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DOINGS OFTHEWEEK Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. G eneral R e su m e o f Im p o rta n t Event* P re se n te d In C o n d e h s e d F o r m fo r O u r B u s y R e a d e rs. The Italian cruiser Etruria is visit ing San Francisco. A blinding sftow storm caused a train collision near Chicago, injuring severd persons. Mexico has appointed a new minis ter to the United States, whose name is Zamacona y Inclan. A wind storm reaching a velocity of 59 miles an hour swept Northern Ohio, d >ing much damage in Cleveland. A force o f Russian infantry and cavalry is reported to have crossed the line into the Chinese province o f Hi. It is rumored that former officials of the Steel trust are forming a new cor- p< n tion to compete with the old con- cer 1 . A plow trust has been organized, combining 22 o f the larger manufac turers and having a capital o f $50,- 00 >, 000 . A complete inventory o f the prop erty o f the Harriman railroads will be taken, from bolts and oil cans to real estate and franchises. Primary elections under the com mission form of government were held in all large towns in Kansas, the So cialists nominating a cobbler for may or o f Wichita. Three members of a swindling firm o f stockbrokers in New York City, have been arrested, charged with using the U. S. mails to defraud the public o f several million dollars in the past two years. Roosevelt says the greatest crisis of the world's history will be decided on the Pacific. A French aviator carried 11 passen gers in a monoplane two miles. A fierce gale on Puget Sonud dam aged shipping and drove many house boats and small craft ashore. A large pack o f cougars are ex terminating the deer in Northern Ida ho. Hunters have killed 13 o f them. A Denver judge released two prize fighters, saying: “ It isn’ t half so bad as these human bullfights commonly referred to as football." Jackson Titterton, a 530-pound resi dent o f Scott county, Illinois, is dead. A Mexican rebel leader says he knows T a ft will interfere unless peace is restored by May 1. Iowa legislature defeated the woman suffratr«» bill. natives o f the New Hebrides islands are in revolt against the white resi dents. California has adopted a law for bidding aliens to acquire, sell, be queath or inherit lands in that state. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. Wheat— Track prices: Bluestem, 84f//]85c; club, 81(d}82c; red Russian, 80c; valley, 81c; 40-fold, 83c. Barley—Choice feed, $24(//24.50 per ton. Millstuffs- Bran, $20(</21 per ton; middlings, $270il28; shorts, $210/22; rolled barley, $25,500/ 26.50. Corn— Whole, $28; cracked, $29 ton. Oats— No. 1 white, $27,500/28 ton. H a y -T ra c k prices: Timothy, East ern Oregon, No. 1, $2l0z}22; mixed, $160/20; alfalfa, $11,500/ 12.50; grain hay, $ 130/,’14.50; clover, $110/12. Green Fruits— Pears, $1,500/1.75 per box; malagas, $6o/.7.50 per bar rel; cranberries $13.50 per barrel. Apples— Fancy, $20o2.75; choice, $10/32; common, 50c0/.$l per box. Vegetables — Asparagus, 12Jc per pound; cabbage, $1.50 per hundred; cauliflower, local, $1.25 per dozen; California, $2.25 per crate; celery, California, $3,500/3.75 per crate; cu cumbers, $20/;2.25 per box ; eggplant, 15c pound; garlic, 100/12c jiound; green onions, 20c dozen; head lettuce, 50c dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.25 per box; peppers, 20c pound; radish es, 300/.35c per doz; rhubarb, $2,250/ 2.50 per box; sprouts, 9c; tomatoes, $1.7507.2; carrots, 85c0/$l hundred; parsnips, 86c0/.$l; turnips, 85c0/$t; beets, 90c0/$l. Potatoes — Oregon, buying price: $1,250/ 1.50 per hundred. Onions Buying price, $2 per hun dred. C a ttle — Prime steers, $ 60 / 6 .50; choice, $5,750/ 6, good to choice, $5.50 (<7,5.75; common, $40/5; prime cows, $507:6.50; choice, $4,750/5; common, $ 20 /4; choice heifers, $5,250/5.50; choice bulls, $4,500/4.75; fair to good, $3.750i4; common, $30/.3.50; choice light calves, $7,750/8; fair to good, $7oi)7.60; choice heavy calves, $5.25 0/.5.50; fair to medium, $4,750/5; choice stags, $5,250/ 5.50. Hogs— Choice light, $8,250/8.50; good to choice, $80/8.25; choice heavy, $7.75o/ 8. Sheep - - Choice yc»arling wethers, grain fed, $4,500/4.85; old wethers, $4o/.4.25; choice ewes, grain fed, $3,500/4.15; fair to medium, grain fed, $2,750/3.25; choice lambs, grain fed, $50(5.50; go<xi to choice, grain fed, $5of'5.25; fair to good, $4,750/5; culls. $2.50o/3.50. Poultry L ive: Hens, 20c; broilers, 25oi:40c; turkeys, 20c; ducks, 23c; geese, 1201313c; dressed turkeys, choice, 230/.25c. Eggs Oregon ranch, 20c per dozen. Butter City creamery, extra, 1 and 2 pound prints, in boxes, 31c per pound; less than boxes, cartons and delivery extra. Pork Fancy, 10^0/11c per pound. Veal -Fancy, 85 to 126 