The news=record., April 28, 1909, Wednesday Edition, Image 2

EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from AH
Parts of tbe World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Western railroads are growing tired
of Harriman's dictation.
Los Angeles is preparing a welcome
for the Japanese training fleet.
Persia has sent troops to Tabriz at
the request of the United States.
CaBtro continues to rave at the pow
ers for doing the bidding of the United
Statees.
Cionitinued use of dynamite is en
larging the opening in the ice jam at
Niagara.
Porctland is to be headquarters for
Northwestern construction on the Har
riman lines.
A young man in Illinois who is heir
to $125,000 has re-enlisted for four
years' service in the army.
An electric line is being projected
from Portland to Butte, to go through
Central Oregon and Baker City.
H. W. Scott has declined the presi
dent's offer as ambassador to Mexico.
Business will not allow it, he says.
Sultan Abdul Hamid, the central fig
ure in the Turkish trouble, was born
in 1842 and became sultan in 1876.
A big irrigation project has been
launched in Colorado which will reclaim
100,, 000 acres of land and cost $2,850,
000. Ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is
dead.
P. F. Collier, publisher of Collier's
Weekly, dropped dead from apoplexy.
It is estimated that Patten has made
a million and a half in his reeent wheat
deals.
Modjeska's estate had dwindled until
but $5,000 remained at the time of her
death.
The United States has called upon
Great Britain and Russia to protect
missionaries in Turkey.
Ex-Governor Taylor and several
others accused of the Goebet murder in
Kentucky have been pardoned.
A violent earthquake at Lisbon
caused a panic. Many fires broke out
but no persons lost their lives.
A bill has been introduced in the
Illinois legislature to limit the size of
women's hats to one cubic foot arid
bars snakes, birds and other stuffed
animals.
One of the Ladd farms in Portland
has been sold and will be thrown open
for homes. There are 462 acres in the
tract and it brought $2,000,000.
According to the secretary of the
Kansas state board of agriculture,
there is a decrease of 400,000 acres of
twheat in that state, compared with
last year.
American women in Asiatic Turkey
re in danger.
Rates are being cut on many of the
trans-Atlantic liners.
Prairie fires in Texas have burned
over 800,000 acres and the loss exceeds
$50,000. '
Berlin has inaugurated a system of
opening a bank account of one mark
for each child when born.
The American Newspaper 'Publish
ers' association has asked the senate
to reduce the duty on paper.
Big hats and lofty pompadours have
been censured at the University of
Chicago for scientific reasons.
In a magazine article written before
his inauguration and just published,
President Taft defends the lock type
canal.
It is believed that Secretary Ballin
ger will grant rights of way for both
roads to build up the Deschutes, but
they will have to begin work immedi
ately.
The pope is opposed to woman suf
frage.
Roosevelt has arrived at Mombasa,
Africa.
The Canadian Northern railroad will
spend an average of $1,000,000 a month
for the rest of this year in construc
tion work. Much of the work will be
west of the Rocky mountains.
European powers favor intervention
in Persia.
A tornado in Texas killed two people
and did much damage to property.
Much trouble is being had to secure
ft jury to try Captain Peter C Hains.
An epidemio of disease may result
from the blocking of Niagara river
by ice.
Carnegie predicts a British-German
war and urges Taft to act as peace
maker. Mrs. Boyle, the woman in the Whit
la kidnaping case, has been identified
as Helen McDermott, of Chicago.
An army officer forced William D.
Haywood, president of the Western
Federation of Miners, to apologise for
an insult to the flag.
Massacres were stopped in Asia
Minor after 400 were killed.
LIVE STOCK SHOW.
Largest West of Mississippi to Be
Held at Seattle This Year.
Sheds and paddocks covering a vast
area on the grounds of the Alaska-
Yukon-Pacific exposition are in the
course of construction for the live
stock show, which is to be the largest
ever held west of the Mississippi river.
F. A. Welch, who has the show in
charge, is assured of many fine exhibits
of live stock from every part of the
country. The Shorthrorn cattle show
alone will be one of the greatest ever
held in the United States.
John W. Groves, secretary of the
American Shorthorn Breeders' associa
tion, of Chicago, has notifiied the expo
sition live stock department that the
executive committee appropriated $2,
500 in cash for special premiums to be
competed for by exhibitors of Shorthorn
cattle.
