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LAND LAST EDITION. 4:30 O'CLOCK. VOL. LI II. NO. 290. ROCK ISLAND, ILL., FRIDAY", SEPTEMBER i;3. 11)04. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROOK FIGHT NOT YETBEGUN Oyama's Forces Still Ma neuvering for Po sitions. SOME MINOR CLASHES British Cruisers Arrive in Ca nary Islands to Watch the Terek. St. Petersburg. Sept. 2" Gen. Kuro patkin telegraphs that the Japanese l:avi' assumed I he offensive from Beiit siaputze mi Fu Pass, which is on the railroad between Mukden and Fushul, a hunt twelve miles from .Mukden. enr Imperiiil 'I'onih. St. Petersburg. Sept. 22. A brief telegram was received today from Gen. S:ikharoff announcing the advance of i lie Japanese from Bentsiaputze on a village m ar Fu Pass, eact of Mukden, and site f the imperial tomb. Minor I'IkM H-iortil. '1'okio, Sept. i';;. An official tele gram r-Niits that fights Lave taken place at the towns of Tiding and San ltingku, )u miles northeast of Liaoyang, Sept. 20. The Kussi .s, who were driven off to the northward, left 1!) dead. The Japanese losses were very dii'ht. llrltlxli nrMlilpM u Ilnl. I.as Palmas. Canary Islands. Sept. 22 The British cruisers St. George and Brilliant arrived here this morn ing. The Russian cruiser Terek, which has been stopping British vessels in the icinity of Gibraltar, is here in port in need of coal and repairs. The Russian cruiser Terek sailed today at noon. The destination is un known. '. Tiikr Anutlivr I'tirt. Tokio. Sept. 22. It is reported the Japanese have taken another fort on a height west f Ktseshan which was carried by a desperate assault. It over l'ilis Port Arthur giving the Japa nese an excellent gun position, and materially weakening the Russian de fense. Vilvnm'f In Mtv. St. Petersburg. Sept. 22. The Japa nese advance towards Mukden contin ues slowly, according to information received by the authorities here. Both ollicial reports and press dispatches place (Kama's advance guard 20 miles couth of Mukden. Stories printed in the foreign press that a great battle at Mukden has already begun are dis proved by actual developments at the i.e. -lie of operal ions. .In i l-'limkinif Mo rmriit. Judging by developments Oyania is giving up the idea of cutting Kuropat k iu's co-.nmunieat ion to the northward and contenting himself with advanc ing upon tin Russian front and flank in such a fashion as to force the evac uation of the two and compel the Rus sians to retreat further north. It is possible, however, that the Japanese are again making undisc'os d movements as they ha"e success fully done in the past. According to the best information. 0ania has three armies concentrated south and southeast of Mukden, a fourth corps being detached to Dzian tchan. and thence sending out flanking columns northward and northeastward with the object of protecting Oyaina's right and at the same time driving in the Russian outosts. Too Wrnk I'or not her Halt If. I'vidently th Japanese realize tha: th.-ir strength is inadequate to justify another attempt to surround Kuropar kin who now is stronger by two army corps that lie was at Liaoyang. Orders have been issued to prepare seven rit'e brigades for service in the far cast. ODD FELLOWS REFUSE TO LOWER SEX BARRIER Sovereign Lodge Defeats Amendment To Give Rebekahs Rep resentation. San Francisco. Sept. 22. Amend ments proposing that the barrier of se be removed so that the Rebekahs might become i prcseiuatives to the grand lodge and that the color line be extended so as to permit the admis sion of men who were partly of Indian descent were defeated yesterday at the annual session of the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows. The drill corps of Washington. D C. and Sae ramento. Cal.. met in the afternoon in competition at Meeharys" pavilion. A FAST FREIGHT STRIKES DYNAMITE Wagon Load Crossing Track Engine and Cars Demolished Several Reported Killed. Cumberland, Md., Sept. 22. A fast freight train on the Baltimore & Ohio struck a wagon loaded with dynamite on a crossing, six miles east of Cum berland. this afternoon. The engine and some freight cars were demolished. Several people are reported killed and injured. FIVE STUDENTS ARE EXPELLED FOR HAZING University of Illinois May Suspend Others One Victim Now in Hospital. -I'rbana, 111., Sept. 23. Five sopho mores, leaders in the recent hazing at the University of Illinois, have been expelled by the board of administra tion. Others will probably be