The Aurora Boreal!
VOL. I.
AURORA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1908.
NO. 24.
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
SPOKANE NEYT YEAR.
Whshington City Secures Meeting of
Irrigation Congress.
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 5 Spokano
was selected as the meeting place for
the seventeenth national irrigation eou-
Condensed Dispatches from All Parts gress, at the clone of the sixteenth con-
grew Saturday. Pueblo withdrew at
the last moment, and the vote was made
unanimous.
The new governing board of the con-
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
CAR JUMPS TRACK.
LAND FOR HUNDREDS.
of the Two Hemispheres.
barney and Malheur Acres Removed
from Predatory Ownership.
Hums The stork companies which
have been fenoinir government land will
gress, created by this meeting, was have to tear down their fences and al-
elected Saturday at a meeting of the! low homeseckers to file on the land.
Interesting Events from Outside the
State Presented in Manner to
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader executive committee. This board haslKeecntly the government has been ae-
Matters of National, Historic! full power, to manage the affairs of t,vf ey and Malneur counties,
nrl Commercial Imnortinr. the congress and to continue its work preuaiory lauu mieresi. nay-
and Commercial importance. I v .,., ...... tv, I received their ult matuin as the result.
President. O. II. Uarstow, of Texas; Th "Iliam "anley company, which
ecretary, B. A. Fowler, of Arizona; I knight tne holdings or tne t rench Ulenn
W. A. Heard, nf California chairman Livestock company, has about 300,000
of the executive committee, and Fre.l acre' of .land PetieHy under one
J. Kiesel, of Utah; Dr. W. J. McOee, of fonce hch starts near Malheur Lake
Washington. V. C: John Dixon. 0f r,,,,B ,n v wu,u v"'"v " u,Bl"uco Ul
Montana, and one other member, who
is to be selected by the board.
The cloning session was made inter
esting by a strong address by Congress
man Joseph K. Kansdell, of Louisiana.
president of the national rivers and
harbors congress, who urged co opera
New cases of cholera are very few at
Manila.
Evelyn Xesbit Thaw says her hus
band is incurable.
Chicago has started a movement to
systematically care for its hungry.
Official reports show that the num
ber of cholera cases in Russia are decreasing.
Test. f submarine, boat are binffhion between his organization and the
.nn.iu,i Kv h Dnv.rnmn. . national irrigation congress
riort II I That an international congress will
' I be held at some one of the South Amer
The lumber rate case heard at San ican capitals in 1910 is now fairly as
j-rancisco iias ueen reierrea 10 me su
preme court.
The state land commissioner of Min
nesota says none of the best timber has
been burned.
For the first time in a number of
months the Burlington shops are run
ning on full time.
60 miles. Most of the land in Dimond
and Happy valleys, besides a part of
Steins mountain, is fenced. About
100,000 acres of this large tract is
owned by the government. Scversl fine
homesteads have been taken in these
fields lately, which were formerly sup
posed to be owned by the stock com
pany.
The Tacific Livestock company,
which is the largest livestock company
on the coast, also had large tracts
sured, although the matter will not be ffBce. J Harney and Malheur counties
Chinese steamship companies are en
deavoring to seeure a portion of the
Pacific coast business.
So far cost of prosecution of Thaw
for the shooting of Stanford White is
said to have been $54,837.
Taxicab drivers of New York have
gone on strike for better pay. Many
strikebreakers are said to be available,
determined until the congress meets in
1U09.
The industrial exposition will con
tinue until October 10. Between $15,-
000 and $20,000 in trophies and prizes
will be awarded at the close of the ex
position.
RUNS ON TIES.
One field containing 40,000 acres, 15
miles south of Burns, has been found to
contain several hundred acres of gov
eminent land, and several homesteads
have been taken in the past few
months.
Fast Passenger Makes Mile a Minute
Without Rails.
TEN ACRES, $10,00.
