Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1897, Page 11

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Pages 1 l=14 WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1897—FOURTEEN PAGES, THE SHIFTING SCENES — The Day of Top Coats and Tan Kids at Hand. - SUMMER AND SOFT DRINKS NO MORE Boys Now Seek the Chinquapins in Smith’s Woods. ———— es THE COUGH DROP MAN oe The day of the top coat, the tan kid gloves and the tatler-made gown has ar- When the trees begin to shed their it rived. wraps, were, the human eccupants of e fi of ‘1 buildings and high steeples commence to don more, so that umn is shown to be com'ng, with a frost or iwo to herald its approach. No more is the fond mother worried by frequent daily questions from her off- sprit ¥. ma, Johnny Green is ss swimmin’ down the river. Lemme ‘long. I won't get very wet, and they t no danger of my drownia’. Say, ma, ae 22" d of this request, ich may be y aud August, stituted ‘Tommie the following has been Srown's goin’ after chincua- afternoon, down to Smit © Says they're so thick down you can pick 2 bushel iu an hour. > “long with him, ma. I'll prom- harder'n i ever did before. supper, ma. ma, why Hundreds of Signs. There are hundreds of signs which go to prove that the fall season is at hand. If it coul ing else, the sight n wendir-; their way along sehool besks in hand, were They hive not the same looks have in the spring, r expr s are those of pleas- tion, icr happy vacation days The School buildin: the deseried appearanc chur- them during the summer, and a to one of them now, from $ in the ing till in the afternoon late, is aware text books have taken the place of tes and pencils have urped the position for the time being of ts an bal |The shepkeepers a ed look: stre fficient come. mer that happy. The ied from their bland, smult most uncon: which mean as if plainly spoken Isn't there something else I can show le prospects for a fal! trade are jent, and the merchants are not letting the fact be known. The ck & month a were languid have awakened to the sit on, and are d springy in all their move- ey knew autumn was here were glad of it. voice of the i e in the land of the Nat and after this the “bleache serted, for umpire will have earn well-needed rest, and will no more én- danger his ilfe on the diamond, trying to populace and players, and. make sions, with it all, for the han those handed down b: sprue Th 3 the bench er bodies met together tor = settlement of international matters of weight and state. Most Conclusive. This is the most conclusive sign that the autumn days have arrived, and summer is ho more. Anxious crowds can no .onger be seen scanning the bulletin in front of ‘The Star office, with glee depicted on thetr faces, correspondingly despondent, as the home club makes a run or is thrown down by the opposing team. What's the score?” has been put beck shelf, where it wil! gather dust until ; in the stereotype question de- partment. There will be another which will usurp its place in a short time cessfully. It will be the fav it cold enough for “What'll you take ropriate autumn as on. and is appre or Is equally summer, cr lated in Klondike any = or Califo The tired mother, with bask arm. holding a child by the other, ard try- to balance a baby between the two, ing in the d ion ef the excursion mer wharf, as the ¢ wh-the-river on one with her armas ct her purse ad still th found. ©. ough ¢ ing of ene treet boy, er and ut s' a voice eve in husky Vil tell you w imme a nickel, ere yer money pur n her mouth for s Liquid Which © white-facea and hs who stand behind the glass-covered marble slab counters, dispensing tne id which foarfs but which does noi ine- e, En! ared, are having 3 OL ively their own way now. or four weeks ago they were so busy Id hardty tell whether it was Mon- : Friday, and hardly cared, they were white-aproned hed so terribly to supply the wants of thirsty, red-faced, perspiring, hand- population, ‘hington, so far, has esi ped the in- fiction of the “two out and draw one, which is heard in some where the bracing exuses it to be rey “tlalf on the haif s! “One peck steamed. 