Cups, cash and medals to the value
of $10,000 have been furnished by the
several breeders' associations in the
United States representing every breed
of live stock, to encourage exhibitors
at the exposition this year. This is in
addition to the classifications offered
by the fair and taken altogether makes
a very attractive list of prizes.
POLICE AT BARGAIN RIOT.
Three Thousand'JNew York Women
in Rush for Cheap Goods.
New York, April 26. Upwards of
3,000 women Saturday engaged in one
of the fiercest bargain riots at Broad
way and Suydan streets, Williamsburg,
that the Brooklyn police have ever
been called upon to quell. The trouble
was caused by liberally advertised sales
by rival five and ten-cent stores, locat
ed within a few doors of each other.
These sales were advertised to begin
at 8:30 o'clock, but long before 7
o'clock women began to arrive and
crowd about the unopened stores.
Women from every quarter of Williams
burg arrived to swell the crowd. When
the doors opened at the designated
hour, according to the reckoning of the
police, more than 3,000 were packed
into Broadway. With a rush they
forced their way into the stores.
So great was the crush from those
who were struggling to be among the
first to gain admission, that scores of
women fell in a faint and were tram
pled by women who followed. Police
reserves were called out to quell the
riot. Mounted men rode through the
crowd, and by using their clubs were
finally able to force the women back.
SULTAN GIVES UP.
Garrison Surrenders to Young Turk
Army After Fight.
Constantinople, April 26. The Yil
diz garrison surrendered yesterday to
the Constitutionalists.
The commanders of these battalions
began sending notices of their submis
sion to Mahamoud Schef ket Pasha Sat
urday night,, and the troops protecting
the palace gave their formal and uncon
ditional surrender shortly after dawn.
Sultan Abdul Hamid has been per
mitted to remain within the Yil
diz Kiosk, where in company with his
ministers he heard the story of the
struggle between his loyal troops and
the army of investment, each hour
bringing word of a fresh disaster.
It has been stated, since victory
rested with the Constitutionalists, that
the sultan himself gave orders to his
men not to resist. Whether or not
this is true, it can be safely said of
the troops within the capital that they
put up a stubborn resistance at all
points and the losses on both sides are
exceedingly heavy for the length of
time the engagement was in progress.
Nearly $1,000,000 In Gold.
Sacramento, Cal., April 26. Gold
piled up in one large pyramid on the
floor of State Treasurer Williams'
office today represented payments to
the state by four railroad companies,
There were $949,406 in the pile and it
weighed nearly two tons. The Pull
man Car company is likely to be the
only transportation company delin
quent. It has refused to pay its taxes
for two years now and owes the state
$60,291. It denies the right of the
state to tax it and is fighting in the
courts.
Smith to Leave Islands.
Washington, April 26 Governor
General James F. Smith, of the Philip
pines, expects to leave Manila May 8
for Yokohama, where he will embark
on the steamship Minnesota for the
United States. He has been granted a
six months' leave of absence. General
Smith has indicated that he did not
desire to resume his work in the Phil
ippines. For some time rumors have
been current that President Taft might
appoint W. Cameron Forbes, the vice
governor, to the governorship.
Powers Casts Off Alias.
Pittsburg, April 26. John Power?,
one of the men pardoned by Governor
Wilson, of Kentucky, in connection
with the murder of Governor Goebel
ft id a brother of Caleb Powers, is not
in Honduras, as was supposed. He is
I ving in Kittanning, Pa., where he is
I I charge of a business college. When
Powers learned of his pardon this morn
ing, he let his identity be known. He
has been known here as Professor J.
W. Christie.
Watars-Piercs Pays Fins.
Austin, Tex., April 26. The Waters
Pierce Oil company Saturday paid
probably the largest fine ever paid by
a corporation, nearly $2,000,000. The
payment ends the litigation of the
tats of Texas against the oil company,
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NO MONEY YET.
ncrease in Agricultural College Funds
Not Available Till I9IO.
Salem It has 'developed here that
the increase in the annual appropria
tion for the Oregon Agricultural col
lege does not take effect until January,
iiu, and that the supposed appropria
tion for the institution is diminished
to the amount of $30,000. The legis
lature amended the annual appropria
tion, increasing it from $50,000 to
$80,000 a year, and it has been suppos
ed all along that it would be effective
for the current year. President Weath
erford and Regents W. W. Cotton and
H. Ackerman have had an interview
with the attorney general, and that
official has held that no funds provided
for in the increase can be drawn until
1910. It is stated by the regent's com
mittee that the discovery is a disap
pointment to the institution, where, on
account of the great increase " in the
number of students, the funds are bad
ly needed.
