DOINGS OF THE WEEK
Current Events of Interest Gattiered
From Die World at Large.
Reiume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
A eeneral strike has been ordered
by the National Railroaders' union of
France.
Great secrecy over a conference in
the house of lords has alarmed British
Liberals.
President Taft has emphatically de
clared that he will take no part in
state politics.
Sixty carloads of heavy steel rails
passed through Portland for the Pacific
& Eastern road at Medford. Ore.
Taft has started a movement to re
store the Colorado river to its original
bed in the Imperial valley of California.
Speaker Cannon, of the house of rep
resentatives, was overcome by heat
while speaking before the Chautauqua
assembly at Winfield, Kansas.
Despite the wrecking of the first
regular train on the new monorail sys
tem in New York, the damage will be
repaired and the service resumed. "
Flames starting from a surveyors'
camp have ruined thousands of acres
of timber and many settlers' homes on
Kellogg Peak near Wallace, Idaho.
Three of England's most prominent
"suffragettes" will visit America in
the interest of woman suffrage, and
will probably come to the Pacific coast.
Five Republican, one Democrat, one
Prohibitionist and one Socialist are en
gaged in a lively race for the nomina
tion for governor of California under
the new primary law of that state.
Canada and United States will con
fer on the establishment of through
freight rates.
Many banks are making application
to be appointed depositories for the
postal savings banks.
Secretary Ballinger will tour Rai
nier national park to see what im
provements can be made.
The section of Nicaragua controlled
by Madriz Js violently hostile to all
foreigners, especially Americans.
A company of Spokane men have ar
ranged to spend $2,000,000 on an ir
rigation project in Rogue river valley,
Oregon.
Great Britain would like to come to
a friendly understanding with Ger
many, so she could reduce her naval
armament.
In the parade at the blks conven
tion at Detroit fully 20.000 men were
in line, and 800 were temporarily over
come by the heat.
Robbers attempted to hold up 40
men of a construction train in Ohio,
on pay day but were put to flight by a
fusillade of bullets.
- An American actress was found mur
dered in London, and her husband has
disaDDeared and is believed to be en-
route to New York.
Suits which will bring penalties ag
gregating $42,000 have been begun
against Missouri railroads for over
working their trainmen. '
Forest fires in Idaho are again be
yond control. . Millions of dollars
worth of timber is being destroyed by
fires in Washington, Idaho, and Mon
tana. William Pittman, the American cap
tured by the Madriz forces in Nicar
agua was found in a filthy prison cell,
dying of starvation. The American
consul forced Madriz to give him better
accommodations.
Roosevelt will press
the fight for
direct nominations.
The congress of American republics
is in session at Buenos Ayres.
All pupils in the Chicago public
schools will be taught to swim.
A Hungarian aviator committed sui
cide because of a series of mishaps.
Germany denies any intention of an
tagonizing the United States in Nica
raguan matters. ,
The house of commons passed the
woman suffrage bill to its second read
ing, but it probably will not get any
further.
Cattle rustlers are said to have
killed some of their Indian competitors
in Southern Idaho, and considerable in
dignation has been aroused.
After a Jong conference on .Alaskan
affairs, President Taft has decided to
send Attorney General Wickersham
and Secretary Nagel to Alaska to make
a personal investigation.
It is reported that the huge glacier
in Rainy Hollow, near Haines, Alaska,
is moving 12 feet per day. Earth
quake disturbances are believed to
have accelerated its speed.
Dr. G. Stanley Hall, professor of
psychology at Clark university, Wor
cester, Mass., says girls about 16 seem
to have no souls. He says they are
nothing but "rats," fudge and giggles!
Henry W. Savage, noted playwright,
has severed all connection with the
Klaw & Erlanger theatrical syndicate,
and will hereafter allow his plays to
be used only by independent houses.
The late Chief Justice Fuller left an
estate valued at over a million.
WAR IS UNAVOIDABLE.
Japanese Writer Says Day of Reck
oning is Coming.
Victoria That war between Amer
ica and Japan cannot be avoided is the
theme of a special article in the Osaka
Mainichi received by the Empress of
China. The Japanese writer says :
"It is now being anticipated in di
plomatic circles in general that in
future, when the relations between
Japan and America become more
strained which will certainly result
from a continued collision of interest
the ministry will have to accomplish
the painful duty of informing the other
country's government that the result of
such a collision will be an outbreak of
war.
