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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Event
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Political graft hunters in New York
have failed to find any graft.
A plot has been discovered to over
throw the Portugese government.
Madriz has fled from Managua, Nic
aragui. " Estrada's forces are ap
proaching the city. .
- A Pennsylvania man sent out 5,000
sermons on gossip to( critics of his
matrimonial affairs. ' ' '
Japan has completed the - annexation
of Corea, but the Korean people, ,have
been kept in ignorance of the move. j
A sheepherder was found dying of
rabies Jon an Eastern Washington
range, where he had been bitten by a
coyote.
It is rumored that Miss Catherine
Elkins, who is to wed the Duke
d'Abruzzi, will eventually be queen of
Greece.
Troops have been rushed to Crater
Lake forest reserve to fight fires. Men
are falling exhausted from exertion
and heat. . ,
FOREST FIRES GRIP
TOWN OF WALLACE
The Duke Franz Josef, of Barvaria,
visiting at Newport, R. I., was badly
shaken up in an auto collision with a
car driven by Vincent Astor.
The latest census gives the popula
tion of Canada as 7,489,781.
A Pennsylvaia boy died from lock
jaw resulting from a bee sting.
Whitman made a trip from New
York to San Francisco by auto in 10
days.
Canada objects to the American
campaign to induce settlers to leave
the dominion.
ine ruling regent or (Jnina Has se
cretly ordered ; all anti-foreign agita
tion suppressed.
A party of Mazamas have discovered
ten glaciers on the slope of the Three
Sisters mountains.
., The Danish Arctic expedition which
sailed in June, 1909, has been wrecked
on the coast of Greenland.
A number of innovations are being
introduced in , the Chinese goverment
by American-educated officials.
California insurgents have eletced
nine-tenths of the convention delegates
and will control both houses of the legislature.
An areoplanist, trying for an alti
tude record, saw a balloonist in trouble
and hovered near him till he was safe
ly landed. .
Reports of a breach between Roose
velt and Taft are discredited at. Eever
ly and little credence is given them
elsewhere.
Canada has purchased from England
the cruiser Rainbow, to form the nu
cleus of the Canadian navy. England
also lends her colony a number of na
val instructors.
Fifty are reported dead in and
around Wallace, Idaho, where the
property loss is $1,000,000. The fire
has not enlarged on the, area burn
ed Saturday night. ,
.Mullan is probably safe but fires
threaten.
Elk City is reported still unburn
ed. ' - xt ' "
Four or more are dead in fires
near Newport, Wash. One hun
dred and eighty men in the forestry
service are surrounded in the St. Joe
country. , -.. . ... , .-'
Taft and St Regis, Mont, "have
been burned Saltese is surrounded
by fire. Deborgia is ' seriously
threatened. , Haughan, Mont., is re
ported destroyed. " 'I " " '
There is a solid line of .fire from
Thompson Falls, Mont., for 50'miles
to the Idaho ljjne, with portions' of
Belknap, White Pine, Hoxbn ' and ;
Heron burning; ,
Conflagrations rage in the Galla
tin forest, Montana. : Thompson
Falls is In peril ' ''"'' . '
,Ymir, B. C.,.is in danger from
tires which are burning in the bush.
Other fires ale gaining headway in
that region and the situation is ser
ious. " ; , , e
Avery, Idaho, is destroyed, the
people fleeing to Tekoa.
NDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE
PARKER DENOUNCES COOK.
PRUNE CROP GOOD.
MANY BUILDINGS BURNED.
Trains
Another
able.
car shortage seems inevit
An Ottawa, Ont., scientist turns cop
per into iron.
Trtfok farming in Alaska is said to
be a lucrative business.
Japan has 500,000 sufferers on ac
count of the recent floods.
Cholera is raging in Eussia, and chil
dren left orphans are starving.
Shipyards in Germany are idle, owing
to the walH-out of 3o,UUU men.
Aviator Le Blanc won the $20,000
prize in the 485-mile race at Paris.
Colliding with a black bear in the
highway in Maine, an auto was over
turned. The award list of the Belgian fair
was not lost in the fire, and the prize
will be given out.
