CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
jluings of the World at Large
Told in Unci.
General Return of Important Event
Pretentnd In Condensed Form
fur Our Duty Readers.
It ia i 1 thu senate I,orimer inves
gatiun it costing thu country $750
.r dy.
Juclk-n llonlwell acruae McNiim-
n'l lawyers of t ry i n if to circumvent
i ruling.
A Swedish count ha arrived in
America to help l nephew win un
kiwrtrsn heiress.
One hundred anil two American war
assembled for naval review in
L York hurtKir.
Juwph I'ul itzcr. the deceased Jour-
liilt, left II.IMm.llim 10 round
liool of American journalism.
A Chinese imM'ril edict promise
rount ry a constitution, a cabinet
ithout noblemen, and pardon to all
rtttll.
A California prospector wa caught
vthe leg ly a fail of rock In a pro
sct hole and held a prisoner for aev-
f diy, till death ended hit uffer-
Aviator Fowler crashed Into tho
ind atiind when alighting at Tucson,
nmnt. Tho machine was toped
i I barbed wire fence and nu one
u injured.
A convention of the W. C. T. U. at
.Itraukee lint ilM'lortl emphatically
unit hi'h heelt and hobble skirt,
lomplete control of railroad by the
irritate Commerce commission and
rvtiral elimination of state commis-
n in foreshadowed by a recent Su
pine court decision.
In i;in soldier are pursuing a war
titirniinntion on Arab sympathiz-
of Turkey, men, Women at.d chil-
lii tliko being lined up and phot an
kt is they are raptured.
erna
and the
Dr. Wiley hat convicted a Spokane
re. of selling adulterated vinegar.
Some ia faring a coal famine, the
c having already reached $10 a
3.
A California man hat grown fine
f't in plain beach aand, without
galion or fertilizer.
Herrafter soldier confined in guard
for minor offense will not be
k'.ched by armed guard.
Tnrkt furred the fighting In recent
.'tgrnirnU with Italian, and the
r ire in need of reinforcement.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat -Export basis: Rluestcm,
, club, M)f.Hlc; red Russian,
: valley, Mc; forty-fold, 82c.
Millstufft Bran, I23.H0 tier ton:
Mings. $.11; altortt. $24.60; rolled
k!ey, $:u.i.3fi.
orn-Whole, $33; cracked, $.14 ton.
't -No. 1 white. $30.60t.3l Un.
Play- No. 1 Eastern Oregon, timo-
'. $171.1H; clover, No. 1 valley.
"ll6; alfalfa, $l:if U; clover, $11
-; Krain hay, $ Urn; 12.
Hey-Feed, $31 per ton; brew
: nominal.
;reh Fruits I'eachea, 3S'd.65c per
peers, 7.1c (i $1.75 per box;
pet, 7.WJOC per hoi; applet. $1.15
perboi; cranberries, $'J.2l(C
1 per barrel ; cataba $l.762 per
; huckleberries, 6V(,7c per pound,
otatoe - Oregon, lc per pound;
''rt potatoes, 2c per pound,
'niont-Oregon, $1.25 per hundred.
"tetanies Artichokes, 75c er
'n; beans, 6(1 10c; cabbages, 4z Jc
pound; cauliflower, 60(n,76c per
corn, 2rd; 30c per dozen; cu
txra, $l(,il.25 per sack; egg
Int, 6hi,Hc per pound; garlic, lOralze
Pun(l ; lettuce, 40(i 86c per dozen ;
h"UHe lettuce. $1 tier box: pep-
6Vit tie per pound ; pumpkint, H
wishes, 124c dozen; sprouts,
H l-r pound; squash, ljci lic per
n; tomatoes. fi()c(n$l per box;
Put, f I 'r iwr i.rlc tiirnlna.fi!
, - - - i - i ' ' '
$1.76; parsnip. $1.25.
Sultry ... Mens, 14(dl4,c; springs,
''4''; durks, young, 16(((16c;
i lU'o 12c: turkev. alive. 20c:
feil, choice, 2c.
K - r reHh Oregon ranch, candled,
lilc per dozen.
"rk- Fancy, 9(i 10c tor pound.
fl- Fancy, l.'l(n:Klic per pound.