2 children, th and “ily-attired, the prominent and the lies are no longer seen on’ Welnes- 1 Saturday evenings wending their the Capitol and White House ten to the inspiring strains Band. for the concerts have ntinued, in ‘cipation of the i winter season, and so far‘as ttye feature is concerned Wash- ton is ne more musically inclined than other e:ty In the country. The “white of the Marine Band will soon disap- pear for a few months, and the only mem- ory remaining will be that of those on the avenue who are busy with bucket and broem and scraper in the cool autumn days. While the summer peach, which was brushed and caressed so unceasingly~dur- —— season by the Italian fruit dealer wr such a loving toich, wil soon disap- ar, th vender will have plenty to oc- ‘S$ attention, for the chest- nut will soon claim it, and this year's vintage ‘is said to be equal to the occa- sion. “Roast-a_ chestnut-a, 5-a-cent-a_pint-a’ will soon be the slogan which will assail the ears of the pedestrian on the avenue. The cough drop man has already been seen, getting himself in trim for the cough sea- son. There has been a noticeable addition to the crowds on F' street, and it is no longer possible to pass down the pavement with- out being accosted by persons with the brown tan of the seashore on their faces, and their eyes sparkling with the reflec, tion fram the sun-capped, rippling waves on the ocean, for society ts returning to town, and when this happens the summer is in- deed finished and autumn Gays are here. Dreams of the summer are over. Plain, practical situations of the autumn. and coming winter confront everybody. Sum- mer signs ete taken down, and their places taken by the blinds cf autumn and winter. MILES TALKS OF WAR General of the Army Tells of What He Saw Abroad. Europe a Vast Military Camp—Little Indication That the Millennium is Approaching. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, September 22, 1897. General Nelson A. Miles, U. 8. A., with Mrs. Miles and his aid-de-camp, Captain Mavs, sail for the United States on the American Line steamer St. Louis on Qcto- kel Referring to his visits to European capi- tals and review of European troops, Gen. Miles said: “I saw all the principal armies ‘of Europe, many of the most important military cstablishments, the principal gun factories and foundries, where the material of war is constructed, from the most mi- nute small-caliber projectiles to the heavi- est steel armor plate. I have scen all the great armies of Europe except the Spanish army, and, if Spain should declare war against the United States, I may possibly have an opportunity of sceing that. Of something over 2,000,000 men under arms I have seen nearly 400,000 in barracks and in garrison and in field maneuvers, besides arly 100,000 men engaged in the construc- tion of war material. Europe a Military Camp. What I have seen does not indicate that the millennium is at hand, when swerds will be beaten into ploughshares. There never was another time in the history of the werld when so much energy, ingenuity and wealth were being devoted to maintaining large standing armies and _ formidable navies. Fortunate are the people of the United States that they are walled in by two great . Yet this fact would rot warrant themren any policy other than keeping a reasonable percentage of the population fully equipped and instructed in medern appiianc methods of ¥ “The celebration of Queen Victoria’ sixty year reign brought together fifty thousard of her army and _ thirty-eight thousand inen ef her navy. “The d maneu of Russia were conducted on a large scale and were ex- ceedingly interesting. Russia for hun- s of years has been a great military nation. Her people have been accustomed to war, and her population is so numercus, and sne is so located geographically as to be practically indenendent of the other powers of the world. The Russian army is composed of strong, hardy men and its officers are highly educated and skilled official: ‘Germany is one vast military camp. It is geographically in such a position that it is compelled to maintain a great military force. On one side is Austria, that they have overrun, and France that has been conquered and a part of her territory taken away, by fighting her when she was at a great disadvantage. On the other side stands the great Russian bear and between these two Germany finds it necessary to keep her powder dry. The German army kept under rigid discipline, is well drilled, makes the finest appearance. on parade, but its fighting qualities are no better than the English, Russian or French armies. French Army Well Equipped. “I saw part of the French maneuvers near St. Quentin. The French army is not spcetacular in appearance, yet it has a solidity and earnestness of purpos2 which indicates that it is well equipped for Its uniferms are not so handsome of the German army, but are ser : File its office ° skilful and intensely in earnest. There 000 well-e well-disciptined troeps th of 70,000 and in a fittle more ad the entire bo. of cavalry, 10,0 