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CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
MINNESOTA
FORESTS
ABLAZE
Women Pray While M.-n Fight Fire
M.litis to Rescu«.
AVARICE RULES
OVER DEAD KING
BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED.
Monster Fighting Machine Will Carry
Crew of 1.000 Men.
AERONAUTS FALL
FOUR MILES; LIVE
New York. May 14. The battleship
Bemidji, Minn., May 1«.
Women
Florida, biggest
of the American
and children are in Bemidji's smoke-
Drrwlnoughts built thus far, was suc-
filled churches tonight praying for rain
cea* fully launched at the Brooklyn
or Some other act of nature to save
navy-yard y«-*terday in the prewence of
them, their husbands and fathers and I
the vice-president of the United States,
the ««cretary of the navy, the naval
their homes from impending eataatro- .
st tar he* of all the power* atxl a crowd
phe.
uf 50,000 enthusiasts, whom Intermit
Although ba'tied desperately by
Uanaral Return« of Important Events
Vic*-Pr*s<d*nt of A*ro Club Pa**«*
Police Busy Guarding Palace Artillery tent rain* failed to keep away.
hundreds of eitisena, soldiers and for- ,
The 21,K25-ton fighting leviathan,
Presented in Condensed Ferm
Through Snow Storms on
Rehearse Program Navy Will
eat rangers since 11 o'clock this morn
t>uilt to carry 10 12-ineh guns, glided
400 Mile Flight.
Have
Prominent
Place.
for Our Busy Readers.
ing, a forest fire four miles wide is
down the ways to the »train* of The
slowly nearing Bemidji from the south.
Star Spangled Banner, played by the
Christopher C. Andrew«, Minnesota
navy yard and the 29th infantry band*,
state
forestry
commissioner,
arrived
Horae Cave, Ky., May 12. After a
Ixmdon, May 17.—The whole court while th«- crowd <-hr«-rod and hundred»
E. II. Garriott, chief forecaster of
the United State« weather bureau, Is here from Walker, Minn., this mom and all Ixmdon are slworlvd in the ol river craft tooted their noisy wel thrilling flight of 400 milea, during
I ing and is now at the scene of the fire, preparations for the fuix-ral of King
which they aacendcd to an altitude ofl
d«a<i.
come.
Th«1 citizens of the city, convoked by Edward, which will he the moot im|*oa
20,600 f«wt and encountered two snow
The
vessel
was
christen«]
by
Misa
The Herschel Parker Mt. McKinley the mayor, i address«*] an appeal to ing ceremonial the British capital ever
Elizabeth Fb-ming, daughter of ex storms, A. Holland Forbes, of Bridge
expedition has «ailed from Valdes for Governor Eberhardt
■ t—.” at noon.
■ has witnessed.
Thirty thousand sol Governor Fleming, of Florida.
port. Conn , vice president of the Aero
Seldovia.
The governor at once, by te|egra|>h. diera will be brought from Aldershot
Later when the Arkansas and the club of America, and J. C. Yates, of
Mourning over the death of King Ed appointed Commissioner Andrews com and other military camps to line the Wyoming, now under construction, are New York, lost control of their ballnon,
ward has ho*bed all political trouble* mander of all militiamen in Northern alreets Friday when the |>rt*c<f4iion afloat they will exceed the Florida in the Viking, yesterday afternoon and
Minnesota, and Major H. T. V, Eva is )»«see*.
In England.
aize by 3,0iM) tons, a difference suffi descended so rapidly that both were
on hi* way here from Duluth. Com-1
As there is no r<«>m tn embarrack cient to make a pretty go«xl little liner bndly bruised and the balloon partly
It is announced that California's new
miss loner Andrews immediately or the soldiers over night they will bi-
in itself. The Florida herself ia by no wrecked.
primary law ia a piece of patchwork den-d Company I. Minnesota National
vouar ip the parka and atrveta.
The meai» finished, for as she went off the
Th«- balloon came to earth near Cen-
and woefully inefficient.
Guard, from Crouluton. Company H, i city will have the appearance of an in
ways yesterday she was only about 60 ter, Ky., a hamlet about 20 mile« from
Remarkable
attentions
paid
to of Bemidji, went early to the scene un vested town for two days.
per cent advanced tow an la completion, Horse Cave, and dropped through the
K<M>*evelt in Germany are causing der their own command.
