“CECIL OF WCOnS”
A
Snowbonnd
Nightingale
Sings by Wire.
By EDGAR WHITE.
»
Tli* mow had fulleti ■(«■ntllly nil the
day. wenvlna garments of white for
the undulntlng earth. As twilight
can» on the little train, In spite of
the tretnvndoua puffing of Its engine,
settled down to u wnlk. Men of th«
crew rushed backward and forward
through the aisles, lixiklng anxious
The country Mvmr4 a wilderness;
deep ravines, dense forests, frowning
cliffs and rugged mountains
The lumps were lighted and "The
Fnust Opera" troupers In thu rear
coach Iwgan to ulna
All day their
spirits liuil fallen with th« snow. A
failure to rrnih the Junction meant
Christman liny In th« wilds, n most
distressing thing after tho eagerly
looked for reunion with tho folks nt
home Ho they tried to slag the blues
»way Hut It wua no us«. The songs
died mournfully
Hu<ld«nly tho en
gine stopped A briikemnn, lantern In
band, entered from th« rear.
"Where are wo?" naked the tall thin
manager of th« show company
"Frog Inland Crossing." said the
brukemnn
tersely.
"Tho
road's
blocked."
Idly they watched th* brnk«*mnn
and another num working outaldo
with u line to connect th«* hlephon«»
wire with tm ln*trum*nt In th«» car
Thl* 111« ant tin y wt ic going to call up i
tho h«areM Khc.iuph olth u *O t bo I
mini there» might notify thu auperln-
trndent to *cnd th«» mow plow all«!
tneu; rrlh f was far »way.
It an* iihcrrtnhM <1 that the nenn**t .
help wa* *«*v«*nfy n.llfH down thu line,
find that th«* Rim* plow* could hardly !
h( p«* to rvn< h th«* train b< for«» morn j
Ing An it wa* «fill Knowing heavily ■
ro-n thia calculation might b«? overly
optimistic.
Th«- conductor found a farm homo*,
and returned with banket* of dell |
clou» turkey, chh k* n, light bread and
prcMcrx •»
'I h« r»’ w< h - tankard* of
«•off« •«». and « an* of r« al «ream How
th«» old world trouble* fell inukr th«*1
grarlou* influru« •• of that homely
country faro forng« d out of th«* *torm
And how th«» actor* at«-* It wa* a r<-
past un»urpan*«*d along th«* length
and brcad’h of th«» Great Whit«* Way j
Song bird* « hatted and laughed with
farmer* and
country merchant*
Th. y rwnpped yarns, crack. <1 Jok«s
nu<! b* uutn«' jolly good fallow* nil
Finally, th» lr hut>< r npix arud.’ Mr
I>hl*to nnd Marvin rite nroa<* um!
ninrird n Kimii.
“If you |» • |d<’ don’t mlrul my but
tin* lu, would you jI»t wait a mlnut«-?”
Th«' uik xpc t.'.l remark came from
the farmer who had com« III with th.'
foul, and was waiting to take the
empty baskets back over the while
hills
He hud In« ti standing nt th«
«•nd of th« i ar. dcf.-r« ntliilly waiting
for his guests to get through Th«
travelers
Instantly
divined,
or!
thought they did. what he wanted. |
and began rea. hlng Into their pock
eta The farmer shook Ills hand
"'Tn I n't that." he said; "you’re wel
come to the grub, glad you llk«d It
But I was thinking being as you peo- '
pl<* ring, maybe you wouldn't mind ,
glvln' some folk« out In the country it
bit of n treat. Thar's people connect I
<d with thia telephone In the car here
v hat n«v< r saw n real show In all |
tlolr lives there’s sick people on
that line that
" 'Neligh raid, my friend,” snld Mo- .
phlsto, his eyes lighting up with the
Ide.i. "you get busy now calling up I
everybody on that lino.
