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mes OF I I WEEK Current Events oí Interest Gathered From the World at Large. G e n e r a l R e s u m e o f Im p o r t a n t Even ts P r e s e n t e d In C o n d e n s e d F o r m f o r O u r B u s y R e a d e rs. A Socialist has been elected of Coquille, Oregon. mayor Forest fires are destroying much val uable timber in Western Washington. An Astoria girl caught a 5-pound trout 28 inches long with a light rod and fly. A forest ranger in Colorado was at tacked by an eagle and forced to take refuge in a thicket. Dynamite is being used to uncover bodies from the ruins o f the earth quake in Cartago, Costo Rica. A professional ball player in Califor nia is laid up with blood poisoning in his arm, caused by a mosquito bite. A halibut fishing schooner was wrecked near Seattle, the crew o f four men having a narrow escape in the small boat. Partial returns from elections in Spain show that the Liberals are in the majority, though Republicans and Socialists rule in Madrid. Speaking at the opening of the Actors’ fair in New York, President T a ft declared a good play was very restful and had often been of great benefit to him. A Salvation Army officer who vas attacked by a mob at Los Angeles, used his bible as a club, flooring half a dozen and holding the rest at bay un til the police arrived. D Y IN G C A P T A IN BEGS W r e c k e d S u b m a r i n e Y i e ld s L a s t M e s sa ge F ro m C o m m a n d e r. Victoria, B. C., May 9.— While Com mander Sakuma and his 14 men were lying in a wrecked submarine off Kure on April 15, the commander wrote a letter to the emperor begging forgive ness for loss o f the vessel and com mending his officers and men. The letter was found after the submarine had been raised. The submarine was o f the newest type, and was engaged on April 15 near Hiroshima bay, carrying out her part in the maneuvers, being submerged 1,- 800 yards east o f her parent ship. Two hours passed without notice o f the sub marine’s failure to rise and then, sig nals being unanswered, a boat was low ered and efforts made to locate the submarine. Much of the letter was not publish ed, but it is stated that Lieutenant Sakuma expressed sorrow to the em peror for the loss of his vessel and brother officers and crew, whom he praised for their heroism and calm wait for death, and he requested the emperor to succor their families. The last writing was made an hour and 20 minutes after the boat was submerged, and conveyed messages of farewell to the minister of the navy and friends, stating that breathing had become so difficult that further writing as im possible. The letter said one o f the crew had tried to close the valve of the ventila tion pipe, but the chain had broken. He tried to close the valve with his hand, but was too late. Water began to enter by the rear part of the boat, which fell 25 degrees. The dynamo was submerged and all the lights went out, bad gas accumulating al most simultaneously. The crew drove the current of water from the main tank and tried to get rid of it by hand pumps. They were drenched as they worked and chilled. The message end ed with statements that all were ready for death. The submarine was being tested on a gasoline semi-submerged voyage. The bodies of two men, both stabbed to death, were found a short distance R E Q U I E M F O R 1 ,8 0 0 . apart near the railroad track in Siski you county, Cal. They hail evidently fought a duel to the death with D e a t h L is t in C o s t a R ic a E a r t h q u a k e G r o w s A p p a llin g ly . knives. San Jose, Costa Rica, May 9.— The death of King Edward will make great changes in the political sit Chimes of the historic Church Del Car men, the belfry of which withstood the uation in England. earthquake shock o f Wednesday, tolled A season of 20 weeks o f grand opera a requiem at sunset tonight for Car- in New York cost the managers $1,- tago’s dead. 100,000, yet they made money. While the bells pealed out the tid John A. Benson, who had served ings of sorrow, 5,000 homeless men, time for land frauds in California, women and children, their uncovered heads bowed with grief, stood in silent dropped dead from heart disease. prayer upon the hill tops overlooking Roosevelt will not be entertained at the ruinaof the ancient city. Hour by the German emperor's palace, as that hour the magnitude of the disaster be government is in mourning for King comes more apparent. Edward. Eighteen hundred are dead. Almost Spectators caught betting on the ball as many are wounded, many o f whom games at Los Angeles are ejected from will die. Ten thousand art homeless, the grounds. The manager believes hundreds are starving. Scores have the game would