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THE SUMJAT OTtEGONIAy. POUTLAyD. JTTSE 11, 1911.
HUNT CLUB RAGES
CHEERED BY 3d
Cppenheimer Is Star of Mat
inee by Winning Three
First Places.
NO RECORDS ARE BROKE?
DAt of tint Johnson, Ridden by
Mlsa Mabel Uwmice, by Albert
Wilkes, Mrs. Jubn Xtcol
Tpt La Mile 6nrprles.
FuttB Oppenbetmar. riding Ore
gon Frank. Or ion Maid an J. II. Bn.
r.rtt. In different events, wn the shin
ing star of the uiul nn meet of
the Portland Hunt Club yesterday aft
ernoon, winning three first places and
croMtnr the wire third on MMiM In
the quarter mil pole pony dash.
Tr. ree Ihouucd persons turned out
at the Country Club for ths big mati
nee, which vu pronounced highly sue
cessf uL No time records were amashed.
the JJ eeoooda made by Oregon Frank
In th tnrae-elhihe mil dash being
probably the best mark of ths day. but
ths various events ware closely con
tested throughout.
Oregoo Kid's Failure fcorprise.
Ths rather poor fin ten of Oreiton Kid
la the mile run proved one of the sur
prises of the day. although the defeat
of Jim Johnson, ridden by Miss Mabel
Lawrence, by Albert Wilkes. Mrs.
Jamas NlooU In ths mils trot, was al
most as ssrers a. Jolt to the admirers
of the Johnson steed.
This race was one of ths prettiest
of the day. the, two leaders com Ins
down the stretch almost neck and neck
when Mlsa Lawrence's mount broke.
Miss 81! la J. ladbetter bad consider
able trouble with ber horse. Jerry, ad
mitted to bs ona of the speediest In
the Northwest. Jerry broke at fre
quent stacea around the circuit.
Ths flve-elshth mils dash proved an
other appetizer. Or-iron Maid retting
t-.e Jump and maintaining bar lead ail
tna distance. Jimmy Dougan. ridden
by Charles Leadbetter. strove valiantly
to cut down tue trap, but could not
reach the Cppenheimer fiver.
I'loanthus and Oreson Frank were
about even bets In ths three-eighths
mils event. Cloanthus carried Im
pounds, however, with Harry Corbett
up. and the lS-pound handicap proved
too big a lead. J"S P. Cronln was
allgr.tly Injured In tha relay when bla
s:ippd from under him and te
fell to ths track.
The Summary.
Three-etshts mile dash. Miss Eya
Kl-rnan trophy: ireiio Frank K- K.
.i r-nh-lmeri first; Ooanthus ( II. U
tvrbrtt second: Johnnie H. (William
Alr.- third. Time. J. seconds.
Two-ni l- relay, rr. W. i. Voed
trophy tHile. IHn snd Fox (R. 11
Lameonl first: U ra. May and CoL Jack
(Ueulenant W. H. Kucker) second;
Tinuruk. Rox! and Fru (Joseph K.
Vliey) third. Time. ( minutes s eec-oB-in
Mils trot. R. B. Lamson trophy A-b-rt
Wilkes (Mrs. J.mn Klcoll first:
Jlme Johnson MI Mabel Lawrence)
Ixcond; Rrlaada l Mrs F. O. Fuffum)
n'.rd. Time. 1 minutes 2$ seconds,
srter-mlle polo pony daeh. Kram
er's trophy Fair Boy (Charles I.-sd-tter
flret: Isrft (Lieutenant C P.
C-re. second; Mldset E- K. Oppen
helmerl. third. Time. 2 seconds.
Ft va-ets tithe daeh. Oskar E. Huber
trophy Oregon Maid IC. K Oppenhelm
er. flrst: Jimmy I..uan (Charles l.d-r.-tr-r.
second: Call Hond K. M. Laia
. rti-. third. Time. 1 minutes l-A seo-
vl'iarter-mlls tnr rare Ra-hltsht
Antn..ny NevlonV flrst: sister (deorse
K'.IUol). eecon.t: ll.1e( (George
lto.-h. third Time, .TV. seconds.
yusrter-mlle dh for rwovvwelghts.
I. (V Clarke and W. F. Woodward tro
phic Pr. Inmtt Drake rode first. H.
