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VOL. XII. NO. 209
LOCAL SHIPYARD NOT
IHE LOWEST BIDDER
Not Likely That Newport News I
Concern Will Build Any Tor?
pedo Boat Destroyers. ^
CRAMPS SEND IN LOWEST, FIGURES
Bath Iron Works of Bath, Wc, and
The Pore River Shipbuilding Com?
pany of Quincy, Mass., Seem to
Have the Best Chance to Secure the
Contracts fo-- Boats.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, 1). C. Sept. 3.?
Bids were opened at the Navy Dopart-j
nteiit today for (ho construction of
(five torpedo boit destroyors under
the terms of tho naval appropriation |
nets of luOC and 1907.
On the face "f the bids received!
today II appears thai if ine Navy De?
partment Intended to adhere strictly
to tho terms of the adverllsoinenl anil
require the contractors who wished]
to provide their own designs of ma?
chinery, to use the departments hull
plans, ibe lowest bids were tho.o of
William Cramp and Son Shipbuilding
Company, of Philadelphia, for two
boats bid at $584,300 each and the
Koro River Shipbuilding Company, |
Quincy, Mass.. one boat at $048,000.
There wore bo many qualifying con?
ditions in the bids, however, that not
until tho board of experts charged
with the examination of tho details
of the bids, has reported, will the
Navy Department really bo in a posl-l
lion to know which of the proposals!
would be Actually the lowest.
The bid of tin; Newport News Ship?
building Company was as followjjjl
One boat department's plans ' "or |
hull and 'machinery, $755,000. Com?
pany's machinery and department's|
hull, $686,000.
Tile bids have been referred to the
board on construction ami it probably
will bo several days before a decision1
can be announced.
locomotive Jumped the
y track; six are dead ,
Heavy Loaded Canadian Pacific Pas?
senger Train in Disastrous Wreck
Near Calcdon, Ontario.
(By Associated Press.)
ORANGEY ILLB. ONT., S*pt. 3.? .
Five passenger cars of a special Cnna-j
dinn Pacific passenger train from
.Marl;dale to Toronto are In tho ditch
near Qaledoil. Six persons an- di ad
ami the seriously injured number
more than a score.
The train, which was very heavily
loaded, was running behind schedule.
From Orange ville there is a pro?
nounced down grade and the locomo?
tive suddenly jumped the rails. Five
of the seven cars followed. The en?
gineer shot through the window of
his cab, hut escaped almost unhurt
and not a train hand was killed. The
six persons killed were riding in the
smoking car, next to the locomotive.
george lindsawlaced ,
on trial for murder i
Accused Man's Own Story Is the Only
One to Show That Killing Was
Not In Cold Blood.
(By Associated Press.)
DANVILLE, VA.. Sept. The
trial of (leorgo Lindsay, for the inur-'
dor of Joseph G, Colonian, grand-ne?
phew of Genornl George C. Cnl/alll
formerly Congressman, was begun In]
Corporation Court today. The evl-j
deuce except that of the accused him-l
self shows that Hie killing was done]
without provocation. Colonian wnB
shot following a quarrel over a wom-i
an. Lindsay claims that Colonian,(
who was a one armed man, put. his
hand In his pocket, presumably to
draw a weapon.
Battleships Overhauled.
PHILADELPHIA, PA., Sept. 3.?
Four battleships have been ordered
t? the League Island navy yard here
for nn overhauling before starting for
the Pacific coast. The battleships
are the C.eorgla. Maine, Kansas and
Kehrsarge. Under the orders recelv-.
od from the Navy Department the
FORT GAINES HI
(By Associated Press.1
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Sept. i!.?It
Is reported here that a tornado struck!
Fort Haines, Ca., a town of 10,000
people, loo miles southeast of Mont?
gomery late tonight. All communica?
tion by wire with that section has
been cut off. Efforts to rench
Rhins niiiHl ho ready for son doty by
Deo. 15.
BAPTIST PREACHER ARRESTED.
Librarian Of Sunday-School Says
Minister Threatened Him.
Petersburg, Vn., Sc|io 3?Rev. I'll
Tail pastor <if Iho Harrison Btrcel
nniillst Church, was arrested this af?
ternoon on tlio charge of having
thrcntoncd J. II. Mason wlih a pistol,
ami also with having assaulted hint.
