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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
DOMAIN IS GIVEN BACK.
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Thousands of Acres Are Made Avail
able In Western States
Washington, May 23. Temporary
withdrawals from the public domain
for power sites were made by Secre
tary Ballinger today of approximately
3,440 acres along the John Day river,
in Oregon; 5,547 acres along the Wind
river in Wyoming; 8,620 acres along
the Price river, in Utah; and 606
acres along the Blue river, in Colo
rado. Large tracts of land in Montana
and New Mexico were designated for
settlement under the enlarged home
stead act.
About 69,130 acres in the
INDUSTRIAL DEVELDPHEN
I OF THE STATE
ELECTRIC PLANTS SOLD.
Be D
the
the
of
state were placed within the terms of
that act and approximately 57,236
acres in the latter were so designated
as not being susceptible of successful
irrigation at a reasonable cost from
any known source of water' supply.
An aggregate of nearly 100,000
acres have been thrown out of national
The sugar trust admits it is in mor
tal fear of the cartoonists.
A severe wind storm did much dam
age in Clay county,; Kansas,
Army engineers approved the plan
for free government locks at Oregon
City.
Jewish families to the number of
980 have been expelled from several
large cities in Russia.
A hundred-million dollar combine of forests in Oregon and added to the un-
Chicago street car lines and terminal reserved public, domain by the latest
companies is proposed. proclamations issued bv the nresident
It is said the death of of King Ed- in carrying out the plan recently adopt-
wara leaves raiser wnneim in a mucn ed for rearranging the forest boundary
more prominent light than iormeriy. lines,
Geore-e Sontatr. ex-train robber, des- The blowing shows the total elimin.
O- o ' - w I i - m 1 B i
nerado and convict, will lecture on the uons lrora eacn 01 national ior
uselessness and folly of a life of crime. esls ln "? state: iviaineur, 4,480
I ntresj nnuinun, 01,100 acres; ue-
Count Jacques de Lesseps crossed chutes. 16.152 acres, and Umatilla.
me fcngnsn cnannei in a cieriot mono- 69,618 acres,
ine total eliminations in the en
tire country amount to 721,714 acres,
and the total additions to national for
ests aggregate 199,003 acres,
Light and Power System to
rected From Portland.
Albany In a deed filed with
county recorder of Linn county,
Northwestern corporation disposes
practically all of its holdings in Oregon
to the lri-fctate Kail way & Power com
pany,
The property transferred by this con.
reyance includes the electric light and
water plantB at Albany; the power
anal from the South Santiam river at
former Lebanon to Albany; the power trans
the
line
gas
plane. He intends
same method.
to return by the
Socialists at their national congress
refused to vote at elections where their
candidates have been eliminated from
the ticket through the commission
form of city governments.
The World's Sunday School conven
tion at Washington . elected President
Taft, Colonel Roosevelt, King George
of England, President Diaz of Mexico,
and W. J, Bryan as life members.
A partly wrecked areoplane was the
only accident that marred the aviation
meet at Sutherlin, Ore.
Firemen on the Deleware, Lack
auwanna & Western have been given
an increase of 12 per cent in wages.
A Greeley, Colo., man paid up all
his old debts so he might die with a
clear conscience when the comet came.
Thieves stole a package containing
$32,024 from the express office at Oil
City, Pa., while the agent wasn't look
ing. A woman in San Ana, Cal., went in
sane and another tried to commit suicide
through fear of the coming of the
comet.
George Pepoon, of Northport,
Wash., was found guilty of murder in
the first degree for poisoning his wife
last August,
J. Voliva, former overseer on the
Dowie farm near Chicago, has begun
suit to recover control of the property,
valued at $1,000,000,
Manv farmers in Wisconsin removed
the lightning rods from their buildings
as a precautionary measure against in
jury from the effects of tne comet.
