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DOffiGS OFTHE WEEK Current Events ol Interest Galbered From the World at Large. Bananl Return of Important Events Presented In Condsnssd Form for Our Busy Readers. The fashion show at the Coliseum in Chicago has ruled out all sorts of frills for men s wear. The mayor of New York will prohib it the distribution of free beer to fire men and policemen. Forest fires have broken out afresh near Whitefish, Mont, and are destroy- : ing valuable timber. Count Zeppelin, undismayed by his manv failures and misfortunes, will build another airship. An army transport has on board, bound from Seattle for Manila, a Fil ipino sailor 101 years old. John D. Rockefeller has been ordered by his physician to take whiskey baths to maintain his bodily vigor. Japanese and Portuguese fans had a general fight at a ball game in Hono lul between Japanese and Chinese players. Attorney General Wickersham has decided there is no law under which the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee can be removed from the national capital Captain Bernier, of the British navy, has been commissioned to take his ship through the Northwest passage, and incidentally to plant the British flag on any lands he may discover. Troops have been ordered home from Durand, Mich., where they had been on duty in connection with the Grand Trunk strike. Before they left, the troops and civilians played a game of baseball, the proceeds of which went to the stirkers. A Chicago paper claims $35,000 was collected to be used in bribes to elect Hopkins senator. Stockton doctors declare that the adulterations in ice cream cones cause infantile paralysis. Germany has turned down the plea of Nicaragua for intervention against the United States. Farmers in Imperial valley, Cal., are becoming desperate over the delay in the irrigation project. Minnesota Democrats have nomi nated John Lind for governor, but he positively refuses to run. A Tacoma thief turned in a fire alarm and then robbed the fire station while the company was out. It is said the Western Federation of Miners is likely to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. A coasting vessel plying between Seattle and Alaskan ports reports hav ing run through a herd of 20,000 wol rus. Fourteen accidents occurred in the lower Columbia and Willamette rivers in 48 hours, but none very serious and no lives werelost. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Ira G. Rawn, late president of the Great Monon railway, died by his own hand, presumably to escape graft dis closures. The Mount McKinley expedition failed to reach the summit of Mount McKinlev. and is now returning to Seward, Alaska. Tacoma is having a big legal fight with its streetcar company. Brvan was deposed as a Democratic leader by the state convention of Ne braska. The steel business of the country has increased many millions over the same period last year. Alaska census enumerators did much of their work when the mercury was 70 degrees below zero. A range war between cattlemen and sheep men has broken out in Montana and serious trouble is expected. The O. R. & N. will reduce grain rates to compete with 'the Northern Pacific in hauling grain to the Sound. Five inmates of the criminal ward of the Oregon state insane asylum es caped. Three were recaptured im mediately but the other two are still at large. The skeleton of a young woman was found in a sack half buried in the sand on the beach at Newport., Or. It is believed the woman was murdered and has been dead many years. The conductor of a Northern Pacific switching crew, was run over -by cars at Tacoma and had both legs severed below the knee. As he lay on the ground waiting for an ambulance be coolly gave orders for the work of the crew for the rest of the day and chat ted with the men. The mayor of Toledo, O., was ar rested for breaking the speed limit in his automobile,' but was released when he made himself known. Official census returns give Oklaho ma City population of 64,205. Saskatchewan, Manitoba, expects to harvest a wheat crop of 60,000,000 bushels. Rock Springs, Wyoming, was ser iously jarred by several shocks of earthquake. WAR IN SPAIN INEVITABLE. Pretender Don Jaime Ready to Lead Carlists to Battle. San Sebastian, bpain At the con clusion of a conference between King Alfonso and Premier Canalejas, it was announced that Marquis Emiho de Oje da, Spanish ambassador to the Vatican, had been recalled. At the same time the opinion was expressed that a rupture with the Vat ican was inevitable. Senor Canalejas told the king that the government could not accept the conditions of the Vatican's last note, and that the Vati can would be so informed. Don Jaime, the pretender, has is sued a manifesto in which he says he will lead the Carlists in the battle which he intimates is coming soon, The general situation is complicated bv the unrest among the miners in the Catalonian provinces and the occasion al clashes between the Catholic and non-Cathloic elements throughout the