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OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
to a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Headers.
A
s
Resum e o f the L e es Im portant but
N o t L eas Interesting Events
o f the P ast W eek.
The streetcar strike at M ancie, In d .,
has been broken.
Four large New Y o rk
have gone to the w all.
diamond firms
F ire at Culbertson, M ont., destroyed
property valued at $126,000.
Thousands of men are returning to
work in a ll parts o f the Hast.
In bis annual report Secretary T aft
urges more pay for the arm y.
A scenic electric line w ill be b uilt to
the Yellow ston e National park.
Senator La F o llette is recoeiving
quite a presidential boom in the East.
Rapid progress is being made in se­
curing a jury for tho second tria l of
T h aw .
Seven men were drowned by the
overturning o f a skiff in the Missouri
liv e r near Kickapoo, K an .
The missing steamer Mount Royal
has been sighted o ff Ireland and a
steamer sent to her assistance.
Exclusion
W ill
Intuit, Says Aoki.
P ro v o k e
Paris, Jan. 7.— The newspapers con­
tinue to give much rpace to the Am er-
ican-Japanese situation.
The papers
print an alleged in terview with Count
Aoki, the retirin g ambassador of Japan
at W ashington, in w hich he is quoted
from San Francisco as Baying Japan
would consider as an offensive action
any attem pt on the part of the United
States to exclude t.ie Japanese, and
take this as a text for long articles.
Viscount A o k i’ s denial of this inte «
view has not yet been published here.
Lacking this denial, the Journal Des-
bats thinks that in bis interview Count
Aoki has placsd his fingers on the real
danger spot.
‘ ‘ Japan refuses to adm it that any­
where on the globe the Japanese are
accial y in ferior to any other people,”
says the paper.
“ Japan claims to
have won the absolute righ t to be treat­
ed as a great power everywhere, and
under all circumstances.”
In the opinion of Eclair, if the two
governments accede to the sentiments
of the people and the logical necessitv
of the situation, a conflict would ap­
pear very im m inent.
“ But Japan is
without money. Am erica is not ready,
and we doubtless shall Bee both nations
champ th eir bits a w h ile longer.”
The Gaulois believes that tire friend­
ly and tactful powers at Washington
w ill brevent a break.
It fears only
that the Am erican people may become
excited-
Baron KaruiDO, the Japanese
amlrassador to France, today gave out a
statement that he was convinced that
Viscount Aoki o n ly meant that Japan
would consider legislalion offensive to
Japan as, for instance, if an exclusion
act is proposed like the Chinese.
S O L D IE R S C A L L E D H O M E .
Fu lly 60,000 men have returned to
th eir old places in O hio as the result
o f general resumption of com mercial Hundreds of Japanese Leaving B rit­
ish Colum bia.
activity .
Vancouver, B. C .,.la n . 7.— Hundreds
I t is estimated th at there are 125,-
000 persons out of work in New York o f Japanese, whose terms o f service iu
C ity . An appeal for aid has been made the m ikado’ s arm y had not been com ­
pleted or who were on the reserve list
to the nation, state and city.
of fighting meD, have been called home
M any desperate crim in als infest San
to Japan.
Francisco and Oakland.
Dozens of Japanese qu it their work in
T h e seoond trial of H arry Thaw for Vancouver yesterday, and many more
the murder o f Stanford W h ite has are com ing into town today. A lready
started.
they are securing passage on vessels
Ambassador A ok i reiterated Japan­ outbound across the Pacific from Van­
couver and Victoria.
March 15 is g iv ­
ese friendship in a farew ell speech at
en as the day when they must report
San Francisco.
ready for whatever duty is in store for
Strikes in N ew Y o rk for low er rent them.
are being settled by concessions on the
The gathering of the Japanese is be­
part of landlords.
ing carried out with much secrecy. No
Japanese spies are said to be making less than 200 landed in a bunch this
a
sm all
Am erican
sketches and photographs around Fort m orning from
steamer, which slipped in and out of
Townsend, Wash.
the harbor before d ayligh t and neither
H aywood says the acquittal o f Pettl- entered nor cleared from the customs
bone Is a vindication for the Western house.
Federation o f M iners.
Since Friday there has been a steady
T h e Vancouver ch ief o f police has stream of the brown men from the
No Japanese in the
refused to search Japanese for arms for logging camps.
city w ill adm it the com ing of the order
for fear o f stirring up further trouble.
for the return of the soldiers, but offi­
The three men entombed at E ly.,
cers o f the Asiatic Exclusion league
N ev., by a cavein in a mine December declare that they have absolute inform
1 have not been reached yet by tho ation that this order has been received
rescuers.
In Vancouver since the departure of
M. Harmand, ex-French minister to the Am erican fleet for Pacific waters.
Japan, likens the situation between
the United states and Japan to a mine
C H IC A Q O T E N A N T S O R G A N IZ E .
which m igh t easily be set off.
The jury has disagreed in the Powers
oase. T h e next htrial is set for July
6. Powers is accused of com plicity in
the murder of W illia m Uoebel.
R io Janeiro is preparing hospitality
for the battleship Meet.
