CURRENT EVENTS General Resume of Important Event* Presented in Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. The Steel trust has readjusted it* schedule of prices by a considerable reduction. A French liner arrived at Martin­ ique from Panama with 15 cases of yellow fever on board. Diaz succeeded in getting $1,780,- 000 in gold from Mexico safely into a bank in New York City. A Portland woman will have to pay $3.000 duties on diamonds inherited from an aunt who died in Germany. Officers of the United Wireless com­ pany have been found guilty of using the mails to defraud in selling stock. Betting on accidents and death in the auto races at Indianapolis, In­ diana. is the most prominent feature of the meet. Fire destroyed the Chutes amuse­ ment park buildings at San Francisco, causing the death of four persons and injury of many others. In a decision more drastic than that against the Standard Oil company, the Supreme «court of the United States has ordered the dissolution of the To- bactco trust. An American - Hawaiian steamer just arrived in Seattle reports having picked up the submarine bell signals from Umatilla reef lightship at a dis­ tance of seven and one-half miles, which enabled the ship to proceed safely through a dense fog. the mercury TERROR IN DURANGO Mexican Rsbals, Beyond Control, Burn, Loot and Mu'dtr. Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. A hot wave sent Chicago up to 94. REIGN OF ONE DEAD. FIVE HURT. at Motor Speedway. Ind., May 31, One life was sacrificed and several men were injure«! yesterday in the first 500-mile race on the speedway. The race was won by Kay Harroun. driving a Marmon car, in 6 hours. 41 minutes and 8 seconds. Closely press­ ing Harroun for victory were Ralph Mulford, with a Loxier, who finish«-«! second, anti David Bruce Brown, in a Fiat, a good third. Seventy-seven thousand persons shout«-»! encouragement to the 40 pi­ lots who started th«- race at 10 o'clock in th«* morning, and with unflagging enthusiasm cheered th«- leaders in the last laps and watch«-»! the field pound around the course in division of the lesser honors. In the most serious accident of the day S. P. Dickson, of Chicago, me- chanician for Arthur Greiner, driving an Amplex, lost his lift- in an upset on the back stretch. The race had been on but a few minutes and the Amplex was in its 30th mile when th«- rim of one of the front wheels flew off. The ear twisted on th«- track, hurling the men front their seats. Dickson was thrown against a fence 20 feet away and was terribly mangled. He was instantly killed, Greiner was serious- ly injured and it was feared he had concussion of the brain, but it was later learn«-«! that his only injury w as a fracture of an arm. Men injur«*«! in th«- mishaps were: Dave Lewis, mechanician, right leg broken near hip. Harry E. Knight, driver of Wes­ cott, breast bruised and possible in­ ternal injuries. John T. Glover. Knight’s mechan­ ician, Is-dy bruised. Bob Evans, mechanician for Jack Tower. Jackson car, body bruised when he leaped from car in panic. John Wood, mechanician for Joe Jaegersburg. Case ear, run over and badly bruised. NEW FAST TRAIN IS WRECKED ON CERVE Spokane. May 31. Derailed at a President Diaz resigns and the City sharp curve at Malden, seven miles of Mexico goes wild with joy. east of Ralston. 