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L T * .. ■ . J DOINGS OFTHEWEEK d ire n t Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. Qeneral Retumo o f Importent Evente Preeented In Condensed Form fo r O ur Busy Readers. EXPEC T CROP SHORTAGE. N o rth w e s t R a ilro a d E x p e rts Say C ro p W ill Fall B elow A ve ra g e , Chicago— Alarmed over unfavorable crop reports, railroads extending into the N orthw est have decided to inaug urate one of the most rigid retrench m ent policies of recent years. All W estern railroads, including those run ning from Chicago into the Northw est and into Canada, have had experts out on their lines for the past ten days gathering data regarding crop condi tions. These men have made reports to various railroad managements, which have caused general alarm as to the tonnage of the future. Several of the N orthw estern rail roads have already called conferences between operating officers with a view of giving them information regarding conditions and discussing retrench ment. Railroad crop reports for the N orth w est indicated that along the lines of the St. Paul, Burlington, N orthw est ern, Minneapolis & Omaha and other roads the w heat crop, in several states, will not be greater than 50 per cent. The experts declare that in Minnesota and in North and South Dakota, for example, a large proportion of the wheat acreage is being plowed up and sown to flax. An early drouth in this section, fol lowed by days of continuous hot winds, which took the moisture out of the ground and started the w heat to head ing out, have been the causes of the threatened crop shortage. On all of the Northwestern roads all new con struction has been ordered stopped. One road which has several hundred miles of new road graded and ready for rails has ceased work on this im provement. Track forces have either been cut to a minimum or ordered reduced in the immediate future. "REVER SAY DIE.” UNCLE SAM. IN D U S M DEVELOPMENT OF THE » C H E R R IE S T O BE S H O W N . B ig A tte n d a n ce P ro m is e d f o r A nnual F a ir a t S alem . Salem —Everything indicates a large exhibit and attendance at the F ifth Oregon cherry fair to be held in this city on July 7, 8 and 9. Lane county, which has once won the $160 cup for the best county exhibit, will make the Finest exhibit th at county has offered. The exhibit is being prepared by J. C. Holt, of the Eugene Fruitgrow ers’ association, and D. C. Freem an, repre senting the Eugene Commercial club. W. I. Staley, C. L. Dick and E. C. Arm strong will make a tour of the valley to make arrangem ents for ex hibits from Yamhill, Polk, Linn and Benton counties. The midsummer m eeting of the W il lam ette Valley Applegrowers’ associa tion will be held in this city on the second day of the fair, July 8. The association will devote special atten tion to the pests th at have been injur ing the apple and pear crops and the remedies th at have been suggested. Millard O. Lownsdale, of Yamhill county, is president of the association, and L. T. Reynolds, of Marion county, is secretary. Educational m eetings ^will be held every afternoon during the fair, and speakers from O. A. C. and elsewhere will discuss questions of interest to farm ers and fruitm en. There will be a big parade on the opening day, and a comic parade on the third day. A carnival company will furnish amusement, including several free shows and exhibitions, and live bands will furnish music—those from Salem, Chemawa, Victor Point, the Reform school and Arnold’s. A long list of prizes is being pre pared. C O U N T Y U N IO N IS F O R M E D . M o rro w F a rm e rs A ssem b le , In o f Rain, at E ig h tm ile , S pite lone—N o tw ith stan ding the general rain th at lasted one whole day laat week, a large delegation of farm ers met ut Eightm ile Center school house to organize a county union. Delegates were present from lone, Heppner, Lex ington, Hardman, Liberty, Gooseberry and Eightm ile, A general picnic and picnic dinner had been planned in the grove, and seats had been prepared for 300, but the rain drove people into the school house. The programme consisted of music and speaking by the state organizer, C. A. Hill, and the state president, F. A. Sikes. A fter the dinner spread by the farm ers’ wives and daughters the m eeting proceeded to elect county officers. Cliff Jones, of Eightm ile, was chosen presi dent and Joseph W alters, of lone, vice president. S. A. Sikes, of Heppner, was elected secretary, Emerson K eith- ley, doorkeeper and N. A. Clark, con ductor. A number of delegates drove more than 20 miles in the rain to be present. Roosevelt will undergo an operation for throat trouble. Many congressional inquiries will be made during the summer. Crops in the dry farm ing sections of Montana are unusually good. Robbers held up an 0 . R. & N. train ju st leaving Ogden, U tah, but got lit tle. A variety actress in Cleveland, Ohio, has gone