CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
eneral Resume of Important Eventi
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
A California 6-ycnr-old was burned
to death while ploying with matches.
A tornado swept Texas and Oklaho
ma, killing ono man and Injuring many.
John W. Gates, famous New York
Block markot plunger, Bottles lawsuits
by flipping n colrf.
Rooscvolt was rccolvcd quietly In
London by nn itnmonso throng of peo
ple, owing to his sad mission mere.
A Chicago club man committed sul
cldo by jumping from n 13th-story win
dow and landing on a marblo pave
mcnt
Dr. Hyde, of Kansas City, has been
convicted of murdering his weauny pa
tlent, Col. Swope, by giving him cyan
ido of potassium.
A negro convict In Alabama set fire
to tho stockado In which tho convicts
wero kept at a coal mine, and 30 con
victa wero burned to death.
Tp prore that she was married for
lovo alono n California girl deeded to
Iter brother every cent of lior $100,000
cstato just before her marriage.
Albert J. Hopkins, an attorney of
Chicago, will get im.ziu as nis zeo in
Milling tho cstato or liharics i. icr
kcs. Ho sued the esUto for;$C0,000.
E. B. Garrlott chief forecaster of
tho United States weather bureau, is
dead.
Tho Horschcl Pnrkor Mt McKlnley
expedition has sailed from Vatdox for
Bcldovln.
w f ... -iv.- .i..tu , tri., c.i
ward has hushed 'all political troubles
in England.
It Is announced that California's now
primary law Is n piece of patchwork
mnd wociuuy inciucicni.
Romarkablo attentions paid to
Roosevelt In Germany aro causing
much comment In Europe.
A woman who had been bitten by a
Tattlcanako was taken 80 miles In an
suito to a doctor by the Louis W. Hill
party, now touring Eastern Oregon.
Rooscvolt arrived in London as apo
dal American ambassador 10 auona
tho funeral of King Edward, which
will entltlo hlm.to tho highest honors.
The flood of cmlirratlon from tho
United Stales to Canada Is beginning
to worry officials of the departments
of agriculture and commerce and labor.
Advicea from Channha. China, tho
capital of tho disturbed province of
Hunan, state that tho Yalo mission In
that city has boon placarded for do
atructlon by fire. The foreigners, who
were beginning to return to wiangsna,
are again living on boata In tho river.
Harrv P. Wauoh. of Seattle, a min
ing prospector, membor of tho Arctic
club and leador of tho Waugh slcdgo
expedition to tho delta of tho Macken
sla river, committed sulcldo by hang
ing himself. Fnlluro to Intorcst cap
ItallsU In hlo mining project when suc
cess seemed within his grasp Is be
Hoved to havo been tho cause.
Forest Arcs in Wisconsin lmvo dca
troyed six farm houses.
An alleged comblno In tho llah trade
at San Francisco Is under probe.
Eight high school studonUt Wilkes
barro, Fa., wuro drowned whllo boat
riding.
f" It is rumored at Washington that
Peru and Ecuador will como to open
war soon.
Thrco hundred pounds of powder ox-
tilodcd In a magazine nour Logansiwri,
Indlanu, killing ono man and injuring
about 20.
W. Cooper Morris was found guilty
of embezzling $75,000 of tho funds of
tho Oregon Trust & Savings bank at
Portland,
An explosion In'tho Wellington coal
mine In England has entombed 137
miners, Firo has broken out and there
Is no hopo of suvlng any of tho men.
A carload of dynamlto noar Tacoma
Jumped tho track and exploded, blow
ing two brakemun to bits and touring
up tho track for a considerable dls
tanco.
More than a hundred persons wore
thrown into tho waters of Great Salt
Luko by tho collapse of u stairway
leading to tho pavilion. All woro .res
cued, and nono seriously hurt.
That tho four great express 'compan
ies get not returns of from 43 to 116
per cent more, on tho capital employed
In actual express operations, was
stated In n report Issued by tho Mer
chants' association of New York,
Eastern senators diaagroo with Hoy-
bunt's statement that "wuter competi
tion is u fiction."
Havcmoycr, tho Bugar king, is bo
lieved to bo implicated in tho Friar
land deal in tho Philippines.
The Panama cunul commission has
built and launched a barge modo of
concrete, for use on tho canal.
Emperor William of Germany warm
ly welcomed Roosovelt and party at
tho entranco to tho imperial palace.
Forest fires in Wisconsin and North
ern Minnesota aro destroying vast
areas of fine timber and threaten many
towns.
F. August Helnzo, of tho Mercantile
National bank of Now York, was ac
quitted of Illegal financiering In tho
panic of 1007. Ho now claims Uio
trial was but a plot to ruin him.
t
Two unconscious men wero found in
the car of a wrecked dirigible balloon
in Kentucky. They had started from
Julncy, 111., to tnako a long distance
record.
