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Less Important but N ot L m i Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Lead
strike.
miners
in
Missouri
are on
Roosevelt has killed three lions and
K erm it one.
The Japanese squadron eras given a
great reception at San Francisco.
Congress has now seven Smiths,
three in the senate and four in the
An immense stream o f colonists is
eoming to the coast from all parts o f
the East.
Anarhists attacked polices at Buenos
Ayres and 100 men were killed and
wounded in the riot.
’ A lake steamer is missing and the
crew and 42 persons are believed to
have been drowned.
A railroad which is being built in
Honduras w ill be equipped entirely
w ith wireless telegraphy.
A woman delayed the American liner
St. Louis eight minutes at N ew York
while M m hunted fo r a $1.50 baby car
riage.
P R E S ID E N T IS B O SS.
W O RK O F NATURE.
New Senate Measure Gives Pow er to
Start TsrMT W ar.
Scenic Beauty o f A .-Y .-P . Grounds
Not W ork o f Man.
Washington, May 4.— The senate
tariff bill, in the section which deals
With the maximum and minimum prop
osition, has, in the judgment o f tariff
experts, one very important feature.
I t practically vests in the president the
power to declare a ta riff war against
any nation or to refrain from any such
war.
I t is given to him to decide whether
any nation is discriminating against
the products o f the United 8tates in its
system o f duties.
This permits the
government, through the S ate depart
ment and the other agencies provided
by law, to make agreements with other
nations as to trade and tariff conces
sions which can be made effective by a
proclamation o f the president, without
the necessity o f anything in the way
o f legislation or treaty agreement.
The bill authorises the president to
employ at his discretion any persons to
procure information or assist him in
the discharge o f these duties, which
would mean that he can appoint com
missioners representing the United
States to go abroad and make agree
ments with foreign nations.
A t the same time, attention is paid
to the wishes o f those who are not in
favor o f reciprocal agreements o f any
kind. The proposition makes it impos
sible to have any rate established lower
than the rate in the ta riff law. Any
change in the case o f any nation must
be a change in the way o f higher du
ties. N o amount o f bargaining or oon-
ssion can secure fo r any country any
reduction in the tariff law.
The amphitheater o f the Alaska-
Yukon-Pacific exposition has been ac
complished partly by human efforts,
but fo r the most part the work has
been done by nature. On the high pre
cipitous shores o f Lake Washington,
looking across a succession o f bays,
and snow topped peaks o f the Cascades
are brought clearly into view and this
forms the back ground o f . the amphi
theater stage. Throe sides rise from
the floor and these have a stately up
ward slope; only in the development o f
these natural seating placet has it
been necessary fo r work to be ex
pended.
About the tiered sides o f the amphi
theater chairs rise one above the other
and in the vast forest theater 80,000
people can have comfortable and
sightly positions.
Surrounded at the
back and sides to towering trees o f
Douglas fir and massive cedar, the
place seems to have been created by
giants o f old for spectacular events;
it is so fashioned and designed that
open air acoustics produce
results
which could be generally looked for
only within the walls o f structures
built with this property always in
mind. ,
I t was in this spot that the first
shovel o f earth was removed in the
building o f the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition. Without any work o f pre
paration, 25,000 people were easily ac
commodated within its borders. Dur
ing the course o f the exposition tbe
amphitheater w ill be the scene o f many
interesting events and with its arrange
ment as now perfected w ill afford the
grandest out o f doors tbeiter in exist
ence.
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M O RE E X E C U T IO N S C O M IN G .
F R U IT C R O P N O T H U R T j
Indications Point to Heavy Yield Ip Roseburg Plans T w o Days' Program
fo r May 14 and IS.
,
Vicinity o f Milton.
Milton— Fears that Urn fru it crop In
the W alla W alla valley had been injur
ed by the frosts several days sgo have
been generally dispelled by the careful
investigation o f the orchards and vin e
yards in this vicinity.
In some places
near the state line strawberries und
prunes were injured some, but the dam
age is not considered to be o f great vol
ume. Apple orchards, which w ere in
full bloom at the tim e o f the frosts,
were injured in no way.
