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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1912)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief: Gnral Rum of Important Evntt Presented In Condnd Form for Our Busy Rwdtrt, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw wu elected president of the National Suffrage association. Railroad earning show an increase of 6.6 per cent over the same period a year ago. Reports from the seat of war in Turkey declare the Bulgarian are fit for an indefinite siege of Constanti nople. Senator Isidor Rayner of Maryland, is dead, and as a result it is believed the Democrats may lose control of the senate. Fire in the new auditorium of the Oregon state penitentiary caused dam age amounting to several thousand dollars. A Kansas school teacher, alone in Chicago and unable to secure posi tion, leaped from the 20th story of a skyscraper and was dashed to instant death. Andrew Carnegie, at his 77th birth day dinner, says he has more faith in humanity than ever, and declares women have reached an almost angelic height. A young Turkish woman in New York has married a Bulgarian dia mond merchant of that city. Both have brothers in the opposing armies of their respective countries. An explosion which wrecked the starch bouse of the Corn Products company, at Waukegan III., killed 12 people and injured 27, and caused a property loss of about $100,000. A logging train, with 700 pounds of giant powder on board, crashed through a trestle near Bandon, Or., killing three men outright and badly injuring all others on board, the ex plosion of the powder causing most of the damage. The largest sauer kraut crop in years has been gathered at Fremont, Ohio, the center of the industry in the Middle West. A Chicago woman who by mistake married a chauffeur, thinking it was his employer, says she will stand by ber choice and be satisfied. An overturned tar kettle caused a fire on the 47th floor of the new Wool worth building in New York City. Spectators blocked Broadway lor an hour. Two French airmen were killed in separate accidents in one day. The death list from the recent hur ricane in Jamacia has reached over 100. State railway commissioners of the Pacific Coast have formed an organis ation. The California citrus crop is said to be large and reasonable prices are ex pected. Turkey, rejects the peace terms of fered by the allied Balkan states and renews the war. John D. enjoys autumn days playing golf and taking friends auto riding about his estate. President-elect Wilson says be is not thinking of office-filling, but of much bigger things. Women's clubs of California have begun a movement to prevent Orien tals from owning property in that state. Mexican rebels use dynamite bombs and capture the town of Palomas, a Mexican fart of entry on the U. S. border. c PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices : Club, 77 78c; bluestem, 80?i8lc; 40-fold, 73c; red Russian, 75c; valley, 79c. Corn Whole, $36; cracked, $37, per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $22.60 per ton; shorts, $25; middlings, $30. Barley Feed, $24.50 per ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $27ftc23. Oats No. 1 white, $26 per ton. Hay Timothy, choice, $16.5017 per ton ; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa, $12; clover, $10; straw, $6f?7. Fresh Fruits Apple, 60cu$1.60 per box; pears, 75cCa.ll. 60; grapes, ll.25rgl.40; cranberries, $11.60 per barrel. Onions Oregon, 90ctfi,$l per sack. Potatoes Jobbing price: Bur banks, 65c75c per hundred; sweets, ltfi2c pound. Vegetable Beans, 12c; cabbage, lc; cauliflower, 40; $1.25 per dozen; celery, $3.25(3,3.60 per crate; cucum bers, 60ft,60c per dozen; eggplant, 10c per pound ; bead lettuce, $2 per crate; sprouts, 8c; tomatoes, $1.50 per box; garlic, 6(6.6c per pound; pumpkins, ljc. Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 40rfJ 43e dozen; Eastern, 271 32 jc. Butter Oregon creamery, cubes, 85c per pound; prints, 36fu,37c. Pork Fancy, 1010Jc per pound. Veal Fancy, 12irU3c per pound. Poultry Hens, 12c: broilers, 12tf 12Jc; turkeys, live, 19ft.20c; dressed, choice, 23rj24c; ducks, 1213c; geese, 12Jc. Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice, 15M 18c per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 14fi,18c per pound; valley, 21icW,221; mohair, choice, 32c Cattle Choice steers, $7(7.25; good, $6.60f46 85; medium, $6'o6.25; choice cows, $6f'i6.25; good, $5.50r4 6.75; medium, $4.505.25; choice calves, $7.50c;,8.60; good heavy cal ves, $6r,7; bulls, $3tf;6; stags, $5r;6. Hogs Light, $7.857.95; heavy, I6.75frj7.25. Sheep Yearlings, $4.25'tf6; weth er, $3.60(4.75; ewes, $3(a4; lambs, 4&8. WARSHIPS TO STOP FOR COAL American Fleet May Be Augmented In Case of European War. Washington, O. C. Realising the possibility of rapid and important de velopmenU ia the Balkan war, the Navy department has slightly chang ed the itinerary for the cruiser Ten nessee and Montana, now on the way to the Orient under command of Rear Admiral KnghL Instead of going di rect from Gibraltar to Smyrna, Ad' miral Knight ha headed first for Malta, with the Tennessee, while the Montana, which was destined for Bel rut, ha started for Port Said, at the entance of the Sue canal. The change in the itinerary will make it eaaier for the cruisers to re plenish their coal bunkers, pending the arrival in the Mediterranean of the collier Brutus. It was said at the State department that there is no present intention of sending other warships to reinforce the Tennessee and Montana in the Mediterranean. European navies are extending all necessary protection in the larger ports of Turkey. Of course, in the event of a general European war, it might be necessary to dispatch the greater part of the At lantic fleet to Europe. PENSION NEEDY EMPLOYES. T. R Thinks Faithful Worker a Deserving a Ex-Presidents. New York Discussing the plans of Andrew Carnegie to give an annual pension of $25,000 to future retiring presidents. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt said : "As it does not apply to me, I have nothing to say on that side of it. In any event, my interest is not in pen sions for former presidents, but for the small man who has no chance to save and who face direct poverty when he become superannuated. "I think the small government em ploye who gives years of faithful ser vice at a small emolument should be pensioned upon retirement. I believe we must work out some system of in surance and pensions, relieving the ordinary workingman from the haunt ing dread of extreme poverty in old age." MICHIGAN VOTE IN DOU3T. Suffragists Fear Return Irdieat Causa Will Loss. Lansing, Mich. Leaders in the fight for the passage of the suffrage amendment to the constitution of Michigan admit for the first time that the complete official returns may show the defeat of the measure by a few hundred votes. But three counties, Keeweenaw, Montcalm and St. Clair, remain to be beard from officially. The official vote from the remainder of the state gave a majority of 165 for the amendment. Unofficial re turns from the three missing counties rolled up a majority of about 700 against it. There is a possibility that the offi cial returns may be changed in some instances before the contest ia finally determined. RAILWAY EARNINGS GROW. November Shows Increase Over One Year Ago of 0 6 Per Cent. Chicago A further increase in rail road activity is indicated by the re turns of all United State roads report ing gross earnings for the first two weeks of November, the total amount ing to $16,822,490, an increase ai compared with the earnings of the same roads for - the corresponding period a year ago of 6.5 per cent. These roads reported a gain of 4.4 per cent the first week of the month. and 4.1 and 4.9, respectively, for the first two weeks of October and Sep tember. The improvement is now quite uniformly distributed, the loss reported being very exceptional and extremely small. Sweet Potato Cannery Opened. Americua, Ga. The large potato t canning plant of the Ware-Progress Orchard company, near Americus, has started operations for the season and with favorable conditions will pre serve probably 60,000 bushels of sweet potatoes here during the next three month. This plant is equipped with machinery of the latest type and on lull time employ 90 operator. Some trouble is experienced in getting sufficient labor, but with thia supplied the cannery will be operated on fulK time during the winter season. SII69.40 to Keep Family a Year. Chicago What constitutes "liv ing wage" for a family of five bus band, wife and three children in Chicago? Economists, settlement worker and others have tried to an swer the question in recent year and have