SCHOOL LAWS ARE PRINTED.
Ten Thousand Copies Ready for Dis
tribution in State.
Salem Ten thousand and eighty
copies of the school laws of Oregon,
publication of which was authorized by
the recent regular session of the legis
lature, will be completed by the state
printer and ready for distribution from
the office of the state superintendent
of public instruction in a few days.
The edition is large enough to sup
ply each school district in the state
with four copies, each chartered educa
tional institution five copies, each
member of the legislature with one
copy, besides taking care of the librar
ies, public officials who have heed of
the pamphlet, etc. The laws probably
will be ready for distribution about
May 1.
Estate Left to School.
Salem Judge P. H. d'Arcy has filed
with the County court his final account
as executor of the estate of Joseph
Dignam, a pioneer resident of Salem
who died year ago. Dignam be
queathed his entire estate, the savings
of years, to the Sacred Heart academy,
a local Catholic educational institution.
The eBtate netted the school $12,292.
Dignam, who was a spinner, was em
ployed for many years by the Willam
ette Manufacturing company, one of
the first woolen mills concerns west of
the Rocky mountains.
Big Money in Potatoes.
Klamath Falls That Klamath coun
ty is the "place where things grow" is
particularly emphasized in the potato
line. Elmer Applegate has a 17-acre
tract south of the city, a large portion
of which will be planted to potatoes
this year. Last year Mr. Applegate
made on an average of $400 an acre on
his potato crop. This was after de
ducting all expenses and allowing for
labor. His entire acreage averaged
over 300 bushels to the acre.
Central Begins Survey,
La Grande The Central Railway of
Oregon, recently purchased in a bank
ruptcy sale by Eastern capitalists, has
commenced to run a preliminary sur
vey from Hunt Siding, near Cove,
across the Grand Ronde valley to La
Grande. It is said on good authority
that after striking the right of way
to La Grande activities will be re
sumed again in extending the survey
across the Blue mountains to Pendle
ton and eventually to Walla Walla.
Swift Plant at Medford.
Medford Swift & Co. are to estab
lish a warehouse in Medford, and the
actual work of construction will begin
within the next three weeks. The
company has leased railroad land, and
it is on this they will place the build
Ing, which is to be 100x180 feet in
size. Medford will be the distributing
point for all Southern Oregon of the
Swift wares.
Lumber Scarce at Klamath.
Klamath Falls On account of the
great demand for lumber for building
purposes during the winter, the Kla
math Falls yards have become about
exhausted. There is not over 1,000,
000 feet of lumber in the city and this
is of the common grades. Nearly half
was sawed for box lumber and will be
manufactured for that purpose.
Horse Show for Elgin.
Elgin Elgin is making preparations
for its annual horse show, to be held
May 15. This event has grown in fa
vor and has done much toward improv
ing its grade of horses. E. W. Mack.
the new druggist here, has closed a
deal for 160 acres of stump land five
miles north of Elgin, which he intends
setting to orchard this fall.
New Mill for Forest Grove.
Forest Grove Work on the new
planing mill which is to be operated
here by Loynes & Moore, who recently
came here from ' Langdon, N. D., is
progressing rapidly. The machinery
has arrived and is ready to be installed.
Date for Hearing is Set.
Salem The Railroad commission
has set for hearing on May 11, at 11
A. M., at Salem, the matter of double
deck chutes on stock cars. The inves
tigation affects all lines in Oregon.
Coos Bay Port Istus Wins.
Marshfield By an overwhelming
majority, Coos bay towns have approv
ed the legislative enactment providing
for a port commission.
DITCH PROJECT BLOCKED.
Private Interests Interrupt Govern
ment in Malheur County. .
Ontario After spending several
months in reviving the Malheur irriga
tion project, it now looks as if the gov
ernment project will again receive a
setback as a result of the activity of
prcivate irrigation companies.
The people around Nyssa and those
living up the Owyhee valley are back
of the private companies, because they
claim that the ditch will go 30 feet
higher and can be completed sooner
than the government ditch.. The peo
ple of these localities have sent peti
tions and delegations to Washington
asking the reclamation department to
defer action on that portion of the Mal
heur project which takes in their land.
