Heppner gazette., April 21, 1910, Image 6

DOINGSOFTHEVVEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
I Three'men robbed a California train
and then escaped in a launch on Suisun
bay.
An Oklahoma
out of $2,000 on
farmer was swindled
a fake horse race at
San Francisco.
President Taft is confident that the
$30,000,000 irrigation bill will pass
both houses.
It is reported from many cities that
moving picture shows are seriously in
terfering with the saloon business.
A fierce wind storm in Southern
states cost 17 lives and property dam
age amounting to many hundred thou'
sands.
President Taft, speaking at a ban'
quet in Washington, said one term as
president of the United btates is
enough.
The Supreme court of Louisiana has
been called upon to define "what is t
negro," and the decision is being wait
ed for with great interest by many
Btates.
A woman in snyder, Texas, started
the fire with coal oil, and she and her
infant daughter and 14-year, old sister
were burned to death by the explosion
which followed.
Passengers and crew of the steamer
Santa Clara, wrecked off the Califor
' nia coast, were all saved, and the
steamer herself has been pulled off the
rocks and is being towed into port.
The wife of a prominent coffee mer
chant at Los Angeles has finally been
recognized as the "mysterious eirl at
the ringside" who has attended many
prizefights in that city, diseuised in
men's clothing.
A 685-pound woman has been jailed
in San Francisco for exhibittine her
self as a freak.
A Kansas tornado swept a creek dry
for nearly a mile, tore up telephone
Doles and carried a cow and calf 200
yards.
A mission at Chungsha, China, was
destroyed by rioters because Chinese
officials had cornered the rice supply
for export.
A forger was arrested in San Fran
cisco for trying to pass a worthless
check signed with the name of John D.
Rockefeller.
A 13-year old girl in Pittsburg com
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid because she was not getting
along well in school.
It is believed that various large rail
roads have been robbed by swindlers of
several million dollars. Thorough in
vestigation is being made.
President Taft spoke before the Na
tional Woman Suffrage convention in
Washington, and was hissed when he
gave his opinion on woman suffrage.
A Burlington passenger train in
Montana collided with a freight, kil
ling one brakeman and injuring several
persons badly. The freight conductor
had both legs broken.
Lawyer Seth F. Crews, of .Chicago,
was given $5,000 by the Circuit court
for advising Sarah Peterson . that it
would be legal for her to: marry John
R. Smith, a wealthy mine-. owner, on
his deathbed. Miss Peterson married
Mr. Smith and he died almost immed
iately afterward. ' When his. 'estate
was probated 'she fell heir "to $350,000.
Prof. W.' G. Sumner, of Yale, is
dead at the age of 70 years.
Senator ' La Follette Calls the rail
road merger a Morgan deal.
A Chicago girl of 10 years has given
birth to a fine girl baby and both are
doing well.
A Washington farmer was fleeced of
$10,000 on a sure thing race game in
San Francisco.
Chicago women strongly resent the
alleged slur in the census rules that
"housewifery" is not an occupation.
Roosevelt has accepted an invitation
from Pinchot to speak before the na
tional conservation congress the com
ing summer.
" A party of Alaskans claim to have
climbed Mt. McKinley and found no
trace of he records Dr. Cook claims
to have deposited there.
A wealthy widow of Hannibal, Mo.,
was found dead in a trunk. She was
very timid and nervous and is believed
to have hid in the trunk and suffo
cated. A Seattle man, as a memorial to his
dead son, has given $100,000 in land
and cash to establish a sanitarium to
fight tuberculosis.
A Nova Scotia man who had been off
a farm only twice in his life, was ex
onerated for stealing some goods in a
store, as he evidently did not know it
was wrong to take what he needed.
An 18-year old girl of San Francisco,
noted for ber beauty, is in the hospi
tal, with one eye destroyed, the other
badly injured and her face and neck
fearfully burned by sulphuric acid, be
lieved to have been thrown by a young
man whose attention she had refused.
THREE MASKED MEN ROB
CALIFORNIA TRAIN.
