DOIHBSDFTHEWEEK
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Lapp.
General Resume of Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
A bad forest fire Is raging near
Tacoma, Wash.
Ex-President Diaz of Mexico arrives
In Spain to reside.
King George distributes many titles
'during coronation week.
Forty thousand suffragists parade
through streets of London.
Portland is the greatest wheat-shipping
port in the United States for
the year just ended.
Another bomb was found in the
hall of records building in Los An
geles ready for explosion.
Oregon warship Boston arrived
from Bremerton navy yard Sunday
afternoon and received a royal wel
come.
George W. McBride, ex-United
States senator and secretary of state,
died in Portland hospital at the age
of 57 years.
President and Mrs. Taft celebrate
their twenty-fifth wedding anniver
sary Monday. Their presents would
fill wagons.
Senator Lea of Tennessee saved
the life of his wife by submitting
to a transfusion operation which took
a quart of his blood.
The trunk of the historic Balm of
Gilead witness tree at Vancouver,
Wash., to which Lewis and Clark
are said to have tied their canoes
when they came down the Columbia
river in 1S05, was carried down the
river by the high water.
Portland commercial traveler buys
lucky Epsom Derby ticket for one
dollar and wins $10,440. He gave
the money to his wife.
Dick Ferris, the Los Angeles pro
moter who asserts he was elected
president of the "Republic of Lower
California" as a joke, and was indict
ed in consequence, was' arraigned in
court Tuesday. He and the Mexican
revolutionists were given two weeks
in which to detfide upon their pleas.
AVIATOR BURNED IN MID-AIR.
Engineers find the Maine much
worse than expected.
St. Louis has a million-dollar fire
in the manufacturing district.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestem,
9797Vfcc; club, 86c; Russian, 84c;
Valley, S6; 40-fold, 86c.
Barley Choice feed, $2728.
Millstuffs Bran, $24.5025 per
ton; middlings, $31; shorts, $25.50
26; rolled barley, $29.5030.50.-
Corn Whole, $29; craced, $30
per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.5028.50.
Hav Timothy, Eastern Oregon, No.
1, $212; light mixed, $1920;
heavy mixed, $17.5018.50; alfalfa,
1313.50; clover, $12.5013; grain
bay, $13.5014.50.
Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 20
23c; ducks, young, 2025c; geese,
nominal; turkeys, 20c; dressed,
choice, 25c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 21c
per dozen; case count, 20c per
dozen; Eastern, 1920c. "
Butter City creamery extra, 1 and
2-pound prints, in boxes, 23c per
pound; less than box lots, cartons
and delivery extra.
Porjf Fancy, lOiglOc per pound.
Veal Fancy, ll12c per pound.
Fresh Fruit Strawberries, Oregon,
$1.752.50 per crate;, gooseberries, 5
a'c per pound: apples, $13 per
box; cherries, 75c$1.50 per box;
raspberries, $1.25 per crate; apri
cots, $1. BO'S 1.75 per box; canta
loupes, $125 per crate; loganberries,
$3 per crate.
Sack Vegetables New carrots, $2
per sack; turnips, $2; beets, $2.
Potatoes Oregon and Eastern.
$2. 252.50 per hundred; new Cali
fornia, 4c per pound.
Vegetables Asparagus, $lttl.2c
per box; beans. 8 '-1 10c; cabbage,
$1 per hundredweight; cucumbers, $1
1.25 per dozen: eggplant, 15c pet
pound; garlic, 10fS12c per pound;
lettuce, 30i?I35c per dozen; hothouse
lettuce, $1.25(51.75 per box; peas, 4
?i 7c per pound; peppers. 30f35c
per pound; radishes, 1214c per
dozen-; rhubarb. 2Q3c per pound; to
matoes, $22.25.
Onions Yellow, $3; red. $2.75 per
hundred; crystal wax, $3.50 per hun
dred. Hops 1911 contracts, 23ff2."c per
pound: 1910 crop. 22c; 1909 crop.
151 loc; olds, SfilOc.
Mohair Choice, 3flTi3714c pound.
