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CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. G e n e ra l R e su m e o f Im p o rta n t E v e n t P re se n te d in C o n d e n s e d F o r m f o r O u r B u s y R e a d e rs. Owing to a strike of printers, Chi cago dailies are issued with only four pages. Carter Harrison has been renomi nated for mayor of Chicago by the Democrats. Long Beach, Cal., authorities have begun a crusade agaist immodest bathing suits. Train service is established on the Oregon Trunk from Fallbridge, Wash., to Metolius, Ore. Sir Thomas Lipton has raised a cry of alarm oyer annexation as a result of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. A squaw captured in the fight with renegade Indians in Nevada says the band killed nine men during the past year. Fire destroyed the big plant of the Oregon & Washington lumber com pany at Portland, causing a loss of $75,000. It is believed that Abe Ruef’s last hope for freedom is gone and that he must serve his 14-year sentence at San Quentin. Two masked and heavily armed rob bers held up and looted an express car within the city limits of St. Louis, escaping with several valuable pack ages and the money box. Prohibition of profanity and vulgar ity on the stage by a city ordinance is being urged upon the New York aider- men by representatives of a hundred churches and religious societies. Junction City, Wash., had a $100,- 000 lumber fire. San Francisco will have a new $800,000 hospital. A derelict ship has been found froz en in the ice in the Caspian sea, and with her entire crew of 30 frozen to death. A premature explosion of dynamite killed four men and wounded six, who were clearing the channel of the Co lumbia below Celilo. Two soldiers are walking from New York to San Francisco, carrying new ly-invented knap-sacks and outfits weigthing 16 pounds each. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. W heat — Track prices: Bluestem, 81c; club, 78c; red Russian, 76-77c; •valley, 80c; forty-fold, 78-79c. Barley—Feed, $23-23.50 ton; brew- jng, nominal. Millstuffs—Bran. $21-22 per ton; middlings, $27-28; shorts, $22-24; rolled barley, $25.50-26.50. Com —Whole, $28; cracked, $29 ton Oats—No. 1 white, $27-27.50 ton. Hay —Track prices: Timothy, East ern Oregon, No. 1, $19-20; mixed, $16-18; alfalfa, $12-12.50; grain hay, $13-13.50; clover, $11-12. Apples—Fancy, $1.50-2.50; choice, $1-1.25; common, 50c-$l per box. Green Fruits Pears, $1.50-1.75 per box; cranberries, $13.50 per barrel. Vegetables — Cabbage, $1.25-1.50 pcrcw t; celery, California, $3-3.25 per crate; garlic, 10-12c per lb; pumpkins, 2c; sprouts, 8c; carrots, 90c-$l per cw t.; parsnips, $1; tur nips, 90c-$l; beets, $1.25. Potatoes —Oregon, buying prices: $1.25-1.40 per cwt. Onions—Buying price: $2.50 per cwt. Poultry — Live: Hens, 18-19c; springs. 18-18Jc; turkeys, 20c; ducks, 20-23c; geese, 12-12JC Dressed: Turkeys, choice, 23-25c. Eggs Oregon ranch, candled, 21- 22ic per dozen. Butter—City creamery, extras, 1 and 2-pound prints, in boxes, 33c per pound; less than boxes, cartons and delivery extra. Pork—Fancy, ll- lljc per pound. Veal—Fancy, 85 to 125 pounds, 13J- 14c per pound. Hops—1910 crop, 18J-19c; 1909 crop, 12-14c; contracts, 15-16c. Wool—Eastern Oregon, 12-18e, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 17-19c; mohair, choice, 30c per pound. Cattle—Prime steers, $6-6.85; good to choice. $5.75-6; fair to good, $5 .25-5.75; common, $4-5; choice to prime cows, $5-5.25; good to choice beef cows, $4.75-5; common to fair beef cows, $2-4; choice spayed heif ers. $5.25-5.50; good to choice heif ers, $5-5.25; choice *n good fat bulls, $4.25-4.50; fair to good fat bulls, $3 -3.50; good to choice light calves, $7.75-8; fair to good light calves, $7- 7.50; (rood to choice light calves. $3.75-4.75; good to choice stags. $5- 6.25; fair to good stags, $4-4.50;. Hogs Choice, $8.25-8.76; good to choice, $8-8.25; poor. $7-7.50. Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, grain fed, $4.25-4.60; old wethers, grain fed, $4-4.26; choice ewes, grain fed, $3.50-4.60; fair to medium ewes, grain fed, $2.75-3.25; choice lambs, grain fed, $5.75-6: good to choice, grain fed. $5.50-5.76; fair to good, $4.50-5.60; poor lambs, $2.50-3.50. Hay fed sheep and lambs 50c lower than grain fed. W A R O N E L E C T R IC T R U S T . G o v e rn m e n t B e g in s S u it A lle g e d C o m b in e . A g a in st Cleveland, March 4. —The United States government began a fight here today against what is alleged to be one of the most complete monopolies in the country, when suit was filed against 35 concerns engaged in the manufacture of incandescent lights. The National Electric Lamp com pany, which has its headquarters here, and the General Electric company, of New York, are named as two of the defendants, and