P 1SX l crop, 414(.i42ic; olds,
mat.
r1' - FaHtern Oreirnn- lfle ner
aCPOriliniF In V. r t n L ir u V B I .
br('17c per pound; mohair,
3f 37c.
Wle-.Choice) trs !K 40oi R.75 :
$ri.2r(,R.in! f.ir i,iK.25:
""n. $1.75((;B; poor. $3.76(a4.60;
''t cows, $4.B0((t4.75; fair, $lr(
' common, $2.60(((,3.60; extra
c "payed heifer. $4.75w.B;
r heifer,, $4.5O((t4.60 ! cholct)
$3.B0((i3.75: srood. $2.75h3:
rr")n. $2(-(.2.50: choice calves.
l7.50; good, $7((S7.1B; common,
s: choice tttgt, $4.60((t4.75;
' -25(,i,4.60.
"Kt-Choice ligght hogs, $7.3509
i Rood to choice, $701.7.25; fair,
""1; common, $8016. 50.
eep Choice yearling wethers,
? wmd, $.1. 600(3.85; choice
;inK wothert, east of mountains,
''"3.4((; eholro twos and threes.
"'1-25; choice lambs. $4((i4.35;
choice. tl',i I K unllev
3-75(,,4j culli, $303.60
GOVERNMENT BEGINS SUIT
AGAINST STEEL TRUST
Trenton. N. J.-The government'
"ok -pianneu suit breuk up the t.
T ,ru,,t" wa. begun here
1. 1 u BUl"" t;'r,-"'t court.
It It the moat aweemnir nti.t...u
tlon ever Immght by the department
of juatice.
1 1 r M,"r,"n' Andrew Carnegie,
"eiuiir. t.. II. Gary
v " - ctcnwaii ami other promi
nent in banking and induatria circlet
re nameu at aerenilanta.
I'lrect connection i charged by the
Ki.cmni-nt iinween me aU-e corpora
tion and all the large railroad and
steamship lines, Standard Oil com
pany, me l'ullman company, Int
tional Harvester
Western Union Telegraph company
iiueriocKing directorate are Maid to
nave given me steel corjs.ration
trol over trade and commerce
The steel corporation's provided can
cellation leaaes on (Ireat Northern ore
properties are declared illegal and
non-enective until January, 1'J16.
The steel corporation' acijiiiHition
of the Tcnneasee Coal & Iron property
ia declared illegal.
K. II. JIary and II. C. Frick are al
leged Ui have misled I'resident KMse
velt when he permitted the absorption
of the Tcnneasee Coal & Iron proper
tiet in 1908.
"Cary dinner" are declared to
have been all powerful in suppressing
comjietition and the obligation liens
Usm participant characterized a
even dearer than life Itself."
The government ake not only the
dissolution of the United States Steel
corporation, but the dissolution of all
conxtituent or subsidiary companies,
which are alleged to have combined
in violation of the law to "maintain
or attempt to maintain a monopoly of
the steel busine-. "
Thirty-six suhsidary corporations
are named as defendants.
J. I'ierpont Morgan, John I). Rock
efeller, Andrew Carnegie, Charle M.
Schwab, George W. I'erkins, K. H.
Gary, John I). Rockefeller, Jr., Henry
K. Frirk, Charles Steele. Jamet Gay
ley, W. II. Moore, J. H. Moore, Ed
mund C. Converse. I'ercival Roberts,
Jr., Daniel J. Reid, Norman B. Reim,
P. A. II. Widenerand William P. Pal
mer are named individual defendants.
RAILROADS LOSE POINT.
Requetttd
Commerce Court Dtniet
Rate Injunction,
Washington, D. C At the con
clusion of argument in the Pacific
Coast cases, the Commerce court de
clined to grant a temporary injunction
in the Salt Lake case at the request of
the transcontinental carrier.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion ordered the transcontinental rail
ways to adjust their rates to Utah and
Nevada pointt so at to avoid discrim
ination in favor of Pacific Coast term
inals, to become effective November
15.
Those decisions by the commission
involving the construction of the long
and thort haul provision of the inter
state commerce act were reserved for
decision, but the Salt Lake case, in
j which the railways had asked for an
injunction restraining the commission
from putting into effect it order was
derided by the court adversely to the
railways.
