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About Malheur enterprise. (Vale, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1910)
MAUEETTB ENTERPRISE. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE MEXICANS KILL AND PLUNDER Robbers Take Advantage of Political Turmoil. National Elections Approaching and Opposition to Diaz Regime Rap Idly Gains Headway. El Paso, Texas With the national elections a week off and the muttering against the administration of Presi dent Diaz louder than they have ever been before, and with outlaws terror izing the state of Vera Cruz, killing men and women, burning buildings and tearing up railroad tracks, Mexico is in a state of turmoil. Already, one American, Norman Lawler,-manager of the Monte Pio plantation has been killed by the bandits, who are contin uing their ravages upon the state in' open defiance of the authorities. Following the murder or the Ameri- fx' ' ""Vs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his bride, nee MUs Eleanor Butler Alexander. Married Monday, June 20, 1910. WOMAN'S LOVE 07 GAMBLINQ.. No New Phaae mm Critic of To-Dar Would Hare Vm Believe. One might think, judging from alL that Is said to-day of the gambling In stlnct being developed In women be cause of their devotion to bridge, that woman's love of gambling was a new phase. Not a bit of It. More than 200 years ago women of fashion lost thou sands nightly at the card table, and without creating great comment either. Pepys wrote In 1667: "I was told to-night that .my Lady Castelmaine la so great gamester as to have won 15, 000 pounds In one night and lost 25, 000 pounds another night at play." This was, of course, an unusual pro ceeding, even for those days, and one that Pepys might well set down as ex ceptional. On another occasion' he wrote: "This evening, going to the Queen's side to see the Queen, I did find the Queen, the Duchess of York and one other lady at cards, with the room full of ladles and great men, the which I may add, took place on a Sunday." Many of those grand dames thought nothing of sitting at the card tables from Saturday night till Mon day morning and staking hundreds of pounds. Charles II., on his last Sunday, la said to have spent the time playing cards with his three favorite duchess es. Marie Antoinette was a slave to cards, and is alleged to have played for 36 hours at one sitting. "The play at the Queen's table," wrote the Em peror Joseph II., "was like that In a common gambling house. Persons of all kinds 'were there and mingled without decorum. Great scandal was roused by the fact that several of the ladies cheated." Anne Boleyn Is reported to have been never so happy as when playing for high stakes. Records of the privy purse are full of references to her win nings from her royal spouse. Even the pious Mary was not proof against the allurements of the card table, and then "to counterbalance these vanities she paid for the education of a poor child and the expense of binding an apprentice." CURRENT EVENTS OF TIIE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief: General Resume of Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Bremerton, the navy yard town of Puget sound, has voted "wet" by 620 to 239. The dry goods trust of New York City has obtained another of the large retail stores there. Robert A. Taft son of the president, is among those taking the highest hon ors at Yale this year. To commemorate its 100th annivers ary in 1910, Yale will raise a $2,000, 000 endowment for its medical depart ment. The senate will investigate the charges of bribery in connection with the election of Senator Lorimer, of Illinois. A party of students from English colleges will tour the United States and Canada to get actual experience in farm work. President Taft has been invited to attend the Dry Farming congresss in Spokane next Occtober, and then visit the Pacific Coast Senator Lorimer, of Illinois, on trial for bribery, abandoned his own defense on finding that his own witnesses would do him more harm than good. A cyclone at Fort Morgan, Colo., picked a woman out of bed and landed her in a wagon in the yard, 25 feet away. She was only slightly injured. Reports from Wyoming say the en tire state is badly in need of rain. Stock is suffering, grass burning up and fish dying by the thousands in the failing streams. The National Conference of Govern ors, which was inaugurated as a regu lar annual event in the Roosevelt ad ministration, will be held this year at Frankfort and Louisville, Ky., No vember 29. A conference has already been ar ranged between President Taft and Roosevelt. New York City firemen are being trained in the work of giving first aid to persona injured in accidents. It ia said that Bellinger will leave his position in the cabinet and be suc ceeded by Senator Flint, of California. Samuel H. Elmore, a wealthy sal mon packer and land owner of Astor ia, Ore., was instantly killed in Los Angeles when his auto collided with a streetcar. