WT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
lings
of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
,r, Rtiume of Important Event!
P.nld In Condensed Form
fur Our Busy Rsadars.
Hitn in tho Portland Postal Sav
nk have reached f :i.l,7to.
, nn soldiers killed number of
ua Indium near Chiapas.
iliani oppose reciprocity on the
thut it I a step towards an
ion.
tit official returns from the
Um rlt-c-tion give the "wets" ma
rityof i.
Fir destroyed nine large oil storage
, ki near Us Angeles, causing
of $300,000.
Th State hank examiner of Ohio
Lidoedthe Metropolitan Hunk Si
r- - -
rvit company of Cincinnati.
Premier Stolypin, of Russia, (II
rm I outlet w.iunu imucieu uy an
uuin. and Kuasian revolutionists
it tweoming active.
C. P. Rodger, the aviator who la
ikin the trip from the Atlantic to
Pacific in an aeroplane, struck a
Ltnd mahe.l hia machine, and hai
turned to New York.
Alionca at Lincoln i'ark, Chicago,
vt birth to two culm, and then re-
wd to run for them, and a Boston
mor wiie eigne puppies nai oeen
irned haii adopted the culm.
Dr. Inam Nitbe, of the Impeiial
Imvermty of Japan, anya C'alifornia'a
d of laborers will overcome her
if prejudice against Japanese and
i win ic gun 10 nave mem come
tn.
High official of the province of Sze-
un have been arrested a initiga
rt of the present Chinese rebellion.
A Ruisian patrol boat arrested sev
ere poaching acal skins on Russian
Premier Stolypin, of Russia, la ahot
J. 1. Hill any empty atomacha will
0 be driving people back to the
irm.
ine nntinh consul at Ichanir. Ihlna.
' that country.
Governor of 24 atatea have written
the L. S. Supreme court against
'. il I violation of atata riirhl.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track pricea: Bluestem,
"mic; cum, ooin;c; rei ituxmn,
iWr; valley, H2i.H:ic; 40-fold. 83
"4c; fife. H2(lM:tc.
MiIIhIuIT Bran, $24.60'.i25 per
n: mnUlin. fv- aluirla fS r.oin
rolled I.Hrley. S33.6ltoi34.oO.
Corn Wh.de. $33: cracked. $34 ton.
Brley-New feed, $.'llr.:i2 per ton;
ewing, S:Im(37.
)t- New white. S'29 ner ton.
Hay-No. 1 Kastern Oregon, tim-
fy.llS.ilfi; No. 1 valley, $14; al-
na. il'Z: rlover. Iri f.ll: irram hav.
Poultry Hunt, lfii.!7e; springs,
c; ducks, younif, 16c; geese, 1 let
-c; lurk.-ys, lKoi l'Jc.
Butter-Oregon creamery, solid pack,
lc; prints, extra.
fck'K - Fresh Oregon ranch, candlod,
C dozen.
Prk - Fancy, lOt.rllc pound.
Veal - Fancy, 13alSjc pound.
Fresh Fruits Cantaliui-s. 7ficf:
11.25 er crate! rx-arhea. fiOdi 7ie
''; watermelons, 75cci.$1.25 er
"lUndred: Ilium. 7Ke rent- tirnnea
?5cb.n; pears, 6Goi'J0e box; grapes,
"c.i i.ji, Ik.x; appiea, $lrn2.r0.
Vegetables Bean. f.i.ilOc! rah-
b(t-a. $l.r,iK,i2 liep hun.leedwelcrtit :
rn, 2.V3(lc dozen; cucumbers, $ldf,
'25 saek; eRKplant, l&oi.lKe pound;
"Hie, 10i 12c pound; lettuce, 4ll(l
''"e dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.2oni.
1.75 box; M-ppers, 6fd.6c pound; rsd
'hs, l2Jc dozen; tomatoes, 85ki 75c
Out' rur..a mt r t . i.. :
w.....n, f i.uu ier Buca , lurniB,
1; heels. II 7fi
Potatoes Oreiron. lie Dound: sweet
P"atnes, 2Je pound.