together are charged with being the keystone of a trust that has ramifications in every state in the Union. According to the government’s pe tition, the defendant companies are in a conspiracy in restraint of trade and thereby have control of 97 per cent of the country’s supply of electric lights. The trust is alleged to have had its origin soon after 1904, the year in which the patents on carbon filament lamps expired. In 1906, it is charged, a combination known as the Independ ent Lamp Manufacturers association obtained control of the lamp output and fixed prices, allotted business and prescribed rules of sale for its mem bers. The General Electric company of New York is stated to have owned 75.2 per cent of the stock in this com bination and is accused of having ob tained exorbitant profits by restrain ing trade and forcing high prices. The petition asserts that the profits of the combination, as paid in divi dends, were $50,000 in 1904; $260,000 in 1909 and $300,000 in 1910. Last year the company is said to have held $1,439,158 as an undivided surplus. The capital is now listed at $5,000,- 000 . The extent of the industry thus brought under fire is shown in the statement that approximately 80,000,- 000 lamps are sold in this country every year for an aggregate purchas ing amount of $18,000,000. A V IA T IO N RECO RD BRO KEN. T w o Fly 106 M ile s in 2 H o u r s and 7 M in u t e s in A r m y A re o p la n e . Lardo, Tex. —A world’s aviation record was broken between this city and Eagle Pass when Lieutenant Ben jamin Foulois, U. S. A., and Aviator Philip C. Parmalee drove an army aeroplane 106 miles in 2 hours and 7 minutes. This is a world record in point of time and also a record for the United States for a two-men flight. Under ideal weather conditions the machine arose at Fort McIntosh at 2 o’clock this afternoon and the landing was made at Eagle Pass at 4 :07. A speed of a mile a minute was made on several spurts. Great crowds cheered the aviators when they started and greeted them on landing. L o r im e r W illin g to Pay. Washington, March 4.—An item to reimburse Lorimer for expenses- in defending his title to his seat was struck out of the general deficiency bill by the senate tonight, on motion of Lorimer himself. Even after Lori mer had made his motion several sen ators protested against the item ever having been put in the bill. Culber son and Clarke, of Arkansas, and Borah, the former two with much an ger, suggested that some members of the committee on appropriations had not known that the item was in the bill. 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 B ib le s Ordered. New York—One hundred thousand Bibles have been ordered for general distribution by the Gideons, as the members of the Christian Travelers’ association of Americaa style them selves. The order is said to be the largest ever placed and it forms part of a national plan to place a Bible in every hotel bedroom in the country. W. E. Henderson, national secretary of the Gideons, said here that he had been promised one-fourth of the order for San Francisco and the Pacific coast. S e a m e n A re T h re a te n in g . Antwerp—The International Sea men’s congress which threatens to ad vocate a general strike throughout the world at the time of the corona tion of King George, unless ship own ers satisfy their demands, will open here Monday. The men included in their demands a cessation of the use of the rubber stamp on the wrist by doctors as a means of showing medical examination, better quarters and food, and the abolition of shipping masters. T w e n ty “ W o r k e r s " R e le ase d . Fresno. Cal., March 4.—Twenty In dustrial Workers of the World had been released from the county jail up to noon today. This is exclusive of the 37 released yesterday. The men felt jubilant over the compromise on the free speech question arrived at with the city authorities, and indulged in songs as they packed up their be longings. preparatory to their libera tion. S u f f r a g is t s D e alt B lo w . Topeka, Kan.—Presidential suffrage for women w as voted down by the Kansas house in committee of the whole, 50 to 48, after it had been acted upon favorably by the senate. Both houses have already voted to sub mit a woman suffrage constitutional amendment to the voters, but this proposition does not include the ballot for president. DAILY DOINGS OF OREGON STATE LAWMAKERS AT SALEM Salem, Feb. 28. -Governor Oswald West and State Treasurer Kay re turned today to Salem from their visit to definitely locate the site for the branch asylum at Pendleton. The governor says that though the site recommended by the legislative in vestigating committee does not accord with the views as to the proper loca tion of the buildings held by himself and Mr. Kay, he considers the matter