Indications now point to a heavy
fru it crop in the vicinity during the
coming season.
Although the peach
crop w ill amount to but a small per
centage o f its usual volume, other
fruits w ill be harvested in bountiful
quantities.
The careful pruning,
spraying and cultivating o f vineyards
and orchards have had much to do with
the excellent crops which are now as
sured in the year 1909.
Shippers and warehouse men are
making preparations to handle large
quantities o f all kinds o f fruit.
The
first strawberries are expected to be
on the market within tw o or three
weeks and from then until the apple
crop is harvested, Milton and vicinity
w ill present a scene o f lively activity
in the fru it business.
F R U IT M EN ARE ANG ERED .
Accuse Inspector Taylor o f Circulat
ing False Reports.
Example to Be 8 et by Public Hang
A Japanese at Loe Angeles has sued
ings in Constantinople.
a paper fo r $10,000 damages because
London, May 4.— A dispatch to the
among other things it called him a
Daily Telegraph from Constantinople
“ d a red evil.”
says that in an interview, Enver Bey,
W ar is being waged fo r control o f one o f the leaders o f the Young Turks,
Zion City by the old city officers and declared they had proofs that a massa
those just elected.
This is the city cre o f all Turks suspected o f Liberal
founded by Dowie.
ism had been projected in Constan
Serious floods''are feared along the tinople and was prevented only by Gen
eral Schefket hastening the occupation
Ohio river following the storm.
o f the capital.
• Over 8,000 men employed on Great
Enver Bey said he now had no fear
Lake steamers*tmve gone'on strike.
that Abdul Hamid would become the
Snow and frost in the Middle W est center o f new revolts. H e believed as
result o f the court martial there
have destroyed fru it and other crops.
would be an additional 100 executions
Four inches o f snow covers Wiscon and as many persons more would be
sin and a fierce gale is causing much sentenced to imprisonment at hard la
inconvenience.
bor.
Tbe executions would be public, in
I t is said a copper trust is planned
in N ew York to control the entire out various parts o f the city, beginning
probably tomorrow, as it was necessary
put o f the country.
to show a salutary example. The for
Much money and food is being sent
mer sultan, Enver Bey asserted, al
to the massacre sons o f Asiatic Tur
ready had been punished and would not
key, but more is needed.
be put on trial.
Searching parties are digging in the
grounds o f the palace o f the former
SE AR CH O N F O R A B D U L 'S C AS H
sultan in a search fo r his wealth.
Central Point— F ru it men o f this
section are indignant over reports al
leged to have been circulated by County
Fruit Inspector Taylor to the effect
that the crops in many o f the orchards
in his jurisdiction are totally ruined.
These gentlemen declare emphatically
that the story is without foundation,
and that it had the effect o f damaging
their properties, in the most promising
section o f the Rogue river valley.
Steps w ill be immediately taken for
a full and complete investigation lead
ing to the discovery o f tbe indentity o f
the author o f these false reports, and
i f circumstances warrant it, it is said
Mr. Taylor’ s removal from office w ill
be demanded by the orchardists.
,
Fruit men report but fe w trees a f
fected by recent frosts, and in almost
all cases tbe frost has but tended to
lessen the cost o f thinning the fruit.
F. H. Hopkins, owner o f one o f the
largest orchards on Rogue river, and
whose orchard has not been protected
by smudging or otherwise, reports no
appreciative damage, as do Edward
Hanely, W illiam Stewart, J. W . Mer
ritt, W. H. N or cross and other orch
ardists.
Abdul Hamid w ill probably be trans Reported to Have Kept Much Money
ferred to Monastir, as it is not be
Hidden in Palace.
lieved his life is safe at Salonica.