The Clinton-Hurt interests, of Boise,
are the private, corporations that are
back of this new movement, and they
are trying to interest the people that
put in the Twin Falls project.
Similar complications in the Ox Bow
country and the balking of the road
land companies stopped government
work four years ago. The private cor
porations are backed by C. E. S. Wood
and other interests besides the people
of the Nyssa and Owyhee distrits.
Yakiman Buys Oregon Sheep.
Baker City One of the largest sheep
deals in this part of Oregon this season
was closed recently when A. Wright, a
sheep buyer of North Yakima, pur
chased 6.600 wethers at a price of
about $25,000. Another deal is pend
ing which, if closed, will give the Yak
ima buyers over 10,000 more sheep.
The band purchased by Mr. Wright is
one of the best bands in Eastern Ore
gon, and was owned by Lee Brothers,
of this city.
Big Stock Farm Sold.
Fossil Connelly's stock farm, near
Burnt Ranch, Wheeler county, has just
been sold to Charles Hutchins, of Nez
Perce, Idaho. It consists of 2,660
acres, of which about 500 acres are al
falfa land; $30,000 worth of sheep.
cattle and horses, and exclusive water
rights. The ranch is located 25 miles
southeast of Shaniko, one of the prin
cipal wool markets in Oregon. The
new owner has already taken posses
sion.
Elgin Loses Wool Sales.
Pendleton Elgin will have no wool
sales dates this season, the date set for
that city having been cancelled by the
executive committee of the State Wool
growers' association and the date of
July 6 given to Enterprise. . The build
ing of the Wallowa railroad, making
unnecessary the freighting of wool to
Elgin, is responsible for the change.
Baker Horse Show May I.
Baker City Baker county's annual
horse show will take place in Baker
City May 1. The Baker City Concert
band will furnish music. Prizes will
be offered for the best single and dou
ble teams, and there will be parades
and other features.
Wool Sells for 14 Cents.
Pendleton A phenomenal wool sale
is reported from Arlington, Pat Farley
having sold for 14 cents 18,000 pounds,
for which last year for a like amount
he was paid only 5 cents. Difference
in quality due to climatic conditions is
largely responsible.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestm milling, $1.27
1.20; club, $1.201.22.
Oats No. 1 white, $4041 per ton.
Barley Feed, $34(5)35 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$141.6 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $17
(!,19; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $14
14.60; grain hay, $13(ffil4; cheat, $14
14.60; vetch, $13.5014.
Apples 65c$2.60 box.
. Potatoes $1.401.60 per hundred;
sweets, 23c pound.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack ;
carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75; horseradish, 10c per pound.;
artichokes, 6585c dozen; asparagus,
Oregon, 7580c per dozen; cabbage,
44sC pound; lettuce, head, 85c doz
en; onions 40(u50c dozen; parsley, 35c
dozen; radishes, 35c dozen; rhubarb,
2 3 (a 4c pound; spinach, 6c
Butter City creamery, extras, 27Jtf
(if!29c; fancy outside creamery, 25
29c; store, 820c Butter fat prices
average ift cents per pound under reg
ular butter prices.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 22 Kc dozen.
Poultry Hens, 16)17c; broilers,
25c; fryers, 18(2f22c; roosters, old,
10(fi!llc; young, 14(i16c; ducks, 20
22c; geese, 10($llc; turkeys, 20c;
squabs, $2.50ftr3 dozen.
Veal Extras. 10c; ordinary, 8J
9c; heavy, 7(r8c.
Pork Fancy, 9K10c; large, 89c,
Hops 1909 contract, 9c; 1908 crop,
66&e; 1907 crop, 3c; 1906 crop.
lc.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1318c;
va'iley, fine, 19Xc; medium, 18c;
coarse, 17c; mohair, choice, 23 (a 24c.
Cattle Topsteers,$5.255.60; fair
to good, $4.755; common to medium,
$3.25((i4.50; cows, top, $4.25; fair to
good, $3.604; common to medium.
$2.603.50; calves, top, $55.50;
heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags, fat,
$3(i3.50; common, Z(aZ.75.
Hogs Best, $7.257.60; fair to
good, $6.75(7; stackers, $5.50.6.50;
China fata, $6. 75.
Sheep Top wethers, $55.75; fair
to good. $4.50(i4.75; ewes, &c less on
all grades; yearlings, top, $6.50V7;
fair to good, $6(&6.25; spring lambs,
$7jE7.60.