The governor has ordered out troops
to suppress the Muncie, In d ., riots.
T h e countess o f Yarm outh, H arry
T h a w 's siBter, is suing for a divorce.
W itte and Kuro|>atkin have had a
wordy controversy over the Russo-Jap­
anese war.
Banks of the country have made a
large Increase In business for the year
Just ended.
Seven o f the nine com panies o f U n it­
ed States infantry at G oldfield have
been withdrawn.
Foraker denounces the method of
h oldin g Ohio prim aries, w h ile T aft
men defend them.
A hospital ship w ill be equipped 'a t
the Mare Island navy yard w hich w ill
meet the big fleet at Magdalena bay.
Judge Hunt has sent four Butte labor
leaders to ja il for contempt in connec­
tion w ith the telephone strike in that
c ity .
Europe Is anxiously watching d evel­
opments between the United States and
Japan. The next two months are con­
sidered critical.
Ghatto Resident! Demand
in High Renta.
Reduction
Chicago, Jan. 7.— Five hundred resi­
dents of Chicago's ghetto formed Isst
night a Tenants’ union with the avowed
purpose o f forcing landlords of the
d istrict to reduce rents $2 a month.
I.eaderB of tlie movem ent advised the
members of the new organization to re­
fuse to pay the present rates which
were declared exorbitant and to force
the landlords to lake a ll legal steps and
pay a ll court costs in case the latter
refuse to meet the demands for lower
priceB.
A t present, it was declared, four
rooms in a ghetto tenem ent cost $12 a
month, five rooms $1H a month and
six rooms $22. A fiat reduction o f $2
is sought.
The movement w ill be modeled after
the one In New Y o rk . It is Ihe hope
of its leaders that it m sy spread to
lain',ring classes throughout the oity.
W ith this end in view a com m ittee was
appointed to confer w ith the Chicago
Federation of Labor and seek the co­
operation of that body.
M ore Rant Riots.
New Y ork , Jan. 7.— In cipien t rent
riots broke out on the East Hide yi s
terday aa a result of the tension be­
tween the landioide and the striking
tenants, and before the dlsordeis were
quelled by the police reserves, which
The State bank of Rocky Fork, Colo., were called from several precincts,
many com 1 slants were injured and
has suspended.
five were arrested.
The police used
Asiatic labor is causing a crisis in their clubs freely, but there was no
B ritish colonies.
way to obtain the number o f Injured,
Leaders o f the Russian R evolution­ as they hurried away and were cared
for by friends.
The disorders were
ary party have been arrested.
general throughout the district.
R ockefeller has given another $2,-
000,000 to Chicago university.
Stock 8how at Denver.
Receivers have lieen appointed for
the Seaboard A ir Lin e railroad.
Vancouver, B. C., laboring men are
b itter In th e ir denunciation of Asiatic
labor.
Recognising the improved condition
of finances in the United States, Eng­
land has lowered the rate o f discount
on gold.
R iotin g is
In d ., where a
The governor
i f peace is not
in progress at Muncie,
streetcar strike is on.
threatens to send troops
restored.
Denver, Jan. 7.— One o f the biggest
crowds of the year w ill be In Denver
January 20-25, to attend the Denver
Livestock exposition.
During stock
show week there w ill be held a grand
horse fair, public sales of pure tired
cattle under the direction o f the Na­
tional Breeders’ association, the 11th
annual convention of the American
National Livestock
association, the
eighth annual convention o f the Colo­
rado Horaegrowere' association and the
convention o f the Colorado Graingrow-
era' association.
W rack aga C o m te A sh ore.
Russian police discovered a plot to
Providence,
R . I . , Jan. 7.— The
k ill the dowager empress.
So sure washing ashore of a large amount of
w ere the conspirators that they issued wreckage, including four hatchia, and
invitations to the funeral.
part of a name board which bore the
Count Boni and Prince de Sagan en­ letters “ 8 I M ” on Block island today
gaged In a street fight in Paris. The led the lifesaving crew at Handy Point
count is Anna G ould's ex-husband and to the b elie f that a schooner went
th e prince has several tim es been re­ ashore somewhere between Long island
and Block ieland last night. Hpecial
ported engaged to Mails me G ould.
patrols from the life saving station
Secretary T a ft advoiatee free trade ■••arched the shore, but nothing w »s
w ith tbe P h iliin es in sugar and to- found to id en tify the vessel.
hacco.
W o rk fo r 6 ,0 0 0 Men.
Ambassador A ok i has started for
8t. Io n is. Jan. 7.— According to an­
Japan, oonfldent o ' settlin g tbe Im m i­
nouncement made ttxlajr an aggregate
gration question.
o f 6,000 men w ill be re-em ployed Jan­
T h e government has replied to the uary IS b y many large
industrial
Standard O il company, saying that its plants in East Ht. Louis, III., and v i­
• i s oi $29,240,000 is perfectly just.
cin ity.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
A P P L E S H I P M E N T S IN C R E A S E
N E W K L A M A T H IN D U S T R Y
Stockmen Organize Com pany to O p ­ Railroads Give O ut Figures Showing
O regon's Sale of Fruits.
erate Packing House.
