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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readen
B AFPENIN6S ÛF HO COMlNEVn
A Resume of ths Less Important but
Not
Lata
Intereating
Eventa
of the Past Week.
Tr attic on Texae row la la tied up by
washouts.
The Japanese author it ma are exclud
ing Chinese coolie«.
A Franco-('an*.Ilan r**ciprocity treaty
has been almoat concluded.
Begging letters are making life mis
erable for Mr. Ruaeeii Hage.
President Rooaeveh will aim
next blow el the lumber trust.
hie
Two men were killed at I*envnr In
an auto race during labor day celebra
tlon.
OPTIMISM PREDOMINATES.
New Yctk, Hept. 8.— Remarkable lor
their opt 1 miaui are the trpliee from
more than 3,<XX) retail merrhanta, job
bers and bankers regarding tlieFuainees
outlook of the country, which are print
ed today in the Dry Goode Economist.
They ahow that tliere la no ev ider.ee ct
Ixraimme depression, that on the whole
tlie retailers are purvhaalng as heavily
•a they did last year, and that all are
looking for a continuation<dprosperity.
There ia not the slightest evidence of
the preelmiam tiiat lias perva>le«! Wall
street. Where there is a trade depreg-
•ion, It ia due U> local eooditfone, as,
for instance, in !NU) Franc la* >, where
on account of the labcr trouble*, the
merrhanta have not purchae«*l aa heav
ily aa heretofore, in other placne the
metchante for U>e m<»*t ¡art *tate that
It !s lAcaure pricre are so high that
they look for a lower ievei and are pur*
c baa mg for the Immediate demand only
Five question* were asked by the
Economist
^rs in making
the canvass of the buaineee condition*.
They are:
China has ordeted Japanese troops to
"Wluvl are the crop rimditicm* of
withdraw from the Northerly pari oi
rout set'tioo?
Core«.
"How are the farmers fixed finan
Republican leaders prefer not to tin
ker with the tariff until after Um Ivor) cially?
election.
"Ia labor well employed or otherwise
in
your city and vicinity?
Htrlking telegraph operators in Chi
"Do you observe any condition which
cago have a plan which they think la
•ure to win the fight forthem.
would cause you serlonaly to apprehend
One ami a third fare is announce*! any decline from present prosperity'*
"Have you bought a* freely a* last
over the railroads to the next iwraion
of the Trans-M iseiseippl cong teas which year at thia time?”
In classifying the replies, the state*
tneem at Muskeg«*«, I. T., November 24.
and territories were placed in five
The Courier-Journal building in great division*. In all of these on the
Louisville, Ky., has Iran destroy««! by whole the proepecta for gool cro|*i are
fire.
bright and, wlx rv the crops are lighter
Several railroads in the Wrst sre said than heretofore, the higher price* more
to lie violating the Elkina law by giving than compensate. In all section* there
• Plica's to I* a scarcity of available
relates.
labor, while unusually high pric«a are
Roosevelt has given up the idea of tie!ng ¡ aid.
joint statehood between Ariaona aud
“All’a well," is the summary which
New Mexico.
the Economist make* of the situation
A Kansas City striking telegraph op in the entile country.
erator ha* tieen tlmxl |ft00 for aaaaiilt-
ing a man he mistook fur astrikebrrak-
NEW ELECTRIC POWER.
er.
A rumor has been circulated that Italian Inventor Promise* to Revolu
Roosevelt has purvhas««! the New York
tionise the World.
Tribune, but the story lacks confirma
New
York,
HepL 3.—Confident that
tion.
ho
is
the
diacuverer
of an al««*trical de
Tacoma commercial bodies are busy
with an ndileavor to liave the Atlantic vise tiiat Is to revolutionise Uie world
fieet of lettleebipa visit that city while Industrially and ««xmomirally, Rattle
in the Pacific.
llova, an eicx'trical engin«er, has corm»
France will demand of Morocco ex- from Carincis, Italy, for the pur ¡»we of
¡pns«<H for the present military aud na demonstrating before America's brat
val action. Him will be supported by
experts wi»at his invention will do.