suspend ed. The authorities are making every effort to prevent further annoyance to freshmen and preparatory students. Claude Swetf. a preparatory student in the university, who was injured Sat urday night while being hazed by soph omores, is recovering. He has been confined to the hospital. Swett. who lives in Elgin, was compelled by the sophomores to wrestle with a husky freshman. In the bout Swett's foot slipped and he fell, his opponent fall ing upon him and his elbow striking Swett's stomach. DENEEN S FEE $7,685 IN THREE MINUTES Gambler's Nolo Contendres Pleas Pay State's Attorney Over $2,000 Each Sixty Seconds. Chicago. III.. Sept. 22. By accepting the pleas or nolo contendres in the cases of t',1 race track gamblers State's Attorney Heiieen was enable to pocket just $7,7n.-. It took only three minutes to disposes of the cases. That's $2. ".!" per minute. During the time this painful-pleasant operation was be ing performed, the state's attorney himself was away out in one of the back counties tiring the popular heart and urging the people to vote for him for governor. And yet some say that raising the plea of nolo contendre doesn't pay. TOM WATSON HITS A NEGRO Cab Driver Places Black Woman Next to Candidate Punished. Houston. Tex.. Sept. 2". Thomas K. Watson, populist candidate for presi dent, arrived unexpectedly last night for his speech and found no one to meet him. He hired a hack to take him to a hotel and was requested by the negro driver to admit another pas senger. The driver presented a ne gro woman as his seat mate, where upon the candidate left the hack anil struck the driver. STANDARD OIL TRUST IS FINED Tennessee Jury Convicts Corporation and Agent of Violating Laws. Gallatin. T.-nn.. Sept. 2::. The jury in tin case against the Standard Oil company. Agent Holt of Nashville and Agent O'Donnell Rutherford of Galla tin, for alleged violation of the anti trust law. brought in a verdict acquit ting Rutherford and assessing a line of $.".mi0 against the Standard Oil com pany and a line of $2.m'm against Holt. The case will be appealed. It was charged that dealers had been bribed to countermand orders given to a com petitor of the Standard Oil. J. PIERPONT MORGAN, HIS FATHER IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Latter Retires With Fortune of Pos sibly $150,000,000 First of Year. New York. Sept. 2:1. J. Pierpont Morgan. Jr.. has leased a New York house furnished for four months, and is going to spend the winter lure. Mr. Morgan expects to take up the details of Morgan & Co. at the beginning of the new year, when his father will retire lrom active business, though remain ing noruinal'y at the head of the firm for some time. The great financier has paid less and less attention to his business and more to art and charity in the last two years, aiul it is said he is now w illing to shift almost the entire responsibility on his son and upon, the other partners, of whom he has 10. loung Mr. Morgan nas nail a very thorough training in the banking bus iness. He began his apprenticeship under his father's direction in the New York office, where he familiarized him self with every department. Among the clerks he was always popular be cause of his affability and democratic ways. In Wall street he is known as "Jack" Morgan. J. P. Morgan will retire from busi NOTABLES SHAKEN Archbishop of Canterbury and J Pierpont Morgan in a Wreck. NEITHER SERIOUSLY HURT Misplaced Switch on the M., K. & T, Derails "Flyer" at Lewis, Missouri. East Brookfield, .Mass.. Sept. 22 A special train conveying the Arch bishop of Canterbury from Bar Harbor to Washington on the Boston & AI bany road was wrecked here today. The archbishop was not injured al though considerably shaken up. J. Pierpont Morgan who was accompany ing the archbishop, was shaken up but not hurt. Several trainmen were slightly hurt. M.. K. A T. l-'lyrr Wrecked. Clinton. Mo.. Sept. 2:1. The north bound "Flyer" on the Missouri. Kan sas & Texas road was wrecked at Lewis Station by a misplaced switch, ih light on which had been removed. Kngineer Shane was killed and two passengers and the fireman were se verely hurt. OPPOSED TO THE OPEN SHOP Carpenters and Joiners Determine to Resist Efforts at Disruption. Milwaukee. Wis.. Sept. 22. Resolu tions were passed by the carpenters and joiners, the general trend of which was to support the present trades movement, financially if necessary. The import, of these resolutions is merely the sanction of the