Two Killed and Five Hurt at Start
of Race.
Farls Fifty aeroplanists took wing
early Sunday from t lie aviation field
at Vincennes on the first stage of
the European circuit race, which calls
for a flight to London and return
with stops at various places going
and returning. Almost immediately
after the start two of the aviators
met tragic deaths, and at least one
was gravely hurt. -.-e dead:
Captain Princtau, whose motor ex
ploded In midair, flooding him with
gasoline and burning him to death.
M. LeMartin, who dashed against
a tree, the motor of his aeroplane
crushing his head.
The injured: M. Gaubert, ex-lieutenant
in the army, who was entered
In the civilian race under the name
of "Dalger." He was found lying
senseless near his machine In a
wheat field four miles from Viller
Coterets. His injuries are serious.
M. Bille, whose aeroplane struck
the earth within a mile of the start.
Bille was injured, but not seriously.
Three other aviators fell, M. Lor-
dian near Charleville; Oscar Moii
son, close to Gagny, and M. Morln
at Chevron, within 22 miles of Liego,
which is the end of the first stage
of the race. None of these men
were badly hurt Of the 50 aviators
who started, 38 were civilians and
12 officers assigned for military duty.
Hung up for the competitors are
prizes amounting to $94,000.
Dawn at Vincennes saw a crowd
estimated at from 500,000 to 1,000,
000 persons massed around the mili
tary exercise field to witness the
start. Six thousand soldiers and
4000 police, most of them mounted,
were present to keep the field clear.
A signal fired at 5:45 o'clock sig
nalled the commencement of the pre
liminaries. The Abbe Larebourg was
just finishing the mass at an im
provised altar in one of the aero
plane hangars for some of the avia
tors who desired spiritual prepara
tion for the perils of the day. M.
Le Martin, who within the hour was
dying, was among those who knelt
for the blessing.
Dusim
WENT OF THE STATE
LAWLESSNESS IN CHICAGO.
LARGEST TIMBER DEAL.
Hi.
$2,100,000 Paid S. Benson for
Columbia County Holdings.
One of the largest timber deals
ever closed In Oregon was consum
mated this week when S. Benson
transferred his holdings in Colum
bia county to the Benson Timber
company for a consideration of $2,'
100,000.
The principal owner of the com
pany is Frank Lynch, who, with O.
J. Evenson and E. E. Coovert, or
ganized the new corporation to re
tain the name and good will of Mr.
Benson. It is capitalized at $3,000,000.
There are 15,000 acres of land In
the tract, containing 800,000,000 feet
of high-grade yellow fir. With the
transfer of the holdings are included
a sawmill plant of 500,000 feet dally
capacity and a logging railroad, fully
equipped, 12 miles long.
Mr. Lynch, head of the new com
pany, purchased from Mr. Benson
some time ago the sawmill plant
and holdings at Santiago and has
continued to operate the business
there under the name of the Benson
Lumber company. With the acquis!
tion of all of the Benson timber
holdings, Mr. Lynch and associates
become the largest timber and lum
ber operators in the Columbia River
basin.
SALARIES ARE RAISED.
DISHES SET FOR MEAL.
Interesting Discoveries in Work on
Battleship Maine.
Havana Unwatering of the coffer
dam about the old battleship Maino
Is progressing slowly, the army en
gineers in charge giving most of
their attention to the condition of
the dam, which Is in excellent shape.
Water from a hose was played on
the mud on -the spar deck and the
surface was well cleaned off. Engi
neers began exploring the exposed
parts of the vessel, and on entering
the after-superstructure found a quan
tity of dishes laid out on the mess
table. Many of them were unwashed
and gave Indications of having been
left by mess attendants, who were
surprised at their evening meal when
the explosion occurred. The officers,
of course, had finished their meal
long before, as the explosion was
after 9 o'clock.