strong, charged acro the field in ene solid mass, and halted bx a few yards from the president in almost perfect line and eplendid cré © great field maneuvers they ate war. The Homburg m a great dri They look im- uvers tent spectacular. but there is no ‘the difference n blank a leaden bu.dets and shotted c: marked as that between the scenes of the drama and the issues of life.” ‘0 a question as to whether the United States, under its present military polley, woul! ke abie to cope with a European pewer, General Miles repiied: Our Military Strength. “In our population, it is estimated, one man out of five is capable of bearing arms. ‘That would give us an army of 12,000,000. Our people are strong physically and gen- erally intelligent and well-informed; be- sides, each citizen is a sovereign and per- sonally interested in the welfare of his government, and serves voluntarily without being forced into service by a military des- potism. We have many thousands of mc: still living who have seen more war, par- partic:pated in more battles, than any man in Europe. But, it is another thing to equ'p an army with modern appliances for the defense of a coast where, we would have t use high power guns and modern projectiles which it takes years to con- struet, while small arms are not to be made in a few days cr weeks,” In conclusion, Generab Miles remarked: “I bave never seen a Gay since I have been away when I have failed to appreciate our ewn country, its institutions, system of government and people. I have been sur- prised that so little {s known of us in Eu- rope, but interest here is centered an India, Africa and Siberia, and Ettropean papers have mors to say of their affairs and the colonies than ab@~ America.” age aes FOR TEMPERANCE REFORM. Anti-Saloon League Appeals Churches for Co-Operation. The Anti-Saioon League of the District has issued an address to the pastors of the local churches, suggesting the observance in common of a day for special recognition of. temperance reform. The 17th of this month is designated as temperance Sun- day, and each pastor is requested to de- liver at one of the public services a rer- mon or address appropriate to the occa- sion. That day, it ts stated, is preferaple to any other because the license year closes October 31. tative effort is re- quested in the movement for a decrease in the number of saloons in the Districi. The letter to pastors is signed by James L. Ewin, A. N. Canfield, Mrs. Clinton Smith, A. L. Swartwout, Jesse C. Suter and H. Roy Blanchard, the committee. POLICE STATISTICS Decrease in the Number of Arrests | for Intoxication. WORK OF THE EXCISE BOARD Not So Many Licenses Given to Drinking Places. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE Ss To the Editor of The Evening Star: In his annual report for the year ending June 30, 1890, Maj. Wm. G. Moore, saper- intendent of police of the District of Co- lumbia, says: “Waile the police statistics for the last year show an increase in the number of cases of arrest, it must not be concluded that crime is on the increase in the Dis- trict of Columbia. The swelling of the fig- ures is due to the steady additiens to the numerical strength of the force, and closer vigilance ané@ renewed activity, which 1e- sults in a larger number of arrests for mi- nor offenses and misdemeanors.” During that year, as shown by the same report, there were 24,372 persons arrested for all causes, and of these 4,820 were charged with intoxication (including intox- ication, intoxication and disorderly, and habitual drunkenness). In his report for the next year, 18M, he sa ‘he showi made by the police statis- ties for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, with reference to crimes and misdemean- ors in the District of Columbia, is by no means discouraging.” in that report he shows that 25,1 sons were a charged with intoxication. In his report for the year ending June he says: ng the year which closes June 30, 1892, the police records contain a larger number of arrests than during any pre- vious period of the department's organiza- tion. * “There vere 26,666 entered upon t ster.” * * * “The incre: menths fi not strange that with an en- aticn and police force, addi- tional patrol service, and an improved re- spect on the part of the members of this i t for the rules governing them. vigilance, labor and results should * * 2 “It should be borne in mind at the same time that the swelle figures do not necessarily prove an increa in crime, but those who com- and brought to an improved po- Of the persons arrested that year, 5,i17 were charged with