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.nttor Stephenson, of Wisconsin,
iU ho tnt 1107,000 to be elected
ha rmr of Kustia I steadily grow
in popularity with the poorer
m Franoiitro hua begun a war on
et shop, and landed 20 at the
k raid.
,ty thousand Arabs have joined
Turkish force In Tripoli and a dee-
Lt war seems probable.
'resident Markham, of the Illinoii
tral, I to be tn9 beat poker
,r, a well a the beet railroader,
n Middle Went.
to Southern California conference
;h Methodist church urges the
tiun of the rulea against cards,
Unf and theater.
-, man wit killed and three badly
: in a riot when strikebreaker dis
.irked to go to work in the rail
li thopi at Houston.
orkmen cannot he had to search
ruin at Aunt in. Pa., for bodies.
li feared the ruin will have to
jmed fur sanitary reason.
Kulmk river in A lank a, up
J to be a nmnll stream, hu hern
I tn lie navigable for 3KI miles.
'or imall craft at least 200 milea
fund of $20,000,000 for govern
; irriKtn work ia available on
ind of the secretary of the inter
yet not a cent can le obtained by
Km project, and steps are being
ft to find out why.
illinrham, Waah., experienced a
net ihwk of earthquake Thuraday
Ma.
ifernnr Dix, of New York, urge
pral of the law which legalizes
:nf.
French admiral believe that de
;ai nit powder wa rrxnihln for
ire and explosion which destroyed
Mttltuhip l.ilerte.
t merchant are greatly agitata
the action of thi govermennt in
rcing the regulation against the
rtalion of colored tea.
nh D. claim that hit attention
Iirected to the Nslbilitc of the
.nines by the porter of the atore
ft he began work at clerk 66
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PORTLAND MARKETS.
it-K jxirt final: Illuctiiem,
87c; club. H2c; red Russian hoc;
Jh2; 40-fold. h2((S3c; fife. 82c.
llttulT- Uran, $24.&0"f 25 per
middling. $.12; ahnrta. f5.&(MC
rolled barley. $3S.fiO,f 34.50.
fa-Whole, :i:i; cracked, $.14 er
rify-N,.w feed. S.llr.r 32ber ton:
rin. 137.
hu-New white.'$29 per ton.
'j-.no. i r.astrrn Oregon tim
r llfifrj 1 7. r.o Mn i viiii..v ir,f,
. alfalfa, $12.f,0; clover, $;
71 nay. iltkif 10.60.
lltrr-llena. lahMRe; anrinir.
'5c; ducka. vnunir. lftul 17c!
k lie; turkey. Hw.l9e.
utter Oregon creamery, solid
. ic; print, extra.
"'- Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
Itrdot.
'rk-Fancy, 10,',llc.
'I FancV. 13m I .He nor rrtln.l
ph Fruita Cantaloupe. SOcftt
P'r crate ; peaches. 60i 65e per
watermelons. 7Kv,itI 2H iwr
''red: nliim r.iK.iir.. i.ni'
ft, I i'ii 2c per pound; pear. $1
per ix.x; grapes, 80ciiil.lo
apple, $Ua2.60; huckleber-
y Pound.
ketahle Artichokea, 75e per
K bean. fidilOe: cabhairea.
"W 2 hundred; corn, 26rt30e dox-
Cucumber. Xlrit 9K k ma a.
ttj S'-iHc pound; garlic, 10(itl2c
!; lettUCn. ilK.rHDr. H.x.n- hnt.
ft lettuce, $1.26tl.75 box; pep.
'"ioc pound; radiahea, 1ZC dox
Prout. 8c pound; tomatoea, 60c
'"box; carrot. $1.25 per aack;
"P. II; beeU, $1.75.
"Utoe ()
f ' potatoe. 24c
"n-California, $t.60 hundred.
,'h-iU crop, 83c;olda, nominal.
(0l PoMlnn. I D,.,ll.
,n irr(uii, PHI. luc r
, acconlinn l .k.lk... -.1.