This 1»
Christmas Eve maybe there's trees
nt some of tho school houaea call
'em up If they have phones don't
leave anybody out." Then turning to
tho actors: "All you sweet singers of
Is er Michigan walk up to the end
of the car. Now. ladles nnd gentle-
n n our good farmer friend hns made
■ ■ ■■
ions with our country cousins;
II. ' iirlaln may rise!"
When tli«v actors arose to obey, n
lady with chestnut curls nnd blue
eyes, who took tho rnther Inconse
quential part of Bessy, started to Join
them. Marguerite of the sun kissed
lialr observed Bessy, nnd said, sweet
ly:
"llo didn't call for tho nialds-ln-
waltlng."
Tho gentle Bessy, wounded to the
quick. st«'p|M->l back, tho stately Mnr-
guerlte sweeping by. It was mostly
iH'foro tho footlights that Marguo
rite's Injured Innocence and meekness
glowed.
After n brief discussion of the se
lections to be given tho performers
removed the lid from their melody. As
one finished ho would step from tho
phono nnd the following would take
hfs place. It was a lino performance,
lie all wero edd, experienced singers,
und encli did his level best.
When tho singers had finished ns
much of tho piece ns It wns practical
to give over th« wire there camo a
"Ting n-llng ling ling!"
A singer stepped to tho phono.
"Is this tho trnln where tho sweet
music comes from?" asked a girlish
voice.
"Yes Ihls Is tho Faust Concert
company you have been listening to."
"I think It Is perfectly lovely-”
"Thank you. Miss. Will you give
mo your name so I can tell my com
rades?"
"'Cecil of the Woods' they call mo.
We live In a little cabin up tho moun
tain aldo. Oh. It Is so cold nnd deso
late hero, nnd no friends for the long
est distance!”
"Dear me! That's too bad. I wish
you were nearer so you might com«
and see us."
“Ho do I. Then 1 would sing tor
you.”
Mephisto turned from the Instru
ment, grinning
"There's a kid girl back In th*
woods who thinks she ran sing," he
said to Faust und Marguerite. "I'm
going to let her blow off then you
folks cun hear, too. (Then putting Ills
mouth to the phone.) I would bu do
lighted to hear you. Can't you slug
over the phone?"
"I I I you won't luugh at me?"
said the gentle voice, tremulously.
"Hurtt noil Nobody will hear you
but me."
"What shall It bo—* Christmas
carol ?"
"Yoe, yes anything."
Those watching Mephisto noticed
his brown knit; then his eyes lighted
up and an eager eipre'ston swept
over bls cadaverous face.
The song nt th« other end finished,
Mephisto thus spoke to the singer:
"Little girl, J don't know you, but
let me toll you you've got talent—
oceans of It! I want you to sing
that to a friend of mln«', Mias Has
tings, who playa Marguerite."
Marguerite, with a satirical smile,
took Mcpldato'a place at th« phone
Out of th« drptha of the snow flouted
tht gentle voice of "Cecil of the
Woods:”
"O'er th* bhi» depth* of Qnlllre
There com** • holler cairn,
And Hhuron wave*, In eolmnn prala«,
llor allent Mr-tvee of paint.
"«Ilory to G. h I' Th« »"undlnir skies
l«»ud with tbslr anthems ring,
Peace to the earth, good will to men,
From Heaven's Eternal King!"
Welling out of the bla< kn. ss of th«
night, from some unknown spot In
that vast, mysterious wilderness, th«
tender, well modulated vol« « struck
«!•■« p Into the heart of the woman of
th« slag«*. There were the signs of
rain In her eyes us she r« leased th«'
receiver nnd turned to her com pun
Ions.
"That girl Is best where sh«' Is."
said Marguerite, "but think what that
voice would he with a llttl«* training "
Wouldn't It?" cried Mephisto, « t>
tliusluntlciilly, again going to th«
phon«
"That’s a prix. If wo can get
her" (In th« Instrument I ’'Hello'"
"Yes, sir," replied tho voice of ('«
<11 of th« Woods.
How would you like to train to
tr.iv« I with a great opera companv
Ilk" ours?”
"Oh. sir I fear you nr« laughing u'
me " with an « xpr«-sslon of pain
"Never more In earnest In my
life." protest’-d Mephisto.
"\V«'r<
xnowbound for tonight and maybe all
dnv tomorrow, but I will leave the ad
dr* as with one of th«' railroad men
and miann for you to m<et us In the
city during the holidays, nnd then
u« II talk things over You'll be play
ing Marguerite yourself Inside ot a
year, and will be famous."
