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DOINGS OF THE WEEK SOCIETY LEADER, WHOSE EXPERIMENTAL FARM FOR SUF FRAGISTS IS FAILURE. Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. General Resume o f Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. A tugboat a t Vancouver, B. C., pulled her entire stern out w hile tow ing a big log ra ft An ensign was killed and several men wounded in a fight w ith hostile natives in the Philippines. Nearly 1,000 clerks have struck in the general offices of the Illinois Cen tral railroad a t Memphis, Tennessee. Germany is try in g to prevent a w ar between Italy and Turkey, fea rin g other powers would be draw n into such a struggle. A New Brunsw ick, N. J ., under tak er who is running for the office of sheriff, used his autom obile hearse to display election signs. Four persons w ere killed in a Chi cago tenem ent house fire. A woman w eighing 154 pounds w as carried from the fourth floor by firemen. A woman com m itted to the Oregon insane asylum has been m aking her living as a shoem aker and passing herself for a man for 49 years. • A d au g hter of ex-Governor Rich ards, of W yoming, w ith her husband, were found shot to death on th e ir ranch near Redbank, Wyoming. A N ew port b u tle r organized a “ sm art s e t” of 100 among the serv ants of w ealthy society people and made him self “ social d ic ta to r.” A Chicago couple have been “ g et tin g m arried ” repeatedly, each tim e giving the m in ister a counterfeit $20 bill and g ettin g $10 in good money in change. Dissolution of the Steel tru s t pre sents a stupendous problem and has caused g re a t stir in Wall street. sy? I j : 1 >*> i k là m : í mam €■ , -X - n P '* ** f ■*. Il Piu WHillil I'M m m A IK S . O . I I . j 1 *1 llK I.A IO .V r . DESTROYED FROM OUTSIDE. GIRLS’ FARM FAILS Ruins Mrs. Belmont's Experimental School Turns Out Badly. o f Battleship Maine Are Cleared of Slime. H avana—The Maine was destroyed by an ex tern al explosion. T here no longer rem ains any doubt as to the m anner in which the U nited S tates b attle sh ip was sunk in th is harbor on the n ig h t of February 15, 1898. The cofferdam about the w reck has been pumped out and the mud cleared aw ay to a g rea ter e x te n t than ever before. The clearing away o f w reck age reveals the double bottom of the ship w ith p a rt of the keel standing in a perpendicular position 28 fee t higher than the n atural position. This perfectly confirms the rep o rt and testim ony which Ensign Powel- son gave before an in v estig atin g board a fte r the d isa ste r and which w as based upon reports made to him by divers ju s t a fte r the explosion. I t is indicated by engineers here th a t such a tearin g of the sh ip 's bot tom could not have been produced by an in terio r explosion. It is fu rth e r said th a t no regulation m ilitary mine could have w rought such terrific havoc. I t 'm u st have been a huge mine, as Captain Sigsbee and others suggested a t the tim e; perhaps a sug a r mill boiler or large cask loaded w ith explosives. PORTLAND MARKETS. When Servants Are Discharged and W h e a t— E xport b asis: Bluestem, Girls Made to Do Housework. 84(u86c; club, 80(V(!81c; red Russian, They Lose Interest, j 80c; valley, 80(r(81c; 40-fold, 81(u 82c; fife, 80(d/81c. Millstuffs — Bran, $24.50(r(25 per to n ; middlings, $82; shorts, $25.50 New York—The experim ental farm <&'26; rolled barley, $33.60(o84.50. and ag ricultural school for young Com— Whole, $33; cracked, $34 per women, established as a suffragist ton. institution by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont Barley—New feed, $31(</32 per ton; and m aintained by her, is a failure. brewing, $37. The young women who forsook draw Oats—New w hite, $28(ii28.60 ton. ing-rooms