26 miles east of I.ind, Portugal has rushed troops to the Wash., the “Columbian,’ eastbound frontier and all monarchists are being passenger train on the Chicago. Mil­ waukee A Puget Sound railroad, was arrested. wrecked at 5 o’clock this morning. The Wyoming. Uncle Sam's largest Seven coaches were derailed, the en­ battleship, was successfully launched gineer and fireman instantly killed, at Philadelphia. and at least one passenger is known to The dissolution of the Standard Oil be seriously injured. The Columbian went into a sharp company will not result in any reduc­ tion in the price of oil products to the curve just before entering a cut near Ralston at a high rate of speed. The consumer. engine, smoker and day coach left the Senator Borah believes there should rails and piled up on the track, They be a Federal incorporation law fixing were demolished. the retail price of goods sold by inter- state corporations. LAWS MAKE JUDGE ANGRY. A wealthy San Francisco couple have a prize ring at their home where Says Provincial Legal Habit Makes they entertain their friends with exhi­ Us Blunder Along. bitions by noted pugilists. New York — In a decision given here An eagle attacked an aviator during by Judge Hand, of the Federal court, his flight and came near causing disas­ involving highly technical scientific ter. The bird was finally driven off matters, the court stepped aside from by being wounded by a revolver shot. the questions at issue to berate the “provincial legal habit of mind," of American jurisprudence. PORTLAND MARKETS. “I cannot stop,” said Judg»» Hand, Wheat- Track prices: Bluestem, 94 “without calling attention to the ex­ 6/95c; club, 856/86c; Russian, 84c; traordinary condition of the law which valley, 86c; forty-fold, 86c. makes it possible for a man without Barley—Choice fetid. $28/»/28.50. even the rudiments of chemistry to Millstuffs—Bran, $24.50»-; 25; mid­ pass on questions like these. dlings, $31; shorts, $25.506/26; rolled "In Germany, the court summons barley, $29.506/30.50. technical judges who can intelligently Oats—No. 1 white. $29.50 ton. pass on the issues. How long we Hay—Timothy. Eastern Oregon No. shall continue to blunder along nobody 1, $21.506/22.50; light mixed. $19»»/ knows, but all persons not convention­ 20; heavy mixed $17.506/18.50; alfal­ alized by provincial legal habits of fa. $140/15; clover, $12.506/13.50; mind ought to unite to effect some grain hay, $13.506/14.50. Fresh Fruit—Strawberries, Oregon, advance. ” $36/4.50 crate; gooseberries, -*86/ 10c per pound; apples, $16/3 per box. Vegetables—Asparagus, $16/2 per box; cabbage, $3 per hundredweight; garlic, 106/ 12c per pound,; lettuce, $1.256/ 1.75-per box; radishes, 15c per dozen; new carrots, $2.25 per sack ; turnips, $2.25; beets, $2.25. Potatoes — Oregon and Eastern, potatoes, $2.25 per hundred; new $.3.506/ 4 per hundred. Onions—Crystal wax, $2.50; yellow, $2.25; red, $3.50. Poultry — Hens, 186/19c; broilers, 27j6/28c; ducks, young. 25c; geese, nominal; turkeys, 20c; dressed, choice 25c. Eggs — Oregon ranch, candl»?d, 21c per dozen; case count, 20c. Butter—City creamery, extra, 1 and 2-pound prints, in boxes, 24c per pound; less than box lots, cartons and delivery extra. Pork Fancy, 9J6/.10C per pound. Veal—Fancy, 9io/ 10c per pound. Hops —1911 contracts, 22c pr pound; 1910 crop, nominal; 1909 crop, 15c; olds, 10c. Wool — Eastern Oregon, 8|6z 14ic per pound; valley, 126/15c; mohair, choice, 37Jc. Cattle—Prime grain-fed steers, $7 6/7.25; prime hay-fed, $6.856/7; choice steers, $6.506/6.85; good, $6 6/6.50; fair, $5.756/6; common. $5.50 6/5.75; prime cows, $5.756/6.25; good, $56/5.25; fair, $4.756/5; poor, $4.506/4.75, choice heifers, $5.506/ 5.75; choice bulls, $4.756/5.25; g»>od, $4.256/4.75; choice light calves, $7.75 6/8; good, $7.506/7.75; choice heavy calves, $5.506/6; good, $56/5.50; choice Btags, $5.756/6.25; good, $5.256/5.75. Hogs—Choice, $6.706/6.85; good, $6.506/6.70; choice heavy, $66/6.50; common, $56/6; stock, $76/7.25. Sheep Choice spring lambs, $6.75 6/7; good, $66/6.75; choice yearlings, $5.256/5.50; good, $56/5.25; fair, $4.756/5; choice ewes, $4.506/4.75; good. $4o/4.50; fair, $3.756/4; good to choice heavy wethers, $4.506/5; old heavy wethers, $46/4.50; mixed lots, $46/ 5. Parral, Mexico, May 29. - Many Federal officials, including jefes polit­ icos, have lieen killed, »core» of others Klamath Glad Government Is Holding W. L. Finley. Expert