Benicia, Cal., April 18. After loot
ing the mail and baggage cars of over
land train No. 1, between this place
and Goodyear, ; at 12:30 o'clock this
morning, three masked men, who es
caped on the engine of the train to
Suisun bay are being pursued by a
sheriff's posse, through bayous in a
steam launch.
The robbers had planned the hold-up
carefully and had a boat secreted in
the marshes when they abandoned the
engine at Cygnus.
The train was stopped by a lantern
signal as it slowed down on the ap
proach to Goodyear. As the engine
came to a stop, two men leaped
aboard, one from each side, and cover
ed the engineer with revolvers. An
instant later the third appeared and
covered the fireman.
One of the men stood guard over the
engineer and fireman while the other
two entered the express car.
No estimate of the amount taken
can be had, but it is believed that the
robbery netted several hundred dol
lars. There were ten coaches in the
train, and the robbers locked each one
as they passed through, leaving the
passengers captive while they rifled
the other cars.
After completing the work they re
turned to the engine, where their com
panion still stood guard over the train
men, and ordered the engineer to un
couple the engine. He was then or
dered, with the fireman, to "beat it,"
and as the men ran back toward the
rear of the train, one of the robbers
pulled the throttle wide open and the
engine shot at top speed through Good
year. A posse was quickly organized at
Goodyear and Benecia and a short time
later the abandoned engine was found
a few miles farther ahead at Suisun
bay. A rancher living nearby had
seen three men and it was learned a
short time later that the men had es
caped in a launch.
WARSHIPS WARN JAPAN.
British Journal Sees Hidden Mean
ing in Voyage of Squadron.
London, April 18. While one sec
tion of European opinion urges Mr.
Roosevelt to discuss with William and
Edward an international understanding
for the limitation of armaments, an
other cynically suggests that, if they
will bring the matter up for his con
sideration, more may be accomplished.
The implication is, as one prominent
journal sees the situation, that Mr.
Roosevelt has done as much as either
of the monarchs to sitmulate the ap
petite for fleets.
Interest in this matter is heightened
by Washington dispatches today that
foreshadow another around-the-world
cruise by American battleships, these
vessels heading east from Hampton
Roads instead of south.
"If the cruise is taken," comments
one week-end observer, "any tyro will
be able to see the connection between
it and the readjustments of the Wash-ington-Tokio
treaty and that famous
final clause of article II.
"There is going to be tension be
tween the United States and Japan
when the latter presses for the privil
eges of naturalization and suffrage,
not to mention easier immigration
conditions, and Uncle Sam recalls the
pacifying influence of his war dogs
two years ago."
Hope is expressed that at the
New
York dinner to Lord Kitchener,
who
with
is thought to have "made a hit
the Americans by telling the Austral
ians to found a military school like
West Point," the guest will emphasize
the value of a "lasting entente be
tween our fleet and theirs."
Kitchener at Academy.
West Point, N. Y., April 18. At
his own request the visit of Field
Marshal Lord Kitchener here today
was unmarked by ceremony. After a
luncheon at the residence of Colonel
Hugh L. Seott, the superintendent, he
passed the afternoon viewiner-the aca
demy and studying its methods. Lord
Kitchener came here accompanied by
W. Butler Duncan, Jr., of New York,
and was met by Superintendent Scott
at the railroad station. The visitor
watched the usual inspection and re
view of the cadet corps.
'Siamese" Twins from Philippines.
San Francisco, April 18. Two Sa-
mar twins, joined together by the
merest ligament, and who promise to
be rivals for the fame gained by the
Siamese twins, are in San Francisco
today. The two children, both boys,
arrived here yesterday from the Philip
pines, in charge of R. L. Louis, who
will exhibit them throughout the United
States. The infants seem to get along
peaceably, although they occasionally
have a spat.
Operators Will Arbitrate.
