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WEEKLY: OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBERO,;! ' ''"''-.. - . ... - . - - 4 . i i . -r s f --i Greeting Given Hoosevelt in Chicago Last Night---Unsurpasse(l in Campaigning. Ee Made Two Speeches1 to Large Away Democrats and Failed CTIICAOO. J1I., Oct. C Concluding a program of a busy day of campaign ing, embracing a-Aonni speeches. Gov ernor Roosevelt tonight addressed two Chicago atulJii-t, which -crowded both the Coliseum and the First Begi mmtArunflri yet he hadto disapjiolut everal thouaaud ersns on whom the doors was, chKttsl after, the - big building Mere filled. -; . j. . Iun1r-lH of club memliers, mount 41 and In khaki uniform, were formed lu line, aud Die Governor was escorted to the -Auditorium hotel, where he look dinner.' Along the roule the side walk were tu roused." and uiimcrous band made music. fr the marchers. For W tiiiuute after Governor Itooaevell arrival at t he Coliseum, the men. eheeriNl and waved flags. "Women - stood 'iiiwtii chair,' waved . handkerchief, ami shouted. Just as quiet wan restored, a storm of :ippl.iiis. was 'provoked again'' by the Rough Rider regiment, which niarched in and oeeupted the gallery behind the plat form. -. . : ' '":. ''." t ffskix.' ; r :. ,irfoie,Maho o t. i--TMlay wa the last day on which declination of uoiu Inations culd x tihil. and it .clowd without any ehauge-iu the fusion situ ation. Fusion Itetweeu liennK-rat and Populist is now llinNssible. The jHMiioerat ha-e tlM names of three Populists on tlieir' ticket, viz: Oleii. fro Coimres: K. X. Jones, for auditor; and JI.'II. Jacol, for mine insiMH-tor. A HEALTH REPORT OR TIIK PIIKT Of ASTORIA riLKIi WITH tOVEHNOR UEER. V Ir. J. A, Fultoa Report the Sanitary Con " dllloit of tb VMIa Arriving: . ' Daring- ThrN onth. fFroln Dally Statesman. Oet.7.) The ':n:irieily reitort of. Dr. J- A. 1'ulttiu, trpnttli .Ik . officer of the tort f - Astoria, j estcrdav filed bis quarterly . . ... report with I tor., T. T. -Geer. showing . the v;t.f",n'riug Jhe port during ".tlie iiitrr( lieiiig in good. sanitary condltioi. The rNrt show the fol lowing vessel' a baring arrived: " ... July 1st - PrUishf steamer Fuauken - pteln. Captain Atkinson; with - a c'rwt of "2 men; fsom Xagasatl in Itallast. .The Germai ship Regal. Captain Tieo pold, :!5 men: from Nagasaki in bal J:iHt. ' July 2d Iiritlsh ftieamer Uraemer. 'aptaiu Watt. rl aieu, from Hong .Kong; geiieml eargo July i:;thrritrslr Iip Xuhdate, raptaiu SteveiiM, 24 men. from Shang hai; in ballast. August 2d-nritih bark Cedar Rank, Captain 1'aehler, ;U men, from Uoug Kong; in tal!at. August ilth ISrltlxii steamer Argyle. i'aptalu UoUTts 4(i men. from Ilong Kong; in bn Ha st. German ship Itol ert 1U ken. Captain Swathing, i" men, from Shanghai; in hal!at. ,f August l.'tth (ii'iiiuii liip ItlrerUale 'aptalu l'ort er, 2-S men, from Ilant , burg general earg. (S-erumtt nhip ICIekman, Captain ltake, IT! men, from ' Hong Kung: iu laliat4 ' AugHft Hth Tiritlsli ship tletenta., Captain Ileanu '27 .men, from Shang hai; in ballast. Itrltlli khip Atisstraiia, Captain Jeame, 2d men, from Hono lulu; Iu ballast. -' Alien 1 Nth--Italian nhip KHa. Caiv lain AIareion. 24 men, from Honolulu; in tvnt. " , August 24th ItritUh Rhlp I'enthe . pella. Captain Maou, 22 men. from Hamburg;, eargo. ' Aiitfust 2T.ili Itrltish .uteanu-r Oak Uraneti, Captain Stiieel, men, from 'Fueotna: In lall.tst. August 2tthIlril !sh Phip , Piee.m. Captain "Urolith, 2S men. from Ham- bnrg; eargo. XorweKian . steamer Thyra. Captain 4ohntoit. 4i menj frmu Sau FraneisM'o; hi ballast, i t Aiistiftt Sotli-lianlsli ship Jupiter Captain Funda. 