in His Line, Be­ have been put in jail, stores huv<- been comes State Game Warden. Location Near Kano. looted and hundreds of ¡ample are on USERS GET POWER SITE. Klamath Falls The directors of the Klamath Water Users’ association feel elate«! over the order issued by th«- secretary of the interior, counter­ manding the order for the sal«- of the government power site on the Kamath river near Keno. At th«- inception of the Klamath reclamation project this power site was purchased nt a cost of $10,000. Th«- government abandon«-»! th«- lands above th«- gravity canal and eiinsequently has no use for the power for pumping purposes, but the direc­ tors of th«> Water Users’ association feel that while the pump lands have in most instances been eliminated from the Klamath project, the time is coming when they will again become a portion of th«- project an«! the power will then be needed. Th«- directors appealed to Congress- man Hawley and through him the matter was present«-«! to th«- Interior In order to hohl the site department, th«- government has to do a certain amount of development work and the reclamation service is now performing this work. It is not known what will be th«- ultimate disposition of the power site, but th«- directors ar«- plan­ ning to acquir«- title to the property by ailding its cost to th«- Klamath pro­ ject. By this method it would pass into full control of the association as soon as the land owners paid back to the government the money expend«-«! in building the irrigation system. Several corporations were roadv to bid on the site and hail it not been for the timely action taken by the w «ter users the sal«- would have been made anil in later years the land owners might have been forced to pay a high price for power to some private con­ cern. SHEEPMEN ENTER PROTEST. Assessment Against Their Property Said to Be Too High Baker Declaring that sheep ar«- as­ sessed out of proportion to their mar­ ket value, and that the* sheepmen of the county of Baker are paying more than their proportion of the taxes on the county and state, the legislative committee of the Baker-Union Wool­ growers’ association has drafted res­ olutions to the state board of tax com­ missioners asking the board to use its infleunce with county assessors throughout the state to have sheep as­ sessed at a lower rate. Members of the local association say that this is a state-wide movement. Similar res- olutions will be sent in from every sheep county in the state. The res­ olutions say that ewes are sold on th«- market for $2 and yearlings for $1.50 to $2, while ewes are assessed at $6 and yearlings at $5.50 in Baker coun­ ty. The sheepmen also assert that Jerry Fleetwood, the county assessor, is a cattleman and is inclin«-d to give the sheepmen the worst of it. SEATTLE MAN BUYS IN OREGON One of the Finest Orchards Brings 575,000, for 90 Acre». Grants Pass Fred G. Cutler, attle, has purchases! the Elmer orchard, four miles down the for the sum of $75,000. This t land consists of 90 acres in fn acres in bearing trees 12 yeai and balance in five-year-old trees. Th».- »>utput last year was 18,000 lioxes of merchantable apples. This is one of the best orchards in the country ami th»- price is the largest ever paid for a single orchard in this vicinity. Cutler will immediately bring his family to Rogue River valley to pass the summer. A few years ago this lan»l was sol»l to Shank for one-half the present price. Since that time the new land has been brought to a high state of cultivation and th»- number of bearing trees greatly increased. HUGHES FOR COMMISSIONER. Salem J. Frank Hughes of Gold Hill was appoint«*»! by Governor West as a member of th«- Stat«- board of fish ami gam«- commissioners to suce«-«-,! W. I.. Finley, who resigned ns a mem­ J ber of th«- board to be«x>me state gam«- warden, succetsling R O. Stevenson, of Forest