The trouble occurrod at the law
office of T. C. Johnson. Tart was ro
loosed on $1"?') ball for his appear
^rtnee before the Mayor m-xt Saturday.
Mason Is librarian of the Sunday
school of the church, which is now
closed by order of the court on ac?
count of trouble which occtyrcd there
Bevern! weoks ago.,
A. C. SCHERR FOR GOVERNOR.
West Virginia Republicans Having
Lively Times.
Charleston, W. Va.. Sept. 3?The
long-expected formal announcement
by state Auditor Arnold C. Schorr of
his candidacy for Jho Republican nom?
ination for Hovel nor was made today
In a two-colunin Interview.
With Secretary of Stute Swlshnr,
who has been making a hot canvas
for several months, ad State Tax
Commtssionor white both in the field
the fight promises Interesting devel?
opments.
Capt Henry Brown Dead.
(Rv Associated Tress, i
! CHARLESTON. S. O.j Sept 3.?Capt.
Henry Itrown, n veteran of the Mexi?
can and Civil Wars and inventor of
i the bell buoy us now used in the
I American imris, died horo today, aged
?80 y.-ars. Ho served during the slx
[ties under FarrngUt ami Porter and
was cowniehdcrd and promoted for
gallant conduct.
Five Were Injured.
CHARLOTTE, N. C. Si pt. 3.??
Southern passenger train No, was
Bldeswlped tonight al Concord by
the first section of north bound pas?
senger train No :ts. The wreck catighl
fire and three cars were consumed.
Former Chorus Girl Waxes Very
Indignant Over Pillsburg Slory.
SAYS SHE DION', KNOW SUICIDE
Declares In All Apparent Seriousness
That All the Horrid Base Fabrica?
tions Related About Her Are Slowly
Killing Her Parents.
WASHINGTON, Supt. .1?.1. n.
Patterson, the father of Mrs. l. g.
Martin, formerly the chgrilB girl Nan
Patterson, today made a statement
regarding his daughter, which differs
greatly from the recent despatches
from Pittsburg which represents Dr.
Urltlyn, of that city, as having com?
mitted suicide because he had been
cast off by his daughter. Mr* Patter?
son said: ?
"My daughter is at homo with me
and she never saw Dr. BrittyA and
never heard of. him, She was in Pitts?
burg only a short time this summer,
and then took an automobile trip
with some friends as fur ns Snndus
ky. She is very much distressed al
this Injustice done her, and I am
much Incensed at the Pittsburg news
writers who have made this story out
of tlio whole cloth. My daughter Is
not separated from her husband, lie
went to Ixis Angeles lust spring nt a
time when I was ill, and my daugh?
ter remained with mo. The under?
standing is that she is lo join him us
soon ns lie gets employment that will
juslify him in having her Olli there."
Nan Patterson herself said: ?
"I never heard of nor saw the Pllls
burg man who they say killed him?
self for love of me.
"Yesterday It was a Pittsburg steel
man today It Is a masseur, and to?
morrow it win probably be some one
else, und there Is just ns little truth
in one siory as In another. I and my
family have to suffer Just the same.
All this tuik und these untruthful re?
ports are making a nervous wreck of
me. and slowly hut surely killing my
mother. Even my father, who is an
invalid. Is gradually sinking under
these drcadfll stories.
"Heretofore I have taken ho noiice
of those reports more iban lo deny
them, but this is the end. I intend to
employ ono of the best lawyers in
town, und detectives, if necessary,
mill have this latest and most out?
rageous story run to the ground.'1
IT BY TORNADO.
neighboring towns by 'phone are fa?
ille. The railroad operators report
that all telegraph wires east of Union
Springs nm down. Fort Galnes Is i
on tho Chatinalioc.clile river, the di?
viding lino between Alabanm and
Georgia.
NEWPORT NEWS.
iCHIGAGQ & ALTON CASE
'hELDOPBY DEPARTMENT
: District Attorney 51ms Asks Jud^e
Landis Fop Time to Make Re?
port to Washington.
NO LETTER FROM HR. BONAPARTE
It Was Expected That the Attorney
Gcncr.nl Would Write an Explana?
tion of Certain Things?Interstate
Commerce Commission Inclined to
Admire Strategy of Road.
(Rv Associated Press).
