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RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
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uenerai neview or important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National. Political, His
torical and Commercial.
BLOODY FIGHT AT PEN.
lleaiat papers are accused of inciting
anarchy.
Portugal seems to be drifting toward
a republic.
Colorado has bad 29 homicides al
ready in 19C8.
Black Hand leaders are meeting their
match in New York.
The death list in tlie Collinwood dis
aster has reached 174.
Japan says Bhe will use force with
China only as a last resort.
The Knickerbocker Trust company,
of New .York, is to reopen.
Nine Chinese have been sentenced to
death in Boston for murder.
The Interstate Commerce commission
will enforce the 9-hour law on all rail
ioads. Franklin's house in Paris has been
demolished to make way for a more
modern building.
Professor Quaekenbos, ex-professor of
Columbia university, announces that
he had a medicine that will make bad
men good.
A part of the battleship fleet is sched
uled to return by way of the Suez canal
and will also visit a number of Euro
pean countries.
Illinois Central directors are work
ing on a plan to raise $30,000,000.
King Edward is on a visit to France
and called on the French president.
Two women have been arrested at
Napa, Cal., for passing counterfeit
money.
The Interstate Commerce commission
says it is not opposed to the Fulton bill
as has been stated.
Charges have been filed against Chan
cellor Day, of Syracuse university, for
speaking ill of President Roosevelt.
Suitsfor the illegal cutting of timber
have been filed in theUmted States
court at Helena against several firms.
Governor Johnson will dedicate the
monument erected by the state of Min
nesota on Shiloh battlefield on April 10.
A monmuent and statue of Shake
speare will be ready for the 300th an
niversay of his death and will be erect
ed in London.
A petition signed by 40,000 persons
asking pardon for Captain Van Schaick,
tinder 10 years' sentence for criminal
negligence in causing the wreck of the
steamer Gen. Slocum, whereby over
1 000 lives were loBt, will be presented
to President Roosevelt.
The first consignment of Easter bon
nets from Paris has arrived at New
York.
A fire in the suburbs of Tokio burned
400 houses and caused a loss of $ 2,
500,000. ,
The house committee on expositions
favors appropriating $500,000 for the
Japanese fair.
Japan threatens to use force unless
China surrenders absolutely in the mat
ter of the seized steamer.
John McCourt, of Pendleton, has
been recommended for United States
district attorney for Oregon.
Foreign diplomats discredit stories
of our military weakness and consider
Roosevelt a military genius.
The third of the Pennsylvania com
pany's tunnels under the East river,
New York, has been completed.
Nathan Vidaver, deputy state attor
ney general for New York, has been ar
rested charged with attempted black
mail. A receiver has been appointed for the
Western Maryland railroad on account
of the rate law. This is another of
Gould's lines.
During his cruise on the Mediterra
nean Emperor William will visit King
Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, and Em
peror Fiancis Joseph, of Austria.
Three Montana Lifers Make Mad
Dash for Liberty.
Deer Lodge, Mont., March 10. War-
"Aden Frank Conley, of the Montana
state penitentiary, was fearfully wound
ed Sunday morning and his first assist
ant warden, John Robinson, was kill
ed, when three life convicts, George
Koek, W. H. Hayes and another whose
name is not given out, made a dash for
liberty in the penitentiary office at 8
o'clock. It is thought the warden will
live.
Robinson's throat was cut from ear
to ear and the jugular vein was severed.
Con ley's throat was gashed and he was
stabbed several times in the shoulder
and groin before he was able to draw
his revolver and shpot two of the
assailants down. Convicts Hayes and
Rock were both shot down by Conley
alter the latter had been wounded
The attack on the prison authorities
and a subsequent effort to escape has
according to the prison authorities
this afternoon, been long planned by
Rock and Hayes, who were cellmates
Both were armed with penknives, the
blades, of which were sharpened like
razors, lhe three convicts were brought
to the office of the penitentiary Sunday
morning by Deputy Warden RobinBon
to be tried for some trivial infraction
of the prison rules, and Conley was
waiting to sit in judgment
The moment the men entered the
office door Rock turned swiftly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door be
hind the men, and quickly drawing
knife, he began slashing at the deputy
warden's throat. Robinson was unable
to retreat or move before his throat was
cut wide open and he eank to the floor
dying.
