EVENTS JFTHE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Farts of tbe World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Troops are said to be plotting a new
outbreak at Adana, Turkey.
A Chicago society girl who married
Filipino is said to be hypnotized.
Attempts to resume service on the
Georgia railroad have resulted in riots.
Philadelphia streetcar men have
gone on strike for more pay and regu
lar hours.
During a fight with Moro bandits
two soldiers were killed and a third
fatally hurt.
Girls at the House of Good Shepherd,
Los Angeles, started a disturbance and
were taken to jail.
Four armed men entered a Seattle
aveneue, New York, restaurant and
held up 20 customers and made their
escape.
The men arreBted at Omaha have
been positively identified as the Union
Pacific train robbers and may also be
the Spokane train robbers.
The Northern Pacific and Harriman
lines are both rushing preliminary
work on lines from Missoula through
Lolo pass into the Clearwater, Idaho,
country.
The Presbyterian General assembly
has rejected the pension scheme for
aged ministers and says they should
receive sufficient salary that pensions
would not be needed.
So far Roosevelt has secured 86 ani
mals of 22 different varieties.
The Illinois house has voted to do
away with capital punishment
The National Negro American league
denounces Taft's Southern policy.
An assassin attempted to kill the
Chinese grand counsellor at Pekin.
People of the Eastern states can see
the new comet with the naked eye.
A Walla Walla Chinaman tried to
propose to a Spokane Japanese girl by
phone.
The strike on the Georgia railroad
has been broken and trains are again
running.
" The Isthmian canal commission has
just called for bids on 10,000,000
poundB of dynamite.
The Presbyterian general assembly
has approved a ruling that members
abstain from the use of tobacco.
Pasadena, Cal., has won its suit
against the Sunset Telephone company
and every cable Into the city has been
cut.
The North German Lloyd passenger
steamer PrinceBs Alicia grounded while
entering New York harbor. It will be
necessary to move the cargo.
A Norwegian has invented a process
of writing by wireless.
An Indianapolis man shot and killed
his wife, mistaking her for a burglar,
British Premier Asqulth refuses to
tell whether American naval building
influences the British policy.
Military authorities are considering
the removal of Abdul Hamid to one of
the slands in the Mediterranean. .
Records of Los Angeles county, Cal.
how that for every four marriages
since January 1 a divorce has been
granted.
A storm off the coast of Bilboa,
Spain, sank over 60 fishing vessels and
it is estimated that no less than 100
fishermen were lost.
James A. Moffat, a director of the
Standard Oil company, will assume the
vice presidency made vacant by the
death of H. H. Rogers.
While the outlook is discouraging In
some sections, , the general conditions
indicate the best wheat crop for the
Norrthwest in ten yxears.
Chicago will not have President Taft
lay the cornerstone of the new city
hall. It will coat $5,000 and the coun
cil feels it cannot afford the expense.
C. S. Cameron, convicted of offering
a bribe to a Pittsburg councilman, has
been sent to prison for two years.
A Georgia negro has been lynched
for wounding a white man.
Franca is alarmed lest American
competition kill the lace industry.
Two Americans confined in a Mexi
can prison for murder have been liber
ated.
Tennessee lynchers are to be pun
ished for contempt of the Federal Su
preme court
Heney has called on United Railway
employes to testify against Calhoun.
Numerous earthquake shocks have
been felt near Oaxaca, Mexico,
serious shock is feared.
Astronomers in the East have dis
covered a huge comet which is visible
in the early morning hours.
Wheat corn and oats have taken an
other advance at Chicago, causing great
excitement All made new high rec
ords.
GREAT FAIR IS READY.
President Taft Will Press Solid Gold
Key at Noon June I.
Seattle, Wash., May 31. When
President W. H. Taft presses the gol
den key in the White House at noon,
Pacific Coast time, June 1, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition will be
opened, complete in every detail.
Officers of the fair have made good
their promise of preparedness on open
ing day and during the last week there
has been a rush night and day to have
the exhibits in order. The finishing
touches were put on the grounds early
this week.
President Taft will use a telegraph
er's key, made from the first gold
taken from the Klondike, and set with
the identical nuggets taken out by the
discoverer of the Northern Eldorado,
August 16, 1896. The key has been
mounted on a slab of Alaska marble,
and was presented to the President .of
the United States by George W. Car-
mack, discoverer of the Klondike gold
fields.