country. Marquis de Ojeda himself in addition to pleading illness, has been insisting on his return, on the ground that the position at Rome no longer was tena ble, and that he considered a rupture between the Vatican and the govern ment imminent. Premier Canalejas, referring to the Vatican's last note, which declared that unless the decree of June 11 per mittinar non-Catholic societies to dis play the insignia of public worship was withdrawn, negotiations looking to the revision of the concordat would be dis continued, said the government would tolerate no imposition. Spain's recalling Ambassador de Oieda. it is expected, will be followed by the departure from Madrid of Mgr Vico, the papal nuncio, when the rup ture will be', complete. Senor Canalejas is preparing for a supreme battle. In addressing a Lib eral organization he declared that Spain was strueeline for liberty of conscience, "Poor Spain," he said. "If we succumb, it will be decadence The government, which possesses the confidence of the king, will save Spain despite all and against all. The strug gle we wasre is not anti-religious, but anti-clerical. We count upon army, a majority in parliament, reason." BILLS GREATLY PADDED. the and Ex-Clerk of Car Repair Firm Gives Strong Testimony. Chicago F. W. Belmont, ex-clerk of the Memphis Car Repair company, padded bills against the Illinois Cen tral as high as 1,000 per cent, accord ing to his own testimony before Mas ter in Chancery Mason. He declared that H. C. Ostermann, president of the repair company, and his assistants, went so far as to sub stitute bills of the Ostermann Manu facturing company, of West Pullman, for those of the Memphis concern and to paste on the West Pullman bills the O K" of the Memphis inspector. The average padding of bills, the wit ness said, was between 40 and 50 per cent. Belmont was 'asked concerning the transfer of the car inspectorship at Memphis from one Crabtree to W. H. Moore. Mr. Ward, a officer of the company, accorenng to me witness, ae sired to be rid of Crabtree because he saw too much," and refused to O K" bills until they were completed. "Ward told me he would get someone who could not see so much," said Bel mont. GUTHRIE STILL CAPITAL. Officials Who Moved State Offices Must Now Return. Guthrie, Oklahoma The State Su preme court has handed down a decis ion in the capital removal case to the effect that Oklahoma's capital shall remain at Guthrie until the legality of the election recently held is deter mined and the courts have settled the constitutional question embraced in the provision of the enabling act that Guthrie shall remain the capital until 1913, and that an election shall be held after that time to establish a perma nent capital. In obedience to the decision, all state officials who have removed their offices to Oklahoma City must return to Guth rie. Asbestos Fraud Charged.. New York On the charge of Mrs, William T. Bull, widow of the noted sure-eon. that she had been defrauded of 835.000 in an investment in an as bestos company, John Qualey and Har vey Wiley Corbett, officers of the com pany, appeared in court and heard Mrs. Bull tell the story of the alleged fraud ulent transaction. The arrest of Cor bett. who is a prominent architect and assistan professor in Columbia univer sity, created marked surprise. The plans for the Maryland Institute in Baltimore were of his drawing. "Chinese Are Massacred. Douglas, Ariz. Reports reached here Friday of a massacre of Chinese and their families at Yaqui, a town on the Yaqui river, in Mexico. Several were killed by a moo, wno are saia 10 have been enracred by the commercial activity of the Chinese. Among the victims were a number of Chinese wo men, whose bodies were hacked to pieces. Rurales are said to have cap tured 17 of the assailants, whose lead ers," it is reported, will be shot. Cream Cone Are Seized. Kansas City Local government offi cials, acting upon orders received from Washington, confiscated 50,000 ice cream cones consigned to a local drug company. The government alleges the cones are impure. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT .EXPECT 26,000 DELEGATES. Portland Plans to Entertain National . Woolgrowers' Convention. Portland I hat Portland will reap fully $2,000,000 as a result of the Na tional Wool Growers' convention and the National Sheep show January 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1911, is the beliel of persons prominently identified with commercial activity in the city. The National Wool Growers' Con vention and Sheep Show, the first ever held in Oregon, is expected to bring into Portland fully 25,000 dele gates and persons interested in the sheep and wool business. Members of the Portland Commer cial club and Oregon - Wool Growers association met with George S. Walk er, - secretary of , the ' National Wool Growers' association, "and formulated plans for the largest convention end show ever held in the history ' of the sheep or wool industry in the United States. , A. , . A number of innovations are