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Newspaper Page TextitM! - VEEKLf J TUESDAY AHO FfiiDAY TUESDAY O H.. SI ". Cv J I I U w Jf 1 1 I. I - i : !. "V NX fifty-fifth yearno. 99. NEGRO ESCAPE IS CHAINED UP TRYING TO RUN QUARANTINE IN YELLOW FEVER DISTRICT. "OFFICERS . FEAR HE IS INFECTED. . . . Refuse to Fat Him in Jail and Chain IHm Securely to " a Tree. Federal Authorities, Confident That Conditions Hare Improved, .An nounce No Persona Will Be Received at Government .,' Detention Camps. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 7.-It was announced by the federal officers to day that Sunday will be tbe last day on which any '-person will be admitted in the government, detention camps. About'six days thereafter : the camps will be closed. The action of the gov ernment officials is taken to indicate the improved conditions that exist here. - ' A remarkable ease came to light to day in the chaining of a negro to a tree on the outskirts of Pass Chris tian in fear he -might spread the in fection. He was caught trying to run the quarantine. Fearing he was in fected the authorities refused to place him in jail. He therefore was seenred with a chain and the chain bolted to a tree. Mince then a tent has been pro ' vided for him. . The repot up to C p. m. today: New easfs, ll; -total, 2,177; deaths, 6; total, 304; under treatment, 08. NEW DAILY PAPER. OR AN 1 8 PAHS, Or., Kept. 5. Tbe Grants Pass Herald, established a year ago by Representative Robert Kmith of Josephine county, and which has been issued semi-weekly, wnl become a daily. The paper will have a telegraph service. Mr. Hmith retires as manager of the pa per, having leased the plant to L. II. Hmith. Representative Hmith shifts his newKpajier burden that ho may have more time to devote to politics and law, leing an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for congressman. JUDGE PARK7R GETS JOB. :KV YORK, Kept. 3. Former Jutige -Alton B. Parker will succeed Professor 'ollins. as ehief counsel, for the Brook lyn Kapid Transit f'umpany, at an an nual salary of $100,000, according to tbe announcement today. NEW JERSEY TAKES EVERYTHING Comes Off With Highqpt Honors at Ri fle Tournament at Seagirt. . KEAOIItTN. J., Sept. 6. The Wim bledon cup match, one of the mofct im portant of the tournament now "in progress under the auspices of the Na tional Rifle Association, was won today by First 'Lieutenant Lewis of the First New Jersey infantry. His score was 89 out of a possible -100. New Jersey captured all the honor today. Tne in terstate regimental 'match watf won by the team from the First New Jersey infantry. The score was 516 out of r, possible COO. f ASKS A "DIVVY" EX-CLERK OF POSTOFFICE DE PARTMENT SUES FOR DIVI- j SION OF THE SPOILS. j Says He Helped United States Senator ' Piatt of Nebraska, and United States Express Company and Saved Latter Thousands of Dollars. OMAHA, Kept. C Mae O. Wood to d.iv filed a sait against United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt and; the. Uni ted States Express Company for $2. 000. The petition alleges that while she was employed in tho postofliee de part men t at Washington rie rendered sorvici's to the defendants by "tipping oft' the inside workings :oi the -office and by assisting keep out of Postmaster General Payne's annual. report for 1903, the recommendation of the 44 post check" system, saving the express com pany several hundred thousand dollars. Dr. B." E. "V TIIE PAINL'ESS Steusloff Oldg.. Court St. WANT JORDAN AS WITNESS. Eat Officer i of - Equitable , Says Knows Nothing as to His TV hereabouts. He NtTVT YORK, Sept. 7. The affairs of the Equitable Life Assurance So ciety and tne Mutual Life Insurance Company held the" attention of the leg- t o luvcsiiaimg i committee 10 day. Nothing- partieularlv new devel cped in regard to the Equitable Society other than the statement of one of the officers that tie" society does not know the present whereabouts of Thomas D.' Jordan, former controller. It is stated-Jordan is wanted as a wit ness to explain the loan . of .'