It is expected that 700,000 persona which meat» that she was not much final 100 feet of apace like a stone.
The two big Weyerhaeuser and Shev will pass through WantminsU-r Hall t«>
much comment in Europe.
The escape of the balloonists from
m<.ro than a vast empty hull, and «till
lin Carpenter
LumLer
companiea' look upon the coffin. Barriers arc be-
A woman who had been bitten by a
awaits the boilers and main and sec instant death was little short of mirac
camps and timber holdings are located (ing built by means of which the people
rattlesnake was taken HO miles in on
ondary engine* and armor and equip ulous.
there, ata! immense stores of lumbar will be ushered through in four lines
"We left Quincy, III., at 6:55 o'clock
auto to a doctor by the Izaiis W. Hill
ment that go to make up the ship
and pole« are situated directly in the nt the rate of 16.000 an hour.
The
Monday
evening," said Mr. Forbes.
party, now touring Eastern Oregon.
ready for commission.
path tif the flames on the southern out laxly of the late king will not be ex-
"We were hoping to strike favorable
Probably
there
ia
not
a
battleship
Roosevelt arrived in Ixmdon as sjw- skirts of the town.
poa«d to view. The mourners will see
I ‘ posed
afloat that could tackle the Florida on air currents from the West that might
rial American ambassador to attend
The mills closetl down at noon and only the coffin with the official regalia
even
terms, when her commander's give ua a chance at the long-distance
the funeral of King Edward, which both day and night crews were ordered and heaps of flowers,
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We were carried in a semi
flag flie* from the ungraceful, but record.
will entitle hlfn to the highest honors.
to the yards, where they are wetting
* The
“
flowers contributed by organi-
formidable skeleton masts which will circle. passing over parts of Illinois,
The flood of emigration from the down the lumber and trying to quench tationa and individuals will represent he placed upon her, that ia, provided Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky.
United States to Canada is beginning the flaming brands borne on the high many thousands of dollars in value, the naval designers do not change their
"Tuewiay morning we encountered
to worry officials of the departments wind into the lumber piles and to the Ths most elaborate wreath was sent minds, as to the utility of this novel intenae cold and a severe snow storm
from Windsor, consisting of coatly
of agriculture and commerce and labor. central business distcicL
at an altitude of 16,000 feeL Tuesday
Increasing volumes of smoke have white flowers, interwoven with pur- feature of marine architecture within afternoon at an altitude of 16,000 feet
Advices from Changsha, China, the been |xxiring into the town all day, pie, which is the royal mourning color. th«- next eighteen months, by which
we ran into another snow storm.
capital of the disturbed province of and tonight it is nearly suffocating. The wreaths contributed by private in time the Florid* should be in commis
Shortly
afterward we shot up to 20,600
sion.
Hunan, stale that the Yale mission in In the churches it Is im|x*aible to see dividuals, numlier'ng thousands, will
feeL From that time on the cold waa
that city has been placarded for de the lighted jmlpita from the rear.
be hung on posts in the stree ts.
so intense that we became benumbed
INDIANS IN REVOLT.
atruction by fire. The foreigners, who
The poorer residents of the city, lo
The artillery horses, with gun car-
and half stu)x*fied and gradually lost
were beginning to return to Changsha, cated adjoining th«- big sawmills, are riages, were rehearsing today through
power to control the balloon.
arc again living on boats in the river.
running panic-stricken through the th«- streets along the line of march, so N«w Mexico Redskins Destroy Prop-
"I cannot tell what the altitude was
ery and Stasi Stock.
Harry F. Waugh, of Seattle, a min murky streets. Should the small fires, a* to avoid the possibility of a mishap
just before we made our final drop, but
in i the lumber on Friday.
