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
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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 .'
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-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
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- - :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
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. in.icj.n.'n
, ia47."kas2
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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
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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.
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