"nions California, SI. 50 hundred.
Hotit lot I n.ni.n,.). nr.,., 'if...
I9H9 cnm. nominal ol.la luminal
w"ol - F.ustern Orouron. 9(; 16c per
und, Bceordina; to shrinknite; vnl
ly, l.ril7c; niohuir, choice, :i6,
37Jc.
Cattle Choice steers I.vr.Oro fi.HO :
Jr, $.r..2r.fn.(i(); fair, V" R-25; me
d'u"i. $4.75(0 R; jHKir. $3.75(i 4. BO;
Choiee- c.wsi, $4,250 4.70; fair, $3.H5
'-t0; common, $2.riO(-3; extra
h'ice spayed heifers, $4,7504.90;
choice heifers, $4,6004.75; choice
""'Ii'. $303.25; good, $2.76o.3; com
""n. $2' 2.60; choice cslves, 200
Pounds and under, $7.25o 7.60; (rood
"choice $6oH.60; common, $o 5;
i V'fiO 4-BW"4-75; K"oJ, 4.26
'"KsCholce light ho(rs, $S.25f.C
KK,d to choice SHoH.25; fair,
7.75oH; common, $7f7.25.
hh,,,,P Choice yearling wethers,
foarse Woo, $3,3503.65; choice
yearin(f wethers, east of mountains,
; -1503.65; Choice twos and threes,
li i r cn(,ic mountain lambs,
""''" . Kd to choice lambs,
"25o,4.60; culls., $2.6043. ,
fOOD RIOTERS KILLED.
-u.....n moo uemandt Chaapar Liv
ing and Holdisrt Fira.
'l M.
Vienna i raceuble to the hiih
pricea of the neces.itiea of life, riots
here and manv iwrmm
broke cut
-"...niTOurwiiunHeii. Troops fire.
on me moo, which hud erected harri
, "eei. i nere was a
oer-e excnaiiKe or bullets and th.
soldiers were pelted with all aorta o
mi sa ilea.
were
ro lowinifa huKe R.,ciulist demon
atration outside the Kathraus held in
I""1'" SRainsi the hij;h pricea of
iwmi, cruops were ordered out to din.
perse the crowd, in the early clashes
oo civilians were wounded and 100 ar
resi.-ti,
Ll ft .. .1
.....unnim persona were nre,
eni at the demonstration and fiery
le,"hea were made demanding that
the govenment permit the lm.,nuiin
of foreign meat and take measures to
remedy the conditions that hsv. e.
SUlU-d from the nrohibiujrv Inrrenw.
in ine price or lood.
a r . .v. . . . .
nucruiB meeun a arire nrore.
ion marciu-o: to ine parliament build
Ings cheering for revolution and Port
......I I I . M
" iveoivera were nreu in the air
and then the mob bciran stone-throw
ing. I he windows of manv nublie
and private buildings, restaurants and
tramcara and street lamos
smasneu.
r inally a siiuadron of drairoona and
a detachment of infantry charged the
rioUrs and disjM-rsed them. The
mobs reassemble.), however. In the
suburbs, which are occuoied bv the
woratng class, where they wrecked
more property. The troops were re-
tamed throughout the day, guaniing
me imperial palace and government
buildings and holding approaches to
the inner city,
Toward evening the rioting became
more serious. The mob demolished
the itreet lamps on the main thorough
fares, plunging the streets into dark
ness. I hey hurled missiles of various
kinds on the soldiers from the upper
wii. lows of houses.
i he order was at length given to
the troops to fire. At the first volley
many rioters fell, either killed or
wounded
neveral or tne soldiers and police
men were also wounded and luu more
of those engaged in the contlict were
placed under arrest
TO MAKE LONG WINTER TRIP.
Alaska Prospector to Travel to Spo-
kai by Dog Team.
