EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts ot tbe World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
King Manuel, of Portugal, is to vis
it King Edward, in England.
A streetcar turned turtle at Denver,
sriously injuring seven persons.
It is said no operation is intended on
Harriman until aftera rest cure.
A huge sawmill burned near Clair
ville, Cal. The loss is placed at $100,
000. Prince Menlik, of Abyssinia, has
asked that his country be saved from
England.
Great Britain will turn over the Es
quimau naval station to the Canadian
government.
The international cup for aviation
has been awarded to Glenn H. Curtiss,
an American.
Count Boni de Caatellane is circulat
ing a rumor that be will marry Mar
jorie Gould, niece of his former wife.
A scandal has just been uncovered
at Montreal, Can., whereby the city
has been losing $500,000 a year to
grafters on public works.
Two persons are dead and a score in
jured as the result of a head-on collision
between a passenger train and a freight
trainon the Wabaah road near Glen
wood, Mo.
Cholera has boon taken to Holland
from liussiun ports.
Daniel T. Ames, the greatest Land
writing expert, is dead.
Tho American Bar association has do
clured for reform in state courts.
Harriman is resting at his homo at
Anion, N. J., but chafes under restraint
of inaction.
(iraft is charged in connection with
tho cement and puiut supplies for tho
l'uiiumu canul.
Latham has beaten Puulhain's record
for time, speed and distuuee in the air
Bhip trials ut Ithcims.
It is rumored that David E. Thomp
son, American ambassador to Mexico,
has bought the Panama ruilroad.
Thomas P. Walsh, millionaire mine
owner of Colorado, has given $5000 to
encourage tho search for radium oro in
that stute.
Tho Pronch bark Gaol, bound for
Portland, was wrockod off the Austra
lian coast, and only one boatload of hor
crew has boon hcurd from.
Moorish desortors doclaro that Span
ish prisoners nro horribly tortured and
mutilated and then behoadod and thoir
bodies flung into a holo on Mount Gu
ruga. Dinger Hermann may not be proso
euted, as llenoy is too busy.
St. Petersburg reports 39 now cases
and 12 deaths from cholera in 24 hours.
A negro ran amuck at Monroe, La.,
and wounded 30 porsons, throe fatally.
Ho was finally shot.
Five deaths have occurrod in Ala
bama from outing Btalo green corn. The
disoase is known as pcliugra.
Harriman has reached home, still sick
and in noed of further troatmont, but
with a mind as active as ever.
Fedoral Judge Bean has decided that
tho Oregon Trunk has prior rights in
Doshutes canyon, basod on original sur
vey maps.
Woman suffrngo was discussed at a
meeting at O. 11. P. Belmont's Bummer
homo at Nowport, B. 1., known as
"marblo houso."
With a delegation of 5,000 men and
women tho Supreme Lodge of Negro
Knights of Pythias opened a four day's
session in Kansas City.
A stoamer collision at Montevideo
cost over ISO lives.
Spaniards are preparing for a deci
sive battle with the moors at Molilla.
A steamer arrived at Antwerp from
Bign, Russia, with five dead of cholora
ou board.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, will
undergo a fourth operation in Septem
ber for appoudicitis.
The body of Lieutenant Sutton will
be exhumed for examination and then
buried in consecrated ground.
A Federal court has overruled the
Missouri Builroad commissions rate or
der and greatly curtailed its power.
Daylight robbers got about (2000
worth of jowolry from a Portland resi
dence which had been left alone less
than an hour.
The Pastors' Alliance of Atlantic
City, N. J., will seek to compel the po
lice judge to receive complaints of vio
lations of Sunday law.
Mark Kooppel, superintendent of
schools of Los Angoles, says, Mrs. Long
worth 's propensity for cigarotte smok
ing is a bad examplo for boys and girls
and also has a demoralising effect upon
the women of this country.
Roosevelt has killed a big elephant
and Kermit a hippo.
A company has been organized in
Ban Diego, Cal., to build aeroplanes for
sale.
An Arizona man has bnilt an airship
in which he flew eight miles and landed
safely.
A famous painting by Murillo has
been found in 8a n Francisco, after .be
ing "lost" for 60 years.
Taft confers with cabinet on inter
state commerce and anti-trust laws.
FLOODS IN MEXICO.