Washington, April 18. The situa
tion which has threatened a strike of
telegraphers on the Southern railway
has been compromised. Chairman
Martin A. Knapp, of the Interstate
Commerce commission, said today all
disputed points except the question of
wages and representation have been
settled. These will be arbitrated un
der the Erdman act.
Eight Nightriders Fined.
Cincinnati, April 18. Eight of the
alleged nightriders of Grant county,
Kentucky, on trial in the United States
District court at Covington, Ky.,
were found guilty by a jury today.
Three others were acquitted. Fines
ranging from C100 to $1,000 were as
sessed by Judge Cochran, who released
the men on their own recognizance,
pending an appeal.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT -OF THE STATE
LABOR SCARCE IN UMATILLA
Serins: Work Remains Undone and
AppealMay be Made to Cities.
Pendleton With the commencement
of spring activities Umatilla county is
confronted with a labor famine of
formidable proportions. Sheepmen,
grain growers and contractors of var-
ious sorts are all complaining of their
inability to secure the necessary help,
and it begins to appear as if an appeal
for assistance will have to be made
to Spokane. Portland, Seattle and
other Northwest cities.
For several weeks wool growers have
been unable to secure a sufficient num
ber of experienced men to assist in
herding and other work about the sheep
camps. The farmers are also com
plaining of their inability to get
enough hired labor to complete their
spring work satisfactorily, and it
expected that with the opening of the
hay harvest season they will feel this
shortage more.
H. R. Newport, of the Newport
Land & Construction company, of Her
miston. has issued a formal call to
every employment agency in the coun-
ty to send him every available man
they can secure., Newport says that
any number of men are wanted to as
sist in the work which is being done
for the government on the reclamation
project, as well as in clearing the
manv ranches around Hermiston and
putting them in condition for crops.
With the commencement of work
on the Pendleton-Yoakum stretch of
O. R. & N. road and on the Stanfield-
Covote cut-off, labor will . actually be
at a premium.
BUILD HIGH LINE CANAL
1.000 Landowners Join Proiect to
Reclaim 138,000 Acres.
Ontario The establishment of the
Owyhee irrigation district, which was
authorized by Malheur county this
week, means the irrigation of 138,000
acres of very fertile land in this sec
tion. 87,000 acres of which is in Ore
gon under the Owyhee and the King
man colony irrigation districts, and
50,000 acres in Idaho under the Gem
irrigation district. This vast body of
land will be reclaimed by one gigantic
irrigation system known as the Owyhee
High Line canal, taking water from
the Owyhee river. There are 12,000
land holders in the Owyhee district,
The Kingman colony and Owyhee
districts are tributary to Nyssa and
Ontario. It is expected water will be
readv for all these lands within two
years. At present about 10,000 acres
of land is in cultivation in the Owy
hee district. The land under this pro
ject is very productive and from farms
already in cultivation have been raised
10 tons of alfalfa to the acre in one
season. Seventy bushels of wheat to
the acre is not an uncommon yield. A
superior quality of all kinds of small
fruit, apples, peaches, pears, prunes,
apricots, nectarines, plums and cher
ries are crown in abundance. Almonds
do well Tiere, and several young or
chards have been set out. Potato rais
ing promises to be one of the leading
industries of the country.
Baker Plans Publicity Campaign
Baker City The county court of
Baker County has announced its inten
tion of contributing $100 monthly for
nublicitv purposes and this amount
will be turned over to the Baker Com
mereial Club and used bv it in adver
tising the resources . of Baker County
and city. The commercial ciud has a
membership of nearly 400 and each
member pays $1' mronth, so-that nearty
$500 will "be available for publicity
purposes.
F. P. Bobinson and otherj.oJJiceES of
the club are now looking around for a
first-class publicity man to handle the
advertising campaign for Baker, there
are thousands of acres of government
land in the county that can be home
stearle'il; and-the Commercial Clfrb 'will
swurfl a list of all this land for the
benefit of homeseekers." There is. much;
land that can be obught at $40 and $o0
per acre on easy terms and the club
will aid newcomers in securing such
land. The various' irrigation projects
will also be exploited.