Spokane Twenty-six hundred miles
y dog team from the Arctic ocean via
the MiuKenzie river to Simkane is a
rip to be undertaken the coming win
ter by K. S. Dowling. of SKkane, who
prospecting on the delta of the
northern stream and along the shore
f the sea. Writing from Fort Mc-
herson, Ihiwling says : "There have
een but lew white men over these
arctic wilds, and those who have made
the trip have told so little that the lay
reader has not even the remotest idea
of what it all means. From the be
ginning at Athabasca Landing, Al
berta, Canada, the trip is full of
thrilling experiences, which cannot be
told in a letter of ordinary length. I
have arrunged to pass several years In
pros)erting, but if all goes well I
shall make the trip to Spokane with
my dogs and sled during the winter."
ROYAL TROOPS ROUTED.
Chinese Rebels Ambush Detachment
of Csvalry.
Chung Kian Late advices from Tsu
Chau say that a detachment of cavalry
numbering 100 which had left Cheng
tu and had proceeded as fsr as the
l.ang Tcheni hills, were ambushed by
th revolutionists and routed. The
survivors returned to Cheng-tu.
The royal troops reoccupied Ken
chau on Septemtier 14. It is believed
the viceroy at Cheng tu has arranged
for an ultimate retreat to the yamen,
which has been fortitled. The build
ings surrounding the yamen have been
demolished. The situation in the Sze
Chuen capital is considered more hope
ful. Etna Too Hot to Climb.
Catania, Sicily An attempt to as
cend Mount Etna was madj Sunday,
but it was Impossible to get nearer
than 60 feet from one of the craters,
owing to the intense hent and thick
smoke In which so one could live.
The eruption of lava continues. Near
the source the river of lava flows
swiftly, outdistancing men who ran
along its edge. Great masses of rock
wrenched from the crater's edge float
and roll down the sope, slowly lique
fying. The constant cannonading of
the volcano is fairly deafening.
Gowns Ordered Abroad.
New York Hopes of a speedy set
tlement of the women's tailor strike
were abandoned Monday following a
fruitless conference of union repre
sentatives and employers. Tho em
ployers declared the union had broken
promises to arbitrate, and demanded
concessions the employers could not
grant. Proprietors of leading shops
said the strike has already resulted in
many orders for gowns being sent
abroad to Paris, Indon nnd Vienna.
Ksrmit Donates Goats.
Washington, D. C The skeletons
and salted hides of three mountain
goats killed by Kermit Roosevelt dur
ing his recent hunt In Arizona. New
Mexico and old Mexico have reached
the Smithsonian Institution as dona
tions from Young Roosevelt.
Idaho Gats Mora Postal Banks
Washington, D. C Postal ssvings
banks are to be opened October 1 at
Meridan, Wendell and Albion, Idaho.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
OREGON APPLES SAFE.
Fruit Not In Danger From California
Competition.
Forest Grove H. C. Atwell, of
Forest Grove, president of the State
Horticultural society, has just re
turned from a trip to California,
.! . ....
wnere ne went to judge the fruit at
the second annual Gravenstein Apple
show, held at Sevastopol, in Sonoma
county, where the Gravenstein apple
is extensively raised. Several car
loads of apples were exhibited and
more than $2,000 disbursed in prem
iums.
"Oregon apple growers have noth
ing to fear from competition of Cali
fornia apples," said Mr. Atwell.
Aside from two or three mountain
valleys of very limited extent, the Pa-
jaro valley produces virtually all the
winter apples grown in that state.
"The apple trade there is entirely
in the hands of Slavonians. It is said
that only one American has ever been
able to break into it. These foreign
dealers buy the crop on the trees, pick
and pack it themselves and cater, for
the most part, to the cheaper trade.
Such methods are not conducive to
careful packing or high pricea. This
i'ajaro valley is the only California
district shipping winter apples beyond
that state.
"As a past and prospective pnine-
grower, I was encouraged at being as
sured by leading California horticul
turists that successive years of low
prices and the growing popularity of
the Oregon prune in Kastern markets,
has led to the uprooting and neglect
of large areas of California prune or
chards, so that the production is now
not much more than half what it was
ten years ago."