settled, since the legislature accepted the report of the joint committee and the work of building the Eastern Oregon asylum will be carried on as expeditiously as possible and Eastern Orgon will get the finest institution to be had for the money. More land will be necessary, the governor thinks, in order to acquire necessary water rights, intake and right of way for water for power pur poses. Though the m atter is not yet fully determined, all the buildings at Pendleton will probably be of con crete. They will be arranged in a crescent shape, with the administra tion building in the center and front ing, with two retreating wings on either side and the other buildings will be in the rear. Regarding the Eastern Oregon in stitution, the governor says: “ The tract selected by the old board is about equally divided between hill and bottom land, the latter being sep arated from the former by the O. R. & N. tracks and the county road. The proposed building site was upon the hill tract, but the present board, after careful investigation, decided that the said site was unsuitable and their findings were borne out by the reports both of the special committee appoint ed by the board and the legislative committee. “ The legislative committee, how ever, reported that the bottom tract afforded a suitable site for the build ings, and this report was adopted by the legislature.” Salem, Feb. 27.—Baker’s demand for greater consideration at the hands of the Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation company in the way of distributive and special commodity rates was taken up for investigation officially today by the railroad com mission. Baker has made a demand similar to the one made by the city of Medford for distributive rates as fav orable as those enjoyed by the larger shipping centers such as Portland, Spokane and Seattle. Attorney Arthur C. Spencer of Port land, is conducting the case for the railroad company. Attorney F. H. McCune of Portland, is attorney for the Baker Commercial club, the plain tiff bringing the complaint against the railroad company. At 11 o’clock when the case opened before the com mission Attorney Spencer put on the stand General Freight Agent F. W. Robinson, of the Oregon & Washing ton railroad company and he read into the records a stupendous amount of statistics and figures showing the bus iness relation of the business of the road to the different cities and centers of population in Oregon. É. H. Flagg, chief clerk of the state senate, and John P. Hunt, assist ant clerk, were prominent figures in the recent controversy over the revis ion of the senate journal. Flagg went into the courts to prevent Hunt and Colonel Mercer from revising the jour nal, as they had been directed by a senate resolution to do, and won his point. This incident was of more impor tance than the average reader may suppose. A record of every bill en acted into law must be kept and set forth from the time of its introduc tion, and unless this record is correct in every detail the law may be as sailed in the courts. Legal authori ties differ as to whether a law can stand if it is not backed by a complete ly accurate record. U M A T I L L A P L A N S H IG H W A Y . Fin e 1 5 -M ile B o u le v a rd to R u n Pe n d le ton to A the na. Fro m Pendleton — Umatilla county is to have at least one permanent highway, notwithstanding the failure of the good roads measures before the recent legislature. The county court, backed up by the Umatilla County Good Roads association, many prominent farmers and heavy taxpayers, will un dertake the construction of a modem highway from Pendleton to Athena, by way of Adams, a distance of 15 miles. Plans were under way to construct this road in accordance with the pro visions of the Tuttle road law, but since the legislature repealed this measure the only thing left to do is to build it, and this will be done. S h e lb u r n W a n t s W a itin g Room. Salem, Feb. 28.—A petition was received by the railroad commission this morning from citizens who live in the vicinity of Shelburn, where the Corvallis & Eastern railroad inter sects with the Springfield branch of the Southern Pacific company, asking that the commission investigate condi tions, and, if it is found necessary, to make an order requiring these roads jointly to build a depot or waiting station at the point of intersection. O il W ell D o w n 2 , 0 0 0 Feet. Dallas—The Whiteaker oil well has reached a depth of 2.000 feet and the drill is being operated to its full ca pacity. Promoters of the venture are greatly encouraged with the prospects of striking oil. MUCH LU M B ER U SED HERE. - O r e g o n In d u strie s R e q u ire d in 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 Feet. 1909 Out of the 2,000,000,000 feet, board measure, of timber cut in the