At.the same moment that Rock at
tacked Robinson, Hayes also pulled out
a knife similar to that of Rock -and
started for Conley. The latter retreat
ed to the rear of the office before the
oncoming de-perado. Before Conley
could draw his revolver, however,
Hayes had slashed his throat, cutti
him from the left ear to a point under
the chin. The convict, seeing his in
tended victim getting away, grappled
with him and stabbed him Eeveral
times in the shoulder and groin.
Although bleeding terribly, Conley
managed to draw his gun from his
pocket and fired four times with the
weapon pressed against Hayes' abdo
men.
As Hayes sank to the floor. Rock
rushed at Conley, who emptied the two
remaining cartridges in his gun into
Rock and he latter also went down.
The third convict who had been called
to the "carpet," took to his heels at
the first of the battle, but was quickly
captured and placed in his cell. The
authorities refused to give out his name
until they had investigated whether he
was concerned in the plot or whether
he had merely been called to the office
NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON
at the same time as the other two.
ARE FIRE TRAPS.
Nine anarchist leaders have been
arrested in Chicago.
Mexico and Guatemala have adjusted
their dilpomatic difficulties.
An attempt is being made to sell the
Jamestown fair site to the government
Harriman's men have been elected
directors of the Illinois Central rail
way.
A man hae been arrested in Chicago
for sending a letter to a priest demand
Ing $1,000.
Many naval officers are offering their
testimony to the senate committee to
show that battleship construction is
not faulty.
A New York clerk out of work an
p'ied to one of the hospitals to be
chorofjrme, expressing belief in the
.mer theory.
A carload of powder in a B'g four
freight train exploded near LitchSeld,
III., destroying the whole train and
killing two men.
Too Many Flimsy Buildings Are Con
structed in America.
Washington, March 10. In a state
ment made public last night, Richard
L. Humphrey, engineer in charge of the
structural material laboratories of the
government, discusses recent fire hor
rors and asserts that fire traps as bad
or worse than that which cost the lives
of so many school children at Collin
wood, O., exist in nearly every village
and town and in many cf the large
cities.
He urges the passage of laws to pro
hibit the occupation of anything except
a structure of the highest fire resisting
type, especially when it is used as a
school, theater cr other structure in
which people assemble in large num
bers.
"It is a matter of record," he said,
borne out by statistics, that this coun
try spentis enormous sums of monay in
providing equipments in fighting fires,
while foreign countries spend their
money in building structures which
offer the greatest, resistance to fire. The
per capita loss in this country yearly
exceeds $5, against an annual loss in 21
of the principal cities of Europe of 33
cents per capita. Estimating the pop
ulation of the country at 80,000,000
the loss from fires here is $740,000,000.
If we had the same conditions that pre
vail in European cities our loss would
be but $26,400,000 a year."
SEMI-INDUS TRIAL SCHOOL.
James Withycombe So Descrides Ag
ricultural College.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis At a meeting of the San Grael so
ciety in the opera house, Dr. James
Withycombe, director of the experi
ment station, denned the Oregon Agri
cultural college as a semi industiitil
college. Me said that at one time
higher education meant training of the
intellect exclusively and that this was
an extreme view, especially noticeable
in Europe. Later many countries in
Europe adopted the other extreme,
training young men solely for the in
dustries, and in this manner . crowded
out the humanities from' the lives of
the great industrial masses. . Ameri
cans, who thought the industrial phase
of school training had been overworked,
until it became a fad, have taken in
termediate grounds by the introduction
of industrial colleges, in lieu of the
European theory of industrial training
schools.
PROFESSORS EXTRAVAGANT.
OWNERS PROTEST TAXE8.
Petitions Submit Arguments Against
Increase for University.
Salem Extravaeence and misrepre
sentations are charges against the State
university in argumeutagainst the rais
ing of the annual appropriation from
$47,500 to $123,000, filed with the sec
retary of state.
The following statement suggests mo
tives stronger than "extravagance:"
Thfl pnrnllmonf, hna innronaoH Knt 91
per cent, while increased appropriations is thought that
of 300 per cent is requested: that tables to 70 or 80 feet.
submitted by alumni are "pretended"
and false; that where the students at
the university cost the state $150 per
year, trie common schools receive but
$8 per pupil. The argument states
the university has shown bad faith in
pushing this bill; university professors
with large salaries have extravagant
ideas."
Claim Land is Worth but 75 Cents
Instead of $3 Per cre.
