The Estacada News JA P A N W O U L D T A K E O F F E N S E Attem pted l M « d Each Thursday ESTACADA ............. 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. I