MINNESOTA FORESTS ABLAZE
Women Pray While Men Wght Fire
Militia to Rescue,
Bcmldjl, Minn., May 1C. Women
and children are in Bcmidji's smoke-
filled churches tonight praying for rain
or somo other act of naturo to savo
them, their husbands and fathers and
their homes from impending catastro
phe. '
Although battled desperately by
hundreds of citizens, soldiers and for
est rangers since 11 o'clock this morn
ing, a forest flro four miles wide is
slowly ncarlng Bcmldji from the south.
Christopher C. ,'Andrews, Minnesota
Btato forestry commissioner, arrived
hero from Walkor, Minn., this morn
ing and Is now at tho Bccno of tho fire.
Tho citizens of tho city, convoked by
tho mayor, addressed an appeal to
Governor Ebcrhardt nt noon.
Tho governor at once, by telegraph,
appointed Commissioner Andrews com
mander of all militiamen In Northern
Minnesota, nnd Major II. T. V. Eva is
on his wny hero from Duluth. Com
missioner Andrews immediately or
dered Company I, Minncsotn National
Guard, from Crookston. Company H,
of Bcmldjl, went early to tho sceno un
der their own command.
Tho two big Weyerhaeuser and Shov-lln-Carpcntcr
Lumber companies'
camps and timber holdings aro located
there, nnd immensa stores of lumbor
and poles are situated directly in the
path of tho flames on tho southern out
skirts of tho town.
Tho mills closed down at noon and
both day and night crews wero ordered
to tho yards, whero they aro wetting
down tho lumber and trying to quench
the flaming brands boroo on the high
wind Into tho lumber piles and to the
central business distcict
Increasing volumes of smoke have
been pouring into the town all day,
and tonight it is nearly suffocating.
In tho churches It is Impossible to see
tho lighted pulpits from tho rear.
Tho poorer residents of tho city, lo
cated adjoining tho big sawmills, aro
running panic-stricken through tho
murky streets. Should tho small fires,
Ignited by tho brands In tho lumber
yards, escape control of tho fighters,
they would destroy tho wholo city.
The fire originated about soven miles
south of Bcmldjl, in tho heart of an
unpopulated forest It has been
smouldering In tho muskeg Bolls.
FLOOD TO CANADA WORRIES.
No Way lo Check (migration From
Untied States to North.
Washingon, May 10. Washington
officials of tho departments of agricul
ture and commerce and labor have a
sharp senso of tho need of something,
no ono knows just what, to stop tho
flood of emigration that Is flowing on
Its way from tho Western United
States Into Canada. Tho adminlktra
tlon proposes to tako tho matter up
seriously.
It Is probably only a coinctdonco
that tho high tldo in emigration to
Canada has occurred at a tlmo when
this country Is engaged In trying to
settlo tho tho problem of a proper way
to conserve tho natural resources of tho
country. Tho sharp fact Is that Can
ada is receiving thousands of Ameri
cans every yoar, men who havo mado
good citizens at home and who will
mako good citizens of tho country to
tho north of us.
Wo aro getting Immigrants enough
to offset tho loss, but tho class ol In
comers Is so inforlor to tho class of
outgonrs that tho United States gains
nothing from tho fact that tho formor
outnumber tho latter.
MAD DOQ COSTS THOUSANDS
Canine Runs'Amuck In Cattle Herd;
Fine Animals Killed.
Los Angeles, Muy 10, lsccauso a
mad ilog got into a valuablo herd of
cattle at Sun Jacinto toduy and bit a
number of them, several thousand do I
lam' worth of lino animals had to bo
killed.
Tho owners of tho farm aro not cer
tain whether other animals wero not
attacked by tho rablcs-uftllctcd animal,
and therefore thoy will (urantlno tho
remainder or tho hord and develop
mcnts will bo watched with groat care.
Morgan's Car Demolished,
Spokane, Wash., May 1C Private
car No. A21 of Superintendent Mor
gan, of tho Marcus division or tho
Great Northern, had n narrow escape
from being completely demolished in
tho yards at Orovlllo this morning. A
30-ton gondola, loaded with coal, was
being hauled up tho coal chute when
tho coblo broke just as tho cur reached
tho top. The runaway dashed down
tho Incline, broke tho sidetrack switch
and struck Mr. Morgan's car standing
a few hundred yards down tho main
lino. A warning saved thcoccupants.
Inebriate Horse Steals.
Wlnsted. Conn.. Mav 1G. Bessie, a
linrmi ownnl liv Friins Uroa.. oumlv
manufacturers, has eaten confectionery
I i I
ami owior sweets since sue wus a eon.
Sho has liked whiskoy since tho winter
before last, when after being rescued
from drowning In a lako sho wus given
two'quarts of barleycorn to ward off a
possible attack of.pneumonla. A largo
fU'i.fmlliin run nf Ion cream had lipun
left standing outsldo tho store, when
Bessie, drawing tho heavy delivery
wagon across tho curb, removed tho
cover of tho cun and ato tno cream.
