8ERVIAN RULER8 AND MEMBER8
OF COURT SHOT DOWN.
Prince Peter Karageorgevltch Pro
claimed King of 6ervla—People Ac
cept Him Without a Murmur—Par
ticular of the Crime Related by
Leader of the Crlminala.
The assassination of King Alexan
der and Queen Draga, the latter's two
brothers, the Servian premier, minister
of war and former minister of war, per
petrated in the dark hours of the night
by a band of officers, and the procla
mation by the army of Prince Kara
georgevitch, pretender to the throne,
as king of Servia, have apparently, it
may be said, been accepted by the
capital and the Servian people without
a murmur.
The only new element in the situa
tion is a feeling among the intelli
gent classes in favor of the abolition
of a Servian monarchy altogether, and
the creation of a republic, and this sen
timent is shared by at least one mem
ber of the provisional government.
8tory From Berlin.
-The Belgrade correspondent of the
Lokal Anzeiger Bends a number of par
ticulars of the .assassinations, which
were given him by Lieutenant Colonel
Mlschltch, the actual leader of the con
8piracy. The conspirators, he says,
were exclusively junior army officers
and included no generals among them.
King Alexander received several warn
ing letters, one appointing Whitsunday
for the tragedy. When that day passed
Queen Draga remarked to her maid
of honor:
"You see, these cowards write and
write, but no one ventures to act."
During the evening before the as
sassination the conspiring officers as
sembled in cafes adjacent to the palace
and created an impression of loyalty
by frequently demanding that the mu
sicians play a certain piece named af
ter Queen Draga. In the fight at the
Palace gates, according to Colonel Mis
chitch, 10 men were killed and 20
Wounded.
When they discovered the king and
queen in their hiding place in the al
cove Colonel Mischitch demanded King
Alexander's abdication. The king re
plied in a loud voice:
"I am not King Milan. I will not
allow myself to be frightened by a few
officers. Do you understand that?"
Then the colonel demanded that the
king banish Queen Dtaga. The mon
arch replied by embracing and kissing
his queen. Both were then shot.
to
kissing
his queen. Both were then shot.
Coming into the palace under _
cloud of suspicion, and disliked by the
people over which she was to rule, the
late Queen Draga had a life of tur
moll from the day of her marriage.
It is said that the queen physically as
saulted her liege lord on one occasion,
and on another his majesty is said
to have slapped bis consort's face.
Only a few days ago a report came
from Belgrade that the new French
cook had committed suicide because
he had, been detected in an attempt
to poison the queen. It was indeed a
strenuous life that royalty led in the
palace at the Servian capital.
A CURI0U8 MISTAKE.
8till
Born Child Mistaken for Laun
dry Package.
Tacoma, Wash.—The newly born
child discovered in a laundry bundle
at a local laundry recently was the
child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Waters
of South N street, Tacoma. Whei:
the "marker" at the laundry opened
the bundle and the body of a well
formed child was found therein the
police were notified and took posses
sion of the tiny remains, which were
afterwards given over to the undertak
er for burial. The case proves to be
probably one of the most extraordinary
on record, foi while Investigation
proves the child to have been still
born, the substitution of the remains
in the laundry package for a bundle of
soiled linen is without parallel in news
paper records.
When the police visited the address
given on the bundle they found the
family of Michael Waters, a wood deal
er, ahd .a regular practicing physician
in attendance on a case of still birth.
Inquiry reveals that the family was
preparing to bury the wrong bundle
when the investigating officers arrived
with their explanations, and had the
laundry man not reported the remarka
ble find probably the mistake in wrap
ping up the bundle would not yet have
been discovered.
The nurse had sent to the laundry
what she supposed was a bundle of
soiled linen.
Word was received from Frank, Al
berta, N. W. T., that a horse, buried In
the mine at the time of the great rock
slide, was found recently alive and in
such condition that it may live. It
was 5000 feet below the surface, with
no food, but plenty of water. It had
lived thus more than a month.
One swallow does not make a drink.
IDAHO NEWS.
Wallace will have a fourth of July
celebration.
The log drive on the upper St. Joe
is over for the season.
Wardner is.free at last from the scar
let fever quarantine which has been
in force for some time.
A large number of farms in the vi
cinity of Lane, Idaho, have recently
been sold to Gesman farmers from
Wisconsin.
