CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
MOTHER DROWNS CHILDREN.
Driven
Insane by Lonesome
roundings and Fear.
Sur
Antioch, Cal.
One after another.
j four little children were drowned in a
tub by their mother. Two older child
ren tried to pre verity the murders, but
■ the woman went about the work in a
strange calm and strength, as though
; she had been called upon to make sac
She
General Rasuma of Important Event« rifice to some unknown power.
I
took
her
arrest
in
the
same
quiet
Prasantad In Condensed Form
•piriL galine calmly at her husband as
for Our Busy Readers.
1 he struggled with his*agvny on coming
home from work to find hia babies
I dead.
Ths fashion show at the Coliseum in
The woman, Mrs. Joseph Mello, wife
Chicago has ruled out all sorta of frills
for men's wear.
| of a ranchman, said she was tired of
The mayor of New York will prohib looking forever at the brown hills that
it the distribution of free beer to fire shut in their home. She said she was
men and policemen.
afraid that she was losing her mind
Forest fires have broken out afresh and feared her children would inherit
near Whitefish. Mont, and are destroy her insantly. After her husband left
ing valuable timber.
home in the morning, she set about her
Count Zeppelin, undismayed by his taak. She filled a large waahtub
with
many failures and misfortunes, will j
water and gathered the children Into
build another airship.
j the kitchen.
An army transport has on board,
_ were _______
___ old;
They
Ramona, _ 4 years
bound from Seattle for Manila, a Fil- l^ona. 2 years old; and Bernal and
Ipino sailor 101 years old.
Vernal, 5 month« old twins.
These
John D. Rockefeller has been ordered put up their arms to their mother
by his physician to take whiskey baths trustingly, and ¡were sent «w«j with
to maintain his bodily vigor.
Doings of the World at large
Told in Brief.
Japanese and Portuguese fans had
a general fight at a ball game in Hono-
lul between Japanese and Chinese
players.
Attorney General Wickersham has
decided there is no law under which
the statue of Gen. Robert E. I-ee can
be removed from the national capital.
Captain Bernier, of the British navy,
has been commissioned to take hie ship
through the Northwest pasaege, and
incidentally ta plant the British flag on
any lands he may discover.
Troops have lieen ordered home from
Du rami, Mich., where they had been on
duty in connection with -the Grand
Trunk strike. Before they left, the
troops and civilians played a game of
baseball, the proceeds of which went
to the slirkcrs.
A Chicago paper claims >35,000 was
collected ta lie used in bribes to elect
Hopkins senator.
HEAT AGAIN
HITS CHICAGO
WAR IN SPAIN INEVITABLE.
Pretender Don Jaime Ready to Lead
Carlitts to Battle.
San Sebastian, Spain—At the co«»-
I elusion of a conference between King
..
Alfonso and Premier Canalejas, it was
From announced that Marquis Ennlio de Oje
da. Spanish ambassador to the Vatican,
had been recalled.
At the same time the opinion was
axprvsawd that a rupture with the Vat- ■
Most —
Fivs Dead. Others Dying Mad Dogs lean was inevitable. Señor Canalejas | Pacific Northwest Suffers
told the king that the government I
Homebuilders Are Almost Com
Bits Three Authontes Work
could not accept the conditions of the 1
pletely Shut Out.
to Save the Babies.
Vstican's last note, and that the Vati
can would be so informed.
Don Jaime, the pretender, has is
Washington
Nearly
300,000,000
Chicago — Notwithstanding cool sued a manifesto in which he says he :
weather In Chicago because of a •tiff will lead th«- Carliata in the battle acres of public land, the cream of the
I w
been witMr.wn fr„m ,.
breese off the lake, five persons died which he intimates is coming soon.
The rerwra! situation is complicated
.
.
Wednesday, many were prostrated, of j by the unrest among the miners in the
h*',J
thc rWBfh
th*
whom four will probably die, and three Catalonian provinces ami the occasion- tier and the home-builder.
Some of it
d clashes between the Catholic and is permanently withdrawn, aa, for in-
were bitten by rabid dogs.
; «tanc« the forest reserves, national
All the country from the Rocky non-Cathloic elements throughout
country.
mountains to the Atlantic seaboard
parks, etc., and other portions may in
Marquis de Ojeda himself in addition
swelters under a veritable blanket of to pleading illm-ea, has been insisting
**
plsccd within the reach
heat and many cases of suffering are on his return, on the ground that the of the people of the West, But at the
reported from various cities.