Raging Waters Claim a Toll of 800
Lives 15,000 Homeless.
Monterey, Mix., Aug. 30. Eight
hundred persons drowned, 15,000 home
less and property damage to the extent
of $12,000,000 is the result of a flood
that struck the city between 11 and 12
o'clock Saturday morning.
Floods have turned the small and
peaceful Santa Catalina river into a
dozen Niagaras.
Hundreds of persons were swept
away in houses in the midst of the cur
rent which caught them in the night.
There is one chance in a thousand that
they escaped. One by one these hous
es, built of adobe and stone, are col
lapsing and carrying tenants to death.
No train has come into Monterey for
24 hours. Railway and telegraph lines
are down and many miles of track are
washed away. 1 he fate of trains and
passengers is not known, but it is fear
ed many persons are drowned.
It is estimated that 20 inches of rain
fell in 24 hours. The water works and
electric light plants are out of commis
sion and the Btreetcar wires have fallen
into the streets. The smelters and
steel plants are damaged.
It is feared a pestilence will follow
the flood. The poorer classes are hud
dled by the thousands in the churches,
hospitals, public places and city build
ings, waiting for the rain to stop.
PINCHOT PLAN WINS
Stirring Scenes Mark Close of Con
servation Congress.
Seattle, Aug. 30. The first national
conservation congress closed here Sat
urday afternoon with a complete vic
tory for Gifford Pinchot and his follow
ers in the support of the Roosevelt pol
icies of the conservation of natural re
sources. It was a harmonious meeting
until Saturday, when United States
District Judge Hanford, of Seattle,
brought in a minority report in which
he opposed the contention of the Pinch
ot men "That the water rights of the
country belong to all the people and
should not be granted in perpetuity to
any individual or corporation."
Hanford contended that "private en
terprise" had been tho greatest power
in this country for the development of
resources and pointed out that through
private enterprises the resources of
the East had been put into practical
use, resulting in the general prosperity
of the country. He argued against
any change in the present policy of the
government, asserting that the West
ern states had entered the union under
a compact that they should have the
same rights as the Eastern states.
Former Governor Pardee replied to
Hanford in a spirited address in which
he said that "private greed" instead
of "private enterprise" was gobbling
up the public domain. When the vote
was taken it was shown that the Han
ford resolution had been lost and the
Pinchot resolution was adopted.
GREAT WEST SHOW.
Reclamation Work to Be Exhibited on
Circus Lines.
Chicago, Aug. 80. Amazing, thrill
ing, stupendous ! Uncle Sam's $50,
000 production, the greatest Far West
show in the world, is coming. You
can't afford to miss it.
Heralded by some such modest an
nouncement at a dozen state and coun
ty fairs, and equipped with a black
tent, glittering posters, fluttering ban
ners, a corps of "barkers," a tent dis
play of American-agricultural great
ness in unclaimed lands will tour the
country.
The tent is black so the stereopticon
views may be given. Moving pictures
of animal and range life on the former
arid plains will be offered hourly for
the education of intending West bound
emigrants. Specimens of fruit, cereals
and other products that show the mar
vels of irrigation are to form a feature
of the exhibition.
The '"show" emanates from tho Chi
cago reclamation office. Its purpose is
to direct attention to the richness of
the reclaimed regions. A railroad
coach will transport the show. It will
exhibit at the following places:
Iowa state fair, Des Moines, Septem
ber 3; Hamline, Minn., September 6
toll; Wisconsin state fair, Milwau
kee, September 13 to 17; Illinois state
fair, Springfield, October 1 to 9.
Japan to Take Part.
Tokio, Aug. 30. It has been official
ly announced that the armored cruiser
Idzuma will Bail September 15 for San
Francisco to take part in the naval
pageant during the celebration of Por
tola's discovery of the Golden Gate,
which will be held October 19 to 23.
I'he vessel is under command of Cap
tain Takesyma, and has on board as
one of its minor officers Prince Shimad
zu. The date ef arrival at San Fran
cisco is set for October 14. After the
celebration the cruiser will visit Pacific
coast ports.
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Close Texas Saloons,
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 30. Acting
upon instructions from Govemor Camp
bell, evidence against 3,000 saloon
keepers has been filed with the state
comptroller, which will prevent them
from securing renewal of their licenses.
The new law makes this provisions.