Twenty-eight bodies have been re
covered from the ruins of the barracks
at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, which were de
troved bv an accidental explosion of
dynamite.
Georee Westinghouse has invented
an air-spring for vehicles which will do
away with pneumatic rubber tires,
and reduce the cost of automobiles
about one-half.
The steam schooner J. Marhoffer was
burned off the Oregon coast. She was
beached when the fire was discovered,
and all hands were saved, but one man
died from exposure.
A pair of scales, exact duplicate of
those used in weighing sugar at the
custom houses, were exhibited in the
sucar fraud trial in New York, and it
was nlainlv shown how they were
made to weigh nine pounds short
less than a thousand.
Prohibition wa3 defeated in Denver
city elections.
Henry Watterson says "yellow jour
nalism" is causing the press to lose its
hold upon public opinion.
Two dogs at Condon, Ore., were so
badli' injured in a fight with a porcu
pine" that they had to be killed.
A Tacoma man, his wife and daugh
ter, are critically ill from eating what
they supposed were mushrooms.
Millions of dollars were secured
from cotton buyers all over the world
by swindlers who used bogus bills of
lading.
A lieutenant and eight men from the
regular army will spend the summer
making maps of the coast about Sea
side, Oregon.
A millionaire gas manufacturer of
Illinois has offered extensive financial
aid to the bribery investigations now
in progress there.
Shippers from the Pacific coast to
the East have challenged the railroads
to prove that any necessity exists for
increasing freight rates.
DUE TO SURRENDER.
.and
Ignorant aud superstitious people all
over the world are in mortal fear of
the consequences when the tail of Hal
ley's comet sweeps the earth.
The city jail at Portland is crowded
with drunks who are celebrating their
last days before the comet comes. All
holiday records were broken Tuesday
night.
John W. Gates, famous New York
tock market plunger, settles lawsuit
by flipping a coin.
Ncaraguan Rebels Surround!
Supplies Captured,
Bluefields, Nicaragua, May 23.
"Have enemy completely surrounded
and cut off from ammunition and pro
visions. Hixpect surrender at any
time."
This was the message that came to
General 'Juan Estrada, leader of the
insurgent forces, from General Mena
today.
The Estrada forces, under Mena, ac
cording to the plan which had been de
cided upon, executed their first move
yesterday afternoon at Rama.
General Almena allowed General
Chavarias, of the Madriz forces, to
close upon Rama, when he moved a
small body of his forces in a feint to
attack Chavarias' forces. At the same
time General Moncado, at the head of
an insurgent detatchment, made a
forced march from Muelle de Bueys, a
distance of 40 miles west of Rama, and
attacked Chavarias' ammunition and
provision train.
The entire train, with 200,000 rounds
of ammunition and a large amount of
provisions, was captured, and General
Chavarias' supplies. General Chava
rias now holds a position facing Rama,
with General Almena close behind him.
COOL HEADS AVERT PANIC.
mission line from Albany to Corvallis
and the electric light plant at CorvaL
us; the electric liarht plant at Dallas
he electric light plant at Monmouth
the Dallas electric transmission line to
Independence; the electric light and
water plants at Springfield;
Springfield-Eugene transmission
and the electric light plant and
plant at Eugene.
This property was all included with
other plants at Walla Walla, Pendle
ton and elsewhere which were convey.
ed to the Northwestern corporation t
few months ago by the Willamette
Valley company.
One important change indicated bv
this sale to the Tri-State Railway &
Power company is that the manage
ment or all these public service cor
porations will be directed from Port
land hereafter instead of Walla Walla.
The nominal consideration of one
dollar is named in the deed, but as part
oi tne purchase price the Tri-State
Railway & Power company assumes a
mortgage given by the Willamette
Valley company to the Germantown
Trust company for $800,000, on which
there is $791,000 due.
HAWKEYE TO BE WORKED.
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Blaii Devours Circus Tent, But
OOO People are Unhurt.