Constantinople, May 4.— Tbe treas
Canada w ill control the cutting o f ures o f the palace o f Y ild iz are being
tim ber on the Pacific coast to 12,000,- inventoried by a parliamentary com
000 fe e t per year fo r the next 60 years. mission. Abdul Hamid took the open
The Oregon railroad'commission has hilly pastures 30 years ago, gradually
ordered reductions in express charges transformed them into gardens, among
along the entire line o f the O. R. A N. which be constructed pavilions for him
The reduction is approximately 25 per self, his wives, his children and the
palace favorites
H e gathered there
cent.
an immense variety o f objects o f art
Rapid progress is being made in the
and luxury, services o f silver and gold,
Calhoun trial.
French and Oriental carpets, Greek
Turkish troops have relieved Hadjin sculptures taken from the museums o f
and stoped the massacres.
Constantinople, presents o f most o f the
The British budget proposes radical sovereigns o f Europe and g ifts from
wealthy subjects.
new taxes to wipe out the deficit.
Search is being made fo r the hoards
The paying teller o f an Oakland o f cash which Abdul Hamid is reported
bank has been arrested fo r embesxling. always to have had on hand. He has
Ex-Chief o f Police Fink, o f Rowell, also great sums invested abroad.
N . M., has been indicted fo r smuggling None, however, has been found as yet,
although the ex-sultan must bave had
in Chinese.
at least a fe w hundred thousand pounds
Captain Robinson, o f the wrecked in the domestic exchequer.
steamer Indiana, has taken his own
life , being unable to bear the disgrace.
Criminal is Identified.
Srtrong evidence o f discrimination
Paris, May 4.— M. Bertillon, director
by Harriman lines sgainst Salt Lake o f the Anthropometric department o f
has been brought out in the merger police, has identified a man now being
suit.
held by the San Francisco police as A r
A tornado in Indiana tore away 600 thur Bernard, a dangerous criminal.
fe e t o f the west wall o f the state peni Rernard was arrested recently in San
tentiary. N o one was hurt and m ilitia Francisco and gave the name o f Sam
has been ordered out to guard the con uel. The California authorities fo r
warded to M. Bertillon measurements
victs.
and photographs o f the prisoner and
An heiress has been born to the Hol
the identification followed. M. B er
land throne and there is great rejoic
tillon says Bernard has been tried
ing, as Queen Wilhelmina was the last
twice and convicted, the first time for
o f the reigning house and had she died
theft and the second time fo r murder.
without heirs the crown would have
probably passed to a German prince
Much W ork Ahead.
and become a part o f the German em
Springfield, 111., May 4.— With ad
pire.
journment only three or four weeks
Ex-Vice President Fairbanks has away the legislature w ill redouble its
purchased a bouse in Pasadena and w ill speed the coming week to clear the
make that city his home a fter a tour calendars o f the masses o f bills that
o f the world.
have accumulated. Tbe senate is fo r
The British budget fo r the coming taking a sine die adjournment May 22,
year shows a deficit in revenue o f $78,- and has adopted a joint resolution fix
ing that day as the time for winding
810,000.
up the session, but tbe bouse is shout
Anthracite miners and operators w ill ing fo r more time, and w ill probably
reach a satisfactory agreement, it ik set May 28 or 29 as tbe time.
believed.
Freew rter Values Soar.
Freewater— Land values in this dis
trict are constantly increasing in value.
Tw o sales have been made this week,
one consisting o f 23 acres, a part of
tbe Ragsdale tract, fo r $725 an acre,
the other being a part o f the Brown
ranch, at Babcock crossing, fo r $700
an acre. The Pleasant valley country,
which a year ago was sagebrush land,
has been put under cultivation, the raw
lands having been sold fo r $125 an
acre. Now this same land is selling
for $300 an acre. Tbe school, which
was built three years ago, has had to
be enlarged, and the contract for the
addition was let this week fo r a $ 1,0 0 0
addition.
Roosevelt to 8ee Pope.
The rolling mills o f the Union Pacific
Rome, May 4. — W hile on the Red
railroad a t Laramie, W yo., have re
sumed operations a fter being idle fo r a sea, April 17, en route to Mombasa,
Theodore Roosevelt wrote a letter to
year.