21 men. from Kal Chou; in halt.Mt. ,"-", j S'ptemlter 2d-l?ritih otesimer Jonr inoiMhhir. Captain Kennely. isn men a ud lti passe u gtTH; from Takn: gener al eargo. ltritish steamer Ienno.. aptaiu Williams from Takn: in bab lat. -,.-... i'"" ) - f - .; I Septpmlwr lltJi ttritish ship Mor m t tier. Captain tvarce,' 23 men: from Nagasaki; in baihtsf. ' . ' St'ptemlir 2Kh iernian ship lira. Captaiu Peterson. 2S men. from Cotuo: In ballast, r.ritbill ship Halwood. Cap lain Jaeksou. 2T men, from Honolulu; iu K.ll.ift. ' - - ; Settemrn'r 2th-riitish ship Cnrlen r. Captain Collin. 20 men, from Na gasaki; In liallast. - I ; SeptemlH-r 2-"tli Urittsh. bark Tenti. Captain Jenkins 21 men. from Shang hai;: In ballast, llrltlsh ship Portia.. Captain Iwls'LM nun. from Acapul ca; in ballast. ' i - - , ir OKDCBS MADE IH P&084Tf. Final Account in the John T. Tarlor ; : Estate Set for Hearing. - ' c From - Daily Statesman. Oct. 7.) Several matter iu probate were brought lief ore Judg John II. Scott yesterday for his Consideration, which were acted upon and. the appropriate order made. - . - The lond of Flla Flshburn. a guar-V,-QrC, he Persa and estate of Uom ... . I lsUburn, was filed with the conn-' Audiences and Thoasands Were Turned Populists of Idaho Have . of fs$ion. --r- but therei are tio Dentoerar' on the Populist ticket. On the latter, how ever, luiv tiv vaeanck one Klector. (loveiiior,; Lieutenant lover nor, Jus-tl-e of the Supreme 4'onrt, and Attor ney Ten era I. It J uuIerst(Md now. $hat no appeal will le mad- to the courts to secure the tillinic of vac-ancle im the PotmHst ticket, with the nam?! of IemM;rath ca;ndidate for tlie same iMksitiou. ar I j MILLS SHUT DOWN. f .MjnnoaM5s. 3Iinn Oct. Xenrly half ; the Hour nillls'oiierailng in Min lieriiKdis wilt chtse tonight for an I li t!eliiiiu leiigrli of time. The ofiiclal.- 'ay.Hie slmtslowu is due to the short age in the demand for Hour. The 'for eign trade, it In declared.: is practically dead. It Is conteudeil generally that thejcoiuing election iiut iol it Jea I hi-iit!Ctice.- h.ivt,..tn some -extent, brought alMut this sudden decline, in the de maud. AimI it is prola-bl that none of ttie-tuHM will resume ocratlou uutil after the vlecfion., t i ; PJJVAX IX KEXTfCKY. Iuisville. Ky.. Oct", it IJryrtii ' con fIitdel hi si day's work with a 1ieeih, tonights to :ui audience X hat tilled tlie big Auditorium hen. 1 luring the day he tnak fonrtevu siM-eehes. 1 2 t A CIIAXOE. ' Helena. Mont.. Oct. ;. I'atrick Car ney, the Democratic and Populist can didate for Presidential ' Elector. Jias been taken off the ticket by tlie re spective central committees, and S. II. Puford; is substituted. ! fyj clerk and approved' by Judire John II j Scott. The Fniteil States Fidelity A: 5uaraine tVuiipany is the surety. Sarah L. Tayhr. adsninistratrix of the estate of Jtdin L. Taylor, deceased, yesterday filed her final account with tin- coituty ch'ik. - It hows wr r tpts us administratrix .of: the estate ti Ih $t;7N2,t;s, while ! tlie disbum-ni-nis have Ihh'U $2Ha.5;. Saturday. Octoler 17th. was i.iw date set ltj Jtidie Scat for iiliiLg . objection i'o tile acouiiii renderel. i , f . -On petition. Johu., WliUio'.v.; son of M iry A. Whitney, wlui died at Wood burn It few weeks, agpi. was. appointed exiH-ntoi Of , the wil of jWe deceased, uiade a. .short tbue before deal lii There ts luoiH-rty to tlw valuei of sjii loft by the will, tin greater part of it 1h- ipg uevis t .John AVhitney, wlio wux named a toe exeeiilor of the will. lie to crv .Without Iniuds. t COAL MINERS' STRIKE. THE EXD OF THE TIE FP IS NOW f ix sit; n r. President Mitchell S.iys a Convention Will lie Held to Decide the . I Matter Soon. IIAZELTOX, Pa Oct. 0.