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CURRENT EVENTS
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Doings of ik Wr H at Urge
ToIdixIrNt
FLY THOUUANDS OF MILES,
tlnarl Resume ef Imeertant Event
Presented In Condensed Form
fer Our Ruy Readers.
Excessive heat haa Injured tho raisin
grapo crop of California.
Ut reported that Madrls ha lost
all his artillery and 400 prisoners.
Ex-irovcrnor Folk of Missouri, would
Ilka tho Democratic nomination for
president In 1912.
A banker of Minneapolis has been
fined $5,000 for smuggling two pearl
necklaces at Uobokcn, N. J.
Taft would appoint Koooevclt chair
man of a commission to tour tho world
In tho Interest of ulvcrsal peace.
Aprleoeer at San Qucnttn, Cal.,
haunted by the faco of his victim, has
confessed to killing man in a boxcar
at Spokane.
Interest Is growing rapidly in tho
proposed Ions-distance aeroplane races
in tho United States, and many bit:
parses will bo offered.
Tho trial of tho "sroklcn role" chief
of police of Cleveland, Ohio, on charges
of immorality and drunkencsa have
failed almost entirely.
A British army officer in an Ameri
can acronlaro .crowed the English
channel and then returned, without
alighting, in 90 minute.
Suit has been commenced to aet
aside railroad land grants in Oregon
aggregating 3,000,000 acres, and now
valued at about $50,000,006.
East and Middle West railroads have
filed notice of an increase in freight
rates, nearly every road in the country
now having given each notice.
President Taft told Bryn Mawr stu
dents that educated women make the
best companions, also that unmarried
women are not necessarily failures,
Charles H. Treat, ex-treasurer of the
United States, died of apoplexy.
Four principal British colonics In
South Africa have formed a union.
A tidal wave swept the Oregon coast
t Tillamook, damaging the tramway
of the life-saving station.
Hudson Maxim, the great gun in
ventor and manufacturer, predicts
aerial warfare within ,100 years.
Twenty-five Western railroads were
enjoined from putting into force on
Jubo 1, a general advance in freight
rates.
Spokaee police have arrested four
boys, the "eMeat aged 18, who have
robbed M heeses and teats In the sub-
orbs eterlag the past month.
A Mae ef 48 Eastern Oregon cay
eses en route to Tillamook stampeded
in Portland and spread terror in down
town streets fger several bears.
A rich New Yerk Chinamen, aboet
to embark for China, was arrested in
San Francisco for the murder of an
other Chinaman in Sacramento four
years ago.
Dirt from the excavation for a bank
building In Placerville, Cal., yields $1
to the pan. At that rate enough gold
could bo taken from the excavation to
pay for the building.
An effort is being made to bring
ahout.a conference of representatives
of the United States, Great Britain,
Japan and Ruce-Ia with a view of agree
ing on the terms of a treaty lor the
protection of fur scale in the North
Pacific ocean.
The thermometer reached 90 degrees
' "et San Francisco and three persons
wore prostrated hi ette day.
It Is alleged that only a beginning
m made In the legMMtlve .scandal In
Illinois and the big sensations are yet
. to come.
The body of Alma Eellner, aged 8
years, who disappeared at St. Louis
last December, was found burled in
the bottom of an unused cistern.
Edwin Gould Jr., grandson of the
late Jay Gould, ran away from school,
lived on 15-ccnt meals, spent a night
en a board at the station house and
wae finally returned to his home by
the police.
About 75 Woodmen gathered In Ta
eeesa .en Memorial Day and built a
house for the widow of one of their
members. They nearly finished the
house in one day.
A WieeeneiR man who has served
two yearn fa prjen for being Implicat
ed In the febbery cf a bank and mur
der of 'owe ef the directors, is now
found to be innocent.
A fire sale in a big department store
In Chicago ended In a riot, several
women being kneeked down and in
jured, the windows of the store smash
ed and the interior wrecked.
Rabies among eoyetee in Central
Idaho I causing great alarm. The
animate eem Into the towns and at
tack dogs and live stock, u well as
people, and seem to have no fear. Sev
eral persons have been bitten.