C; mohali a,qYl
m. li r,n.. j ii . . . .
' m, poor, J. oa.ou;
ceo't, $4.30((t4.50; fair, $4r(
ft iDSVawl i n. en.
3.2.V:3.60; good, $2.76';3;
-. aiii.ou; choice calvea,
"Yft: Jf"'. I7W7.15; com
tf'i5; choice ataga, $4.50h
' Roo!. $4.2r(,i4.60.
'"--Choice light hog, $7.60
Knod to choice. $7.50(.t,7.B0; fair,
iffT7 Rn. -. ' '
y-rommon I7MJ7.1S6.
reD f'K..I .i.
l jcitriinK wemera
lV.iT001, 3-B"; choice yearl-
.-n, eaat or mountain, $3.35
1. choice twoa and three. $3fl
no!ce ,mba. $4.60(ft4.80;
"yearllnrra tl r,w mm.
j S.OUill . 10; IMKJ VO
iambi, $4.25(.44.60; cull $2.60
MA0ERO 18 CHOSEN.
NUaican Laad.r Elactad President
Without Opposition,
Mexico l ltv - Kr. I
wa olllci.lly choaen by the people of
" " " l,,e'r preauient at the na
tional electiona. The election of Ma
dero wa little more than a formality
ahe wa the only 'candidate in th
field, following the withdrawal of
uenerai Keyea, and interest centered
in me cnoice for the vice preaidency.
Madero himaelf, in a statement, de
clared that there waa no doubt th.t
candidate for the vir
ae Pino Suarex, of Yucatan, had re-
vena plurality or the vote. Otfl.
d figureaon the number of ball..).
raat. cuiitiot be obtained . Uu
adoro baited hia concluaion on in
irmation received from variout Dart
the republic.
According to lute rennrta Fuii,ul
re, the Madero-Suarex ticket wa de
ated in the state of Chilmshn. i.u
e Madero-tiomex ticket At T....
Key Mas and partiaans of (mex re
frained from voting, leaving a clear
field for the Madero-Suarex ticket. A
heavy vote was polled.
Katimatea of the reault of the bal
loting at Tamnimi shot mi..rii ..
Maiiero and Suarex, notwithatanding
at tfii I Immri state.
The 120 elector from the diatricta
Ilravoa. Caleana. Iturbide fimU..
go and one-half of Hen i to Juarer, em
bracing one-fourth of the state of Chi
huahua, will be unanimous for Madero
or president, and for Governor
kbram Gonzales of Chihuahua for vice
resident
As (onvatwa la nut a n.l i.fl u t u t U..
VOte Will ultlmatelv urobahlv rin
to lr. Francisco Vawuez (iomex.
At 1'uebla Madero and De la Karra
receiveil a majority of the vote.
here were no disorders.
STRIKE RIOT FATAL.
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On Dead and Thrsa Hurt Whan
Strikebreakers Rsach Houston.
Houston. Tex. One of the men
guarding the shops of the Southern
racific railroad, la dead; another is
shot and seriously wounded ; a special
guard is badly cut and bruised, and
Captain S. 1). Kisk, special guard.
bady battered - these are the results
of a melee that followed the disem
barking shortly after midnight of
strikebreaker brought from New Or
leans to replace employe in the Hous
ton shops of the llarriman linea now
on strike.
Conflicting statements are made as
to the reKinibility for the affray.
Salt Lake City The Oregon Short
Line railroad took the orfenaive Mon-
lay for the first time since the fed
erated shopmen left their jobs last
Saturday. A circular letter was is
sued to the striking shopmen promis
ing them employment If they returned
to work on or before Wednesday, but
stating thct those who did not return
then need never apply for further em
ployment with the road.
The striker claim that the shops
are in a crippled condition, and say
that they are in a position to stand a
ong siege.
RATE RULING EVADED.
Railroad Strive to Get Around Re-
ce.-t Decision.