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., received a small fortune in wed ding presents. The parents of the groom gave a fat check, but would not j etate the amount. Circus performers on a circus train were thrown into panic when a dust atorm enveloped their train near Ri paria, Wash. Some thought the end of the world had come. Martial law has been declared in sev eral northern border towns In Mexico and many smuggled arms confiscated by government officials. It ia believed a serious revolt had been planned. Blood dripping from a trunk at the Union depot in Portland, led to the dis covery of the body of a murdered man, which had been placed in the trunk and checked to North Puyallup, Wash. Residents of Astoria, Ore., thought they were being bombarded when a aalute waa fired by a U. S. warship in the harbor in honor of the British vice consul, who had been visiting on board. Eleven persons have been killed by heat in Chicago this season. Corea has been taxed $4,000,000 an nually to support the Japanese army. Roosevelt says he is ready and 'eager to take hold and help solve the nation's problems. Mrs. Longworth has laid off her wed ding ring and suffragettes take it as a sign that she strongly favors their cause. The entire population of Oyster Bay welcomed Roosevelt to his home town. He has absolutely nothing to say .about politics. Two revivalist preachers near Lex ington, Ky., fought a duel with knives in the pulpit during services and one was killed. Arizona and New Mexico are wild with joy over the passage of the state hood bill, and many enthusiastic cele brations are being held. SurlTagettca are trying to prevent women appearing on any parados or floats in Chicago on July 4, and men may have to take their places. Census figures show a most amazing increase in the use of telephones. A quartermaster's aergeant from Fort Stevens, Ore., has been mUsing for ten days and is believed to have met with foul play In Portland. New York City waa swept by a frightful wind and rain storm just after the welcoming of Roosevelt was over. Several persons were killed by lightning and wreckage and great damage done. A cloudburst In Hungary destroyed several villages and killed nearly 800 persons. Governor Iladley of Missouri, be lieves Roosevelt will ,be ready to an nounce a Republican platform Imme diately upon his arrival in New York. An O. R. & N. freight train hit a boulder on the track neai Alrlngton, Ore., derailing and wrecking almost the entire train, and badly Injuring four men. A crank armed with a lorded revol ver called at the White House and In istad on aeeing President Taft. He was immediately placed under arrest and ia believed to I insane. DIAZ SENDS BEST TROOPS. Mexican Revolution Will Be Sup presed at Any Cost. El Paso, Texas Although the ex pected attack on the Mexican custom house at Naco, Sonora, has been frus trated by the arrival of soldiers from Cananea, the entire Mexican border, from Cananea to Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, opposite Laredo, Texas, is in a state of revolutionary ferment and outbreaks are feared at a dozen places. All available troops have been de tailed along the borders, with orders to suppress all disturbances with an iron hand. Principal reliance is being placed on the rurales, organized by President Diaz himself, and recognized as his ardent supporters and the most efficient troops in the Mexican army. Many citizens have been pressed into service and armed to protect govern ment funds at the custom houses along the border. At Naco, Sonora, the government funds removed to United States terri tory for protection have been taken back to Mexico and the Mexican offi cials and women and children who fled to Arizona soil have returned to their homes. The troops sent from Can anea are quartered in the warehouse of the Cananea Copper company, and are making preparations for an extended stay. Two hundred additional troops are held in readiness at