Britiek politicians are much worked
p ever proposed shangee In the cor-
The bond issae te tmikf the Lako
Washington eaaal at Seattle has been
declared Invalid.
Prixes Offered for Long Dlitanco
Flights In United States.
New York, Juno 1. Aerial nights
from New York to St. Louis and from
New Yerk to Chicago will next be at
temped, substantial monoy priiee for
the accoinpllshttfenta of both feats hav
ing been offered.
A price of $30,000 was offered to
night by the New York World and SL
Louie Post-Dispatch to the first aviator
who Hies an aeroplane from New York
City to St. Louis or from St. Louis to
New York.
The New York Times announced that
it had arranged with J. a Shaffer, of
the Chicago Evening Post for an offer
of $25,000 for an aeroplane race be
tween Chicago and Now York.
Mayor Gay nor announced tho prise
for the New York-St, Louts flight at
tho Hotel Astor tonight, where Glenn
H. Curtiss, who on Sunday wrote n
now chapter in tho history of aviation
by making a (light from Albany to
Governor's Island, was tho guest of
tho Now York World, whoso $10,000
award ho won. Conditions governing
the flight will be announced after a
conference with aeronautic experts.
A distinguished company gathered
to meet the young aviator tonight. At
the tablo the modest Curtisa sat be
tween tho mayor and Brigadier Gene
ral Howe, U. S. A., in command of tho
department of tho East.
A flood of congratulatory cable
grams and telegrams was read. Among
them were messages from Blerict, the
French aviator; tho Aero Club of
France; Count Jacques do Lcsscps,
who recently flew across tho English
channel; Hart O. Berg, tho "father of
aviation," and Hubert Latham, the
French-aviator.
Hudson Maxim, ono of the speakers
of tho evening, said:
"As tho warlesa era, of which we
catch glimpses in our dreams of a dis
tant future, is unquestionably yet far
away, we must in our prediction look
to the flying machines in war as well
as sport and commerce.
"Wo shall not have to wait 100 years
for the staunch, wind-defying machine,
with automatic cquilibriation. Very
soon autotnoblling of the air will be as
safe as'automoblling upon tho earth
now is. Neither shall wo havo to wait
100 years for that spectacular eventr
ation a fight between aerial navies.
for theso are bound to come."
Curtiss was enthusiastic over the
new offer, but, in the absence of de
tails as to stops allowed and other con
ditions, he would not say definitely
whether be would enter the contest.
Charles K. Hamilton quickly an
nounced, however, that ho would be a
contestant. He had planned to enter
the New York-Albany race, but Curtiss
was too quick for him.
The announcement of the prize offer
ed for the New York-Chicago flight
was issued from tho Times office late
tonight as follows:
"The New York Times announces
that It has arranged with J. C Shaffer,
ef the Chicago Evening Post, for an
offer ef $25,000 for an aeroplane race
between Chicago and New Yerk, the
details of which will be announced
later."
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
LINES IN OREOON S4.784.a22.
Northern Pacific Engineers Make Es
timate on Cost ef Railroad.
Clyde 8. Altchlson, Oregon state
railroad commissioner, has received
from tho office of the chief engineer
of tho Northern Pacific company es
timates on the cost of reproduction of
railway lines in Oregon based on con
ditions in April, 1909. The estimates
were exclusive of the ono-thlrd Inter
est in tho Spokane, Portland & Seattle
railway and tho 40 per cent Interest in
tho Northern Pacific Terminal com
pany. Tho total mlteago of tho Northern
Pacific lines in Oregon is given at
97.27 mites. Of main line there is
S8.C7 miles; brancho. 44.92 miles,
and in yards and spurs 13.(58 miles.
The estimate of expenditure on tho
lino from Goblo to Portland, 40.7
miles, is $3,000,892.12. Tho biggest
item is fur right of way and station
grounds, tho figures being given at
$750,059.25. Tho cost of grading Is
given nt $733,768.