. $445,000 made to the Equitable Society by the Mercantile Trust Company. ., "" - END OF A HORSETHTEF. . Shot and Killed While Trying to Es cape From Officers Who Cap tured Him. MALTA, Mont., Sept. 7 This af ternoon Officers George JIall and Jack Teal came upon Horsethief James Keed, in a coulee four miles southwest of -here. After relieving him of two ifuns and a knife tbey,.. started for town. They had not cone fax when he tried to escape, and a shot from one ofvthe officers' guns killed him. He had stolen horses in his possession at the time be .was found. PALMER FIRED BY PRESIDENT HIS RESIGNATION HAS BEEN RE- . QUESTED AND TENDERED. HAD BECOME TOO OFFICIOUS. Trouble Arises Out of Dispute Between Public Printer and Other . Officials. When' Palmer Demanded Resignations of Foremen of Printing and Division for Insubordination and President In . vestigated. Result Was Different. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Public Printer F. W. Palmer has been prac tically ousted from office. It is learned tonight that President Roosevelt de manded Palmer's resignation to take effect the 15th instant. The demand for his resignation is due primarily to the latter's aetion in trying to force Oscar J. Ricketts, the foreman of printing, and L. C. Hay, foreman of division, out of the government print ing office. Palmer asked for the resig nations of Ricketts and Hay on the ground that they had been insubordin ate. As soon as tho president learned of the situation he directed that Palmer forward his resignation. ? SEVENTEEN ARE MISSING. I Second Mate, Purser and Fifteen Sea men of Steamship Tropic . Lost at Sea, . CHARLESTON, a C, Sept. G.The British steamship Tropic, Captain Bar ber, arrived today after a voyage last ing nearly three months. Tne second mate, purser and fifteen seamen are missing. Kailing from Valparaiso Chile, June 21, the Tropic met bad weather, and June 28 the ship went aground 300 yards from the beach; High seas -were running. The second mate, purser and fifteen seamen put out in a lifeboat for aid and never re turned. . i RETURN TO SPANISH CUSTOM. Guard-ships of Philippines Will Turned . Over to Commercial Traffic Between Islands. Be WASHINGTON, Sept. G.The Phil ippine government has decided to dis continue the operation of seventech. coast guardships and turn the inter island water traffic of the government over to the commercial lines of steam ers. Specifications have been prepared and - proposals will be invited in- the Pnilippines and this country for car rying mails and . government passen gers and supplies over twenty-one routes in thB islands. - - The plan is to practically return to the methods of transportation in vnguy under Spanish rule in the islands. Store Teeth Are what oa buy frojn the y average dentist and they, look , J the part. " . - , How many people you see on tbe street and cab tell at aglahce r they are artificial. I have made a study of tbe line of work , and can give you a stt of teeth nearly like your natural onei as,, it la possible to geU Why? Well, i one reason, I have hundreds of , sets to choose from. Another If, : it's tiie knck I have. I make , them for 15.00. . -...' :....: :.,(.. . "V" V Wright, D E N T I S T. Phone Mala 206. y THEY EULOGIZE LATE GENERAL GRAND ARMY OFFICIALS 'pRAISE . DECEASED COMMANDER. RELIEF ASKED FROM CONGRESS Will Include ProYieion Tor Ampithea-J txe at Arlington and Tablets on Monuments. Anotfaer Home for. Soldiers Needed in California W. R, C S. of 7. and D. of V. Praised for Services Notable Decrease in Ranks of Old Veterans. DENVER, Sept. 7. The first meet ing of the legislative body of the O. A; R. began ; today. Welcoming ad dresses were made by Governor - Mc Donald, Mavor Speer and General I George W. CooC General King then delivered his address. Tbe address ; of , the eommanuer-in- chief, John B. "King of Baltimore, cov ered the record of tbe administration of the late Commander-in-caief W ilmon W. Blackmar, whose service covered eleven months of the term for which he was eleeted. , "From the very oeginning of his term, Commander-in-Cnief Blackmar 's purpose was to do an that man could do to encourage ; the several-departments, particularly those that were weakest or remote, and so far as lay in his power, niuse new life ana energy ana zeal in to their ranks," and give to them ad ded inspiration to continue bravely and manfully. in the great work they were carrying on . for God and country, and humanity. ; "The work of the committee on pen sion has been mainly devoted to urging the passage of a service . pension bill. The number of certificates issued in 190.3 was 182,207, more than S0.0OO in excess of the year beiore, and still more in excess of former years. The large number was due to the operation of order No. 78, the bureau granting 12, 436 original pensions and 34,549 in creased