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REIGN OF
TERROR IN DURANGO
Mexican
Rebel».
Beyond Control.
Born, Loot and Mu'der.
Parral,
Mexico,
May
Many
29.
TRUST SECRETS
AKE LAID BAKE
Federal officials, including jefes polit-
icus. have been kili««l. scores of other«
have been put in jail, stores have been
loot««! and hundreds of (»copie are on
the verge of starvation as the result
waged in the
of a reign of terror,
Cenarsi Resume of Important Eventi
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.
state of Durango and Southern Chi Carneáis Company Was Bought at
huahua by a band of inaurrectos who
42 for St Competition Elim
have h« anl nothing of th«* peace agree
inated By Conbino.
ment. The entire state of Durang«*.
with its capital, a city of 22,000 peo
■t pie, is at the mercy of roving bands,
who have unsettled all the regularly
constituted
authorities.
President Diaz resigns and the City
The worst feature is
of Mciico go.-s wild with Joy.
municati««n has been cut off for weeks
Portugal has rush««! troops to th«* ami the «country, being a non-agncul-
frontier an<l all monarchists are being tural region, is without food.
The
arrested.
mining mm;» of Gariacivi, state <>f
The Wyoming. Uncle Sam's largest Durango, are in chaos.
Th«* first act of the inaurrectos after
battl« «hi[i. was successfully launched
charging a town was to place ali the
at Philiuielphia.
Stores
government officials in jail,
The diSMilutlon of the Standard Oil were then baited and governent docu-
company will not result in any reduc ments burn«*«!.
tion in th«* price of oil products to the
Thomas Urdina, who claims to I m *
consumer.
of the
th«* insurrecto commander
Senator Borah believ«*» there should “Southern Zone.” was inform««! that
be a F««ieral incorporation law fixing Madero was perfecting |«eace [«Ians.
the retail price of goods sold by inter Hr answer,«1 h<* would dictat«* the
|H-sc«< terms for his territory, and the
state corporations.
¡«siting continued.
Francisco
couple
A wealthy San
In the town of Villa Escobedo, a
have a prize ring at their home whe re few miles south of hero, the munlci-
they entertain their friends with exhl pal buildings were burn««!, all the res
bition» by noted pugilists.
idents having fl««l to th«* mountains.
A previous report that all govern
An i agio attacked an aviator during
hi» flight and cam«- near causing dlsa« ment ami municipal officials in certain
ter. The bin! was finally driven off towns hail been killed has b«-en con
by being wound««! by a revolver shot. firm «*«1.
Robert J. Swazie, an American
A verdict of 26.10V has been award
planter in Michocoan, was killixl by a
ed to th«* father of a little girl wh«« 1 ¡«am! of insurrecto«; his ranch bouse
was klll««l by an automobile driven by
burned ami his wife probably carried
John D. Archbold, of Standard Oil I
off by marauder,«, as ah«* diaappeare«!
fame.
A hot wave sent
Chicago up to 94.
the
mercury
have
Eighteen Shoshone Indians
taken the war path in Nevada to
avenge the killing of a band of In
dians who had murder««! four white
rancher*.
Entire East
weather.
still
swelters
in hot
Eastern lumbermen admit having
restricted the output in order to main
tain prices.
Revis««! estimates give the number
of dead at the capture of Juarez at
180, and 250 wounded.
Mexican rebels exterminated
the
Chine*«* colony of Torr««>n, after rap
turing the city,
killing over 200
Chinese.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Whvst Track prices Bluestem 94
M95c; club, HSoistic; Russian. Me;
valley, fifle; forty-fold, B6c.
Barley Choice feed, |2Hoi 28.50.
Millstutfs Bran. |24.6(k«i25; mid-
dll ng», 231; shorts, 225.5o«i 26 ; tolled
barley. 229.50<«i 30.B0.
Oats No. 1 white, 129.50 ton.