Record PriceltPaid for Hood River
Orchard Land.
now estimated at 50,000
A son of Admiral Evans must stand
court-martial on several charges
Longworth proposes that Roosevelt
run for president eight years from I an hour.
accuse
of at-
now.
San Francisco saloonmen
one of the police captains
tempted extortion.
Six persons were injured at Los An
geles by the collision of a switch en
gine and an electric car.
The Turkish army is moving toward
the Bulgarian frontier and Bulgaria
is preparing for war.
smoker also left the rails.
For what seemed to the passengers
three or four minutes the train dashed
ahead, but with slackening speed. Af
ter about a mile it was brought to a
stop and it was found that no one was
injured. At the point where the ac
cident occurred the tracks of the Lake
Shore are elevated so that an embank
ment of erRht or ten feet descending
on either side promised a dangerous
nlnnce if the bouncing cars left the
ine Congo independent aiaie up-1 rails.
holds King Leopold's rule and denies I jne airbrake on the diner, loosened
that cruelties have been practicea. I from jts fastenings, fell to the ground
lean Dunsmuir. Canada's richest I This derailed the diner, the
woman, is dead, iter son was one
time lieutenant-governor of the prov
ince.
t..,i . among me pa
uian ucmocnu nave aciccicu j.
William Knight as their candidate for
governor. I lis father was first ottered
the nomination,
Government inspectors are investi
catintr the wreck of the Star of Ben
gal. The ship's officers will testify
that the vessel could have been saved
together with the lit lives had the
tugs not abandoned her.
Hood River. Sixteen thousand dol
lars for a loacre fruit farm was the
price paid here a few days ago by.
I rank h. Deem, an Illinois roan, The
tract bought by Mr. Deem has no
buildings on it and the price is there;
fore a straight one of $1,600 per acre
This is the highest price by $300 per
acre that orchard land has ever sold
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kimn,l . U tUm. IllT Ul IIUUII IMVCI, IIU 13 WU IU UV
1Tl"r :" '"Y TV,'.. the highest ever paid in the state
?.necr s"UK,n w m i nycr, speru- The "hard j, in 7.year-old Spitzen
iu viucano ai inc raic 01 ou nines . . .r--. lhat h a
The dining-car and the I , .- . l.,
Chicago. Oct. 3. Fassengers on the
Lake Shore Twentieth Century Lim
ited thought they were taking break
fast in a wreck as the tender trucks
of the giant locomotive hauling the
Deaths from the flood in India are fast train left the tracks a half mile
west of Gary at 8 A. M. yesterday.
ror a mile the wheels of the tender
Six Men Killed and Six Others Injured
Near Scappoose.
Portland, Oct. 2 Six men killed
and six injured. That was the toll
claimed by a sudden shower of rain
which wet the tracks on a steep spur
of the Portland & Southwestern Log
ging railway, just as a construction
train was nearing the summit of a
hill at a point eight miles north and
BIQ PROFIT IN HOGS.
Yamhill Farmer Gets Over S570 in
Cash from 67 Porkers.
Xfffrinnvi1lA Amnn Yamhill a iti-
versities hogs follow dairying pretty west of Scappoose, early yesterday
closely in point of profit. James Keid I atternoon.
living a short distance east of town, I -
sold a bunch of 57 bogs lately, fattened hn.d crew w"eon ,the locomotive.
