The Aurora Boreali
VOL. I.
AUKORA, OREGON, TUURSDAY, SEPTEMBEIt 24, 1008.
NO. 22.
BRIEF NEWS OF
THE PAST WEEK
Condensed Dispatches from All Pans
of the Two Hemispheres.
Intonating Events from Outside th'iw" sir"es nave within the past
Stat. Pres.nt.d in a Mannar to' ,Tnths ccn a,,.owcd to beco
Catch the Eye of the Busy Reader 'l b,,at.of or8a"'d and aggres-
Matter of National, Historical
and Commercial Importance.
A forest fire threatens to burn the
house at Ballston, N. Y., where Grant
died.
Forest fires in Pennsylvania have
already burned over 30,000 acres, and
are still burning.
A New York lawyer has just been
arrested for defrauding a woman
many years ago.
VV. B. McAllister, of Omaha, has
been appointed land agent for the
Southern Pacific.
Four out of a party of seven lost
their lives when a launch was wrecked
on the Long Island sound.
The students of the Missouri school
for the blind have taken to roller
skating, and make quite a success
of it.
Long dry spells have dried up many
rivers in the - East, and forest fires
cover the whole Atlantic coast with
smoke.
The trans-Atlantic liner Mauretania
lost a propeller blade in a storm, and
for hours lay helpless. There was a
panic among the passengers.
Zia Bey, head of the Turkish secret
police under the old regime, has had
to flee the capital for hi life, and pays
he is coming to Oregon to live.
The battleship fleet'has sailed from
Albany, Australia, for Manila.
Von Buelow declares Germany is in
favor of peace and arbitration.
A retired steel magnate of New
Jersey was shot and killed by his con
fidential clerk.
Orville Wright was bidly hurt and
his companion killed while making a
trip in his aeroplane.
A Swedish explorer has just reached
Simla, India, after nearly a year spent
in the interior of Thibet.
Colonel Stewart has been ordered
back to his lonely post at Fort Grant,
without taking the riding test.
Mexican and Japanese sailors
fought desperately on a wrecked ship
to escape from drowning, but all were
finally saved.
Letters have been made public
which seem to prove that Senator
J. B. Foraker is in the pay of the
Standard Oil company.
It is said alarming cholera reports
have been sent out from certain cities
in China in order to get contributions
from superstitious Chinese.
J. J. Hill says the day of cheap
wheat is over, that the food problem
is a serious one. and that the govern
ment should be building schools of
agriculture as well as warships.
Taft will make three big campaign
tours.
Chicago's population is placed at
1,024,060 by the recent school census.
Seattle banks will sell the bonds of
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
A Minnesota woman walked 350
miles to visit the grave of her hus
band near Chicago.
French troops routed a strong tribe
ot congo natives wno iraae in con
traband arms and slaves.
A ncsTO was lynched for shooting a
white man in Louisiana, though the
latter was not seriously hurt
A Baptist moderator in Kentucky
died of heart failure when his son
was arrested for selling liquor.
The French press is irritated by
the German criticism of the tranco
Spanish note regarding Morocco.
Chicae-o healh officials found fish
that had been stored 10 months in the
warehouse of the Booth company that
failed recently.
Four crooked bankers arraigned in
Tudire Dunne's court in San Fran
cisco broke down and wept, and plead
for a reduction of bail.
A commission appointed to inver
tigate New York's high buildings has
decided that they cannot be limited
as to height, but restrictions provid
ing for light and air can be enforced.
Evelyn Thaw, reduced to poverty,
will return to the stage.
A Southern woman led a mob of
lynchers against the assailant of her
daughter.
A Canadian Pacific strikebreaker at
Winnipeg nearly caused a riot by
hooting one of the strikers.
A practical joker at Windsor, Mo,
touchrd off a ear of powder, killing
seven persons and injuring 30.
The president of the Chicago schxl
the best
board favors spanking as
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method ot overcoming the frat evil
Stockholders and directors of the
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-
road are coming to the Pacific coast,
NEGLECTS GRAND CANAL.
China Laying Up TroubU for Futurt,
Says Critic.
Shanghai, Sept. 21. A writer in the
North China Herald protests against
the ruin which is being allowed to
overtake the great triumph of engi
neering, the Grand Canal of China.