Klamath Falls The California &
Oregon Land oompany and the Oregon
Military Land Grant company, owners
of." thousands of acres in Klamath
county, have brought suit through thei
attorneys, Noland & Smith, against
Klamath county relative to 1908 taxes
on their lands. Assessor J. P. Lee val
ued them in iy06 at $3 and $5 per acre
The companies appeared before the
board of equilazlation, objecting to the
assessment, out tne Doard sustained
the assessor.
The complaint filed states that lands
adjoining will not sell for more than 50
cents per aore, as all lands in that re
gion are arid, uncultivated and
from transportation. The soil is of a
pumice stone formation, and whatever
timber grew there has been
The 1907 valuation was 75
acre, which the companies
fair. - They have refased to
1 906" taxes and the land is listed as de
linquent and will be sold unless the
county is restrained by the court.
REVISION ASSURED.
removed
cents per
regard as
pay the
Has Shearing Record.
Pendleton A. T. Hill, who broke
the world's sheep shearing record at
Beardsley, Arizona, is coming to Uma-
11a and Morrcw counties to phear this
spring. He will join a shearing crew
at Heppner about March 15. Hill
sheared 325 sheep in nine hours at
Beardsley, breaking the former record
of 310 held by Jack Wvnn. of New
Mexico. The crew of 30 men in which
Hill worked on the record breaking day
sheared 6.572 head in nine hours.
Morrow and Umatilla county sheep
shear easier than the sheep of the
Southwest and it is expected that Hill
will beat his Arizona record with the
Heppner crew.
Big Copper Strike.
Baker City A new, extensive and
very important copper strike has iust
been made in the Goose creek district
about three miles southeast of the
Eagle mountain property and 1 miles
from the Poorman mine. The devel
opment thus far done has expased 40
feet cf ore and the full width of the
ledge has not yet been determined. It
the ledge will widen
The discoverers and
owners of the claim are C. C. Cox and
Frank Keating, of this city, and M. T
Weum, of Minneapolis. Samples of
tne ore exhibited in this city show
great copper values, and mining circles
are considerably excited.
Market Day Not Success.
La Grande La Grande's first mar
ket day was not quite the success that
was anticipated, at least from the
standpoint of those who brought live
stock to be auctioned. Prices offered
in most cases were so low that the
owners preferred to withdraw their
property from sale. But the merchants
, of the city made avery effort, and were
, eminently successful, to give the visit
ing farmers much more than the usual
j value for their money. Bargains
I abounded in all the mercantile estab-
j lishments. Hundreds of country peo
' pie thronged the streets.
Sale of Big Grain Farm
Pendleton The sale of the Cooley
farm for $42,000 is one of the largest
real estate deals made during the pist
lew months in Umatilla county. This
Pendleton Wants Demonstration.
Pendleton The diversified farming ! 18 a bi8 nch in the Cold Springs coun
. . l . I. L. V. J , I 1 i . r
Japan's Naval Strength.
Tokio, March 10. Some reliable fig
ures are now to hand showing the pres
ent strength of the Japanese navy com
pared with its strength when the war
broke out. Details are appended, but
the totals may be briefly stated, viz :
One hundred and fifty seven vessels of
all descriptions, representing a tonnage
of 283,242 tons, before the war, and
204 vesse's and 515.082 tons at the!
present day. Further scrutiny of the
figures shows that Japan today possess
es more than twice the nnmber of bat
tleships she had before the war.
plan of the O. R. & N. officials has met ! try that has been farmed by A
with the approval of the Commercial ley- lne 8ale Wfls
association, which has annninte.l n ocott, or Athena.
committee to confer with the officials
having the demonstration work in
charge. This committee will endeavor
to induce the Harriman agents to ex
tend their instruction lecture train into
this country. An effort will aleo be
made to have the railroad people estab-
sh a modern experimental farm in
this county where it can be demon
strated that the summer fallow is a
wanton waste of land.
B. Coo-
made to Arthur
There are 1,120
acres in the farm and 500 acres of
growing grain is included in the sale.
The purchaser has had years of experi
ence in growing grain in Umatilla
county. ..
Star Route Beats Train.
The Dalles According to E. L. Bolt
on, of Kingsley, the people of that sec
tion of Wasco county are dissatisfied
with their present mail service. The
mail from The Dalles for that region
goes as far as Dufur by train. A peti
tion is being circulated asking that the
mail be taken from the Great Southern
and carried by wagon from The Dalles
to Dufur and then on to Kingsley, Tygh
valley and Wapinita. This method
would deliver the mail at Kingsley al
most 24 hours earlier than according to
the present method.