"It will be pitiful indeed, if, even
on that occasion, Japan adheres to di
plomatic compliments and states that
no collision will take place. Why do
the Japanese not boldly and openly say
that there will be a collision. If they
think that the Americans will believe
the Japanese assertions that A collision
will never take place, they will only
deceive themselves certainly not the
Americans."
The writer contributes a very
lengthy article, in which he credits
American sympathy with Japan during
the war with Russia to a desire to cur
ry favor with the Jewish element of
America, and after detailing American
naval progress he urges rapid develop
ment of the Japanese navy.
MONORAIL TRAIN WRECKED.
New Interurban Service Proves Fail
ure on First Trip.
New York Twenty persons were in
jured, only one seriously, in the first
commercial trip of the new monorail
service between City Island and Bar
low, in the suburbs of The Bronx.
Howard Tunis, the inventor, who
was motorman, broke a rib and one
passenger broke a leg. The latter was
the only one of the injured to go to a
hospital.
Although described as a monorail,
the only car the company owns did not
depend for the stability on a gyroscope.
For support and traction it ran on a
single rail, but twin guide rails over
head hung between pillars and lateral
braces on either side of the right of
way held it in balance.
While the car was running 30 miles
an hour one of these guide rails worked
loose and the car tilted 40 degrees,
piling the frightened passengers in the
lower angle. The pillars at either side
of the car prevented it from toppling
entirely.
AMERICAN HELD PRISONER.
Madriz Forces Compel Texas Physi
cian to Treat Wounded.
Washington On the strength of
press reports the State department
telegraphed American Consul Moffatt
at Bluefields to ascertain whether Dr.
Lawrence Burgheim, of Houston,
Texas, is held a prisoner by the Madriz
forces. The report was that Dr.
Burgheim had been compelled to treat
the wounded at Bluefields Bluff.
Evidences of the condition of unrest
prevalent in Managua were received at
the State department through the
translation of public orders issued by
the military governor in the month of
June. One of these orders prohibited
individuals from leaving the city with
out written permits from the author
ities. Persons disobeying this order
were classed as revolutionists.
Another order prohibited gatherings
in private houses and in public estab
lishments after 9 o'clock in the even
ing except by permission of the author
ities.
Wrecking Crew Held Up.
Albany, N. Y. A wrecking train on
the Boston & Maine railroad, which
was sent out from Mechanicsville early
to clear up a freight wreck near Usher
was nagged by Italians oetore it
reached the wreckage. As the train
slowed down, two Italians pointed rifles
at the engineer and fireman and re
fused to let the wreckers proceed. The
train carried about 40 Italian laborers,
who found themselves facing an armed
crowd. The train returned to Mechan
icsville. Strike Now Abandoned
Seattle The Machinists' Union of
Everett, Wash., has voted to permit its
members in the Great Northern shops
there to accept the company's offer of
2 cents an hour and a nine-hour day.
This will make the wagse 44 cents an
hour. The men had demanded an
eight-hour day. According to the
United Metal Trades association, this
action will result in abandonment of
the strike begun June 1 all over the
Northwest for the eight-hour day.
Yellow Fever Feared.
Bluefields American Consul Thos.
P. Moffatt has issued instructions to
the American naval commanders here
to observe the strictest precautions
that no personal communication be held
with Bluefields Bluff, on account of
fears that yellow f?ver is prevalent
there. It is reported that yellow fever
has reached, the camps of the Madriz
army.
Auto Supersedes Piano.
New York Another coupt has been
added to the indictment against the
automobile. Benjamin Lesser, attor
ney for several creditors who have filed
a petition in bankruptcy against a local
corporation which manufactures pianos,
says in explanation of the case: "The
corporation could not realize on its
stock of pianos on hand. People are
not buying pianos any more; - they are
buying automobiles."
fJOUSIRI L DEVELOPMENT
FRUIT YIELD LARGE.
Rogue
River Valley Promises Record
, Breaking Crop.
Medford Shippers believe that the
coming season will be the banner fruit
year for the Rogue River valley.
The apple, pear and peach crop is
very heavy. It is estimated that the
Medford district will ship from 400 to
600 cars of apples and 100 to 300 cars
of pears. Most of the peaches will go
by express. The several apricot or
chards in the valley have not a very
good crop this Jsar. However, about
1,500 crates will be shipped. The
apricot harvest has begun. Most of
the shipments are going to Portland.