Grove. J. N. Wisner, of Ore­ gon City, has been appointt-d superin­ tendent of stat«- fish hatcheries. Finley, who has becom«* widely known as a student of hints and one of the foremost members of th«- Audu­ bon society, was serving as the four y«-ar term member of th«- new board. Th«- other four members requested | that h«- resign to tak«- th«- position as stat«- game warden, which carries a salary of $2.500 annually. There were 12 applications for the position, but these wer«- all carefully considered by th«* members and all of them were found to be tint adapted to the |s>sl- tion. Members stated that they consid ere«! Mr. Finley would be of more vol ue in the position of state gam«- warii- en wher«- h«- could devote- all of his time to the work, am! Mr. Finley ac­ cept«*! after a conference w ith Gover­ nor West. The board also reached th«- conclu­ sion to establish a new ollie«- of super­ intendent of stat«- hatcheries at a sal­ ary of $2.000 annually. This superin­ tendent will work under the game warden and the fish warden as well. Il«- will have charg«- of trout and sal­ mon hatcheries, the trout hatcheries being maintains! largely from th«- game fund and the salmon hatcheries , from th«- hatchery fun«. of th«- state. Notification was sent out by the ' board to all of th«* mills of the state 1 and others who own dams, fish lad­ ders, irrigation works or other obstruc­ tions to streams that an investigation will be made in th«- near future of all such devices or ditches and tin- board will determine to what extent th«- law­ in this respect is being observed. I BUILD ELECTRIC LINE. Eugene to TRUST SECRETS ARE LAID BARE Have Direct Connections 1 to Tidewater. th«- vergi- of starvation us th«- result of n reign of terror. wagi*l in the state of Durango ami Southern Chi- huuhua by n bund of inauirectos w ho have heard nothing of th«- ja-ace agree­ ment. The entire state of Durango, with its capital, a city of 22.000 | m * i pie. is ut the mercy of roving bands, who have unsettle»! all the regularly constitute«! authorities. The worst feature is that all com­ munication has been cut off for weeks and the country, being a non-agi leul • tural region. IS without fiaai. The mining camps of Ganacivi, state of Durango, are in chaos. Th«- first ad of the inaurrecto* after charging a town was to place all th«- government officials in jail. Stores wer«- then hailed anti governent »locu- menu burn«*!, Thomas Uniina, who claims to be th«- insurred»» commander of the "Southern Zone." was inforun*l that Madero was p«-rf«-cting p»ac<- plans. He answer«-«! h<- would dictate the peac«- terms for his territory, und the hailing continued. In th«- town of Villa Escobedo, a few miles south of here, th«* munici­ pal building* wer«- burned, all the n-s idents having tl«-d to the mountains. A previous report that all govern­ ment and municipal officials in certain towns had been kilhsi bus been con- firmed. Robert J. Swazie, an American planter in Miehocoan. was killed by u band of insurrectos; Ins runch hi-use burmsl ami his w ife probably carritsl off by marauders, ns she disappear«*! th«- night of her husbaiai's murder. James McIntyre, an American miner, was h«-ld up and robbeii by a band of Mexicans near Ahuijudla. After they secure«! nlx.ut $2o<> from McIntyre, th«- Mexican-- »iecided to kill him and promptly tillcil him with l< a»l Dr. tosirge D. Rich, an American physician at Colima, receive»! word of McIntyre's fate. z\ battle is report«*! nt Acapulco in which 83 Federal* and an unknown number of rebels were kill«-«!. Shipping ut th«- Mexican Pacific ports is ut ii stiimlstill an»l great diffi culty is being ex;ieri«-nce«i in loading ami discharging by vessels culling nt th«- various |»irts of stop. Carnegie Company Wal Bought at *2 tor SI Competition Elim­ inated By Combine. Wuahington, D <’. John W Gates told th«- house "steel