This t«'rmlnat«'d the Interview, nnd
M< phlsto hunted up Jim the elctrl
■ Ian, and Instructed him about a
forth« r illsputi-h to the paper concern
Ing bls remarkable find.
"By George!" he said, "Our I.uck's
with us in spite of thia Infernal snow.
Who'd u thought of striking a prize
song bird In this bleak region nnd
while snow bound, too!
Facts beat
fiction every time "
Jim went Into the forward enr to
write up the n«'west developments of
tin- snow bound troupe, under the In
splratlon of a cigar furnish«-«! by Me
phlsto, who followed to suggest In
ter« sting d«-talls. A h he passed Into
the car ahead Mephisto noticed Bessy
of the chestnut hair curled up In n
M-nt, "sound asleep." Nailed tn, the
corner of tho car near her was a tele
phone. th«' sum«' ns In the rear car. A
horrible suspicion swept over ths
malinger, nnd he glared about with
glassy oyes.
Seeing n brakeman
snoozing In a sent, with his lantern
beside him. Mephisto seized It and
ran outside
Holding th« light uc
near the corner of the car he observ
ed a threadlike strand reaching from
the ventilator off Into the darkness.
Then ho re entered the enr, and
wearily walked up to where Jim was
traveling with his press dispatch
saying: "Since thinking the thing
the thing over, Jim, you needn’t send
off that last chapter. It's too good
for them muckraking newspapers any
how."
Advertising In China.
Tradesmen In China have quite at
high appreciation of tho value of nd
vertlslng as any other people In the
world. In China the biscuits beat
tho Imprint of the linker, nnd ducki
bought In the Celestial markets fro
quently show on their backs a big red
stnmp bearing tho nnmo of tho seller
Chinese shops have largo slgnboardi
which show nn odd mixture of tho po
otic and tho commercial traits of th«
people. Here are a few examples:
“Shop of. Heaven-sent Luck," "Tot
Shop of Celestial Principles.” "Th«
Nino Felicities Prolonged." "Muttor
Chop of Morning Twilight," "The Ter
Virtues All Complete," "Flowers Ills«
to the Milky Way.”
A chnrconl shop In Canton calls It
self tho "Fountain of Beauty," and •
place for tlm sale of coal Indulges It
tho title of "Heavenly Embroidery."
An oil nnd wine establishment Is th«
"Neighborhood of Chief Beauty," nnd
"Tho Honest Pen Shop of LI" Impllot
thnt some pen shops are not honest.-«
New York Sun
A Sordid Husband.
"Where arc you off to now?”
"To my Shakespeare club, hubby.”
"What good has your Shnkespear«
club done you?”
“Why, I have learned nil about th«
plays."
"tiah!" snnrled her husband. “I
thought surely you’d get chummy wftt J
some woman who owned a big auto'
mobile."
EMPEROR'S FUNERAL BEGINS.
Ancient and Modern Rites and Cus
toms Mingle at Tokio.
Tokio Funeral ceremonies of the
late Emperor Mutauhito, of Japan,
posthumously known aa "the Emperor
of the Era of the Enlightenment," be
gan amid surroundings in which cen
tury-old rites and customs were min
gled with modern military display.
From the moat extreme points of
Japan subjects have been assembling
in Tokio. At midnight great crowds
had gathered along the route of the
procession.
The weather was fair.
A police
cordon was established, shutting off
the street« through which the body of
the emperor will be transported and
upon which it is estimated half mil
lion persons will be accommodated.
Soon after midnight officials proceeded
b> the palace in preparation for the
early ceremony.
The sombre coloring associated with
Western mourning was almost entire
ly absent, being replaced by the bril
liant hues of the Orient.
Official representatives of every
country had come b> Tokio to partici
pate in the solemnities. Among them
were princes representing reigning
houses and special embassies commis
sioned by republican presidents. The
list included Philander C. Knox, sec
retary of state of the Unite«! States,
who was accompanied by Hansford E.
Miller, chief of the Far Eastern sec
tion of the State department at Wash
ington; Rear Admiral Alfred Rey
nolds and Brigadier General John J.