Cannery for Independence.
Independence An enthusiastic meet
ing or citizens and farmers last week 1
decided to take Bteps toward establish
ing a cannery at this place. There will
be another meeting of the citizens and
farmers at the opera house, at which
time there will be prominent experi-'
enced cannerymen, professors from the
Oregon Agricultural college and others
to address the people on the profit? I
commit-
Want Railroad Extended.
Condon The farmers of the South
ern part of Gilliam county are uniting
in an effort to secure the extension of
the Arlington-Condon branch of the O.
R. & N. as far south as the Bnckhorn
country, a distance of at least 15 miles
from Condon. The reason is that much
time is wasted every fall and winter in
hauling the Buckhorn grain crop to
market, as it takes one day for the
Buckhorn farmers to make one trip to
the station and warehouses.
Extra Session to Be Called to Go
Over Tariff.
Washington, Maroh 9. Plans for the
revision of the tariff have been agreed
upon by the Republican leaders, In
cluding Roosevelt, Speakei Cannon,
Senstor'Beveridge and Representatives
Payne, Dalzell and Sherman, the three
latter being memtera of the house ways
and means committee, who will frame
the new law. ,
An extra session of congress will be
called immediately after the expiration
of the present congress next spring and
a bill will be drafted reducing Bimie of
the high schedules cn steel and iron
and equalizing others. If the , Demo
crats are successful in the national cleo
tion next fall, President Roosevelt will
call congress immediately after the re
sult is known, so that the tariff can be
revised by the Republicans.
Senator Beveridge, who presented a
measure providing for a tariff commis
sion, had a conference with the presi
dent today. Later he conferred with
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Payne, Dalzell and Sherman. It devel
oped that the nommission plan is not
acceptable, and it was agreed that a
resolution shall be adopted by the pres
ent congress directing the secretaries of
state, treasury, agriculture, commerce
and labor and dire.itcr of the census to
gather such data as will be useful to
congress in revising the tariff.
Representative Sherman, with the
approval of Speaker Cannon, is circu
lating a petition among members of the
house which requests the ways and
means committee to sit during the sum
mer recess for the purpose of gathering
data to aid the members in framing a
new taiiff law. 1 Many signatures have
already been procured and the commit
tee will sit.
CHILDREN BURN
IN SCHOOL FIRE
Disaster at Suburb of Cleveland Des
olates Many Homes.
Nearly 200 Roasted or Crushed in
Panic Doors Open Inward or Are
Locked Against Escape Little
Bodies Disfigured Beyond Recog
nition Many Unidentified.
DEMANDS ARE MADE.
Ultimatum
Japan's Minister Presents
to China
Pekin, March 9. Japan's ultimatum
in the case of the Japanese Bteamship
Tatsu Maru was presented to the head
of the Chinese For gn b iard today, and
the board has the matter under consideration.
The Tatsu Maru was seized off Macao
on February 7 by Chinese custom's
cruisers on the charge that her cargo of
arms and ammunition wan intended for
Chinese revolutionists, although con
signed to a merchant of that place. The
steamer is now being held at Wham-
poa, on the Canton river.
lhe irreducible minimum of the
Japanese claims is the restoration of
the steamer, as well as of her cargo,
and tie payment of a full indemnity.
Action is demanded within a "reasona
ble time." In case of default or post
ponement, Japan, according to the
terms of her ultimatum, will "take
immediate action."
Japan expects a reply by tomorrow.
She will not tolerate China's offer to
nvestigate the case. She insists upon
an apol g? for the hauling down of the
Japanese flag on the Tatsu Mara and
he will not accept mediation, affirm
ing that China is in error and that the
fasts are incontrovertible.
Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minis
ter to China, in delivering the ultima
tum, made reference to Japan's sj m
pathy for China in the matter of con-
raband traffic in arms and explained
that China could not expect medial i n
so long as she did not admit the parti
cipation of the Portuguese.
INFECTED RATS ARE FOUND.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
from a tannery and when the
tee appointed will report.
Shivering in the Dakotas.
St. Paul, March 10. Extremely cold
weather prevailed throughout the
Northwest Sunday night and yesterday,
the warmest place in this region being
st. Paul, where the temperature was
four degrees below zero yesterday morn-
ing at 8 o'clock. Throughout North
Dakota at that hour the temperature
ranged from 4 to 26 below. The creEt
of the cold wave extended from South
Dakota to Winnipeg. The temperature
rose slowly during the day.
