DOINGS OF THE WEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume of Important Event
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Voliva, ruler of Zion City, would
flog users of tobacco.
Dr. Cook, of North Pole fame, will
go on the vaudeville stage.
The big Roosevelt dam in Arizona
is now ready to water 200,000 acres
of land.
Melbourne, Australia, is flooded
and boats are taking the place of
street cars.
Both houses of the Ohio legisla
ture have endorsed direct election
of senators.
Authorities of Anhul and Kiang Su,
China, have appropriated $360,000
for famine sufferers in Manchuria,
Two society women of Providence,
R. I., fought a regular prizefight with
boxing gloves for the hand of a
young man.
A California legislator has intro
duced a bill prohibiting women from
wearing hat pins that protrude be
yond the hat.
The paper schedule In the pro
posed Canadian reciprocity agree
ment is found to give Canada a
great advantage.
Farmers in eastern Oregon and
Washington have sold all their wheat
and now are forced to buy seed
wheat at fancy prices.
Two women near Gate City, Wash.,
flagged a passenger train Just in
time to save it from crashing into a
tree that had fallen across the track.
It i3 believed the national congress
is not likely to pass the bill for a
permanent tariff board, and an
extra session of congress is freely
talked of.
A 5-year-old boy was smothered
to death and his 7-year-old sister
nearly suffocated by a straw stack
falling over on them while at play,
near Centralia, Wash.
The attack of Mexican rebels upon
the town of Juarez has been temporary
abandoned.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices : Bluestem,
83c; club, 80c; red Russian, 75c; val
ley, 8283c; forty-fold, 81c.
Barley Feed, f2323.50. per ton;
brewing, nominal.
Millstuffs Bran, $23 per ton; mid
dlings, $3031; shorts, $25; rolled
barley, $2627.
Corn Whole, $28; cracked, $29 ton.
Oata No. 1 white, $28 per ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy, Wil
lamette valley, $1920 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $2122; alfalfa, $12.50
13.50; grain hay, $13.5014;clover,
$12.5013.50.
Apples Fancy, $1.502.50 per box;
choice, $11.25; common, 50c$l.
Green Fruits Pears, $1.501.75
per box; cranberries, $1212.50 per
barrel
Vegetables Cabbage, $1.251.50
per hundred; celery, $3(3,3.25 pr crate;
head lettuce, 5060c per box; pump
kins, 2c per pound; sprouts, 8c;
squash, 2c; carrots, $1 per hundred;
parsnips, $1.251.50; turnips, $1;
beets, $1.25.
Potatoes Oregon, buying prices :
$1.251.50 per hundred.
Onions Buying price, $2 per hun
dred. Poultry Live hens, 16 17c,
springs, 1617c; turkeys, 18,20c;
ducks, 25c; geese, 125,14c; dressed
turkeys, choice, 2225c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 30
32c.
Butter City creamery, extra, 1 and
2 pound prints, in boxes, 33c pr pound;
less than boxes, cartons and delivery
extra.
Pork Fancy, lO'cglle per pound.
Veal Fancy, 85 to 125, pounds, 13
14c per pound.
Hops 1910 crop, 18c; 1900 crop, 10
13c; contracts, 14(gl5c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 12!8c per
pound, according to shrinkage; valley,
17(51 19c; mohair, choice, 30c.
Cattle Prime steers, $6(5,6.25; good
to choice, $5.50(5,6; fair to good, $5.50
5.75; common, $4(5,5; choice to
prime cows, $5(55.25; good to choice
beef cows, $4.50(5.5; fair to good, $4(5,
4.50; common to fair, $2(5,4; good to
choicce heifers, $5.75(5,6; fair to good,
$5(55.50; common to fair, $4(54.25;
choice to good fat bulls, $4.50(54.75;
fair to good, $4(5,4.25; common, $2.50
(53.25; good to choice light calves,
$7.75(58; fair to good, $7(5 7.50; good
to choice heavy calves, $5.25(5,6; fair
to good, $4.75(55.25; common, calves,
$3.75(54.75; good to choice stags,
$4.50(55; fair to good, $4(54.50;.
Hogs Choice, $8.50(5,8.65; good to
choice, $8(58.50.
Sheep Choice yearling wethers,
grain fed, $5(5,5.25; good to choice,
wethers, gTain fed, $4.75(5 5; choicr
ewes, grain fed, $4.25(5 4.50; good U
choice ewes, grain fed, $3.25(54; fd
ers, $2.25(53; choice lambs, gain fd.