pounds, 120/:12ic per pound. Hops 1910 crop, 17|<ol84c; 1909 crop, 12o/.12|c; contracts, 16c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 12o/18c, ac cording to shrinkage; valley, 170/ 19c; mohair, choice, 32c per pound deliv ered Portland. ,, i •; . * C H IN A Y IE L D S T O R U S S IA C A B IN E T R E S IG N S U n p re p a re d to R e sis t S h e A g r e e s to C z a r ’s D e m a n d s. All M e x ic a n M in is t e r s E x c e p t L im an - to u r W ill B e Replaced. Pekin China is not prepared to antagonize Russia completely, and as a result o f prolonged conferences the Chinese foreign office assured the Rus sian minister, M. Kortostovetz, that China would acquiesce unreservedly to the demands made in the Russian ultimatum concerning the provisions o f the treaty o f 1881. Russia insisted upon an answer immediately. It is generally considered that there was no alternative course, in view o f China’s utter unpreparedness for war. Intense interest is being manifested in the attitude o f Japan, which is ob viously holding entirely aloof, al though more powerful than ever at Pekin. While the issues between China and Russia have been almost obliterated by the recent series of ultimatums, and theoretically insufficient cause for occupation exists, Russia apparently fears that she could obtain only paper promises which the Chinese would not observe unless intimidated. Russians here point out that they have less now in the way o f concessions from China than when the treaty was signed. Some sections o f the legation quar ter so ridicule Russia for net follow ing in the first instance the recent ex ample set by Great Britain in occupy ing territory and awaiting Chinese readiness to discuss the contested points. But it is recognized that Russia by failing to do this, has shown that she does not possess aggressive designs. The Chinese newspapers, which are utterly ignorant o f foreign affairs, are hostile to Great Britain, which they accuse o f beginning the present land grab, and they prophesy that both Japan and France will be not long in following suit. E IG H T E E N L IV E O N $175 M O N T H C h ic a g o P a re n ts of 16 C h ild re n A ll M o u t h s A re W ell Fed. Say Chicago Should the sovereign state o f Illinois decide to pay a bounty for large families and call the roll o f its citizens, Michael Fox, 7810 Vancey avenue, will be able to answer “ pres ent. " Mr. Fox, who is a switchman on the Illinois Central railroad, never has re ceived any congratulations from Theo dore Roosevelt, although deserving of them. Of the 814,115 children in Chicago Mr. Fox has 16 and they are all strong and vigorous. There was a sort o f a reunion o f the Fox family Sunday, but Mr. Fox was not present. He was out in the switchyards at work, for it takes all he can earn seven days a week to fill the stomachs and cover the feet o f the young Foxes. “ How do we manage to feed and clothe so many?" repeated Mrs. Fox in answer to a question today. “ Well they don’ t look as if they didn’t get enough to eat, do they?" she asked as she looked admiringly at her large family. “ Mike makes about $80 a month," said Mrs. Fox, “ and our grocery bill runs between $90 and $100 a month, but we get along all right. Two of the boys are working for the Illinois Central and two girls work in the tack factory, so the family income is about $175 a month. They all get enough to eat and all are strong and healthy." S T A N D A R D O IL IS BUYER. S o u t h e rn P a cific G iv e s C o n tr o l A ss o c ia te d O il C o m p a n y. of San Francisca—Following upon an announcement made a few days ago that the Southern Pacic company had named a price for the sale o f its con trolling interest in the Associated Oil company to an Eastern syndicate, a report appears in the Chronicle that the prospective buyer is the Standard Oil company, saying that the Standard Oil company “ is in a position through this contract to assume practical con trol o f the entire oil output o f the California field“ . The Associated Oil company is re ported to be handling 80 per cent of the oil marketed from Californa fields at the present time. T ire H u r ls M is s le Fa r. Los Angeles A huge red touring car was sizzling through space on Spring street Tuesday at a rate that looked bad for speed limit, when one o f the front tires burst with a crack like a cannon. The force o f the ex plosion was sufficient to tear a big piece off the steel rim and hurl it 100 feet through the air and through the show window o f the Bradley-Wise Paint company, 853 South Spring street, and do damage inside to the extent of about $100. The name o f the cannoneer was not ascertained. Insurrectos Not P le ase d. El Paso, Tex. ‘ On intimations di rect from Francis I. Madero, it is g iv en out in