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ISSUED SEM1- VEEKLT TUESDAY -AHD FRIDAY ISSUED SEMi-WEE:lY TUESDAY JL'IO -' FfilDAi FIFTY FIRTH YEAH NO. 104.: -, SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1903. . SECOND SECTION SIX PAGES. GOOD PROGRESS OREGON LIBRARY COMMISSION PLEASED WITH INTEREST MANIFESTED IN WORK. ' Campaign of 'instruction in Literature and Library . Work .Is Outlined : First Circulating Library to Go Out This Week. The Oregon library commission is now well organized, Las gotten down to business in earnest and results of the most satisfactory nature have been already realized. Beside the organiza tion of the circulating library system, to which the commission is paying par ticular attention and is getting along admirably in the work, a system of , in struction of the public in the different elates of " literature is being outlined and steps will be taken immediately to circulate and publish lists of books pertaining especially to subjects in which the public mind, generally, is most vitally interested. The first subject to be taken up is that of railroad legislation, especially upon the adjustment of rates, .and for this purpose Miss Marvin, the secre tary of the commission, has made' up a list of works touching upon this par ticular subject, which was adopted at the regular meeting yesterday, and it will be printed arid sent out over the state and published in the different iiewsajer9, in order that those who desire to study up on the question may be advised as to reeognisedly reliable authorities. These lists will be sent out at irregular intervals and each will be upon a different subject, embracing everything in political, commercial and industrial interests of the country gen erally. The next subject to le-treated upon, after railroads, will be irriga tion, then taxation and forestry, in the order named. The commission also decided to offer instruction . in library work in schools generally, to teachers, in - connection with the university work, and also to teachers and librarians in summer schools.-' The commission took under consideration the district library sub ject and decided to issue a list of l'H) hooks to the county superintendents, suitable for district school libraries. This will only be a temporary list and ;i much larger one will be issued later. From these lists the county superin tendents and district school board will wlect the looks for the district libra ries and purchase them through the state commission, which secures them on contract with the wholesalers and publishers. The commission will also publish a list of books for home lib raries for children, especially adapted for Christmas and birthday gifts and suitable for the entertainment and en lightenment of children generally. In the circulating library work the commission has already provisions for the establishment of twenty-one lib raries, of from " to GO books each, and the first of these will be sent to Dallas this week. This library will belong to the Dallas district exclusive ly, it having been purchased by that district,- but it will lie contributed to the use of ; the. commission in consid eration of the benefit of the balance of the libraries. i n Dallas library will open next Tuesday. These circu lating libraries are being systematical ly arranged by .Secretary Marvin and she will endeavor, so long as is prac ticable, to center each . collection of l ooks upon some historical subject or event, and particularly to. the world's history , in general. Four" towns have already made application for one of these libraries which, including Dallas, are Sumpter, Rainier and Baker City. Of the twenty-one libraries secured the State Federation, of i Women 's Chjbs has turned over between ten add fifteen for the use and benefit of the public in general arid the schools in particu lar. The Dallas library,' which consists of a collection of fifty-five choice lit erary works, is centered upon Scandi navia, and the majority of the volumes included has either a direct or a re mote bearing upon this country's his tory and are decidedly of an instruc tive character as well as interesting. There are a number of novels and vol- nines on fiction, but all are by thelest writers and contain some historical knowledge. The historical list, upon which the several libraries, already provided, for, will be centered, includes iermanv Japan-Korea, Africa, Ireland, Russia," India-Persia;; Italy, United iSt;tcs Revolution, --' Vil War, Scotland. Knland, Mexico. Canada, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Chin, Holland, Switz erland and South America, v Kvery lib ... - , i - Big Football Game Willamette University