The government, he points out .is al
lowing the canal to go to decay. The
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(launches and plunder passenger boats
and cargo boats indiscriminately. In
the upper regions of the canal there
is, on the other hand, a constant
shortage of water, or so much that it
cannot be utilized. A more perfect
provision by nature of vast natural
dams in the great lakes of southwest
Shantung and northern Kaingsu it
would be difficult to find anywhere,
but they are either unused or mis
used. The writer goes on to allude to the
silting-up of the erratic Yellow river,
which is now in many places as much
above the level of all the surrounding
country as the second story of a house
above the ground. Those who know
best, he says, predict another tre
mendous calamity from this source in
the not distant future. Then there
will be exclamations of surprise that
it did not come sooner, and howls for
funds for "relief." Millions of Chi
nese will be impoverished, hundreds
of thosands of them will be rendered
homeless, and tens of thousands of
them drowned and starved.
IOWA SYSTEM NOT LEGAL.
Federal Court Strikes at Evasion of
Prohibition Law.
Davenport, la.; Sept. 21. According
to a decision rendered Saturday by
Judge Smith McPherson, of the
United States circuit court, the Iowa
mulct law system, under which ?
loons are now operating, is illegal.
Judge McFherson further declares the
Iowa mulct law is no license system
and that there has been no license
system in Iowa for the last quarter
of a century, and for that time there
has never been a lawful sale of liquor
a beverage within the state of
Iowa. He further holds that no per
son under any circumstances, can
lawfully sell liquor as a beverage in
Iowa. The decision was made in a
suit of the United Breweries Com
panies of Chicago vs. the Civic Fed
eration of Davenport. The complain
ants charged the federation with a
conspiracy, and sought to enioin them
from abating property on which a sa
loon had been closed. Judge McPher
son denied the application for a writ
of injunction. Under "the mulct law
Iowa saloonkeepers have been paying
$600 annually as a tax, with the un
derstanding that it legalized their sale
of intoxicating liquors and gave them
relief from the old prohibitionary law,
which is still on the statute books.
BIG GUNS ROAR IN PARIS.
Sleep Almost Impossible to Citizens
During Military Maneuvers.
Paris, Sept, 21. Sleep in Paris has
been almost out of the question these
last nights, and Parisians and their
American and 'other foreign visitors
are getting a very good idea of what
it feels like to be in a besieged city
The French military maneuvers this
year are on a larger scale than ever
before, more than 100,00!) men taking
part in them, and every effort has
been made to keep the conditions as
nearly as possible to those of actual
warfare. A supposed German army
is endeavoring to repeat what the
Prussians did in 1870-71, while
French ariny is defending the city
with bulldog-like tenacity.
This is why you drink your absinthe
amidst the thunder of guns which
roar and belch fire from every fort in
the triple line of defenses which sur
rounds Paris like a wall of steel, and
fond though the French are of mili
tary display and the smell of powder,
they begin to wish it was all over,
that they might eat and sleep in peace.
Plan Present for Kaiser.
Berlin, Sept. 21. The rumors pre
vailing regarding the existence of
profitable diamond fields in German
Southwest and Southeast Africa ire
about to receive confirmation. Th
colonial secretary, Herr von Dern
burg, will on his return from Africa
present the kaiser with a golden cas
ket full of rough diamonds from the
German colonies. The casket, which
has been manufactured by a .Cape
Town jeweler, is five inches long and
two inches wide. The lid of the box
is inset with seven lage diamonds
Heads Off Hill's Road.
Winnipeg, Sept. 21. By the pur
chase of the Alberta Irrigation com
pany's line in South Alberta for 120,
i000 000, the Canadian Pacific railroad
intends mmng inr v-r-iw .-tii
fce main ,ine0 he Pacific eOM to
head off the Great ftortftern. wnicn;
road, it is said, has been trying to get
.control of this railway lor years.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM
VARIOUS
BENTON COUNTY WINS.
Great Variety of Splendid Prqduc'S
Takes First Prize.
Salem. Benton county has won
first place in the county exhibit com
petition, and can now claim to be the
banner agricultural county of the
state. The awards were made by the
three judges, Charles ClevclatyJ, oj
uresnam; r. it. acrioner, ot wiscon-
m, and K. L. Swaggert, of Umatilla
county. Lane county was given sec
ond place, 'Yamhill third, Multnomah
fourth. Polk fifth. Columbia sixth and
Clatsop seventh.