Mr. Atwell declares that, aside
from apples, prunes, pears and logan
berries will be the horticultural lead
ers of the Willamette valley, since the
and in this locality is admirably
adapted for these fruits. He urges
that more scientific methods be em
ployed, both in the raising and in the
packing and shipping.
RAIN AID TO FRUIT.
B'g
Hood 'River Orchsrc'ist Sees
Crop Next Year.
Hood River "The heavy rain of
the past week will go far toward in
suring a good crop of apples for the
Hood River valley next year," says C.
Bone, one of the valley's pioneer
orchardista. "It waa the heaviest
early rainfall that I have ever seen
for this section of the state or Eastern
Oregon. In 1893, we had a similar
rain, but the precipitation then was
not so great.
At that time the grain farmers of
Eastern, Oregon handled their crops
rather lazily and when the heavy
lownpour came, they were all caught.
Cxcept what was threshed, the whole
, - - i 1 : .1.
crop was entirely ruineu, aim who
few exceptions every merchant Irom
ortland to Spokane went broke. 1 he
rain taught the wheat farmers a les
son, and since then they have hastened
the harvesting of the crop.
For the past decade the fall season
as Brown more erratic, i minK mai
the clearing of the timber of the Hood
River valley has had an effect toward
ec re as in a the summer rains. Over
n Central Oregon, however, the culti-
ation of the soil has increased the
summer precipitation.
"The soaking showers of Isst week
will strengthen the fruit spurs. It
will take the place of September irri
gation and will be far more valuable.
With a few more showers and sun
shine and intermingling frosts to color
the fruit the present year's crop
hould mature in excellent condition.
HOP ANALYSIS PLANNED,
Oregon Agricultural College Students
to Study Samples.
Corvallis Professor H. V. Tartar,
the chemistry department at the
Oregon Agricultural college, is now in
the hop districts, where he will collect
samples of hops to be used during the
coming winter by the students in
chemistry in making analysis. Pro
fessor Tartar's investigations during
the past year have Bhown that the
chemical qualities of the Pacific Coast
hops, especially in the amount of bit
ter they contain, are equal to any
grown in the world. He .jends to
put the judging of hops for commer
cial purposes on a scientific basis.
SiusHiw Country Worries Over Roads
Florence Speculation is rife here
as to which or how many railroads are
to gain an entrance to the Siuslaw
country. Right of way has been
bought in tho vicinity of Mapleton by
a tepresentative of the Hill lines, and
several ranches In the vicinity of
Woahink lake have been sold to par
ties thought to be acting as agents for
LANE CROPS IN GOOD SHAPE.
Hops and Prunes Not Da- cad, So
Growers Report. -
Eugene In spite of the recent un
precedented hail storm and the unus
ually heavy rain of the, last ten days,
uane county s nop and prune crops
have not suffered disastrous damage.
In many of the hop yards the storm
blew down the poles and vines, but by
quick picking the crop can be saved.
The hail apparently shattered very
few hops from the vines, more dam
age resulting from the blowing down
of the poles.
The chief difficulty confronting the
hopmen is to keep the pickers in the
yards. Large numbers of them are
breaking their camps and leaving for
their homes because of the extremely
disagreeable weather. Growers will
probably have to offer bonuses to the
pickers, as under the weather condi
tions rapid picking is imperative.
The amount of damage done in dif
ferent yards varies. At the old Neis
yard just above Springfield, the un
picked crop is virtually ruined. At
the Campbell & Walker yard, between
Eugene and Springfield, the damage
was heavy, the vines being blown
down and badly damaged. At the
Seavy yard on the McKenzie, the lar
gest in the county, the damage was
slight.
Seventy acres of vines fell to the
ground when the rain first began, but
most of the hops were saved. The
Bushnell yard, just north of town, has
suffered little damage as yet, and the
Thornsbury yard on Patterson island
is only slightly injured.
Prunes and peaches have so far been
little damaged, owing largely to the
fact that the season is very late
and the crop has ripened slowly.
BENTON COUNTY WINS.
Gets Prize for Best County Exhibit
for Fourth Time.
