North Carolina Newspapers

RE WEATHER TODAY . For North Carolina : Rain. Warmer For Raleigh : Rain, Warmer P -11 IY"T3 1 It Jfe T TEMPERATURE: : 3 Vol. IX RALEIG-H. N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1905 No. 103 I PRESIDENT'S UTHERN 1 Exactly Twelve Hours to be Spent in Raleigli OTHER POINTS FAVORED Five Minute, Stops to Be Made in Durham, Greensboro, .High Point find Charlotte Judge Bynum Says There Is No Evidence of Corruption Against Officials By THOMAS J. PENCE hington, Sept. 27. Special. The lie of the presidential special will take Mr. Roosevelt ami f c ':. V. f.k l is guests south next month has been f.frKirg-ed as far as Mobile. Ala., and j.; now' in the hands of officials of the Southern', the Seaboard and the Coast Line. All three of these roads will 1 -.lie the special train during the trip. itinerary after leaving Mobile I ; tentative .and is wholly dependent v :i the president's decision with ref , e to the visit to New Orleans, v .-. -h -nay be postponed until after t : V adjournment of congress or-a year The president will spend exactly 12 1 ours in Raleigh, reaching there at ".clock on the morning of the 19th leaving at 1 p. m. The chief exe ve will be asleep when he arrives 1:-. Raleigh and the arrangements pror - v: le for the sidetracking of the spe-' r i.ii just outside the city. The early .r..ur of arrival will likely interfere v i:h theplans for the appointment f t special committee to meet the presi de: at the state line. Only four other stops are provided d iring the president's trip through the FMte, and these are limited to five r i utes each by the schedule, which v;i-; made up today. The favored p ints tre Durham, Greensboro, High r at and Charlotte. The president's ; which will take leave of Ral- ' . h at 1 p. m,, will reach Durham at 1 -V leaving "at 2 p. m. The train is ' f'-hduled at Greensboro at 4 p. m.. l i ving at 4:05, at High Point at 4:35, -leaving a 4:40, at Charlotte at 7, leav- i-;;'"t 7:05. . - j: more tnan proDaDie max mere v 'i'! be some variations in the schedule, 1 : the changes must oY necessity be 'I'ifht. Charlotte wishes the president t - in me city ana oe tne guest, oi ner c . irens. Greensboro is urging him to .'tn'i a look at the Guilford Battle und. and Durham would like to see i 'Te of him than is promised from a J'v.-minute speech at the rear end of a t 'in. It is expected that committees i 'Mi Charlotte and Greensboro will :-it Washington next week for the 1 .. ; of urging longer stops in those ' T vo cities. The present schedule provides for th-s ' pa: ture of the president's special rr .in Washington October ISth at 8:S0 r. m., and arrival in Richmond at 12:30. The president will remain there until 7 ! ru,. when he will make a start di-v-'t for Raleigh. After making the visits in North Carolina already sched- 'i'-l. the special will make a dash t. rourrh South Carolina, without stop, ; niving at Roswell, Ga., at 7 o'clock -morning of the 20th. An hour and r half will be spent there in order to V 'ib'.e the president to visit his moth-:-'s birthplace. Atlanta will be reach- ' at 11 a. m., and the stay there will '".t until 7 p. . m., when the special ' -''ill go to Macov for a five-minute stop, ranching there at 10 p. m. on the 21st. The president will visit Jesup, Ga., hf re the special will be transferred to 'he Atlantic Coast Line. He will arrive- at Waycross for a few minutes' 'ti-ip at 7:30-a. m., and at Jacksonville, I":a., which will be reached at 10:30 rn., he will spend the day. The next - nn will be to St. Augustine, where 'he presidential party will rest for twenty four hours, returning by way rf Jacksonville. Visits of sevral hour3 ill be made to Montgomery, Ala., Tus- lfaree, Ala., where Booker Washing- ' r-'s school will be inspected, and Bir rinKham. where the state fair will be v progress.. The trip to Mobile will rhn be made by the return to Mont-g'VTM-ry again. Judge Bynum on Internal Revenue Cases Fv-Tn rya. WT T PlTllim Jr.. Of "reensboro spent., the day here. His j Msit attracted attention by reason of hp fnt fw h. hoon retained bv .! the defendants who were indicted by hr- federal grand Jury at Greensboro leveral weeks aero on the charge or la ving violated numerous federal stat- I against Armour Ca., the other.de Jtes. Ex-Governor Aycock, ex-Judge fendants. Two other employes of the Ppsncer B. Adams and J. W. McNeill . Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company lave also been retained by these, de- I have also been subpoeaned by the gov- 'enedants. and it is exrected that ; yrus B. Watson will appear for them. "From our investigation of the rharees aeainst the defendants." Baid Mr. Bynum today, "there is no evi-tain railway rates. i dnce of corruption. I believe that ; through pleading guilty, escaped lm when all the facts are disclosed the ' y.risonment. being sentenced to pay public will realize that there has been fines aggregating 2o,000. . o little . exaggeration . with referpnon to these cases. This talk of efforts at compromise is senseless. Our clients are ready for trial and they court a thorough and fair investigation of tlxelr conduct." Secretary Shaw left this afternoon for Cleveland, O., wher e he will speak tomorrow. He will rd turn to Wash- ington and be here to meet President itoosevelt on his retUTjn. Next Mon day the secretary will go" to Virginia, where he will put in about nine or ten days making speeches in behalf of tht Republican nominees for governor and state officers. His first speech will be at Richmond Monday night. Tuesday night he will be at Danville, Wednes day at Lynchburg, Thursday at Staun ton, Friday at Norfolk and Saturday at Newport News. Monday and Tues day of the week fallowing. he will also make speeches. The Virginia Repub licans expect the speeches of Secre tary Shaw to be of great benefit to them in their fight. Disastrous to Alcoholic Medicines The "recent decision of Commissioner Yerkes that patent medicines contain ing large quantities of alcohol will have to pay taxes like any other alco hol and that druggists selling them will' have to take out the license of retail liquor dealers, promises to prove disastrous to a number of patent med icines. The ruling of the commis sioner has been followed in South Car olina by an order from "the state au thorities that certain patent medicines shall 'not .be sold except upon the pre scription of a physician, and if drug gists or others sell without prescrip-tion-they will be arrested for operating "blind tigers." The names of a num ber of well known medicines are given as containing a high percentage of al cohol. Other states are expected to fol low the lead of South Carolina. Many of the prohibition Ftates of the coun try are overrun with these medicines and may require that they be sold only on prescription, which would destroy the sale, as physicians do not prescribe the medicines. Some of the South Carolina papers are calling attention to the assertion that the prohibitionists there propose to run out all alcoholic drinks, even beer, which contains four per cent, of alcohol, yet they have not objected to the sales of medicines that state analy sis shows contain as high as eighty per cent, of pure alcohol, a larger per centage than most of the whiskey sold over the bar of a Saloon. Rural delivery carriers and substir tutes were appointed today as follows: Route No. 2, from Ashboro, Nathan S. Andrews: Junius M. Andrews, substV tuts. Route No. 2, from Autreyville, Foy Autrey; John A. Cooper, substitute. Route No. 1, from Gibsonville, Earl Fonville1 F. M. . Smith, substitute Route No. 1, from Randieman, Joseph A. Ivey: Alfred H. Wright, substitute. Roscoe Mitchell arrived tonight. CLUES TO BOSTON CRIME Man Found Who Sold the Suit Case in Question Boston, Sept. 27. The police an nounced today the name of the man who last week sold the suit case in which part of a woman's bodv was found. He is Joseph Berkman, mem ber of a South End firm of pawn brokers. Berkman purchased the ease about nine months ago in the course of business. In the early part of last week a man who entered his shop in an ex cited condition asked to be shown suit cases. He wanted two, he said, and wanted them badly, and one .of them mu!H be strongly constructed. He wa? shown a second-hand suit case, which Berkman has identified as the one which contained the corpse of the girl victim. This was purchased quickly as well as a smaller case. The police believe that the purchases were made within a "few hours after the death of the girl. . The description' of the man as fur nished by the pawnb:-oker indicates that he is about 5 feet 9 inches in. height, about 45 years of age, and weight 170 Jxmnda, He is smooth shaven, and according to Berkman, was well dressed. A. search of Winthrop Cove by itlivers f for the head and limbs of the victim of the tragedy was resumed, and it was announced this would probably be continued for several days. . The state police received from the Harvard