Portland— M ore than tw ice as many
M e rrill— The orgaDiation o f the K la ­
math Packing A Com m ercial company, apples were shipped out o f this state
during 1907 than in 1906, according to
incorporated ia about com plete.
The
repoits com piled by the railroads. The
capital stock is $500,000.
Southern Pacific and O. K. A N . lines
The company has purchased of N . S. have com pleted figures showing the
M errill leu scree of land ai the foot < f cars of apples shipped from every point
Front street, bordering on Lost r iv ir . on the allied lines, and the total num­
T be object o f the concern w ill be to ber o f cars is a surprise.
pack and ship all kinds of meat.
Dur­
“ Nearly a ll these paples were bought
ing the past siasou over 25,000 head of f. o. b. at the station nearest the o r­
cattle and sheep have been driven chards,” said General Freigh t Agent
through this c ity to Montague and M iller, of the Harrim an lines.
“ This
thence shipped to Sacramento and Oak­ shows the fru it is in demand, and
land, where they are slaughtered for E tstern buyers come here in search of
market.
tt. T b e prices this season are better
There are many conditions which than ever before.
One station on our
make this long d rive and shipment un­ lines that never shipped an apple be­
satisfactory. Am ong these are the loss fore this year sent away 40 cars to the
of tlesb on the lOU-mile d rive, the dam­ East a short tim e ago. This indicates
aging of meat caused by tbe goad stick how the apple industry is going ahead.
o f the cartender, the fevered condition I predict It w ill o n ly be a few years be­
resulting from the close confinement, fore apple grow ing w ill be one of tbe
the cramped position in the crowded biggest activities of Oregon p eop le.”
curs, and the general unfitness for
Can't Use Wood.
market of the four footers upon arrival
at their destination.
Burns— The forest rangers of the
The slaughter of these anim als in Blue mountain forest reserve have fined
this county w ill insure perfectly health­ several Harney citizens for cutting tim ­
ful and palatable meat, w ill elim in ate ber in tbe reserve without perm its from
tbe shrinkage, and w ill double tbe the forest guards. The largest fine im ­
profits of the etcck raiser, as he w ill posed was on B. A . Dickenson, who
receive not only his first profit as pro­ operates a saw m ill about eigh t miles
H e was caught taking
ducer, but as a stockholder in the com­ from Harney.
pany w ill receive a second profit as tim ber from governm ent land and fined
$300 for about 17 trees. The saw m ill
wholesaler.
Because of the lateness of the season, men have been m aking this a practice
com paratively little work can be done for years before the reserve was creat­
this year, but tbe com pany w ill be put ed, and thought it no harm to continue
upon a working basis and several hun­ the practice. Last fa ll was the first
dred head of hogs v ,ill be converted tim e a forest guard has been ctationed
into hams, bacon and lard. E arly next here to give permits for cutting tim ber
There
spring conveniences for tbe preparation for wood and other purpose»
lias always been plenty of tim ber out­
of a ll by products w ill be installed.
side the reserve for wood and tim ber
for building purposes until
lately,
A S K T IM E O N R A N G E T A X .
when it was ail secured by outside peo­
ple, to be transferred in tim e to large
Wallowa Sheepmen Don't Want to Pay tim ber companies.
S 14,000 Until Next August.
E nterprise— A t
a
m eeting
of
(b e
W allow a County W oolgrow eis, in this
city, resolutions were adopted request­
ing the governm ent to defer collection
of range dues until after shearing, or
about August 1.
The sheepmen of
W allow a pay about $14,000 for rent of
ranges, ami this would be hard to raise
under the present scarcity of money.
It was recommended that the present
oounty bounty of $1.50 a head on coy­
otes be continued, and
cents a head
tax on sheep be levied to pay for it.
There are 146,000 sheep being fed in
W allowa county this w in ter. Tw enty-
two sheepmen joined the state associa­
tion and with the $2 yearly dues and
$2 assessment on each 1,000 sheep
sheared last June, the sum of $257 was
collected and sent to the slate body.
T o Develop O regon Borax,
Burns— T b e Oregon Borax company,
of which Joseph Gaston, o f Portland,
is president, lias commenced the work
of developing the soda and borax de­
posits at A lk a li lake, on tbe edge of
Lake county near tbe Harney county
line at G ra y’s Butte. A large amount
of lumber has been ordered for perma­
nent buildings, and
Superintendent
Z ell Young, w ith a party of carpenters,
is on the ground to carry on the work.
In addition to these preparations, the
sheet iron for b oilin g and settling
tanks lias been ordered in C alifornia
and w ill be shipped up to the lake by
the narrow-gauge railroad from Reno
to Alturas, where the tanks w ill be
constructed on the grounds.
G K t to O . A. C . Girls.
Board Raises Teachers’ Pay.
Oregon C ity— The teachers of tbe
c ity schools w ill receive a substantial
increase in salaries next year. This
was assured at the annual m eeting of
the local district, at which a special
tax o f 3 % m ills was levied. The levy
is 1 rail I ■ n excess of the recommenda­
tions of the board of directors, and tbe
excess w ill be added to the salaries of
tbe teachers, m aking the amount ex­
pended next year about $10,000, In
comparison w ith $8,000 for the year
just closed. The annual report of the
directors shows the schools to be in a
flourishing condition, and the financial
report shows that the floating indebt­
edness is $900 less than last year.