Cardinal Satolli in which be said: " I
Heinrich Conreid, the operatic man look forward to renewing out acquaint
ager, is dead.
ance a year hence, when I shall present
A Kenton, Ohio, g irl has just awak- my respects to the holy father, to
ened a fter a sleep o f 100 hours appar whom I beg o f you to g iv e my personal
en tly none the worse fo r her long nsp. regards."
Plans have been prepared fo r a hotel
Cold Wave Hits France.
a t N ew York which w ill be 81 stories
high. The roof w ill be 876 fe e t above
Paris, May 4.— Northeastern France
the ground.
is in the grip o f an unprecedented cold
Con tinned earthquakes at Kameron, wave. There have been snowfalls at
German W est A frica , have forced the several places and it is feared that tbe
colonial government officials to move fru it crops and vineyards have been
W IL L H O LD BERRY F E S T IV A L .
Rate Hearing is Called.
Salem— The state railroad commis
sion, after an investigation on its own
motion o f certain rates in force on the
0 . R. A N . and Southern Pacific, has
ordered a hearing on May 18, at 11 A.
M., at Salem. In its order just issued,
the commission states that it has inves
tigated the rates on wool, wool comb
ings, wool waste and has found suffi
cient evidence »to warrant an inquiry
as to whether these rates are enreason-
able and unjustly discriminatory.
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Settle Siletz Contests.»
Washington — Representative Haw
ley has made a strong personal appeal
to Secretary Ballinger and Land Com
missioner Dennett to take up and
finally adjudicate the long pending sus
pended Siltez homestead entries. The
secretary and commissioner assured
Mr. Hawley that they would give or
ders that these cases be expedited and
that, in deciding them, they w ill take
into account the conditions as he ex
plained.
Dalles Farmers Organize.
The Dalles— A t a meeting here an
organization o f the fru it and vegetable
growers was perfected under tbe name
o f The Dalles Fruitgrowers associa
tion. Tbe association has been incor
porated with a capital stock o f $6,000.
I t is intention o f the fruitgrowers to
build a warehouse and cannery. Meet
ings w ill be held the first Saturday in
each month.
Ground Acquired fo r Asylum.
Salem— Tbe asylum board has pur
chased fronj the W illam ette Endow
ment association five acres o f land
north o f the asylum for $8,000. One
o f the new buildings for which an ap-
propriation was made by the last legis
lature w ill be located partly on the
land just acquired.
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Fine Cattle Sold at Echo.
Echo— A Portland meat company has
bought 70 bead o f cattle from Bennett
A Spike at $5.60, the highest price
ever paid in tip Echo country.
The
average w eight as 1,620 pounds.
The
heaviest steer weighed 1,730 pounds,
and brought the owners $98.20.
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Roseburg— The date o f the proposed
strawberry festival to be held in Rose
burg has been set by the Commercial
club for Friday and Saturday, May 14
and 15. The tiro days w ill be given
over to displays o f strawberries.
A
program fo r both days has been prepar
ed. On the evening fif the first day
the women w ill g ive a musical.
The occasion w ill also be taken ad
vantage o f by the importers and raisers
o f blooded livestock, and a large parade
o f animals is expected.
The Ashland lodge o f Elks, accom
panied by members o f that order from
different towns in Southern Oregon,
w ill vis it Roseburg on Saturday, the
second day o f the festival.
The v is it
ors w ill number about 250.
Douglas county strawberries are the
first in the market each year and this
fact w ill be widely advertised at the
festival. I t is proposed to secure pho
tographs o f tbe best displays and the
parades and use them in booster book
lets.
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N ew Flouring Mill at Baker,
Baker C ity— Contractors are busy
removing dirt fo r the foundation to the
new flouring m ill to be erected by G.
B. Stout Surveyors fo r the O. R. A
N. have located switches and sidetracks
for the mill.
The foundation w ill
probably be finished within two weeks,
and there w ill be no delay in erecting
the mill building.
