholic iilumit. Twenty bodle have been located In Ike wine at Cherry, III. Ono ha lieen rWMvered. Uirlt bn begun hoHteeleanlng at the New York imitftMii lioute iy uiscuarg ing tix employe. ,, The Patted Hlne' legation at Sah' tiago will be e luted iut ('kilo rrC' ogMlte the AUop claim. ... . . . -i i ,..- ..... ii Ulglil pauacr nnvn in- ii"ibi. charged with the embcMlcment of jlotynhi lit ronnertlon with the failure of a Imnk at Tipton, ini. Italy ha prepared an Ineomo tax that th government revenue may be kept up ami at the same time tho bur. -trii on the Hior rrlloved. It. W, (Hitler, edltor-ln-chlef of tho Century tnajrailne, It dead. Ha wa iMirn In 1HH and wa one of tho mot prominent writer In the United Htttea. It I ald Count llonl will marrv ncnln If hn an eeure papal annul ment of hli tnarrlaiin with Anna floulil. Frlrndi of ex-Heretnry Oarllile have Utile hope of Mi recovery. John 0. Cirllilo Ii much lmnrovoJ, and hit phyilelan ay hit condition It encouraging. The head of the tugar truit tayi he it not eullty of the ehargci tnaJo agalnit him. Hmplclon poind to S3 government weigher at Implicated In the tugar frutt rrauat. (leorgo Crocker, on of the pioneer California millionaire, la terloutly III in New York. The two Portland boya who held up bank at Han Jote, Cal., and tecured 7,313, have pleaded guilty. General lleyef, mentioned nt a can didate for the Mexican presidency, htt sono to Kuropo for a lengthy tour. Itevolutlonlita In Klcarajrua aro laid o havo the government nriny In a bad toiltion and threaten it with, nnnlhlla (Ion. Cbarlet N, Crlttenton, founder of TcfuKq hornet for unfortunate glrlt. It dead. He wai 70 yeart old and cad itablltuea 73 nome. The leader of tho Klcaranuan rebelt almt to bavo tho prealdent'a army bottled up. Martial law hat been proclaimed in Jluenot Ayret ollowlng tho auauina tlou of tho mayor. King Manuel, of Portugal, it vitlt. Idk In England. It U believed lie It looking for a wife, Bllverton, Colo., renorta 18 Inche of enow, ltnilroad trnnlo hat beten inter fercd with tomowbat. The condition of John O. Carlisle, ox.iccretiuy of tho troaiury, not at turned a tcrlont aipact. a mnranr nt iho Conner comnanlei of tho Un" tod 8tatet with $1,000,000,000 capital it being organltod, Judgo Thomat P. Oraliam of 8an rranclico hnt been choten head of the l'nclllo coiut botoball league. Tho eiipromo court bat eontenced a Tcnnetioo aherlff and flvo othow to jail for falling to porvont a lynching in 1000. Tim irurtilUn nuar TllantflM TCPOrt ovvory heavy orop. Blnco Iluulan and rillplno labor hat boon imported thoro news from the national capital I i I Id LIIU1 OIIUIALTAR. lo Hprlnullolil Into yculonlay, niklng Oovurnur Dunucn to tend aovoral coin paulnt of ttnto mllltln. Ho far no vlo- lonco I on been iIlnplnytMl mid ntato'i Attorney I.'cklmrt hope by tho pre eneo of a iniiill gunrd to prevent any III nilvUpil move on tho part of the (ulnar, whole- feollngt hnva been wrought up by tho lorn of their com rade, When tho bodies will bo brouuht to Iho lurfneu I doubtful. Nouo of the oillelaU believe miy of tho 300 on IoiiiIimI men nre nllve. The tubtcr ranenii Are yeitcrduy wro more lt- teiiao than when the men wero en trapped and no effort could be made to enter Ili4 mint. l'lre Chief Koran, of Chicago, arrived with n upplv of lioo and chemical tiro exthiguliliert, Tho eal over tho mouth of tho'tbnft wa perforated and It wa Intended to foreo water and chemlcnl down through piprt. A titer inometor In tho tnil on top of the teal inoneil n Teinperauiro oi uu uriu. indicating tnnt neat in tne inienor ui the mlnn wa Heme. Chief liornn hook Iila head. "It'a nn mn." ha Hi. "to lift tlio lid, a It would menu thnt the whnlo mine would ll.e up ana mere womu bo no ttoulbllity of recovering even tlm liadlfi. The coal detioalt would like flro and the timber aupport wonid riiiiilif. I'rhna' another thaft will haro to-be dug to recover tho remain J of the wepv" Manila Dofentea Able to Defend City Agalntt World. . Wniliiiigtiiii, Nov. 50. After tho work of aovcrnl yonra nnd concernliijf whlflli llltlo iihwi Inn been lienildcd, tlm United Hlnle today I In a poltlon In ibifi'iid tlm city of Manila ngulii'l tho lltift of the world, Wnr It believed