CHICAGO, II.I-. Sept. 3.?Judge
i.nmlis. in tho United States District
Court today ordered lite postponement
of he grand Jury Investigation of the
relmtlng charges against the Chlchgo
& Alton mad. growing out of the ro
cent trial and conviction of tIi?? Stand
ard oil Company until September 24,
it was generally believed that a let
tci would bo presented from Attor?
ney General Ilona parte. The railroad
company has iiinde a claim of Im?
munity, nsscrtlng thai it was prom?
ised by forinor District Attorney Mor?
rison If it aided tho government In
good faith in the prosecution of the
Istndard Oil Company it would ho ox
empt. No such letter, liowovor, was
presented In court.
When the court opened District At?
torney' Sims Bald: "i am heroi If
the comi pleases, In tho matter of
tho graild Jury investigation, ami In
that matter 1 wish to make a motion
for a postponement. in compliance
witli tin- suggestiun of (he court made
at the line of lie convening of the
present grand jury, the facts and Clt*
cumstances in conhctlon with the mat?
ter uniler Investigation had been sum
bitted lo the department and I had
expected o In- able to n port t tho
court tills morning its views and find?
ings. Very recently, however, n sit?
uation has arisen, which. In my judg?
ment, makes It highly- desirable that
I have time to submit to the depart?
ment certain facts and circumstances
in addition to those already submitt?
ed.. For those reasons request thai
furthi r action in the matter be post?
poned for three , or four weeks.'1
" You may Inform the grand jury,'
said Judge Lnndts, "that they arc at
liberty to take a recess until 10 o'clocK
on the morning ot September 24."
BURTON WILL RUN AGAINST
TOM JOHNSON FOR MA\0R
Congressman Announces the Platform
Upon Which He Will Run, if
Nominated.
(My Associate,! Press.)
CLEVELAND, oilio. Sept. 3.?Con-!
gressnian Theodore E. Rur ton, chair?
man of the committee on rivers and
harbors in tho lower house of Con?
gress Ibis evening Issued a statement
outlining a platform upon which lie
is willing to accept the Republican
nomination for mayor of Cleveland
In opposition to Mayor Johnson, who
it is conceded will be the Democratic
nominee for the fourth term.
In the platform laid down by bint
ho hinds Hie convention to favoring
immediate settlement of the street
railway controversy and against do?
mination of the street railway in?
terests.
ALLEGED THAT CROKER IS
FULL FLEDGED ENGLISHMAN
Said That He Has Lost His Citizen?
ship In Thl? Country Under the
New Statutes.
NEW YORK, Seilt. .1.?II is alleged
that Richard Crokor, former chieftain
of Tammany Hall, has lost his citi?
zenship in the United States and has
become a subject of King Edward of
England, A now F?deral statute, un?
wittingly, perhaps, has made an Eng?
lish subject of Crokor. While be was
busy winning races on the England
turf Congress enacted a law which
makes of the former boss and other
naturalised , Americans remaining
away from the Unltod States for five
years aliens. This law. which became
effective March 7, 1907, says:
"When any naturalized citizen shall
have resided for two years in the
State from which he came, or five
years in any other foreign State,. It
shall bo presumed that ho has ceased
to be an American citizen, and the
place of his general abode shall be
deemed his residence during those
years."
For the past six years Mr. Croker
I has lived abroad.
Cruisers Arrive from Orient.
WASHINGTON. Sept. .1.?The Navy
Department received a dispatch today
ntinonnclng tho arrival at Honolulu
VA., WEDNESDAY,
>>r the Maryland, Weal Virginia, Col
orado ami Pennsylvania, the armored
cruisers which sailed from Yokohama
on Am;. 22. The cruisers uro under
command of Pear Admiral Dayton and
will fin lit a division of the Pacific
Root it pun arrival in American waters.
\REV. J. T. MASTIN WILL AC 1
AS PRESIDING ELDER
Head' of the Methodist Orphanage In
Richmond Will Take Dr. Wil?
son's Place for Time.
RICHMOND, VA.i Sept. 8.?Rov. J.
T. Mnntln, In charge of the Mot hod ist
Orphnnngo, near this city, will ho
named as successor to the lato Roy.
It, T. Wilson us presiding older of
the W.-n Richmond District. Dr.
Wilson died last week. It is not be?
lieved that Mr. Mnntln will give up
his work at the Orphanage perma?
nently, but will officiate as presiding
elder uni II a permanent selection has
In en made.
