Heppner gazette., September 17, 1908, Image 6

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HEPPNER OREGON
RESUME OF THE
WEEK'S DOINGS
General Review of Important Hap
penings Presented in a Brief and
Comprehensive Manner for Busy
Readers National, Political, His
torical and Commercial.
Detroit, Michigan, is endeavoring to
stop Sunday ball games.
Michigan forest fires are destroying
much valuable timber and imperiling
the lives of many.
Nearlv 25 square miles have been
swept by the forest fire in San Gabriel
reserve," California.
Thaw may be punished for contempt
by failing "to attend a meeting of his
creditors at Pittsburg.
Moving picture machines have been
added to the talking machines to help
along in the political campaign now on.
Following a decision of the depart
ment, immigration officers at Boston
have refused Mormons the privilege of
landing.
Serious trouble may result over con
flicting fish laws enacted by Oregon
and Washington covering the Colum
bia river.
In international auto races at
Brighton Beach, X. Y., the American
cars won first and second places and
an Italian third.
The United States gunboat Vixen
was run down by a tug boat and badly
damaged. The accident occurred in
the Delaware river.
Thomas A. Edison i3 at present tour
ing the Pacific coast.
Forest fires are burning in Canada
just across the line from Maine.
A 20-story office building costing
$30,00,000 is to be erected in Chicago.
The American battleships Maine and
Alabama have left Port Said for Na
ples. The forest fire near Los Angeles con
tinues to do heavy damage. One town
has been wiped out.
Four troops of cavalry, together with
people of that vicinity, are fighting
forest fires near Sturgis, S. D.
A hurricane swept Turks island,
British West Indies, destroying the
capital and killing many people.
Official statements show that the
cholera situation in St. Petersburg and
throughout Russia is much worse.
The number of unemployed in Lon
don was strikingly illustrated when
3,000 men surrounded a hospital which
had advertised for a porter at $4.50 a
week and meals.
A general investigation of the Pull
man company, its schedule of rates and
its alleged discriminations, is to be
made by the Intestate Commerce com
mission at Chicago.
The Pacific fleet has left Honolulu
for Samoa.
The battleship fleet has arrived at
Albany, West Australia.
Russia was almost united in the cel
ebration of Tolstoi's 80th birthday.
Great Britain has just launched a
battleship larger than the Dreadnaught.
Germany will reject the note on Mo
rocco and relations with France are
strained.
H. B. Miller, American consul gene
ral at Yokohama, is on his way home
for a vacation.
A forest fire is raging in the valley
west of Los Angeles and several small
towns are threatened.
In a suit against the Standard Oil in
New York the company has been order
ed to produce letters containing evi
dence of bribery.
The extra session of the Iowa legis
lature has adjourned to meet November
24, when aonother effort will be made
to elect a United States senator.
Governor Hanley, of Indiana, charg
ed the Indianapolis school board $25
for addressing a graduating class last
June. The fact has just become public
through the auditing of the bill.
A Los Angeles preacher 76 years
old has just married a woman of 3L
Kansas City negroes fear a race
war, and are arming for the conflict
should it come.
A rumor of an attempt to shoot
President Roosevelt is found to be
without foundation.
Methodists of Illinois are joining
in the fight against the re-election
of Cannon to congress.
A New York man has committed
suicide because the anti-betting law
drove away his business.
A crank who wanted to see the
president has been sent to an asy
lam. He claimed to have located all
the bad men in Boston, and wanted
Roosevelt to let him have 10,000
troops .o capture them.
Several oil tanks at Leadville,
Colo., made a spectacular blaze, be
side causing considerable loss to
property.
Fort Riley, Kan., troops are out on
a practice march of 130 miles. When
strung out in marching, the column
was almost five miles long.
A woman "0 years old was trampled
tinder a horse's hoofs in Chicago.
Reckless driving is given as the rea
son, and the driver has been arrested.
Count Tolstoi opposes a public cele
bration of his birthday.
SWITCH CAUSES DISASTER.
Thirty-Four Passengers Injured in
Wreck in East.