Sterns A Ayers
have the contract for excavating. Dur
W AR VER Y C O S T L Y .
ing the past fe w dsys Mr. Stout has
been looking over the country to see
Next 8ession o f Peace Conference
how much wheat has been planted. He
Will Hear Interesting Report.
is pleased w ith the acreage sown, and
Chicago, May 3.— Amazing statistics
also tbe attitude that ranchers are as
w ill be presented to the National Peace
suming toward the new mill,
society, which convenes hero today, by
C oos to Seek Publicity.
Benjamin F. Trueblood, secretary o f
In a re
Marshfield— The Coos county cham the American Peace society.
ber o f commerce has decided to enter port compiled fo r distirbution among
upon a publicity work which w ill in the delegates it is asserted that 16,-
clude advertising o f the entire county, 000,000 persons have sacrificed them
the Coquille valley as w ell as the im selves in wars since the beginning o f
mediate Coos bay country. Plans are authentic history.
"T h is vast number o f victim s,” says
being made fo r makii.g an exhibit o f
the products o f the county at the Seat Mr. Trueblood, " i s about equal to all
tle exposition, and 75,000 pamphlets the people who inhabited tbe globe for
w ill be printed to distribute at the the last 600 years, allowing three gen
fair. Figures are being compiled to erations to the century and 650,000,000
show the shipments o f lumber and estimated population o f the world at
freight exports and imports o f both the opening o f the Nineteenth century
Coos bay and the Coquille river, and as the average population per genera
.
all o f the resources and advantages o f tion.
"T h e usual estimate o f the number
the county w ill be set forth.
o f men lost in the wars in the Nine
teenth century, including those who
Lust fo r Gold Hits Coos.
Marshfield— The lust fo r gold has died o f wounds and diseases, places it
O f this number the
struck M yrtle Point and the country a t 14,000,000.
about. I t is believed the mother lode, Napoleonic campaigns are responsible
which has long been an object o f fo r about six million.
"Looses in the American C ivil war
search, has at last been discovered. A
rancher named Music brought speci have been variously estimated at from
Tbe brief
mens to town and sold them, the first 800,000 to 1,000,009 men.
lot for $2.50, and the second for about war between Prussia, Austria and Italy
$100. They looked as though pounded in 1866 entailed a loss o f 45,000 men.”
out in a mortar from the quartz. Many
ranchers have caught tbe fever and are
S T O R M REACHES A T L A N T IC .
prospecting.
Insurance Examiner at Salem.
Salem— Paul L. Wilson, o f Denver,
expert insurance examiner, hag arrived
in Salem to conduct a special examina
tion o f the annual sttements o f the in
surance companies doing business in
this state, preliminary to tbe publica
tion by Insurance Commissioner Kozer
o f the annual insurance report,.
PO R TLAN D M ARKETS.
Wheat—rBluestem milling, $1.27%
@1.80; club, $1.20; Valley, $1.17;
forty-fold, $1.26; red Russian, $1.17%
@ 1 . 20 .
Oats— No. 1 white, $40@42.
Barley— Feed, $34@36 per ton.
Hay— Timothy, W illam ette valley,
$14@16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $1?
@19; clover, $11@12; alfalfa, $14@
14.50: grain hay, $18<a>14; cheat, $14
@14.50; vetch, $18.50@14.
Apples— 65c@$2.50 per box.
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Potato«*— $1.60@1.75 per hundred.
Vegetables— Turnips, $1.25 sack;
carrots, $1.25; parsnips, $1.60; beets,
$1.76; horseradish, 10c per pound; ar
tichokes, 65@85c dozen; asparagus,
Oregon, 12%@16c per pound; lettuce,
bead, B>@50c per dozen; onions, 12%
@15c per dozen; parsley, 85c per dozen;
radishes, 20@25c per dozen; rhubarb,
S@4c per pound; spinach. 90c@$l.
B u tte r -C ity creamery, extras, 27c;
f«mcy outside creamery, 24%@27c;
store, 18@20c. Butter fa t prices aver
age 1% cents per pound under regular
buter prices.