will meet the Pullman Agricultural College Team on the local gridiron next Wednesday. This promises tybo a bard fought battle, and no doubt many bones will be broken, but the only partj of the anatomy which, cannot bs broken is teeth made by Dr. B. E. Wrlghtaud it is certain that if any of them are in ' the game, they w iy land jthe W. BetU r see him at once and bAve your teeth repaired. You will be able to do better rooting for Old Willamette when iho big gamo comes off.' rary will include some good American history. The list of books which com prise the Dallas library, of which Scan dinavia forms the historical center, fol lows: - ... . Little Men,." Louisa MAleott, se quel to "Little Women.'' ' Navy Blue," W. B. Allenj 'fJoan and , Jnanita," Mrs. F. C. (Baylor) Barnum. Mllow of Orange Bibbon," (Mrs.) A. 32. H. Barr. t ; ''Lorna Doone-: a Romance of Ex moor;" E. D. Blackmore. , : f Fa mous Types of f Womanhood, ' Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton! . J ? Boyhood in "Norway," H. H. Boye sen. . . . - MDasrlv TlMrtV fXtrm V f T. Burn ham. ' ' r 'Europe" (Carpenter's geographical reader), F. G, Carpenter. 'f Louisa M. Alcott; Her Life, Let ters,',' Edna D. Cheney. "Biehard Carvel," Winston Church ill. ' 'Gallagher, and Other Stories' B. II. Davis. 'New Baby World," Mrs. M. M. Dodge. ' "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes,'' A. C. Doyle. "Lost in the Jungle," P. B. Du Chaillu. "First Book in American History," Edward F.ggleston. "Iloosier Schoolmaster," Edward Eggleston. (Justavus ' Adolphus," (Heroes of theT Nations), C. R. L. Fletcher. "Knights of the Kound Table," A, B. Frost. "Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foot hills," C. W. Gordon (Ralph Connor, pseud.) - . - - "The Overall Boys, " Eylalie O. Graver. "Myths of Northern Lands," II. A. Guerber. "Abraham Lincoln' Norman Hap good. 'Swedish Life t in Town and Coun try," O.O. Hcib?nstam.. Short History of; Oregon," S. V. Johnson. "Mrs. . Stnbbs' Brother," J. O. Kaler. "Short Stories of Our Shy Neigh bors," Mrs. M. A. B. McC. Kelly. "Little Citizens; the Humors of School Life," Myra McC. Kelly. "Nancy Stair," a Novel, Elinor Ma cartney Lane. "Red True Story Book," schooled, Andrew Lang. "Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," An drew Lang. "A) Little Brother to the Bear," W. J. Long. "Marquis of Lossie," George Mac donald. "Care of Animals," popular advice on the diseases of farm animals, N. S. Mayo. "The Madigans," il. by Orson Lo well; Miriam Michelson. . "American Heroes and Heroism," W. A. and A. M. Mowry. " Fur-Seal 's Toojb, " Kirk Munroe. ' Captured Santa Clans, ' ' T N. Page. "My Arctic Journal," Mrs. J. D. Peary. "Red Saunders: His Adventures West and East," H. W. Phillips. -J "Primer of Forestry: Government' Gilford Pinchot. "Dandelion Cottage," Carroll Ean kin. "Food Materials and Their Adulter ations," Mrs. E. H. Richards. The Last Hope," il. by A. For cstiar, Hugh S. Scott. "Decatur and Somers," Melly i E. Seawell. "King Lear," Shakespeare. "Electric Toy," T. O. C. Sloane. - "Sailor Boys of .-'61," J. R. Soley. "The Virginians," W. M. Thackeray. "Our Little Norwegian Cousin," Mary II. Wade. . "The Lure of the Labrador Wild," the story of the exploration expedi tion conducted by Leouidas Hubbard, Jr., Dillon Wallace. "The Mountains," illustrated, Stew art E. White. . "Pollv Oliver's Problem," Mrs. K. D. S. Wiggin. "The Posy Ring," a book of verse for children, Mrs. K. D. S. and Nora A. Wiggin. "The Romance of Modern Engi neering," Archibald Williams. TWO JOCKEYS INJURED. An Accident During Horse Race at Spokane Fair May Eesult Fatally. SIOKANE, Oct. 11. Two jockeys were seriously, if not fatally, hurt at the interstate fair today. Goldfinder fell on a slippery track and two other horses with riders went down oyer the fallen horse. Goldfinder 's rider, Cat ron, escaped with a broken arm and collar bone, but Jockey Loague, on Foda, is in a hospital unconscious from concussion of the brain. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS ACTUAL BTJEVE" OF SALEM POETLAND SOAD BEGINS. STJEVEYOE HEEEICK IN CHAEQE Crew of Fivs Men Started From Fair ' Grounds Testeroay Morn- Practically Admitted by Official of Promoting Interests that Intention Is to Build Electric J me from Portland to Engene Ultimately. True to the prediction of The States man in several issues of the past, the proposed electric railway between this city and Portland is an assured fact, at least so far as preliminary events are concerned as is evidenced by the faet that a erew of surveyors, under the superision of County Surveyor B. B. Ilcrrick, started out yesterday morning to make actual survey of the proposed