Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 29, 1906, Page 4

Late News of the World By Wire % Domestic--Foreign--Financial--Social--Political and Commercial gy AS REMOTE AS EVER PROBABILITY THAT CUBANS WILL GET TOGETHER AND AVOID INTERVENTION, MODERATES REJECT ALL PROPOSALS LIBERALS PRESENT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FOR ACTING PRESIDENT. Havana, Sept. ‘The probability that the warring Cubans would get to gether on any agreement under which the sovereignty of their government oan continue without Interruption seems as remote as ever. As the time approached for the opening of the ex- tra session of congress the Liberal leaders had made a final effort by pre- senting names of various independent and Liberal candidates to succeed Senor Palma as provisional president, but none of these was satisfactory to the Moderates. After many exciting disoussions two facts were agreed on, one being that after declining to ac- sept Palma’s resignation the Moderate members of congress would go in a body to the palace and endeavor to persuade the president to reconsider his determination, and the other that, falling in this, they would present General Rodriguez, commander of the rural guards, as candidate for pro- visional president. As no general meetings were held which were fully gepresentative of all the elements of Moderates and Liberal Nationalists the programme lacks definiteness. In the meantime the Liberals expect to attend the session of congress and preseut various candidates acceptable to themselves. General Outlook Gloomy. Beyond these expectations all is gloomy, so far ‘as the continuance of Cuban sovereignty is concerned, but the light distinctly shining immediate- ly beyond, namely, that of American gontrol, is the hope of practically all excepting those accustomed to hold- ing the offices. Secretary Taft sat back in his chair at the legation in the attitude of walting for Cuba to play the last card in the game in which her independence is at stake. Not since negotiations were opened by the American commissioners has the inconstancy of Cuban politicians been so clearly shown. The Moder- ates threw aside their mask and said they would rather have American in- tervention than that the rebels should be recognized in any way. Senator Zayas, representing the Liberals and insurgents, suggested early in the day that Senor Sanguilly, an independent senator, be agreed upon for provision- al president if Palma’s resignation was accepted by congress and Mr. Tatt told him that would be satisfac- tory to the commission if the factions could get together on that plan. Dur- ing the conversation Zayas took occa- sion to advance his own candidacy for provisional president, saying without embarrassment that he believed him- self peculiarly qualified to take the office. BY PRESIDENT'S ORDER. Mediators Making Last Effort to Rec- oncile Cubans. Havana, Sept. 29.—That they shall make one last supreme effort to recon- cile the Cuban differences were the instructions which War Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon during the day received from President Roosevelt. The American peace commissioners despair of being able to conciliate the factions and so answered, but they came to the legation determined to awalt the action of the session of congress before precipitating an Amer- ican occupation. It was also decided to make a final appeal to the patriot- ism of every leader regardless of whether he is affiliated with the gov- ernment or with the rebels. President Roosevelt’s message wag il;.n response to one sent by Secretary aft saying he was convinced that the Cuban congress would exhibit impo- tency In coping with the situation and that intervention was the only course left to the United States. Mr. Taft concluded his message with the asser- tion that it was too late to prevent in- tervention. That the Cubans had not given up hope of a settlement between them- selves was evidenced when Senator Payas, leader of the Liberal party, ap- peared at the legation and informed the peace commissioners that he had worked most of the night canvassing the new proposal, namely, that Pres- Ident Palma’s resignation be accepted and that Senator Sanguilly, independ- ent, be elected as his successor. Senator Zayas asserted that the idea wet with some favor among the Mod- erates and that he really belleved it could be put through. The commissioners, after all thelr experlences in endeavoring to recon- cile and harmonize the opposing par- tles, have little confidence In their get- ting together on anything. Neverthe- less, since the scheme contains possi- bilities of a successful issue, they have taken it into consideration and are looking over the possibilities of the Moderates’ acceptance and the avail- ability of Senator Sunguilly as a pres- P‘mlnl candidate. ravovase o wrenverin| WYY DAMAGE. DONE Bentiment Exprouod in Public sorts at Havana, Havana, Sept. 29.