Meadville. Pa., Sept. 15 Thirty-four
persons were injured in the wreck of
Erie train Xo. 4, Chicago to New York
express, at fleneva, Fa., a small station
eight miles west of here. The wreck,
railroad officials believe, was due to
persons having a grievance against the
company opening a switch shortly be
fore the passenger train arrived. The
injured were brought to this city and
23 were taken to a Spencer hospital.
Five, after having their injuries
dressed, were discharged, while 18 still
remain at the hospital.
Thirty-one oif the injured were pas
sengers and three railroad employes. A
majority of the former were Italian and
Greek laborers. It is not believed any
of the victims will die.
The train is due here at 12:50 A. M.,
but was an hour late and was running
over 50 miles an hour. Upon striking
the open switch the entire train left the
track, the locomotive turning over upon
its side. Two of the cars, a combina
tion smoker and baggage car and a day
coach were demolished. A majority of
the injured were riding in the combina
tion car.
FIVE KILLED IN DISASTER.
Collision Between Regular and Ex
cursion Trains.
Chicago, Sept. 15 It is reported that
a wreck has occurred on the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railroad, at Ches
terton, Ind., 50 miles from Chicago.
Wrecking apparatus and a special with
physicians have been sent to the scene.
Reports from Chesterton, Ind., were
to the effect that five persons were
killed and more than 20 injured. The
wreck was caused by a collision between
a passenger train which left Chicago- at
11:30 P. M., and which ran into the
rear of an excursion train Tiound for In
dianapolis via the Lake Erie & West
ern. At the offices df the railroad
here it was said that but two or three
passengers were injured.
Owing to the isolation of the place,
definite reports were difficult to ob
tain. Conflicting reports were given by
the few persons that could be found to
talk about the wreck. The number of
casualties were given all the way from
two injured to five dead and twenty
injured.
GERMANS SEEK NO FIGHT.
Von Buelow Declares His Nation Has
No Chip on Shoulder.
London, Sept. 15. The Standard yes
terday morning printed a long interview
with Prince von Buclow, the German
chancellor at Norderney.
With reference to British apprehen
sion in the matter of German naval
aggression, the chancellor things that it
would be more natural and excusable
if the Germans were apprehensive of
being attacked, pointing out that Great
Britain has not been invaded since the
time of William the Conqueror. Con
tinuing, Prince von Buelow said:
"I can assure you that nobody of any
sense or influence in Germany dreams
of picking a quarrel with the English;
much less is there anv such insane idea
as that of invading England."
Car Wrecks Ambulance.
San Francisco, Sept. 15 The ambu
lance of the Harbor Emergency . Hos
pital was run into by a Folsom-street
electric car Sunday night and William
Ilefferman, hospital steward, and Rob
ert Doefner, driver, were seriously in
jured. Doefner's condition is said to
be critical as he is suffering a fractured
skull as well as other injuries. The am
bulance was crossing Folsom street
when the car bore down on it at a high
rate of speed, striking the wagon in the
center, hurling it a distance of 25 feet
and completely wrecking it.
Carry Cargoes of Salmon.
San Francisco, Sept. 15. Four ves
sels bringing full cargoes of salmon
from the Alaska stations have arrived.
The first to come in was the ship Lle
wellyn J. Morse, Captain Hemming,
after a passage of 20 days from Nusha
gak with 40,047 cases of salmon. She
was followed by the ship Indiana, Cap
tain Olsen, 25 days from Xushagak,
with 43,000 cases of salmon. Late in
the afternoon the ship Star of Italy and
the Bark Charles B. Kenney passed in,
both having full cargoes.
Forest Fires Abating.
Duluth, Sept. 15 Clouds and an ab
sence ot wind gave the Mesaba Range a
day of quiet Sunday and the forest fire
ceased to be a menace in this locality.
Xo rain has fallen and the situation will
lie serious until moisture puts an end to
the smoldering fires. Grand Marais, on
the north shore of Lake Superior, is con
sidered safe owing to the back-fires
around the little town. The woods for
nearly 100 miles along the north shore
are ablaze and millions of feet of stand
ing timber is still in danger.