lo lie n long wny off, If ever It dm com, but If the imox-jkh-ImI haiHii nnd mme fiiiclK tm tlon nttempt to duplicate A-linlrnl Dewey'a feat. II will find that I wnv to tlm repotltliiu of that triumph I lilot'ked If tho Hpfinlfird of noino year ngo hnd Iff i' ii irlvcn the tome to fortify propurly, the rocky Mluud of Cnn-gldor, lit tlio clitrniten lo .Manila nay, jiowcy Miluht bo raiiiiliiit for the entrance yrt. Army otiirrr nnu nnvni uuieora, ioo, rnty that Corrgldor I in ttrong ni (lib riiltnr. The itlimd I n huge rock, with preelpltou tide, rlilng to u grrnt height over tho water, lli'twcoii Coregldor and tho point ft innlnliitid nt the mouth of Mnnlln buy nre rxvcrnl iiinll lilatula, on which do fi'lito work will bo built. With thrae, n an army officer ha put it, "there will ho .1 clneu pin on me renainiy thnt no hoitllu imp over win through to confront Mmiila with Kiini. . rOETIICOMINO MESBAQE, Epoch- ft OREQON WtKAT HELD IIIOII. MAY DErY PEOPLE. to of Ilritlih IIouio at I.orda Threaten Reject Budget. IfOnrion, Nov. 17. In tho home lord today Lord I.anidowne, lender of tho oppoiltlon, gnvo the formal and ex petted nntico of hit Intention to move for tho rejection of tho budget bill when It come up next Monday. lit motion, ho said, would be ox prened thni "I move that thl houxi It not Justified In giving lla content to thl bill until It hnt been aubmltted to the judgment of tho country." The term of Lord Lauidowne' mo i inn warn coouiiunlcatcd to Premier Aa.iiillli nnd diacutaad bv the Cabinet council. Unlonlatt anticipate thnt 300 peer will' tupport lord Lantdowne, Willie aupponcra oi inn Ku,r,1""r"k " the home of lord number only to. On tho rejection of tho budget It ! expected that the premier will movo In tho home of common n reiolution itrongly condemning the peer' action, aftlrmlng the ole right of tho corn moot to deal with matter of taxation and declaring tlm poor' nuempi io force a dlototlon unconstitutional. What further coure Premier Ao,ulth will take It not known, but.lt It quite unlikely that tho cabinet will rolgn. unlei tho government It defeated at the' flections. BILLION DOLLAR MEROER. Bell Telephone Taket Over Weitern Western Union TelegTaph Company. Iloiton. Nov. 17. A long . ttrld i.r,l dm camnlete control by one corporation of all wire communication In tho United Htatn wat made today In the acquisition by tho American Telrphono 4 Telegraph company of tho control of tho Weitern Union Tele graph company, To make tho absorption complete, tho Incorporation of n new 1.000,000,. 000 company I announced. It it laid tho new corporation will Include n 392,473,400 of bond and stock of the A pa ho 192,473,400 of bond ami mock oi mo merlcnn Telephone 4 Telegraph com ny, known as the Hell company, and .- milatandlno- ilOS.OOO.OOO of bonds and stocks of tho Western Union com- PTh'o acquisition of tho Western Union tlock by the Poll company ha been In progress for six months, and only n siintclent amount to Insure control, taid to bo 81 per cent, was taken over. run, nt thn telenhona company be lieve that tho merger will tavo tho Hell company $75,000,000 In new con. ttnictlon, -whllo It alo will enable the utillxatlon of wire pom ror iei-gmj.u Ing nnd telephoning. Three Dead, rivo Injured. Pittsburg, Nov. 10. Threo unidenti fied mon nro doad, flvo othors nro seri ously Injured aud 12 men ond women aro suffering from bruises nnd shocks, tho rotult of a flro lodging-homo on tho river front early today. When tho flro broko out 30 persona woro asleep In tho building. Firemen ..A,..,i iimm And carried tho women and children to aafety. Itodlos of tho unldentiilod foreigner were not found until thl afternoon, when peryont eloarlng away tho dcbrla found them undor a itairway. Intono Will Tick Trult. Olevoland, Nov, IT. A plan for fresh-air troatment of tho city' Insane nt tho municipal farm colony wat an nouncod today. Tho city will placo per tont tufforlng from curablo dementia in fruit orohardt and vcgotnblo gar. .. 