J5.25(5 6.5U; goo to cnoice, grain ieo.
$6(5 6.25; fair to good, $5.25(55.75
poor lambs, $4(5,5.
Hay fed sheep and lambs, 50c lower
than grain fed.
WARNING GIVEN GERMANY.
Duke of Mecklenburg Says "Pull To
gether In Business."
Bremen. Duke Johann Albrecht of
Mecklenburg, Regent of Brunswick
uttered a remarkable warning to Ger
mans of all classes in speaking at a
banquet here, which was attended by
leading commercial men, ship owners,
manufacturers and army officers.
"Under the German nag," said the
Duke, "we see a wild competition by
everybody against everybody else. It
is this that is breaking up German
Interests while other nations are con
centrating all their efforts by work
ing together.
"Many look anxiously at the Ger
man flag flying from the ship masts
and ask themselves when it will give
place to the Union Jack or the tri
color, or even the yellow dragon; the
call should go up here before it is
too late, 'everybody to work.
"I appeal to shipbuilders, ship own
ers, mine owners, industrial men and
all others, to draw together like other
people for the benefit of the whole
and thus secure a proper position
among the nations for German com
merce and shipping."
FEDERALS ARE TRAPPED.
Rebels Battle Near Mulato For Over
Day Many Dead.
San Antonio, Tex. Advices re
ceived here state that the Mexican
Federal troops have suffered severe
defeat at Mulato, where a battle raged
36 hours.
According to this message the rebel
forces lost but two men, while the
Federal losses are described as num
erous and many of the dead soldiers
were left lying on the field. The Fed
erals out-numbered the rebels.
Officers who are familiar with that
section believe the Federals were
caught in a pocket and hemmed in
by the enemy. At last accounts the
Mexican troops were retreating rap
idly.
Presidio, Texas, is the nearest
American. town to Mulato and advices
were received by way of that place.
The dispatches are vague and it is
believed they refer to a continuation
of the fight reported Wednesday.
The Federals are said to have num
bered 300 and the rebels 200.
CHINESE PLAGUE SPREADS.
Population in City of Assikho
Is
Dying at Rate of 400 Daily.
Harbin, Manchuria. A plague spot
equalling Fudziadian has been dis
covered in the Chinese city of Assi
kho, 40 miles east from here. There
is an average of 400 deaths in the
place daily. The plague has also ap
peared in the suburbs of Blagove-
shtchensk. Russian regiments are
patrolling the Russo-Chinese frontier.
Amoy, China. The plague epidemic
is spreading. Districts on the out
skirts of this city report from eight
to ten deaths daily.
Elk Are Dying in Snow.
Bozeman, Mont. Miners and woods
men report that snow is unsually
deep in the West Gallatin basin, ad
jacent to the Yellowstone National
Park, and that elk and other big
game are dying of starvation. A
drenching rain about a week ago,
followed by a freeze, has coated the
basin with ice and made it impos
sible for the animals to reach forage.
One farmer in that section reports
that about a dozen elk died within
sight of his cabin last week.
Snake Enmeshes Woman.
Sacramento, Cal. Awakening
to
find a six-foot snake entwined around
her foot and legs, Mrs. H. Swarthout,
of Berkeley, sister of the night clerk
at a local hotel, aroused the entire
hostelry with her screams.
No one knows where the snake
came from. The reptile is being held
in close captivity, and the hotel man
agement has formed a vigilance com
mittee. New Wireless Record Made.
San Francisco. It is claimed that
a world's record for- wireless com
munication between ship and shore
was made Sunday when a message
was received at a local station from
the steamship Korea, 4492 miles
away. Early yesterday morning the
local operator heard a faint call from
the Korea. The message came faint
ly, but could be distinguished:
"Steamer 4492 miles out; all well."
The operator repeated the message
and received an "O. K."
Explosive Shells Pierce Armor.
Washington. The trial of high ex
plosive shells against the armor plate
target yesterday on the ram Katah
din, near the mouth of the Potomac
River, was successful. Four 12-inch
shells fired by the monitor Talla
hassee struck the target and com
pletely penetrated it at a range of
nearly five miles. The result is a
decided victory for the armor-piercing
shells at battle ranges.
Mine Victims' Bodies Recovered.
Trinidad, Colo. The bodies of the
two remaining victims of the Coke
dale mine disaster were recovered
from the mine and brought to Trini
dad. Arrangements have been made
for a Joint funeral of the victims.
State Mine Inspector Dalrymple ar
rived at Cokedale and immediately
began an investigation of the disaster.