insane over the coming Jef- fries-Johnson prizefight. Jacob Schiff, one of the most prom inent of New York bankers, says the financial stringency is past. An American boat won the jubilee C RATER LAKE FU N D BEG U N . prize in the races at Kiel, Germany. The em peror’s boat was beaten. M e d fo rd M en S ta rt M o v e m e n t to An im perial decree issued by the rul M a ke P a rk A cce ssib le . ing regent in China refuses the de mand of the people for a national par Portland—J. M. Root, editor of the liam ent. Medford Tribune and president of the C rater Lake Highway association; A Chinese tong w ar broke out in Judge W illiam Colvig, president of the New York City and three Chinamen Medford commercial club; W. T. Law- were killed and about 40 shots fired ton, of Medford, and others, are in the in less than two minutes. city to open headquarters for the move Diaz is re-elected president of Mex m ent to make the N ational Park ac ico for six years, and Ramon Corral cessible. vice president. It is believed that “ We expect to raise $25,000 in P ort Corral will succeed Diaz at the end of land,” said Mr. Root. “ A subscrip th at tim e. F A R M S C A L L FO R H A R V E S T E R S tion list will be started out among the L O S T R IV E R W O R K IS N E X T . m anufacturers, jobbers and retailers, I t is reported that labor conditions at the Bethlehem Steel works in Penn Kansas G ets 2 5 ,0 0 0 M en and Needs E n g in e e rs Plan to D e fle c t W a te rs and I believe that there will be no diffi culty in raising th at amount. Every sylvania are disgraceful. The men as M any M o re . F ro m T u le La ke. one recognizes the value of m aking work 12 hours per day, 7 days a week Topeka, K an.—The big rush of the K lam ath Falls — Project Engineer C rater Lake accessible, as it will bring and do not get enough pay to enable w heat harvest is now on in 50 counties them to live outside of boarding of Kansas. A call for 40,000 men to Patch has announced th at work is ex thousands of tourists from all parts of and the world, to houses. help in the fields has been responded pected to begin soon on the channel the United In States, the omnibus bill passed THE STAB-SPANGLED FIFTH . Secretary of W ar Dickinson says to by probably 25,000 and as many which is to deflect Lost River from its Oregon. course into Tule lake, and run by congress $15,000 was appropriated B allinger will be fully vindicated. more could be used in the grain and present can you see by the dawu’s early its w ater across the valley into Kla for the C rater Lake road, provided Oh, say, light, alfalfa cutting with profit. The Kan On advice of Ballinger, President sas eight-hour law does not apply to math river. we raise $20,000. W e’ll g et the $20,- Or have you no chance to behold Its T aft vetoed the Siletz settlers’ land the w heat fields, and a day's labor of Plans and specifications have been 000 all rig h t.” glad gleaming? bill. prepared and are now in the hands of Is your face tiandaged and your nose hid 16 hours more properly fills the bill in the P e titio n S igned by 1 2 ,0 0 0 . secretary of the interior. Mr. from sight. The W eyerhaeuser Tim ber company the harvest fields. initiative petitions of Are den you pleased with yourself or in is accused of extensive tim ber land Kansans respect Sunday as a day of Patch said th at within ten days bids the Weston—The E astern Oregon state normal agony screaming? would be asked for doing the work on frauds in Idaho. rest and for religious worship, but this canal, but w hether it will be let school will be filed next week a t Sa Did the rocket's red glare get mixed up Senator Gore, the blind senator from they consider it a duty to go into their by lem with 12,000 names attached, or with your hair, or done by “ force account” Oklahoma, says there is much corrup fields and work on that day to save is contract about 3,500 more than the num ber re And your teeth and your lingers, are all not known. The governm ent re their crops if th at is deemed necessary. of them there? tion in his state. that before more work can be quired by law. It is expected th at ad years past wheat farm ers have quires do you still feel undaunted and done on the Klam ath project it must ditional names will be secured, and Oh, say, brave Secretary of W ar Dickinson refuses In worked in their fields on many Sun to remove the colored troops from Fort days, and they are doing so this season first be bid upon, and then if the bids these will be filed later in a supplemen Or do you, all bandaged, In agony rave? considered higher than the estim ate tary petition. The papers were wide Lawton, near Seattle, Wash. with a will. Local employment agen are the governm ent officials, the force ly circulated, and the signers live in 20 Are your legs still undamaged and have The Postal Telegraph company and cies have been deluged w ith calls for of or more Oregon counties. George W. plan can be tried. you