insurrecto circles here that the selection o f President Diaz’ new cabinet is, so far as made public, be lieved to be entirely unfriendly to the reforms for which the Mexican insur rection is being waged, and that as a consequence, the war probably will go on ¡uninterruptedly. It is pointed out that among the men selected for the cabinet, none is distinguished for any activity in the reform movement for which Madero is in arms. 4 » ■ ........... — A la sk a O il in Field. Port Townsend, Wash. The first shipment o f Alaska fuel oil, inaugura ting what promises to become an ag gressive opposition to the oil trust, will be made at an early date, coming from the Katalla district, where three wells are in operation, running 1,200 barrels in 24 hours. Other wells are being bored and a stupendous supply is predicted. The first shipment will be 30,000 barrels o f oil and has already been sold on Puget sound. R io G ra n d e E n g in e e rs G et M o re . Denver, Colo.— As a result o f a set tlement agreed upon at a conference between officials o f the Brotherhood o f locom otive Engineers and officials o f the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. 750 engineers o f that system will be given an increase o f 9 per cent in wages, better working rules and a con tract for a year. C O L O N IS T S C O M IN G M O T O R LAW FAST. M O DEL. M a n y S e c tio n s Feel B e n e fit* o f E a s t O n ly S ta te L ice n se to B e P a id — S p e e d Z o n e s M u s t B e M a rk e d . e rn A d v e rtisin g. Portand— Fully 60 per cent o f the colonists entering Oregon since the present reduced rates went into effect come to Portland, either to remain permanently or to cast about for suit able locations elsewhere in the state. The remaining 40 per cent seldom leave the Union depot or the North Bank station, excepting to go to a nearby restaurant for meals. I f they have made up their minds as to the particular part o f the state in which they want to locate they are in a hur- jry t> get there and do not tarry in this city. The so-called sight-seeing Class es are composed o f persons who are undecided where to go. They view the attractions o f Portland while in vestigating the opportunities of the state. The Dalles The Dalles Business Men’s association and local realty dealers are receiving calls and inquir ies from a large number o f colonists who have taken advantage o f the cheap rates to come West. “ The show windows o f the exhibi tion building at the depot are viewed all day long by strangers," said Secre tary Fish. “ It would be conservative to say that the exhibit building has been seen by not less than 3,000 col onists in the past week. In The Dalles at present are about 50 home- seekers, some o f whom have bought homes already. Others are negotiat ing for land and others are looking at tracts to decide which suits them best. Five from Kansas have about closed a deal for 320 acres o f fruit land. Iowa colonists are negotiating the purchase o f 80 acres o f partially cleared land for which they will pay $15,000. Several have arrived from Germany. They could not speak English, but had an interpreter with them. They have made a success o f raising ducks, chickens, asparagus and mushrooms, and are looking at different locations. ^Another party bought a small tract of land to engage in raising high*class exhibition and fancy poultry. One day 11 arrived, tired and dusty, but smiling, who undoubtedly w ill find suitable land here. Eugene— Approximately 175 colon ists have arrived in Eugene. They hail from all parts o f the country, but there is a distinct majority from the Middle West, particularly Nebraska. The greater part o f them were attrac ted to Oregon and to Eugene by com munity advertising, but a large pro portion have friends here and cam£ at their solicitation. The largest number to arrive in one day has been 60, all o f them arriving on one train. Almost all o f this num ber was made up o f families who had sold their homes in the East and were looking for new ones in Oergon. One family numbered ten members, and the average was large. Most o f the demand is for small homes— tracts o f approximately ten acres— suitable for fruit culture or truck-gardening. Baker— It is estimated that fully 500 colonists have visited Baker dur ing the past week. The Commercial club has a representative at Pocatello and a committee meets all trains here to assist strangers and welcome them to Oregon. Business is active and the merchants are optimistic over the re sults o f the publicity campaign car ried on during the year. Arrange ments are now under way to serve meals to passengers on the morning trains. La Grande— To date 75 homeseekers from Oklahoma and parties o f four and five from other sections have reached La Grande and are seeking