Cananea to march to Naco at a moment's notice. Commissario Cubillas has purchased all available arms at Naco, Arizona, and has armed a body of citizens to protect the town. Reinforcements have been received by Colonel Kosterlitzsky, in command at Cananea. This has enabled him to spread details of troops along the bord er to intercept smuggled arms. He has ordered the house-to-house search for arms continued in all the North ern Sonora villages. Three burros were seized by masked men on the United States side of the border Sunday night and loaded 'with ammunition, which was carried across into the San Jose mountains. A squad of rurales is in pursuit of the party. Serious disturbances are reported to have taken place at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Coahulia, where the revolution ary leaders havered to Eagle Pass to escape arrest. It is reported by Mexican officials that newspapers printed in Spanish on the American side of the border have been a large factor in stirring up the discontent now finding expression. DUTY ON LEMONS EVADED. Investigation of Complaint From Cal ifornia Is Ordered. New York Three special customs officers from Washington are spending the sultry month of June in quiet wa terfront observations at the docks in Manhattan and Brooklyn at which Sicilian lemons are unloaded. The purpose of their visit is to Investigate reports that lemon importers are not paying the full duties on the fruit which they import. The duty amounts to cents a pound, but the government gives a re bate for the proportion of the fruit on each shipment that ia deemed unfit for consumption and which the importers are supposed to destroy. The investi gators have been trying to learn whether the estimate of decayed fruit is overestimated when the duties are collected The ' proportion of decayed fruit has been unusually large of late, according to the customs returns. On many shipments from 25 to 80 per cent of the cargoes have been reported as unfit and rebates to that extent have been given the importers. The importers say that the increased proportion of decayed lemons from Sicily is due to unfavorable weather affecting the crop in Sicily. They say that zealous California lemon growers made the complaints which wero the immediate cause of the inquiry. The California growers, it is said, are try ing to put an end to the giving of re bates. If this could be done they would then put up the price of lemons. Thief Boxes Up Plunder. Snn Francisco When John T. Whel land, local superintendent for the Gug genheim Smelter company, returned with his family from a vacation, he found his house stripped of all its sil verware and jewelry and the furniture and stoves packed and crated ready for removal. A steady stream of second hand dealers was calling at the residence with orders for the furni ture, which they had received from a thrifty burglar. Detectives were placed on the case and have succeeded in recovering the silverware. Five Dogs Mangle Woman. San Mateo, Cal. Mrs. Allen, wife of Dr. P. V. A. Allen, waa attacked last evening by five bull terriers be longing to her husband, who Is one of the best known dog fanciers in the state. Mrs. Allen heard the dogs snarling in a rear yard of her homo. She found them fighting. When she tried to separate them they turned on her and mangled her ' so severely that her condition is grave. The flesh was torn from her right shoulder, her fore head and right hand were bitten and torn and her limbs badly lacerated. Ants Drive People from Homes. Kiowa, Kan. There la an all sum mer job waiting for the man who can rid this town of anta. The ante at first bothered the residents by destroy ing lawns. Then they moved into housea and began infesting pantries and other placea where edibles were kept. After that the insects began to damage clothing. Becoming braver, or hun grier, they attacked people while they slept Several families have given up and have moved from here. Great Erta Devastated. El Paso, Tex. After dostoroying everything In its pathway for 90 miles or more, causing loss of millions to mining and cattle men and costing one American and five Mexican Uvea, the grrat fire which swept the Ajo moun tains In Northern Sonora, Mexico, is dying out The cattle men are in des pair, for deprived of this great range, thousands of cattle will perish before the rains begin. BANDON'S MILL WORKING. General Superintendent Closes Great Task Will Take Vacation. Marahfield. M. F. Logan, the