*
ing prospector, memtier of the Arctic ignited *" by the * brands
East Lan Vegas, May 14. - An upris efforts to let out the gaa by the valve
~
Fabul-ius price« are being asked for ing of serious proportions has broken had not sucecded in bringing us to the
club and leader of the Waugh sledge yards, escape control of the fighters,
expedition to the delta of the Macken they would destroy the I whole city. | scats in the staixi* along the line, 325 out among the Taos Pueblo Indians al ground as fast as desired.
zie river, committed suicide by hang The fire originated about t seven mil«-s being the lowest sum at which it is their village, 70 mil«-» northwest of
"Finally I decided to use the rip
ing himself. Failure to interval cap south of Bemidji, in the heart of an jswsible to get a place. The household h«-re, and tonight troops are being cord before we lost consciousness en
It haa been ers overlooking
Trafalgar square hurried by ap«-cial train from Santa Fe tirely. In some manner as yet undis
italiaU in his mining project when suc- unpopulated forest.
have sent a proU-st to the lord cham to check a possible massacre of white covered, the cord did not work well and
ccaa seemed within his grasp is tie- ; smouldering in the muskeg soils.
berlain for again changing the line of rancher*.
licved to have been the cause.
ripj**] the bag almost from top to bot
FLOOD TO CANADA WORRIES, "’arch, which deprive« them of eagerly
The Indians have cut all telephone tom. The descent was terrific, and I
Forest fires in Wisconsin have <V‘"
expected profits.
and teitgraph wirw from law, but re judge that for the last 100 feet there
troyed sis farm bouses.
King George having been ckoely ports here indicate th*- depredation* so was very little gaa left in the balloon,
No Way to Check Imigration From
, id«-ntifl«i with the navy, the naval con far have been confined to ar. attack on as it fell like a stone."
An alleged combine in the Ash trade
United State« to North,
tingents will take r. prominent part in the wife and children of Ito S. Meyers,
at.San Francisco is under pro lx.
Mr. Fortx s waa able to dictate a few
Bluejacket» will a bomeat*ader, and the cutting of letters and telegrams to friends and
Washingon, May 16. Washington the ceremonies.
Eight high school stmients'at Wilkes
draw the gun carriage to Windsor, as fence* and hailing of horses and cattle. relatives. Both men are being cared
barrv, Pa., were drowned while boat officials of the departments of agricul
: they did th«- carriage which tore the
ture
and
commerce
and
I
a
l-or
have
a
Further attacks are expected by the for at the home of a farmer, Tilden
riding.
sharp Sens«- of the need of Something, body of Victoria, although on that oc rancher* and Judge John R. McFie, Boston, near Center. Forbea' injuries
It is rumored at Washington that no on«- knows just what, to stop the casion they did so because the horses conducting court at Ta<«, telegraphed
are not serious, but the physjci ar-v are.
Peru and Ecuador will come to open flood of «-migration that is flowing on ' b< came restive.
an urgent demand for troops to go yet d«>ubtful in the cas«-wf*Yatea.
war soon.
Soldiers from the king's company, there. The government imm«-diat«ly
its way from the Western Unit«*]
DISCOVERS KEY TO NATURE.
Three hundred pounds of powder ex- i Stairs ini Canada. Th«* administra K «•nadier guards, arc keeping sentry ordered 50 m«-n of companies D and F,
v tch over the body in the throneroom New Mexico National guard, to Taos.
plod«.*! in a magazine near tx<gana|x>rt, tion propo-es to take the matter up
S’ Buckingham palace. They are re The militiamen will arrive at Taos to Four Geometric Units Compose All
Indiana, killing one man and injuring seriously.
Known Forms.
morrow forenoon.
It is probably only a coincidence II ved each hour.
about 20,
Scotland Yard haa all its deU-ctIve*
Ix>* Angeles, Msy 12. Philip W. T.
that the I 'gh tide in emigration to
W. Cooper Morris was found guilt) Canada hr i occurred at a time when o duty and these are reinforced by
R. Thomfmon has set local scientific
500 SEALS ARE SET FREE.
of embezzling 375.000 of the hinds of this country is engagc-d in trying to 1'0 more from Continental cities.
circles agog by claiming to have dis-
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the Oregon Trust & Savings bank at settle the the problem of a pro|>er way
covercl the fundamental forma upon
Only 'Government Can Take Them
Portland.
INDIANS READY TO YIELD.
which the entire physical world is
to conserve the natural resource* of the
jFrom Water Hereafter.
reared.
An explosion in' the Wellington coal country. The sharp fact is that Can
He asserts that chemistry, the vege
Washington, May 14. Five hundred
mine in England has entombed 18 < ada is receiving thousands of Ameri Taos Uprising Already Over Will
three-year-old male seal* arc to lx- al- < table and mineral realms and mathe
miners. Fire has broken out and then cans every year, men who have made
Surrend to Troop*.
lowed to eacajie from the killing fields matics in all its stages nave their
gw«I citizens at home and who will
is no hope of saving any of the men.