Getuiany and Great Britain.
It conahta of a small lottery and
A number of telegraph operators have
transforming
apperatua, which, ht*
retum««i to tueir ¡ilscra in Ht. Ix.uls
packing houses. They will receive the rays, will run the largest dynamos
old scale ¡»ending an adjustment of the without the use of strain or other en
Strike.
ergy. He says It may l*e applied to
A Chicago labor leader is are us«** 1 of l<K<»motives, st««iufhi|ai. lighting ami
grafting.
heating plants or anything «here elec
Central Amerimns welcome Roose trical energy is employed. He calls
velt and Diax aa ¡sweiuakisi
hia invention the "auto vibro electru'a
The government may ask fora receiv sorgv-nte." In a statement he saya:
ership for the llarrimau roads.
"In building a fire one tirat must
A railroad is ¡»rejected from the liave a match. I have discover««! the
northern part of Nebraska to the gulf. match o! electricity, and with It start
the fire tiiat continue« to burn. In
Senator Warren, of Wyoming»
oUier wor<ia, with a sutwlanre tiiat may
the Weat wants to renominate Rooe«»-
be obtained anywhere for a few cento 1
velt.
originate the force that seta the dynamo
All railreade In the Northwest are in motion and c< ntmuce it Inaction.
granting a nine-hour day in machine I am not relying upon theory, hut have
•hope.
made many teste in Italy Uirough
A greater rush of homeerakera to the which I i net rase. I the ordinary forte
North weal is predicted for Hej>teml»er manifold wiUiout the ahi of steam or
any other power except what I obtained
Ilian ever before.
frem n>y small lottery.
1 am using
Elevator compantee In Minnesota the electricity which exists in all of
owued by farmers are to be iuerg««l for nature's elements and which has hith
mutual protection.
erto been wasted."
L
-
The government will nee«l 126,000
tons of real to carry the lattlrahip fieet
Mooney I* Reinstated.
into Pacific waters.
Han Francisco, Hept. 3.—One of the
Prince Wilhelm, heir to the Hwediah first acts of the Taylor board of police
three«. Is thoroughly enjoying his visit commi-eioners waa to reinstate Captain
of Police Mooney.
Captain Mooney
to the United Htatee.
The kaiser Is an alone to have his we* dismiased by the Hchmitr l*«rd for
only daughter we<l Prince Ix*opold, son criticising the method of es-Chief Dl-
nan and the then laiard of commission
of Prince Henry, of Hattenticrg.
ers. Mr. Mooney addrraned his com
Pertlaml commercial budiee and Um pany on the necevsity for greater alert-
Oregon repriwentativee in corigrraa are nee* in the suppression of vice. He
working to have the l«ttIrahip fieet warn««! the men tiiat the friendship of
visit Portland.
chief of ¡mlice and police cotnmiselon-
The new sultan of Morocco is mak ers would not eave timer tiiat he found
ing many changes in hit foreign minis derelict in any matter of duty.
ters. A is rye nnmiwr of priaonsrs have
also been IHierated.
Great Church In Danger.
lx»ndon, Hept. 3.—The committee of
Izw Angele« counci linen are conauier-
ing a measure which would provide architects appointed to inquire Into Ht.
• gainst the invasion cf Indigent tuber Paul's cathedral has issua! a report
cular ¡•tients ahippeil from outeide which declare* that, while the rallied-
pointe in hope leas condition.
ral is in no Immediate danger, elaborate
Nelson Msrrls, millionaire ¡»acker of precaution* are neceeeary to preserve It
from diraater.
Chicago, la dea*L
r
Four girls were burned to death In a
fire at Oklahoma City.
IRR ICATIONIST MEET
Merchant* Throughout Country Find
Good Tims* Prevail.
Cholera Slaying Chinese
Hhanghai, Hept. 3 —The epidemic of
The Moors bare again attacked the
cholera among Chinese in lower Yang-
French, but were defeated.
Tee porta ia spreading.