at a cash outlav of $42, receiving fori csi-v-cu. .wcivv intu ntit .,
them the sum of $616.87, or a profit of the one Rravel car which was being
$574.87. I pushed uphill oy tne locomotive wnen
Besides gi vu g the porkers 1H tons of Mne runaway occurrcu. r.oi one oi
millfeed at $28 a ton, Mr. Keid allowed these men got away unhurt. They
them to have the run of a 100 acre clung to the car as it swept back down
field of clover early in the season. lle h lH "d rack
then let them have a 3 acre clover field, ,arP curve. i nree oi incm were
then an 8 acre field of wheat and later kll,cd outright, two more died while
s 4-acre patch of peas. The 100-acre DC'"8 scappoose. ana in-
rield or clover was mowed for seed, tbe"'""
pasturing being a benefit rather than a GoJ Samaritan hospital at Portland
detriment I xsone ot tne unfortunate i naci
Thus, the hogs used only the product "Miy to xunderstand their
frotn 13 acres, giving a profit of a aan?cr u"1!1 l"e,r naa ifapea tne
littu th.n n in track and death and destruction were
interest on land at a valuation of' $400 in thci,r midst- The locomotive went
n ,i.itin. i, . I iround the curve easily. The car fol-
. ' . I K.i it, it .a i nrr m j
ting in the crop. The hogs did all the ""."-"". "v
harvestincr I momentum sloughed it aside. The
in which held it to the locomotive
snaoped and the bin engine continued
Fishways Uncovered. I ts mad flight on the tracks to the
Klamath Falls. Old Indian rock I bottom of the grade, where it stopped
fishways have been uncovered in Link Ion an uphill stretch.
river, the second time they have been
seen in 24 years. On account of the
unusual low water this season two
fishways are now visible. The oldest
Indians claim no knowledge of the
building of these dams, indicating that
they were constructed many years
ago. ihey are built in runways, with
PEARY OFF FOR POLAR SEA.
Steamer ?Erik Returns With Latest
News of Explorer.
St. Johns, N. F., Oct. 2. Having
-K. aiicy nreuuui in runways, wn f I transferred a large supply of
Plat forma on either side, evidently I f h p ArKct,c mtt
where the Indians stood, to spear the R t EuhWest Greenland,
salmon as they made their way up the
swift current in the runways. For the
last quarter of a century the river has
been higher than in the early days and
the Indians have learned to fish as the
white man docs.
Lana County Is Short.
Eugene The prune crop in Lane
county this fall is thought to be about
he auxiliary steamer Erik has ar
rived back in this port
The Roosevelt left Etah on August
is, bound north through Kane Li&:n
Kennedy channel and Robeson strait
It is the explorers plan either to en
ter the Folar sea or to reach a point
rrom which he can easily get to Cape
Columbia by February next. Then he
will make a dash across the ice tloes
fine crop last' year and also have a
good yield this year.
The purchase is part of a 50-acre
orchard of young trees owned by M
M. Hill, a former Iowa man, who
came here a few years ago and set it
out and is located on the east side,of
the valley near the Mt. Hood railroad.
While the price is the highest that has
ever been received here, orchard men
say that Hood River bearing orchards
have not yet reached their top prices
Fine Sized Italians.
Monroe. A careful estimate of the
smoker prune crop, based upon the yield as al
one-half what it was last year, when I toward the pole,
nnn of th Lost rron. In thn hi.torv of I The Roosevelt has on board thre
thn muni v was rivt. Thi vear the I Americans beside Commander Feary
late frosts largely affected the crop and the regular crew of the steamer, 25
n some exposed places in the county I Kskimos and 350 dogs. The Lskimos
there is scarcely a prune in some of the I Captain Bartlett said, are eager t
orchards. This condition prevails to I issist the explorer.
om extent in the prairia country west The Lnk started on her return
Knirpno. whem tiem are. nn nroteet- I voyage IO oi. jonns on rtup u
o woods o kenn off th heavy frosts. I In Davis strait the link struck an
but along the river bottoms, especially 'ccberg. which battered her bow
rth of Eugene, the crop is heavy, and move me water i nt. ant mwt m
some orchards it is said to be asinarDor ai jmukowik, uvrauur, m civ
and the tender. An ang e-oar o. m 7 " AV '""r V7hu f8i l-
. track was uprooted and tore tnrougn luc.u""" " . '
the floor of the diner, causing a panic this section. The petites are "bowing a
I a p I i..lnflw tsk Hw raafflP than llHlial ttiPV
ssengers at breaniasi. iuurui7 ""-
WRIGHT'S LATEST WONDER.
were taken from the trays in some in
stances within 18 hours from vthe time
they were put on to dry, and from those
. . . . . rm il.i ill
already lasen on it seemo ! mt
prune will be of excellent quality this
season. On account of the poor crop
this year some orchards will not pay
eavy as it was last year.