The pear harvest will open with
picking of the Bartletts about August
10. During the two or three weeks of
the Bartlett pear harvest from 10 to
15 cars will be shipped from Medford
daily. After the Bartletts, the How
ells, d'Anjou, Cornice and Winter Nel
lis will come in quick succession.
from 150 to 200 packers will be en
gaged in the pear and apple harvest
in the Rogue River valley this season.
Besides the packers, several hundred
men will be kept busy in the orchards
picking the fruit. The pickers each
year are, many ol them, of the migra
tory class who come into the valley
during the fruit harvests and are off
to warmer climates in the winter.
The apples and pears of the Rogue
River valley will, as usual, be sent to
Eastern and foreign markets. The
pears will not be sold before shipment
but will go to the auction block in
Eastern markets.
ROAD BUILDING HIS STUDY.
Mayor Rodgers, of Salem, to Visit
Belgian Congress.
Salem Mayor George F. Rodgers
has gone to Belgium, where he will at
tend the meeting of the International
Association of Road Congresses as the
only representative from Oregon, The
associatmgon meeting opens July 31
and will continue until August 3. Dur
ing his absence the mayor will make a
special study of road making and mu
nicipal conditions. It is probable he
will be one of the most energetic and
active delegates at the convention, as
he has made almost a life study of
good roads, has entered actively into
the work in Oregon and is going for
the express purpose of gaining
ideas which he hopes will result in
much good for Salem and the Willam
ette valley upon his return.
The king of Belgium is president of
the roads association and Mayor Rod
gers will go armed with letters ' to him
and to several of he European mon
archs, asking that the courtesy of var
ious continental realms be extended to
him and afford him the best opportun
ity possible to study roadmaking con
ditions and the government of Eu
ropean cities.
New Mill Begins Cutting Logs.
Bandon The new mill of the
George W. Moore Lumber company,
recently completed, is one of the best
plants of the kind on the coast. It
was formerly known as the Cody mill
and was burned in August, 1909. It
is owned by ' the George W. Moore
Lumber company. The Cody Lumber
company does the logging end of the
business.
The machinery is all first class and
several of the devices are of the spe
cial design of Mr. Logan. Among
these is an arrangement for the sort
ing table which effects great economy
of labor. The mill has a first class
steam plant equipped differently from
any mill on the Coast. The mill start
ed cutting 80,000 feet of lumber a
day. The full capacity will be 125,000
feet. The mill and the logging camp
together make a big item in the pay
roll of Bandon. The steam schooners
Fifield and Bandon are engaged in car
rying the output of the company to
San Francisco.
Union Will Market Apples.
Toledo The board of directors of
the Lincoln county Fruit Growers un
ion met in Toledo ar.d made arrange
ments for the handling of the apple
crop this fall. J. F. Stewart, who has
packed and shipped apples for a num
ber of years, was engaged as business
manager for the union. . He will have
full charge of the grading, packing and
shipping and selling of the entire crop.
The association will establish ware
houses at Eddyville, Elk City and To
ledo. It is estimated that the associa
tion will ship between 25 and 50 cars
of choice apples. This is the first year
that the union has attempted to mar
ket the crops of its members, and the
experiment is being closely watched by
the people of this county.
Oil Drillers Hopeful.
Astoria Reports received from Ne
halcm Bay are that the company which
is drilling for oil'there has sunk a hole
to a depth of 650 without meeting
with any serious mishap. The indica
tions thus far are encouraging, as a
slight scum of oil comes up as the wa
ter is pumped from the well. It is
the intention, however, to bore to a
depth of 1,500 feet unless a good
flow of oil is struck before that I
time.
Malheur County to Hold Fair.
Vale Several months ago plans
were made to organize a county fair
for Malheur county, with headquarters
at Ontario. A board of directors was
elected at that time and subscriptions
obtained from business men from all
over the county. The court was pe
titioned early last week for an appro
priation and ordered $1,000 for the
fair. The first session will be held
this fall.
OF THE STATE
WOOLMEN SECURE ARMORY.
Spacious Building Will House
vention Next January,
Con
Portland The armory has been se
cured for the sessions of the National
Wool growers' association, which will
be held here January 4, 5, 6 and 7,
1911. Arrangements were made by
the following committee, representing
the wool growers : S. P. Connell, D,
O. Lively, C. D. Minton and C. C.
Chapman. A conference was held by
this committee and Colonel T. N. Dun
bar, of the Oregon National guard, and
the use of the building was assured,
The ground" floor of the armory will
be used to house the big sheep show
that will be an interesting feature of
the convention. . Many varieties of
blue blooded baa-baas will be penned
on the main floor, giving a chance for
a fine competitive exhibit.
