CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
Ueneral Resume o f Important Event«
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
• The fashion show at the Coliseum in
Chicago has ruled out all sorts o f frills
for men’s wear.
The mayor o f N ew York w ill prohib
it the distribution o f free beer to fire-
,nen and policemen.
Forest fires have broken out afresh
near Whitefish, Mont, and are destroy
ing valuable timber.
Count Zeppelin, undismayed by his
many failures and misfortunes, w ill
build another airship.
An army transport has on board,
bound from Seattle for Manila, a F il
ipino sailor 101 years old.
M O T H E R D R O W N S C H IL D R E N .
D r iv e n
In s a n e by
Lo n e so m e
r o u n d in g s a n d Fear.
Su r
HEAT AGAIN
HITS CHICAGO
Antioch, Cal. — One after another,
four little children were drowned in a
tub by their mother. Tw o older child- _
ren tried to prevent the murders, but Tomd
Sherman jU !ay& Co,
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Weather LxteildS LrOIll
the woman went about the work in a
A t l a n t i c tO R o c k ie S
strange calm and strength, as though \
she had been called upon to make sac- j
rifice to some unknown power.
She pjve D e a d , O t h e r s D y in g — M a d D o g s
took her arrest in the 3ame quiet
Bite T h r e e — A u t h o r ite s W o r k
spirit, gazimr calmly at her husband as
to S a v e the B a b ie s .
he struggled with his^agony on coming
home from work to find his babies j
Chicago — Notwithstanding cool
dead.
The woman, Mrs. Joseph Mello, w ife weather in Chicago because o f a s t iff
o f a ranchman, said she was tired o f j breeze off the lake, five persons died
looking forever at the brown hills that Wednesday, many were prostrated, o f
shut in their home. She said she was whom four w ill probably die, and three
afraid that she was losing her mind were bitten by rabid dogs.
A ll the country from the Rocky
and feared her children would inherit
her insantiy. . A f t e r her husband left mountains to the Atlantic seaboard
home in the morning, she set about her swelters under a veritable blanket o f
task. She filled a large washtub with heat and many cases o f suffering are
Weath
water and gathered the children into reported from various cities.
the kitchen.
er forecasters say there is no re lie f in
They were Ramona, 4 years old; sight and that the temperature w ill go
Leona, 2 years old; and Bernal and
Vernal, 5 months old twins.
These higher. In some sections o f the coun
SIXTH, AT MORRISON ST., PORTLAND, OR.
W e want you to try this Piano IN YOUR
H O M E FREE. W e want you to try it at
iS, our expense because—
A t the end o f thirty days the Piano
IT S E L F will convince you o f the fo llo w in g
facts:
I t ’s the best value on earth for the price
($275).
I t ’s M U S IC A L L Y and M ECHANICALLY
right!
We know there is so much real value in
this Wellington Piano— w e’re selling for $275— on easy payments—that
w e’re willing to let it be IT 'S O W N SALESM AN .
It will tell it’s own story to you—in your home— i f you’ll send us the
coupon.
Please senu me lull particulars concerning this unusual Piano offer.
Name.............................................
Address.
N e t h & C o . El S w
C O L L E C T O R S
mother try special services were held in the
John D. Rockefeller has been ordered put up their arms to their
trustingly,
and
¡were
sent
away
with churches, at which prayers were offer-
by his physician to take whiskey baths
to maintain his bodily vigor.
We Buy and Collect Notes, M ortgages, and Real
Estate Contracts.
No Collection No Charge.
Japanese and Portuguese fans had
a general fight at a ball game in Hono-
lul between Japanese and Chinese
players.
W ITH O U T A R M Y . N A V Y , POLICE
Worcester Bldg.,
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR K. t S. BRAND OF
Blueing
Ammonia
“ Clean, 0
Disinfectant Spray
Cold Water Liquid Starch
Non-Boiling Washing Fluid
Portland, Ore.
