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CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief!
General Resume o f Important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
Hot weather is sending wheat prices
up.
President Diaz., of Mexico, advises
Taft to modify his Nicaraguan policy.
An aviator in a Wright biplane
reached a height o f 6,175 feet at A t
lantic City, N. J.
A burglar serving three and a half
years in San Quentin, boasts that he
has $18,000 cached in the hills.
At the international aviation meet
just closed at Rheims, France, the
monoplanes proved to be the best all
around machines.
Vital statistics of Kansas show a
large decrease in the birth rate, and
the cause is said to be the great in
terest in autoing.
Sunday, July 10, was the hottest
day of the season.
Temperature at
Dayton, JWash., was 104; Roseburg,
Or., 98; Portland, Or., 97.
SAYS T. R. DOES NOT KNOW
Wife of Ruler o f Baroda Condemns
Guildhall Talk.
New York— The Guildhall speech o f
Theodore Roosevelt, in which he gave
Great Britain advice on how to run her
colonies, echoed across the seas to In
dia and found one o f its many answesr
from the lips o f the Maharanee o f Ba
roda, who with her husband, the Gaek-
war. in now in New York on a trip
around the world.
“ I don’ t like the speech o f your sold
ier, Roosevelt,” said the Maharanee,
" in which he told the English how to
rule my people and the Egyptians.
What can he know?
He has never
been in my country.
He should not
speak o f things o f which he knows
nothing.
“ One cannot learn the heart o f a
people in a year, or in 100 years, and
my people do not show their hearts
easily.”
The Maharanee is well educated and
speaks several language, in which her
husband shares— in limits.
“ Woman’s influence,” he said, “ is
most potent, and I want the women of
my country to think for themselves.”
That is as far as the Gaekwar will
Suffragettes?”
he asked. “ Are
go.
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there really such things?
I thought
they were fabulous, like the unicorn.
No, they would not be popular in my
country.”
His wife thinks that Amerian wo
men are beautiful, perhaps.
“ But their styles,” she added, "a re
not for our country.
Our standard o f
beauty is simple grace— the natural
shape o f the head, the natural grace o f
the figure. That is all.”
A fireman was knocked from the cab
EX-SLAVE WANTS VOTE.
o f a North Bank engine at Cascade and
instantly killed, and his absence was
not discovered until the train had gone Aged Negro Secures Injunction on
seven miles and the steam began to run
“ Grandfather Clause.”
low.
Guthrie, Okla.— On application o f
The engineer and fireman o f a St. Daniel Sims, an ex-slave and property
Louis passenger train prevented a rob owner o f this city, Federal Judge John
bery by slipping away from the robbers H. Cotterall issued a temporary in
in the darkness and dashing to the en junction restraining the state election
gine, where they jumped aboard and board, the state board o f affairs and
got the train under way before the the secretary o f state from having
robbers realized that they were being printed the proposed “ grandfather
tricked.
clause” amendment to the constitution
Count Apponyi, a leading Hungarian on the ballot for the state primary
politician, has warm praise for Roose election on August 2.
In his petition Sims sets up that the
velt.
» I proposed amendment would disfran
The first death from bubonic plague chise him, as he is unable to read or
in three years has occurred in Hon write, and that it discriminates against
olulu.
him because o f previous conditions of
It is also alleged that a
President Taft has withdrawn 35,- servitude.
073,164 acres of coal land in North and proposed amendment to the constitu
tion must be voted on at a regular
South Dakota.
election and not a primary, to be legal.
A receiver has been named for the
Boston Herald, which is bankrupt with
BOMBS WRECK BRIDGE.
$2, 200,000 indebtedness.
A new opera by Wagner, son of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Trestle Blown
famous composer, nearly caused a riot
Up by Dynamite.
at its first production in Berlin.
New York— Dynamite bombs placed
Experts say that oiling o f roads and under the new trestle being built by
streets goes a long ways toward ex the Lehigh Valley railroad along the
terminating flies and mosquitoes.
bay shore o f Jersey City badly damag
A Chico, Cal., man has twice at ed the steel structure and smashed
tempted suicide on account o f disap windows for half a mile around in the
Greenville section. Two 60-foot iron
pointment at the defeat o f Jeffries.
girders were wrenched loose at the
San Diego Cal., would elect A. G.
first explosion, one o f them being driv
Spalding, veteran sport and sporting
en through a steel car o f the New Jer
goods manufacture, for U. S. senator.!
sey Central near the trestle.
For 40
A select commission from parlia feet on either side o f the point o f de
ment has recommended a raise of $65,- tonation the cement foundation o f the
000 per year in the salary of King structure were shattered.
A second
George.
explosion 45 minutes later tossed up
Without warning or explanation the two more girders, and even a greater
Western Union cut off its bucket shop amount o f concrete construction was
brokerage wires in ten o f the large cit thrown up.
ies o f the East.