Trouble in French Congo.
Brussels, Sept. 15. Passengers who
arrived at Antwerp Kundav from- the
Congo report serious troubles in the
French Congo, wlirre natives revolted
and in sections surrounded a number of
whites. A relief force was sent to the
aid of the whites and several engage
ments were fought, many being killed.
Steal Valuable Gems.
San Bernardino. Cal., Sept. 15. One
of the most daring thefts occurring in
mining camps of this county in years
has just been reported to the sheriff,
turquoise gems valued at $5,000 having
been removed from a cache in a shack
at the Wood & Co. 's gem mines, 12
miles north of Hart.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS PARTS OF OREGON
APPLE SALES SLOW.
Dealer Looks for Improved Market
Later in the Season.
Hood River H. F. Davidson, presi
dent of the Davidson Fruit company at
Hood River, has arrived home after an
extended trip through the fruit grow
ing sections of the East and Middle
West. Mr. Davidson attended the an
nual meeting of the International Ap
ple Shippers' association held at Ni
agara Falls, August 5 and 6, and also
visited the large dealers in New York
and Chicago.
He states that the East, from Mich
igan to the Atlantic coast, will have
good crops of apples this year, but that
the crop in the Middle West is very
light. Until he reached Colorado on
his return trip he found no evidence of
abundant fruit crops and in some sec
tions of that state the apple yield will
be small.
He states, however, that there is an
abundant yield all over the country this
year of farm produce, particularly
corn. Apart from apples he found big
crops of other varieties of fruits, more
especially pears and peaches.
In none of the districts he visited
had winter apples as yet been bought,
although usually at this season of the
year most of the crops are contracted
for.
WILL GET STATE AID.
Monmouth Normal Has Been Main
tained by Subscription.
Salem. At a recent meeting of the
executive committee of the normal
school board of regents, President
Ressler, of the Oregon State Normal
School, at Monmouth, was present
and assured the committee that suf
ficient funds had been secured to
place the school on a maintenance
basis until January 1, whA it is ex
pected the legislature wi-appropriate
enough to maintain all Hhree normal
schools properly. The Monmouth
school has not received state support
for several years, having been main
tained by subscriptions from the busi
ness men of Monmouth and neighbor
ing towns.
A meeting of the normal school
board of regents will be held at Salem
next month for the purpose of making
recommendations to the legislature
tor the support of the three normal
schools the Eastern Oregon Normal
School, at Weston, the Southern Ore
gon Normal School, at Ashland, and
the Oregon State Normal School, at
Monmouth. The board at a meeting
in June decided it should recommend
the Central Oregon State Normal
School, at Drain, to be discontinued,
and consequently that school will not
open this fall.
Quality, Not the Price.
The Dalles Apple growers of this
vicinity and of Hood River are not very
much alarmed over the prospects of an
advance in apple rates to eastern points,
as the concensus of opinion is that as
the apples of this vicinity and Hood
River are principally shipped to New
York and other far .eastern points for
consumption by the wealthy class that
a few cents additional per box will not
make any difference. The Oregon ap
ples are carefully packed and selected
and are much in demand by the wealthv
epicures of the east, while the poorer
classes buy the cheaper Minnesota,
Michigan and New York apples, which
are not selected, and which are sold in
barrels, and are not selected or packed
and are not worth so much.
Dealers Boost Hops.
Eugene Tho first hop sales of the
season in Eugene were made last week,
when S. H. Friendly and William Sea
vey sold to E. Clemens Horst Co. a lot
of Early Fugles at 7 cents per pound.
The agent of this firm has also pur
chased Glenn Anderson's growing crop
at 8 cents per pound. It is though:
that every grower in Lane county will
pick his crop this year, although tin
prospect for a higher price is not very
encouraging. The price to bo paid tho
pickers will be 80 cents per 10u nnunds.
all. ...Nmblle. .Z up..P,ternduno.s1irdlur
Begins Grinding New Wheat.