K . A N ° S - C H EM i C a l
l . lt t l e N a t io n
l.eaa t h a n H a l f
S ls e o f G r e a t e r N e w Y o r k .
1 P h a r m a c is t s
th e
we MANUFACTURE ALL DRUG SPtCIALTlES ;
They come together like the teeth
Phone Main 113
of a dog, do the frontiers of France
401 Main SL
Vancouver, Washington
and Spain, and between the »eeth Is a
bone— such a small bone that one won
ders why It was not swallowed up
B e cam e H o u se h o ld W ord.
long ago, and the name of the bone Is
An old doctor was operated on In a
Andorra.
On leaving he
’’The whole area of this lonely little hospital In Berlin.
nation Is something less than half was sympathized with and pitied by
that of Greater New York,” says a all his old friends who met him, for
writer in the Metropolitan, "and Its his hair had suddenly turned white
The truth of the matter
entire population does not equal that as snow.
of one of
New York’s graat office was that Foxy Grandpa had no
chance to dye his hair in the hos
buildings
So when he got out he made
"F o r want of a better name the pital.
geographies have called It a republic, the most of the matter with the first
but the Andorrans part their allegi person he met, and became so fa
ance carefully In the middle, as they mous that he was appointed one of
do their hair, dividing it (the allegi the king’s physicians and died rich,
ance, not the h air), between the pope and his name, like the prisoner of
Chlllon, became a household word.—
and the French President.
" I f Tolstoy himself had framed Its New York Press.
government he could not have built
T o B rea! in N ew Shoes.
anything more after his own heart.
A lw a y s shako In A lle n ’s Foot-Kase, a powder.
The heads of families— the patriarchs It cures hot, sw ea tin g, a ch in g , swollen feet.
corns, In g ro w in g n ails and bunions. At
of Scripture— elect representatives who til ures
dru ggists and shoe steres, 25c. Dont accept
several times each year saddle their iny substitute. Sam ple m ailed FREE. Address.
mules and go riding down to the 400- A llen S. Olmsted, Le K oy, N . Y.
year-old Parliament House, where It
A t se f o r C l a i r v o y a n t s .
nestles cosily In the mountain valley
Visitor— Can you read the past?
of Andorra la Vieja, to make such few
Fortune Teller— Certainly; that’s my
and simple laws as the well-being of business.
none Is needed.
Visitor— Then I wish you’d tell ms
"So slight are the expenses of gov what It was my wife told me to get
ernment In Andorra, for all told there for her.— Ladles’ Home Journal.
are but four salaried officials, that a
small poll tax on goats and sheep
amply meets them all. There Is no
army, even of the smallest— for who
Is there to fight? There are no police
‘ ‘I tried all kinds of blood remedies
"When I was in Andorra." the writ
which failed to do me any good, but I
er says, “ the prison— there Is but one have found the r ig h t thing at last. My
— was used as a poultry house There face was full of pimples and black-heads.
is no fire department, for the houses j After taking Cascarets they all left. I ud
are all of stone. There Is no coinage, continuing the use of them and recom
for the people pay in kind No postal j mending them to my friend«. I feel fin*
system Is there either, for when an | when I rise in the morning. Hope to
Andorran writes a letter, which rarely have a-chance to recommend Cascarets."
Fred C. Witten, 76 Elm St., Newark, N.J.
happens, he entrusts It to some ac
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good.
commodating person who Is going over
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or Grips
10c. 25c. EOc. Never no Id In bulk. The Pen
the border Into France nr Spain.”
Attorney General Wickersham has
decided there is no law under which
the statue o f Gen. Robert E. Lee can
be removed from the national capitol.
Captain Bernier, o f the British navy,
has been commissioned to take his ship
through the Northwest passage, and
incidentally to plant the British flag on
any lands he may discover.