4i.. Warninivllla farm. Biml ail P no lauor nai uoon imporieu lutm mm '"" v ""!"' V,i w.ma with Iiat beon llttlo trouble on tho Island Ur trea mynt hat provod cffcotlvo with in tho way of atrlko. drlnu viewms. I'ann Valuo 03 CenU Agalntt 83 for Lost Year. Waahlnutoii. Nov. 1H. According to tho department of agrleulturo crop re port, Iwued today, the form value of whonl on November 1 wa Vt cent in Oregon, a0 cent In Washington nnd 83 cent In Idaho, n against 3 cent In Oregon, US In Wnihlngton nnd 4 in I.lntio Nftvrmtior 1, IMS. The pneo ha advanced 8 cent In Oregon ainco October 1, S cent in Washington nnd H cent In Idaho. Ore gon ami Idaho wheat, both thl eason nnd last, weighed 00 pounds per bushel, tno Munda nlwvu tho 10-year average. WaMiuuton wheat weighed 80 pound, the nverngo for that state. Relief It Badly Needed. Wuahlnvton. Nov. SO. The American National lied (ro In thl city today recelveil the following telegram from National Director Krncat P. Illcknell, at Clirrrv. III.- "Pertnniient representa tlve reller commiuee organiieo, who myself n clmlrman. Tho governor I urd appeal toilay ilirecung yiai rooiri button bo ent to Orson Kmlth. We have a long, hard tak nhend. The sit nation here It moit serlou." Oompers' Petition Denied. Washington, Nov. 18. Tho circuit court of npeals ycjterday denied tho "petition of President Oompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Mor rison of tho American Federation of Labor to stay tho Issuanca of the man date until July 22, thereby giving the labor leaders more time to perfect their appeal to the supreme court. Unless tlie iiipreme court Intervene tho mandate will be Issued next Saturday. Denies Aiding Trust. Wn.l.lnHon. Nov. 18. In a state- ment lo the United Press, James II. itvnnld. formerly assistant secretary of tne treasury ami now a nicmuer ui tho new tariff board, nas entcrea a broad general dental to tho charges mido against htm to the effect that bo .obstructed tho prosecution of the tugar trust. - Well Known Wiiter Dead. Washington, Nov. 10; Raymond Al bert Patterson, a widely known news paper writer, died here today. Ho had been connected with tho Chicago Trib une for 31 year. IB years a ttt Wash ington correspondent. Ho -wat a school mate of Prctldont Taft Ho wat 83 yeart Of age at tho time of bit death. Taft Considers Message. Washington, Nov. 17. President Taft will In n few day consider tho amendment to the Interstate cornmerco and antitrust laws which ho will rec ommend to congress In hit message. W. O. llrown. president of tho icw York Central, was among Uio president' callers today. flUrii,LB8 WIN DECIBION. Real Worker on Irrigation FroJecU to Bo Paid. Washington, Nov. 10. Bottlers on government Irrigation projeett who nt- Isted In constructing thoso project, nnd who woro paid In wnwr uscrt certiflsntes, tlnco declared Invalid by tho attorney general, aro to bo paid In cash for audi acrvlcct at they ren dered. This will bo dona under tbr decision of tho controller of the trots ury, who concurs in tho view of tho attorney general that tho Iisuance of certificates wa Illegal, but who fur ther holds that, inasmuch as actual work wa performed In tho lutorest of tho government, It must bo paid for. Ho direct that this Indebtedness b dlschnrgcd by money from the reclam ation fund. At tho controller's dtclt- Ion is Interpreted, 11 docs not autborlu tho redemption of outstanding certifi cate but merely direct the payment of thoo settler who performed con atructlon work. This, In efTcct, meant that the cer tificate held by settlors who did tho work will bo accepted by tho govern ment as an indication of tbo amount dun each settlor, but doct not justify tho interior department in redeeming certificate! held by speculator who performed no terviec. There ore about 300,000 worth of certificate outstanding. Extravagance la Nation's Sin. Washington. Nov. 10. Jamea J. Hill, tho railroad (milder, hnd a talk with President Taft yetcrday. Itcfore leav ing the white hoimo Hill alleged that the country mutt ceonomiro in uom prlvnto ami government expenses. 