Pershing.
Members of the regular
foreign diplomatic body were present
in their uniforms.
From an early hour the palace in its
great private park in the heart of the
capital was the goal toward which
virtually everybody in Tokio made his
way on foot. The late emperor only
occasionally during his life left the
moated inclosure where his body had
laid in state since August 13. Since
that date on each tenth day, solemn
memorial services and sacrifices to the
spirit of the depart«-d ruler were per
formed.
The casket containing the body lay
in state in the main hall. It had been
decorated according to Shinto rites by
a special corps of ritualists.
The casket measured nearly ten feet
by five and weighe«! one and a half
tons.
The chief ritualist and his assistants
proffered the offerings of sacred food
to the continued accompaniment of
shinto music, after which other offer
ings of red and white cloth inclosed
in willow boxes were made. Prayers
for the dead were recited by the chief
ritualist.
The most solemn act of all follow««!
when the emperor, the empress, the
dowager empress and the princes and
princesses advanced toward the casket
and worshipped the spirit of the de
parted emperor.
A short silence
ensued; the processions were re
formed and the members of the im
perial family retired.
The other members of the assem
blages however, remained to worship
th«' dead emperor's spirit, after which
the Shinto ritualists advanced to the
altar and remov««d the offering to the
sound of sacred music. The screen in
front of the catafalque was lowered by
the chief ritualist and the first cere
mony of th«' funeral was ended.
GOLD BRICK VICTIM SILENT.
Metal ''Cheese” Hidden in Trunk By
Stoical Loser Till Death.
Seattle — A »10.000 gold brick
swindle perpetrated three years ago
on W. R. Marion, a wealthy resident
of South Bend. Wash., who has since
died, was disclosed Saturday when a
cheeee-Hhap«*«! “brick” weighing 100
pounds was declared at the United
States assay office here to be made of
an excellent grade of copper coated
with a thick layer of pure gold.
Marion, who is believed to have
Ixiught the "gold” from a half-bl<x>d
Mexican who visited him three years
ago, evidently discovered that he hail
been swindled, but did not complain,
and th«> operations of th«' confidenc«»
men were brought to light only when
his widow began an investigation of
an apparent $10,00(1 shortage in her
husband* estate.
Eight Amendments Lost. .
Columbus, O.—-Final figures from
87 of the 88 counties in the state just
completed by the secretary of state
show that eight of the 42 amendments
to the rtate constitution voted on at
the special election September 3,
have been defeated.
Among the de-
feated amendments are: Equal suf
frage. $60,000.000 good roads bond
issue, prohibition of outdoor advertis
ing, abolition of th«' death penalty and
the appointment of women to certain
offices. The total vote was less than
550,000, below 50 per cent of normal.
Baldwin Is Renominated.
Hartford, Conn —Governor Baldwin
was renominated without opposition at
the adjourn«*! session of the Demo
cratic state convention. Other officers
and several presidential electors also
were nam«*d and a platform was adopt
ed.
The platform favors direct election
of United States senators, the direct
primary, initiative and referendum
and the "further extension of suffrag«'
to women.”
Log Rates Will Advance.
Astoria, Or. — The local logging
camps have notified their customers
that on October 1, the price of logs
will be advanced $1 a thousand feet
above the grade rates that have been
in force for some time.
The action
follows a similar raise made by the
upper river mills and that became ef
fective on September 1.
DEATH TRIBUTE
TO DEAD RULER
APATHY IN WASHINGTON.
Gavarnor Hay Renominated Without
Opposition—Vote Light.
TIME LIMIT IS
GIVEN MADERO
Seattle — The statewide primaries
were mark«sl by apathy. The Seattle
newspapers ma«!e elaborate arrange
ments to display election returns, but
only a handful of people gathered.
Governor Marion E. Hay, Republican,
was nominated without any real op
Both Commit Suicide in Honor of position.
Failure to Meet Ultimatum of United
In the First, or Seattle congress dis
Japan's Dead Emperor—All Prep
States Will Be Followed By
trict, Representative Will E. Humph
arations Carefully Made.