BONO ISSUE $100,000,000.
AO '
DR.
ANNA SHAW. RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
FLEET HEADS FOR CHINA.
American Battleships to Scene of
(Revolution in Far f&tt
Ixjs Angeles Their stay in Los An
geles harbor cut to three scant days,
the floating fortresses of the Pacific
fleet will be rushed from this port to
Honolulu or Guam, where Admiral
Chaunrey Thomas will await orders
for a dash to Chinese waters to pro
tect American intvrests or to join the
foreign fleets In a movement of inter
vention. The plan originally an
nounced by the secretary of the navy
was that the entire Pacific fleet would
lie outside the breakwater at San Pe
dro for a period of two weeks.
It is not considered probable that
the full strength of the squadron as
sembled on the California coast will
be sent across the Pacific, as the tor
pedo boat and destroyer would not
be required in the clash or service the
fleet will be called upon to face in
PANICKY MANCHUS
FLEEING PEKLN
Fear Race Feeling May Precipi
tate Massacre.
Women Adopt Ditguitet Americans
Hold Section ot Wall 6,000
Troops Mutiny.
to
Santa F Plans to Ute Immense Sum
In Improvement.
Topeka, Kan. A $100,000,000 ad
dition to the capital stock and a
$100,000,000 bond issue were author
ized by the stockholder and directors
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad in their annual meeting here.
This bring the capital of the road
to $481,4X6,000. A big part of the
convertible bond issue will be used for
improvements, according to state
ments made by the officers of the com
pany.
The purchase of the Garden City,
Gulf A Northern railway, a line be
tween Garden City and Scott City,
Kan., wa approved. Also the pur
chase of a part of the Southern Pacific
between Needles and Mojave, Cal.
Army Penalties Relaxed,
Washington, I). C. Under a new
policy inaugurated In the past year in
army regulations and guard duty man
ual, soldiers who commit offense
which mean their incarceration in a
guardhouse hereafter will be permit
ted to discharge their duties as pris-
oners wunoui ino vigilance i
armed guard. Another important
change affecting army prisoner i the
establishment of a probation system,
which allows the offender to be re
leased after serving one-half of a
sentence of ten days or more.
Eddy Cult Held Menace.
Washington, D. C A vigorous at
tack on Christian Science was made
at the annual conference of Unitarian
churches here. Kef. George R. Dod-
. . w I 1 tats
son, Of ou lUl, cnaratwni
"a menace to the country ana mj na
tional life," and a "fanaticism.'
Rev. Howard N. Brown, of Boston,
said that Christian Science was sim
ply an "offshoot of religion." and that
Christianity was on trial for its life
as not before In years.
Beach Sand Grows Wheat.
ryA..u n.ach. Cal. Sixty-four
four-inch heads of wheat are produced
from one root as the result of experi
ments conducted by J. G. Buxton, of
this city. Buxton desired to prove
thnt good wheat could be grown in
beach sand. The sand ho used was
treated in no unusual way. and wheat
planted in it was grown without mu
ter, fertilizer, or cutlivation. 1
Amoy, China Placards have been
posted on the city gates announcing
that the revolutionists intend to take
the city this week.
The people of Amoy are further ap-
Chinese wafers. The light draught prised that if they surrender peace
gunboat and unprotected cruisers, ' fully order will be preserved, if not no
however, probably will be included grantee of order would be given.
among those to tail to the new rendez-.
voiis. as these are most suitable for PekinThe 8ituation in Pekin
mittf in th nvrfi nnil tht mnil hnr-
bora of China, where missions are to Scorning worse. A veritable panic
prevails among the Manchus, and
j the Manchu women are adopting Chi-
! nose dress. Some of them are at
j tempting to make their feet appear
smaller by peculiarly constructed
, shoes.
Alost all departing trains are drawn
So heavily are they
lie protected and reconnoitering expe
ditions landed.
PRICE FIXING CHARGED.
Chicago Butter and Egg Boards Un
der Federal Inquiry.
