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CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings of tho World at Large
Told in Bric
General Resume, of Important Evcnti
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Duty Reader.
A California train was derailed
twice In one day by striking cows on
tho track.
Conservatives in Nicaragua oppose
elevation of General Estrada to tho
presidency.
A big cyclono and rain storm did
much damage to crops and buildings
in Michigan.
The government has forbidden tho
burning of any more money on funeral
pyres by Yuma Indians.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York City, is
so far recovered that he is planning to
Uko up his official duties soon.
Ex-Presldcnt Castro, of Venezuela,
Is bclclvcd to bo at the bottom of a re
ccntly-diseovcrcd plot against Presi
dent Gomez.
Eight aro known to bo dead and
many badly injured in a train wreck
near Durand, Michigan. Several more
are missing.
A lG-ycar-old girl is dead from
starvation at Los Angeles. She is
the second one of a party of Holly Rol
lers to die as a result of religious
fanaticism.
Customs officers held up the 12
trunks of Mrs. Nat Goodwin, wife of
tho famous actor, at New York City,
not being willing to tako her word as
to what they contained.
About 40 men who had labor liens
against the North Bank Lumber com
pany's mill at Yaelt, Wash., will
probably loso their claims, since tho
mill is destroyed by forest Arcs.
There was almost a riot at the Inter
national convention of hotel stewards
at Pittsburg when both San Francisco
and New Orleans sought an Indorse
ment for the Panama exposition in
1916.
Further revision of the tariff will be
made the keynote of tho coming cam
paign. It is estimated that the fire loss In
the forests of the Northwest will reach
$10,000,000.
Official news has been received in
Washington of the death of the Madriz
government in Nicaragua.
Paris fashions decree that tho "hob
ble skirt" for women shall be sup
planted by the "tube skirt."
Southern delegates to tho National
Coopers' convention declare that prohi
bition has not hurt their trade.
An O. R. & N. train was struck by a
landslide near The Dalles and narrowly
escaped being pushed into the Colum
bia river.
An effort will bo made to shift the
entire responsibility for the Illinois
Central car repair graft on J. T. Ilara-
ban, president of the road.
A 14-year-old girl while out rowing
on Puget Sound was caught by the tide
and carried away from shore, and was
not rescued until 2 o'clock next morn
ing. She wss nearly exhausted from
exposure and fright.
A 14-year-old boy sleeping in a camp
near Weston, Ore., was seized by a
huge cougar and was being dragged
away when a man with whom he was
sleeping was aroused, and timely
assistance frightened the beast away.
The boy was uninjured.
Tho steamer F. A. Kilbum was de
stroyed by fire at her dock In San Fran
cisco.
Thirty-three soldiers were prostrated
by heat durnig practice marches In
Kansas.
Steady rains are falling in Chebalis
county, Wash., extinguishing the for
est fires there.
Wallace, Idaho, is reported to have
had a population of exactly 3,000 when
the census was taken in April.
F. August Heine, one of the wealth
iest mining men of this country, will
be married September 1 to an actress.
Tho British cruiser Bedford went
ashore on the Corean coast and will be
a total loss. Eighteen men were
drowned.
Senator Warner, of Missouri, an
nounces that on account of old ago he
will not again be a candidate for re
election. He Is 71 years old.
A national bank of Spokane, Wash.,
fs issuing bonk notes which are sup
posed to bo antiseptic. Tbey are
signed with Ink composed largely of
carbolic acid.
Oakland, Cal., gave rousing welcome
to the first railroad train to reach that
city over tho new Western Pacific,
which is a direct trans-continental
ocean-to-ocean line.
Two lads fishing from a skiff at
Newport, Ore., were caught by a
strong ebb tide and were being carried
out to oca when they were rescued by
the life-saving crew.
Jt is said the coming political cam
paign will be one of the bitterest on
record In many of the political centers,
as many old politicians will be making
a fight for their political lives.
Mayor Gaynor of New York City is
Improving rapidly.
SHOWERS QUENCH FIRES.
Weather Comas to rtotcuo of Idaho
and Montana Fo-ests.