Eoosevelt lauds the South and ap
proves of the statute of General Leo
in the halls of congress.
A Eugene farmer, jilted by a g!rl
he sent to Norway for, has brought suit
in the circuit court to recover $3,213
damages.
A newly wed eouple of Philadelphia
were caught by the customs officers
when returning from abroad trying to
smuggle.
Jack Cudahy, the millionaire meat
packer of Kansas City, is to sue his
wife for divorce and custody of the
four children. , :., .
Thirty-two passengrs and seven of
the' crew' "of the Spanish steamer Mor
tos were drowned Tuesday whei the
hip sank near Tarifa Point, after a
collision with the German steamer Elsa.
Heavy fog enshrouded the vessel, cas
ing the accident, and preventing the
crew of the Elsa from saving many of
the Mortos? passengers or erew.
Mayor Gaynor is still improving. ''
Germany will build four dread
noughts. Forest fires still continue in Montana,
Idaho and Washington.
Four hundred Pnnjabs and Hindus
have sailed for San Francisco.
A California tennis player won the
national meet at Newport, E. L
Thieves are pillaging the rains of
the Belgian exposition, which recently
burned.
Women and Children Flee on
Skeletons Found.
Missoula, Mont. The forest fire
situation on both sides of the Idaho
Montana line is more serious than at
any time this season.
Flames are . sweeping over an in
creasing area, destroying small settle
ments and wiping out of existence
millions of dollars' worth of property.
The loss of life will be large. It
grows hourly, and the number of in
jured is constantly increasing. In
and around Wallace it is estimated
here the death list is at least 50.
In addition to at least 25 otherwise
hurt, it is said that ten persons have
been made blind.
Indications in Wallace, however,
are that hearly half of the city will be
saved. Communications with Wallace
to the west has been possible at inter
vals, but eastward it is entirely cut off
and it is known that the entire east
half of the town, above Seventh street,
has been burned. West of that a hard
fight is being made and with improve
ment in the water supply there is more
chance that the flames may be driven
back.
In Wallace the dead include : John
Boyd, pioneer of the district and for
16 years general agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad here, suffocated in his
home in Pearl street while trying to
rescue the family parrot.
Two unknown, whose skeletons were
found in the ruins of the Michigan
house.
Unknown man, burned to death in
the Coeur d'Alene house.
Backfiring, in which the members of
the city fire department, a company of
the Twenty-fifth infantry and many
volunteers joined, prevented new fires
west and south.
The loss to the city is estimated at
close to $1,000,000. Some of the prin
cipal losers are:
Coeur d Alene Hardware company,
warehouse and stock, $150,000.
Sunset brewery, $80,000.
Providence hospital and the big mills
of the Federal Mining company were
the only buildings in the East End that
were saved. s
Forest Supervisor George W. Wei-
gel reports that the region between
Wallace, and the St. John river is
swept practically clean, with enormous
loss.
Fires between Burke and Mullan
threaten both towns and many women
and children have been sent out. I
At War Eagle tunnel six were found
dead and two badly burned. Five of
the dead were in the tunnel, where
they had sought refuge. They lay face
down in water, covered with wet rags
and blankets.
Some had died from the fire and some
from suffocation by smoke. The in
jured were taken to Providence hospi
tal in Wallace.
Twelve dead were recovered at Big
Creek. There were three injured and
three others were completely blinded.
One fire tighter was found dead near
Mullan, and 16 are' injured at that
place. There are at Pine Creek- three
dead, five blinded and five others in"
jured. i ' -v?
Salem Man Makes Encouraging Repo
After Tour,
Salem After traveling 1000 miles by
autonjobUe.and visiting every prune dis
tricVV Oregon, W.C. Tillson, of this
city, returns with the opinion that the
pUne acreage in the .state could be
doubled with no danger of overstocking
the market. In addition, he declares
that , the difference in prjee between Or
egon aid California prunes" is gradually
cueing overcome.?, V'
f ' ' At. present ' ,h,f . said, ' '..California
jruj$e Voongftaiid aboJuc half a cent
highes rthan Oregon prunes, but this
aonditien is wXong.J The tame.'. is not
Jar .distant w.hea flip basis (or.Ofegohs
will be the' samb'Wtne'bas'ls for Cali
foroiass, the pyu'iijss in this , state are
CUiilJilg lilLU iiwir UWI1.