Builds Large Barn.
Toledo John Christianson has just
completed one of the finest barns in
Lincoln county. The dimensions of the
barn are 40xS0 .feet. Thirty -five thou
sand feet of lumber was used in its con
struction. The barn is equipped with
a patent hay fork and track, also a
patent refuse carripr. which runs the
full length of the building. The barn
is arranged to stable 40 cows, has a
plank floor and will hold a large quan
tity of hay.
Begin Paving at Baker City.
Baker City Contractor White has
finished the storm sewers on First
street, and the paving will be started
next week. After First street comes
Washington and Center streets for pav
ing improvements. With these streets
hard-surfaced. Baker City will have
something to point to with pride and
the stranger within our gates will be
favorably impressed.
Electric Survey Progresses.
Pherwood The camping outfit of the
survevnrs for the Tigardville-MeMinn-
vi!le branch of the Oregon Electric
line was moved through Sherwood Pun
day. The surveyors are locating a line
through the Chehalem gap, and it is
expected work will start soon on con
strnction. New I. O. O. F. Home at Klamath.
Klamath Falls The Odd Fellows
Hall Association has been incorporated
for the purpose of constructing a three
story fireproof building. It is the in
tention of the Odd Fellows to begin
work on the building some time next
month.
DEEPEN SHAFT AT RED BOY
Permanent Development in Sumpter
District this Summer.
Sumpter Within the next few weoka
one of the most important events in tho
history of the famous old Red Boy mine.
west of iMimpter, will be in progress-
deep Binkingon the Bed Boy and
Golden Monarch veins. Not only
this work of great moment to the mine
but it will be anxiously watched by
every one in tho district, for its success
will prove beyond any question the per
nianeney of ore deposits bolow the
water level.
Two years ago a prospect shatt was
sunk on the Golden Monarch vein. The
result of this work has determined tho
company to continue sinking on the
vein, but instead of a prospect shaft
tho work will bo of a permanent char
aeter, being a three-compartment shaft.
The shaft will follow an ore shoot
which is said to have produced over
$800,000 for the former owners from
the Blacksmith level to the surface, the
ore body varying from 8 to 15 feet in
width for a continuous length of 800
feet, all milling grade. How deep the
shaft is to be driven will be determined
later, being governed to some extent
by what is disclosed by the sinking,
though it is expected to go at least 250
feet if not 500 feet.
Indian Girl Files on Claim.
La Grande A new precedent in land
office records here was set Friday when
a half-breed Indian girl filed on a piece
of land in Grant county under the pub
lic domain act. The child is now living
on the White Earth reservation, in Mm
nesota, and her right to file on an In
dian allotment has not been used be
cause the White Earth supply is ex
hausted. It is not believed here that a
similar filing has been made in the his
tory of the land office.
Sawmill at Baker to Start.
Baker City After two years of idle
ness the mills of the Oregon Lumber
Company in this city are again in op
eration and an average of more than
100,000 feet of the finished product is
being turned out daily. The plant at
Austin with a capacity of -40,000 feet
daily is also in operation.
The resumption of operations by this
plant means that a pay roll of $10,000
will again be turned loose in Baker
City and hundreds of men will find em
pjoyment here.
Beautify City Park. ,
Medford A committee consisting of
five, including Landscape Gardener
Ford, is planning the first steps in
beautifying the park near the Wash
ington school. Work is to be com
menced at once, and it is believed that
much of the work will be under way
in the near future.
Build Many Homes.
Lakeview During the past 15
months 75 dwellings have been erected
in Lakeview. This does not include
additions, barn3 or business blocks.
The average value of each dwelling is
at least $1,000. It is safe to say over
$100,000 represents the true increase
in values in Lakeview.
Finish Concrete Canal.
Twin Falls Water has been turned
into the Northside canal. The first two
miles of the Northside canal are prob
ably the finest piece of concrete work
on any canal in the world, tor two
miles the sides and bottom of the canal
are as smooth as a plate.