Snokano. Auir. 24. Llitht rntn bo
gan to fall this afternoon in Wallnce
and otlior Coeur tl'Aleno mining towns
that have been scorched or threatened
by tho forest fires, and the weary fire
fighters took now hope. Nothing but
aghoavy downpour will quench tho
flames that are oatlng up tho big trees
of Northern Idaho, Northwestern Mon
tana and Northeastern Washington,
however.
Tho Idiho militia and United States
troops are on tho way to do bnttlo with
tho red invader, but tho soldiers can
accomplish little moro than protection
of tho threatened towns.
Hanger Kottkoy, who with 200 men
was reported as missing, is unharmed.
Ho was novor near Wallace, as report
ed, but was near Adair, Idaho, on the
Milwaukee. Ho reached Missoula this
morning and reported his men safe, ex
cept two packers. Tonight ho left
Missoula at the head ot a party which
went to search for missing tighten
alone tho lino of tho Milwaukee, where
it is beliovcd all will, in time, be lo-
cralcd.
Ranger Van Dyke, on Independence
creek, and Ranger Derrick, at Sallcsc,
Mont., both reported tonight. It hnd
been feared that Van Dyke's crew of
76 men had been cut off.
Tho most sensational rumors of loss
of life continue to be circulated, but It
is impossible to verify them and it
seems likely that, aside from losses
among tho national rangers, tho num
ber of dead in tho three states will not
exceed 100.
Tho known victims of the forest fires
number 63. as follows:
In and near Wallace, Idaho, 38; in
and near Newport. Wash.. 8: near St.
Joe, Idaho, 6 men, supposed to be for
est rangers; atSaltcsc, Mont,, 1.
Tho Irlaho militiamen aro on tho
was from tho encampment at Ameri
can Lake, near Tacoma, to tho Cosur
d'Alcnca. President Tart nottnea
Governor Brady today that ho would
send to Idaho all tho troops available,
but that United States soldiers could
not be used for police duty. Governor
Brady will go to tho front tomorrow.
None of the towns In Idaho aro In Im
mediate danger, it is believed.
WATER FIRM BANKRUPT.
College Professors Prove to Be Poor
Business Men.
Boise, Idaho The Grandvicw Land
& Irrigation company was declared
bankrupt by Judge Bryan, of tho
Seventh judicial district court, sitting
at Caldwell. Gcorgo F. Fcnton was
appointed receiver, under $7,000 bonds.
He took immediate charge of tho canal
system.
Complaint against'the company was
filed by N. C. and Harriet J. Masscy,
heavy land owners, who chrged that
the officers conspired to bankrupt the
settlers, thst their orchards and crops
aro ruined, owing to failure to deliver
water for irrigation, and that tho
money paid the officers was used per
sonally by them Instead of on tho sys
tem. Professor Holdcn, former president
of the University of Iowa, is president
of the company.
CLAYTON SURROUNDED BY FIRE
Passengers on Train Bring News
I That Town Is Doomed.
Spokane, Aug. 24. Passengers on a
Spokane Falls & Northern railroad
train which arrived hero tonight re
ported that when the train passed
through Clayton, Stevens county,
Washington, this afternoon, a great
forest fire had almost reached tho edgo
of the town, which apparently was
doomed to destruction.
Clayton has several hundred Inhabi
tants and is tho seat of an important
scwerpipo industry. Destruction of
the town would Involvo large financial
loss, but probably no casualties.
Thero Is no way of obtaining further
news, wire communication being cut
off.
Josephine Has Ten Fires.
Grants Pass, Ore., Aug. 24. Ten
forest fires aro burning In Josephine
county. Tho local forest officers aro
working their men day and night.
The force has been doubled. Besides
these regular fire fighters farmers aro
being drafted, while many whoso prop
erty Is endangered aro banding togeth
er for the best protection that can be
had.
Of the ten burning districts, two
are taking on a serious aspect At
Six-Mile creek, the flro has spread over
a territory 16 miles square.
Man, 80, Walks 1880 Miles.
Portland Reaching hero on tho lost
leg of his journey half way across the
continent on foot, Anderson Love, 83
years of age, was picked up and cared
for by the police. The octogenarian
started on his Western journey from
Minneapolis In March, soon after he
was compelled to abandon his employ
ment in the flouring mills of that city
because of deafness, Having no living
relatives savo a grandson on a ranch
near Roseburg, tho aged man, desiring
to bo with him, started to walk to his
destination with but $4 in his pockets.