pensions under the order. Since the order was issued, April 13, 1904, the total number of allowances under it was 65,612, most of them, however, having been for increase. The pension roll now contains the names of 684,608 sur vivors of the civil war, as against 690, 792 at the close. ot 1904. The deaths in 1905 of survivors of the civil war were 30,324. "Vigilance must not be Telaxed to prevent action i by eongress depriving our office holding comrades of their well earned means of livelihood. ' "The observance of the exercises of Memorial Day has become so wide spread that at the present time scarcely a eity, town or village can be found in this great republic that uoes not in some manner pay tribute to the na tion 's honored dead. , "If properly requested go to do by the encampment, there was little doubt that the war department would be Will ing to include ; in its estimates for the next fiscal year an appropriation suffi cient for the erection of an amphithe atre in Arlington eemetery and also an appropriation to pnt Lincoln's Gettys burg address on tablets in all national ecmeterics. "With an active committee at work to this end it was safe to assume tnat the government will soon establish an additional soldiers' home in California. 4 4 The Woman's Relief Corps still maintains its position as the right hand of the Grand Army of the Bepublie. Very few enterprises are taken by posU that these ptariotie women are not call? ed upon for assistance, and right royal ly they give it. ' J v "Badges, as ordered by the national encampment, have been sent to all army nurses whose addresses were furnished, but one thing more needs to-be done for these noble women. They have been endeavoring tor some time to se cure an increase of pension. If the en campment eould contribute to the sue cess of the measure if would go a long way toward paying the dbt of grsti tud'e that comrades owe to the army nurses. 1 ' 44 The Sons of Veteran,4" is increasing in numbers and influence and is un questionably destined to play an impor tant part in the future history of the land their fathers saved. ; V 4 4 The Daughters of Veterans by com bining their influence in such an organi zation as the National Alliance Dangh ters of Veterans can accomplish much in the way.of inculcating in the minds of children a love for the country and a loyal devotion to the flag as an em blem of national unity and the rights of man.' I : - No More Hope for Increase. . .The report, of John B. Ring, as senior vice commander-in-chief contained the following: i . ' . "Tbe time is passing .when we can hope for, material increase in our mem bership, yet there are many, very many survivors of the Union armies of the civil war, who still hold aloof aad fall to avail themselves of their, eligibility to poin the Grand -Army of the Repub lic. '..:.:.. ir" v-' , ..'-:-'....- . 4 4 In view of the great benefit the in Luence of our order has been to them in the way of influencing legislation along the line of pension enactments, it -' is I surprisingly astonishing why there are so many who are, willing to reap the benents of -onr organized force and yet remain' outside our ranks, leaving-to' a relatively few the iwrden of ? fighting . for the rights of tbe old soldiers." - ' : x Sentiment Is Lax in South: The report of G. W. Patten, junior vice eommander-in-rhied, referred to the enthusiastically eotdial " greeting extended to him in . the south4 during his visit to the posts . there. Veterans are employed in the park at Vicks biire and Bhiloh, but at Chattanooga, Gettysburg and AntieUm the positions Mcnpied bvflhe veterans were taken from under tha civil service rules, at-' HALTDtf, OREGON, FRIDAY- MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1905. ter Which the' ' veterans were discharg ea, one niter anotner, until all were gone that any excuse could be found for suspending. , A United States dep uty marshal occasionally ' rides over the fields, and the memorial and other property is ; left- ; at the mercy of thieves and vandals who visit the fields for plunder. Adjutant General J. E. Oilman stat ed in his report . that the membership Jane 0, 1903, was 22.455. The deaths during the- year were -8152. The net loss for the year was 14.885. The sum ber under suspension June 30, was 19, 563. The total expenditures for relief were $ 93,863. Speaking - of General Blackmar, the adjutant general said: 4 His virtues were many, his faults were few. lie was tbe noblest type of a free born American." Quartermaster General Charles Bur rows reported receipts (including bal ance $10,692) of $26,261, expenditures of f 15,334, leaving the balance August 2. 