Chicago Government agents have j by two engines,
nearly completed the gathering of
data to be submitted to the United
States grand jury in an investigation
of the Elgin board of trade and the
Chicago Butter and Egg board, to
ascertain whether those organizations
have controlled the prices of butter
and eggt in violation of the Sherman
act. It is said that documents have
been submitted to the investigators by
a Chicago commission firm, tending to
prove the contention that the law is
violated. Price sheets, copies of Be-
loaded that tne people are Bitting on
top of their household belongings.
Officials are seeking asylum for their
wives and children among the foreign
ers. Prior to the revolution the news
papers frequently cried out agaisnt
the presence of foreign soldiers, but
the natives are now fleeing to them
for shelter.
'.The presence of 15,000 Manchu
troops insures the safety of the cap
ital for the present. The only danger
seems to be from a sudden attack
cret by-laws and other papers
said to have been obtained.
A senate committee investigated
these organizations two years ago, but
nothing resulted. Subsequent to that
the government brought suit to end
the Chicago Butter and Egg board
from maintaining its butter and egg
quotation committees, in violation of
the Sherman act.
Call Convention Soon.
Washington, D. C The call of the
Republican national convention, to be
issued by the national committee De
cember 21, will provide for 1.0H4 dele
gates, to be increased to 1,072 if Ari-
ozna and New Mexico become states
before the convention is held.
The increase from 9S0 delegates,
which comprised the Chicago conven
tion in 11KI8, is the result of reappor
tionment by congress, which increases
the size of the house of representa
tives from 391 to 413 members, or 415
with the two new states.
are 1 against the throne and officials, which
might precipitate the threatened mas
sacre by the Manchus. Race feeling
is becoming intensified.
The price of provisions is still rising
and a large number of foreigners are
entering the legation quarter. The
legation guards are preparing for
emergencies. The Americans had
sandbags piled on the corner wall,
which is now under a strong guard.
Picturesque movements of the Manchu
troops through the city gates occur
silently after nightfall to prevent ex
citement among the population.
Rumors are current that the emperor
has been spirited away and that Prince
Coffin Is Man's Pulpit.
Central ia, Wash. James Ax tell, of
the Centralis Salvation Army, is not
squeamish as to how he attracts a
crowd, but the method he adopted
here was an unusual one. Axtell was
placed in a cotlin at the hall and car
ried down Tower avenue to the princi
pal corner of Centralia. There he was
"resurrected" for the regular street
meeting, after which he was again
placed in the coffin and carried back to
the hall, where, from his coffin, he
preached on "A Voice From Hell, and
What God Thinks ot Centralia.
Ching, who is too old for flight, has
committed suicide. There are many
such stories. They may or may not
be true. The American legation has
issued orders that the women and
children living along the Pekin-Han-kow
railway and also in the country
to the west of the line shall proceed
as soon as possible to the coast.
deck
Miss
city,
Couple Wed on Warship.
San Diego, Cal. On the after
of the cruiser West Virginia
Pearl B. Lee Sturtevant, of this
and Axel E. Tangren, shipfitter on the
vessel, were married in the presence
of 600 officers and men of the warship
and two or three score civilian visi
tors. The ceremony was performed
under a canopy of flags. Rev. L. N.
Taylor, chaplain of the Pacific fleet,
officiating. The West Virginia's band
furnished music.
Niagara Rapids Braved.
Niagara Falls Captain Klaus Lar
son, of Detroit, made his second Ni
agara river trip in a motorboat from
the cataract to Lewiston. He com
pleted the six-mile trip through the
turbulent water In 25 minutes, coming
through without a scratch. Larson
says he is through with Niagara ad
ventures, but next year will make a
trip across the Atlantic in his boat,
the "Niagara." As the Niagara
entered the whirlpool Larson was
caught in cross-current and almost
drawn into the vortex.
'Ancient Fortune Divided.
San Jose, Cal. The family of Dr.
Thomas A. Pen-in, a physician of this
city, say advices just received from
Brantford, OnL, has established claim
to $4,600,000 in the Bank of England,
which has been lying idle there more
than 200 years.
The fortune will be divided among
nine heirs. A sister, Mrs. A. Craig,
of North Dakota, gets a ninth share
and two nephews and three cousins, if
found, will! get half million each.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
CENTRAL ROAD REPORTS.
Net
Operating Revenue of S4.063
Shown by Statement.