Death Dared by Escape,
Lyons, Colo., Muy 16. Braving a
hall of bullets and daring almost cer
tain death. Genkoyo Mltsunaga, tho
Japanese suspected of Qthe murder of
Mrs. Catherine. Wilson, in Denver, lata
this afternoon made a spectacular es
cape from a sheriff's posso in the
mountulns west or here. with tho
posso hard on his heels, and firing as
they ran, the Japanese disappeared
over tho mountain ridgo and reached
the bottom in safety.
Rich Placers Uncovered,
Victoria. B. C. May 16. Rich
placers havo been found in Northern
British Columbia, near tho headwaters
of Taku inlet, and miners aro taking
out 6 cents to tho pan. Jack Hy-
land, a trader, who arrived from Tele
graph creek, brought authentic news
of this find.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF
BERRIES NEED PICKING.
Crop Abundant and Prices Good, but
Indians Have Failed
Hood River -The berry season has
commenced In earnest with a shipment
of 1C0 crates. It Is now expected that
tho BhlpmcnU will double rBpldiy ana
that bv tho first of tho week tho season
will bo on In full forco. Prices for
berries aro good, but pickers scarce.
It Is believed that growers aro up
against the most serious shortage of
labor this year ever known, and that
unless it Is obtained quicKiy consider
able loss will bo sustained. Tho largo
number of Indians who unsually como
Into tho valley. It is said by Joseph
Tayhl, tho Indinn foreman who has for
sovcral years supplied hundreds of his
fellow tribesmen and their squuws,
will not bo. hero this year, as they havo
found employment looking after their
places on tho reservation. This has
thrown n big Bcore into mo growers,
who aro making every effort to secure
pickers from Portland, tho Willamette
valley and Eastern Oregon.
Tho highest' prices ever paid for
picking berries provall, but It Is feared
that not half enough ' will como Into
tho valley to gather tho crop. Many
of tho school children aro being asked
to help out tho ranchers as soon as
school closes. May 20. and cveryono
who can bo spared will tako a hand at
berry picking . A numbor or orcnaru
ownom who arolivlnir in town and hav
Ing their places looked after by hired
hoh announce that they will glvo their
friends a lift, but it is estimated that
Uio valloy must secure 2,000 outsiders
to get the crop to market.
QRANQE TO FIGHT ASSEMBLY.
Ringing Resolutions Passed In Clos
ing Hours of Meatlng.
Oregon City Tho Orcgbn State
fir n turn wnnt on record as onnosed to
the assembly. A ringing resolution
was uuoped practically unanimously,
condemning tho effort to rcmovo polit
ical power from tho people, and sup
porting tho idon of government by tho
people dlroctly. Without discussion
tho resolution was passed, It having
been considered by tho commlttco and
reported for adoption. r
Two problems of overwhelming Im
portance woro before tho grango good
roads and tho advancement of govern
ment by tho people. On tho good
rsin.la tirnrwaW Inn llin (rrnnirn tnok an
advanced position, recommending that
tho legislature abolish ail restrictions
nimlnnt. InilnhtivlncM as to BUch im-
provomonts, leaving tho pcoplo as the
solo judges or mo worn to uo none ami
tho mannor of payment for It,
Thn irrnrxrn was onnosed to the TO-
turn of tho assembly, and .at no tlmo
un ttmrn In nulilnnfn nv Indication of
dofoat of tho resolution condemning it
Tho work of tho grango occupied a
great deal or tlmo ana tno important
rnanlnttnn worn loft Until tho last dttV.
After making every effort to clear tho
secretary's dcsK or accumuiaicu Dull
ness and laboring until after tho tlmo
sot for adjournment, a numbor of Im
portant resolutions wero still on tho
tablo. A resolution was passed laying
on tho tablo for lack of tlmo 'the pro
posed tax umendmcnt, with others,
leaving tho matters to tho action of
tho pcoplo at tho polls.
Lebanon Fair June 16, 10, 17.
Lebanon The Strawborry Fair and
Festival committee held a mcoting this
week, at which tho dates for tho fair
woro sot for Juno IK, 10 and 17, when
tho growers say tho borriea will bo at
thoirbesL Last yenr tho fair was
held on Juno 5 and was two weeks too
early to got tho best berries In tho ex
hibits. This yenr tho delicious fruit
will ripen nt least n week earlier, and
tho fair Is sot for nearly a 'week Inter,
which should bring tho fair on at tho
very height of tho berry Benson.
Lostlne to Move Near Dopot.
Wallowa After moro than two years
of negotiating, tho George W. Wood
proporty, containing 40 acres, sur
rounding tho Lostino depot, has been
secured by an option and real cstato
dealers of this city will manugo tho
platting of tho now townslto and tho
marketing of tho lots. This will bo
placed nn tho market as soon as the
services of tho county surveyor can
bo secured. As Lostino is ono and a
half miles from tho depot tho business
men begun to realizo that tlielr future
success depended upon moving.