be demoralized. been driven insane. For the brave survivors, who for King George V, who now ascends the throne of England, made a good im three days have witnessed almost un pression by his brief speech upon tak speakable horrors, perils of famine ing the oath, and his people express and pestilence remain to be faced. Pioneers of Costa Rica are facing great confidence in him. them with undaunted hearts. A compromise has been reached on Huddled in camps of refuge, biv the exposition question between San ouacked under the shadow of the vol Diego and San Francisco. The former cano Poaz, the city's wealthy and will hold an industrial exposition and poor alike arose today from a third the latter a world’s fair. night of terror, ready to plan for the An Illinois grand juror says if they task o f reconstructing a new and want to paint the state black, he will grander city over the smoking rem help all he can, and has no doubt it can nant of what is Cartago, a waste of be done, as legislative bribery scandals ashes and tumbled masonry. Hundreds of victims were laid to are growing all the time. rest today. Long trenches were dug A Philadelphia policeman rescued and whole families buried together. three children from death under the Many of the dead were unidentified. hoofs of the horses in a chariot race at From the ruins scores of bodies are a circus, but was himself fatally in being removed hourly. jured and died soon after. Some Americans are reported killed, A brother of Dr. Cook says he is a but indentification, even by the records, physical wreck, and is living near a is now impossible. The American colony immediately sanitarium, under the care of its phy sicians, but has never been in South set about to rescue those pinned down by wreckage. America, as was reported. King Edward is seriously bronchitis. ill with The theatrical trust of Klaw & Es- langer is declared to be broken up. It is estimated that 80 per cent of the shingle mills of the Northwest are idle. James J. H ill has announced defin itely that a new passenger depot will be built in Portland for his lines. An explosion in No. 3 coal mine at Palos, Alabama, entombed about 200 men. Bodies are being recovered. Four hundred striking miners at Pittsburg, Kansas, wrecked several coal mines and drove away the men who were at work. The pure food commissioner of Lou isiana has condemned and ordered des troyed thousands of cases of canned salmon that was put up on the Colum bia river. Cartago, the picturesque and ancient capital of Costa Rica, has been almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake. A t least 500 persons ¡were killed and as many more injured; Two French counts exchanged six shots in a duel and neither was h it Speaking in the National theater at Christiana, Norway, Roosevelt gave hope o f universal peace and reverenced the name of the gerat Norwegian poet Bjornson, who died recently. In order to avoid a collision with an other car containing a number of wo men, a Los Angeles auto driver turned his own car into the curb and was killed in the smash which followed. A daughter o f Richard Crocker, ex- Tammany boss, married a groom in a riding academy. An excellent photograph of Halley’s comet has been taken at Lick ol>serva- tory, in California. The comet is now plainly visible about 3:30 a. m. about 10 degrees above the eastern horizon. Mark Twain left all his property to his only surviving daughter. He left about $180,000. „ •% The jury returned a verdict of mur der in the second degree for Charles Wezler, Tacoma murderer. A second man has been found who received $1,000 tor voting for Lorimer, o f Missouri, for U. S. senator. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE PARDON D e t e c t iv e B y r n e s D ie s . New York, May 9. Thomas F. Byr nes, ex-superintendent of police of the city of New York, but more famous for his work in the detective bureau, died at his home here tonight from chronic indigestion, after an illness of more than two years. He was 66 years old. Byrnes was born in Ire land, but came to this country when very young. He joined the police force early and rose rapidly: at 28 he was captain. During his term the ag gregate of sentences im|M>sedon prison ers taken by him reached 10,000 years. Tacoma is Tickled Over Census. Tacoma, Wash., May 9.