lo cations here. Many are from South ern states. Medford— Real estate men o f Med ford will send an agent to Portland to induce incoming colonists to locate here. Very few o f the 1911 home- seekers have appeared in Medford. N e w T o w n s ite P ro b a b le . Salem— What is considered plausi bly as a move for an Oregon Electric townsite on the new extension south is seen in the purchase o f 120 acres of land at H all’s Ferry, about nine miles up the Willamette river from Salem. The purchase was made from H. J. Spitzbart by E. M. Croisan, and the consideration is said to be $9,000. Mr. Croisan has been purchasing land freely in the interest o f the Oregon Electric for right-of-way purposes, and it is rumored that this buy was made for the Oregon Electric. Salem -Local city or county author ities have no power under Oregon’s new motor vehicle law to adopt any rules for the regulation o f motor ve hicles which requires the owner to pay any license or fee other than the state license or to prohibit the owner from the free use o f the streets or affecting the numbering or registra tion o f vehicles such as would tend to confuse the authorities in enforcing the state law, but the city or county authorities are not restricted in the regulation or licensing o f automobiles and taxicabs that are used to carry the public for hire. A city may by ordinance regulate the speed o f automobiles to 10 miles an hour within its jurisdiction but cannot place any further limitation upon the speed o f motors but all ve hicles o f whatever class must be lim ited to the same speed. The city can prescribe different speed limits in d if ferent parts o f the city, but the speed zones must be marked by large signs bearing the words “ Slow down to .... m iles." Where the city limits and country meet the city must post signs where all automobile drivers can see them, specifying the speed lim it with in the city by similar signs. The signs must bear arrows designating where the speed lim it applies. Section 25 o f the act relates to the authority o f cities. The framers o f the law say that it contains no jokers, and there will be found nothing in it to restrict the authority o f cities to an unwarranted degree. The law is a model o f its kind, and a close scrutiny o f its provisions will further reveal its superiority in legislation regulat ing motor vehicles. It embodies the best parts o f the motor vehicle license laws o f other states and is the result o f much study on the part o f its au thor. W E S T N O T T O IN T E R F E R E . P r is o n M a n a g e m e n t S a tis fa c to ry G o v e rn o r, H e S a y s . to Salem— That there will be no change in the administration o f affairs at the state penitentiary was asserted by Governor West in commenting on let ters he has received relative to the dismissal o f McCullough, a guard, from the force at that institution re cently. He said he had received let ters from men well known in union labor circles, but did not divulge their contents. “ W ith antiquated and obsolete equipment and buildings and many difficulties to contend with, those in charge have given it a national repu tation as one o f the best in the coun try," he said. “ What action is taken by the superintendent toward his employes is for him to pass upon and I do not intend to interfere. I am satisfied so far with the manage ment o f the prison and I have no thought o f making a change." Mexico City, Mex., March 25.— Fol lowing a meeting of the cabinet today every member o f that body tendered his resignation to President Diaz. As yet none o f the resignations has been accepted, but on excellent au thority it is said that but two o f them — possibly not more than ope— will be asked to remain in the portfolio. In diplomatic circles it is assumed that Diaz will insist upon Jose Yves Li- mantour remaining in charge o f the department o f finance. Members of the cabinet refuse to comment upon their action, but it is said that the united stand was taken not by them, but by the -president, who, it is be lieved, proposes to surround himself with younger men, in the hope that such action will serve to unite all ele ments o f the nation. It is probable that the acceptance of the resignations will be coincident with the announcement o f the names o f the new ministers. Who will com pose the new cabinet is not known, but it may be said they will be men who have not taken a leading part in the government affairs. Neither will it include any who have been identified with the revolutionary movement in stituted by Madero. M A D E R O W IN S V IC T O R Y . B ig Fe d eral F o r c e R oute d and L a rg e N u m b e r Killed. Presidio, T ex.