C. Camrhell ee,-rnd and W. M- Dans
third Time. Z3 -onl.
St'iarter-mlle dh. lor stsblebovs
Oregon Frank (Kooert P--r-meer). firet;
tr Hov ( Ale-ancler WlUonl. second:
lin.tT Hob lent. (Mrd. No time.
M'.le run. Portland Boee Feeflval tro-
Sh J. M pennet 4 K. K Oprenhelmer I.
r.t. I.adv Mvrlle i K. T. Chaei. ec
i.n.1; Orsoi Kid (Chester O. Murphy).
tMrd. T.tne. I minute H seconds.
Tie erTlrfale were: W. w Cotton, T.
C -mpbel. R. L. Sahln. tudses; Fd M.
O Brlen. etarter: K. B. Torrua. timer;
John Cronvn. announcer; J. Laldlaw.
padlok Judce.
Ilolse Swlmmrr Wants llace.
Robert C. M.inley. of Poise. Idaho,
who was beaten bv Iwls Thomas and
Cue alankerts In ths l-yard Ross Fes
ttval swim Friday, has Issued a ehai
lensw to any ewtmmsr on tha Pacifls
Coaet for a soo-yard rare and Bids bet
of between IliM and 11004. Manley aara
tha altitude affected bla swlmralnc Fli
dxv. H. U Williams, of Seattle, la
artlna as Manley's barker. Manley has
swum for the New Tork AtMetle Clnb.
ChU-ajro Athletic Club and I'JInols Ath
letic Club, belnc chosen as a member of
the lo CIvmpio team, which went to
England. Stanley was Amsrtcan eham
plan nnUl tha advwnt of C U. Danlaia
lie Is a stockman In Bovtfeara Idano,
Irsm M Ins From Ityera.
TTTTSBrsX Pa- June 10 (Special.)
By plavlnc sensational solf in tha
twenty-flrat hols this afternoon. W. C
Towers. Jr.. National amateur champion
rf tha XTnlted Stole., defeated K- M.
Fyers, a former National champion. In
t.Ke seml-flnata for the ctrp offered by
ths Allegheny Country Club.
INSURAP.'CE BILL STUDIED
GaJway Ctmnty Council Looktnf
Into Financial Fod of Matter.
DCBLIX. Juna la. (Special) At
tve lialway County Council mestlnc
tMs wsek ths chairman. Mr. Olynn. aald
a matter of ths noil unrent Importaaca
was tns scheme) of BaUonal Insurance
recently introduced by Lloyd Georas
llr. Redmond bad exprsssed doubt as
to whether It would bs suttabls to ap
ply to Ireland, and hs asked tbs County
Councils to consider Its clauses and
civs tbair opinion to him so as to bs a
rulda to ths Irish Party In any action
they might take. They should thsrsfors
consider carefully any bill now tntro
ducsd that mlcht t&row anything oa
Ireland's finances.
It was admitted that the whole
amount would bs ITs.svd.S00 a ysar on
tha Vntted Kingdom, but Ireland's pro
portion would swamp any surplus they
kad. Tor tna last If years. Irian ex
penses bad gone up to H par cant,
while tha revaaue had rone up by 1
par' cer. l Ha mo-red a resolution that
It would be Inadvisable to apply tha
Insurancs B1U In tts entirety to Irwland,
and that ths Irish Party should consid
er how far its pressnt purposes would
affect ths solvency of Irish finance,
i s-iac.'jx arsAaiUad lion V' -
SCENES AT ANNUAL RACE MEET OT PORTLAND HUNT CLUB YES
TERDAY AT COUNTRY CLUB.
,,Brv;rO'n"fi''ff
u' " J'. 'A
POOR ARE HELPED
English Emigration Society
Aids Settlers.
GOOD WORKERS FAVORED
Plan to Assrts Those Desiring- to
XJvs) la Drltiaa Foraesslong list
Prored Puccrsful In Many
Cases) ItecenUr Noted.
LONDON, Juna 10. fSpecrai) New
impetus to amlgratlon from Britain to
nsr riTirmas dominions has been pro
vided by tha Empire Emigration So
ciety, an undertaking organised to
assist thoss who wish to emigrate, but
are unable to do so for lark of funds.
