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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Composed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Leas Important but
Nut
Lees
Interesting
Erante
of the Past Week.
Malay llatlg 1» leading a great army
ol Moots against the French.
A German I im perfected a new air
ship which give« goo>l sucvsM.
V.
e 1
act.
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»."i I' st A:. . r -a
■ i! (»,;’ t . ■ o: g-e » t .
An American judge in China takes
'
.
- > r I against tliat of Amer
icans.
Th« Union I*acific is again experi
menting with motor cars at its Omaha
shops.
Gsrfield i» back In Washington from
a l(>,t'U<)-iiille trip, principally through
the West. He has planned many n*-
forme.
INCRtASE ARMY PAY.
Congress Likely to Approve
Next Session.
Pun •t
Washington. Aug. 27.—Increase in
pay of the army, but no Increase in its
•Ise ts th« compromise which has been
reached between ttie pre»idem and
I «a de n in coogree» who eoat rvl legisla
tion. The pr*eid«nt has given tils
hearty approval to the plans of the gen
eral staff ot th« army which included
both inerva»««, but after consultations
and conferences, It has iwen decided
tliat It will be irnpiawible to .io more
at the b«xt Mwalon of i-->ngrre» Uian to
•wore an increase in pay for the army.
Immediately upon coovening bills will
be intr*»iu.ed in Hie senate ty Mr.
Dick, of Ob io, and In t he house by Rep-
rwMntative Capron, of Rhodo Island,
•urrylng out the agreement which has
been rtachcd.
These bills will provide for an tn-
crease of 111 per cent in the salary ol
lieutenant gareugl, 16, pet cent in-
rnaae f‘>r major» and brtga.1.' general»,
20 per cent for culonel», lieutenant col
onels and major», 26 |«*r cent Increase
for captains an.! lieutenants snd 30 per
cent incr.«»« for noncomtnisr iou.xl
- - •> n-. I privates.
It Is 1
.
tl «’’•* ■
a im iu. ir<- will l».-"u.c :.»w
It wiadreireil l*y War d< ¡ailment
officials that congrma »h< ald authorise
an increase In tire strength of the army,
not so much by in. teusitig its strength
numerically at thia time, but by provid
ing fur creaGeu of new regiments to be
given skeleton organisation in time . f
pe»K*e.
There is • »mall army of deter livra
in Berlin watching noted anarchist» at>
WHOLE FLEET TO COME.
tending the congtesg,
Fìtti ina Gold*
riiaii is one of tlie delegate» iron, to«-
Sixteen Battleships to Sail for Pacific
United Htatcs.
In December.
The Chicngo, Peoria A 8t. Ixruia rail
Washington, Aug. 27.—The torpedo
road han tni.eti off [wrt of its trama ami
will run otiicre a« mixed ¡wxsengi-r and flotilla which «ill go to the Pacific
i-iaxst when the i«!tleehips sail in Ik»-
freight cn areonnt of the twu-ceut
cernber consists ol right vessels, the
Banger rate law.
Hull, Truxton, Whipple, Hopkins,
A train on the Southern milway »BH Worden, Stewart, Mwrence ami Mc
wrecked near Cliarl nurville, Va., and Donough. Whether all will be fit fur
21 persons injured. Every car over tho voyage 1» doubtful.
turned and great loe.« of life waa only
Tho flotilla will l>e commanded by
»veiled by the slow speed at which the Lieutenant H. I. Cone, who command«.!
train was running.
the I»ale to China four years ago.
The num tier of battleebipe which
It is so altered it« make« wouldn’t
will go to the PaclSe is Iff, not six, a»
recognize it.
«tated In dispatches by an error in
Bryan «ays R,*<w>veil la protecting
transmiwlon.
Nliipe already on the
railrixxd corporations from prosecution.
Pacific will increaa«* thia nuin’ner to IN.