Salem The Central Railroad of
Oregon has filed its annual report with
the State railroad commission, the re
port showing operating revenues
amounting to $22,959 and operating
expenses totaling $18,901, or a net
operating revenue of $4,053. Taxes
accrued are shown to be $1,159, leav
ing an operating income of $20,499
The road carried revenue earning pas
sengers to the number of 31,602 and
2:1,014 tons of freight.
The l'ullman Car company earned
from operating $1,664,543 from all
lines which are in or which enter Ore
gon. Oregon s proportion on a mile'
age basis, after deducting earnings
purely local to other states and the
proportion of interstate earnings
which did not touch Oregon, is $395,
746. This proportion includes the
gross earnings from purely local busi
ness in Oregon, which were $100,933.
Taxes paid in Oregon were $5,380.
The operating expenses for the entire
line in or entering Oregon were $1,
1 13,560, Oregon s mileage proportion
of the operating expenses being $274,
353. The total net operating revenue
for the Northern Express company
was $560,401, the business as far as
Oregon is concerned not being segre
gated.
WOOD EXHIBIT IS MADE.'
HAZERS DISCIPLINED,
John Day Headquarters of National
Forest Gathers Collection.
John Day The headquarters of the
Malheur National forest at this place
is preserving the exhibit made at the
Grant County fair and will make it
permanent. Already an excellent col
lection of trees, woods and plants of
the Malheur forest has been made and
it will be added to constantly until the
showing of Eastern Oregon woods is
full and complete. When fully gath
ered and classified the exhibit will be
of considerable value to scientists,
stockmen and lumbermen.
this part ot (.astern Oregon is one
of the finest regions in the world for
the study of geology, as the forma
tions are more varied and perfect
than in any region yet discovered. It
is probable that a complete showing
of the various geologic formations will
be added to the forest service exhibit
at a later date.
8.000 SHEEP SOLD AT $2.25.
Market Price in Klamath County Is
Showing Improvement.
Lakeview One of the largest stock
transactions which has taken place in
this section of the country for some
time was the sale by David Elder to
O. T. McKendree of 8,000 head of
ambs. The price was $2.25. The
ambs will be delivered at Klamath
Falls, from where they will be shipped
to markets on the coast. For a time
they will be fed at Merrill, where the
new owner has arranged for their
care. lhe average weight 01 the
ambs is about 60 pounds.
The fact that the price is better
than the market has shown lately, and
for such a large number of animals, is
regarded as tending to show better
conditions in the market than have
prevailed of late. The disparity in
price which has existed between cattle
and sheep has been rather discourag-
ng to sheep ranchers, for while cat
tle have commanded high prices.
sheep have been a drag on hte market
even at low figures.
CATTLE CORRAL IS BUILT.
Lukt Walker Constructs One on
Klamath Reservation.
Merrill The largest cattle corral in
Klamath county has been built this
this fall on the Indian reservation, on
the David Copperfield ranch. David
Copperfield is an Indian, and the cor
ral probably will become his, although
built by Luke Walker, a white man,
who has put in scales for weighing
cattle, with the understanding that
when he takes the scales away the big
corral will remain. .
The Copperfield ranch is on Whiskey
creek, five miles from Yainax, in the
Klamath reservation. The ranch lies
just at the foot of Black Hutte, about
three miles from the mouth of Sycan
river. Mr. Walker has taken out a
permit for five years trading on the
reservation, for which it is said he
paid $250.
Railroad Buys Land.
Marshfield Announceent that 420
acres of land in the west part 01
North Bend has been purchased by a
railroad company has given the people
f that city much encouragement in
their hopes for a railroad. There is
nothing definitely known as to the
purchase, but it ia claimed that either
the Southern Pacific or the Coast
Railroad, represented here by H. M.
Summer, has bought the land. The
tract lays along Pcny Inlet, where
there is a large amount of level land
which would be suitable for terminals.
Five Agricullural College Sophomores
Receive Penalties.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis Two men suspended for the re
mainder of the year and three made to
offer public apologies was the punish
ment meted out by the student council
at the college on account of the hazing
of freshmen, which occurred last week.
Those who are suspended until the
fall of 1912 are Fred F. Glen, Port
land, and Mont Oliver, Seattle, Wash.