Lord Ridley and Lord Sandhurst are
actively Interested In this society for
emla-ratlon by Instalments, and are
acting as trustees of Its funds. Not
tha Ill-nouns bed and povarty-strlrksn.
but ths abls bodied with soma savings
to their credit are tha class of emi
grant to whom chances are being of
fered. Soon after It was established,
ths Empire Emigration Society had
over 1500 people on Its books with 120
at thslr disposal, who were anxious
to ssvs ths necessary balance, in or
der to win to hoped for prosperity In
Canada, Australia, or New Zealand.
Tbs Intending emigrants have to
open an account with the society with
a minimum aeposit or lscq sud
sequent payment must not be loss than
tL As soon as tha depositor has paid
la half of the necessary amount, his
passage Is booked and arrangements
made to supply him with employment
when bs arrives at his destination.
Every class of worker is dealt with.
and steps are taken to help emigrants
to follow their own callings overseas.
Typical of tha variety or applicants
In touch with ths society axe four cases
the secretary selected at random. A
nurse, who desires to go to Brmsh
Columbia, has enough money to pay her
passage, but is In need of advice as
to tha best means of going: a stone
mason, who means to smlgrste as soon
be can raiss sufficient funds, and
who has pstd a first Instalment of IT;
a widow, who is an sxpert dressmaker,
and hocea to have saved enough by the
.a..ss nf Tuna gQ tl rr1" rinntna.
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(fjurcoJC ew V : J v J 7 JCM
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UaU 'a-W Jr e.;..aw i-ill wllSakal J I .'
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- .r'':"'' - b " i vV -."t-''i I
w7i
with soms capital who wants to know
of a colony where he may practice his
profession, and at the same time give
his two sons a start In farming.
The Duke of Marlborough recently
gavs a broad bint to tha surplus
women of England to go to the do
minions beyond the ssas whers men
were waiting for wires Said the duke,
"There are a million more women than
men In England, and there are a mil
lion more men than there are women
In tha Dominions."
Bo, Indirectly, ths Empire Emigra
tion Boclety is playing the part of
marriage bureau for Canadian bache
lors, and domestlo helps all over the
country are beoomlne; Infected wltA
the travel fever after dreaming of
mora congenial careers in new lands.
European and American Ways.
W. II. Doolty. In the Atlantic
In tha Krupp ateel works, at Essen,
work Is begun at A. 'breakfast Is
from t to 1:15; dinner II to 1:10 P. M
tea to t.li; close at ( P. M.. making
a total of 1 hours, minus S hours for
maals. In ths cutlery works at Bolla
gsn the time allowed for breakfast and
tea Is longer for women and youthful
workers than for crown men. giving
two or three hours less of work In ths
week. - Note tha time required for
meals: It Is as chsracwrlstlc to tha
Germans, as Indifference to meals and
hurry are of our people. American
workmen In tha Iron and textile Indus
tries usually work if hours a week, ex
cept in tha Southern cotton mills, where
they often work : hours a week.
There Is a movsment on ths psrt of
legislatures to rsducs by statuts ths
number of hours of work a day to
eight. As a rule, tha only Interval al
lowed is for dlnnsr. snd thst Is general
ly no mors than hslf or thres-qusrters
of sn hour. In seme American shops,
at moments of unusual pressure, no In
terval la allowed at all; ths men work
at ths machines during their dinner ps
rlod and sat their dinner as best they
can. Tha machinery runs continuously
vrlth two shifts. of worksrs. and this Is
ths secret of ths great production of
the American stesl mills In particular,
and of ths excessive high wages earned
In them. Respect for meal-time be
longs to Europeans.
Brother's Bright Prospect.
IJpplncotfs.
A group of little girls were discuss
ing tha merits of ths babies In their
famlllss, and each was striving- to out
do the others In reciting the virtues
and achievements of ths home Infant.
-My llttls sister Is only 7 months old.
and shs has three teeth." said one.
"My little brother hasn't any yet."
vsotursd another, "but when his do
corns thsy'rs going to bs gold ones."
The Chilean government has Just let the
ronirsv-t for the erection of 42 country
vh.,..hMiui whloh will creete
f r r-KMi sUiraituxa.sad snnriinw
OREGON
MINERAL
OUTPUT SMALLER
Total of Five Metals In 1909
Is $827,001. Decrease of
$99,736 From 1908.