The Chinese legation at P«rn denies
The otliclal stafrmvnt of the pr««i-
that the dowager euiprosa ia seriously dent after hi« conference with acting
111.
nvretary of the Navy depaitmeot, Rear
GFreat Britain has just launched a Admiral Bmason, chief jof the bureau
tl.ird I'attliwhip of the Dreadoaught of navigation, and Rear Admiral Evans,
»ho will command th« fleet, is as fol
elite.
lows
E. F. Noel has received the Demo-
"The conference lietween the presi
cratic nomination for governor of Ten- dent and the three officers of the navy
nrra.-e.
was called to decide details in connec
Lalxjr CommIssinner Neill still has tion with the Atlantic ffect going to ttie
hope« of compromising the telegraph Paciflc.
"The ffeet will consist of Iff battlo
er»' etrike
■hips, ft will Matt some time In De-
Two persons acre killed in a cyclone cemlier. The course of the fleet Will
which swept over Eau Claire county, I>e through the Straits of Magellan and
Wisconsin.
up the Pacific coast to Han Francisoo.
"The fieri also will, in all prolabili
Nearly ail Euroepana are leaving
Moro-'-o on account of the gravity of ty, visit Puget sound. The question of
the roote’by »hi -h it will return to the
i he situation.
Atlantic lias not as yet been decided.’*
The Hamilton club, the great Chi
cago itepublhau organisation, ia to
HAVE NO COAL FOR EXPORT.
build a t-'.OOO.OvO skyscraper.
Taft advises tho people of Hklahon a
to reji-ct the constitution framed for
U m * when the territory becomes a state.
The Ch.-ago A Alton ntihua*! lias
lieen sol i to the Toledo, HL Ixxrl» A
Western.
Ralsuli, the Moorish bandit, has de
feat«*! the army sent by the sultan to
capture him.
Western railroads are again issuing
warnings to coal dealer» to lay in a
winter supply before too late.
I
fLath» from the bubonic plague in
Itiilia promise to exceed all former rec
ords during tlieg present year,
iieriey and Dwimae continue to fight
every step in the Glass l*ribery case
n<*w being tried in Han Francisco.
Japan.-«« Lave sued the city of San
Francisra rqr 12,676 damage« on ac
count of the reita irant wrecked by a
m ib.
A heavy electr ---stortu has done ranch
damage to telegraph and telrplione
wires in Northern California and South
ern Oregon.
NO AUTHORITY GIVEN TO GLASS
He-*ey
Puriuti
Purpose
to
Fatten
Responsibility for Buying San
Francisco Supervisors.
Nan Fmneiaeo, Aug. 27.—President
Henry T. Ncott, of the Pacific Tele
phone A Telegraph company, waa re
called to the stand when the Glass
bribery ca*« was rrwumed yewterday.
Coder questioning by A»«>»taiit Dis
trict Attorney ileney, Mr. Ncott tewti
rfid tliat prior to the earthquake and
tire of liMMl F. A. I’ickernell, araixlant
to tlie president of the American Bell
Telepbone com[«ny, took no active
hand In the conduct vf the Pacific
Nlalra corporation, but immediately
tlierraftcr he »et atxrat the format ion
of plan» fur rebuilding th« wrecked
plant. The purpose of thia testimony
wee, on the {art of Hie p*r<«>ecutkin, to
atnluuh any prospective detenae to
shunt the britwry blame onto the
shoulder* of Mr. I’icernell.
Ml* N. It
1» - '
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tiona deaigned to clinch in the jury's
1. t:.. ; ■ -I- ‘ !;i. t that < icm m
Manager tilass «a» in complete con-
tr I of the conqaxny during the alleged
bribery period, said that be (Ni-otli be
tween the date of hta election to ttie
presidency and hia return from the
East, in the latter lux I! of March, 1 »00,
•ngned no company check«, authorised
none, gave no authority to Glass or
Halsey to expend any money, and gave
no euin[«ny inatruction« to ativ one.
Mr. Nott said T. V. Halsey had no
stat.*I position with the company, but
that he ia drawing a salary of 1175 per
month.
Mr. Ncott declared that he gained
from thejgrand jury the firwt knowledge
of the tsatiance of 150,000 worth of
checks.
NO ARBITRATION. THEY SAY.
Small and the Telegraph Companies
Agree on Ona Point.