—The sentiments expressed at the public resorts here are almost. unanimously in favor of tntervention. The few who are op- posed to it easily resigned themselves to what they considered to be the in- evitable. The interest of the masses in the outcome is infinitely less in- tense than would be imagined. The representatives of commercial inter- ests here praise the fairness of Secre- tary Taft and also his determination to press the business of procuring peace to a prompt conclusion. IN VARIOUS LOCALITIES. Insurgents Reported Organizing and Concentrating. Havana, Sept. 29.-—The governor of Santiago reports that the rebels are organizing and concgetrating ing@the vicinity of the city ot uuantanamo. He also reports that the rebels are col lecting arms and horses. Bands are reported around Baracoa, indicating that the Eastern province is more re- bellious than hitherto thought. The governor of Matanzas reports that rebels are encamped near the city of Matanzas and stealing horses. Reb- els have been seen in the vicinity of Colon. VISITS NAVAL OFFICERS. Punston Confers With Commanders ot Warships at Havana, Havana, Sept. 20.—Brigadier Gen- erai Funston, who arrived here Thurs- day on the Olivette, boarded the Unit- ed States flagship Louisiana during the morning and conferred with Cap- tafn Couden, commander of the naval forces, and other naval officers. The general said he was ready for what- ever might occur and was simply awaiting orders. WOLELLAN BOLTS HEARST NEW YORK MAYOR CANNOT SUP- PORT HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET, New York, Sept. 20.—Mayor McClel- lan gave out a statement during the afternoon in which he said he would not vote for Hearst for governor. Call- ing the city hall reporters into his office the mayor said: “As I said yesterday I am a Demo- crat and accept the action of the Dem- ocratic convention. [ will be a Demo- crat when my party has a name, but as a Democrat and as mayor of this town I am unalterably opposed to Charles ¥. Murphy and to everything that he stands for. “I recognize the humiliation I must endure in common with other Demo- crats. Nevertheless, 1 will vote the ticket of my party in this state, but never for William R. Hearst. Him [ will not vote for.” FOR SAVING THREE LIVES. Wisconsin Young People to Receive Carnegie Medals. Appleton, Wis., Sept. 29.—Miss Elsie Plantz, daughter of the president of Lawrence university, and Irwin W. Church of Menominee Falls, a gradu- ate of the last class of Lawrence uni- versity, will receive Carnegie hero medals because of their work during the winter of 1904-5 in saving the lives of three girls who had bzoken through the ice.in the Fox river and were well nigh exhausted when pulled from the water. John P. Cowan of New York, repre- sentative of the Carnegie hero medal commission, was in Appleton during the day and announced that some time in January medals will be presented to Miss Plantz and Mr. Church, BACK STAMPING OF MAIL. Custom Abolished in Several tional Offices. ‘Washington, Sept. 29.—8till further additions were made during the day by Acting Postmaster General Hitch- cock to the list of postoffices in which authority has been given to discon- tinue the back stamping of mail, as follows: Buftalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Mr. Hitchcock is convinced that the plan is working satisfactorily and it is not improbable that it will be uni- versally applied before long. It is felt that the scheme has already passed the experimental stage. Addi- RATHER THAN INTERVENTION. Moderates Say They. Will Accept Any- body for President, Havana, Sept. 29.—Prominent Mod- erates declared to the Associated Press during the day they will be will- ing to accept anybody, even Pino Guerra, as candidate for president, rather than incur intervention. Oth- ers, Including Vice President Mendez Capote, said they believed the Amer- icans were determined on Intervention In any case, whether Palma’s resigna- tion is accepted or otherwise. Two Switchmen Killed. Indianapolis, Sept. 29.