Medical School today the probable measurements of the woman's body in life. They were deduced from the most careful ; measurements of the torso and calculated by rules declared Jby experts to be infallible. The re port says that the woman was 5 feet 4 inches in height, not less than 18 nor more than ,26 years of age, and from J30 to 145 pounds in weight. . Beef Trust Men Subpoenaed Chicaeo. Sent. 27. Max Sulzberger, vice-president of the Schwazschild & Sulzberger Packing qompny, .u B. Fish, who is ope of the traffic of ficials of the company, were touny subpoeaned by the government as wit nesses in the beef trust cases to testify ernment The officials of the Schwarzschibl r-omnanv pleaded guilty recently to charges of conspiracy to illegally ob- .. . - - mi . nfPn r ara . ONE" MAN KEEPS TOWN I TERROR r " All Eilgoell in Mortal Fear of William Simms LOODY DEEDS He Tears Up the Verdict of a Coro ner's Jury Charging Him With Murder and Threatens Wholesale KillingRoves as a Walking Ar senal and Preys on the Public Savannah, Ga., Sept. 27. As the cor oner's jury today was drawing up a verdict at Ellabell, Bryan county, de claring William Simms guilty of mur der, the outlaw, heavily armed, strode into the court house, where the Jury was at work, waited until the verdict was written out, then snatched it from the foreman's hands and tore it up, meanwhile swearing he would kill, any man who aided in drawing up an other verdict against him. Simms has created a reign of terror in Bryan county. In the last three weeks he has killed three men and he declares that he intends to kill others. A walking arsenal, he roves through the country. He is not only requiring that he be given food and clothes, but he frequently demands money. Persons have sought safety in flight rather than take the chance of being killed by the desperado. All of the witnesses, so it is said, who testified in the court house against Simms have left Ellabell, where Simma is guarding himself against attack from the officers and where he declares he will eventually kill all who have given the officers any information. Four weeks ago Simmis shot and killed Julius Lansburg, affreight con ductor on the Seaboard Air Line, for no reason, it is reported, except that Lansburg had refused him permission to come-to-Savannah on his train.. Af ter this crime he disappeared for a few days, but did not leave the vi cinity of Ellabell, merely keeping out of sight in the daytime. Friday he killed an old negro man and the negro's son. He openly ad mitted the deed to some of his rela tives and gave as his reason the fact that the negroes had told ' the place where Simms was in the habit of spending his nights. The sheriff seems to be powerless, and the governor has been asked to order troops to the county to put an end to the terror existing. Simms comes of a prominent family and has relatives throughout the county. MAY GO SAFELY The President Urged to Visit New Orleans in October New Orleans, Sept. 27. The general committee on the president's entertain ment, numbering about sixty citizens, held a meeting and outlined the de tails for the entertainment. It was shown that if the president could not come here in October he might not be able to make the visit for a year and and a half. It was unanimou sly de cided that there was - no risk to tti3 chief executive's health, and therefore he was urged to come on the dat; originally named, October 24th The city council unanimously passed another mosquito ordinance to go into effect on the first day of next year. This measure" takes the place of the other ordinances on the, same subject that have recently been passed. No more of the cheese-cloth coverings will be removed from cisterns to give place to wire screens until after the presi dent comas. . Concerning the subject of the discov ery of yellow fever germs, Dr. Hamil ton P. Jones, in charge of the yellow fever hospital, says there is nothing official to give out on the subjectat this time. It seems quite certain that there have been no practical or posi tive developments, tests or discoveries ii that direction. GOMEZ WITHDRAWS South American Methods Adopted by the Havana Government Havana, Sept. 27. General Gomez has addressed a letter to the national assembly of the Liberty party, pre senting " an Irrevocable resignation of his candidacy for the presidency of Cuba, and asking that it be accepted; also that the party cease from fight ing in his favor. His reason given briefly is that it is useless