$30,000 Two Story Brick.
Albany A. C. Schmitt, vice presi
dent of. the First National Bank, will,
in May, begin the construction of a
$30,000 w1iite pressed brick, two-story
building at the northwest corner of
Third and Broadalbin streets. .
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Travk' -rWces: filuestem. 96
67 Wc;. club, 9304c; rci Russian, 90Jr
Valley. 9Sc.
Barley Feed .and brewing, $2.3o0
25.00 per ton. . ,
Corn Whole, $34; cracked, $35 per
ton.- ft.-
Hay Traok prices: Timothy, Will
amette Valley. $20'" 21 per ton; J-.ast-
ern Uregon, j'; airana, $j.u.uu(u
17.50; grain hay, $U(cvJH.
Oats No. 1 white, $276728.50 pet
ton.
Fresh Fruits Apples, $16j2.50 box;
cranberries, $8679 per barrel.
Potatoes Carload buying prices:
Oregon, 506760c per hnndred; sweet
potatoes, 3i.(f?4c.
Vegetables Asparagus, sroac; tau-
bage, 1 VG67;l:c per pound; garlic, 10c
pound; horseradish, 86710c per pound;
' . 4 a ,
green onions, loc per nozen; raaisnes,
30; per dozen; rhubarb, 3V&674c per
pound; spinach, $1 per box; sprouts, 9c
ner pound; turnips, $i per sacK; rura
bagas. $1671.25; carrots, 8oc(g$l; beets,
$1671.25; parsnips, 5wwi5e.
Butter City creamery, extras, d.ic;
fancy outside creamery, S2(a33e per
pound; store, 20c. (Butter fat prices
average VAa per pound under regular
prices.)
i.ggs rresn vregon rancn, u(ri-uc
per dozen. ,
' . t n ' 11 3
Fork f ancy, j.iki i.vae per pounn.
yea Fancy, 12(a12V-e per pound.
Lambs Fancy, 156716c per pound.
poutry Hens. 196720c; broilers, 27
6728c; ducks, 22H-'"-3c; geese, ZMc;
turkeys, live, 206i22c; dressed, 2-jc;
squabs. $3 per dozen.
Cattle liest sreers. th mir
good steers. $06(6.25; strictly gon(
cows, $5.75676; fair to good cows, $567!
5 51; light calves. $1677; heavy calves.
$4675; bulls, $4675.25; stags, $4.50
5.50.
Sheep Bpst wethers. $8678.25; fair
to good wethers, $7677.50; good lambs,
$865 9.
Hogs Top, $11.106711.25; fair to
good, $106?1 1.
Hops 1909 crop, 176119c per pound;
olds, nominal; 1910 contracts, 156716c.
Vool Eastern Oregon, 166720c per
nnnnd; valley, 206722c; mohair, choice,
266. I
RECEIVES KINGLY HONORS.
Emperor Francis Joseph Greets
Roosevelt In Splendor.
Vienna, April 16. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was received at the Aus
trian capital today in a manner almost
like that accorded a reigning sov
ereign.
Ihe punctilious Austrian court, the
most ceremonious of Europe, had ar
ranged the programme and left noth
ing undone that could emphasize the
unprecedented honor being paid the
visiting American.
As a special mark of his personal
esteem, the aged emperor-king, Fran
cis Joseph, received Colonel Roosevelt
in his private apartments at the im
posing Hofburg palace, instead of
the regular audience chamber.
The monarch, who was attired in
imperial uniform, was extremely gra
cious to the American and kept him
conversation for 35 minutes.
What interested subjects they found
to discuss were not made public, as
they were alone, and Colonel Roosevelt
naturally has declined to reveal the
slightest detail of the conversation.
Emperor Francis Joseph intends per
sonally to return Mr. Roosevelt's call
on him. - Such an honor as a return
visit from the emperor is only extend
ed to reigning sovereigns.