— According to a mes senger who reported to General Jose de la Cruz Sanchez, in command of the insurgents besieging the town o f Oji- naga, insurrectos under the direct command o f Francisco I. Madero have won an important victory in the vicin ity o f the city o f Chihuahua, rout ing the Federal troops after 160 had been killed anil 40 taken prisoners. Chihuahua city has been surrounded by rebels for some weeks and all means o f communication have been cut. Provisions are growing scarce and many Americans are shut in there. Madero’s aim has been to capture Chihuahua in order that he might be able to point to the fact that *he con trolled the state o f Chihuahua as ground for claiming belligerent rights from other nations. He also desired to secure such a center o f government that he might be in a position to ne gotiate with Diaz to advantage. Ma dero’s victory probably will enable him to force his way to Chihuahua and do battle with the garrison, reported to be about 1,200 strong. A M E R IC A N S O IL V IO L A T E D . M a n y W itn e s s e s S w e a r Blatt and C o n v e r s e A rr e st e d in T e x a s. El Paso, T ex.— C. H. Converse, of Glendora, Cal., has filed additional evidence that his son Lawrence, and Edwin Blatt, o f Pittsburg, now in jail at Juarez, were captured on American soil. He has forwarded to the State de partment statements o f county offi cials, Federal officials, line riders and customs guards that what is called Ancon de Guadeloupe, where Converse and Blatt are said to have been cap tured, is in the United States, and that the Federal government has exer cised de fa^to jurisdiction over the T O W N S T O B U IL D R O A D . territory for two years. These statements were filed with A th e n a and W e sto n G ive 4 0 0 D a y s ’ the State department to controvert L a b o r and T e a m s fo r W o rk . the statement o f the Mexican je fe at Athena The state legislature turn Guadaloupe that he considered Ancon ing down the good roads bill, citizens de Guadaloupe Mexican territory. o f Athena and Weston have taken the Rebel R a id e r s Put to Rout. case in their own hands. As a result a macadam road is to be constructed Torreon, Mex.--One hundred regu between the two towns. lar cavalrymen sent out from here un The county is to furnish the machin der command o f Colonel Casillas over ery, Athena the rock quarry and town took a handful o f rebels, camped on residents and farmers have agreed to Regugio Hacierda, and at the first furnish labor and teams. Fully 400 volley killed eight. The others fled. days’ labor with men and teams has Prior to that the rebels had held up a already been subscribed for the road. train near Loma bridge and tried to This road will be one o f the most secure kerosene with which to burn beneficial in this part o f the country, the bridge. They also robbed the as the highway between Athena and Loma station and cut the telegraph Weston is one o f the worst, especially wires ad carried off the instruments. in*winter. The work will begin at A t San Diego Sunday the band robbed once. Joseph Steele, an American miner, of dynamite caps and $16. Florentino Rivas commanded the insurgents. “ Y ” o r T u rn ta b le R e quired. Salem Notificatipn has been sent O ld e s t E n g in e e r D ead. to the Astoria & Columbia River rail Tacoma, March 25. — John Strange road by the Railroad commission that the practice o f operating trains back Waller Reeves, aged 100 years, died ward one way between Warren ton and yesterday at his home in this city. Fort Stevens must be discontinued. He was born in .Wilkesbarre, Pa., The road will either be compelled to Otcober 18, 1810, and at the time of install a “ Y " or a turntable to carry his death was said to be the oldest lo United out this suggestion. The road is also comotive engineer in the instructed to place lights on its draw States, having been the first engineer bridge at the Skipanon river, the on the Hamilton & Dayton railroad. bridge at the present time not being He was the father o f 16 children, o f lighted, it is alleged, in compliance whom three sons and one daughfer F ra n c h ise is G ranted. Prineville Prineville city council with the United States navigation survive. His w ife was the daughter o f Rev. William Jones, a descendant granted a franchise to the Prineville & laws. o f the first Lord Mayor o f Cork. Eastern Railroad company at a special G a sto n F a r m e r s Unite. meeting recently. The matter was F a m o u s M in e W o rk e d Out. Forest Grove— To promote the de warmly discussed and was granted on San Francisco — The concluding the proviso that it be used within velopment of the community in which three years from date. The Prine they reside and to be able to sell their chapter in the history o f one of Ne ville & Eastern company is now nego products at better quotations the vada’s most famous mines was begun tiating with the Hill