About 200
Coeta Rica baa established a quaran persons died in the street* of Cuba, In
tine against all vessels from Cuban ths province of Ngan-Hwoi and Kiu-
ports.
Kiang, province of K langs I.
Fifteenth Annual Session Con
venes In Sacramento.
Good B.
Ing Accomplished at the Big
California Gathering.
Sacramento, (hl., Hept. 3.—lliat the
Fifteenth National Irrigation cvmgree*
will be the mo*t socceeaful in the his
tory of the great work ttoat attract* the
attention of the entire world was the
unanimous ver! ict of thousand* of de lo
an tee ami visitors wlm gathrnw! yestei-
ilay to attend the oper]Ing » aaions.
The largo number of tie legatee an«!
the erithus asm dmp>a»««i indicate that
much ia to be accomplished during the
congree*. The gathering is not only
national, but inlernatlonai incliaracter,
a* there were seated on the platform of
the gaily ilreoiated convention hall rep
reaentativea of foreign countries, includ-
In* Germany, China am!
Mexico.
President Roosevelt had hla personal
representative, Gifford Finchot, chief
government foieeler: Vice President
Fairbanks wss a gurat of honor; there
were knr governors of states, senatora,
congressmen and other distinguished
r-
F t ■ -ill tl.c tin.« I uentlti
I '3. . ■ I - le r* I ■> ■'• t t1 .-re.it . at ■ .■ • i ,
to order and intn»iuc«*d Governor
Chamber lain, of Oregon, president of
the National Irrigation congtra«, wor*la
<>f welcome and praiae for the great
work of saving the forrats. etorlcg the
tl<»«la. reclaiming the deeerta and mak
ing homea on Uie land, marked the pro-
c«<e>linga. The addreee«« of the «¡a*ak-
ers ami the imsrageof Piesnlent RilOee-
velt were received with heatty approv
al. Governor Gillett's a*lilre*s oi wel
come was a glowing tribute to the re-
•ounes of California, and be turned
over the entire stat« to the visitors.
Mr. Ctiamberlain, in commenting on
the tiret a.'ssion, remarked that the
present congreaw eiiowa more interest in
tbe work in hand than any other «mn*
gram '
led, ami added that
during tbe w«-«<k quest loll« of intenae
im|M>rtai»'e will be <liacus»««l.
The irrigation Palace has a seating
aa-ommodatione f»r about 3,ft<M) peo
ple, and in addition to delegates a large
number of »¡»«ctaters are provide«! for.
The interior of th*building present« a
feetive app«*araiH*v with strramers cf
varied huso. Over I he ap«<ak«ia' plat
form are the w obi
"Science bids the
desert drink."
On th« walls In a conspicuous man
ner the Washington delegation rail««!
attention to the ihrelie ol Walla Walla
to have the next congress held there.
The congress opentsi with the "Irri
gation Ode," which »ax rendered by
the 200 meml»era of the Og»lcn Taber
nacle choir, an organisation oomprising
120 men and W) women.
Mayor M. It. Beard of Sacramento
then deliverwl the address of weteome
on lieiialf of the city and wa* followed
by Governor James N. Gillette, who
wek*omed the delegat«*« to the stale.
Both otticials cxpreeeed the pleasuin of
th« people In having the visitor* with
them am! «¡><‘ke of the importance of
the work of tlie cungriMM. Governor
Chamtierlain followed in behalf of the
oongreee.
NEXT DOSE IS FOR CHINT.
Japan Ind gnant at Hostile Actions of
Flowery Empire.
Tokio, Hept. 3.—The unconciliatory
attitude of the Chinese government to
ward Japan is gradually Increasing, and
it ia now verging on the anti-Japsnree.
There is indignation here at the sudden
change of front I y China. The situa
tion at Pekin ia attracting the atten
tion <>f public thinkers. It is felt that
for the sake ol tranquility in the Far
East the prevent conditions shculd not
tie maintained.
In some uarter* it la thought that it
is absolutely neoeosary to Impress
China with the unreasonableness of
here present attitude, and send for that
pur]««« a b>rem<*>t atatramsn to repre
sent Japan at Pekin.
