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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1910)
DO IS OFT EWEEK Current Events o( Interest Gatoed From the World at Large. General Resume of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Spain has begun the building of a modern navy. ! The population of Iowa has decreased in the past ten years. Roosevelt tells Ohioans that their platform makers are away behind the times. The Chicago Tribune predicts that Democrats will control the next house of representatives. Auto dealers of the Coast will en deavor to have strict laws passed against "joy riding." The Armour Grain company is said to have cleared $1,000,000 in one week by gambling in wheat. A general sympathetic strike is likely to be the climax of the New York express drivers' strike. Serious rioting attends the strike of JNew lork express drivers, ana one striker was shot and badly wounded, Chicago garment workers repudiated agreements made by their president with leading clothing manufacturers. A straw ballot shows more than 20 per cent of the nominees for congress on all tickets are in favor of woman suffrage. A complete combine harvester has been shipped to Argentine Republic, and a crew of Americans accompany ing it will show Argentine wheat rais ers the latest methods in harvesting. New York experss companies flatly refuse to arbitrate the question of a "closed shop." Fire destroyed two large "fire proof" blocks in Philadelphia, together with three residences. There are prospects that the govern ment may recover coal lands in Alaska valued at $200,000,000. Five men and two women were hurled nearly across the Ohio river by the bursting of a big steamer boiler." Two Indiana nominees for justice of the peace strongly recommend each other for the office, as neither one wants it. In accordance "with a royal edict, the entire Chinese consular force, in San Francisco have discarded their queues and adopted American dress. A general strike has been declared in Catalonia, Spain, and will extend throughout the empire within a week. It is believed to be the first move in the revolution. A terriffic surf, unaccompanied by wind or any other disturbance!- swept Dp the beach at Nome and flooded the streets and basements of the city, do ing much damage. An Indian horse trader sold a mule for a "shaved-tail" horse,, and was un able to stop laughing over the joke. After laughing several hours he was given a strong electric shock, which quieted him, and next day Jie was as well as ever. -4 The Federal deficit for 4he past year was $16,000,000 less than the previous year. j Two jurors in a New York murder trial have been indicted- for soliciting- bribe.. ... , wv v . A Medford, Ore., man received 20, 000 volts from a live -electric wre, put was not seriously injured. v '-J $ Striking express - drrferB in 'New York City received strong reinforce ments, and the strike is spreading. Fifteen babies have 'been bornrat Fort Stevens, Ore., during one . week. There are not over 100 families in the town. ' r An Illinois farmer aged 82 years eloped with a woman of 48. The farm er's son, aged 60, objected to the mar riage. . - - Seattle food inspectors have con demned several tons of turkeys, crabs, lobsters and smeit which were being kept in cold storage for the holiday trade. The chief signal officer of the Unit ed States has asked the War depart ment for 20 military aeroplanes to be used in practice and instruction of troops. DRIVERS REFUSE AGREEMENT Offer of New Express Companies Comes to Naught. New York, Nov. 7. The moat ser ious rioting that has yet marked the strike of express drivers and helpers, culminating in the shooting of a strik ing driver by a guard on a wagon, took place tonight, following an abrupt termination of negotiations between the men and the companies. The situation tonight is regarded as increasingly serious, with added possi bility of a sympathetic walkout throughout the city of all teamBters and allied organizations. Peter Roach, a striking driver, the victim of today's rioting, was shot through the body during anx attack by a mob on an Adams' express wagon. The last rites were administered to him by a priest in a drugstore and he was hurried to a " hospital, where his condition was reported critical. John Perry, a guard on the wagon, was also injured, and according to the police, admitted the shooting. He fired after he had been hit in the face by a stone hurled by Roach. Roach denied any part in the riot. The termination of negotiations was precipitated by a letter to Mayor Gay nor by the companies stating that the only condition upon which they would take back the strikers was by individ ual application not later than today. . Re-employment in their old positions