Z Schenectady. N. Y., May 23. Baf
num & Bailey's "big top," the main
tent of the circuis, caught fire here
today from a cigar stump and burned
like an overturned hot air balloon.
Fifteen thousand people, who filled
the seats to overflowing, filed out like
school childern at drill.
Spectators first smelled the smoke,
and discovering the fire, began to beat
it with their coats. The blaze leaped
above their heads and the next effort
to conquer it came from circus employ
es, who began to tear out huge patches
of canvas. Their efforts met with no
better success, for the fire, eating up
.ward, soon worked its way to the top
most peak.
Energetic men and cool women in
the crowd, aided the employes, as
sumed direction of the audience and
orderly files were soon moving steadily
from the exits. When a woman taint.
ed or a child shrieked, shouts of .reas
surance rose and strong arms were in
stantly ready for support.
Not a soul was hurt, not an animal
injured. The total damage is esti
mated at $10,000.
Railroad Extension Brings Activity
Mining Industry.
Prairie City The mines in the
Quartzburg district, which will be
opened by the extension of the railroad
to Prairie City, are beginning to lay
plans for operation. The Hawkeye
group will be worked this summer;
also the Dixie Meadows, together with
the Prosser, which has been in opera
tion all spring, but is shut down tem
porarily to, install pumps.
The Hawkeye is said to contain
some of the best mineral veins in the
district, containing the big veins
which have been worked upon by the
Copperopolis mine, which has an ex
tension of the ledges due to faulting.
O. Hochman, secretary of the Iowa
Copper Mining company, is on the
ground making ready for the summer's
work. Walter Canning, an expert
mining engineer, is preparing a report
upon the mine, and development work
will be begun as soon as the company
has acted upon the report.
Little development work has been
done'upon the Hawkeye group,butfour
men are working and have found some
Hood ere bv sinkihef ill a tunnel. The
men, after going down 50 feet, will
crosscut thft ledge in two directions.
There &re three large parallel ledges,
and it is the plan of the company to
run a tunnel crosscutting all of them.
Assays taken from the ledge croppings
run in the neighborhood of $6 a ton
From one tunnel 200 feet long ore has
been taken out running as high as $71,
and from another tunnel 20 feet long
$17 ore was taken out.
The mine is eight miles from Prairie
City, on Dixie creek. This is one of
the properties which will be most ben
efitted by the railroad.
WILL BUILD WATER SYSTEM.
Election to Be Held for $70,000 Im
provement Bonds.
Vale An election wij be held this
week in sthis city for the pur
pose of voting on the issuance of bonds
in the amount of $70,000 to provide
funds for the installation of complete
water works and a sewage system to
cover the entire townsite. Water will
be supplied from deep wells. It is
proposed to build a reservoir on top of
the hill near town with a capacity of
1,000,000 gallons.
A new feature is to be installed in
the construction of the reservoir, in
that it will be funnel shape, with auto
matic drain carrying off all deposit and
sediment, leaving the supply always
fresh andpure.
Vale will soon be the center of oper
ations for several large irrigation pro
jects, among which may be mentioned
the Willow river, work on which
progressing; the Owyhee, Malheur,
cuiiy creek, Cottonwood and several
smaller ones. The Willow River Land
& Irrigation company has purchased
about 20,000 acres of land in the Wil
low river valley, which is watered bv
uicana oi a , most complete reservoir
system.
T. : it a .
it ib uie intention oi the comnanv
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to nave tne project completed and
water ready for delivery bv the snrino-
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oi in ail upwards of 20,000
acres win be reclaimed
Practically all of this land is fine for
fruit as has been demonstrated on the
old ranches in the vicinity that nave
been under cultivation for a number of
years. In the vicinity of Brogan
about 250 acres were planted to fruit
last year and it is safe to sav that
double this, amount has been, and will
TORNADO SWEEPS OKLAHOMA
One
Many
WET 40,000 ACRES.