interests to sell farmers of the East Gaston neighbor here Saturday by the filing o f a peti the franchise and rights o f way for a hood have formed the Northeast Gas tion asking for the dissolution of the W. K. Monte Cristo Silver Mining company. branch line from Metolius to Prine ton Farmers’ association. ville. From present indications it Newell, president o f the state board The company was incorporated in 1863 seems that this deal will be closed of horticulture, was made president of with a capital o f $1,500,000 to operate the association. The first thing th^3 a mine in Storey county, Nevada. In soon. association did was to obtain a travel 1878 the capital was increased to $10,- ing library from the state library com 000,000, as the mine had proved to be M a k e Real C ity Beautiful. Other benefits are one o f the richest producers in the Orenco More than a score o f men mission at Salem. state. The petition just field recites o f this town observed Arbor day Sat being sought by the cssociation. that the mine is no longer productive. urday, planting between 250 and 300 O. A. C. B ulle tins to A fric a . elm trees on the streets. The town G ra n g e P u s h e s C a m p a ig n . Oregon Agricultural College, Cor is less than three years old, this being Concord, N. H. — Resolutions de the home o f the Oregon Nursery com vallis The natives o f Southern A fr i pany. It is the purpose o f the citiz ca will be taught the science o f agri claring the proposed Canadian reci ens to make Orenco one o f the pret culture according to bulletins pub procity agreement to be “ one-sided unjust, which discriminates tiest towns to be found in the North lished by the Oregon Agricultural col and west. A park has been| laid out and lege experts. The bulletins have been against the farming industry, which sent at the request o f George A. Rob puts all farming products on the free numerous beds of flowers, roses and erts, a former student at this institu list, while making no reduction in the shrubbery will be set out. tion, and now head o f the industrial duties on manufactures that will in department o f the Old Untali Central any way benefit the farm er," are be Board Appoints State Architect. Salem W. C. Knighton has been Training school at Rhodesia, South ing sent out to every subordinate grange o f the Patrons o f Husbandry appointed state architect by Governor Africa. in the country from Maine to Oregon. West and State Treasurer Kay at a S o o n U s e D o u b le T r a c k . salary of $4,500 a year. Mr. Knigh B r o d e r ic k is Acquitted. ton will prepare plans and specifica The Dalles The work o f double tions and will supervise all public tracking the line o f the O.-W. R. & N. Springfield, III. State Senator John buildings in this state during his term between The Dalles and Deschutes is Broderick was found not guilty of o f office. It is estimated that his ser now completed and as .soon as the bribing Holtzlaw to vote for Senator vices will make a saving to the state block system *s perfected.^ which will Ixmmer by a jury in the Sangamon The jury was in architects’ fees o f from $10,000 to be in a very few days, ^the double County Circuit court. out 20 minutes. $15,000 annually. track will be in use. CHEER ROOSEVELT Audience Applauds Approval oi California's Lawmakers. R e c o m m e n d * S h o r t Ballot — S c o r e * U . S . S e n a te A g a in fo r L o r im e r 'e W h ite w a sh Vote. Los Angeles, March 23.— Colonel Theodore Roosevelt aroused an audi ence o f 4,000 citizens at Temple audi torium today to a high pitch of enthus iasm and called forth from them thun derous rounds o f applause at his em phatic and unqualified declarations on four propositions. He commended the people o f Cali fornia for their progressive govern ment, saying that it approximated his government ideals. He endorsed the proposed constitu tional amendment providing for the recall o f the judiciary o f California on the ground that in view of conditions in this state, there was no other alter native to assure justice and fair deal ing by the courts, from the standpoint o f the people. He denounced the United States senate for its vote in the seating o f Senator Lorimer, and declared that the California state assembly in vot ing a criticism o f the United States senate for its retention o f Lorimer, had "shown itself more sensitive to the honor o f the United States senate than the United States senate its e lf.” He strongy indorsed the move for a shorter ballot, which he said was a move o f first importance in the inter est o f popular government. In closing, he warned the people o f the state that they were bearing grave responsibilities in leading the move for greater popular government, and earnestly enjoined them to use their power with wisdom