St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-06-17
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doines Of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume Of important Events
Presented In Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

prizes at the annual horse show in
London.
A cloudburst in the Abr valley in
the Efel district of France is reported
TO have killed $50 persons.
A mob of a 100 white men drove all
the Japanese mill hands, about 30 in
number, out of Darlington, Wash.
The brief in the Ballingcr-Pinchot
case has been filed by the investigating
committee, and covers over 1000
pages.
The royal Mail steamer Etruria Is
ashore at the entrance to the port Of
Cartagena, Colombia, but Is in no i'm
mediate danger.
The estate of the late Lucky"
Baldwin is appraised at $40, $50, s01.62
His famous thoroughbred horses are
appraised at $25 to $50 each.
The water tank on the roof Of the
six-story building Of the Herald, at
Montreal, Canada, crushed Its supports
and fell through the building TO the
basement, killing and injurying about
30 employees.
James Z. Woodbury., held under ar
rest at Los Angeles for the passing Of
bad checks, has been positively inden-
tilted m J. +. MARCEL, who is alleged
70 have robbed the State bank OF High
land, Kan, Of $3.50. 900.
BY n large majority the people Of
Oklahoma have voted 10 move the cap
ital Of the state from Guthrie TO Okla
homa City, and the governor has al
ready moved his Office 10 the new cap
ital, but the Guthrie citizens will 20
TO law 10 fight the move.
A free municipal day nursery has
been opened at New Brighton, Eng
land.
Over 10, 900 delegates will stand In
line 10 receive Roosevelt upon his ar
rival In New York.
Charles X. Hamilton few seven
times around Governors island, New
York harbor, In pouring rain.
A 81. Louis multi. llionairc has
decided 81, 900, 900 worth Of property 10
a trade lschool which he had founded,
keeping only SO. 900 a year for himself.
The beef trust has again raised the
price Of beef In New York. II is now
. cent a pound higher than when the
people began the boycott gainst II sew
eral weeks ago.
A company has been organized In
London TO make business OF recover
ing cash, bullion and other valuablcs
from the many wrecked ships about tho
southern coast Of Africa.
A dog In Oroville. CAL. makes II his
business TO stop runaway horses, and
has succeeded In stopping number OF
them. In recognition Of his services
the city makes him exempt from taxa
tion or license fee.
A Lincoln, Neb., boy cut the para
chute rope Of balloon Just M II was
ready 10 ascend, and leaving the aero.
naut on the ground elung TO the severed
rope and made 6.000-foot flight.
alighting safely In shallow lake.
A big red touring car containing two
persons plunged over the trestle lead
Ing from Portland 10 the Vancouver
ferry slip ut IL 80 o'clock Mt night.
into 75 feet Of water In the Columbia
slough. The wrecked ear has been re-
covered but the bodies cannot be found.
Every building in the town Of Hahn's
Peak, Colo, was destroyed by fire.
President Taft announces that he
feels he has made good his promises.
An airship dashed into the grand
stand at Buda Pest. Germany, injuring
many persons.
Texas rangers and other armed
guards are protecting strikebreakers
working on the Gulf road In Texas.
A delegation Of Jewish rabbis took
up with the president the question Of
the expulsion Of jews from Russian
towns.
Colonel Roosevelt slips quietly away
from London 10 avoid big sendof,
and goes Tor long hike through the
country.
A lone highwayman held up Texas
passenger train. robbed every person
In the Pullman ear, and escaped across
the desert into the mountains.
At Worcester. England. an aeroplane
fell on the spectators. killing one wo-
man and injuring several persons. The
aviator himself was uninjured.
President Taft refused TO receive
Ranresentatiya Harrison as chairman
Of Jewish delegation. because OF
criticisms regarding the Ballinger'
Pinehot controversy.
The Colorado anti-coercion law en-
acted 20 years ago. which provides
that no employer shall discharge any
employe because he belongs 10 labor
union or attends union meetings has
been declared invalid by Judge Sulli-
van. of Mesa county. This law Is re-
garded rs the strongest In Colorado
for the protection Of labor unions and
has never before been attacked.
L. X. Bernard prophesies that in
two years flying will be as common as
motorcycling.
Coreans are planning revolt against
Japanese land-grabbing.
A consolidated band of ii2 pieces
formed one Of the attractions at the
Portland Rose Festival.
Roosevelt made speech In y histor-
ic hall at Oxford, England, and ex-