brother hood to continue the fight on open shop, a resistance to the employers' efforts to the disruption of the organ ization and renewed efforts to secure shorter work day ami better pay in cities where these conditions do not already exist. FEARS STARVATION; ENDS LIFE Woman Kneels on Track and is Ground Beneath Car. Cleveland, Sept. 2:5. Miss Golden Anshell. aged 21 years, knelt on the street car tracks at Woodlawn ami Perry streets yesterday and was ground to death beneath the w!; t Is of a fast moving car. The act of self destruction was witnessed by a large crowd of pedestrians who were pow erless to interfere. The woman ar rived recently from Germany, and soon found that she was physically un able to stand the strain of her work. Far from friends and believing that she faced starvation, she decided on death. THE ASSOCIATED FRATERNITIES Meet and Elect Officers Portland, Ore., Next Meeting Place. St. Ixmis. Mo.. Sept. 22. The Asso ciated Fraternities-of America decided to hold next year's convention at Portland. Ore., and elected the follow ing: President. W. R. Edison, of St. Liuis; vice president. M. L. Campbell, of Xeenah. Wis. : secretary -treasurer. Edmunds Jackson, of Fulton. 111.. The association then discussed the formu lation of a uniform bill to be intro duced in all the state legislatures for the protection of the interests of fra ternal benefit insurance societies. Cargo of Coffee Worth a Million. New Orleans. Sept. 2".. The steam er Admiral Fourichon arrived in port from Santos with Ol.-'ji'T bags of coffee, valued i:t $1.11(10.1111.1. This is the larg est cargo ever brought to New Or leans. JR.. TO SUCCEED ness with a fortune estimated at be tween Jl'ju.iiiio.tMMi and $1 .j'.e"u,eu. J. Pierpont Morgan. Jr.. is Si; years old, six feet tall, and weighs 2'" pounds. He has a chest measurement of 4S inches, is ;.thk-;ic and fond of outdoor exercise. ILLINOIS CELEBRATION AT END Two Special Days' Observance at St. Louis Fair Closes Successfully. St. Iiiis. Mo.. Sept. 2:' The cele bration of the seaond of the twit suc cessive Illinois days at the fair closed yesterday with music and speeches in 'the Illinois building. Addresses were jmade by President Francis. Gov. Yates i and several members of the Illinois commission. More than one thousand ;invit-d guests were in attendance at ;the state pavilion. Semi-Finals in Golf. ! St. Iau;?. Sept. 23. The semi-final !of Olympian golf championship is be I ing played toJay by George S. Lyon, jof Toronto. Canada, and F. C. Newton, jof Seattle. Wash., and B. F. McKinne, ! of St. Louis, and National Champion H. ( handler Egan. of Exmoor. Each of these golfers won his rr.atch In the third round yesterday after struggles that were more or less heart-breaking. AWFUL FATE OF CHILD Twenty Thrown Into Vault of School Outhouse. NINE BODIES FOUND Rushed Into Building While at Play and Floor Gave Way. Cincinnati. Ohh). Sept. 22. During the morning recess at the public school it Pleasant Ridge, about twenty miles north of the city, the children made a playful rush into an outhou.-e. which gave way, precititai ing about twenty of them into the vault. Four dead have already been recov ered and more are still buried in the vault. (Later) Nine bodies have been re covered. Nine lioillt Kiovril. After nine dead bodies hail been re covered and 22 rescued alive, the vault was thoroughly dredged, and the drenched rescuers abandoned the search. All the victims were girls, the oldest being 12. The nine who were killed served to fill up the vault so the others were not drowned. It is feared many of the rescued will die on account of internal poisoning from tile filth. FOUR MEMBERS OF CREW OF THE LENA ESCAPE In Spite of Strict Precautions Rus sian Marines Quit Warship at Vallejo. Yallejo. Cal.. Sept. 22. Four mem bers of the crew of the Russian cruis ers Lena which is being dismantled at the Mare Island navy vard. escaped Wednesday night. When 'he Lena ar rived at Mare island orders were re ceived from President Roosevelt that none of the Russian marines be per mitted to have the warship. The of ficers of the Lena were allowed the courtesies of the yard, bur were not given any lurtner liberty. Uiligenr search is being made for the escaped men. MINISTERS FREEIN NOVEMBER St. Louis Exposition Also Provides Low Admission for Pupils. St. Louis. Sept. 22. During Novem ber all clergymen presenting proper credentials will be admitted to the world's fair free. A resolution to this effect has