The opening program at the exposi
tion grounds will begin at 9 :30 o'clock
with a parade of United States army
troops, mariners and sailors from the
Pacific cruiser fleet and from the Jap
anese warships under Vice-Admiral
Ijichi. Col. T. C. Woodbury, U. S.
acting commander of the Depart
ment of the Columbia, will be grand
marshal. His chief aide will be Cap
tain A. M. Weatherill, U. S. A., who
has been assigned to the exposition by
the war department. The marching
soldiers and sailors will be reviewed
by the American and Japanese ad'
mirals and the visiting governors at
the head of the court of honor.
The exercises at the natural amphi
theater will begin at 10:45 o'clock,
with an overture by Innes' band. The
invocation will be offered by Bishop
Edward O'Dea. of Seattle. A short
address will be given by Director-Gen'
eral I. A. Nadeau, and the band will
pluy "Gloria Washington," the official
march of the exposition. James J.
Hill will deliver the opening address,
He will be followed by J. E. Chilberg,
president of the Exposition. Bishop
E. W. Keator, of Olympia, will pro
nounce the benediction.
The program at the amphitheater
will be timed to close at noon, at
which hour President Chilberg will
signal the president of the United
Stutes that the fair is ready. There
will be an exchange of messages, after
which the signal will be given from
the White House which will start
whistles blowing in all parts of the
city.
Flags will be run up on all of the
buildings and the artillery companies
will fire a national salute.
WHEAT PANIC CLOSED.
Patten Fixes Price at $1.34 and
Re-
fuses to Send it Higher,
Chicago, May 31. May wheat
walked out of the pit of the Chicago
Board of Trade today with head up,
firm step and not a sign of wavering
anywhere the second time in the
history of the board when fa wheat
corner was carried through successfully
to the final day of the option. The
only other successful deal was that in
September wheat conducted by B. P.
Hutchinson, more than 20 years ago,
when the price touched $2.
Opening at $1.34, which was a cent
higher than the close of yesterday, the
market remained -steady during the
trading hours, finally closing at the
opening price. Mr. Fatten a brokers
stood ready all morning to sell to any
one who wanted to buy at the quoted
price, and they bIbo stood ready to buy
from any who wanted to sell at that
price. It is estimated that the trading
in the option amounted to about 160,-
000 bushels.
It is believed that Mr. Patten has
about 6,000,000 bushels of cash wheat
on nana to dispose or. experts say
that owing to the recognized scarcity
of milling wheat he will be able to
sell his possessions at prices ranging
from $1.25 to today a closing quota
tions. It is said that within the last
few days local millers have paid from
1 to 2 cents above the May price to get
milling wheat
Draw French Capital.
Paris, May 31. Morgan, Harjes &
Co. have formed a syndicate for intro
ducing the common shares of the
United States Steel corporation on the
Paris Bourse. The news has not yet
been made public here, but it is ex
pected that it will create a sensation.
in financial circles the matter is re
garded as of far-reaching influence,
For years American bankers have been
knocking at the door of the Pans ex
change in order to draw on the enor
mous surplus represented by the sav
ings of the French investors.
Barred by Garlic on Breath.
Chicago. May 31. A man has no
right to go to a theater if his breath
reeks with the odor of garlic and the
management has a right to exclude
him. This was the decision of Muni
cipal Judge Heap today in the case of
James La Mantia against Susanna
Lange, proprietor of a nickel theater,
La Mantia asked $700 damages. .Tes
timony showed that two other Italians
visited the theater a few nights before
and were ordered out
Strikers Steal Dynamite.
New Orleans, May 31. A dispatch
from Managua, Nicaragua, says the
strike over fruit shipments has grown
intense. Several cases of dynamite
were taken from the Lopes Mining
Company by the strikers. Many men
have been poisoned. The steamers are
all tied up to the docks and are without
crews.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
CHAUTAUQUA IS READY.
Prominent Speakers to Address Gath
ering at Gladstone Park.
Oregon City The sixteenth annual
session of the Willamette Valley Chau
tauqua assembly will be held at Glad
stone Park, near Oregon City, July 6 to
18, inclusive. The program for the 13
days' session has just been completed
and it is expected thousands of people
from Portland and every part of the
Willamette valley will attend the ses
sion.