.,;-ne. prune cropi jne state over as
badly damage'd bys the long-continuJ
hot, e dry weather,' land Jtlie trees are
shedding;. Consequently there will be a
lessened oritput, which' will be in many
sections --a material,,, one,- jf the dry
weather continues. The sizes, as a rule,
wiil also be smaller.;
"A splendid lesson to prune growers
is found in the , conditions this year.
Where the prune trees have been care
fully cultivated the crop is much more
satisfactory, and where the orchards
have been .neglected the trees are shed
ding practically all of their fruit. This
emphasizes the fact that prune-growiug
cannot be carried on successfully with
out the most careful care and cultiva
tion. . f':
' "In addition, the orchards that are
not cultivated show that a large per
centage of the trees are dying, while, on
the other hand, in the well-cultivated
orchards the foliage is green and the
trees are healthy and thrifty. In these
orchards the result of effort is entirely
satisfactory to the grower. People who
will not cultivate their orchards would
much better quit the business.
"The prune industry, I find is now
well established, and no branch of the
horticultural industry is better paid.
The market is widening and the product
is stable, the sale being nearly as sure
as that of any green fruit crop. Un
like the green fruit, which must be
shipped at certain seasons or it is lost,
prunes can be carried over any reason
able length of time and shipped to any
part of the world without freezing or
decay. ,
"I found in many portions of Oregon
that apples, pears and kindred fruits
have an increasing acreage. These are
grown in all sections of the world, but
the area suitable to the production ot
prunes is limited. . It is possible to over
stock the market with the other class
of fruit, but not so with prunes."
EAST TO WEST COUNTY KOAD.
Will Enable Eastern Stockmen to Drive
Cattle to Portland.
Portland The highway to connect
Eastern and Western Oregon, enabling
stockmen to drive cattle into Portland,
is being constructed. This announce
ment made by County Commissioner
Goddard, was by far the most important
outcome of the Oregon Good Roads As
sociation meeting held in the1 Commer
cial Club, County Judge Cleeton -supplemented
the announcement by declar
ing that the work would be pushed for
ward as rapidly by h'"lSelf and Com
missioner Goddard as the1 county road
bunding tunas would permit.
Judge Webster asked that the. people
intelligently grasp the importance, of
good roads to the general prosperity,
and asserted his belief in adopting the
constitutional amendment which enables
counties to pledge their cred.it in re
turn for. modern highways if they so
desire. That, he said,; was the keystone
of all good roads plans. Judge Web
ster then proceeded to outline a plan
for giving state-wide publicity ' to the
movement, which ;met with general ap
proval.. , . , j. . . . : - -V.
.County Judge Cleeton, during a brief
address, declared:: . ..
"Our road : building laws are
wretched) but befofe we can have roads
we must have road building sentiment.
The disposition of myself and Com
missioner Goddard is to create in Mult
nomah County road building sentiment
and assist in spreading good roads
sentiment all over the state."
Blue Mountains All Ablaze.
Davton. Wash. A dense, Dall of
smoke hangs over Southeastern Washr
mgton obscuring the ' Blue mountains
and indicating tha"t devastating fires'
are again raging in the Wenaha re
serve on the Oregon side, 30 miles
east of here. Judging from -the den-"
sity ofhe smoke, the fires now -burn-?
ing.are the mos,t appalling .this sumr
men Meager . details .received from
the burned district tell of the location,
which is in the heavy pine and fir
timber near the' headwaters of the
Asotin river near Teal's camp.
Farmhouses Destroyed.
" Grants Pass, Ore. Fire that origin
ated along the Murphy road and burned
into- Fruitdale, three miles south of
town, is still raging in the upper part
of the valley and threatening the
Breitmayer home. Residents of that
district are exhausted from work. A
patrol from town has assisted, but the
fire is running in dry grass and under
brush. So intense was the beat on the
county road that it was impassable.