For Colonel Roosevelt the call on the
emperor was only the main feature
a busy day, which began immediately
after he reached his hotel this morning
with a breakfast with Henry White,
ex-American ambassador to France,
who had not been in Vienna since he
began his diplomatic career here 27
years ago under President Taft's fath
er, who was then American minister.
The day included an official visit last
ing an hour to Count von Aehrenthal,
the Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
ter, a call of courtesy on Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent
the throne, at Belvidere palace, a vis
it to the tombs of the Hapsburgs,
where, under the guidance of a Cap
uchin monk, with a lighted taper in his
hand, he laid wreaths on the tombs of
Empress Elizabeth and Crown Prince
Rudolph; a tour of inspection of the
Spanish riding school, founded by
Charles VIII, and of the Imperial Hus
sar barracks; a reception by the Amer
ican journalists and a dinner given in
his honor at the foreign office tonight
by Count von Aehrenthal.
Yet, after the long day, when Col
onel Roosevelt returned to his hotel to
night, he mounted the stairs two at
time.
Colonel Roosevelt used the imperial
court carriage placed at his disposal by
Emperor Francis Joseph until his offi
cial calls had ended. Then he discard
ed it for an automobile.
He enjoyed the exhibition at the rid
ing school, where the celebrated Lip-
pizzan breed of horses, a mixture of
Spanish and Arab blood, performed the
daintiest of evolutions, dancing
quadrille and finally coming onto the
platform where Colonel Roosevelt sat
and circling his chair so close that
their hoofs almost touched his feet.
But, as Colonel Roosevelt remarked
afterwards: "These are only Bociety
horses."
A clattering charge of the Magyar
hussars, who constitute the emperor s
body guard, across the parade grounds
of the barracks, on the contrary, stir
red him to real enthusiasm and after
the evolutions he made a detailed in
spection of the stables, horse hospitals,
etc., volleying questions at the offi
cers who accompanied him.
Huge Timber Deal is Made.
New Westminster, B. C, April 16.
The Canadian Western Lumber com
pany, composed, of Eastern Canadian
and American lumbermen, has pur
chased for $20,000,000 all the property
of the Fraser River Lumber company
This property is mostly timber land on
.Vancouver island, and includes the
tiacv uituascu ic.ciiuijr xxyjiil kite if cjr.
ferhaeuser Lumber company for $4,-
00,000. The new company possesses
the largest area of merchantable tim
ber under one ownership in the world.
Hard Wind Hits Memphis,
Memphis, Tenn., April 16. The
heavy storm, with an average of five
inches of rainfall that swept through
Mississippi and Arkansas last night,
was followed tonight by a tempest that
broke over the states with added fury.
Kam fell in torrents, accompanied in
many places by hail. Accompanying
this second storm was a wind which at
times took on proportions of a tornado.
Reports from Como, Marigold and
Johnstown, Miss., indicate that many
small houses were leveled, and at the
latter place a negro woman was killed.
Mark Twain Holds Own.
Redding, Conn., April 16. Samuel
L. Clemens (Mark Twain) .who arrived
at his country home here last night,
fatigued from his long journey from
Bermuda and very ill, passed a com
fortable night and it was said this
morning his general condition was en
couraging. It was declared by his at
tending physicians that Mr. Clemens
had passed a comfortable day, with no
appreciable change, and was holding
his own fairly well.
End of Car Strike Seen.
Philadelphia, April 16. That the
streetcar strike, which caused more or
Icbs disorder in this city for nine
weeks, will end tomorrow, was the as
sertion made this afternoon by C. O.
Pratt, the strike leader, and by others
associated with him. The strikers will
hold a mass meeting tomorrow after
noon, when a peace proposal will be
laid before them for approval. (
Scarcity of Rice Starts Anti-Foreign
Demonstration in Hunan -
Consulates and Missions Destroyed
and Missionaries Flee in Boats
Eight Refuges Drown.
MISSIONARIES ARE MISSING.
London, April 19. The Times'
correspondent in his dispatch on the
Changshu riots, says the American
missionaries are missing. Their
fate is unknown.