truat" invostiga ting committee Saturday the history of th«' United States Steel corpora lion. Present at it» birth, he dr scribed how it was the natural out come of what hr deecrilied a« tin- r<- fusal of Andrrw Carnegie to be bourn! l»y the "gentlemen's agreements" that mark«*! tin- early days of open competition in the st«-el buxine-• H<* als«i toll! of millions lost an-l created almost inn breath; how tln- Carnrgie mills, appraised ut $ltii>, 000,000, were r«-«irganlxed as worth $.120,otio.ooii almost within thr tim<- re«|uire«l to make th«- transfer to th«» <-or|«irulion , of the clash in th«- form ’ ative days when John !>. Rockefeller was dissuaded from joining in th«- ere ' ation of the trust. Relating h»>w Carnegl«* hioi been I forced to abandon plan« for extending | hia steel buainrs«. Mr. Gut«-« frankly ailmitte»! th«- combination was formed U> throttle com|H-titi»in, und that, when John D. Rockefeller bin! sought Jo enter the »tevl business, a deal was put through which furc«- . were factor* that l«-«i to th«- birth of ALFALFA IS HUMAN DIET. : the steel combine. ♦ Farmer at Spray Proposes to Can HEAT KILLS MANY. Roots tor Table Use. Eugen«* -Stockhohlers of th«- Lane County .Asset company have taken ac­ tion directing immediate steps to be­ gin construction of an electric rail­ way from Eugene to tidewater at Florence. The directors of th«- com­ pany will frame instructions to H. D. Fornieri, chief engineer, looking to the construction this summer of the first link of the road from Eugene to I’ortlan»), Or. Alfulfu now has Elmira, approximately 14 miles. The Lane County Asset company is reached such a stage of develo|iment a local corporation that has been en­ that it can tie u»«*! for human con- gaged for the past two years in the sumptmn at least the roots of it can. F. Waters, nn enterprising farmer promotion of a railway to the coast at Florence. A ;»«-rnian«-nt survey h-.s ■ resiiling near Spray. Or., has complet- been completes! and right of way has •si ex|M-rimenta that imrivinc»- him that been ac»|uiro»l over practically th»- en- the nsits of the »niinary commercial tire route. Officials of th»- company alfalfa plant can I k - treated so that say that sufficient capital is available they will la- readily edibl«- ns well as to warrant the beginning of actual highly nourishing and palatable. He has arrangisl to construct n construction work on the 14 miles of large building for cunning alfalfa . level valley to Elmira. The company has been promise»! roots ami expects to offer his product 1 large quantities of ties by sawmills to the trade within the present year. along the prop ise»i route, and some of Th«- roots can be taken from the i the rails for th, h - first 14 miles are al- ground after the crops of several s»-a- ready in sight. The tentative plan is sons huve b«-«-n harv«-st«-»l, so that On- Mr | to construct an electric line, deriving plant is given an milled value. power from the surplus current for Wat«-rs »h-clares that by proper treat- sale by Eugene s power plant at Wai- i merit the clever housewife can con terville. Three of th»- live members ■ vert canned alfalfa roots into a vnr- of the city water board, which has I iety of tempting »lishes, which can I-»- complete control of th»- electric plant, j serve»l »-itlu-r as a v«-getabl«- or ns are members of th»- Asset company. ! dessert. Stockholders of the company also Buying of Steel is Light. ordered condemnation proceedings to obtain two small sections of right of New York The sensational cut of $■'! way for which private negotiations a ton in th»- offer of steel bars inaug­ urated by the Republic Iron A Steel have not been successful. These places are between Eugen«- company luHt week has brought to th«- and Elmira. Beyond Elmira, right of l mills little trouble. Contracts placed way has been obtained as far as Glen- j at th»- lower levels were small in num ada, on the south side of the Siuslaw 1 her an»! in tonnage. Th»- cuts of $2 to harbor, at which point the company $3 a Um in th»- price of steel shi-cts controls 800 feet of waterfront. made by smaller mills aeveral weeks ago ar»- about to !