Salem Benton county, for the
fourth time in succession, walked off
with the capital prize of $300 for the?
best county exhibit at the State fair.
The display was collected and arrang
ed by W. F. Groves, and the exhibit
was financed by the Corvallis Com
mercial club. The other winners in
the order of award were: Clackamas,
$250; Polk, $200; Columba, $150;
Clatsop, $100, and Coos, $100.
The display of the winning county
is largely of fruits and vegetables.
Mr. Groves says that in considerable
degree the award was the result of the
great care taken in arranging the
fruits and vegetables so that the col
ors harmonized, making it easy for the
judges to pick out their good points.
I. L. Smith, of Spokane, judged the
exhibits.
MAY TALK TO I.OOO.OOO.
to Get
Oregon Will Have Chance
Settlers From East.
Salem Oregon is to have an oppor
tunity tojitalk to at least 1,000,000
persons who desire to settle in the
West, It is up to Oregon to prepare
the prettiest speech possible and il
lustrate it with the pictures which
tell more plainly than words, the de
lightful character of the climate, the
wonderful brotherhood existing within
the borders of the state, and the lux
uriant crops which are to be gath
ered from a minimum of work from
horticultural land which may be pur
chased new as cheap as agricultural
land.
This was the basis of a special mes
sage conveyed to the public at the
semi-centennial of the Oregon State
Fair by William McMurray, general
passenger agent of, the Harriman lines
in Oregon.
.
LOSS AT LEBANON IS $10,000.
Crops Injured, Garden Wasted,
Windows Broken By Hail.
Lebanon Lebanon and vicinity
were visited by the worst hail storm
ever seen here. The damage done in
this city by the wind and hail will
amount to at least $10,000. Hardly a
house in town escaped without broken
windows, and there are ten broken
panes in the home of Mayor Reeves
alone.
Melons and tomatoes were just be
ginning to come Into the market, and
all those that were in the line of the
storm were destroyed. The telephone
lines are so badly crippled that it is
hard to tell the extent of the damage
in the country.
Prune Crop Not Injured.
Albany Prospects are good for an
average prune crop in this part or the
state. The prunes have suffered
slightly from the recent rains, but
unless heavy rains continue the loss
will not be great. Asido from the
damage from the rain the hop crop in
the few yards in this part of the state
is about 25 per cent short. What
hops have been picked are said to be
WILEY FULLY EXONERATED.
President Expresses Sympathy for
Pure Food Expert.
Washington, D. C President Taft
has reversed the recommendation of
the personnel of the board of the de
partment of agriculture, with its in
dorsement by Attorney-General Wick
ersham with reference to the case of
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry and the best
known food expert in the country.
The attorney general bad advised
"condign puniahment" of Wiley.
President Taft softens the reversal of
his adviser's finding by saying that if
he had bad the full record before him
he probably would have held dfferent-
iy.
Next to the vindication of Wiley it
self, Washington is most interested in
the paragraph of the president's letter
in which he says that "the broader is
sues raised by. the investigation,
which have a much weightier relation
than this one to the eeneral efficiency
of the department, may require mu u
more radical action than the question
I have considered and decided." This
is taken to presage a "shake-up" in
the department.
CRACKSMEN GET $315,000
FROM BANK OF MONTREAL
AUTO PLUNGES
THROUGH CROWD
Nine Dead and Fourteen Badly
Injured.
Racing Machine Bursts Tiro and
Leaves Track Presidenf Taft
T ' Had Just Left Scan.
New Westminster, B. C What is
believed to be the largest cash bank
robbery recorded in police annals of
the world occurred in this city at an
early hour Saturdry morning, when
skilled yeggmen carried away loot to
taling $315,000 from the branch of the
Bank of Montreal, making their es
cape in an automobile.
Though the safe was blown, no ex
plosion was heard in the early morning
stillness, owing to the fact that the
robbers had carefully . and cleverly
planned their work by muffling the ni-tro-glycerine
and safe door in the bed-
clothing belonging to the bank's night
watchman, who had the day before
started on his annual vacation and for
some reason or other no one was in
the bank at the time the robbery oc
curred.