Kenton s victory was won by a
plendid display put up by Frank
Groves, of Corvallis, who evidently
spared no effort to make the exhibit
complete. While his commercial ap
ple pack is not so large nor so at
tractive as that from Yamhill, he cov-
red a wider range of products, and
xcelled in other particulars. Neither
Benton nor Lane made a particularly
strong feature of any one line of
products, and the general public had
difficulty in deciding which county
made the better exhibit.
Marion county had an exhibit which
would have been a strong rival for'
first place, but this county is barred
under the rules, because the fair is
held here, and Marion wchild have an
dvantage in that respect. Benton a
display comprises about every product
mat can be grown in Oregon. The
peaches, apples, plums, prunes, grapes,
garden vegetables, seeds, grains,
grasses, dairy products, . etc., are all
represented by specimens of surpass
ing excellence.
ONE TRUANT OFFICER BEST.
County School Superintendents Make
Recommendations.
Salem. Twenty-eight county su
perintendents were in attendanc at
the conference of superintendents
here. A general informal discussion
was had and a number of resolutions
were adopted proposing changes in
the plan of school management.
Among other things it was recom
mended that there be one truant of
ficer for each county instead of sev
eral, as at present; that the county
court be authorized to pay tuition in
high schools for children who have
no . high school opportunities in their
own districts; that county institutes
be held for four days instead of three,
and that teachers receive pay for five
days instead of three; that the holding
of the eighth grade examinations be
again placed in the hands of the teach
ers, but with uniform questions, as at
present.
Infected Orchard Razed.
Grants Tass. The first instance of
the real enforcement of the fruit in
specting law to a letter was exampled
n the destruction of the orchard on
the Cass place, just south of town.
The fruit trees on this place have
stood for several years without any
care, because the estate was in liti
gation in the courts. The authorities
had notified the owners and parties
interested, but no heed was taken.
Finally the county fruit inspector or
dered the trees all grubbed up, as
they were deemed a public danger and
nuisance.
Complaint Against Rates.
Salem. Another complaint relative
to excessive tariffs on grain from east
ern Oregon to Portland has been filed
by George FeeMer of Pendleton la the
office of the railroad commission. The
complaint covers virtually the same
points as wre eovered by the investi
gation of the railroad commission, for
which hearings were ordered to be held
the latter part of the month, both at
Wasco and Pendleton.
Contract for Hatchery Let.
Tillamook. Master Fish Warden Mc
Allister has let a contract to F. A. Erix-
of Salem to build the Trask fish
hatchery, the contract price being
$l,8s2. work to commence immediately.
No bids were received from1 Tillamook.
Superintendent Sprague will be re
tained at the Trask hatchery. II is at
present placing the Walla Walla hatch
ery in working order.
Milk Factory for Eugene.
Eugene. It is practically assured
that Eugene will have a milk-con
densing plant that will handle 20,000
nounds of milk daily, and which will
be in operation withn half a year
Some days ago C. E. Rogers was here
looking over the situation tor his as
sociatcs. It is stated positively that
the project will be pushed to comple
tion at an early date.
Wallowa to Have Courthouse.
Enterprise. The eouaty court has
reept,ed plane for a eoorthonse, to cost
130.000. Bids for foundation and tase
ment win te adverted for immediate
ly in order that the foundation at least
nrmy i pu in mis imu. nuiowi cuu
ty has ben set aprt from Union conn
ty 20 years, and thie will be the first
courthouse erected la tbe county.
Notaries Commissioned.
Salem. Commissions a notaries
hve been issued to L. F. Fa!kentein
North uenn; i, v. nuenger. y
Moser and Edwin G. Amme, I ort-
jland.
PARTS OF OREGON
TREE YIELDS S25 IN NUTS.
Unn County Soil Is Well Adapted for
English Walnuts.
Albany. A big walnut tree in the
yard of the residence of L. E. Blain,
in this city, shows the possibilities of
walnut culture in this part of the
state. Though it stands on the poor
est kind of land for fruit growing, and
ha never received scientific culture.
the tree this year produced $23 worth
of nuts. This shows the immense
profit of an acre of similar trees.
The nuts have not yet been nicked.
but it is conservatively estimated that
the tree contains at least 1U0 pounds.
Mr. Blain never seels the nuts, keeping
them for his own use, but this week
he relused an offer of 25 cents a
pound for the entire product of his
tree.