SULTAN AWAITS TROOPS.
Turkish Capital Ready to Fall Feet at
of Army.
Constantinople, April 21. Sultan
Abdul Hamid is awaiting in his palace
for whatever may befall. His grand
vizier, Tewfik Paiha, has announced
that, without fear, the sultan will re
main with his family and accept re
signedly the fate prepared for him and
his country.
Tewfik Pasha and the minister of
war, Edhem Pasha, who sent their res
ignations last night, decided to with
draw them today, and the grand vizier
is passing most of the time with the
sultan.
Nazim Pasha is still in command of
the garrison, but no preparations have
been made to resist the advance of the
Salonica troops. The Constitutionalist
lines now envelop the city, but the
commander in chief, General Husni
Pasha, is still at Hademoki and it is
not likely that the invaders will enter
the city before tomorrow night or the
following day.
It is understood that the Salonicans
have submitted to the government a
list of persons whose punishment is de
manded for complicity in the recent
mutiny. This list includes deputies
and journalists. But apparently there
is the utmost good feeling between the
invaders and the residents of the city,
many of whom visited the campB of the
Salonica troops today and were receiv
ed hospitably.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC LARGE.
Thousands Will Seek Homes on Pa
cific Coast.
Chicago, April 21. Officials of the
North Pacific coast roads expect an un
usually large passenger traffic to that
country during the coming summer.
It will not be created wholly by the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair, though that
will be a great drawing card. There
will also be a vast volume of travel
brought about by the large number of
persons going to the coast with the
intention of becoming permanent
settlers in the Northwestern country.
I be business depression which has
been keenly felt in all the industrial
and commercial centers of the East
has caused a great many people to seek
out pastures new as the fields for their
future exertions, and large numbers of
these have come to look upon the Pa
cific Northwest coast country as offer
ing them the greatest inducement of
making their future homes there.
Already inquiries are being made of
the railroads in great numbers as to
facilities for transportation and reser
vations are being made for sleeping car
and other accommodations away in ad
vance of anything believed to be possi
ble a short time ago.
JURY PROBES SMUGGLING.
Federal Body Takes Action in New
York Gown Importations.
New York, April 21. Further inves
tigation of the systematic smuggling
of Paris gowns into this port led the
customs officials to declare that the
syndicate probably had smuggled in
$1,000,000 worth of goods each year
lor the last 10 years, thus defrauding
tne government out of $600,000 an
nually in customs duties.
Efforts to avoid criminal prosecution
and to shield from publicity the prom
inent women for whom the $55,000
worth of gowns recently seized were
intended resulted in the offer by repu
table attorneys representing anonymous
clients of $260,000 to the government
to drop the investigation.
The Federal grand jury is investi
gating the case, and it is intimated the
identity of the smugglers will be re
vealed.
Colima Pours Out Lava.
Mexico City, April 21. A severe
eruption oi tne uuma volcano, follow
ed by an earthquake shock, has spread
terror and confusion amnnc tha inhnhi.
tants of nearby towns, a number of
wnom aesertea tneir homes, and fled to
points outside the affected zone. The
eruption began at 6:10 o'clock yester
day morning. It covered a wide area
with ashes and lava, and subsided at
nightfall. Just as confidence was be
ing restored, the resrion was iih&ken hv
ft violent explosion, and the populace
once more was tnrown into a panic.
Reopen Over Million Acres.
Washington, April 23. The Taft ad
ministration is not going as far as the
past administration in tying up public
lanas, in furtherance of the conserva
tive policy. It leaked out today for
the first time that during the close of
Garfield's term in the Interior depart
ment several million acres of land were
withdrawn from entry in order to "con
serve stream flow." This administra
tion has ordered restoration to entry of
i.uv.vzo acres ox tnis land.
Castro's Wife Goes Back.
Colon. Aoril 12. The h tea mnr C.nnA
alupe came into port today from Port
Limon, Costa Rica and sailed this
afternoon for France via "Venezuela.
Anion? her D&asenirera rn Ssnnra r-as
tro, wife of the ex-president of Vene
zuela, who is returning to Europe to
join her husband. She could have
landed here or in Costa Rica, but
elected to proceed to France.
Steams 29 Knots an Hour.
Liverpool, April 21. The Maure
tania, which arrived from New York
today, concluded the last portion of her
trip, about 200 miles, at ft speed of 29
knots, ft feat never before accomplished
by an ocean liner.