at former wages was promised, "with out discrimination against any of them because of having left the Befvice. The companies also agreed, as soon as work was resumed, to . confer with their employes in an endeavor to affect a settlement of wages and hours, These terms were rejected by the strike leaders without even formal consideration. "w "Now it is a case of fight a case of fight until we win," said W. A. Ash ton, general organizer sters' Union. With the ending of talk among the strikers centered upon a general walk-out. Such action, it was said, would call out 100,000 men: The joint executive committee of the union, it was said tonight, will meet tomorrow to consider the matter. A meeting of chauffeurs and cabdrivers unions was also called for tomorrow. L BBIHDT OF IE STATE PRE-COOUNG FRUIT PLAN. Willamette JValley' Experiment to Be Triad By Government. Salem Pre-cooling of Willamette valley fruits probably will be experi- mented upon here in the near future, under the direction of the United States government, C. L. Dick, mana ger of the Salem Fruit Union, field investigator in pomology for. the de partment of Agriculture, that he will be in the city sfcon for the purpose of looking over the situation and deter mining what facilites .will be needed here for doing some '.cold- storage and pre-cbolihg work with valle'y fruits. DIXIE MEADOWS MINE SOLD. New York Capitalists Take Over Rich ' Grant County Property. Baker A deal has just been com pleted whereby the Dixie Meadows mine near Prairie City, ia Grant coun ty, passes from the ownership of A. L. Greenley and associates of Spokane, to a group of New York capitalists, headed by W. H. Ferry, a wealthy hat manufacturer, and Alex Konta, a Danker, who recently visited the prop erty. The consideration in the trans fer was not made public, but it is un derstood that a large sum is involved, as me property is one or .the best un FIRST BLIZZARD HITS EAST. Manager Dick states he wishes, to developed. mines in Eastern Oregon of the Team-negotiations, immediately TRAINS COLLIDE; EIGHT DEAD Eastbound Apple Train and West bound Freight Meet in Cut. Spokane, Wash. Eight are known to be dead and four known to be more or less seriously injured as a result of one of the most disastrous freight wrecks in the history of the Great Northern railroad, near Chattaroy, Wash. The wreck was the result of head-on collision around a sharp curve in a deep cut, fairly at the bottom of two steep grades. Two heavily-loaded trains running at an exceptional rate of speed combined almost every condi tion possible to make the impact so disastrous. Traffic on the main line of the Great Northern will have to be suspended from 40 to 48 hours. The wreckage will hardly be removed and the line cleared before that time. Train No. 451, running on its reg ular schedule, westbound, collided with the "apple extra," eastbound, running on a fast schedule of five hours be tween Hillyard, Wash., and Troy, Mont. Train No. 451 was loaded with paints, oils, some furniture and some livestock, much of it extremely inflammable material and considerably lighter than the apple extra, which carried, besides fruit, heavy loads, of grain and furniture. Every man of both train crews who happened to" be' near the front of his train is dead. One brakeman saved himself by jumping, but he is serious ly injured. The brakemen who happened to be in the rear of their trains escaped with minor injuries. . The loss in the wreck is yery large, A pile of 19 cars of train No; 451, jammed into the Space of an ordinary living rom, caught fire immediately and were speedily reduced to a mass of tangled steel before the fire apparatus, summoned from Spokane, 21 miles away, could start a stream of water on the ruins. determine whether the precndling sys tem will take a car of fruit from val ley points to ,the.Atlantic coast in bet terconditjorv than js .done under the present plan- or -refrigeration, it is expeeted, the government's car. which .now . being used in California, will be sent, to Salem ; for an indefinite period. : , : ' LONDON 'PAYS HIGH PRICES. Brine Av- It is the plan of the new owenrs to operate it on a large .scale. Mr, Greenley has been retained as manager anq win have charge of the extensive development work that will be carried on this winter.' Fifty men will be put to work at once, and more will be add ed from time to time. It is planned to have-a-large amount of good ore block ed out by spring; when a large- Stamp mill will be erected to handle this ore. There ia more 'that! $100,000 worth KaArA rw Do,-- R,.;, 4.1 '6"- " n, ia caijcui- ?T " ed that this amount will he doubled hv oiaoa hf iS (I Pan Rrtv . J TTlZ 7z ' spring. The mill will be of large ca Medford The : Hillcrest orchard, at