Tae rangers or state police got the evi
dence without the knowledge of the
municipal police. Governor Campbell
ia not a prohibitionists, but be saya the
saloon men muBt toe the mark.
Louisiana Town Destroyed.
New Orleans, Aug. SO. The town of
New Iberia, La., with 7,000 inhabi
tants, ia reported as being destroyed
by fire today. No communication with
tbe town is possible and details are
meager. It is reported that no fatali
ties have occurred.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
MAKING ARTIFICIAL STONE
Klamath Falls Industry Growing and
Plant Will Be Enlarged.
Klamath Falls. To extend the manu
facture of artificial stone and brick by
an hydraulic process the Hydraulic
Stone & Brick company has erected a
building and installed a plant of
modern machinery here.
The materials for the cement block
are prepared and placed in a mold, the
back being a mixture of cement,
crushed rock and sand at a percentage
of five or six to one and the facing be
ing a mixture of sand and cement at a
mixture of thrco to one. By the use of
levers a pressure of 190,000 pounds to
tho square inch is exerted, thus pro
ducing a block of even density in which
all the component parts are brought
together to form ST solid mass.
Bricks aro made of a mixture of
three to one and are the equal of what
is commonly known as pressed brick,
with many points of superiority. They
can be made in any desired color,
though it is doubtful if any one will
dosire other than the natural gray, as
its appearance is both lasting and pleas
ing to the eye. Several thousand of
these bricks have been made and are
superior to anything ever seen in the
city.
In addition to the bricks and blocks
the company is preparing to manufac
ture sewer pipe. Machines for this pur
pose have already been ordered and are
expected here in a few days.
Paving blocks and tile will be added
and within tho next year this company
will be furnishing employment to local
labor and have a weekly payroll of
several hundred dollars.
GOOD INTENTIONS GO WRONG
Scarcity of Salmon in Rivers Attrib
uted to Killing of Sealions.
Astoria. Although the slaughter of
sealions has been carried on systemati
cally for some years and has received
the sanction of the state authorities as
being a means of getting rid of one of
the greatest natural enemies to the
salmon, there is a well-defined oppo
sition to the practice being continued
growing among some of those who have
been directly interested in the fishing
industry for several years.
They assert that while the sealions
exist on salmon and dostroy many of
those fish, they also drive the fish into
tlio river, and that otherwise the salmon
will not enter fresh water until they are
ripe and ready to spawn. To substan
tiate their contention these men say
that a Bimilar caBe occurred in Norway
some years ago. There the government
took up the work of destroying certain
natural enemies of the salmon and the
result was that the fish stopped entering
the rivers in schools or "runs," but
straggled in much as they have done in
the Columbia this season.
This yeor there were hundreds of sea
lions killed off the mouth of the Colum
bia and many more were frightened
away, and the runs of salmon have been
small. At Tillamook and Nehalem there
were largo numbers of sealions and more
Chinook salmon were caught there thau
ever before.
Big Timber Sale In Linn.
Brownsville. Tho largest sale of tim
ber land recorded in Linn county for a
number of years has just taken place
hero, the lands involved in the transfer
being known as the Martin tract, owned
by local people, consisting of approxi
mately 2500 acres, situated on the north
slope of the divide between the Calu
poola and Mohawk rivers. The prico
paid for this land was close to $45,000,
tho purchaser being the Crossct Timber
company, of Portland. It is surmised
that the land goes into the hands of
speculators. Brownsville is only four
and a half miles distant from the land.
The land is admirably situated for log
ging and milling.
Trout for Oregon Streams
Washington. The bureau of fisheries
has deposited young fish in Oregon
streams as follows: 3000 brook trout
for Spring creek, Hilgard, Or.; 2000
rainbow trout for Meadow brook, Hil
gard, Or.; 3000 for Beaver creek, llil
gard, Or.; 3000 for Jordan creek, Hil
gard, Or.; 6000 for Fivo Points creek,
Hilgard, Or.; 6000 for North Fork of
Burnt river, Baker City, Or.; 3000 for
Deer creek and tributaries, Baker Citv,
Or.; 3000 for Downey lake, Baker City,
Or.; 5500 for Eagle creek, Baker Citv,
Or.; 3000 for Fish lake, Baker City, Or'.;
and 5000 for Dnyly creek, Baker Citv,
Or.