to u p lift ag ricu tu re have Hay—No. 1 E astern Oregon tifti- come back to town and the farm a t othy, $15(u 16; No. 1 valley, $14; al Hempstead, L. I., will cease to be falfa, $12; clover, $8.60; grain hay, either a school for rustically-inclined $9(o 11. girls or a branch of the suffrage move Poultry—Hens, I6'<f!l6lc; springs, ment. 15((iT5ic; ducks, young, 15(<tl7c; From w hat has been said by the geese, 11c; turkeys, 18(<£l9c. young women who peeled off th eir B utter — Oregon cream ery, solid farm duds, put on th eir fall frocks and pack. 31c; prints, extra. came to the city th is week, the ex Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, can- pense o f m aintaining the experim ent died, 80c per dozen. station palled upon Mrs. Belmont. Pork— Fancy, ll(< £ll!c per pound. The staff of teachers and servants was Veal—Fancy, lShClS^c per pound. cut down and the students, many of Fresh F ru its — Cantaloupes, 50cd£ whom come from w ealthy fam ilies, $1.26 per crate; peaches, 60(,c76c per were compelled to scrub the floors and box; watermelons, 75e(<i$1.25 per m ilk th e ¡cows. These tasks palled hundred; plums, 50f(£75c per c ra te ; upon the students. -They were glad prunes, l}(u2c per pound; pears, 60(<i when Mrs. M. A. Morgan, the society $1 per box; grapes, 50c(q,$l #per box; leader's confidential clerk, told the M arseilles, France— F ire broke out apples, $ l(>i 1.75. students of Mrs. [Belm ont’s determ in Vegetables — Artichokes, 75c per ation to close the school. in the am m unition hold o f th e French dozen; beans, 6( k :10 c ; cabbages, $1.50 The first to leave under the order b attleship L iberte and the vessel blew (it2 per hundred; corn, 25(uS0c per was Miss, Leonora Brokaw, known as dozen; cucumbers, $l(<i 1.25 per sack; the prize pupil of the school and spe up and sank 19 m inutes later. N early 500 of the crew are dead. The b a t **KKP'»nL 6 « 8c per pound; garlic, 10 cial favorite of Mr»% Belmont. tleship was bu ilt about five years ago (<i 12c per pound; lettuce, 40«i50c per Miss Brokaw said she was amazed a dozen; hothouse lettuce $1,250(1.75 few days ago, when inform ed of the and was a sister ship of the V erite, per box; peppers, 6(.i 6c per pound; society leader's intention to close the which m et w ith m isfortune a t the maneuvers a few days ago, going on radishes, 124 c per dozen; sprouts, 8c school. the rocks and suffering considerable per pound; tomatoes, 50(475c per box; “ 1 consider ’ my sum m er w asted ,” carrots. $1.50 per sack; turnips. $1; said Miss Brokaw. " I w ent into this dam age before being pulled off. beets, $1.75. thing seriously. The scores of girls TAFT BUSY IN ST. LOUIS. Fotatoes Oregon, 1 |e per pound; who were enrolled at different tim es sweet potatoes. 2Jc per pound. in Mrs. Belm ont’s school signed a con- , .. _ , , Onions -C alifo rn ia , $1.50 per hun trac t sta tin g they would abide by the UrgeS Pow' r of '" ’'>«»<*ment In- dred. rules of the farm, and in th is contract — stead of Recall for Ju d g e s. Hops— 1911 crop, 32«i 33c; olds, nom Mrs. Belmont promised to teach them j St. Louis — D uring a m oderately inal. all branches of farm ing, including a 1 busy day here Saturday, P resident Wool— E astern Oregon. 