Build Road to Marshfield,
Marshfleld The Coos Bay Rapid
Transit company, tho proposed electric
railway being promoted by Major Kin
ney, is negotiating with the Marshfleld
city council for a franchise. Tho com
pany agrees to havo tho road completed
within live months after franchises
nro granted In North Bend and Marsh
fleld. W. P. Evans, of North Bend,
president of tho company, states that
the street car lino will bo built. Work
is being dono at tho terminal grounds.
Big New Mill Will Start.
Wallowa Tho first tralnleud of logs
for tho big Nibley-Mlmnaugh Lumber'
company's mill has arrived at the mill.
A largo number of logs are banket! out,
ready to bo delivered. Tho mill is
ready. Tho mill has a capacity of 60,
000 feet per day and Is tho largest of
ten mills which will market a totrl of
30,000,000 feet of lumber hero an
nually. Planning Cherry Orchard.
Eugene E. M, Warren, who owes
thn iraft nt 1 iillii on littllav hill on
which warn lruntd thn nM Tom fipcnr
prune orchard, has grubbed upfevery
. . il . 1 1 . rt 1 .
tree in tno urcnuiu, iu acres, aim may
plant the tract to Royal Ann cherries
n tho noar future.
Stamp Mills to Start.
Gold Hill A new 10-stamp mill at
tho Grey Eagle mine on Sardine creek
Is now In operation, and tho stamp mill
at the Kubli mino will bo started Mon
day.
40 Acres Sell for $7,000.
Freowater H. M. Williams has sold
his alfalfa ranch of 40 acres in tho
Hudson Bay country to J. W. Foster of
Idaho, consideration $7,000.
OUR HOME STATE
FARM BRINGS 360,000.
J, Johnson Buys Farm for 816,000;
Clears 941,000 In 2 Years.
Eugene One of the largest deals in
real estate made in Eugene for some
time Is the sale of tho Jonathan John
son farm, known as tho old B. F. Dunn
place, half mile north of tho city HmlU
of Eugene and containing 1,138 acres.,
to W. B. Holeman, of Puyallup, Wash.
The priro paid for tho tract was $50 an
aero, or 150,900. Two years ago Mr.
Johnson paid $15,000 for tho place.
Mr. Holeman, who Is cashier of the
First National bank of Puyallup, will
movo to Eugcno to rcstdo and will
erect a fine residence on a hill on tho
tract which ho has just purchased. A
part of the farm lies on n sloping hill
nnd a part in n beautiful valloy ox
tending from Spencer's Butto bIx miles
to tho city of Eugene. Mr. Holeman
will divido tho farm into smaller tracts
and will plant most of It to fruit, as it
Is admirably adapted to that culture.
Ab a further oxamplo of tho rlso In
land values In this vicinity, Mr. John
son, tho seller of this tract, two years
and n half ago bought tho Whitney
farm of 200 acres, which has recently
been bought by Scattlo capitalists, for
$37.60 an acre, and six months later
sold it to J. O. Storey, of Portland, for
$60 an acre. Two years later, only a
few days ago, Mr. Storey sold the tract
to J. P. Howo and others, of Seatltc,
for $260 an acre.
Roadway to Josephine's Caves,
Grants Pass To mako moro pleas
ant tho trip to tho cavca this summer
tho great limcstono labyrinths of Gray-
back mountain, known aa Oregon'a
Marble Halls, will bo put in shape to
receive visitors at an early date.
These caves aro said to bo tho largest
marblo halls in -'tho world, and every
year aro visited by tourists from all
Bcctlons of the United States. Form
erly tho caves woro controlled by pri-
vato Individuals, but aro now within
tho confines of tho Siskiyou forest re
serve, and much tho samo as a national
park. They will bo protected and
cared for by rangers of tho forset scrv
Ice, In fact, ono of tho main camps of
tho rangers Is near tho entranco to tho
labyrinths.
Thousands of pcoplo would visit tho
caves but for tho hard journoy. Lo
cated 66 miles south of Grants Pass
and with tho last 22 miles of tho dls
tanco covered only by a narrow, rough
and tortuous mountain trail, tho trip
to tho marblo halls Is anything but
pleasant, and can only bo made by tho
aid of pack animals. Tho government.
through ita appropriations for such
purposes, will construct a road to tho
cavos from the main highway at Wil
liams valloy, and will provide lultable
shelter at the eaves.
Cherries Ripening In Umatilla.
Stanfiold Rlpo strawberries about
Stanfleid, Hcrmlston and Umatilla at
test tho carllness of Umatilla and Mor
row counties In fruit production. Cher
ries aro noarly full grown. Last year
at Stanfiold tho first' rlpo cherries were
picked May 12. The early season ap
plies aa woll to peaches and apricots as
to tho varieties named. This oxtremo
carllness is ono of tho best posslblo
features of a fruit producing district
and may explain in part a recent sale
of Northern Umatilla county unim
proved land at $1,000 per acre.