ICE THREATENS RUIN
Piled Mountain High Around Ni
agara and No Relief.
EYEN WHIRLPOOL IS FROZEN UP
Great River Carries Torrents of Ics
From Lake Erie and Piles it
in Immense Ridges.
Niagara Falls, April 22. Vast areas
of angry water and mountains of ice,
backed up by the gorge in Niagara
river, threaten to cut a new channel
and destroy one side, at least; of the
famous falls, one of the chief wonders
of the'world. The famous spidery sus
pension bridge, once the highest and
longest in the world, and admittedly
one of the most famous engineering
projects, is in imminent danger of
destruction.
At Niagara-on-the-Lake the river is
18 feet above the normal level, and is
still rising.
The gorge road which skirts the
American shore is almost obliterated.
The great whirlpool, which has never
in the memory of the white man sub
mitted to the will of the ice, is lost to
view under the pack, which at that
point spans the stream, and every min
ute the covering of ice is becoming
thicker.
The pressure of the on-rush from
Lake Erie has piled the far stretches
in great concentric ridges, some of
them rising to a height of 50 feet. It
is possible with the aid of a plank to
cross the pool from shore to shore.
' TEN THOUSAND DIE.
Butchery in Syria Reaches Appalling
Degree and Craze Spreads.
Constantinopple, April 22. Massa-.
cres that started last week in Adana
have spread along the Syrian coast and
towara tne interior as far as the vila
yet of Aleppo, and fanaticism has led
to wholesale butchery throughout this
entire district. It is conservatively
estimated that over 10,000 have been
slain, the majority of this number be
ing women and children, who have been
slaughtered in droves.
Religious uprisings have broken out
in Antioch and Birejik, and foreigners
have taken refuge in the British con
sulates. Fifty men from the British
warship Diana have been landed at Al
ex andrett a, but their distance from the
scene of the latest outbreaks seems to -have
no effect in stopping the ravages
of the religion-crazed slayers.
The situation at Alexandretta is crit
ical. Panic everywhere prevails.
Thousands of refugees are crowding
the city, which is patrolled by marines
from the British cruiser Diana..
GALE KILLS AND MAIMS.
Ohio Lakefront Swept by a Sudden
Five-Minute Blow.
Cleveland, April 2. Three persons
were killed, six perhaps fatally hurt,
at least 60 less seriously injured and
$1,000,000 worth of property destroyed
in a tornado that swept through Cleve
land and Northern Ohio yesterday.
The storm arose suddenly and lasted
just five minutes. At 12:30 the sun
was shining brightly. At 12:33 the
city was dark. From the northeast of
the lake came a 66-mile gale and heavy
rain. People were blown off their feet
and hurled against buildings in many
places, to be struck down by bricks
and timbers that filled the air.
Roofs were lifted off houses, walls
hurled down, strongly-braced smoke
stacks picked up and chimneys demol
ished. Twelve school buildings were
damaged. Many pupils had remark
able escapes, but none were seriously
hurt. Firemen and policemen turned
out to assist the people whose homes
had been wrecked. So seriouly was
the telephone service crippled that it
was impossible to get connection with
either the police or fire headquarters.
Merger Suit in Court.
San Francisco, April 22. Suit
against the Union Pacific and the South
ern Pacific companies has been entered
in the United States Circuit court for
the Northern district of California for ,
the purpose of dissolving the financial
relations of the two railroads. The
suit was brought originally in Utah,
where the lines of the two roads form
a junction, and bearings have been held
in nearly every large city of the United
States when the two roads own physi
cal property, have headquarters or
freight agencies.
Russia Must Soon Intervene.
St Petersburg, April 22. The situ
ation in Persia engrosses the attention
of the Russian foreign office, the Turk
ish crisis assuming a position of sec
ondary importance. In spite of the
prompt compliance by the shah with
Russia's ultimatum that a six-day arm
istice must be declared at Pabrix for
the purpose of providing food for ths
fereingners and noncombatants, it is
f It that intervention in Persia cannot
bng be postponed. '
Snow on Western Prairies.
Denver, April 22. Nearly two inch
es of snow fell in Denver last night and
more iss predicted for tonight and to-
morrow. This is the eighth day in
April on which snow has fallen. Snow
is also reported south and west in ths
stats and fruitgrowers are building
smudges to protect the fruit trees from
damage by frost