Santa Fe.. N. M . May 17. The on the Pribyloff Islands to supply the bases in certain fixed and unvarying
make good citizens of the rountry to
threatened uprising of the Tao« Pueblo required numlx-r of breeding adults in forms, which are only four in number.
A carload of dynamite near Tacoma the north of us.
jumped the track and exploded, blow- ;
Explaining hia new science, which
We arc getting immigrants enough Indians at Tao«, N. M., ap|«ars to be the future. They are to be mark**] in
ing two brakemen to bits and tearing to offa-t the loaa, but the class of in at an end. Governor Mills Unlay said auch a manner a* to make them readily he U-rmed st«-reom«-try, before s b*xly
up the track for a considerable dis comers is so inferior to the class of the national guard sent to Tao* last recognisable throughout the scaaon and of Southern California educators, yea-
night has been order«) to return.
tance.
outgoers that th«- United States gains
under no circumstances are they to be tenlay and today, Mr. Thompson <ie-
United States Attorney Wilson tele- slain. They are to be the beat samples clan-tl that with the four units, which
More than a hundred persona were nothing from the fact that the former
graphed from Tao« thia morning that of the seal herds.
he illustrated with wool nuxiela, he
thrown into the walers of Great Salt outnumber the latter.
the renegade Indiana have volunteered
Thia direction, given to W. I. Lamb could produce any g«*ometric shape now
Lake by the collapse of a stairway
to surrender themselves on the bench
leading to the pavilion. Alt Were res MAD DOG COSTS THOUSANDS warrant* which they have lx-en resist key. agent in charge of the Alaskan known and many never dreamed of.
seal fisheries, was announc«*l today by
There was no limit to the minute-
cued. and mine seriously hurt.
ing. He added that the trouble had
Secretary Nagel. Stringent measures i nexa or to the colossal proportions of
Canine
Runi
’
Amuck
in
Cattle
Herd;
been greatly exaggerated.
F. August Heinz«-, of the Mercantile
for the protection of acai life are con- i the creation» huilt of these forms.
Fine Animals Killed.
A regular troop of Cavalry, with
National bank of New York, was ac
tained in the instructions to th«- agent Combinsd in octaves or in xeri«-a of
Captain
McCov
in
command,
from
Fort
quitted of illegal financiering in the
Ix» Angeles, May 16. Because a
The privilege of taking the seals, «even, he said, they interpreted nature
panic of 1907.
He now claims the mail dog got into a valuable herd of Wingate, arrived here tonight to tak«- heretofore lemu-d to a |irivate com in it* infinite variety from the tiniest
trial was but a plot to ruin him.
cattle at San Jacinto today and bit a a *|x-cial train for Barranca, whence it pany, now rests with the government m< lei-ule to the mightiest sun.
will ride overland to Taos, unless or-
which is to aall the akina to the high-
Mr. Thompson said that there waa
That the four great express compan number of th<-m, several thousand dol
«ierc«l back by the War department.
**st bidtier.
no form of crystal, snowflake or any
ies get net returns of from 43 to 115 lars' worth of fine animals had to be
It probably will t>e necessary for the
per cent more, on the capital employed killed.
geometrical conception which he would
The owners of the farm arc not cer tr««i|« t«> serve tlw l*-nch warrants and
not produce with a combination of two
Flannery Trial Opens,
in actual express operations, was
make
the
arrests,
but
no
bloodsh«-d
is
or more of hia four units.
stated in a report iaau< d by the Mer tain whether other animals were not
San
Rafael,
Cal.,
May
14.
District
;
attacked by the rabies-afflicted animal, feared, as the Indians, who ineluding Attorney Thomas P. Boyd, of Marin i
Mr. Thompson labored nine years to
chants' association of New York.
and therefore they will qurantine the women and children number only 300, c«a»nty, made hia opening address to j bring hia discovery to its present state.
Eastern senators disagree with Hey rvmnindcr of the herd and develop starnl in awe of the military.
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He says he devoted 20 hours of every
the jury today in Judge fxtnnon's court
burn’s statement that "water comjieti- ments will be watched with great care.
Jay to the task.
in
the
case
of
Harry
P.