Al a meeting of the Mitho.ilst min?
isters of Richmond und Manchester
yesterday resolutions Worn adopted
deploring the death of Presiding Eld
er Wilson.
MOUNT VESUVIUSNOW
y/ IS FLAMING FURIOUSLY
Villagers Livir.r-, In the Region of the
Volcano l-lavc Fled for Their
Lives.
ROME, Sept. 5.?The villagers liv?
ing in the region surrounding Mount
Vesuvius have fled in fear from Ilia
I danger zone of the volcano, which
bloke oul in violent eruption two days
ago. The village of Torreantin/lnta
Is entirely deserted, and a groat
stream of lava Is now close upon It.
The mountain Is now flaming furious?
ly. Lava Is spurting from groal fis?
sures, which have opened In the link?
ed crust of earth. Smoke hangs close
to the oarlh for miles, anil cinders
constantly rain throughout the re?
gion, ('linking gases and fine dust
make living dose to the volcano Im?
possible. Many people wore over?
come In the rush from the villages,
and had lo he carried to points of
safety. Mount Etna, according to re?
ports from Naples, continues In erup?
tion. The Inhabitants of the nearby
country have altogether abandoned
lheir houses, and are now encamped
out of harm's way. The eruption la
In coining more violent.
Today's Exposition
Program.
Special Features of the Day.
s to !i a. in.?Regimental Drill
by Twenty third Infantry,
. II a. lh.?Exposition Hand Con?
cert. Manufacturers' tlulldlng.
I p. in.? Piano and Violin Re?
cital. Edwin M. Shonert und Earl
J, Pfouts, And torium,
:! p. in.?Daylight Fireworks.
?I p. m.?Organ Recital, Claude
P. Lnndi, Auditorium.
4:30 p. in.?Tiio Plying Bah
varda War Path.
G to'5;40 i>. in.?Prill by Battery
D., Third Regiment, Field Artil?
lery.
li to 6:40 p. m.?Parade, Second
Squadron, Twelfth Cavalry.
0:30 p. in.?The Flying Ban
vnrds, War Path.
Stated Program Every Day.
7::'.u a. in.?t!at( a Open.
0:30 to 10::!u n. in.?Concert
Exposition Hand, Main Gate.
10 a. in.?And hourly thereafter
Exhibition of weather bureau.
Earthquake recorder, Government
Building A.
11:30 a. in -Mexican National
Hand Recital, Raleigh Square.
?10:30 to 11:30 a. in.?Concert,
Phlnncy'8 United States Hand,
Raleight Court.
I 11 a. m.?Preparation of largo
weather map from reports from
all sections of tlio country, Gov?
ernment Building A.
II a . m. to i p. in.?Biogra?
phic and Sten optiean Exhibition,
Scenes on Indian Reservation
; with lecture. Interior Department,
Government Building A.
11:1111 a. in. -Illustrated Lecture.
''Reclaiming to Desert." by C. J.
Rlnnchnrd, U. S. R. S., Interior
Department, Government Building
A.
2 p. m.?Biographic Exhibition
and lecture; Scenes in Yosemlto
Valley, Government Huildlng A.
2 to -1 p. m.?Phinncy's United
States Hand. Auditorium.
2:30 p. m?United States Life
\ Saving Service Drill nt station.
I 3 p. m.-?Illustrated Lecture.
"The Land That Cod Forgot," by
C. J. Bjanchard, U. S. R. S. In
l or lor Department, Government
I Building A.
I 4 p. m.?Illustrated lecture "Yel?
lowstone National Park.'' by Mr.
E. C- Culver. Interior Department,
Government Bullding A.
.r>::i0 to i'.:.'!0 p. m.?Mexican Na?
tional Hand Concert, Rovlewing
I Stand.
I 3 to 7 p. m.?Concert Exposi?
tion Rand, Raleigh Court.
I 7 to 9 p. m.?Concert Phlnnoy'a
I United States Hand Raleigh
Court.
SEPTEM B Ell 1, 11)07.
.NORTHWEST FUGES BIG
SHORTAGE OF GARS
interstate Comm'sslon Takes Steps
to Avert Itirealenel Repetition
ol Famine Suffering.
I IRE RAILROADS SOUND WARNING
Dotiere Notified to Send In Coal Or?
ders Ahead of Time?South Ik Also
Very Uneasy Over the Prospect of
Not Securing Cars This Full and
Winter. . t
Washington, d. a, Bout, a.?