been adopted by the exj.xsi- tion company. Another resolution idopted provides that "bodies of school children numbering not fewer than 25. when accompanied by their teacher or teachers, may be admitted to the ex position grounds at an admission fee of 1') cents a pupil on any week day excepting Saturday." The exhibitors have been informed of the arrange ment and will do all in their power to encourage the study of exhibits. Some will furnish guides or demonstrators who will meet the classes or schools and explain the exhibits. DRIVER HELD FOR EXPLOSION Man Who Lost Dynamite on Track Accused of Manslaughter. Melrose. Mass., Sept. 22. An inves tigation that began at once after the blowing up of the trolley car with lynamite here Wednesday night, en tailing the death of nin persons and the injury to 4 o'hers. has resulted in Roy Fenton. driver of the express wagon from which the dynamite drop ped on the track, being held under fl.eeii bonds on a charge of man slaughter. TRIED TO KILL DON CARLOS Spanish Pretender Has a Narrow Es cape From Death. Venice, Sept. 22. An attempt was made on the life of Don Carl is. the Spanish pretender, yesterday, lie was taking his usual morning stroll wlK-n an unknown man fired a pistol at him. The bullet missed its mark and the would be assassiu was captured. RUSSIAN SPIES SLAIN IN KOREA Japanese Execute Three Natives Who Wrecked Seoul-Wiju Railway. Seoul. Sept. 23. Japanese military authorities have executed three Ko reans caught on Aug. 27. wrecking the Seoul-Wiju railway. Investigation show-ed that these Koreans were em- J ployed by Russian sympathizers. REN STIRRING THEM UP Judge Parker Urges on Manager Advisability ot a Lively Campaign. HAS BUSY DAY AT NEW YORK Davis Opens Campaign in West Vir ginia Herrick to Resign His Office. New York. Sept. 22. Alton R Par ker hail between 2o and In callers at the Hoffman House yesterday. Half of them were campaign leaders, about a dozen were personal friends and the rest were men who entered his suite quietly, and made every effort to keep their visit and identity secret. Among the visitors were National Chairman Thomas Taggart. Arthur Pue Gorman and Congressman John Sharp Wil liams. It was learned the chief things discussed were the necessity for a stirring campaign in New York state and the need for opening a rousing campaign immediately in every section of the country where victory is not assured. ItnvlM M:ik Spi-oeli. Wheeling. W. Ya., Sept. 22. Henry G. Davis, the vice presidental candi date, opened the democratic campaign in West Virginia last night in this city, speaking before a large audience. He was accompanied by Charles A. Towne of New York and prominent state lead ers. Mr. Davis announced that ho in tended to do little speechmaking dur ing the campaign, saying: "I am not much of a speechmaker and rather dislike the task. My inten tion is to get around among the people and meet them, with as little public speechmaking as possible. Senator Towne will be with me for a short time. He will do the public meeting talking, and it will be my aim to just meet voters personally. I make more friends in that way than Jy getting up before an audience and making a speech." ArrnljiiiN nstef iiIik'nn. Mr. Davis arraigned the republican administration for "wasteful and ex travagant expenditure of government funds." and declared that while the appropriations were greatly increasing the revenues were falling off. He re gretted that the republican platform raised the race issue, and added: "The southern people who have to bear the burden of this question were dealing with it in moderation and fair ness, but its unfortunate agitation by republican leaders has made its solu tion much more difficult." Il.-rriek Will Ktxiil. Albany, N. Y.. Sept. 22. .Justice D. Cady Herrick, nominated for .governor by the democrats has decided to re sign from the supremo court bench as soon as he can finish the legal work now before him. SfM IIm l.ljiht. Vincennes. Ind.. Sept. 22. Col. Wil liam L. Ewing. former mayor of St. Louis, one of Vincennes wealthiest citizens and a republican all his life, yesterday declared for Parker and Da vis. Ewing was once mentioned for governor of Missouri, but refused the nomination. He said yesterday: "I cannot support Roosevelt, and his methods and will vote for the dignified and statesmanlike Judge Parker, in whom I repose the utmost confidence as to ability and high-minded integ rity and conservatism." His announce ment, it