Live Lobsters Coming.
Boston A specially constructed gov
eminent car fined with lobsters has loft
tho Mulno coast for Portland, Or. But
they aro not to bo eaten, at least for a
while. Thoy aro going to tho United
Slates hatchery, where thoy will bo
given their liberty. While on tho way
the temperature will bo maintained at
42 degrees, and salt water will bo
sprayed upon them nt intervals.
These aro probably tho lobsters which
nro to be planted in Yaqulna bay,
PORTLAND MARKETS,
f
Wheat Track prices: Blucstem, 88
ClOOc; club, 848Cc; red Russian, 82c;
valley, 87c.
Barloy Feed and brewing, $2223
per ton.
Corn Wholo, $33; cracked, $34 ton.
Huy Truck prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $20(i2l; Eastern Ore
gon, $2225; alfalfa, $16.6017.60;
grain hay, $1718,
Oats No. 1 whlto, $26027 ton.
Fresh Fruits Strawberries, Oregon,
$1.7502.25 per crate; apples, $1.6003
por box; gooseberries, 60)7e per pound.
Potatoes Carload buying prices;
Oregon, 40060c per hundred; sweet
potatoes, 4c per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes, 6070o por
dozen; asparagus, $101.25 per box;
cabbage, 3Hc per pound; celery, is.ou
04 per crate; hothouse lettuce, 6Oc0
$1 per box; green onions, 16c per doz
en; rocisnes, iMsfiSUc; rnuoaro,
02lcper pound; spinach, 8010c;
rutabagas, xi.'jcci.&o per sacK; car
rots, 85c0$l; beets, $1.50; parsnips,
76c0$l.
Onions Oregon, $a per nunurea;
ml, $1.75 per sack.
Butter City creamery, extras, z&c
per pound; fancy outside creamery, 26
027c; store, 20c. Butter fat prices
average llc per pound under regular
butter prices.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 23024c
per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 12013c per pound.
Veal Fancy, 9K01! pound.
Lambs Fancy, 10ltc per pound.
Poultry Hons, 18a; broilers, 27
030c; ducks, 18(f23c; geese, 12Hc;
turkeys, live, 2O022c dressed, 25c;
squabs, $3 per dozen.
Cattle Beef steers, bay fed, good to
choice, $606.25; fair to medium, $50
5.50; cows and heifers, geed to choice,
$505.15; fair to medium, $4.2504.76;
bulls, $3.5004.25; ataga, $4.6006;
calves, light, $607; heavy, $t.6O0
5.50.
Hogs Top, $1010.M; fair to me
dium, $9.2509.55.
Sheep Beet wether. f.26$9.55;
fair to good, $4.'7535: . $.75
05; lambs, choice,.$78; fair, $6,60
7.
Hops 1909 crop, l16c; olds,
nominal; 1910 contracts, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 144117c per
pound; valloy, 17040c; mohair, choice,
32033c. 1
BIG BATTLE8HIP LAUNCHED.
Monster. Fighting Machine Will Carry
Crew of 1,000 Men.
New York, May 14. The battleship
Florida, biggest of tho American
Dreadnoughts built thus far, was sue
cessfully launched at the Brooklyn
navy-yard yesterday in tho presence of
tho vice-president or tho United States,
the secretary of tho navy, the naval
attaches of all the powers and a crowd
of 50,000 enthusiasts, whom intermit
tent rains failed to keep away.
The 21,825-ton fighting leviathan,
built to carry 10 12-inch guns, glided
down the ways to tho strains of Tho
Star Spangled Banner, played by the
navy yard and tho 29th Inrantry bands.
whllo the crowd cheered and hundreds
ot river craft tooted their noisy wcl
come.
Tho vessel was christened by Miss
Elizabeth Fleming, daughter of ex
Governor Fleming, of Florida.
Later when tho Arkansas and tho
Wyoming, now under construction, are
afloat they will exceed the Florida In
size by 3,000 tons, a difference suffi
cient to mako a pretty good llttlo Hnor
In Itself. Tho Florida herself Is by no
means finished, for as she went off tho
ways yesterday Bho was only about 60
per cent advanced towards completion,
which means that sho was not much
moro than a vast empty hull, and still
awaits tho boilers and main and sec
ondary engines and armor and equip
mont that go to make up tho ship
ready for commission.
Probably thero is not a battleship
afloat that could tacklo the Florida on
even terms, when her commander's
flag flies from tho ungraceful, but
formldablo skeleton masts which will
bo placed upon her, that is, provided
tho naval designers do not change their
minds, as to the utility of this novel
feature of marine architecture within
the next eighteen months, by which
tlmo the Florida should bo In commls
slon,
INDIANS IN REVOLT.