Several hundred trees have been burned. I
Mosier Eaises Big Fund.
Hosier That every landowner, busi
ness man and wage-earner of the Mosier
Valley pay at least $1 a month to the
Mosier Commercial Club advertising
fund was the sense of a big booster
meeting at Mosier recently. The boost
ers present backed up their dictum by
subscribing the dollar apiece, $2400 be
ing raised as the neucleus of an adver
tising fund. The boosters are going out
into town and country and raise the
balance. Many individual subscriptions
as nign as $1U were onered.
The meeting was ft great demonstra
tion of confidence in the Mosier Ju3
as one of the leading fruit districts of
the Coast. It was held under the aus
pices of the Portland Commercial Club,
with C. C. Chapman present as the prin
cipal speaker.
Big Mill Sold.
Fortiana lienry UerJich, son of a
Minnesota lumber and timber operator,
closed a deal for the purchase of the
Jerome Smith sawmill, located near
Lebanon, Or., and 15,000,001) feet of
standing timber adjacent to the mill.
The consideration involved was $20,000.
Mr. Gerlich will extend a spur from the
Southern Pacific line and convert the
mill, which has heretofore cut for the
Lebanon market, into a shipping propo
sition.
H. M. Leffert sold to Clifford F.
Eeid, of the Northwest Trust Company,
a house and lot located at Fifteenth and
College streets, Portland Heights, for
$SO0O.
Eedmond Crops Promising.
Eedmond, Or. Extreme warm weathr
er has prevailed in this section for the
last month, with no rain since July 4.
It has been the best growing weather
for all kinds of grain and hay crops,
and the ranchers are getting a eood
yield from ..their hayi4fields.. .Some of
tbemikave t their second crop of, al-i
raira, ana it n aQn&.uiiy as good as
tne nrst cutting, and the third cutting
promises ro equal tne other crops. AH
Free Eoad Across Eeservation.
Pendleton After several years' fight
the stockmen of Umatilla County, as
sisted by the county court and the busi
ness men of this community, have se
cured free roads across the Umatilla
Indian reservation, according to an or
der just received by Major Swartz
lander, the local agent, from the depart
ment of Indian affairs at Washington.
The order specifies that the roads shall
be taken over by the county court,
maintained as county roads, and that
stockmen shall give bonds not to con
sume more than a certain length nf
time in driving their stock across the
reservation, and to be held responsible
for any damage inflicted by their stock.
As the county court and stockmen have
already expressed a willingness to com
ply with these demands, the roads are
assured.
Model Dairy at Langlois.
Langlois One of the biggest dairy
projects in this part of the state will
be conducted by Catterlin Bros., from
Tillamook County, who have taken a
ten-year lease on the Star ranch, in
Curry County, near Langlois. W. E.
Catterlin, one of the brothers, was for
merly deputy dairy and food commis
sioner for Western Oregon, and is an
expert dairyman. The ranch consists
of 1,080 acres of fine land, and it is
the intention to milk not less than 300
head of cows. The large tract will be
divided up into a number of different
places of equal size. A large cheese
factory will be erected. -
Photographs Believed to Be Those
of Smaller Peaks Nearby.
Seward, Alaska The Parker
Browne Mount McKinley expedition
passed through Seward, sailing on the
steamship Portland for Seattle. The
party was unsuccessful in its efforts to
scale the peak. Members of the expe
dition assert that they have conclusive
evidence that Dr. Cook did not reach
the summit.
The members of the Parker-Browne
party corroborate the statements made
by C. E. Rusk, who recently led an un
successful expedition, that the peak
climbed by Dr. Cook and used in his
photographs, as. Mount McKinley is a
smaller peak, easy of access and 10
miles away from the real summit.
Professor Herschel Parker, who is at
the head of the expedition that just re
turnd, took photographs of the lower
pak. He says these will prove that
Dr. Cook's statement that he climbed
Mount McKinley are not true.