1903, 10,927. - r Preference Law an Ornament. Inspector General Lee N. Estelle re ported that there are - 28,554 members in the national home and 13,741 in the state .home. St ate, laws, he said, giv ing ex-soldiers a preference in appoint ments seem to be more ornamental than useful and are not enforced-. He hoped the, laws making it a criminal offense to play games, have horse, rac ing, etc.,' on Memorial Day would not Leeome a dead letter. ' Allen C. Bakewell, chief - aide in charge of military instruction and pa triotic instruction in sehools, reported that the teaching of patriotism to, the riUDils of the schools has become vast- more, general through the co-opera tion of posts, the, assistance of depart ment commanders, the support- of su perintendents . of public instruction, than hitherto; and, with: those grow ing influences now substantially ob tained , tbe results must multiply until the grand object shall be attained of placing the statue of patriotism on a lofty pedestal, to rank; highest among the exhibits of the virtues of a self- governed people. Military instruction" in public schools is growing to be con sidered an important feature of the eurienlum. Flag Day -has been recog nized in many localities. Supplies for common education being furnished by the state, why not the' flag, which is the text book of patriotism! ALL COUNTRY IS TERRORIZED TARTARS AND ARMENIANS EN GAGE IN BLOODY STRUGGLE. REFUGEES FLEEING FOR SAFETY Several Engagements . Fought Between Contending Forces Behind Re- -enforced Positions. Official Estimate .-, bays Two -Hundred Houses Have BeenDestroyed at Shu. sa, Caucasus Eleven Killed in Fight ' Between Nobles ana Peasants. ST. PKTER8BURO, Sej.t. 5, A dis patch from Tiflis tokiy says: The whole of southeast Caucasus is now ter rorized by the Tartars. Refugees are pouring in here from iiaku, Klizabeth pol and Khnsa. " Details from Shusa show several engagements were fought between tbe Tartars and the Armenians behind the regular position and that a considerable part of the town was soon in flame. According to an official state ment more than 2O0 houses have been destroyed. Great Loss to Oil Industry. St. Petersburg, 8pt. 5-The dis turbances yesterday were marked by immense property losses to the Rus sian oil industry centered at Baku. The combatants resortea to the tore u. aaJ a result of which hundreds of tanks of oil are now in flames.; If Is be lieved the, hiss will run into millions of dollars in Baku alone. At Biebat, the" works of the Mantaschell Company, and the works of the Tilflis Society are one fire. The refineries at Nomani and Sabuuto have. been destroyed. : " Nobles and Peasants x Ight. Kutais, Caucasus, Sept. 5. -A con flict Iwt ween the noiiles and peasants took place today . in the village of Oran dle. , Kleven - persons . were killed and wounded.': . ' Troops ef Little AvaiL Bakn, Sept. 5. rTne. troops under the direction-of the governor are acting with the .utmost vigor, but have not succeederd in restoring order,, although there is lens firing.,-" j;... .:-:- THE MAIN I0P1C AUGUST, USUALLY. DULL . MONTH, 'ENLIVENED BY NEWS FROM PEACE CONFERENCE. , ' Effort) to Bring, About Peace Consid ered Great Victory for the President Few Officials m WafdUngton Japan ese Investigators. '.-. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. The great victory of President llooaevelt 'a efforts to bring about a-cessation of war. be tween Knssia and Japan made all-eta-er subjects: at 'the capital rather- in sipid this week, and, but "for a little excitement relative to tbe disagreeable exposures being, made in various ue partments ff the government, tbe wek past was the most devrdd of Interest of any pas ied here la a bine time., . August in Washington means abso- MORE RIOTING IS REPORTED CITY OF CHTBA, "mEAR TOKIO. IN SERIOUS DISORDER. PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARE BURNED Government Suspends Publication of Tokio Newspaper for Inciting J People to Riot. ' General Soknma Warns Populace Against ' Disorder Baron Komura Says Disturbances Directed Against Local Branches of Government. TOKIO. Sept. 7. It is reported there is rioting at Cbiba, a town with a population of 20,000, twenty miles east of Tokio. The prefectoral build