DOINBS OFTHEWEEK
Current Events o( interest Gathered
From Die World at Large.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Hot weather is sending wheat prices
up.
President Diaz., of Mexico, advises
Taft to modify his Nicaraguan policy.
An aviator in a Wright biplane
reached a height of 6,175 feet at At
lantic City, N. J.
A burglar serving three and a half
years in San Quentin, boasts that he
has $18,000 cached in the hills.
At the international aviation meet
just closed at Rheims, France, the
monoplanes proved to be the best all
around machines.
Vital statistics of Kansas show a
large decrease in the birth rate, and
the cause is said to be the great in
terest in autoing.
' Sunday, July 10, was the hottest
day of the season. Temperature at
Dayton, Wash., was 104; Eoseburg,
Or., 98: Portland, Or., 97.
A fireman was knocked from the cab
of a North Bank engine at Cascade and
instantly killed, and his absence was
not discovered until the train had gone
seven miles and the steam began to run
low.
The engineer and fireman of a St.
Louis passenger train prevented a rob
bery by slipping away from the robbers
in the darkness and dashing to the en
gine, where they jumped aboard and
got the train under way before the
robbers realized that they wee being
tricked.
Count Apponyi, a leading Hungarian
politician, has warm praise for Roose
velt. The first death from bubonic plague
in three years has occurred in Hon
olulu. President Taft has withdrawn 35,
073,164 acres of coal land in North and
South Dakota.
A receiver has been named for the
Boston Herald, which is bankrupt with
$2,200,000 indebtedness.
A new opera by Wagner, son of the
famous composer, nearly caused a riot
at its first production in Berlin.
Experts say that oiling of roada and
streets goes a long ways toward ex
terminating flies and mosquitoes.
A Chico, Cal., man has twice at
tempted suicide on account of disap
pointment at the defeat of Jeffries.
San Diego Cal., would elect A. G.
Spalding, veteran sport and sporting
goods manufacture, for U. S. senator.
A select commission from parlia
ment has recommended a raise of $65,
000 per year in the salary of King
George.
Without warning or explanation the
Western Union cut off its bucket shop
brokerage wires in ten of the large cit
ies of the East.
Oklahoma has won its suit against
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, which
has agreed to pay a fine of $75,000 and
obey the laws hereafter.
Miss Nellie Anheuser, daughter of
the St. Louis brewer, is fighting her
dentist over a bill of $500. Ther den
tist charged $25 an hour for his work.
The Pullman Palace Car company
will fight the proposed reduction in
rates by the Interstate commerce com
mission, claiming that under the pro
posed new rates some lines would be
operated at a loss.
Director Newell is to be dropped
from the reclamation service.
David Starr Jordan denounces col
lege football as sordid and degrading.
It is believed that a train dispatcher
caused the Big Four wreck in which 21
persons were killed.
A toy balloon'set fire to the town of
Newburg, Indiana, and destroyed the
principal business buildings.
Roosevelt plainly implies that he
will support Miles Poindexter, for U.
S. senator from the state of Washing
ton. It is believed beyond doubt that ex
Govemor Hughes, of New York, will
be appointed chief justice of the Uni
ted States, to succeed the late Chief
Justice Fuller.
A miner in Colorado Springs now
claims to have ascended Mt McKinley
and found the records Dr. Cook claims
to have left there. Dr. Cook's backers
will investigate the story.
Premier Canalejas will submit to the
king of Spain a bill forbidding further
religious orders to enter that country
pending negotiations at the Vatican for
the revision of the concordat.
The headquarters of the Independ
ence league in Chicago have been
abandoned.
Race riots growing out of the Reno
fight have caused the death of 14 nee-roes
and two white men, and it is
feared that more trouble will follow
whenever the moving pictures of the
fight are exhibited.
Ballinger promises that Oregon shall
have full share of the 120,000,000 rec
lamation fund.
SAYS T. R. DOES NOT KNOW
Wife of Ruler of Baroda Condemns
Guildhall Talk.