to oppose the methods of the government, which are those of South America, In op position to peaceful citizens with ihn rifles of the public forces. The tri umph of the government. General Gomez says, is complete. There would be but one read open such as used by MAN OF B all the -nations of the world in similar circumstances; that is, rebellion. But Cuba's, Is a special case, as the result of a rebellion would be foreign Inter vention. "Besides, most of the property own ers here," added the general, "are foreigners and neutral'ln the fight. So that I, who am brave enough to rebel against the Spanish government, which was one hundred limes as strong as Palma is, will not accept the respon sibility of plunging my country into war." " " HOWARD BANK DECLINES Will Not Be Associate Editor of the Industrial News Asheville, N. C, Sepi. 27. Speoial. Howard A. Banks, formerly man aging editor of the Charlotte Obser ver and now on the staff f the Phil adelphia Record, has formally and finally declined to accept ttip managing editorship of the proposedRepublican daily, the Industrial News. ;Mr. Banks, who is here visiting his mother, today said: -: "I would be guilty of iiijratltude if I did not feel a keen senior of. appre ciation of the generous offer made me by the. Industrial News ov.ht the cor dial invitation of ex-Sena&r Butler, Editor R. D. Douglas and Chairman Thomas S. Rollins to Join.; them and their associates in the making of the new paper. I could not, however, after long consideration, bring myself, to lie identified even in the capacity of non political managing editor wih aTpaper whose political policy I do tipt believe in. In the next place I am entirely satisfied with my present position in Philadelphia. I hope the . Industrial News will have a brilliant; ' careerIn North Carolina journalism.' T - It is the undestanding that the man aging editorship will now jbe offered to Mr. Parkhurst, a Baltimore man at present on the local staff of the Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. Parkhurst Is one of the brightest newspaper men in the Quaker City. : FIGHT IN EXPRESS CAR Two Men Well perforated - With i Bullet! ' Both are Expected tOrDieccbunts Given Differ in Every Particular. . Encounter Was Bloody and Des perate Decatur, 111., Sept;--27.--J6hn E. Ryan of Chicago, Pacific " Express messen ger on Wabash passenger train No. 13, and Edward Greene, also of Chicago, a former express messenger, fought with pistols in Ryan's car today. Both were seriously wounded and may die On arrival here Ryan was taken to the Wabash hospital and Greene to St. Mary's hospital: Conflicting stories are told by the combatants. Greene says that he got on the express car at Forty-seventh street, Chicago, intending to go to his home at Pittsfield to visit relatives. He was an old friend, and Ryan, Greene claims, permitted him to ride. Greene says he assisted Ryan with the express matter, and that they then be gan drinking. Jokes led to a quarrel, and Greene says he and Ryan drew pistols at the same time. Ryan's story is that he did not see Greene in the car until the train reach ed Cerro Gordo. Believing that Greene jumped in for the purpose of robbery, Ryan fired at him. According to Ryan, they clinched and both of them, with revolvers drawn, rolled about on the car floor. Finally separating, each sought shelter in the car and waited for the other to expose himself. Just as the train was near Decatur, Ryan says, he and Green fired and both went down, but were on their feet In a short time, and the duel continued until the train reached the outskirts of Decatur, when Greene opened a door and jump ed from the car. Greene was unable to run and was found an hour later by the police. Greene had a bullet In the breast and another in the right lung, and a third ball lodged in the fleshy part of the abdomen. Ryan was shot in the left jaw, in the left ear and In the left shoulder. None of the trainmen was aware of the fight in the express car until the train reached Decatur. Sur prised to find the express car open, trainmen boarded the car and discov ered Ryan in a pool o blood on the floor. Stand-patters Win in Massachusetts Boston, Sept. 27. That the opponents of tariff revision and Canadian reci procity and the supporters of Eben S. Draper of Hopedale for the. party nomination for lieutenant governor won in , the Republican primaries yesterday appeared evident today when the re turns from the small country towns were received. A revision