Immediate Intervention.
rey was similarly renominated. For
congressman-at-large Frank Hammond
Tok io — General Count Marexuke and J. E. Frost are leading in Seattle,
Washington, D. C. —President Taft
Nogi, supreme military councillor of but it is asserted that Hammond will has given President Madero 30 days in
the empire, and his wife, the Countess run behind Henry B. Dewey else which to protect American property
and lives in Mexico. If Madero fails
Nogi, committeed suicide in accord where.
to do this the United States will re
ance with the ancient Japanese cus
For state insurance commissioner, quire that he resign immediately. If
tom, as a final tribute to their depart John H. Schively, against whom a Madero should refuse to resign inter
ed emperor and friend, Mutauhito.
vention will follow speedily.
The death by their own hands of the bitter personal fight was made, ran
This statement was made here
far
behind
State
Senator
H.
O.
Fish-
famous general and his wife was as
Thursday by a high official of the De
back
in
King
county
and
throughout
dramatic as it was sad.
The general
partment of State to Juan Pedro Di
cut his throat with a short sword and the state.
dapp,
representative of the Mexican
On the Democratic side no illumin
the countess committed hara kari.
revolution in Washington.
ative
figures
on
the
governorship
are
Following the Samurai custom, the
The name of the official is withheld,
couple had carefully prepare«! their obtainable, except that King county but full credence is given the state
scattering
returns
show
that
Elmer
C.
plans tor killing themselves and timed
ment here, in view of recent events in
them so that they woul<! be coincident Million, Democrat, is not running so the Mexican situation.
Charles G.
with the departure forever from Tokio I well as was expected.
Don Manuel Calero, Mexican am
Heifner, Democrat, seems to have
of the dead emperor.
bassador here, hurriedly left Washing
won
the
congress
nomination
in
the
(¡eneral Nogi and the countess had
ton last week for Mexico City, bear
attended the funeral services of Mut- First district over Thomas R. Horner. ing a personal message from President
Supreme Justices Ralph O. Dunbar,
suhito at the palace, and it was ex
Taft to President Madero. It is be
pected they would proce«jd to Aoyama Overton G. Ellis and Wallace Mount lieved the message he took from the
were
renominated
unopposed.
with the funeral cortege.
Instead,
For attorney-general, W. V. Tan administration to Madero was of the
however, at the conclusion of the cere
ter.or described.
Diplomats say that
mony at the palace they withdrew to ner, Republican, is renominated al Calero would not have made a person
most
unanimously.
their modest home in Akasaka, a sub
In the first, or Seattle, district, 20 al trip from Washington all the way
urb of Tokio, and there began their
King
county precincts give Heifner, to Mexico City unless the issue was
final preparations for death.
Democrat,
for congress, 204; Horner, extraordinarily urgent.
First, the general wrote a letter to
Developments this week showing
his new emperor, Yoshihito, which la 96. Heifner’s nomination is conceded. the strong exertions of the Madero
Eighteen
precincts
in
King
county
ter was found beside the body. Then
administration to get troops to North
he draped in mourning a portrait on for congressman-at-large give Frost ern Mexico to protect American in
211,
Hammond
161.
Returns
from
the wall of the late emperor, and af
terests, which quickly followed Cal
terward he and his wife dressed them various parts of the state indicate the ero's arrival in Mexico City, also lend
nomination
of
Frost
for
one
of
the
selves in full Japanese costume and
weight to the reported threat of the
drank a farewell cup of sake from two seats.
United States.
There
was
only
one
Socialist
ca«»-
cups which had been presented to
Officials at the State department
didate for each office.
them by Mutauhito.
were reticent when questioned con
The
Socialist
ticket,
headed
by
Miss
Darkness had fallen and General
cerning this development in the Mex
Nogi and the countess sat and awaited Anna Maley, for governor, was nom ican situation. It was intimated that
inated
by
a
mail
referendum
two
the signal they had agreed upon to an
the administration intends to force
nounce their leave-taking.
This was months ago. but under the state law Madero to protect foreign interests in
the
candidates
were
obliged
to
go
on
the booming of a single gun in the
the republic, but none would discuss
palace grounds at Tokio, which was to the primary ballot.
the report that this government plans
let the people know that the body of
to compel the Mexican president to re
REBELS WELL FED.
the emperor was starting on the fun
sign if he fails to get a better grasp
eral car for its last resting place.
on affairs along the Rio Grande.