and discretion. The ex-president’s attack on the senate and his implied criticism o f the courts o f California, which is indicat ed in his language justifying the were received by the audience with vigorous approval. ENTOMBED M IN E R C A L L S . Faint T a p p in g in K a n s a s C o a l S t a r t s R e sc u e W o rk . M in e Columbus, Kan., March 23. A fte r a fruitless all-night search for Tom Cheek, a miner, supposed to be en tombed alive in shaft No, 16 o f the Southwestern Coal company's mine near here, rescuers were driven back by mine gas today and for a time were forced to abandon the search. Cheek, a shot firer, was supposed to have been killed in the mine last Sat urday, when an explosion resulted in the death o f Joseph Jopling, the su perintendent, and three miners. As the bodies o f the victims were being recovered yesterday afternoon faint tappings were heard in one o f the dis tant entries. Help was rushed into the mine and, led by Frank Gilday, state mine inspector, a rescue party worked all night. C O L L E G E W E D D IN G S H A P P Y . H ig h e r E d u ca tio n P r o p o s e d by W h e e le r a s D iv o r c e C u re . D r. San Francisco — Co-education in American universities is conducive to the highest and most ideal marrages, according to Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president o f the University o f Califor nia. Dr. Wheeler, who bases his conten tion on long observations and statisti cal data, provides a new solution for the perplexing divorce problem. Give higher education to young men and women before they marry and the number o f divorces are diminished to the minimum. "M arriages made in college have proved happier than those made else where, ” says the head o f the state university. “ The value o f co-educa tion is steadily becoming more appar ent. The education o f the sexes to gether ensures mutual respect and self-respect.” S H E L L S S IN K B A T T L E S H IP . A ntiquated M o n s t e r D e stro y e d M o r e M o d e r n S is t e rs , By On Board Torpedo Boat Stringham, Lower Chesapeake Bay. March 22.— Shattered by a storm o f shell, the old battleship Texas, now the San Marcos, rests tonight in the mud o f Tangier sound. The veteran of the United States navy sank under the spectacu lar marksmanship o f her newer sis ters. Gaping holes in her port side and two jagged wounds in her forward armor, where shells passed completely through her, showed how she suc cumbed. Fart of both her fighting masts were shot away and her deck was a muss o f debris. The broadsides delivered by the battleship New Hampshire at varying distances o f six to seven and one-half miles were considered remarkable by ordnance officers. More than one- third o f the shots were said to have gone through, although nothing official was given out. A half hour after the sun had risen the first shot was fired. This was fol lowed by another, hut both were merely to determine the range. Then began a beautiful exhibition of marks manship. A salvo directed near the stern o f the Texas raised huge col umns of water and deluged the vessel, leaving her unscathed. Then, to show the control o f the 12 and 8-inch guns, another hail o f shells was dropped into the water immedia tely in front o f the ship. The miss was intentional, hut the shells came so close as to give rise at first to the belief that the first hit had been made. The shooting then began in earnest. The New Hampshire, followed by the battleship Mississippi 250 yards in her wake, drew off approximately sev en and one-half miles and began firing. All o f the broadsides were delivered against the Texas while the attacking vessel was steaming back and forth along the line at a ten-knot speed. A fte r the seventh broadside the Texas plainly was ih distress. Two naval tugs that lay alongside the mon itor Tallahassee, on which were sta tioned the naval observers, raced to her assistance. The shells presumahy had set the vessel afire, for the hose was run over the sides ami the engines were rat to work pumping. She also had been driven out o f broadside range by the force o f the New Hampshire’s shells, and the tugs straightened her out for her further ordeal. Twice afterward shells set the hulk afire. What was practically the finishing blow came with the 19th broadside, when four o f the 12-inch and four 8-inch shells were hurled at her just as the sun was setting The shots 'pourixl so thick around her that it was impossible to determine how many of the eight struck the vessel. G E N E R A L S D I E IN R IO T . H o n d u ras S c e n e o f Pitch e d Fatal to S c o r e s . Battle, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. March 22.