two feet? the W estern Union and Bell companies hundreds of men from all sections of account deflection of Lost river from its Proebstel was selected as custodian of Are your ears where they were when are in a big law suit over rights in New Southern and Central Kansas and Okla old The the petitions, and will attend to the is to take w ater from Tule the hurrah was started? homa. In Oklahoma word comes that lake course Mexico. Do you still think of freedom ns splendid th at much of the bed of this form ality of filing them. fields of wheat are so ripe th at lake so and sweet. I t is said Roosevelt will urge Hughes many may be reclaimed by evaporation the grain is falling on the ground. and drainage through crevices opened R u sh in g N a tro n Line . Or has your glad ardor forever depart to resign the Supreme court bench, to There has not been sufficient labor to ed? which he was recently appointed, and in the rocks in the lava bed country by Eugene—Construction on the Natron eyes both in place, have you all run again for governor of New^York. take care of it. the government. The river is to be extension will be rushed harder than Are your your face, from its course at w hat is ever this sum m er in an effort to com Has the of doctor A 7-year old boy at Louisville Ky., D E A T H F O L L O W S W IN D S T O R M turned reported concerning your known as Lost river gap. Here a dam plete the work next fall before the w et found a railroad torpedo, and calling case? w eather begins. About 1,250 laborers is to be erected to raise the w ater sev his m other to see the fun, h it it with Three Killed, Seven Injured When eral feet, and then by wooden flumes are on the line and this num ber will Are you up and around with the free and the brave, a hammer. He was instantly killed by Cyclone Strikes Canada. and canals it will be carried across the be increased as fast as the contractors Or Is one of your arms In Its poor little the explosion. can get men. Two additional steam valley about Bix miles to the K lam ath grave? Jaw , Saskatchew an—A frig ht Three robbers, after com m itting a ful Moose shoveles are on the way and a force river. story of death and desolation as the robbery and double m urder at Lynn, result of a storm has reached the city w ith a power plant will go over the di Oh. are you still sound, do you think life Mass., were pursued by citizens in over the long distance telephone from is grand, Private P roject for 4 75 Acres. vide and commence work on the big autos, one being killed, one captured, mounted police station 34-19-3, which Prineville—J . H. Gray is construct tunnel and work this way. Or Is the world nothing but dark deso lation? badly wounded, and the third forced to is situated in the South country about ing a reservoir and irrigation system Are you still patriotic and able to stand commit suicide. C o lo n iz e 4 0 0 A c re s . th at will reclaim 475 acres of land, 60 miles from Moose Jaw . your hope gone on an endless A Mississippi river excursion boat, While details are not concise it ap which will be planted to alfalfa. The Cottage Grove — Colonel John F. Or has vacation? Spray has purchased 400 acres of bot reservoir is being built on Horse H ea pears th at a cyclone struck the neigh with 1,500 persons on board, caught Did the toy cannon bust and thus rob you fire and was entirely destroyed. So borhood at 2 p. m., and was imme ven creek and will be one of the largest tom land in the Row river valley and of trust is constructing an irrigating ditch a private conservation systems in Central diately followed by a terrific hail far as known only three persons lost As It scattered your digits around In the distance of three miles to w ater the (lust ? their lives, though witnesses say many storm which swept a stretch of coun Oregon. A contract has been let for the con tract, which will be set out to orchards Oh. did you pull through, does your ban leaped into the w ater and w ere not try half a mile wide. ner still wave, Every house and shack in path of the struction of a canal for the irrigation and sold in five and ten-acre tracts. rescued. you one of those who In agony was destroyed. Three persons of the land on the north side of Crook It is this purpose to colonize the Or are rave? The census bureau announces th at it storm were killed and seven more or less in ed river. This canal will be four feet land w ith Easterners, five of whom will soon begin giving out returns of jured. The crops were utterly des wide and its length will approxim ate have already selected sites there. Not the 1910 census. troyed. The dead are Edward Mad- three and a half miles. The comple more than ten acres will be sold to any VALLEY FORGE RESTORED. The beef tru st indictm ents in Chi digan and his two little children. tion of this system will place an area individual. cago have been quashed, and a new The injured are his mother, two sisters of about 700 acres in the alfalfa land III«torlc Spot B e a u tifie d a n d T u r n e d PO R TLAN D M AR KETS. Into a P u b lic P ark. grand jury is ordered. and two brothers, besides four hired class on Bonnyview farm and will make men. As soon as the message was re it one of the largest, if not the largest, W heat— Track prices: Bluestem, Historic Valley Forge has not only One day's heat record in Chicago in ceived help was rushed to the farm of its kind in Central Oregon. 