-That the great anthracite coal strike will be endd in a short time seems tonight to almost certain. I'reshlent Mitch ell's announcement this afternoon, in fin-uamwait si'ecn, tnat n con vention of anthracite miners will le held in n. few days for the purpose of allowiug the men to; decide for them selves whetlier they should continue on the. sti ike.serrcs to remove nil uutt aiMMi tbe matten. All doubttas to wIm -titer the men wilt receive jo jnr cut advance is divideil. Imt there I a go ii mtmlK-r vti U-lieve the men will reclv4 tin ail i-s nee, on the belief that the operators liave reached i the iiinu or tneir-voueesions. ' Wilkesbarre, Ja... Oct. aT-Thft'tlme .Hti.o, ,ii ai strike wiiert It will cither cud quickly or drag aloug probably for tnanj'i months, and it is ior u:e str.Kcrs to decide which It is to tn. I'resldeur Mitchell said of the .first district, which Js composes,! of i-czerue; nnu JickawauiLt itmnties. and has 7r.b) miners, that th,. men woeld be satisfied with three conces sions an Increase of lo jKr cent; re duction of the price Of owder to $t.."iO :i seg. ami pay every two weks. The nig companies nave granted all of tiiese except the last. As for the pay every two weeks, the strikers can have that If they desire It. The semi monthly parment bill i a law. and can 1e enfortinl without strike or ar bitration. It is nnderstiwwt tho r.. comp:inies nrt willing to pay fortnight ly. If their employes want "it. - ; .v.any say that Hie decision of tiie Individual onerrtton to n.trm, n-n Is the one thiug remiirod in lHn. linkers ana t tie o orators- to agree. - - Bill- iner srmtents or tjie situation declare that the strikers havrt tied -the region up jm thoroughly, thar thev -a re" now agr to prolong the strike in th twpe of getting more eoueesslons out of the oiwrntors. l ': -. "- The genera! opinion here is that if will le Wis, for the m!nn . . what Is now offered them. Alrendv a number a ro anxious to retarn to work and there have lnen several nmilUn. Hons to the local unions for relief These anpeals for aid will Increase rarddlv in the ncjtt- wl- .. , will mipel the unions to dtaw on their .aiioiuu ireasury. i'reshlent Mitclvell Is .tnxlous to avoid this If possible, and it Is a question also a m l...... strike fund would last. Most of th strikers can take care of themselves tuitit Xovemlirr 1st: itr fn . tr-nst aid them. The local lodges have one money, ana conhl do practicallr nothing.. . , , -,,It-I..tlw opinloHi of manv who un derstand the situation that everythlns jwinta to .speedy fietUement, ami It la thought that President Mitchell will call a convention of delegates from all the collerie within a 'few 'days. . CEXTKU OF THE SILK TKADE. Lyons Is a School for Teaching Manufacture of Silk. - the In a.-recent reriort of J. C. Covert. American consul at Lyons. France.-it Is statetl that Lyous 1? u sc1mm.-I for tcacii"ig- the manufacture of silk, as Well a a. gTeat i-euter of tin silk trade. Young men eoiue here from all countries 'to learn to auike silk, ae nuiring 4he lauguage;. while learning an int)Mrtant branch of commerce. In tre silk h'j.art nu nt of .the commercial schotI there ate generally frVnn 2.VI to pupils. The prk-e: of tultfou Is francs ill.1i jnt jfur for French men and 12 franc 12311 for- for e!eiier. All kinds of silks. vi4vets. plain and Osured goo.1 are made by the b-arnrs1 tinder the si?ierltrteild vitw of ski lel 'workmen. Willi the most itrirovl machinery. , Some of this trochinerj' 'b-eara the hiark-of a Phll adelphia of Palerson mahufactnrer. A Singer sewing machine sews the pat tern cards Together. Thirty looms are tun by hand mul 'Si by steam. ' ; The municipal school." on the Croix Iot!se hill, the traditional home of the weaver, ndmit