New Road for Newpoat.
Newport. Morris Wygant is locating
tho railroad survey along the coast
north of here, mado several vears airo.
It is thought that building operations
are soon to commence in consequence.
The road is to rim from Fulls Pifv in,l
follow the Siletz river to the coast and
thence to laqmna Bny, along tho shore.
Among the financial backers is Ban
ker Herschberg, of Independence. It is
also rumored that J. J. Hill has a word
to say ia the matter.
Buys North Bend Sawmill.
Marshfield. The mill of the North
Bend-Lumber company, at North Bend,
has been sold to W. E. Best, of Seattle,
and Frank Standish, of Portland. The
purchasers have bought the stock of
several of those interested and part of
the stock of L. J. Simpson. Mr. Best
has taken chargo as manager. The mill
has a cutting capacity of about 70,000
feet a day. It is understood that the
intention is to double the capacity of
me miu as soon as iao luniDer market
improves.
Planting New Orchards.
Central Point. The dividing of large
farms into small home tracts, the plant
ing of orchards, the rapid develoDment
of mining and timoer properties, the
building of substantial factories, busi
ness blocks and residences, the installa
tion of a modern waterworks system
and other public improvements, and the
factors in continued prosperity of Cen
tral Point. 1
IMPROVING FAIR GROUNDS.
New Sewer System, New Entrance
and Many New Buildings.
Salem. Work has been started on
the system of sewerage authorized by
the last legislature for the state fair,
and the fair grounds wil present a busy
scene to visitors until the fair opens on
Monday, September 13. Besides 35 con
victs employed on tho grounds, Secre
tary Frank Welch had advertised that
as many men will be employed in dig
ging ditches as can be hired for 25 cts.
an hour. A 22-inch sewer will be laid
from the fair grounds through north Sa
lem to the site of the new Deaf Mute
school, where the state board of agri
culture will co-operate with the state
board of education in the completion
of the project. The sewer will run from
the Deaf Mute school, thence to the
river about one mile and a half from
the fair grounds.
Tho sewer for the fair grounds was
almost demanded by the state board
of health. Besides benefiting the state
institutions, for which it was primarily
constructed to serve, it will give the
city of Salem additional needed sewer
ago, and those property owners who
have donated right of way will be priv
ileged to use the sewer.
A mammoth entrance is being built
which gives the grounds this year a
more imposing appearance from the out
side. Several new buildings are under
course of construction that will give
more room for the display of exhibits.
All the work is under contract to be
finished by September 13, at which
time the fair is billed to open for one
week. The entries are beginning to
come in, and the office lorce at the fair
grounds is swamped with work attend
ing to the classification of the stock
entries. It is believed the fair this year
will easily surpass all previous exhibi
tions. .R'ght of Way Causes Suit..
Madras, Or. W. E. Ellis and wife,
who have a place two miles southwest
of Madras, were served with summons
in a condemnation suit by Deputy
Sheriff J. C. Bobinson, for right of way
of the Deschutes Railroad company over
their land.
There was a wide difference between
tho price offered by the right of way
agent and that asked by the owner of
the land. Tho case will come up for
consideration at the October term oi the
circuit court in Crook county.
Bailroad engineers have commenced
to set grado stakes for the Harriman
road, and it is presumed construction
work will begin in a few days on both
sides of Willow Creek canyon, north
and south of this place. '
Harbor Work Will Begin. ,
Marshfield. Word having been re
ceived here that the Supreme Court had
sustained the decision of Judge Coke,
holding that the port commission law is
valid, work will at once be Btnrted by
the Coos Bay commissioners. The com
mission has power to tax property in
the district, but also they are empow
ered to raise $500,000 on a bond issue,
and this will give them an opportunity
to get funds immediately. Extensive
work in the way of harbor improve
ments will be carried out.
400 Acres In Spuds.
Union. Over 400 acres of potatoes in
the vicinity of Union this season prom
ise a bumper crop and the quality will
De nrst-ciass.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: New croD,
bluestcm, 94c; club, 88c; red Bussian,
86Jc; Valley, 90c; Turkey red, 88c; 40
fold, 89$c.
Barley Feed, $25.5026; brewing,
$26.5027 per ton.
Oats September, $27.5028.50 per
ton.