Giant Merger for Chicago.
Chicago, May 23. Railway inter
ests of Chicago are considering the ad
visability of organizing a $100,000,000
corporation for the purpose of consoli
dating under one ownership and under
one management all of the belt rail
roads, all of the switching railroads,
and all of the so-called terminal rail
roads in and about Chicago.
This giganic financial undertaking,
which undoubtedly would effect for Chi
cago an annual economy aggregating
many millions, is in its first stages
that of careful study and consideration.
New Gold Strike is Made.
Weaverville, Cal., May 23. Gold in
large quantities has been reported in
the Jewel Creek jcanyon near Miners
ville and all the ground in the immedi
ate vicinity of the little stream has
been staked out by prospectors. Char
les Heath, who had been prospecting
on Jewel creek for some time, struck a
pocket which yielded $6,000 in seven
days. Some of the pans he washed
gave him as high as $100. Many have
gone to the scene of the strike.
Strikers Return Monday.
New York, May 23. All the strik
ing employes of the International Pa
per company returned to work this
morning. lerms or ageement were
entered into between officers of the
company and the officers of the pulp
makers and paper makers unions.
Eastern Capital Plans to Store Water
in Rich Fruit Section.
Grants Pass F. J. Blakeley of Rose-
burg is backed by large Eastern capital
in a project to build a storage reservoir
at the head of the Applegate river to
irrigate the valley in the vicinity, of
Grants Pass by a gravity system. Mr.
Blakeley has taken the preliminary
step3 towards the organization of an
irrigation district, petitions for that
purpose being circulated and signed by
a considerable number of people. It
is the claim of Mr. Blakeley and his
associates that sufficient water can
be gathered at the head of the Apple
gate to cover 40,000 acres of land, and
the topography of the country is such
as to make a large storage reservoir
feasible and without any great engin
eering difficulties.
The coming of irrigation from some
source is as certain as the sunrise. The
values of fruit lands are constantly be
ing advanced by demands of newcom
ers. Whatever plan of development
is adopted by the local irrigation com
pany, if it goes through as projected,
it will mean much to the city and vi
cinity, for it will put a large amount
of cash into circulation, to say nothing
of the appreciation of the land and the
increased attractiveness of the region
for investors.
Seattle After The Dalles Cherries.
The Dalles Robert Munro and Wal
ter P. Wilkins, representing two lead
ing produce houses of Seattle, are here
negotiationg with The Dalles Fruit
growers' association for the purchase
of a large portion of The Dalles cherry
crop. They are also arranging to
handle other fruits. They say The
Dalles cherries lead all others in ship
ping qualities and command a better
price in the Seattle market than those
in any other locality.
Build School at Dallas.
Dallas Plans for the new school
building will be delivered to the board
of education soon, and work is expect
ed to be taken up at once. The site
has been bought for $44,500.
be, planted this spring-; of this, about
one nair is apples, the balance pears,
peaches, etc. Cherries and small fruits
do well and will be one of the staple
products.
Find Valuable Gold Vein.
Cottage Grove While men were en
gaged In quarrying rock at the city's
quarry, one mile north of town, for
street paving purposes, a quartz-bear
ing vein was discovered, the miners
claim it will show an assay of at least
$25 per ton. The vein is six inches
wide and the gold is free milling. A
small lead was found last week, but it
was but two inches wide on the surface
and dwindled away in a few feet, noth
ing was thought of it.
To Hold Odd Fellows' Palis
uaKiana ine uaa fellows new
temple will be dedicatd June 2, on
which date a fair will be opened, to
run three days. An Odd Fellows' Fair
association has been organized to carry
on the work of arranging the fair, the
profits from sales on this occasion to
be devoted to paying off the debt on
the new building.
Oakland to Celebrate.
Oakland An organization has been
perfected to arrange for a big celebra
tion on July 4. Preparations are being
made for the accommodation of a large
crowd, and it is expected that people
from all over the county will be in at
tendance.