The Chautauqua association was or
ganized three years ago and is now on
a firm financial basis. This year's pro
gram will be an especially entertaining
one. Tbe one tigure that stands out
above the rest is Dr. Frank G. Smith,
pastor of the Warren avenue Baptist
church, of Chicago. Dr. Smith was in
Seattle two years ago in attendance at
the National Christian Endeavor con
vention, and on his way home stopped
for an afternoon at Gladstone Park and
lectured once. He will lecture on
Wednesday evening, July 7, on "The
Hero of the Age," and on the .follow
ing afternoon will speak on "Our Na
tion Her Mission, Her Hopes, Her
Perils."
Other lecturers of more or less re
nown are Dr. Elmer I. Goshen, of Salt
Lake City; Sylvester A. Long, of Day
ton, O. ; Dr. Eugene May, of Washing
ton, D. C. : Hon. Henry Albert Mc
Lean, president of the Washington
commission for the Alaska-Yukon-Pa
cific exposition:. Dr. MattS. Hughes,
of Kansas City. Mo., and Dr. Eli Mc-
Clish, of Los Angeles.
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS MADE.
Geological Survey Furnishes Valuable
Lane County Data.
Salem? Advance sheets of a topo
graphic map covering 138,000 acres of
the Willamette valley between cugene
and Junction City have been received
in Salem. This area was surveyed dur
ing the summer of 1908. by the state
engineer in co-operation with the Unit
ed States geological survey. The tin
ished map, to be published for distribu-
tion, can be obtained for 5 cents a copy
bv addressing the United States Geo
logical survey, Washington, D. C.
The map shows at a glance the irri
gation and drainage possibilities of this
section and will prove invaluable to the
commercial interests of Eugene. It
shows but one or two houses to the
square mile. By promoting and en
couraging the practice or irrigation
and more intensive and diversified
farming, this map, it is believed,
should show from 30 to 60 houses to
the square mile.
Forest Grove Wants Railway.
Forest Grove Trouble is being ex
perienced in securing right of way be
tween this city and Verboort for the
United Railways, and unless settlers
along the route agree to terms within
the next few days it is probable that
the line will not be built to this city.
The business men of Forest Grove are
doing all in their power to induce the
owners of property to sell the right of
way, as failure of the line to build to
this city would not only be a great loss
to the town, but would also retard the
growth of the country adjacent
Condon Neads Rain Quickly.
Condon Weather conditions for the
past month have been most unfavorable
in this locality. There has not been
any rain for over two months. Grain
is looking well and growing, Bome of it
beginning to herd out although it is
only about a foot in height Farmers
who were interviewed say that if
good rain comes within 10 days it will
be all right for the wheat Others say
that they will rot have more than half
a crop. A number of fields through the
country have been allowed to go to
weeds.
Flowing Wells at North Powder,
North Powder After finding a strong
flow of artesian water on the Chris
Johnson ranch, a mile southeast of
town, at 187 feet the Gilkison & But
ler well boring outfit has left to put
down a well for the Mt Carmel school,
six miles west of here. ThiB is the
fourth artesian well found in and close
to North Powder at less than 500 feet
A. Lun's, 181 feet; A. Hutchinson's,
200 feet; H. E. Hall's, 424 feet The
water is clear, cold and free from alka
li in every instance.
Shops Are to Be Rebuilt.
Salem The board of trustees of the
state insane asylum has reached an
agreement with Lowenberg, Going &
Company, in regard to rebuilding the
shops at the Oregon penitentiary, re
cently destroyed by fire. The state
will rebuild the shops, replace the line
shafting and three of the machines
needed for general use. The exclusive
foundry machinery, which the stove
company tried to induce the state to
buy, will be purchased by the company,
Loralne Farms Are Sold.
Eugene The Churchill Mathews
company, of Portland, has closed
$65,000 deal for a number of farms in
the Loraine country. It is presumed
the purchasing company will plant
these tracts to walnuts and fruits. The
farms include the choicest in that sec
tion of the country. The company
holds options on several other places in
the same neighborhood.
Purchases Near Burns.
Burns Dr. Homer Denman, of
North Dakota, has purchased the Warm
Springs property of D. M. Loggan.
The ranch is one and a half miles from
the survey of the Oregon Eastern and
the same distance from the new town
lite of Harriman.
COST OF SPECIAL SESSION.
Blunders of Legislature Require
S4,-
SOO to Rectify.
Salem A detailed statement of the
entire cost of the special session of the
1909 legislature has been issued by
Auditing Clerk Corey, of the secretary
of state's office. It cost the taxpayers
but $4, 500. The laBt special session,
called in 1903 by Governor Chamber
lain, cost $5,600.