gen eral superintendent of the George W. Moore Lumber company at Bandon, passed through here on his way to Chi cago, Mr. Logan has just completed his work on the company's new mill and will take a vacation of several weeks. The new plant has just been started. The old mill was destroyed by fire in August, 1909. Mr. Logan was superintendent at that time and remained with the com pany, and with the assistance of George W. Moore, of Port Huron, Mich., the president of the company, he designed the new mill. The new plant is second to none on the Coast as to modern equipment and convenience of arrangement, and the machinery is all first class. The equipment arrangement is a great economy of labor and time, and three men can operate the entire work of the res aw, handling an average of better than 80,000 feet of lumber a day. The building is so constructed that it is fireproof throughout. There is arranged a standard fire protection sys tem, with a tank holding 50,000 gal Ions of salt water, and there is also a sprinkling system to use fresh water. The plant started out at once manu facturing 80,000 feet of lumber a day. The capacity will be increased at once to 125,000 feet a day. The steamers Bandon and Fifield are engaged in car rying the output of the mill to San Francisco. LIVESTOCK FAIR IN FALL. Big Guarantee Fund Has Been Raised by Portland Association. Portland At a meeting held by the officers of the Portland Fair & Live stock association it was announced that the $25,000, guarantee had been sub scribed and that a race meet and live stock show, the greatest in the city's history, will be held this fall in Port land. A few weeks ago there was talk of dissolving the association and disposing of its large holdings on the east side known as the country club, but the talk has resulted in a stronger organ ization, with a more ambitious pur pose than ever. E. L. Thompson, who was one of the committee to raise the guaratee fund, stated that the forthcoming race meet will be something that will draw perhaps fully as many people as the Rose Festival, especially with the live stock thrown in for good measure. "We will have some of the best horses in the country and there will be other attractions that will be bound to draw and please. The stores will close one week day during the life of the show, and that will give everybody a chance to attend. Dam' on Deschutes Half Completed Bend Work on the power dam across the Deschutes has made great progress during the last few weeks, the final filling of rock being about half completed. The course of the riv er has been almost entirely diverted from the main channel into the spill way. The dam, a solid rock fill, is 250 feet in length and 18 feet high, and will raise the water 14 feet when the spill ways are closed. The spillway con struction consists of a rock-filled crib with 12x12 inch timbers, bolted to solid rock feundation, and is 250 feet long. Five gates have been installed in the spillway, two of which will be connected by a flume with a 50-inch turbine wheel with 210-horse power capacity, which will bo employed for generating electricity until the rail road's advent mukes practicable the completion of the big permanent power plant. Tourists to Crater Lake. Klamath Falls The steamer Kin math has been launched. The boat has been on the ways for two weeks undergoing repairs. The boat has been taken to Shippington, where new tubes will be placed in the boiler and the en tire woodwork will be repainted and renovated. A dining room will be fit ted up for the accommodation of tour ists who will go to Crater lake this summer, as the steamer will be used between the Upper lake wharf and the Agency landing, where it will be met by automobiles for a direct run. Recent Rain Great Help to Forests Portland District Forester Chap man states that the recent rainfall ia of immense value in temporarily re ducing the fire hazard to the forests of Western Oregon and Washington. The unusually dry weather preceding this rain had made the fire danger much greater than is ordinarily the case at this season. Mr. Chapman states that the various agencies for the suppres sion of forest fires are closely co operating to reduce the season's loss. Sheep Shearing In Wallowa. Wallowa Forty-two cars of sheep were shipped from this county by Ox man, of Durkee. He will also drive about 4,500 over the mountains, mak ing a total of 17,000 sheep, for which ho will pay Wallowa county growers more than $105,000. The price paid was $4.50 per head for ewes and $2.75 and $3 for young wethers. Sheep shearing has been in progress for about a week in the uper valley, and will continue until about July 1. Big Berry Dryer Ready. Brooks The largest dryer ever built to exclusively handle loganberries has been completed by Aspinwall brothers here. This dryer is a wonder of its kind and ia an indication of the profit that may be derived from the produc tion of thia luacioua berry. Aspinwall brothers have 25 acres set with the vines and they expect to harvest the largest crop this year that they ever picked. Brick Block at Willamlna, Wlllamlna J. B. Shetterly has be gun the erection of a brick building 60x70 feet in the business center of Willamina, This will be the first brick structure in the town. DOZEN MILLS BUSY. Year's Cut in Wallowa Will Total 20,000,000 Feet. Wallowa The lumber Industry of Wallowa Is daily becoming a more Im portant factor in the growth of the town. From a paltry shipment of 22 cars in the last 12 months, the expor tation promises to reach nearly 20, 000,000 feet during the coming year. Twelve sawmills are running full blast within a radius of 11 miles of this city and all are marketing their product here, the bulk of it being pur chased by the Nibley-Mimnaugh Lum ber company and the Bear Creek Lum ber company. The daily cut of these 12 sawmills is averaging very close to 200,000 feet. The largest mill, that of the Nibley Maimnaugh Lumber company, while in operation for the first time this sea son, is cutting about 50,000 feet every day; the Bear Creek Lumber company is sawing in the neighborhood of 40, 000 feet daily; four other mills are each averaging over ,20,000 feet daily, and the other mills are sawing from 5,000 to 15,000 feet, according to crew and capacity of the mill. The three largest mills expect materially to in crease their output within the next few weeks. In order to make the most of their product the Nibley-Mimnaugeh Lum ber company will have in operation about July 1, one of the finest planing mills and box factories in Eastern Ore gon. It will occupy a floor space of 60x120, exclusive of the lumber sheds and power house. It will contain all modern machinery for the surfacing of lumber and the making of boxes. Plans Big Cherry Celebration. Cove Cove citizens are preparing for the first annual cherry show which will be held when the ripening fruit is at its best The cherrj crop will not be quite as heavy as last year, when Cove was one of the few districts that boasted of bumper crops, but the grade of fruit will be better and it will ma ture much earlier. About 300 pickers will be needed in Cove alone this year for a period of three weeks to care for the fruit Trout for Umatilla Streams. Pendleton Followers of Isaac Wal ton in Umatilla county are rejoicing over the information just received by Secretary Cranston of the local anglers' association that 20,000 young, trout will soon be sent to this place for planting in various streams throughout the county. They are of the Eastern brook variety. The trout will be dis tributed as follows: Birch creek, 3,000; Camas bridge and Cable creeks, 7,000; Umatilla river, 3,000; Mea cham creek, 3,000; McKay creek, 2, 000; Bear creek, 2,000. Indian Lands Change Hands. Pendleton Another 120 acres of In dian land has passed from the hands of the red men into the possession of the white man and will go toward Increas ing the tax roll of Umatilla county. Eighty acres has just been sold to John Crow at $76 per acre and 40 acres to L. L. Mann for $55 per acre. . This was heirship land. Two other tracts comprising 200 acres of land and lying near Athena, will soon be offered for sale by the Indian agent. Clearing River Channel. Bandon C. A. Dolph, the diver, is at work sounding the river and blasting out the rocks that stick up in the channel and obstruct navigation. In some places in the river where the water is 16 to 18 feet deep, these rocks have been sticking up far enough to hit the bottom of a vessel when go ing out loaded. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices: 'Bluectem, 81 (ii82c; club, 78c; red Rudssian, 76c; valley, 80c. Barley Feed and brewing, $1920 per ton. Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton. Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil lamette valley, $20(i21 per ton; East ern Oregon, $22w;24; alfalfa, $15(3,16; grain hay, $17(18. Oats No. 1 white, $25.50 per ton. Green Fruits Apples, Oregon New town, $2 per box; cherries, 5(iU2c per pound; apricots, $1.25(i,1.35 per box; peaches, $1.25 per box; plums, $l('i 1.25; gooseberries, 6(,6c pound; cur rants, $2 per box. Berries Strawberries, $1.50(1.65 per crate; blackberries, 90e(i$l; rasp berries, $1.65(il.75: loganberries, $1 (((1.25; blackcaps, $2 per box. Vegetables Artichokes, 60(d75c per dozen; asparagus, $12.5(n.2 per box; cabbage, 24((i2ic per pound; cauli flower, $2 per dozen; head lettuce, 60 drfiOc per dozen; hothouse lettuce, 50c (a $1 per box; green onions, 15c per dozen; peas, 4'.i5c pound; peppers, 20e; radishes, 15(i20c dozen; spinach, 8(ii 10c pound; rutabagas, $1. 2501. 60 sack; carrots, 85c(($l; beets, $1.50; parsnips, 7bc(rl. Potatoes Old Oregon, 60(u.75c per hundred; new California, lV"2c per pound. Onions Bermuda, $1.601.75 per crate; red, $2(i2.22 per sack. Butter City creamery, extras, 29c; fancy outside creamery, 28;29c; per pound; store, 20i23e. Butter fat prices average 1SC per pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Oregon candled, 26(c27c per dozen. l'ork Fancy, lliv(U2c per pound. Veal Fancy, lOfti lie, per pound. Lambs Choice, 8((illc per pound. Poultry Hons, 16c; broilers, 22Si((f 24c; ducks, I4(20e; geese, lk.jUc; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 25c; squabs, $3 per dozen. Cattle Beef steers, good to choice, California, $5.75oi5.90: good to choice, Eastern Oregon and valley, $5.60(t575; fair to medium, $4.60(4.75; rowa and heifers, good to choice, $4.264.80; fair to medium, $3.60XC4.75; bulla. $3 (f4; atags, $3.60i6; calvea, light $5.76i6.75; heavy, $4i':e. Hogs Top. J9.60c9.75; fair to me dium, $3.40(9.15; fair to medium Sheep Best wethers, $4.60fi6; fair to good wethers, $4(4.25; best ewes, $4(i(4.50; lamba, choice, $5.&0(iJ6; lamba, fair, $4.755.25. ELEVEN BILLION MESSAGES. Estimated Number Given In Census Bureau's Report for 1907, Washington, D. C. There were more than 11 billion messages, or "talks," over the telephone in the United States In 1907, an increase of 124.3 per cent over the approximately 5 billion similar conversations re ported in 1902, according to estimates presented in the Census bureau's report, now on the press, on the census of the physical equipment service, and financial operations of the commercial, mutual, and independent rural tele phone lines for 1907. Other large increases are conspicu ously apparent In 1907 the total number of systems and lines was 22, 971, as compared with 9,136 in 1902, an increase of 151.4 per cent The miles of wire in 1907 were 12,999,369, an increase of 165.3 per cent over 4, 900,451 in 1902. The salaried em ployees in 1907 numbered 25,298, as compared with 14,142 in 1902, the per cent of increase being 79.1. The sal aries in 1907 amounted to $19,298,432, as against $9,885,886 in 1902; a gain of 95.2 per cent The average number of wage earners in 1907 was 118,971, as against 6,628 in 1902, an increase; of 83.9 per cent. The wages paid in 1907 amounted to $48,980,704, as com pared with $26,369,735 in 1902; a gain of 85.7 per cent. The capital stock and funded debt outstanding in 1907 was $814,616,004 while in 1902 it was $348,031,058, an increase of 134.1 per cent. The income in 1907 was $184, 461,747 as compared with $86,825,536 in 1902; a gain of 112.5 per cent The operating expenses and fixed charges, except interest on funded debt, in 1907, amounted to $128,486,196, as against $61,652,823 in 1902; an in crease of 108.4 per cent The inter est on the funded debt in 1907 amount ed to $12,316,109 as compared with $3,511,48 in 1902, the per cent of in crease being 250.7. Between 1902 and 1907 there was an addition of 8,098,918 miles of wire for the use of the telephone systems of the country, as compared with an increase of 25,611 in the mileage of owned and leased wire for the use of commercial telegraph systems. CHICAGO MERCURY MOUNTS. People Die, Dogs Go Mad, Horses Fall in the Streets. Chicago. Seven persons dead, a score prostrated in hospitals, dogs go ing mad in the streets and horses drop ping from exhaustion and a tempera ture of 90 degrees were the features of the second day of the hot wave which is wilting Chicago. Starting at 71 degrees in the morn ing, the mercury climbed rapidly and death and suffering followed. At noon the teperature had reached 88 and at 2 o'clock it touched the 90 mark. Dogs afflicted by the heat attacked seven persons, who will be treated at the Pasteur institute to guard against rabies. In