BAKER LARGEST PRODUCER
Its Output Decreases, but Jackson
fibtrsra Increase Baker Leads tn
Deep Mining, Josephine In -Placer
Gold - Mining.
OREOONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. June t. The delayed report of
the United States Geological Survey on
production of gold, silver, copper, lead
and sine daring the year 1009. reviews
briefly the condition of the mining in
dustry In each of the mining states and
shows the output of these five metals
In Oregon aggregated 1827.001. Dis
cussing the metal production of Ore
gon, the report says:
"For the calendar year 1909 operators
of 1J mines, of which 66 were deep
and were placers, reported produc
tion from Oregon. The number of
deep mines is the sams as In 1908, but
there was a decrease of 77 productive
placers In 190S. The aggregate out
put of these mines was valued at $827.
001. Of the total output the gold
yield was 17,827.61 One ounces, valued
at 1781. ,64; the silver yield was 27,827
ounces, valued at 614,470: the copper,
236,000 pounds, valued at J30.6EO, and
the lead. 400 pounds, ' valued at 617.
In 1808 the total value of all the
metals produced In Oregon was 1928,
787, so that the decrease tn value of
output for 1900 was $98,786. The total
quantity of ore mined and treated In
1909 was 69,261 short tons, an increase
of 8567 tons. The elllclous ores
amounted to 67.634 tons In 1909. an in
crease of 9083 tons as compared with
the production of 1908; the copper ores,
amounting to 1647 tons, decreased 486
tons. Trie average value of slliclous
ore per ton In gold and silver In 1908
was $9.87. as compared with $12.49 In
1908, which In part accounts for the
falling off In total gold yield. The
copper ore smelted In 1909 yielded an
average value of $2.92 per ton In gold
or silver. The average recovered
value per ton of all metals was $9.87 In
the slliclous ores In 1909, as compared
with $18.60 In 1908.
Baker Leads in Deep Mines.
The largest production from deep
mines was from Baker County, and of
placer mines from Josephine County.
The most productive Quarts mine in the
state was In Baker County, and the
most productive placer (dredged) was
in Jackson County. Sixty-five quarts
mines produced gold In 1909. one more
than In 1908. Productive placers num
bered 96 In 1909, as compared with 173
in 1908. The placers in 1909 yielded
$251,318 In gold, as compared with $272,
693 In 1908, a decrease of $61,876. The
hydraulic ' mines In 1909 yielded $157.
86 In gold, which Is $23,619 less than
In 1908; and the surf ace placers, dredges
and drift mines combined yielded $63,
DoS. whloh Is $27,656 less than In 1908.
There were In the state 62 productive
hydraulic mines, ten drift mines, two
dredges and 22 surface placers or sluic
ing mines.
The yield In silver In Oregon In 1909
aggregated 27.600 fine ounces, valued
at $14,862, a decrease of 16.002 ounces
In quantity and of $7S7 in value, as
compared with the production of 1908.
Baker County made the largest silver
output. 19.614 fine ounces, valued at
$10,147. which was more than tenfold
that of any other county In the state,
only one of the others having reached
as high In product as 1900 fine ounces.
The copper output was entirely de
rived from Josephine County, and $4700
in gold and 227 fine ounces of silver
wsrs recovered with It.
Oregon Has) Two Districts.-
Southwestern and Northeastern Ore
gon form two distinct mining regions,
which differ In character of deposits and
ores. The mines in Southwestern Ore
gon, an extension of the California gold
belt, made a combined gold production
of $274,246. which Is an increase of 623.
601 over the output of 1908. The pro
duction of placer gold from this region
In 1909 was valued at $185,262.
Northeastern Oregon comprises Baker,
Crook, Grant, Harney. Malheur, Uma
tilla. Union. Wallowa and Wheeler
counties. Ths combined gold yield of
these counties In 1909. omitting Wal
lowa and Umatilla, with no output, was
$607,719. a decrease of $106,713. The
placer gold yield wss $36,066 in 1909, or
$43,048 less thsn In 1908. Ths lods mines
yielded $471,663 In go!4. a decrease of
8SS.S70. The silver product of North -
Hie
MICHIGAN 33 FOEED00R.
PRICE T 0 B. PORTLAND, INCLUDING MOHAIR. TOP AND DUST COVER,
GIsASS FRONT, SPEEDOMETER, ROBE RAIL AND FOOT REST, $1650.00.