to be introduced - at .the, Portland show Among these will be an exhibition of collie and .shepherd dogs, of which the Northwest has many breeders and fan ciers, , This exhibition will be for both exhibition and "working" animals The latter will be "worked" as on a sheep range for the edification of the visitors. Arrangements are being made by C, B. Minten, secretary of the show, for a monster exhibition of Angora goats simultaneously with the sheep show, Always heretofore at the annual show this feature has been neglected, but at the January show it is planned to make this a stellar attraction. "The brand of - mohair grown in Oregon ex ceeds that of any part of the United States." said Mr. Minton, "and as the industry is much followed in Oregon, we hope to have fully 1,000 thorough bred Angora goats at the exhibition, Not only will awards be given to prize sheep, but the fat stock and mutton will have a special department with cash awards. This is also an in novation. Negotiations have been opened to obtain the armory for the sheep show and the convention sessions. ASSEMBLY NAMES TICKET. Republicans Select Full List of State Officers. The following state omcers were named by the Republican assembly : Representatives in congress First district, W. C. Hawley, of Salem; Sec ond district, W. R. Ellis, ot Pendleton Governor Jay Bowerman, Condon Secretary of state Frank W. Ben son, of Roseburg. State treasurer Ralph W. Hoyt, of Portland. Superintendent of public instruction L. R. Alderman, of Eugene. State printer William J. Clarke, of Gervais. Attorney general J. N. Hart, of Baker City. Justices Supreme court Six-year term, F. A. Moore, of Columbia, pres ent incumbent; four-year term, Wal lace McCamant, of Multnomah; Thos, A. McBride, Clackamas, present in cumbent. Railroad commissioner at large Frank J. Miller, of Linn. State Engineer John H. Lewis, of Multnomah, present incumbent. Commissioner of labor statistics O, P. Hoff, of Multnomah, present incum? bent. DRAW 260 FEET IN LENGTH. Albany Has Longest Wooden Span in . Whole World. Albany Work has begn on the construction of a new draw span in the big Corvallis & Eastern railruad bridge spanning the Willamette river at this city. A draw 260 feet long will be built, replacing one of similar length and new pivot pier constructed beneath it. This pier will be 22 feet in diam eter at the top and 34 feet in diameter at the bed of the river. 'This 260-foot draw is the longest wooden draw span in the world. Local railroad men say there is no other draw in existence so long as this one which is not construct ed of steel. For many years the local bridge has held this record. The next longest wooden draw span, which was 240 feet in length, was on a wagon bridge in California, which has recent ly been replaced with steel, so now the local bridge has by far the longest swinging wooden span on earth. Forest Fire Gets Fresh Start. Klamath Falls Instead of being un der control, as reported, the timber fire on the North Fork of Sprague river now presents a much more serious as pect than ever. Although the rain of a few days ago put a slight check on the blaze, it has broken out afresh. More than 50 men are fighting it, but the fire is reaching over new territory and now threatens to do a large amount of damage. An extra crew of men went out from this city to assist in trying to get the blaze under subjec tion. New Town Springs Up. Vale Brogan, the new town of the Willow River irrigation project, now has train connections with Vale, the last rail in the Brogan yards having been placed. Temporary service is being maintained by the construction train. Less than a year ago the town- site of Brogan was a wilderness of sagebrush land, but now it is a town of several hundred people and has six modern white pressed brick buildings. OF THE STATE SCHOOLS NOT ALL PERFECT Educational Association Gathers Sta tistics in Oregon, Salem The joint committee of Ore gon, department of school patrons, Na tional Educational association, has is sued a letter to the school boards of the state as the result of an investiga tion into school buildings and grounds. It is stated in the communication that much remains to be done in city, town and rural districts to surround the children with proper sanitary condi tions. . The committee, co-operating with the superintendent of public instruc tion, calls attention to a number of points for the school boards to consider in making their summer repairs. Suit able ventilation is touched upon. It is asked that the light be so arranged as to come from the left side and rear, Desks should be placed at a height suited to the size of the child. Indi vidual drinking cups should be used and stoves surrounded with jackets. District to Get New Name. MarsMeld What was formerly known as the district of Southern Ore gon for the collection of customs, will hereafter be known as the district of Coos Bay. Major Tower, the collector of customs for this district, has been informed of the change. The district will, be the same