New York The Guildhall speech of
Theodore Roosevelt, in which he gave
Great Britain advice on how to run her
colonies, echoed across the seas to In
dia and found one of its many answesr
from the lips of the Maharanee of Ba
roda, who with her husband, the Gaek
war, in now in New York on a trip
around the world.
"I don't like the speech of your sold
ier, Roosevelt," said the Maharanee,
"in which he told the English how to
rule my people and the Egyptians.
What can he know? He has never
been in my country. He should not
speak of things of which ne Knows
nothing.
"One cannot learn the heart of a
people in a year, or in 100 years, and
my people do not show their hearts
easily."
The Maharanee is well educated and
SDeaks several language, in which her
husband shares in limits.
"Woman's influence." he said, "is
most potent, and I want the women of
my country to think for themselves."
That is as far as the Uaekwar win
go. "Suffragettes l" he asked. "Are
there really such things? I thought
they were fabulous, like the 3 unicorn.
No, they would not be popular in my
country."
His wife thinks that Amenan wo
men are beautiful, perhaps.
"But their styles," she added, "are
not for our country. Our standard of
beauty is simple grace the natural
shape of the head, the natural grace of
the figure. That is all."
EX-SLAVE WANTS VOTE.
Aged Negro Secures Injunction on
"Grandfather Clause."
Guthrie, Okla. On application of
Daniel Sims, an ex-slave and property
owner of this city, Federal Judge John
Hi Cotterall issued a temporary in
junction restraining the state election
board, the state board of affairs and
the secretary of state from having
printed the proposed "grandfather
clause" amendment to the constitution
on the ballot for the state primary
election on August 2.
In his petition Sims sets up that the
proposed amendment would disfran
chise him, as he is unable to read or
write, and that it discriminates against
him because of previous conditions of
servitude. It is also alleged that a
proposed amendment to the constitu
tion must be voted on at a regular
election and not a primary, to be legal.
BOMBS WRECK BRIDGE.
Lehigh Valley R. R. Trestle Blown
. Up by Dynamite.
New York Dynamite bombs placed
under the new trestle being built by
the Lehigh Valley railroad along the
bay shore of Jersey City badly damag
ed the steel structure and smashed
windows for half a mile around in the
Greenville section. Two 60-foot iron
girders were wrenched loose at the
first explosion, one of them being driv
en through a steel car of the New Jer
sey Central near the trestle. For 40
feet on either side of the point of de
tonation the cement foundation of the
structure were shattered. A second
explosion 45 minutes later tossed up
two more girders, and even a greater
amount of concrete construction was
thrown up.
COEUR d'ALENES ABLAZE.
Forest Rangers Go to Help Settlers
on Pine Creek.
Spokane. Wash. With six home
steads in immediate danger of destruc
tion and over 1,200 acres of the finest
white pine timber & mass of raging
flames, the biggest forest fire of the
present year in the Coeur d'Alenes is
sweeping up the valley at Kingston, on
Pine creek, 16 miles west of Wallace,
Idaho.
The fire, has grown far beyond con
trol of the homesteaders and the forest
service men, numbering about 20, and
a call for assistance has been made on
the Coeur d'Alene Forest Protective
association in the hope that something
may be done to check the fire.
"Monev Is Country's God."
Mnnt. In the United States
court James S. Lee, who calls himself
the prophet of God, who, with his two
sons, is on trial for counterfeiting,
took the stand and admitted that he
made the 22 counterfeit gold coins
seized by the government "Money is
the god of the country," said the
bearded and long-haired prophet, "and
I only wanted to show now easuy inai
god could be counterfeited." Continu
ing Lee predicted many dire things, in
cluding the destruction of the govern
ment by "the people from the West."
Pellagra Cure is Found.
Twfcam N.' C Bv & svstem of in
jections into the blood, Mrs. R. M.
Baxsley, of Hillsboro, is reported
cured of the most aggravated case of
pellagra that had come under the ob
servation of medical men of this state.