Eggs— Oregon raneh, 24@26c per
Q O Z6T1,
Poultry— Hens, 16@16%c; broilers,
26c; fryers, 18@22%c; roosters, old,
1 0 @ llc ; young, 14@15c; ducks, 20@
22c; geese, 1 0 @ llc ; turkeys, 20c;
squabs, $2.$0@3 per dozen.
Veal— Extras, 9% @ 10c; ordinary,
8 % @ 9 ; heavy, 7@8c.
Pork— Fancy, 9% @ 10e; large, 8@9c.
Hops— 1909 contract, -9e;. 1908 crop,
8@7e; 1907 crop, 8c; 1906 crop, l% c.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, 18 @ 20c;
valley, fine, 20c; medium, 19c; coarse,
18c; mohair, choice, 24@26e.
Cattle— Top steers, $6.50@6.75; fair
to good, $5@5.26; common to medium,
$4.60@4.76; cows, top, $4.26@4.60;
fa ir to good, $8.76@4.25; common, to
medium, $2.60@8.50; calves, top, $5@
6.60; heavy, $8.60@4; bulls and stags,
fat, $8@ 8.60; common, $2@2.76.
Hogs—B est, $7.85@7.60; fa ir to
good. $6.86@7.10: stackers, $6.60@
6.50; China fats. $6.76.
Sheep— Top wethers, $6@5.75; fa ir
to good, $4.60@4.76; shorn, 76cfri$l
less; ewes, % c less on all grades;
yearlings, top, $6.50@7; fa ir to good,
$6 gu « . 2&; spring lambs, $7@7.60.
DEATH LIST AWFUL
Storms Lay Waste to Vast Coun
try In Middle West.
TOWN AFTER TOWN IS WRECKED
Z ero Weather is Reported In Many
States and Early Fruit and
Other C rops Ruinsd.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 1.— A t least 75
persons killed and three times that
number injured and damages amount
ing tp perhaps $1,000,000— this is the
toll collected by a succession o f torna
does which swept portions o f Missis
sippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama
and Missouri Thursday and Friday.
W ires are down throughout the
stricken districts and only fragmentary
reports o f the tornadoes can be gath
ered. I t is feared that the damage and
loss o f life w ill be even greater than
indicated tonighL
Hundreds are homeless and distress
is widespread.
An exact list o f the dead and sn ac
curate estimate o f tbe monetary loss
may not be completed for many days,
but from all along the path o f the
storm come tales o f fearful loss o f life
and jvhole towns and villages are com
pletely wiped out
The storm wave seems to have had
its origin in the North, and swept from
the Lake region south in irregular
fashion,.
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Blizzards A fter Gales.
Chicago, May 1.— While the proces
sion o f tornadoes that swept from fhe-
Groat Lakes down the Mississippi val
ley to the Gulf o f Mexico spread untold
ruin in its path, on the edges o f the
meteorological disturbance there was
experienced a different kind o f disaster.
Heavy snows and blizzards are report
ed from both the east and west borders
o f the disturbed area, and winter con
ditions prevail in Pennsylvania, the
Northern lake states and the more
Westerly states o f Wyoming, Montana,
Colorado and Northern Texas.
Anywhere up to a foot o f snow has
been reported from these states, with
blizzards o f the wildest winter kind
raging in the North and W esL
Tre
mendous damage has been done to early
small fruit'erops, and the apple crop is
also reported seriously injured. Aside
from this, great suffering has been ex
perienced on the sheep and cattle rang
es, and many animals have already suc
cumbed to the violence o f the weather.
Freezing and zero weather is report
ed at many points, and the se
verest o f conditions prevail.
On the
lakes groat suffering has resulted,
though the high winds that preceded
the colder weather have apparently
broken up the ice and liberated many
blockaded vessels, thus alleviating to a
certain degree the haidshipe o f the lake
sailors.
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C O A L FAM INE IN C AN AD A.
Seaboard Cities Suffer Severely as Only Fuel Mjned Is Being Sent To
Hurricane Passes Out to S ea/
United States.
Atlanta, Ga., May 8.— The storm
Winnipeg, Man., May 1.— The coal
which for three days has swept east strike situation in Western Canada is
ward across tbe Southern states, passed growing serious.
over tbe Atlantic ocean Saturday.