made varioua estimates, ranging from $700 to $1100 a year. Before the street car wage arbitration board an itemized budget ha been intro duced in evidence, showing the least a family of five should have in this city to maintain the American standard of living is $1154.40 a year. Peasant Fear Turk' Return. London Bulgarian peasant in the vicinity of Kirk Kilisseb are still wearing the turban for fear the Turks ill return and take revenge upon them, as was done in 1878, wires Noel Buxton, member of parliament, who has been visiting the devastated dis tricts of Turkey in the Interests of the Red Cross. "Thousands are homeless," he adds, "and the distress is indescribable. One Bulgarian doc tor alone is treating 500 cases." Princeton Students Run Farm. Princeton, N. J. That success is assured for the farm run by the un dergraduates of Princeton university is shown by the recent report of the manager. E. C. Page, of the class of 1912. While the project did not make money, indications point to prosperous seasons in the future. The reasons given for the lark of financial profit were that the plan was carried out more in the nature of a trial, and that extensive farming was not don. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE A WEEK WITH BIRDS. Special Short Course in Poultry O. A C. Farmer' Week. at Ore iron Agricultural College, Cor- vallia A special short course in soul trv farming has been arranged for farmers' week. December 9 to 14, at the Oreoon Agricultural college, and Prof. James Dryden baa planned an interesting schedule of daily lectures accompanied by practical demonstra tiona. Type of poultry farming and differ ent systems of management in the various section of the country will be discussed, and original views on dif ferent poultry farm throughout the United State will be shown. There will also be views of plans of service able and practical poultry houses for the farm. Breeding for egg-laying qualities will form a prominent part of the in tmctional work, and representatives of the different breeds will be shown. Special emphasis will be placed on 'fTK-lyng qualities and how good lay era may be produced. In this connec tion the results of the breeding work at the experiment station will be sum mariied. Hatching eggs under the hen will be compared with various artificial tneth ods as to efficiency on the farm, and brooding and carirfg for the chicks will be studied in detail. Poultry foods and egg rations will be discussed, and Prof. Dryden will report the results of feeding experiments at the station The preparation of fowls for market will be given some attention, both as to fattening methods and fattening rations, and as to way of killing and dressing the fowls. Marketing poul try products will also engage the at tention of the visiting farmer. Mr. Dryden ha made a careful study of the gcod and poor methods of handling eggs, candling and grading, packing and shipping to market, and the prac- tical demonstrations will cover all these points. CHEMAWA HERD IMPROVED. Modern Equipment to Be . Provided and Instruction Broadened Chemawa The dairy herd at the Salem Indian school has been improv ed by the addition of ten fine Holstein cattle recently purchased by Superin tendent Harry E. Wadsworth. The school herd for many years has not furnished sufficient milk for the stu dents, owing to the inferior grade of cows. Superintendent Wadsworth in tends to have a dairy herd of excep tional quality ample to furnish the students with plenty of milk. The dairy barn will be remodeled along modern ideas and equipped with iron stanchions, concrete silos and other modern improvement. Instruction to be given the boys in dairying is along practical lines, Tbey will be taught how to care for and feed the dairy cow and the proper care of milk, as well as how to make butter and the growing of feed. SHERMAN STUDENTS TRY. County Soon to Become Famous for Poultry, Writes Teacher. Salem "I am in receipt of your letter relative to the poultry contest, which ia to become state-wide among the school children of Oregon," writes W. C. Bryant, of Moro, to Superin tendent Alderman. "Sherman county is especially adapted to a few things and among those things poultry. With a reasonably mild climate, with no dews and many natural advantages long similar lines, this county should become as well known for its poultry