only Lyonnese yonth. It is sustained by the munici pality. Any lKiy years of age, with the residence conlilieations. can learn the theory amFprnctlce of weaving, designing and making terns for ! francs if 1.7.Ji. the here -silk resistratlou fee for the three depart menis. Tlie day cotfrse of study .. is ten months. In tlte night scliool. pro vided for children.; who are employed duriiis the day, a eourse of three year' study 1 required before grad uating. Aniong.the ::ti0 or 40 pupils are the children of Hit rich and poor, some kept them fit a sacrifice on the part of their parents; Each learner is reojiinHl to kep a earefnlly -written diary of ids wrk. wit b abstracts of letur(s, pa terns of silk.- designs of baehinT-.diagrani9. 'tr. A ir'senta tion vsf,'this !04k "to? a silk- dealer in7 variably secures him a sititatioii;. Tlie drrector. Mr. Snigardot. informs me that for" several' years he ha. not been able to res Mind to alt' the-lcman(T- for yoiing1 men made by tlie large silk houses of Lyons. Kverything Is tiusht here, from the breeding of tlie silkr worm to th weaving of the finest stuff for wearing, upholstering. mu ral decoration and artistic embroidery'. Tlie product of the school, which l sometimes defettve. is sold at nomin al tiaures. I t . . London's Iord Mayor lias received over JfT.rrfwUHXi in public subscriptions i'V the nine months of his tenure of otlice. Tlie contributions' ate: for tlie Transvaal War fund. ."i.iNHMHHl: for the. South African refugees. ?STsMM: for the Citv of L4mdiiu Iniiierial Vol- unitH'is. .S.i.So.(nii; for the Indian Fan-, iue fund. 1.7!Ni.iMN'aud for the Ottahi wa Ft tv- fund. ?27tMHi. ' . s ... : t s . Frugu.iy's ii mla ttni. according to the census taken ' March 1st. s alwut tnMm.; For the whole of Hie repiili 11c, except Montevideo, the r official letunis are: Ifritgnayans. Uf.i.Ut fr cigners. bu.-14.-nd- pe-r-eent. added for Mssibh ir.Wi lis ions, nmking U7li:j. The present Hbnate for Montevideo is 2-2.7i:J. ' ; . A Swiss genius has invented a nitcli chuifc weigliiug a,Iout one ponnd wjldch.. Mill iHht npai fully equipied sxddjer, on the. surface -Of: tlie water, Success ful experiments .were made rec-ully op tiie uikp oc zuncli. rrhe t huik is, pro vhhii with: watenroa: ;iocke(s in which fol and. diiuk ma v le ' ca r riel a well as blue lights, in- ease tlw. wearer Is shrp wrecked in the night. Xo immediate Scotch whlskev drought need ! feared iu spite of rc cent dtsturluinces in the Industry mere are 1 04 .03t;.4O 4 gallons now ri lieiiiug in IkukI In Scotland, an iu crease or more t nan ,ti ter cent, over the amount held five years ago. BOER PRISOXERS, London. Oct. . A di?iatch neived from Iord Rolierts, dattnl Friday, Oct oner orn says: Jne numtMr of prisoners caprtrreil or Mirrendered is daily increasing atwl must now aggregate nearly lC.tKNi men Cotiimamlant Mullcr has snrroimdered to Cloy,- ami Commandant, Dierksen pmi,otlMT are. on their way,t Vtv-tt.ri.-i .to surrender.,, A dctachujent of me lxm.ion Irish endeavored to. sur prises party of F.oer near, Iturtfou Meiu. lut had to return sifter an half hour ugntiug with six woTinded men i ue nam suffered heavily.' (FROM ALASKA, Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 0. Two linn dnnl and thirty-three Alaska and Brit ish itikon passengers came" on ! tin sreainers u unit wild t and AI-Kt. which arirv,l from the north today" The -Tesseis nail not less than ?2."S),I00 of treasure.; f A Few Pointers. ' ine recent statistic of the nunvber of ocaru inow that the large majority die with consumption. This disease Pay commcnce with an apparently ... harm!es cough which ran tie cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam lor