It was close to 4 o'clock when the
Chinese janitor of the bank, who has
been in the service of the institution
for the past 10 years, made his usual
entrance by the front door, prepara
tory to cleaning up the office, and the
robbery bad been completed and the
robbers made their escape before that
time.
WEALTH FOR POTATO MEN.
Half
Japanese Grower Will Have
Million Prafit.
Stockton, Cal. Those who have
been keeping a close watch upon the
potato market and the acreage planted
in San Joaquin county declare that
George JShima, the Japanese potato
king, will clear about $500,000 this
season, even if tubers sell part of the
time for less than $1. At present
they are selling for $1.15 to $1.25,
and they have ranged as high as
$2.65. The Idaho crop will not be
ready to ship for two weeks yet and
the Southern and Middle states trade
ill be supplied exclusively by San
Joaquin county firms.
The estimated acreage planted in
potatoes in the San Joaquin delta
section this year is 40.000. Some of
the early potatoes were frosted and
two or three crops were damaged.
No break in the prices for weeks
to come is expected. There are many
other large growers in addition to
Shima who will make fortunes from
their potatoes, as they can be grown
at a profit at 80 cents a sack. The
commission men and shippers are
sending out from 15 to 40 carloads
daily, and in some instances as high as
60 cars have been moved from this
section in a day.
Acquitted Man Guilty.
Seattle, Wash. After the jury in
the grand larceny case of the state
against John Faletti had brought in a
verdict of not guilty in Judge Gay's
branch of the Superior court, the
court in astonishment told the jury
that the verdict was a miscarriage of
justice and that the man was plainly
guilty. Then the prisoner, who had
fought the case desperately, rose to
his feet and assured the jury that the
judge was right, "I appropriated the
$150," he said. "I needed it and so
retained it."
railroad companies. The Southern all right, but the rain may seriously
Pacific has
build here.
announced that it will
Extension Work Begins.
Albany Actual work on the grad
ing of the Oregon Electric has begun
in Linn county. A crew of 65 teams
and 125 men has gone to work just
south of the Santiam river. The con
tractors in charge of the work say
that the crew will be Increased to 100
teams and about 200 men as soon as
possible.
damage those yet in the yards.
Dead Grouse Penalty Big.
Pendleton The sum of $87.60 is
the price George Mottett, a prominent
Walla Walla resident, was compelled
to pay for the privilege of killing a
grouse in Umatilla county, Oregon,
before the season opened. A few
minutes before Tom Vaughan, a well
known Umatilla Indian, paid $78.80
for the privilege of killing a deer be
fore the season opened.
Arsenal Reported Taken.
Washington, D. C State depart
ment CBble advices from Charge
d'Affaires Williams at Pekin say that
the government troops are confronted
not by an unorganized mob of civil-
ans, but by trained soldiers, who hold
the approaches to Cheng-tu, and Mr.
Williams believes, have possession of
the arsenal and magazine at the city's
south gate. The cable messages re
ported fighting at Kiating, 200 miles
from Cheng-tu.
Maine Now Appear "Dry."
Portland, Me. Unofficial returns of
Monday's election compiled here indi
cate a majority of 361 in favor of re
tention of the prohibition clause in the
constitution, with seven towns still in
dispute. The vote reported from
these towns, the correctness of which
the clerks have affirmed, is sufficient
to overthrow the majority of 134 in
favor of repeal as shown by the fig
ures of the secretary of state.
Man, 96. Walks to Texas.
Stillwater, Okla. Walking from
Pocatello, Idaho, to Austin, Texas, to
see his three children before he dies,
Marcus GofF, 96 years old, arrived here
Saturday. He is a veteran of the
Mexican and Civil wars, and took
part in a number of campaigns against
Western Indians.
Syracuse, N. Y. Nine persons were
killed and 14 injured, some of them
seriously, as a result of an accident
in the closing miles of a 150-mile race
at the State 'Fair track here when a
Knox racing car, driven by Lee Old
field leaped from the track, crashed
through the fences surrounding it, and
plunged into the throng that lined the
side of the speedway.