Attempt to Wreck Bridge.
Derby, Penn., Hept. 3.—A bold at
tempt was made by some unknown
person thia morning to blow up with
dynamite a bridge of the Baltimore A
Ohio railroad, crowing Quarry street
aliove Darby. The terrific erploalon
was heard all over Derby, and the
greatest exciteiner.t prevailed.
The
woodwork waa blown in all direction*
and conaiderable damage waa done.
The authorities of the railroad are b«ia-
ily engwgol running out several clews,
which they hope will lead them to ap
prehend the dynamiters.
190"
GLASS IS CONVICTED
Jury Find* Him Guilty of Bribing San
Francisco Supervisor.
Han Franciaeo, Aug. 31.—After de
liberating about 1ft minutes, the jury
in the cess of Ixvuls (.i|aae, vic* presi
dent of tile Pacific States Telephone A
Telegraph company, last night returned
a verdict finding him guilty of bribing
supsrviaors.
only one formal ballot
was taken, ths jurors being uuatiimoua
on an Informal ballet.
Aseiatant District Attorney Ileney
made the closing argument ami af>>kc
for an hour and a halt, during which Structure Near Quebec Was Mils and
lime he lo> k encanion to severely con
Half Long, and Half of It Fell
demn the modern methode of some cur-
poration* in doing boniness and charged
Without Warning.
tiiat they were undermining the govern-
merit. The esaaion waa held in one of
tbs smaller tialla and only a limited
Queb«<c, Aug. 31.— A section of the
num tier of .p«<tators could be accom-
new
bridge* aer<««i the Ht. lawreiioe
mcalated. A thousand pimple wait««!
outside the building and listened to tlie river, five mil«* Iwlow this city, col
word* of Mr. Hency, who could be lapsed late yiwterday, carrying scores of
bridge workman and UMvhanice into
hrard through Ike op»-n windows.
Judge IXIwlot concluded hi* charge the water. It ia catmiate«l that the loss
at V 3ft o'cluck and the courtroom was of life is at least til), ami may exve«*!
th<n cleared. Ten minute* after the tiiat number by 20.
The bridge nr about a mile and a
onl«r *«» given the jury was deliberat
ing and within 16 minute* Foreman iurlf long ami lialf of it, front the south
F I.«al •nnounc««l the verdict ol guilty. •Imre to mldatiearu, crumpled up and
Ninety tuen
Mr. iMimva waa mt preeent, but Mr. dr«|>p«'d Into the water.
Mcl'ike, ins aanociate, moved for a stay were at wot k on this s«vtion of the
structure,'ami the whistle had blown al
of judgment.
Next We.luralay morning waa fixed ’■ .¡‘i f<>- t l,. iii tu -put w.” k f..r the day,
wheji there came a smiden grinding
a* th« tim« for parsing sentence.
Aseistant District Attorney John •onnd from the bridge mi<i*tr<«m.
I'hc tuen turned to *«<c what had hap-
O’Gara spoke for halt an hour and
com lu<led the opening argument for the ¡w*iicd, and an instant later the cry
"The bridge is falling."
people In the lilaas bribery trial In went up
Th«* mon made a rush shoreward, twit
the morning. He was followed by T.
C. t'-xigaii ng the di'lei:»!', wh .»|~>k<' the distance wa* too great for them to
r*en|>e. The falling section o! the
for t»<> I : r*
bri "I Mi. Coogan's argu bridge« dragg«-d otbets after it. The
ment waa, as in the former trial, the •napping girder* and ralde* Loomed
utter lack of direct evidence connecting like a crash >4 artillery.
Terror lent It oct newt to the feet if
Glaae with the commission of the
the
frightened workmen aa they « jwh I
crime charged, namely, the bribing ol
ahorewaid, but only a few of them
Sujervisor Ixvnergan.
reached safety Udore the last piece of
iron work on the Mouth ahute was
SMASHED IN RUINS.
dragged into the river.