On clearing off the spar deck, an
ammunition box was found just aft
of the port turret, which contained,
besides a full complement of ammuni
tion, clips for hand rifles and several
hand swords. The lead and brass of
the cartridges were little Injured, but
the steel swords practically were
eaten away by the salt water. Offi
cers' dress swords in scabbards were
found leaning against the starboard
wall of the deckhouse with the leath
er in good shape, but with the steel
so badly eaten that it fell apart when
picked up.
The engineers were astonished that
the steel should have deteriorated In
the water, and the only explanation
is galvanic action. Several electric
bulbs are said to have been found
whole, which, with the fact that the
crockery was unbroken on the mess
table, indicates that the explosion
was not felt to any extent aft.
General Bixsby expected to depart
for the United States and an at
tempt was made to pump as much as
possible before he started. The out
look now is that the pumping will
go on slowly but steadily till the
cofferdam is all unwatered.
Fifty Oregon Postmasters Gainers
By Prosperity.
Washington The postoffice depart
ment has announced changes in
salaries of presidential postmasters:
based upon the Increase or decline
of postal receipts during the past
year, the changes to become effective
July 1.
Eleven Oregon postmasters will re
ceive an increase of $200, 39 will
receive an increase of $100 and only
four will have salaries reduced.
Portland is now a maximum office
and the postmaster's salary will not
be advanced. Those offices where
a $200 increase is ordered are as
follows, the figures indicating the
postmaster's salary after July 1:
Bend, $1600; Central Point, $1500;
Cottage Grove, $2000; Hermiston,
$1400; Klamath Falls, $2400; Med
ford, $2900; Monmouth, $1400; On
tario. $1800; St. Helens, $1300;
Sumpter, $1300; Wallowa, $1500.
An increase of $100 will raise the
salaries of the following postmas
ters to the figures named below:
Albany, $2160; Ashland, $2500;
Aurora, $1300; Baker, $2700; Ban
don, $1500; Burns, $1700; Canby.
$1200; Canyon- City, $1200; Clats-
kanie, $1400; Coquille, $1700; Dallas,
$2000; Enterprise, $1600; Eugene,
$2900; Falls City, $1300; Forest
Grove, $2000; Freewater, $1400:
Grants Pass, $2500; Hillsboro, $1900;
Hood River, $2600; Huntington, $1300;
Jacksonville, $1300; Lents, $1600;
McMinnville, $2400; Milton, $1500;
Milwaukee, $1200; Mount Angel,
$1800; Newport, $1500; Oregon City.
$2500; Roseburg, $2500; St. Johns,
$1800; Salem, $3200; Shaniko, $1500;
Sheridan, $1500; Sherwood, $1200;
Springfield, $1600; The Dalles, $2600;
xoledo, $1100; Union, $1600; Wood-
burn, $1800.
The decreases are:
Dufur, $1300 to $1100; Grass Val
ley, $1300 to $1000; Moro, $1400 to
$1300; Tillamook, $1S00 to $1700.
EUGENE TO FLORENCE.
First Work on Construction Impetus
for Big Demonstration.
Eugene Fully 2000 people gathered
at the west end of Fifth street Tues
day to celebrate the beginning of
construction work on the Eugene
Siuslaw railroad. The stores of the
city were closed from 2 to 4 o'clock
and the business part of town was
practically empty during the celebra
tion. More than 100 automobiles
were packed along the right-of-way,
all filled with an enthusiastic and
cheering crowd. Construction of a
railroad from Eugene to Florence
has been the dream of Lane county
for 30 years. ,
At 2 o'clock a procession of citi
zens, headed by the mayor and city
council, formed at Eighth and Will
amette streets and marched to the
scene oi operations. The procession
was headed by a band, and was one
of the largest that has formed In
Eugene recently. Automobiles were
in line, followed by carriages and
buggies and scores on foot.
All the speakers dwelt on the Im
portance to Eugene of securing rail
road connection with the coast, par
ticularly In view of the nearness of
the completion of the Panama canal.
The line is financed by the Lane
County Asset company, which is a
local corporation, organized in Oc
tober, 1909. Permanent survey has
been completed to a point 30 miles
west of Eugene, and several avail
able preliminaries have 4een com
pleted from this point to the coast.