— With an absolute certainty that the 1910 census will show Tacoma’s population in ex cess of 110,000, citizens, great and small, men, women and children,turned themselves loose Saturday night in the business district in one enthusiastic carnival o f merry-making. There were tens of thousands of people on the streets of the business district. There were tin horns, cowbells and scores of other noise-making instruments and confetti by the bushel, while six bands, were stationed on prominent corners. R o o s e v e lt ’s N a m e S u g g e s t e d . G REATEST F R U IT TO PS ORCHARD CROP. P h ila d e lp h ia M a n P a y s $ 2 8 , 5 0 0 12 A c r e s o f B e a r in g P e a r s . F re e w a te r B e r r y S e a s o n on an d 1 ,0 0 0 P i c k e r s W a n te d . Freewater— The strawberry season of the Milton-Free water country began this week, several crates having al ready been shipped. The growers re ceived $10 per crate. Inside of two weeks the season will be at its height, and ranchers are coming to town every day looking for help. In interviews with different fru it growers, whether their acreage be large or small, each one predicts a crop exceeding by 60 per cent any other ever harvested in the Walla Walla valley. And in the same prediction of such a mammoth crop comes the cry for men, women and children to help harvest the fruit. It is estimated that about 1,000 pickers are wanted for the next two or three months and excellent wages are held out as an inducement for them to come. Two years ago 25 cents per crate was paid for picking strawberries and this year 35 cents is offered. There have been no late frosts this year. Last year practically all the peaches were destroyed. This year the trees are overladen, as is also the case with the cherry and prune trees. These crops will average 25 per cent more than any other ever harvested in the valley. The fruit growers are searching and adver tising everywhere for help and great fear is felt that a great loss will be sustained because of the lack of help. J. N. Stone, o f Milton, has been sent out by the union to find markets for the fruit. He expects to be in and around Spokane for several weeks, af ter which he will go to the Middle West. N. W. Mumford is also on the road securing markets and although the crop is so very large, the prices keep good. Manager Lamb states that prunes will average $30 a ton. MAY B U IL D C it iz e n s TO BLUE LEDG E. S e c u r e R ig h t o f W a y N e w E le c t r ic L in e . fo r Medford—John R. Allen, president of the Pacific & Eastern railroad, and projector of an electric line through out the Rogue River valley, at a re cent meeting with the residents of Jacksonville, stated that if a right of way to the famous Blue Ledge copper district be given him that he would favorably consider the construction of a road to that district. The residents o f the county seat did not need to have the matter mentioned a second time, but appointed committees to get busy at once, and soon notified Mr. Allen that they had secured all o f the right of way for him and would expect him to build. Mr. Allen, while declining to commit himself positively, states that in all probability he will soon start construction o f this road. I f the road to the Blue Ledge is constructed it will become a part of the Pacific & Eastern which is being pushed from this city to an eastern connection, presumably with the Ore gon Trunk. Nearly 30 years ago Jacksonville overlooked a great opportunity to be come the commercial metropolis of Southern Oregon when a right o f way through the city limits was refused the Southern Pacific when building north ward. With this refusal the little city began to go backward and when Med ford sprang up was robbed of all of her commercial supremacy. 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 T re e s C o m in g O n . M ARKET. fo r What is believed to be the highest price for which agricultural land has ever sold in this country was paid by C. H. Burkhart, of Philadelphia, for a 12-acre pear orchard near Medford last week. Mr. Burkhart paid $28,- 500 for the 12 acres, which is equiva lent to $2,375 an acre. It was a part o f the famous Burrell tract, one of the most celebrated pear orchards in the country. The trees are in full bearing and have averaged for the last ten years or more an ¡annual profit of $500 an acre. This price tops the record for Hood River apple lands by $175 an acre, the highest price paid for1 full bearing or chard in the famous Hood River valley being $2,200 an acre. The former record for Rogue River valley lands is $1,800 an acre, paid last fall for a portion of a famous orchard near Cen tral Point. „ The Rogue River valley came again to the front last week with another record price. In this instance the John Cox place, consisting of 280 acres of excellent fruit land, though entirely unimproved, sold for $120,000 or prac tically $428 an acre. This property was purenased by R. P. Neil, o f Ash land, Oscar Young, of Seattle, and W. H. Everhard, of Minneapolis. J. F. Sherman, a wealthy resident of South Dakota, who recently moved to the Rogue River valley, purchased