The convention will hold its sessions
onthe floor upstairs. The main corri
dor down stairs will be taken up with
booths, housing many attractive exhib
its to the woolgrower, such as various
patent appliances the sheep raiser
needs in his business, shearing ma
chines, model pens, improved foods,
sheep dip, medicines, etc.
VALE DIGGER STRIKES GAS.
At Depth of 240 Feet Flow Is Struck
Test to Be Made.
Vale R. W. Eamos, who is inter
ested in the oil fields here, has been
drilling deep cold water wells in Vale
on his residence property. He has
two wells, one completed this week,
and at a depth of 240 feet he found a
flow of gas, which arises with the wa
ter. He has not tested the flow to ascer
tain if it is of quantity sufficient for
any purpose, but being about the same
as that discovered at Ontario at the
shallow depths there, causes the opin
ion that the gas is distributed general
ly over this part of the county.
Night Shift at Box Factory.
La Grande The demand for fruit
boxes necessitates the running of the
Palmer mill box factory day and night.
The night shift works 11 hours a
night, except Saturday night, when
they work but five hours.
Palmer boxes are in great demand.
Orders come from all parts of this val
ley, Idaho and all parts of Eastern
Oregon. The company would have no
trouble getting large orders for boxes
from the fruit growers of Washington
if freight rates were not prohibitive.
With freight rates as they are at pres
ent boxes can be shipped to Kansas as
cheaply as they can be sent to points
in Washington.
School Buys Rich Farm.
Salem He'rs of Judge R. P. Boise
have transferred to the United States
gorvenment the Boise farm near Che-
mawa, to be used by the Chemawa In
dian Training school. The farm con
tains 100 acres and the consideration is
$20,048. The farm is principally bea
ver-dam land, which is especially ex-
cellept for gardening purposes. The
school has started a campaign to edu
cate its Indian pupils in gardening and
the farm will be used for this purpose,
Farmers Build Telephone Line
. Condon The Igo Telephone company
has completed its line and has 11 tele
phones in operation. The line is about
17 miles long and is one of the best
constructed in the country.
PORTLAND MARKETS...
Wheat Bluestem, 87fi88c; club,
83(ffi84c; red Russian, 80c; valley, 84c.
Barely Feed and brewing, $1920
per ton. -
Corn Whole, $32; cracked, $33 ton,
Oats No. 1 white, ??6(a;27 per ton
Butter City creamery, extras, 30c;
fancy outside creamery, d)(Q6Vc per
pound; store, 23c.
Butter fat prices average lc per
pound under regular prices.
Eejrs Oregon candled, 27c per doz
en; Eastern, 25c.
Poultry Hens, 20c; springs, 22 U
23c; ducks, 14(H;l5c; geese, 10(al2c;
turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 22(,25c;
squabs, $3 per dozen.
Pork Fancy, 12(fJ13c per pound.
Veal Fancy, llfollc per pound,
Green Fruits Apples, Oregon New
town, $2 per box; new, $1.75(ffi2; cher
ries, 5tf12??c per pound; apricots,
$1.251.50 per box; plums $16x1.25;
pears, new, $1.50(?F,2.50; peaches, 40c
(S$1.25; raspberries, $l.Z5w i.bO per
crate; loganberries, 75c$1.25; black
berries, $1.75(32.25 per box.
Vegetables Artichokes, 60ft? 75c per
dozen; beans, l3c per pound; cab
bage, 2iS2c per pound; cauliflow
er, $2 per dozen; celery, 90c; cucum
bers, 80(a90c per box; egg plant,
12,'iiC per pound; green onions, 15c per
dozen; peas, 2c per pound; radishes,
15(i20c per dozen; - carrots, 85c(fitl
per sack; beets, $1.50; parsnips, 75c
('ill.
Potatoes Old Oregon, 75cf $1 per
hundred; new, l'-ac per pound.
Onions Walla Walla, $2.50 per
sack.
Cattle Beef steers, good to choice,
$4.75(a5.25; fair to medium, tiOi 4.50;
cows and heifers, good to choice, $4.25
ft 4.65; fair to medium, $3.50r4;
bulls, $3(tf4; stags, $34; calves,
light, $5.606.75; heavy, $4f5.25.
Hogs Top, $9.75(UlU.z&; lair to
medium, $3.50(59.50.
Sheep Best wethers. $4.25(5?
4.50; fair to good, $3.50(5x3.75: best
ewes, $3.75(54; lambs, choice, $5.50(3
5.90; fair, $4.605.