'Itlalfirtf alionra that tho IiIl-Ii eott of living is tho beginning of every na tional decline." ho declared. Hill talked to Senator Itourne, chairman of tho senoto subcommittco on public ex penditure, itourno aald bo was pre paring a report showing thnt tho gov ernment wa spending needlessly from SO.000,000 to 100.000,000 annually. Typhoon Destroy Town. Washington. Nov. 10. Tho destruc tive character of tbo reeont typhoon that pasted through Tacloban in the Philippines Is indicated by a cable- gram received today from tho governor funeral of the islands, atating that it aid waste tho populous town of north ern Lytc, thenco passed through Caplx and out over the China tea. Tho army post at Daraml was destroyed. Con siderable damage wat dono to property In Taciouan. in lapiz ino provincial government building and railroad ofllcc and house built of light mate- rial wero blown down. Crowing crops wero damaged. President Taft Will Ask for Making Changes. Washington, Nov. 10 Tho chlof subject to be discussed by President ,Taft In bis forthcoming messago lo congress nro not aecrott tlnco tho re cent tour of tho proildent. He hat in dicated pretty clearly in hit speeches what they will be, nnd hot mapped out n program inorp ambitious and moro ex tonsivo I linn oven Mr. Roosevelt him self over ottemptod. Mr. Taft proposes to submit tho wholo program to eon gross at ono time to ask in a tinglo menage for tho enactment of law that will, if they aro passed, mark tho com ing seMion of congrtM at truly epoch making. Most of tho bills he proposes to have introduced affect corporations in ono mv or another, and tha most impor tant of them promise to arouso fully a much opposition aa anything that davoloned in tho fight over the rate Mil thrrn year mao. Mr. Taft will propose to eongTCM Im portant legislation upon at least ten subject. Kfcch Is a matter which will provoke discussion ana arouso opposi tion In congress, especially in the sen nt, o 4bat from the preaent point of view the prospect J tot a long and acrimonious session. The chief sub ject on whleh tho president will rec ommend legislation nre: 1. Supervision of the lssno of stoekt nnd bond by Interatato corporation. 2. Readjustment of tho dutlee and lowers of tbo Interstate Cornmerco Commission. 3, Expansion of the dutlet of the bureau or corporations. 4. Creation of a now bureau in the department of Justice to deal with violations of law by interstate carriers. 8. Establishment of a so-called "railroad court." 0. Amendment of the Sherman anti trust law, 7. Creation of a postal aavlngs bank. 8. Ship subsidies. 0. Amondment of the procedure re garding the granting of Injunctions. 10. Conservation of natural re source. KNITS TOR RTJET. ALL HAVE A CHANCE Japan's Wofklno el Haflcliirlaa Mines Not a MeMply. KNOX SAYS DGQK IS LEFT OPEN President Buries Scribe. Washington, Nov. 17. President Taft thl afternoon attended tho fu neral of Raymond A. Patterson, late correspondent of the Chicago Tribune in thl city. Mr. Pattcron nnd tho president woro classmate at Yale, and Mr. Taft acted us an houorary pall bearer. Nagol Order Do Lara Deed. WmhhiBtun. Nov. 17. Secretary Na gol anpounced today that (ho evldonco ngulnit Do Lara, tho Mexican held nt Lo Angolc on tho charge of being nn alien anarchist, wat lnsutllcient to bold him, nnd ho wired to Lot Angoie or dering hit release. Pinchot to Know Status. Wathincton. Nbv. 10. It I rumored tonight that Clifford Pinchot, govern, ment forester, ha written to President Taft, expressing a desire to have hi taint in the aiiminisirnuun more near ly defined to at to act at rest the ao- railed rontrovertv between Secretary - .. . .. of the Interior llallinger and mmseir in regard to tho conservation policies. The reort has it that in bit letter to the president Mr. Pinchot requested Mr Taft to declaro himself empnati cally either for Pinchot or for Bal linger. Jail, Then Shrievalty. Washington, Nov. 10. Rather than ask for clemency from tho government that has fixed upon him the stigma of failure to perform his duty at sheriff, Joseph P. Shipp will probably choose in i.A linck to the neoide of Hamilton county, Tenn., nfter hi term in jail for contempt or tlio supremo court oi the United States has been served. Ho plans to tort tho Tenncstecans' confi dence In him by nsklng them to re elect lit in to office. No Sunday Mail for Ooot. Washington, Nov. 18. The railroad Imurrnn Marthfleld and Myrtle Point .i.manila f.100 for runnlnir a special train on 8undaya to carry mall to Coot Hay towns that they may havo a seven ,Wi- rvlfi. The pottofllco department refutes to mnka a contrnct on that basis, which seems to preclude the pos sibility of the Coot Day town getting what they desire. Coal Case Ordered Reopened, Wnahlnpton. Nov. 10. President Tt )mt n-imiMiod the Halllncer-Plncbot controversy, nccording to authoritative Information recoivcu toiiay. it i un derstood that the president hat asked Attorney Oeneral WIckcraham for a written opinion ns to whether Secre tary of the Interior llallinger activi ties In tlio Cunningham coal land eases woro within tho law. Employer Hold to Liability. ii. ..!.