This tree is 14 years old. and stands
30 feet high. It is a French walnut
of the Mayette variety. Mr. Blain
believes that had it been properly
trimmed when young and placed in
good soil, like that of the Santiam
bottoms, in tins county, it would have
attained its present growth and bear
ing qualities in seven or eight years
xoung trees now growing under these
conditions give evidence of verifying
that belief.
Walnut culture has received a bia
impetus in Linn county in the past
Year, and many small orchards are
being planted. The acreage was ap
proximately doubled during the past
year, and there are now about 500
acres devoted to commercial walnut
growing in this county. All of these
trees were planted in the last three
or four years, however, and are not
yet bearing for the market, but in a
few years the walnuf output of Linn
county will be notable.
New Mill Soon Ready.
Waldport. The new ahlnsrle mil
building is nearing completion and wil,
soon be in operation. Tho company has
purchased 500 cords of shingle bolts
from William Brooks and will begin
naming next week. Mr. Daly of Port
land has the contract for the hauling
and will put on a number of logging
teams. The bolts will be hauled from
he Brooks farm, four miles below Wald
Iport, acroM to WalJport slough and
brought down by scow. The company
nas made extensive plans for the manu
facture of shingles and a large number
ox men will be given employment.
Japs Get Big Tract.
The Dalles. The Columbia Land &
Produce company, a corporation of Jap
aneso which was incorporated some few
weeks ago, has purchased about 1,000
acres of land on Eight Mile, to be pro
pared at once for planting to fruits and
garden truck. The produce raised on
the place will be principally marketed
in Portland. If the growing of produce
is given as much scientific attention as
the purchase of tbe land, Portland mar
kets will receive some excellent pro
duce next year.
To Continue Publicity Work.
Marshfield. The Marshfiefd cham
ber of commerce will keep open for
another year. The annual subscrip
tions have expired, but. more money
has been subscribed, and the publicity
work will be continued. It was de
cided to retain Walter Lyons as sec
retary for the next year.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 88c per bushel; forty-
fold, 90c; turkey red, 00c; fife, 88c;
bluestem, 02c; valley, 88c.
Barley Feed. $25 per ton; rolled.
$27.50(i28; brewing. $26 50.
Oats No. 1 white, $28.50(29 per
ton; gray. $27.5028.
Hay Timothy. Willamette 'Valley.
$14 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi
nary, til; Eastern Oregon, $16.50;
mixed, $13; clover, $9; alfalfa, til; al
falfa meal. $20.
Fruit Apples, new, 50c(7i$1.25 box:
peaches, 25firi.65c per box; pears, 20(1$
60c per box; plums, 50c(u.$l per box;
grapes, 75c( $1.50 per crate; figs, $1
per box.
Potatoes 80c(7i$100 per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 2c per pound.
Melons Cantaloupes, 75c('i$l per
crate; watermelons, l(n; pound; ca
sabas, $22.50 per dozen.
Vegetables lurnips, $1.50 per
sack; carrots. $1.75; parsnips. $1.75;
beets, $1.50; artichokes, 65c per doz ;
beans, 5c per pound; cabbage, 2c per
pound; cauliflower, $1.25 dozen; cel
ery, 75cfa$l per dozen; corn, 12ic per
dozen; cucumbers, ZOfiliOc per box;
egg plant, $1.25 per crate; lettuce,
head, 15c per dozen; parsley. 15c vet
dozen; peas, 6c per pound; peppers,
SlftlOc per pound; pumpkins. Ifailjc
per pound; radishes, 12jc per dozen;
spinach. 2c per pound; sprouts, 10c
per pound; squash, 40c per dozen;
tomatoes, 3.y40c.
Buter Extras, Stic per lb.; fancy,
27c; choice, 25c; store, 18c.
Eggs Oregon extras, 2829c;
firsts, 25'fl2flc; seconds, 22'fi23c;
thirds. 1520c; Eastern, 25&27C per
dozen.
Poultry Mixed chickens, llftlllc
pound; fancy hens. 12Ktl3c; roost
ers, 10c; spring. Ullc; ducks, old,
I2r'il2jc; spring. 14Hl5c; geese, old
8c; young, ioc; turkeys, old, 17Sl8c;
young. 2oc.
Veal Extra, 8!c per pound; or
dinary. 7fi.7c; heavy, c
iorn rincy. bic per pouna; ordi- stay in japan until early in Novem-ion his wild dash to the :ii!s and di$
nary, 6c; large, Sc. . ber. appeared.
DRAINS OUT CRATER.
Wonder Performed by Earthquake in
Hawaiian Islands.