The copmany owns 1800 feet of wa
terfront at Glenada, on the Siuslaw
river.
Coos Bay is the ultimate destina
tion, and the asset company owns
surveys to that point. Contracts havo
been let as far as Elmira, 14 miles
west of Eugene.
CAPACITY INCREASED.
CASCARA BARK TO MARKET.
Dealers Are Quoting Five Cents a
Pound for New Peel.
Diaz in Spain.
Santander, Spain The steamer
Ypiranga, with General Porfirio Diaz,
ex-president of Mexico, aboard, sailed
for Plymouth. Several tugs sailing
the Mexican colors, with cheering
people, escorted the steamer for sev
eral miles. General Diaz said the
friendly demonstrations at Spanish
ports had comforted him greatly in
his bitter exile. "It Is quite possible
that, after a few months' visit, I shall
turn my steps toward the peninsula
I speak only Spanish, and I am too
old to begin the study of foreign lan
guages."
Roads Overpaid, Charge.
Washington Uncle Sam has been
paying the railroads a little matter
of $9,000,000 a year more than the
service for carrying tne mails Is
worth. This Is Postmaster-General
Hitchcock's latest announcement with
resiect to Inside affairs pertaining
to the postal service. Congress is
to be asked to authorize a readjust
ment of railway mail pay so that this
$9,000,000 a year may be saved to
the. government.
Four Convicts Killed.
Wavnesville. N. C. Four convicts
Wool Katern Oregon. lnKc per were killed. 12 were probably fatally)
Portland Peeling of cascara or
chittim bark has started in the coun
try and initial shipments have been
received in this city.
First prices for 1911 peel of chit
tim stand at 5 cents a pound, the
highest figure In recent years for
the start of the season, and for new
bark.
All together several tons of new
bark have been received and the
high price paid.
Inquiries regarding the probable
peel of chittim In the Pacific North
west are coming : forward In great
numbers from eastern manufacturers
as well as from foreign Interests.
So far as known no orders from the
outside have been received and first
buyers are therefore undecided as
to whether they paid too much or
not.
Prospects are for a normal peel of
chittim In most sections of the Pa
cific Northwest but in some places
where the' bark was formerly gath
ered in great volume, scarcely any
will be peeled hereafter because of
the settlement of the lands by
farmers.
Reservoir of Baker Irrigation Com
pany Gets Improvement.
Baker Work is now under way
which will greatly increase the stor
age capacity of the reservoir of the
Baker Irrigation company. The height
of the dam Is Increased 10 feet, so
that when the. changes are complete
Die dam will be 600 feet In length,
60 feet wide at the top and 70 feet
in depth. Already the company has
.spent over $200,000 on the reservoir
and ditches, and the work now under
way will give a storage capacity
which will absolutely prevent any
shortage of water on the land Irri
gated by the project. Snow In the
mountains is melting slowly this year,
and the Powder, river will furnish
plenty of water to all consumers,
with no possibility of the damaging
shortage of water which followed
the heavy spring freshets when prac
tically all the snow In the moun
tains went off within a few days.
ROAD'S EARNINGS BIG.
'"Moral Uplift" Idea Is Promoter of
Crime Murderers Thick.
Chicago Chicago Is overwhelmed
by crime and criminals who laugh
at the feeble efforts of the police
to subdue them, and who have only
sneers and contempt for the vapid
judges, who, under the guise of "mor
al uplift," give them ridiculous low
fines or set them free to resume
preying upon helpless society.
Atrocious crimes are now commit
ted In broad day, In the very heart
of the city, the perpetrators no longer
waiting for the cover of darkness.
There has been . appalling epidemic
of attacks upon women and little
girls. In the latter cases, the chil
dren are lured to empty flats by
various pretexts and left unconscious.
One woman has died as the result
of an attack by a man who never
has been captured. He entered her
uome under pretense of renting a
room and shot her when she re
sisted him.
Restaurants and stores have been
robbed as frequently as three times
within a week. The robbers line up
any customers who happen to Be in
the place and despoil them, as well
as the proprietor and the cash box.