T.a Grande. The first of a chain of
five flour mills in this valley com
menced operations last week and
thereby is commenced the grinding
of the output of local whent. The
elevators have been running in these
mills for sevcr?l weeks and the start
ing of the mill owned by the Island
City financiers in this city commenced
operations for this season. The same
parties own the other four mills and
thev will all be running before the
week is over.
Opposes Reduced Train Service.
Salem The Oregon Railroad com
mission has received from the citizens
of Toledo a vigorous protest against
the proposal of the Corvallis & Eastern
railroad to discontinue its morning and
evening trains after the summer travel
is over. A letter from County Clerk
Ira Wade says the change would make
it necessary to spend two days on a
trip from Newport to Toledo and re
turn and three days from Toledo to tho
state capital.
Strong Flow of Gas.
Ontario Whle sinking a deep well
at the Valley View school house, four
miles south of this city, a strong flow
of natural gas was encountered, which
forced the water to within 10 inches of
the top of the ground. It is probable
that a company will be organized to
thoroughly prospect the land.
Build Library at Baker.
P.aker City. Contracts have been
signed for the building of the Carnegie
library and the contractor has begun
the laying out of the building. When
finished it will represent an expendi
ture of about $25,000.
AOCEP TABLE CHRISTM AS GIFT
Yule Tide Period Will Mark Comple
tion of Klamath Line,
Klamath Falls Klamath Falls will
have the railroad within its limits by
Christinas. This is the latest schedule
announced, and at the rate work is pro
gressing no doubt is felt. The South
ern Pacific company has established a
camp at Wild Horso butte, and work
has commenced on the concrete piers
for the bridge across the straits. Two
more dredges are ordered on the marsh
work, and camps are now established
within four miles of this city.
Maney Bros., contractors on the gov
ernment canal, having finished their
contract, are moving to the railroad
right of way to throw up the grade be
tween this city and Midland, the first
station south.
Klamath citizens are eagerly antici
pating their coming Christinas gift
the steam cars.
Valley Bumblebees Die.
Oregon City. The red clover crop
in main' parts of the Willamette val
ley will not average more than one
third of the usual yield, due to the
absence of bumblebees, which evi
dcntlv succumbed to the severe
weather last spring. These bees are
the only insects that successfully pol
lenize the blossoms, moving about
the fields, as the pollen sticks to their
fuzzy legs. The honeybee performs
a like service for the alsike clover,
which has a more open blossom than
the red clover. Seed was worth
about 10 cents a pound last season,
and it will probably take a sharp ad
vance. This is the first season in the
memorv of Willamette valley farmers
that bumblebees are not plentiful.
Yellow jackets have entirely disap
peared, Depot at Anlauf.
Salem General Manager J. P.
O'Brien, of the Harriman lines in Ore
gon, in a communication to the rail
road commission received a few days
ago states that he has authorized the
erection of a platform and depot at
Anlauf for the convenience and ac
commodation of passengers arriving
and departing. A formal complaint
had been filed the day before by the
farmers near Anlauf, asking for the
establishment of a depot at that point.
Investigate Land Clearing.
Astoria. Forestry Expert Thomp
son, of the agricultural department,
who is investigating the methods em
ployed in removing stumps from
logged-nff lands, has returned from a
trip to Tillamook county. The local
chamber of commerce has invited Mr.
Frye, of Seattle, to come here and
give a demonstration of his patent
process for removing stumps, which is
said to be economical and successful.
Wallowa to Have Courthouse.
Enterprise Tho county court has
accepted plans for a courthouse, to cost
$30,000. Bids for foundation and base
ment will be advertised for immediate
ly in order that the foundation at least
may he put in this fall. Wallowa coun
ty has been set apart from I'nion coun
ty 20 years, and this will be the first
courthouse erected in the county.
Another Line for Harriman.
jDec. Current rumors that Harri
man intends taking over the Mount
Hood railway, which connects Hood
River with Dee, a distance of 17
miles, were further borne out last
week when Manager J. P. O'Brien of
the O. R. & N. made a trip of inspec
tion over the line in his private car.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club. 88c per bushel; fortv
fo!d, !i0c; turkey red 90c; fife, 8Sc;
bluestem, 92c; valley, SSc.