An estimate of $995,439.78 Is given
as tho coat of Uio work on tho Wash
Ington Oregon lino to l'cmiclon, a
distance of 33.74 mile. Tho-cost of
grading for this section is stated to be
$242,781, and of right of way and sta
tion ground, $154,608,33, From
Smcltx to Athena, 10.83 miles, tho es
timated cost of work is $.157,745.20.
The cost of equipment for tho road
in Oregon Is estimated at $324,146.05.
AIRSHIP WAR TEST PLANNED
Aviator Hamilton to Take Explosives
Into Air With Him.
New Yerk, June 1. Unusual Inter
est waa manifested today in the an
nouncement that government employes,
who are planning on an airship flight
test soon In Chlckamauga Park, will
carry with them explosives to be drop
ped at dummy targets situated in the
park. The teat is to bo given under
the direction of Aviator Hamilton, and
will be an attempt to prove the bene
fita'of tho airship in time of war. Tho
test will be watched with great inter
est by government officials as well as
'the world in general.
Lumber Camps Can't Got Men.
Hood River Tho atrawberry grow
ers are not tho only employers of labor
who are having their troubles these
days. Tho Oregon Lumber company
hus almost been forced to close Ita mill
at Dee on account of the scarcity of la
bor. Manager Charles T. Early says
they use three crows ''one coming,
ono working and ono going." The Is
borers do not seem to stick long at any
job and whllo tho yard workers are
getting 52,50 a day they will not stay
with their Jobs. One morning recently
with the aid of Marshal Lewis, Mr.
Early rounded up 20 men In tho jung
les and managed to persuade 13 of them
to take the train for Dee and go to
work. Eleven were put to work in the
yard and two others sent on to the
timber camp. At noon the Dee office
called up and told Mr. Early they were
ready for another round-up, as tho 11
men from tho yard were beating It
down tho track. Fortunately theso
loafers do not stick long in Hoed Riv
er, as they 'get thirsty and havo to
move along to The Dalles or Portland.
Cannery Ready fer Work,
Eugene Tho Eugene Fruitgrowers'
association has 'a large force of men
employed getting the plant ready for
the opening of the canning season. A
lance amount of money has been ex
pended on the cannery building since It
was purchased from the Allen company
early In the spring. The packing de
partment has been moved to the base
ment of the building, where a good
floor has been built and every conven
ience installed for the employes. The
big room on the ground floor formerly
used as a packing room will be used
for other purposes.
Airship Treaty Now Under Way.
Washington, D. C., June 1. Aerial
navigation has made such rapid pro
gress that Secretary of State Knox and
the government of Moxico are negoti
ating an aviation treaty governing the
passage of airships across tho border
between the two countries. It will be
the first treaty governing aviation be
tween nations and Is already on the
road to completion. It Is announced
from the State department that Mr.
Knox is only awaiting the test of Mex
ico's proposition in detail before tak
ing final action on the terms.
Comet Stilt Around. '
Portland, June 1. Halley's comet.
apparently weary of coquetting with
mother earth with uncertain and pue-
zltng visions of its dimensions, is
showing itself nightly to all viewers
with possibly more vividness than
when it was closest to earth llttlo more
than a week ago. Any opinion that
interest in the wanderer has waned Is
belied by the crowds that go each night
to viewpoints to obtain what they ex
pect to be their lastslghtof tho visitor.
Chinese Fear Outbreak.
Shanghai, June 1. Chinese warships
with troops have been dispatched to
Nanking in anticipation of a native
outbreak against foreigners. The lat
ter have been warned. The Chinese
soldiers now at Nanking will bo re
placed by the force from Shanghai, as
they arc not considered reliable in case
of need.
"dim Crow" Not Passed On.
Washington, June 1. An attempt to
have the Supreme court of the United
State pass upon the authority ef
common carriers engaged in Interstate
commercne to mako "Jim crow" regu
lations met with fallare'wben the court
dismissed the so-called Chile's anneal
from its docket.
Work 33 Days on One Log.
Tillamook The crew of Ilidley Rue
sel shinglo mill, which is owned by C.
