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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. EIGHT PAGES CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK REBELS MASSACRE CAPTIVES. Garrison of Leon, Nicaragua, Butch ered By Insurgents. Managua, Niaragua Nearly the en tire detachment of 500 Nicaraguan troops, comprising the garrison of the ACQUIT DARROW IN 34 MINUTES LEADERS ARE TAKEN. Ecuadorian Rebele Defeated By Gov ernment Near Guayaquil Guayaquil, Ecuador Government troops have defeated a force of rebels near Fort Piedra, a short distance out- Doings of the World at Lar,e LcZ Jury in Famous Bribery Trial STE Told in Brief! Agrees Quickly. General Resume of Important Events Presented in Condensed Form ( for Our Busy Readers. Reports from the English and Call forhia hop fields are sending up prices, President Taft will again veto the amended legislative, executive and judicial bill. Carson D. Boren, the last survivor of the party that founded the city of Seattle, is dead. Lawyers for Darrow are making a strong effort , to have all remaining charges against him dismissed. Eastern women are busy organizing the campaign work of all the national political parties among women. General William Booth, head of the Salvation Army, died at his home in London, England. While watching a blast at a dis tance of 900 feet, a Cottage Grove, Or., man was instantly killed by a fly ing rock. Reports of the secretary show that the Progressive convention at Chicago cost $19,403, and a balance of $474.63 was left on hand. A special committee appointed by Governor Harmon, of Ohio, has rec ommended a pension system for widows with children under 14 years of age. A bill has been passed by the house authorizing the sale of 10,800 acres of rich farming land in Oklahoma be longing to the Five Civilized Indian tribes Blondy, the pet dog of the late financier John W. Gates, will have an imposing funeral, his body being taken from New York to Port Arthur, Texas, for interment in the family cemetery. Remarkable Scene Follows, Jurors Embracing Defendant and Judge Congratulating Him. surgents, according to reports which reached the capital On Friday news was received by the government that the Liberals at Leon had risen in revolt and General Cha morra dispatched troops to suppress the movement and to reinforce the garrison of the city The government troops on reaching ter of the town. The insurgents, who Lo Angeles-Carence S. Darrow greatly outnumbered the government was scquitted Saturday of the charge force, attacked the city Saturday and of bribery by a jury, which was ex- after a fierce engagement the garrison .etlv 34 minutes considering the case. J 1 l a. j L.I j: ,t..!l surrenuureu. insula oi noiuing me r Notwithstanding the Verdict in captives prisoners of war it is report- .. . the rebels slaughtered them, a force of 500 all ex sept 70 ed that Out of were killed, After the repulse of the insurgents last Wednesday night after a four days' battle at Managua, in which American marines and bluejackets played a prominent part as defenders of the capital, the insurgents retired, ostensibly to their headquarters at Masaya. The insurgents, however, had sent large quantities of arms and ammunition from Masaya to Leon through the mountain passes and were hurriedly concentrating their forces at the northern town. ueneral Men a, the deposed secre tary of war, and leader of the insur rection, whose health has been greatly impaired, was in Leon directing the operations of the men. GENERAL BOOTH 1 IS DEAD. The Chinese general assembly has demanded that Yuan Shi Kai explain the recent execution of Generals Chang Chen Wu and Aeng Wei, who were loyal supporters of Dr. Sun Yat Sen's progressive party. Roosevelt begins speech-making tour of Eastern states. General Orozco evacuates Juarez, with. Federals advancing. The first American-built submarine boat was launched at Philadelphia. The Senate passed a bill placing at the disposal of Luther Burbank 12 sec tions of land in California, New Mex ico, Arizona and Nevada for the prop agation of spineless cacti. London firm sends representative to this coast to Investigate conditions. One hundred and forty-three fisher men were drowned off the coast of Spain during a gale. Venerable Commander of Salvation Army Yields to Old Age. London General William Booth, commander-in-chief of the Salvation Army, is dead at his home in this city. He was born in Nottingham in 1S29, being 83 years old at the time of his death. The veteran Salvation Army leader was unconscious for 48 hours before he died. The medical bulletins had not revealed the seriousness of the general's condition, which for a week, it is now admitted, was hopeless. Twelve weeks ago General Booth un derwent an operation for the removal of a cataract in his left eye. For two days after the operation indications gave hope of his recovery. Then sep tic poisioning set in, and from that time, with the exception of occasional