Killed, Many Injured, and
Towns Devastated.
Pauls Valley, Okla., May 21. Tor
naaoes and hail and rain storms trav
ersed sections of Garvin, McCIain and
rontotoc counties last night, killing
one person, seriously Iniurinc several
others and partially devastating a large
rural area.
The village of McCartv. 11 miles
southwest of here, was literally wiped
out, stores, a school house And rpfli-
dences being Tipped into Bplinters.
Mrs. George Dewberry, wife of a
minister, was injured by flying tim
bers. She died in a few heurs. A
little girl living two and a half miles
from.Pauls Valley, who had sought re
fuge in a storm cave, was seriously in
jured by timbers which penetrated the
roof of the cave. Thn i3.vonr.ni,r
daughter of Robert Clark, living in the
same neighborhood, was injured in a
similar manner.
ine town of'Maysville was reported
tN Vt..A I 1.1 .
u ueen mown away, but commu
nication with that point cannot be es
tablished tonight and the report is un
connrmed.
considerable damage was done at
KING GIVES PARDONS
George If Indulges Freely In Cus
toms of His Ancestors.
Remission of Sentences Extends Also.
to Army and Navy Will Insist
on Action by Parliament.
London, May 24. A demonstration
of a monarch's greatness of heart and
his sympathy with the multitudes of
his subjects characterized this, the
second day of the real' reign of King
George V.
It was announced officially that the
king was graciously pleased to grant,
remission of sentences to prisoners in
England, Wales, Scotlund and Ireland
who tomorrow have still more than a
Paoli, seven miles north of Pauls Val- month's sentence in prison to serve.
icy, hiiu an unconnrmed rumor says the
town was blown away.
Another report from Madill that one
man was killed and several houses
wrecked is denied.
ihe McCarty tornado destroyed
practically everything on 1,000 acres.
it originiated three miles east of the
village, traveled in a northeasterly di
rection and spent its force near Pauls
Valley.
Houses and barns were wrecked.
tences blown away, manv cattle and
horses killed and crops were beaten in
to the earth by rain and hail.
.Nearly ail the physicians of Pauls
Valley have been called to the stricken
district. Until they return and until
the country is surveyed .tomorrow,
tne actual extent of the damaere and
the number of injured will not be
known.
Ihe latest news from Elmore is
that the town of Paoli was blown en
tirely away.
KING EDWARD IS BURIED.
Easterner Buys Orchard.
Hood River E. L. McCIain, of
Greenfield, Ohio, has bought 19 4 acres
of orchard on the east side for $36,000.
This orchard, which contains five and
seven-year old trees about evenly di
vided,, is one of the finest in the valley.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices : Bluestem, 87
(5:89c; club, ' 83(5;84c; red Russian, 80
82c; valley, 87c.
Barley Feed and brewing, $22(523.
Corn Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $20(5:21 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $2225; alfalfa, $16.505j
17.50; grain hay, $17(518.
Fresh Fruits Strawberries, Oregon,
$1.75(5:2.50; per crate; California, 60c
(fT$l; apples, $1.50(5:3 per box; cher
ries, $11.50 per box; gooseberries,
6(f7c per pound.
Potatoes Carload buying prices:
Oregon, 40(5:50c per hundred; new Cal
lfornia, zavjic per pound; sweet po
tatoes, 4 c.
Vegetables Artichokes, 60(575c per
dozen; asparagus, $11.25 per box;
cabbage, 3c pound; celery, $3.50(5,4
crate; green onions, 15c per dozen;
peas, 3(34c; radishes, 15(;;20c per doz
en; rhubarb, zwz; per pound; spin
ach, 8(fJ10c pound; rutabagas, $1.25(53
1.50 sack; carrots, 85c(5.$l; beets,
$1.50; parsnips, 75c(5,$l.