New Mexico Redskins Destroy Prop
ery and Steal Stock.
East Las Vegas, May 14. An upris
ing or serious proportions has broken
out among tho Taos Pueblo Indians at
thoir village, 70 miles 'northwest of
here, and tonight troops aro being
hurried by special train from Santa Fo
to check a possiblo massacro of white
ranchers.
Tho Indians havo cut all tolcphono
and telegraph wires from Taos, but re
ports hero Indicate the depredations so,
far havo been confined to an attack on
tho wlfo and children of L. S. Meyers,
a homesteader, and tho cutting of
fences and looting of horses and cattlo.
Further attacks aro expected by the
ranchers and Judgo John R. Mcrio,
conducting court at Taos, telegraphed
an urgent demand for troops to go
there. Tho government immediately
ordered 50 men of companies D and F,
Now Mexico National guard, to Taos.
Tho mllitlamon will arrlvo at Taos to
morrow forenoon.
600 SEALS ARE SET FREE.
Only Government Can Take Tham
From Water Hereafter.
Washington, May.'M. Five hundred
three-year-old male seals aro to bo al
lowed to escape from tho killing fields
on tho Prlbyloff Islands to supply the
required number of breeding adults In
tho future. They aro to bo marked in
such a manner aa to make them readily
recognlzablo throughout the season and
undor no circumstances are thoy to be
slain. Thoy aro to bo tho best samples
of tho seal herds.
This direction, given to W. I. Lamb
key, agont in charge of tho Alaskan
seal fisheries, was announced today by
Secretary Nagol. Stringent measures
for tho protection of seal lire aro con
tained in tho Instructions to tho agent
Tho prlvilego of taking the Bcals,
hcrotoforo leased to a private com
pany, now rests with tho government,
which is to sell tho skins to tho high
est bidder.
Flannery Trial Opens,
San Rafael, Cal May 14. District
Attorney Thbmus P, Boyd, of Marin
couniy, mado his i opening address to
tho jury today in Judgo Lcnnon's court
In tho coso of Harry P. t ionnory, ex
presldont of the San Francisco police
commission, who is on trial on achargo
of grand larceny growing out nf his al
leged connection with the men who
conducted the recently-raided fake
poolroom in Sausalito. Hannery was
ordered to furnish $5,000 cash ball bo-
fore the opening of court tomorrow
morning, at 10 o'clock.
Greed Cause of Outbreak.
Victoria, B. C., May 14. Japanese
refugees from Changsha say that pec
ulation by Chinese officials was the
cause of the recent outbreak. Mr.
Suzuki, a Japanese postmaster, said
that when rlco was distributed to the
famine suffers last year, the governor
of Tseng, defrauded the people out of
20 per cent of tho allowance of grain
and many died of starvation. Their
bodies wero collected In ono grave
and resentment against the governor,
together with fears of returning fam
ine, resulted in the outbreak.
Liquor Sales Must End.
Reno, Nev., May 14. H. J. Hum
phreys, United States marshal for Ne
vada, last night sent Deputy Marshal
Goodo, of Elko, to the mining camp of
Jarbidge, Elko county, with instruc
tions to arrest all saloonkeepers or that
camp. Jarbidge, which is close to uie
Idaho line, la located on a govemmnet
forest reserve, and the Federal law
prohibits the sale of liquor on forest re
serves. Fourteen saloons are doing
business and all will be arrested.
Train Robbers Are Caught.
Phoenix. Ariz., llav 14 Tho two
robbers who held up the Phoenix 4k
Maricopa passenger train last night
nur hro wan) raniiirad tnalskt hv m
hemda- hv Sheriff UiVffen and
Immigration '.Inspector Ceria, in the
deeert beyond waea uranoe.
Mack Hand Agent GuHty,
New York. May 14 A verdict of
millty waa found today .in the Caruso
"Black Hand" case in Brooklyn. The
man on trial was Aqtenio Mieiana. ac
cused of attempting to extort $15,000
from the famous tsner.
AVARICE RULES
OVER DEAD KING
Points of View on Line ofFun-
etal Sell High.
Police Busy Guarding Palace Artillery
Rehearse Program Navy Will
Have Prominent Place.
London, May 17. Tho wholo court
and all London aro absorbed in tho
preparations for tho funeral of King
Edward, which will bo the most impos
ing ceremonial the British capital ever
has witnessed. Thirty thousand sol
diers will bo brought from Aldershot
and other military camps to lino tho
streets Friday when tho procession
passes.
As thero is no room to cmbarrnck
tho soldiers over night they will bi
vouac in the narks and streets. Tho
city will huvo tho appcaranco of an In
vested town for two days.
It Is expected ;that 700,000 persons
will pass through Westminster Hall to
look upon tho coffin. Barriers nro be
ing built by means of which tho pcoplo
will be ushered through in four lines
at the rato of 18,000 an hour. The
body of tho late king will not bo ex
posed to view. Tho mourners will bco
only tho coffin with tho official regalia
and heaps of flowers.