- Pope Balks at Fashion.
London A dispatch from Romo re
ceived here by a news agency states
that Pope Pius X has requested all
bishops to publish pastoral letters dis
approving prevailing feminine fash
ions. Several Italian bishops, says
the dispatch, have already done so at
Milan, Turin and Venice, At theso
places priests aro denouncing in church
es the scandalous attiro In which wo
men have been appearing in public
places.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
WATER RIGHTS IS ISSUE,
State Commission Preparing to Hear
All Willow Creek Cases.
Vale Tho State water commission
has advertised for meetings on Willow
creek todotormlno tho rights of all
tho wator users on this stream. Un
der tho pow water code all tho rights
aro to bo sottled In one suit. Willow
crook Is a flood water stream, about
100 miles long, and Is used by tho pco
pla from Its head to its mouth at Valo.
Tho Eastern Oregon Land company has
agents In Vale with a vlow of securing
somo rights, while tho Willow Creek
Land & Irrigation company is plan
ning to protect all Its rights and Upper
Willow Creek users arrived In Valo re
cently and aro preparing tholr evi
dence. J. II. Rose, S. M. Matthows, Francis
Roso, C T. Locey, Pierce Smith and
several others who have had ranches
and used wator from 16 to 26 years aro
among these, and tho lowor ranches,
consisting- of probably 30 user, are
making up their cases. F. M. Saxton,
the wator commissioner for this dis
trict will bo hero tho latter part of
August to begin taking evidence.
It Is conceded that whichever way
tho decisions are made tho caso will go
through tho Circuit, and Supremo
courts before being finally determined.
BONDS ESCAPE OREGON TAX.
Property Owned by Harrlman Can
Leave No Revenuo to State.
Salem In rcaponso to a tetter of
several weeks ago from Gcorgo A.
Steel, state treasurer, Attorney Gen
eral Crawford has just submlttted an
opinion that stocks and bonds of a cor
poration under tho laws of Oregon aro
personal property governed by tho laws
of tho domicile instead of tho location
of tho corporation and therefore escape
tho payment of Inheritance tax.
Tho question Involved aroso after
tho death of E. II. Harrlman. As ho
held stock extensively In Oregon rail
roads and other properties of the state,
could tho Inheritance tax act have been
construed as against the Harrlman es
tate, it would have added several hun
dred thousand dollars to tho state
treasury.
As It is the attorney general believes
that these stocks and bonds, being per
sonal property, aro subject to tho laws
of whatever state Harrlman may have
been residing In at tho tlmo of his
death.
LINCOLN FAIR TO BE BEST.
September Festival Promises to Show
Vast Growth.
Toledo Tho second annual Lincoln
County Fair and Festival, to bo held at
Toledo, September 6, 7, 8 and 0, prom
ises to bo the greatest fair ever held in
the county. The stock exhibits will
be many, and as this county is produc
ing some fine graded stock, this exhi
bition will bo productive of much good.
Fruit, vegetables and all other kinds of
farm produco will bo brought hero
from every section of the county.
Tho fair committee, which is com
posed of representative men and wo
men from cvsry locality of tho county,
In determined to make this tho trrcat-
est and best fair over held here. New
grounds have been leased and perma
nent buildings aro being erected and
tho Lincoln County fair will hereafter
bo a permanent affair.
Roseburg Pears GoJEast.
Roseburg Three carloads of pears
grown In tho Eden Bowor orchards,
two miles north of Roseburg, wore
shipped recently by E. M. McKeany,
of tho Producers' fruit company, of
Sacramento. Mr. McKeany pronounced
tho pears grown hero equal to those
irrown In counties north of Douglas.
Tho Eden Bower product brought an
average or SI. CO a box. uesidcs
these, other Douglas county fruitgrow
ers havo shipped East this season five
carloads of pears from Winstons, six
cars from Dlllard and ono car from
Myrtle Creek.
Enterprise May Get Sugar Factory.