81(3 82c; club, 78c; red Russian., 76c; been restored, but greatly beautified, cludes six dead, nineteen prostrated scene of medical Improved and turned Into a public the tragedy. valley, 80c. and four bitten by rabid dogs. W o o l S h ip m e n ts B egin. Barley— Feed and brewing, $19(7# 20. park for the enjoyment of the peo While running at high speed a Chi K lam tah F alls—The first of a batch Corn— Whole, $32; crackecl, $33 ton. ple. It is a fortunate thing that the Seven Perish in Storm . cago & Alton train was derailed and Seward, of a clip of 70,000 pounds of wool ar Hay—Track prices: Timothy, W il time has passed when the pilgrim to Alaska—Seven men are be turned turtle, badly injuring 17. ette valley, $20(«21 per ton; E ast Valley Forge in search of sights and lieved to have been lost in a storm rived here from Silver Lake, in the lam Louis Alexander Robertson, noted which swept Cook's inlet Wednesday northern end of Lake county. This ern Oregon, $23(3:24; alfalfa, $15(316; relics of the historic camp, perhaps the most hallowed of our revolution poet, is dead. He did his best w rit night, according to a rejvort received wool is from the clip of L. D. Hoyt. grain (lay, $17(3)18. ing while suffering severely from lo here from United States Commissioner Klam ath Falls is to be the wool ship Oats—No. 1 white, $25.50 per ton. ary reminders, was obliged to tram p for the entire country from Green F ruits— Apples, Oregon New over fields of none too friendly farmers comotor ataxia. Hildreth, of Nick precinct, Cook’s in ping to point ton, $2 per box; cherries, 5<#iil2c per and be constantly annoyed by signs Silver Lake this season. Nicaraguan rebels have 1,500 troops let. The men, among whom were here pound; apricots, $1.25(31.35 per box; warning off trespassers. Apart from L ast season some 700,000 pounds Joseph Laubner, a prominent citizen of ready to attack the town of Bluefields, through here from th at section, currants, $2 per box. straw berries, which, the fatigue of such a trip was and all non-combatants have been giv Seward; F. R. Stew art, of Stew art came $1.50(#/1.65 per crate; blackberries, great, as there were no roads leading City; W. C. M. Perkins, and John and this year it is expected th at with 90c(<# en 12 hours notice to leave the city. $1; raspberries, $1.50; loganber over the camp ground and no signs the wool from the northern end of this W inter, set out in a dory from Kern A Navajo Indian in Dakota shot and ('reek to cross the inlet. The w ater county and from th at along the state ries, 76c(#/$l; 1 lackcaps, $2 per box. m arking the way to the historic spots, killed a ranchman who accused him of was rough when they started and i line the total will be much greater. Vegetables—Artichokes, 60(3,75c per only fields of waving grain or wood dozen: cabbage, 2 14(32 c per pound; lands overgrown with underbrush. cattle stealing, then rode 70 miles to terrific storm came up. the agency to surrender to the officers. B u ild N ew L u m b e r M ill. cauliflower, $2 per dozen; head lettuce, Consequently the hardest kind of walk C ottage Grove— C. C. Shay of Port 50(#/60c per dozen; green onions, 15c ing over the steep hills was required Daniel Sully, Actor, Dies. Frederick Kohler, the “ golden rule” has purchased a section of stand per dozen; peas, 4(35c; radishes, 16<ff! to view but a few of the sights. Only chief of police of Cleveland, Ohio, has Woodstock, N. Y.— Daniel Sully, land, per dozen; spinach, 8(310c per the young and physically robust were been entirely cleared of all charges of the old-time actor, died at his home ing tim ber near Divide, two miles 20c rutabagas, $1.25f#i 1.50 per therefore able to enjoy the pleasures misconduct against him and will be here from B right's disease and heart south of Cottage Grove, and will forth pound; w ith commence the erection of a saw sack; carrots, 85c(3$l; beets, $1.50; >f Valley Forge. reinstated. failure. Sully was born at Newport, mill of 50,000 daily capacity w ithin 90 parsnips, 75c(3$l. Through the untiring efforts of a \ train transporting Mexican troops R. I., November 6, 1855, and w ent on days. The mill will cut railroad ties Potatoes—Old Oregon, 6(X3 75c per number of patriotic men, all this has the stage in 1875 as a specialty per to the scene of the revolt along the hundred; new California, l%(d)2c per tim bers exclusively, and it is esti been changed and the state of Penn Northern border dashed down a steep former. It was a