state of Oregon during the year of 1909, 800,- 000,000 feet were used in Oregon. This fact is shown in a report just is sued by the Oregon Conservation com mission and the United States Forest service. Howard B. Oakleaf, of the United States Forest service, pre pared the data under the direction of J. B. Knapp, who is in charge of the engineering work of the service in this district. Of the 800,000,000 feet used in the state, 296,791,900 feet were taken by the wood-using industries. Dividing the wood-using industries into their respective lines of manufacture, it is found that pulp in 1909 required 93,- 367,600 feet; boxes, 77,946,500; sashes and doors, 43,158,500; interior finish work, 22,660,000; cooperage, 20,685,000; furniture manufacture, 9,835,350; excelsior, 4,320,000; bask ets and veneers, 3,102,000 and other minor lines make up the balance. P O W E R L 'N E PRO G RESSES, B ig Plant al S p r i. g f ie ld W ill S o o n D e live r C u r r e n t I h r o u g h Valley. Eugene The transmission line ex tending from the Oregon Power com pany’s big electric plant at Spring- field down the valley as far as Albany, is practically complete, the linemen having reached Albany. The use of this line means the electrification of practically the entire Upper Willam ette valley, for numerous towns and cities besides Springfield, Eugene and Albany will be supplied with lelectric lights and power from the line. The line, however, cannot be used for some time yet, because the substations at Albany and other points are not yet completed. The line is 45 miles long and is said to be one of the longest on the Coast. It was built at a cost of $2,000 a mile. The poles, which are all over 40 feet high, are the heav iest obtainable and the big porcelain insulators cost over $1 apiece. The heavy copper wire is almost a quarter of an inch thick. It is easily seen that the cost of the transmission line is quite heavy. The towns of Coburg, Harrisburg and Junction City are already being supplied with light and power from the plant at Springfield over this transmission line and the company is planning on furnishing these commod ities to the other villages and farming communities in this part of the state. D R A IN O w yhee 1 ,0 0 0 A C R E S . F a rm e rs W o u ld M o is t u r e In S o il. R e gulate Nyssa — A meeting of land owners has decided that preliminary steps for the drainage of 1,000 acres of land under the Owyhee ditch be taken and that the engineer start the work at once. Some of the land in question is suffering from too much moisture, but the greater portion is as yet in fair condition. The owners realize the necessity of drainage and the steps are taken to prevent the land from being waterlogged. Some of the section is owned by what is commonly called the “ road grant company,” and the steps taken depend a great deal on the way these people look at the proposition. The engineer is preparing to put his men in the field to sound the soil and to run the preliminary survey for the right of way. E x te n d P o w e r L in e s. Milton—City Electrician Coyle and a large crew of men will commence work next week setting poles and stringing wire for two power lines to be projected into the country north and west of Milton. The line is to be built at once, while another is soon to be built on the east side of the Walla Walla river. The new lines will be similar to those built by the city two years ago, and which have been in use ever since. The past two years have dem onstrated to many of the farmers the cheapness of electricity for pumping purposes, and it is now thought that a large field is opening up for the sur plus of municipal juice which has been generated since the extension and en largement of the municipal plant. B a k e r W a n t s O w n Plant. Baker—The city commissioners at a meeting instructed the city engineer to prepare estimates and cost for in stalling a municipal lighting plant. The plan is to construct a pipe line from Elk creek to Salmon creek to re place the old flume. It is believed the new plan will furnish sufficient power for an electric lighting plant to be owned by the city. The plan also in cludes the construction of a new reser voir of 3,000,000 gallons. If carried out the enterprise will save the city thousands of dollars in lighting every year and will also furnish cheap pow er for commercial purposes. CO N G RESS A SKED Fifty T O "H A L T ." v S a n A n to n io C itiz e n s " D e m a n d " N o n -In te rfe re n c e . Washington—That the president and congress shall “ call a halt and take hands off ’ in the matter of the Mexi can revolution is the “ demand” of certain residents of San Antonio, Tex. The demand reached the senate in a petition bearing 50 signatures. The document was addressed to “ The Pres ident of the United States and to the Speaker of the House of Representa tives,” and read: We the undersigned citizens of San Antonio, Texas, and liberty-loving people of the United States, do here by most earnestly protest against your taking any part in the Mexican rev olution, now going on in Mexico. There is not an honest, liberty-loving man in this country, knowing the cause of this revolution, but who is at heart and soul in sympathy with those revolutionists; we therefore demand that you call a halt and take hands off of same and let old despot Diaz and the revolutionists fight it out.” R U E F W IL L G O T O PEN. B id s F r ie n d s G o o d -B y e a n d S u r r e n d e r s to D e p u ty S h e riff. San Francisco, Feb. 28.