route. Although the route hay been mapped out definitely it will not be outlined io the public for fear of a disruption of the plans of the pro moters, but, it may be said in general terms, that it will pursue a circuitous course and tap the most fertile and thickly populated districts between this city and the mtropolis, so as to afford the farmers along the line all of the advantages of getting their products to market that is practical in railroad building. The erew of survey ors under Mr. Herrick is composed of Messrs. Frank Coffey, Ilerren, Lathrop and 8tout. The- road will be of standard gun go and Cquipjed with the best and most up-tb-dato character of rolling stock at present on the market and the schedule time between this city and Portland is proposed to be reduced about one-half from the present time that it takes to cover the distance ly steam route. It is understood that it is not the inten tion of the interests behind the pro ject, which are none other than those which own and operate the Citizens Light Si Traction Company system here and the Portland Consolidated Street Railway Company, which are of the most wealthy in the country and have behind them an . almost unlimited amount of capital, to enter into compe tition with the Southern Pacific com pany but to .tap such districts that are not touched by the latter system and pick up business that is otherwise go ing to waste. The only way in which the new project threatens to injure the business of the Southern Pacific com pany is in passenger traffic, as it is proposed to run trains on the hourly schedule and make fast time between the two points. It is now learned, almost to a cer tainty, that the new interests contem plate extending the new road as far south up the valley as Eugene, for, al though no formal announcement is made to this effect from an authorita tive souree, it has been virtually ac knowledged by a prominent official of the general management that a peti tion will soon be presented to the city council of Kugene for a franchise to construct and operate a street car line in that thriving little city, and, "put ting two and two together," it is na turally deduced that it is the ultimate intention of the interests tobuild a con tinuous line from Portland through this city to Eugene, and, perhaps, Spring nJd. Further developments along this line of speculation will come to light within a reasonable time that will bpea the eyes of the people of this section of the valley, ami especially those who have been incredulous of the predic tions of The Statesman. .. A special from Engene gives news of threatened opposition to t rf proposed extension of the electric railroad from Portland to Eugene in a story to ths effect that one A. R. Black, and asso ciates, have applied to the Eugene city council for an electrie car line fran chise in that city and it is oenly stat ed by- the applicant for the franchise hat the purpose is to get in ahead of the promoters of the Portland-Salem line It is also Bt a ted by Mr. Black that the purpose - of the interests he represents to build a line from Eugene to Portland. He fails, however, to dis close the name of any of the parties supposed to be behind him in the pro ject. An official of, the properties rep resented by the interests behind the proposed Portland-Salem extension, the survey of which is now under way, stag ed Jast night, whet shown the Eugene dspatch, that, in his opinion, the. only motive which Mr. Black or anybody else in applying to the Ehgen council for a franchise was for speculation, in the hopes, of course, in the event the franchise was granted, to sell it to Rhodes, Sinkler A Bnteher, of Phila delphia, and the New York capitalists behind the local, scheme at a. profit. He said further that the latter .interests wonld probably make application to the Eugene council . for a street railway ? HAED BLOW TO ENEMIES. ST. PETERSBURG, ' Oct. 10. Fur ther imperial thanks are given ; tr Count Witte in a rescript punished tn lay, and a high tribute paid to thi serviced he rendered in concluding peace with Japan. It indicates . a grateful ippreciation of Witte's services-to the mpire and a considerable blow to the intriguers against him, ; I DD2D OF HIS INJUETES. - 1 REDDING. CaU Oct. 10. Express Messenger Haskell, shot yesterday in he1 attempt to hold up the Delmaf Redding stage, died today as a resulj t his wounds.. franchise but would neither commit himself or theinterests which he rep resents one way or another. The Eu gene dispatch alluded to follows: - Opposition Develops. Engene, Or., Oct. 12. A; B. Black and his associates who have applied to the Engene city council for a franchise for the construction