9<i/ 16c per course in cooking. T a ft made six speeches, took a forty pound, acording to shrinkage; valley I ” 1 never did housework in my life ,” mile automobile ride, opened the local 15oi 17c; mohair, choice 86»(37|c. said pretty Miss Brokaw, cousin of football season by tossing the pigskin Catcte— Choice steers. $5.40(<(5.50; Gould Brokaw, and member of the ! onto the gridiron at St. Louis U niver- good. $5(u5.26; fair, $4.75>(5; med well-known and w ealthy fam ily o f j sity. laid the cornerstone of a n e w Y. ium, $4.50d(4.75; poor, $3.76<i( 4.60; ■ ernardsville, N. J. “ Im agine my as- W. C. A. building, sa t through nine choice cows, $4.60(<(4.75; fair, $4(<i tomahmant.” rem arked Mias Brokaw, innings of exciting baseball betw een 4.40; common, $2.50(x 3.60; • j E x tra i J****0- * ^ew weeks ago. a fte r a u s e -, the St. Louis and P hiladelphia Na- choice . . . spayed .. , , heifers, i«*** *ummer. Mr*. Rel-nont discharged tional League team*, visited the Ma- heifers, $4.50,( $4.50o( 4.75; 4.75; choice choice all the help at the farmhouse and c m - sonic Club to be made a life member choice heifero, bulla. Wat A » ; > good. $2.75(,(3; com -• pelled us girls to do the housework. 1 of th a t organization and. fte r r ad- and, a a fte mon, $— t , 2.60; choice calves. 200 W hy, ju st look at my h an d s! 1 scrub- d re ssin g * throng in the Coliseum in pounds and under, $7.25(>i 7.50; good bed and oiled floors and washed (he evening had nothing to do but to choice. $6(,i6.50; common. $4oi5; dishes; ju st fancy! travel all n ig h t in order to be in the choice stags. $4.50«i4.75 good. $ 4 .2 5 1 The school's failu re,” said Miss insurgent sta te of Kansas on Sunday. « 4 .5 0 . | Brokaw. was due to lack of m anage On the eve of entering this reputed l^>g» Choice light hogs. $7.75o(8; menL Mrs. Laura Williams, the su- hostile territory. President T a ft good. $7.50<rt 7.75; i> jr $7.25«'7.50; j perintendent of the school, left about brought forward the suggestion o f a common. $7«(7.25. | six weeks ago. Since then we have wider power of impeachment as a sub Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, had no head; we just drifted for our- stitute for the more radical proposal coarse wool, $3.36(,i3.65 •elves. ” of a judiciary recall. Choice yearling wether*, east of mountains. $3.S5*( 3.66; choice twos Dead Premier Succeeded. 15,000 Socialists Protest. and threes, $3 m S.25; choice lambs, SL Petersburg — The appointment Paris— A mass meeting of Socialists $4.76«;6; choice yearlings, $4.S0ot of V. N. Kokovsoff aa premier has and Laborites to protest against a war 4.75; good to choice lamb«, $4.25<tt i been gazetted. He retains the mini*- with Germany brought out 16,000 per- 4.50; culls, $2.60«t3. | try of Ai 5 0 0 SAILORS PERISH WHEN FRENCH WARSHIP BLOWS UP J M c C a r t h y overthrow n . Rolph CMcted Frar- cisco By Big Majority. San Francisco— Incomplete retu rn s from all d istricts show the following results of Tuesday’s election: For mayor— Rolph, 14,547; McCarthy, 8,- 841. For d istric t attorney—F ick ert, 9,333; Hawthorne, 8.284. San Francisco — Jam es Rolph, J r ., was elected mayor of San Francisco a t the first direct prim ary election to de term ine the personnel of municipal officers of the city and county o f San Francisco. The vote will closely approxim ate 80,000, the biggest ever cast in the city. W hile the vote is by no means com pletely counted, the returns indicate the election of Rolph by a substantial m ajority and close supporters of May or McCarthy, the only real opponent of Rolph, concede the m ayor’s defeat. Max J. Kuhl, Rolph’s cam paign m anager, issued the following sta te m en t: “ From indications now at hand, Rolph’s p lurality will be in the neigh borhood of 27,000. This, in our opin ion, is m erely a vindication of the good name o f San Francisco. A united people w orking for one object, the re generation and good name of San Francisco, have put them selves firmly on record. The people can look fofvard to the F air years w ith an absolute assurance th a t not only will the F a ir itself, but the governm ent of San Francisco, too, be a credit to our people.” A t the McCarthy headquarters no one could be found who would volun- te er a statem ent, but the News, the only paper which has supported Mayor McCarthy, conceded