Professor Parker' places no credence
in the statement made by Tom Lloyd,
of Fairbanks, and his , associates, that
they climbed the mountain from the
Fairbanks side. ' "
Those in the party which . returned
are: Professor Herschel Parker, of
Columbia University; Belmore'
Browne, of Tacoma; Professor J. H,
Cuntz, of Stevens Institute, Hoboken,
N. J.; Herman L.r Tucker, of Newton,
Mass.; Waldemar Grassie, of Columbia
University, and Merle Leroy, an Alas
kan packer.
MANAGUA IN PANIC
Madriz Government "Totters' aoi
People Flee for Lives.
Estrada Army Approaches and Lives,
and Property of Americans
Are In Peril.
ACCUSED MEN PROMINENT.
50 Men Fight Fires in Southern Oregon.
Medford More than 50 men are
fighting the forest fires in the moun
tains a few miles south of this city.
Property loss is estimated at not less
than $100,000. the largest portion of
which will fall upon the Ashland Man
ufacturing Company, as the fires are
in the timber of this company. The
fires started a few days ago from a
neglected camp fire, and spread rapidly.
Two small lumber mills were consumed
and one or two homesteaders saved
their property
Pear Crop Is Heavy.
Hood River The Hood River Apple
Growers' Union and the Ttavidson Fruit
Company are packing Bartlett pears
for New York shipment. The Hood
River pear crop is very heavy this year,
and the growers are securing $40 per
tor for the stock.
System ot Graft Makes Political
Crooked Work Look Pale
Chicago The first blow in the $5,
000,000 Illinois Central graft scandal
has fallen, and three . officials of the
road were landed in jail, although but
for a few minutes. It was a full con
fession from an official of the Blue
Island Car & Equipment company, de
clared to involve not only these, but
numerous other of the road's former
officials, that finally resulted in the ar
rests.
The men arrested were : Frank H.
Harriman, former general manager of
the Illinois Central, released on bond
of $40,000; John M. Taylor, former
general storekeeper at Burnside, re
leased on bond of $40,000; Charles L.
Ewing, former general superintendent
of the Illinois Central lines north of
the Ohio river.
In each case the prisoner was charg
ed with conspiracy to commit an illegal
act and obtaining money by means of a
confidence game. In each instance the
prisoner stoutly maintained his inno
cence and declared that if a conspiracy
existed it was on the part of the road
to prosecute them. The warrants were
sworn to by President Harahan, of
railroad concerned.
Washington The provisional gov
ernment of Nicaragua is tottering to
its fall, the Madriz army is demoral
ized, consternation reigns in Managua
and Dr. Madriz, his general-in-chief,
Toledo, and general Irias, are prepar
ing to flee the country.
This, in effect, is the news received
by the State department from United
States. Consul Olivares at, Managua.
and these advices are confirmed by dis
patches from Mr. Johnson, United
States consul at at Corinto. '
The panic in the capital i'b threaten
ing the lives and property of Ameri
cans. Crowds are reported traversing
the streets crying, "Death to the
Americans."
While the cruisers Vicksburg and
Yorktown are at Corinto and in close
touch with the situation, the legation
and consulates in Managua are under
heavy police guard and preparations
have been made to meet attacks on
American lives and property.
Ihe situation grew out of the victory
won '1 hursday by the revolutionists,
who defeated a strong column of gov
ernment troops and crossed the Tipi-
tapa river.
The removal of the government army
seems complete. Mr. Olivares reports
that General Toledo, who was in com
mand of the Madriz troops, arrived
in Managua following his defeat and
announced that his force had been
seized with panic and fled when at
tacked. Soldiers made their escape to
Grenada while others continued their
flight to the capital.
Grenada appears to be at the mercy
of an undiciplined mob of soldiers, who
are reported to be pillaging the houses,
there.
It is added that the Estradan force
is already at the gates of the city and
is preparing to take the place by as
sault. From the evident demoralized
condition of the Madriz forces, observ
ers believe that Granada will be taken
by Estrada with little trouble and the
way to the capital thus practically will
be clear.