W. Gllmore, worked from April 9 to
May 18, cuttlng'141,000 shingle out
of one log 11 feet 10 Inches In diam
eter and CO feet long. In order to cut
up the log it was necessary to blow it
into eight piece with dynamite, the
saw used being only eight feet in
length. In cutting the log not over
half a cord of timber was wasted. In
felling tho tree an arm 60 feet long
and four feet In diameter was broken
to splinters, not a bit of itbelngsaved.
Transplant Eastern Oysters.
Astoria Four hundred and twenty
sacks of Eastern oysters for trans
planting at Tokeland for the Toke
Point Oyster company, have been re
ceived from Long Island sound. They
were not tho little seedlings that have
been used heretofore and which tako
about five years to mature sufficient for
the market, but about tho also of an
Olympla oyster and will mature in two
years. This Is an experiment but the
oyster people beliove it is feasible.
Farmer Union in Coos.
Marshlfleld A local branch of the
Farmers' Co-operative and Educa
tional union was formed in this city by
Charles A. Hill, the organizer, who
has been working In this locality.
There are now four or five different
branches of the union in the county
and they will all be brought together
under a county organization. An
effort will be made to secure 1,000
members in Coos county.
To Build Stene Roads.
Toledo. Road buildlncr machinery
has been Installed' by the county court,
preparations at tho quarry are being
rushed rapidly and the work of crush
ing and placing the rock on the Telede
Siletx wagon road will be begun at
once. When this modern road ts com
pleted other roads will be built and
soon Lincoln county will be noted for
her good roads, one of the essentials In
any county.
Klamath to Celebrate July 4-5.
Klamath Fall Preparations are al
ready being made for a celebration in
this city on July 4 and 5. It I the in
tention of tho business men of the city
to make the Jollification a record
breaker. The Socialist encampment
will be in session here during this time.
TREAT ROAD WITH ROOK.
County to Ooopsrato With Sawmill
Co. In Nstded Work.
Klamath Fall Klamath county and
Uie Meadow Lake sawmill company
are to build a macadam road from
Klnmath Falls to the top of the moun
tain on the old Fort Klamath road,
Tho work Is to lie dono on a co-opern-tlvo
plan, and ultimately tho city may
join in the combination.
Tho proposition made to the county
la that if tho county will furnish tho
rock crusher and ono man to care for
tho machtno, the Meadow Laku Mill
company-will haul the rock, place it on
tho road, roll it down ami do all tho
balance of the work in connection with
tho building of a good roadbed without
other cost to tho county.
Tho Meadow Lako eoplo are making
this offer for tho reason that tho coun
ty has given them tho privilege of run
ning a traction engine over this road
to huul the product of tho milt to mar
ket In this city, Tho road leading out
of town toward Fort Klamath from tho
city llmita to tho ton of tho hill la ono
of tho worst pieces of road In tho
county during tho winter season. In
the flat about a mile outside tho city
this road gets hub dcop In winter and
it is almost ImpoMlblo to got through
It with any kind of n rig during that
tlmo of the year.
Oil Well Reachea 3,730 Feat.
Ontario Tho oil well Is down to a
depth of 3,730 fcoL Tho drill ts work
ing In a harder shale than has been
found In the well and tho color of the
shale la darker titan the blue which haa
been in evidence so long. This is the
sort of can rock usually found Just bo.
fore entering a sand. It Is generally
believed that a sand will soon bo
reached and the oil development of this
section will be past the experimental
stage and bo a permanent reality.
Sana Celebration at La Crande.
La Grande Tho Continental Con
gress of 1770 will be reproduced in
thia city, and all speakers will bo
parbed In continental dress, tho Lib
erty bell will bo here In liken, and
tho Declaration of Independence will
be read under Inspiring circumstance
on July 4, following decisions reached
by tho Chautauqua committee
There wilt be a strenuous effort to
have a aane celebration during the
Fourth. No firecracker, fireworks or
confetti will be allowed on tho ground.
Marcola Mill Starts.
Eugene The Southern Pacific com
pany has started ono of It sawmills at
Marcola In operation alto- a shutdown
of three years. The other two mills
owned by tho company In that vicin
ity will be started up as soon as they
are in readiness, which will be Inside
of a few weeks. These mill, when
operating to their full capacity, em
ploy 300 or 400 men.