The treatment used with success, med
ical men believe, proves that pellagra
is a disease of the blood, rather than
the consequence of a corn diet. Four
deaths in one week recently were re
corded here.
Forest Fires Seen 60 Miles.
Denver Forest fires raging west of
Golden, Colo., lighted the somber peaks
of the Rocky mountains with ra
diance seen for 50 miles across the
plains. Meagre advices are to the ef
fect that Golden Gate forest, in the
canyon of the same name, is burning.
The extent of the damage is not
known.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
BIG FAIR IS PLANNED.
Livestock Show Will Open at Portland
September 5.
Portland When the gates at the
track of the Portland Fair & Livestock
association are thrown open to the pub
lic on September 5, the best fair and
race meet in the history of the North
west will begin.
This year the Portland association
ante-dates the Salem btate lair, which,
until this year, has always been held
ahead Of the Portland attraction.
" Idle; rumors to the effect that the
fair grounds at Rose City Park are to
be sold and cut up into lots are vehe
mently denied by N. C. Maris, presi
dent of the association.
President Maris said everyting was
in readiness for holding the biggest
race meet and best stock show in the
history of the N6rthwest.
In, paying special attention to the
stock exhibit the Fair association
hopes to increase interest in the breed
ing of fine dairy and ranch animals,
and in this way increase the stockrais
ing industry in Oregon. Special prizes
for much more value than ever before
offered are to be competed for at this
show and already stock breeders are
entering their best bred cattle, sheep
and hogs. This interest m the com
ing show is not confined to the stock-
raisers of Oregon, for entries are being
listed in large numbers from all ' parts
of the Northwest.
Another feature of the coming show
is to be the opening aay paraae
through the city to the fair grounds.
As the opening day is Labor day, a
holiday, the labor organizations are to
be petitioned to assist in this affair
and requests are likewise to be extend
ed to the Riverside Driving club, and
the Portland Hunt club, both of which
latter organizations are directly in
terested in harness shows and racing.
By arranging this parade it is hoped to
add renewed interest in the races and
bring the fair to the attention of the
general public.
ENGINEER IS IN KLAMATH,
S. P. Locator Returns and Causes
Interest in Alturas Line.
Klamath Falls B. F. Knowlton,
chief engineer for the Southern Pacific
railroad, who ran the permanent sur
vey for the line from this city to Al
turas. in California, a year ago, is
back, but his purpose is shrouded in
mystery and ia causing much specula
tion. Mr. Knowlton will not say what his
mission is further than that he is here
to lay in supplies for his engineering
crews. Where these crews are now or
where they are going to work would
not be divulced and the only theory
which seems plausible is that he is
going to run Some new surveys, possi
bly in connection with the proposed
line from here to Merrill, on the orig
inal survey to Alturas. Along part of
this line some of the farmers are said
to be attempting to get more for their
property for a right of way than the
railroad company will pay and it is
thought Knowlton will run a new line
down through the valley to Merrill
from Klamath Falls to evade crossing
these properties. This is, however,
only a matter of conjecture.
Plan to Save Small Fish.
Salem An initiative petition for an
act to make it unlawful for persons to
fish in the Rogue River with anything
but a line and hook was received by
the secretary of state. It was pre
pared by a majority of anglers resid
ing in the district several miles above
the mouth of Rogue river, and is main
ly for the purpose of protecting the
smaller fish from being caught and
thrown aside by commercial fishermen
along the lower river.
American Workers Few.
Orpirnn Citv The Willamette Pulp
o
& Paper company, in a communication
to the publicity bureau of the Oregon
Citv Commercial club makes plain its
attitude on the question of foreign lab
or, that has been agitating the public
mind for several years. There are
probably 100 Austrians and Greeks em
ployed in the paper mills, ana the com
nnnv snvs the onlv reason this condi-
tinn exists this because it has been
unable to obtain the services of Amer
icans.