Barley Feed, $24 50 per ton;
rolled, $27tf?;28; brewing, $20
QatsNo. 1 white, $27tf,27.50 per
ton; gray, $20tf? 20.50.
TTnv Timothv. Willamette Valley.
$14 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi
nary, $11; Eastern Uregon, i..();
mixed. $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, $11;
tlfalfa meal, $20.
Fruit Apples, new, 50ctff$l.75 per
box; peaches. 30tf770c per box; pears,
75ctfj$1.25 per box; plums, 65tf75c
per box; grapes, 85ctf?$1.50 per crate.
Potatoes 90tfi95c per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 2tf2jc per pound.
Melons Cantaloupes, $14150 per
crate; watermelons, $ltfl'25 per 100
loose: crated, ic per pound additional;
casabas, $2 per dozen.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.50 per
sack; carrots, $1.75; parsnips, $1.75;
beets, $1.50; artichokes, fi5c per dozen;
beans, 5c per pound; cabbage. 2c per
pound; cauliflower, $2.50 per crate;
celery, 75ctfi$l per dozen; corn, 2:(a
30c per dozen; cucumbers, outdoor,
30tfl"40c per box; egg plant. $1.25tfZ.1.50
crate; lettuce, head, 15c per dozen;
parsley, 15c per dozen; peas, 0c per
pound:, peppers, 8tfi:i0c per pound;
pumpkins. If". lie per pound; radishes.
I2hc per dozen; spinach, 2c per pound;
sprouts. 10c per pound; siiash, 4 c
per dozen; tomatoes, 35tfT50c.
Flitter Extras. 3Hc per pound;
fancy, 27k; choice, 25c; store, lc.
K.Ugs Oregon extras, 27tfi2.Sc;
first. 25tf7 20c; seconds. 22tf23c;
thirds, 15tf20c; Eastern. 24tf.25c per
dozen.
Poultry Mixed chickens, lltfll5c
e 1 . r T n 1 . -
per pound; tancy nc-ns, izui ijc;
roosters. 10c; spring, l.ifaHc; ducks,
old, 12tf;12'c; springs. 14tf?15k-;
geese, old, 8c; young, 10c; turkeys,
old. 17tf18c; young. 20c.
Veal Extra, 8tfi8k per pound;
ordinary, 77ic; heavy. 5c.
Pork Fancy, 8ic per pound; ordi
nary, Cc; large, 5c.
Mutton Fancy, 8tf?9c.
Hops 1907, prime and choice, 3tfi
4c per pound; olds, litftlic per pound;
contracts, 7c; Fuggles, 6c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, average
best. lOtfilfllc per pound, according
to shrinkage; Valley, 15tfil5lc. Mo
hair Choice, 1818c per pound.
BREAKS MORE RECORDS.
Great Aeronaut Excels Former Feats
in Three Particulars.
Washington, Sept. 14 Tn two flights
at Fort Myer Saturday afternoon, Or
villo Wright, in the Wright flyer, broko
three records. Staying up nino min
utes and six and one-third second in the
first flight, in which Major George O,
Squiers, acting chief signal officer, ac
companied him, Mr, Weight broke the
record for a two-man flight, which ho
established on Tuesday. The first
flight was at 4:29 o'clock.
In the second flight, which started
at 5:17, Mr. Wright broke the record
for time and distance of a henvicr
tlian air flying machine, which ho es
tablished by remaining in the air for
one hour, fourteen minutes and twenty
four seconds. In this flight ho also
went higher than an aeroplanist has
ever gone, rising to an altitude of 250
feet.
Mr. Wright also maintained a higher
speed than in his other flights at Fort
Myer, traveling around the drillgrounds
at the rate of 38.75 miles an hour on
the first flight, when Major Squiers
accompanied him.
The distance of this flight was 5.88
miles. In Saturday's flight, Mr.
Wright broke tho world's record for
time and distance for tho fifth time
last week.
A crowd of 5,000 persons gathered to
witness tho flights and their enthusi
asm knew no bounds. It was all the
cavalry, detailed to guard tho aeeoplane
from damage, could do to keep the
crowd back. They cheered Mr. Wright
until he went away in the signal corps
automobile.
