CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
PEERS SURRENDER VETO
SCENES IN ITALIAN DISTRICTS WHENCE CHOLERA CASES ARE
SENT TO UNITED STATES
Hops of Future Restoration o< Power
Is But Blight.
lx>n<ion The constitutional revolu '
1 tion a|i|M-ars tn be an accomplished
fact. Great Britain in the future will ;
be governed practically by the houee
of commons, with the hereditary up
per house possessing only a veto with
a time limit of two years.
The peers find their one gleam of 1
hope in the prediction that the next
Gs-sral Rssume of Important Events conservative government will overturn
A*«(uith's revolution and restore old I
Presented in Condensed Form
conditions, but the radicals are confi
for Our Busy Readers.
dent that in such matters the hands of i
the clock never turn back.
The future career of the veto bill
Men and teams for harvesting in was apparent to all politicians and its
Central Washington are exceedingly eventual acceptance by th«- house of
scarce.
lords not double«!.
Premier Asquith
Owing to drouth, there is a shortage dispelled all clouds by communicating
of 1,000.000 pounds in the honey crop informally to Mr Balfour, h-ad«-r of
the opposition in the house of com-:
in Ontario.
! mons. the substance of an announce-
A girl 11 years old spoke E«|»eranto i tnent which he will make in that |
fluently at the convention of Esperan house. His letter, which Mr. Balfour ;
tists in Portland.
, rommunicat«-«! to th«- meeting of th«- '
The house of lords passed the veto i lords, follows:
"Dear Mr. Balfour: 1 think It is
bill with but brief debate and practi
I rourt«-ous and right, l«efore any public |
cally no opposition.
j ¡lecisions are announced, to let you j
Schwanchild &■
Sulzberger will : know how we regard th«- present sit-1
erect a »600,000 [tacking plant on the i uation. When the parliament bill in I
peninsula near Portland.
the form it has now assumed returns :
An 1 h year-old »on of Governor Hay. to the house of rommons. we shall b<-!
of Washington. Is working as a bar Compelled to ask that hous«< to dia- j
agree with the lords' amendments.
vest hand at ,2 |-er day.
In the circumstai/ce, should the ne- :
An American girl tourist ascended
ccasity arise, the government will ad- :
two [M-aks of the Peruvian volcano
vise the king to exercise his preoga- I
t'oropuna to a height of 20,000 feet.
tive to »«-cure the passing into law of j
John D.'s attorneys claim th«- as the bill in substantially the same form j
sessment on his Cleveland «- late is in which it left the house of rommons. '
and His Majesty has been pleased to I
400 per cent above its taxable value.
suggest that he will consider it his i
Senator Aldrich stat«-* that it was
duty to accept and act on that advice. I
well understood that th«- election of
Ixirimer would not be objectionable Yours smeerey. H. H. ASQUITH.”
Doings of the World at Urge
Told in Brief.
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BATTLESHIP MAINE EXPOSED.
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Bottom of Craft is Bent Upward—
Hull Deep in Mud.
Havana, July 19. The proc* of
r.-moving the water surrounding the
wreck of th« Msine was virtually
completed this afternoon, when the
«ester in the cofferdam was lowered,
leaving th« wreck surround««! by is
lets of mud and slime. Th«- depth at
no place is greater than four f«-eL
The engineers are now confronted
with the serious problem of removing
the mud in which the remains of the
battleship are «-mbedd«-d from a min
imum of 37 f«-ct to a depth that can
only l»e ronjectured.
Although the water is now only two
feet lower than in previous [lumping
operations, revelations r«-ga rding the
shattered hulk have been vastly en-
larg«-«i by the outspreading of the dis
torted frames and plating, especially
tn the fc.rward section where the ex
plosion was most feiL
The structure of the bow as far aft
as frame 18 is now exposed, permit
ting an analysis of th«- plate.«, beams,
ribs, etc., and it ha« been shown con-
el .i -.« ly that • ey oriyd ally I el"- g -d
to the structure of th«- double bottom,
which is now elevated to a height of
about 41» feet above the narmsl posi
tion. apparently giving confirmatory
evidence of a tremendous exterior ex
plosion.
To this view, however, th«- en-
gineers decline to commit themselves,
merely admitting the identification of
parts off the bottom of the ship.
GOLD SECRETS TOLD.
M ining
Man in Big Convention at
Grants Pass.
Granta Bass, Or.. July 19.
Thia
city is fill«*«i today with mining dele
gates and representative mining inert
to Taft.