Hay Timothy, Eastern Oregon No.
I. |21.B0» 22.50; light mixes!, 219<«i
20; heavy mix«*«i |17.5O««i IS.50; alfal
fa, |!4«i 15; clover, 2I2.5 i » i > 13.50;
grain hay, |l3.50<«i 14.50.
Frosh Fruit Strawberriea, Oregon,
23 m 4.50 crate; gooseberries, K m |0c
per pound; apples, Sb 3 |«*r box.
Vegetables Asparagus, |1 m 2 [wr
box; cabbage. |3 |a*r hundredweight;
garlic, !<»«i 12c per pound.; lettuce,
21.25 m . 1.75 per box; radishes. 15c |w*r
dozen, now carrots, 22.25 per sack;
turni|>a, 22-25; bwts, 12.25.
P«>tat«M*a — Oregon and Eastern,
12 25 ¡M*r hundrod; new
potatoes.
23 50«t I |*r hundr««l.
Onions Crystal wax, 12.50; yellow,
12 25; red. 13 50.
Poultry
Hens, 1 n « i 19 c ; broilers,
27|«<>2Mc; «lucks, young, 25c; g«*ese,
nominal; turkeys, 20c; dressed, choice
25c.
Ugg»
Oregon ranch, candle«!, 21c
per dozen; case count, 20c.
Butter City creamery, extra, I and
2-pound prints, in boxes, 24c pw
poun«!; I«*«» than box lota, cartons and
delivery extra.
Pork Fancy. 9|«i 10c per pound.
Veal Fancy, 9pu lt»c per pound.
Hops 1911 contracts. 22c pr pound;
1910 crop, nominal; 19t)9 crop. 15c;
olds. 10c.
Wool - Eastern Oregon, K|fti14)c
per pound; valley, 12ftil5c; mohair.
choice, 37jc.
Cattle Prime grain f««l steers, 27
M7.25;
prim«« hay-f«*d.
ffi.N5«u7;
choice steers, 26.50<«i6.85; good. 26
Mfi.fiO; fair, 2'»75 m 6; common. 25.50
<«*5.76; prime cow».
25.75 <i 6.25;
good, 25 «»5.25; fair, 24.75oi 5; poor,
24.5tNH4.7B; choic«* heifers, |5.50 m
5.75; choice bulls, 24.7B4rt5.25; go««!,
2I.25 m 4.75; choice light calves, 27.75
ru»; good, 27.5Oet7.75; choice heavy
calva*», 25 5O«.i6; goo«!.25ei 5.50; choice
stag«. 2B.75arB.2B; g*"*«l. 25.25oi5.75.
Ilog»- Choice, 26.70«<l6.Mfi; good.
26.5Ot«i6.70; choice heavy, |6 m 6.50;
common. 25<«i6; sbM-k. 27r«r7.25.
Sheep Choice spring lambs. 26.75
et7; gisMl, 26<«i6.75; choice yearlings.
|5.25<‘i 5.50; goo«i, 2B*tB.2B;
fair,
24.75«i5; choice ewes, $4 50« 4.75.
g**o«l, 24er4.60; fair, 23.76*>4; g«**«!
to choice heavy wether», 24.50eiS; old
heavy wethers, |4'<i 4 50; mixed lots.
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24<t5.
Jam«*» McIntyre,
an
American
miner, was held up and r*«bb««l by a
band of Mexicans near Ahuijudla.
After they s«*curo<i at«out 2200 from
McIntyre, th«- Mexican« decid««i to kill
him a> I prompt!) bik'd him with lead
Dr. George D. Rich, an American
physician at Colima, r«-ceiv«»l word of
Mclntyro's fate.
A battle is reported at Acapulco in
which K3 Federal» and an unknown
num|M*r of rebel» were kill«!.
Shipping at the Mexican Pacific
ports IS at a 'tat Still ami^gro it dift
culty is being experienced in loading
am! discharging by vessels calling at
th«* various port* of stop.