COEUR d’ALENES ABLAZE.
Oklahoma has won its suit against
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, which
has agreed to pay a fine o f $75,000 and Forest Rangers Go to Help Settlers
on Pine Creek.
obey the laws hereafter.
Spokane,
Wash.— With six home
Miss Nellie Anheuser, daughter of
the St. Louis brewer, is fighting her steads in immediate danger o f destruc
dentist over a bill o f $600.
The den tion and over 1,200 acres o f the finest
tist charged $25 an hour for his work. white pine timber a mass of raging
flames, the biggest forest fire o f the
The Pullman Palace Car company present year in the Coeur d’ Alenes is
will fight the proposed reduction in sweeping up the valley at Kingston, on
rates by the Interstate commerce com Pine creek, 16 miles west o f Wallace,
mission, claiming that under the pro Idaho.
posed new rates some lines would be
The fire, has grown far beyond con
operated at a loss.
trol o f the homesteaders and the forest
Director Newell is to be dropped service men, numbering about 20, and
a call for assistance has been made on
from the reclamation service.
the Coeur d’ Alene Forest Protective
David Starr Jordan denounces col association in the hope that something
lege football as sordid and degrading. may be done to check the fire.
It is believed that a train dispatcher
caused the Big Four wreck in which 21
"M on ey Is Country's God.”
persons were killed.
Helena, MonL— In the United States
A toy balloon*set fire to the town of court James S. Lee, who calls himself
Newburg, Indiana, and destroyed the the prophet o f God, who, with his two
sons, is on trial for counterfeiting,
principal business buildings.
took the stand and admitted that he
Roosevelt plainly implies that he made the 22 counterfeit gold coins
will support Miles Poindexter, for U. seised by the government “ Money is
S. senator from the state o f Washing the god o f the country,” said the
ton.
bearded and long-haired prophet, "and
It is believed beyond doubt that ex- I only wanted to show how easily that
Govemor Hughes, o f New York, will god could be counterfeited.” Continu
be appointed chief justice o f the Uni ing Lee predicted many dire things, in
ted States, to succeed the late Chief cluding the destruction o f the govern
Justice Fuller.
ment by “ the people from the W e s t”
A miner in Colorado Springs now
claims to have ascended Mt. McKinley
and found the records Dr. Cook claims
to have left there. Dr. Cook’s backers
will investigate the story.
Premier C anale j as will submit to the
king o f Spain a bill forbidding further
religious orders to enter that country
Pending negotiations at the Vatican for
the revision of the concordat.
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RECOGNITION FOR
NICARAGUANS
Kaiser Wilhelm Expresses In
terest and Esteem.
Practically Takes Opposite
Stand
From United States—Som e
thing Back o f Movement.
For Infants and Children.
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Washington— Germany has formally
put the stamp o f her approval on the
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Madriz government in Nicaragua.
This information reached Washing
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ton through confidential channels' out
n e ss and Rest.Contains neuter
side the State department on the heels
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o f the announcement of a recent en
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gagement at Pearl lagoon, in which the
Estrada forces, aided by a force of
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American planters, inflicted a serious
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defeat on the Madriz navy and disabled
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the gunboat San Jacinto.
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action was taken in
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April, before the recent series o f Es
trada victories.
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No other European government, so
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far as available information shows, has
adopted a similar attitude. With the
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exception o f Germany, they have con
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tented themselves with retaining, with
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the Madriz government, the relations
ness and LOSS OF SLEEP.
which had existed with that of Zelaya,
Facsimile Signature of
the predecessor o f Madriz, and have
taken no particular notice o f the strug
gle which has been devastating Nic
NEW YORK.
aragua.
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Germany, however, has made a defi
nite though confidential announcement
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C epits
o f her sympathy with the Madriz fac
tion. This declaration was contained
in a letter from Emperor William of
Germany to Madriz, written on April
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
TMK OCNTAUW COMPANY. NEW YON* CITY.
26 from Strasburg.
Following is a
translation o f the document :
“ Wilhelm, by the grace o f God, em
peror o f Germany and king o f Prussia,
to the president of Nicaragua:
“ Great and Good Friend: I am in
formed by your letter o f the 27th o f
December o f the year past, that your
excellency was elected president o f the
republic by the merited confidence o f
your fellow citizens and that your ex
ESTABLISHED 40 YEARS
cellency entered upon your most honor
SIXTH, AT MORRISON ST., PORTLAND, OR.
able duties on the 21st o f said month.
“ I beg you to accept, Mr. Presi
We want you to try this Piano IN YOUR
dent, my congratultaions on this event
HOME FREE. We want you to try it at
and be assured also that my govern
our expense because—
ment will endeavor to maintain and cul
A t the end o f thirty days the Piano
tivate the best relations which happily
ITSELF will convince you o f the following
already exist between the German Em
facts:
pire and the Republic o f Nicaragua.