Two robbers made a specialty this
week of robbing young men escort
ing girls to their homes from enter
tainments. They also sobbed the girls
of their jewels and money and wound
up the night by holding up a priest,
from whom they took a diamond
studded gift watch and $70.
It is the general Impression that
the vast horde of criminals and ho
boes brought in here and colonized
for the election for mayor, have
found the pickings so rich and the
dangers so limited, that they have
decided to remain In Chicago. Once
in a while they venture to outside
towns and rob small banks and post
offices, but the rural marshals and
citizens frequently shoot them or
send them to prison for long terms.
LONDON IS AGLOW
RonppcpnfafhPQ Fpnm All NaHnns
IIUll uuwmu.iivv . -
In Coronation City.
King and Queen Ready for Festivities.
John Hays Hammond of
U. S. on Hand.
Events of Week at Coronation- of
King and Queen.
June 18 and 19 The royal represen
tatives from foreign nations ar
rive. June 20 Special envoys and dele
gates are received by the -king and
queen. State banquet at Bucking
ham palace:
June 21 Reception by their majes
ties of the over-sea premiers and
representatives. Day of s?cial in
tercession for the king and nation.
The Duke of Connaught gives a
dinner at St. James palace.
June 22 Coronation day.
June 23 Royal progress through
Soutn London.
DOMESTIC ERA IS GONE.
Pots
Larger Issues Supersede Old
and Pans for Women.
Oakland Suffragists and their
friends crowded the MacDonough the
JO UOpj'BODO oqi uo s.ioop oqi 0 JOJB
the first public meeting of the pres
ent campaign held under the auspices
of the College Equal Suffrage league.
Considerable disappointment was
manifested when Miss Anita Whit
ney, president of the league, an
nounced that Dr. Charles F. . Aked
was unable to appear. His place was
filled by Duncan McKinley, surveyor
of the port of San Francisco.
"The new era made inevitable the
social and political liberation of the
American woman," said Mrs. Hume.
Her sphere now extends outside the
home, and she is concerned with
everything in municipal housekeep
ing. We find the modern woman
concerned with municipal improve
ments, parks, playgrounds, pure milk,
streets, censoring picture shows and
delinquent children.
"This has not perverted woman
nature. . The modern woman Is sim
ply 'an enlarged edition of the old
fashioned mother, and the responsibil
ity of modern municipal housekeeping
is being gradually turned over to
her by the men."
CELEBRATE SILVER WEDDING.
Oregon Short Line Shows Remark
able Prosperity-
Salem Enormous business trans
actions by the Oregon Short Line
are indicated in their report, which
has just been filed with the state
tax commissioner. The gross earn
ings of the road from operations
are shown to be $21,748,834 for 1910,
with operating expenses amounting
1 A1'18'79! e ttaI ncon!e isi them; two bandB furnished
President and Wife Invite Relatives
of Former Executives.
Washington Descendants or rela
tions of every President of the United
States since I860 were invited to
the silver wedding celebration which
the President and , Mrs. Taft gave
at the Wnite House Monday. The
list is believed to be complete ex
cept the relatives of President Mc
Kinley. Elaborate preparations were made
for the entertainment of probably
the largest number that has ever
been present at a function in the
White House. The mansion itself
was lighted throughout with hun
dreds of electric lights; the grounds
in the rear were made nearly like
day as artificial light could make
placed at $29,585,164. The taxes!
and the fountain was played upon
rdby a big searchlight on 'the east
' " ' " uvj, ,iu,aa. J lie f-t "f tha Olata War. a r, A Vo,..,
InT 8Jh .nQn? 'mb,1,910 '"' building, just across Executive ave-
201 and in 1909, $6611. The gross
earnings per mile for the company
are shown to be $13,994 and the
expenses or operation per , mile
$7199, while the net earnings per
mile are $6795. The equipment, In-
new plant. As a result, Governor
West turned over to the Institution
the old heating plant athe asylum,
which has been recently replaced.
Elgin Crops and Fruit Heavy.