of the fig ures seemed to show that Draper had a good lead over Col. A. H. Goettlng of Springfield and Judge Fred S. Hall of Taunton, although many unpledged delegations were chosen. . I ! " TREATY HURTS GERMAN PRIDE No Comment fs Mode in Offi cial Quarters NEWSPAPERS ROAST IT Angry Editorials Appear , in the Leading Journal? An European Coalition Suggested as an Offset to the 'Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Lansdowne Scores a Master Stroke Berlin, Sept. 27. The new Anglo Japanese treaty Is received with little favor in Germany. The government of course, says nothing officially, but through the indirect channels which it uses at need. It intimates that it does not see anything objectionable In -the terms,, which indeed, . guarantee the maintenance of the essential principle of Germany's own policy in the far east. The prediction of Sir Charles Dilke that Germany would resent the treaty is repudiated In official circles, where it is declared that Germany claims nothing in the province of Shantung. China, except what may be gained by free competition. This is evidenced by the fact that there are now more Japanese than German firms in Kiaochau. The newspapers, how ever, express an entirely different i view. They declare that thet treaty, is highly detrimental to German in terests and to Germany's position in the world. One angrily complains that the framing of the treaty did not even try to conceal in the phrasing its bru tally aggressive character. The Tageblatt condemns it as a menace to the interests of all Euro pean countries, just as the Anglo French treaty regarding Morocco was condemned last year, and says that a coalition of the powers whose Asiatic Interests are threatened will now necessarily be called -into existence , to counteract the effects of. the treaty. It adds that Great Britain has aban doned her splendid isolation only to drive the world into the camp of her enemies. England and Japan have the upper hand for the moment, but those laugh best who laugh last. The Post accuses Great Britain of an anti-European policy.' It declares that Lord Lansdowne's assurances are mere words intended to conceal the truth. It hopes that Russia will dis trust the British protestations of friendship. The Deutsche Tageszeitung describes the treaty as an oflnsive instrument, containing the germs of a breach of peace. It advises Germany to redouble her vigilance in foreign affairs and to keep her powder dry. The Lokal Anzeiger, taking the same view, advocates that the better an swer would be the conclusion of a Russo-German treaty of alliance, into which France might be brought, if willing, advantageously to all three powers. The paper suggests that such an alliance was actually the purpose of M. Witte's visit to Rominten and declares that the German government favors the idea. Several journals seek to persuade the Japanese that the alliance is an un equal bargain, in which Japan gives everything and receives nothing. Pro fessor Schimman, a well known politi cian, elaborates this view in the Kreuzeitung. Generally In conversation the opin ion is expressed that Lord Lansdowne has achieved a masterpiece of diplo macy. Russia Chagrined and Indignant St. Petersburg, Sept. 27. Politicians, military men and officials, whose creed is Russian expansion in Asia, are chagrined and indignant over th5 Anglo-Japanese treaty. They deolare that it is preposterous that England and Japan should arrogate to them selves the prerogative of arbiters of the fate pf the whole of Asia. Lib erals are pleased with the treaty, be lieving that it will check, at least tem porarily, the bureaucratic territorial aims in the east and compel attention to , home- problems. The newspapers have not as yet commented upon the treaty. ; London;1 Sept. 28, St. Petersburg: cor respondent of the Standard says it is an indisputable fact that German diplo macy is exceedingly active. : The con census of opinion is that the kaiser is urging the czar to form a continental alliance to offset the Anglo-Japanes3 alliance. Vienna Sept. 27. Thav England has come victorious out of a war she did not wage 1 is the commonly expressed opinion of the Anglo-Japanese treaty. The newspapers here regard it as a diplomatic triumph laying the founda tion for an Anglo-Japanese mastery of Asia. Some, fears are expressed lest I it provoke a Russo-German alliance, 'the cost of which Austria might have j to pay in the Balka ns. Paris, Sept. 27. While the . virtual concensus of