as it is now famous for wheat and fine draft horses." He writes that plans are already under way for entering next year's contest and states that while other entries will not be excluded, the county i going to make a major in pou I try . OREGON EXHIBIT SCORES. Crook County Win Silver Cup for Forage Plants. Minneapolis The second annual Northwestern exposition eame to a close with the celebrating of "Idaho day." Next year's session probably will be held in some Eastern city. Announcement was made that Leon ard & Ballentyne, of Glendive, Mont, had won first prize for the best bushel of flax and that Crook county, in the Oregon Colonization company's ex hibit wu awarded the silver cup for the beat display of forage plant. Award of $5000 prize for the best five bushels of wheat probablywill not be made until next week. Klamath Mill Record Big Cut. Klamath Fall The Pelican Bay Lumber company' mill which closed down for the winter this week, has rat over 18,000,000 feet of lumber since starting about the middle of March ssys Mr. Mortensen, the mana ger, who will leave shortly for hi home in Wisconsin. He hopes the mill will cut over 25,000,000 next sea son, and says that the loggers have cut ovej 20,000,000 feet of logs so far this year and will considerably in crease that amount if the deep snow holds off until the holiday. Malheur Grow Good Corn. Vale That corn a well a other kind of products can be raised to ad vantage in'Malheur county is shown by the report from the Lenoir farm near Brogan. More than 100 bushel wa railed to the acre. This is con sidered an exceptional yield in a corn raising country. On the Smith farm potatoes were grown which tipped the scale at six and quarter pound, while rye went 21 bushel to the acre. The fruit exhibit from Brogan at the county fair .in Ontario captured first prize. S70.0OO Deal Made at Vale. Vale One of the biggest real es tate deals ever known in Jordan valley was concluded last week, when Jerry Shea, sold his fsrm to Greg Valasquet for $70,000. The farm contain 820 acre and is well Improved. WORK IS STATEWIDE. "Made-ln-Oregon" Campaign I B Ing Waged Vigorously. Portland "The Manufacturers' as sociation ia preparing to extend the campaign that we have been waging for the increased purchase and use of 'made-In Oregon goods throughout the state the last year," said W. 11. McMoniee, president of the Manufac turers' association. "The time ha now arrived for greater action, and in this it is the desire of the association to have the co-operation not merely of every manufacturer, but of every citisen In the state. We want the manufactur ers to get together to assist in con ducting this worthy csmpaign, to help us work more effectively for the good of one and all. "With this end in view, the associ ation conceived the idea of issuing in vitations to the state manufacturers to come to the city during the Land ahow week in order that they mitrht get acquainted, learn of each other'a needs and prepare to wage more stren uously the campaign for Oregon's pro ducts before that of other states. In this way, too, it is hoped that the peo ple in general will be awakened to the great necessity for loyalty to their cities, their counties and their stste, while the loyalty of the manufactur ers will be aroused in connection with the use and the exploitation of the raw products of the stste. "The society desires every jobber and retailer to push the sal of and to display effectively the maufactures and the produce of Oregon, to place auch articles on the shelves and in the windows of the stores; in fart, in all the hundred and on ways known so well by these business men to see to it that our goods get as good a show ing as those from elsewhere. NEW INDUSTRY IS PLANNED. Juice of Loganberry May Rival Fam ous Grepe Juice. Portland Possibilities of the devel opment of an important new industry in Oregon, in the extraction and pre servation for the market of loganberry juice were discussed at the annual meeting of the State horticultural so ciety. Professor Lewis, of the Oregon Ag ricultural college, has been experi menting upon loganberry juice as a market commodity for some time, and especially during the past year he has made careful investigations and ex periments in the matter. He said that he believed that loganberry juice ill prove superior to grape juice hen it ia placed on the