-. V.. IT Tli Ailnral aupromo court today doolded that tho employers' liability act of 1000 it con stltutfonal in tho terrltorlot nnd tho District of Columbia. Its constitution, ality lu tho atatcs was not passod upon. rorrner Boat of San Trancltco May Lose Sight and Hearing. San Praneiico. Nor. 10. Abo Ruef, former bo of San Francisco, who wat absolute dictator of the city for Ave yean, la threatened with total blind nrvw and doafnes. An operation on bit eye will bo performed next Wed nesday and on tho tuccesa of this will depend the effort to save hit bearing. liuer bat been in ino eoumy jau ioi littlo more than a year, pending ap peal of bit case to tbo higher court. He was sentenced to four years im prisonment by Superior Judgo Lawlor after baring been convicted of brib ing one of the boodllnff" board of supervisor in the overhead trolley franehlso ease. Tlnef In talkJnp about his cose, at' tributes bis affliction to lack of air. He aald: "I have been advised that an opera Hon It Imperative and havo deter mined to submit to it. I havo also been informed my affliction retnlt from lack of air. There it a growth In inv nose that it aald to also affect my sight and .hearing. Since I hare been out hero it haa been impossible for mo to get any air except by walk ing, and that only for a short dis tance." WAR CLOUD CLEARS. Doth Nations Atture United State Territory I Open to Anyone Who Find Mineral. WahIncton, Nor. IfX Recent treat ies entered into by China and Japan o to the operation of cool mine along the South Manchunan railway and the Antung-Mukden railway do not ereato monopolies, and beneo are not viola, tkms of the "open door" or the "equal opportunities" principle, to tho observance of which all leading powers are pledged. Tbit is the conclusion reached by tho etate department after long and careful investigation of tho question Involved. The department today issued the fol lowing statement: "In view of tho widespread publicity of tho statement that tbo recent Chi neao-Japancso agreement relating to Manchuria created for Chinese and Japanese subjects a monopoly to carry on mining operations along the South Maneburinn railway and tbo Antnng Mukden railway, which would oxcludo Americans from an extensive field of industrial enterprise, inquiry haa been made of tho two signatory powers and official assurance haa been received from each to the effect that no such excluslvo claim to mining right wat intended by the agreement, and that if minerals are found by Americans and others within the designated ter ritories, no objection will be made to their working mines under concession granted by China the whole scope and purpoto of the agreement being that any operation by Chlnoao and Japanese subject of tho mine within the ter ritory montioncd should bo joint aa be tween themselves. LOEB CREDITS ROOSEVELT. Conference: I Postponed. Washington, Nov. 20. H. D. Town- souil' conference with Attorney Oen- oral Wlckershnm hn been postponed n week-, licndlni! which nothing will bo stlrrhiB In tho land grunt forfeiture, ottos. Heney Ordered to Oregon, Washington, Nov, 17. Formal an nfimii-nmnnt wa lllldo at tho depart mont of Justice today of tho reappoint, mont of Francis J. Honey n assistant nttornoy general to represent the gov ernment IB, IOO UtCguu UU W"V. Canada Will Not Bo Called Upon to Build Nary. Ottawa, Ont, Nor. 16. Tho reported momentoua arrangement between tho cabinets of the British, and German rmnlrM ha bllchted the prospects of tho Canadian nary. Tho proposal for about $28,000,000 to start the building of war craft will not now oe maue to tho Dominion government. Vnn-a from Inilde SOUrCC is that offi