Franklin K. Lano, of tho Intoralato
Cnininerco Commission, loft Wnshlng
tbii today for a trip to the Northwest]
for tho purpose of extending govern
mont cooperation to tho railroads In
nn effort to proven I a ropotltlon of
the ear shortage which caused groat
Buffering, loss of Ufa und money last
winter When North Dakota. Minne?
sota and other Northwestern states
I wore blizzard hound the railroads
! were utinhlo ioj supply eoal at scores
' of small towns and villages where It
I was needed or to provide cars In suf
', ficient number to carry to market
. tho wheat crop. As a result, the re
' mnrkahlo Bpoctaolo was proscntoil of
' unharvoatod wheat fields covered
i with snow.
A set ions situation now confronts
i the railroads, not only In the North?
west, hut in the South as well. In i
the Northwest the danger lies In a
fuel famine If the retail dealers In
small towns do not lay In a liberal
coal supply this fall.- Tho railroad
officials state that they can handle
all tin.' necessary eoal shipments be?
tween now ami cold weather if the
small dealers and residents of small
towns are forehanded. Hut thoy can?
not promise so much after snow falls
and a season of blizzards sets In.
1 The more ears of coal are shipped to
the Northwest now the more cars
(hero will bo for tho shipment east?
ward of harvested wheat.
Can't Buy Coal In Northwest.
Secretary Wilson, of the Depart?
ment of Agriculture, recently return?
ed from a lour of the countrv some?
what apprehensive of a ear shortage.
lb- staled that the people of the
Northwest were not. In many Instanc?
es, able to buy coal long in advance
of tho winter season.
Commissioner Lano will gn first to
St. Paul, thon to Spokane, and later
to Seat lie, Portland and San Francis?
co. Mo will confer with railroad of?
ficials n( these points nnd will ask
thorn In what way the Interstate
Commerce Commission can co-oper?
ate with them to prevent distress ow
I ing to car shortage.
The government already has point?
ed ? <> the surest way of avoiding In?
jury to life, health and property. Act?
ing upon advice from the Interstate
Commerce: Commission, President
Roosevelt several months aeo direct?
ed that the government make all Its
shipments of coal and supplies to
the Pacific coast nt an early date in
order not to suffer from a car famine
should one occur.
South Also Wants Cars.
Complaints have come to the Com?
merce Commission from tho South
that there are not enough cars avail
abb1 for transportation northward of
the great ciil of lumber In Louisiana
and Mississippi this season. A cor?
responding difficulty Is expected in
arise when the time comes for the
movement of the cotton crop south to
the ports of Oalveston nnd New Or?
leans. Mr. Lane will probably visit
these ports to lend his good offices
to railroads and shippers alike.
It Is doubtful If the commission in
any way can go further than to use
its moral Influence to avert a ear
famine. In Texas last year the scar
cltv of cars was caused in part. It is
believed, by the practice of railroads
reo/llrlng transshipment of freight at
jupctloh points. If such a condition
should arise again from this cause
Ihn commission will Inquire into this
practice to see whether It can bo
cheeked.
Railway's Clever Move.
Washington. Sept. .".?Officials ?i
the Interstate Commerce Commission
are inclined to admire the BO-callod
strategy Ik him) the recent sale of the
control of the Chicago and Alton Rail
allot. It relieves the Rock Island and
Pacific Railway to the Toledo, St.
Louis and Western Railway., or
"Clovcrleaf Route."
The sale transfers tho control of
the Alten from the hands Of the Rock
Island, a parallel and competing line,
to Hie "Cloverlpof." which Is not par?
allel, it relieves tho Rock is.and and
Alton both from a uango of prosecu?
tion under the Sherman Anil-Trust
law. In its inquiry ov 10. H. Harrlman
the Interstate Com me rc<2 Commission
found Unit the control of the Alton
a!l< rnntlvely by the Union Pacific nnd
Rock Island had eliminated com poll
I Ion between Mil' Alton mill Kock Is
Intnl.