rallies, the patient's heatlh steadiy de clined. The general recognized that the end was near and often spoke of his work as being finished. Throughout the commander-in chief's illness his son, Bramwell Booth, chief of staff of the army, and Mrs Bramwell Booth, gave their unremit ting attentions to him. The evangelist died in his residence, the Rockstone Hadley Wood, eight miles from London, where he had been confined to his bed since the operation ney Fredericks, Mr. Darrow 's ordeal is not over. Fredericks declared he would insist upon the trial of the law yer on a second indictment. As he 'sat in a cafe a few blocks from the scene of his trial and acquit tal, surrounded by a few intimate friends and finding more relish in the perusal of scores of congratulatory telegrams than in his luncheon, Dar row apparently was unconcerned in the statement of the prosecutor. Al though declining to discuss the threat ened second long ordeal, he said he was too happy to feel alarmed at any thing. Mr. Darrow was showered with tel egrams from all parts of the country, which Degan pouring in within an hour after the verdict was given to the world. Tbey came from I labor or ganizations, leaders of organized la bor, intimate friends and many of whom he does not know. Most of them came !from Chicago, his home and the scene of 'most of his profes sionai activities lor a quarter of a century. The court room scene which fol lowed the reading of the verdict, just 34 minutes after the jury had retired. was one that bad no parallel in the court annals of this city. Jurors whose phlegmatic countenances bad given no hint of their feelings throughout the three months and more which elapsed since Ithe trial began, embraced the man they had tried and with tears running down their cheeks declared it was the happiest day of their lives. Court officials, including Judge Hut ton and the half dozen bailiffs, joined in the congratulations and Mrs. Dar row, to whom the trial was a contin uous nervous strain, stood speechlessly happy with one hand in her husband's and with the other wringing those of the jurors. re volt were maiio prisoners. The upris ing was started by Colonel Bejarano, aided by other former army officers, and is reported to have been the back ing of the adherents of the late presi dent, Eloy Alfaro. The Ecuadorean congress, which re cently was installed at Quito, the cap ital, has conferred on General Leoni- das Plaza, the president-elect of the republic, full powers to cope with the revolutionary movement General Plaza was elected president on March 31, and does not take of lice until September 1. Meanwhile the reins of government are in the hands of Alfred P. Moreno, the president of the senate. General Plaza was com mander of the government troops which put down the revolution follow ing ithe death of President Estrada last December. He was president of the republic from 1900 to 1904, and in 1905 represented his country as minis ter at Washington. After the death of President Estra da, General Pedro Montero was pro claimed president by the troops in Guayaquil. The army at Quito fav ored General Plaza, and the action of the Guayaquil troops precipitated a revolution. Plaia succeeded in capturing Guaya quil, and Montero, after being tried by courtmartial, was dragged into the streets and beheaded, his body being burned by the angry populace. rive of the most prominent revo lutionists, including General Floyd Alfaro, a former president, and his nephew, General Flavio Alfaro, for mer minister of war, were taken to Quito and imprisoned. When their presence in the capital became known a mob stormed the penitentiary and put them to death. TRIBUTE FOR HEROES. QBBEBS3J3 FEDERAL ADVANCE SLOW. f for OPIUM BY MAIL. Steamer City of Seattle, which was grounded in Alaskan waters recently, is freed by high tide. A prominent Oregon lumberman fought a Frenchman on board the liner Olympic over a card game. American marines were ordered by the War Department to stop the bom' bardment of the Nicaraguan capital, PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices New, clsb, 76c; bluestem, 79c; forty-fold, 77e; valley, 78c. Millstuffs Bran, $25 ton; shorts, $28; middlings, $32; rolled barley, $29, Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15; valley timothy, $1213; alfalfa, $11 12; clover, $10; oats and vetch, $10 11; grain hay, $1011. Corn Whole, $39 ; cracked, $40 ton Oats Spot, $26 ton. Fresh fruits Apples, new, $1 1.75 box; peaches, 3575c box; plums, 7oc(g,$1.10 box; pears, $1.20 1.50 box; apricots, $1.25 box; grapes, 6oc(a?1.75 crate; blackber ries, 60c$l crate. Melons Cantaloupes, 60c(S;$ 1. 50 per crate; watermelons, $11.50 per ewt. Onions Walla Walla, 90c$l sack. Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur banks, new, 6O90c per hundred. Vegetables Artichokes, 6575c dozen; beans. 