intoxication. s t annual report he est number of cases the police department of the Di its or, ‘fon was made during the fiscal year 1 * * * “This may be ribed to the appointment of an additional num. the per of policemen n of population, on ihe part of the ofiicer that 27,245 nil cau: and that of urged with intoxication. League of the District of Columbia was organized on June 183, and immediately began its work 0: reducing the number of licensed drinking plac The superintendent of the police does not recognize this i s quent reports, but he does mark, and re- mark upon, the change from the thereto- fore constantly increasing number of ar- rests. In his report for the year ending June 30, 1804, after showing the remarkable record made by his department in finding and re- covering lost and stolen property, he say While such effective results prevail with regard to lost property, strange as it ma seem, there was a falling off in the total ts to the extent of 2,922, ecorded in 18% 4,323 in the last year. If we may judge by the diminution in the number of arrests for the higher crimes and for in- toxication, intoxication and disorderly, and discrderly conduct, such crimes and the responsibility for most of them are on the wane in this community. This diminution might be ascribed to laxity on the part of the police. Such argument would not hold good, when we consider that for the first time under the present form of government the lost and stolen property recovered was two-thirds the value of the amount report- ed lost. The moral improvement shown by the police figures is a fact due, in the first place, to a high standard of discipline; coupled with an increased force; and in the secoud, to the new liquor law and its rigid” enforcement by the police. * * * “The fiscal year just closed shows but 4.819 cases ef disorderly conduct, 560 less and 1,014 less than during the preceding year. CaSes ef intoxication num- beted 2,2 ) Jess than in 1802, and by 474 as in 1893. A compari- son with years prior to those given, taking the numerical sirength of the police force into consideration, more than substantiates the claim of moral improvement in extray- agant use of intoxican: In his report for the year ending June, 30, 1995, he say me in the District of Columbia dur- ing the last fiscal year, basing the asser- tion upon the police statistics of arrests and complaints from citizens, has increased in some and diminishéd in other respects, the reduction more than offsetting the in crease. * * * Under normal conditions they (crimes and misdemeanors) advance with population. * * * ‘This department has reason for ccngratulation when, in closing the,business of a year, the facts and figures show such a faverable condi- non of affairs within its jurisdiction. ** * The cases of disorderly conduct aggregated 4,778 Tor last year, as against 4,849 for the previous year; intoxication and disorderly (one charge), 803, as against 1,050; intoxi- jon, 2,816 for 18% and 2,82% for 1894, * * * The number of cases of arrest for the last fiscal year. was 23,104, or 1,219 less than during the fiscal year 1894.” in his report for the year ending June 30, 1896, he says: “It may seem strangé, in reviewing the operations of the past year, that with an increased force of police there were fewer cases of arrest, but such is nevertheless true. “Tho year 189) noted 23,104 registrations of names under various charges upon the records of the several station houses, while during 1893 there were 22.362, a decrease of 542, a most creditable showing, as well in the prevention as in the detection of in- fractions against the law.” E ‘This report shows that of the 22,562 ar- rests, 3,615 were charged with intoxica- tion as against 3,699 in 1805, Mark the larguage in these reports. In 1890: While the statistics show an increase of arrests, it-must not be concluded that crime is on the increase. The swelling of the figures is due to additions to the force and closer vigilance and renewed activity. “n 1891: The showing is by no means dis= couraging. In, 1892; It is not strange that with an enlarged results should follow. It marks an im- proved police force. In 1893: This may be accredited to the se Sem Hooray 2rd an additional baited ey licemen, average augmentation ot Deputies: and more zealous work on the | part of the In it may seem, there average augme zealous work persons 1894: Strange as was a falling off in the number of arrests. ‘The moral im ent is due to ch standard of discipline ‘and an ‘Ineroced and its force, and to the new liquor law in 1895: The num| arrests was 1,219 tess than gst year. ‘Under normal condi- = 7 2 | intendent of police as he not: bopulation and police force these |° Ma Style No. 10, $3.50. 