Wrath position at Rome no longer was tena- present time this enormous acreage ia
er forecasters aay there ia no relief in t ble, and that he considered a rupture absolutely tied up, undeveloped, inac
between the Vatican and the govcrn-
sight and that the temperature will go ' ment imminent.
cessible, and for the most part unii»-
higher. In some sections of ths coun
habited.
Premier Canalejas, referring to the
try special services were held in the Vatican's last note, which declami
There remains of the public domain
churclies, at which prayers were offer- that unless the decree of June 11 per-' only about 700,000,000 acres that is
milting non Catholic societies to dis
play the insignia of public worship was unappropriated and unreserved, and a
withdrawn, negotiations looking to the very small percentage of this residue
revision of the concordat would be dis- is attractive or will ever he attractive
, continued, said the government would to settlers. Included in this acreage
tolerate no imposition.
arc the bad lands of the West, the ir
Spain's recalling Amltaaaador de
reclaimable
desert«, barren mountain
Ojeda, it ia expected, will be followed
by the departure from Madrid of Mgr. summits and worthless mountain coun
Vico, the papal nuncio, when the rup try. Only a small portion is arable,
ture will lie complete.
and very little ia of a character that
Senor Canalejas ia preparing for a
will
permit of agricultural develop-
supreme battle. In addressing a Lib
eral organisation he declared that ment. The beat lands that have not
Spain was strugg'ing for lilierty of passed to privste ownership are now
conscience, "Poor Spain,” he said. held up by the government.
"If we succumb, it will be decadence,
In the Pacific Northwest, nearly 55,-
i The government, which possesses the 000,000 acres of public land are today
confidence of the king, will save Spain withheld from the reach of settlers.
despite all and against all. The strug
gle we wage ia mH anti-religious, but
QUEEN WILL LEAVE MADRID.
anti-clerical.
We count upon the
army, a majority in parliament, and
Wife of Spain's King to Visit Rela
reason.”
Most of Nation’s Attractive
Lands Now Tied Ip.
Torrid Weather Extends
Atlantic to Rockies
tives on.'lsle of Wright.
BILLS GREATLY PADDED.
Stockton doctors declare that the
adulterationa in ice cream cones cause
infantile paralysis.
Es-Cierk of Car Repair Firm
Strong Testimony.
Germany has turned down the plea
of Nicaragua for intervention against
the United States.
Farmers in lm|>erial valley. Cal., are
becoming desperate over the delay in
the irrigation project.
Minnesota Democrat« have nomi-
natrd John Lind for governor, liut he
positively refuses to run.
A Tacoma thief turned in a fire
alarm and then robbed the fire station
while the company was out.
It is said the Western Federation of
Miners is likely to affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor.
r
Km« AH*«!*« atxl Queen Kna. erf Mpein. wh<«s throw Mt threatened try farvuJutxmiete.
Gives
Chicago F. W. Belmont, ex-clerk
of the Memphis Car Repair company,
paddi-d bills against the Illinois Cen
tral as high as 1,000 per cent, accord
ing to his own testimony before Mas
ter in Chancery Mason.
He declared that H. C. Ostermann,
president of the repair company, and
his assistants, went ao far a« to sub
stitute bills of the Ostcrmann Manu
facturing company, of West Pullman,
for those of the Memphis concern and
to paste on the West Pullman bills the
I "O K” of the Memphis inspector.
The average padding of bills, the wit
ness said, waa between 40 ami 50 per
i cent.
Belmont was 'asked concerning the
transfer of the car inspectorship at
Memphis from one Crabtree to W. H.
Moore. Mr. Ward, a officer of the
•-ompany, according to the witness, de-
sired to be rid of Crabtree because hc
"saw too much.” and refused to "0
K” bills until they were completed.
"Ward told me he would get someone
who could not see so much,” said Bel
mont.
A coasting ve««el plying between
Seattle and Alaskan ports reports hav
< ed for rain and cooler weather.
ing run through a herd of 20,000 wol- little struggle.
The two other children
liecame
run.