pacity and several stamps will be Medford, has again made a record for dropping continually. The free gold bricea Daid for fahev fruit. Word was I wm be taken out at the mine and the received here from- London that a far of Cornice pears, .containing 428 boxes, had averaged an even $10 a box. Two year? ago pears from the Hill crest orchard sold in London for $10.08 a box,' 8 cents above the price given for the shipment this year. Pears at $10.08 a box is the highest price that has ever been paid anywhere for an annual fruit. The Hillcrest orchard is one of the largest and finest properties in the Rogue River valley. It lies two miles southeast of Medford on a beautiful piece of low, rolling land. The ranch is owned by a syndicate of 'Seattle men, K. a. Larsons, oi that city, ing the manager. concentrates will be shippped to a smelter. , A cyanide plant will be in stalled so as to save all the gold... The mine is one of unusual bromise and be- casue of the nearness of the ore to the surface very little tunneling is neces sary. .There Js ani unlimited amount of ore is sight and the mine bids fair to become one of the big producers of this district. Snow, Sleet and High Winds fie Up Atlantic Coast. New York Rushing in from the ocean, one of the heaviest fall bliz zards of years struck the Atlantic sea board, piling snow and sleet upon New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington and intermediate points, tear ing down telegraph and telephone wires ana delaying trains. . , The entire coast north of Baltimore is covered with a thick blanket of soggy, wet snow. Telegraph wires were broken down so badly by the sleet that the telegraph companies re ported that they were getting commer cial messages through only at a great effort and at a cost of considerable delay. . The storm was the most severe about Baltimore and Washington, all wires being reported down between these two cities. In Eastern Pennsylvania communciation with Chicago could be obtained only by way of Boston Trains were delayed everywhere and some oi .ine trolley lines had to give up all attempts at maintaining regular! schedules. Washington communicated, only . in termittently with the rest of the world, Wires were blown in all directions by a whirling mixture of snow and rain, which swept over the city all night. There w no communication whatever between the national capital and points to the north, and ' in other directions wire service is almost as bad. THANKSGIVING HMEO CHINESE CUTS HIS QUEUE. LOCAL FIR DECKS GIANT. Many pitched battles were fought between prospective settlers at the opening of the Coeur d'Alene reser vation in Idaho, but no fatalities were reported. A kerosene lamp in a shack occu pied by the family of Y. Yamamoto in the Interbay district of Seattle, ex ploded and two children were burned to death in their bed. General Jose Valledares, ex-governor of Amalpa, Honduras, who was deposed from office by PresidentJDavila and recalled to Tegucigalpa, has re turned to Amalpa in order to hand over bis command to his successor and has openly declared himself against the government. It is also rumored that he has attacked the American consular agency and has committed other ex cesses. Dr. Cook has sent a message of con gratulation to Walter Wellman. i Deer Lined Up for Czar. Berlin Emperor Nicholas "hunt ed" in Emperor William's new game preserve near Oranienburg, 26 miles northeast of Potsdam. A battallion of soldiers with foresters had been en gagehd for some days in assemblnig some 1,500 deer, hare and other four- footed game within an enclosure, and the animals were driven out past a line of platforms encircled by pine branches and upon which the royal party and 2 other court hunters had taken positions, ready for the killing, Emperor Nicholas had the first shot. Mural Painter Decorates Prison. Winsted, Conn. Miss Genevieve Cowles, of Farmington, an artist and a relative of ex-President Roosevelt, has entered upon a year's work in the state prison at Wethersfield, decorat ing the walls of the chapel. Warden Garvin suggested to Miss Cowles that she undertake the task. Miss Cowles after a summer spent in Jerusalem, is now at work. She has painted in sev eral of the figures, but the whole pic ture will not be completed for a year. Loaf Mutt Weigh Pound. Topeka, Kan. The State Supreme court has decided that a loaf of bread weighs 16 ounces or it is not a loaf. John McCoat, a Leavenworth baker, was arrested because he did not label his bread when the loaves weighed less than 16 ounces. He appealed and the Supreme court affirmed the decision. I Order Placed Here for World's Big gest Ship, Portland Decks of the world's lar gest vessel, the keel of which has been laid at Stettin, and which will be oper ated across the Atlantic by the Ham burg-American line, will be composed of Oregon fir. To provide the neces sary materia, 2,000,000 feet has been purchased and it will be dispatched to Hamburg on the German ship Omega. The Pacific Export Lumber company has sold the cargo. For months the lumber has been drying here, as it was contracted for under special specifica tions that call for clear, vertical-grain stuff. 