At
Fernie and Michel, controlled by the
least 200 ware killed and perhaps 400 Groat Northern interests, are tbe only
injured’ . News o f 84 more deaths in districts where coal is being mined
Georgia were received today.
and the statement is made that all coal
A t Savannah tbe storm tore throgugh mined there is being sent into the
the old town, unroofed many houses United States. The chief consuming
and destroyed much property.
centers in Western Canada are making
Towns in North Carolina and Florida loud complaint at this, and a move
suffered devastation.
The casuality ment has been started to petition the
list w ill be incomplete for several days. government to intervene and end the
Property worth probably several million strike or stop the export o f coal.
dollars was destroyed.
President Lewis, o f the Interna
The southwestern section o f Savan- tional union, and President Sherman,
nab'was struck at 11:30 o’clock Satur the local head o f the Miners’ union,
day by a severe storm which uprooted are adjusting their differences and
trees, unroofed houses, tore down fences signs o f settlement are in sighL
and injured several people.
Lethbridge is in want o f coal. (T h e
The IfcKane hospital for negroes public schools were closed there y es-.
was badly damaged.
A factory was terday.
Three thousand miners are
unroofed and one man badly injured.
now idle.
The storm lasted not more than half
The'immediate effect o f the coal
a minute.
strike in Nelson is a large number o f
idle railroad employes.
One o f the
Borne to His Tomb.
worst features o f the situation1 is the
Pekin, May 3.— The body of the late shutting down o f the British Columbia
Kwang Hsu, emperor o f China, Satur Copper company’s smeller and mines.
day began the long journey to the
Western tombs, 80 miles away, for
French Jackies Kick on Fare.
final interment The dowager empress
Paris, May 1.— The third mutiny
w ill not be interred until the fall. The within two weeks on a vessel o f the
procession started from the precincts of French navy has stirred government
the Forbidden City at 11 o ’clock. The circles and it is probable that tbe lat
march to the tombs w ill take four days est outbreak, that o f sailors aboard tbe
and the entire route is to be over the brattleahip 8L Loqis, at Toulon, w ill
groat highway especially constructed be rigidly investigated.
The sailors
for the passage o f the imperial coffin. o f the S t Louis refused to eat the
The tomb cost considerably over $1,- meat provided by the mess officers and
000 , 000 .
their protests were so subversive o f
discipline that three o f the crew were
Icicles on Orchard Trees.
placed in irons. The remainder o f the
Kansas City, May 8. — Freezing enlisted personnel then openly revolted.
weather, with the temperature in declaring that all should
Id be punished.
Western Kansas going as low as 20 de
grees above zero, still prevailed in the
Cotton Men 8ee Jap Peril.
Southwest Saturday, according to the
Boston, May 1.— Governor E. S.
local observer.
I t covered most o f Draper, in a speech at the 86th annual
Missouri, all o f Kansas, the greater meeting o f the National Association o f
portion o f Oklahoma and extended into Cotton Manufacturers, sounded a note
the Texas panhandle. On many Kan o f warning against the rivalry o f Japan
sas fru it farms ice three-quarters o f an yesterday. He said that Japan is now
inch thick formed and there is not much the great competitor o f America in
prospect o f a fruit crop this year.
cotton tpanufsetures, and that the rap
idly decreasing exports o f cotton goods
1,000 Chinese En Route.
to China indicated a very grave propo-
Vievoria, B. C., May 8.—There are mtion for the American manufacturers
over l.nrn (> 'n »* e on tijo way to V ic to face.
toria. The Empress o f Japan is due
tomorrow with 675, and the steamer
Tabriz Cries fo r Food.
Ning Chow, o f the Blue Funnel line, is
Teheran, May l . - T b e International
bringing over 600 according to advices R elief committee o f Tabla has issued
from Hongkong. The Canadian Pacific an urgent appeal for subscriptions on
is bringing 800 tons o f raw silk from behalf o f the famishing population o f
Japan, valued at $760,000.
tbe city.