P. O. Fredland, a resident of Burnt
ridge, near Troy, was killed recently,
while working in a well by a cave-in
of a half ton of clay.
Reports from the Kendrick neigh
borhood are that growers on Bear
creek will begin picking and shipping
strawberries this week.
The new passenger and freight
steamer recently built for W. W. Fer
rell at the head of navigation caught
fire and burned to the water's edgfe
and sank recently.
Four carloads of fat hogs were
shipped to Seattle last week from
farmers in the surrounding section
about Juliaetta. Price, $5.65 a hundred
This shipment, .. is believed, will be
the last for a number of months.
During a violent wind and rain storm
recently Harvey Hill, timber foreman
for the Hope Lumber company, was
blown from the boom and drowned in
the lake. He leaves a wife. Hill was
about 3?5 years of age, and was a popu
lar man.
The most disastrous passenger
wreck in the history of the Oregon
Short Line in recent years occurred
within the city limits of Pocatello at
11:35 a. m. recently, when No. 2, the
eastbound fast mail, struck a mis
placed switch at the west end of the
yards just as she was pulling into
town and went into the ditch. As a
result Fireman Henry Bowers is dead
and Engineer Evan Williams and Mail
Clerk Ben A. Campbell are seriously
injured, but there were no casualties
of any kind among the passengers.
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WAY OF THE STOCK MARKET.
Pittsburg Syndicate Clears Up a For
tune.
New York, June 16.—Although it is
generally conceded that the bears
have been responsible for many of the
declines in stocks during the last
month, and that they have made mill
ions of dollars in profits, there is a
radical difference of opinion in regard
ir identity, and Wall street is
divided as to how far such people as
the Rockefellers have contributed to
the shaking down in prices. Some
said John W. Gates had a good deal
to do with the slump, others that
James Keene took a hand, but these
guesses are wide of the mark.
The highest authorities agree that
th© Standard Oil people have been
aggressive in shaking out speculators,
but things have gone much further
than they had any idea. A group of
capitalists who have frequently been
referred to as the Pittsburg crowd,
with $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 of their
own money, has been the real force
that drove stocks down, and I hear
they have made fully $5,000,000 since
they began operations this siring.
They have the best banking and
brokerage connections, with facilities
for finding out, as far as it can be
done, what the financiers are doing
or are not doing. They have experts
in this country and Europe studying
every phase of business and conditions
that bear on the stock and grain mar
kets.
With all available resources at
their command, they are prepared to
plan a campaign and act immediately.
OREGON NOTES.
An award has been made of $22,500
to Miss Birdie N. McCarthy of Wayne,
Mich., against James Heryford of Lake
county, Ore., in a breach of promise
suit.
J. C. Coggins, who is wanted by the
postoffice department on a charge of
forging money orders throughout the
country, was arrested in Eugene, Ore.,
recently by officers while trying to pass
a bogus money order for $30 upon a
clothing house of that ot*
While in an intoxicated condition.
Dan Beer of Silverton, Ore., walked
off the bluff at Oregon City and fell
to the railroad track below, a distance
of 90 feet. He escaped uninjured.
That the man escaped with his life is
miraculous, for the bluff at the scfene
of the mishap is almost precipitous,
and is of a rocky formation.
'inree prospectors recently found
the decomposed body of a man on
Wagner creek divide. Appearances
indicated that the body had lain there
several months and had been prey for
wild animals. It is beneved the body
is that of Charles H. McCartney of
Topeka, Kan. A pistol was lying be
side the oody, and it is supposed that
he committed suicide.
A small forest reserve has been cre
ated on the borders of northern Grant
and southeastern Morrow counties,
bix townships in Morrow county have
been withdrawn from settlement,
which includes about all the timbered
land in the county. The north half of
township 7, ranges 28, 29 and 30: the
west half of township 8, range 27; all
south and east in Grant county, have
been withdrawn from settlement This
brings the reserve within five miles of
Ritter.
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A HERO.
lone, Ore., June 16.—"Less" Matloe! ,
cousin of a man drowned in the flooi
killed one saddle horse and rode two
others until they dropped exhausted in
bringing the first news of the catastro
phe from Heppner. The horseman ar
rived in four hours coming 30 miles.