><• recognised by the larger companies, it is r»-[s»rte»l. Better Prices on for Salmon. -toria While sales of this year’s Railroad buying is light, domestic rail Columbia River cannt-d salmon were orders amounting to less than 19,000 reported a few »lays ago at $1.95 for tons. Salute Kills I, Hurts Four. Monongahela, Pa.—Charles Gibson, 27 years old, is dying, the result of being shot through the body with a gas pipe ramrod from an old smooth­ bore cannon. Earl Marshall, aged 16, had his right thumb torn off and Ar­ thur Wilson, 19 years, had his cloth­ ing burned from his body and his ear drums fractured, while Charles Steele. 18 years old, and Joseph Marshall were seriously burned by powder. The ac­ cident occurred in the Monongahela Larger Purchase is Urged. cemetery when the annual sunrise sa- Salem State Senator Patton and flatsan»! $1.85 for tails, sales have lute to Memorial Day was fired. Representative Reynolds, of Marion been made since that time at even a county, waited on Governor W'est and higher rat»-. On»- pai-ki-r is known to Sixteen People Drowned. Secretary Olcott Monday urging them have contract»-»! several carloads at. $2 Berlin Cloudbursts, accompani»-»! as members of the state board Pi buy a dozen for flats and $1.95 for tails, by heavy hail, caused great damag».- in the entire block east of the present th»- latter figure being 20 cents a . Gary, ilml., mid other industrial centers where large steel mills ar«- locate«!, work has been reduced -to th«- mini­ mum, as men cannot endure th«- in­ tense heat. At Milwaukee Frank Siebel, secre­ tary Pi (iimrge Itrumler, the publisher, was overcome by the heat ami coin- mitte«l suicide hy drowning. Th«- health department an«! snnitary bureau had an unusually large number of men out toilay watching th«- ven­ ders <»f hokey-pokey, .......... ream cones mid decayeil foodstuffs. The offenth-rs are chiefly Italians anil Greeks, who buy pulritl meat anil ¡vegetables ami «••II th«- stuff in the ten«-rnent districts. Ely Flirts With Ocean. Eureka, Cal. Eugen»* Ely, whose distinction ax an aviator rests, to a c|i-riib)e exti-nt, ii|sm his success in alighting upon the deck of the bat- tieship Pennsylvania in Sun Francisco I bay, made what hr termed on»- of th«« : most »langerous flights of his care»*r . In-re. Facing a 45 mil»- wind, hr rose 1,000 feet, Hoarisl out over th»- tim­ bered crags mid ros»- an»l dipp»-»l aliove the breakers that roared over Hum laddt bay bar. For nearly half an hour hi- hung over th«- sea, while thousands of spectators watched him, excited but anxious. No Whiskers on Haggin's Ranchi Lexington, Ky. J. B. Haggin, the multi-millionaire owner of Elmendorf stock farm, hmi cause»| notices Pi be l«iste»| ri-ipiiring th»- several hundris! employes to be shavc»l every other »lay. Haggin believes that "whiskers” propagate dangerous microbes, anil th«- order is meant to affect particularly employes in the dairy department. A barber shop is being installed, ami ac­ companying it is being er»-ct»*i h $100,000 bath room for the employes. Franz Josef is Failing. Godollo, Hungary Emperor Franz Josef has been attacked by senile de­ cay, an»i his condition is giving the gravest anxiety Pi those alaiut him. This fact has !te»-n established by careful inquiry mail»- on the spot by newspaper men. Manitoba Has Snow Storm, The aged emperor an»l his court are Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28. Five now at the beautiful royal palace at inches of snow was refxirted yesterday Godollo, 15 mil«-« from Bu»lap»-st, the from Harrow Ford, Northwestern ancient capital of Hungary. Manitoba.