O fficials A re Strict.
Pendleton— That the O. R . & N . offi­
cials intend to enforce ttie rule of tfce
company to the letter is shown by an
action taken by which Conductor C.
H . Norris o f the Pendletou-IIuntiugtcn
passenger run has been taken out of
service because officials of the com­
pany found the gns lights burning in
tb e baggage car c f an O. R. A N . train
at Durkee a few days ago at 10 a. m.
As the conductor has charge o f the
train he is supposed to see that a ll the
m inor regulations are observed, at all
times.
New Hospital Completed.
Chemawa— Frederick A. E rixon, of
Salem, has com pleted and turned over
to the Indian school the spacious brick
hospital for which he had the contract.
The contract price wan $19,978. The
building is com plete w itli steam heat­
ing, electric ligh tin g, sewer system and
the latest im proved plan o f ventilation.
The building is w e ll adapted for both
sexes ami is equipped w ith fum igating
rooms and operating rooms, in addi­
tion to the dispensary, offices, etc.
C orvallis— The g ift o f MrB. Clara H.
W aldo, state grange lecturer, to W ald o
hall, the young wom en’ s dorm itory, is
probably the costliest present ever do­
nated to the Oregon Agricultural col­
lege. 8ince the dedication of W ald o
hall the gift of Mrs. W ald o has been
anticipated, but its arriva l, which was
recent, com pletely overwhelm ed all ex­
pectations. It is a beautiful clock of
old fashioned type, which, from its
solid cherry case to its
ponderous
weights,
speaks
of
old
Puritan
times.
Salem— The executive com m ittee of
ttie state normal schools has elected 0 .
E . Payne, of the department of science
at Ashlaml normal, to serve as acting
president for the rem ainder of this,
year in the place of B . F. M ulkey, re­
signed.
Warnings to Entrymen.
PO R TLA N D M A R K E TS .
Clyde Sayne Acting Preaidant.
Butter— Fancy creamery, 360 37 )^c
per pound.
i V eal— 75 to 125 pounds, 8 ^ @ 9 c ;
125 to 150 pounds, 7o; 150 to 200
pounds, 5 0 6
| Pou ltry— Average old hens, 12c per
pound; m ixed chickens, l l J t c ; spring
chickens, 1 10 12 c; roosters, 8c; dressed
chickens, 14c;
turkeys, live,
16c;
dressed, choice, 18(S20c; geese, live,
15c; ducks, 14c; pigeons, $10 1.5 0;
squabs, $2@3.
Eggs— Fresh ranch, candled, 3 2 )$ @
35c per doxen.
Pork— Block, 75 to 160 pounds, 6 0
Gold Cane for Calbreath.
6 t^c; packers, 8 0 6 1 , c.
Salem— The medical staff o f the Ore­ I
W heat— Club, 83c; bluestem, 85c;
gon state insane aelynm last week pre­
valley, 83c; red, 81c.
sented Superintendent J. F. Calbreath
Oats— No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28.
with a fine goldheaded cane as a token
Barley— Feed, $27 per ton; brewing,
o f th eir esteem.
Dr. Calbreath has $31; rolled, $30.
served eight yeats as superintendent I Corn— W h ole, $32; «ra c k ed , $33.
and line enojoyed very harmonious re­ '
H ay— V a lle y tim oth y, No. 1, $16 per
lations with his suboidlnatee and with ^ o n ; Eastern Oregon tim oth y, $22023;
the Ixiaid of trustees. H is second term clover, $15; cheat, $15; grain hay, $16
ended January 1, when he was succeed­ . 0 1 6 ; alfalfa, $16; vetch. $14.
ed by Dr. E. I.. Steiner.
I
Fruits— Apples, 75c0$2 per b ox;
deaches, 7 5 c 0 $ l per crate; pears, $1.26
S h ort C ou rses Popular.
¡0 1 .7 6 per box; cranberries, $9.50012
C orvallis— Much interest is bring per bsrrel.
manifested in the com ing short courses | Vegetables— Turnips, 75c per sack;
st the Oregon Agricultural college. No carrots, 65c per sack; beets $1 per sack;
palna have been spared to make the • tieans, 7 0 9 c per pound; cabbage, lc
work this year more com plete and ca­ ! per pound; cauliflowers, 76c<<jt$ 1 per
tenate than ever before, and some of .doxen; celery, $3.2503.50 per crate;
the best lecturers in the state ate on onions, 15020c per doaen; parsley, 20c
th » program. The new short courses per doxen; peas, l i e per pound; pep­
begin January 7 and Include instruc­ pers, 801 7c per pound; pumpkins, 1 9
tion in general agriculture, dairying, ! l H c per pound; radishes, 20c per dos-
horticulture, mechanical
arts,
and ,e n ; spinach 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c
household science.
per pound; squash, 1 01 V*c per pound;
tomatoes, $1.50 per box.