FINDS JAPAN FRIENDLY.
American Secretary Is Royally Enter
tained In Tokio.
Tokio -"Unhappily, forces for evil
for unknown but sinister purposes con
stantly are endeavoring by false re
ports or other methods to create condi
tions of ill will or distrust between
two neighboring peoples.
"Their relations are too firmly es
tablished and their interests are too
distinct to admit of the possibility of
any question arising between Japan
and the United States, which will not
yield readily to the ordinary process of
diplomacy. The increased and more
intimate exchange of views between
the two governments dispels all appre
hensions on that score."
This utterance was made by Foreign
Minister Count Komura in toasting J
M. Dickinson, the American secretary
of war, at a banquet given by Count
Komura in honor of the American cab
inet officer. Mr. Dickinson and his
party arrived at Yokohama on board
the steamer Siberia, and after an in
formal reception at the American con
sulate, came on to Tokio.
The dinner was a brilliant affair.
Eighty persons sat down to the table,
including Marquis Katsura, the Japan
ese prime minister, and five members
of the cabinet; admirals, generals and
officers and their ladies. After toasts
to President Taft and the emperor had
been proposed, respectively by Count
Komura and Thomas J. O'Brien, the
American ambassador, Count Komura,
in proposing the health of Mr. Dickin
son, referred to previous visits to Ja
pan of President Taft
"These visits I recall," said the
foreign minister, "not only because his
personality endeared him to all, but
because his insight and calm judgment
enabled him to appreciate the true
value Of the sentiments entertained by
Japan for America."
PARALYTIC LAD WALKS.
Church of God Followers Think Mir
acle Is Performed.
Kansas City, Mo. Eugene Bell and
his wife, of this city,-believe a miracle
has been performed upon their son
Paul, 9 years old.
Paul has been helpless for a week
with infantile paralysis. His father,
an unordained minister of the Church
of God, and other members of that
church, have been trying the prayer
cure on the boy. They were praying
at the bedside at daybreak one morning
when Paul awoke. At .7 o'clock the
patient arose from his bed and walked
to the breakfast table and ate. He
could raise his arms almost as freely as
before the attack. His right leg, use
less for a week, supported him. The
family believes him cured in answer to
their prayers.
WAY TO APOLOGY SOUGHT.
Mediators Concerned With Adjusting
Peru-Ecuador Dispute.
Washington How best to arrange
for Peru and Ecuador to apologize to
one another for the stoning of their re
spective legations and consulates as a
result of the boundary disputes last
spring is one of the early problems
that has called the representatives of
three mediating nations, the United
States, Brazil and Argentine Republic,
into conference a Washington.
So much was learned on the second
day of the conference, July 16.
The carrying out of the first condi
tions of the mediation, the withdrawal
of the forces from the frontier and a
cessation of warlike preparations,
prompt demobilization and the return
to a normal peace basis also are
sought.
More Land to Be Opened,
Spokane Two remaining Indian re
servations in this state, the Yakima
and Colville, are expected to be opened
to settlement within the next year, ac
cording to Judge James W. Witten,
superintendent of land drawings for the
Interior department. Judge Witten is
en route to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,
where the drawings for lots in Plum
mer and other townsites on the Coeur
d'Alene reserve will be held. All the
lands that can be irrigated on the
Yakima reserve will be awarded to the
Indians, leaving only grazing lands.
Drexel Flies 21 Miles.
Bournemouth, England J. Arm
strong Drexel, a son of Anthony Drex
el, of Philadelphia and London, and
the French aviator, Leon Morane, en
gaged in brilliant performances of
over-sea speed flights. The start was
at the aerodrome across the Solent in
the direction of the Isle of Wisrht.
thence round the Needles lighthouse
and back, a distance of 21 miles.
The Frenchman covered it in 25 minu
tes and the American in 34 minutes.
Murderers to Be Shot.
Salt Lake City Harry Thome, 19
years old, will be shot to death at the
state prison September 9 next, for the
murder of George Fassell, a grocer.
Sentence was pronounced by District
Judge Lewis. James Riley, who was
Thome's accomplice in the crime, and
who also must pay the death penalty,
according to the verdict, will be sen
tenced on July 23. Fassel! was killed
the nieht of March 26 last, when
Thome, Riley and an unknown man
held up his store.
King Fliet In Airship.