market in commercial quantities, and that such an industry may soon become a large factor in the agricultural prosperity of the state. He said that 1000 acres would be required to support a factory for the manufacture of loganberry juice in paying quantities for the market, and expects soon to see several such fac tories established in the loganberry districts. BOOKS AT COST IS PLAN. Springfield Grarge Drafts Bill to Go Before Legislature. Springfied The Springfield Grange has outlined its proposed bill to pro vide the school children of the state with book and supplies at cost, A draft of the proposed bill to be pre sented to the legislature is as follows - 'This is an act for a better and more economical method of publish ing and furnishing text books for the use of all public and high schools in the state of Oregon. 'Section 1. Be it enacted by the house, the senate concurring, that all text books for use in all public and high schools of the state of Oreion shall hereafter be edited, printed and furnished to the schools of the state of Oregon at cost of material, labor and transportation. "Section 2. It shall be the duty of trie county school superintendents to furnish the state superintendent of public Instruction the approximate number of books of each grade needed and the destination of the same, not later than the first day of July each year. All books shall be delivered to destination not later than September l or eacn year. It is planned to attach an emerg ency clause to the measure so that it will become operative at once. Women of Ashland Will Vote. Asmand Ashland women will cast their first vote December 17 at the city election. Not only are they elig- toie 10 vote, arter the governor a pro clamation, on completion of the official count of the ballots, but are also elig ible for holding or becoming candi dates for any of the office, but - cording to head suffrsge leader they will be content for the present with only casting their vote, as they do not care to pitch Into another political fight so anon after their recent vic tory for suffrage. Bank Buys Stock for Farmsrs. Pendleton The First National bank of Pilot Rock has purchased 150 head of dairy cows in the East and is ship ping them to that town for distribu tion among farmer of the vicinity. The purpose I to make good a guar anty of the commercial association to supply milk from a given number of cows for the new creamery. The average price paid was $55, while the freight charges will be $17, bringing the total cost to $72. Most of the animals are Holsteins, though there are many Jersey. Salmon Catch Low. Gardiner The catch of silverside salmon for the season now closing Is considerably below the catch of 1911 on the Umpqua river and its tributar ies. The park of the two canneries operating here will total about 14,000 cases, against about 30,000 case last year. PEACE IN IUHOPE IN BALANCE Servia Ignore Austrian Demand -Cholsra fcpreads, i'i-... A minor has spread here .k.a h. Austrian consul at Prtsrend, I'rocheska. has been killed by Servian troop. There I no confirmation to thia. The military journal aay the Auatrian squadron In Turkish waters has been ordered bom. t,,n.ion Th extreme anxiety manl feated by all European governments to deny reports of warlike prepara tions and to represent the political situation as peaceful and satisfactory i- k.-i an indication of bow slen der a thread the issues of peace and war in Europe now hang. The danger arises not alone from the conflicting Interests of Austria, .mi the other powers, but from the possibility that Turkey, following the traditional policy of profiting by th.. .mhroilment of the greet powere. ,. an irreconcilable attitude ,..mj r in iK negotiation. There appears to be a suspension of ...u.r.tl.ina at the Tchatalja linea, ap parently by tacit consent rather than by formal agreement. The semi-official Bulgarian news paper. Mir. editorially voices the gov ernmental irritation at Turkey's di latory methods of negotiation and ac cuse the porte of deliberately nomi nating delegatea from remote parts in order to gain time. In the diplomatic field the most Im portant reports are that Servia de clined to reply to the Austrian de mands until the war is concluded and that Germany ha. not undertaken to mediate between Austria and Russia. The news that Servia la throwing further obstacle