opinion expressed In the press is that the Anglo-Japanese treaty does not afford. Just cause for resent ment anywhere, there is a pretty gen eral expectation that Russia will re sent and mistrust it, and will accord ingly draw continually closer to Ger many. M. Millevoye, writing In the Patrie, says he admires Great Britain's skill in securing enormous advantages from Japan's victory.. INSURES THE OPEN DOOR Washington Official Opinion on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance Washington, Sept. 27. The new Anglo Japanese treaty has reached the stat department, having been sent to Wash ington by Sir Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador, who is at Lenox. Mass. The government here is well pleased with the treaty, especially on account of the fact that it absolutely assures the maintenance of the policy of the 'open door' in China established by the late Secretary ... Hay, which for five years this gorernment has constantly kept before the powers. The policy is distinctively the production of the United States government, and perhaps nothing was of more concern to Sec-r'-r.tty Hay than the open do'-r and ili terr orlal preservation of China.- The United States, howevar. has had no reason nor means to maintain the policy, except on the ground of justice and right, and had any gov-irnmont, Ger many, for instance, taken the notion to transgress on the agreement cf the open door or to" destroy the Integrity and administrative entity of the Chin ese empire, the United States could have nothing to prevent it. REFUNDING NOTICE Bonds Maturing in 1907 and 1908 to Be Taken lip in October ' Washington, Sept.- 27. The following official statement was made at the treasury department today: "The secretary of the treasury makes the announcement that on the 2nd of October next he will resume rgfunding operations, under the act of March 14, 1900, receiving four per cent, bonds of the funded loan of 1907, and three per cent, bonds of the loan of 1&08-'18 at a valuation equal to their present worth, to yield an annual Income of 2 1-4 per cent., and issuing In place therof 2 per cent, bonds, consols of 1930, at 101, subject to discontinuance at any time without notice. "The, secretary announces that the purpose is not to stimulate circulation, but to gradually reduce the amount of indebtedness: maturing in 1907 and 1908. He deems it better to get some of the present indebtedness out of the way before any great volume of isthmian canal bonds are issued." ZEMSTVO REFORM PROGRAM Outline of Plan Providing for Civil and Political Liberty, - St. Petersburg, Sept. 27. The con gress of zemstvos, in session at Mos cow, decided upon a political program which will include complete respon sibility, in the eyes of the law, of private individuals and officers alike: recognition of the private' rights of all citizens; equality of the personal rights of peasants with those of other classes or society; the liberation of the vil lage population from administrative guardianship, abolition of the zemski natcha'nik and the Immediate recog nition of the inviolability of person and domicile; a guarantee of freedom of sconscience, faith, speech,! the press, meeting, associations; the abolition of the passport system; the formation of a national assembly which wll take part in legislation; the . institution of a regular budgetary system and con trol over the legality of acts of higher and lower administrations. The program also . advocates the principle of organization of a repub lic on a national, not clas3 basis, and the election of the representatives to the national assembly by universal and direct suffrage. ,ik Secretary Taft Returns San Francisco, Sept. .27. The Paeiflc Mail steamship Company's line Korea, I Captain Zeeder, arrived today from the! Orient, beating the trans-Pacific record ' by several hours. Among her passen gers were Secretary of War Taft and most of the members of a party which left with him for the far east on the Manchuria July 8. v The Korea sailed from "tykohoma September 17, and came direct to this city, omitting the usual stop at H6no lulu. The best time for this passage was made by the same vessel, which held the previous record of ten days and fifteen hours. On this trip she has covered the distance In a little over ten days. iately, both representatives were un France Approves the Treaty ) aDie to remain in New York, but were ' Paris, Sept. 27. The Anglo-Japanese ; represented by the heads of the several