EXPLOITATION TO BE VAST.
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: I ■..« nnd S ¡th
A Klamath logger safely ran th«-
ern Oregon counties.
The larg«*»t
Chicago
rapid* of the Klamath river on a Southern Pacific Engages
body of mining men that has gathered
¡¡lank, the fall being uU.ut - lml feet
for one purpose in y«-ars is now here
Colissum Anns«.
in half a mile.
to disseminate mining knowledge and
Chicago The 'entire West will b«-
stimulate interest through a course of
An educated tame seal was exhibit adverti««Ml during the United Stat«-«
lectures that are inviting and instruc
ed b«-f«ire the committee investigating Land and Irrigation rongrtsMt to be
tive.
th«- extermination of th«- seal herds on held at Chicago November 18 to De
The big m«-eting was call«-d to order
the Prlbylutf islands.
cember 9.
by O. S. Blanchard, who gave an ad
The Southern Pacific company an<1 |
All the water is now out of the
dress of welcome. It was resfionded
other Harriman line« have engag«-d I
cofferdam about the battleship Maine,
to by Pre- id« t t Young, of th«- miner-'
and many bones of the victims of the the whole of the Coli«eum annex for
association, who presided over the
purposes
of
exhibition.
and
every
i
explosion hav«- been fount!.
afternoon exercises.
The principal
town, county or state tapped by these
lecture work fell U|x>n W. S. Bacon,
line«,
will
be
given
the
{opportunity
to
PORTLAND MARKETS.
of Kerby; Dr. J. E. Reddy, of Med
hi i ¡in, - iiii i i -i iM
show what advantage* it may have to mm i, mii him . i mi ix * t iii i. r <>i ' h i i
ix i « kxx mi.
ford; George C. Bennett, of Hom-
Wheat
Track prices:
Bluaatem, offer to the pro« pec live bomeseeker.
ltftlfMn filth 1« f
for th* ci»*! • of chnl^ra rr«-«*nt!v <1rxrh»twd brook, and I.. D. Mahone. of Portland.
To further this pur|«>sc, the space
93c; club, file; Russian, 80c; valley,
mi N aw Y<t*k ar»«J u-hit h
< Autr«i ihr m<«at Hiingtnt prrHtit l»mtry inprtt- The exercises will continue tonight in
will be divide«! into lecture hall« with
file; 40-fold, Hlc.
ure» tn h* laktrn The cholera <a»ri *t»rr brought l«» Nr-w York fi‘»m Naplr« or the o|H-ra house.
anti the <lt»%rlops.t fr«>m c«»niAKk»n bmucht from that <ltv. N*Ap<»llt4nn or* notorlou«»
Mi'lstuffs
Bran. *24.50<«i25 per moving picture facilities,
Hundreds of persons today passed
filthy, nnd it !• In ihr dirt of their < t* that rhotera la bred for aaporls
ton; middlings, *31; shorts. (25.5'«>i towns and «»ther center« that care tn
<.Mh*r cHirw
Nap!«-» arr equally filthy and rwn In the north w h«*ra through the exhibit room and saw
participate
in
the
exhibits
will
be
in
28; roll«-«! barley. *29««i30.
itreal« r « ii .ihuiir»«
< «•!*.* ’t.e-fe ar«*
•Ifv-rl» in the atnallrr town*. what is probably the largest collection
Com
Whole, *31.50; crack«"!, vited U> »end moving picture film» anti
■
lecturer» to »how the public the oppor l»hoi<Mtr«|»h« ahi.a h*sw hfa
on In dirt> Naples and in the smaller auburba of minerals ever put on display in
*32.5i> per ton.
Oregon.
tunities for home« offer«-«! in the vari-. <»f Home,
Harley Choice feed, *25.5<>«>i 25.
fluid and copper mining men say
ous
districts.
Photographs
taken
I
Data No. 1 white, *2fi«(i 27 ton.
that the wealth of Southern Oregon
CHOLERA CLAIMS VICTIM
WOMAN OF 111 FOUND.
Hay—Timothy, new. Jlfir-i 19; al along th«- lines of the Southam Pacific 1
and Northern California is here shown
falfa. new, *11; clover, n«-w, (x.5ik<i depicting the most interesting phases
for
the first time, as it should have
of
h«.me,
farm
snd
irxlustrial
Ufa
will
,UI
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8
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9pr
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d
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Real
Daughter
of
Revolution
Lives
9; grain hay, new. *10.