as before and will comprise all that part of the coast from the north side of the Umpqua river to the Rogue river in Curry county. Empire City, on Coos Bay, is the port of entry. Small Steamer to Be Built. Portland Joseph Supple has determ ined to construct a sternwheel steamer for the Upper Willamette river having a draft of only eight inches. The craft is not to be built with a rush, as the work will be carried on during the dull periods this year, and the aim will be to assemble the parts so as to give her the greatest strength and to eliminate all superfluous weight. She will be 125 feet long and her beam will be 26 feet She will be moderately fast. Build Addition to Hotel. McMinnville With the growth of travel and trade and the hotel accom modations inadequate to meet the de mands, the owners of the Hotel Elber ton have decided to add another story to the present hostelry, carrying out the same Btyle as in the present struc ture. This hotel has been in need of more room for some time and work will be commenced on the additional story as soon as possible. Alaska Salmon Pack Good. Astoria A letter was received here by the Alaska Fishermen's Packing company from the superintendent of its cannery at Nushagak river, Alaska. The letter is dated July 2 and says the season has been stormy and backward, but a satisfactory pack had been put up at that date and the outlook for the balance of the season was good. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Bluestem, 99c$l; club, 90c; red Russian, 88c; valley, 90c. Barley Feed and brewing, $24.50 per ton. Hay Track prices : Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $18(3119 per ton; East ern uregon, wwizz: auaiia, new, $1314. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton. Qats No. 1 white, $2930 ton. Butter City creamery, extras, 33c; fancy outside creamery, 3133c per pound; store, 23c; butter fat, 33c. Eggs Oregon candled, 262'27c pen dozen. Poultry Hens, 16c; springs, I64e: ducks, 15c; geese, lOfrulc; turkeys, live, 1820c; dressed, 22 25c; squabs, $3 per dozen. Pork Fancy, 1213c per pound. Veal Fancy, 12rtJ12ijC per pound. Green Fruits Apples', new, 50c(a) $1.50 per box; apricots, 50c$1.25; plums, 50c(ft$1.25; pears, $2.25; peaches, 40c$1.25; grapes, $1.50 50: blackberries. $1.40(ffil.50; wa termelons, 75c(fi$1.25 per hundred; cantaloupes, $1.503 per crate. Vegetables Artichokes, 6075c per dozen; beans, 3(5c per pound; cab bage, 2Jc; cauliflower, $1.50 per doz en; celery, 90c; egg plant, 12c per pound: garlic, 8(O,10c: horseradish, 12c; green onions, 15c per dozen; peas, 5c per pound; peppers, UH&itc; radishes, 15(?i20c per dozen; tomatoes, $1.25 per box; carrots, $11.Z5 per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnips, $l(fp.25; turnips, $1. Potatoes New, l(7lac per pound; sweet potatoes, 67c. Onions Walla Walla, $23.50 per sack. Hops 1909 crop, 8(7?12c'per pound; olds, nominal; 1910 contracts, 12fgl3c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 13(?il7c per pound; valley, 15gi8c; mohair, choice, 32(5i33c. Cattle Beef steers, good to choice, $5.25(a5.75; fair to medium, 4.25 4.75; cows and heifers, good to choice, $4.25(54.65; fair to medium, $3.50(ff4; bulls, $3Ca3.75; stags, $2.504.50; calves, light, $5.756.75; heavy, $3.50 05. Hogs Top, $10tfjl0.25; fair to me dium, $8.60a9.75;. Sheep Best wethers, $3.75i4; fair to good, $3(S.3.50; best ewes, $3(33.60; lambs, choice, $5.50(g6; fair, $4.75 5.25. j MOTHER DROWNS CHILDREN. Driven Insane by Lonesome Sur roundings and Fear. Antioch, Cal. One after another, four little children were drowned in a tub by their mother. Two older child ren tried to preventjthe murders, but the woman went about the work in a strange calm and strength, as though she had been called upon to make sac rifice to some unknown power. She took her arrest in the same quiet spirit, gazin? calmly at her husband as he struggled with his'agony on coming home from work to find his babies dead. ' The woman, Mrs. Joseph Mello, wife of a ranchman, said she was tired of looking forever at the brown hills that shut in their home. She said she was afraid that she was losing her mind and feared her children would inherit her insantiy. After her husband left home in the morning, she set about her task. She filled a large washtub with water and gathered the children ' into the kitchen. They were Ramorm, 4 years old; Leona, 2 years old; and Bernal and Vernal, 5 months old twins. These put up their arms to their mother trustingly, and Jwere sent away with rpMS" .... -tXtft KlMBBiililllir II ' Af 'X' '-Mth a -Mi A if - "J&p k if . . ;'lf ,; p King Alfonso andiQueen Ena, of Spain, little struggle. The two other children became frightened, the oldest, a 14-year old boy, breaking out of the house and calling wildly for help, lhere was a 6-year old girl, too, who got away. While these two were screaming in the yard the 2-year old baby was quickly drowned and laid out in the row with the twins. Then the struggle with Ramona began. While this was going on, Sheriff