AIRSHIPS ARE CRUDE.
Edison Criticizes Both Dirigible Bal
loon and Aeroplane.
Seattle, Sept. 14 Thomas A. Edison,
tho noted inventor, who is taking a
vacation on the Pacific Coast, says that
neither the aeroplane nor the dirigible
balloon will successfully solve the ques
tion of navigating the air. Asked if,
in giving up the commercial side of his
work, he would make a study of the
airship, he said:
"It is likely that I shall pay some
attention to the navigation of the air.
I have done so in the past, but I had
not the time to make serious effort. I
am firmly convinced that tho time is
near at hand when it will be possible to
sail through the air as easily and as
safely as we now go by land or by
water.
"I have little faith in the aeroplane
or the balloon as a mens of aerial
navigation. Tho aeroplane of the
Wright brothers depends too much on
the personal equation. Place some
other man in that earoplane and it
would not work. It depends upon the
skillful handling of the machine by the
inventor.
"It is also unlikely that the efforts
of inventors who have pinned their
faith to the dirigible balloon will meet
with success. When you have some
thing that is lighter than air it is ap
parent even to the layman that it is a
toy of the winds. It is wafted about
like a thistledown when a strong wind
is blowing. The aeroplane and the
dirigible balloon will be improved, I
have no doubt, but I look to see the
application of a principle different from
either in the successful airship."
MORE CARS IN SERVICE.
Decrease of 30,371 in Number Idle
Helps Railroads.
Chicago, Sept. 14 Another big boost
toward prosperity is indicated by a
weekly report of the car efficiency com
mittee of tho American Railway asso
ciation, which was issued Saturday.
The total f surplus cars on railroads
of the United States and Canada has
been reduced to 222,032, a decrease of
30.371 since the last report. Of this
decrease, 21.723 are boxcars and 7,253
coal ami gondola.
The deerease in boxcars is tho largest
since, the maximum surplus of 413, (i05
was reached. An increasing activity in
repairing ears is shown by a reduction
of 7,602 in the number of bad order
cars.
Small shortages are reported on a few
railroads, the shortages totaling 1,418.
Regarding this condition, Arthur Hale,
chairman of the committee, says:
"Whenever these shortages are of
such a nature and extent as to justify
action by the committee, conditions are
brought to the attention of the roads
reporting a surplus, and arrangements
arc made to transfer equipment to the
roads having use for it."
Race Trouble Feared.
Seneca, Kan., Sept. 14. A clash be
tween whites and blacks is feared here
following an attack on Samuel Murphy,
a farmer, by two negroes, Jim and Allie
Johnson, Friday night. The negroes as
saulted a white boy who taunted them
about a horse race they had lost, and
Murphy interfered in behalf of the lad.
A mob quickly pursuer and overtook
the negroes, and armed with ropes were
bent on a lynching, which was only
avoided by the pluck of a deputy sher
iff, who, gun in hand, stood in the door
of a vacant house and held the mob
at bay.
New California Regiment.
San Francisco, Sept. 14 Recruiting
is in progress for the organization of a
new regiment of the national guard of
California, to lie stationed at San Frnn
cisco, in conformity with a movement
which has been started by representa
tives (tf commercial bodies of this city.
The action of the business men of San
Francisco in reorganizing the national
guard has tho sanction of Governor Gil
lett. who is ready to equip the organiza
tion as soon as it is mustered in.
New Jap Man to England.
Tokio, Sept. 14. Taka Akira Kato,
proprietor of the Tokio Daily, an influ
ential Japanese paper, has been appoint
ed ambassador to England, to succeed
Count Komnra, who was recently re
called 'from England to assume the post
of minister of foreign affairs in the new
cabinet. Kato is an influential citizen
of Japan. He has twice been minister
of foreign affairs.
MANY TOWNS
THREATENED
Settlements on North Shore of Lake
Superior Are Doomed.