tenement districts women and children sought in vain for refuge from the stifling heat. In many dis tricts children ran about almost nude. Thousands flocked to the lake and parks. Loss of Life Frightful. Vienna. The destruction of life and property by floods throughout Hungary exceeds all records. The number of deaths has not been ascertained, but it is believed they will aggregate 1,000. The dumage done to crops and property will amount to several million kronen. The entire harvest is threatened with destruction. In the Kronstadt district 300 bodies have been recovered. In the Moldava district 100 persons per ished as the result of the sudden col lapse of houses, and in the Temesvar district 180 persons have been drowned. Prince's Train In Fire, St Paul. The Oriental Limited, the fast Burlintgon fc-ain from Chicago to St Paul, carrying Prince Fushima, cousin of the emperor of Japan, and Princess Fushima, sped out onto the bridge which spans the Wisconsin river while the structure was burning. The fire was not discovered until too late to stop and the engineer then kept on steam until his train had run the gauntlet. Then he applied the brakes and members of the train crew put out the fire. The train arrived in St Paul two hours late. Brookina Flies Highest. Indianapolis Walter Brook Ins, in a Wright biplane, broke the world's aeroplane record for altitude here when he soared to a height of 4,503 feet, ac cording to the measurements of the al timeter. His motor stopped as he was descending and he made a glide of two miles, landing easily in a wheat field. Brook ins started at the Indianapolis speedway and, flying in wide circles, reached his highest altitude 40 min utes later. Weston's Record Beaten. Chicago. "Honest" John Ennis, who hopes to lower Edward Tayson Weston's ocean-to-ocean record from 105 to 100 days, delivered abetter from Mayor Gsynor, of New York, to Mayor Buase, of thia 'city, a day ahead of Weston's schedule. ' can, the Twenty-ninth regiment of in fantry was ordered out from Vera Cruz, but the outlaws find plenty of hiding places in the rough hills and the soldiers have been unable to even catch up with them. After the killing of Lawler, the rob bers ravaged the plantation and have repeated the performance at several other establishments, although so far as is known Lawler is the only Ameri can who has fallen a victim to the ban dits' thirst for -blood and gold. Sev eral natives have been ruthlessly slain. While the feeble and 'ineffectual at tempts are being made to protect Vera Cruz from the outlaws, President Diaz and his administrative aides are mak ing one of the strongest fights of their political lives. Those opposed to Diaz bitterly com plain that his administrtion is persecu ting those who held opposite political beliefs, arresting and imprisoning op posing candidates. These charges are increasing the dissatisfaction of the people. MORSE GOODS TO BE SOLD. Effort to Raise Money With Which to Get Release From Prison. New York City The entire contents of the Chares W. Morse residence at 172 Fifth avenue are to be sold at auc tion. The fittings of the house are Mrs. Morse's personal property, which she is going to sell to obtain money with which to fight for the release of her husband, who is serving a term in the Federal prison at Atlanta. They include rugs, furniture of every description, silver and hangings. Also there will be included in the sale a considerable amount of jewelry belong ing to Mrs. Morse, including pearl necklaces, gold toilet articles, etc. A rough guess at the value of the goods to be sold puts it at $200,000. Mrs. Morse is at present in Washington, on her way home from Atlanta. Heat Kills Four More. Chicago Four deaths, making 11 in all, directly due to the heat wave that is holding sweltering Chicago have been reported to Coroner Hoffman and 12 more prostrations occurred in the streets and on elevated trains. A heavy downpour of rain brought temporary relief and in its wake a cooling breeze sprang up, but it soon died. The weather bureau announced that the heat wave was broken but there is no abatement of temperature. Chinese Fear Sacrifice. Victoria, B. C. An anti-foreign out break is anticipated in Yunan in West ern China, according to advices just re ceived from Shanghai. Following the recent rioting at Chaoting, which was suppressed and the leaders executed, a rumor was started that in order to pre vent further accidents on the new railroad being built there, it