Eugene Invitee V isitors
Onions— $1.7501 86 per hundred.
Eugene— The promotion department
Potatoes— 5 0065c per hundred, de­
of tt*e Eugene Commercial club has liv e r e d P ortlan d; sweet potatoes, $2.76
had notices printed and w ill hang them per cwt.
in every depot in the state, to the effect
Hope— 1907, prim e and choice, 5 0
tliat strangers w ill be made welcome 7t%c per pound; olds, l « 8 c per pound.
at the rooms of the club, and In vitin g
W o o l— Eastern Oregon, average beet,
any visitors to visit the c ity of Eu­ , 13020c per pound, according to shrink­
gene. The cards state that the club has age. valley. 18020c, according to fine­
nothing to sell, but in anxione to be of ness. ; mohair, choice, 2 9030c per
any service it can to strangers.
pound.
Lakeview — The numerous decisions
rendered the commissioner of the gen­
eral land office no longer leave any
doubt in the minds of homesteaders as
to what they must do if they expect to
hold the lands in the Southern Oregon
pine belt.
In every caaee o f contest
where it was shown that the home­
steader bad failed to com ply w ith the
law in any particular, no matter how
triv ia l, tbe decision has gone to the
contestant and the homestead entry
has been ordered cancelled.
12— Steamship Cypress wrecked on
Lake Superior and 22 lives lost.
14—
Town of San Jose del Cabo, Lower
California, destroyed by cloudburst.
15—
Du Pont powder works near Fon­
tanel, Ind., explodes, killing 50 people.
* 10— W all street flurry causes great
slump in copper stocks.
22—
23— Panic in New York and the
N a tu ral
P h en om en a and
D ire fu l
MARCH.
Euat marked by suspension of Knieker-
4— Fifty-ninth Congress adjourns sine bocker Trust Company and of various
A c c id e n t Fu rnish L o n g L is ts
d ie ....T h re e changes in President’s cab­ financial concerns, appointment of receiv­
o f Dead.
ers for Westinghouse Electric and Manu­
inet take effect.
facturing Company, and wild scenes on
7—
Strother brothers in Culpepper, Va.,
acquitted of murder under “ unwritten Slock Exchange.
23—
Germans win balloon race from St.
law.”
Louis with France second.
9—
Death of John Alexander D o w le ...
EPITOME OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
W ill J. Davis freed of responsibility for
27— New $20,000,000 Union station
Iroquois theater disaster by Judge Kim­ opened in Washington.
30— Earthquake and mountain slide de­
brough of Danville, 111.
stroys town of- Karatagh, Russian Tur­
12—
Death of M. Casimlr Perier, for­
R ecen t F in a n c ia l D istu rbance— O kla
mer president o f France. .. . Magaxines on kestan, and causes 15,000 deaths.
bom a a State— F in e and Q ift
French battleship Jena explode at Toulon,
NOVEMBER.
killing 80 and injuring 500 persons.
o f M illio n s .
I—
Great railway strike in Great Brit­
14— Death of Maurice Greu, Impres- ain called.
sario.
5— End of telegraphers’ strik e.. . . Elec­
The chronicler who scene the record
10—
Burning of Helicon Hall, Upton
tions in many States.
of 1907 that he may w rite o f It find» Sinclair’s colony, near Englewood, N. J.
II—
Death of Dexter M. Ferry, seeds­
18—
Greater Louisville exposition open­
himself confronted by an exhibit of
man, of Detroit.
destruction and disaster that he had ed.
15— Death of Moncure D. Conway,
19— Death o f Thomas Bailey Aldrich. American author. . . . Fire destroys town
not fu lly appreciated before. Since the
22—
Many
persons
killed
in
riots
In
of
Cleary, Alaska.
opening day o f the year the great ca­
Moldavia.
10— Oklahoma admitted to statehood.
tastrophes that have been accompan­
25— Death of Alexander Beaublen, first
24—
Jury in Steve Adams case in Rath-
ied by large loss o f life have numbered white male born in Chicago.
drum, Idaho, disagrees.
28, an average o f «ligh tly more than
81— Death of Galusha A. Grow, former
25—
Thirteen lives lost in New York
two for each month. Several of these Congressman from Pennsylvania.
tenement house fire.
have been great convulsions o f nature.
A PR IL.
20— Death of Gen. B. D. Pritchard of
There wag the earthquake that destroy­
2— Chicago elects Fred A. Busse, Allegan. Mich., whose regiment captured
ed Kingston, Jamaica, out o f which Republican, Mayor and approves new Jefferson Davis.
came the disagreeable Swettenham In­ traction ordinance by majority of 83,120.
DECEMBER.
4—
Hotel fire in San Francisco kills 17 1—
cident ; subsequently occurred other
Explosion in mine at Fayette City,
persons.
.
.
.
Lunacy
commission
declares
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions In
Pa., kills 40 miners.
2— Sixtieth Congress opens.
Mexico, Chile and China.
An earth­ Ilarry K. Thaw sane.
9—
Howard Nicholas and Leonard Leo­ 4— King Oscar of Sweden resigns gov­
quake and mountain slide that de­
pold convicted of murder of Mrs. Mar­ ernment into hands of Crown Prince as
stroyed the town o f Karatagh, Russian garet Leslie in Chicago.
regent.