SpeciCcations-33-horsepower, 112-inch wheel-base, 34-inch wheels, multiple disc clutch, Stromberg carburetor and
Briff tKst bills the rouehest roads or in the city oa the crowded streets where traffic is heavy, the Michigan
wffl sJways S caS. K UdUt us show you these excellent ears. Five models. A demonstration gladly given.
Michigan Auto & Buggy Co., 369-371 Hawthorne Ave.
eastern Oregon was 22,810 fine ounces In
1909.
There wss a material decrease tn value
of total output of gold and silver In
Baker County In 1909. The yield of
gold, valued at $417,638 In 1909. was
$90,391 less than in 1908. The silver
product, 19,614 fine ounces in 1909, was
2019 ounces in quantity and $874 In
valne greater than in 190S. The total
falling off in value of the output of
gold and silver In the county In 1909
was $89,617. There were 42 producing
mines In the county In 1909, as compared
with 60 in 1908. The placers numbered
2. These placers combined yielded
$16,470 in gold and $96 in silver In 1909.
The total number of deep mines from
which-product was reported was 20k and
their output was 32.521 tons of stlldous
ore In 1909, or 6392 tons less than in
190f. The gold yield of this ore was
valued at $401,068. and the silver yield
was 19,231 fine ounces, valued at $10,
052. In 1909 Grant County produced 1.999.34
fine ounces In gold, valued at $41,328, and
1694 ounces of silver, valued at t&a. The
IS deep mines In this county producing
In 1909 were at Austin, Beach Creek.
Granite. Prairie City. Red Boy, and
Susanvllle. Their production of ore in
1909 was 7068 tons, yielding $30,343 In
gold and $S13 In silver. 1
In 1909 Jackson County produced
4S48.04 fine ounces In gold, valued at
$100,218. and 1838 ounces of silver, valued
at $1008, as well as 400 pounds of lead,
valued at $17. s total of $101,243. This
shows an Increase In value for 1909 of
$33,2SS In gold and $290 In silver.
s Josephine Placers Rich.
Tha total output of Josephine County
In 1909 was valued at $180,402, as com
pared with $194,139 In 1908, a decrease
of $13,737. Of the total production In
1909, the gold was 7,207.73 fine ounces,
valued at $148,927; the silver was 1644
ounces, valued at $856; and the copper
was 235,000 pounds, valued at $30,550.
There were 29 mines reporting produc
tion In 1909. or 24 less than In 190S.
Of these ten were deep mines and 29
were placers. The most productive dis
trict was at Gallce, where three deep
mines made a combined yield valued
at $25,740, the mine of the Gold Road
Mining & Milling Company being the
largest The deep mines of the county
yielded $42,874 In gold and silver In
1909. and the placers yielded $106,978,
the placer output thus exceeding In
value the deep-mine output of gold and
silver by $64,104. Virtually all the g-old
from placers was derived from hy
draulic mines, their output being $105,
793 out of a total placer gold yield of
$106,633 In 1909.
Washington Yield Greater. .
The report of the Geological Survey
gives the total production of these five
metals in Washington In 1909 as $448.
966. which was $70,150 more than in
1908. The gold yield In Washington
was 17,514 fine ounces, valued at $362,
051; sliver $41,334. copper $33,167, lead
$12,14.
TIMBERMEN FORM LEAGUE
Protection Against Fire Aim of Pri
vate Owners.
MEDFORD,- Or, June 10, (Special.)
Representatives of 130.000 acres of
privately owned timber lands in Jacle
son County, met this afternoon, and
organized the Jackson. County Forest
Fire Protective Association, under the
guidance of C. t. Chapman, of Portland,
and F. A. Elliott, State Forester. The
association will take Immediate steps
to have the privately-owned timber
lands of the county patrolled in order
to prevent loss during the fire season.
It Is estimated that It will cost them
about two cents an acre to properly
guard the forests.
Last season the loss In timber In this
county was heavy, and most of the fires
originated In private timber lands
where no patrol was maintained as In
the Government reserve. This year the
timber owners will co-operate with the
officials of the Crater National forest
and It is believed that loss will be kept
at a minimum.
BLETHENS ATTACK CHARGE
Seattle Editors Ask Court to Quash
Indictments.