It’s the best value on earth for the price
“ Extending to you thanks for your
($275).
benevolent desires, I assure you o f my
It’s MUSICALLY and MECHANICALLY
best wishes for your personal welcome
and.for that o f the Republic o f Nica
right!
ragua, and for both my greatest re
We know there is so much real value in
spect.
WILHELM II.”
this Wellington Piano—w e’re selling for $275—on easy payments—that
The significance o f the personal let
w e’re willing to let it be IT S OW N SALESMAN.
ter from the emperor o f Germany to
it will tell it's own story to you—in your home—if you’ll send us the
Madriz, in the opinion o f those who
coupon.
are acquiainted with its existence, is
Please send me full particulars concerning this unusual Piano offer.
considerably increased by informa
tion, wfiich was permitted to emanate
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from the State department.
This was to the effect that the de
partment has received a communica
tion which stated that the Madriz fac
I n s i d e H a .e b a l l .
tion had offered a Nicaraguan island as
The third municipal census o f Bue
The catcher flashed an almost Im nos Ayres, now being compiled. Is ex
a coaling station to a European power
in return for intervention in behalf o f perceptible signal at the first baseman. pected to give that city a populates
The first baseman glanced at the o f at least 1.285.000.
the Madriz government.
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The pitcher, who had paid no atten
tion to either, then noticed that the
third baseman had changed his quid
“ Having taken your wonderful 'Cases*
Win Nearly All Prizes and Make Best of tobacco to the other cheek.
Whereupon he sent a straight, fast rets’ for three months aj.d being entirely
Records at Rheims Meet.
ball right over the plate, and the b a t cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia,
Bethany Plains, Rheims, France— ter made a two base h it
I think a word of praise Is due to
It doesn’t always work.
"Caacarets’ for their wonderful compost-
The international meeting, at which
D YSPEPSIA
MONOPLANES ARE BEST.
new records for height, distance, speed
Z'risoner— res. sir; I'm serving a
and time were set, closed July 10. The
meeting was a triumph for monoplanes, i term In the penitentiary for a crim e I
never committed. The real criminal Is
which made all the records and carried still at large. I tell you. lt'a pretty
off the majority o f the prizes.
tough!
The experts declare that the most
Philanthropic Visitor— It ought not
important achievement was the record i to be. The Joke Isn’t on you; It's on
made by Leon Morane, who attained a the Jury that convicted you and the
speed o f 106 kilometers— 65.93 m iles1 Judge who sentenced you. The trouble
— an hour. They believe that this will i with you. my friend, is that you don't
be followed soon by a speed o f 180 to catch the humor of the situation.— Chi
cago Tribune.
200 kilometers.
The distance and duration records
established by M. Labouchere, 340
kilometers — 211.14 miles — in four j
hours, 37 minutes and 45 seconds were
broken by Olieslagers, who made a
magnificent flight o f 393 kilometers—
244.44 miles— in five hours, three min
utes and five seconds.
Flames Under Control.
Visalia, Cal.— The forest fire which
has been burning on the Sierra slopes
near General Grant National park, and
which entered the forest o f giant trees
50 miles east o f here, is thought to be
now [under control.
Backfiring haa
been resorted to in order to save the
big trees and it is planned to corral
the fire between two creeks. The fire
had eaten into the reserve but none of
the trees were burned, although the
escape was narrow. A large force of
soldiers, civilians and rangers haa been
Forest Fires Seen SO Miles.
Denver— Forest fires raging west o f fighting the flames for three days.
Golden, Colo., lighted the somber peaks
Forsat First Disastrous.
o f the Rocky mountains with a ra
diance seen for 50 miles across the
Eau Clair, Win.— A survey of the
plains. Meagre advices are to the e f districts in Northern Wisconsin which
fect that Golden Gate fo re st in the have suffered through
forest fires
canyon o f the same name, is burning. brings tbs estimate o f the total dam
The extent o f the damage is not age o f the past three weeks to about
$4,000,000.
known.
Destroys
HairGerms
Recentdiscoveries have shown
that falling hair is caused by
germs a; the roots of the hair.
Therefore, to stop falling hair,
you must first completely de
stroy these germs. Ayer’s Hair
Vigor, new improved formula,
will certainly do this. Then
leave the rest to nature.
P o tt not change the color o f the hah.
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Recent discoveries have alto proved that
dandruff is caused by germs on the scalp,
therefore, to cure dandruff, the first thing
to do is to completely deetrov these dan-
Iruff germs. Here, the seme Aver’s Hsir
Vigor will give the i
i splendid results.
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called remedies but without avail, and I
find that Cascarets relieve more in a day
than all the others I have taken wouldia
a year.”
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