Following Iii Ulmi no. ro|mrl ruIiI:
"H won lit appear, therefore, Hint the
Chicago am) Alton is now controlloil -
ilial i . July, 1007 ilnniir.il Block own?
ership li> tin- Chicago, itnck laliiiitf
ami Pacific Company, which owns an
lino or railway iiom Chicago lo Kana
na City, which is parallel ami com
j luting with tin Una of (ho Chicago
ami Alton Hallway coiii|illliy bOlWOCIl
il l- sain.' |wlints, 'flu- Joint control ot
Hi.- Chicago and Alton Railway by tho
Union Pacific ami Ihn Chicago, Hock
island ami i'nclflc itaiiway Company
has undoubtedly eliminated competi?
tion hot ween ihn Aiton und Uvb ?ock
Inland between Chicago, st. I.mils ami
Kaunas City."
'I'lio suppression or competition be?
tween parallel and computing linen,
It il can ho proved in court, In Btlffl
elehl grot)ml under the law ror con?
viction linder Hu- Sherman Atitl-Ti'iist
1 law.
\LIGHTNING HITSPOWER
HOUSE AND KILLS FIVE
Fearful Accident Occurr, at Bur.h
Horn, Near Raleigh, N. C, During
An Electrical Storm.
(Hy Associated Press.)
RAI-BICH, N. 0., S.pi 3.?Light?
ning ntrtick tho power Iioiibo of tho
olcotrlc plnnl at liuck Horn ihla uf
ternoon, killing five men and injur?
ing hotwcci) twenty ad twoty-flvo
ol hem.
Owing to wins down. It is linpos
Blhll to ohtalu the names Of those
killed and injured. Tl.xtonl or the
Iduntngo to the property has not been
learned,
FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL.
William A. Cashing Succumbs to
Heart Failure In "The Eaklrton."
STAUNTON, Bent. 3.?William A.
CllBhlng was found (load In tho Knlc
lollln holol at tin early hour this
morning. Heath Is reported to have
I.n caused |>y heart fallliro. He wag
In lilu usual health last night.
EAGLES FlYloTORFOLK
[en Thousand of Them Said to
Have Been There last Night.
iOPENING SESSION HELD YESTERDAY
Governor Sw.tnr.on and Mayor Rlddick
Among Those Who Delivered Ad?
dresses of Welcome?Two Catidi
dates for Grand Worthy President.
NORFOLK, VA., Sept. 3.?The
ninth annual convention of tho Urond
Aerie Fraternal order of Eagles, con?
vened here today with an attendance
of upwards of 10,000 delegates from
every state in the union and Dominion
of Canada and u total gnthorlng of
more than 10,000 visitors. The body
wiiu called to order by Grand Worthy
President Edward Krause ?f Wil?
mington, Del., amid great enthusiasm.
Addresses of welcome were made
by Governor SwaiiBon of Virginia;
Mayor Rlddick, of Norfolk and by
George Storniingor, of Norfolk Aerie
No. 103; Responses were mndo hy
Theodore Boll of California, Delegate
Sipith of Spokane, Wash., and Frau?
10. Herring of South Rond, Ind.
Grand Worthy Vlco-Prosldoni The
odore Hell i.r California and S. 11.
WndBworth of Council ltlttff, la., nre
Hit' oandldntCB for president. 4
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR
OPENING OF THE SCHOOLS
Superintendent Morton Meets Princi?
pals and Teachers Saturday?Ses
i^^^sion Begins Monday.
The principals and teachers of the
city public white schools will meet
with Superintendent of Schools W. C.
Marlon In the assembly hall of the
high school at 10:30 o'clock Satur?
day morning to make final arrange?
ments for the opening of the schools
at !) o'clock Monday morning. The
teachers will be Instructed In receiv?
ing Hie old and now pupils and In
other details pertaining to the busi?
ness the first day of the session.
Superintendent Morton will meet
with the principals and teachers ?f
the colored schools at colored school
No. 1 at 2:30 o'clock Saturday af?
ternoon to arrange for the opening
of those schools.
August Coal Shipments.
A, total or 300,823 tons of coal waa
dumped at tho local coal piers dur?
ing the month of August. All except
about 00,000 tons of this amount was
sent to other American ports. Of
tho remaining 60,000 tons, about 40,
ouu tons went foreign and the otner
20,000 was loaded by steamers for
fuel.
... . .
THE WEATHER.
Showers Wednesday; Thurs?
day partly cloudy; liijlit to fresh
south winds becoming variable.
PRICE TWO CENTS
JAPS NOW EAGER TO
! FIGHT AGAINST CHINA
tetiurian Troops Sent to Mo,
Which Mikado's Forces Are Hold
^ Ing for Corea.