Enterprise Judge Rolapp, of Salt
Lake, representing the sugar trust,
has left Enterprise after an inspection
of tho soil here and Its adaptability to
sugar beet culture on a largo scale. In
a public statement Judgo Rolapp said:
"You may soy for mo that the soli of
what Is known as the slope hero is tho
best sugar beet ground I have inspect
ed." Tho judgo further stated that if
tho required acrcago could be insured
there would bo a sugar factory here.
Monstor Sunflower,
Adams Mr. and Mrs. George Bont
loy have a sunflower plant growing In
their front yard which thoy claim
eclipses the ono grown by Major Lee
Moorchouse, of Pendleton, two yeors
ago, and which was written up in local
papers as a champion bloom producer,
Tho Moorhouso plant contained 28
blooms on a single stalk, whllo on tho
one In tho Bentlny yard thero aro 35.
Plan Big Chicken Farm,
Med ford J. A. Armstrong Is build
ing what Is, perhaps, the second larg
est chicken houso In tho stato, the only
ono known to bo larger Is that at tho
experiment station of tho Oregon Agri
cultural collcgo at Corvallls, This
house will bo 180 feet long by 12 fcot
wldo. Mr. Armstrong Is developing a
farm of 10 acres where eggs will bo a
specialty.
STATE BUYS PHEASANTS.
Birds Will Be Liberated by Game
Warden Slovonson,
Corvallls It. O. Stuvonson, state
gnmo warden, has purchased 100 pairs
of Rcovcs phcasnnta of Gcno Simpson
at $16 per pair and will liberate them
In sections kof tho stato showing the
least number of.vlolatlons of tho game
laws. This wcckfour pairs will bo
sent to each of tho following and liber
ated by them: Hob Hughes, eight
miles south of Corvallls; C. 11. Gay,
Medford; Eugono Wright, Grants Pass;
J. D. Wilson, Yoncalla; Philip Ritter,
Albany; Paul Housor, Salem.
Others will bo liberated later "when
sultablo localities have been found
and where tho assurance Is given that
they will bo properly protected.
Reeves pheasants aro tho largest of
the pheasant family and havo proved a
groat game bird In England, but so far
as known Oregon Is tho first state to
stock up with this variety, just ns It
was tho first to plant tho China ring
neck, which has boon so prolific In Its
propagation. Mnny of tho states havo
been wasting their money on tho Hun
garian partridge.
Tho pheasants just bought aro paid
for out of tho general game fund, of
which there la now $60,000 on hand.
Mr. Stevenson gives It out as his Inten
tion to spend a portion of this money
In an cfTort to restock tho fields and
streams.
LAND WILL YIELD OIL.
Flvo Drills Are Boring Fields of
Eastern Oregon.
Vale Walter S. Martin, ono of the
owners of tho Eastern Oregon Land
company, and whoso home Is in San
Francisco, la in Vale for the purpose
of looking into tho development of his
vast holdings In Malheur county, which
will eventually load Into tho placing of
his acrcago on tho market. Demon
stratlon farms aro being established In
tho Cow valley country and dry farm
ing la proving successful. Grain will
this year yield from 26 to 40 bushels to
tho acre. Somo of the corn stands over
six feet high. Mr. Mnrtln is greatly
Intcrcstd In tho tho Valo oil fields and
Is looking over tho flvo different wells
now being drilled. Ho Is pleased with
tho prospects.
Electric Line Due In 1012.
Brownsvlllo Brownsvillo will havo
an electric line In operation between
here and Albany by August 22, 1012,
or within two years from tho paasago
of tho ordlnsnco granted by the city
council to tho Albany & Intcrurban
Railway company. Tho ordlnsnco
passed by tho council granting this
company a 20-year franchise to use
certain streets through the city, differs
in somo respects from tho ono pre
sented two weeks ago.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Blucstem, 95097c; club,
88c; red Russian, 80c; valley, 00c;
40-fold. 90c; Turkey red, 8892c.
Barloy Feed and browing, $23
23.60 per ton.
Hay Track prices: Timothy. Wll
lamctte valley, $18019 per ton; East
ern Oregon, $20(821; alfalfa, new, $13
(7? 14; grain hay, $13014.
Corn Whole, $32 per ton; cracked,
$33.
Mlllstuffs Bran, $20 per ton; mid
dllngs, $30; shorts, $21(322; rolled
barley, $26020.
Oats Now, $29(ft30 per ton.