Near the shore the wreckage of the
Fifteen Passenger* Killed In 1 roller bridge did not go !<eiow th«* surface < f
the water and eight workmen who re-
Csr Wreck In Illinois.
Mattoon, III., Hept. 2.—Fifteen per malm**l above water were rescued ami
sona were kille-i and al»»ut fti) injured 'taken to live hospital at la*via.
The strainer Glenruont had just
in a bead-on collision l»elwran an inter
urban expreea train conalatlng of a oleared the bridge when the first a«c-
muter car train and a traction car on tlon fell. The water thro«.n up by the
the Mattoon A Charleston electric line debris <ame clear over the briilge of the
this morning. The crash occurred <>n steamer. The captain at once ordered
They piled
a sharp curve on«» mile w«et of Charles out all the small boats.
l«ck«ar«i ami forward for half an hour,
ton
Confusion of orders receiv««! over Um but tliere waa no sign of life.
The Quelxx* bridge was I »'gun atxiut
telephone I* s»1! to liave l««<n Um catiee
of the ao'ldent. Tim cars sppro«« h«i •even yrars ago, arid war to have lawn
nai'h other at a high rate of »¡»<<«1 and finished in H*OW. Huloidiee Kaul Iwwn
Um Im¡»act waa So terrific tiiat the grant««! by the Federal ami Provincial
motor rat was telescoped by the trac governments ami the city of Qurtw«,
tion car. There waa n>' waruing am! and tiie exllmated coat for work was
lew paMctigris had lime to ««ape by IIO.OUO.OOu. The Phoenixville Bridge
company, of Penney ltanla, had the
jumping.
I ' ••■¡waeetigt
ail dt whom eoutract for the construction of the
wste on th« way to Um fair at Charles hr Idge.
DEATHS REACH AT LEAST SIXTY
ton, were crushed or maimed where
STRAW COMPANY FORMED.
limy »at in the cars. Home who ra-
ca|*«l ami who were able to speak aay
the acene at the wreck waa gruraomc. Organised by Pacific States Concern
The <!<«'! and dying were jammed to
to Keep Out Rival.
gether In a mass, acme shrieking with
San
Franciaco,
Aug 30.—The task of
¡«in and children crying for their
mother*, who were thought to be •bowing that the Paoiflc Htatea Tele
phone A T«l>i<ni|>h cumpafty in lWft
among Uie dead.
sought to prevent the entrance into
< >akland of tlie Home Telephone oom-
FRENCH IN CORNER,
fiatiy by organising a "straw" Home
Telephone company and obtaining for
Moors Suddenly Surround Troops by it a franchise waa iraumcd at the con
Feint of Retreat.
tinuation of the («lags brilwry trial
Cans Blanca, Hept. 2.—During the yeeteiday. William A. Bcealy, an at
fighting lirtwern the French forrra and torney of Han Jose, tratithvl that he
the Moors yeelcrdhy near the French luvl bld in the franchise ami furni*li««l
rsmp, the Moors at fits! retreate«l and a surety Lond <d 42,ft<M) to the Oakland
It was l*ellevel that the engagement counoil, ami then !>ad sign««! and de-
waa over, when suddenly the enemy livernl through Halsey all of hie stock
rre[iprarrd in great (on*e in two direc holdings in th« "straw’* company to
tion«. The Hpahl and irregular Alger E. J. Zimmer who at that time was
ian cavalry found tbemselvce almost auditor of the Pacific Slates Telephone
Itabee«|uent)y
surrounded but formed a Square and A Tel«*gra|>h com|«ny.
slowly fell tack unlit reinforced. In the scheme waa alundonrd and Zimmer
the meantime the F rench ah ips ahow- went to the clerk of the Oakland coun
«re<i abella among the hills, aoatterlng cil ami caiuHxl the fmmhiae to l*e for
the enemy. The engagement lasted feit*«! ami th«* bond released. He re
ceived for his arrvicM I KM) a month
three hour«.
The line of lattle extended over two ami aliout 111,000 lor expenara.