As the boom of the gun resounded Salazar's Men Live Off Ranchers As
through the clear, still night. General
They Travel.
EMERGENCY VESSEL READY,
Nogi arose, and, grasping in his hand
Douglas, Ariz.—With his 400 fol
a short sword, plunged it into his lowers living on the 'fat of the land,
Three Troopships at Fort Mason
throat, while the countess stabbed Inez Salazar, the rebel general, is
Have Steamed Up for Rush Trip.
herself through the body. A student moving slowly to the west along the
who resided in the Nogi home heard international boundary. He is closely
San Francisco—For the past few
the fall of the bodies and rushed into watch«?d by United States cavalrymen, days there has been unusual activity
the room.
who are following the rebel move on board the army transports Crook
ments
from the American side of the and Buford, which, with the troopship
JAPAN PAYS TRIBUTE.
Sheridan, are tied up at the transport
line.
Salazar and his men remain at a docks at Fort Mason. There is steam
Young Emperor Reads Address of ranch until all the choicest cattle and up in all three ships and they would
Lamentation at Funeral.
provisions are consumed and then be ready for sea in an hour, should the
move
a few miles west.
They are Mexican situation require the sending
Aoyama—Both the emperor and the
slowly
nearing
Augua
Prieta,
the of troops South.
people of Japan paid homage to the
While the authorities in charge of
memory of Emperor Mutauhito at the Mexican town just opposite Douglas. the transports deny any authorization
At last reports to United States
funeral hall at Aoyama.
to arrange for movements of troops
In front of the great casket the army officers here, Salazar's command toward the Mexican border, the fact
camped
on
the
Mescal
ranch,
25
miles
young emperor read an address of
remains that the transports are ready
lamentation, in which he referred to east of Augua Prieta, where the fed for any emergency.
the events in the life of his great eral garrison was strengthened by the
father. Then in behalf of the people arrival of 100 soldiers from the South.
Gold Ship May Be Raised.
of Japan, the premier, Marquis Saion- This makes the garrison number 300
Ellensburg,
Wash.—“Uncle Joe”
men,
but
Salazar
’
s
force
may
be
ji, delivered a patriotic address and
was followe«! by the minister of the strengthened at any time by the many Morrell, of Ellensburg, sole remaining
household, who spoke for the dead em groups of from 200 to 400 rebels survivor of the ship Golden Gate,
peror’s attendants.
The hall was operating in the vicinity.
which burned and sank off Manzanillo,
crowded with thousands of high digni
Mexico, in 1864 with more than $2,-
RELICS
ARE
SAVED.
taries, among whom were sprinkled a
000,000 in California gold on board,
considerable number of foreigners.
has received a letter from a San Fran
When the great procession accom General Sickles Not Forced to Part cisco syndicate asking certain details
With War Trophies.
panying the body from the imperial
of the wreck and bearings of the spot
palace in Tokio arrived at the en
Morrell is
New York—General Daniel E. Sick where the ship sank.
trance to the grounds of the palace at les will not be obliged to part with his promised a liberal share of the
Aoyama, ten huge gas lanterns were relics of the Civil war. which were to gold in return for his information,
lighted.
Ritualists then arranged have been sold at auction to satisfy a should the expedition prove success
white curtains at the back and side of judgment of $*200 held by the Lincoln ful.
the bier and a half-drawn blind in Trust company. Daniel P. Hayes, the
front. While the preparations were general’s lawyer,
Turks Capture Airship.
announced that
in progress the emperor and the other money to satisfy the judgment had
Tripoli—The Turks, who on several
members of the imperial family wait- besn raised and that the case would be occasions have tried vainly to smuggle
ed in a resting room.
into Tripoli an areoplane for scouting
settled.