It seems the unanimous opinion in
Managua, Mr. Olivares reports, that
the power of Madriz is steadily weak
ening and that his overthrow may be
momentarily expected. The revolu
tionary army is only 20 miles from the
capital and the capture of Managua is
looked upon as inevitable.
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BURBANK'S LATEST A PEACH.
OFFICIALS HAMPER
STATE FOOD FIGHT
POETLAND MARKETS.
knfs oT gWin;-on!THcjOtirf'-niceJr.
and the.fwa -dtAxHirtlh,
!y woHrnfiine-5-pM-i9 "promised.
' . 3?ef$fe!?. sAV .Examined.
PpndlKr-tfniirtiHasminlv teachers
real and.prospective are gathered in
Pendleion this week .to jindvgo the or
deal Bf.rig.!.iP'Augii examinations.
OT'thiiiiprbit f.W J-f jmeo. There
are two married women and one widow.
.Wwg:of tMwM are vounir eirl. under
23 years. The number taking the ex
aminations at this time is comparatively
small, bi( ij is understood that many
maiiHseriri are to be cent in from other
counties, ti be graded bv the board.
Clatsop Needs Ealn.
Ac toria Clatwip Countv is now exneri-
ncing the most dry season ever known,
no rain having fallen for nearlv six
weeks. The grazing land, an well as
late crops, is showing the effects of the
drouth. Unless rain comes goon the
dairy industries will certainly suffer.
At or near Warrenton, the dikes are be
ing opened for the pnrpose of irrigation,
and extraordinary efforts are being put
forth to save the pasture lands.
Wheat 'Blitestem. OfiffrOSc; club, M(a
88c; red Russian, 84(f?85c; valley, 02c;
forty-fold, 87(r88c; Turkey red, 90c.
Barley Feed and Brewing. $24.50(o
$25'per ton.
liay Track prices: Timothy,. Wil
lamette Valley, 8(0)19 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $20(o21;' alfalfa, new, $13
14; grain hay, $13(14.
Corn Whole, $32: cracked, $33 per
ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dlings. $30; shorts, $21(722; rolled bar
ley, $25(fi-26.
Oats 'ew. $2!)fo 29.50 per ton.
Green Fruits Apples, new, 507$1.!)0
per box; apricots, 7oc(al; plums, lc.fa)
$1; .pears. $1.25(71.50; peaches, 40i7r75c
grapes, 75c'f l.Zo; blackberries.
1.7o per crate; loganberries. $1.25(57)1.50.
Melons Watermelons, $(fi)1.25 per
hundred; cantaloupes, $1.50$3.00 per
crate.
Vegetables! Beans, 3(fJ55c per pound;
cabbage, 214(f73c; cauliflower, $1.50 per
dozen; celery, 9ic; corn, 2oc; cucum
bers, 25(7?"40c per box; eggplant, 67i 8c
per pound; garlic, 8(al0c; green onions,
15c per dozen; peppers, 50c per box;
radishes. 15i7?20e per dozen; squash. 40c
per crate; tomatoes, SOtfTOOc per box;
carrots, $1(571.25 per sack; beets, $1.50;
parsnips, $lf?T1.25; turnips, $1.
Potatoes New, $1.25(771.40 per hun
dred; sweet potatoes. 4c per pound.
Onions Walla Walla, .2.50 per sack;
Oregon, $2(772.25 per sack.
Eggs Oregon, candled, 28(7720c per
dozen.
Butter Citv ereamerv, solid pack.
34c per pound: butter fat, 34c; country
store butter. 24c.
Poultry Ifens. 17(7718r; springs. 17(?7
10c; ducks, 12(77 14c; geese. ((nY1V,c;
turkeys, live. 20c; dressed 221(72.)c;
squabs, $3 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 13c per pound.
Veal Fancy. 127130 per pound.
Hops 1909 crop, 8(7712,,c, according
to qualifv; olds, nominal; 1910 con
tracts. 13V,c.
Wool Eastern Oregon. 13(771 "c per
pound: vallev, 18(7? 20c per pound. Mo
hair Choic 32(7733c.
Cascara Bark I'ie per pound.