—Charles S. Reed and Herbert G. Oldridge, switch- men employed in the yards of the Big Four rallroad at Brightwood, were killed in a collislon between a switch engine and” a'coal car. Both men lived at Brightwood. ——— WIDESPREAD PROPERTY LOSS A8 RESULT OF STORM ON THE GULF COAST. VERY FEW CASUALTIES REPORTED BELIEVED NO GREAT NUMBER PERISHED, THOUGH MANY ARE HOMELESS. New Orleans, Sept. 29.—The first mews from the Gulf coast towns in Mississippi, which had not been heard from in over thirty-six hours, was re ceived during the day and indicated that there was probably no loss of life there. Property damage was not mentioned. The first definite news from the Mississippi delta also was received during the day. It showed that the delta had been overflowed, that hundreds had been driven from their homes, but despite the wrecking of some of their boats loss of life was probably very small. Property dam age along the lower river, however, was widespread. Reports from the northeast, in Mis' sissippi, were like those from the easi| and south in stating that loss of life had been small, Reports from Missis. sippi points, however, were very scarce, despite the fact that severai railroad lines and many telegraph: wires run from that part of the state! and this fact was taken to indicate that the storm covered a wide area in its northward course. Great damage to the cotton crop was reported in dispatches to the Cot- ton Exchange. No damage to sugal; cane has yet been reported. DAMAGE IS GENERAL. 8torm Caused No Heavy Loss at Any One Point. New Orleans, Sept. 29.—New Or leans is still cut off absolutely from communication with points on the GullI coast west of here. For thirty-three, bours no information of any sort had come from towns less than an hour’s ride by rail in the direction of Mobile and anxiety regarding the situation in those places became intemse. The’ Gulf towns are a summer resort for' New Orleans and the members of many families have been separated by the storm. The first reports from interior Mis sissippi towns indicated that the hurri cane did great damage in its north- ward progress. Vicksburg and Mc Comb City reported buildings injured and Jackson and Brookhaven reported damage of 10 per cent to the cotto. crop. Reports from Monticello, Miss., say, that considerable damage was done tc pine forests near there, hundreds o1 trees being uprooted. Trees had fallen across the railroad tracks so as tg¢ practically suspend railway traffic to- ward the city of Monticello, The brief dispatches received here indicate that the loss in the interior towns of Mississippi alone will reach; hundreds of thousands of dollars. N¢ heavy damage was reported at any one point, but the storm appears tc; have demolished a few thousand dol lars’ worth of property in every county and town, tearing off roofs and blow: ing down scores of old frame build ings. Vicksburg reported damage tc shipping. In addition to reports of cotton crop losses. passengers on incoming traine tell of widespread damage to timber No loss of life, except an employe on the New Orleans and Northeastern raflroad, who was run down by a train during the storm, is reported. Reports of the collapse of a frame hotel at; McComb City brought in by passen- gers on the Illinois Central have not| been confirmed. DELAYED BY GULF STORM. I P s for Sending Marines From the South to Cuba. ‘Washington, Sept. 29.—Plans for sending marines from Southern states to Cuba have been seriously interfered with by the storm along the Gulf of Mexico. Colonel L, W. T. Waller, who was ordered from Norfolk to Cuba,! where he Is to assume command of all marines in the island, ts delayed at Jacksonville, Fla, Brigadier General G. F. Elliott, commanding the marine corps, received a dispatch during the day from Colonel Waller saying that he hopes to get from Jacksonville to Miami, Fla., shortly and will proceed to Havana on the first boat. Efforts to get in touch with the ma- rines stationed at Pensacola, Fla., and New Orleans have been unsuccessful and it {s feared that the detachment of marines ordered from Pensacola to New Orleans to sail from that port for Cuba will be unable to reach the vessel because of washouts along Gulf railroads. Soarcity of Horses and Mules, ‘Washington, Sept. 29.—Difficulty s being experienced by the ullm-termas-l ter general's department of the army in obtaining horses and mules. Even at high prices good cavalry horses are soarce and nearly impossible to pro- oure. The scarcity is not local, but extends throughout the country, even in the stock ralsing reglons of the ‘West and Northwest. 