Boom at Tillamook.
Tillamook. Tillamook is taxed to its
tmost to find sufficient rooms to ae-
mmodnte parties wishing to rent
them. Since the announcement that
ork would start on the railroad people
have been flocking here from all direc
tions and many people are kept away
wing to the fact that every available
Tillamook house la rented.
Beats World's Record With Passenger
on Board.
Le Mans. Oct. 4 Wilbur Weight, the picking expenses, but a yield of from
American aeronlanist. who holds the one third to one hail will be taaen irom
world's record for an aeroplane flight, I a few.
aaf a.1il,A.I nnttior wnrlil ' rpcnrd ves I
The American fleet has arrived at I ..-.i-- -frnoon for the time and dial John Dav Proiect
Manila and was received amid great tance wjth a passenger. With a French Eock Creek For some weeks past it
rejoicing. ' I journalist by his side, he remained in ha. y,p.n rumored that the government
English trainmen threaten to strike the air for 55 minutes and a seconds I wouM immediately install a large elee
for better pay and fully soo.ooo wouid i cirriin inc v.. tric pUmp,ng piani on me i.ummu
out Wages range from $5 peris aisiance esumaieu m ""n. riVer between Arlington and umaun
k for signalmen to $1 for the or about 36 miles. His best previous for UM on the John j)aT irrigation pro;
week
Conductors get $8 per
best engineers,
week.
France will back Russia in a move
to make Bulgaria give Turkey a dis
puted line of railroad.
Richard Croker, ex-Tammany lead
er, will visit New York.
Roosevelt has declined an invita
tion to visit Australia.
A freight train collided with an ex
cursion near loledo. u., ana six per
sons were lulled and a number in
jured.
proj
flight with a passenger was 11 minutes . t an)i ultimately for auxiliary use. in
35 2 5 seconds. I filling ths reservoirs. It has just been
By his fest.Mr. Wright practically parne(i through Irrigation Eipert
fulfills the conditions of a contract 1 8tover that tne j,pa na,i been tempo
siirned bv him and Lazare Weiller, who -ar:t abandoned. 11 is not definitely
represents a syndicate, wnereny r. iKnwn jimt exactly what amount the
Wright receives $100,000, and the syn -1 ntate of Oregon has to her credit in the
dicato takes in return the patent rights rpcianiation fund, but it is estimsted
nf the Wright machine for ranee and tbat tn( j0hn Dav project complete will
tne eoionies, wun inn ynyin-Ko m ! i co,j fO.OOO.OUU.
ufActuring aeroplanes on this model.
! i if. : .
ine SUn was selling wnm .ir. minm
nd his rasseneer started, and th!
flizht was completed in the moonlight
When they alighted, the rrencn jour
oalist in his enthusiasm threw his arms
around Mr. Wright's neck, and the
Th. fir lid-test case at rortiana
was won by the defendant, a ' bill ard frowJ of uu
hall proprietor who kept his place d(,mon,trative ia its
open on sunaay. iof deuKht
The Northern Facific. Great North
ern and Union Facific railroads are to
start suits to prevent the new lumber
rate to the east being put into effect.
Cholera at St. Petersburg is re
ported to be at a standstill.
Operations Resumed.
Eugene The Eugene excelsior fse
tory, one of the leading manufacturing
nst tutions of this city, employing
about 30 men, has resumed operations
after a shutdown of about three months
manifestations " ,s operating wun iuu
i cay ana mirm ami ui ururri cuu
in
iay and night and has orders enough
anead for its product to aeep u m
nnAriilnn for an indefinite neriod. Be
Sue for Timber value. iJo the men employed in the factory
San Franciwo, Oct. 5. Suit for thela )sra number are kept busy in the
recovery of $5174.7, said to be the
value of timber cut from the govern
ment lands allotted to the Indians of
Whole pages from the city dc-tne Klamath tribe and sold by the In
tory were copied at Los Angeles in
nrenarinir a petition for a popular
vote nn a new ordinance. Prosecu
tions will follow.