The ritualistic ceremonies then be
The relics included commissions of purposes, are at last in possession of
gan, the chief ritualist reciting a the general, many of them signed by a machine through a mishap of Cap
prayer, which was followed by a Abraham Lincoln, medals won by the tain Moizo, of the Italian army. Cap
mournful Shinto hymn, chanted to the eeneral in the war and at Gettysburg, tain Moizo was making a flight from
accompaniment of sacred instruments where he lost his leg, letters from Zouara to Tripoli when the motor of
men prominent in the affairs of the his machine stopped and he was
Sulphur Cargo on Fire,
Union and swords used in famous bat obliged to descend in a hostile coun
try. He was promptly captured and
San Francisco — Fire which broke tles.
the aeroplane appropriated.
out suddenly in the hold of the Brit
Valley Crops One-Half In.
ish steamer Fitzclarence at the Green
Auto Freight Protested.
Salem, Or. — The continued bad
street wharf, threatens to destroy
Washington. D. C. — The existing
1000 tons of Japanese sulphur in her weather has damaged grain in the
cargo. The Fitzclarence. Captain J. shock about 10 per cent.
Hops have freight rate of $7 a hundred pounds on
H. Blair. arriv«>d with coal for this molded considerable, and possibly automobiles, in less than carloads,
port and sulphur for Portland, Or., there will be loss of 15 per cent. The from New York and other Eastern
from Muroran, Japan. If the sulphur ' prunes are undamaged, with only a points to Pacific Coast terminals was
is destroyed th«> loss will be between fair crop on the trees, as the frost attacked before the Interstate Com
The charge for
$40,000 and $50,000.
Water from caught some of them early in the merce commission.
live tugs anti several fire engines was spring. The foregoing refers only to other self-propelling vehicles, less
loads, is $4.50 a hundred.
turned into the hold without appreci the unharvested portion of the crops. than
able effect.
At least one-half of hops are harvest Demana is male that the roads reduce
ed, and grain one-half in the bin, and the rate on automobiles to $4.50.
'Mikado' Given Up for Day.
we think more.
Barley is off color,
Butterfly Farm Pavs.
I«ondon—At the suggestion of the and will not be used for brewing.
Truckee, Cal. — Miss Ximena Mc-
Lord Chamberlain, the opera "Mik
Glashan, of Truckee, is a butterfly
Rain Increases Potato Crop
ado” was not played at any theater
in Great Britain Saturday, the day of
Cornelius, Or.—The following fig farmer and is making money at it. In
the Japanese emperor’s funeral.
Im ures are as near as it is possible to the past six weeks she has propagated
mediately after the colors were hoist judge at present: Potatoes, bumper and sold 6200 mounted butterflies, for
ed at the mastheads of the British war crop, increased by rain probably 10 which she received $310, or 5 cents
ships in home and foreign waters they per cent; wheat, average crop, dam apiece, which amounts to more than
were half-masted in memory of the aged by rain probably 10 per cent: $50 a week.
late emperor. The (lags over the gov oats, average crop, one-half damaged
’Great French Army Out.
ernment offices and on many business by rain, one-half not damaged; hay,
houses likewise were lowered.
Paris — The most imposing and ex
average crop, damage for entire sea
son, 35 per cent; hops, heavy crop, tensive French army maneuvers in
Ncero Is Made M;-|jr.
damaged at present 10 per cent. The years opened in Touraine and Poitu,
Washington. D.’C.—Captain (’Earles potato crop is the largest known.
when 120,000 soldiers and 50 aero
Young, of the Ninth United States
planes and two dirigible balloons took
Famine Threatened In Siam,
cavalry, the only negro army officer
the field for a week of mimic warfare.
graduated from West Point, has been
Eugene, Or.—A letter from C. A.
Horse Plague Spreading.
promoted to the rank of major. It is Steele, a newspaperman at Bangkok,
said no other negro has attained that Siam, says that there is grave danger
Council Bluffs — The horse plague
rank in the regular army. Young is of a famine in that country. There has crossed the Missouri river and
now military attache to'Liberia, and has been little rain fall for two years, several animals have died near Shan-
is organizing the army of that repub- and the exportation of rice has prac andoah, Clarinda and Pacific Junction,
I in Page and Milla counties, Iowa.
tically ceased.
General Nogi and Wife Die True
to Ancient Custom.
Must Protect Americans and
Property or Resign.