Elgin Rains of the last two weeks
I assure record crops in this part of
round according to shrinkage; Val- woinuu. ana n puarus aim ;ouvn is , tnp country, j imothy ana alfalfa are
lev 14f;K.'-:.c ir liound. were more or less Kerimisiy uun u;
Polls Dry, le;
pt-lis. 2"c.
Hides Salted
State Printer Must Move.
Salem Secretary of State Bon W.
Olcott, as custodian of the capitol
building, has notified the state print
er, that on or before August 31.
1911, he will be required to vacate
all that space In the state house
now occupied by the state printing
office and plant. After that some
other available space will be assigned
Mr. Duniway for office purposes. The
atotA nri n H n r ilAnartmnl la nnw
cupying the northwest quarter of Is si'at o proceed with the work
the lower floor of the state house. OI '''"'" '- ' '"
yfar. viie pcriTiK ui mi rut-vim
Mountain, another to the Iron Moun
tain section and the third to the ex
treme south end, near the Nevada
line. A large area of good land will
be taken for settlement.
Mercury Mounts to 106,
Kansas City Many heat records
eluding rolling stock, hut exclusive ; were shattered by( the sudden rise
of roadbed, rails and similar prop- In temperature in the Southwest, but
erty, is valued at $12,040,971. the sky fg cIoudy and rain lg .
Ipected within the next 24 hours. New
Heating Plant Need Filled. ! maximum heat records for June were
Salem Discovering that the old established at Muskogee. Okla., and
heating plant at the State ganator- .?A,aho C,t the "'"cury reaching
i10a and 10b degrees, respectively. A
nmi mi m i-ieveuuuu m i miercu- nJgn temperature of 100 was regis-
losis Is past the hope of repair, the ' tered in Ieavenworth and Topeka
otate Board for the Prevention of and 99 in Kansas City, Joplin, Mo.,
t.,k...ii- rA i .. and Wichita, Kan
i iu,cii.iiiM.-iin i. ,111111 nidi ii. v an en
tirely without an appropriation for a
Surveyors Start from Burnt.
Burns Three crews of government
surveyors, each containing 14 men,
arrived In Burns this week and are! hotel. The bullet struck Fonso In
Girl Defends Her Home.
Nome, Alaska. Lena Bernhofer, 16
years old, shot and dangerously
wounded United States Deputy Mar
shal Fred Fonso when he attempted
to serve a writ of dispossession on
the girl's aunt. Miss Mary Bern
hofer, proprietor of the New Nome
on their way to different parts of
the county, where unsurveyed land
in fine condition and the grain crops
are promising. Fall wheat Is so
rank In growth that It will be nee
salted lamb u'""i """i" "
jthey were housed in a mountain pass
Hn tliis count v. The bullnen was oocin- tn mow o rmn of tinv t,.m
S'sC PT hunt entirelv from heavv logs, and 'It that It nmv ho nhl to bnM it
pruind: salted calf, 15c; Kalted ktp ;thp wlcht nf the roof caused It to! burden - of eraln. Several farmers.
M'lfO,
If'c: sal'f-1 staes, f.c; grpen hides
VcnllapK. The structure slid- downlhave already cut their whpat dov
tne right arm and penetrated the
upper part of the body. An X-ray
examination failed to show the bui
let Eonson has a good chance to
recover.
Fishers Lost in Storm.
Trieste A great hurricane which
i swept over this section did great
I damage. The loss of life is great.
;Some of the fishing boats, however,
'which it was feared had foundered.
Eieht steam-
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London The Earl Marshal, the
Duke of Norfolk, and the Lord Cham
berlain, the Earl Spencer, are busy
men and much sought after In these,
the days Immediately preceding the
coronation. They are custodians of
the elect, sorters of social aspirants,
inquisitors into pretensions or ranK
in these trying times of pomp and
circumstance. Whoever has failed
to satisfy the bluff, black-bearded
Earl Marshal in the tweed jacket
before then certainly won't receive
the illuminated cardboard Inviting
them to be present at the Abbey
where they may see not merely the
crowning, but also the Earl Marshal
himself, trying to look as pleased
with his gorgeous trappings as a
simple man can be expected to do.