Corn Whole, $35; cracked, $36 per
ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $26 per ton; mid'
dlings, $33; sorts, $29(5)32; chop, $22
(tt)5!; rolled Daney, ?i:y(g)au. -Hav
Nsw crop: Timothv. Willam
otte Valley, $1216 per ton; Eastern
Oregon, $1718; mixed, $15.5016.50;
alfalfa, $13.50; clover, $ll(g)l3; cheat,
$13(0)14.50.
Grain Bags 6Je each.
Butter City creamery, extras, 33c;
fancy outside creamery, 27i31Jo per
pound; store, 21(o)22e. (Butter tat pri
ces average ljo per pound under reg
ular butter prices.)
Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 28(a)
Oe per dozen.
Poultry Hens, 16(a)16e; Springs. 16
(5)16Jc; roosters, 910c; ducks, young,
14c; geese, young, 10c; turkeys, 20c;
squabs, $1.752 per dozen.
Pork fancy, ll(a)llJo per pound.
Veal Extra, 91(3)100 per pound.
Fresh Fruits Apples, new, $1(5)2 per
box: pears, $1.75(o)2 per box; peaches,
50c(a$1.10 per crate; cantaloups, $1.50
(5)2.50 per crate; plums, 3575c per
box; watermelons, ltoUjc per pound;
grapes, G0c$1.75; casabas, $1.50 per
dozen.
Potatoes Oregon,$l per sack; sweet
potatoes, 3c per pound. .
unions New, fi.zo per saca.
Vegetables Beans, 4(n)5e; cabbage, 1
lc per pound; cauliflower, 40c$l
per dozen; celery, 50c$l per dozen;
corn, 1520c per dozenf cucumbers, 10
(5)25c per dozen; lettuce, hothouse, $1
per box; onions, 1215c per dozen;
parsley, ?5e per dozen; peas, 7e per
pound; peepers, 510c per pound; rad
ishes, 15o per dozen; spinach, 5c per
pound; squaih, 5c; tomatoes, 75c
$1.25.
Cattle Stoers, top, f4.50GC4.80; fair
to good, $44.25; common, $3.754;
cows, top, (3.40(5)3.65; fair to good, $3
53.25; common to medium, $2.50(5)2.75;
calves, top, $55.50; heavy, $3.504;
bulls and stags, $2.75(33.25; common,
$2(5)2.50.
Sheep Top wethers, $4; fair to ood,
$3.50(o:3.75; ewes, e less on all grades;
yearlings, best, $4; fair to good, $3.50
3.75; Spring lambs, $5.255.60.
Hogs Best, $8.75; fair to good, $8(5)
8.50; stockers, $67; China fats, $7.50
8.
Word was received from Independ
ence that Miles Porterfleld had contrac
ted to deliver 20.000 pounds of new
hops to Klaber-Wolf Netter at 20
cent a pound.
MAKES NEW RECORD
Hubert Latham, French Aviator, Out
does Paulham.
Bethany Aviation Field, Eheima, Aug.
27. Hubert Latham, the French avi
ator, today took glorious revenge for
the hard luck he experienced in his re
cent attempts to cross the English Chan
nel by establishing a new world's rec
ord for distance, 154 kilometers, 650
meters, or 95.88 miles. Latham covered
15 laps, or 150 kilometers, in 2 hours,
13 minutes, 9 seconds, and the full dis
tance in 2 hours, 58 minutes, 9. 3-5 sec
onds, which are also world's records.
The flight was at the rate of about 68
kilometers an hour, as compared with
53 made by Wright at Lemans and a
fraction under 50 made by Paulham yes
terday. Nothing could have exceeded the
beauty and impressiveness of the pro
longed flight. In grace of lines no
other aeroplane here compares with
Latham's monoplane. The slightly
tilted planes from the long skiff-like
body give it the resemblance, when
close, to a winged canoe; while sailing
high up in the air, it looks from the
distance like a mammoth dragon. For
an hour, with fluttering wings, like a
living thing, it fought itk way against
the storm of wind and rain at an
average height of 150 feet, mounting
higher as the wind rose, until at the
worst of the storm, it rose fully 1000
feet.
Latham early in the day, with No. 13,
an aeroplane of the same type, made a
flight of more than 70 kilometers, and
after he had finished, Count de Lambert
covered 116 kilometers, 72.73 miles, in
commanding fashion. The flights there
fore in a single day totaled more than
210 miles.