Onions Oregon $2 per hundred;
Bermuda, $1.501.75 per crate; red,
$1.75 per sack.
Butter City creamery, extras, 28c
per pound; fancy outside creamery,
26(527c; store, 20c. Butter fat prices
average lc per pound less than regu
lar butter prices.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 23(?;24c
per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 12(5 12 'c per pound.
Veal Fancy, lOfrilO'.c per pound.
Lambs Fancy, 8(5 11c per pound.
Poultry Hens, 18(5 20c per pound;
broilers, 27(530c; ducks, 18f5 23c;
geese, 12'c; turkeys, live, 20f;22c;
dressed, 2c; squabs, $3 per dozen.
Cattle Beef steers, hay fed, good
to choice, $6(56.15; fair to medium,
$5(5 550; cows and heifers, good to
choice, $5(55.15; fair to medium, $4.25
(5 4.75; bulls, $3.50(5 4.25; stags, $4.
50(5 5; calves, light, $6(57; heavy, $4.
50(5 5.50.
Hogs Top, $10(5,10.55; fair to med
ium, $9.25f59.55.
Sheep Best wethers, $4.50(5;4.75;
fair to good, $4(54.50; best ewes, $2.
50(53; lambs, choice, $67; fair,
$5.6xa.
Greatest Throngs Ever Known Watch
Funeral Pageant.
London, May 21. Sovereigns and
representatives of the powers of all the
world paid their last tribute yesterday to
England's great monarch, Edward VII,
whose body now rests in St. George's
chapel at Windsor castle, where the
bones of Edward IV, the sixth and
eighth Henrys, Charles I, the third
and fourth Georges and William IV
are entombed.
Bright sunshine followed a night of
thunder storms that swept the city,
and soaked the funeralldecorations that
hung along the line of march. They
had no deterrent effect on the thous
ands who from midnight until dawn
sought points of vantage from which
to watchthe passing cortege.
London s millions filled the streets
and open places as they have never
been filled before at either funeral or
festival.
The pageantry that marked the bur
ial of Victoria was as naught compared
with the magnificence of the
These remissions are of from one to
three months, according to length of
sentences.
Similar orders were issued to th
board of admiralty by the kine's direc
tion. To all persons in the navy who
are under sentence of imprisonment
for terms of not exceeding three
months for disciplinary offenses, in
cluding drunkenness and desertion. will
be granted remission of the remainder
of their sentence.
A similar act of clemency has hpn
issued in the case of soldiers.
Kaiser Wilhelm will leave tomorrow
afternoon on board the vacht Hohen-
zollern. He lunched today with the
Duke and Duchess of Connaupht nnd
later with King George indulged in a
long automobile ride about London.
lhe political truce honed for will
probably not continue as loner as was
expected. When parliament meets
this week speeches by John Redmond
and others of the factions comhinpri
with the Liberals will indicate an in
tention to press the issue of the Lord's
veto and Ireland's demand as soon aa
possible. .
It is announced that Kine Geore-e in
tends to maintain royal racing stables
at Newmarket and a breedinir stud at
Sandringham and that he will patron
ize racing on the same extensive seals
as his father.
PRINCETON EXPECTS
GIFT OF $10,000,000
Salem, Mass., May 24. While the
value of immense gifts bequeathed to
Princeton by the will of the late Isaac
C. Wyman is estimated at $10,000,000.
its exact amount is unknown, even to
the trustees. John M. Raymond, an
attorney of this city, who is one of the
trustees, does not think the estate
would exceed $10,000,000, and he was
not preared to say whether it would
equal it.
"There are millions enough," he ad
mitted, "to take care of the needs of "
the proposed graduate colletre' for
day's which, under the terms of the will, the
CHERRIES
ceremony, which was splendidin its ac- money is designed
cornpamments of gilded coaches, bril
liant uniforms and decorations, far sur
passing the ceremony attending the re
moval of the king s body from Buck- California
ingham palace to Westminster hall.