On Verga of Another Strike.
Japan Blames America.
X
Heard It First From Grand Jnry,
Says President Scott.
New York, Aug 27.—President Nmall
declared today that arbitration of the
telegraphers’ Strike was at present out
of the question, arid added tliat the
striker» »«te prepared to remain uUt
t
tnontha. ila -«i-t th« osaoal va
(««rd «»I the American Federation of
lull sir would .shortly consider the Fede
ral ion's relation to the strike.
Hmall
asserted lluxt the tompavnic«' condition»
were worse tluaiv w hen the strike te-gan,
and that lialf of the Western Uinon
force here tai It*1 to report for work after
Frniay, when double pray was abolished.
(superintendent Brooks, of the West
ern Union, sai<!
"Our conqiaiiy will liave nothing to
do with Nmall or his union.
While
we ate willing to conslrier Individual
American Companies Obliged to Re case« of the men who struck under
pressure, the agitators who engineered
fuse European Orders.
this situation will not lit* re employed
Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—Recalls« of under any circtUDStancee."
ita inability to fill ttie order, the 1‘hila-
delphi A Rending (<«l A Iron company
«as compelled to decline a contract for
NO HOPE FOR CANTEEN
26,000 tons of anthracite, the order for
which «as tendered by a representative Ganeral Grant Says Congress Sees
of the Anatro-Hungarian ehamlier of
Mistake, But Fears Cranks.
commerce.
The proposed purcluuM-r
Philadelphia, Aug. 27.—"The anil
was willing to pay the regular price for
placing the coal on lajstrd vessels either canteen law ought t<> I»« repmied, but
there is little prrarpMwt that congress
here or in New York.
Another order lor 200 00O tons of bi will do anything with It for a good
tuminous coal, wanted by the Italian while," »aid General Frederick D.
government, is also being offered tc the Grant, in an interview st Willow Grove
larg* st soft
ujieratura of 11»* Unit P«rlr.
"Politicians do not care to antagonise
ed Matra, with little prospect of Its be
Prohibition element.
ing taken, because of the great expense the extreme
Congress **««, I think, that It has made
in delivering it to its destination.
The grrat'demand for coal by foreign a mistake, but il ia n hard thing to go
governments is attributed to the in iwk now."
The general made thia statement in
creas«*! coal cotisumpt on by their «air
ships. All native erari is living used answer to an inquiry as to what he
for thia pur,saw, and the supply ia not thought would be the outcome of the
agitation fol the repval of the law abol
equal to Hie demand.
ishing tho canteen in the army.
Chicago, Aug. 27.—Chicago is on tl e
Texas lias liegun suit against the In
ternational Harvester company t<>r 41.- verge of another packing house team
100.000 for all.-gcd violation of the sters' strike, witli the customary attend
ant rioting and disorder.
When the
anti-trust laws.
question of wage settlement came up a
Vice President Zimmer, of the fttei* week or more ago, a committee of arbi
fie Htates Telephone company, has lieen tration siu appoinrtd and the matter
sentenced to imprisonment for three was considered settled. The commit
months for aoontetnpt in refusing to tee, however, has been unable to agree
gnawer questions in the Glass trial, and at tonight’s meeting the offer ot
lie has appealed.
the packers U» Incrrase tie* pay of the
The New York Ira ms ter»' strike is men one per cent was rejected. They
marked with numerous acts of violence. demand one and a lialf all around and
other concessions.
Grant Boni has been snublied by
Gould in IxMidon.
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DID NOT DO BRIBERY
The Philippine g- vemment lias »op
Tokio. Aug. 27.—ft is reported that
pressed the flag ot a secret relwl ari- tiie investigations made on the port of
ety.
•
Ja|an concerning the Prlhyloff incident
Drivers and stablemen employed at of June 10 sliow that the Japanese
the wlmlraale beef pecking houses in fishermen offered no resistance what
ever and that the firing by th« Ameri
New York are on »trike.
can guards was unprovoked.