All Oregon Items Remain,
Washington The rivers and harbors
bill was signed by the conference com
mittee with all Oregon Item nailed
down. There ha been a hard fight
against the Oregon Items, but the sen
ate conferee, at Bourne's Instance. In
sisted and finally overcame the house
conferee' opposition.
SEE BY TELEQRAPH, NEXT.
French Scientist Porfocli Apparatui
to Tako Photographs by Wire
Paris, May 80. Television, l)o
science of soolng hundreds of miles by
tho moans of n tolcirrmih wire, I n
inn nnnfur ranllialnn.
Kdouard Belln, n young French
scientist, haa iiorfected and noon will
teat mibllelv an apparatus which act1
uallv. It I said, will take a nlcturo
telcurahhtcntlv. Thus the Image of n
person or artlclo before nit objective
ena In Now York would niiiKmr pruc
tlcn)ly ItiatantnneouHly on a negative
In San Francisco nt tho other ond of
the line.
About two veara ntro. It will bo re
momborcd, a German professor named
Korn Interested tho scientific world by
exhibiting photographs telegraphically.
Picture obtained woro Imperfect,
howovor, and showed practically no tie
tails.
M. Uelin, following Professor Korn'
lend, ha perfected tclcphotogrnphtc
apparatus in which tho senate commit-
too on post ami telegraphs Is much In
teres tad.,
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1,002 FAMILIES EXILED.
Rustaln Hebrews Receive Notification
to Quit Kiev.
Kiev, May 30. One thousand and
two Jowlth famtltc have now received
notification that thoy mut leave Uic
city In accordance with tho determine
tlon of the Russian government to
drive back Into tho pale all Hcbrowa
who are unablu to eatabllsh their legal
right to remain outaldo It confine.
This number Include CO families to
whom notice of expulsion were aent
today.
An additional 193 families living in
tho suburb outside tho city proper are
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subject to dcortatlon before Juno l
unlcaa in tho nxwnttmo they produce
proof of their right of residence in
their present sites.
It I Impossible to get statistics
showing tho number of those already
expelled. Even the Jewish Rotlef
committee Is unable to state tho exact
figures, but'jtho committee estimate
that between 200 and 300 Jewish fam
ilies havo left the city.
Creamery Ready for Business.
La Grande Tho new creamery Is
ready for business. The machinery
has all been tested and tho plant is In
rcadlnee for the season' run. The
machinery Is of the latest and most
efficient type,
" PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Bluestcm,
8&384c; club, 80&81c; red Russian,
78c; valley, 84c
Com Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy. Wil
lamette valley, $2021; Eastern Ore
gon, $22R25; alfalfa, $1516; grain
hay, $17(318, per ten.
Oats No. 1 white, $20Z7 per ton.
Fresh Fruits Strawberries, 75f(!
$1.40 per crate; apple, $1.6003 per
box; cherries, dvcojw.so per box;
gooseberries, 3(f4e per pound.
Potatoes Carload buying prices:
Oregon, 40c per hundred; new Califor
nia, ltf2e per pound; awoot pota
toes, 4c.
Vegetables Artichokes, C076c per
doeen; asparagus, $1,2502 per box;
head lettuce, 60tG0c per dozen; hot
house lettuce, 60c($$l per box; green
onions, 15c per dozen; rhubarb, 2c per
pound; spinach, 810c per pound,
rutabagas, $1.2531.50 per sack; car
cot, 86c$l; beets, $1.50; parsnips;
76c$l.
Onion Bermuda, $1. 5001.76 per
crate; red, $1.7602 per sack.
Butter City creamery, extra, 29c;
fancy, outside creamery, 280129 o per
pound; store, 20c. Butter fat price
average lfc per pound under regular
butter price.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 23024c
per doen.
l'ork fancy, I2$fiiuc per pound.
Veal Fancy, lOtffllOJfc per pound.
Lamb-Fancy, 9$$12e per pound.