cial information baa been received and that an understanding bat boon reached botwecn England and Germany tba$ may result in a period being set to thilr rivalry in naval construction. At tha chief purpose of the projected C nadian navy was to aid tho mother country In tho event of hostilities, whleh were believed to bo threatened by Germany, the rumored arrangement lietwcen ino governmeuta iu uuuw au'. Ucrlin clears up the situation and renders unnecessary tho heavy expen- dlturo for war vessels oy uanaua, Prcsont indleationa are, therefore, that the government will content Itself with the acquisition of a few vessels of moderate sire ond cost, torpedo craft predominating. Land Fraud Indictment. Portland, Nov. 13. Indictments charging them with forming a eonsplr ...v m ,ifrud tha United Statea crov- nmmnnt out of about 7.000 acre of mi in the vicinity of Irricon. Uma tilla county, Oregon, wero returned by thn federal irrand iury Saturday after noon against J. Thorburn Rosa, Finnic B. Holbrook and John E. Altcblson, all of Portland. These men bavo noon om cers ot tho Oregon Land & Water com pany, a subsidiary corporation or too now lierunci XlllO uuarauiee iu. company, and as oflleera of the former company they are charged with having committed the crime named. ( Carlisle Seriously HI. New York, Nov, 16. John O. Car Halo, who was secretary of the treas ury under President Cleveland, was re ported today as resting more comfort ably at 8t. Vincent's hospital, where ho lies scrtousiy u wiw acute tlnal trouble. Collector Say Ex-Prestdent Influenced Present Action. New York, Nor. 1C While the legal machinery of the government moves lowly, the air of uncertainty surround ing the so-called sugar fraud cases is interpreted to foreshadow an inquiry which may rank with the Insurance upheaval of 1903. Boston and Philadelphia wero brought within the scope of tho inves tigation today with tho report that the government would attempt to obtain back duties on sugar in those eltios, while Investigation went on in New York with repeated rumors of reach ins "men blcher un." v- --i... .. ilenry Xi. mimaon, special attorney for the government in the ease, de clined to discuss this phste ot tho matter. William Loeb, Jr, collector of the Cort, also was inclined 4o bo reticent, at he repeated that it was tErough the influence of Theodore Boosorelt that the indictment and prosecution or sugar frauds waa undertaken. Accord ing to Mr. Loeb, he had talked orer the matter with Mr. Boosorelt before he took charge of the customs bouse here. HOPS IS ABANDONED. Rescuers Forced to Olve Up Work la TJllnoi Mine. Cherry, III., Nor. 16. Tho 300 or more miners entombed in the St. Paul mine by last Saturday's catastrophe are dead. Some of tho bodies Ho burled beneath thousands of tons ot earth which caved in upon them. Tbeso will never bo recovered. Rescue work ij temporarily aban doned. Renewed fires in (he mine mado further descents impossible. Fans em ployed in an effort to carry froth sir to the imprisoned men enlivened the flames. Soon the heat and smoke be camo so denso it wa necessary again to aeal up the mouth of the uaUtlng shaft, and tonight tho entombed men are locked in a death dungeon. Steasa and chemicals producing carbonic acid gas will be forced through pipes to tha bottom of the mine tomorrow. Theso. will have a tendency to choke out tha flames. Three hundred coffins have been or deredhalf of them to arrive Tuesday and half on Wednesday, Reform Begins la India. Simla, British India, Nov. 10. The plan for the reform ot tho British ad ministration of India, which was out lined by Lord Morley, secretary of state for India, in the bouse ot lords last December, designed to Rive India an embryo constitution admitting the natives to an important snare in mo legislation of the country, went into effect today. Thus began a new and striking epoch ia the history of British. rule in inaia. unuer tne program u religious and special interests may elect representatives to the vlceroy aud provincial councils. Meera Send ttah-df-oa. Madrid, Nov. 10. An oMcIai dis patch from Ndor, Morocco, iys Meer ish tribesmen have seat their submis sion to General Marino, coaaMader ot the. Spanish force. t