—After be ing at liberty for 15 months on a bail bond aggregating $600,000, Abraham Ruef was taken into custody at mid night tonight, following the vacation of the Supreme court’s order remand ing the case for rehearing. Early in the evening, Ruef held a consultation with his attorneys and, after bidding friends about town good bye, went home. A deputy was wait ing at his residence with a bench war rant issued by Judge Lawler. Ruef quietly surrendered himself and the pair started for the county jail. An appeal to the United States Supreme court on some constitutional ground is his only recourse now. If such action is not taken, Ruef prob ably will start for San Quentin in a day or two to begin serving a 14-year term on a charge of bribery. E A T IN G D O G S A N D C A T S . S t a r v in g C h in e se U s e P e ts O f f Death. to W a rd Shanghai.—A missionary who ar rived here from the famine district, where he had been engaged in relief work, says that 3,000 persons are dy ing daily and that 350,000 are wholly dependent on the foreign famine com mittee, which was organized here. In many places dogs and cats are being killed for food and houses are pulled down by the occupants and the debris exchanged for anything that can be eaten. There is urgent need of help pend ing the arrival of the American trans port Buford, which is bringing sup plies donated by the people of the United States. C h o le r a K ills H a w a iia n s. Honolulu — Four more deaths from cholera have occurred among the Ha waiians isolated at the quarantine sta tion because of contact with infected persons. This makes a total of six deaths since the disease first made its appearance, here. San Francisco—F. E. Tritter, chief quarantine officer of the port, notified all shipping men that vessels clearing from Honolulu must obtain a certifi cate from the chief quarantine officer of the Hawaiian port. Vessels not so provided will be sent to quarantine on arrival here. 5 0 0 to T r y to F la n k M a d e ro . El Paso, Tex.—The Mexican mili tary commander has ordered the regu lar schedule on the Mexican North eastern railroad, operating from Jua rez south to Casas Grandes and Pear son, discontinued and commanded all cars to take sooth 500 soldiers and two field pieces. These men will try to flank Madero, who is reported south of Juarez, marching on Chihuahua, with 500 Federals that left Juarez Friday in his rear. This troop move ment will leave only about 400 sol diers in Juarez. J a p C o o lie s G o in g H o m e . San Francisco.—The number of Jap anese laborers in the United States has decreased 11,152 in the past three years, if statistics prepared by the Japanese foreign office are correct. The figures were made public by Mat- suzo Nagai, Japanese consul general for San Francisco. The report indi cates that the United States has lost 6,371 Japanese, of all classes, by ex cess of departures over arrivals in the three years. U n c le S a m M a y L ic e n s e A u to s. Washington —The Federal automo bile license bill introduced by Wanger, of Pennsylvania, was favorably re ported by the house committee on in terstate and foreign commerce. The measure provides a Federal license in addition to the local license, but ex empts the automobile from the local license of other states through which it may pass. Provision also is made for the licensing of drivers. D e v e lo p C o a l In C o q u ille . Coquille—A deal in Oregon coal lands involving about $155,000 was closed here when H. B. Guthrey, George E. Pike and R. E. Doan sold to the Pulaski Coal A Navigation com pany 329 acres of coal land at Coquille near tidewater. The company will begin immediately to arrange at a cost of about $75,000 for the development of the property on an extensive scale asid the shipment of coal to Coast points. It is of first-class quality. Po lice P a rty M a y B e L o tt . Dawson, Y. T.