Portugal Not Involved.
Libon, March 10. Investigation in
stituted by (lie Portuguese government
regarding the Tateu Maru incident,
have elicited from the Pekin govern
ment the emphatic assertion that the
seizure occurred on the high seas, and
that, therefore, there was no violation
of the law governing Portugal waters.
Report of Insane Asylum.
Salem Superintendent R. E. Lee.
Steiner, of the state insane asylum, in
his monthly report submitted to the
governor states that the new wing that ,
is being annexed to the institution will
be completed within 30 days. He also
reports that the new ward for the crim-'
inal insane will be occupied during the
coming week. The expense for the !
keeping of each patient for the month
was $12.37, or 42 cents per day.
Board of Visitors for Normals.
Salem Governor Chamberlain has
appointed the following board of visit
ors for the state normal schools in ac
cordance with the law passed at the last
session of the legislature: R. R. Turn
er, Grants Pass; J. M. Powers. Salem.
and J. A. Churchill, Baker City. Their
duties shall consist of observing and in
vestigating the condition of echools.
Two Kil'ed by Railroad.
balem The number of accidents for
the month of January, according to the
report of the railroad commission,
shows one employe and one tramp killed
and one passenger and one emplcve in
jured during the month.
Wheat Club, 82c; blaestem, 84c;
valley, 82c; red, 80c.
Barley Feed, $26 per ton; rolled,
$2230.
Oats No. 1 white, $27 per 'ton;
gray, $27.
Corn Whole, $32.50 per ton; crack
ed, $33.50.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17
18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$2021; clover, $14(315; cheat, $15;
grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $1213;
vetch, $14.
Fruits Apples, $1(33 per box, ac
cording to quality; cranberries, $811
per barrel.
vegetables Turnips, 75c per sack;
carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1 per
i sack; beans, 20c per pound; cabbage,
lJic per pound; cauliflower, $1.75;
celery, $4 254.75 per crate: parsley,
zuc per nozen; peppers, 170 per
pound; radishes, 20c per dozen; spin
acn, oc per pound ; sprouts, l0c per
pound; squash, llc per pound.
Onions $2.50 per hundred.
Potatoes 40(a)50c per hundred, de
j livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.50
3.75 per hundred.
Butter Fancy freamery, 3035e
per pound.
Poultry Average old hens. 14c per
pound; mixed chickens. 1313c;
spring chickens, 1516c; turkeys, live,
14 15c; dressed, choice, 1617c;
geese, live, 9(310c; ducks, 1516c;
pigeons, 75c(3j$l; squabs, $1. 50(3)2.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 1818)sC per
dozen.
Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 9c; 125 to
150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 pounds, 6
(2CHc.
Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7
7Jac; packers, 5(6c.
Hope 1907, prime and choice, 4V$
6c per pcund; olds, lf32c per pound.
wool Eastern Oregon, average rt,
18 20c per pound, according to shrink
age; valley, 18(320cper pound, accord
ing to fineness- mohair, choice, 29
30c.
Addi-
Citzena' Committe Authorizes
tional Expenditures.
San Francisco, March 9. The bac
teriological reports of the Federal
health officers state that infected rats
were found in nearly every district of
the city last week, only the Sunset and
Richmond districts being immune. The
greatest percentage of infection is re
ported from the North Beach district
and in the Western addition. In all
building where infected rats were
found, walls and floors were opened,
and the places thoroughly fum gited.
The citirens' health committee has au
thorized the Federal health officers to
employ additional men, no limit beirg
placed on the number. New gangs will
be organized and an effort made to ex
terminate all the rats in the city within
the next 30 days.
Bonus for Each Child.
Sydney, N. S. W., March 9. The
increase of population in the common
wealth is notoriously slow, and the
legislators of Western Australia, where
the inhabitants number only two to the
square mile, have determined to take a
leaf out of the book of the French.
With a view to encouraging bigger fam
ilies, an amendment has been inserted
in the income tax bill by the state leg
islative assembly giving an exemption
of $50 for every child up to the number
of five in the family of a taxpayer.
Five children is evidently the limit.
Cleveland, O., March 5. Penned in
narrow hallways, jammed up against
doors that opened only inward, 170
children in the suburb of North Col
lingwood yesterday were killed by fire,
by smoke and beneath the grinding
heels of their panic stricken playmates.