. ? - ?
SEROUS TROUBLE IS PROBABLE
China Has Entered a Vigorous Pro?
test Against Action Taken by Mar?
quis Ito?Turn Toward Philippines
Formosan Explorers Raise Japa?
nese Flag On Darren Island.
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 3.?Tho proba
I blllty or a BOriOlls Clash between tho
ChlncBU and .lapaneso troops Is In?
volved in the action of Hut; tho
Vlcoroy of Manchuria, in despatching
a force of Chinese soldiers to Kwnn
to, or Middle Island, where, in tho
name or tho Corcnti Qovornmont, tho
Japanese have assumed control.
Tho territory nnmod is the only
rleli region between the Ynlu River
and Mnnchurlnn on the northern side
I of the Bhnngpl range of mountains.
It baa long been the subject of ?Iis
j puto between China nnd Corea. Tlio
I population Is osllmntod at 600,001)
Coronas and 400,000 Chinese.
Before the Russian war both gov
nrnmouts ?out officials with military
forces for the protection of their re
HpoOtlve nationalities. At the out?
break of the war Coron withdrew her
officials.
Several months ago Mnrquls lto
sent Lieutenant Colonel Salto with a
?mall ifore* of troops to nssumo tho
administration. TIiIh' fact seems! Just
to have liecbrfle kiinwn to tho Cht- ,
nose autborllles, who now enter a
protest, claiming Bovorelgnty. Tho
despatch or Chinese troops to tho
territory la the latent move.'
Tim announcement that a pnrty ot
Japanese explorers from Formosa
have raised their national flag over
a small Island immediately adjoining
the Philippines ba snttractod much
attention in orflclal dries. Tho Jup
linosc insist that the island does not
belong lo the Philippines boenuHn It
Is north of the twentieth parallel.
The Island, Which was designated
Profus, or Pratas, bjl the old geogra?
phers, is uninhabited. Whether It 1b
of possible value Tor naval purposes
Is not disclosed.
RELIEVED OF ROLL AT WALDORF
Demure Young Woman Teaches
Kentucklnn It New Trick.
New York, Sept. It?Rrlsco Hind
man of I/mlsvlllo, Ky., had to como
lo New York to learn a new trick in
(he gentle art of separating a man
from his money.
Mr. tllndman, who Is HO years old
and of distinguished npiiearonce, Is
here on a pleasure Jaunt, and Is stay?
ing at tile Waldorf-Astoria. After tl
hearty dinner ho took a stroll
and then retired to tho Waldorf.
As ho was about to enter ho was ac
cortod by a demure-looking young
woman, exceedingly comely and well
dressed, accompanied by an old per.
son, who might easily hnvo been a
chaperone, bot was not.
In hesitating tone,-, which Indicated
that she was awfully timid of Streng?
lin? young woman asked Mr.
Hlndmnn how they could get a view
of tho Waldorf roof garden, ns they
had hoard women were not admitted
there without male escort.
Mr. lllmlmnn wasn't quite sure
about this, and they hud a little con?
versation. Then he said he would
find out, nd went Into the hotel.
When he returned tho woman had
disappeared, nnd 80 had his pocket
hook containing $275.
He reported tho case to the pollco.
who have little hope ot finding tho
demure young person.
129 Vacancies at Naval Academy.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept.' 3.?
Vacancies in next winter's class of
midshipmen at the Naval Academy to
the number of 12? exist nt the prea-,
cut time according to a table pre?
pared by Chief Clerk Draper, of the
academy division of the Navy Depart?
ment, and Senators and Representa?
tives who are entitled to make nomi?
nations to fill these vacancies, and at
the same time fill up the quota of
I the different States, aro being notl;
fled. The Virginia vacancies to ho
Riled are (ho Fourth and Fifth Con?
gressional Districts, one vacancy In
each.
Want Fewer Navy Yards.
ROSTON. Sept. 3.?The naval com
mltleo of the national House of Re?
presentatives which has been Inspect?
ing the naval station along tho At
lanllc coast, arrive.) In Boston yes?
terday on the United Stalls dispatch
bxiot Dolphin. In interviews members
or tho committee rolterato previous
statements to tho effoct that they
were finding more navy yards than
seemed necessary. : .??.-.i-jstrid