The American battlestip fleet will
visit China in November.
woods, felling trees and cutting them up
into suitable lengths for the manufae
ture of excelsior.
Buys Milking Machines
HilUboro. Ex-Sheriff John W
Connell has bought two milking ma
liana to the defendant corporation was
filed by the government attorneys here
Saturday against the Klamath Mill chines for his dairy ranch four mile
Transportation company, in a similar i r,u r,t r- These are tn
suit some years ago United States Pis-1 frsf milking machines ever brough
trict Judge Dellaven held that the In
diana had no right to sell timber off
John D. Rockefeller hss assumed I their allotment unless the proceeds of
active charge of Standard Oil bosmess I such sale went to the government.
since the breakdown of ll. u. KOgern.
into the county. Washington count
mi'Vs more cows than any other sec
tinn of like ares in the Pacific north
wet. and rairvmen are striving t
oet the cost of furnishing milk t
condensers reduced as much as pos
than 500 vessels.
Central America Sends Gold.
San Francisco. Oct. S. The mines oflsible.
C.l..l- ...I f.,;. I,... nntritmt I I
itna maTA ..tth f this conn I wsnowa io nv vwnnwii.
ry in the form of gold and silver bul-1 Enterprise 1 n county eonn
lion
V r.ifi Vail atoamahin ewro
ii. w frnm h Ttutlera cold mine I ment wl'l le advertised for ImmMiSt
Salvalor, the remainder from widely ly In order tnat tn r-?5B.iaii.n least
Ilerbert Knox Smith, eommlssieaer
f corporations, has married a dangh
ter of ex Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska.
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r.." -Vu. '-r" v' th Pae fie Ma steamship Newport. $30.nnn. Mi.is ror rounaation hi
lis
. . . i... i.... Wlr nf MiMtlu. It it I may le nut ia this fall. Wsllowa eon
bJn washed away and there U been the largest ..mount of trea.nre brought ty hss been set -pert from Union eoon
rn!t loll If Tif S X.di by flood from th. souther, eos.t in one consign- ty 20 years, and this will be th. first
meat in months.
I courthouse erected ia the county.
VORK OF PINCHOT
AGAIN INDORSED
ncnles fail to Sustain Chords et
Irrigation Congress.
she effected temporary repairs, then
proceeded. The remainder of the
voyage was without incident.
EMBEZZLED TEN MILLIONS.
Oanish Minister of Justice Sold Titles
and Decorations.
Copenhagen, Oct. 8 Having fixed
the amount of his actual thefts at
from $9,000,000 to $10,000,000. the
Danish government Is attempting to
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Leavss for Washington. . fl..r ,::,,-, 0f Justice. Alberti.
SalemRailroad Comnss!oner Clyde I profited by the sale of titles and dec
Aitcheson has left for Washington, oratjor5 Jn which he is asserted to
C, where he will represent the Ore hav. Hnne a wholesale business for
gon railroad commission at the meeting! ,4 years. The inquiry promises to be
ui mo aiiuiiat ANmcmuon oi ivanway
t'ommissioners, which will be assembled
at Washington from October 6 to 10.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, Mcs club, 88c: fife,
8c; red Russian, 86c; 40 fold, 91e; val-
y, 0e.
Barley Feed, $2fl per ton: rolled,
27.50fa28.50; briVing, $2fl.r)0.
Oats No. 1 white, $3131.S0 per
ton; gray, $.10(?T30.50.
Hay Timothy. Willamette valley.