800 Acre Farm; $20,000. Eugene Thomas Van Duyn has sold his farm of 800 acres near Coburg to C. M. Young and Bird Rose, both of this city, for $20?000. The farm lies be- partly in the hills and partly in the valley. That part of it suitable for farming will be divided by the new owners into small tracts and will placed on the market. The valley land is finely adapted to fruit culture, and fruitgrowers will be encouraged to buy the tracts. Potato Vine is Six Feet Long. Wallowa Ira Lively, of Promise this county, this year raised on new ground a potato vine that measured six feet one inch in height and produced 40 tubers, two-thirds of them market able potatoes. The total weight of the 40 tubers was 16 pounds. Astoria Road Gets Equipment, Astoria A logging locomotive, two flatcars, four boxcars and a number of logging trucks have arrived for the The Portland Lumber company Astoria Southern Railway company and and North V acme Lumber company have the order, and it is possible the vessel will take on a small lot at a third mill. were taken to Olney Melville. by the steamer PORTLAND MARKETS. New Milton Hotel to Open. Milton The new Fairmount hotel has been completed and furnished throughout, and will ' be formally opened with a big banquet to which 100 guests have been invited. The new hotel will be ready for the accommoda tion of the public at the beginning of the week, -under the management of Host Christianson . of Seattle, s-The building will have accommodtions for 45 guests. The ground floor outside of the office accommodations is being oc cupied by the Fair store. Ships 125 Turkeys. Corvallis Corvall.is boasts of one of the largest shipments of turkeys at this time of the year to Portland. A commisssion merchant here has juat purchased from a farmer at Bell Foun tain, this county, 125 turkeys averag ing li pounds and. making a total irr. weight of 1,438 pounds. -The Toad of turkeys brought $237.30. . .The .farmer raised the turkeys without much effort, as they were fed but little grain and' were made to earn .their own living. Payment Date Extended. Hermiston Word has just been re ceived by Secretary Upthegrove of the Umatilla project that the secretary of the interior has granted an extension of time for the payment of the 1909 building charge. . This will be a great help to the settlers on the project, for instead of having to pay the charge in December they are given until March 31, 1911. May Join Naval Reserves. Marshfield The enlistment for a di vision of the naval reserve on Coos Bay has been so large that it has been decided to have two divisions at this point. The men have been sworn into the service by the commander of the Oregon reserve and the business men of the city will make ra contribution sufficient to pay for the uniforms of the men. Californian Buys Oregon Ranch. Lakeview George R. Parman. of Eagleville. Cal., has just purchased from the five McCuIIey brothers, of this place, 10,000 sheep and 1.800 acres of land. The price has not been made public The new owner has al ready taken possession. Brogan to Have Telegraph. Vale The Western Union Telegraph company has decided to build a tele graph line from Vale to Brogan. This line will connect with the line estab lished at Vale last week between Vale and Ontario. Wheat Track prices: Bluestem, 78 79c; club. 74(ft;76c; red Russian, 73c valley, 79c; 40-fold, 78c Barley Feed, $20.5021 per ton brewing, $22. Millstuffs Bran, $25 per ton; mid dlings, $33; shorts, $27; rolled, barley. $2425. Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $19(520 per ton; East ern Oregon, $2122; alfalfa, new, $15 16; grain hay, $14. Corn Whole, $31; cracked, $32 ton, Oats White, $2728. Poultry liens, lbmue; springs. 1415c; ducks, white, 16c; geese, 11c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 24 25c; squabs, $2 per dozen. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 40c current (receipts, 3,8.c; Eastern, 3032c. .Butter City creamery,- solid pack 36c per pound; prints, 3737 3c; out side creamery, 35(336c; butter fat. 36c; country store butter, 2425c. Pork Fancy, 12(r123e per pound, Veal Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 12 13c per pound. Apples King, 75c(S)$l per box Wolf River, 75c(fi $l; Waxen, ,85c $1.25; Baldwin, $l(ftl.50; Northern Spy, $1.25(3:1.75; Snow, $1.25(fJ1.50; Spitzenberg, $1.252; Winter Ba nana, $1.753.60.' Green Fruits Pears, $1.25(?2 per box; grapes, $11.25; 1734c per bas ket; cranberries, $8?i9; per barrel; quinces, 7oc(u,i per dox, huckieber ries, 6ijH8c per pound. Vegetables Beans, 3(?5e per pound; cabbage, lc; cauliflower, 40c$l per dozen; celery, bvQHOe; pump kins, l(5)lMe per pound; sprouts, 7 8c; squash, 1(41 Kc; tomatoes, 60 60c per box; carrots, $1(1.25 per hun dred; parsnips, $lf,1.25; turnips, $1. Potatoes Oregon, $l.Z5(o1.30 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 2Jc pound Onions Oregon, buying price, $1.10 per hundred Hops 1910 crop, lZ(ajl5c; 1903, nominal; olds, nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 13(17c pound; valley, 1719c; mohair, choice 32(fi33c Cascara bark 4(fi.4?4C per pound. Cattle Beef steers, good to choice, $5.25(a5.65; fair to medium. $4.50( 5; choice spayed heifers $4.50fS5; good to choice beef cows $4.25(J14.70; medium to good $3 504; common $2(0.3.50; bulls $3.50(4; stags good to choice $4(?4.50; calves, light, $77.50; heavy $3.755. Hogs Top $9.259.60; fair to me dium $9(9.25. Sheep Best valley wethers, $3.25(51 3.50; fair to good wethers, $3,3.25; best yearling wethers, $4.254.75; best valley ewes, $3(23.50; lambs, choice mountain, $5.255.50; choice valley, $4.755. Walla Walla Orientals Obeying- Order of Far-Off Emperor. Walla Walla Obeying the command or his emperor, miles away across the seas, Shoo Fly. the best known China man in the Walla Walla valley, has cut off his queue. For 40 years he has worn his glossy braid, sometime swing ing behind him as he walked, but more often coiled tightly about his head. The example set by Shoo Fly is being followed by others of the Chinese here, and it is said that only a few of the picturesque head dressings remain in the city. All are to go, say those who can talk English, and while not all have complied with the order, which permits the cutting of the hair, all are expected to do so as soon as they become a little more used to the custom. Walla Walla has a large Chinese quarter, owing to the many gardens near here, and meetings dis cussing the newest edict have been frequently held of late. By popular decision, the Chinamen, most of whom are becoming quite modernized, have decided to drop the ancient custom. Thursday, Nov. 24, Named as Day of Prayer and Thanks. Last Year's Great Progress in Amer ica Is Notable, and Causes for1 Thankfulness are Many. PARLIAMENT IS CALLED. Chinese Emperor Issues Decree For 1913 Meeting. Pekin An official decree was issued announcing that an imperial parlia ment, the first in the history of China, would be convened in 1913. This is a concession to the demands of the recently constituted senate and delegations of the provincial assem blies. The program fixed by the late empress dowager provided for the as sembling of an imperial parliament in 1915, but until recently the throne had refused to entertain petitions praying that the date be advanced. The de cree sets forth that the parliament will be convened in three years . The police went from house to house informing the occupants of the edict. Presently the dragon banner and paper lanterns appeared above every door. Beyond this there was no public mani festationover the momentous news. , Washington The progress of the country as reflected by the, records of population and harvests and the general conditions of international peace, are things for which thanksgiving is espe cially due for the year 1910, according to the annual ihanksgiving proclama tion issued by President Taft. The proclamation is as follows: "This year of 1910 is drawing to a ' close. The records of population and harvests which are the index of pro gress show vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous well being of our communities throughout this land and in our possessions beyond the seas. ' These blessings have not descended upon us in restricted meas ure, but overflow and abound. They are the blessings and bounty of God. we continue to be at peace with the rest of the world. In all essential matters our relations with other peo ples are harmonious with an evergrow ing reality of friendliness and depth of recognition of mutual dependence. It is especially to be noted that during the last year great progress has been achieved in the cause of arbitration, and the peaceful .settlement of inter national disputes. Now, therefore. I. William Howard Taft, president of the United States of America, in accordance with the wise custom of the civil magistrate since the first settlements in this land, and with the rule established from the, foundation of this government, do ap point Thursday, November 24, 1910, as day oi national thanksgiving and prayer, enjoining the people unon that day to meet in their churches