The largest item of the 1909 session
was the mileage paid to members,
More than $2,500 was paid members of
the lower house and $1,453.30 was paid
to the senators. Services for clerks,
stenographers and other help in the
house amounted to $130 and the same
item in the senate reached $165. Cost
of revising the house journal was $40
and for revising the senae journal $56,
The regular session cost in the neigh
borhood of $50,000.
California Capital to Klamath
Klamath Falls Southern California
caDital is to be interested in Klamath
Falls if the transfer of the large tract
of land adjoining the city on the west
is completed. John J. Fitzpatrick,
representing a number of San Diego
capitalists, has taken an option on 500
acres of land belonging to Moore Broth
ers. The option is for 30 days and in
volves approximately $40,000. The
land involved lays in West Klamath
Falls and reaches from Lake Ewauna
to the Upper Klamath lake. There is
a water front of almost two miles.
Dufur Plans Horse Show.
Dufur At a rousing meeting of the
horse owners of this vicinity it was
unanimously decided to hold a horse
show here Saturday, June 19. There
will be 18 different prizes given for the
different classes ot horses. John Hix,
president of the Dufur Horseman asso
ciation, has the matter in charge, as
sisted by Henry Menefee, secretary,
and H. E. Moore, treasurer. Much in
terest is being taken in the matter by
the farmers and business men. -
Good Meeting Assured.
The coming Pacific Coast Rrother-
hood conventions of the Presbyterian
church are getting hold of the men of
the church. The ministers are taking
a back seat while the laymen are run
ning things. The program of the Port
land convention includes the names of
leading laymen of the state and the
national officers of the Brotherhood.
Every Presbyterian business man in
the state is being invited to attend.
Spotted Crops in Morrow.
Heppner Crops in Morrow county
are badly in need of rain. In most
sections grain is still looking well, and
a heavy rain within a reasonable time
would insure a good crop. However,
in the lone and Lexington sections and
the north end of the county, grain is
already badly burned and only a light
crop can be expected at the best.
Rain Helps Klamath.
Klamath f alls Kecent rains give
assurance that there will be at least
partial yield on all dry land ranches.
The rain was general throughout the
entire county, and farmers feel confi
dent that the yield on all dry farms
will be almost up to the average, no
matter if this should be the last rain
of the season.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.30
1.35; club, $1.20; valley, $1.17.
Corn Whole, $35 per ton; cracked
$36 per ton.
Barley Feed, $35 per ton.
Oat No. 1 white, $40.5041 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley.
$14(i.l8 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $18
20; clover, $1112; alfalfa, $13
14; grain hay, $1314; cheat $14
14.50; vetch, $1414.60.
Fruits Apples, 65c $2. 50 per box
strawberries. Oregon, 1215c.
Potatoes' $1.752 per hundred.
Vegetables Turnips, $1.25 per sack
carrots,-$ 1.25; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
$1.75; horseradish, ,10c per pound; as
paragus, 7 lZc per pound; lettuce,
head, 2575c per dozen; onions, 12
(ill 5c per dozen; radishes, 15c per
dozen; rhubarb, Z 3e per pound.
Butter City creamery, extras, 28c
fancy outside creamery, 2628c
store, 18c. Butter fat prices average
1)4 cents per pound under regular but
ter prices.
fcggs uregon ranch, z;iZ4c per
dozen.
Poultry He'is, 1516c; broilers,
28ftf30c; fryer, 2225c; roosters, 10c
ducks, 1415c; geese, 10 11c; tur
keys, 20c; squabs, $2.503 per dozen,
Pork Fancy, 10c per pound.
Veal Extras, 8c per pound; ordi
nary, 7c; heavy, 6c. .
. Hops 1909 contracts, 10c per pound
1908 crop, 88c; 1907 crop, 84c
1906 crop, ljc.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722&
per pound; valley, fine, 24c; med
ium, 23c; coarse, 21c; mohair, choice,
2425c
Cattle Steers, top, $5.255.60
fair to good, $4.755; common to me
dium, $44.60; cows, top, $4.25 4.50
fair to good, $3.75 4.25; common
medium, $2.50 3.50; calves, top, $5
5.50; heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags,
$3(t3.50; common, $Z2.75.
Hogs Best $7.50 7.75 fair
good. $7.257.50; stackers, $66.50
China fats, $6.75 7.