the Vincent T. Bly apple orchard near Ashland hist week for $650 an acre. There are 20 acres in the orchard. U M A T IL L A OUT OF DEBT. T r e a s u r e r I s s u e s C a ll f o r A ll W a r r a n t s a n d W ill P a y C a s h . B u ild in g R o a d s in D e sch u te s V a lle y Bend— Hunter & Staats together with John Edwards have commenced work on a road from Bend to the soda Springs near Sparks lake, 21 miles west o f Bend I t is the intention of the promoters to construct an automobile road through the forest reserve, which, they say will be ready for use in 60 days. It will be a public road. Should a sum mer resort be opened at the springs, as is probable, it will add greatly to the tributary attractions of Bend, making a desirable drawing card for tourists. D r ill S t r i k e s W a t e r . G a s P la n t f o r S o u t h e r n O r e g o n . F lu m e to C o s t $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 . Bend The Arnold Irrigation com pany has let the contract for the con struction of its new flume from the Deschutes to its canal south of Bend, for $15,000. The flume will be one mile in length, 12 feet wide and three feet deep, with a water capacity for 10,000 acres. Already the Arnold company has sold water for over 6,000 acres, while some 10,000 acres are owned by the stockholders. P r o f i t s in L a n d D e a ls . Cottage Grove— C. H. Haight, of Little Shasta, Cal., has bought the Kennedy ranch three miles northeast ot Cottage Grove for $24,000. The ranch comprises about 600 acres and is condsidered one o f the best in this sec tion of the country. Three years ago F. B. Phillips purchased this place for $9,000, and after holding it a short time disposed of it at an advance of New York, May 9.— That Theodore Roosevelt be named as the speciael representative of the United States to attend the funeral of King Edward is the suggestion which will be put be fore President T aft by members of the Roosevelt Welcoming committee here. The appointment o f Colonel Roosevelt, however, would depend on the date set for the funeral, as it is possible that B a k e r S m e lt e r K e p t B u s y . the obsequies may not be held until a f Baker City— Arrangements have just ter he leaves for the United States. been completed whereby the Sumpter smelter will secure copper and iron M atch C o st $ 2 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . ores for fluxing from the Iron Dyke Victoria, B. C., May 9.— News was mine near Homestead, on the Snake brought by the Aymeric that the lac river. This will enable the smelter to quer manufactories of Japan, centered handle all the ores from the mines in at Wajima, in Noto, were almost this section. They are now preparing wiped out in a great fire at Wajima for a run and will continue operations on April 16. In all 1,808 building, as long as there is ore on hand. including factories, temples, postoffice L a b o r Is N e e d e d in H o o d V a lle y . and public buildings, were destroyed Hood River— The Hood River Apple and a loss occasioned to property of over $2,000,000. The fire was due to Growers’ union has opened a labor bu a small hoy playing with a match. reau in this city which will be oper Three hundred lacquer manufactories ated free. It will require about 6,- are engaged there, their exports 000 pickers and packers to handle the amounting to half a million dollars berry crop and do the apple thinning this year. yearly. J R U IN S C IT Y . H u n d r e d s K ille d at C a r t a g o , C o s t a R ic a — B o d ie s B e in g R e c o v e r e d . San Jose, Costa Rica, May 7.- The earthquake that laid waste the town o f Cartago occurred at 6:50 o’ clock Wednesday night and continued about 18 seconds. In that brief time the buildings of the place collapsed, bury ing hundreds. The dead were first es timated at 500, but it is believed to night that the fatalities were much greater. Four hundred bodies were recovered today. Following the shock twilight was turned into darkness o f midnight by clouds of dust that rose from the ruins. Panic ensued and the cries of the injured and fleeing survivors filled the air. Cooler heads went to the telegraph office t£> summon help, only to [find the operators dead, lines down and traffic impaired on the reailroad. As soon as the news reached San Jose, President Gonzales Vieques, ac companied by President-elect Richard Jiminez andd many doctors and nurses, started on a special train to aid the survivors. Upon the president’ s ar rival at Cartago, martial law was pro claimed. Provisions, medicines and clothing were dispatched from here. Throughout the day special trains ar rived here, bringing the wounded. Hundreds of survivors were camped outside the ruined