SEATTLE, June 10. A motion to
quash the Indictment against Colonel A.
J. Blethen, editor of the Times; Clar
ence B. Blethen, C. W. Wappensteln.
the Times Printing Company and oth
ers, charging them with conspiracy to
procure the maintenance of certain
gambling houses and resorts forbidden
by law, was filed In the Superior Court
today by counsel for the defendants,
who allege illegality of the grand Jury
and faultlness of the Indictment.
Th motion went over.
Sherwood to Enjoy Fourth.
SHERWOOD. Or June 10. (Special.)
The Sherwood Commercial Club has
arranged for celebrating July 4 here on
a larger scale than ever, and expects
between 8000 and 4000 people. Several
novel games with prUes are an
nounced. The Newberg Band has been
engaged for the day, and there will be
a fine display of flreworka. and dancing
in the evening.
rv F,s
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NORSEMEN TO ViSiT
France Again Invaded by Vi
kings of Today.
ANCIENT DEEDS RECALLED
Denmark, Norway- and Sweden Axe
Represented at Fete by Ships,
President Fallieres Attends
Anniversary Event.
ROUES, June 10. (Special.) Visi
tors to this picturesque city-of Nor
mandy are seeing France at Its best
and gayest. For Rouen Is cdJebratlng
the historical festival that commemo
rates the events of a thousand years
of progress.
A week ago the harbor was cleared
for a repetition of the old Viking In
vasions, and the peaceful successors of
their more warlike predecessors are
having a tremendous reception. The
northern ships lie along the Cour de
Boildleu. opposite the Exchange and
therefore are visible to' all who throng
Rouen.
Denmark Is represented by the war
ships Taelmdal," "Freja" and "Thor"
and a fourth vessel bearing some 600
modern Vikings and their womenfolk,
while several wealthy Danes are also
there aboard their private yachts. Nor
way has sent the warship "Frlthlor"
and Sweden the "Fylgla." And to com
plete the new Invasion there Is the
Femborlng a fishing boat after the
Viking style rowed from Bergen to
Rouen by four Norwegian students, the
real heroes of the festival.
"Ifur Blowers" Present.
With the Vikings are two "lur blow
ers." as In the days of yore. A "lur"
Is a mighty and very picturesque copper
horn, the oldest musical Instrument in
existence, of which the Danish National
Museum has some fine specimens 2000
years old or more.
President Fallieres is here to grace
the celebrations and the city is illumi
nated and the searchlights of the war
ships are playing along tha heights of
Bon Secours. From the opening or ine
Normandy exhibition to the end last
week there was a crowded programme
of entertainments on land and water,
including an open-air pageant at. the
Cour d'Albans, when' the history of
Normandy was shown from early Vi
king days, through English warfare
and the stormy times of Joan of Arc
down to the present.
Rouen Is one of the richest cities of
France In its connection with great
men. so poetry and are receiving a
good shore of recognition. In visits to
the houses of such famous lormer ciu
sens as Cornellle and Flaubert.
The festivities concluded, the Norse
men will have the choice of remaining
here as the guests of the town, or of
being Junketed a whole lot more by
the people of Paris, who have arranged
fetes, concerts, receptions and a huge
banquet In their honor.
Slab Marks Battleground.
On the little bridge of Notre Dame,
leading to the right side of the river,
where there was a fight in the long
ago by the real Vikings and the native
citizens, there will be a special- cere
mony, conducted by the society called
the Souvenir Normand. A stone slab
at that spot records that 12 Vikings
fell In the fight, and now that slab is
decorated with a wreath of palms.
There have been learned debates be
tween Danish and Norwegian profes
sors as to whether the early Invaders,
Rollo and Rolf, were really two persons
or only one, and whether Norway or
Denmark could claim them as citizens,
but In this actual celebration they are
acting in unison, and their handsome
presents to Rouen have been much ad
mired. Denmark has sent a huge vase,
decorated with Vikings and their ships;
Sweden's gift is a replica of a beauti
ful old-gold necklet, and Norway's of
fering is a model of an early Viking
ship.
PRISON F0R DEBT.
Ancient Creditor Held Body and
Even Life of Indebted as Chattel.
' Harper's.