of an electric street car system in this city, state that in all probability their backers, whose identity is sot disclosed, intend event ually to bnild down the valley to Port land. Jf such, a line is built it will be-in opposition to the proposed line which the new owners of the Eugene electric light' plant have ; announced that they will build. It is stated that these people will also apply to the 'city council for a franchise for a street car system. $3-SHOE-DOUQLAS TAKES TUP. Governor of Massachusetts Goes to Hot Springs for a Two Weeks Best. BOSTON, Oct. 12 Governor .Douglas left here today for a fortnight's visit to Hot Springs, Va. He will return about October 24, it is hoped, much rested .by his trip. The question of the successor of Judge Safford will be set tled by the governor at the next meet ing of the executive council. At pres ent the choice seems to lie between Daniel N. Crowley ami George Scars of Danvers, and -William C. Perry of Salem. Jin WILL DISCUSS REFORM. Indiana Woman's Clubs , Hold Sixth Annual Convention at Vin cenneSi VINCENNES, Ind., Oct. 12. The Federation of Woman 's Clubs of In diana met for their sixth annual con vention today. The meeting was for mally called , to order by the president and after the invocation Mayor Greene of-Vincennes and Mrs. Ella Clark, president of the Vincennes Fort nightly club, which organization is re sponsible for the entertainment of the delegates during their visit here, made the addresses of welcome. These ad dresses were responded to by Mrs. O. P. Kinsey of Valparaiso. Reports and brief addresses on various subjects by representatives of the different divi sions were the main part of the pro gram today. Tonight there will be a reception tendered the delegates at the residence of Mrs. Charles Bierhaus by the Fortnightly club of Vincennes. The principle feature of the program will be the address of Governor Ilanley at tomorrow's session on the suuject of "The' Relaton of Indiana Federation of Woman's Clubs to Indiana's Reform Problem." . WILL BE INTERESTING. National Histcry Congress to Be Held In Boston. BOSTON, Oet. 12. What is probab ly the first of a series of annual meet ings of a congress of the natural his tory societies of New England, began in the rooms of the Natural History So ciety on Roylston street today with the opening of an exhibition of nat ural history objects, apparatus for col lecting and prserving and illustrations and records of observatories. This ex- hibition will be open every day of the congress, which lasts until Saturday, from nine in the morning. until five in the afternoon, and on Saturday sub jects of vital intercBt in the field of natural history will oe discussed. It is hoped that the series Will become an annual affair and prospects from ,the interest ehown in the present exhibi tion point toward success. HAS MONSTROUS NAME. Monster of the Deep Is Called "Annar riehtys Oceolate." ALBANY', Or., Oct. 12. " Annarich tys Oceolate" is the seientfic name of the strange sea monstef captured at Vaquina bay by Robert Loeth last sum mer. J. O. Crawford, photographer and seientist, sent pictures of the uncanny animal to the Smithsonian Institution and also to the University of Oregon. Word, has been received from both these authorities thatthe alwve nnpro nmineeable words constitute the scien tific name Of the monster, and that the popular name is wolf eel. KUBELIK BRINGS THE TWINS. Bohemian Violinist Coming to This Country Accompanied by the Whole Family. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. Jan Kubelik, the -Bohemian violinist, is coming to this country and, this time he brings with him an interesting addition to his family, "the twins." The Knbeliks will travel. in a private ear with, their servants, and the twins, of course, ; whose lively demonstrations will prob- ably Iks plenty of free advertisment j for the famous musician. Ilia wife, the happy mother of these children of gen ius, was toe former Countess Czaky Szell. - ' . SENATORS AT REUNION. "ALIVE, Okla., Oct. 10. Among the prominent speakers at the reunion of the old soldiers of Woods county that began here to jay are Senator Long f' Kansas, Senator Gore an! Reprcsen'a-. tivo Ferris of Lawton, besides several other Wfcll known orators , of the Jerri lory. -. ., 1 - ENORMOUS GOLD 6 JTPUT. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 10. Ac-, cording to a special : from Dawson tbe old shipments from the? Yukon terri tory for the season of 1903 will ap proximate six million dollars. It1 is estimated that more than half the Fair banks output has gone to the coast via Dawson this-summer. ARE ALL HELD WITHOUT BOND THREE NEGROES OF BERWTND TRAGEDY OFTEN HEARING. EACH ONE BLAMES THE OTHER For Bloody : Butchery of Officers of the IH-Fated Schooner on ; Tuesday. Adamand Sawyer Charge Scott With All of Fiendish Work, but Latter Says It Was Result of Conspiracy in Which All Took a Hand. WILMINGTON, Oct. 12.