in the way of the Austrian representative in search of Prochaska. the Austrian consul at Prisrend, is another disquieting feat ure. Fighting continues around Adrian ople. where the besieging forces are reported to have drawn their investing circle to within two third of a mile of the town. Already there are several hundred catea of cholera at Mustapha Pasha and the acourge has entered Bulgaria, telegraphs a correspondent. The foreign doctor have met to consider what advice could be offered the government respecting precau tions against the spread of the disease. The cholera, the correspondent adds, is raging at Adrianopl and ia spread ing among the Servians. REGISTER MEN ON TRIAL. Government Probe Into Methods of National Cash Folk On. Cincinnati Henry H. James, an au tomuhile salesman, the opening wit ness for the government in the case of President Juhn II. Patterson and 2i other officials or former officials of the National Cash Register company, charged with violating the criminal section of the Sherman antl trust art. occupied all of Wednesday's session in the case and was on the stand when court adjourned. Letters to Jsmes from the company, purporting to show that "knockout" men were sent into James' territory at Detroit were admitted over stren uous objections by the defense. James also testified that the Weyler Cash Register company, of Detroit, while refusing to sell out to the Na tional company, sold out to sums one he did not know, and that a short time afterwards the plant became known as the Detroit Cash Register com pany, with John II. Parson as presi dent. After operating about three months, according to James, during whirh in ferior machines wi re produced, ths company was dissolved and the plant was moved to the Dayton works of the National Cash Register company. Famous Indian Scout Dead. Pendleton, Or Tam-Ut Sia Kootch Kootch, famous Indian scout, who wai better known aa "Red Hawk," died suddenly at his teepee on the Umatilla reservation. He was past ') years of ago, was present at the Whitman mas sacre and with bis own ryes saw Mar cus Whitman slain. He was a member of what is known aa the Kash-Kaah family, which early became friends of the whites, and "Red Hawk" himself rendered them valuable service as a scout. He was an elder in the Pre byterian church. Navy Employes lo Decide. Washington, D. C Rule formu lted at the recent conference here of navy yard commandants designed to put zu.ijuO navy yard employee mrougnoui me country under the civil service nave been approved by the wavy departmenL Assistant Secre tary winthrop mailed copies of the rule to the commndant of the New York, Boston and Washington yards. wun instruction that the view of tne men whom It i proposed to place in the civil service be obtained before the new rule i made. Aviator Make Good Tim. St. Loul Tony Jannus, the avi ator, left here at 7 o'clock Thursday morning in his hydro aeroplane for Cape Girardeau, Mo., arriving at Grand Tower, Jackson county, Illinois, in the afternoon. Darkness prevented him from continuing his flight. His first stop after leaving St. Uuls was at Chester. III., 70 miles south, which he reached in on hour and DO minute Jannus has covered Hflfl miles of the trip from Omaha to New Orleans. Prisoner Llvss on Apple. Sioux City. Ia. Andrew Gorchitz. of Newburgh., N. Y., after being a prisoner 13 day. In a car of apple., Into which he had crawled at New burgh, wa released when the car was opened here. His feet were frozen and may have to be amputated. He had eaten nearlv a II. I. ' . -l'lr. B wue ami rive child Iren In Hungary. Chines Mason Dies for Trust I-o.Angele.Yee Chang gave 'hi. life for the record, of the I is Angeles Chmene Masonic lodge, whirh are safe because of the bravery of Hu..,,g Ark. 30. who removed them from a burning building after Yee's futile attempt" Hueng was not seriously Injured. Yee who was custodian of th. i..a..-. ' chives, will b given a,.