the Throat and Lungs, which is guaran- icvu fj cure , ana rciieve , all cases i rice 25c. and 50c. For sale, by , all . ; SO ENTERED. , halljl charge up the amount the casnw r KiiiMil ' with to profit lossT' queriitl the boo'kkeeiHT. ami No- replied the head of t her firm; s owu unuer running; ex- pensea. ' l-iniadelphla Record. A man knows lots of other men xrlm fiisiike Qlm. but what he doesn't .know is whv. visit; DR. JORDAN'S great I UUSEUU OFoflimTOtlY- itti iiurtii, ui r uxctsct, ciL 1 WorUl MkaM ... . ..UV I Hi. CX JC3CAfl-DISASE3 ZfUtH I intMMMKtnEnM Drib ok jckdah co iasi Karfet tu t. f5 i A" OUOni'RGUMENT KANSAS RKPrBLICAXS PLEASED WITH 60V. CEEK-S LETTER Regard lac Oregoa'a Ttlack Law Ik H Ocmonilied tlw Followers ef T1U mB Iu That EUte. ! ' 1 Some time aga Got. T. T. Goer re cdved a letter of Inquiry from Da vid Miliburn, of Parous. ,lvausas. rel-a'tlv'-to Oregon's idack l:iw" or tit? eons-tltntlonal provision, regarding lie .srroes. Oov. Oeer answered the in quiry, showing that 4 he; wet Ion of the Const Ttut Ion referred to wa uever en fone!, and was 'now a lead letter by reasran cf the 14th ;aud irth amendments.'- Yesterday lie Tecelvwl a let ter 'from "Mr. Miliburn ackn6wlelg-f ing the reci-ipf of the commnnieatlbn.' The Jot ter follows: - - i ! Yonr favor of September 22d re- J. C W. BECKHAM t" Governor of Kentuckyl', . . -:.'i.; . - : . . - - i vyived) will ,shy t liar, being irond . "is l am of the .traditions of Lincoln .and. Garfield. I could not believe that any state, governel by a ' Itepublican Gov ernor, . would deprive any citizen of that lilHrty, established by Lincoln, and so ably defended by our houored President. William McKinley. ivl permit txl your letter to be read by the chairman of our county eom mbttcHe to an audit-nce. of over 2'.mn people, at a Ilcpnbll-can meeting on Septemler 29th.' It' has created a panic among the Tillman elan in this vicinity, that is rather amusing, and I wish to say that my Republican "friends join me in thanking you for df "5f . -T"sr- r:. : .. ,'Ar . V 'v. 1 w tc :3W-: -ttKxr ' 3 If .'L ' 'I lie entire superstructure of the biidge connecting tlie ill-fated city by tlie fierce storm, only the tower base being left statement that enabled ns to tum w.irr-n iignt or truth upon one Use silliest of campaign arguments - addressed to an intelligent peo- The Twentieth Century. "Chen a few "months more shall have '.ed we; will then stand at-the-' very shold of the, 'twentieth century, I tlK ufneteenth will be a tHlui o( - past. It will, however, be kiiown ..the ceiitury'of invention and,, dis7 .ry, a lid amoug some of the great -of these-we can truthfuily'4 ineh :i IIosu-tter'K Stotnacli liittersV tho ".-bra led. rehiedy1 for .-'all ailments " lug " frfcm a ' disordered stomach, li as dysjiepsia, linllgestlou. fiatu-:-y. constipation and -biliousness. It i leen one of the greatest blessings u.iukind during the past fifty years a hea It lj builder.! Many physicians Ttmuteud.it.. Take tlieir advice, try ' ottle and te convinceil. but te sure jet the genuine with a Private llev it Stamp over the neck of the' hot A FIERCE TORNADO. THE MESABA RANGE "IN MINNE SOTA '."THE SCENE. DULITTII. Minn., Oet 0. One of the fiercest tornadoi'S that ever visltetl Xorthem Minm-sota aud narts of Wis- consoi, strnt-K the eilse of OieMesaba range town of Biwabik tliis afternoon. kllliiyrtwo tterswus. Injurina ciirht. and doing-damage variously estimated at from 1ixmnhi to K.l!Mi. The dead are; Johu ibrletytvcrnsheit'Tltr "aTill- lug wait; iir. joira -.iiorictr. blown "-'"''i a tree, nemi crnsneti.. loraa- dH-s prevalletl toilay 1 all over the oTtneru Minnesota. - - A YIOLENT, STORM. j XIinneai)oIis. Minn Oc t. 1. A