The
Congrraernnn McCall, of Maae , pre Washington government has tieen no
dict« bardatone« a« a result of th« heavy tl led to that effect, and Tokio Is now
fine imposed oon the standard Oil com awaiting a reply. The public is watch -
pany.
t ig the affair with keen interest.
A I t. 1ST
CHANGE LOOKED FOR.
Telegraph Operators Expect
Overtures Soon.
Peace
Chicago, Aug. 26.—A crista will be
reached iu the tel «graph era1 sit ike
within the next few days, according to
the ei{m-tutions of Chicago operators.
Announcement to tlno effort waa made
U»iay by Frank Like», chairman of the
local strike committee, at a inerting.
Mr. Like» declined to diacloee fully hl»
Nason* for making thia statement, but
from other eoun-ea it was learned tliat
the operators are expecting that some
**rt of an offer will l«> rweived from
the companies within a short time.
In view of the determined stand
taken by both corporations sgai«»t
dealing with the »Itikers collectively,
this report was viewed with skepticism
in many quarter».
it is said tliat many ot the »trikera
would tie willing to return to wurk up
on the promise tliat they be given free
UM of typewriters and a moderate wage
ibctwaac. Ro .ignition of the union, it
1» dra-laml would n>>t
Insisted upon.
The staterneot of Mr. Like« concern
ing a poealble crista was made during a
dispute c< M’cming the advivabllity of
holding a «trikera* meeting tomorrow.
DOGS 8MUOOIE IN OPIUM.
Customs Officials Make Unique Dis
covery Near Blaine, Wash.
Hcattle, Aug. M.—One of Hie meet
clever methods of smuggling silk and
opium into the United State« from
British Columbia yet known luu, l«*«n
discovered by customs officers at Blain«,
Wash., on Hie international boundary
line. Trained dogs were iise-i to carry
on the I uainees'a d the custom» officer*
believe that hundreds of pounds of the
contraband drug have been brought
into thia country tn that manner. At
a result of the discovery by the officer»
Thomas Smith is in cusuxiy awaiting
trial on a charge of amuggling.
The first inkling that dugs were used
for smuggling came a few days ago
whcnOlflier lane, of the Bellingliam
station, aliot a dog which he saw run
ning through the thick limber neat
Blaine. The canine w»s listdcd down
with a leather saddle in which was
found three pound« of opium and a
trackage ot silk. Where the dog came
from and where he was going were
mysteries which the officials at once
l*-gan to ferret out.
The officer* took a coon dog with
them to the boundary line where the
first caninel waa ac*-n. Fag three days
they waited before another dog mtn»
along with a ¡-ack saddle on its txu-k.
Tins time there were three dogs l<*d<d
down with the drug.
Ttie men let
them pass, and then, with the aid of
the coon dug, they traced them to an
old shack near Blaine.
The officers
afterwards arrratmi Smith on a charge
of smuggling.
JUDGE SEARS DEAD.
Member of Stste Circuit Court for
Multnomah County.
Portland, Aug. 20.—Judge Alfrrel F.
Nears, Jr., of the Mate Cirlult court,
one of tlie foremost jurists of Oregon,
<lled of apoplexy at hie residence, 690
Ea»t Mdison street, shortly before 4
o'clock yratonlay morning. Ihwth wa»
altogether tmexpeetd, f< r not the
slightest warning to memtxn of th«
family foretold th» end. The funeral
will lie iield Tueday.
Judge Hears was in hl» n»nal health
Naturday. 11« war alxrat the city, and
to many of his frlrn<bi »nd ara-x i»t<-r
seemtd in the beet of spirits. He re
tired about 10 o'clock Naturday night,
ratiicr earlier than usual, and It wax
not until Mrs. Hears stepped into his
room a! I o'clock to era il he was sleep
ing well, tliat it waa known he had
pMaed away.
Dr. A. J. Giesy was irnmdiately
calld, but the judge was («st all med
ical eld.
He had c«Stec*l breathing
when found tiy Mrs. Hear», arid the
opinion of the physician ia tiiat he
had did but a short time l«*fore. No
sc tin*! wna hrard from hi» room, and
thia lead» U> the belief that the end
was peaceful and {»Inlera.
Develop Mexican Oil I and.