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Both styles-are in lace and button. ~The “dress” shape has the medium round toe, with patent leath- xtra fine quality of “Jenness Miller” Shoes (the difference .in i er tip, so popular this fall. which is in the finish and not the model) for $5. : Get yourself a pair before the line of sizes is broken again. sacs: Iiler Gg 9 Shces Shined Free. Go Mille L sw eis CROCK R 9 939 Pa. Ave. ee) 5 5 1 . Style No. 9, '§3.50. | Style No. 2, $3.50. tions they advance with popilation. This STORMS THE LAKES. AP 4 FIRES. department has reason fot @&ngratujggion ’ — Z 5 = 5 vhen..the ‘facte and figures : : Prepared by the De- | Major Chas. F. Powell Selecte Farming Sections in Manitoba and In 186: It may seem strange that'with | 3 an increased police force thete were fewer. arrests. These catch words, in his reports ‘from 1890 to 1897, are selected becai#ise. they seem to be the key to, the thought gof the stper- the changes in the comparative number of arrests which his department was making frony year to year, and his way of accounting for those changes. They are the expressions of an officer, justly proud of his pdsition and of the work he has done, and anxious to main- tain his record, but who s@ms to “have failed to keep in mind the lagguage which he used in his report for 1894, viz: “If we may judge by the diminution in the num- ber of arrests for the higher crimes and for intoxication, intoxication and ‘disorder- ly, and disorderly conduct, such crimes and the responsibility for most of them are on the wane in this community,” and to have overlooked the work of the>excise board in its control over “the responsibility for most of them” in granting, or refusing to. grant, licenses. to self intoxicatfng liquors. A comparison of the reports of the police department with that of the excise board is interesting and instructive, and. their persistently consistent results. show that the relative number of licensed drinking places has more to do with the sobriety and morality of the communi y, and to the “extravagant use of intoxicants,!! than have the number and discipline of the Police force. q compiled from the The following table is official reports referred t fall “Arrested for 722 L__6so “(This punter does not ficlude the made for violutions of the ble ir a new offense in thé District “and should not go Auto a comparison with other years) The foregoing figures not only show that immorality, crime and drunkenness (intoxi- cation is not a crime in’the District of Co- jumbia) increase with an fuprease in the number of drinking places, Hut they show conclusively that, in every Prtaace, they decrease with a decrease in the number of such places, and that the demoralizing in- fluence of the saloon cannot ‘be prevented by additions to the police foree and im- provement in its discipline; arid, with equal conclusiveness, do they prove that the or- ganization of the Anti-Satgon' League was necessary to stop the incregse in the num- ber of drinking places,+ @sl; thereby, to change the tide of immoraiity, crime ‘end drunkenness from a tly increasing to a constantly decreagin umber; for, it must be remembered, the'new liquor law, to which the superinteridant‘of police refers in his report for 1814, the enforcement of which, by the police, fs given as a cause for the falling off im the ber of arrests, 1.356 arrests els regtlatihs, wht was not a law against, = tion or crime, and did not mi in tion ‘an offense nor authorize the -grrest of an in- toxicated person;_it. ed the license fee and the penafty for selling §rithout li- cense, and so made it easier to siiccessfully prosecute: as for viola: Jaw, put the superintendent ‘of police d uot clajm that the number of arrests fell $f 4iecause fewer saloon keepers were arrested, but be-" cause the law was rigidly enforced. These figures ought to commend the Anti-Saloon ee to ane Sieh el deration and active support of every friend of morality, sobriety and good government. E in - * A. N. CANFIELD. will continue fcr ene ‘The service last ‘| one of these tracks, he can very accurately Maj. Chas. F. Powell of the Corps, stationed at Pittsburg, in charge of the river and harbor works in Ohio, Penn- sylvania and West Virginia, has been sum- Instead of curtailing the operations ef the Bepartinent of Agriculture it is the policy éf Secretary. James Wilson to extend its | A dispatch from Winnipez, Manitoba, il over the a 3 8 ize day), being fanned operations along all useful lines authorized a oe : : by law. Recently, after a consultation with | Moned to Washington. He will be request- | and driven by a gale of wind, died out dur- the chief of the weather bureau, he decid- | €d to assume the place held by Capt. 0. M.