Honolulu, Sept. 8, via San Fran
cisco, Sept. 1G. A slight earthquake
was felt on the island of Hawaii Fri
day night, September 4, and at mid
night the molten lava in the pit of
the volcano of Kilauea suddenly
ceased rising and immediately began
to run out below, the surface looking
like the water in a bathtub from
which the plug had been pulled.
Ihe molten lava ran rapidly away,
towering the level instantly and
continuously until by Saturday morn
ing, or in something like seven or
eight hours, the 000 feet depth of
lava in the pit had all run out, and,
except for the cooling sides of the
pit, there was no fire seen or heat
elt. As the lava lowered in the nit
the walls scaled off in great masses,
Jropping into the molten lava below
them. The few who were fortunate
enough to see this wonderful phe
nomena describe it as most awe-inspiring.
Ihe lava in the pit. then about 000
or looo feet deep, began to rise nearly
ihree years ago, and had been rising
jrauuany since, until it was within
ibout 100 feet of the top of the pit
it is supposed that the earUiquaks
pened some fissure below by which
he lava flowed out. DCrhan under
the sea.
On Saturday night another slight
earthquake was felt, and at midninht
Saturday it was observed that activ-
ty in the pit had begun again, molten
lava being thrown uo in fountains
nore than 100 feet high, and at latest
ccounts the lava had strain risen ana
icci in me pit.
DIE IN FOREST FIRES.
Flames Oveicome White Man and Six
Indians In Minnesota.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 10. Grand Ma
rais is girdled by roaring mountains
f fire and smoke, and it is believed
hat a man named Monker and six
ndians, cut off from town by fire in
heir efforts to save homesteaders at
Nestor, have perished in the flames.
This is the news brought in at noon
today by Adjutant-General Wood
ind officers of the Minnesota naval
nilitia, who arrived on the Gopher
'rom the north shore. They say the
langer is not yet over by any means.
Lutzen, a small settlement near
jrand Marais, is in the greatest dan
rer, say the naval militiamen. It is
urrounded by fire, and everything
here seems doomed to destruction,
ilthough it is not thought that any
oss of life will occur.
At Colville, six miles from Grand
Marais everything went, says Gen
era i vvoou.
"The situation looks very bad at
'I. ! n ii
tmc,Ko iay, saiu commander
Eaton, "and some nconle wanted u
'.o declare martial law there, but we
lid not deem it necessary. How
ever, we left ten men from the shin
here. I'orty men from the boat were
eft to fight the fire at Lutzen. and
JO more were left at Grand Marais."
The officers of the Goohcr declare
hat the gravity of the situation on
the north shore has not been exag
gerated in tne least.
SUBMITS TO TERMS.
Mulal
Hafid Agrees to Be Bound by
Aigeclras Act.
Paris, Sept. 15 The Franco-Span-
:sh note on the subject of the recog
nition of Mulal Hafid as sultan of
Morocco was yesterday transmitted
to the powers signatory to the Al-
?eciras convention.
Mulai Hafid's letter to the diplo
matic corps at Tangier reached Paris
yesterday. He announces his proc
'amation as sultan, which, he says,
ibliges him to execute the engage
ments of the Algeciras act.
Mulai Hafid agrees to recognize
the treaties concluded bv his orede-
lessors, notably that of the Altrerlra
act, which he considers the basis of
he prosperity and progress of the
empire froi both the political and
economic standpoints, since it Guar
antees independence for the country
nd provides useful reforms. Mulai
Hafid concludes with expressions of
hope that the powers on an equal
footing will aid him in the elaboration
ind execution of the proposed re
forms. Fire In Tunnel Kills Two.
Detroit, Sept. 16 It is believed to
day that more bodies may be recov
ered from the new tunnel under the
river here, in which a fire last night
s known to have cost two lives. More
than 200 workmen were in the tunnel
when the fire broke out, and several
were overcome. Had the accident
not occurred just at midnight, while
ibout one-third of the force was at
lunch, the list of fatalities would
nrobab'y huve been much greater.
The fire, which is still burning, de
stroyed all of the work on the Can
adian side of the tunnel.
Merchants to Visit Japan.