Was It Plat of Socialist»?
New York, Aug. 27.—Arrangements
Hl. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—At today a
lieve lieen completed tor tlie organiza
tion of a 160,000,000 American eyndl- !ee»»ion of the court martial trying per
cale, according to an announcement »>n» charged «Ith complicity in the
pnblishd t.xiay, which plan» to de plot against the czar discovered In May,
velop several million acre« of ol) lands Lieutenant Colonel Hplradovlch, chief
in Melico. It is the pnrpoee to ship of the Tsarkoe-Helo gendarmes, raised
the prodnet to Central and South the question whether tire Rodai Revo
America, also to Europe and Africa, In lutionary party was responsible for the
Culti petition wills the Standard Oil plot or it war the work of irresponsible
He said that after the
company.
The ayndirate will lake individuale.
over the Mexlran Petroleum company, dissolution of the douma the Norial
which own« approximately 1,000,000 revolutionists met in Finland and de-
delegate« who dr ola rd
n »ineed partv
f
aeree of land.
the party f had no connection with it.
Canada
Would Check Brown Flood
Ottawa, (>ntM Aug. 27.—The Domin
ion government la negotiating with
Japan to restrict the nnmtwr of Japan
ese Immigrants coming into Cana<la.
The existing arrangement provides for
the yearly admission of 600 from
Japan, but thia nnmlwr is multiplied
many times by arrivals from Honolulu.
It is propoeerl to limit the number to
600 from any port.
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WONDERFUL POWDER
United States Possess Secret ol
Deadly New Explosive.
CAN TEAR ANY SHIP TO PIECtS
Dunnite Proves Superior to Shlmoss.
W-th Which Japan Won Her
Great Naval Victorios.
New York, Aug. 24.—The Times
day say»:
"The ex|M*rl:n«nt»altiie Handy Hook
proving grourida with Dunnite, the high
t'xploeive invented by Major I'linn. of
the Ordnance cor)«, U. N. A., have
pruv.*l that th.* United State« |xie»<*e«ca
in Dunnite the secret ot an explosive
jierha}*» inure powerfal and destructive
than any other eipl.-ivc«vei invented.
"Dunnite, army officer» say, is mure
powerful than Bhimoee, tin* vxphwive
« h «hui. t !■■• .h. > -.U' ■
! :>t «>■■•!. t.-r -
riffe eiK’iition in the naval battles off
Port Arthur and Vla.li-.imtok and in the
H«a of Ja|ian. Bhimoee ordnance offi
cers »ay th« .-splixiive i« a compound of
picric acid, the secret of which is known
to the ordnan.e uffii ers of al! the tirst-
CÌMS,|x>neni. < >n the other hand, ilio
secret oí Dunnite !i» in the exclusive
piisaeeaion of the l!iiite*l Mat«*« govern
ment.
"in the recent tret« of ihinnite at
Sandy Hook it Is «aid that the very l>ret
five and six-inch armor | latee that
could I»* obtained were used ax targete.
The rreult ul every ahot wa» ilio rame.
The armor plat« wwx smashed into
thousands of «mall pieces, il i» said, l>y
their iin|iact, Tho iin|*a<-t ot the Dun
nite is also sll tliat is necessary io ac-
cotuplish the destruction of the target.
Penetration Is not nevereary, the iinfiact
being tuch that the armor I» shattered
into countleee pieces.
"The droping of a Dunnite shell on
the de. k of n !«vttli-«hlp, Il is said by
many ordnance officers, would mean the
immediate »Inking of tliat ship, not by
|i«netration of its vital l'ait», but sim
ply by racking th« v.-recl until her
m « iii < opened and tlie Inrush of
water
Selli her to the iMitt.im. This, it is raid
by win» ordnance officer», was the way
tiiat tho Ja)>ane»e put the Russian ship
out of commission. They would drop
tiie Hliitnose shell« on the decks, and
tho destiu<-live Nhimoee did the real.
Borah
Will Do Nothing to
Legal Proceedings.