New Hotels for Klamath.
Klamath Falls Plans are now on foot
for the organization of a corporation
fnr the erection of a modern reenforced
concrete hotel in the city. Considerable
stock has already been subscribed. In
dications are that the movement will
meet with success. If this undertak
ing materializes the city will have
two modern hotels, as the Klamath De
velopment company has already let a
contract for the erection of a modern
hotel in its addition.
Alfalfa Mill for Echo.
Echo Fred Andrews, a well-to-do
Meadows rancher, has ordered equip
ment for an alfalfa meal mill. The
mill will be located on Mr. Andrews'
place and will be used to grind for
local and shipping purposes. Power
will he furnished bv a three-cvlinder.
80 horsepower gasoline engine. Mr.
Andrews expects to cut upwards ol 70v
tons of alfalfa on his own place: the
second crop will be ready for the mow
er shortly. .
Cut 1,000 Tons Alfalfa.
Vale Oxman & Oxman have lust
finished cutting the first crop of alfalfa
on their 40O-acre-tract on Willow
rrnt V The ei-nn averno-pd two and
one-half tons per acre. The owners of
the ranch usually run about 20,000
sheep.
OF THE STATE
SCHOOLS ARE EXPANDING.
Statistics of Linn and Josephine
Counties Are Reported.
Salem Reports received in the office
of State Superintendent of Schools
Ackerman from the superintendents of
Josephine and Linn counties give in
teresting data concerning those coun
ties, as follow:
Linn County 1909 1910
School census 6!72 7419
Kitfhth grade irraduates 206 836
Daily attendance 8690 4456
Percent, attendance 88 92
School houses built 5 12
Josephine County
School consus 8048 8040
Enrollment 2153 2157
School houses built 1 2
The financial statistics show that
total receipts for schools in Linn were
$130,197 in 1909 and $240,511 in 1910;
disbursements were $115,827 in 1909
and $215,679 in 1910; average monthly
salary of male teachers, $55.65 in
1909 and $59 in 1910; average monthly
salary of female teachers, $42 in 1909
and $45.05 in 1910.
Total receipts of Josephine county
were $54,596 in 1909 and $55,502 in
1910; disbursements were $48,701 in
1909 and $49,942 in 1910; average
monthly salary of male teachers was
$58 in 1909 and $58.25 in 1910; salary
of female teachers, $48 in 1909 and
$50.90 in 1910.
$$ GO OUT; SHOULD COME IN
Crook Buys Strawberries That Could
be Raised at Home.
Prineville Central Oregon is devel
oping in population much faster than
in the exploiting of its various agricul
tural resources. On ' an average 15
crates of strawberries have been ship
ped daily over the 65 miles of stage
road to Prineville, where they retail at
$4.50 a crate. The cost of the express
shipment from Shaniko to Prineville is
$1 a crate, and many crates are injured
or ruined in transit.
A careful investigation shows there
are small patches of strawberries in
many different locations, and that the
quality is excellent, and the yield good;
but no one cares to make a consistent
effort to grow them.
There are many different varieties
and no crop failures. Examination of
the Central Oregon market shows that
no less than $10,000 will be paid by
Crook county this year for strawber
ries, and a crop can be grown at home
far superior to that which is shipped
in.
Features for Clackamas Fair.
Oregon City The time for the an
nual session of the Clackamas County
fair is drawing near, and as it grows
shorter, programs and features begin
to take shape. Several meetings of
the board have been held and also of
the executive committee. Because of
so many more exhibits being offered
this year the upper floor of the pavilion
will have to be remodeled. One of the
main drawing cards of last year, the
baby show, will be repeated this year.
Mining District Active.
Cottage Grove Activity in the Bo
hemia mining district is manifest this
summer and many prospectors and
owners of mines are going thither to
work their assessments and further de
velop their mines. The Sweepstakes
mine, which is being developed by S.