| lug the night. and this moraing’s sun Carter on the Nicaragua canal commissicn. | dawned upon a ter Capt. Carter voluniarily asked to be re- | @evastation, farm hou implements, Heved of duty on the commission in crder | crops and live stock being everywhere that he might give his attention to his own | consumed, and many farmers Jost their all. €d to make use of some of the great fund of meteorological information contained in the weather bureau by having a monthly marine meteorological chart issued for the ae of death and qi riners of ou. great inland | affairs. The office of commissioner is a| A most lamentable sto: comes from benefit of =e sees pea on that by a| Presidential one, and Capt. Carter, with | Beausejour, forty miles east of this city. seas. He was o! pi n | the other two members of ihe-commission, | Where two ‘Women and five chihiren, nage study of the records of past <torms muc! was nominated to the Senate and confirmed | Mereski, were b useful information might be collated and Fire came under the authority conferred by act of | upon their hous. ne published relative to the tracks most bey Congress. Maj. Powell has a high reputa- | from two dire quented by storms during the coming | tion as a practical engineer, and is well | Shut off all m month, and other information useful 0) known to Congress through his service in | charred remains were foun mariners. Washington as Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia. Commander B. F. Tilley, now on duty at the Naval War Coilege, Newport, has been ordered to take command of the gunboat Newport. now being fitted out at Boston for service under the Nicaragua canal com- missior. It is expected that she will sail from Boston with the commissioners on hoard about the end of the month for Grey- a town, and that she will remain in isthmian | age warehouse, and Farm. waters about three months. farm bulidings and crops w Stroyed. ‘The little town wa See 3 5 ed Out of existence. At TRAIN WRECK IN THE ROCKIES. | [E00 Out of up to the Ca railroad platform, where, by siesperate ef- fort: its progress was Stayed. Much hay and grain was consumed in this district In the Lake Francis district, northw of the city, there Was aiso extensive di struction of crops. A young farmer, named kham. wes terribly burned while tryine to save his x é There were many narrow casses of horses, cattle and : j#l over the district, and a number fani of foreigners are homedte: lestitute. At Ragot, ity miles west, the Canadian Pacific railroad station and seven cars; the Dominion Grain Com- elevator, with Lawrie’s rst of this series of monthly charts arab matted from the central office of the weather bureau yesterday. It gives in- formation relative to the present month of October which is of great benefit to mariners. It shows the principal tracks pursued by storms in crossing the lake Dranieare of greatest frequency is east- ward across the center of Lake Superior. The storm track next in importance is a line drawn from Milwaukee northeast to Alpena. The next in order of frequency is a line drawn from the southern point of Lake Michigan northeast to Port Huron; and the least frequented of the four storm tracks is represented by a Ine drawn from Port Artifur southeast to Petoskey, Mich. | In other words, if, during the coming month, a mariner notices by. the daily re- ports a storm center in the region of any practicaliy tony Moun- an Pacitic Two Lives Lost and Many Injured in Wreck on D. and R. G. A wreck occurred cn the Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge at Cotepaxi, seventy- two miles west of Pueblo, at 2 o'clock yes- terday morning, caused py the breaking of 3 property. At nd, on the determine what ae fhas fo {8 Journal on one of the coaches. The train Portage branch of the Northern’ Pacific Pe eee ° was the first section of No. 6, from over | Failroad, several handred ccrls of wood " s 's the normal wind direc- | Vas 2 3 e . 