Brussels Kinir Ferdinand of Bul
garia established the record of being
the first monarch to go aloft in a heav-ier-than-air
machine, when he went
for a flight in a biplane with M. de la
Minne at the aerodrome at KiewitU
ALFALFA A CURE-ALL
Wonderful Healing Potion Made
From Condensed Juices.
Makes a Medicine Which Cures De
lirium Tremens, and Drives
Away the Tired Feeling.
Los Angeles Alfalfa, hitherto hold
er of a plebian place in the food
scheme, is destined to become a com
prehensive medicative and remedial
element that will put all others in the
shade, according to Dr. Marian N.
Clark, who announces the discovery of
remarkable curative properties in the
plant and blossoms.
Her idea, already carried out on a
small scale and suggested by the .men
thol industry, is to electrolyze the al
falfa and condense its healing ele
ments to vest pocket size a haystack
of medicine in a tablet.
Dr. Clark pridefully recounts many
instances of curing with the condensed
alfalfa juice many nervous ailments,
from delirium tremens to "that tired
feeling"
One of these was the aggravated
case of a Reno sport, who bet on Jeff
ries and drowned his sorrows in so
many tall ones that the cobras came to
get him. ,The condensed hay expert
beat 'em to it and cured the victim so
effectively that now he shudders at the
sight of even a dog, if the dog is a
growler.
Tobacco 'chewing, gloomy thoughts
of suicide, insomnia and a host of oth
er undesirable things fade away like
the mists of the morning under the
soothing influence of a few forkfuls of
alfalfa done up in a tablet.
"HIGHER UPS" ARE WANTED.
Immunity to Be Granted Subordinate
In Beef Trust Probe.
Chicago Fifty subpoenas will be
served immediately on officers and em
ployes of meat concerns to appear be
fore the Federal grand jury in the beef
trust investigation. Officials of the
National Packing company will be vis
ited first.
Despite the lid that has been clamp
ed tight on all matters relating to the
inquiry, it leaked out that the govern
ment plans to extend immunity to a
number of packing officials in exchange
for the evidence they may be able to
give to the grand jury. Who these
officials will be was not made public.
It is known that subpoenas have been
issued for officials of the National
Packing company.
In summoning these officials it is
shown that the government does not
care for convictions unless those gather
ed in the net are the men "higher up"
in the companies. Judge Landis in
his instructions to the jury asserted
that only the real malefators, if such
exist, sholud be dealt with.
ADVICE GIVEN SETTLERS.
Government Issues Pamphlet of In
terest to Columbia Valley Folk.
Washington New settlers in the
Columbia river valley, between The
Dalles and Priest rapids, will be inter
ested in a pamphlet just issued by the
department of agriculture, under the
euphonious title, "Suggestions to Set
tlers on the Sandy Soils of the Colum
bia River Valley." The report is
written by Byron Hunter and S. O.
Jayne, experts sent out by the depart
ment to study the soil, climate, crops
and methods of irrigation.
Embodied in this pamphlet is a vast
amount of good advice and timely sug
gestions; cautions as to the best meth
ods to proceed, the manner of selecting
best adapted crops, and pointers as to
how to get the best results under the
conditions peculiar to this region. The
pamphlet, known as Bureau of Plant
Industry circular No. 60, is to be had
upon application to the department, or
through senators and representatives.
Shasta Route Blocked.
Redding Fred W. Andree,
conduc-
tor, was killed, Charles J.
Foley,
brakeman, was bruised, and an
engine
ana n ireignt cars were derailed In a
wreck on the Southern Pacific railroad
a mile south of Gibson. A broken
flange on one of two cars which were
being pushed ahead of the locomotive
caused a derailment of the first car and
the engine and 11 remaining cars rap
idly left the rails. The wreck occurred
in a deep cut, and when the engine and
cars piled upon one another traffic from
both sides was blocked.
Pittman Better Treated.
Managua, Nicaragua William P.
Pittman, the American engineer, wlto
was captured by the Madriz forces near
Bluefields and brought here, is now
confined in a commodious cell. When
Pittman arrived under escort a few
days ago he was placed in a dirty cell,
less than six feet square. Consul
Olivares entered a vigorous protest at
the instance of the American govern
ment, and the prisoner was transferred
to better quarters.
Two Drowned Jn Kentucky Flood.
Lexington, Ky. Another disastrous
rain , storm accompanied by lightning
swept over Central Kentucky, doing
heavy damage to the wheat, tobacco
and com crops Telephone and tele
graph wires are down in much of the
bluegrass section. Near Blue Lick
springs, Henry Work and his grandson
were caught in the floed and the boy
was drowned.