B. Brund and others, has on exhibition
a $1,000 brick, which is the product of
a ten-day run with its two-stamp mill.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
, Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
84c; club, 8081c; red Russian, 78c;
valley, 82.
, Barley Feed and brewing, $19(a20.
Corn Whole, $32; Cracked, $33 ton.
Hav Track prices: Timothv. Wil
lamette valley, $20(a21 per ton; East
ern Oretron, $2224; alfalfa, $1516;
grain hay, $1718.
Oats--No. 1 white, $Z5tt;z6 ton.
Putter Citv creamerv. extras. 29c:
fancy outside creamery, 28(729c per
pound; store, 23c. Butter fat prices
average iy2c per pound uncier regular
butter prices.
Eggs Oregon candled, zb(a zic.
Poultrv Hens. 16c: broilers, 20(a5
22c; ducks, 12(5?20c; geese, lOrfrllc;
turkevs. live. 18(f20c; dressed, 22
25c; squabs, $3 per dozen.
Pork f ancy, iz(ouz&c per pound.
Veal Fancy, lOfajllc per pound.
Lambs Choice, llfTHJc pound,
flrppn Fruits Apples. Oregon New
town, $2 per box; cherries, SfrilOc per
nnnnH: anricots. $1.25(f1.35 per box;
peaches, 75c(5$1.25; plums, $11.50;
gooseberries, 5(0;bc per pouno; cur
rants. $2(2.25 per box; raspberries,
$1.25(1.60 per crate; loganberries,
75c(a$1.50; blackcaps, $l.bofrU.7o.
Voo-Ptahlea Artichokes. 60fft75c per
dozen, asparagus, $1.25&2 per box;
beans, 8(?i,10c per pound; cabbage, 2Ji
fl2c; cauliflower, $2perdozen; head
lettuce, 50(S60c; green onions, 15c;
peas, 45c per pound; radishes, 15f?
20c per dozen; spinacn, ewiuc per
pound; carrots, 85i$l per sack;
beets, $1.50; parsnips, 75c(a$l.
Potatoes Old Oregon, 60v 75c per
hundred; new, 2c per pound.
Onions California red, f.omn&. to
per sack.
Cattle Beef steers, good to choice,
$5.40(57,5.60; fair to medium, $4.25(0,
4.75; cows and heifers, good to choice,
$4.50(514.75; fair to medium, $3.75ra,
4.25; bulls, $3(57 4; stags. $3.50(5.5;
calves, light, $5.756.75; heavy, $4
" Sheep Best wethers, $4.255T 4.50;
fair to good, $3.50(3.75; best ewes,
$3.75(514; lambs, choice, $3.50(57 5.90;
fair, $4,615(5,5.15.
Hogs Top, $9.6010; fair to med
ium, $8.509.o0.
WOMAN AVIATOR FALLS.
Lost Nerve and Stopped Motor Both
Arms and Legs Broken.
Bethany Plains, Rheims, France
The second distressing accident of the
aviation meet here occurred when Bar
oness de la Roche, driving a Voisin
biplane, lost ber nerve at a height of
50 meters, shut off the power and fell
with her machine to the ground.
Her legs and arms were broken and
she suffered severe contusions, but the
doctors who have her case in hand hope
for her recovery. It first was thought
she had sustained a fracture of the
skull, but this was not the case.
At a height of 80 meters, the Bar
oness de la Roche had flown once
around the field. The spectators in the
grand stand were applauding her vocif
erously. Suddenly she appeared to be
come frightened at the approach of
two other aeroplanes, one of which, a
Sommer, driven by M. Lindpainter,
passed directly over her.
The baroness, in a period of con
sciousness after the accident, saidj that
the rush of air from the motor over
head had thrown her into consterna
tion, and that she had put out the igni
tion and lost control. The machine
fell like a meteorite to the ground.
The crowds rushed out on the field
and extricated the mangled and bloody
form of the woman aviator from the
tangled debris, and conveyed . her to a
nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, Lindpainter had descend
ed, and the crowd, believing him to be
responsible for the accident, threatened
to lynch him.