Washington. D. ('.-- Py means of
new rates filed with the Interstate
Commerco commission it become ev
il' nt that the railroads expect to de
feat the plan of the .commission to
ower freinht rates to Spokane, Salt
I.uke and other intermountain point
after November 1.
I' ro posed new rates, instead of low
ering tariff to intermountain point
to bring them within the ruling or
the commission, are made to conform
to the relative requirement of the de
cision by raisingthe rate to the (Vjast.
For example, after November 1 it will
cost $14 more to ship first class
freight from New York to San Fran
cisco and other 1'acific Coast points.
Two months ago the commission,
construing the amended long ami
short-haul section, decided that from
the Missouri river to interior points
the rate might be no higher than to
Pacific Coast terminals. from Chi
cago it might be 7 per cent higher,
from Pittsburg 15 to 25 per cent.
Both Demand Dynamite.
Indianapoli. InJ- Tna quetion
hether dynamite and detonating ap-
ratus seized by the police nere on
. ! nt John J. McNamara
would be taken to Loa 'Angele. to be
,,.trl i th trial nf the McNamara
brother, arose when ubpoenaa were
received by police otliciaia .summoning
hem to appear In court at ixa Angei
a and bring with them all evidence in
heir possession. County Prosecutor
Vaw t linker said the evidence was
needed here !n case pending against
John J. McNamara and W. J. Burn.
Situation Unchanged.
Salt Lak. Utah-The strike aitua-
on the Oregon Short Line remains
unchang-d. In thia city the striker
there are Zoo men on sin so, wmm
railroad ay that 40 men are at
At Pocatello, Kiano, wnere
... nut thara were no dis
turbance, and the railroad wa operat
ing trains on schedule time. Railroad
official t Ogden say they will not
hire any new men tor vne ire,..
About 400 men went out Saturday.
Strikebreakers Stoned.
t..i - ML. A earlnad of strike-
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hro.k.rs on their way to New Orleans
over the Illinoa JCentral were atoned
by a mob a they passed through Mo-
comb, Mi. Win.low were u.
and aeveral of the men were Injured
by broken glas or by Deing nu w.n.
ITALY MAKES WAR ON TURKS
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ITALIAN TROOPS
LAND IN TRIPOLI
Turkish Transports Are Driven
Ashore With Great Loss.
Italian Squadron Blockades Port of
Tripoli, Which Refuses to Sur
render onDemand.
Iondon A state of war exist be
tween Italy and Turkey, and hostili
ties have begun. No sooner had the
time limit fixed by the ultimatum ex
pired than, ignoring the Turkish con
ciliatory request for delay, Italy de
clared war. The Turkish representa
tives in Italy received their passport.
The Turkish commander at Tripoli
waa asked to surrender the town, but
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Klae Vlrtor Knaiaaaal. sf Italy.
declined, and the Italian forces imme
diately occupied Tripoli and lienghazi.
Apparently the Turks ottered no resis
tance, but thia is only an assumption,
as immediately on landing the Italians
evidently seized the telegraph linea.
A Constantinople dispatch make no
fleet ha blockaded the Tripolitan
coast.
There are unconfirmed report that
Turkey intend to send an ultimatum
to Greece to abandon ber claim on
Crete and ia massing troop on the
Thessalonian frontier.
The greatest activity ensued on
the receipt of news that war had been
declared and notification of a blockade
wa sent out. It is uudentood the var
ious governments will receive the cus
tomary neutrality notice and will de
vote their diplomatic elforta to bring
hostilities to an end and especially to
avoiding complication in the Balkans.
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tJhatXxaw. a"'-
lhtke of Abrassi.
According to Italian advices, the
government plans to land 40,000 men
in Tripoli by October 7. No bombard
ment will be attempted unlesa the
property of Italians or other foreign
ers is endangered. It is understood
the Italian ministers have elaborated
a scheme for the administration of
Tripoli with the Duke of Abruzzi as
first governor. Among the first acta
of the new government will be the
abolition of many taxes now imposed
on the Tripolitans.