Poultry Hen, 19c; broiler, 28$)
30c; ducks, 18ft25c; geese, 12c;
turkeys, live, 2022c; dressed, 26c;
squabs, $3 pjr dozen.
Cattle Beef cteera, good to choice,
$5.765.90; fair to medium, $4.60(35;
cows and heifers, good to choice, $4.50
(3)6; fair to medium, $44.76; bull,
$37J4; stags, $35; calve, light, $6
7; heavy, $4tfJ5.50.
Hogs Top, $10010.40; fair to med
ium, $910.
Sheep Best wethers, $4. 60 4, 75;
fair to beet wethers, $4tfJ4.25; best
ewe, $3.75634; lambs, choice, $5,50(01
8; fair, $1.76G.26.
WAR PLANS ARE HURRIED.
Conflct Appears Inevitable Between
Ecuador and Peru.
Washington, May 30. Official dis
patches received at tho State depart
ment both from Lima, Peru, and
Quito, Ecuador, Indlcato that war-like
preparation between Peru and Ecua
dor are being rapidly pushed forward,
and that a conflict seems Inevitable.
In view of tho fact that both Peru
and Ecuador had accepted without re-
serve Secretary Knox's proposition for
tho United State, Brazil and Argen
tina to mediate between theso two
countries In the matter of their bound
ary djsputc, tho State department offi
cials are at a loss to understand tholr
present attitude.
It was tho understanding of tho offi
cial that In opening tho mediation
proposition they had of necessity ac
cepted the condition proposed by tho
offer, the principal ono being the Im
mediate withdrawal of their armies
from the common frontier.
CURTISS MAKES
RECORD FLIGHT
Albany to Now York, 137 Miles,
Willi Ono Stop.
Actual Tlmo In Flight a Hours 32
Mlnules-Wlns SI0,O0O-Traln
Oould Not Keep Up,
Now York, May nt. Glenn H. Cur
tis flow from Albany to 'New York
City In an aeroplane, Sunday, May
20, winning tho $10,000 prize offered
by tho New York World.
Ho covered the dlntanco of 137 miles
In 2 hours ami 32 minutes, unci camo to
earth ta quietly and lightly a n
pigeon. Ills nverngo apecd for tho
distance 6L0a mlloa icr hour sur
passes any oilier record made by nn
aoroplanro In long-dlitanco flight. In
It entirety, his llluhl erlmi eclipse
any flight man haa made In heavier
than-nlr machines.
Tho start was mode from Albany at
7:03 o'clock under weather conditions
n nearly ierfect as tho moat fastid
ious aviator could demand. Ono hour
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Rr Fcsills Sought for Museum'
New York, May 30. Two expedi
tion from the American Museum of
Natural History will leave New York
next week for Montana and Wyoming,
In search of dinosaur with three horns
on each nose, and horse with four two
to the foot. The museum scientist
hope to find specimens of both varie
ties, tho party which I to search for
fossils of tho Cretaceous perlcd going
to Montana. Tho expedition Is In
charge of I'rofcssor Barnum Brown,
and ho will havo three or four help
era. A similar expedition will go to
Wyoming for researches In the evolu
tion of the horse. Two or three foseil
specimen of tho coccnle age are need
ed to complete tho museum's rhsl
showing tho development of the horso
from tho creaturo no bigger than a dog
to the swift and graceful Sysonby,
whoso skeleton Is ono of the treasure
of the Institution,
Teddy I Buxton's Quest.
London, May 30. Mr. Roosevelt to
night cloecd his visit to Lieutenant
Colonel Arthur Lee's country place,
Chcquolso, court, in Buckinghamshire,
where he went from Cambrldgo ycitor
day. Colonel and Mr. Leo had as
gucsl also Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr. Nicho
las Longworth, Lord and Lady Roberts,
Lord Kitchener, Arthur J. Balfour, Sir
Cecil and Lady Spring-Rico and tho
Right Hon. Alfred Lytloton.
The cx-prcsldenC will spend ono day
with Ian Buxton, who Is an expert on
the forestry question.
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Surgeons Sow Up Oath In Heart.
Portland, May 30. Holding a y.