Gendarmes, however, threw a cordon
about the aviator and dispersed the ex
cited spectators. An inquiry by the
judges' committee showed that Lind
painter was in no way responsible for
the accident.
The first accident of the meeting oc
curred on the opening day, when
Charles Wachter's Antoinette 'mono
plane collapsed at a height of 500 feet,
and dropped like a stone, instantly
killing Wachter.
Olielager, not satisfied with his rec
ord of one hour, 58 minutes and 20
seconds for the 150 kilometers, set out
again and cut it to one hour, 54 minu
tes 2-5 seconds. He used a Bleriot
machine.
Two other records were broken by
M. Leblanc, who also used a Bleriot
monoplane.
, The first was the 10 kilometers,
which was made in six minutes, 33 4-5
seconds, and the second the five kilo
meters, the time for which was caught
at three minutes 12 and 4-5 seconds.
Olielager,' in a Bleriot, won the $4,
000 prize for distance. He covered 140
miles in 2 :55 :52 3-5.
AIM MAY BE AT AMERICA.
Closing ot Door in China Seen in
Russo-Japanese Compact.
Berlin The liveliest interest is felt
in official circles regarding the Russo
Japanese agreement, the text of which
has not' yet been fo waded to the Ger
man government. The maintenance of
the status quo, which the agreement
is ostensibly intended to secure, is con
sidered most desirable.
The most delicate aoint in the agree
ment refers, according to the semi
official Frankfurter Zeitung, to the un
derstanding to act actually on the de
fensive against the intervention by any
third power in Manchuria, which still
belongs to China. The agreement,
therefore, cannot be directed against
China.
It is pointed out that, America ob
tained from China concessions for the
Aigun-Chinchow railroad, and the ques
tion is now raised here whether the
agreement is intended to oppose Amer
ica's unwelcome intrusion in the Russo
Japanese sphere of influence. If so,
the agreement is taken to mean the
closing of the open door.
Sergeant Runs Amuck.
Port Townsend, Wash. Sergeant
Sorell, of the Twenty-fifth infantry
(colored), stationed at Fort Lawton,
began drinking as soon as he learned
the victory of , Jack Johnson. Return
ing to the post, he ran amuck with a
knife, threatened officers and men, and
severely cut a private. Sorell fled to
Seattle, took passage on a steamer for
Victoria, was headed off by a telegram
and was not allowed to land at Vic
toria, and was brought to Port Town
send,, where a detachment of soldiers
arrested him.
Admiral's Son Is Found.
Seattle, Wash. Alexander C. Rog
ers, the 21-year-old so of Rear Admir
al J. A. Rogers, Commandant of the
Puget Sound Navy yard, has been
found in Yukon Territory, prospecting
for gold, according to a dispatch re
ceived by the admiral and which he
thinks is reliable. The youth, eager
for adventure, went to Alaska last
Summer and disappeared from the Val
des trail July 10. He is a great grand
son of Commodore Perry.
Aero Treaty to Be Made.
Washington The proposal to trans
port freight by airship from Arizona to
New Mexico will have the effect of
bringing the United States and Mexico
into an early agreement relative to the
first aerial treaty. The Mexican gov
ernment has approved in a general way
the original draft of the treaty which
Ambassador de la Barra suggested to
Secretary Knox.
Opium Smugglers Caught.
El Paso, Texas Through the con
fession of J. C Hall, with many
aliases, and information obtained here
by officials, the arrests of almost a
dozen noonle, charged with opium
smuggling have been made in several
narts of the countrv. The action, it is
expected, will break up one of the big-
rest organized bands of opium traffick
ers the country has ever known.
WILL HELP MADRIZ
Kaiser Shows Great Interest la
Welfare and Success.
Practically Takes Opposite Standi
From United States Some
thing Back of Movement.
Washington Germany has formally
put the stamp of her approval on the
Madriz government in Nicaragua.