Prevesa When Italian gunboat en
countered two Turkish transports with
2,000 troops aboard, the transports de
termined not to be captured. They
steamed bravely on the rocks off Pre-
, vesa and hundreds of soldier were
' drowned.
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ITALIAN CRUISERS SUNK.
mention of resistance and a mere pro
test by the governor would be in line
with Turkey' announced policy.
The Turkish cabinet resigned when
war was declared, and a new ministry
waa formed under Said Pasha, but re
taining the former able war minister.
Mahmoud Shefket Pasha.
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Maksiae Rkafsat Peaks. Tsrklik War MlalaWT
Turkey continues effort to secure
Intervention by the power. In the
meantime Italy is actively pursuing
hostilities. Italian battleship are re
ported to have appeared off Smyrna
and Salonika.
An Italian cruiser landed troops at
Prevesa, after destroying Turkish
torpedo boat destroyer, and the Italian
Salonika An Italian cruiser has
destroyed a Turkish destroyer in the
harbor of Prevesa in Epirus and land
ed troops. .The Turkish authorities
are sending a battalion oftroops to
Prevesa.
Constantinople New reached 'here
from the city of Tripoli to the effect
that a large Italian .cruiser had gone
ashore there.
Pari The Matin' Athena corres
pondent says that the telegraph offi
cials at Vonitza, Greece, telegraphs to
the government that a naval battle oc
curred off Prevesa at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Tripoli The Italian squadron which
has been standing in the offing came
close to shore this morning and the
destroyer Garibaldi steamed into the
harbor flying a white flag. After re
connoitering, the destroyer demanded
the surrender of the entire garrison.
The Turkish commander replied that
he wa unable to comply with the de
mand and emphatically refused to sur
render. The destroyer then retired
and rejoined the fleet.
"Turkey Will Do Her Duty."
Belleport, I I. The Turkiih am
baasador, Zia Pasha, expressed aston
ishment when informed at hie summer
home Saturday that Italy had declared
a state of war between Italy and Tur
key. Zia Pasha said: "lam deeply
pained to learn that Italy has declared
war upon my country. Turkey has
done everything to avoid war, but now
that war has corne, you may rest as
sured that Turkey will not hesitate to
do ber duty."
Italiara Enthused By War.
Chiasso, Switzerland Dispatches
from larger Italian cities tell of much
enthusiasm over the expedition to
Tripoli, the regiments composing
which are now centered at various
ports. All the officers have volun
teered for service, but those who will
take part in the expedition are to be
chosen by lot. Larger contingent of
troops and carabineer are occupying
the more riotous district. The Ital
ian fleet I expected to have occupied
the whole coast from Tripoli through
Benghaxl to Derna by Sunday.
Woman Convict Boyar.
Tacoma Reginald H. Boyer, alia
Fagin, who is alleged by the police to
have been conducting school for
crime, teaching young boy to ateal,
waa convicted of grand larceny in the
Superior Court by a jury, the majority
of whom were women. He waa spe
cifically charged with short changing
an old man out of $80. The jury was
out but five minutes, finding him guil
ty a charged. The verdict waa unan
Vigorous Sea Fighting In Progress
on Mediterranean,
London The Daily Chronicle's Con
stantinople correspondent saya;
"New of both disaster and victory
reached the capital Monday. The
fighting spirit of the Turk is rising
to fanatical height.
"A wireless message to the admir
alty say that two Italian cruisers
have been sunk off an unnamed point
in the archipelago. It ia preumed
that the torpedo boat had a hand in
this affair.
"Rigorous precautions are being
taken to thwart the movement of the
Italian fleet in th archipelago.
"An excited crowd at Stamboul at
tacked the Italian post office.
"An Italian steamer, with a valu
able cargo, has been captured near
the entrance to the Bosphorus. It is
rumored that Prevasa, in European
Turkey, has been taken by the Ital
ians and aeveral Turkish ships without
coal have been seized. .Close secrecy
is observed as to the movement of
the Turkish warships and the news
papers are forbidden to publish any
news.