.|M>be shown.
„ «»«..rtt'ng Hous.
been shown years ago.
In
Squalid
Cabin.
Poultry
Hens, 14««r 15c; springs.
t
.
vw»Atf»n
Ahlatl«
ha** r*arh
19<o2Oc; ducks, young, 14c; g«-ese,
rhe Lrtnd an*. Ii rifffitlon congirwui ,M|
and raiiNt-d on*‘ <b uth. «<•
Atlanta, Ga
Mrs Mary Trawick
CHOLERA HARD TO DETECT.
nominal;
turkeys,
20c;
dressed, ha» plann«-«i to occupy the entire toll- ¡-oiitlng to a «tatement « ven out b« Procter.
111 years old. a real daugh
*eum at Chicago, but a* the »pace al- ! Chairman
Durgin, uf the Boston
choice. 25c.
ter of the American Revolution, has Disease Does Not Develop for Days,
Egg* Freeh Oregon ranch, candl««!, lotted to the several exhibits was llonrd of Health
)u»t lx-en discovered in an humble
Making Fight Difficult.
thought not sufficient for that planned I The cholera victim •
<ild catiln In Barlow county. G«*orgla
Butler — City creamery, extra. 1 by the Southern Pacific for its West asalno Ma»trod«-nlc«i,
New
York,
July 19. How difficult
ith«- detention hospital
Her only companions are her daugh it is to exclude cholera was brought
an«l 2-pound prints, in boxes, Me; ern patrons, that compuy ronclud«-d
Island. Thursday
Mrs
i ter. Mk«» Mary Proctor, 9o years old. out in testimony heard today at th«-
less than box lots, cartons and deliv tn »ecure the annex for the Western 1 t«H>k into
Into her home
lodaert n
exhibits.
ery extra.
few
ni(o too nal lor« who were and two great grandchildren, da- investigation of Dr. Doty’s adminis
Pork Fancy, 9r«r 10c.
memlier» of the crew of a steamer 1 »Cendant» of another- daughter.
tration. Emil Lederer, in charge of
F'ANAMA MAIL LINE FIXED.
I »u[>|««e<| to ha* e wiled from an
Veal Fancy, llr«il2c.
Mrs. 1 •rector was born In Wake the steerage department of the Ham-
Italian
|wirt.
The «allori
aulii«-
Fresh fruit» Cherrits. 3«i 13c per
Hitchcock Orders Service to Begin quently were taken III and dlaap- 'county, N C., April 3ft. 1800. When ' burg-American line, testified that the
pound; apricots, (1.25 per crate; can-
i first ca»«- of cholera on board the
on Opening of Canal.
| |.ear«-d
Efforts are being inadv to 19 years old. she was married to Moltke did not develop until 22 days
taloupcs. *3.25<>i4 per crate; [»cache«.
find
them
75e«i *1.10 per crate; watermelon!,
Wn I. k’!' J*- V’ * ’
I o«tmaatcr | -j-||C (.|,||t|r,.n <»( y[r« Mastn-d«-nlc<> I Hiram Proctor, a veteran of the Rev after the passengers had first ix-en
The children of Mrs
solution and the War of 1S12.
Rhe
2<«t 2jc per pound; piuma, *1.50 per General Hitchrock has ordered the es-
are under oliservatlon at ,h„ q)iarai) i ha* lived under the administration»' «[uarantined in Italy.
crate; prunes, Sl.50atl.Tfi per box; tablishment of a fast ocean mall ser- tine station
nlttll(1I1 and
4hl| lht. i..«,,., t,„, p.
All the immigrants at Genoa, Pa
¡«if 26
Pre»ld«-nt»
Including John
new apples,
*1.75«« 2; raspberries, vice between the principal ports on *lin examining ih<
man.'
| • ramis i Adams and William H
lermo and Naples, where cholera is
Tati
*l.50«i 1.75;
loganberries,
*1.65«o the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and | who ma« ha', com«- tn contact with j On a twddlng of straw, constltut ‘ now epidemic, had l»een held five days
1.76
Panama an«! Colon. Th«- order calls ••'«- woman
Her hou*«-. In th«- con
M ■
■’
«•" thin thai the ! in «[uarantine before they were em-
Vegetables - Bean«. 5<«il0c; cab- for a service which shall Ix-gin in the aesteq Italian district, will tn- th«»r i rough plank stats ran fie seen, thi’ barked and there was no sign of ehol-
bag«-«. *l.5(k«t2 |>er hundr«xlweight; autumn <>f 1914, ao aa to be in opera- ’"Fhly fnmlgat«-«! am! nil precaution, laughter <>t th. n-volution lie- h« i j cra
era among them when the ship
shiu sail«-d.
sailed,
Thei'"*
,'‘n *”
Ibe 25 famlll«-«. In form emaciated, skin wrinkled, and
rem, 3Oot 40c per dosen; cucumbers, lion when the canal m opened.