'Turkestan, snuffed out 15,000 lives, and
11—
Lord Cromer, British
ruler in 0— Explosion entombs 400 miner« at
a frigh tfu l typhoon at Hongkong. Egypt, resigns.
Monongah, W. Va.
China, killed unknown hundreds o f tho
13—
Standard Oil Company convicted 8— Death of King Oscar II. of Sweden
Inhabitants. A hurricane in the Caro­ in Illinois court of rebating.
and accession of his son as Gustaf V.
14—
Death o f James H. Eckels o f Chi­ 11—
line Islands wiped out 200 liv e s ; a
President Roosevelt reiterates his
cago.
.
.
.
Earthquakes
at
Chilapa
and
great flood In Japan caused 600 deaths.
declaration that he will not again be a
Chilpancingo,
Mexico.
candidate
for
chief executive.
Among the catastrophes originating In
15—
Great Northern’s Oriental Limited 10— Dust explosion kills 75 men in
the operatlous and enterprises o f hu­
derailed by wreckers at Bartlett, N. D.
mine at Yolande, A la ....G r e a t war fleet
manity there have been explosions—
10- 19— Volcanic eruptions in Chile.
sails from Hampton Roads for Pacific.
several o f them In mines, others in
20—
Great tire in native quarter of 17— Death o f Lord Kelvin, English
blast furnaces and on shipboard— col­ Manila.
scientist.
lisions o f ships and o f railw ay trains,
20— Opening of Jamestown (V a .) Ex­
the collapse o f the great uncompleted pos. Jon.
W h i t e M a t t e r D e t e r m i n e « “ B r a l n « . ,r
30— Hurricane in Caroline Islands kills
bridge over the St. Lawrence river
According to a book recently issued by
Dr. Edward Anthony Spitzka, professor
near Quebec, and the blowing up o f 200 people.
MAY.
of
general anatomy in Jefferson Medical
the Du Pont powder works In Fonta-
2—
Great loss of life from explosion College,
in
it is the white matter connecting
net, Ind. A ll these produced long cas­
Canton, China.
(he hemispheres of the cerebrum which
ualty lists.
8—
Sir Alexander Swettenham retires
in a great measure determines the quality
The roll o f eminent dead Is also an as Governor of Jamaica.
of the human intellect, and not the gray
extensive one. Sweden has lately been
0— Dr. John Watson (la n Maclaren) matter, as has been heretofore supposed.
called upon to mourn the decease o f Its dies in Mt. Pleasant, Io w a ... .Tornado Prof. Spitzka lias made a comparative
beloved king, Oscar II., and his son wipes out towns of Birthright and Ridge­ study of the brains o f several men emi­
and successor has assumed the reins way, Texas.
nent in various walks of life and find«
10—
Son born to
King
Alfonso that
of the brains of various kinds o f think­
o f government.
In Persia, also, the
ers show specialized developments. Thus,
old Shah has died and a new one rules. Spain.
11—
Mystic Shriner special wrecked the
at brains of musicians are richly convo­
Not death, but abdication
has also
Honda, Cal., and 31 lives lost.
luted in the auditory association area.
changed the governmental head In
12—
Mine fire at Velardena, Mexico,*
Korea.
Politics, art, science, letters, kills 90 men. . . . Earthquake In China Such abnormalities as left-handedness,
partial deafness and defects of vision, he
and the platform have each paid Its kills 4,000 persons.
says, leave their indelible imprints upon
toll to death in the loss o f some fore­
17—
Isaac Stephenson elected United
tbe brain. As to judging braius by weight,
most representatives. Am ong the names States Senator from Wisconsin.
he declares th a t: “ Men of the kind who
25— Death of Theodore Tilton in Paris. never remain steadily employed, and who
may be recorded those of form er Pres­
20— Death of Mrs. William McKinley. ut.ually fail to even learn a trade, stand
ident M. Caslmir P erler o f France,
Senators Morgan, Pettus and Alger,
lowest in the scale. Above them come the
JUNE.
and trade workers, the clerks,
Qalusha A. Grow, James H. Eckels,
5—
Oscar I I . resumes reign as K ing mechanics
of
the ordinary business man and common
Maurice Grau, Richard Mansfield, Jo­ Sweden.
school teachers. Highest of all we find
0—
Sudden death of Mrs. Helen M.
seph Joachim, Edvard Grieg, James
men of decided mental abilities, the ge­
McGranahan, Col. W ill S. Hayes, Prof. Gougar.
7— Fatal and destructive tornado in niuses of the pencil, brush and sculptor’s
Alexander S. Herschel, Thomas Bailey
Kentucky and southern Illinois and In­ chisel; the mathematicians, scholars and
Aldrich, Dr. John W atson (Ia n Mac-
diana.
statesmen.
laren ), Theodore Tilton, Mrs. M ary J.
9— Death o f Julia Magruder, novelist.
K e n t u c k y M ig h t Rtdera* R a id .
Holmes, Francis Murphy and Mrs.