6, 2 a 0 Boneariine Somine month at each one of | Marshal pass, and was slowing down to ma thousands of tons of hay were licked the weather bureau stations, and about the | take the siding at Cotopaxi. While raun- he 2 eval Sweat ox vabea tac number of foggy days that may be expeci- 5 ; = ning at ten miles an hour a journal on the rear trucks of the first day coach brok: ed on different portions of the ‘several 2 f th terrible m. vonsuming © laces jas Geterm ned 29 p28 recom OS | itis car pitched over ion sts ails and Grape wesptned eh Derheltext rained on the back of the chart | ged with it all the cars behind, another = _ hay we ma also lo: eir grain shows the location of all the danger sig- | ccach, two sleepers and the company’s pay | 249 impicments. There were jarge bunds pals of the weather bureau—about 125 in | cay, number—and much other infurntation use- ful to vessel masters. A little study of the diagram of the storm center in connection with the wind barometer table will euable eapratns There was little excitement and not much have left port to determine the probable | wreckage, as the tale mag dmg much course of storm centers last noted on the | Siowiy. ‘The. raliroad compare trenikes weather bureau charts on shore. Set owing Sat or eee October is a month of transition from ct ie Re eee pe ee a F. warm to cold—generally one of the most } Seyler of 2809 Carmony avenue, Cinciiinati, legs crushed; died on the way to the hos- pleasant In the year. The change to win- ter corditions is firsi noticeable on Lake | pital. Slightly i" jured_ Mrs Robineon ot Delta, head injured; Mrs. Mary Johnson. Superior, where light snow storms may oc- cur at any time dfter the 15th. Snow falls | ‘reliuride right shoulder injured: Frank ©. Telluride, cut about head;- Mrs. in the vicinity of Marquette a little earlier | adams, than at ather points to the westward. It | Saunders, Salida, cut on lip and left shoul has been observed.as early as September | der; Miss Laura Gates,Denver,cut on head; 13 both at Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie. | Mrs, Jas. Kirk, Montrose, slightly bruised, On lower Lake Michigan snow has fuilen | Miss Ada Crompton, Delta, slightly injured as early as October 6, but the average date | on head; Mrs. G. N. Compton, Denver, back fer snow there js about a month later. The | slightly injured; J. H. Shay, Telluride, left average date of snow at the eastern end of | leg and right shoulder hurt; slightly cut Lake Erie—that is, October 28—is about | about the head; Lulu Chase Denver, bad ten days earlier than at the. western end. cut over right eye; F. H. Posey, care N. B. Se ee pictrary, Denver risat arm bruised and ead cut; John Moling, Telluride, silghtly edi fy ra eternal) PRS ke sige Pa ee pr eer of face scratched; A. ©. Howard, Bosnvil ~ “ o., hand cut and side bruised; H. Will. Action Regarding ‘the Klondike.’ -| jamson, Denver, conductor, head cut and Mr. John Sidney Webb of this city has | face scratched; James O'Conno: had a talk with the Secretasy of War in regard ‘to matters in Alaske and §e gold fields in British Northwest. Terrifory. Mr. Webb made the trio to Alaska this sum-| four, in the forward sleeper, and, was found ¢ on the ground She was bad- of horses-and cattle pusturing on marsh, and today the charred cares: the animals dot the ground every few paces, Jack rabbits and prairie chickens were aiso annihilated. The people in this city were anxious for some hours, and it was feared the fire would come into the Suburbs, where mai valuable residences are located. A. time change of the wind averted this impending danger. A special from Chicago junction says: The prairie fire is still raging here. The flames have reached the gardens and vil lage of the Holladers Celery Company, aad hundreds of men are fighting to keep the flames from entering the village. The wind at present is favorable. Over 3,000 acres of facm land He in waste. Many families have deserted their humes, leay- ing crops and stock to perish in the flamcs. The damage already cone amounts to thou- sands of dollars, Three tourist coaches, the baggage car and engine, all ahead of the first coach, remained on the track. The cars were ali crowded with excursionists bound to the iestival of Mountain and Piain at Denver. the ses of RIVER. zi Senor Calvo Discusses the Rights of Costa Rica. Senor Calvo, the Costa Rican minister, has called attention to certain alleged er- rors in a publication regarding the rights: of Costa Rica in the delta of the San Jean river, a-matter which has a strong bearing The War Department Will Take No “With precedents of this nature, nothing can be more casy than to locate. f, = Circle City, which were abandoned in the | between the vu nt, the boundary line nn the stampede to Dawson last fell, he told the | Occurred. He was ba Atlantic side, since it has conelu- Secretary, will be’ resorted to this winter sively declared by it Cleveland's £ fs sg lk At