....
Dr. Ikity said tonight that the utu-
j
«
Indina
half
a
hundr«-d
children,
who
almoat a ekelcton. Her aged daugh ation in thia port was encouraging and
(lot 1.25 per box; eggplant, 15c |>rr contract calls for 16-knot steamers to 'live in the building.
ter minister» t«> the wants and ne
nf . j- »
«an
pound; garlic, 10<«tl2c; lettuce. 30«<i furnish a weekly service
between
ami «11.
• rbolera inv«'on are being
Th«' delay In determining definitely .■«•«sihr. of the ...... .. ..
35c per dosen;
hothouse lettuce, New York. New Orleans am! Colon, that the woman died • from cholera
I allayed.
*125«<i 1.75 box ; peas, 4m5c pound; and betw«-en Seattle and San Fran- was due to difficulty In r«-coverlns th«- aoll In a small cotton and gard«-n
patch Marby.
The meager |>roflts!
pep|»ers. 12 jot 15c pound; I radishes, cisro am) Panama.
the germs «if the disease from the derived from this labor she a«!ds to
Island Revolt la Halted
12|c per doxen;
rhubarb, 2|«i Sc
The entering into the contract will cultures, th«- diagnosis Iw-lng made the *12 a month which Mrs. Proctor
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New York. _ _ July 19.—Uncle Sam's
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,
|H>»«lhle
only
venterday
by
the
re
pound; tomato«-«. *1.75 per box; new open a new era to the commerce of the
ree. l,.-« for the service. «,f her hus find official" ”di»rou‘rage/of'rev’du-
carrota. *2 per sack; tumipa, 52; country, and in opening to the
l.„- world ‘’■■I'*" from Washington ot a supply band rendered In the War of 1X12 tion«”’
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..f
anti
cholera
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serum with which A movement hne been started ‘ 1 ---------- landed here today to report a
baeta, *2.
the Panama canal, an ocean mail ser-
, J“ successful mission in Porto Rico.
He
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were
made
Mrs
Mastrndenlco
Atlanta to raise funds sufficient
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Potato«-« New Oregon. 1 f <i 2c |HT vic«- between porta on both roasts of
slept with a girl before th«* dlftrov- provide for the two old women th«-1R- Darling, special agent of
pound; new California. 2|e.
the Unit«<d States, with points in Cen- i-ri/
ery <>■
of or.
her dlseiis«-
The gill is dr rest of their Ilves
the department of juatice, ami he has
Oniona—Red. *1.75; white. *2 |H-r tral and South America will be estab- tallied and will b-- ein - I» watched
i just told of having held for trial Gen
liwh.-«i.
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A tlioioiigh «-xanilnatlon of all th*
hundred.
eral Carlos F. Morales, ex-president of
'tenants of th«- building when- Mrs
Hop« 19tl
|»-r
contracts.
25c
I the Santo Domingo republic, and
Middle West Is Soaked.
Britons Sesk Polo Cup.
Mli«tr< <l«-nl«*o Hv.-d a III I- mad- t.'
pound; 1910 crop,
26«<i27c;
1909
this ; General Maurice Jiminez, ex-vice
Topeka. Kan—Topeka and
and l»r.
Dr. Allan Me
Iximion (¡real Britain is going to *>r J”hn larng an<!
crop, )9t«i20c; olds. 8<<i 10c.
the j Pt*sidenL
They are charged with
««-ct
Ion
of
the
state
rwesdved
jlusitKhlin.
of
Washington,
make
another
try
to
regain
the
polo
who
cam-
Wool Eastern Oregon, 9<«t 16c [>er
iW() vio,al'nK
neutrality laws in at-
jhere
tw«»
days “
ago.
when
hea'le»t
rain
word«-«!
here
In
cup
and
will
challenge
America
for
a
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r
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pound, according to shrinkage, val-
once of cholera was sue|»eetcd
yeara. the rainfall measuring „ k . tempting to organize a military expe-
ley, 15otl7c; mohair, choice. Stitti match in 1912. The Duke of West
In ad'lltlon. f«»nr Inspectors of the Inches.