city awaiting trans portation to other points. They are being fed at public expense. Seven carloads of provisions have been dis patched from here and Alajuela. The beautiful peace palace, the g ift of Andrew Carnegie, erected at a cost of $1UH,000, was converted into a pile of debris. Other public buildings met the same fate. Many students at the college of the Silestan Fathers were killed. The tremors continue tonight and the terror o f the people increases. The fear of further shocks has extended to the neighboring towns. Only the early hour of the evening at which the disaster occurred pre vented a much greater loss o f life. A t the time many people were in the open. So far no deaths have been reported among the American colony. The disaster was not preceded by any activity of the volcano Poaz or of other volcanic vents. The shock was felt throughout Costa Rica and in parts o f Nicaragua. Great fissures opened at many places in the volcanic zone. The ministers o f Mexico and of Cen tral American countries have asked their governments to contribute to the aid of their sister republic. Several prominent Spanish-Americans are among the dead. These include the w ife o f Dr. Becanegra, the Guatema lan magistrate to the Central Am eri can arbitration court, and Senor Trejos. Pendleton— Umatilla county is now out of debt and on a cash basis. This was made known in the semi-annual financial statement of the county clerk just made public. A call has been issued by the treasurer for every road warrant outstanding, all warrants is sued up to January 1 of this year have been called in, and there is money enough to pay every warrant to the present time, and leave a small bal ance on hand. The statement is dated April 1 and shows the amount of cash in the treas ury at that time as $263,433.27. Since the report was prepared a call has been issued for general road fund warrants, $64,000 has been paid out of the school funds, and several thousand dollars have been paid out of the city and other funds, leaving a little more than $143,- APACH ES ATTACK W OMAN. 000 on hand. Less than $50,000 of this belongs in the general and road funds, which sum is amply sufficient to P r o s p e c t o r W it h C lu b b e d R e v o lv e r meet all claims. M a k e s R e s c u e A g a in s t O d d s . Baker C ity—The Sunnyslope nurs Madras— Water has been struck in ery has about 250,000 young trees on the deep well which W. H. Stonehock- the 30 acre tract near town. The er is having drilled on his place near stock is mostly apples of the standard Mud Spring school house. The well commercial varieties, the scions, which has reached a depth of 393 feet, water are the best on the market, being rising to a height of 60 feet. The out garfted in the nursery on two year old come of this venture has been waited roots of French crab stock brought for with much interest by the resi- form Iowa. The Sunnyslope company | dents of the neighborhood, as it is the is putting in about 40 acres of orchard, first undertaking o f the kind attempt- Jonathans and Rome Beauties predom | ed, and it was of the nature of a dem inating, and Northwestern Greenings onstration of its feasibility. being third. The land is being pre pared thoroughly and carefully. Medford— It is the intention o f J. R. Anderson of Los Angeles, who was re cently granted a franchise in this city for the constrution o f a gas plant and system, if he secures a similar right in Ashland to erect a $200,000 plant half way between the two cities and furnish gas under high pressure to both cities. Mr. Anderson’s application for t franchise is now before the city ouncil o f Ashland. Work will start within a week. EARTHQ UAKE Globe, Ariz., May 7— Drunken "Apa ches attacked the ranch o f Daniel Ma- ben, four miles East o f Globe, last night in quest o f Maben, who had killed an Apache several months ago, Maben is now in the territorial insane asylum and only his w ife and 16-year old daughter were at the ranch. Eugene Barrows, a prospector, res cued Mrs. Maben and her daughter a f ter a thrilling encounter. Using his weapon as a club, Barrows fought his way through the Indians, who numbered half a dozen. The last one attacked him with a knife and Barrows broke the revolver over his head. Barrows and the women succeeded in reaching the Sixty-Six ranch, half mile away, and came into Globe this morning. B ig S o a p F a c to ry B u rn s. KING IS DEAD Passes to Best After Brief and Peaceful Reign. S e v e r e C o l d B r i n g s B r o n c h it is , W h ic h D e v e lo p s P n e u m o n ia - W a s III O n ly S i x D a y s . H IL L W IL L D EVELO P STATE. H a s E x t e n s iv e P la n s f o r C o a s t , B u t C a n n o t D iv u lg e T h e m Portland, May 