HAVOC WITH MOORS.
Spanish Artillery Kills Hundreds, and
Moors Mutilate Prisoners.
Lisbon, Aug. 27. Special dispatches
received here from Melilla say the fight
ing is general on the Moroccan coast.
The new Spanish artillery has wrought
terrible havoc among the Moors, who
have lost 1000 men in the last three
days. The Spanish casualties amount
to 350. A Spanish column has destroyed
three villages near Bestinga.
A Moorish deserter who has come into
the Spanish lines declares the Spanish
prisoners, after being horribly turtured
and mutilated, are decapitated and their
bodies flung into a hole on Mount Gu
ruga. Estimates place the number of
Spanish prisoners at 1000.
The water being doled out to the
Spanish troops is insufficient, and driven
by their overwhelming thirst they have
drunk from stagnant pools. Many cases
of 'poisoning have resulted. Already 53
men have died from this cause.
ZEPPELIN EN VOYAGE.
Starts on 460-Mile Trip With Berlin
as Objective Point.
Friederichshafen, Aug. 27. The dir
igible balloon Zeppelin III started to
night for Berlin. The course will be via
Nuremburg, Leipsic and Bitterfleld,
about 450 miles. The run to Bitterfleld
will be made without stop and the air
ship probably will arrive there after
nightfall. It will remain at Bitterfleld
until Sunday to replenish the gas and
benzine supply and then will take on
Count Zeppelin, who will pilot the ship
to Berlin. .The crew consists of only
enough men to manage the airship, the
government rejecting applications of
others who wished to make the trip.
Oregon' Man Champion.
Camp Perry, O., Aug. 27. The na
tional rifle matches were concluded to
day. In the individual match another
world's record was made.
A young rifleman from the United
States Naval Academy, Midshipman H.
O. Boesche, of Oregon, who won the
governor's match last week, made the
remarkable score of 195 out of a pos
sible 200 at slow fire in the 200, 600,
800 and 1000-yard targets, thereby win
ning the $20 prize for the Highest slow
fire score.
Boesche also won the match, defeat
ing 623 competitors, with the record
score of 330, which is 30 above the score
by which Lieutenant A. D. Bothrock, of
Ohio, took the honors last year.
Investigate Pan Tans.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 27. Mayor
Pratt today appointed a committee of
five . prominent citizens to investigate
the Panta Pantois' secret political so
ciety, alleged to have been organized
to serve personal and special interests
by securing the appointment of its mem
bers to public offices. The mayor has
had the proposed investigation under
consideration for some time. He urges
the committee, all of whom have agreed
to serve, to make thorough and impar
tial inquiry. Testimony will have to be
voluntary, as the committee has not
power to subpena witnesses.
Brooklyn Babes Paralytics.
New York, Aug. 27. More than 200
children in a limited district of Brook
lyn have been stricken within the last
few days with a form of infantile pa
ralysis. Not even the healthiest children
are immune from the epidemic and bottle-fed
babies seem the most susceptible.
Physicians believe many of the victims
will be crippled for life. Great diffi
culty heretofore has been found ia
cheeking the disease because little has
been kuown about its cause and na
ture. Only Bathing Suits Left.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont, Aug. 27.
The Strathcona Hotel at Chautauqua
Park, a landmark, was destroyed by fire
today. The 150 guests lost all their be
longings. There were several narrow
escapes. Possibly 50 persons from the
hotel were in bathing or on the golf
links or tennis courts when the fire
started. Several women lost all their
clothing except the bathing suits they
were wearing.
Trophies In Good Condition.
Washington, Aug. 27. The skins sent
by Colonel Boosevelt from his African
hunting trip were today unpacked at
the National Museum. The specimens
were ia salt and in good condition.
OPERATION FOR HIM
Oxygen Tanks, Cot and Doctor
Arrive at Arden.
SECRET THOROUGHLY GUARDED
Though Family Seems Optimistic and
Denies It, Indications Point to
Approaching Operation.
Arden, N. Y., Aug. 28. Whatever be
F. H. Harriman 's ailment, whatever his
true condition, the public is not to know
until he nnl his family de.njo that such
cu announcement is opportune. All
avenues of information were carefully
guarded today, but minora were Bpi-oad
broadcast that Mr. Harriman was about
to be operated upon. This supposition
was strengthened by tho arrival here
of two oxygen tank and a collapsible
cot such as is used in hospitnlB.