"Much is hoped for from interven
tion by the power, but it is reported
thaf the sultan's personal appeal to
the king of England has elicited a re
ply to the effect that it is too late for
the powers to take any such political
action a Turkey desires.
"An eloquent commentary on the
indolence of the former cabinet ia the
sight of several Turkish warships still
lying idle in the Golden Horn. The
opinion is held in some quarter that
Turkey will not be able to hold out
for long; thi despite the intense de
sire of the people to fight to the last.
"Volunteers are enrolling them
selves in great numbers in many
places.
"All around the frontiers i unrest
and hasty preparation. Turkey's
chronic trouble, the Jack of ready
money, has become acute. She is
facing the war with a ridiculously
small sum in the treasury. The Otto
man public debt institution ha been
asked to provide $50,000,000, but it
ha informed the government that
there i no more money available.
Therefore, the nation is going to war
with about $5,000,000."
TAFT SPECIAL IN FLOOD.
Track Lifted on Jack to Carry
President's Train Safely.
Omaha President Taft arrived here
Sunday from Sedalia, Mo., 11 hours
late, after a somewhat perilous trip
over the flood-damaged railroads.
The Taft train wa caught in the
center of a storm in Northwestern
Kansas and Eastern Nebraska, where
it was estimated eight inches of water
fell. Creeks were turned into tor
rents, river overflowed and railraod
travel waa impeded in all directions.
Several small bridges were swept
away and In the early forenoon a por
tion of the tracks over which the pres
ident traveled were covered with more
than a foot of water.
Section-handa along the Missouri
Pacific system were ordered out by
the hundreds. In several place the
tracks were lifted on jacks from the
muddy waters and propped upon piles
to cross ties. To bold these in place
many tons of rock were dumped into
the roadbed.
It was by far the most dangerous
railroading situation the president baa
been in during any of hi travels.
Mr. Taft did not seem to mind the
inconveniences or the danger in the
least, although expressing the regret
that the program arranged for him in
Omaha had to be abandoned. His was
the first train to get out of the flooded
district.
At Vernon, Neb., the president's
train passed two other train headed
for the South, but held up by the
storm.
Strike Test is On.
Chicago Railroad officials and shop
men on the Harriman lines who struck
Saturday to enforce their demands for
recognition of the newly organized
shop federation, passed Sunday in
preparation for the struggle, which
has now begun in earnest. The walk
out, occurring before the Saturday
half holiday, gave the railroads a full
day and a half in which to make prep
aration to run the shops, and it was
said that in many of the shops virtual
ly a full force of men would be at
work Monday morning.
Turkey Would Avoid War.
Constantinople It is officially con
firmed that the Italian aquadon has
bombarded Prevasa. It is announced
from Janina that two Italian warship
bombarded the port of Reschadie and
the torpedo boats lying in that harbor.
one of which waa damaged. The Ital
ian ships entered the port and shelled
the town, aeveral houses being struck.
Later they entered Porte Muste, tak
ing the captain of the port and three
boatmen prisoners.
Air Hose Cut on 14 Cars.
Tracey, Cal. Air hose on 14 freight
car was found cut here shortly before
an eastbound train pulled out. A re
ward of $500 for information leading
to the arrest of the men who did the
work ha been offered by E. E. Calvin,
vice-president and general manager of
the Southern Pacific railroad.
Italians Want To Fight.
San Francisco Five hundred Ital
ian living in thi city have notified
the Italian consul that they are ready
to return to their native land for mil
itary duty. A cablegram to this
effect was sent King Victor Emman
uel. The volunteers are willing to
pay their own expenae.
DAM COLLAPSES;
800 ARE DEAD
Austin and Costello, Pa., Over
whelmed by Rushing Water
Breaking Gas Main Add Fire to Hor
or of Scene Victims Mostly
Women and Children.