Troops have been ordered home from
Durand, Mich., where they had been on
duty in connection with the Grand
Trunk strike. Before they left, the
troops and civilians played a game o f
baseball, the proceeds o f which went
to the stirkers.
A Chicago paper claims $35,000 was
collected to be used in bribes to elect
Hopkins senator.
Stockton doctors declare that the
adulterations in ice cream cones cause
infantile paralysis.
Germany has turned down the plea
o f Nicaragua for intervention against
the United States.
Farmer* in Imperial valley. Cal., are
becoming desperate over the delay in
the irrigation project.
Minnesota Democrats have nomi
nated John Lind for governor, but he
positively refuses to run.
A Tacoma th ief turned in a fire
alarm and then robbed the fire station
while the company was out.
PIMPLES
It is said the Western Federation o f
Miners is likely to affiliate with the
American Federation o f Labor.
King: Alfonso and.Queen Ena, o f Spain, whose throne is threatened by Revolutionists.
A coasting vessel plying between
Seattle and Alaskan ports reports hav
j ed fo r rain and cooler weather.
ing run through a herd o f 20,000 wol- little struggle.
The two other children
became j
The focus o f the heat wave seems to
rua.
frightened
the
oldest,
a
14-year
old
be
slowly moving east, although it has
Fourteen accidents occurred in the boy, breaking out o f the house and
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lower Columbia and W illam ette rivers calling wildly for help. There was a
<*ntered two days in Kansas and
in 48 hours, but none very serious and 6-year old girl, too, who got away. Oklahoma.
Thermometers in Kansas
no lives were lost.
While these two were screaming in the , registered 100 and higher.
Southern
The coroner’s jury returned a verdict yard the 2-year old baby was quickly cities report unusual heat, accompan-
nine tablet stamp-d C C C. Guaranteed to
that Ira G. Rawn, late president of the drowned and laid out in the row with ¡«1 by fitful showers which are quickly
cure or your money back.
A Cautious Game.
Then the struggle with reduced to steam, making breathing
Great Monon railway, died by his own the twins.
"Does Rllgglns ever bluff when
difficult and painful.
hand, presumably to escape graft dis Ramona began.
closures.
W hile this was going on, Sheriff R.
In Chicago the great fight by health plays cards?”
“ Never until he gets home and ex-
R. Veale, who was passing in a buggy, officers and charity organizations is
M ARK
The Mount McKinley
expedition
heard the screams and drove up to the centered in saving the thousands o f plains where he has been.”
A B S O L U T E L Y CURES
failed to reach the summit of Mount
house.
j babies, who suffer more from improper
McKinley, and is now returning to
DR. W H IT IN G ’S REMEDIES
"M oth er is killin g the children,” | care than from the torridity.
Agents
When Your Eyes
MANUFACTURED BY
Seward, Alaska.
the oldest boy told him.
The sheriff | o f all the organizations are working
Need Care
N A T IO N A L M E D IC IN E CO., LTD.
R oo m s 3 and 4. S h elley Blk.,
Tacoma is having a big legal fight ran into the kitchen and found the '• night and day in the Ghetto and other
E Y E R E M E D Y Yoa wm l a . it
422Vt M orrison St.. Portland. Or
with its streetcar company.
Pho e Marshall 2119
struggle just about over. He tore the ! congested districts warning parents Liquid Form, 26c. 50c. Salve Tubes, 26c. $1.00.
1. A P P E N D IC IT IS REM ED Y.
little
girl
from
her
mother
and
soughti
about
overfeeding
and
neglecting
to
Th e only known cure for Appendicitis without
Bryan was deposed as a Democratic
the aid o f the kn ife
Give* immediate rap**-
and effects a permanent cure in a short tut*-
leader by the state convention of Ne in every way to restore life, but, after j bathe their children and keep their
P R IC E *6.
woking on her for some time, saw that houses clean.
braska.
6. “ S P E C IA L ” R E M E D Y .
the child was dead.