Ihdmaa elh ted from the wfitncaa the
mil««*, and it is eetlmal««l tiiat about
12.00U Moors were eogaged. Tbe I**»» statement that the legal jsvpcrs con
of the latter is not known, but It Is be nected with the attempt* of the tele
lieved t» have lieen htavy, aa U>* phone corn|«my to atippresn opi«witlon
French ofiii'crs count««! the bodies ef 20 bad !«M*n prepared by the legal depart
Moots In one roadway.
The French ment of the company preside I over by
Mr. Pillsbury, who on the stand swore
Ira* waa 1ft killed or wounded.
The cruiaer* Gloire and Guardon to that thia work had bran solely under
day bomlard««l the tirach tteyond Casa the direction of Glass.
Blanc«, where tbe lotre of Moorish cav
alry gathered, but soon <l|*[wr*ed It.
One Trust Seek* Paacs.
•e ‘ .»■
Dalle*, Tex., Aug. 31.—A new torn
Governor Offered Bribe.
• as taken to>!ay in the anti-trust •nil
Chicago, Hept. 2.—A dispatch to I be of th«* state of Trias against the Inter
Tribune from Indianapolis says:
national Harvester comfany of Amer-
field T. Durbin, governor of Imlaina ira for $1,000,000 penalties ind to
from KM)I to 1906, made the eenaaUon- drive the company out of Texas. Ef
• 1 statement last night that soon after forts were l«*gun to settle the case out
hla inauguration a* governor attempts of court, and indliationa, it is raid, are
were made to bribe him to turn over that the efforts will eucreed. Th« terms
Willism A. Taylor, Ksntocky's refugee of the agreement, if one has bran made,
governor, to the authorities of the state have m>t lieen mailc public. The at
for trial on the charge of conepiracy to torney* on both side* lurvr i»«eii In con
assassinate Governor Goebel. The offer ference bsiay at Houaton ami something
to ex-Governor Durbin, according to may develop.
hia own statement, was |1i'!,000 in
cash.
Enjoins New Rates to Creameries
Witness Feas Pald John D.
Revolution Near In Argentine.
Buenoe Ayree, Sept. 3.—New* of ser
ious unmet in tlie province of Curri-
enlea )>*• readied here. Armed lamia
lave appear**! on the frontier and re
volution ia mid to be imminent.
BRIDGE COllAPSES
Scores ol Workmen Thrown Into
St. Lawrence River.
LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES
Indication* Point to Much
SEPTEMBER
Chicago, Hept. 2.—The witnese fee*
and mi les ir« clalmed by John D. Rock
«follar lot his appearat.ee lefore Judge
Latidle some wseke sities, hsve been
pald. A cheek for 1*3 was rnailed tn
his home lo Cleveland.
I
JAPAN WILL NOT FIGHT
Luka Wright Says She Has No Money
for Gigantic War.
Heatlie, Wash,. Aug 30.—Luk* E.
Wright, ex ambai-rador to Japan and
prior to that governor of the Philip
pines. returned to this country tolay
on the steamer Minnesota
Speaking
of Ja|*»ne«e Conditions, Mr. Wright
•aid
"There will be no war between thia
country ami J*|wn. In the tiiat place
I do not believe tlint Japan ia able
financially to wage such a war aa a coa
ti ict with America would Involve. Be-
sides, it i* a fact that the Ja|*n.rae gov
ernment is sincerely in favor of ¡»race
and will Item! every effort to keep the
relatione l«i»><n the two government*
amicable.
"I hoiie nothing will happen that
would induce thi* government to con
sider giving up possession of th* Philip
pi m*
We must retain th-«e Island*
• ml develop them a* they aie capiable
of bring itevekiped.
Furthermore, we
m-ed them to strengthen our trade rela
tions with the Orieut."
k'Al
Would
Get Qreatsr Revenue From
Corea Out of Land.
Iki .*, \ i. 2*'
tn Mnp"riant state
council whl. h was to have lieen held
. has been
aatil Friday,
owing to the fact that some of th* min
ister* and cider stateetuen from out of
town havi been detained on account of
the recent tlood andc>*n*v<|ueiit damages
to the railway*.