The coroner's inquest will be held
next Wednesday.
Chinese Deported From Texas.
San Antonio, Tex. Sixty Chinese
were deported from Texas. Five were
started from San Antonio, another
was picked up at Del Rio and 54
awaited the coming of the prison
train
at Kl Paso. They traveled
over the Southern Pacific railroad
under guard and In cars especially
constructed with barred windows and
doors.
DOINGS OF OREGON
Salem, Feb. 11. Inability to agree
on the provisions of Gill's bill, regu
lating the issuance of bonds by
counties for road building, alone pre
vented the enactment by the house
today of important road legislation.
Just before the house adjourned un
til 10 o'clock Monday morning, after
spending the entire day in the con
sideration of road legislation, the
Gill bill was rereferred to a special
committee with instructions to in
corporate an amendment which will
meet the objections of the anti-Good
Roads association forces. This will
insure the passage Monday of the
bills creating a state highway board,
providing for a state highway com
missioner and state aid in the build
ing of permanent highways.
That at least two of the members
of the legislature are opposed to the
"salary grab" bills for county officers
which have flooded the house and
the senate during the present aes
slon, is evidenced In a letter which
Senator Norton and Representative
Smith of Josephine have prepared
for the benefit of their constituents.
"I wish the governor would veto all
of these bills," stated Senator Norton
Abraham's bill classifying railroads
and setting forth the rates for rail
roads receiving a certain percentage
of profits from their operation is
still In railroad committee of the
senate, but has not been quiescent
there, as it has resulted In many
warm arguments and debates.
With only one or two dissenting
votes, Sutton's bill changing the pres
ent method of counting ballots in
primary and general elections, passed
the house today. It provides that the
night election boards, instead of tak
ing up their duties when the polls
are closed, shall report at their re
spective polling places at 9 o clock
in the morning of election day
and immediately begin counting the
ballots.
Salem, Feb. 10. With friends of
the senate good roads bills denounc
ing methods used by some of the
lobbyists who have been working
against them, the house took up con
sideration of the subject this morn
ing. The fate of the bills at present
appears to be in doubt and great
fear' is now expressed by many of
the members that there will be no
good roads legislation at this session.
The opponents of the proposed
measures resorted to desperate meas
ures last night. One of the stories
they circulated was that the mem
bers of the Umatilla county com
mittee which came up to urge the
passage of the senate bills changed
their minds after reaching the
ground and went home without urg
ing the passage of the bills. This is
absolutely denied by Chairman Mann
of the house roads and highways
committee, who is strongly in favor
of the bills passed by the upper
house.
Governor West believes that
house bill 76, which amends section
4751 of Lord's Oregon laws ostensibly
for the purpose of limiting the gov
ernor In appointing the members of
the state board of pharmacy to regis-.
tered pharmacists actively engaged in
the retail drug business, affects the
section named so that it does not
provide for a state board of phar
macy and repeals the provisions of
the old section providing for the ap
pointment of a state board of
pharmacy. It practically abolishes
the state board of pharmacy.
The bill has gone to the governor
for his approval, having passed both
houses.
At a meeting of the ways and
means committee last night the pro
posed appropriation of . $200,000 for
an addition to the capitol for the pur
pose of housing the state library was
cut to $150,000. Whether the money
will be spent for an addition on the
present capitol grounds or will in
clude the purchase of more land is
yet undecided.
Another appropriation cut was for
the Spring Lake fish hatchery in
Klamath county, Merryman's bill for
this object being reduced to $4000..
Salem, Feb. 9. Abandoning all
hope of Increasing the membership
of the supreme court and providing
two additional Judges for the Mult
nomah county circuit court, the ad
vocates of an increased judiciary
have concentrated their efforts and
will make a determined fight to se
cure one more circuit judge for
Multnomah county.
Fouts' public utility bill was re
ported today to the house with the
recommendation that It be made a
special order. This the house re
fused to do and it was rereferred to
the committee on railways and trans
portation, to which committee Sen
ator Malarkey's bill for a state-wide
commission will also be referred
when it comes over from the senate.
Representative Huntington has in
troduced a bill abolishing "Blank
A," now used by non-registered
electors in qualifying as voters, and
providing that in the future, only
registered electors shall be allowed
to participate in primary and gen
eral elections.
All employers will be required to
allow their employes not less than
four hours away from their work to
vote in every primary, general and
presidential election if a bill pre
sented by Representative Clyde be
comes a law. Penalties provided for
violation of act are fines of from
Woman Suffrage Action . Proposed.