The procession included nine sover
eigns; an ex-president of the United
States, Theodore Roosevelt, who alone
was not in uniform; the heirs to sever
al thrones; the members of the royal
families; the officers of the households;
marshals, generals and admirals de- tw'" """8
tachments of troops of all the British
arms; representatives of foreign arm
ies and navies in variegated uniforms
a solid phalanx of glittering colors.
The lines of redcoated soldiers were
drawn up as on that other great occas
ion of England s mourning, nine years
ago, wth arms reversed and regimental
flags dipped to the ground.
$6,000 A CAR.
Obtaining.
Long Jump Brings Death.
San Francisco, May 21. Jumping
from the cupola of the Call building at
11 o clock yesterday morning, Nichol
as Lichkaskis struckthe sidewalk amid
a crowd of passers by with such force
that his body bounced and fell in a
heap amid passing wagons and automo
biles. That the leap of 320 feet was
long ago adopted by the man as the
means of committing suicide was es
tablished when a receipt for $75 from
an undertaker to defray his funeral ex
penses "incase of death" was found in
a pocket of the dead man's coat.
Socialists Change Constitution.
Chicago, May 21. An important
change was made in the constitution of
the Soialist party in its congress today
when the phrase in the pledge of the
party was changed from political
party distinct and opposed to all part
ies formed by the propertied classes"
to read "by the capitalist class."
There was heated debate before the
vote on the proposed change was taken
but the word "capitalist won by 58
to 38.
Fast Continued 21 Days.
Butte, Mont,, May 21. Twenty-one
days without food, with the exception
of water and lemon and orange juice,
is the record established by Henry
Rolerts, of this city. Roberts is en
deavoring to correct stomach trouble.
Six Inches Snow in Dakota.
ILead, S. D., May 21 Six inches of
snow fell here between last midnight
and noon today. This is the third
now storm since the lit of May.
Growers Are
Record Prices.
Stockton, Cal., May 24. Cherry
growers are making more money this
season than at any time thev have
been in the business.
The present crop of Black Tartar-
ians is about marketed and this week
to arrive and
buyers promise 7 cents for that varie
ty, though they may have to pay high
er, tilack Tartarian pherries were
sold in large quantites the past few
days at 6 cents a pound, and at times-
the price went up to 8 cents, finally
reaching the top figure of 9,' cents
yesterday.
If the Royal Ann prices drop, crow-
ers look for the canneries to get into
the market, but just now the only buy
ers are the shippers, who are taking all
tne cherries offered. At these hisrh
prices cherries are worth $6,000 a car.
14 Are Killed in Battle.
Washington, May 24. Two davs'
fighting near Rama, Nicaragua, has
cost the Estrada forces 14 killed and 29
wounded, according to a report to the
btate department from Consul Moffatt
at Bluefields. The casualities of the
Madriz forces, he adds, were not
learned.
General Mena retired after the fight
to his entrenchments. Large quanti
ties of ammunition and provisions, said
to be the entire stores of the Madriz
forces at Bluefields, were reported
captured by General Moncada.
Two See Comet, Fall Dead.
Talladecga, Ala., May 24. The ap
pearance of the comet last night caused
intense excitement here. Congrega
tions of several churches left their
pews and hundreds of persons stood ex
cited in the public square and gazed at
the celestial visitor. Miss Ruth Jor
dan was called to the door of her home
to see the comet and immediately fell
dead, physicians assigning heart fail
ure as the cause. A negro was shown
the comet and instantly dropped dead.
Snow Sweeps New Mexico.
Albuquerque, N. M., May 24.
Northwestern New Mexico is in the
grip of a heavy snow storm tonight.
The storm, evidently a continuation of
the one which swept Southwestern Col
orado, yesterday, is centered at Fol-
som. It is expected that rreat loss of
livestock will result.