had been found necessary to sacrifice to the god of railroads a large number of boys and girls. Some reports had it that hundreds would be required to sacrifice, one report being 1,200 were needed. Probation Law la Urged. Chicago Ex-Senator William E. Mason will leave Chicago in a few days for Washington, where he intends to urge before congress the passage of a probation law, a draft of which haa been prepared by the National proba tion league, of which Mr. Mason ia president The bill givea all United Statea courts having jurisdiction of criminal or quasi-criminal cases power to suspend sentence and place on pro bation any person found guilty before them, whenever a court finds the wel fare of society is promoted thereby. Burden Placed on Corea. Victoria, B. C Four new divisions of the Japanese army are to be raised by General Terauchl, war minister, following his appointment as resident general in Corea. It ia estimated that the annual cost of maintenance of thia force will be $6,000,000 to be borne by Corea. BROWN'S PARTNER. He Wanted a Wife and ItealUed the Iteaitonalbllltlea of a Good One. "Here's the whole thlag in a nut shell," said Brown to me, writes H. Lee, In the American Magazine. "I am now 28 years old, have any own business, have brought it to such a state that I have decided to take a partner." "Take one," answered I. "There's the rub," he gave back. "My partner must be such an all-round knowing one that I'm afraid I'll have hard work to fill the position. "My partner must be able to make laws and to enforce them, must be able to carry out complicated chemi cal work, must be a skilled mechanic, must know something of economics, must be able to buy wares of all kinds with due consideration of my finances, must be able to do tailoring, of a kind, If necessary." Hold on, Brown," said I. "Are yon dippy, as the vulgarians say?" "No," replied he. "I want a wife. Look around among your friends and see if any one man among them could do all that a good housewife should be able to do. She must make . just laws for the family, and enforce them. She must understand the complicated processes of cooking. Making, mend ing, washing, ironing, and otherwlsely caring for the clothing of a family requires skill. Bringing up a child properly requires far more knowledge and wisdom than seUIng dry goods of standard makes and prices year after year. Where is more science and skill required than in the sick room? And If the wife does not know how to do all of these things, how can she direct the work of her paid help, especially if the help knows less than she does?" "My dear boy," said I, "do the way 90 per cent of us do marry and trust to luck." Aphorlama on Love. The Countess Vera de Talleyrand, of Paris, recently published, for private circulation among her society friends, a little book of aphorisms on life and love entitled Thoughts and Remem brances. In It she reveals herself as the possessor of a delightful wit tem pered by philosophy. Some good things are as follows: To please women one must adhere to only one. Women never come of age; reason Irritates them, sentiment guides them. Woman Is like the dew. If it Is a tear of dawn, a fall of pure alabaster, it Is a pearl; If It fall to earth It is mud. When woman loves she pardons even crime; when she ceases to love she dqes not forgive even virtue. The coquette takes her desire to please for her need to love. The first thing that women know Is that they are beautiful; the last thing they perceive Is that they are old. A woman Is like an army; she Is ir retrievably lost if she has no reserve. Sarelr Much Needed. "There's one thing we need In this country and nobody seems to be do ing anything to furnish us with it; one thing that we need more and more as time goes on. I wish I could In vent or devise It There will be a fortune In It when It Is perfected." "Wnat la Itr "Some kind of a device whereby people cnay be able to tell just bow much to applaud when they want to make the entertainer feel good with out causing him or her, as the case may be, to mistake the demonstration for an encore." Different. Irate Customer See here! That student lam? you sold me a week ago Is no good. It won't work. Dealer Beg pardon, sir. I ourht to have told you it was a colleeg stu dent lamp. Puck. All I'p with lllaa Then. "Many a man," saya Brother WIU llama, "finds himself 'twlxt de devil an' de deep aea, an' he can't fizht fire, an' he dunno how ter iwlxn." Atlanta Constitution t