The flowers contributed by organl
zatlons and individuals will represent
many thousands of dollars In value.
The most elaborate wreath was sent
from Windsor, consisting of costly
white flowers, Interwoven with pur
pic, which Is tho royal mourning color.
The wreaths contributed by private in
dividuals, numbering thousands, will
bo hung on posts In tho streets.
Tho artillory horses, with gun car
riages, wero rehearsing today through
tho streets along tho lino of march, so
as to avoid the possibility of a mishap
on Friday.
FabUlous prices aro being asked for
scats in tho stands along tho line, $26
being tho lowest sum at which it Is
possiblo to get a place. Tho housohold
crs overlooking Trafalgar square
havo sent a protest to tho lord cham
berlain for again changing tho lino of
march, which deprives them of eagerly
expected proilts.
King Gcorgo having been closely
identified with tho navy, tho naval con
tingents will tako a prominent port In
tho ceremonies. Bluejackets will
draw tho gun carriago to Windsor, as
thoy did tho carriago which bora the
body7of Victoria, although on that oc
caslon thoy did so because tho horses
becamo restive.
Soldiers from tho king's company,
grenadier guards, are keeping sentry
watch over tho body In tho throncroom
nt Buckingham palace. Thoy aro re
lieved each hour.
Scotland Yard has all ita detectives
on duty and these are reinforced by
100 moro from Continental cities.
INDIANS READY TO YIELD.
Taos Uprising Already Over Will
Surrend to Troops.
Santa Fe., N. M., May 17. The
threatened uprising of the Taos Pueblo
Indians at Taos, N. M appears to bo
at an end. Governor Mills today Bald
tho national guard sent to Taos last
night has been ordored to return.
United States Attorney Wilson tele
graphed from Taos this morning that
tho rencgado Indians havo volunteered
to surrender thomsolvcs on tho bench
warrants which thoy have been resist
ing. Ho added that tho trouble had
been greatly exaggerated.
A regular troop of Cavalry, with
Captain McCoy in command, from Fort
Wineato. arrived here tonight to tako
a special train for Barranca, whence it
will ride overland to Taos, unless or
dored back by the War department.
It probably will bo necessary for the
troops to serve the bench warranto and
mako the arrests, but no bloodshed is
feared, as tho Indians, who including
women and children number only 300,
stand in awe of tho military.
Chase Horsethlef In. Relays,
Chicago, May 17. A 19-year-old
horse thief was captured by the Wau-
kegan police this afternoon atter a zv
mllo chose that lasted moro than four
hours and during which tho police used
three relays of horses and an automo
bile. Volleys of shots at the opening of
the chase and interruptions or parties
on pleasure drives that their fresh
horses might be exchanged for tired
animals driven by the police added ex
citing Incidents to the flight The po
lice finally captured the thief by the
used of an automobile.
Placervlllo Is Burning,
Placerville. Cal May 17. This city
is in danger of destruction by fire.
Dynamite is held in readiness to raze a
section of the residence district Fire
started at 9:30 tonight and has de
stroyed the Eldorado county court
house, Odd Fellows' building, Rolleri,
building and several brick structures.
A strong wind is blowing, every
available man, woman and child is
fighting the conflagration, both with
bucket brigades and high-pressure
water system. Florieton, Cal., is also
menaced by a forest fee.
New Air Record Is Made.
Mourmelon. France, May 17. Dan
iel Kinet, the Belgian aviator, today
Ma thn wnrlH'i record for an aero
plane flight with a passenger, remain-
; . . . - ai I a
ing In the atr I or & noun ana at m m-
utes. At Chalons Sur Marne, oa April
8, Kinet made a flight with a paaeen
ger of 2 hours and 20 minutea. Pre
vious to that Orvllle wrtght bom ue
KHinl. hvinr remained in Use air at
Berlin last September with a paaaen-
get lor l nour ana aa saiBetea.
Fruit Ores' Is Menaced.
Denver. May 17. Celende'a fruit
of the estimated Value of 7,eM,00e is
asenaeed tonight by a a term, accom
panied by a sUdden dree in tempera
ture, which is sweeping the atate.
The thermometer at the western
slope registered 40 degree Fahren
heit at 10 o'cleek, and . was falling
steadily, under a SO-saile wind freaa the
north.
WINTER WHEAT IMPROVES.
Crop Reports Show Pacific North
west Grain Better.
Washington, May 11. According to
May estimates of the department of
agriculture, the winter wheat crop of
the Pacific Northwest was in better
condition May 1, 1010, than May 1,
1909, in Washington and Idaho ( the
condition being abovo the 10-ycnr av
erage. Reports show that 0 per cent of the
winter wheat acrcago In Oregon has.
been abandoned, leaving 476,000 "scree
to bo harvested. Tho condition of this,
crop Is reported at 95, as compared
with 93 last yoar. The 10-ycar avcr
ogo for Oregon is 96.