2c pound; cabbage, 1 lie; cauliflower, $11.25 dozen; cel ery, 7585c; corn, 1525c; cucum hers, 60c box; eggplant, 710c pound; head lettuce, 202c dozen; peas, 89c pound; peppers, 810c; radishes, 1520c dozen; tomatoes, 50(S,75c box; garlic, 810c pound. Eggs Case count, 23c dozen ; cand led 25c; extras 27c. Butter Oregon creamery butter, cubes 31c pound; prints 32Jc. Pork Fancy Hie pound. Veal Fancy 14Jc pound. Poultry Hens, 1313ic pound; broilers, 15(5jl6c ducks, young, 11 12c; geese, 10(llc; turkeys, live, 18 20c; dressed, 2425c. Hops 1912 contracts, 1920c; 1911 crop, nominal. Cattle Choice steers, $6.757; good, $66.65; medium, $5.756; choice cows, $5.756; good, $5.50 5.75; medium, $55.50; choice cal ves, $78.50 good heavy calves, $6(S) 6.50; bulls, $3. 505; stags, $4.75 6. Hogs Light, $59; heavy, $6.25 7.50. Sheep Yearlings, $34; wethers, $34.60; ewes, $2.853.75; lambs, $45.25. Smugglers Reap Rich Harvest Oriental Steamers. Honolulu smugglers oi opium in their efforts to circumvent the cus toms authorities at American ports have been using United States mail bags as carriers of the contraband drug and evidently have succeeded in bringing many thouands of dollars worm oi opium into island and possi bly mainland ports. The discovery of this method of smuggling, which was made some time ago, has been kept secret by the government officials who have been investigating. On the steamer Man churia, which arrived at Honolulu on August 8 from the Orient, a mail bag was found which, instead of contain ing letters, was stuffed with $5000 worth of opium. Either mail bags long have been used for this purpose by collusion be tween postal employes here and at some Oriental port, or the bag had been opened aboard the Manchuria, the mail destroyed and the tins of opium placed in the bag. Fumes of Asphalt Fatal. San Francisco Risking his own life to save three employes, Joseph Sin clair, superintendent of the Pacific Roofing & Refining company, descend ed into a reeking asphalt still in this city and brought them out alive. Ray mond Giovanni and Louis Pruzzo en tered the stil to clean it. Both were overcome. Kudolph Strang, a fellow workman, went down after them. As he was carrying their inert bodies to a manhole he, too, collapsed. Sinclair managed to get out all three. Gio vanni died on the way to a hospital. Mad Elephant Escapes. Chicago An elephant, crazed, it is said, by its keeper's failure to give it water, burst its chains and escaped from a wild west show in Englewood. Hundreds of persons were terrorized ny the maddened beast, which, in its flight, smashed fences, uprooted trees and overturned several small build- ngs. Police sent in wagons to cao- ture the elephant were forced to cimb trees. Showmen finally coaxed it into a corner and shackled it. Mexican Rebels Leave Big Job Railway Repairers. 2 Juarez, Mexico It is considered by railway men that federal troops can not occupy Juarez before next Monday at the earliest date. In advance of the federal army, under Generals Ra bago and Tellez, is a repair train, and two trains left Juarez to repair the road from this end. Determined to have some vestige of civil government, the citizens of Juar ez met and named three commission ers, each with equal power of ballot In this way Juarez bears the distinc tion of being the only city in Mexico with a commission government. Infantile Plague Serious. bacramento, t-ai. According to a statement issued from the office of the state board of health, there have al ready been 60 cases of poliomyelitis, commonly known as infantile paraly sis, so far this month. Most of the cases were reported from Southern California, although there were two cases found in Stockton and one San Jose. In Los Angeles city there were 43 cases and in Los Angeles county 48. During July there were 188 cases in all and 35 deaths. In Los Angeles county there were 152 cases and 28 deaths. In June here were 31 cases and five deaths. Women of Bolivia Send Contributions to Titanic Arch. Washington, D. C. One ' of the huge blocks which will be used in the construction of the great arch in Washington in memory of the men who died on the steamship Titanic that the women and children might be saved, will be the most valuable piece of building material ever used in this country. It will be made of virgin silver from the mines of Bolivia, and will represent the contribution of that South American republic to the pro ject planned by the North American women in recognition of the bravery of men. The offer of this interesting contrl bution came from an organization of the women of La Pas and was made through Horace G. Knowles, American minister to Bolivia, who says: The women of La Paz and Bolivia contend that the heroes of the Titanic were the noblest men of all mankind, greater than Americans or any partic ular nationality." QUAKE LASTS FIVE MINUTES. Washington Farmer May Get Aid. Spokane Governor Hay declares that he will send to the next legisla ture a message recommending a con stitutional amendment permitting the state to lend to farmers at eaBy rates of interest the $9,750,000 