Austin, Pa. Austin, a town of 3,-
000 resident in the' northern part of
this state, waa swept out' of existence
Saturday and more than 800 of it
people were killed by a flood which
followed the breaking of the Bayles
Pulp & Paper company's dam, a mile
an! a balf north of the town. Half
a billion gallons of water rushed over
the place in a wall ten feet high,
wrecking every structure in it path.
fear that the town of Costello, also
in the path of the flood, had been des
troyed, was confirmed by later report.
Costello was a settlement of from
35 to 40 houses, and only half a dozen
houses are left standing. The town
of Wharton is reported to be safe.
In Austin the bursting of score of
natural gaa mains as the buildings
were swept away added horror to the
flood and many imprisoned in the
wreckage were burned to death. The
contents of the dam, which was filled
to overflowing by the heavy rains of
two week, swept through a natural
gorge in which Austin and Costello
are situated.
While many resident of Austin es
caped to the hills, the warning given
by the blast of the Baylesa mill
whistle was too brief for hundreds of
others. The catastrophe paralleled in
many respects the destruction by flood
of Johnstown, Pa., in 1889, in which
more than 2,800 live were lost.
The extent of the loss of life and
the destruction of property cannot be
known for several days. The proper
ty loss will be several million dollar.
Within an hour of the first genera
knowledge of the calamity, special
train bearing physicians, nurses and
food supplies were on the way to the
scene. Hundreds ol automobiles bear
ing rescuer toiled over the mountain
roads to lend aid.
Temporary hospitals were fitted up
in the nearby farm houses and impro
vised structure fashioned from the
wreckage. The Red Cross also made
preparations for immediate aid to sur
vivors. 1 he intense neat 01 trie nrea
sweeping from the natural gas mains
made it impossible for survivors to
visit the scene of destruction for
many hours.
Looters were among the first on the
ground and Governor Tener dispatched
a large force of state police to the
town to protect the victims.
FLEET REPORTED SUNK.
Constantinople Reports Disaster to
Ships in Aegean Sea.
Constantinople The report has
been received here that substantially
the entire fleet of the Ottoman empire
has been annihilated by the Italians
near Chies, an island in the Aegean
sea.
So far as official news is concerned,
it is confined to the report of the sink
ing of two Turkish torpedo boats, the
Alpagut and the Hamid Abad, off
Prevesa, by the Italian squadron com
manded by the Duke d'Abruzzi.
The further report, also received
here, that Greece is mobilizing troops,
is adding to the feeling of alarm. It
is realized that if these reports are
true there is justification for the be
lief that the war is likely not to be
localized, as Italy had promised the
powers, and that the dismemberment
of the Turkish empire has, in fact,
been begun.
The decision, which it waa recently
announced that the government had
reached, not to defend Tripoli, but to
make an appeal to the powers after a
showing of force that would make the
inequality of the combat apparent, ia
said fto have been reversed, and the
newspaper announce that the minis
ter of war, Mahmout Shefket Pasha,
has sent word to the Turkish com
mander at Tripoli to defend the place
with all the resource at bit com
mand. Lumbermen Deny Wrong.
New York The answer of the East
ern State Retail Lumber Dealers' as
sociation and other defendant in the
government' suit for the dissolution
of the lumber trust, complained of as
an alleged combination in restraint
of interstate trade, ha beed fined in
the United States Circuit court. The
defendants assert that the act com
plained of amount to no more than
that the defendant had complained
of tale and quotation on lumber
made by wholesaler to retail consum
er in competition with defendant.
Flyer Crostt Rockie.
Helena, Mont. Cromwell Dixon,
the aviator, wa successful in hi at
tempt to cross the main range of the
Rocky mountaina Sunday afternoon.
Flying in a Curtiss bi-plane, he left
the state fair grounds at 2 o'clock,
and rising immediately to an altitude
of 7.000 feet, started straight west
for Blossburg, 45 mile away, where
he arrived at 2:34. He carried a
message from Governor No iris to the
citizens of Blossburg.
Fowler Give Up Flight.
Emigrant Gap, Cal. Aviator Fow
ler, haa abandoned hi transcontin
ental flight, owing to the fact that hi
engine will not carry him over th
Sierras.
tone.