The awful tragedy occurred yester
day morning in the public school of
North Collingwood, ten miles east of
this city. At 10 o'clock last night 165
corpses were in the morgue at Colling
wood, six children were still unaccount
ed for, and all the hospitals and houses
fcr two miles around contained numbers
of children, some fatally and many less
seriously injured. Two teachers also
lost their lives in an effort to save their
charges.
All of the victims were between the
ages of 6 and 15 years. The school
contained between 300 and 325 pupils,
and of this entire number only about
80 are known to have left the building
unhurt. It will le eeveral days before
the exact number of killed is known,
as the ruins may still contain other
bodies and the list of fatalities triay be
increased by a number of deaths among
the children who are now lying in the
hospitals hovering between life and
death.
The school house was of brick, two
stories and an attic in height. The
number of pupils was more than norm
ally large and the smaller children had
been placed in an attic of the building.
There was but one fire escape and thut
was in the rear of the building. There
were two stairways, one leading to a
door in front and the other to a door in
the rear.' Both of these doors opened
inward, and it is said that the rear doer
was locked as well.
When the flames were discovered the
teachers throughout seem to have acted
with courage and s.df possession and to
have struggled heroically for the fafety
of their pupils and marshaled the little
ones into columns for the "fire drill,"
which they often practiced. Unfortun
ately the line of march in this exercise
had always led to the front door, and
the children had not been trained to
seek any other exit. The fire came
from a furnace situated directly under
this part of the building.
When the children reached the foot
of the stairs they found the flames
close rpon them and so swilt a rush
was made for the d or that in an in
stant a tightly packed mass of children
was piled aeainst it. ,
After the fire had practically burned
itself out the work of rescuing the bod
ies was begun by firemen and railroad
employes from the Lake Shore shops.
The railroad company turned over one
of its buildings near by to be used as a
temporary morgue, and thither lhe
charred and broken little bodies were
removed as fast as they could be dug
from the ruins. Within five hours
practically all had been removed. They
were placed in rows in the Lake Shore
shops.
Identifications were made only by
means of clothing and trinkets. The
fire had swept away nearly all resem
blance to human features in the ma
jority of instances. Distracted parents
soon began to gather and the work of
identification of the blackened and
mangled corpses began.
The grewscme task of taking out the
blackened torsoes and bits of human
remains was one of horror. A line of
rescuers was formed, backed by half a
dozen ambulances. As the bodies were
untangled from the debris they were
pas?ed along to the stretchers, thence
conveyed to the ambulances, where
they weie mercifully covered with
blankets and then taken to the impro
vised morgues.
Prizes for Aeroplanes.
Paris, March 9. M. Michelin has
founded a world's challenge cup of the
value of $20,000, to be competed for
annually by aeroplanes. After the first
races aeronauts will be compelled each
year to fly double the distance made by
the winner of the trophy the preceding
rear. lhe winn n aeronaut, in addi
tion to the cup, will receive $3,000.
The trophy will be held by the aero
dun of thp country of which the winner
is a native.
Ships Leave Magdalena Bay
San Diego, Cal., March 5. Wireless
messages from Magdalena bay today
state that the gunboat Yorktown left
there this morning for San Francifco
direct. The remainder of the second
squadron, which means all the vessels
now at Magdalena except the Califor
nia, will sail on Sunday for San Fran
cisco. The California will remain at
the bay for several days thereafter and
the operator at the wireless station ex
pects to hear from the battleship fleet
through the big cruiser about March 10
or 11 if she remains there.
Furnacj Got Overheated'
Columbus. O., March 9. That the
fire in the Collinwood schnolhone
which coft the lives of more than 170
children was due tc an over heated fur
nace is the fmbftance of a partial report
made to State Fire Maishal Creamer
tnnigt.t by the three deruties who have
been investigating the causes of the fire.
Need Law to Deport Anarchists
New York, March 5. The advantage
of the bill introduced in contrpsa hv
Congressman Bennett, providing for
the deportation of anarchists is ex
pressed by Commissioner of Immigra
tion Watchornof this port. The com
missioner states that he has always
done everything in his powor to keep
anarch sts out of the country, but says
he knows of no way in which they can
now be deported. lie favors the
passage of the Bennett bill.
New York Spares Rod.
New York, March 5. By a vote of
21 to 17 the board of education defeat
ed the proposal to reintroduce ooiporal
punishment in .the public schools of
the city.