Sheep Top wethers, $4 4. 50; fair
to good, $3.50 4 ; ewes, hc less
all grades; yecrlings, best $4.50; fair
to good, $4(34.25; spring Iambs, $5
5.50.
KRUPPS LOSE ROYALTY.
Processes for Hardening Armor Have
Been Perfected in America.
Pittsburg, May 28. Mystery sur
rounded the visit of Baron von Boden
hausen, of Krupp interests, to America
until today. For some time no royalty
has been paid Krupp by American
makers of armor plate, as Midvale,
Carnegie and Bethlehem interests now
have each an armor plate hardening
system of their own. It is $13 per ton
cheaper- also, as this is the royalty
which the American makers have been
paying Krupp for years.
Baron von Bodenhausen came to
America for the purpose of clearing up
the armor plate case. The Germans
have not believed that the American
makers could have invented three dif
ferent forms of hardening plate. The
loss of revenue to the Germans has
been very great bo the baron came
here to re-establish that revenue if
possible.
That the American companies had
each invented armor plate processes
came as distinct news to Pittsburg.
The coming of the German baron ap
pears to have made publicity impera
tive. Krupps question the legality of
the American processes, and the Amer
icans express a willingness to demon
strate that their process is no infringe
ment At armor plate headquarters it
is stated Krupp's American royalties
amounted to $1,000,000 annually. .
CATCH OMAHA SUSPECTS.
Police Arrest Three Men for Union
Pacific Train Robbery.
Omaha, Neb., May 28. The police
of South Omaha arrested tonight three
men suspected of complicity in the
Union Pacific train robbery near this
city last Saturday night. One of the
men had $125 and the second $98 and
the third a smaller sum.
Children playing last night in the
vicinity where the arrests were made
found three handkerchiefs cut for
masks, three revolvers, flashlights and
other paraphernalia, hidden by the
holdup men. The place was watched.
Four men were seen late tonight to ap
proach the spot where the outfit had
been hidden, and three of them were
arrested. .
They gave what the police believe
are fictitious names and told differing
stories. The clothing bears the mark
of a Denver merchant They told of
having been with some women during
the evening, but would not divulge
names.
GREAT WILD HORSE HUNT.
Fifty Square Miles of Territory to Be
"Driven" for New Steeds.
Reno, Nev., May 28. Under the
leadership of Superintendent Creel, of
Pyramid Lake Indian reservation, and
R. H. Cowles, a ranchman of Washoe
county, the biggest wild horse hunt
ever attempted in Nevada will be
started tomorrow in the Limbo coun
try, north of Wadsworth. Five hun
dred "bockaroos" from surrounding
ranches will participate.
r lfty square miles of territory will
be encircled by mounted men, who will
drive toward a central point near the
northern end of the Nightingale moun
tains, where an immense corral has
been erected. The older horses will be
shot while the younger ones will be
broken for saddle purposes.
Julia Ward Howe Celebrates..
Boston, May 28. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, writer, philosopher and reform
er, celebrated her ninetieth birthday
quietly at her charming home on Bea
con street yesterday. Her children.
Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott Mrs. Flor
ence Howe Hall, Mrs. Laura E. Rich
ards and Professor Marion Howe, of
Columbia, spent te day with her and,
with the exception of a few intimate
friends, no visitors were received.
Mrs. Howe appeared in good health
and Bpirits and seemed to have lost but
little of her old-time energy and her
interest for matters of national im
portance.
Sell Prince Rupert Land.
Vancouver, B. C, May 28. Nearly
2,000 anxious real estate speculators
from all over the United States and
Canada were present when the official
sale of lots at Prince Rupert the new
Pacific terminal of the Grand Trunk
Pacific, began. The bidding was spir
ited and the prices realized were re
markable when it is considered that
the site is at present practically noth
ing but a great waste of stumps and
rocks. Over $250,000 worth of lots
were sold yesterday, most of them
close in.
Unknown Sends Money.
Des Moines, Iowa, May 28. Post
office inspectors today were asked to
unravel the mystery surrounding the
receipt by a number of residents of
Panora, Iowa, of letters containing
$100 bills. No signature is attached
to the letters, one of which bears the
postmark of Portland, Or. Five per
sons admit having received money to
taling $1,125. Mrs. Viola Lapegiett
a widow, received $225, mostly in $10
bills, with a note signed "your friend.
Pacific Mall Deficit Less.
New York. May 28. At the annual
meeting of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company all the retiring directors were
re-elected today. President Harriman,
in his report, stated that the year's
operations showed a deficit of $339,684,
as compared with a deficit of $428,817
for the year before.