4. Beyond encourag ing intimations concerning future rail road construction in Oregon and admit ting the ownership of the United Rail ways and Oregon Electric systems, James J. Hill yesterday declined to make any statement relative to his plans or acquirements in this state. While promising that before he leaves the city he will make a further statement, Mr. Hill insists that more or less reticence is necessary in the carrying out of plans which require the purchase of rights of way and other property. “ I f I told all that we intend to do in Oregon, there would be perhaps 50 persons who woudl try to jump in ahead of us at each point to gain some unjust advantage or profit at our ex pense.,” said the railroad magnate. “ W ill you say whether an east and west line is to be built across the state” was asked. “ No; that is a matter that 1 cannot discuss at this time,” he re plied. The solid through train between Portland and St. Paul will be known as “ The Oregonian.” President Hill, of the Great Northern, said that it was desired to have the name “ Oregon” somewhere in the title that will be given to the new limited service, but the shorter form of the we*d had been London, May 7, 5 A. M.— King Ed ward V II died from pneumonia at 11:45 last night at Buckingham Palace, and at the same moment the crown and scepter of the Empire of Great Britain passed automatically to his son and heir, Prince George o f Wales, now George V. Death struck down the mightiest hereditary ruler of the world with as little compunction as if his victim had been the meanest o f that king’s sub jects. The prayers o f the whole na tion, bound to its monarch by cen turies o f tradition and by a love born o f complete and intimate knowledge of that ruler's foibles, almost as much as o f his great virtues, availed to stay the hand of the Reaper not one jot. King Edward died almost before his subjects had begun to realize that he was seriously ill. He was taken sick a week ago. A fte r three days a ser ious complication began to develop. The fourth day his physicians issued bulletin that stirred the whole nation to its depts. On the sixth day the king was dead. The shock to Great Britain and to the world had been tremendous, not in a national way, for the death of the king has been discounted in the mar kets for many years, but to the em pire’s sentimentality. King Edward was sincerely loved throughout the length and breadth of England's possessions. He was loved as a great son of a no ble mother, and he was loved for him self because he had in his character j that rare commingling o f democratic simplicity with kingly dignity which | made him justly.* the “ first gentleman j of Great Britain.” Politically, the death of Edward V II | contains grave potentialities. The commons is now engaged in “ reform ing the house of lords.” To Edward a liberal ministry had looked with confi-1 dence for the creating o f such peers as Who nrrivtMl in Now York Monday after hia would carry out the will of the people •valk across the continent. He said he could start as expressed at the last election. Now next day and walk back to the Pacific Coast. a new king steps forward to take Ed ward’s place. What attitude he may used so much in the designation of assume in this, the greatest ¡»olitical trains that something distinctive o f the crisis England has faced in generations, Great Northern service was desired, so remains a problem. ‘ The Oregonian” was selected as the Nearly all members of the king's name. immediate family were at his bedside In reply to a direct question James when the king died. Just before the J. Hill admitted that he and his as end came, the royal patient rallied and sociates now own the Oregon Electric spoke weakly to those about him. and United Railways, but when a ques “ I know it is all over,” he said, “ but tion as to extending the Oregon Elec I think I'v e done my duty.” tric this year to Albany and McMinn Those were his last words. ville was asked, Mr. Hill again re The first official act of the new king, served any statement on the ground George V, was performed immediate that it would not be politic to disclose ly after his father had breathed his last. his plans. He dispatched to the lord mayor of A similar reply was given to a ques London the announcement of Edward tion as to whether a new depot would V II's death, in pursuance of an age-old be constructed this year on the North custom. His telegram read: “ I am Bank terminal property. deeply grieved to inform you that my “ The terminal situation is a ser beloved father, the king, passed away ious one in all large cities,” he con peacefully at 11:45 tonight. tinued. “ Ready handling of traffic (Signed) “ George.” cannot