The council has J<een
specially cal lei to cotixldei Marquis
Ito’a plan of Curran policy, necessitated
by the new relat ■ n* cMabliahed by the
lad convention between Corra and
Japan.
I'hc <!. tail* <>f Marqtiia Ito'a plan* are
unknown, but the fundamental points
am twlteved to cotni*t in effecting a
thorough reform iu the land system,
which i* now in a chaotic condition,
ami al*o the »wtablishlng of a new sys
tem of judb-iary ami police on the Jap-
anrae plan.
These measures will
naturally bo considerable <>( a drain on
the Japan«-* treasury.
It la thought
ti nt Marquis It., plan* l n«k an extra
annual outlay of a little over 1,000,000
yen for a period of five yrar*.
Scared Foreigners Flee.
Pittsburg, Aug. 30. — With their
Iwniara slipping and erraking and win
dow* breaking, several hundred for
eigner* have desert*! their homes at
Pprt Vue, i> suburb, fearing drath in a
landslide which threatens to bury Hcott
street and 2ft dwellings. The trouble
is reused by the digging of a new rail
road cut KM) yards lelow.
The rar th
between the cut and the hillside where
the hour«•* stand is underlaid by a soft
elude a««|iHtoiie, and th« whole mas* la
• lowly moving toward* the cut. The
¡a»t 24 hours too yards of Hc«»tt street
dropped 30 feet below its original level.
Anarchy Rule* French Navy.
Paris, Aug. .10.—A full report of the
senatorial com mi salon on llie eiploaina
.March 12 at Toulon, which destroyed
the liatllvahip Im». juat published,
chargra that the dlaaxter ia directly
traceable to irrt«|<onaibillty, general
Indifference and lack of harmoy pre
vailing in the navy.
The report de
mand* the inauguration < I aeveral re
form*, and «ay* that the varloua branch-
ra of tbe naval service are divided by
jealousy and there la no anperior au
thority. .Im h branch work* apart, re
sulting in a «late of anarchy.
Want American Education.
Heattie, Wash, Aug. 30.—Tactal
Wan, a mandarin of the eeoond rank,
came to Seattle today on the Hill liner
Mlnneaoln in charge of a |arty of ten
young men and six young women, pick-
<«l by the Chinese government for «du
ration In this country. The girl* will
be taken by the mandarin to Welleeloy
for a five year entires of training and
the young men are to enter Yala and
Columbia nniveraitlee. Horne will be
graduated a* engineers and ths other*
given a preliminary training for diplo
matic miaeiona.
Oppose Antl-Japaneaa Agitation.
Boe ton, Aug. 30.—The Boston cham-
ber of comtnerre today adopted reeoln-
lions deprecating agitation aa tending
to call f rlh all feelinga tietween the
United Htatra and Japan.
It declared
opposition to any legislation Intended
to discriminate against Jspan or her
•iliaena.
Wifi Trap Hostile Moor*.
Casa Blanca, Aug 30.—General Ihm!«
has do-Ide.I to dlspach a portion of the
French force five mile* south to endeav
or t .(trap the Moore. The preliminary
11 tala of Ml prisoner* charged with as-
mm I nation, pillage and
connivance
with h<«tile Moor* has l>egun.
Sultan May Be Killed.
London, Aug. 30.—The Tangier er>r-
rra|iotid«nt of the Tribune telegraph«
nn<)er reserve that there is a rumor that
Chicago. Aug 31__ Judge Kohbutt, Hultsn Alidul Asli has tieen »aaaaeinak
In the Federal court, on complaint of ed in the ¡«lara at Fea.
14 creamery concerne of the Middle
Maiagan Acclaim* Naw Sultan,
Weat, temporarily enjoined 14 West
ern railroads and five exprcee comían
Tangier, Aug. 30.—It la announced
les from eetablishlng, Heptemtwr I, that the aultan'a brother has been ac-
new rates fot tranaporting milk and e la I med sultan by the entire population
butter.
of Masagan.
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