ing ana court bouse are repoted burned. The government has sus pended further publication of the Nir oku, a newspaper printed in Tokio. , : Quieter , in- Tokio. Tokio, " Sept. 7. Tokio has been quiet today. General Sakuma, com mander of the Tokio garison. issued a proclamation warning the populace against disorder. ; Treaty Will Be Ratified. New York, Sept. 7. Baron Ivomura said toilay that the coming interview with Seeretay Boot, which he expect ed to occur Fjday or Saturday, will be purely a formal exchange of cour tesies and that the meeting had no other object.' The baron denied the rumor that the emperor of Japan had not yet given his approval to the pece treaty, or-that the powers of the Jap anese plenipotentiaries were so limit ed that at this late hour there was any possibility that the emperor would fail to ratify the treaty. ? "The present disturbances in To kio," he said, "cannot influence the emperor's determination to ratify the treaty when he receives the official copy." Komura reiterated the opin ion that the disturbances in Tokio were directed against the local branches of the government. Honors Heaped, Upon President. New York." Sept. 7. George ICarvey entertained at diner tonight at the Metropolitan Club the Russian peace envoys and members of their suites and accompany of men distinguished in the different, walks of life. Witte spoke first, saying be had insisted upon being accorded the . privilege that he might have , the- honor to projtose a toast "to the health of the illustrious statesman, Theodore Roosevelt." j Witte 's last . words were drowned with cheers. . Elihu Boot, secretary of state, spoke briefly. lie congratulated the envoys on the success of their mission and on the admirable good temper they displayed.. lie said it required more courage to make peace than war. j ! 4 4 The .men who cry the most loudly for war," Root continued, "and who criticise the inevitable concessions) to aji honorable peace, are the weaklings who never fight. . It is the antithesis ot these qualities which have made our president such a fitting emissary of peaee. Only he who is known to be willing tomake war is heard with re spect when he t implores for peace." lute discomfort to those unaccustomed to intolerable heat arising from the miles of paved streets and briek build ings, and even the most ardent tour ists tarry here but a short time. Offi cial life will be slow in .returning, and it will be the last of Septemlier or the middle of October before - tne white house is fully ojwn and 'the diplomatic and other branches of the official world turn thetr laces toward this eity. The few officials now in Washington are nuited in their . expressions of praise for - President Roosevelt in his diplo matic connection with the affairs of Russia and Japan, and. it is "believed that a great monument Will . be built up in memory of him in the great com mercial interests whica will Ins estab lishetT between the United States and at least one of the warring powers. Japan has, already sent a party of engineering experts to this country to investigate- the railway systems and buy railroad supplien, and it is likejy that to America Will eomo the greater portion of the $30.000,mH) at their dis posal fr. materials. With American Supremacy in the commerce of the Orient, there is "Tvcry ; rf ason to be lieve that the bulk of supplies wanted by Japan in otner lines will be brought here. -,' ,.: -. ,. '. JEFFRIES DECLINES TO ACT. - -T. - Sales of Seats aad Betting on Britt Nelson -Fight Now at ; . a StandstilL , ' SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7Jim Jeffries will probably refuse to ref eree the t Brit t-Nelson fight. With Jeffries out of the problem it is now thought Eddie Oraaej will . be se lected. - The uncertainty r regarding the referee Is affecting the ; sale of seats? seriously and the betting is at a standstill until all doabt as to who is to make the decision is settled. Says He Win Officiata. ' San ' Fraacisco, Sept. 7. Fully, de termined to referee the - Britt-Xelsoa contest Saturday, James J. Jeffries ar rived from Los Angeles rtonight. "I have accepted the offer to referee tbe contest .and wilt be the third man in the ring. That's all there is to it," said Jeffries. k . SIX, DIE OF CHOLERA.' MARIF.NHURG. West Prussia. Sf 7. On woman and five men have dkd! of cholera here. . I FOREMAN ACCOUNTABLE Two Persons Killed by Collapse of a Building Condemned . ' 1 for Two. Years. ; NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Two per sons were killed in a building on Grand and Mott streets which collap sed today. Tbe building is .Huf to have been eonduined two years ago. but was permitted to be occupied since. Thomas McGovern, tbe fore man, of the builiing department, is unler arrest on the Charge .of rrini inal negligence. .The ilead: MARIO GAKIOSO, 16 vears old. JOSKPH FAKIXO, 48 years old; . Nearly a score of -persons were in jured. ' j RESTS UPON CONTRACTORS. Postal Officials not Concerned About Strike so Long as Mail is - Delivered. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. There has been practically no delav in tbe col lection and distribution of mail in the business district of New York affect ed by the stroke of 300 drivers in the employ of the New York Mail Com pany. Postmaster Wilcox said the strike did not. concern the postal offi cials so long as the contractors con tinued to handle the mails without de lay.' FOREST f IRES AGAIN RAGING DEVOURING .VALUABLE TIMBER IN VICTNIT OF MILL CITY. WAS THOUGHT UNDER CONTROL But Is Fanned Into New Life By Stiff v Breeze Yesterday . Morning. Reported That Lumber Camp Haa Been Burned Out and Laborer Barely Es caped With Their Lives Thousands of Dollars Now Going Up in Smoke Advices" fVeeived from Mill City in dicate that the forest fire which was raging fn the timber in that vicinity early in the week and was supposed to nave been under control, has taken new life by being fanned by a stiff breeze, and ia now wreaking destruc tion to a vast area of valuable timber in the Cascade mountains east of Mill City. The latest that can be learned is that a lumbering camp was totally destroyed ty the flames and that the laborers employed' there barely escaped with their lives. The timber in which the fire has been and is now raging be longs to the"" Curtina Lumber 'Company, and comprises one of the best stands of timber in toe country. Thouxands of dollars' worth of property 'are leing consumed at every mile covered by the flames. Late reports from Mill City and Gates convey the information that the fire finally found its way into the lim its of those two interior villages and consumed several houses before the fire was gotten under control the first time. All of the available men of the country are out fighting the fires, and it is hoped that their progress will be cneked before all of the timber in that vicinity -is consumed.' At last re-, ports the-fire, had 'destroyed several square miles of valuable timber east of Mill City, and is still raging unabated. Albany, Or., Sept 0. Fire has agair broken out in the forests east of Mill City. On the. North Santiam a logging camp in the Cascades 'wan burnvd this afternoon. The men eseaed from the camp with their bare lives. Last week's fire was thought to have beet under control, bot a hign wind thi morning fanned the emlwra into flame It is now traveling into the Cascadt mountains, destroying the finest bod j of timir,..-and ding an enormous amount of damage. PENALTY IS PAID YOUNG NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE BY INFURIATED MOB IN TEXAS. l Had Confessed to Crime of Outraging White Woman and nu&band of Vic tim Said to Have Started the Blaze ' Which Consumed the Negro. . FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 7. A special to the record from Waxahatcbic tells of to bornine tonit of Stev Davis, a young negro, who confessed U outraging Mr. 8. P. Norrls on Son; day night. , - A mob of 3500 persons tied the ne gro to a piece of gaspipe set in the ground, piled fagots around him anr set the mass on fire. The sufferings ol the negro were of short duration owing to the fierceness of the fire, which was fanned by a gale which blew aero the prairi. . ' v The i husband of tne woman is sale to have set tb match to the tinder anc started the blaze-that consumed tht neero. . - ' - - - i wiu. KOI CHANGE POLITICS. 'I. of-Ai nt-pi.'! A special from Olympia to the Post-Intelligencer say that toe Daily Olympian has been sold by II. D. Crawford to King k Hart well iHtiJ King retains the rtosition as editor and the Olympian will continue Republican in politics. SECOND SECTION SET PACT WORST HAS NOT YET 0CCURRG1 NO SIGNS of amelioeatio:t i: BAKU; SITUATION. SCENES OF FIRE AND MASSACr.1: Garrison Affords No Protection snJ Refugees Are Fleeing Into the City. Entire Oil and Commercial Quarters of Balakhan, Babunto and Nomani De stroyed by Ravages of Tartars Los3 Will Ron Into Millions. 