ALFALEA IS HUMAN
Farmer
DIET.
st Spray Proposes
Roots for Table Use.
to Can
Portland, Or.
Alfalfa now ha«
reached such a stage of development
that it can be used for human con-
■ungition at least the roots of it can.
C. F. Waters, an enterprising farmer
residing near Spray, Or., ha* complet-
ed experiments that convince him that
the roots of the ordinary commercial
alfalfa plant can be treated so that
they will I m * readily edible as well as
highly nourishing and palatable.
He has arranged to construct a
large building for canning alfalfa
roots and expects to offer his product
to the trade within the present year,
;
The roots can be taken from i the
ground after the crops of several sca
sons have been harvested, so that the
Mr.
plant is given an added value.
Waters declares that by proper treat
ment the clever housewife can con*
vert cannol alfalfa roots into a var-
iety of tempting dishes, which can be
served cither as a vegetable or as
deesort.
Four Killed in Train Wrack.
Charlotte, N, C. A double-header
coal train on the Seaboard Airline
went through the Itresth* seven miles
vast of Bostick Monday, killing both
«•ngin«*ers an«! firemen.
The trestle
was weakened by fire which the first
engineer did not see an«! gave way
with th«* weight of the engines. Fif
teen of the 29 loaded steel cars crashes!
into Wallace« creek, piling up on the
two engim-s and burying th«* helpless
victims in the wreckage. Traffic will
I m * completely block«*d until the bridge
can I m * rebuilt.
Dial Spends Quiet Sunday,
Vera Crux. Mexico General Diaz
spent Sunday in quiet, denying him
self to visitors w ith the exception of
members of his immediate party.
Crowds gathered around the house
where the ex-president is staying, ap
parently to watch for any chance oc-
curvnce. There wen1 no demonstra
tions. Sentries paced the verandas,
t.a Opinion, a local newspaper, has in
vited General Diaz to live here.
Franz Jo»»f <• Failing.
Godollo, Hungary Emperor Franz
Josef has been attacked by senile de
cay, an<l his condition is giving the
gravest anxiety to those about him.
This fact has l«*en e»tabli»he«i by
careful inquiry made on the spot by
newspaper men.
The aged emperor and hi» court are
now at the beautiful royal palace at
Godollo, 15 miles from Budapest, the
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ancient capital of Hungary.
Washington. D. C.
John W. Gates
told the house “steel trust" investiga
ting «-ommittee Saturday the history
of the Unit««! State» Steel corpora
tion. Present st its birth, he de-
scnlM>d how it was the natural out
come of what he described as the re-
fuaal Yif Andrew Carnegie to I m * tioun«!
by the
“gentlemen's agreements"
that mark««! the early days of open
competition in the steel business.
He also told of million» lost and
created almost in a breath, how the
Cartiegie mills, appraist-d at 2160,-
UO0.OO0, were reorganu««! *» worth
2320,000,000 almost within the time
ri-quirrd to mak«* th«' transfer to th«*
corporation. of the clash in the form
ative days when John D. Rockefeller
was <hssuad««l from joining in th«* cre
ation of th«* trust.
Relating bow Carnegie had been
forre«i to abandon plans for extending
his steel business, Mr. Gat«' frankly
admittiel the combination was form««!
to throttle competition.
and that,
when John It. Rockefeller had sought
to enter the steel business, a «leal was
[«it through which forc««l him to sell
out for 4<i cents on the dollar.
Characterizing Mr Carnegie as a
"bull in a china shop,"
Mr. Gates
told of a midnight conference between
himself, t'haric» M. Schwab and J, I’
Morgan, at which the St«-el Corjsira
lion was conceived, ami »aid that it
' result««! in, Carnegie's getting 2320,-
000,000 in the corporAtion's »«*curities
for hl* inteiest*. which he hmi offer««i
for »ale for 2160,000,000 cash.