14 per ton; Willamette valley, or-
inary, $11: eastern Oregon, $16.50;
mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11; al
falfa meal, $20.
Fruit Apples, new, 60c(ii$l.o0 per
box; peaches, 40(80 per box; pears
Wok of Government Bureaus D.v.U
o i ig West Approved Timber
and Ston. Law Indorsed Interna
tional Congress Called for In 1910
Create New Reserves.
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 3. The
struggle in the National Irrigation
Congress between the supporters and
opponents of the present government
forestry policy resulted in a sweeping
victory for the friends of (Jhief For
ester Pinchot yesterday. With a few
recommendations for change in the
forest regulations the congress adopt ,
ed resolutions indorsing the forest
service as well as other government
bureaus conceived in the work of de
velopment and reclamation. It also
took advanced ground in favor of
conservation of natural resources in
general.
The resolutions give sweeping in
dorsement to the work of the recla
mation service, the forest service and
the geological survey, and urge on
congress continued support and in
creased appropriations tor all of these
bureaus', urge lac repeal of the tim
ber and stone act, "to the end that
the accumulation of the public lands
in the hands of a few great corpora
tions may be arrested"; urge the
speedy creation of the southern Ap
palachian and White mountain na
tional forests; ask congress for an
adequate appropriation for the use of
the hydrographical division ot the
geological survey to determine by ex
periment and measurement and obser
vation the practical effects of grazing
and lumbering on the supply of water
for irrigation and on the erosion of
the soil and that such investigation
extend over the various watersheds,
both iu and out of the national forests
and that such investigation be prose
cuted simultaneously throughout a l
the states and territories of the arid
and semi-arid west."
A strong resolution against free
sugar is included, also resolutions for
the creation of immigration bureaus
hy the western states and territories;
requesting co-operation with the na
tional conservation commission, a
conservation committee of the irnga-
ion congress being authorized; urg
ing that the Carey act be made ap
plicable to the territories; indorsing
the movement to hold a session of the
congress in Washington in 1910, to
be known as an international congress
on irrigation, and asking appropria
tions from the state and the federal
governments for this congress; and
authorizing the present congress to
ippoint a committee of five, to be
known as the congressional commit
tee, charged with the duty of urging
the recommendations of the irrigation
congress.
PERMIT NO SHORE LEAVE.
ntenscly embarrassing to scores of
prominent men whose elevation to
the aristocracy Alberti is said to have
secured on payment of heavy sums,
which he afterward lost, along with
his stealings, in unlucky speculation
The skill with which the fallen minis
ter covered up these transactions if
seriously handicapping the -investigators.
From Alberti himself they
ire getting little assistance, the cul
prit havrfg utterly collapsed since his
surrender to the police. Physicians
say there is no pretense concerning
the partial loss of his memory, and it
:s the general opinion that he will not
live to be punished.
I ailurcs growing out ot his opera
tions continue to be of almost daily
occurrence. Of the former minister's
u.ft. akmit ts nnn nnn were from
5c(a$1.00 per box- plums. 60c$1.00 . c,,. . A ' -Pirate. ,,i the
per box; grapes 40e$L25 per crate; b,,anC from private individuals and
Concords. 20rti22e per basket; buckle-1 cmnmercial houses.
uerries, bWic prr puunu; Su...cra, Former Prem er Christcnsen. who
per pox; eranr.crriPs, iu per i.arrei. ,hOUHn guspected of no personal dis-
'j(jf..,c per hundred; sweet )mnc..v ai(lp(i Alberti to raise money
Potatoes
potatoes, 2e per pound.
through public channels to such an
Melons cantaloupes $1(1.00 per extent that he was forced to resign
ate; watermelons, ?(u.ie per Iunhas spent enti
crat
casAbas, $1.75(' 2 per dozen
Vegetables Turnips, $1.00 per ears;
carrots, $1.75; . parsnips, $1.75; beets.