sn- clal to the Times from Biwabik, Minu.. says: r-v-;-:1 .. . V cyclono passetl thrdagh the north-. west part of Iiiwabik. at 4 o'clock to day, wrecking th4 entire Canb;ament, ftie shops, the iowerhou?e.' the sliaft lioiiseH at the A. and B.. pocket s. the blacksmith hop, and out 'build lugs; tir tiie Duluth mines, powerhouse and shaft asuudej,. and several ore ear. utamling near themv were demolished, dropped wreckage over the entire icoun- try. Ninip Heavy i-ars were nickeil nn ami dropped In the Duluth ' nit. Tirn small vngines. on the Drayton & Strat toa works svj3ie blown .off h dump. Thelamagerfci $',(. ; 4 ; A special rtrom Dulntto saya I "La er news from the -Biwabik crdone ! that two live are known a have been lof. Tlw, cyclone-may lie tle cause of shutting Mlown the iulrr for the remainder nf -the season.' and' the ks will be heavy." , ' A CHAXtJE MADE. Tacoma.. Wash., Oct.; 0-A circular was issue!: joday.. from the otlue of tlie president of the Xortheni Pacific, appointing W, L .Fearee. of Tacoma, general manager of the Seattle & In ternational. This does uot affect his j s it ion a assistant to the president of the Northern l'acitic. v , CEltEALS AND GUASSES. Foreign Growt h , for Exieriment ; Eastern Oregon. ; in Portland-Oct. k It. C. Jndson. In dustrial agent pf the O.- & X., re eelveI todiy several hundretl new va rletle of cWeals and grasses, that will lie testeil ait the O. It. & X; experiment al station iieri Walla Walla.- Most of these bav iieen sent by the Fuifed States 1 lartment of Agriculture, but many havje Iteen received direct from other experimental stations, and sme from John imsluow, consul-general to China; from Germany, France,-" Italy. Ilnssia. Australia, Argentine lb-public Algeria, jaj mi n, Egyjit and Ch'.ua. They have lecn s'leled chiefly with a view to a trial iu Eastern Oregon and Washington where a iiardy pliI drought-resisting grain, is minted... A SWIXE PLAtil'E. Albany. Oct. 0. The professirs of the. Oregon "Agricultural 'College have dieovered. through the bactei ioloskal lalwiratory of that institution, that a swine plague exists in Jackson and Josephine counties. The. matter is iu the hands of Dr, Mcl'an. State A'etiW iimritin. and will -4-esnIt .ia the quami-lioiun-of . JwversU herds,, aud ilu- de tmetio,n of sonie of.ihe animals. ;. Bt'ItXED TO DEATH". Treirton. ' X. ' J.. Oct. F-ddni Me IJHde, Ki years old. died today fnni bitniHTifeiveil "'ivlilh1" playing "indiau"' itli eoinpanloiis. Mcltride was tied to a stake and -his clothing saturated vvirii gasoline and t hen ignitel. The "boy broke loose and ran screaming to his home, wliere he died. I5IG OUTLAY FOR ItUP.ItER. Millions of Money Yearly The Gum "Is Obtained From a Variety of Trees and Plants Table of IuiiHrts. - It will astonish tlie people of tlie United States to learn that during the last four years Smo.msn.iino worth of India rubber lias been brought into this country. Ten years ago" the an- rr REMAINS OF' GALVESTON BRIDGE- I .' :'-. i -t Z. u -A:. ..ft ..llf --w P V lit; A 'MAI irt J nnal importation of India rnber amounted to aitottt m.mhhi.oho; now lliey extvi'd UMMmmnni and are sk'ad ily increasing. Practically all rublier importations come hi crude form for the use of. inanefacturers. who are eonstantlj- extending its a j 'plication to various : new lines - of iiiditstty. Noril.ern Brazil, southern Mexico, tlie West Iiulies.-central' AfrFcii. Iiidia. the Straits Settlements ' rfnd flu' ''Dtttcjf East'Tudies tsnpply this liicreasingly Jrriortant feature of onr iurportatinns? iVobably no single article ha'- made a ihore rapid "gmwtU lu' lts'TcIatiori to inahnfaciiires. anil Con:etiOebtIy commerce, inr.'tho tast; few years ttitii rubber. v As a cons-quence attention Is How'befiic glveu to the crtltivatioh and systematic-pttMlitci ion of the various plants ami trees from which It can be produced. . I The .