is calculated, will have much weight with the independent voters of southern Indiana. I'liirluintkM ii in! Miihv in lili-niiii. Chicago. Sept. 22. Senator Fair banks arrived in Chicago on the way to the Pacific coast today. He spent REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES IN THE DEATHS OF TWO INSURANCE MEN FOUND $16,000: REWARD 35 CENTS Munificent Remuneration for Boy Who Returned a Satchel. Sharon. Pa.. Se-if. 2::. A p.iyir.a-; r of the Andrews k Hitchcock Iron com pany, while going in his automobile to Hubbard to pay the employes at the blast furnace, lost a satchel containing $H;.i'i' in cash. Louis Fry. a poor boy. found the money in the road and took it home to his parents. The paymas ter did nor miss the satchel until In had arrived at the furnace.-. H ? rush ed back immediately to look for it. As: lie pas.-ed the house the boy hailed him and inquired if he had lost anything. The paymaster said he was looking for a satchel. "Well. I suess I found if.'' s-aid th boy. The money was found undisturbed. The paymaster reward ed young Fry by giving him 2.1 c-nts. Fire at Peoria. Peoria. Sept. 22. The fire caused by an explosion in the hardware ftore 'of Sandmeyer ic Co.. yesterday trutt'-d that building and partly destroyed he stocks of Schrad:,':i and the Grand Union Tea company, adjoining. Tr i loss Is SlOuie". Sandmeyer &- Co are known as the Peoria, Heating & Plumbing company. GEN. SLOCUM REPORT BY THE INSPECTORS Revoke Licenses of Chief Officers of Vessel and Condemn Lack of Discipline. New York. Sept. 22. The steamboat inspectors which made inquiry into the Gen. Sloeum disaster last June when nearly a thousand persons lost their lives, in their report revoke the li censes of Capt. Van Schaick. I-Mward Van Wert the pilot, and P.enjamin F. Conklin. chief engineer. The board finds the life preservers inadequate that there was a lack of discipline on the part of the crew, because of the. negligence of Van Schaick and Van Wert; that the crew was ignorant and incompetent and that Conklin was guilty of gross negligence in not see ing that th' hose was properly con nected a ii 1 the water turned on when notified the vessel was afire. Second Kngineer Brandow is highly praised for remaining at his post. ASSASSIN ATTEMPTS LIFE OF RUSSIAN GOVERNOR Unknown Man Fires at Gen. Neid gardt, But His Aim Was Ead. Odessa. Russia. Sept. 22. An at tempt was made last night by an un known man to shoot. Gen. Neidgardt, the governor of Odessa. The assailant missed and was immediately seized by passers-by who held him until the arrival of the police. The prisoner absolutely refuses to make known his identity. Some believe that he is one of a large number of men recently ar rested in St. Petersburg and other Russian cities and brought, here after their innocence had been established. Gov. Neidgardt is universally hated by the radical element. NOW FREE FROM LITIGATION Loyal Americans Are in a Position to Go Ahead. Springfield. Sept. 22. Tie fore dis missing the injunction suit against the Loyal Americans in the circuit court. Attorney General Hamlin required the society to make certain agree ments. One fif these directs the su preme attorney of the order to pro cure the funds alleged to have been improperly disbursed. With the dismissal of the suit the order of the Ixiyal Americans now free from th" litigation and the charges which nearly caused it to be wrecked. The - suit, was dismissed. Judge Creighton consenting to con vene court, to enter the order. The attorney general was not present, but was represented by his assistant, F. S. Smith. Shot for Thief. Mount Ayr, Sept. 22. Mistaking him for a chicken thief, Mrs. Peter Lewis, of Illockley, Iowa, fatally shot her hus band early yesterday morning at their farm house. He died a few hours later. The Lewis farm had been re peatedly raided by chicken thieves, and when Lewis returned unexpected ly from watching a neighbor's sick wife, Mrs. Lewis thought him a thi.f and opened a window and fired on him. flu day in conference with republican leaders in the city preparatory to start ing n his western tour tonight. Sec retary Shaw arrived from the west during the day and left later for In diana in an extension of his campaign tour. He speaks confidently of repub lican prospects in the west. Henry M. Magill Falls While Respond ing to a Toast, as Did Judge Cary. Front enae. N. V.. Sept. 22. Henry M. Magill. until a few years ago man-:u-.