Ing, pulsating human heart In the palm
of his hand, a surgeon at St. Vincent'
hospital deftly stitched together tha
walls of a gash in Its tip, waiting
tensely for every remission of tho or
gan' syatolo and dlutolo movement
to take each tiny step In tho pro
cess. And tho operator did It as a mat
ter of course, a thing In tho day's
work, interesting, of course, but hsrd
iy worthy of extraordinary commonL
OLKNN It.CUIITIM
and 23 minutes later Curtiss made Ills
first atop near Poughkrile, where
there was an hour IntermlMlou, Re
suming his flight at 9:20, hasped
southward, ami landed within tho
boundary of Manhattan Island at 10:35.
Paulhan' flight from London to
Manchester, 80 miles, exceeded tho
Curtiss feat for distance, but not In
speed or In danger. The Frenchman'
average waa 44 3 miles an hour ami
below htm lay English meadow land.
Curtis followed the winding course of
tho historic Hudson, with jutting head
lands, wooded slopes and treacherous
palisade. He swung high over the
great bridge at Poughkeepsle, dipped
at time within 50 feet of the river'
broad surface and Jockeyed like a fal
con at Uie turns.
Only once did his craft show slim
of rebellion. This was off Storm King,
near West Point, when, at a height of
nearly 1,000 feet n treacherous jrust
struck his plane. The machine drop
ped 40 feet and tilted perilously, but
Curtis kept his head and by adrlot
manipulation restored the equilibrium
of tho machine.
With his eyes ami brain cleared of
tho cobweb of sleep, he went with hia
mechanician and a handful of specta
tor to Van Rennselaer Island, In tho
Hudson, three mile south of Albany,
where he waa to start. Waiting at tho
river brink wa a opcclal train charter
ed by tho New York Time for Mnu
CurtUs and her party. From tho train
they could not sea tho actual atart, but
those on the Island witnessed a re
markable scene.
With tho signal that Curtisa wa off,
the special train of five car and n lo
comollvo gathered Irmwtu and sought
to follow. But so quickly had ho flown
that for 21 miles tho locomotive, run
ning nearly n mile a minute, wa un
able to catch up.
Dr. Cook After Records? .
New York, May 31. -The mystery
of tho whereabouts of Dr. Cook,' the
American will ssy tomorrow, was
solved Inst night. Hols In Scotland,
preparing for a trip to Etah, whence he
plan to bring hack hla record of hi
discovery and his Instrument which
are cached there. Hu also intend to
bring back tho twu Eskimos who ac
companied him on his dash to thu Pole.
Dr. Cook's ObJoctlve Imll.t whmi Im
hall huvo recovered his records and
Instrument, says the newspaper, will
bo Copenhagen.
Canada to Breed Pheasants,
Vancouver, B. C May 30 This
summer 1,000 pheasant will be bred by
tho provincial government in the Coast
district for distribution hero. Hereto
fore the breeding haa been done only
by local enterprise, but now the gov
ernment ha established breeding head
quartcra at Chllllwack. The bird to
be raised this year are all Mongolian
pheasant of the best breed.
Rice Is Higher In Chin.
Amoy, China, May 31. Tho prlco
of rice ha risen 50 per cent and tho
pooraru unublo to buy food. -As a
consequence of this a demonstration
took ploco at Changrhow.
Owing to tho practical failure of tho
rlcocrop In certain of tho interior
province this year, an almost prohlbl
tlvo prlco alrondy prevails for the- cer
eal, A further advance monns funlnn
conditions among tho teomlnir rwill.
whose prlnclpoUrtlelo of food Is rice.
Bear Lattoed From Auto.
Cody, Wyo., Mh fll.-When a big
brown bear nauscd to lnnk at .. ., im
mobile near tho ranch of o. n. tii.,t
son nt the foot of tho Big Horn moun
tain roaay, uuuoiph Ilovlngo, the cow
boy Chauffeur, holding ilin .('.i.,,.
wheel with ono liimd. laasocd bniln a
the car swept past him. The captive
wa dragged to tho Rudcson ranch and
iiun T,nioiuon there, with soveral
bare spots on hla coat.