-a I tore statement; is suggested by the receipt by the treasury bureau oi statistics of a publication detailing) i ne systematic enort ltetnc made Tor the cultivation of I ml hi rubltor tn-es and plants in -th? British, colonies, es lwclally those-of central and southern Africa. says tlie Chicago Chronicle. This, coupled With the well-known fact, that our own department of agrl tni It fire ha already Itegun experi ments and inquiries in this line iu the Island territories bf the United States, adds greatly to the interest In thlss question and to the nosKihllitr that the .?.-uiOmmio a year whwh we are now sending qttt of the country ror tuts proluct may lie expended tin icr iue American nag and among American ' -pmdneenz.-; The - fact that soul hern Mexico and Central America are natural producers of India rublier In considerable and. increasing quanti ties ami that large quantities are pro- oiM-i-u iu ami exported rrom the Is lands and mainland immediately ad jacent to i the' Philippines suggests great itossrhilities in this line both In Cntia. Porto Rico and In the Hawaiian and Philippine islands. India rubber is not. as Is generally supposed, the product of a single tree, but. on the contrary. J produced from .i rarieir of. treos -in ml plant. Some of these flonrlsh only in a moist soil ami atmosphere., while others thrive on , stony i soil, provided : thev receive ample thongh intermittent ' rainfalL though in all cass a tropical or .nl- tropical limate is reidisite. Most of the. India mblwr of Sonth and Central America and India-Is from trees, but In the islands of. the Indian arehljtel ago the supply of , rn biter U chiefly from a gigantic creeper, which in five years" growth attaius ji length of 2m, feet ami from ,2i.t TV) incbe-i jn circumferenci ,and wnich yields an nually from rU to Co pound of caout- : f.-- ... Me.t-r,7T-r'-' w-r; ..... 1 i v-i- ".- ....... - ' I..-1. - . " i,-..u. t ,q ,. ii: : . .;"" , . , i .. , , , , t I . - - :0 '::, A-r:- .. i, ... .JUl""'" . -. "- . . - r, "'WiWll.-iM, i Hittll III V.., : il imU' .;. r .-T T"' - ' 2 cjante. ijas-flhjftunatrai Jlenang. Sjnff oiM.re a nd- Vyhxih In!o',hiua ar ready .large priNlm-crs of -crude IndiA nib)wr. r caout-houc. and It produc tion in tin? West Indies has been nufnV clent to- Indicate the entire practiea--. bility of Its iHdiig made-an Imixirtant industry in CuUi and Porto Itlco. as well as in the, Hawaiian. Philippine ami Samoa n fslsands. , - ; t TbeTollowtng table shows the value of Uk iuqKrtatioiis of "crude -India rublHr and gutta itrcha into the 1'nitwl states In each fiscal vear from IMKi to t'MM: 1K!I 1.11 lttri Lsftt mi I 1J."j .914.8T. 1.12 . i.s.ir2i.,si . l!).S.Tt.ll!lil . lT.tf'l.iw . in.icj.n.'n , ia47."kas2 1S!. 1S!7 1WIS l.ssn 1!1K ;,?1.7S1.5S3 , 17VH.1."i5 . . 2."JV4.-V.:KH , .-31.S7T..207 . , 31.rfcVi,iS3 'A i'UGI-LIST DEAD. til :: .. v , , i .1 Sieve Flanagan Loses Mis Life iu the Prize King. Philadelphia, ,. Pa.. Oct. r.. Steve Flanagan, the pugilist. who. collapseil last night at ti e Industrial hall during the light with Jimmy-Do vino, died at the hospital tonight. He ilid not regain consciousness fler his co!l.i;se. le vlne and his seconds are under arrest. EXIJOLLIXG INDIA X S . Chicago.: Oct. d. A sjiocia! to the Ibs-ord from Yiuita. t. T.. says: "Tti Dawes Commission has dosed its work of enrolling 'Cherokee at this pLicei Th; commission has p;iss. d on the application of -idp; persons whose claims to citizenship Iu the t'lurokee Nation are nnquestiointl. doulofiii. and lil'ty-four reje-tnl. 