The focus of the heat wave seems to
frightened, the oldest, a 14-year old be slowly moving caat, although it has
Fourteen accidents occurred in the boy, breaking out of the house ami
lower Columbia and Willamette rivers calling wildly for help. There was a lieen centered two days in Kansas and
in 48 hours, but none very serious and 6-yaar old girl, too, who got away. Oklahoma.
Thermometers In Kansas
mi lives were lost
Southern
While these two were screaming in the registered 100 and higher.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict yard the 2-year old baby was quickly cities report unususl best, aeeompan-
that Ira G. Rawn, late president of the drowned and laid out in the row with icd by fitful showers which are quickly
Then the struggle with reduced to steam, making breathing
Great Monon railway, died by hia own the twin*.
GUTHRIE STILL CAPITAL.
difficult and painful.
hand, presumably to csca|>e graft dis Ramona began.
In Chicago the great fight by health
While this was going on. Sheriff R.
closures.
R. Veale, who was passing in a buggy, officers and charity organisations Is Officials Who Moved State Office*
c xpedition
The Mount McKinley
Mull Now Return,
heard the screams and drove up to the centered in saving the thousands of
failed to roach the summit of Mount
j babies, who suffer more from improper
house.
Guthrie,
Oklahoma
The State Su
McKinley, ami ia now returning to
Agent«
"Mother is killing the children," care than from the torridity.
preme court has handed down a decis
Seward, Alaska.
the oldest boy told him.
The sheriff of all the organisations are working ion in the capital removal case to the
Tacoma ia having a big legal fight ran into the kitchen and found the night and day in the Ghetto and other effect that Oklahoma's capital shall
with its streetcar company.
struggle Just about over. He tore the congested districts warning parent» remain at Guthrie until the legality of
about overfeeding and neglecting to
the election recently held ia deter
Bryan was deposed a« a Democratic little girl from her mother and sought
’ bathe their children and keep their;
in
every
way
to
restore
life,
liut,
after
mined and the courts have settled the
leader by the state convention of Ne
houses
clean.
woking on her for some lime, saw that
constitutional question embraced in
braska.
In these districts the population is
the child was dead.
the provision of the enabling act that
The steel business of the country has
The mother stood and looked quietly chiefly sleeping on fire escapes and i Guthrie shall remain the capital until
increased many millions over the same at the sheriff. Then the husband came doorways and in any ojien spot where
1913, and that an election shall be held
Ex
period last year.
home to hia s rangely quiet house, and a breath of air may be obtained.
I after that time to establish a perma-
tra precautions arc being taken to 1 nent capital.
Alaska census enumerators did much Mrs. Mello was taken away to the
muxxle dogs and to slay all without
of their work when the mercury was Martines jail, talking on the way
In obedience to the decision, all state
licenses, because of the large number
about
ordinary
things
She
never
be
70 degrees below xcro.
officials who have removed their offices
of them going mad from the heat.
fore had given any signa of insanity.
to Oklahoma City must return to Guth
A range war between cattlemen ami
At the bathing beaches hundreds
rie.
sheep men has broken out in Montana
stood
in
line
patiently
waiting
for
,
Prehistoric Find Made.
and serious trouble is expected.
suits. All the beaches keep open
Atbsstos Fraud Charged.
Auburn, Cal.—The bones of two pre
The 0. R. A N. will reduce grain historic humans with low brows amt nights, to give sxhauatc l humanity an
New York On the charge of Mrs.
opportunity
to
cool
off
in
preparation
rates to compete with the Northern heavy jaw Ixinea have been found in
William T. Bull, widow of the noted
for the morrow’s siege.
Pacific In hauling grain to the Sound.
an ancient cave on the limestone pro|>-
A terrific electrical and hail atom surgeon, that she had tieen defrauded
Five inmates of the criminal ward of erty that is being opened up near Cool, swept over the Michigan fruit belt of $35,000 in an investment in an as
The company own Thousands of acres of corn and oats bestos company, John Qualey and JHar-
the Oregon state insane asylum es Eldorado county.
caped.
Three were recaptured im ing the ground gave to Dr. Sawyer, of were riddled and the damage to the vey Wiley Corbett, officers of the com
mediately but ths other two are still Auburn, permission to open and ex fruit cannot be estimated, but will be pany, appeared in court and heard Mrs.
plore the cave and recover any curios very heavy.