—A police expedi tion of four men, which left Fort Mc Pherson and Herschel Island, in the Arctic Ocean, a week before Christ mas, with police advices and mail from whalers, traders and trappers, has not yet arrived here, though the journey should have been made in 30 days. A relief expedition has gone out from Dawson. Indians report one whaler at Herschel. CHINESE FAMINE SUFFERERS RIOT Bands of Starving People Sack Large Villages. C itiz e n s R e sis t and F ig h tin g is D e s p e ra te — M a ra u d e rs T rap p e d and B u rn e d to D e ath . Victoria, B. C., March 2.—Rendered desperate by the famine, bands of hundreds of starving refugees are rov ing through the stricken districts and plundering and killing, and a reign of terror prevails. Some harrowing in cidents are reported by arrivals by the steamer Tamba Maru, which reached port from the Orient today. At Kunshan, a walled village within 50 miles of Shanghai, the villagers, after a desperate raid in which stores were looted and many killed, meted out punishment, peculiarly Chinese in its grim callousness, to the raiding refugees. A band of more than 500 were surrounded in a compound and burned to death. The refuges had taken possession of Kunshan and for two days ransacked the stores of everything eatable, kill ing or wounding all who resisted. Many villagers were slain and others taken prisoners and held for ransom. When the raiders moved on to plunder the next village the Kunshan people held a council of war and or ganized to pursue the refugees. They came up with them in a small village and surrounded the houses. Gates were locked and kerosene poured over the houses and fired. More than 500 perished in the holocaust. The refugees took five prisoners in to the compound in view of the be- seigers and threatened to kill them un less the siege was raised and, on the villagers’ pressing them back to the burning buildings, they hacked the five men slowly to death. Prisoners wer&tied to stakes in the burning buildings and were burned with their captors. A number of the refugees who es caped were reinforced by other bands and returned, and desperate fighting ensued, in which many villagers were killed. Troops were then sent for and have been hurried to the scene. V O L IV A IS R U L E R O F Z IO N . P a y m e n ts o f D e b ts R e m o v e s R e c e iv e r and C ity S h r ie k s W ith J o y . Chicago.— A wild shriek of joy burst from the throats of the inhabi tants of Zion City, when they learned that the “ blight” of being a prophet who must take orders from the Federal court had been removed from the shoulders of Wilbur Glenn Voliva and that the great estate left by John Al exander Dowie had passed finally into his hands. The payment of $700,000 in Judge Landis’ court by Cobe & McKinnon, Voliva’s brokers, to Gus D. Thomas, receiver for the estate, placed the $1,- 350,000 property in the hands of the overseers. Cobe & McKinnon were secured in this payment by a $950,000 bond issue. From the moment the news reached the city founded by Dowie there were scenes of delirious joy in the streets. Thousands of horns were dragged forth from nobody knows where and blown as long as men, women and children behind them could muster lung power. W ild e r C a lls f o r M o r e H elp. Washington.—To meet the pressing needs of the starving people of China, American Consul General Wilder at Shanghai has cabled the secretary of state in an urgent appeal to the Amer ican people for the contribution of $100,000 more to be sent by cable to the stricken people. Mr. Wilder makes it plain that this amount will be needed before the army transport Buford, now loading at Se attle, can reach China with supplies. " W e t s " W in B a c k C itie s. Indianapolis, In d .— The “ wets” gained several of the larger cities of Indiana that previously had been on. the “ dry” side in local option elec tions in 14 counties of the state; The “ drys” held the county, townships and some cities, but the people decided for the return of saloons in the cities of Marion, Wabash, Vevay, Rushvilfe, Huntington, Connellsville, Decatur and Kokomo. Cities that voted to re main dry were Delphi, Tipton, Peters burg, Green Castle, Gas City and No- bteaville. O ld M e n In h e rit M illio n . Leicester, Eng.—It is reported that two men living at Blaby, a short dis tance from here, who were drawing government old age pensions of five shillings weekly on account of extreme poverty, have inherited $1,000,000. The money, so the story goes, was be queathed them by a brother, Henry Bowns, who died recently at Salt Lake, Utah. This information is said to have been contained in a letter from the testator’s son. B o r d e r W ill B e W a tch e d . Washington—Disturbances are in creasing along the Mexican frontier and the situation necessitates the close watching by the American troops of practically every inch of the line in order to preserve the neutrality of the United States. A shipment of arms en route to Mexico has been cap tured by United States marshals near Douglas, Ariz.