5 . of the depositors are -poor people and I his property into $6,000 and entered | now almost a physical wreck over | drew out all his personal deposit and REFUSES TO GO ON RECORD. League of Municipalities Shies at Puh- lic Ownership, Chicago, Sept. 29.—The League uf American Municipaiities has refused to put itself on record as being “for or against” the municipal ownership of public .utilities. A resolution by Mayor G. W. McChekryn of Rock Isl- and, 111, and another by Alderman W. Btearns of Adrian, Mich., demanding a vote on the question by the dele- gates to the convention were killed In the committee on resolutions, This action was followed on the part of the delegates by the tabling of the report of the committee on constitution and bylaws, which recommended that the constitution be changed so as to read: “This organization shall not be com- mitted on the question of municipal ownership of public utilities nor be used for the furtherance of any par- ticular feature of municipal govern- ment."” VACATE HISTORICAL ROOMS. Headquarters of New York Republic- ans to Be Moved. New York, Sept. 29.—Announcement Is made that the Republican state headquarters, located at the Fifth Ave- nue hotel for thirty years, will prob- ably be removed to some more central location. The apnouncement is of in- terest to public men all over the coun- try. Most of ‘them have some time or other visited at the headquarters in the Fifth Avenue, which have been the scene of numerous momentous po- litical conferences. Should the head- quarters move the “Amen Corner” es- tablished by Senator Thomas C. Platt may become a thing of the past. The work which won the victories of Morton, Black, Roosevelt, Odell, Higgins, Harrison and McKinley was planned and executed in the historical 8uite of rooms soon to be vacated. LITTLE FOR DEPOSITORS OHIO BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS FOLLOWING DISAPPEARANCE OF PRESIDENT. Pomerey, O., Sept. 29.—The Middle- port bank, a private institution at Mid- dleport, O., failed to open its doors during the day. It is stated that” all the deposits, amounting to $115,000, are missing and great excitement prevails. Most their deposits represented nearly all their savings. ,The president of the bank is J. G. Fox, who is away and in his absence no official statement of the coudition of the bank has yet been made. President Fox went away last Tues- day, leaving Vice President Armen- trout in charge. An examination of the vaults after Fox had gone revealed $3,000 in cash and paper worth less than $50,000 on its face to account for the $115,000 deposited. Armentrout was formerly a Presbyterian minister and on the solicitation of Fox resigned from the ministry June 1, converted the bank as an equal partner with Fox, perfectly unaware of its real condi- tion. He has lost his $6,000 and is worrying about the outcome of his new enterprise. Before leaving Fox that of his wife, whom he recently married at Toronto, O. It is also said that the bank building is mortgaged to its full value and that the Fox house, one of the finest residences in Middleport, was transferred to Mrs. Fox, as was also his other property. RICH VEIN OF COAL FOUND. Value of Mine Just Discovered Be- lieved to Be $100,000,000. Mahanoy City, Pa., Sept. 29.—By the discovery of the Lykens vein in the Mahanoy valley by prospectors in the employ of the Philadelphia and Read- ing Coal and Iron company the assets of this mining corporation will be in- creased by millions of dollars. The seam averages twelve feet in thickness and extends more than a mile in length and about an eighth of a mile in width. It contains millions of tons of purest anthracite and will require a half century of steady min- ing to exhaust it. The value of the vein is varlously estimated from $50,000,000 to $100,~ 000,000. SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED. Serious Fire in Business District of Cleveland, Cleveland, Sept. 29.~~An early morn- ing fire, caused by an explosion of oil in the building of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company, destroyed that bulild- ing and communicated:flames to a half dozen other buildings in the congest- ed part of the down town district. A second explosion in the building where the fire originated resulted in the walls falling about 11 o'clock and three fire- men were faken to hospitals in am- bulances, but none are believed to be seriously hurt. The loss by the fire is about $200,000. Ready to Sail for Cuba. Philadelphia, Sept. 29.