Eggs Oregon candled, 29030c dor.
Butter City creamery, solid pack,
3Gc per pound; butter fat, 3Cc; coun
try store butter, 24c.
Poultry Hens, lCtfflCc; springs,
16017c; ducks, whlto, 10X(17c;
geese, 22$026c; turkoys, livo, 20c;
dressed, 22)j025c; squabs, $3perdoz.
Pork Fancy, 13c per pound.
Veal Fancy, 12c per pound.
Green Fruits Apples, new, 6Oc0
$1.26 per box; apricots, 76c0$l;
plums, -75c0$l; peaches, 60086c;
pears, $1.26621.60; gropes, $101.76;
blackberries, $1(91.60 per crato; buck
leberrlcs, 10c per pound; watermelons,
$1.26 per hundred: cantaloupes, $2.60
03 per crate.
Vegetables Beans, 306c pound;
cabbage, 203c; cauliflower, $1.60 per
doz.; celory, 90c; corn, 1216c; cu
cumbers, 26040c per box; eggplant, 0c
pound; garlic, 8Q)10c; green onions,
16c dozen; poppers, 60c per box; rad
ishes, 16020c per dozon; squash, 40c
per crato; tomatoes, 30040c per box;
carrots, $101.26 sack; beets, $1,60;
parsnips, $101.25; turnips, $1.
Potatoes New, $1.2601,60 per
hundred; sweet potatoes, 3c per pound.
Onions New, $1.6002 per sack.
Cattle Beef steers, good to choice,
$606.26; fair to medium, $404.60;
cows and heifers, good to choiro, $40
4.60; fair to medium, $3.6004; bulls,
$3,2604; calves, light, $(500.76;
heavy, $3.7506.
Hogs Top, $9.50010; folr to mo
dium, $909,25.
Sheep Best ML Adnms wethers, $4
04.60; best valley wethers, $3,250
8.50: fair to good wothoro, $303.26;
best valley owes, $303.26; lambs,
choice ML Adsms, $6,5006.75; cholco
valley, $505,25,
Hops 1909 crop, 10013c; olds, nom
inal; 1010 contracts, 13c,
Wool Eastern Oregon, 18017c per
pound; valley, 18020c; mohair, cholco,
82033c.
Cascara, Bark 4Kc por pound.
Hides Salted hides, 707&C per
pound; salted calf, 18c; salted kip, 8c;
salted stags, 0c; green hides, le less;
dry hides, lfl017c; dry calf, 17018c;
dry ptags, 11012c.
Pelts Dry, 10ic; salted, butchers'
takit-ofT; $1.1601.40; Spring lambs,
25045c.
FOREST FIRES GRIP
TOWN OF WALLACE
Fifty aro reported dead In and
around Wallace, Idaho, where tho
property loss la $1,000,000. The flro
has not enlarged on the area burn
ed Saturday iilghL
Mullan Is probably snfo but fires
threaten.
Elk City Is reported still unburn
ed. Four or moro nro dead In fires
near Newport, Wash. Ono hun
dred and olghty men In tho forestry
service nro surrounded In tho SL Joe
country.
TaftandSL Regis, MonL have
boon burned. Balteso la surrounded
by flro. Dcborgla Is seriously
threatened, llaughan, MonL, Is re
ported destroyed,
Thero Is a solid lino of flro from
Thompson Falls, Mont., for 60llcs
to tho Idaho line, with ortlons of
Belknap, Whlto Pine. Iloxon and
Heron burning.
Conllogrnllons rago In tho Galls,
tin forest, Montana. Thompson
Falls Is In cril.
Ymlr. H. C. Is in danger from
fires which aro burning In tho bush.
Other tires are gaining headway In
that region ami tho situation Is ser
ious. Avory, Idaho, Is destroyed, tho
people fleeing to Tokoa.
MANY BUILDINGS BURNED.
Women and Children Fleo on Trains
Skeletons Found.
Missoula, MonL Tho forest fire
sltuntlon on both sides of tho Idaho
Montana line Is' moro serious than at
any tlmu this season.
Flames aro sweeping over an In
creasing area, destroying small settle
ments and wiping out of existence
millions of dollars' worth of iroorty.