Impede
Boise, Idaho, Aug. 23.—The stato-
merit mud» by Attorney General Bolla
|«rte that Senator Borah was to be
given an inuuixllste trial was showu to
District Allurm-y Ruick, and he waa
ukel if lie had recelvd any word frum
Attorney General lt-ina|>«rt«> rre|i««?tlng
the trial of Senator Borah. He replied
that he h.ti! m thing to say.
When
nskd as to the date fur the convening
of court next month, he teplie<i tiiat
the »ration would take up Nrptemlwr 0.
The matter referred tol» the reported
indictment of ><-natur Borah by tho
United Nlate« grand jury tiiat set here
in March
N<> official »tati-incnt on the
»ul )«-t hud ever l»'*-n made until the
attorney general gave out the atatemenk
rent from Washington.
The under-
-landing ia that an indictment was
found • barging tin* renator with having
had r oe irri-g ila
. -imrct ions ’with
tiinter trim-■i.-tn-nx under winch the
Barber i.uiuU-r e- mpany acquired title
t>> certain timber Inn-la. , <»r«-wxt nm-rvey
wra maintati <-d alxrat the whole matter
nt the time the grand jury was in era-
sion and nothing^« hatever ot an official
cliaractor bad l*«un given t* the public
until l! <• dc|«rtmeiit of justice gave out
tlie statement that an immediate trial
»»« to Ixi given tiie senattor.
Tiiat is
th*- first otliclal utterance indicating an
indictment was found.
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sro
IMBUID WITH HOPE.
Portland Operators Far From Dis
couraged Over Situation.
Specimen for Mining Congress.
Says Wilt Be No War.
Heattie, Wash., Aug. 24.—General
Greely, addressing s meeting of the
Nome ehamlier of cominerrr, «here the
sentiment was strongly in favor of war
with Japan, declared that there is no
prosjiea-t of trouble wjth the insular
kingdom. General Gr«-ely Insisted tlial
both countries have interests in com
mon that demand a pacific adj'Mtrnent
of their troubles.
The meeting was
largely attendivi by Nome district min
ers, who «anted a bellictwe announce
ment and who left disappointed at the
speech.
Sultan’s Brother on Throne.
I
ANXIOUS FOR I RIAL.
I’orllatiil Aug. 23
There was noth
ing in the countenances ot the little
go up ot telegraph *>|>cratoro gathered
in the «trike headquarters at the Es
mond hotel last night that would Indi
es tie dlacourngi-merit onr ti e situation.
The) diM'ii- i«l with earnest ue»S various
phase« of the progress ot the strike.
They say
“ We lutve the wires tied up all over
the country in »pile ot reports to the
contrary. Why, if a man puts a mes
sage on the wire, hay, at Chicago fora
ci nut point it is more than likely to go
up Into the air before fairly getting un
der way. He has no way to find out
whether it got start-d, even, or not.
"We have daily ic|»>rta from tiie
chief officers in th« I suit and letters In
every mail and can say that Portland
seeiiiH to have a better service Uslay
than any place In ti e country, ami you
know what w<- have here. The latest
we lutve from Chicago is the dispatch
received this evening stating that out
•if tin* 1,700 operator» in that city we
liave not lost a mail through deeertlon.
"We a!.“, i h<nr that a strike has
SAILS NEXT DECEMBER.
taken <■!!•■< t am g the strikebreakers
It reems tiiat the com-
Roosevelt Will Send Only Six Battle in that city.
(■any makes no distinction between
ship» to Pacific.
first cl«-» ■ fwratora and novices in ths
New York, Aug. 24.—He«r«tary Izieb ruattter < t pay.”
snnotm<-e*l tonight that a fleet of six
battieahipa will »tart for tho Paclfle
MANNING
_' PROSECUTE.
some time tn Ihvember via tho Him it«
of Magellan, touching at Han FranciM'o
District Attorney Wilf Investigate Fatt
als>> probably at Puget sound.
ure of Portland Bank.