-:'.;." - as, hiivisji, BIG PRIZES GO TO HOOD RIVER Spitzs and Yellow New towns Fust it Land dhow. Prlisa Wall Distributed Through Pa cifie Northwest and British Co lumbia Ureal Interest Shown. Portland Although honor In th 25 box appl competition were divided at the Land show, Hood River took first and aecund prise In each of the Spitsenberg and Yellow Newtown dl visions, which are the two great spe cialties of th Hood River district Sear and Porter won first and John Hakel second in the Spitsenberg class. Both exhibitor are among th leading a rowers of th Hood River section. Harrison T. Gleason and Frank Fen- wick, both of Hood River, were awarded first and second respectively in th Yellow Newtown division. George T. Taylor, of Meridian, Ida ho, won first fur the beat 25 boxes of Rom Beauties, with Weatherford Monnett. of Imbler. Or., second. Carl Woderki. or The Dalle, wa the only competitor In the Wlnssap variety, and wa awarded first money His 25 bo sea, the judge declared. would have been "in the running" in the strongest kind of competition. By making a clean sweep with their Yellow Newtown and spitsenberg. th Hood River grower became high ly elated. While they grow many other kind of apple in the Hood River district, th orchardiat there pride themselve particularly over their "Spits" and Newtown varieties. Competition wa close in th Spit enberg class. There were eight en tries, five of them being from Hood River. White each Individual Hood River exhibitor wa eager for a prise, thoae who failed to win were satisfied when they learned that the honor went to their neighbor. While the Oregon entries took many prise in the four-bos competition, Idaho. Washington and British Co lumbia shared in th honor. Ilolse took three first prises, on earh for Arkansas Macks, Ganos ami Jona thans In four box lota. Hood River won first with Baldwins. Ortleya. Red Cheek Pippins, Spitsenberg, Winter Bananas, and Yellow Newtowns. To Wenatchee, Wash., was given high honor with Klark Twig. Grime Golden, Stayman and Winesape, while Lyle, Wash , scored first with White Winter Prarmain. Imbler, Or., with Rome Beauties, and Sum- merland, B. C, with Mclntoh. The general quality of the exhibits was high. Crowds attending the how continued to show the Interest that the people of Portland and of th neighboring Oregon and Washington cities are taking In the exhibition. RUSSIA AND SERVIA ARE PREPARING FOR TROUBLE v lenna Humors or a Kussian mo bilisation have led to a strong antl Russian outburst by the Austrian press, whirh accuses Russia of being behind Servia. The Bourse was greatly weakened on rumors of war like preparations by Austria and Rus sia. Iondon According to the Chroni cle' Vienna correspondent, three classes of the Austrian reserve hav boen railed nut. About 300,000 men. he says, hav massed around th Ser vian frontier and equally steady prep arations are going forward in Galicia. "Five large bridge spanning th Danube here have been closely watch ed for severs! day. The sentinel hav been doubled in order to prevent any tampering with the bridge. "During the last fortnight all the troops that conveniently could be pared have been drafted toward the Bosnian and Russian frontier and the possibility of the Southern Slavs prov ing unreliable in a war against Russia by a careful redistribution of the troops." Coal Mmtr Win Strike. Charleston, W. V. What Is be lieved to forecast th end of th great coal strik In .West Virginia wa an nouced In a aigned wage agreement between the union miner and th offi cial of th National Bitumlnou Coal Cok company. Th agreement practically recognize th union, pro- viuea lor an increase or about II per ceni in wages, reduce tonnage, per mlta th miner to organize, provide for a nine-hour day and give th 600 men now on strlk preference if they should desire to return to work. Town Will Be Auctioned. Chieo, Cal. To sell a whol town at auction I the duty that ha been Imposed on C. J. Fox, receiver for the Herbert Shearer colonic in Glenn county, Just across the river from Chico, and he la now at work prepar ing to carry out hi duty, whirh will comprise the disposition of all th buildings In the little town of Rhearar. There are 40 building, big and little, tht will go under th hammer. Th town I deserted by reason of the sus pension of construction work on th canal and reclamation scheme. Grey Will Not Aid Jw. I-ondon Sir Edward Grev. the British foreign minister, declined to approach Russia with view to ecur- Ing the withdrawal of th restrictions placed on British Jew In that coun try, on the ground that uch action on the part of Great Britain would lead to the termination of th Russo-Brit-Ish treaty of commerce. Such a re sult, ha adds, would not advance th interests of the Jews and would be dis advantageous to British Intere.t. Federal Pension Advised, Washington. I). C. A. . f tho announcement by the Camegi corporation that a pension of $25,000 Would be offered earh .v.n...l.l..ri . the United State., a strong movement .specwHj in th coming session to Indue congress to provid a pension. an..