treaty Is widely commented upon to- j consulates. day. The official view Is that the treaty Is conformable to French Inter- j ests. It Is pointed out particularly that France does not seek territorial ex-' nansion in Asia, and therefore the status quo provisions of" the treaty his home here today. I. . LItt was carry out French policies. ! forty-five years old and vas born in Officials are equally hopeful that the Milwaukee. He was the owner of Mi-3 treaty will prove satisfactory to Rus- Broadway Theatre in New York, Mc sal. but there appears, to remain some Vickers at Chicago, Bijou Opera House doubt as to Russia's complete ac-. at Minneapolis, Grand Opera House in quiescence, although the explanations SL Paul, and the Bijou Opera Hous tend to remove Russian opposition, I In Mllwaulcea. N'S WORK SUCTION Gnnboat Sunk and Military Post Destroyed . LIVES RERBRTED LOST According to General Corbin It Was the Werst Storm in Years Ves sels Sunk in Harbor and Sailors Blown Out to Sea Signal Corps Wires Put Out of Commission Washington, Sept. 27. The military secretary has received the following cable message from General Corbin, commanding the Philippine division, re garding the typhoon of yesterday at Manila: "Manila, "Sept. 27. The worst storm of years obtained here yesterday, pass ing during the night. Considerable damage was done by the unroofin? of buildings. The post at Malahi to tally destroyed. Further reports when facts are known." The following cable message also has been reeeived at the r.p.v.v de- partment from Admiral Reiter; com-! manding the Asiatic fleet: "The Leyte, which was out of com mission, was sunk in the harbor and lost in the hurricane of September 26th" -.'.' . ." '" The Leyte was a gu;nboat of 150 tons and 125 horse power. She was one of the vessels belonging to Spain, taken possession of by the navy at the closis of the war.' She was in bad condition, and It is said at the navy department that she was practically worthless. The post at Malahi, referred to by General ' Corbin, is thirty-one miles' from Manila, in Laguna province. The garrison consisted of four companies E. F, G and H, Sixteenth infantry according to the latest reports at the war department. .There were in all fourteen bffieers 287 enlisted men and ninety prisoners. General Greeley, chief signal officer, was advised that, owinr tothe de structive typhoon, all the signal corps lines leading out of Manila are' Inter rupted. Damage on Land and Water Manila, Sept. 27. During the preva lence of yesterday's typhoon several lighters and a launch were destroyed I against the breakwater. A schooner, which for a time threatened to ram the interned Russian cruiser Oleg in the harbor, sank close to the cruiser's bow. Thirty natives, clinging to the break water, were blown into the sea. The majority of them were rescued. The telegraph lines, which were much dam aged, have not been repaired. No wrecks along the coast have yet been reported, but it Is believed to be im possible that all the coasters are safe. Fort McKinley was slightly damaged. , The officers' quarters in the Santolan barracks were demolished. Four towns were half destroyed and scores of persons were Injured in the Marquina valley. The gardens of Malacanan Pal ace, with their famous, trees, and tho Army and Navy Club's court were ruined. The American settlement. Santa Mesa, was heavily damaged. Commissioner Fifer Will Retire Washington, Sept. 27. Joseph W. Fi fer, former governor of Illinois, will retire from the' interstate commerce commission next January to return to the practice of law in Illinois. This i in line with the president's determina tion to reorganize the commission. Fof the past year there have been persist ent rumors that practically the entire commission, with the exception o Chairman Knapp, would resign, James D Oymans of Iowa retired in. March, and . was succeeded by Senator Cock- rell of Missouri. No indication haf been given as to who will succeed, Governor Fifer, but it is generally ex- i pected that it will be a western man. Degrees for Peace Envoys New York, Sept. 27. While some 1, 500 instructors, students and visitors at Columbia University's opening ex ercises today applauded, the degree of doctor of laws was awarded to Baron Jutaro Komura and M. Witte, the two diplomats most influential at the peace conference at Portsmouth. Unfortun Theatrical Manager Dead Yonkers, N. Y., Sept. 27 The Paciflfl LItt, the theatrical ma---t, died at TYPHOO OF DE '"'X'l S 1 t I' t