Flannery,
ex-
tion is a fiction.”
Chase Horsethief in Relays.
Chicago, May 17. A 19-ycar-old president of the San Francisco police |
llavemeyer, the sugar king, is be
Lion Toy» With Tiny Babe.
Morgan's Car Demolished.
horse thief was capture«! by the Wau commission, who i* on trial on a charge
lieved to be implicated in the Friar
Spokane, Wash., May 16. Private kegan police this afu-rnoon after a 20- of grand larreny growing out of his al Cleveland, Tenn., May 12.- A trained
land deal in the Philippine*.
car No. A21 of Superintendent Mor miie ch a*«- that laatetl more than four leged connection with the men who lion being exhibited on an opera stage
The Panama canal commission has gan, of the Marcus division of the hour* and during which the police used conducted the recently-raided fake here tonight su«idenly became again
built and launched a barge made of Grest Northern, had a narrow escape three relays of hors«-» and an automo poolnxim in Sausalito. Flannery was the bloodthirsty beast of the jungle,
from being completely demolished in bile. Volleys of shots at th«- opening ef ord*-re*l to furnish 35,00ft cash bail be and, snatching a babe from th« arms
concrete, for uae on the canal.
the yards at Oroville thia morning. A 1 the chase and interruptions of parties fore the opening of court tomorrow of its mother, carri«! it to th* buck of
Emperor William of Germany warm
the stage, dashed it to he floor and
30-ton gondola, loaded with coal, was on pleasure drive* that their fresh morning, at 10 o'clock.
ly wel<-omed Roosevelt and party at
plantted both hie forepaws on the little
being hauled up the coal chute when horse« might be exchanged for tired
the entrance to the imperial palace.
one's Ixidy, licking the blood from the
Train Robber* Ar* Caught.
the cable broke just as the car reached | animals driven by the police addol ex
Forest fires in Wisconsin and North the top. The runaway dashed down citing incidents to the flight. The po
Phoenix, Aria., May 14. The two wounds on th«- baby's head and face.
ern Minnesota are destroying vast the incline, broke the sidetrack switch ' lice finally capturod the thief by the | robber* who held up the Phoenix A Frantic eitiacns advanced on the lion
areas of fine timber and threaten many ami struck Mr. Morgan's ear standing used of an automobile.
Mariropa paaeenger train last night »nd diverted its attention, while a man
towns.
a few hundred yards down the main
near here were raptured tonight by a snatched the baby. The child is terri
Fruit Crop I* Menaced.
posse headed by Sheriff Hayden and bly lacerat«] but may live.
The Oregon State grange is Ixgin- line. A warning saved theoccupants.
Denver, May 17. Colorado's fruit Immigration Inspector Corin, in the Roosevelt Will Be American Envoy.
ning to think the initiatiative and refer
Rich Placer* Uncovered.
of the estimate«! value of 37,000,000 is i deaert beyond Casa Grande.
endum is dangerous to the best inter
Washington, May 12.- The appoint
Victoria, B. C., May 16. - Rich menaced tonight by a storm, accom
ests of the people.
ment of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by
Black
Hand
Agent
Guilty.
placers have been found In Northern panicd by a «widen drop in tempera
President Taft aa special ambassador
Rocwevelt'a French disappointed his British Columbia, near the headwaters ture, which is sweeping the state.
New York, May 14.—A verdict of to represent th« United States at the
hearers at his public speech in Paris, of Taku inlet, and miners arc taking The thermometer at
the western guilty was found today in the Caruso funeral of King Edward in London,
and Germans ar- wondering if he out 5 cents to the pan. Jack Hy elope registered 40 degrees Fahren
"Black Hand” case in Brooklyn. The May 20, was officially announced to-
speaks their language any better.
land. a trader, who arrived from Tele heit at 10 o'clock, and was falling j man on trial was Antonio Misiana. ac J«y. Cablegrams were exchanged last
Forest fires are destroying much val graph creek, brought authentic news steadily, under a 60-mile wind from the . cused of attempting to extort 315,000 night
Roosevelt's answer waa th«
uable timber in Western Washington. of this find.
north.
| from lh«- famous tenor.
one word "Accept.”
Doings of the World at Urge
Told in Brief.
Paints of View on Line of Fun
etal Sell High.
Rip Cord Works Too Well, and
Balloon Collapses.