Coincident with the arrival of these
requisites to an operation came two
men from New York, one of them car
rying what appeared to be a black bag
of a surgeon. One of the men, it was
said, was Dr. George W. Crille, of Cleve
land, an eminent specialist in abdominal
surgery. According to report, he was
summoned to assist Dr. W. G. Lyle of
Now York, who has been Mr. Harri
man 's physician throughout his illness.
Mr. Gerry denied the operation re
port and said Dr. Lyle was the only
physician in attendance.
A. C. For, superintendent of tho es
tate, confirmed Mr. Gerry's statement.
' ' The stories that Mr. Harriman is in,
a critical condition ore not founded on
fact," said Mr. Ford. "He has a Arm
grip when he shakes hands and he
appears brighter.".
The impression grows that an opera
tion of somo character is to be per
formed on Mr. Harriman, but details
are well-nigh impossible to obtain.
FARMAN BEATS THEM ALL.
Unpretentious Englishman Wins Aero
plane Grand Prize.'
Bethany Aviation Field, Elieims, Aug.
28. Honry Farman, tho English avi
ator, a hitherto unknown quantity in
the aviation contest, in a biplane of his
own design, broke the world's records
for duration of flight and distance in a
heavier-than-nir machine today and won
the grand prix de la Champagne the
endurance test by a remarkable flight
officially recorded as 180 kilometers
(111.78 miles) in 3 hours 4 minutes
56 2-5 seconds. Ho actually covered an
extra ton kilometers and remained in
the air 10 minutes after 7:30 this even
ing, the hour that the timekeepers,
under the rules, ceased to keep a rec
ord of the flight.
Farman 's victory was a complete sur
prise. He had been preparing his ma
chine secretly and had not appeared
upon the field until today, except for a
few practice flights, and had been al
most forgotten. Indeed, after he start
ed, koeping close to the ground, while
Latham and the others were soaring
high in the air, Farman attracted no at
tention until he had flown 80 kilo
meters. Then, suddenly, the watchers
woke up only to discover that he had
gone out carrying petrol enough for five
hours' flight and equipped with a cool
ing revolving motor. , .
BIG TREES IN DANGER.
Forest Fire in Yosemite Rapidly Ap
proaching Merced Grove.
Yosemite, Cal., Aug. 28. The for
est fire which started yesterday in the
Yosemite National park is completely
beyond control tonight and is sweep
ing up the canyon toward the famous
Merced grove of big trees. The flameB
are within two or three miles of the
grove and are being carried in that di
rection. The hotel at El Porta, which
was threatened during the day, is out
of danger.
The fire has taken a direction at
northerly right angles to the Yosemite
valley, toward the Merced and Tu
olumne big trees and the Ketch Hetchy
valley, whence San Francisco's new
water supply is to come. The fire start
ed a few feet from El Portal station
within a stone's throw of the hotel.
The long grass was ignited from sparks
from a locomotive fire-box and had
gained uncontrollable headway before
the danger was realized.
Lash for Yourg Thug.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 28. For beat
ing a stranger into insensibility, then
robbing him and leaving him without
aid, Clay Beers, 21 years old, was today
sentenced by Judge Mclnnes to seven
years penal servitude and 10 lashes
within the first 21 days of his confine
ment. The crime was committed re
cently in Stanley Park and the sentence
is the first of its kind imposed in this
city for robbery with violence. This is
Beers' first offense, but the judge stated
that such a crime had not a single re
deeming feature.
Almost Swims Channel.
Dover, Aug. 28. Edward neaton, of
Liverpool, came within a mile and a
half of swimming the English channel
today. He gave up the attempt when
within that distance of the French
coast this evening. He was favored
with ideal conditions.
Jabez Wolffe, who started from Dov
er at 4 P. M. yesterday to swim the
channel to France, was compelled to
give up after having covered 13 miles
in eight hours.
Bumper Crop in Canada.
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 28. Sydney
Fisher, dominion minister of agricul
ture, estimates Canada's yield of wheat
for this year conservatively at 120,
000,000 bushels, and stated today upon,
his arrival here that he believes there
is every indication for a highly success
ful season for farmers throughout the
west.