for the praise of Almighty God and to return heartfelt thanks to him for all his goodness and loving kindness. in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington. this, the 5th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the independ ence of the United States the one hun dred and thirty-fifth. (Signed) "WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. "By the President, Alvee A. Adee, acting secretary of state. STRIKERS OUST PRESIDENT. Women Qn Strike. .March, s. Chicago Led by a throng of women singing the "Marseillaise," ...several thousand striking garment workers paraded through the North Side fac tory district. The .marchers Visited tULl, w v,,b uucil DUVUD 111 bUlQ BOt" tion and shouted ' derisively at non union workers and ' strikebreakers. Several attempts at disorder were quelled .by ; the police, who made a number of arrests. Mrs. Raymond Robina, president of the Women's Trade Union league, said that the striking women are anxious to submit their grievances to arbtra- tion and that she believed the strike would be settled wUhin a few days. Religious Orders Barred. Madrid The senate as passed by a vote of 149 to 58, the "padlock" bill, which prohibits the creation of further religious establishments in Spain until the revision of the concordat with the Vatican has been completed. The con ciliatory attitude of Premier Canalejas toward the ecclesiastical senators dur- ng the debate led to the impression in official circles that a way would be found to resume negotiations between the government and the Vatican for a revision of the concordat. Garment Workers Repudiate Agree ment Proposed Settlement Off. Chicago. The outlook for an early settlement of the garment workers strike went glimmering when the strikers declined the proposed agree ment offered by T. A. Rickert, presi dent of the United Garment Workers, repudiated him as leader, and sought me aid or the Chicago Federation of Labor. The Federation instructed its ex ecutive board to issue a call for funds to assist the strikers and ordered Pres ident Fitzpatrick to prepare a memor ial on the strike to present to the con vention of the American Federation of Labor, which will meet in St. Louis this week.. Mathewson Gets $15,000. ' New Vork Christy Mathewson has just signed a contract with the New York baseball club for next season at the highest salary ever paid in the his tory of th game. It is understood that Matty will receive for his ser vices next season $15,000, " The "big six" had a long conference with John T. Brush, and while 4he financial dealings of the, club. with , its players are never 'made' public, it is said on good authority that Mr.- Brush volunteered Mathewson the advance in salary. Theaters May Be Halted. Chicago With the purpose of forc ing the owners and managers them selves to banish ticket scalpers from Chicago, the license committee of the ity council recommended an ordinance closing all theaters and amusement places on Sunday. The committee will urge that the ordinance be enforced until theaters have permanently broken with the scalpers, and the measure is be . used as a club to keep the theaters in line. Yellow Fever Found at Honolulu. Honolulu The first' case of yellow fever ever known in this port has been discovered aboard the Japanese liner Hongkong Mani, which arrived here October 30 from Manzanillo, Mexico. The steamer is held in quarantine. Drinking Cups Under Ban. Sacramento The State board of health has decided to press more close ly its campaign against public drink ing cups by adopting a resolution ask ing all railroad companies to remove cups from cars, depots and ferries and to have public and private schools use other methods for children, either in dividual cups ot drinking fountains. The health board points out that many states have passed laws brohibitinir the use of drinking cups for the sren- eral public on account of dangers of spreading contagious diseases. Children at Home Burned. Sioux City While alone in a farm house near Hardington, Neb., 30 miles west of here, Clarence and Ernest Peterson, aged 6 and 3 years, sons of Peter Peterson, and Lee Peterson, aged 14, a son of Sever Peterson, were burned to death in a fire which de stroyed the Peterson home. Peter Peterson, the father, is in a hospital here, where he had just undergone an operation. His wife was on the way to Sioux City. Straits Will Be Flown. Havana Arrangements are beinsr made for an aeroplane flight across the Florida straits from Havana to Kev West, prebably in December. The dis tance is over 90 miles, but conditions for flying, it is claimed, are favorable at this season. The Havana Post has offered a prize of $5,000. It is said that Glenn H. Curtiss, Mars. Ely and Baldwin will compete.