The taking over of the Tennessee
i'-oal A Iron company during th«* panic
: «if 1907, he said, was confidential deal.
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.«! •! A u-
j forced on him.
Plans made by Mr. Carnegie in 1H99
; and 1900 to circle his steel intercuts
, with a railroaii of his own and to cuin-
' pete with the National Tube company,
¡organized by Mr. Morgan, by th«- erec-
: tlon of a tube works at Ashtabula. 0.,
| were factor» that l««i to the birth of
the steel combine.
DEATH AND RIOT
IN MEXICO CITY
BANKER MORRIS IN PEN.
Chief Wreck«« of Oregon Trust A
Savings Bank Begin» Tims.
Salem. Or.. May 27. After fighting
for months against the inevitable, \5
Cooper Morri» heard the doors of the
state [«enitenttary »wing behind him
ami has start««! serving hi» »« nten. <
of six year» for aiding in tn*- wreck
ing of the Oregon Trust A Saving»
bank of Portland.
A tw<> hour argument by Attorney
S. T. Richardson failed to change the
decision of Governor West and n<>
leniency would be extend««! to the ex
banker.
Shortly after 5 o'clock last night
th«* governor announc««! his decision
an<i Private Secretary Watson ' Im
m««iiately telephon««! to Ileputy Sher
iff Archie l.««>nanl, who was awaiting
the d«*ci»i»n ot the vxe«*utlve at the
Hotel Marion.
Morris was also at
the hotel with a number of friends.
District Attorney John H McNary.
George M McDowell, Alex Swe«'k ami
Arrhie l^«>nanl accompanud Morri«
to the [«enitcntiary in an automobile
s««-ur««i by the district attorney ami at
5 30 o'clock Morris entered th«* prison.
Su|M*rint«*ndent Jam«*» rofuseil to state
what nunit>er be woultl glv<* to th«* ex-
banker and staled that such would not
be given out under any circumstanc«'»
“Mr Morris will I m * plac««i in line
with the rest of the prisoners and In
will I m 1 treat««! the sam<* as the oth
er»,“ stated the superintendent.
“It
is probable he w ill have no work to <!<»
for some time. There are about lot)
men at the institution who are not
employed now and the new prisoners
ar«* iw«t given work
For that reason
he undoubtedly will not be plaoxl at
labor, and not because we intend to
discriminate in his cane.”
Noisy Mobs Fired on By Police
and Troops.
Failure o< D.az to Resign Brings Pro
test From People- Heavy Rem
Scatters Crowd.
DIAZ SECRETLY LEAVES
MEXICO EOK MADRID
Mexico City., May 27.
Porfirio
Diaz, to w hom for more than 30 years
all Mexico has paid deference, secret-
ly left the palace at 2 o'cluck this
morning, Only a few friends whom
he trust««! followed him to the station.
He went to Vera Cruz and went on
boar«! a steamer tsiund for Spain.
In the distance he could hear the
voices of enthusiastic celebrants, who
were acclaiming the new president,
Francisco d<* I.a Barra, and -hooting
“Viva Madero."
So carefully were the arrangements
made for his departure that details
coulii not be confirm««i until this after
noon. Secr«*cy was due less to appre-
h«*nsion of a popular outburst hero
than to a desire that his defiarture
»hould not b«*come known to maraud
ing bands.
For s«ime hour» it was
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over the Mexican National railroad,
which has of late >MM*n untroubled by
bandits. This road is cquip|M«l with
standard heavy rail»
and
it was
thought there wax less danger.
There is another railroad to the
coast, a narrow gauge affair, owned
by th«* government.
Taking it for
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th«*
granted
that _ he would
take
more luxurious, the bandita did nut
molest the smaller line.
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Mexico City. May 25.
For six
hours last night this city was in the
hands of a mob until a rain storm
more eff««ctive than police and soldiers
caused the dispersal of most of it.