Salem, Feb. 9. That ever-recurring
subject woman suffrage has again
invaded Oregon's legislative halls.
Representative Brownhill today In
troduced a concurrent resolution pro
posing the submission to the voters
In the general election next year of
a constitutional amendment giving
women the right to vote. Tho reso
lution goes further and would have
the Oregon legislature give its In
dorsement to the proposed amendment
STATE LEGISLATURE
$300 to $1000 and county Jail im
prisonment not exceeding six months
Conflicting reports as to the suit
ability of the site purchased for
branch Insane asylum at Pendleton
appeared at the capitol today. The
report of the Joint legislative com
mittee, presented to the legislature,
approves the site selected and de
clares it the most suitable and ap
propriate of those available. In the
report filed simultaneously with Gov
ernor West, the committee, consist
ing of former superintendents of the
asylum, named on the committee by
the governor, finds that the site pur
chased by the state is not convenient
or practicable for the purposes for
which it was bought.
Salem, Feb. 8. Denounced by sev
eral republicans as a purely political
move, backed by the "old guard," the
bill creating the office of assistant
secretary of state and providing that
he shall discharge the duties of the
secretary and sit on the board of
control during his absence, passed
the house this morning. Thirty-two
voted for it and 25 against, indicating
that it will fall should the governor
use his veto power.
Most of the morning was consumed
in the debate, with Fouts, Amme and
Cottel of Multnomah, Brownhill of
Yamhill and Derby of Hood River
leading In the attack. . Practically all
of those who talked in favor of the
bill were from the ranks of the
"standpatters."
Senator Joseph's anti-trust bill had
no place to lay Its head. Uncere
moniously thrust forth from the sen
ate committee on judiciary, where it
had been sleeping since January 23,
it was given a glassy stare at the
door of the revision of laws commit
tee. The "busy sign" was hung out
everywhere.
With consideration of the senate
good roads bills postponed in the
house until Friday, prospects of their
passage are bright. Sentiment among
many representatives previously op
posed to them is changing as a bet
ter understanding of the bills is ob
tained in the house and in the rural
districts.
Senator Kellaher, with only his
own vote to back him, lost the first
skirmish on the Malarkey public serv
ice commission bill this morning,
When the bill came from the railroad
committee with a four-to-one vote
In Its favor, Kellaher moved to sub
stitute his unfavorable minority re
port, this motion commanding the
support of Kellaher alone.
Salem, Feb. 7. Without a dis
senting vote the resolution carrying
the proposed amendment for the re
peal of the single tax county option
amendment passed the senate this
afternoon. The sister resolution also
passed after a struggle.
The amendment calling for the
repeal of the single tax plan not
only received unanimous favor in
the senate, but was championed by
two of the progressive leaders, Dim
ick and McCulloch. Dlmlck assailed
the single tax plan as a political
fraud upon the people and denounced
as well, the men who perpetrated the
fraud with bitter invective.
"I tell you this state house is full
of spies. You can find them in
every corner and they are camping
on every trail."
That was the allegation hurled to
night by Senator Abraham before
the committee on revision of laws,
when discussion was up on the Sell
ing bill for the creation of a public
examiner.
The Selling bill provides for the
appointment of an examiner for two
years and then the office is to be
come elective.
The tariff issue was precipitated
into the house this morning in the
form of a memorial to President
Taft, asking for a special session
of congress to revise the tariff. The
memorial was presented by Derby
of Hood River and Fouts of Mult
nomah and will undoubtedly lead to
a spirited debate.
Giving the Oregon Agricultural
College every cent It requested.
$570,000, the ways and means com
mittee adjourned late tonight with
out accomplishing, any great Inroad
on the asylum and general appro
priation bill. Salary bills have been
gone over, but the heavy ones are
being reserved to the last.
Salem, Feb. 6. Senator Chase's
bill to protect school children from
pupils who appeared at school carrying
vermin, or who are in an unsanitary
condition, passed the .senate today
without opposition.
Swarming the library, a delegation
appeared before the committee on com
merce and navigation .tonight for the
purpose Jof attacking the eight-hour
bill of Dimick. Superintendents of
Oregon City mills, attorneys, 'employ
es and others appeared, outlining con
ditions at the mill.
Admission was made in one or two
instances of long 14 .and 18 and 24
hour shifts, but as' a general rule the
testimony simmered down to detailed
explanation of 2 the manner in which
men are required to handle machinery
and the Jsanitary conditions surround
ing them in the mills at Oregon City.