-r of the wes'ern department of the Phoenix Insurance company, of Hart ford, fell dead last night while e-.-ponding to a to.tst at the silver j i bilee banquet of the Western I'uioii :i Insurance Underwriters. There- were several remarkable coincidences in this death and that of Judge Lit-ere Gary, western manager of the ;. rriian Atnerican. who fell den' in S. Louis last March at the last previous ban r;;:et of the insurance mairit-i Mr. Magill's, la.st words, like Judge Gary's, carried a wish of long life and happi ness to his friends. He had just fin ished a modest, n-f. r-T- to l.imse.f and was about to speak of Jue'ge C;.iy. Hoth were former presidents of the union. Judge Gary died Man-h '11 sure! Mr. Magill Sept. 21, within five m.n utes of the same hour of the evtcirg. Kaoh was the second speaker on the program, and each followed I. S. Black welder, tie- president. Mr. Magnl's death was due to heart failure, caused by the mental effort of recalling :ii.s . -ch. ROOSETELT HAS 1SHAP Accident to Special on Return to the Capital. ENGINE TIRE BREAKS Low Rate of Speed Prevented Serious Wreck From Resulting. Washington. Sept. 22. With a roar of escaping steam from the disabled engine and the grinding of brakes, the special train on the Pennsylvania road bearing President Koosevelt and his family to this city from Oyster Pay yesterday came to a sudden styp just as it entered the tunnel at Uaftiiuoie. Luckily the train was moving at a snail's pace at the time, or serious damage might have resulted. The president swung down from the private car. Signet, and personally investi- ited the accident. fiMii't Sen rrtl. "Alarmed?" he repeated, surprised- ly, when some members of the train crew sought to reassure him. "If all my troubles were as slight as this I would be getting along b-ea-utifully." The accident was caused by the breaking of a tire on the rear drive wheel of the engine. The heavy piece of steel was forced up through the boiler of the loeoinot ive, causing an al most immediate shutting off of the steam. The engineer promptly applied the air brakes and brought the train to a stop. It was not making more than three miles tin hour, or the acci dent in the narrow tunnel might have been disastrous. The train was delay ed 2; minutes. ;-. I lly n I ronil. A big crowd was awaiting the arri val of ihe presidential train here, and the Roosevelt family was given a hearty greeting when tiny stepped from the private car. They were driv en immediately to the White House. THREE DEATHS IN FALL OF PIER OF A BRIDGE Three Fatally Hurt and Twenty Slight ly at Vinita, a Town in Indian Territory. Vinita. I. T.. Sent. 22. The cast nier of the street toll bridge being creeled over Grand river at Garry's Ferry, ten miles east, of Aftoti, fell yesterday, killing three men. fatally injuring three, ;hi1 injuring 2) oi hers. Tin dead: Thomas Browning. Henry Becker, Kay Moore. Fatally injured: Unfits Blevins, Leo Gary, Charles Watson. LYNCHING TRIALS FREE TWO Courts in Mississippi and Alabama Fail to Find Proofs. Hunssville. Ala.. Seut. 22. Thomas M. Biggins was acquitted by a Jury last night of the charge of murder in connection with the lynching of Hor ace Maples. There was no convincing 'vidence connecting the defendant with the mob who killed the negro. Indianola. Miss.. Sept. 22. C. C. Kastland. on trial charged with com plicity in the murder of Luther Ilolbert and wife, who were burned at th'j itake by a mob. was discharged by the court on the ground of insufficient evi dence. STEP-SONS SOLD INTO SLAVERY Greek in Michigan Disposes of Lads for $190 Each. Grand Itapids. Mich.. Sept. 22. For John Tisor, a Greek, sold his two st p-sons into slavery, peter Srnyrles, another Greek and proprietor of a boot blacking stand, being the purchas er. The fads came to light in court, in a suit brought by Smyrles against. Tisor for $ pi excess in price paid for the lad ;. Timber Worth $8,000,000 Burns. Portland, Ore., Sept. 22. It is re ported from Columbia county that re cent, forest fire.s in that section have destroyed timber to the value $i,eooiun. Most of it. was owned by eastern capitali.-ts. No Lives Lost as Reported. Boston. Sept. 22. The ware rooms of the Abbott Downing Carriage com pany burned eaily today. In the con fusion seven men wre reported miss ing but later all were accounted for. The loss Is $-10,000. Gen. Harrison Allen Dead. Washington, Sept. 22. Gen. Harri son Albn. deputy auditor for the post office department, died suddenly today. aged C'j. j