Tho loss of life will bo largo. It
grows hourly, and thu number of In
jured Is constantly Increasing. In
and around Wallace It Is estimated
here tho death list is at least 60.
In addition to at least 26 otherwise
hurt. It Is said that ten lemons have
been made blind.
Indications in Wallace, however,
aro that hearty half of tho city will be
saved. Communications with Wallace
to the west has boon poslblit at Inter
vals, but eastward It is entirety cut off
and it Is known that tho entire oast
half of the town, above Seventh street,
has been burned. West of that a hard
fight is being msde and with Improve
ment In tho water supply thero Is moro
chanro that tho flames may bo driven
back.
In Wallace tho dead Include: John
Boyd, pioneer of the district and for
1C years general agent of tho Northern
Pacific railroad here, suffocated In his
homo In Pearl street whllo trying to
rescue tho family parroL
Two unknown, whose skelotons were
found in tho ruins of Uio Michigan
bouso.
Unknown man, burned to death In
tho Cocur d'Alena house.
Backfiring, In which tho members of
tho city flro department, a company of
tho Twenty-fifth infantry and many
volunteers joined, prevented new firrs
west and south.
Tho loss to the city is estimated at
ctoso to $1,000,000. Somo of tho prin
cipal losers aro:
Cocur d'Alono Hardware company,
warehouso and stock, $160,000.
Sunset brewery, $80,000.
Providence hospital and tho big mills
of tho Federal Mining company wore
the only buildings in tho East End that
wcro saved.
Forest Supervisor Grorgu W. Wei
gel reports that tho region between
Wallace and tho SL John rivor Is
swept practically clean, with enormous
loss.
Fires between Burko and Mullan
threaten both towns and many women
and children havo been sent out.
At War Eagle tunnel six wero found
dead and two badly burned. Flvo of
tho dead were In tho tunnel, whore
thoy had sought rofugo. They luy faco
down in water, covered with wot rags
ami uianKot.
Somo had died from tho flro ami some
from suffocutlon by stnoko. Tho In
jured wero takon to Providence hoard
tal In Wallace.
Twolvo dead wero recovered at Big
tirceK. i here wore thrco Injured and
three others wore complutcly blinded.
Ono flro fighter was found dead nonr
Mullan, and 10 aro Injured at that
placo. Thore aro at Pino Crcok three
dead, flvo blinded and flvo others in
jured. Bluo Mountains All Ablate,
Dayton, Wash.A denso pall of
smoke hangs over Southeastern Wash
ington obscuring tho Bluo mountains
and Indicating that devastating fires
aro again raging in the Wonaha ro
servo on tho Oregon side, 80 miles
east of hero. Judelnir from llm ,l
slty of tho srnoko, tho fires now burn
ing aro mo mosi oppailtng this sum
mer. Meager details received from
tho burned district tnll nt Inn l..it
whlchi n in tho houvy plno and fir
winuvr near wio nondwators of tho
Asotin rivor near Teal's camp.
Farmhouses Destroyed,
Grants Pnse. Om vim (,.. .i..i
atod ulonir tho Mtimtiv w,n,i ..,i i...
Into Frultdale, threo miles south of
tOWn. Is Still l-lirrlnrr In IU ..... .
t it. .i "" " "u "''r iniri
of tho vnltoy und threatening tho
..wwHHjrcr noiiie. iiesiuenta or that
district aro cxhuustcd from work. A
patrol from town has assisted, but tho
flro Is running In dry grass and under
brush. So Intense was tho heat on tho
fountv rnml tliat If ..... i ..
Eoveral hundred trees hnvo been burned.
CHOAS RULES IN
MADRIZ CAPITAL
Government is Tottering and
People Panic-Stricken
En Ira da Army Approaches and Lives
and Property ol Americans
Are In Peril.
Washington Tho provisional gov
ernment of Nicaragua Is tottering to
Its fall, the Mailrls army Is demoral
ised, consternation reigns In Managua
and Dr. Madriz, his goncral-ln-chlef,
Toledo, and general Irlas, aro prepar
ing to lice tho country.
This, In olfect, is tho news received
by tho State department from United
States Consul Ollvares at Managua,
and these advices aru confirmed by dis
patches from Mr, Johnson, United
States consul at at Corlnto,
The panic In tho capital I threaten
ing tho lives ami property of Ameri
cans. Crowds aro reported traversing
the streets crying, "Death to tho
Americans."