— General Lara and General Palma, both of whom commanded divisions o f the Honduran troops in the recent upris ing in that country, were killed in a riot at Comayaguela, a suburb of Tegucigalpa, on Sunday. The riot finally became a pitched battle, and it is estimated that not less than 40 o f the revolters were killed and some 50 others, including several women, wounded. Among the dead is a son o f General Dionicio Guit- terrez The riot began about the time the respective forces o f Generals Lara and Palma, who had been brought up to assist in the defense of Tegucigalpa against the rebles, had occupied Coma yaguela. They had not yet disarmed, according to the agreement entered into by the government and the revo lutionary leaders, with the peace com missioners, and after the first collision were quick to draw their firearms and machetes. Great crowds o f spectatorslgathered at points o f vantage to watch the game, and many o f them found escape shut off when the men came to close quarters. Forces under General Matuty, an other veteran o f the Nicaraguan revo lution, were hastily dispatched to stop the battle, and succeeded in separating the combatants. P lo t to W re c k A dm itted. R u ra l P r e a c h e rs S c o re d . Piattsburg, Mo.— Roscoe Townsend, 16 years old, and Walter Carpenter, aged 17, accused o f an attempt to wreck and rob a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, passenger train at Holt, Mo., on the night o f March 11, were arraigned here. Carpenter, who gave the information which frustrated the attempt, was released. Townsend con fessed his guilt and was bound over to the Circuit court. Townsend admitted his plan was to wreck the train on the high trestle and rob the passengers during the confusion. Decatur, 111.— “ The most conspicu ous back-numbers in the country now are the rural preachers,” declar'd Dean J. H. Skinner, o f Purdue uni versity, before the Inter-Church Con servation congress here. “ W hile farm ers and the rest o f the world have im proved, preaching has remained in the same quality,” continued the speaker. “ Country preachers should go to col lege and learn agriculture.” E. White Allen, president o f the Macoupin County Farmers’ institute, also sa>red country clergymen. E n g in e s A re F ire d Into. D r. M a rt y r to C a u se . Danville, Ky. — The first trouble that the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific railroad has experienced on its line north o f ¿King’s Mountain since the strike o f the white firemen was declared, occurred Wed nesday night. Engines along the rail- mad between this point and Ludlow, Ky., were shot into, but no one was injured. Sheriff Fox and the posse who, with blood hounds, had followed the trail o f the parties who shot and killed Detective Oscar Speath, , re turned without the murderers. New York— Dr. Edward F. Ashley, a bacteriologist, died on Swinburne island in New York harbor Wednesday a martyr to his fight against the entry into this port of cerebro-spinal menin gitis through infected Greek immi grants. Inoculated in handling the cases, he became ill Sunday and was treated with serum by Dr. Simon Flexner, its discoverer. Dr. Ashley was a graduate of Yale and o f the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City. He had been assist ing Dr. A. H. Doty, health officer. C h in e se E x te n d T h a n k s. Ju stic e H u g h e s H o n o re d . Washington The American Nation al Red Cross society has received the thanks of the Chinese government for its assistance toi the starving people o f the empire. It said the work of the Red Cross in bringing relief to the famine stricken districts "has been brought to the attention of the throne,” and the thanks o f the imper ial government was expressed. The Red Cross society has received from the American public $37,000. New York— More than a thousand men crowded the rooms o f the Bar association Wednesday evening to hon or Justice Charles E. Hughes, o f the United States Supreme court. It was the most notable gathering o f the sort in the history of the Bar association and the first since 1905, when the re tirement o f Ambassador Joseph C. Choate was marked by a similar dem onstration. For an hour men passed before him and pressed his hand. C h ile to S p e n d SIS.O O O .O O O . S y m p ath e tic S t r ik a Predicted , Santiago, Chile The government has invited tenders for hydraulic en gineering work at the ports o f Val paraiso and San Antonio. It is esti mated that an expenditure in the neighborhood o f $15,0(117,000 will be required. The bids will be opened at the end o f July. Cincinnati— Overtures for the set tlement of the strike o f white firemen on the Cincinnati, New Orleans A Texas Pacific railroad have been re jected by thé officials o f the road, and there ia renewed talk that the firemen o f the entire railway system may be called out on a sympathetic strike.