be accomplished without ade quate terminals. Look at Chicago. That George V will leave any deep It now requires more time to get a car imprint on English histroy as a sover through the Chicago terminals than it eign of force and commanding ability does to haul it from Chicago to the Pa is much to be doubted, but at least he cific Coast, once it is out of that city. is likely to prove a king of good heart, “ In the state at large,” he contin o f conscientious attention to duty and ued, “ the great need is for develop of discretion in state affairs. ment o f the outside territory. You Geogre brings to the throne consid nowr have large and growing cities, but erable experience o f his own in rou they must have a settled country on tine demands o f public service made which to draw. The upbuilding o f the upon him as the prince of Wales, and state is what is most needed.” he comes to the task o f governing with fa ir ability, a good personality A n n e M o r g a n W ill T a lk . and a serious sense o f his own responsi Denver, May 4.— Miss Anne Morgan, bilities. daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, will address a political mass meeting to be “ T h e C o u n t r y ’s A ll R ig h t . ” held here tomorrow night, under the New York, May 5.— Before sailing auspices of the Women’s Public Serv today for his summer home in Scotland, ice league. Women are taking an act Andrew Carnegie had a few words to ive part in the municipal campaign say about the tariff. now in progress and it will be Miss “ In my opinion greater progress had Morgan's first opportunity to partici been made by the latest tariff revision pate in a political movement where towards the perfect tariff than ever women vote. Miss Morgan is accomp before,” he observed. “ O f course, it anied by her mother, and spent the af is hard to please everybody, and I can ternoon investigating the methods o f only express my opinion by quoting Denver’s juvenile court. something I read on a postal card late ly : “ Let the scowlers scowl, let the R un O n B a n k R eache s End. howlers howl, and the politicians go it. Los Angeles, May 4.— The two-day The country's all right and I know it.” run on the All Night and Day bank ended tonight. The line of hundreds R a in ie r ’s T o ll C o u n t e d . of men and women depositors who had Los Angeles, May 5.— That T. Y. stood continuously for 36 hours melted Callahan, globe-trotter and mountain- ______ almost __ as _______ suddenly as it hail formed climber, perished in a storm on Mount yesterday morning, Sentiment re- Rainier August o a * 15, ^r 1909, was provt'd versed and, instead o f flowing out, the in the Probate court today, The only j stream of gold began coming in. Be exhibits offered in evidence were Cal fore midnight many thousands, with lahan’s alpenstock and gloves, which drawn but a few hours before, had been were found on the trail where he was redeposited. The announcement o f last seen alive. Callahan left a small state bank commissioner, that the in estate, including funds in Los Angeles stitution was solvent reassured patrons. banks, ami proof o f his death was re quisite to the granting o f letters of ad T w a in G iv e s T o D a u g h t e r . ministration, in order that this might Redding, Conn., May 4. -T he will o f be distributed to his brother and sister. Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain), Kansas City, Mo., May 7— The plant o f the Peet Bros. Manufacturing com pany, one of the largest soap and gly cerine factories in the southwest, was destroyed by fire tonight, entailing a loss estimated at $1,500,000. The flames for a time threatened the plants of the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing company, and the American PO RTLAND M ARKETS. Dressed B eef company. Energetic Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem, work on the part of the firemen pre 88(</89c; club, 86c; red Russian, 85c; vented serious damage to the Schwarz- child plant when the south wall o f the valley, 87c. Barley Feed and brewing, $22^/23 Peet plant fell upon it. per ton. G r e a t N o r t h e r n t o B u ild . Corn— Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton. Great Falls, Mont., May 7.