'BAKLV'Sept. 7. The situation to night shows no signs of amelioration. It could hardly be worse. The terror- stricken inhabitants are fleeing from the city, knowing that tne garrison i utterly inadequate to protect them, pud although the worst scenes of fire aad massacre have not yet occurred in Ba ku itself, none dare to think how far the excesses may proceed. The entire oil and commercial quarters of Balak- ban, Sabunto, and Nomani have been wiped out by fire and tbe inhabitant remaining are being massacred and thrown into the flames. Bibicb.it con tinues to burn and is threatened wita the same fate as Balakhan. The consulates, banks and building of Baku are guardeT by troops. All the KngliIt "residents and almost all the other" inhabitants of the better class have boarded ships aud gone to sea to escape danger. Martial law has Ik en proclaimed in the city. Nobody is al lowed on the streets after 8 o'clock at night, ana the inhabitants or nouses are held strictly responsible for shots fired from them. Artillery was em ployed against one House from which shots were fired, tho walls wcrn breached, the house stormed rnd all the people on tho inside were Killed. There is general panic in the city. A wnole army of hungry workmen, driv en from tho burned nuburbn, have flock ed into the city. There is tho greatest destitution and measures for the trans portation of workmen from the city are imperatively necessary. Soldiers Gaining Upper Hand. St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. The inter racial warfare and ineendiirism have done their work in Batu and have co m pleted ruia for a year of great oil in dustries In that port, though the latent dispatches indicate the military have gained tbe upper hand in the town it self and that the steadily arriving re inforcements promise to turn tho tide in the outlying districts and enable the troops to drive the Tartars from their positions ground the city. There is little left unburned above tht ground in the outlying oilfields of Balakhan, Bomanti, Kabunto and I'ibi chat. All extracting plants, ' includiig derricks, pumping extablinhments and oil reservoirs have been TTcstroyed. Hie breaking of the reservoirs unloosened a flood of burning oil, which was im possible to fxtinguisn. A largo por tion of tV "black town" quarter, in which nos of flio reflneried were lo cated, is also burned. Th financial Ions will run into millions. Tanie Reigns in Tiflis. , Tiflis, Sept.1 7. Panic reigns in the whole f the Tiflis district and the people are fearful of an attack by the Tartars. On Cark was, killed snd another wounded Inst nigjit. The po lice patrols have lieen strengthened, and the authorities proj.o-w to organize rural - militia for th defense of the trans-Cauraunian diMricts where no troops are stationed. DROPS BELOW MILLION MARK. Number of Pensioners on Government Roll Is Steadily Upon the Decline. WASHINGTON, Kept. 7. The pen sion roll reached, the maximum num ber of its history January 21 last, the numlier being 1,004, lfl. The roll paused the million mark in September o. last year and gradually increased during the next four months. The de cline began with the first of last lVb-rnary-and by the following May hail impped below the million mark. Tho facts developed in a synopsis of the annual report of Pension Com mission Warner, covering the opera tions of the office the, fiscal year end ing June 30. last. At the end of tho fear the. number of pensioners de clined to P9M.441, yet an increase for tbe year of 3.679. -The total amount of money paid for pensions since tbe -foundation of tl. government is $3,320,800,022; of thi amount $3,144,395,405 baa been paid an account of the Civil war. CHINESE GUNBOAT APOLOGIZZ MaSTes Amend f or ; InsuTting Act Coi i mitted Against American riag at Amoy. AMOY, Cnina, Kept. 7.- The Chlicf gunboat Using Hang appeared, b f ? the American consulate 6day vith IT American flag at her masthead an! fired a salute of twenty-one guns s , amends for an act of an instilling i -tare committed in connection with t! .- flagpole of tho consulate two w . tgo. The affair grew out 'of the ju.t; American boycott agitation. "V '-' "i Win iii TOR CITY OWNE2CIIIP. rKLofa Angeles Votes l;ca,C03 ?, Acauisltion of the C.ty Water riant. Las AXGELLM, Ca!., p. t. proposition - to tote l..", .i ) pal Ixinds tor the acquisition ' eity." water su-ply-wa cani,, "vrrwheliiiinj niaj.irity.