San Francisco, Sept. 16 The dele-
gation of Pacific coast merchants
who will visit Japan this fall wilt sail
September 25, on .the Tengo Maru, riding through the streets of Pagosa
for Yokohama.. They will represent Junction at breakneck speed, shot
Seattle, Portland. San Francisco, Eu-jand killed Amee Baker, the 4 year-old
reka, Fresno, Los Angeles. San daughter of James Baker, a member
Diego and Other cities. They will; of the lite irllm Th A rnnCnn.J
PUTS $4,000,000
AT EACH PLATE
Pittsburg Steel King Gives a Novel
Dinner Party.
W. H. Singer Celebrates JHis Golden
Wedding by Fulfilling . Promises
Made Years Ago, to "Distribute)
Wealth Among Youngsters In Tlm
to Oo Them Some Good.
rittsburar. Ta.. Sent: 17 A t,
golden wedding supper recently given
by him and his wife. W. H. Sinar
one of the Pittsburg steel magnates,
distributed $16,ooo.ooo among his four
children, each child getting $4,000,000.
m rung n me nung of certain papers
in the Allegheny county courthouse
yesterday this fact came out. and was
la" admitted by the Singer family,
. . " ? une l ,ne and oldest
in Pittsburir. The millir.nir. ;nu;..i
his children to assist in celebrating
his golden wedding anniversary on
May 27. The children were the only
guests, and each found by his or her
plate a small "dinner favor," consist
ing of checks, bonds and deeds
amounting to $4,000,000.
The Singer children who received
t4.ooo.ooo each are:
William Henry Singer, Jr., land
scape painter, now in Norway.
George Singer, iron manufacturer.
Pittsburg, now in the White moun
tains on his vacation.
MTm William Ko Troctor, wife of
a 1 hiladelphm architect.
Marguerite Singer, youngest daugh
ter. now Jiving with her parents.
Mr. Singer made his fortune in Iron
as a member of the famous iron firm
of Singer. Nimick & Co. He also is
connected with many banking insti
tutions in Pittsburg, and is considered
one of the very rich men of the coun
try, his remaining fortune, after giv
'" "' children their share, being
Mrs. Mnger, who has a fortune of
her own, made through investments
by her husband, received several
pieces of valuable real estate as her
golden wedding present.
A peculiar feature of the case was
made known late yesterday. William
Henry SHiger, the son, who chose an
arh.iic career rather than the iron
business as his life's work, will scarce
ly be able to enjoy his millions in
America, owing to the great fear his
wife bears for the "Black Hand." She
received a threatening letter at her
home in Sewickley, and it frightened
her into hysterics. Her husband was
finally compelled to take her abroad.
It is said they will remain permanent
ly in Norway, as Mr. Singer expects,
in spite of his wealth, to spend all his
time in painting.
Mr, Singer is following the policy
bid down by his life-long friend,
Charles Lockhart, of the Standard Oil
company, who some years before his
death, invited all his children to a
dinner party, at which, under each
plate, was found $ 1,000,000. Lock
hart and Singer many years ago prom
ised each other that they would be
gin to distribute their wealth among
their children "in time to do the
youngsters some good."
GETS ANOTHER ROAD.
Union Pacific Secures Control of Chi
, cago & Northwestern.
Chicago, Sept. 16 A report from
Wall street of a traffic agreement be
tween the Union Pacific and the Chi
cago & Northwestern, amounting to
complete control of the latter road
by the former, gained strength yes
terday in financial circles on the re
fusal of Marvin Hughitt, president of
the Northwestern, to discuss state
ments made in the Wall Street Sum
mary under the head of "Harriman
Properties."
The report is that the Harriman In.
terests have absorbed the Chicago &
Northwestern by the simple device
of a guarantee on the stocks of the
latter company. It is pointed out
in the article, which appears to be
inspired, that the strateiretic nosition
of the Chicago & Northwestern is
such that it will not come within the
meaning of the law that prohibits
merging or single control of parallel
competing railways.
Lightning Slays Birds.
Sn Francisco. Sept. 17. The Pa
cific Mail liner City of Para, which
arrived yesterday from Panama and
way ports two days ahead of time,
was struck by lightning during a
he;vy electrical storm encountered
Muni st 30, when steaming from Aca
jutla to San Jose de Guatemala. The
vessel was struck several times. The
only damage sustained by the liner
was the loss of the foretopmast, which
was shattered into splinters. In the
morning after the storm had passed,
thousands of ded birds were gathered
up on the bridge, awnings snd decks.
Indian Murders Recklessly.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 17. Frank
Howe, a 15-year-old Indian boy, got
I possession of revolver tnA- mA