In these districts the population is
REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING;
For W omen's Ailments.
Tumor« of the How-
els. Also Diabetes. Kidnev and Bladder Trou
The steel business of the country has
The mother stood and looked quietly chiefly sleeping on fire escapes and
ble« P R IC E -V
This New Scientific W ork is a home treatment.
increased many millions over the same at the sheriff. Then the husband came doorways and in any open spot where
W r it» o r call and we w ill explain. E tem*l
period last year.
treatment only.
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home to his s rangely quiet house, and a breath o f air may be obtained.
Ex
Alaska census enumerators did much Mrs. Mello was taken away to the tra precautions are being taken to
of their work when the mercury was Martinex ja il, talking on the way muzzle dogs and to slay all without
25c. FULL POUND
about ordinary things. She never be licenses, because o f the large number
70 degrees below tero.
fore had given any signs o f insanity.
o f them going mad from the heat.
A range war between cattlemen and
A t the bathing beaches hundreds
of tha rear totat
joorterth ool*"«
sheep men has broken out in Montana
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stood in line patiently waiting for DAISY FLY KILLER BSLÄ3»
Prehistoric Find Made.
N e a t , c l e a n , o f l i i n t« -
and serious trouble is expected.
t i l c o n v e rtie «», c h e a p .
suits. A ll the beaches keep open
Auburn, Cal.— The bones o f two pre
L u l l a ll ••«ioa
M id « o f m e n i, can n o t
The O. R. A N. will reduce grain historic humans with low brows and nights, to give exhausted humanity an
brida , work 1» * *
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da/Tf nco«■■>•
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rates to compete with ! the Northern heavy jaw bones have been found in opportunity to cool off in preparation
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fo r the morrow’s siege.
O f « l i é a a lm or «e «t
Pacific in hauling grain to the Sound.
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A terrific electrical and hail storm
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Five inmates of the criminal ward of erty that is being opened up near Cool,
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swept over the Michigan fruit "belt.
Gold Flin.ft
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The company own
the Oregon state insane asylum es Eldorado county.
Thousands of acres of com and oats
E».~l Fiir-e
caped.
Three were recaptured im ing the ground gave to Dr. Sawyer, o f
S’Nor rim»«»
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were riddled and the damage to the
mediately but the other two are still Auburn, permission to open and ex
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fruit cannot be estimated, but will be U n io n P a in le s s D e n tis ts
hit to
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at large.
plore the cave and recover any curios
Boa! ««fctar
V gl
very heavy.
it might possess. In one chamber were
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Nebraska reports the hottest weath
The skeleton of a young woman was found portions of two human skeletons.
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B U T torm e*
found In a sack half buried in the Band They are believed to be those of mem er on record, with fierce hot winds
P a in i«.. Extraction F r— . b n ulto*. IT 1*1* " mo X
In Northern
on the beach at Newport.. Or.
It is bers o f a race that inhabited this coun shriveling everything.
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believed the w om an was murdered and try long before the Indians lived be re. Missouri a temperature of 106 ia re
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The conductor of a Northern Pacific
•witching crew, was run over by cars
at Tacoma and had both legs severed
_ low ^ knee.
As he lay on the
ground waiting for an ambulance he
«oolly gave orders for the work of the
crew for the rest of the day and chat-
Bed with the man.
Loss by Storm is Heavy.
Lexington. Ky.— One thousand acres
of tobacco, nearly as much wheat, and
more than 600 acres of com were de
stroyed by a, cloudburst in Lincoln,
Boyle and Mercer counties.
A num
ber of buildings and flocks of sheep
Young ’ Ted” at Bay City.
San Francisco— With peeled noses
and decided coats of tan giving evi
dence of a much out-of-door honeymoon
in the sunny clime of Santa Barbara,
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and hia wife
arrived in San Francisco and are regis-
tered at •
fa sh io n a b le h o te l.
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