Rolph’s election, probably by 15,000. ITALIAN CRUISERS SENT. Turkish Army Transports Will Be In tercepted and Attacked. V ienna — I t is reported here th a t three Italian w arships have arrived a t Tripoli and are cruising before the harbor. Six thousand troops have assembled a t Palerm o ready for em barkation. P aris — A dispatch to the Temps from Rome says th a t the Italian cruis ers have le ft the naval ports, w ith the object of in tercep tin g Turkish tran s ports en route for T ripoli. T ripoli—Foreigners are alarmed at the situ atio n grow ing o ut of th e re ported intention of Italy to occupy Tripoli in defiance o f the Turkish gov ernm ent. An A rab revolt is feared. F oreigners are fleeing hastily. E v ery available boat leaving here is crowded w ith Europeans. The above is the first dispatch direct from Tripoli since the threatened con flict betw een Italy and T urkey d irect ing atten tio n to th a t T urkish province on th e north coast of A frica. I t bears out ea rlier advices from M alta and oth er points indicating an exodus of Europeans from the troubled zone. Ita lia n residents of Tripoli have le ft in larg e num bers, fearin g th a t they m ight be made the victim s of Turkish vengeance, and the now reported pos sib ility th a t the A rabs may tak e ad v antage of the situ atio n and begin an u p risin g adds another grave featu re to the T u rk o -Italian quarrel. OFFICIAL NAILED TO CROSS. CANADIANS SAY Supporters of Reciprocity Turned Down by Large Vote. rtf Conservatives Win by Big Majority J Canadian Parliament—Annexa tion Talk Blamed. M ontreal, Canada-r-The Laurier govl ernm ent and reciprocity suffered an overw helm ing d efe at in the Canadia Ow elections Thursday. By a political landslide the Liberal m ajo rity of 43 was sw ept away and the C onservative p arty secured one o| the h eaviest m ajorities, upward of 50,1 th a t any Canadian p arty has ever had Seven cabinet m in isters who have served w ith P rem ier L aurier werd among the defeated candidates. The L iberals lost ground in prac-j tically every province of the dominion. W here the C onservatives won their] m ajorities w ere trem endous. Ontario,| the leading province o f Canada, de-T d a re d alm ost unanim ously against the| adm inistration and reciprocity. R. L. Borden, leader of the Con-| serv ativ e p arty , w ill shortly become the prim e m in ister of Canada. He will be supported in parliam ent by i w orking m ajo rity of members fai more than am ple for his purposes. The governm ent d e fe a t means that! the Fielding-K nox reciprocity agree-! m ent, ratified by th e A m erican con-1 gress in e x tra session, will not be in-T troduced when the T w elfth parliament! assembles n ex t month, and th a t a re-| vised basis of trad e w ith the Unitedl S tates, looking to closer commercial! relations, will not be possible in the! im m ediate future. The C onservatives are committed i a policy of trade expansion within the! Thii em pire and a closed door against the| I os aft U nited S tates. Although re-elected in two constit-l uencies in Quebec, the d efeat of thel Liberal p arty also means the retire-T m ent from public life of Sir Wilfrid! L aurier, who for nearly two decades! has directed th e destinies o f the do-l minion. A m Several tim es during th e bitter I cam paign which preceded th is election! I and st the venerable prem ier said th a t defeat! of his p arty a t the polls m eant the end I of his career; th a t he never could con-1 sen t to lead a m inority in opposition! to a Conservative governm ent. A Liberal m em bership of 53 froml Quebec was cut down to 36, which. I taken alone, seriously threatened the I suprem acy of the p arty . ‘ B ut it was I Few in O ntario th a t the Conservatives won| I teeth