Bull tell the story of the alleged fraud
at large.
it might p,«aea«k In one chamber were
Nebraska reports the hottest weath- I ulent transaction. The arrest of Cor
The skeleton of a young woman was found portions of two human skeletons.
bett, who is a prominent architect and
found in a sack half buried in the sand They are believed to be those of mem er on record, with fierce hot wind« asaistan professor in Columbia univer-
shriveling
everything.
In
Northern
on the beach at Newport., Or.
It ia bers of a race that inhabited this coun
The
, , created marked surprise.
believed the woman was murdered ami try long before the Indians lived here. Missouri a temperature of 105 ia re , plana
for the Mary lami Institute in
ported,
with
no
rain
since
June
H.
has twn dead many years.
! Baltimore were of hia drawing.
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The conductor of a Northern Pacific
switching crew, was run over by cars
at Tacoma and had both legs severed
below the knee.
As he lay on the
ground waiting for an ambulance he
coolly gave orders for the work of the
crew for the rest of the day and chat
ted with the men.
Loss by Storm is Heavy.
Young "Tad" at Bay City.
Lexington, Ky. —One thousand acres
■ if tobacco, nearly as much wheat, and
more than 500 acres of corn were de
i stroyed by a cloudburst in Lincoln,
Boyle and Mercer counties.
A num
ber of buildings amt flocks of sheep
were washed away.
San Francisco With peeled noses
and decided coats of tan giving evi-
donee of a much out-of-door honeymoon
in the sunny clime of Santa Barbara,
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and his wife
arrived in San Francisco and are regia-
tcred at a local fashionable hotel.
■
Cowes, Isle of Wight Within a day
or two Queen Victoria, of Spain, will
arrive in the Isle of Wight, to visit
her relative at Osborne cottage,
She
needs a rest badly, for Madrid has been
full of anxiety of late for the Spanish
royal ftunily. She wilt remain ataxit a
month aid will be accompanied by her
three children, but unless the situation
clears in Spain, King Alfonso will not
lie able to leave for Madrid before the
I end of the month,
Queen Victoria's visit is to be [>ure-
)y private throughout, but she will vis
it Windsor in order to lay a wreath on
the tomb of the late King Edward, and
she will probably spend a few days in
her old home in Kensington palace. It
is expected that during her stay. King
Alfonso will extend a formal invitation
to the king and queen of England to
pay him a state visit at Madrid.
Campaign Devoid of Mercy.
Paris All danger of serious disturb
ances in Catalonia appears to have
been warded off by Captain General
Way ler'» energetic precautionary meas
ures and his well known decision of
character.
Genera)
Weyler
said:
"The moment a revolutionary outbreak
in Barcelona compels me, as captain
general, to assume the supreme com
mand, I want the revolutionists to
know they must prepare for a merei-
leas fight. There will be neither pris
oners nor wounded. The walla of the
hospitals will become useless and the
cemeteries will have to be enlarged."
Si« to Try Atlantic Flight.
New York — Melvin Vaniman, avia
tor and mechanical engineer, returned
to this country by the French liner La
Touraine, full of confidence in the sue-
ceaa of the flight across the Atlantic,
which he proposes to undertake with
W alter Wellman in their dirigible air
ship American.
"The American will carry'an unsink
able lifeboat on her voyage," said
Mr. Vaniman. "This lifeboat will be
25 feet long, six feet in beam and will
•* stocked with provisions sufficient to
last the crew for 30 days.
Esperanto to Be Spoken.
" ashington The sixth international
congress of Esperanto will tie in ses
sion the week beginning August 14.
This will be the first time that the ccn-
gresa has met in the Western Hemis
phere, its previous meetings having
l>een in Europe.
Esperanto will be
•(token in Washington by elergy in the
pulpit, by actors in a Shakespearean
play, part of the police force and in all
the proceedings of the congress. Fur
thermore. for the first time probably in
the history of the world, it will be used
at a baseball game.
Entire Train it Burned.
Cream Cones Are Seised,
Augusta, Ga.- A Charleston 4 West
j
Kansas City—Local government offi ern Carolina passenger train ran into
rials, acting upon orders received from a burning trestle 19 miles from Augus
Washington, confiscated 50,000 ice ta on the Spartanburg division.
The
cream cones consigned to a local drug entire train was burned.
The engin
company.
~
The government alleges eer and fireman were killed and 16 pas
the cones are impure.
I sengers slightly injured.