This information reached Washing
ton through confidential channels out
side the State department on the heels
of the announcement of a recent en
gagement at Pearl lagoon, in which the
Estrada forces, aided by a force of
American planters, inflicted a serious
defeat on the Madriz navy and disabled
the gunboat San Jacinto.
Germany's action was taken in
April, before the recent series of Es
trada victories.
No other European government, so
far as available, information shows, has
adopted a similar attitude. With the
exception of Germany, they have con
tented themselves with retaining, with
the Madriz government, the relations
which had existed with that of Zelaya,
the predecessor of Madriz, and have
taken no particular notice of the strug
gle which has been devastating Nic
aragua. Germany, however, has made a defi
nite though confidential announcement
of her sympathy with the Madriz fac
tion. This declaration was contained
in a letter from Emperor William of
Germany to Madriz, written on April
26 from Strasburg. Following is a
translation of the document:
"Wilhelm, by the grace of God, em
peror of Germany and king of Prussia,'
to the president of Nicaragua :
"Great and Good Friend: I am in
formed by your letter of the 27th of
December of the year past, that your
excellency was elected president of the
republic by the merited confidence of
your fellow citizens and that your ex
cellency entered upon your most honor
able duties on the 21st of said month.
"I beg you to accept, Mr. Presi
dent, my congratultaions on this event
and be assured also ihat my govern
ment will endeavor to maintain and cul
tivate the best relations which happily
already exist between the German Em
pire and the Republic of Nicaragua.
"Extending to you thanks for your
benevolent desires, I assure you of my
best wishes for your personal welcome
and'for that of the Republic of Nica?
ragua, and for both my greatest re- .
spect. WILHELM II."
The significance of the personal let
ter from the emperor of Germany to
Madriz, in the opinion of those who
are acquiainted with its existence, ia
considerably increased by informa
tion, which was permitted to emanate
from the State department.
This was to the effect that the de
partment has received a communica
tion which stated that the Madriz fac-'
tion had offered a Nicaraguan island as
a coaling station to a European power
in return for intervention in behalf of
the Madriz government.
MONOPLANES ARE BEST.
Win Nearly All Prizes and Make Best
Records at Rheims Meet.
Bethany Plains, Rheims, France
The international meeting, at which
new records for height, distance, speed
and time were set, closed July 10. The
meeting was a triumph for monoplanes,
which made all the records and carried
off the majority of the prizes.
The experts declare that the most
important achievement was the record
made by Leon Morane, who attained a
speed of 106 kilometers 65.93 milea
an hour. They believe that this will
be followed soon by a speed of 180 to
200 kilometers.
The distance and duration records
established by M. Labouchere, 340
kilometers 211.14 miles in four
hours, 37 minutes and 45 seconds were
broken by Olieslagers, who made a
magnificent flight of 393 kilometers
244.44 miles in five hours, three min
utes and five seconds.
Flames Under Control.
Visalia, Cal. The forest fire which
has been burning on the Sierra slopes
near General Grant National park, and
which entered the forest of giant trees
50 miles east,of here, is thought to be
now J under control. Backfiring has
been resorted to in order to save the
big trees and it is planned to corral
the fire between two creeks. The fire
had eaten into the reserve but none of
the trees were burned, although the
escape was narrow. A large force of
soldiers, civilians and rangers has been
fighting the flames for three days.
Coach Drops Over Cliff.
Yosemite, Cal. A four-horse stage
coach, carrying 11 passengers, for El
Portal, the gateway of the Yosemite
national park, went over a cliff into
the Merced river, a fali of 100 feet.
One man and three women were carried
down with the stage and injured se
verely. The other passengers and dri
ver jumped in time. Two horses were
killed. The identity of the victims of
the accident or extent of their injuries
could not be learned.
Forest Fires Disastrous.
Eau Clair. Wis. A survev of th
districts in Northern Wisconsin which
have suffered through forest fires
brings the estimate of the total dam
aire of the past three weeks to about
$4,000,000.