—The coaling of the cruiser Brooklyn has been com- pleted and the warship is ready to sail for Cuban waters at a minute’s notice. She wiil sail with her full armament and crgw on Sunday or;Monday. The . Tennessee will be ready to sail as soon as her equipment ot men I8 com- Dplete. CONFESSES TO MURDER | ==+ "= °r =w=mea® | BEGOME MORE SERIOUS HENRY SUSSMAN ADMITS KILL- ING HIS YOUNG WIFE IN MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL. ARRESTED N THE NICK OF TIME FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN LODG- INGHOUSE WITH FIVE GAS JETS TURNED ON. Minneapolis, Sept. 29.—Henry Suss- man has confessed to the murder of his wife, who was found dead in bed at the Glenwood hotel Wednesday aft- ernoon. Sussman was captured early in the morning in a Hennepin avenue hotel and when located was endeavoring to end his life by asphyxiation, five gas Jets being turned on in the room. He was removed to the Central police sta. | tion only partially conscious and was placed in a cell; a guard being sta tioned over him to prevent another attempt at self-destruction. Early In the day the police sub- Jected him to a vigorous “sweating.” At first Sussman maintained that he knew nothing of the death of his wife, but later he weakened and finally made a full confession. Sussman says he called at the home of his wife’s parents Tuesday evening and took her to the Glenwood hotel. There the two talked over the charge of forgery hanging over Sussman at La Crosse. Sussman says he pleaded with the woman to go to that city with him and assist him with her testi- mony. He says she refused and that a quarrel followed, during which he shot her as she was lying in bed. Sussman says he left the hotel at once and took a train early Wednes- day morning for La Crosse, where he claims to have spent the greater part of Wednesday. He says he returned from La Crosse Thursday morning and spent the greater part of the day in St. Paul. He did considerable drink ing and was somewhat intoxicated when he returned to Minneapolis late in the afternoon. He continued to in- dulge in liquor after reaching Minne- apolis and late at night secured a room in a hotel on Hennepin avenue, where he turned on the gas jets in an effort to end his life. GIRL FREED BY JURY, Was Accused of Murdering Her For- mer Lover. Cumberland, Wis., Sept. 29.—Miss Elva Aney was acquitted of the charge of murdering Albert Hewitt by a jury in the circuit court at Barron. Last June Hewitt called at the home of Miss Aney, asking her to come and stay with him that night, but she re- fused, saying she was through with him and was going to marry another man. He abused her and she gave him five minutes to get off the place, but he made further advances, when she got a shotgun and discharged the contents into his knee, causing wounds which later resulted in his death, Miss Aney was arrested, accused of his murder, and -her trial attracted thé court’s attention for three days this week and brought out some sensa- tional evidence. It was found that Hewitt and the Aney girl had been living together a great deal of the time. The jury held that Miss Aney’s act was justifiable under the circum- stances and the court freed her. ADOLPH WEBER EXECUTED. California Man Who Murdered His Parents Is Hanged. Sacramento, Cal, Sept. 29.—Adolph ‘Weber, who murdered his parents, set- ting fire to the house afterwards, was hanged here at noon. ‘Weber went to the scaffold with a firm step and to the very last main- tained the nerve that has charac- terized him as one of the most re- markable criminals of the century. He was pronounced dead fourteen min- utes after his body shot through the trap. HUSBAND HAS TELEPHONE HABIT Cleveland Woman Seeks Divorce on Novel Grounds. Cleveland, Sept. 29.—Willilam Betz has the “telephone habit,” declares his wife, Vina, who has filed suit for di- vorce. She says that all hours of the day and night she is called to the tele- phone by Betz and asked foolish ques- tions. Often, she says, he awakens her at midnight by calling up to ask “if the mocking bird sings” She asks the court to force Betz to quit bothering her. Slays Wife and Himself. Chicago, Sept. 29.—Charles G. Kline, an Evanston coal merchant, using a shotgun as a weapon, mortally wound- ed his wife as she lay in their bed. Then he placed the muzzle of the weapon against his side and killed himself instantly. Mrs. Kline died half an hour later, It is believed Mr. Kline enacted the tragedy while men- tally unbalanced. Rebels Renew Fighting. Hayana, Sept. 20.—It is reported that rebels have fired on a govern- ment force near the Toledo plantation, south of Mariano, and also that' they muked a Mnlm electric plant. Russians Will Pumlun Czar for New Form of Government. ‘New York, Sept. 29.