■When the overwhelming extent of the
cloudburst became apparent, Matlock
jumped on one of the fleetest animals to
be had at that hour. With the roar of
the flood and crashing of the element s
in his ears, his path beset every step
by washouts, he urged his mount for
ward for 18 miles in order to reach lone.
It was necessary to make numerous
detours out of the regular road. He
stopped at a rancher's , house and se
cured a fresh horse when his had failed.
He roused the town with the news that
Heppner had been destroyed and near
by all its people killed. Within two
hours everyavailble rig was presséd into
service and started for the scene.
SPOKANE MARKET REPORT.
Retail Prices on Provisions In That
City.
Vegetables—New potatoes, 6 lbs 25c,
old, 50c^cwt; head lettuce, 10c lb; to
matoes, 20c Id; green peppers, 35@50c
lb; radishes, 2 bunches 5c; dried on
ions, lc lb or $1 sack; green onions,
3 bunches 5c; cucumbers, California,
I5@20c each; beets, 3 bunches 10c;'
carrots, 2 _ bunches 5c; parsnips, 2
bunches for 5c; cauliflower, 15@25c
head; rhubarb, 10 lbs Tor 25c; green
peas, Oregon, 10c lb; Walla Walla, 10c
lb; spinach, 4@5c lb; fresh mint, 5c
bunch; horseradish root, 16@20c lb;
cabbage, 4@5c lb; celery, 2 bunches
25c; turnips, 3 bunches 10c; asparagus
10c lb.
Fruits—Lemons, 15@30c doz; apples,
5c lb, 75c@$2 box; oranges, 20@40c
doz; limes, 20c doz; pineapples, 30@
50c each; strawberries, Clarke's Seed
ling and Sharpless, 3 for 25c; Hood
River, 2 for 35c; bananas, 25@35c doz;
cherries. 20c lb; Walla Walla cherries,
lf>c lb; got seberries, 10c basket; cur
rants, 10c basket.
Poultry—Spring chickens, 40 @ 65c
each; chickens, dressed, 18@20c lb.
Dairy Products—Creamery butter,
25@30c lb; country butter, 15@20c lb;
oleomargarine, 35@40c roll, 20c lb;
cheese, 18@25c lb.
Eggs—20c doz; case, $5.25.
Honey—Lb, 20c.
Grain
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Honey—Lb, 20c.
Grain and Feed—Timothy hay, $1.25
cwt, $21@23 ton; grain hay, $1.25 cwt,
$21@23 ton; alfalfa, $1.20 cwt; *20®
21 ton; chicken feed, $1.35 cwt $25
ton; oats, $1.25 cwt, $24 ton; bran, 95c
cwt; bran and shorts, $1 cwt: shorts,
$1.10 cwt; barley, $1.30 cwt; corn, $1.50
cwt.
Seeds—Timothy, 7^c lb, $6.50 -cwt;
alfalfa, 18c lb, $16 cwt; red clover, 18c
lb, $16 cwt; white clover, 30c lb, $26
cwt; redtop, 14c lb, $12 cwt; rye grass,
12c lb, $9 cwt; bluegrass, 20c lb, $15
cwt; orchard grass, 17c lb, $15 cwt
Flour—Wholesale, eastern hard
wheat, $5@5.50 bbl; retail, fancy pat
ents, $1.20 sack; standard brands, $1.15
sack; common grade, $1.10 sack; low
est, $1 sack; Washington wheat, $4@
4.50 bbl.
Sugar—$6.50 100 lb sack, 14 lbs $1.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Poultry and Eggs—Chickens, roos
ters 11c, hens 13c lb, live weight; eggs,
fresh, $5 case; eastern dressed hens,
16c lb.
Vegetables—New potatoes, $2.50
cwt; potatoes, 35c cwt; onions, 50@
75c cwt.
Live Stock—Steers, $4 @4.75; cows,
$3.25@4; mutton, ewes, $3@3.50 cwt;
wethers, $3.25@3.75 cwt; hogs, live, $6
cwt; dressed, 8@8%c lb.
Eastern Dressed Meats—Steers, 9c
lb; cows, 8%c lb; veal, 10@12c lb;
hogs, 9@10c lb; chickens, 16c lb;
spring chickens, 35c lb.
T rade Report.