peculiarity of his and mated by Mr. Shay th at there is suffi pound. sylvania has been Induced to assume grade and left the track on a curve, never to appear in any but a Catholic cient B utter—City cream ery, extras, 29c; tim ber in the tract to run the and complete a tnak which was first play. Among the plays which he mill continuously killing about 20. for at least the next fancy outside cream ery, 28(3 29c per offered and refused by the federal wrote him self and produced were five years. pound; store, 20#7#23c. B utter fat government, although the undertak I t is found th at after all allotm ents “ The Corner G rocery,’’ “ Daddy No prices average 1 ‘jC per pound under ing was clearly within its province, as in the Yakim a reservation are made lan," “ Capital P rize," “ Con Conroy regular butter prices. M a so n ic T e m p le a t B u rn s. the ramp ground of Valley Forge Is there will be no land left for settlers. & C o.," “ “ O’Brien, the C ontractor," candled, 26 <4(n27c a relic which should belong not only Burns—Plans and specifications for per Eggs—Oregon Bremerton, the navy yard town of and “ The Parish P rie st." dozen; E astern, 24c. the new Masonic block drawn by Con Poultry— Hens, 15‘5(316c; broilers, to Pennsylvania, but to the entire Puget sound, has voted " w e t” by 520 nation, as every patriotic American tractor H arry Sm ith have been accept Air Routes Are Provided. to 239. -.jC; ducks, 14<320c; geese, 11@ must wish for Its preservation and ed by the trustees of the lodge and 22(#(221 Munich, B avaria—It is now an 14c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 25c; would f(jpl proud In being part owner The dry goods trust of New York the contract for its construction has squabs, $3 per dozen. th at as “ a special concession boon But whether by Pennsylvania or the City has obtained another of the large nounced lot to Mr. Sm ith, work to pro Pork—Fancy, 11 % (312c per pound. to A m ericans," motor-cars will be per national government, it must be at retail stores there. as raidly as possible. The build Veal—Fancy, 10(31 lc per pound. m itted in the village territory, an or ceed feet, two stories Lambs -Choice, 8(311c per pound. least gratifying to the nation to learn Robert A. Taft, son of the president, dinance of Oberammergau against the ing will be 50x100 that the neglect of a century has been _________ is among those taking the highest hon use of power cars being rescinded for high. Cattle Beef steers, good to choice atoned for, and under the able and the period of the “ Passion P lay ." In ors at Yale this year. B u ild in g L a rg e G arage . California, $5.50(35.75; good to enthusiastic direction of the Valley order to care properly for the motorists Albany—B arrett Bros, have com choice. E astern Oregon and valley, Forge Park Commission a work of al To commemorate its 100th annivers who will visit Oberammergau. the pleted arrangem ents for the erection $5.40(35.60; fa ir to medium, 4.25(3 most Incalculable historical value has ary in 1910, Yale will raise a $2,000,- “ Passion P lay" com m ittee is building of large garage. The structure 4.75; cows and heifers, good to choice, been done on the bleak heights above 000 endowment for its medical depart a fire proof garage to accommodate will their have a floor space of 34x109 feet $4.25(0 4.75; fair to medium, $3.76(3) the Schuylkill, to which W ashington’s 200 cars and their attendants. m ent. of cement, w ith reinforced concrete 4.50; bulls, $3(34; stags, $3.50(35; barefoot army crawled when the de walla 14 feet high and fireproof roof. calves, light, $5.75(36.75: heavy, $4(36. feat of Germantown left them no The senate will investigate the J r., At Home. Thia will be the largest garage in the Hogs -Top, $9.50oi9.75; fa ir to me other refuge charges of bribery in connection with San Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt valley. dium, $8.403(9.25. the election of Senator Lorim er, of Jr., who F rancises W ashington and Fort Hunting was married to Miss Eleanor Sheep— F air to good w ethers, $4(3 ton Fort Illinois. have been restored. An Iron tow Train Reaches Prairie City. Butler Alexander in New York a few 4.25; lambs, choice, $5.50(0:6; fair, er 105 feet In height for observation The National Conference of Govern days ago, has arrived here w ith his P rairie C ity—The first train into $4.75(35.25. Is being finished on Mount ors, which was inaugurated as a regu bride. The couple will make their this rity reached here last Saturday Hops — 1909 crop, ll(313c; olds, purposes and from this tower not only a lar annual event in the Roosevelt ad- home in San Francisco, where young night, when a conatmction train on the nominal; 1910 contracts, 13(313 4 c . Joy, blrdeeye view of the entire camp m inistration, will be held this year at Roosevelt will be connected with Sum pter Valley railroad arrived at the Wool - E astern Oregon, 14Ar 17c; val ground and beautiful surrounding