R. R. Veale, who was passing in a buggy, heard the screams and drove up to the house. "Mother is killing the children," the oldest boy told him. The sheriff ran into the kitchen and found the struggle just about over. He tore the little, girl from her mother and sought in every way to restore life, but, after woking on her for some time, saw that the child was dead. The mother stood and looked quietly at the sheriff. Then the husband came home to his s rangely quiet house, and Mrs. Mello' was taken away to the Martinez jail; talking on the way about ordinary things. She never be fore had given any signs of insanity. Prehistoric Find Made. Auburn, Cal. The bones of two pre historic humans with low brows and heavy jaw bones have been found in an ancient cave on the limestone prop erty that is being opened up near Cool, Eldorado county. The company own ing the ground gave to Dr. Sawyer, of Auburn, permission to open and ex plore the cave and recover any curios it might possess. In one chamber were found portions of two human skeletons. They are believed to be those of mem bers of a race that inhabited this coun try long before the Indians lived here. Strike May Soon be Ended. Montreal Conferences between W. L. MacKenzie King, and both sides in the Grand Trunk strike continue, and while no definite statement is obtain able, it is said that the situation has been clarified. The negotiations will be carried to a settlement if possible. Reports from towns and villages en tirely dependent upon the Grand Trunk state that failure to receive freight is causing the closing of factories and at some points coal famines are imminent Loss by Storm is Heavy. Lexington, Ky. One thousand acres of tobacco, nearly as much wheat, and more than 500 acres of corn were de stroyed by a cloudburst in Lincoln, Boyle and Mercer counties. A num ber of buildings and flocks of sheep were washed away. CHICAGO SWELTERS Worst Heat Wave of Season Ex tends Over Eastern States. Five Dead, Others Dying Mad Dog Bite Three Authorites Work to Save the Babies. Chicago Notwithstanding cool weather in Chicago because of a stiff breeze off the lake, five persons died Wednesday, many were prostrated, of whom four will probably die, and three were bitten by rabid dogs. All the country from the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic seaboard swelters under a veritable blanket of heat and many cases of suffering are reported from various cities. Weath er forecasters say there is no relief in sight and that the temperature will go higher. In some sections of the coun try special services were held in the churches, at which prayers were offer- whose throne ie threatened by Revolutionist. ed for rain and cooler weather. The focus of the heat wave seems to be slowly moving east, although It has been centered two days in Kansas and Oklahoma. Thermometers in Kansas, registered 100 and higher.- Southern cities report unusual heat, accompan ied by fitful showers which are quickly reduced to steam, making breathing difficult and painful. In Chicago the great fight by health officers and charity organizations ia centered in saving the thousands of babies, who suffer more from improper care than from the torridity. Agents of all the organizations are working night and day in the Ghetto and other congested districts warning parents about overfeeding and neglecting to bathe their children and ' keep their houses clean. In these districts the population is chiefly sleeping on fire escapes and doorways and in any open Bpot. where a breath of air may be obtained. Ex tra precautions are being taken to muzzle dogs and to slay all without licenses, because of the large number of them going mad from the heat. At the bathing beaches hundreds stood in line patiently waiting for suits. All the beaches keep open nights, to give exhausted humanity an opportunity to cool off in preparation for the morrow's siege. A terrific electrical and hail storm swept over the Michigan fruit belt. Thousands of acres of corn and oats were riddled and the damage to the fruit cannot be estimated, but will be very heavy. Nebraska reports the hottest weath er on record, with fierce hot winds shriveling everything. In Northern Missouri a temperature of 105 is re ported, with no rain since June 8. 3,000,000 Band Under Way. Raleigh, N. C. Three million farm ers are to band together to attempt to defeat the members of congress and other officials deaf to the demands of agriculturists for laws advancing their interests, according to Charles S. Barret, president of the Farmers' union. Mr. Barrett said the organiza tion was working on a list of such legislators which will be known as the "Doomsday book," to be issued before the next November elections. Young "Ted" at Bay City. San Francisco With peeled noses and decided coats of tan giving evi dence of s much out-of-door honeymoon in the sunny clime of Santa Barbara, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife arrived in San Francisco and are regis tered at a local fashionable hotel.