Weather, crop reports and labor con
ditions all show improvement and the
feeling has grown that damage from
the foreign sources has been overesti
mated. Wholesale business generally
is still seasonably quiet, hut already
an improvement in tone is noticeable
as the result of the better outlook ag
riculturally. Railroad earnings are
good as a whole, though, as expected,
western floods have curtailed June
gross receipts somewhat. Wool is
steady, but business is light at the east,
while at the west new wools are mov
ing quite freely.
Lumber shows a firm tone. Hard
ware is quiet. The Jewelry trade is
dull. Groceries are active and reflect a
better demand. Refined sugar ad
vanced 10 cents per 100 pounds. Cof
fee is firm.
Over 1500 British vessels plying in
eastern waters are manned by Chinese
crews.
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THIS CASTtE IS OVERSHADOWED
BY ANCIENT MALEDICTION.
The superstition that reTiglous people
are able to Induce the Deity to afflict
their enemies dies hard. Cowdrey
Castle, in England, is about to be con
verted Into a sanitarium for consump
tives, and dark whisperings are beard
that the durses of the nuns, who in the
time of Henry VIII. were dispossessed,
will follow the patients.
Sir Anthony Montague, the founder
of the family, received a "present" of
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COWDREY CASTUS.
the old abbey from the much-married
Henry. When he went to take pos
session the sisters resisted, and it was
necessary to break in the doors and
drive them forth.
"Heed ye well, my masters!" cried
the venerable abbess, as she went
forth. "The pious founders of this
house left a terrible malison on all
who should molest us—a curse of fire
and wafer."
In 1793 the castle was partly de
stroyed by fire. A few years later one
of the Montagues was drowned in the
Rhine, and soon after this calamity a
sister saw her two sons drowned at
Aldwick. The old legends have not
been forgotten and the castle still re
tains a sinister reputation.
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DIAMOND TO PULPIT.
Rev. W. A. Sunday Left Ball Field to
Buter Miaiatry.
William A. Sunday, the ball player.
« favorite of the patrons of the Na
tional League games a dozen years
ago, who bas been
ordained minister in
the Presbyterian
church at Chicago,
was one of the top
notchers in the big
league when be quit
the diamond in
1891.
Mr. Sunday was
born on a farm In
Iowa, and. after
Iowa, and. after
rev. w. a. Sunday graduating from the
high school went to Marshalltown,
where he met Captain Adrian Anson,
of the Chicago National League Base
ball Club, which he joined in 1883. Ho
remained with the Chicagos five years,
going from there to the Pittsburgs and
finally to the Philadelphia Club, which
he left to enter the Chicago Young
Men's Christian Association as direct
or of the religious work.
During the past seven years Mr.
Sunday has become well known as an
evangelist, laboring principally in the
Middle West. Mr. Sunday was con
verted fifteen years ago in Chicago. Ho
is forty years old.
First Book of Laws.
The well-known assyriologlst, Dr.
Hugo Winckler, says the London Ex
press, has published an account of the
legation promulgated by King Am
raphel of Babylon, which, so far as is
known at present, was the first book
of laws ever given to the world. King
Amraphel lived 2,250 years B. C., and
Is mentioned in the Bible as a con
temporary of Abraham, so that his
statutes were drawn up fully five cen
turies before the laws of Moses. They
number 282, and contain the following:
If a woman who sells beverages
gives bad value for the money paid
her, she shall be thrown into water.
"If a wife be a spendthrift, or if
she otherwise neglects her duties, her
husband may put her away without
compensation; but if a man put away
his wife for no other reason than that
she has no children, he shall return her
whole dowry.
"If a betrothal be rescinded, the man
shall pay the woman compensation.
"A widow with grown-up children
may not marry again without permis
sion from a judge."
The Other Way Around.
"Do you think that cigarette smok
ing causes a deterioration of mentali
ty?"
"I am not clear on that point," said
the man who makes a specialty of
profound opinions. "The Impression
to that effect may be due to the fact
that people with brains naturally
avoid them."—Washington Star.
Getting Along Nicely.
Old Bear—How are you getting on?
Young Broker—Pretty well I'm
wearing clean collars every day now.
Detroit Free Press.
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does not have life enough.
Act promptly. Save your
hair. Feed it with Ayer's
Hair Vigor. If the gray
hairs ale beginning to
show, Ayer's Hair Vigor
will restore color every
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If your druggist cannot supply you,
one dollar and we will express
■end
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of your nearest express office. Address,
J. O. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
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