Extended arguments for and against
the employers' compensation act were
made tonight before the house commit
tee of judiciary.
Jealous of Governor West.
Salem, Feb. 7. Believing Gov
ernor West would receive credit from
the people of the state for Inspiring
through his special message the In
vestigation into the office ot State
Dairy and Food Commissioner J. W.
Bailey, members of the Bowerman
wing in the senate and house at
tacked the committees which made
the Inquiry during the session this
morning and attempted to prevent
the legislators from receiving the
report-
30-FOOT CHANNEL IS SURE.
Committee Reaches Agreement on
Columbia Work. .
Washington. The conference com
mittee on the river and harbor bill
has agreed to the senate amendment
authorizing the construction of two
dredges intended for use on the new
30-foot channel project from Port
land to the sea.
The house members of the confer
ence con: mittee, in . confirming the
assurance given Representative Ellis
some days ago, accepted the terms of
the senate amendment because this
work is highly recommended by army
engineers and the project Is deemed
most meritorious.
The amendment as agreed upon ap
propriates $350,000 cash and author
izes an additional expenditure of
$320,000. Of this total, $520,000 will
be expended on two dredges, as rec
ommended by the engineers and the
.emaining $150,000 will be applied to
dredging under old contracts. Ac
ceptance of this provision by the con
ference committee means it will be
retained in the bill as finally ac
cepted by both houses and as it will
be signed by the president.
The senate amendment was the
one that Chairman Alexander, of the
house committee, discussed with
President Taft and it is known that
the proposition meets executive ap
proval.
UNCLE SAM WANTS WATER.
He Will Defend Users' Right to
Grand River Against Company.
Denver. Attorney -General Wicker-
sham has notified United States Dis
trict Attorney Ward to do all in his
power to protect the rights of the
government in the suits pending in
the state courts over water rights
in the Grand river. The attorney-
general believes the United States
may be deprived of its water rights
in that stream, thereby Jeopardizing
the building of the contemplated
high-line canal, a $3,000,000 project.
Mr. Ward said today that a suit
was pending in Grand county be
tween the Grand Valley Irrigation
company and other water users of
Mesa county against the Intermoun
taln Water company, involving the
right to the waters of the Grand
river. State's . Attorney-General Grif
fith, of Colorado, is one of the coun
sel for the plaintiffs.
This suit is the result of an alleged
attempt by the Intermountaln Water
company to divert the water frpm the
headwaters of the Grand river on the
western slope of the continental di
vide to irrigate lands on the eastern
slope. The Intermountaln company
claims a right prior to that of the
users In the Grand valley.
AVIATORS BRAVE BULLETS.
Hamilton and Garros Fly Over Juarez,
Despite Warning.
El Paso. Charles K. Hamilton,
American aviator, flew his biplane
over Juarez and Roland G. Garros,
Frenchman, in his Bleriot monoplane,
crossed the international border a
short distance yesterday. Only the
day before Hamilton and other In
ternational aviators had been warned
that a flight over Juarez would be
met with a storm of bullets from the
federal troops now holding that city.
The two left the ground within a
few minutes of each other.
After reaching 1200 feet Hamilton
crossed the Rio Grande and a half
minute later had passed the Mexican
customhouse, making the first aero
plane reconnoissance ever made in
time of actual warfare.
The aviator on his return would
not give out an interview, simply
stating that "there appeared to be a
good-sized army in Juarez."
American Artist Lost.
Rome.- A general alarm has been
sent out for Henry Lawrence Wolfe,
of New York, a student of painting
at the American Academy, who h u
been missing since iast Monday after
noon. Wolfe is &t years old. iie is
redited by his friends with being a
man of good habits ai'd they can ad
vance no theory as to why he should
have disappeared. There are some
among the Americans who suggest
the possibility of kidnaping or the
black hand being connected with
the absence of Wolfe.
Four Stockmen Missing.
Eagleville, Cal. Harry Cambron,
John Laxgaue, B. Indiano and P.
Errasmuspe, four wealthy stockmen
who have been missing since Janu
ary 1, are believed by the authorities
to have been murdered. The four
men left camp January 1 to go to a
sheep camp seven miles distant
through a country that they knew
well and In which they could not pos
sibly have been lost. They were ac
customed to the rigors of winter.
Kansas Rejects Recall.
Topeka. Kan. The recall for state
officers was defeated In the senate
by the decisive vote of 23 to 15. This
was one of the pledges made by both
parties in their platforms.
Employes Under Army Rule.