Heavy Rain the Only Relief Possible
Terror-Stricken Inhabitants Flee
to Lake Heavy Wind Aids Fire
Naval Training Ship Aids in Fight
Takes Many on Board.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 12. Unless a
heavy rain falls within the next 48
hours, the total destruction by forest
fires of every town on the north Bhore
of Lake Superior in Cook county is al
most certain. No rain lias fallen in
this district since July 10 and every
thing in the woods is as dry as parch
ment. Last evening the walls of fire,
with a heavy wind behind them, ex
tended all the way to the settlements.
Wild-eyed and shaking with fear,
the inhabitants are gathered along the
shore prepared to take to the lake in
small craft should the worst come.
Within less than two miles of Grand
Marais, a town of 1,500, there is in
flames a tract of spruce and brush over
three miles in length. A strong land
breeze from the northwest is at pres
ent shooting the fire along the out
skirts of the town, giving the village a
lease of life.
The training ship Gopher, which
brought the naval militia to aid in
fighting the fire, is in the harbor and ia
taking women and children aboard. The
ship was welcomed with tears of joy
on her arrival, and only the aid of the
militia ha3 saved the town up to this
time.
Conditions at Figeon River Indian
Reservation, at Big bay, Chicago bay,
Cascade, Cofton and Nutson, are sim
ilar to those existing at Grand Marais.
Eeaver bay, on Lake Superior, 80 miles
northeast of Duluth, is reported to be
in peril.
NEW COINS DEFECTIVE.
St. Gaudens Twenties Do Not "Stack"
With Old Ones.
San Francisco, Sept. 12. Activity
at the San Francisco mint in the coin
ing of the St. Gaudens gold pieces has
been suspended. The first few days'
output amounted to $430,000, but the
double eagles, it has been found, will
not "stack" with the old coins of the
same denomination. In a stack of $400
the new coins are half the thickness of
a piece short. While the double eagles
again bear the legend "In God We
Trust," it has been learned that the
trust is not of ten-dollar dimensions.
Superintendent Sweeney received a
telegram from Washington saying,
"Coin eagles with'In God We Trust.' "
In due time a letter was received by
him from Washington authorities
which read, "We wired you as fol
lows : "Coin no eagles with 'In God
We Trust. 'u This we beg leave to con
firm." The coinage of the eagles stopped
and the money presses are idle, await
ing instructions.
BEATS OWN TIME.
Wright Flies Aeroplane for Over 70
Minutes.
Washington, Sept. 12. In a flight
lasting one hour, ten minutes and 26
seconds, Orville Wright late yesterday
surrpassed all his previous exploits for
a time and distance flight for a heavier-than-air
machine.
Two flights were made at Fort Mey
er, Va, yesterday, the first being of
ten minutes and 50 seconds' duration,
for the purpose of showing what rate
of speed he had been traveling during
bis long flights of the past three days.
Yesterday's test demonstrated, accord
ing to the aviator's calculations, that
the speed of the aeroplane during the
record-breaking flights of Wednesday
and Thursday was 39.55 miles an hour.
The majority of those who witnessed
the long flight were roused to great
enthusiasm when the aviator for the
third successive day broke his previous
record.
Hop Situation Quiet in South.
Ukiah, Cal., Sept. 12. The strike
situation here has quieted down con
siderably during the past few days and
today there was no violence reported
from the hop fields. A number of
ranchers finished picking their crops
today. Some of the growers, however,
began on their crops today and this
will prolong the season. The fruit
cannery is short handed and it is
feared that there will not be enough
help to put up the fruit crop unless
more men can be imported from San
Francisco.
Quake Loss Very Light.
San Francisco, Sept. 12. On Au
gust 18 a story was sent out under
date of Eureka, Cal., telling of an
earthquake at that place on that date.
A careful investigation of the damage
done has determined that the extent of
the loss was exaggerated. Instead of
being $2,000, the damage probably did
not exceed $200 or $300. The dispatch
came to the Associated Press from a
source which was believed to be entirely
reliable.
Chinese Boycott Things German.
Tokio, Sept. 12. The Chinese stu
denst of Tokio have decided to boycott
German goods and German schools.
No reason is assigned for the action.