-IIer decks and cabins splotched .with blood from the fearful butchery following the mut iny aboard ship Tuesday, the schooner Harry A. Berwind was towed into Southport today. At the preliminary investigation before the United States commissioners, the men who boarded the Berwind from the schooner King told the story of the conditions as found on the. vessel. The three pris oners gave the names of Robert Saw yer, Henry Scott (both mullatos) and Arthur Adams (a negro). - Sawyer and Adams charge Scott killed all five of the men except Cajc tain Mumill, who disappeared before daybreak on Tuesday in. an unknown manner. They said they . saw Scott shoot the mate and engineer and throw the bodies overboard. They next heard shots below and in a short time Scott came on deck bearing the body of the cook, whom he threw overboard. They had bound Scott and was steering the boat when overtaken by the King. Scott says all the seamen four ne groesentered into a conspiracy soon after leaving Mobile, feeling aggrieved because of short rations. He admits the killing of Cokeley, the negro sea man found on the deck, but says he did it in self-defense. He did not ex plain why he was bound, except his companions wanted to get rid of htm. He said be saw Cokeley shoot the mate and Adams kill the engineer. He does not know how the cook was killed, as the shooting was done below deck. All three negroes are held without bond. CURE WORSE THAN DISEASE. Fall Down the Stairs Starts Hair Grow ing on Bald Pate. , . , SAUGUS, Mass., Oct. 12. A new cure for baldness has been discovered Of course it calls for rather heroic measures, but if the result is as rue cessful as it was. in the case of James Foss of Belmont street, . .who of tho sufferers7 from the affliction would not try the remedy f Last February Mr. Foss fell down the stairs at his home. When picked .up he showed no signs of life but after a time a faint heart beat was felt. He remained uncon scious until July, and during his ill ness bis hair began to grow and now he has as fine crop as any one could desire. He was thirty when he be came bald and ho is now sixty-one.' CONCERT TO MISSIONARY. Musicians at Louisrihe, Kentucky, Give Concert for the Benefit of Dr. Emma Botow. LOUISVILLE, Ky Oct. 12. A very fine concert will be given here tonight for the benefit of Dr. Emm Bctow, medical missionary to Siang Ln, China. It is hoped that the proceeds will be largo enongh to defray her expenses in the great work which is doing among the sick heathen for some time to cornel . Certainly the fine program of well known musicians which has been arranged for the affair tonight alone ought to .attract a large gathering aside from the worthy object for which it is given. . , t '-. FARMERS' UNION DAY. Thousands of Farmers Gather at Big Atlanta Fair. ATLANTA. !.., Oct. 12. Today is Farmers' Union day at the state fair in progress here. Speciil exercises were held io the auditorium this morning, at which were "present the thousands jof farmers from nil parts of the country, who came, to Atlanta- for' the annual convention of the Farmers Educational and Co-operative Union of America, whiek was held yesterday. This union is the largest of its kind in the country and the convention of yesterday was the biggest in thf- history f this city. The organisation is nnique in that it is a purely business gathering of the farmers of the several states for their mutual Lertefit. Politics do not enter into the discussions; In fact, all parti fditiral expression of opinion is prohibited on penalty of expulsion. No civil office holders is allowed to bold any office in connection with the union, either national or state or locaL ', OD2DMONT CONVENTION. LEESBUBG, Va., Oct. 11. The au tumn session of the Oiedmont conven tion of the Protestant Episcopal church began its session at fit. James chnreh here todays J Tho church, which is a magnificent stone building, was conse crated by Kt. Kev. R. A. Gibson, D. L-, bishop of the diocese. , ' NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS. SOMERVILLE, N. J, Oct. IL The fifteenth annual reunion uf the Thir tieth New Jersry volunteers was held here today. " Among other, resolutions on the death of the late Captain J. F. Hubbard, who ' was a raemoer of ' the Thirtieth regiment, were passed. BURKE NOT GUILTY. Man Who Stabbed Fred Andrews in Neck With Jackkniff Is Acquitted. BURNS, Or., Oct. 12. James Burke, otherwise known as "Red" Taylor, who stabbed his one-time foreman in the neck with a jackknife in a saloon at Andrews last August, and was after wards captured; after a 40-mile chase through the - sagebrush, was acquitted here when the' case came before the Harney county circuit court. It took the jury six hours to reaeh this agree ment. Burke formerly worked at the White Horse ranch,' 118 miles from Burns, and was" discharged for bis complaints about the food nerved to the men. Sev eral days later' Andrews, the foremau, met Burke in a saloon, and a fight en sued, resulting in 1 Andrews being wounded by the jackknife and dying an hour later. Burke fled from the sa loon and was captured later after an exciting' chase. At the trial be pleaded self-defense. FOUND NEAR ROADSIDE. William Dilley Meets Serious, Possibly Fatal, Accident. FOREST GROVE. Or., Oct. 12.--As Miss Traver, a teacher in. a school near here, was going to school this morn ing along the Gale's creek road, not far from town, she found the uncon scious body of William Dilley, lying beside the road. Thirteen hours after the accident must have occurred, Ir. W. P. Via, the attending physician, states he is unable to tell tho outcome, and Dilley is still unconscious. Dilley, a sort of N. E. Dilley, living near here, was returning last night from Beaverton, whither he had taken a load of grajes. It is supposed he fell out of the wagon, and that his clothes became entangled in the vehi cle, dragging him a considerable dis tance. A short distance down the road the team was found tied to a fence, it is supposed by some one who had found them loose. -i GOOD SIZED ' BONE, ' TOO. Estate of John Ashmeal Sued for Four Hundred Dollar Board Bill. A 100 board bill is the bone of con tention in a suit which came up for trial before Judge Burnett .yesterday. -Benjamin Haymond is the - plaintiff and W. T. Richie, as administrator of the estate of John Ash meal, is the de fendant. John Ashmeal was a bache lor without relatives, and made his home for the last five years of his life frith the plaintiff. It is alleged that he paid $10U before his death, which he said was to apply on his board. As Mr. Haymond figures his board at $100 per year, he alleges that there is still $400 due on the account. John A, Jeffrey is the attorney for the plaintiff, while O. Condit 'ap peared for the defense. LANE TEACHERS MEET. Attendance Good and Lncludes Long List of Prominent Educators.' EUGENE. Oct. 12 The annual Lane county teachers institute is in sess ion in this city, having begun yester day forenoon at the high school. The aittn. lance from all over the eountv is large an. I County Superintendent W. B. Diilard is enthusiastic over the pros ecfs for a very successful meeting. Ittvnds Friday. Among the instructors of note tak ing part in tire institute are: N. A. Pinkley of Cincinnati; W. (I. Hartranf of Seattle; Dr. II. D. Sheldon of the U. of 0;I. W. Yoder, W. W. Dixon, State Superintendent J. II. Ackerman and' President 1. L. Campbell of tTTe U. of O. AN OBLIGATION TO FULFIL. Loading Colleges of Nation Pledged to Discourage Ronghncss in Football. NEW HAVEN, Oct. 11. Walter Camp, Yale's general athletic adviser, tonight gave out a statement in regard to the conference of representatives of Yale, Harvard and Prinreton with Pres ident Uooscvj-rt, in. which he states -it was agreed an honorable obligation ex ists to rarry out it letter and spirit the rules of the game of football re lating to roughness, holding and foul play, and thf active coaches of the colleges I eing present, they 1 pledged themselves to the utmost to see that the obii4;atim would be carried out. . CONVICTED TWICE, TRIED AGAIN. BURNS, Or., Oct. 12. George Miller, held on a charge of killing Warren Mortis in Harney county two years ago twice conictcd of murder in the second degTee by Harney county circuit court, twice given a new trial on appeal, will be triel next spring in Crook county. The change of venue was made on stip ulation by the attorneys, who state it would be difficult to get a jury in Har ney eountv. John t'til well, indicted with Miller, was found guilty of manslaughter when tried in Malheur county one year ago, after a change of venne from Harney. NOT READY TO TALK. COLON, Oct. 11. The steamship Havana sailed for New York this even ing with the members of the canal com mission, board , of Consulting engineers and other inemliers of ihe party which sailed for Colon from New York Sep tember 2. The members or the com mission -were reticent regarding the possible character of the canal. It will lie several 'weeks berore a report will be ready for President Roosevelt. JERRY SIMPSON FAILING. WICHITA, Oct. 11. Ex-Congressman Simpson was