$1.50; artichokes, 63e per dozen; beans,
5(510e per pound; eaMiage, lt per
pound; cauliflower, 25ff75e dozen; el-
pent entire days under paintui
cross-examination by the investi
gators.
Tom Lawson Very Sick.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 2 Thomas W
j.,r, . r.r,rk ! iwmn. suthor of "Frenzied Fi-
ner mck: eneumpers. lbOi "jue per dozen: I nance, is ir ij -
egg plant, S0efc$1.25 per crste; lettuee, hi city. Iln private secretary an
75c(?i $l per box; parsley, 15e per dozen; nounced yesterday that the financier
peas. 6c per pound; peppers, SfalOe per was suffering from grip, but It i
pound; pumpkins. KriV,e per' pound; frcd the real trouble is the result
radishes, 12M,e per dozeo; spinach, Ze H a general urc uun
per pound; sprouts, 9c per pound; arduous work during the past few
snuash, l'je r po"l tomatoes, 60e years. Il mi d at his office that
-01 ' 1 ' ' he would be confined to his home for
liutter City creamery, extras. 32,(?? I "evcrai nays, n is rumrr.,
34c; fancy outside cresmery, 30S24e 'he brokers, however. that his condi
per pound; store, le ion more serious than is admitted
Kggs uregon exirss. a iu ,; i . "'y-"
firsts. 27ffT30e; seconds, 23(526; east I t .
... -.7. o8. An Chinese Emperor Insane.
I'oultry Fsney nens, jJfrM'; i renin, wci. prcunar mrm-i
pring, 14415e; ducks, old, 12Cai24'; Iderangement from which the Chinese
spring, 14ftl5e; geese, old. 9t; young I emperor is suffering has been pur
in7, ii. i,.rWn old. 1721Se: vounff Irlin the attendants at the royal pal-
on-' ' lace for some time and yesterday a
v.t Tvtra Oe twr nr.nnd; ordinary. I consultation of the most eminent phy-
Tfr?u.. k.r f.a I ic i.ms in China was called by the
Tork Fancy, me per pound; or empress dowager to discuss the case
dinary, 6c; Urge, 5e. lot tneir royai pauem
Admiral Sparry Decides to Run No
Risk of Cholera Infection.
Manila, Oct. 3. Rcar-Admlral
Sperry has finally decided not to land
ny men here and to maintain a prac
tical quarantine of the ships during
their stay. Admiral Sperry discussed
the question with Governor-General
Smith this morning, and the above
iction was determined upon.
There are still several new case of
cholera daily; and it was decided that
it would be safest and best not to take
inv chances of its spreading to the
fleet. The officers will be allowed
brief shore liberty under close restric-
'lons.
Forty steamers and launches, gaily
decorated, paraded today around the
-niter lines in which the fleet is an
chored. Governor-General Smith and
nrigaTier-General A. I.. Mills, arcom--nnird
by their staff, and Frank
Strong, chairman of the general re
"cptinn committee, boarded the flag
ship Connecticut and spent a half hour
with Rear-Admiral Sperry. Rear-Admiral
Snerry returned their call later
:n the day.
Harrlman Orders New Cart.
Chicago, Oct. 3. It was announced
here yesterday that the Pullman Car
company will begin delivering an or-
Iti for 220 steel passenger cars for
the Harriman lines within 0 days.
The order is but a starter of orders
that are to be placed for steel cars by
all the big railroad lines, it is stated.
The adoption of the steel cars was de
cided upon after a long series of ex-
rieriments conducted by the Harrlman
ines. The cars sre to be steel shells
with but very little wood in their construction.
Hole Inch Doep Burned.
San Francisco, Oct. 3 While sit
ting st the receiving instrument of
the wireless telegraph ststion on Rus
sian Hill yesterday, I T. Crow, an
operator, received a shock of electric
ity that burned a hole an inch deep in
the marble top of the table on which
the instrument was resting. Crow es
caped with slight Injury, and esti
mated that 30,000 volts passed through
his body.
waters of the Musi river.