10—
Great strike against government in
Hopkinsville, Ky., was the scene o f a
Helen M. Gougar. Mrs. Wm. M cKin­ wine growing regions of France. . . . 500
desperate and destructive attack by mask­
ley and John Alexander Dowle are also lives lost in burning of Chinese theater
ed night riders of the night of December
In Hongkong.
In the list o f the well-known dead.
0, when 500 of them entered the town,
11—
Death
of
Senator
John
T.
Morgan
A financial disturbance o f widespread
captured the police and fire departments,
influence has made Itself felt during of Alabama.
took possession of the telephone exchange
12—
200
lives
lost
in
hurricane
on
Caro­
the last three months o f 1907.
and railroad stations and then burned
line Islands.
T h e number o f States In the Union
three tobacco warehouses and other prop­
13—
Mayor Schmltx of San Francisco
et ty aggregating $200,000 in value. So
has been Increased to 441 by the ad­ convicted o f extortion.
mission o f Oklahoma.
14— Olympic Theater burns in Chicago. quietly had the marauders come and so
thoroughly did they do their work that
10— Czar dissolves the Duma.
T h a t modern minds are not appalled
the people of the place had no chance to
18—
Death of Prof. Alexander S. Her­
by large amount« Is shown by tw o o f
offer
resistance. 'Hie store windows were
the year’s transactions. The Standard schel, English astronomer.
20— Mayor McClellan of New York broken in and the plant of the newspa­
Oil Company has been fined $29,000,-
breaks first sod for construction of great per favorable to the tobacco trust was
000 by a Chicago Judge, and John D.
demolished. For the motives of the raid
Catsklll aqueduct.
Rockefeller has made donations o f $32,-
20— Fire destroys block of buildings ad­ was to get even with the warehouse men
who had refused to join the Farmers’ As­
000,000 to educational projects.
joining Jamestown exposition.
T w o great expositions
have been
30— Death of Francis Murphy, temper­ sociation and had dealings w'ith the trust.
Several o f these men were beaten with
held. T h a t at Jamestown, Va., did not ance evangelist.
switches and one man was shot, a brake-
receive the patronage expected and Is
JULY.
man who was trying to get his train
in the hands o f a receiver. The other
3— Fatal windstorm sweeps western away from the path of the flames. A
was In G reater Louisville, Ky.
Wisconsin.
posse followed the retiring raiders some
6—
John D. Rockefeller appears as wit­
A public work o f vast magnlture was
distance, but were outnumbered. Next
begun when M ayor McClellan o f New ness in court In Chicago.
day Gov. Beckham ordered a company of
7—
Tornado
damages
Ixmg
Pine,
Neb.
York broke ground fo r the construc­
militia to the scene to aid Sheriff Smith.
6—
Death of James McGranahan, gos­
tion o f the great Catsklll
aqueduct
Investigation is to be rigid.
pel song writer.
whlgh in a few years Is to convey to
14—
Assassination of President Fal- W h y C r i m i n a l ( l a « « I n c r e a s e « .
the metropolis an Inexhaustible supply lieres attempted in Paris.
In a recent address before the members
o f pure water.
15—
Powder explosion on battleship
of the Chicago Woman’s Club l*rof. W ill­
T h e H arry Thaw trial In New York Georgia kills 8 seamen and injures 13.
iam I. Thomas of the University of Chi­
and tbe general strike o f telegraphers
18— Emperor o f Korea abdicates.
cago made the statement that the insane
20—
30 killed in Pere Marquette wreck
the country over were subjects o f much
and criminal classes in America are in­
near
Salem,
Mich.
Interest to the public w hile they con­
creasing more rapidly than the normal
21—
Steamer
and
freight
boat
collide
tinued.
population, the birth rate among the more
off California coast and 150 lives are lost.
intelligent classes being low’er than the
T h e principal happenings o f 1907 are
23—
Death o f Col. W ill S. Hays, ballad
death rate. This, he said, meant rapid
briefly given b elo w :
writer.
race deterioration and made the question
27—
Death of Senator E. W. Pettus of
JANUARY.
of white or yellow supremacy in the near
2— Wreck on Rock Island near Vol- Alabama.
future a grave one.
lie charged that
28—
Jury In Boise, Idaho, acquits W il­
land. Kansas, kills 85 persons. . . . Chas.
child-bearing was left largely to the poor­
M. Floyd, Republican, elected Governor liam D. Haywood of murder o f Gov. er classes, w hile the women of the upper
Steunenburg.. . .B ig fire at Coney Island,
of New Hampshire by Legislature.
classes are giving themselves over to per­
5— Bomb thrown in Fourth Street Na­ N Y.
sonal ornamentation, struggles for social
tional bank, Philadelphia.
AUGUST.
pre-eminence, and “ the solemn sacrament
8— Death of 8hah of Persia.
1—
Standard Oil Co. fined $29,000.000
of bridge whist.’* He declared that thers
9—
Jamea Cullen lynched in Charles
for accepting railroad rebates by Judge were few American families whose dress
City, Io w a ....G e n . Vladimir Pavloff as­ K. M. Izandia of Chicago.
and mode o f living did not represent
sassinated in St. Petersburg.. . .80 miners
8—
Beginning of telegraphers’ general
larger bank accounts than they possessed.
killed by exploeion in Pittsburg blast fur­ strike.
nace.