Whllo tho cruisers Vlcksburg ami
Yorktown aro at Corlnto and In closu
touch with the situation, tho legation
and consulates In Managua aru under
heavy police guard ami preparations
havo been mado tu meet attacks on
American lives and prowrty.
Tho situation grow out of tho victory
won Thursday by tho revolutionists,
who defeated a strung column uf gov
ernment troo ami crossed tho Tlpl
taps river,
Tho removal of thu government army
seems complete. Mr. Ollvares reorU
that General Toledo, who was In com
mand of the Mndrlz troops, arrived
In Managua following his defeat and
announced that his foreo had been
seised with panic ami lied when at
tacked. Soldiers msde their eaeaH to
Grenada while other continued tholr
flight to tho capital.
Grenada apHar to be at tho mercy
of an undlrlpllned mob of soldiers, who
aro rejected tu bo pillaging tho houses
there.
It Is added that the Kstradan forra
Is already at the gales of the city and
Is preparing to take tho place by as
sault. From the evident demoralised
condition uf the Madrls forces, observ
ers bellevo that Granada will bo taken
by Estrada with little trouble ami tho
way to tho capital thus practically wilt
bo clear.
It seems tho unanimous opinion In
Managua, Mr. Ollvares reports, that
tho ower of Madriz la steadily weak
ening ami that his overthrow may ba
momentarily expected, Tho revolu
tionary army Is only 20 miles from tho
cspltst and tho capture of Managua Is
looked upon as Inevitable,
BUrtOANK'S LATEST A PEACH.
Jules and Color of Crawford Bur
round Small Colorless Pit.
Santa Hosa Horticulturists ami
fruitgrowers aro united In their praise
of tho two now varltlvs of pearhes and
ono of plums productsd by Luther Bur
bank, the plant wizard. Crosses of
tho Crawford ami Mulr spoeles havo
resulted In a fruit of greater commer
cial value. Tho llartletl plum seed
ling Is also a betterment In shae, col
or and proonderanco of flesh over plL
Most of tho juiciness and high color
of tho Crawford wach has been trans
ferred by llurbsnk to tho smaller ami
firmer pit of tho Mulr, Tho color-free
pit of tho Mulr Is also retained. Tho
vigor and ability of tho now trees to
resist diseases Is still another recom
mendation of tho Ilurbank creations.
E. J. Wlckson, dean of tho college of
agriculture of tho University of Cali
fornia, pronounces tho new variety "a
iwach."
Private Timber Protected.
Clover Creek, Ore. Tho forest flro
which has boon raging hero for tho
past week Is still spreading and tho
soldiers promised havo not yot arrived,
ami there aro not men enough to con
trol tho flames,
Tho smoko Is heavy and tho heat Is
something awful. Tim flro la running
to the north and east bit tho govern
ment land and to thu south on tho pri
vate holdings. It Is bolng held In
chock on tho west by firefighters.
Thero are between 60 and 00 mon
fighting flro for tho lumber companies.
Coyote Bite; Thon Rabies,
Asotin, Wash. An unknown shecp
honior was found along the Snako riv
er 20 mites front hero In n vory precar
ious condition with rabies, resulting
from n blto of u mad coyoto. Tho
shcopherder was coming down tho riv
er from tho mountains where ho had
been employed for several months. Aa
ho was passing ovor a high rim rock,
ho was confronted by n coyoto, which,
when within a few feot mudo n spring,
burying lis tooth doop Into tho flesh of
his body, Thu herder has slight
chance of rorovory.
Forty Strikers Freed.
Loa Anirolna f'nl liVrtu ufrtbnra.
charged with acting as pickets nt tho
vruig vnipuuiiuing works, ung iieacn,
wero discharged from custody by or
der Of Juricrn Hnrl find llm ivihoii fill.
missed uftor they had boon In jail ten
days nwaltlng trlul. A mistrial and
uio acquittal by n jury of two of tho
allcircd Btrnniml. r-nni.i onnvlnrml ttm
Judgo that the pollco had acted too
hastily In rniiklngHho arrests, Ho said
tho city should cut out thu oxpoiuto.