Six of the nine persons were killed
outright, and three were so badly in
jured that they died on the way to the
hospital.
The injured include Lee 'Oldfield,
driver of the car, and one woman. It
is believed that several of the injured
cannot live.
The accident came as the fatal '
termination of a day that undoubtedly
was the biggest the State Fair has
ever known in point of attendance and
attractions.
The honored guest of the day waa
President .Taft. It was but a abort
time after he had left the grounds
that the tragedy occurred. JuBt be
fore be departed. President Taft took
a short ride in an automobile on the
track, which was wet to keep the dust
from the president and his party. It
is believed that the wet track was re
sponsible for the accident. Several
of the drivers refused to start in the
race until the track had dried off
somewhat.
GIANT BUBBLE OF LAVA.
Incandescence Adds to Wonder of
Hawaiian Scene.
Los Angeles Mail advices from
Honolulu tell of the most amazing
phenomenon ever observed within the
crater of a volcano by a white man.
It was no less than a tremendous bub
ble of lava, inflated by gas from the
very center of the earth, which sup
ported an island as it floated across a
lake of fiery liquid. - Frank A. Perret,
the scientist who observed it, esti
mated that it covered an area of 3.000
square feet, and he was fortunate
enough to secure a few photographs,
although conditions were far from
favorable for picture-taking.
"The bubble was a huge, sausage
shaped affair, inflated with volcanic
gas and composed of lava glass," says
the scientist in his report. "A lava
fountain, boiling continuously under
the eastern end, gave the appearance
of a screw propeller and the amazing
contrivance seemed to be navigating
the lake like a great whale-back
steamer.
"There was an island of black crust,
which, when it began to sink, evolved
a great quantity of gas, which blew
the bubble of lava glass and this in
turn sustained the island and prevent
ed it from sinking. It made several
tours of the lake before it disappeared
from sight at last." All this was ob
served in the volcano Halemaumau,
and Perret and two Japanese assist
ants were the only ones who ssw it.
They believe it may never be given to
man to witness such a sight again.
CHINOOK JARGON ASKS TAFT.
President to Ba Guest of Seattle
Press Club on Visit.
Seattle, Wash. "Copa Tyee Taft"
was the unusual address on a docu
ment mailed here 10 days ago. It
was the invitation of the Seattle Press
club, written in Chinook jargon to
President Taft that he become the
guest of the club during his visit here.
"For Chief Taft" is the translation.
On that slender address the document
was taken in charge by Postmaster
George F. Russell and was delivered
promptly at Beverly, Mass.
The president has accepted the in
vitation, which waa handsomely en
grossed. It follows:
"Copa Tyee copa nesika illahee, Se
attle tsum tillicums copa klaska tyees,
delate ticke mika chaco copa nesika
illahee, tenas lale mika mitlite yakwa.
"Conoway copa Boston illahee mika
nanetch tillicums klaxta ticke mash
copa mika kloshe tumtum pe nesika
wawa delate halo mika iskum conoway
elip hiyu khoma."
Hillman Escapes Jail.
Seattle C. D. Hillman, the real
estate dealer convicted of using the
mails to defraud, who ia at liberty
pending the decision of the Circuit
Court of Appeals, on $200,000 bail,
narrowly escaped being remanded to
jail Saturday. Following a dispute
with C. N. Gill, a real estate dealer
of Tacoma, who, with his wife, is on
Hillman'a bond for $25,000, a deputy
United States marshal was sent for
and Gill announced his intention of
surrendering Hillman to the court for
safe-keeping.
Any Woman la Too Good,
New York "Most any woman a
man happens to meet is too good for
him," was the reply of Mayor Gaynor
to a letter from a resident of Arkan
sas City, Kan., who asked the mayor
to find him a wife. "Do you not
know the proverb that he who goes
far away from home for a wife is apt
to be fooled? And then, again, how
could I recommend any good girl to
you? You may not be as attractive
as you think you are."