12— Death of Robert A. Pinkerton.
N e w P r i n c i p l e In S t r u c t u r a l W o r k .
10—
Typhoon In Philippine« killa 100 15— Joseph Joachim, violinist, dies in
A new principle in engineering prac­
persons.
Berlin.
tice is described by the Scientific Ameri­
11—
Fire near Straaaburg, Germany, 19—
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden can
et in the case o f a lookout tower built
causes 20 deaths... .$1,000,000 fire in Jamestown exposition.
by Alexander Graham Bell, In which the
Lancaster, Pa.
20— Great fire in Hakodate, Japan.
structure is composed of tetrahedron«,
14— Earthquake destroys Kingston, Ja­
27—
Nelson Morris, Chicago packer,
and is said to be the first iron structure
maica.
dies.
built on this principle. Each tetrahedral
19—
Sixty lives lost in two Big Four 29—
Great bridge over St. Lawrence
cell, which is the unit of construction,
railroad wrecks in Indiana. . . . Moham­ river, near Quebec, collapses, carrying 84
is made of one-half inch iron piping, and
med A ll Mirsa crowned Shah of Persia workmen to death.
measures exactly 48 inches from tip to
....A d m ira l Davis and American squad­
30— Death of Richard Mansfield.
tip. Two hundred and sixty of these
ron sent sway from Kingston, Jamaica,
cells were employed in the tower, which
SEPTEMBER.
by Gov. Swettenham.
rises 70 feet above the ground. Some of
Death o f Edvard Grieg, Norwegian
20—
Death of Joeiah Flynt Willard, 4—
the advantages claimed for this method
tramp and author. . . . England apologises composer.
of construction are lightness, greet rigid­
for Swettenham incident.
7—
Anti-Japaneee outbreak in Vancou­
ity, rapidity and ease of construction,
ver, B. C.
23—
Twenty miners killed by explosion
very little false work being required, and
9—
Japanese battleship Kashima blows
near Primero, C o lo ....T h a w trial begins
the facility with which any part may be
ni at Kurt with loss of 40 lives.
in New York
renewed.
24—
Death of Senator R. A. Alger of 15— 25 lives lost in wreck of excursion
train near ('«naan, N. H.
Michigan.
R a b le « m R e a l D isease.
25—
Explosions in mine near 8aar- 17— First election in Oklahoma.. . .Chi­
Chief Melvin of the Bureau o f Anlmai
brueck, Prussia, kill 300 persons. . . . 100 cago defeats new charter.
Industry of the Acrlcultura! Department
21—
Frank J. Constantine convicted •ays
of
live« loot by typhoon In Hongkong har­
that many experiments conducted
murder of Mrs. Louise Gentry In Chicago by the bureao note demonstrate thst hy­
bor.
29— Ninety miners killed by mins explo­ ....G randstand blown down in Hegins, drophobia Is a real g»rin-generated snd la-
Pa., and 50 people hurt.
sion near Thurmond. W. Va.
fsctlous disease. This disease, he says,
25— Flood in Japan drowns 000 per­ can be communicated from beasts to men
FEBRUARY.
sona.
•s
well ss from beast to beast. There are
7— John D. Rockefeller makes $32.000,-
28—
Eight lives lost In B. * O. wreck
two type* of hydrophobia, dumb and furi­
000 gift to educational work.
et Belleire, Ohio.
ous. In tbs earlier stages of the former
12— 200 lives loet by sinking of Joy
80— McKinley mausoleum dedicated in kind s dog Is dangerous, hot in tbe late
line steamer Larchmont off Block Is’.and.
Canton. Ohio.
stages It is not. as it sustains paralysie
R I ....... Death of ex-Gov. Frank W. Hig­
OCTOBER.
of ths Jaws; but a dog with ths furiona
gins of New York.
10— 25 persons killed snd 100 injured
0— Death of lira. Mary J. Holmes, type of hydrophobia is eery dangerous,
yelping and running abont with frothing
In train wreck on New York Central in authoress.
and without any sign ot Jaw par­
10—
Steamship Lusitania crosses 'A month
t­
New York City.
Dr. Melrln insists that ss yet
lantic ocean In four days twenty h o u r«... alysis.
20—
1178.000 stolen from V. S. sub-
there
ia
no cur. for rabies known to med­
trtesnry In Chicago.
Death of Mrs. Caeeie Chadwick la Co­
ical
science.
21— English steamer Berlin gees down lumbus iO h io) penitentiary.
I YEAR 1907 LEAVES A
RECORD OF DISASTER
off coast o f Holland; 180 live« lo s t ....
Cornelius J. Shea and associates acquit­
ted of conspiracy in Chicago. . . . Mrs.
Dora McDonald shoots and kills Webster
S. Guerin in Chicago.
22— Pennsylvania
railroad*« 18-hour
flyer wrecked near Johnstown, P a . . . .
Missouri Legislature adjourned by small­
pox scare.
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