F rankfort and Louisville, Ky., No- large carpet establishm ent, as assistant depot. R egular train service has now ley, 16(o20c; mohair, choice, 32f#£33c eountry can be had, but also Philadel been inaugurated. to the salea m anager. per pound. vem ber 29. phla, 20 miles distant, can be made out. A beautiful commemorative chapel of the Episcopal church has been built on the spot where Wash ington, In his direst hour of distress, knelt In prayer. The headquarters of the commander In the Isaac Potts house have been purchased, complete ly restored and turned Into a revo lutionary museum. Roads have been built which make possible quick com m unications between all points of the park, besides which lawns and (lower beds have been laid out and planted and even a guard house has been built to further heighten the park ef fect T l i e I n e v i t a b l e Itew n lt. Mr. Headofhousc— How did the par rot get all bis head feather burned off? Mrs. Headofhousc— He said he w ant ed a cracker, and Willie gave him one. PRESERVING TH E DECLARATION It I s f a r e d f o r W i t h M u c h R e v e r e n c e at th e N ation*« C a p ita l. There is so much reverence for the document on which the 56 signers of the immortal Declaration of Independ ence Inscribed their names that it is no wonder it is preserved at the na tional capital with the utmost care. It is in the state departm ent building that the document is kept, and a safe specially constructed for Its préserva tion in as good condition as possible is Its home. The guardianship of the revered document is Intrusted to an of ficial of the departm ent named Wil liam H. McNeer. The parchm ent with the original sig natures was deposited with the depart m ent of state when the government was organized In 1789. In 1823 John Quincy Adams had a copperplate fac sim ile made to give copies to the sign ers and their heirs. The original was injured in this way, the wet sheet pressed on the face drawing out the ink so th at the names of the signers have become illegible and the text partially so In recent years It has been kept sealed up in a steel case, and the greatest care has been taken to prevent tts coming to any harm. One of the results of the preserva tion of interest In the Declaration of Independence Is the formation of a society composed of descendants of signers of this immortal document. The most im portant meeting in the history of this organization was that held at Washington last April, when the descendants of the patriots of ’76 visited the state departm ent and gazed upon the charter of liberty there guarded with so much Jealousy and even reverence. The first reunion of the signers was held at the Jam es town exposition in 1907 as part of the celebration of Independence day by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Asso ciation of the United States. The prim ary objects of the organi zation are “for the purpose of aiding in the preservation of historical rec ords, to help educate the people in love and patriotism for country, to appro priately mark and protect the last resting places of the signers of tho Declaration of Independence, to col lect and publish Instructive m aterial regarding the life and works of all the signers of the Declaration of Inde pendence and for other patriotic pur poses.” The membership of the Descendants of the Signers is now up into the hun dreds, with descendants of nearly every one ot the 46 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence who left descendants. Nine of the sign ers died without issue, several never m arrying. There are members of the organization in Switzerland, France, England and Hungary, with most of the states represetned. Thus far Pennsylvania seems to have taken the more active Interest in tho movement, although others give good promise. It is estim ated that there are several thousand persons, including the chil d re n who are eligible to membership. J u ly 4 In A m e r i c a n W a r « . The Fourth of July has been a bis day in the wars of this republic. In 1861 July 4 was the first day of th« extra session of Congress, with eight states unrepresented. On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg surren dered to General Grant. On the same day news was sent over the country that the Federal forces had won at Gettysburg. On July 4, 1864, Grant was gradually driving Lee back, though at a terrific cost of human life. On July 4, 1898, we got the news that Cervera’s entire Spanish fleet had been destroyed off Santiago by the United States fleet, that 600 Spaniards had been killed and drowned and 1,400 taken prisoners on the day be fore. C h a n ire. "You say he actually likes haring his wife be a suffragette and all that?' "Yes. He thinks It’s fun to get up and go through her trousers pocket* for change,, while she's asleep.”— Cleveland lead er. THE DAY AFTER. The M angled One: •Say, Doe I W ill I Be WeU A gin' by th e Has) F ou rth t "