Changshu, China, April 19. All of
the foreign-owned buildings in Chang
shu have been destroyed by fire, except
the British consulate. All the build
ings rented by foreigners have been
looted.
All foreigners
have' left the city,
no foreign resident
So far as known,
lost his life.
The governor
Wu Tchung Siu,
of Hunan province,
and his son. were
killed, and several other government
officials fled. Even yet a section of
the city is in flames. Six thousand
foreign drilled soldiers are stationed
here and a few of these protected the
governor's house for a time, but soon
all joined the rioters.
The riots began April 13, when the
famine sufferer s looted the rice de
pots. A captain of police was wound
ed trying to restore order. Thous
ands crowded around him and his as
sistants, and he was obliged to flee to
the yamen. The rioters followed and
besieged the place all night.
The following day the disturbance
became anti-foreign. The Chinese In
land mission and the Norwegian and
Catholic missions were burned. The
other missions were destroyed April
15. The missionaries attached to the
American Episcopal Missionary al
liance, the United Evangelical church
and the Wesleyan and Yale scientists,
numbering 41 in all, took refuge in
boats. They left all their effects.
The destruction of all foreign prop
erty, including the Japanese consulate
and the British warehouses, followed.
The fate of the Standard Oil company's
newly-erected tanks is unknown.
The rioters numbered no fewer than
24,000.
Eight Germans attached to the Lieb-
enzoll mission were in town when the
trouble began, and they fled the city to
Hankow in a junk without lights.
They were run down by the British
gunboat Thistle and drowned. Another
report says that the men drowned were
Americans, but there is no confirma
tion of this.
MOVING DAY WILL BE COSTLY.
Chicago Will Pay High for Privilege of
Yearly Change of Residence.
Chicago, April 19. Chicago's great
annual hegira, when 35,000 familiea
pull up stakes and migrate to some
other flat, will be a costly process this
year.
Landlords and moving van compan
ies have so arranged leases that people
can move only on May 1. This year
the date falls on Sunday and. as .all
moving van people are members" of
union labor, this means a double price
for ,eyery thing.
This means that every one of 35,0QO.
families, who will move on '" that 'day,
will be forced, to pay $6 an hour fb
the services of a van. In addition-
there will be double price for helpers.
I he- moving fever, peculiar to Chi-
cago. Js.a sort of trgjc joke- People
move from one flat to another not a
whit' better, pay an average vf $40'for
moving, liyj-ofE the mantel.$nd jsleep
in the bath tubs for a week, see their
household goods wrecked and probably
fincMhemselves in a vforse community
than that which they left. Yet they
move every year. )V . ,, K. .
Wallace Mansion Burns.
San Francisco, April 19. Fire today-
destroyed the old Judge Wallace man-
ion on Van Ness avenue, which, after
the earthquake and fire of 1906, was
converted into Tait's Pompeiian gar
dens, one of the most fashionable cafes
in the West.
Count de Salarazara, Spanish consul
at San Francisco, whose offices were
in the building, suffered the loss of
nearly all his consular papers and fam
ily heirlooms. His wife's dresses,
valued at $5,000, were burned. The
building was valued at $15,000.'
Lightning Hits Balloon.
Bitterfield, Prussian Saxony, April
19. The balloon Delitzsch, which as
cended here last night, fell to the
earth with great force near the village
of Reichensachsen, about 20 miles
northwest of Eisensach, in a thunder
storm. The crew of four men were
illed. The balloon passed over Eisen
sach at midnight and soon drifted into
thunder storm. It is assumed it was
struck by lightning and that the gas
exploded. The envelope was in tatters.
Ballplayer Drops Dead.
Freeburg, 111., April 19. William
chmidt, 28 years old, first baseman
'or the local baseball team, was almost
nstantly killed by a pitched ball dur
ng a game with a St. Louis team to-
ay. He was struck over the heart
while batting and fell dead after taking
few steps toward first base. A cor
oner's jury was empaneled on the field
from among the spectators and a ver-
ct of accidental death was returned..