-... - etch Spin.,., L..d,, Ch'r. Cam- Con.ta,,tlnnp. Cr.sc.nt volunteer, h... ,7. U UP th work f .""hi. KUrtFr.w,.8',ln. tantlnopl. ,d u. P.. tor C necUd with Kng.h J mission n.b i . MrW quarter In th rhoU,',!!, Uk, devot. th.me,..toPiid.i, tlm. f nV Man of th. a... . tr.at cholera utl..?. '"S. they ar aurg,,( rpS uuruir woraing at ik. ""wia. njrd.8. rord. MaSlS 4 Maurlc!,.,,',, go., to San St.fJ . -S.K lr work. Thi. I, 2J up th. camp. t M.jo, ford i ?" nuDhl..urglc. work to av many -k- .'? die. ' WOtt,a tkwtia Secretary Phillip , . A "iuchcr1,.roongJiW because on finding that aeJ-.r'1 th. Red Crescnt Z.VlZ.4 charge, he himself hss Z?t trol of th work Mr Kochhlll. wlftof can ambassador. I. ...l.... chasing suppli.. for th. c udlng blanket. Kvry one who ha visiMSss i?1 say. that Ml.. AIL ally from 8wli,anqi ,( rVf the highest form of r& works fmm n'.hui i V until 8 at nlu-hL aid,.. iT.? and tmlnl-...!-' .-.J' - - ,K w less of contamination. A Grek ttrnm .1 Joined h.r and a Scotck wwi,? tempted to aid. but eollsparfJ compelled lo withdraw. CANAL GATfS OHHIO, Helen Taft. Dausht.r .i . Press llsctrle Burt, Colon. Panama Iflsa Bj daughter of the president of ths IU i-aiuruay puihsq u nlflcant looking porcsUi bMti thereby setting In mottoa .1 i machinery which opened tt4 mm immense gates of lb. Gatni 4ex These great gates, which loon big as a battleship sod ar Marnfcaf manganese steel, brunts and utt,m so finely adjusted that Mia Tift ta a!U to open and clos tbsoj li n, minute and H seconds. There are 44 gates la thi csntl, let those of the Gatun data SniUktM ImportanL In Uavslms from th. it. lantic to th Pacific vessel iUs ter th approach channel ia Liaa bay, whirh extends dultM f a mile lo Gatun. Titer It txUni series of thres locks which lift It I feet to the level of Catu Isks. wim It may proceed full spest) !4a Baa Obispo, where It rnten CtMa cut, nine miles ia leofth, anila succeeding locks lower It to tt In of th Pacific. Mis TafL who is with Serrtttrj War Stimson and party, is taiitf Interest In th vast ng ieearitf eat She I received with amch ittitt because her father is esasidtraj of th great power that Bud ass hi th canal, and bis onfltCTH ergy and careful attentio irs art ed with pushing the work fully Jw ahead of the schedule. SufTrsgllts Hold JubiU. Philadelphia With boJt and led in prayer by Biihop H l.iul.r of the Protestant EniSM' diocese of Pennsylvania, SMwIhaHt delegate to the National n'oottW f rage convention gs thanil Almighty for their receni fioonsis Arlion. Kansas. MiehigsJi sod 0r "n- . Th meeting held IB m t tan opera house wa in thssstut a Jubilee. Thoussnd who able to gain admittance sttsixMteo How meetings, whirh wtr WrfJ by prominent sulTrsgiits. Mis W Lathroo and Mis Jan Addaflw the principal speaker Many Dl In NsdlM rVit Bilbao. Spaln-A terribl H c.used here by th eryw; moving PI'"!IZ ren and other were a.... - ber of Injured i not know. J" of them were taken horn W Tb c?n of th VjZ clrcu. which hd bees """"i continuous clnemsuigrsp. . .Inalflsnra WSS only I ",w .T -i-i TVai sosnar building was erowaeu. . lost hi nerve when a Wa JJ" creamed "fire." """" tingulsh th flame blm ir - .... u-- rhaua' Beams n. ittl. Wh. -Ttoi Sea earth , hocks wer fen i" Ziud day 'Kht Non wm - fore i to do WW-r.' UASv no ntlceabl , th nr '-'J., . ai th.city trw.'jj; part o rta of I i third th rltv wayed, from th. celllnl visibly Instance , th.Jar V ' is door with to close of th hotel! iris from their row, I., m mm vv " floors 1 TaH 10 112 I orldlron DMi rd of th rtileainv I th record eon Just c 11 .Laths ,nd 67 Injured. W Ma VSSr ll" " mm tall ties -thl .vers and "flnUf school pi a other team, "' tot ber oi o era wer a killed mi J of tb ' ....ral season. " iki In i jured seven arer con- w . ...... two V. j-a o-a , MST'-" . J high chooi J eight mejnbrtM player, Killed in Cm T"ty-'v- 34 Calai. I...t their II V,S Monoaj rnr exploded In oal rain 07 between the a coai Ion oecuri red ttt men we i wer I in Of these Hon extl 14 werwsiw:- - I Unction of Offi managed to '"tliriT' found HI no bodie remote P"' ntly ar In