Washington--Asserting that he had
been hampered in every possible way
in his efforts to uphold the laws of his
state against the Bale of food contain
ing benzoate of soda and announcing
that he would appeal to President Taft,
Attorney General Bingham, of Indiana,
denounced the department of agricul
ture officials.
The scoring occurred in the hearing
held here in connection with the case
of Williams Brothers and others
against the board of health of Indiana.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry, and a sworn en
emy of benzoate of soda as a food pre
servative, was under cross-examina
tion at the time.
Scramble tor Plates On.
Chicago Although invitations to
the Hamilton club banquet to Theodore
Roosevelt on September 8 have been
out only 24 hours and plates are quoted
at $7.50 each, 400 reseravtions have
been made and the entertainment com
mitteee began figuring on larger quar
ters for the event, as the present quar
ters accommodate only 575 guests.
It was before the Hamilton club
that the "strenuous life" was
launched and the "big stick" became a
symbol of the Roosevelt policies.
Iowa Mayor is Ousted.
Des Moines, la. Judge W. E. Wil-
cocksen, at Sigourney, handed down an
opinion ousting Thomas J. Philips as
mayor of Ottumwa. Ia. At the trial
of the mayor, held recently at Ottum
wa, it was charged by Attorney Gen
eral Ce8son, who prosecuted the hear
ing, that'Mayor Phillips was' guilty of
wilful neglect of duty in permitting
resorts and the gambling houses to
run. and also that the mayor was in
toxicated on April 30.
Castro Family is Ousted.
Washington The entire Castro fam
ily, apparently, has been ousted from
Venezuela. A dispatch to the State
department from the American lega
tion at Caracas states that 36 relatives
of ex-President Castro have been ex
pelled from Venezuela and sailed for
Porto Rico.
Detroit Census 465,766.
Washington The population of De
triot, Mich., is 465,766, an increase
of 180.062 or 63 per cent, as compared
with 285,704 in 1900.
Juice and Color of Crawford Sur
round Small Colorless Pit.
Santa Rosa Horticulturists and
fruitgrowers are united in their praise
of the two new varities of peaches and
one of plums producted by Luther Bur-
bank, the plant wizard. Crosses of
the Crawford and Muir species have
resulted in a fruit of greater commer
cial value. The Bartlett plum seed
ling is also a betterment in shape, col
or and preponderance of flesh over pit.
Most of the juiciness and high color
of the Crawford peach has been trans
ferred by Burbank to the smaller and
firmer pit of the Muir. The color-free
pit of the Muir is also retained. The
vigor and ability of the new trees to
resist diseases is still another recom
mendation of the Burbank creations.
E. J. Wickson, dean of the college of
agriculture cf the University of Cali
fornia, pronounces the new variety "a
peach."
Private Timber Protected.
Clover Creek, Ore. The forest fire
which has been raging here for the
past week is still spreading and the
soldiers promised have not yet arrived,
and there are not men enough to con
trol the flames.
The smoke is heavy and the heat is
something awful. Tne fire is running
to the north and east on the govern
ment land and to the south on the pri
vate holdings. It is being held in
check on the west by firefighters.
There are between 50 and 60 men
fighting fire for the lumber companies.
Open Shop Mill Wrecked. .
San Francisco For the fourth time
within two years the mill of the1 Pacific
Coast Mill & Lumber company, in Oak
land, was wrecked Saturday night- by
exploding dynamite. Two years ago
the company had a strike of hands and.
declared for the open shop, and since
then they have defied the labor unions.
This latest dynamiting was done by
men who knew just where the most
valuable machinery was located. The
explosive was placed under this ma
chinery and it was almost completely
wrecked.
Forty Strikers Freed.
Los Angeles, Cal. Forty strikers,
charged with acting as pickets at the
Craig shipbuilding works, Long Beach,
were discharged from custody by or
der of Judge Hart and their cases dis
missed after they had been in jail ten
days awaiting trial. A mistrial and
the acquittal by a jury of two of the
alleged strongest cases convinced the
judge that the police had acted too
hastily in making the arrests. He said
the city should cut out the expense.