—Ivan Ivan- svitch Norodny, head of the Russian liberty organization, who arrived here last Tuesday from Russia, explains what his reported secret mission fs. “l was-sent here,” he said, “by the Russian military party to represent 160,000,000 people in an appeal to the world for a petition to the czar asking for peace and a new form of govern- ment.” M. Norodny said his people look to the United States for a larger part of the support in this new movement, ‘which was suggested to his party, he said, by the czarina’s secretary. “It has been proved conclusively,” said the Russian reformer, “that it avails nothing to wage a war of blood upon the czar, so we have decided in- stead to declare on him a war of edu- cation and moral suasion.” M. Norodny will organize clubs in many of the large cities to obtain sig: natures to the petition. BANDITS ATTACKED JIMINEZ. 8everal Persons Killed in Battle at a Mexican Town. Monterey, Mex., Sept. 29.—That trouble has occurred in the town of Jiminez is acknowledged by the au- thorities, but they are very reticent and refuse to state the cause of the disturbance. A body of troops was sent from Monterey for the purpose of quelling the disturbance in the town named and a body of 200 cavalrymen from Saltillo were taken by special train to Monterey, reaching here at an early hour of the morning and aft- er an hour’s delay proceeded en route to Jiminez. The official version is that a gang of bandits and smug- glers made an attack on the town and in the battle which followed seve:al persons were Kkilled. The stories of an incipient revolu- tlon are denied, nothing more than an attack by ban: dits for the purpose of loot. Later re- ports say that everything is now quiet. SAILS ON THE MAYFLOWER. President Will Visit North Atlantic Squadron. Oyster Bay, Sept. 29.—Presideni Roosevelt sailed during the day on the! yacht Mayflower for a visit to the North Atlantic fieet off Provincetown, Mass., to witness squadron target practice. As he bcarded the May- flower the presidential ensign was run up and the salute of twenty-one guns was fired. The Mayflower was con voyed by the torpedo destroyers Hop- kins and Lawrence. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. George E. Poor, inventor of the air brake generally used on railway cars, is dead at Portland, Me., aged sixty- one years. The sixteenth session of the Wiscon- sin conference of the Methodist Epis copal church is in session at Janes ville with Bishop McCabe presiding. Dispatches to Dun’s Trade Review indicate that in every instance busi- ness has made further progress in the right direction and even better things are expected of the future. A treaty of amity, commerce and, navigation, under the terms of the Marblehead pact, has been signed by the governments of Costa Rica, Guate- mala, Honduras and Salvador. - The pope Friday received fifty Amer- ican sailors from the warships now at Naples. The i~ 'v was conducted, to Rome by Cha; 1 McGinty of the armored cruiser West Virginia. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat, Minneapolis, Sept. Sept., T4%c; Dec., T4l%4c; May, 8% @ 8%ec. No. 1 Northern, 7733¢c; No. 2 North- ern, 75%c; No. 3 Northern, T4%c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards, St. Paul, Sept. 28.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common ta good, $3.25@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veals, $4.50@ 5.50. Hogs—$5.60@ 6.45. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5. good to prime: spring lambs, $6.26@7.00. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Sept. 28.—Wheat—Sept., 72%¢c; Dec., 5% @75%¢c. Corn—Sept., 46%¢c; Dec., 433c. Oats—Sept., 34%c; Dec., 34%c. Pork—Sept., $17.00; Jan., $13.30@13,32%. Flax—Nothing do(nz Butter—Creameries, 19@24c; dairies, 17@20%c. Eggs—11@18c. Poultry— Turkeys, 13c; chickens, 11@11%c; springs, 12%e¢. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Sept. 28.—Wheat—To arrive —No. 1 Northern, 763%c; No. 2 North- ern, 76%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 77%c; No. 1 Northern, 76%¢; No. 2 Northern, 7b%e; Sept, 76%c; Oct, 763%c; Dec., 745%c; May, 78%c. Flax —To arrive, $1.10%; on track, $1- 11%; Sept, $1.113; Oct, $1.10%; Nov., $1.10%; Dec., $1.08%; Jan,, $1. \08;, May, $1.12%. * Chicago. Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Sept, 28.—Cattle—Beeves, $3.86@6.90; cows and heifers, $1.60@ K.60; stockers and feeders, $2.66@ 4.50; ‘Texans, $3.70@4.40; Westerns, $3.55@56.50; calves, $6.25@8.26. Hogs —Mixed and butchers, $6.30@6.67%; good heavy, $6.35@6.67%; rough heavy, $6.85@6.15; light, $6.36 53 pigs, $5.60@6.30. - Sheep, $8.T65@6.45; the trouble being; 28.