At midnight, however, a remnant,
keeping step to the twating of tin
pails, am! paying no attention tn th«*
downpour, continu««! the demonstra
tion. eyed by th«* poli<w and soldiers.
Twice soldieni tir«*d on the mob. the
first time at the Zoroto, th«* big square
in front of the national palace, and
again to disperse th«* mob which ha«i
stone«! th«* building «>c<*upi««l by El
Imparcia), and set it on fire.
Estimates of the number of dead
run from 7 to IK, including three po
licemen reported beaten to death by
th«* mob.
El Imparciai, which contm-
ued to prepare for publication, esti
mates the dead at 30, mostly at the
Zo«*oto
Th«* police at midnight estimat«*«!
the dead at 5 or 6, anti th«* wounded at
between 40 ami 45.
An unconfirmed rumor has it that a
detachment of Figueroa's revolution
ary force from Cuernavaca is at l.eich
«•ria, ats>ut 15 miles from th«* city.
General Diaz, who has reserve«! the
captain's quarters <>n a Hamburg-
American liner du«* to sail from Vera
Cruz on the last day of the month,
continues very ill, despite recent op
timistic official rej»>rts. He is receiv
ing absolutely no visitors. A heavy
guan! was maintained in front of the
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WORKERS LEAP FOR LIVES.
San Francisco
Building
Collapses in
Wind and Builders Fly.
San Francisco. May 25. Thrilling
slides for life, perilous leaps from
swaying walls and daring dashes that
cheat«*d death by a ¡hairbreadth, feat
ured the collajise during the high wind
yesterday of a two-story flat building
in course of construction at Fifteenth
and Ramona streets.
A spectacular escape was made by
William Kammerer, a youthful elec
trician. who was near a window on
Hf AT KILLS MANY
th«* second floor installing wires, when
the building began to tremble violent
Mississippi Valley States Sutler From
ly.
It rock«-«! for a moment, then
crash««! forward an«! collapse«!.
It
Hot Wavs.
fell in an easterly direction.
Kam
Chicago, May 29.
Full effects of
merer made a flying leap out of the
th«* terrible heat wave were beginning
window in the opposite direction.
He
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to appear today wh«*n 11 deaths were
was not hurt.
.
James Leonard, a plumber, was at
reported to the [nlice.
In addition
work on th«* roof when the wind exe
there were many prostrations, some of
cuted its di<k>. He didn't have time
which are certain to prove fatal.
WILL GIVE WEST BIG COLLEGE
to do anything except cling to the
The temperature soaro«l above 94 I
shingles and slide to the asphalt pave
and was ac»x>mpani««l by dense humid
ity. which made breathing difficult Mr». Harriman to Establish Great ment on Ramona street, where the
roof landed.
University as Memorial.
and greatly inU*nsifi««l the suffering.
Weather forecaster» pr««iict a break
New York Mrs. E. II. Harriman,
TAFT DENIES PARDON
in the torridity some time within 24 America's richest woman, is to l«e th«' i
hours.
founder of a great university in the
At Tol«*do, (>., two persons fell dead West a« a glorious monument to the Declares Waith and
Morse
Both
in the strocta and at Evansville, Ind., memory of her husband,
False to Trust.
a heat victim, while delirious, cut his j
It tM*canie known
Saturday that
Washington, May 25/
Pro-ident
throat.
: Mr». Harriman, casting about for
Dispatches from other cities and some means of disbursing her great Taft today denied the applications for
towns tell similar stories. St. I aiuis fortune in a way that would I m * of ben- : the partion of Charles W. Morse, of
is experiencing record weather an«! efit to the |M«>ple of the txiuntry, bait New York, and John R. Walsh, of
th«* schools there will remain clo««-<l decided upon th«* establishment of an Chicago, the two most prominent
I banker» ever convictetl and sentenced
until the situation is relieved.