— The Hay — Track prices: Timothy, W il lamette valley, $20(//21 per ton; East Great Northern Railway company to ern Oregon, $22(</25; alfalfa, $16.50(0 day started condemnation proceedings for right of way through Fergus coun 17.50; grain hay, $17(d 18. Oats--No. 1 white, $27(</27.50 ton. ty for building a branch line about 350 Fresh Fruits- Strawberries, Oregon, miles long, from Hauck’s siding on the 10(o 12Jc per pound; Florin, 50c(o$1.50 Billings & Northern, a Great Northern per crate; Los Angeles, 90c(o$1.25; branch, to a junction with the main apples, $1.50(o 3 per box; cherries, line on the Great Northern at a point near Mondak, on the Montana-Dakota $1.75(o 2.25 per box. Potatoes — Carload buying prices: line. In substance, this means that Oregon, 40(o50c per hundred; new the Great Northern is about to build California, $2.50(o2.75 per sack; sweet an entirely new line from the Montana Dakota line to Great Falls. potatoes, 4c pound, Vegetables — Asparagus, $lfo 1.25 M o u n t M c K i n l e y E x p e d it io n S a ils . per box; cabbage, 3Jc per pound; hot- house lettuce, $l(n 1.25 per box; green Seattle, Wash., May 7.— The Mt. onions, 15c per dozen; radishes, 150 ri) McKinley expedition, headed by Pro 20c; rhubarb, 2(?/2Jc per pound; spin fessor 'Herschel Parker, professor of ach, $8(o 10c; rutabagas, $1.25(0 1.50 physics in Columbia university, New per sack; carrots, 85c^i$l; beets, York, sailed for Seldovia, Menai Pe $1.50; parsnips, 75c(d)$l. ninsula, tonight. Besides Professor Onions — Oregon, $2 per hundred; Parker the expedition consists o f Bel- Bermuda, $2fo2.25 per crate. more Brown, o f Tacoma, an experien Butter— City creamery, extras, 2c; ced mountaineer; Professor J. H. fancy outside creamery, 25(o27c; store, Cunz, of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, 20c. Butter fat prices average l j c N. J.; Wademar Grassi, a European per pound under regular butter prices. mountain-climber; H. L. Tucker, of Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 23(o24c. Newton, Mass., a former employe of Pork Fancy, 12(r(13c per pound. the Forestry Service, and Merl Laroy. Veal Fancy, llr o ll^ c per pound. filed for probate here today, leaves the Lambs Fancy, 10(rfl2c per pound. C o m e t is N o w V isib le . Bucketshop Probe Ends. entire estate to the survivingdaughter, Poultry Hens, 21c per pound; broil San Jose, Cal., May 7.— H alley’ s Washington, May 5.— The investiga Clara Langhorne Clemens, w ife o f ers, 30(o 35c; ducks, 22^(o23c; geese, comet was magnificent object at Lick tion in the New York end of the wire 12Jc; turkeys, live, 20(o22c; dressed, observatory this morning. Dr. Curtis responsibility for the receipt o f stock Ossip Gabriiowitsch,. The amount of 25c; squabs, $3 dozen. photographed 18 degrees o f the tail. quotations by bucketshops was conclud j the estate is not given. The will was j drawn August 17, 1909, and provided Cattle— Beef steers, hay fed, good A t the present distance of the comet ed today before the Federal grand jury. the estate should be divided into two to choice, $60/ 6.50; fair to medium, from the earth this corresponds to a Should a presentment against the West equal parts, the income to be appor 5(o$5.50; cows and heifers, good to length of 20,000,000 miles. A greater ern Union Telegraph company be vot choice, $5(o 5.50; fair to medium, $4.- length could have been photographed, ed, it would be several days before an tioned to the two daughters quarterly. 25(0)4.75; bulls, $3.50(d4.50; stags, but 18 degrees was the full capacity of indictment could be returned. It is One daughter died last December. $5(o 5.50; calves, light, $6(o7; heavy, the instrument. The best time to see understood that additional conspiracy C h e r o k e e C l a im s B e i n g P a id . $4.50(o 5.50. the comet is between 3 :30 and 3 :45 a. indictments are on file with the depart Hogs Top, $10(o 10.65; fair to med m., in the East near the horizon. Washington, May 4. The Treasury ment o f justice. ium, $9.50(o 9.75. department today began issuing war F a r m e r s L a b o r ’s A lly. Sheep Best wethers. $5.25(0 5.75; rants in payment o f the so-called S t e e l E m p lo y e s S la v e s . fair to good, $4.75(o5.25; best ewes, St. Louis, May 7.— Organized labor Cherokee claims, which amount to Washington, May 5.— The rojmrt of about $3,000,000, and for which an ap $4.75(o5.25; lambs, choice, $7(o8; and organized farmers will work to fair, $6.50(o 7. gether hereafter in preserving the the bureau of labor upon the conditions propriation recently was made by con Hops 1909 crop, 12(dl6c; olds, rights and liberties o f both classes of at the Bethlehem Steel Works, of gress. There are 30,850 beneficiaries, nominal; 1910 contracts, nominal. workers under the provisions o f a reso South Bethlehem, Pa., which was sub each of whom will receive something Wool— Choice, Eastern Oregon, 14 lution unanimously adopted by the ex mitted to the senate today, says that over $133. Three-fourths of'th e ben (o 17c per pound; valley, 18(r121c; mo- ecutive committee o f the Farmers Edu 2, .122 men worked 12 hours a day for eficiaries reside west o f the Missis hair, choice, 31(o32c. cative and Co-operative Union here. seven days a week. sippi river.