Washington. The treasury depart
ment has ordered all customs em
ployes on the Mexican border to
work under the direction of the mili
tary commanders of their districts.
REBELS BURN JAIL
Mean Insurrectos FuHill Threat
Me to Federals.
Success Brings Many New Recruits to
Rebel Cause United States
Troop Strictly Neutral.
Calexlco, Feb. 13. The Mexican
guardhouse, located just across the
international line at Mexican, was
burned to the ground by the insur
rectos at 3 o'clock this morning.
This was done in fulfillment of a
warning given the Federal officials
by the insurrecto leaders when they
evacuated Mexican 12 days ago, that
If any attempt was made to resume
the collection of customs the build
ing would be destroyed upon the re
turn of the insurrectos.
The alarm of fire was given by sen
tries in the camp of the United States
troops less than a block away from
the burning buildings, but none of
the soldiers crossed over, strict or
ders having been issued to remain on
United States territory.
No Federal soldiers have appeared
and the rumor that Mexican troops
had appeared across the desert be
tween Picachos Pass and New River
proved groundless. In anticipation of
the troops appearing, Berthold called
in all the sentries and massed them
In the bull-fight arena.
Recruits to the insurgent force are
constantly being received. The state
ment was made today that the insur
gents have 50 men In tho Cocopas
Mountains, where they can keen close
watch of Picachos Pass, through
which the Federals must come from
Ensenada to Mexican.
Berthold had secured the services
of nearly 100 Cocopa Indians to act
as scouts and guides through the
mountain district, and it is believed
the insurgent scouts are keeping Leyva
well posted on the movements of the
Federal soldiers.
The Signal Service Corps of the
United States Army has sent a de
tachment of eight men to Yuma and
three to Calexlco to establish wire
less stations. It is expected that sta
tions will be established at points
of about 3.0 miles apart from Yuma
to San Diego. In this manner the
United States Government will be
able to keep in touch with the situa
tion in Northwestern Mexico.
Aviation Squad For Militia.
San Francisco. Colonel George A.
Schastey, commanding the Coast Ar
tlllery Corps, National Guard, pro
poses to form an aviation squad, with
Eugene Ely at the head. It is the
first time such a thing has been done.
Many details remain to be worked
out, but the principal obstacle has
been overcome in securing the writ
ten consent of Ely, who recently flew
his Curtiss biplane on to the deck of
the cruiser Pennsylvania, with the un
derstanding that an aviation squad
shall be formed, of which he Is to
be the head and chief instructor.
Ely has promised that two others of
the Curtiss team will enlist with him
and assist in the work of instruction.
The organization of the squad will
be' completed as quickly as possible
with the Intention of having It partic
ipate in the Coast Artillery maneu
vers of the San Francisco compan
ies at the Presidio June 3 to 17, and
those of the San Diego companies
July 1 to 15.
Meningitis Dread Over.
New York. The Rockefeller Insti- -
tute for Medical Research announced
that the effectiveness of anti-meningitis
serum had been generally ac
cepted by medical authorities
throughout the world and that the ,
new remedy had taken its place with
vaccine and dlptheria antitoxin as
an improved agency for the protection
of public health. The serum will no
longer be free.
The New York City Board of
Health has undertaken the production
of the new serum, and for a short
time will supply urgent requests from
outside the state. In this city the .
board will designate stations where
the remedy will be kept always on
hand.
Navarro Reception Is Off.
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 13. Jefe Po
litico Martinez' public reception to
General Navarro, set for today, has
been Indefinitely postponed. General
Navarro did not arrive. Insurrecto
couriers definitely located the Federal
leader at a lake a few miles south
west of Ahumada, a station on the
Mexican Central about 80 miles south.
The insurrecto forces are scattered
between Ahumada and Juarez, where
ever they can find pasture and wa
ter. The country for 100 miles south
of here is practically a desert.
Sunday Work Is Opposed.
Chicago. Several hundred clergy
men in Chicago have started a move
ment, furthered by the Chicago' Chris
tian Endeavor Union, to relieve mail
clerks and carriers of Sunday work.
A special committee of the union out
lined the campaign, which the Min
isters' Association of the Episcopal,
Methodist, Christian, Roman Cath
olic, Jewish and other denominations
Indorsed. Clara Barton Will Live.
Washington. The condition of Miss
Clara Barton, founder of the Rod
Cross, who has been ill with bron
chitis at her home In a suburb of
Washington, has so greatly Improved
that Dr. J. B. H. Hubell, of Glen
Echo, regards her as out of danger.