which has accumulated from the sale of school and public lands. Wild Buffalo Flourish Washington, D. C Lieutenant Colo nel Brett, commanding the Yellow stone National Park, has reported to Secretary of the Interior Fisher that his men have seen more buffalo in the wild herd in the park recently than for ten years. They counted 48 buf falo, he said, all of which appeared to be in fine condition. The tame herd which is kept in an enclosure in the park, said Colonel Brett, now num bers 144. Nearly one half of the buffaloes in the United States are in the Yellowstone park. Civil War Heroine Dead. Oakland, Cal. Dr. C. Annette Bucket, famous nationally as the "lit tle major" of the Union army because of her services during the Civil war, s dead. Dr. Buckel was born in Warsaw, N. Y., August 25, 1833, and was graduated from the Woman's Medical college of Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the Civil war she vol unteered for hospital service in the Union army and accompanied the troops through some fierce battles. Williams, Ariz., and Surrounding Re- gion Shaken Heavily. Albuquerque, N. M. According to special dispatch received here, Wil liams, Arizona, 400 miles west of here, was severely shaken by an earth quake Monday fafternoon. The shock lasted from 2 :06 to 2 : 10 p. m. Build ings rocked on their foundations, win dows and crockery were broken and the inhabitants of the town were greatly frightened. The shocks were felt as far east as Winslow, 100 miles. Holbrook, another town nearby, sIbo was severely shaken. It is believed no lives were lost. Insurance Man Uninsured. New York After spending a life time writing millions of insurance policies, Archibald C. Haynes died without any insurance on his own life. In his will just filed here he left only a $500 estate, which goes to his widow. Haynes was at one time one of the best-known insurance men in the country. He was general agent of the Equitable. Holbrook, Arizona" The severest earthquake ever felt here occurred shortly after 2 o'clock Monday after noon. The shock, which lasted 15 seconds, was felt at Gallup, west of here, and also at Seligman. No ser ious damage has been reported. American Miners Betieged. El Paso, Tex. Reports of fighting by 20 Americans of the Tominil mine, in the state of Sinaloa, with rebels and strikers besieging them, have reached here. It is said by officials here that no federal troops can be spared to go to the aid of the Ameri cans. The Tominil mine is situated 80 miles from the coast. The Ameri can consul at Mazatlan has received an appeal for aid. A letter received here contained also a telegram asking for assistance, to be sent to Governor Colquitt, of Texas. ' Sports Offer Big Prize. Paris Edmund Audemars, a Swiss airman, who has made a number of as censions in the United States, has started from I Say, five miles south west of Paris, on a flight to Berlin. He is competing for a prize offered for the longest distance covered in one day by an aeroplane. Newspapers say that a group of sportsmen have posted a prize of $20,000, payable to the first aviator who flies from Paris to Berlin. Man Thought Slain Is Found. St. Joseph, Mo.' Sebastian En glerth, 58 years old, who disappeared from here 14 years ago when it was thought he was murdered, has been lo cated in Norborne, Mo. He says all he remembers of his former life is that he was released from an asylum or hospital. Englerth was loading a car with his household fgoods prepara tory to moving West when he disap peared. He had $700 on bis person. , FIFTY-FIRST OREGON FAIR SALEM, SEPT. 2 - 7, 1912 $18,000.00 OFFERED IN PREMIUMS ON LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER PRODUCTS Races, Dog Show, Shoot ing Tournament, Band Concerts, Fireworks and Free Attractions Send For Premium List and Entry Blanks Reduced Rates On Railroads For Particulars Address All FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary, Salem. Oregon You JVIag Admire The clover advertising that draws you to a store, but you won't go ugain if the promises made are of the pie enmt kind. You JVTust Admire however, the store where promises are more tlmn fulfilled where you buy groceries and crockery better tlmn you expected anil at prices lower tlnin you expected to pny. That's the kind of a tore this itr. The store of Perfection, Promise und Price. h. G. REEVES Main and C Streets. I N 1) K PK N D KXC K, O It KGOX INDIAN FLYING MERKEL POPE motor Cycles flints, tfmmuniticn and fishing $aekk. lAlhktfc and fymnasium ceda. 8iei(detf, 8iei(de Repairing. Thing ETRraB .'JiUNS AND AMMtTCT Writefor Prices When in Salem call and in spect Our Complete Line Clover Leaf Dairy PURE, CLEAN, FRESH MILK AND CREAM AT RIGHT PRICES TWICE A DAY DELIVERY. ' Grant McLaughlin Phone 712. ' INDEPENDENCE, OREGON INDEPENDENCE SHOE SHOP O. FLOYD, Proprietor THE BEST EQUIPPED SHOP IN POLK COUNTY. ALL KINDS OF 8HOE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. MAIN STREET, INDEPENDENCE, ORE.