John F. Forbis, Portland; Freeman
Mason, Pasadena, Cal., and Lester T.
Hutt, Yamhill, made a public apology
before the faculty and students gath
ered at convocation. The men are all
members of the sophomore class.
COOS TAXES ARE OBJECTED.
County Will Have All Timber Lands
Cruised tor Taxes.
Marshfield Many objections to the
assessment on timber lands will be
presented to the board of equalization
of Coos county by the Coos County
Tax association. The tax association
is composed of many timber owners in
this county. They will object to the'
whole assessment on the grounds that
in many cases the assessment has been
raised when it should not be and that
many tracts are assessed without
equity in comparison to the land.
All of the individual cases will be
brought up and besides the tax associ
ation several companies owning tim
ber will also have objections to pre
sent to the board. The county has
cruisers at work now cruising all the
timber in the county with a view of
making a more equitable assessment.
In the townships where the timber has
been cruised by the county there have
been advances in the assessment of
about $2.50 an acre.
MARSHFIELD MINE SOLD.
Millicoma Development Company
Will Sell Coal,
Marshfield The Millicoma mine, on
the east side of the bay opposite
Marshfield, which for the past two
years bas been developed by J. A.
Ward, has been sold to the Millicoma
Development company, a new corpora
tion organized by local men. The de
velopment work of the mine is prac
tically finished, and it is the intention
of the company to put coal on the
Coast market.
The concern has 430 acres of land.
under which it is estimated that there
are 10,000,000 tons of coal which is
claimed to be of as fine qaulity as any
procured in this country. The build
ings and tramways have all been built
and a shaft 275 feet deep has been
sunk thus far. It is possible to load
the coal from bunkers along a deep
channel, so that ocean-going vessels
can take on a cargo at the mine bunk
ers. It is also the intention of the
company to lay out a part of the land
into residence tracts which will over
look the bay.
DAM BUILDS AT CHERRY.
Hold
Over 70 Acres of Water Will
Lumber Company's Logs.
Forest Grove Construction work on
a huge dam across the Tualatin river
at the new townsite, Cherry Grove,
will begin at once by the Lovegren
Lumber company in the southeast sec
tion of Washington county, a few
miles from the town of Gaston. This
dam, which will contain more than 70
acres of water, will float the logs of
the company, from which millions of
feet of the finished lumber will be
produced.
The company recently completed its
railroad into the timber-belted district
and is now erecting a temporary mill,
which will have a capacity of 60,000
feet per day. As soon as machinery
from the East can be obtained and in
stalled, a permanent mill will be es
tablished, capable of sawing 150,000
feet a day and employing about 350
men.
Trout Fry Transfer On.
T. J. Craig, chief deputy game war
den, has begun transferring between
250,000 and 300,000 trout fry from the
Minam hatchery, in Wallowa county.
nto Wallowa jake. The work will
occupy about a week. The annual
distribution of trout fry began several
weeks ago, with the transfer of some
300,000 fry from the Bonneville hatch
ery to different streams of Baker and
Umatilla counties. The distribution
of fry in the Deschutes river will be
gin as soon as the work of stocking
Wallowa lake is finished.
Marshfield Lowlands Filled.
Marshfield The lowlands of the
ity In the north part of Marshfield
are rapidly being filled by the govern
ment dredger Oregon, which is at
work here under Engineer Leefe. The
north end of Front street, which was
formerly a plank bridge, has been
filled for a distance of several blocks.
bulkhead has been built all along
the water-front, and lowlands owned
by individuals will be filled.
Lake County Builds Roads. .
Lakeview Work on three new roads
in Lake county will begin at an early'
date, the county court having acted
favorably upon petitions presented by
the voters and taxpayers. The trio of .
highways to be improved Is composed ,
of the one from Paisley to the Harney
county line, via Albert lake; one ;
through Bullard canyon to Mud creek,
on the Warner valley route, and new
road to give settlers along the shore
of Goose lake an outlet.
Silvertide Catch Gains.
Astoria The catch of silversides,
which was light for several days, has
shown improvement in the past few
days, following the change in the
weather. Not only the gillnetters but
the traps and seines have been doing
well. The Miller seining , ground is
reported to have closed a few days
ago, but now that the catch is increas
ing, it may resume operations.