Many other |>ointa In *th^ dition against their country,
minster has offered to take over th« ■ H.-wlth Ik-nartment "her
37»c.
___ ________ .„..» have tx-en state report from an Inch to two and I
Cattle Prime hav-f«xl steers, ,4Ui recovery fuml and ponies, and the j » ntcblng In the North Knd districts
Public Drinking Cup Unlawtul.
one half Inches. Today a rain will b*
6.25; choice. *5 75.-«6; fair. *5.25 m Hurlingham committee has deeid«-d to ! for four d s for any appmràhrv
Lansing,
Mich. - _________
Dr. Robert
L.
of
immense
tienetit
to
all
crops
and
I
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„.
5.50; common. *5<-i5.25; prime rowa, accept the offer. The action of the ¡of the disease amona the relatives pastures.
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•,*rr*‘t»ry
of the _ State lioard of
the
Mast
roden
Ira
family.
I
5 25; good, 54
fair« *4 So Duke reliev«-« the committee of the of
Minn- n|«il|s
The proverbial
mil | health, - -----
has ---------------
notifi««! —
all I
,,
railroaila.
At 4.75; |«s>r. *4.25<«i 4.50; choice heif necessity of appealing for subscrip
lliin-dollar rain." caked T*
‘------ * 1 ,teamship lines and other companies
Minnesota
I Ilon-dollar
ers. *5oi5.50; choice bulls, *4.25ftt tions for the fund that would l»e rr-
t
fll
IBiintl
I
!_
Aft
1.
c
-
a
•
a
and th«- Dakotas today
From polnta in Michigan which have for their
Mexicans Pan Strike.
In every state In the wheat belt
4.75; choice light calves, *7<-i7.5O; quired. To carry the team and iU
purpose th* conveyance of the publie.
Jiiares,
Mexico.
—
According
to
came
rejiort«
of
rain.
g«xxl. >6.75m 7; choice heavy calves, mounts across would necessitate an
that they must discontinue the uae of
Juares railroad officials, a big strike
*6«>i6.50; g««xi to choice stags, *4.75 outlay of from 525,000 to *5tt,(HH).
Is plann«*d to cover the «»ntlre Na
public drinking cups in their convey
(>t 5.
Germany Hottest Since 1904.
tional Railways lines of Mexico, and
ances or places of business.
Subway
Eitension
Goes.
Ib'gs Choice. *7 i - i 7.50; good, *6.70
the present arransrmenl is that it
Berlin.—Germany la suffering from
m 7; choice heavy, *6.35<>i6.50; com
Xrw York The city haa awarded . will he Inaugurated on August 5. the most oppressive heat wave since
New Comet Being Traced.
mon. *5<«i6; stock bogs, *6.75«<t 7.50. the whole 1225,000.000 tubway eaten- The «trike will tie Instituted by the I9<>4
Some of the registering In
Chicago Nightly observations of
Sheep Choice spring lambs. *5<<t6; •ion to the Brooklyn Rapid Trenail brakemen and firemen, but will be struments
recorded
104
degrees
. the latest "celestial tramp,” known
choice yearlings *3.75<>i 4; good, *3.50 company. The pro|s>«*-«i new routes qulckly followed bjr an antl-kmerlcan Multitudes have gone to the sub
as Kiess comet, are bring taken at
<«i3.75; fair. *3«o3.50; choice ewes, will embrace the boroughs of Manhat proteai, aa lt la aaierted thè engl- urban lakes, but have experienced
the Yerkes observatory by Professor
ni-«n and condiictora on thè System,
*2.75«.i 3; g«x»d. *2.60912.7»;
fair. tan. Brooklyn. Querns and the Bronx, who are principali? Americana, are little relief. Temperatures along the I Edwin B. Froet and Professor Sher
•ea coast are equally high
Many
t2.2fifti2.S0; good to choice heavy and give rapid transit to many sec brina pald more than thè «tandard
heat prostrations are reported from burne Burnham.
Th«- new comet was
wethers. *3 fitter3.75; old, *3«<i3.fiO; tions which have had to depend on the f«>r auch Services in thè l'nlted Stettin. Hamburg, Cologne and •!••*
. picked up by the observatory at Wil-
mixed lots *4«<i 5.
I slower *relley.
States.
where.
I bams Bay. July 8.
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