Eight and ,'. two-tenths per cent of
tho Washington acrcago has been aban
doned, leaving 676,000 acres to bo har
vested, tho condition of tho crop on
May 1 is 95, being 2 per cent abovo
that of last year and 3 per cent abovo
tho 10-ycar average.
In Idaho 4 per cent of tho ncrcnge
has been abandoned, leaving 345,000
acres to bo harvested. Tho condition
of tho Idaho winter wheat on May 1
was 98, against 93 of last year, and 96
on tho lft-year nvoragc.'
SOCIALISTS BACK UP
THEORIES WITH CASH.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 11. It Is an
nounced by city officials that Milwau
kee municipal bonds will not go beg
ging under a Social Democratic admin
istration. At a meeting in Chicago tho execu
tive board of the International Bakers'
union decided to buy Milwaukee bond
to the extent of $200,000, should the
need for such action arise. The bak
ers havo In their treasury $200,000 Un
united States bonds and these they
havo decided to sell, giving them that
amount of money for Milwaukee bond
should thero bo any move by Eastern
bankers to hamper tho Social Demo
cratic administration.
Tho International Bakers' union re
quested all other unions to tako similar
action. It Is said tho brewery work
ers' organization,, holding nearly $1,
000,000 in United States bonds, will
fall In lino on tho proposition.
MINERS RESUME CRUSADE.
Further Dlsordors Result InlPlltsburg
District In Kanras.
Pittsburg, Kansas, May 11. March
ing miners resumed thoir crusade
against tho operations of tho mines in
this vicinity today and somo disorder
resulted.
Forty-seven miners nt Croburg at
tempted to null tho fires in the mines
there, but they were driven away by
othor miners seeking to prevent
trouble.
At Curransville, the marchers sue
cceded In putting out tho Area in the
Breezy Hill mines and the men there
wero driven away.
The fires undor tho boilers of the
coal company's water works also were
drawn, and tho town Is without water.
The marchers later started for the
mines near Mulberry.
WAGES FURTHER INCREASE.
Five Thousand Telegraphers Gain
Concessions from Railroad.
Philadelphia, May 11. Several im
portant concessions havo been secured
by the 6,000 telegraphers on the Penn
sylvania railroad system cast of Pitta
burg, following n mooting of tho gen
eral commlttco representing tho oper
ators and General Manager Myers, of
tho company.
In addition to tho general 6 per cent
Increase in wages rocently declared by
tho company, supplementary increases
wero granted to equalize wages with
tho amount of work performed.
Blow at Bleached Flour.
Dcs Moines, Iowa, May 11. Judge
McPherson in the Federal court today
upheld tho national pure food law as
regards bleached flour when ho dismis
sed the complaint of tho Shawnee Mill
ing company, of Kansas, and the Up
dike Milling company, of Omaha,
brought in behalf of tho Western Mill
ing company, asking that United
States district attorney M. L, Temple,
of Iowa, be enjoined from solzlng
bleached flour shipped into Iowa. The
decision does docs not state whether or
not tho bleached flour Is Injurious.
Jap Sealers Llo In Watt.
Juneau, Alaska, May 11, Six Jap
anese Bealing schooners are lying in
wait off Sitka to intercept the seal
herds as they pass north to the breed
ing grounds. In the crews of the seal
ers have been recocmized manv nt tha
Japanese who have served terms of
imprisonment in 'Alaska for violation
of the laws regulating pelagic sealing.
r eaerai game wardens report that at
taut R0.OOO deer have neriahivl In
Southeastern Alaska because of the
unusual severity of the winter. Eighty
dead deer were found in one ravine.
Boat Is Made of Concrete,
Washington, May 11. It will puzzle
mnat nonnla tn know. that a hnat Imilr
of concrete will not only float, but haa
a greater carrying capacity, is more
durable, and even lighter than a
strongly constructed wooden boat
The Panama Canal commission haa'juet
launched on tho banks of the Panama
canal a big barge built of reinforced
concrete, which weighs 60,000 pounds,
and two others will soon be "finiahed-
Theee vessels are indestructible.
Alaska Fishermen Strike,
Seattle, Wash., May .11, ,Three hun
dred Indian salmon fishermen at Keteh
lkan. Alaska, have formed a union and
struck against an attempt of the fac
tories to reduce the prjee ot Sen frees
6 to 4 cents. The Ketehikan, faeterisa
preserve salmon by a Ita-eu. Me-
eese and ship the product to Qarmnj,
where it is a favorite article feed.
Riettrs Deetrey Mtsslsw.
Chanesha. China. Metu 11. Weed
haa reached here that rieta hare ec
eurred at Yuen Chew, whkh la 3
miles from Change, and ..that the in
land misaien Was been destroyed. Me
detail ace given, a the
wire hay been eat.