th e ir g re a te st victory. J ried. W ITNESS DISAPPEARS. Crai Loa Angeles Dynamiting Case Takes | I fraque New Turn. reproo Los Angeles— The sudden departure | And from A lbuquerque, N. M., of an im p o rtan t w itness for the sta te in the I I enjoyr coming M cNam ara tria l, was [reported | they a by w ire here to the prosecution. Don The w itness is D. K. Diekelman | I mg to who w as n ig h t clerk a t the New Bal tim ore hotel in th is city September 291 friend, 1910, 48 hours before the Times ex plosion, when a man registered there I How as “ J . B. B ry ce.” Diekelman is said [ I he is p by th e au th o rities here to have identi fied J . B. M cNam ara la ter as the man| to haw not usi who reg istered as “ B ryce.” Recently Diekelm an le ft the employ I Evei of the hotel m anagem ent and has been | w orking for a railroad restau ran t sys I now' et tem. H e has been gradually working his way F ast, it is said, and reached | becorrv Albuquerque about th ree week? ago. I the p r The prosecution had its agents where they would keep in touch w ith him. Mexican Indians in Revolt Crucify President of Town. Mexico C ity — W enaceslao France, president o f Acola, a small town in the sta te of Chiapas, was crucified by the rebellious Chamula Indians when they sacked th a t place la st Saturday, according to a telegram received by El Im parcial. The news came from T uxtla G utierrez, the sta te capital. Two persons w ere wounded fatally and many others injured in riots here follow ing the retu rn of F. I. Madero from his speaking trip in th e south. G eneral Madero and his candidate for th e vice presidency, Jose Pino Warship Hit* Liner. Suarez, received a noisy welcome. Southam pton, Eng. — The great They w ere escorted by m arching clubs steam ship Olympic, of th e W hite Star w ith bands to the Madero home. line, larg est lin er in the world, which left Southam pton shortly before noon C ran e's Cry Indorsed. Thursday crowded w ith returning Lincoln, N eb.— Decrying the abuse Am erican to u rists, lies off Calshot of intoxicants a t u niversity social Castle, a t the entrance to Southamp- functions. Chancellor Samuel Avery, tion w ater, w ith a g aping hole in her a t the convocation a t the U niversity I side as th e resu lt o f a collision with of N ebraska, declared he agreed w ith ' the B ritish protected cru iser Hawke. recent utterances of R. T. Crane, of F o rtunately no lives w ere lost and of Chicago, as to intem perance ig educa the 2,000 or more passengers and tional in stitu tio n s. " I t is tru e ,” said crews of the vessel none w ere injured- Chancellor Avery, “ th a t student life is everyw here characterized by some Railroad Has Big Deficit. undesirable features, and always will New York — The annual report of be, since education cannot well be the Missouri Pacific railroad for the deferred until the student has become year ending June 30, 1911, shows » as staid as his p are n ts.” deficit o f $5,232,539. Gross earning» decreased only $242,544, the total be Chinese Rebels Trounced. ing $52,776,592. Operating expense* Cheng-tu. China—A serious engage increased $5,782,564. N et irwom» ment between government troops and shows a decrease o f $6,657,216, the insurgents occurred at Shwang a decrease in the net surplus of $ V Liu, 10 miles south o f here. The 991,950. The surplus, which *** troops lost heavily, but the insurgent $16,655,687 a year ago, has been re losses« were still greater. The insur duced to $9, 148,252. The SL Louis gents hold lleichow. 50 miles south of 4 Iron Mountain’s surplus is cut fro* this city. $ 1,425,297 to $111,968. Was [ its firs six me Wril can se to drt want 1 have r, tend t< Let »nd ta eourap make »peak of you it is ti •lions right »howei •»er ch unity 1 cause. V ‘. . . I ' m