unable to take nour ishment today and appears to be grow ing weaker. ' , - . TO EXCLUDE UNITARIANS INTER-CHURCH EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE TO DISCUSS SUBJECT. ARE REdABDED AS UNCHRISTIAN And Invitation not Extended Them id Attend General Conference in Norember. ; j Unlversalists and Soman Catholics Are Also not Included in the list of Sects to Take a Part in the Proposed Con ference of Churches. . . NEW YORK, Oct. 12. At a meeting of the executive committee of the inter churh conference on federation here today, it was decided to make publio the x-orrespondenee out Of which has grown a discussiou on the subject of the exclusion of tho Unitarian denomi nation. ""The conference will be held in November. Tho American Unitarian association has elected three delegates to the conference, Rev Edward Ev erett Hale, chaplain of the United States senate; cx-Seeretary. of the Navy John. I). Long, and Dr. Samuel A. Elliott, son of President Elliott of Harvard. The "members of the execu tive commit tee declared the original letter of invitation was not sent to the Unitarians, Univcrsalists or Ro man Catholics. ' Dr. rdliott stated at first the Uni tarians assumed the inviation to the conference was gVneral, but during the summer learned tho Unitarians might not le included and wrote to ask if the rumor had Justification. , Dr. Elliott declared it impossible for him to be lieve the conference would exclude such men as were named by the Unitarians, saying Dr. Hale and Iong were among the most beloved .-of Christian leaders. Secretary Sanford of the committee rcsMnded, saying, the committee had not seen its way jelear to include theso. dcoominations, but there was nothing personal in the decision. Dr. Roberts, chairman of the com mittee, stated invitations were sent to the denominations which, it was. felt, were insufficient of agreement with one another to secure efficient results and that the Unitarians did not belong to this group. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. HAVANA, Cuba, Oct. lO.-Tolay was celebrated the thirty-seventh anni versary of tho beginning of the first Cuban- revolution and the declaration of " indeiH-ntlenee or death." The day was a general holiday throughout the ramontc and other ( uhans who began the struggle for independence at Yarn on Octobef. Id, IfcoM, were on every lip. Nearly all business was suspend island and the names of Cespedes, Ag ed for the day and the principal places in the city were gaily decorated with the 'colors of free Cuba and also with those of America. TO GRACE HALL OF FAME. NEW YORK Oct, 10. Three wom en and five men were chosen today to receive tablets in the hall of fame of the New York university. They , are Maria Mitchell, scientist; Mary Loon, founder of tho Mount, llolyokc rollege; Emma Willard, author of "Roeked in the Cradle of the Deep;" Alexander Hamilton, John Paul Jones, Louis Ag assi., John (jhincy Adams and James Madison. , OREGON MATERIAL- BEST. ' Portland Students Thrice Elected Cap. - tain of Stanford Freshman Football Team. STANFORD UNIVKRHITY, Oct. 12. oh n R. Holman of Portland was elected captain of the freshman foot ball team. A pernliar features is that Holman i the third successive Port lander to be elected captain of the freshman tam, snd also that all three Portland inn played quarterback. , , INDIANA FARMERS' INSTITUTE. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 11. The farmers' institute workers of Indiana assembled at Purdue university today for the first meeting of the eighth an nual session. Prominent speakers from Illinois and Michigan were present and delivered addresses to the delegates. The final sessions will take place to morrow and there will probably be a. school of instruction in butter making after the adjournment of the institute. EQUITABLE TRUSTEES MEET NEW YORK, Oct. 11. A meeting of the trustees of the r.quitable took place today. The business : transacted was mainly the filling oi vacancies existing in the Itoard and also the filling of the 11KJ.1 class of directors to succeed those now in office. Of the thirteen directors two places are vacant, four are filled by obi members and seven are held by directors chosen at the June and July meetings. . CLAIMS HE IS INNOCENT. VICTORIA, Oct. 12. An Ottawa dispatch states that George D. Collins v-aate 1 in San Francisco to answer to a charge t bigamy Will abandon the fight against extraJTlian. He says his acquital is almost certain., A ROYAL BETROTHAL; OLUECKBURO,. Oct. 10,-The en gagement of Prince Eitel Frederick, the second-son of Emperor Wilii.j ,, to Duchess Sophie Charlotte, the cl I- .t tfaughter of the Grand Duk of fi . , burg, is announced.