—Wheat— | On track—No. 1 hard, 77%¢; | BUEG AGRARIAN DISORDERS IN RUSSIA APPEAR TO BE WORSE THAN LAST AUTUMN, AUTHORITIES LOSING ALL CONTROL REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT DUE TO MANIFESTO OF OUTLAWED PARLIAMENT, St. Petersburg, Sept. 23.—Further disquieting information regarding the agrarian disorders, which, in spite of the prompt and.widespread publica- tion of the administration’s agrarian concessions, appears to be entering on a graver phase than last antumn, comes from the provinces of Saratov and Tambov and the lower Volga re- gion, where serious disorders are an- ticipated when the recruiting season opens in October. The Viborg mani- festo has been widely circulated and the political and revolutionary fer- ment is ever increasing. The popula- tions of many communities have for- mally adopted resolutions discarding the authority of the police and clergy; { the rural police are resigning in great numbers; landowners are disposing of their estates at any sacrifice and land values have decreased from $80 to $16 per acre. Details of the uprising at Malmuish, ‘Viatka province, are difficult to obtain, but it is known that at the opposite extremity of the province the peas- antry of the village of Knagorodsk have disarmed the police and pro- claimed autonomy. STOESSEL RESIGNS FROM ARMY, Will Not Be Courtmartialed for Sur- render of Port Arthur. St. Petersburg, Sept. 28 —The Asso- olated Press has been Informed that Lieutenant General Stoessel, who com- i{ manded the Russian forces at Port | Arthur, has submitted his resignation | from the army. It is understood that it will be accepted, thereby ending the history of the surrender of the fortress without its indescribable dis- closures which would result from a formal courtmartial. The general's resignation is said to have been due to the initiative of the emperor. After reading the report of the commission appointed to investigate the surrender ‘of Port Arthur, recommending that Stoessel be dismissed from the army - and shot, his majesty expressed his aversion to any further discussion of | the subject in open court. It is not known whether Lieutenant General Fock, who commanded the East Sibe- rian division at Port Arthur, and the other ofticers concerned will accept the alternative of standing trial. CONTINUES QUIET AT ATLANTA. Troops on Duty Trere Likely to Be ‘Withdrawn. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2f —The situa- tion still remains extremely quiet and there does not seem to be at this time even a remote possibility of any recur- rence of the race riots of the early part of the week. All of the saloons In the city are closed and will not be opened until Oct. 12. Even at that time all of the men who have oper- ated low groggeries in the sections of the city in which the negroes predom- inate will be refused permission to open up their places of business again. During the night there was no disturb- ance of any kind and Colonel Ander- son, commanding the state troops now ;on duty here, said that he did not be- lieve that there is any actual necessity for keeping the soldiers on duty any longer. BATTLE SEEMS IMMINENT, i Mexican Troops Marching on Town Held by Rebels. Houston, Tex., Sept. 28 —A special to the Chronicle from Eagle Pass says that a telephone message re- ceived there from Jiminez, thirty miles up the Rio Grande river, states that forty armed men raided the town dur- ing the night, placed the mayor, chief of police, treasurer and other officials in jail and are now in control. The telephone wires were cut before the message was finished.’ Government troops have arrived at Eagle Pass on a special train and are hastening to Jiminez. Advices of a battle are expected at Eagle Pass at any hour. IMMENSE WHEAT- SHIPMENT. Non!y -one Hundred Cars of Grain Going East. ‘Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 27 —Twenty- one hundred cars of wheat which have gradually cojlected on the Canadian Northern line between here and forty miles east of Port Arthur owing to the burning of a log wood bridge, making 1t impossible to move the trains until 8 new structure is built, have been released and are now being hurried to the lake port for shipment East. Naval Board in Session. ‘Washington, Sept. 2° —The general board of the navy is In session, with ‘Admiral Dewey presiding, and is likely to continue in session for several days,