The growth of law governing the
debtor, which has resulted In the free
dom of today, forms one of the noblest
chapters In the complex evolution of
the modern man. The ancient creditor
held the body, or even the life, of the
Indebted man as his own chattel, but In
modern or Christian procedure only the
prisoner's liberty was abridged. As
late as 1830 Whlttler made his Impas
sioned plea In behalf of the prisoner
for debt. He painted a harrowing pic
ture of the aged Continentals, who
were rotting their lives slowly away.
because creditors had put these sons
of poverty behind bars. The poet de
manded that the prison's living tomb
be opened and the victims of a savage
code be released:
''Nor dare as crime to brand
The chastening of the Almighty's
hand."
In a word Whlttler demanded that
Massachusetts follow New York, led by
young Fillmore.
Robert Morris, our Ilnanciai ouraen
bearer In the Revolution, suffered
RWes because unfortunate In business.
Thurlow Weed's father was kept in
prison for a debt of $20. Some -student
might find a theme for a noble thesis
In studying the evolution of public
sentiment In this matter. It is certain
that Mr. Fillmore was the principal
author of the act of the New Tork As
sembly, passed April 1, 183L and signed
by the Governor April 26, making Im
prisonment for debt Impossible in the
F.mnira State. Happily the other com
monwealths In time followed her noble
example.
Almost equally important was tha
bill relative to the competency of wit
nesses in court. At this time the testi
mony of any man reputed to dlsbelie'Ve
In the Deity, or state of future rewards
and punishment was not received.
Fillmore took the ground that "it Is
utterly Impossible, In the very nature
of things, for one man to know an
other's religious sentiments." In one
comty a man was indicted for mur
der. The only witness was a friend of
the accused. Not wishing to give testi
mony against his Intimate, this man.
who knew the facts, gave it out to a
third person that he did not believe In
a Deity or In retribution hereafter. He
was, therefore, greatly to his own
wicked satisfaction, declared Incompe
tent, and the murderer was acquitted.
Indeed, all the members of one of the
Christian sects were by their own
creed incompetent to testify. The law
framed by Fillmore, now In substance
adopted everywhere In the United
States, was In harmony with the Na
tional and state constitutions, which
declare that "no other oath, declara
tion or test shall be required ss a
qualification for any office or public
trust."
AUTO RAGES ARE" FATAL
DRIVER AT CHICAGO CRUSHED
BENEATH CAR,
Spectator Denounce Management
When Sleet Is Cancelled After
Accident Occurs. 1
CHICAGO, June 10. With one driver
killed and the pilot of a second car
thrown over a fence, the automobile
races were called oft in the second event
today. "
Maurice Basle, driving an Abbott-Detroit,
was so severely Injured In the first
race that he died within 15 minutes. His
machine turned over at the sharp turn
at the right of the grandstand. His
skull was fractured and his body badly
t0Jos Jaggersberger, driving the Case ear,
had mode the flrst round of the tracB
in the second event when his cat
hurdled a fence at the same point. n
was not badly injured. .
The spectators, when informed om
clally of Basle's death, yelled "robbers,
fainirspite of this, the race was called
off after the accident in the next event,
A few exhibition drives were given to
satisfy the crowd.
SHINGLE MILL DESTROYED
Fire Causes Loss of $50,000 at
Montesano.
HOQTJTAM, Wash., June 10. (Spe
cial.) The Wynochie shingle mill, at
Montesano, was destroyed by fire Oils
morning, causing a loss of $50,000. Ths
fire originated from a hot box and was
well under way before discovery. Be
fore the fire department arived tha
mill was a mass of flames. ....
It was only by the hardest work that
the drykllns were saved.
A Lost Chance.
(Kansas City Journal.)
It is said that the height of the am
bition of moat of the boys of the Stats
Reformatory, next to being paroled, is
to play in the band. The band is al
ways limited to 25 members, and Pro
fessor Herb, its director, stated the
other day that there are at least 60
applications on file from Inmates who
want to toot horns.
But there was one lad at the insti
tution recently who evidently thought
more of blowing a horn than of being
released. He got a notice that he had
been paroled.
"Whot did they do that for?" he pro
tested to Superintendent Richard,
"Here Tve been waiting for a year to
play In the band, and Just as Boon a
I get in why they go and parole m
and I have to leave."
The revenue of the municipality of Bnenoi
Ayres for 1910 amounted to S13.804,?l!
United States currency. The revenue fol