In institution of learning as affording the
Pittsburg. Youngstown,
<)., Gary, beat medium for such disbursement. to Federal prisons under the national
Ind., and other industrial centers Her plans are not fully developed, but .banking laws.
Not only did the president refuse to
where large steel mills are l«M*at«»!, in a tentative way she has decided to
work has b«*en roduc««) to the mini found a university that will be second pardon them, but he also declined to
mum, as men cannot endure the in to none in the country in the point of exercise any other executive clemency
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tense heat.
curriculum and endowment.
im|si«««| by the curt-
At Milwaukee Frank Siebel, secre
Millions as needed will be supplied
The president took a firm stand that
tary to G««irg«* Brunder, the publisher, from the Harriman estate to make
was overevime by the heat and com this the greatest educational enter the national banking laws or any other
mitted suicide by drowning.
prise in the world.
The institution laws must b«* upheld when they affect
The health department and sanitary will be call«-«! the Edwanl H. Har the rich man even more than when
they atf«*ct the poor.
The record in
bureau had an unusually large number riman University.
the Walsh raw, the president said,
of men out today watching the ven
“shows moral turpitude of that insid
der» of hokey-pokey, ice cream cones
Airships to Fight in Air
ious ami dangerous kind, to punish
and decay«*d foodstuffs. The offender»
Chicago President Taft has advised
are chiefly Italians and Greeks, who the promoters of the aviation meet to which the national banking law« were
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buy putrid meat ami ¡v«*getables and be held here August 12-20 that he will
sell th«* stuff in the tenement districts. be in Chicago June 4. and w ill meet
Man Won't Bury Uncle.
the committee in charge to agree on
Ely Flirt» With Ocean.
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San Francis«*» Alex R. Urquhart,
how extensively , the
army
navy
Bony, Mont., telegraph««! t'nder-
Eureka, Cal.—Eugen«* Ely, whom* will join in the military features of
.... meet,
....... it has l«*en ann«>unct«l that l*k«*r Mark B. Shaw here, curtly ro
distinction aa an aviator rests, to a ( the
considerable extent, upon his succ«**s the president will I m * given full oppor- tating to contribute to th«* burial of
in alighting upon the deck of the bat- Itunity to test out the aeroplane aa a his uncle, R E. McDonald, a wealthy
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tleehip Pennsylvania in San Francisco war factor in any manner he wishes, miner, who died at the county hospital
bay. made what he termed one of the ; The managers of the meet hope to here after a lingering illness. The
most dangerous flights of his car«*er have the Unit««! States government nephew did not know that the ag««l
s—• battle
!._»»■. in the
,u_ air. man hail left an «-state valued at
here.
Facing a 45-mile wind, he rose bring about the first
2100,000. Th«* refusal was ba«««i up-
1.000 feet, soared out over the tim
Hallo Girls' Hours Reduced.
; on the statement that the old man
bered crags and rose and dippe«i above
the breakers that roared over Hum
Olympia. Wash. When the recent I owed the nephew 22,000, which the
boldt bay bar.
For nearly half an legislature passed the eight-hour law ! nephew had sunk in the mining ven
hour he hung over the sea, while for women, providing that it applied tures of the d«*ceased.
thousands of sp«*ctator» watched him, to all women ami girls employed in
excited but anxious.
mechanicial establishments, the law
Deep Snows in Alberta.
was so drawn that it included tele
High River. Alberta More than a
Manitoba Has Snow Storm.
phone operators. So holds Stephen V. f's»t of snow has fallen here during
I Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 29
Five Carey, assistant attorney-general, in a the 36 hours ending Thursday night.
inches of snow was reported yesterday formal opinion to the State Railroad Road traffic is tie«! up and the big cel
from Harrow Ford,
Northwestern commission, and it will affect every ebration planned for Victoria Day
telephone operator in the state.
Manitoba.
may be postponed.
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