A destroyer flotilla will leave for the
Pacific about tiie same time, but will
Portland, Ar.a. 23.—Two announce
not acC'Uiipany tho liattlerihipe.
ment« stand out u» the ino»t lmp< rtant
Thia la the first jse.tive announco- development* yraterday In the dr «gun
merit i f the .late when ttie battltehip Trust A Havings tank failure: Dis
fleet will sail forthe Paoiflccoast. The trict Attorney Manning's »tatement
first announcement was ma<lo by Secre tire; h<- w-.iild pr-«< i ute the officers end
tary of the Navy Metcalf on July 4, and ■ lirictore of the bank it hie investiga
the details were given out ttie following tions warranted such action, and Presi
.lay, but tlie .late of departure «as only dent W. II. M >-ire'a iMwiiranco tliat tlie
given vaguely as some time in the fall. (sink's «»»eta would lx* able to [ay ths
It was xtate-l In July that iff liattle- d>-|- »it- r» dollar for dollar If he were
siil,« four cruisers and the gunboat glieli reasonalde time, unhampered by
Yorktown would c im< Uiroiigh Magel criminal pronecution or Federo! lank-
lan Strait«, but the alxivo dipatch says ruptcy proceeding».
only six l>attlc«hi)o ate ct-mirig.
This
Hitting ns a gran ! jury this morning,
may 1« an error in transmission, which District Attorney Manning will hear
it is im|x««»itde to liave correcte.) in the the testimony of depositors who en-
preeent condition ot the telegraph serv triiat.-*! funds to the Oregon Trust A
ice
It is quite probable, however, Nsvings tank on Tuesday, the last day
tliat tho number six is correct and ■ if its rxistem e. If lids evidence aliali
that tho number I as boon cut down, I*, that officiala of the lank accepted
either bceause the government thought <l«|MMlt» alter the institution waa in-
it unwise to so nearly drmude the At solvent, active prosecution will be
lantic coast of !mttlc«hl|>* or l*cauae it started and Mr Manning promisee to
was desired to deprlvs^tiie movement of land tlie guilty In th« |«*nitenllary.
any appearance ot a h<«tile dornonatra
A complaint has lieen made out for
tion against Ja,«n.
lheatrrat of the officer» ot the batik
Assuming that Hie fleet starts on its and « Tii.»dny depositor will sign tho
voyage about the middle of iM-eml-er, •virnplaint today, should Mr. Manning's
it should arrive at sen Franciaoo alxiut InvratlgntirHi prove the truth of Die
the middle of February, HMM, as <10 accusations already made l>y late de-
days ia consider*! ample time for the puoltoro.
voyage.
Cholera Outbreak in China.
Tangier, Aug. 26.—A courier from
Morocco City confirms the reports tiiat
Berlin, Aug. 24 —A Hlianghal special
Ute sultan's brother waa pr<* lairned says that there is a cholera OWtbfOak la
sultan August 16, and iHnnisil the China, and several Europeans have sue-
throne. The new snltsn dec lares bis co
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thereto.
Preventive
measure«
intention of appointing another twoliier ' l>ave been adopted in the foreign quar
kalif of Fes, and then pn«eed to take tor.
Heveral Chinese and Japanroe
command of the Moorish forces heeleg- | towns are affected but a spread through
ing Cara Blanca.
(ocean steamers la regarded improbable.
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Joplin, Mo., Aug. 23.—The produc
tion of Iea.i and sine in the Miseoarl*
Kansas district thia rear will be larger
than ever before, last year the pro
duction amounted to more than lift,-
000,000. Paring the 32 weeks of this
year tlie district has produced aitmaf
412,00C,000 worth. tircalcare Is be
ing tak»n to get flue ore specimens for
the exhibit to the l*e marie at the Amer
ican Mining congress which cony enee
here in November. Recently a piece of
lead ore weighing 1,600 pounds was
hoisted from a mine at Granby, Mo.
Jews Yet to Conquer World.
The Hague, Aug. 23.—The cl<ae to-
■lay of the teghth International Zionist
congress, which has Irren in evasion In
thia city since August 14, was marked
with great enthusiasm.
Pr. David
Wolfe. <>f Cologne, deliver»«! the do
ing speech, Ife said, among other
things, that the Jewish people most
yal oonuuer the world.
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