'making a total of r-'S! applicaiioiis. The commission, left f,r Partlesville. where if will en roll I'Ihm-oVi-vs iH-xt week. More peo ple applied "here than the commission could enroll. , .TItEY MISLEAD THE -XEV-llt.'H. Hideous Car. Furnishings Are Often Copied 'it the Homes. .There;. s a uian sonn-where in tlie employ of" ili Pullman - Palace' Car company who - has much to answer . for. writes Edward llok, in th Oc- tolier Iridic Home Journal. "He is the .official who selects or. decides the furnishings and hangings of the com pany's cars. Probably, no single man in tliis country' has the opportuniiy lor so direct and helpful, an influence In the extension of .good taste In fur nishings.. Instead, he perjiet rates up on the public, furnishing'" schemes which even rival those which we see In the homes oft he most unintelligent of .the new-rich. The chief Injiiry whleh Hie furnishing of the modern Pullman car works is the wrong standard which, is set for those who are not con yer.-ant with what Is ar tistic. Tlie ."new-rich 'come into these - , .- - ' ' n lijl" 1 1 mm Ml 1 with the mainland was destroyed to tell the tale. . 1 cars and acpt the hideous effect as the standard of iwtiple of lasle. I; have heen told by furnishing linn that they are often asked by those wiio have suddenly come into "the iis-si-siou of nionVy Hiat, certain cffei-t which they have seen In Pullman drawing room car sh.ill Im? duj.licat- U-i ifl k.llrj' phonies. These iM'ople.. jf " - "fi'i"? . '"lues. These iM'ople. ;TTTuv.iri:! fioJl''trtM-. accit what tlwv c(Tln The cars "which are suiit.sel to Ix patriiiz4yl by people of means, as rete tlve of pivrantng strtu.hnd. 'olor combinations, about as iuh.-iriuo- MTlfi ns'it I1ssille f,r the laind of man to con eoit. have thus lt.H-n trans ferred :o the homes of the people, and here the'iiijtiry i done."- ENGLISH-SEEK THE CITIES. Exodus Fr.-wn the Connlrv Cuts Down irr:U BHtain's Farm Products. Tlie end of the English harvest once more draws attention to the de pendent; of England on -the .-.'United Slates for the necessities of life, say tlie Iondon corresondeut of the Pliil ailelpliia Pnldie Ieilger. Five loan mrt of six now eaten In England come from abroad. Scarcity of agricultural lalstr lias liecn a-oni"p;inUil by a de cline in Its quality. The farmer pay hiClier wages for Inferior .work. Tlie old semi-feudal relationship which iu many country- districts existed 2 year ago has lteett llspc!led by i heap locomotion and the '-half-penny press. The exodu from tlw country to the' town -continues, .ami those . who- rim may read signs of the physical deea dence of ; our uatiuii from. this, cp use. A few more strikes,,. another 1), (Shill ing a ton oti coal, a little more for--""-t ign comiK'tition and the trade,. tijoii which we live may disappear. The dangers of h situation are lKginniug loartract atleiitiou at last.- f " " Across the channel the FrenMi jx'H a.nt leads a life that tio English la ltor cr.wonld stand for a month. He work early and late, but It Is for himself; on- hi own-soil. He scorns delight and lives laborious days, but the prof It i banked, in his own name or In vested in ; national securities. The Frinieh, peaaut Is Imliffcreut to is-an feasts. " outings, excursions, "week ends"! of; even Sunday rest. Tlie prob-. lem pf. the congestiKl town 'and ,llie depiefed country, the great estate. and tlie few hands in which English soil rests .can not long remain unsolved.:- --'. ; Ri1er Haggard, who. In addition to lf ing a novelist of parts. Is a sensible farmer-considers that the expenditure: of flfMMiml.WNl would Ie well laid out Iii coaler efttrei a- yeoman lroprie- i tary to tlie,KIl. X