UNITE WITH AMERICA
Great Britain Wants Naval Alli
ance With United States.
AUSTRALIA IN FAVOR OF POLICY
British Would Guard Atlantic and Un
cle Sam Take Care of Pacific
. Leave Out Japan.
London, May 29. Overtures looking
to a naval understanding between
Great Britain and the United States
have been made by the British govern
ment through Ambassador Bryce, in
Washington. Premier Asquith had
this fact in mind when speaking re
cently in what was regarded as a cryp
tic manner of a "two-power" standard
for the British navy. The premier
hopes that such an understanding may
be reached with the American govern
ment as shall enable Great Britain al
most to denude the Pacific of British
warships of a formidable class in re
turn for giving America certain assur
ances respecting the naval situation in
the Atlantic.
The suggestions made by Mr. As
quith through Ambassador Bryce fol-
low the lines lately laid down in an ar
ticle by Captain Mahan on the naval
position which has attracted wide at
tention in authoritative circles in Eng
land. The British cabinet feels that
only an understanding with America
can enable Great Britain to maintain a
two-power standard in Europe.
"If the Americans will look after our
interests in the Pacific," said a respon
sible naval authority this afternoon,
"we will take care of all American in
terests in the Atlantic and Mediterra
nean. We recognize the difficulty of'
inducing America to break with, the
tradition of not entering into entangl
ing alliances, but we are not without a
hope that the situation in the Pacific
may lead the authorities in Washington
to think favorably of a proposal which
would admit of their concentrating the
American naval strength in that ocean"
The British government is inclined
to seek a naval understanding with the
United States on account of the possi
bility of Japan's declining to renew
the Anglo-J apanese alliance when it
expires. Australians never cease to
urge the mother land to separate its
policy from that of Japan in the Paci
fic, and try to unite the strength of the
English-speaking race in that part of
the world.
SMUGGLING PLOT UNEARTHED.
Federal Officers at Chicago Arrest
Leaders of Scheme.
' Chicago, May 29. Government pros
ecution of eight alleged leaders of a
gigantic Chicago smuggling syndicate,
and the proposed arrest and indictment
of others was outlined today by United
States District Attorney Syms. . Seven
hundred Chinamen are alleged to have
smuggled into the United States over
the Mexican border by the syndicate
during the past 12 months, being se
creted in dining cars by cooks and port
ers on through trains.
Immigration authorities caused in
dictments to be voted by the grand jury
for the Chicago district for the follow
ing: Bob Lung, El Paso, Texas, a rich
Chinaman, restaurant owner and finan
cier, in whoBe kitchen plans for carry
ing on the smuggling scheme were
formulated, now locked up in the Cook
county jail pending trial; Robert W.
Stephenson, a former railroad brake
man, El Paso, Texas, now in jail here
in default of $5,000 bail; Carlos Save
dra, a Mexican, alleged to be the chief
smuggler; Jose Parra, Mexican; Sam
Wah, alleged agent for the Chicago
office of the syndicate; W. H. Clark,
Lincoln, Neb., under arrest at El Paso,
and Chin Yin Qual, an alleged agent of
the syndicate.
Taft Busy in East.
Tokio.M ay 29. The papers here in
editorials discussing the action of Pres
ident Taft in offering the Chinese min
istership to John Hays Hammond, pro
fess to see in it a sign of an ambitious
Eastern policy on the part of the new
administration in the United States.
It is well known that Taft is greatly
interested in Oriental . affairs, and
there is a strong feeling that his ad
ministrtion will mean much in the de
velopment of more friendly relations
between America and the East and
especially with Japan.
May Take Taft to Alaska.
Puget Sound Navy Yard, Wash.,
May 29. It is rumored here that the
cruiser St Louis, which is making
ready to go to sea early next month,
will take President Taft and his party
to Alaska this summer. The destina
tion of the St Louis is not officially
known. A draft of 70 men was re
ceived yesterday from the cruiser Mil
waukee. A like number of men were
transferred from the cruiser Maryland,
which came from San Francisco.
Floods InXMississippi.
Jackson, Miss., May 29. The town
of Quitman is submerged as the result
of a flood. All business is suspended
and the residents have been forced into
the upper parts of their houses. Some
have had to move out entirely. The
loss from high water is heavy through
out the state. Miles of railroad tracks
have been destroyed and the loss to the
railroads is estimated at $1,000,000,