Between now and July 1 there will
be a round of engagements. Premier
and Mrs. Asquith will give a dinner
to their majesties in Downing street.
June 30. The entertainment will In
clude the presenting of two plays,
Bernard Shaw's "The Man of Des
tiny" and James A. Barrie's "The
Twelve-Pound Look."
Sir Edward Grey, the foreign min
ister, gave a dinner in honor of the
king and queen at the foreign of
fice; June 23, which was one of the
most brilliant of the season. There
were 150 guests at the dinner, In
cluding all the foreign princes and
envoys to the coronation.
A noteworthy feature along the
lines of route to be followed by the
newly crowned king, in his proces
sion through the streets of London,
is the almost complete transforma
tion of familiar sights. Churches,
ancient edifices, public buildings and
open spaces, business prAnises and
private residences have entirely
changed their appearance. Starting
with the Westminster Abbey itself,
the annex added to Increase the ac
commodation has altered its aspect
almost alarmingly, although efforts
were exerted to lend an air of age
to the stucco addition.
The office of works has decided
to permit those present, to purchase,
as souvenirs, the chairs and stools
on which they sat, all of which are ,
marked with the word "Coronation,"
and embossed with the crown and
the date of the occurrence.
Apeculiar dilemma which arose out
of the scarcity of first-class carriage
horses has developed since the uni
versal introduction of the motor car,
affected many members of the peer
age To avoid the terrible conse
quences of possible rushes into the
main thoroughfares from side streets,,
barriers of timber were erected at
the most dangerous street junctions.
John Hays Hammond, special am
bassador of the United States, made
his official entry Into the city at
poon Monday, arriving from the
country.
He was .met at the Victoria sta
tion by the Duke of Connaught, rep
resenting King George, and other of
ficials and the staff, consisting of
Baron Sanohurst, Lieutenant-Colonel
Bernard N. James and Captain C. F.
G. Sowerby, especially appointed to
attend the American envoy through
out his mission.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, who
has been ill at his country place dur
ing the last week, Is greatly im
proved and attending the festivities.
Gage Mine May Reopen
Riverton The Caeo mine at P.iver.bave returned to port
ton. on the Coquille river, which has ships of the Austrian Lloyd
been closed down. Is to be opened broke from their moorfnes and were
aeain soon. It Is announced. Sanlmore or less seriously damaged. Rev-
1r !cf; dry M-les. l,c: dry cair, ljtho mountain side without warningland manv will follow suit. Full crono ' Francisco men are interested in the eral liphtshfps were driven ashore
Crl'c; dry fairs, 11 (i I.e. ,for 5 f(.(,t anj no( onp 0f tDe 0ccu- of apples, pears, cherries and smalU property and plans are now being 1 Quays, piers and embankments suf
Cascara Park Per pound, Ec. J pants escaped uninjured. j fruits seem certain. I made for operating the mine. jfereJ severely.
Jap Fireworks Censored.
Sacramento To avoid race riots
on the Fourth of July In Sacramento,
the committee in charge of the cele
oration, named by Mayor Beard, Is
sued a decree that there would be
no Japanese fireworks and no raising
of the Japanese flag on that day.
There was a display of daylight fire-w-orks
last year and bombs were
sent up, which, when exploded, dis
played the Japanese flag. This year,
because of strained relations hetween
the factions, this will not be allowed.
Undersea Record Broken.
Gloucester American records' for
submerged runs were broken by the
flotilia of seven submarines which
arrived from Newport. All of the
number stayed under water 10 hours
during the run from Nantucket to
Provincetown, while two of the num
ber did not come to the surface for
11 hours. This Is the loncest tim
any submarine of the V. S. Navy has
ever remained beneath the surface.
Rope Skipping Fatal to Child.
Pittsburg Otiliis Danner, aged fl.
died at her home In St. Clair bor
ough, the result of a ruptured blood
vessel, caused by Jumping the rope.